[J Flex 188]

A turreting system was considered on 188 as one of our initial ideas, and remained quite a strong influence for a long time, but it ended up having to be abandoned in favour of something simpler both to design and build. In my mind they will be quite useful, mostly because of the reasons already mentioned. Im more inclined to say that turrets were involved in a huge amount of design schemes this year, but that these ideas were never transferred beyond paper for technical reasons. Depending on how you look at it, unfortunately or fortunately, you always have to design with the physical limitations of your team in mind. You could throw away a priceless idea when you work within limits, or gain one when you realise the simplicity and elegance that your boundaries can potentially provide.