After we were pretty much convinced we had a good design, and we'd have to make all the standard engineering trade-offs you always make -- you can always get three out of four of anything you want; the weight, the size, the cost, the functionality -- I put a bunch of guys in my plane and I said, "We're flying down to Walter Reed, and we're going talk to these kids, because frankly it doesn't matter whether we like this arm.
Depois de estarmos convencidos que tínhamos a conceção ideal e de termos resolvido os problemas técnicos de base, pelo menos três em quatro como acontece sempre — o peso, o tamanho, o custo, a funcionalidade. Meti num avião uma série de tipos, direitos a Walter Reed e disse-lhes: "Vamos falar com esses rapazes. "Porque pouco importa que gostemos deste braço.