Hedy's Skill: Mechanical Tinkering

  • Competency
    Competent
  • Skill Summary

    This skill grew across her life as a therapeutic creative outlet in her Hollywood trailers, leading her to develop streamlined aerodynamics for aircraft wings and multi-component consumer inventions. Her mastery peaks in the late 1930s when billionaire Howard Hughes resources her custom engineering workbench.

  • Description

    The unstructured engineering practice of assembling, dismantling, and repairing mechanical components, toys, or consumer hardware to explore physical functionality.

Evidence Performed using Mechanical Tinkering