archenemy Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I'm glad that when I make a mistake, it doesn't look anything like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Â OH YEAH?!?! WHAT ABOUT THE THERAC 25?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builder206 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 French chocks. Just can't rely on 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builder206 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Hey, KK, lower your voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 chock full of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Pilot to insurance company "OF COURSE I was doing the speed limit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 ...The aircraft, with tail number MSN 856, was due to be delivered to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, "in the coming days," Airbus says. Â Looks like things might be a little backed up at AUH next week... Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmncwrtr Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Someone's probably in a chock-full-a-trouble. Â Before I went to test the big, bad boys at the friendly skies, I used to test small biz jet engines. I remember my first on aircraft engine test. I was sitting on the floor in this tiny space surrounded by stacks of gear and equipment. One of the test pilots hands me a fire extinguisher and says, in case we light up. I said, but we're on the ground. He said, doesn't matter where you are when you're testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo7 Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 NO SECRETARY, NO DESK.......LAME THREAD....SEE YA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 its merely a flesh wound. A little 100 mph tape and a dab of paint and no one will ever know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I've been working with a french jet manufacturer lately. . . . there planes and they're engineering frighten me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 its merely a flesh wound. A little 100 mph tape and a dab of paint and no one will ever know. Â Â You have no idea how true this is. Â Â You've probably all heard of Quantas vaunted safety record that they've never "lost" a plane? It doesn't mean they've never crashed or severly damaged one, just that they fix them and fly them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo7 Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I've been working with a french jet manufacturer lately. . . . there planes and they're engineering frighten me! Â let's hope it's better than your english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 You guys are probably all suckling on the Boieng teat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 there planes and they're engineering frighten me! Â typical American engineer scared by modern technology and competent engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Yes. If Airbus could just get those composite tail fins to stay glued to the fuselage they'd be onto something big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Bring back the DC3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 The greatest transport aircraft in aviation history. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Yes. If Airbus could just get those composite tail fins to stay glued to the fuselage they'd be onto something big.  If Boeing could get fasteners from somewhere other than Home Depot they'd be able to fulfill something big  The biggest dumbasses are the ones who have the least contact with actual work being done. Not coincidentally they are the most xenophobic and optimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 there planes and they're engineering frighten me! Â typical American engineer scared by modern technology and competent engineers. Â :lmao: :lmao: Â I've seen them try and make curves from 1 data point, call a curve fit good when it splits the difference between two data points that vary by a factor of 2, and am working on a pitch control system that has a +/- 20% potential variability in feel (and greater than that in aircraft response) from aircraft to aircraft. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I've seen them try and make curves from 1 data point, call a curve fit good when it splits the difference between two data points that vary by a factor of 2, and am working on a pitch control system that has a +/- 20% potential variability in feel (and greater than that in aircraft response) from aircraft to aircraft.  That sounds like my experience with Boeing, Lockmart and Raytheon  :lmao: :lmao:  btw: it's their planes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo7 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Yes. If Airbus could just get those composite tail fins to stay glued to the fuselage they'd be onto something big. Â "Boeing manufactures the 787's tail fin at its plant in Frederickson, Washington, the ailerons and flaps at Boeing AUSTRALIA, and fairings at Boeing CANADATechnology. For its entire history, Boeing has guarded its techniques for designing and mass producing commercial jetliner wings. For economic reasons, the wings are manufactured by JAPANESE companies in Nagoya, e.g. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; the horizontal stabilizers are manufactured by Alenia Aeronautica in ITALY; and the fuselage sections by Vought in Charleston, SOUTH CAROLINA (USA), Alenia in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan and Spirit AeroSystems, in Wichita, Kansas (USA). The passenger doors are made by Latecoere (FRANCE)and the cargo doors, access doors and crew escape door are made by Saab(SWEDEN). Japanese industrial participation is very important to the project, with 35% work share, with many of the subcontractors supported and funded by the Japanese government.[49] " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 (edited) I don't give a rat's ass who makes what, as long as they emit shitloads of greenhouse gases when flying me to the Caribbean. Edited November 18, 2007 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Â fuck, you guys would argue about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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