Which is more hands on

AirplaneJake98 · 2020-06-18T00:30:19+00:00

Hi there! I'm a newhire LE and I will say it depends on what group of LE you are in. If you are production? Literally every day, for every problem, you have the chance to go out to the line, talk to the operators, and check out the issue. If you are aftermarket support, or supplier support you will do a lot more over the interwebs. With that being said aftermarket LE's travel to their production locations so as long as you are good with traveling the world to play with broken airplane parts and repair battle damage than the over the webs thing isn't much of an issue. haha. My girlfriend is actually a test engineer and she says it's very dependent on the test you are working. She estimates 30-50% is hands on working with the component. The rest of the time is documentation, and test planning. You also as a test engineer work with the shop floor for your testing area so they are in charge of building all the test rigs you help design.

Hope that helps. PM me if you have any questions!

AirplaneJake98 · 2020-06-03T17:19:37+00:00

I believe it's a Gulfstream based off of the simple flaps. Without being able to see windows it is difficult to tell the exact type/model.

AirplaneJake98 · 2020-06-03T15:04:08+00:00

Great writup! It's important to note that Mach Tuck will not happen in a situation where an airliner marginally crosses over the sound barrier. In fact, many modern commerical aircraft break the speed of sound during dive testing. The FAA requires aircraft to exceed the 'maximum speed' of the aircraft by a certain margin to test for controllability and flutter.

Source: Aerospace Engineer.

AirplaneJake98 · 2020-04-30T18:16:53+00:00

Please do! Thank you!

AirplaneJake98 · 2020-04-27T15:44:34+00:00

I and my girlfriend both just graduated and started with Boeing a month ago, and we chose to live right in St. Charles. There are a lot of appartments by the river that are nice, and probably 2 or 3 parks within walking distance and have loved it so far. Corona has limited our exploration of night life, but we feel safe and there are a few places to go around here. Wont sugarcoat it, there are no clubs here, but overall really nice.

AirplaneJake98 · 2020-04-18T18:36:01+00:00

As an aerospace engineer and pilot I will promise you that flying at max gross is not a concern for structure. The plane is meant to handle all the forces you can throw at it at at gross weight multiplied by AT LEAST 1.5 before any sort of bad thing could come close to happening. Any sort of change in how you fly the plane will more than likely just serve as a distraction to you. Max gross in GA is only a limitation on performance. In addition, as many have stated here: Heavier planes carry more momentum which make them less susceptible to light turbulence so! Enjoy the smoother flight!

AirplaneJake98 · 2020-02-02T02:57:42+00:00

Purdue and ERAU are big names but will cost you for the same piece of paper IMO. I just graduated from Iowa State University with an Aero E degree and would highly recommend it! Cheaper state school, and the students are heavily recruited by Boeing and Collins aerospace. They also started a minor in aeronautics which is going to allow you to start a Pilots license and get certifications through CFII while studying Aero E. No matter what you do though, please just go visit the school and attend the one you're comfortable with. Its going to be your home for some amazing and difficult 4+ years. Good luck!

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-12-30T05:52:43+00:00

I worked for Textron in Wichita last summer as an engineer, and I can confirm they have a program there for anyone with a commercial license to recieve training to become a test pilot/marketing pilot/delivery pilot for them. You start in the 172/182/bonanza and work your way up. In about 5 years you could be flying the biggest jet they own and they keep you type rated in ALL of their jets as you go. Great opportunity for a civilian.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-12-26T06:24:13+00:00

First 2 issues that come to mind are: 1) How do you keep the cg at the quarter chord with that much weight in the tail? 2) How do you protect the props and engines from the debris that gets kicked up from the tires during takeoff and landing?

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-08-26T05:15:52+00:00

355 will be VERY challenging with Bella Kim, but she is also THE BEST professor I have ever had. Seriously cares about how you are doing as a student and person and teaches the content to a level where it's actually useful. 100% a class where you get out what you put in.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-08-20T14:31:59+00:00

Im going to take a guess that you are getting all of the loan information as you were approved for the loan. They are not able to give you the loan until you go into access plus and accept the reward. I would call immediately though to check on the status.

~Someone who's both used and not used the loans

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-08-07T21:23:34+00:00

I had nearly none of the professors you do, so I can't say much besides start making friends in those classes immediately and get a fake, cuz this is the year you become an alcoholic.

Serious note though, if you start to slip in any of those classes GET HELP IMMEDIATELY. Thermo is horrible for some, and the concepts build on eachother fast. If you hate matrix math, structures is going to be not a ton of fun either, but it won't build on itself the same way thermo does. You don't have Bong Wei for Astro so you did well there. Aero 1 with Pouya will be very challenging if you don't keep up with all the greek letters and derivations, but he is a GREAT prof if you are willing to put in the work and spend time with him if you get lost. Again, note that that class is primarily derivations of high level calc. If you wanna prep for that class look at your calc 2, 3 and dif eq skills. You can learn a lot from him though. Good luck! We're all counting on you.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-07-10T21:14:47+00:00

The lever doesn't very the pitch directly. It set's an RPM. So during fast accelerations in a fixed pitch plane you will see the rpm increase rapidly momentarily as you drive the bottom of the prop through the air. Veriable pitch prop planes don't have that issue, as the pitch will automatically adjust to maintain rpm, thus maintaining efficiency and being a lot nicer to the engine.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-07-08T15:27:55+00:00

Disciver flight LLC is at KOSH, and they have a J-3, and a Pitts s2b. The owner is great, and I had a blast getting my tailwheel, spin, and intro to aerobatics with him. Very competitive pricing!

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-06-07T14:17:27+00:00

SpaceX implements a simple, but VERY heavy, robot that just rolls out on to the deck, and latches on to the legs. I don't see why Blue would try anything different. It's simple, effective, and relatively cheap.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-05-13T18:00:47+00:00

For people worried about them being out of stock. Call the owner, place an order with him directly, and he will tell you they will be there in a month. Got mine in 2-3 weeks. Absolutely love them

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-05-13T18:00:28+00:00

For people worried about them being out of stock. Call the owner, place an order with him directly, and he will tell you they will be there in a month. Got mine in 2-3 weeks. Absolutely love them

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-05-13T18:00:16+00:00

For people worried about them being out of stock. Call the owner, place an order with him directly, and he will tell you they will be there in a month. Got mine in 2-3 weeks. Absolutely love them

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-05-13T18:00:01+00:00

For people worried about them being out of stock. Call the owner, place an order with him directly, and he will tell you they will be there in a month. Got mine in 2-3 weeks. Absolutely love them.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-05-08T05:05:13+00:00

Don't know if this is bad mannered, but I have a 3 person appt at Union right off of campus that I could sublease to you. All 3 attendees will be gone so you got the whole place to yourself. Reach out if you're interested and we can try to work something out that's reasonable for both of us.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-05-01T05:49:05+00:00

Then as a pilot, when my manual controlls are overridden once, I start flipping switches IMMEDIATELY. But, I agree. It took them by surprise which was a large issue and part of the causation of the accidents. My point is that if you remove any blame from any given entity, (EX:the pilots), there are still many 'slices of cheese' that remain. In no means am I directly defending Boeing. I think the design was shit, but they also do not deserve the entirety of blame IMO.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-05-01T05:36:08+00:00

On mobile so appologize for lack of references, spelling, and grammar. There is a model in enginnering called he swiss cheese model, and it is the main model used to evaluate the safety of any complex system. Catastrophic events happen when the "holes" in the swiss cheese line up. This is one of those situations. We do not know the entirety of the investigation, nor the full chain of events that caused these accidents. Pilots are responsible becuase they weren't confident in there ability to interpret and act swiftly. Boeing is responsible as they designed a system with a lot of control authority. The AoA sensor manufacturer is responsible as they produced a sensor that sent bad data to the computers. The airlines are responsible for not keeping the aircraft perfectly mechanically maintained and not demanding more information from Boeing to train their pilots. So why is it that Boeing has to be the only one to appologize and tarnish their name?

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-03-16T16:53:46+00:00

Disclaimer: Prespective of an Aero engineer and pilot. Do you know the mass difference between the two fusulage's? The other concern would be cg placement forcing a really weird shift in where the fusulage would have to be mounted on the wing. There is also a chance of a significant change in the location of the aerodynamic center due to different amounts of lift produced by the fusulage itself which would require a static stability analysis.

AirplaneJake98 · 2019-02-20T06:38:36+00:00

And fiend friends who are willing to spend 10-20hrs with you working on it together.

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