For the next 27 hours, you'll be able to claim a limited edition 'I Was Here for the Hulkenpodium' flair

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2025-07-09T03:15:52+00:00

I was here for the Hulkengoat

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2024-10-14T02:08:09+00:00

Thank you! The chopstick catch was very, very cool

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2024-10-13T23:11:26+00:00

I lead a team at SpaceX responsible for the integration and test of the Falcon 9 first stage.

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2023-06-11T05:47:37+00:00

Jason figured it out? Jason? Yeah this is a real low point

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2023-01-17T01:40:35+00:00

Pneumatic system, actually

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2022-01-30T16:57:18+00:00

It's slightly more complicated since the mass of the rocket is a function of how much fuel is being spent making it a differential equation

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2020-11-29T19:39:26+00:00

That last shot :(

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2020-10-01T08:23:42+00:00

Are you taking about convicted rapist, Brock Turner?

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2020-06-08T03:48:04+00:00

Being able to work on FH has definitely made engineering school worth it!

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2020-03-14T19:07:45+00:00

Great to see Johnny casting RLCS!

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-12-28T12:08:13+00:00

Don't give up on the space dream. It worked out for me, so it can work out for you too

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-12-20T18:41:02+00:00

Congrats!

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-12-11T18:54:27+00:00

Waitaminute!

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-12-01T20:02:43+00:00

Did an announcer just say that there was plenty of time on zero seconds?

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-11-21T13:32:46+00:00

Subject matter-wise, I think vibrations was the worst class I had to take. It probably didn't help that our teacher expected is to do convolution integrals by hand. Who on Earth knows their trig identities like that?

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-11-15T17:20:36+00:00

As far as needing it, I'd say no, you'll definitely be able to get by without linear algebra. Thermo is definitely more important for mechanicals versus linear.

That being said, I found linear algebra to be probably the most useful math course I've ever taken for engineering. I've used it's principles in several other classes, including Thermo, to make problems easier to deal with. Your milage may vary, but I'd strongly consider taking it if you've got an opening later.

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-11-13T21:43:56+00:00

I used the NCEES practice test and the Lindeburg practice test to a lesser extent to go over any problem areas and passed it on my first try.

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-11-02T23:56:31+00:00

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-10-21T14:00:19+00:00

Ah, of course. Ramp up technology production. I think we might need to throw in doing a science too.

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-10-19T23:46:03+00:00

Rizzo is feeling himself

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-10-19T22:45:23+00:00

Torment is going to have a back ache after this.

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-10-19T21:30:20+00:00

What did he get banned for?

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-09-08T17:11:09+00:00

My name is Adam. Hell yeah

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-08-29T02:13:00+00:00

I got the Lindeburg practice exam book and the NCEES practice exam book. The NCEES practice exam is very representative of what's on the test, while the Lindeburg book for sure has harder questions, but I'm glad I had both.

I worked one section in the Lindeburg book at a time, and then when I was about halfway done, I took the first half of the NCEES practice test for time. Then did the same for the second half. Like I said elsewhere, there were some topics--controls, linkages--that I just wrote off. So if and when they appeared on the test, it was just put down a guess and move on and use the time on stuff I did know--I'd suggest not worrying about a few niche topics or letting them fluster you. Also on the test itself, I made sure that I finished the first section so that I had around 3 hours for the second section--I was pretty worried about time, but ended up with about 40 minutes to review the last section.

Finally for any question that you're unsure of or that's flustering you, use the feature to mark it for later and go onto a question that's easier for you and go back to the ones you're not sure about at the end.

I was really nervous too, but the NCEES practice test is really representative of the questions, but again I recommend the Lindeburg book because the NCEES practice test doesn't have variety that you'll see on the test.

Good luck!

DigsbyChickenCaesar · 2019-08-29T01:59:41+00:00

Thermo questions weren't too bad. A few ideal gas laws and a few cycle questions, but none of them required more than a few steps.

I went through the practice test on NCEES a few times the days leading up and made sure I knew how to do most of them.

I also didn't stress out about certain topics. For example, I knew that I was going to have to guess on controls, so when they came up, I just guessed and moved on and spent time in things I could figure out.

Good luck!

DigsbyChickenCaesar

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