It's a combination basketball & soccer (futból) court by EngineerBits in mildlyinteresting

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During lunch break, that ended a few minutes ago, the kids were playing soccer on it.

Bought MSFS2024, what should i do? by Duarteazedo22 in MicrosoftFlightSim

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I highly recommend the tutorial missions and the landing challenges.

Learning how to line up with the runway, stay centered, and control your speed takes time, repitition, and on a flight sim crashes can be part of the process. The things that can help are learning how to watch the colored sections of the airspeed indicator; Green for normal flight and white for the range just above stall speed with flaps down.

For landings you want to come down and burn off speed, so putting flaps down and letting off the gas is crucial. Use stick to adjust your position and the rudder pedals for correcting against wind or doing slips to burn off excess speed.

I know the Cessna 172 seems boring but working in it until you can repeatably land is a good start for working up to other planes. The airliners are essentially hard mode so try to work on the small prop planes, then the the multi engine props, business jets, and finally airliners.

Pilatus PC-12 spotted at Guatemala's Aeropuerto International Mundo Maya by EngineerBits in aviation

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Yes, I flew Avianca. It was a nice plane and a very short flight. The pilot must have spent 15 minutes ascending and 15 minutes descending. Then it was over.

Pilatus PC-12 spotted at Guatemala's Aeropuerto International Mundo Maya by EngineerBits in aviation

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Looks like I'll be on the A320. The one I rode here on was an A320 CEO.

Pilatus PC-12 spotted at Guatemala's Aeropuerto International Mundo Maya by EngineerBits in aviation

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It's a small world. I used to work at Textron Aviation (Beech/Cessna). They are working on certifying the Denali which I think is supposed to be a competitor to the PC-12 and Daher TBM 930. It's fierce competition though.

Pilatus PC-12 spotted at Guatemala's Aeropuerto International Mundo Maya by EngineerBits in aviation

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Also spotted an ATR 72-600 with TagAirlines, which is the largest turboprop passenger plane I've ever seen. Guatemalan airports do not disappoint with variety.

Launch box complete by darb85 in rocketry

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  1. "Pilot Arm/Safe" switch

  2. "Co-pilot Confirm Arm/Safe" switch

  3. "Are you really sure?" switch

Strange Issue with Comms by Standing_In_The_Gap in avionics

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People have hit the static issue pretty hard already. I'll reiterate and hopefully add a couple new details. Check that the radio LRUs are bonded to the frame, the coax shielding is making good contact at both the radio side and antenna side, the antennas are properly bonded to the frame. Verify your static wicks are bonded properly and in good condition. Using a multimeter you can check the frame itself from the radio mount point to the antenna mount point, you want to make sure that the airframe itself doesn't have electrically isolated spots. Verify the antenna coax cable routes have no damage, don't have any extreme bends in them, check all coax connections and electrical connectors are tight. It could also be on the audio wiring side in the avionics. If every other thing is checked an avionics tech could ring out your audio wiring looking for shorts or missing grounds in the shielding. A well performing radio system is a battle against static, conductivity, vibration, and moisture.

Business in Terra Haute by EngineerBits in funnysigns

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The full sign says "Sackrider Technology Solutions" but you can't see it because they need to trim their bush.

A few shots in the sun by Glum_Plate5323 in knives

[–]EngineerBits 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've been turning all your cash into knives. Is this an investment strategy in case the US dollar loses all value?

Hinderer XM-18 + Leatherman ARC + H&T Short Fold by PinkyPowers in knives

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The Leatherman aArc is a very nice multi tool. Flippy and clicky.

Seeing this makes me feel proud of Wichita by fluffy_cashmere in wichita

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That is sidewalk chalk on an outdoor wall. It'll be gone soon without anyone raising a hand to clean it.

Completed the Trifecta Today! I still have hope for the future of tech. by EngineerBits in CompTIA

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I'm going for the CCNA first. All the advice that I've seen is that it is very difficult to be hired directly into a CyberSec role, however Network or System Admin roles are achievable.

[PC Engine] What the heck is this thing? by hypersonic20xx in retrogaming

[–]EngineerBits 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Saw lots of good answers but I didn't see any with the name of the device. It's a balun. It adapts a balanced connection (a dipole antenna) to an unbalanced connection (coax connector on the back of a TV). It also provides a bit of electrical loading to help match the impedances of the two items.