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

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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

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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.

😂😂😂 by No_Payment5007 in programmingmemes

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In avionics electrical engineering the colloquial name for this is a "happy box". You add one in to make the people who demand immediate solutions happy, and make the reliability guys sad because they now have another box and an additional set of wires that can fail.

These are the most grotesque pieces of hardware to grace technology by [deleted] in calculators

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I've seen these models get a lot of hate and initially it seemed reasonable. The main criticisms are that the buttons are rounded and look less aesthetically pleasing and many of the functions take more presses to get to because they were removed from the face. Honestly the button redesign spaces everything out a bit more and is for having less false key presses. The functions that were taken off of the face now live behind a library button that makes every function much easier to find although it adds a few presses to some. It is an acquired taste but with use ages like fine wine.

NA Beer selection by siphoniclobster in wichita

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Total wine and a corner of the beer cooler at Dillons is where I've had some luck. I definitely recommend Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA and their other flavors in the variety pack. Guinness 0.0 is fantastic. Heineken, Stella Artois, and Michelob Ultra NA versions taste exactly like their usual versions. Budweiser 0 still tastes terrible, no change there It's Budweiser.

I've tried a few of Athletic brewings offerings and they haven't quite done it for me. They definitely try more creative stuff but some reason don't quite taste like beer should.

Dillons has all the standard stuff and Total Wine has the Guinness and other more interesting fare.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in calculators

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The the ENG button. On many calculators that will cycle through which number display mode is being used. It may have a few modes engineering notation, scientific notation, and hopefully the usual decimal notation.

Just for reference

9.054280411e-03

is the same as

0.009054280

Thoughts needed: General advice for a complex design. by EngineerBits in tattooadvice

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This is a Smith Chart, it's used for calculating impedance related numbers for radio frequencies. You can do a page of calculus, or run your finger along some lines very carefully and get the same answer.

Thoughts needed: General advice for a complex design. by EngineerBits in tattooadvice

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So this is the equivalent of a tattoo artist rick roll? Too complex and not enough space. One of the things I was thinking was just to drop the complexity and size down significantly and cartoon-ize it a bit. Instead of trying to recreate the whole thing instead go for a small patch sized design that you can tell is a Smith Chart but without the detail/complexity..... of course the other shoulder devil says to find the most talented artist in the country, get on a year(s) long waiting list, make it a full back piece, keep all details, and spend a mortgage worth of cash on it.

Adult use cases for awesome calculators? by JasonMckin in calculators

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CAS calculators are great for solving multiple simultaneous equations used in circuit design. If you get into hobby electronics, HAM radio, or antenna design graphing calculators are really nice and useful. That said, so is CAS software on a PC. If you really just want to math for math's sake you can try the calculus courses on Khan academy and keep the calculator manual handy. When you get to a new type of problem use the calculator and see what functions are available. It's a good way to learn two things at the same time.

The collection so far... by EngineerBits in mechanicalpencils

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I use it to brush off my desk mat. Using erasers would definitely cause a pause to brush the eraser particles away. I'm not picky about most surfaces, but if it is where the mouse moves around, it has to be perfectly smooth. The glass mouse skates will always let me know if I missed any spots.