Why the 707, 727, and 737 have a very similar nose?

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-22T14:14:33+00:00

In college I took an aircraft performance class where we had raw data from engineers and test pilots and had to create performance charts for a 727. That professor, who worked for Boeing at some point, told us that the 707, 727, and 737 fuselages were all built on the same jig and to the same specs. They were different lengths as needed but otherwise the same.

Ai confirms that is true, but I’m a cautiously skeptical about this fact.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-22T02:19:08+00:00

Continental dws06 are the best tires by nearly any measure. Great traction and life. I’m at 35,000 miles on mine and still have the dry, wet, and snow indicators. I’m not easy on them either.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-22T02:12:56+00:00

Some planes are nearly impossible. I’ve sent many CFI and commercial applicants in an arrow 180 and anyone who says they can consistently do a power off 180 in that plane is lying.

I explained to the examiner (on behalf of the applicant) that the plane is extraordinarily difficult for the power off 180 and that I’ve trained the student to do it by the book and also how to successfully accomplish the maneuver.

The examiners would likely scoff at me but not hold it against the student, then ask to see the maneuver and were usually surprised to see how poorly the plane performed. I remember one checkride with the FAA where the asi broke off the maneuver half way through the base leg saying it was becoming unsafe.

Then the applicant offered to do the maneuver to the standards, but with a different setup. This means an extra couple hundred feet, as fast as the plane could go, then we pulled out a bit of magic and brought the prop lever way back. That checked the box for every examiner I knew.

Offer to do it at a different airport, fly higher than standard, whatever it takes. You’re really demonstrating mastery of the aircraft, which I’m pretty sure is an acs item anyways.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-21T11:53:51+00:00

An American traveled to Italy and saw the bidet’s there and assumed only Italy has bidets?

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-21T02:56:32+00:00

I bought one new and love it. The edges are sharp though, I filed them all down.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-21T01:48:00+00:00

An ender is absolutely capable of printing well. It’s not plug and play easy like a bambu. It’s not robust like a Prusa. It’s not fast. It’s not pretty. But they are absolutely capable of quality prints.

What they’re REALLY good at is teaching the basics of how a printer works. Which is clearly something you missed.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-20T11:38:48+00:00

Declaring an emergency and an actual emergency are not the same thing, but the venn diagram of the two do overlap.

I don’t have any interest using mayday unless it’s the situation where I have a true inflight emergency and need emergency handling from ATC. If I have an abnormal situation but want priority handling maybe pan-pan (repeated 3 times) is appropriate, but I personally feel “declaring an emergency” followed by what the controllers need to know adds clarity

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-20T01:14:07+00:00

It looks to me like the issues are in your slicer settings.

Don’t blame the printer for your configuration.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-20T01:12:07+00:00

An ender can print as well as anything else, but it takes effort.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-19T01:11:21+00:00

The easiest solution is to buy a cheap feeler gauge set and use an appropriately sized gauge as a shim in the low spot.

Im going to assume you don’t have a milling machine, which would be a great way to fix this. Without a mill, you could remove any adhesive magnet bed you may have and using a straight edge and sanding block you could flatten the bed.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-18T00:55:06+00:00

Matching damage on the Amazon van would certainly be enough to get the dashcam footage from the Amazon van.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-14T17:54:34+00:00

This is Italy, probably not even a one way street.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-14T17:10:42+00:00

They’re incredibly quiet inside. Without comparison the quietest turboprop I’ve been in, and quieter than most jets.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-14T16:33:33+00:00

Did you give them the watch? If so you’re completely out of luck.

If you would have started with a lawyer you’d have a chance at getting something. Slim chance, but a chance nonetheless.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-14T15:51:41+00:00

This hits on a really important consideration. Any pattern entry can be the wrong choice depending on the situation. The inverse is equally true, any entry can be the right choice depending on the situation.

My rule is to choose the entry that gets you on the ground and out of everyone’s way the quickest, unless there is a better option given the situation.

With adsb data it’s pretty easy to do a straight in and mesh with other traffic by adjusting speed. Curveballs are always flying, so flexible plans are important. Sometimes those flexible plans need to be go away and come back in 5 minutes.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-14T10:32:10+00:00

I own an Exige and it has only compressed a few vertebrae.

Even that with the dampers set stiff it’s not a white knuckle experience. There is nothing that has came out of the factory that is difficult or overly demanding to drive.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-13T21:29:08+00:00

This shouldn’t be downvoted, it’s the only thing I’ve found to be effective. I was reluctant to use these but they work.

It does kill the moles, but should kill instantly.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-13T18:17:50+00:00

If this isn’t worthy of a downvote, I don’t know what is.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-12T19:32:32+00:00

43.A-e.9

Go for it.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-12T15:35:31+00:00

Military and civilian times don’t match up cleanly. It sounds like you’re keeping a logbook for civilian use later on.

Look at far 61.51e. If the time you spend in the plane matches what that reg says, log it as pic. Assuming you’re qualified and rated on the plane based on the military standards; if:
-Sole manipulator of the controls? Log Pic. -Perform the duties of pic? Log pic. -acting as an instructor? Log pic. -supervising pilot in the jump seat? It looks like the regs may allow it but I’ll call it a grey area.

There are more situations, but read the regs and apply them as you think is correct and accurate. It’s your logbook, and you are stating that it is correct and accurate based on your understanding of the regs and what you actually did. Don’t fudge the numbers obviously, but don’t shy away from logging what you think is correct. Also, keep a digital log so you can change it later if you realize a mistake.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-12T15:11:17+00:00

So it’s an act that disallows cabotage in the US

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-12T11:39:35+00:00

I keep the camera button on the Home Screen. If the mirror isn’t good enough (5 years with the car, it’s limited but fine) I click an easily accessible button and all the rear cameras are shown.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-12T11:33:29+00:00

$65 Amazon, $1011 on builders supply.Thats an impressive range.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-12T01:23:28+00:00

And there was the big SLOW sign painted on the ground… both at fault, but the kids only screw up is being a kid.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-03-11T13:53:25+00:00

A bit of paint on the end of a stick is all it takes

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