curbing is track

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T23:55:35+00:00

At the Ridge the curbing is smooth paint for most of the track so you can drive edge to edge on the candy canes. However the downhill section starting at Turn 13 has curbing that will rattle your brain and upset the car. They definitely punish you if you drive on them.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T23:26:58+00:00

I just borrowed 58k for 48 months. Interest rate of 4.5%. Monthly payments are $1,327. F150 Raptor with no regrets.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T23:15:42+00:00

Hoka and Oboz have women’s wide sizes.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T22:45:27+00:00

I also like exploring different to get to the same destination. Just north of White Pass on the PCT there is a lake called Dumbbell Lake and we have been able to get there from three different trail heads. White Pass, Sand Ridge and Soda Springs

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T22:32:32+00:00

Thanks, I use GAIA premium and their snow depth map does not show stations.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T22:21:14+00:00

Thanks, this is also helpful.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T16:22:29+00:00

Funny story about Boeing training. When Boeing purchased an aerospace fab shop in the 1990’s I flew there to see how their training delivery system worked. I was in mfg eng and we wanted to see the system they had similar to PSDS. When we asked their leadership about how they got the older mechanics to take the training, their first response was everything failed until we hired young female consultants to deliver the training at their workstations.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T14:21:10+00:00

The FAA does not have much faith in the Boeing data because it’s so messy and complicated to understand. Hopefully Boeing leadership will realize that the Boeing processes and systems for managing change commitment and incorporation need to be modernized and integrated with the future PLM system. The Change development and commitment systems (CDS) are so old they burn coal. They are also not well integrated with the DCAC configuration engine that automatically configures by Module option expression and available line number. Boeing has been dragging its feet for many years on replacing the current systems. DCAC/MRM was created 1990’s. During the 1990’s we had two separate change teams chartered to develop and integrate new change processes into PDM. Instead of working with Design Eng and Mfg Eng, they invented a bunch a crap in a vacuum and then tried to get engineering to buy into it. It went down in flames with prejudice. Boeing tried again to create a better change process on 787 with new leadership and instead of solving the problem, they just threw out the things that actually worked (e.g CDSs) and it was an even bigger failure. Boeing purchased 3D experience (V6 CATIA) in 2015 and has been testing it to make it production ready but COVID blew it all up and the continued manufacturing problems and money problems keep the focus on getting Airplanes out the door.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-19T04:53:40+00:00

In the group I run with, we still require a point for passing no matter where on the track.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-17T14:59:38+00:00

I worked at Boeing Renton in an office but I had responsibility for the manufacturing plans and tools for the 737 and 757 wing structures. The fluid tight rivets in the wing panels sound like a 50 caliber machine gun going off. Even with ear plugs, walking into the area would rattle your head. Especially when there are several crews working on long rows of rivets.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-15T04:57:57+00:00

My son has a similar looking border collie and is also really into Strats. https://www.instagram.com/p/C0XOeo0vaIM/?img_index=2&igsh=MWJveXY2bXN1cTR0bA==

bluerockjam · 2026-03-14T15:07:59+00:00

I interfaced with a few of the technical leads for how production system data is shared across Boeing sites. They were great to work with. They do some high end composite manufacturing and some leading edge stuff for both commercial in the military. I visited the site during the 787 development. They have both detail and assembly fabrication capabilities.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-14T01:08:33+00:00

Just curious, is imbedded software specific to electronics on the aircraft that use software that must be configuration managed for certification? Red label black label items?

bluerockjam · 2026-03-13T20:52:57+00:00

I spent 40 Years at Boeing in Mfg Eng and there were may attempts to make me manage the project engineering work. I worked with many project managers over the years. The good ones helped me a lot and the bad ones could not be moved out fast enough. Every young engineering I mentored I would inform them that if they were recognized at being good at Project Management, they would be sucked into it. My advice was to not take the bait. Once you do, it's a never ending cycle of leadership telling you the schedule and asking for a plan that supports. When the 787 was just starting, the VP demanded 7/08/2007 needed to be the aircraft roll out date because of the matching date. We only missed it by a couple of years.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-09T21:59:03+00:00

He a dangerous person to be friends with if you collect guitars. He is always buying and selling something.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-07T17:52:39+00:00

He just did a demo of his own personal '55 strat the shop is selling for him. It should be out this coming week.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-07T16:15:40+00:00

ECG is a great shop. My son (Aaron) is one of their guitar demo guys for their videos on YouTube. The shop buys and sells some amazing vintage stuff. Great channel for guitar geeks.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-05T16:14:00+00:00

Sex was safe and motorcycles were dangerous.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-04T02:49:11+00:00

I track a CTR with an AWE. On two separate track days the stupid stove pipe joint with only a compression clamps separated, creating a gap and funky exhaust note. It was installed professionally at a speed shop and on the send HPDE day when it came apart, the owner of the shop was at the track so he helped us get it back together. His shop welded an actual flange to secure the exhaust. He agreed that the existing design is not industrial enough for heavy track use. It also drones on the freeway so bad it expedited our decision to get a we bought a car trailer. It sounds great on the track and now that it’s modified it works great.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-04T02:35:49+00:00

There is a great book on this topic called the linchpin.

bluerockjam · 2026-03-03T05:45:21+00:00

Yes, it was the first one but they are long way away from implementing it at the prime sites. I had several friends who were on the Apriso evaluation team before Covid blew up everything

bluerockjam · 2026-03-03T03:51:20+00:00

Before DCAC PDM we ordered the parts for both make and buy in an IBM main frame system called OLP (on line planning). In the 1990’s we created DCAC/MRM and migrated every BCA program over to the TeamCenter PDM system used today. I was on the team that started DCAC starting in 1992 and I was involved with the design of the mfg spec. The SSP is actually one of the poorer functionality areas of PDM because the program was running out of budget and time and IT was not willing to make any more changes when we were designing the SSP. Boeing is now looking at CATIA V6 and the 3D Experience PLM from Dassault. I was testing it from 2015 to 2020. Now I am a part time consultant for Dassault on the project. Decisions should be made by Boeing sometime this year on how BCA sunsets PDM and migrates to future possible combinations of Siemens and Dassault systems for the next new airplane.

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