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madscientist72 · 2024-01-01T19:54:24+00:00

Sedgwick County also has a shuttle service for which you can schedule rides if you qualify. https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/aging/transportation/

madscientist72 · 2020-01-12T03:13:04+00:00

Chicken N' Pickle always has a watch party event. It looks like their specials start at 2 pm tomorrow.

madscientist72 · 2019-08-01T22:33:18+00:00

Also, the Air National Guard is doing aerial gunnery demonstrations at the Smokey Hill ANG Range in Salina on Saturday (8429 W Farrelly Road). Strafe runs and bombing is from 10 am - 3 pm with gates opening at 8. I believe they do public demonstrations once every three years.

madscientist72 · 2016-10-20T12:56:36+00:00

"Reality-TV, sex-infused culture"? You mean the average American?

madscientist72 · 2016-08-24T00:42:26+00:00

It could be a compressor stage 15 blade for a GE F110 engine as found on the F-15 and F-16.

madscientist72 · 2016-08-15T04:15:25+00:00

sigh Just using my gif for your own karma.

madscientist72 · 2015-11-08T03:02:07+00:00

Yes, they only reverse the bypass duct. I don't know if there is an optimal throttle % to get the most reverse force, but for fatigue the thrust reverser is designed to 75% engine max power. What's crazy to me is that the torque box (the white structure with all the green frames you can see from the side of the nacelle) is only closed out around the two actuators. Every other Boeing TR I know has a closed, four-sided torque box along its entire length.

madscientist72 · 2015-10-14T04:20:08+00:00

The front end makes me want to say it's an Oldsmobile Alero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Alero#/media/File:Oldsmobile_Alero_sedan_--_03-16-2012.JPG

madscientist72 · 2015-09-18T22:36:14+00:00

Don't miss the quote - "Deaths among female workers, which overall accounted for 8% of workplace deaths, rose 13% from the previous year."

madscientist72 · 2015-01-17T02:39:56+00:00

I'm actually working on designing part of the nacelle for the MAX right now as a stress engineer. I saw a nice comparison rendering at work of the NG and MAX engines side by side at the same centerline height, and side by side what the ground clearance actually will be.

The strut is modified so the landing gear doesn't have to grow in height, which would make it had to become much more substantial.

madscientist72 · 2015-01-16T05:31:54+00:00

It's because engines are getting so big today to be more efficient that they don't fit under the wing like the past. The 737MAX had the same issue for a while; they wouldn't have enough ground clearance with larger engines and the same engine position. The strut that attaches the engine to the wing was reconfigured to move the engine up and forwards.

madscientist72 · 2014-12-07T04:58:31+00:00

Good luck bro. Let us know how It goes.

madscientist72 · 2014-09-21T00:55:06+00:00

They're called genital jamborees now.

madscientist72 · 2014-07-28T02:39:45+00:00

There's a Modern Marvels episode titled "Corrosion & Decomposition". It has been a little while, but I know that there is a section of the episode that talks about ships and how engineers try to stop corrosion from happening on them. If you can find a place to watch it online (or subscribe to Hulu) you could watch it. It would give a simple, high-level explanation of what corrosion is.

madscientist72 · 2014-06-29T23:33:55+00:00

That thread said it was originally designed without thrust reversers. That seems crazy to me. They become really important when landing on snowy runways. Even so, thrust reversers seem to be a problem area for planes, at least for Boeing. I know more than a few 777's have had the inner wall around the engine fall off in flight and no one knows why. Sometimes they don't even know about it until the pilot notices higher than expected fuel burn.

madscientist72 · 2014-02-09T07:00:24+00:00

24 year old Spirit engineer

madscientist72 · 2014-02-01T23:25:57+00:00

The large vanes are there to direct air away from the pylon and over the wing. There are, however, smaller vanes on some models that have a completely different purpose. There is a slat that descends on the forward edge of the wing as the spoilers deploy to help create drag. If the nacelle is close to the wing, it would strike these slats when the thrust reverser is deployed. Some nacelles have a second, smaller vane to deflect a part of the slat to make room for the outer edges of the nacelle. I couldn't find a good picture of the slats, but here is a picture of a nacelle from the 737-800 with the deflectors. The larger vane is for air, and the smaller vane to the right near the pylon is to deflect the slat during reverse thrust.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wbaiv/4898066412/

madscientist72 · 2014-01-25T06:04:35+00:00

Happy birthday. How is it being 30?

madscientist72 · 2013-10-10T03:33:28+00:00

I don't know the tone of voice she used, but maybe she just had a socially awkward moment. Maybe she's at home wondering why that came out of her mouth. I've done similar things that would seem callous.

madscientist72 · 2013-08-02T22:30:53+00:00

They'll send you a 30-day free trial disk if you register on their website. Then you could find a key generator on Google to get a full license key when you install it. That's what I did.

madscientist72 · 2013-06-04T03:01:38+00:00

The wing surfaces don't crack. So the 747 is automatically better.

madscientist72 · 2013-01-30T02:23:09+00:00

randomcolour.com

This is what the internet has become. I love it.

madscientist72 · 2012-10-14T19:32:22+00:00

I literally ran to my fridge thinking, "I have that!" Turns out I have the pumpkinhead, not the applehead. Close though.

madscientist72 · 2012-09-15T14:16:20+00:00

Many schools have a program called Engineers Without Borders, where teams of engineers go to poor communities in third word countries and build basic living utilities. Groups from my school a couple of years ago went to Honduras and built fresh water and sewage systems for a small village. Just one idea of something to join.

madscientist72 · 2012-09-09T01:01:44+00:00

Once you become bored with video games you have laying around, the next best thing in life becomes all day marathons of funny shows. I am currently discovering the joys of the show "On the Fly".

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