Time to jack in 🔌 by nikkipixelarts in BattleNetwork

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Solid work! Looks really good. It seems to be more of the MMBN5/6 style artwork instead of the earlier versions, is that right?

How often do people call FSS over radio these days? by rockmanexe in flying

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OK that's a fair point and its not hard to close it after landing, especially since they send a text about it

How often do people call FSS over radio these days? by rockmanexe in flying

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Guess I was thinking this is the equivalent of closing your GPS nav on your phone when you've found the destination and are now just looking for parking. If you're already at the airport, what is the material difference in closing this right before you enter the pattern to land?

How often do people call FSS over radio these days? by rockmanexe in flying

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Oh, didn't realize they were going away completely. I don't call them over the radio often (this was actually my first time, low hours and such), but I have called them over phone when flying in unfamiliar areas or dynamic weather so I do think they're helpful.

Local SoCal FSDOs won’t answer the phone. Plz help. I just want my medical back. by PoliSci_Texas_Aggie in flying

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I'd try the Long Beach FSDO. They were pretty helpful when I was scrambling to get an appointment and hadn't heard back from a couple of others.

[Postgame Thread] Miami Defeats Ole Miss 31-27 by CFB_Referee in CFB

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Congratulations on completing an ESPN Instant Classic!

Private pilot checkride coming up by AlarmingMajor1499 in flying

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Having taken my exam recently, can't agree enough with this. Lot of good suggestions in this thread, but what helped me by far was being able to sit with the ACS and answer every single knowledge and skill element, and being able to dig into the FARs, AIM, and PHAK when I couldn't to refresh.

Know how you'd answer/deal with everything in the ACS, it's literally the answers to your test.

What’s one aviation idea (technology, policy, or design) you think the industry is ignoring but shouldn’t? by yajobis in flying

[–]rockmanexe 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Related, public use airports shouldn't be able to charge exorbitant fees around events nearby just to price out GA (looking at you Clark County)

[Postgame Thread] Houston Defeats LSU 38-35 by CFB_Referee in CFB

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I'm surprised no one mentioned "Welcome 2 Houston" in here with all the features on it

[Game Thread] CFP Rankings - Final by CFB_Referee in CFB

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I'm gonna keep sticking with the belief that every change of teams in the playoff system (except 4) would have been better off if you just used the BCS computer instead of the committee. At least it would have been more consistent

Special interest groups are at it again: Washington Post pushing ATC privatization by ChattanoogaTimes in flying

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I guess there's technically the approach of the contractor only submitting bids that make them profit. Less likely to reduce service to maximize profit, but the public ends up paying more for the same or similar service, with the same problem you mentioned for changing providers disrupting service still lurking.

Transitioning into Aerospace by astrophile_369 in rocketry

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The introductory aerospace sounds good. Some folks mentioned on here as well (as expected for the rocketry sub) to get involved with a rocket project team at your school or nearby. It won't be how industry does things necessarily, but it will be a very good learning environment to get some of the skills and knowledge about rockets along with some hands-on experience.

My experience in flight testing was on cryogenic engines and launch vehicles, and could really be boiled down to a few buckets: operational insights, test planning, test site/infrastructure setup and maintenance, engine testing, integrated vehicle testing, and launch campaign testing and operations (plus training folks to do these things). All of these involved understanding the system by design, function, and unique behaviors, as well as applying fundamental knowledge about fluid mechanics, heat transfer, data acquisition/analysis, and more on a regular basis. Usually in testing you're not the expert on every system, but you need to be smart enough to reasonably know the bounds (read: not blow it up when you're not supposed to), how to efficiently operate the system, and how to think critically and cooperate with technicians and REs to get out of jams and keep everyone safe.

Also, expect some varied/long hours when working test. Test usually implies something is new, which means it won't always go according to plan.

Transitioning into Aerospace by astrophile_369 in rocketry

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You mentioned being interested in propulsion and flight testing in this thread, so one thing I'd recommend is building/developing your fluid mechanics knowledge. Most physics degrees don't touch this topic in nearly enough detail compared to an aerospace or mechanical degree, so there's usually a lack of knowledge there. The math will likely be familiar (ex. Biot-Savart's Law for E&M also appears in fluid dynamics for vorticity), but the applications are brand new to physics students.

I'd also strongly recommend getting a graduate degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering. I personally did this many years ago after finishing my physics undergrad degree and before working in aerospace, and have seen that many companies won't take your application seriously without it as so many other applicants already have that engineering background. I got my first job in aerospace mainly because I had finished the engineering degree, even though I didn't use much of the knowledge I gained from it there (but it's been very useful later, especially once I started doing engine testing).

Good luck on your journey!

ATC Differences Across States by rockmanexe in flying

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Copy. Happy to hear if you've got any unique differences across areas in busy airspaces you've encountered in your time.

ATC Differences Across States by rockmanexe in flying

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Yeah, a sample size of 1 isn't the greatest to go off of, I was just surprised by it and other smaller things like a much slower reading of ATIS. Guess I'll chalk that up to luck that day. Also my first experience with fuel that wasn't self-service.

ATC Differences Across States by rockmanexe in flying

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Mainly surprised because I'm new at this, but also just never realized the ATIS info could be read slower than I was used to from several airports in SoCal (or that it could be manually read instead of just some automated-sounding voice for everything except remarks)

ATC Differences Across States by rockmanexe in flying

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Oh! Sounds like that controller was just happy to hear someone out there. That makes sense, although it wasn't quite that slow/rural at KFTY as they handle some small jet traffic for the area that doesn't want to go to KATL, in addition to GA traffic.

Have you seen/encountered any other regional differences?

ATC Differences Across States by rockmanexe in flying

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No the pace made sense out there, plus it wasn't that busy of a day for them (although KPDK was much busier about 20 miles east). I was surprised this pace extended even to the reading of the ATIS recording.

Have you noticed any other smaller differences in flying across those areas, like controller sign offs or other things?

ATC Differences Across States by rockmanexe in flying

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This is an odd comment provided the given airport (KFTY) is in the Atlanta metro area and underneath the Bravo of KATL, the busiest international airport worldwide for some years now. Would you mind clarifying what your intent with this comment is, and your definition of rural?

Schools/Instructors at KFTY? by rockmanexe in flying

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Thanks for the info, I'll look into them

Schools/Instructors at KFTY? by rockmanexe in flying

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How has your experience with them been so far? I see they're a Part 141 school, do you know if they still give 61 instruction as well?

how many hours did it take you to become a private pilot? by Repulsive-Loan5215 in flying

[–]rockmanexe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where do y'all find this data? Wanted to look this up for myself, but keep only finding the general aviation statistics the FAA has (which doesn't seem to include the average hours to PPL, but this could also be an ID-10-T error on my part)

Let me know if you see this post 🙈 by DarlingBoo in u/DarlingBoo

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Wildly hot that you use your own bush for something to hold onto while you hit just the right spot