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Forum: Engineers & Technicians

28th Feb 2012, 14:16

Replies: 19

Attack angle

Views: 3,780

Posted By SlimLonggood

Basics

It may be possible to discuss questions like these, not using terms already coined and used for decades, but you are not making it easy.
Pitch refers to relation of level to longitudinal axis.
AoA...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

26th Nov 2011, 21:59

Replies: 19

Attack angle

Views: 3,780

Posted By SlimLonggood

Lift at 0'@

Flightpath,

An asymmetric aerofoil will produce lift at 0' AoA, you have to go to negative to produce 0 lift.
All airliners have asymmetric aerofoils.

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

13th Nov 2011, 22:16

Replies: 92

a new badge to wear

Views: 19,506

Posted By SlimLonggood

The Bombay Bum Burner, beware of it!

The Bombay Bum Burner, beware of it!

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

13th Nov 2011, 00:18

Replies: 92

a new badge to wear

Views: 19,506

Posted By SlimLonggood

The darker side to this story

Excellent thread, and what a great windup.
But to get back to the start of this thread, I believe it began with this sudden onset of printer cartridges made into bombs, if I am not mistaken.
As I...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

12th Nov 2011, 23:07

Replies: 3

price of a o hour JT9 engine for Airbus300?

Views: 1,833

Posted By SlimLonggood

price of a o hour JT9 engine for Airbus300?

Around six years ago, the reserves set aside on leased A300 freighters had more cost for the two CF6es than for the entire airframe...JT9 is said to be more expensive...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

12th Nov 2011, 21:50

Replies: 77

Emirates Engineering - Recruitment Process

Views: 31,252

Posted By SlimLonggood

So wotsaboutit

Whereas it may be perfectly understandable your indignation the guy keeps asking for inside knowledge when you guys tell him it´s not a good thing, you leave open the possibility of the rest of us...

Forum: The Caribbean and Latin America

10th Sep 2011, 19:40

Replies: 3

Tech jobs in Brazil

Views: 2,101

Posted By SlimLonggood

I agree with you completely, or at least I did...

I agree with you completely, or at least I did ten years ago but I have not had much luck there.
I have worked many years in large MRO's as tech rep as well as licensed engineer, but believe my...

Forum: The Caribbean and Latin America

17th Aug 2011, 21:18

Replies: 3

Tech jobs in Brazil

Views: 2,101

Posted By SlimLonggood

Tech jobs in Brazil

Anybody out there have any insight on the maintenance market in Brazil?

It seems only inexperienced people are ever advertised for and nobody seems to take unsolicited applications seriously from...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

2nd Dec 2008, 20:46

Replies: 4

Air intake disbonded attrition liner

Views: 8,266

Posted By SlimLonggood

Air intake disbonded attrition liner

I am interested in finding examples of incidents involving disbonded V2500 air intake attrition liner, either in anectotal form or, better yet, as links to documentation or reports.
Reason being a...

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