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danny_galaga:

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--- Quote from: HarumaN on June 02, 2009, 07:34:38 am ---Mostly, I'm a computer geek.  I model turbofan engines based on their thermo qualities, and then simulate their operation across the flight envelope, and look for potential problems.

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Please oh please don't tell me you work on "space shuttle landing simulators".  I have met 3 people from three different states that all claim they work on that.



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no turbofans on a shuttle  ;)

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: HarumaN on June 02, 2009, 07:34:38 am ---
It's ok, neither do I, really...  I just make it up as I go along...   ;D

Mostly, I'm a computer geek.  I model turbofan engines based on their thermo qualities, and then simulate their operation across the flight envelope, and look for potential problems.

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now i have a better picture. So for instance, one of the things you will be determining is the airflow through the engine at various attitudes from say -2 degrees all the way up to stall, or when yawing etc.

RayB:

--- Quote from: Fordman on June 02, 2009, 02:06:50 pm ---My Screename says it all, Ford! I work at the best non-Tax dollar supported Auto company in the United States! I make planetary gear sets (1000 per 8 hour shift, 5 gears per set, so I mill 5000 gears, deburr, wash, gear check for size, tooth height-width ratio), install the gears into the carriers, press fit a pinion to keep the gears in place and allow the gears to spin. Run the competed sets through a quality control test stand (test the gear spin, make sure the pins were pressed in at the correct depth) , then pack into shipping dunnage to be sent to Livonia, Michigan. Sounds like alot because it is a lot. Running 11 machines in my machine center.  :cheers:

Yes, I am also a PROUD member of the UAW and no, we are not lazy! If we were, then our plant would have closed 2 years ago. I resent the fact that people believe that a Union worker in the U.S. is lazy. Most European and Asian manufacturing workers are Union and they dont get the flack that U.S. & Canadian workers do for belonging to a Union.  :dunno

I also love this MAME and jukebox homebrew hobby. It keeps me entertained and me spending money on positive things and not on stupid stuff!

When buying an Auto in the U.S.A. or Canada, buy a better than toyota-honda quality Ford!

 :cheers:

Fordman

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Proud worker you are. Not sure why you need to shill for them though. We just got news we need to ditch our 2001 Focus cuz there's too much wrong with it and it hasn't even reached 100,000 miles yet! Besides mechanical, we also have a problem with paint flaking off it in big chunks. Why doesn't Ford put a good primer coat layer under the top coat?! My 1991 Honda is still running great, and where stones have chipped the paint, I can see a layer of white primer instead of bare-gonna-rust metal like the Focus. Ford cuts corners to keep cost down and then the result is we get what we pay for. Meanwhile you probably get paid crazy money and expect to be set for life when you retire.  ;)

Our local Toyota factory (Ontario, Canada) is not unionized, and they have no shortage of people wanting to work there (even prior to the current economic/work situation this was the case). Great reputation. $25/hr minimum starting wage.

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 03, 2009, 02:34:39 am ---
--- Quote from: HarumaN on June 02, 2009, 07:34:38 am ---
It's ok, neither do I, really...  I just make it up as I go along...   ;D

Mostly, I'm a computer geek.  I model turbofan engines based on their thermo qualities, and then simulate their operation across the flight envelope, and look for potential problems.

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now i have a better picture. So for instance, one of the things you will be determining is the airflow through the engine at various attitudes from say -2 degrees all the way up to stall, or when yawing etc.

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Yes.  Similarly, determining the distortion created by angled crosswinds, etc. 

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Fordman on June 02, 2009, 02:06:50 pm ---When buying an Auto in the U.S.A. or Canada, buy a better than toyota-honda quality Ford!

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Where you find such a creature ?  :dunno

* CheffoJeffo reminds himself why he drives the non-American-built Ford and trusts the wife and kids' comfort and safety to the American-buildtToyota

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