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woody
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by woody » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:47 pm
Rich H wrote:I help to stop this happening...
Mostly by shouting at companies who don't make what they are contracted to as well as staring at bits of twisted metal to work out who to shout at...
Basically fault investigation for NATO Tornados.
(Pic above is Blackpool beach 1996, both crew OK. Taken out by a 5mm long pin in a gearbox. We have the pin here in a block of resin.)
Sounds fairly similar to what I do then, except you have things actually fall from the sky and I shout (discuss) with our own people.
On the window view thing, I mostly look out at the PIK tower, yet to spot Mrs Pete at work though
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by Rich H » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:56 pm
Do V-band clamps cause you as much pain adn suffering as they cause us?
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by Shug » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:05 pm
Rich H wrote:Do V-band clamps cause you as much pain adn suffering as they cause us?
Depends what you clamp them over, I'd imagine....
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by Rich H » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:08 pm
And just for comedy effect - we clamp them over flanges!
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by tut » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:09 pm
Rich H wrote:I help to stop this happening...
Mostly by shouting at companies who don't make what they are contracted to as well as staring at bits of twisted metal to work out who to shout at...
Basically fault investigation for NATO Tornados.
(Pic above is Blackpool beach 1996, both crew OK. Taken out by a 5mm long pin in a gearbox. We have the pin here in a block of resin.)
I used to make this happen just for Rich.
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by Rich H » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:25 pm
to be fair it's usually the engineers that cause the problems, the aircrew are just on the exciting end when something lets go...
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by David » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:28 pm
Rich H wrote:I help to stop this happening...
Mostly by shouting at companies who don't make what they are contracted to as well as staring at bits of twisted metal to work out who to shout at...
Basically fault investigation for NATO Tornados.
(Pic above is Blackpool beach 1996, both crew OK. Taken out by a 5mm long pin in a gearbox. We have the pin here in a block of resin.)
Interesting, in the eighties I was lucky enough to spend some time at Farnborough with the AIB. I remember being sneaked in to a hanger that had an F3 Tornado being pieced together after being dug out of a deep hole following a engine fire. If I remember correctly it was an oil fire that wasn’t contained. The guys working on it were intrigued by the amount of titanium used in the wing hinges. Fascinating stuff - would have loved to make a career out of it – envy your job.
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by thinfourth » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:32 pm
rossybee wrote:thinfourth wrote:I used to fix pumping units for offshore but got tired of cleaning all the pie crusts off them so moved onto fixing choke valves
That'll be lost on everyone here Paul, withe the exception of another SEer who no longer works for BJ
Oh - meant to say - just my last job earlier this month I saw the sign you put up on the split skid unit, whilst fitting the propshaft - was with a trainee at the time and had to explain why I had food coming out my nose
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by woody » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:54 pm
Rich H wrote:Do V-band clamps cause you as much pain adn suffering as they cause us?
The one on my Elise exhaust has always been fine.
No issues with them, except one we slave for testing in the cell that let go.
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by rossybee » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:34 pm
thinfourth wrote:rossybee wrote:thinfourth wrote:I used to fix pumping units for offshore but got tired of cleaning all the pie crusts off them so moved onto fixing choke valves
That'll be lost on everyone here Paul, withe the exception of another SEer who no longer works for BJ
Oh - meant to say - just my last job earlier this month I saw the sign you put up on the split skid unit, whilst fitting the propshaft - was with a trainee at the time and had to explain why I had food coming out my nose
The long lead practical jokes are the best
It only took a year for you to find it
Twas the first time I've worked with that particular pump - and it's 1.5yrs now
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by skellyjohn » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:08 pm
I sometimes get to play with this...
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by skellyjohn » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:09 pm
Oops, sorry the pic's a bit big.
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by Kev » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:02 pm
Mr Momo wrote:Kev wrote:I'm a licensed aircraft engineer who maintains these
I'm flying on G-RJXJ on Thursday / Friday - look after her extra specially for me
It'll be G-RJXL this week, assuming you're flying from ABZ, XJ is based in EMA at the moment but is due up at the weekend for an engine change.
I'll do my best
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by Kev » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:08 pm
tut wrote:Kev wrote:I'm a licensed aircraft engineer who maintains these
Hope that you were not responsible for the one landing with his wheels up Kev.
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Nah, probably the pilot forgetting to lower his gear. You know what pilots are like
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by kerryxeg » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:45 pm
Dig holes in the ground to find the black gold!
Nice piece of kit Mike, I'd be interested to know how well all the NOV kit works out- we've got something similar coming in 2013 although it's on a Jack-up.
