Just letting you know mate, back in the hangers at all last with my maths, physics, aerodynamics and materials and hardware EASA's under my belt! I started back in the hangers 3 weeks ago, got put into the composite shop until the overhaul starts picking up around October....absolutely loving it!

Just letting you know mate, back in the hangers at all last with my maths, physics, aerodynamics and materials and hardware EASA's under my belt! I started back in the hangers 3 weeks ago, got put into the composite shop until the overhaul starts picking up around October....absolutely loving it!

 

well played bud... keep at it and make sure you have a laugh too ;) i managed to swindle a CAA approved advanced composite repair course not so long ago, as always they expected me to hit the ground running and i now keep getting stupidly complex repair schemes for down times of 20+ hours and get around 8 hours to do it :smw: still good to get another trade under my belt... looks like its gonna be big too... the new 787 is pretty much 90+% carbon fibre... the fuselage is made from carbon fibre ffs! imagine a skin repair on that from an over zealous service truck!

well played bud... keep at it and make sure you have a laugh too ;) i managed to swindle a CAA approved advanced composite repair course not so long ago, as always they expected me to hit the ground running and i now keep getting stupidly complex repair schemes for down times of 20+ hours and get around 8 hours to do it :smw: still good to get another trade under my belt... looks like its gonna be big too... the new 787 is pretty much 90+% carbon fibre... the fuselage is made from carbon fibre ffs! imagine a skin repair on that from an over zealous service truck!

 

Ha ha yeah i really enjoying myself and having a laugh with everyone i work with....Its a good thing to get into i think espec with the 787 on its way.....plus the A320 series have composite flight controls i do believe! So far all i have been stuck with is bloody honeycomb! As for getting complex repairs i have only been getting silly little ones but not bad since i joined the shop on tuesday morning, the lad that joined with me has only been allowed watch the lad that he is with! Got four lovely corroded engine cowls off a russian 737 300series tomorrow so starting on the carbon fibre tomorrow!!

ive tried to read this thread, but halfway through all the comosite and numbers my mind wandered back to porn lol

 

anyhoos, good luck in ya career bud, im sure thats what ya's are talking about lol

ive tried to read this thread, but halfway through all the comosite and numbers my mind wandered back to porn lol

 

anyhoos, good luck in ya career bud, im sure thats what ya's are talking about lol

 

Ha ha thanx stella! Remember internet gave you the porn not the computer so treat it wise....you dont want virus's

just for you alan...

 

787:

 

Airbus 320:

oops...

 

 

and before you say anything.. no im not a spotter! i hate aeroplanes LOL... makin sure you bastads go away on ya hols nice and safe every day grrr :rolleyes:

is it true that the tail fins are glued on???

is it true that the tail fins are glued on???

 

lol.. if you mean the rudder... it is bolted at each hinge point, though as its then all composite, the hinges are essentially glued on yes.. (depending on the aircraft of course)

 

on a 787... im pretty sure eveything is glued, it has very little metal, even the floor beams are carbon fibre. its a bit like a lotus elise of the skies!

Ha well essentially the technical name would be glue....i got shouted at today for saying glue.......it is structural adhesive! Should we tell him the engine is only held on through two mounts??

Ha well essentially the technical name would be glue....i got shouted at today for saying glue.......it is structural adhesive! Should we tell him the engine is only held on through two mounts??

 

they are just big airfix models!

Ha suppose close enough....still think the A320's are mental that all the pilot does is take off and climb to 100feet and then the sutopilot can do the rest even land!

guys i really dont want to know how flimsy planes are o.k

Ha suppose close enough....still think the A320's are mental that all the pilot does is take off and climb to 100feet and then the sutopilot can do the rest even land!

 

pilots could have been obsolete a while ago now... they are only really there because no **** would fly on an aircraft with no pilot LOL :rofl: though they do come in handy when things go wrong!

guys i really dont want to know how flimsy planes are o.k

 

planes arent flimsy.. look...

 

pilots could have been obsolete a while ago now... they are only really there because no **** would fly on an aircraft with no pilot LOL :rofl: though they do come in handy when things go wrong!

 

Like i just did a Gen Fam course on the A320 family and everything has back up systems so like for something to go wrong its like that system failed, then the second system failed oh then the auxialary system went aswell!!

Like i just did a Gen Fam course on the A320 family and everything has back up systems so like for something to go wrong its like that system failed, then the second system failed oh then the auxialary system went aswell!!

 

yeh thats when the pilot gets pissed off as he actually has to do some work! :rofl:

planes arent flimsy.. look...

 

 

What was it the boeing that took off and the skin peeled back?

What was it the boeing that took off and the skin peeled back?

 

no idea mate... but that pic looks like its missing.. erm... half the fuselage! doubt its real... some time for a photoshoot of it is mind

no idea mate... but that pic looks like its missing.. erm... half the fuselage! doubt its real... some time for a photoshoot of it is mind

 

No there was a crash when the top half of the fuselage peeled back. The captain managed to land the plane and only was casulty which was an air hostess was sucked out of the whole and her body was never found!

No there was a crash when the top half of the fuselage peeled back. The captain managed to land the plane and only was casulty which was an air hostess was sucked out of the whole and her body was never found!

 

i know the one well matey

i know the one well matey

 

Yeah because of it boeing had to redesign and make the neccessary changes to all of the aircraft worldwide correct?

Yeah because of it boeing had to redesign and make the neccessary changes to all of the aircraft worldwide correct?

 

yes... created an insane amount of work lol! connie gold!

Well before my time...whereabouts are you based again?

im back @ stansted now.. in the diamond hangar ;)

Is it a big set up there?

I love planes,lol:)