Recent content by gtbuzz

hah, there's obviously quite a few things i havent considered (being purely hypothetical). i can see the stall/spin testing since it's in the freestream. what if it were something that didn't change the oml, such as a window installed somewhere?

well i guess it doesn't really matter - although i'm sure for something that's more than a one and done it would require a bit more substantiation. when my friend was describing how he takes photos, it mostly involved sideslipping the aircraft and aim and shoot. i got to thinking it would be...

thanks! i'm just curious how the certification process works. i've got a friend who does aerial photography out of a few different types of planes. for example if i were to whip up a design for some pod that hangs off the wing or a special window mod (both of which are already commercially...

ae = me much more than ae = ce, that's true. but when you think about it, it's all physics and really similar. when we've got an open req out for an engineer the degree's we look for are ae/me/ce. good luck out there by the way. also since you're about to graduate, if i can offer a bit of...

that's interesting... when i think mechanical engineer i usually think someone working on gears or something moving. for example the mechanical engineers i work with designed the landing gear mechanism on our plane. they do most of the dynamics-type calculations, whereas i do the static and...

see, that wasn't too hard now was it? i don't think i've looked at this board in probably a year or two but i figured it was worth a shot. the aviation-related ones are usually to small to garner a bunch of views. congrats. what kind of engineer?

well, we're still structural engineers, it's just a different world. what you're thinking of is a civil engineer. when someone signs of on one of those drawing's they usually have a PE (professional engineer) certification. there's all different types of PE's including mechanical, civil, etc...

DER = designated engineering representative in this case i'm looking for a structural der, someone the FAA has decided has enough experience and knowledge to to approve engineering certification data, etc. for planes certified under FAR (federal aviation regulations) 23/25. basically they're...

how so? i'm just asking a question

anyone here an faa structural der? i've got a question for you!

woah, don't jump to conclusions there... i never called anything crap. that's exactly why i proposed the question, i'm trying to find out if it (or something else) is right for me. i'll be the first to admit that i don't know all the in's and out's of it as there seems to be a LOT. there is...

oh yeah, i can't seem to find on their product page, but does homesite support asp, php, sql, etc. etc.? all i see is html, css and some cold fusion stuff. right now i'm using a program called hapedit. it honestly has taken a fair amount of work away from me, although i would like something that...

the impression i always got was that there's two mindsets for the web developer. the first is the creative one, who is probably moving from graphic design / page layout, and then the technical one with the programming background. i consider myself to be of that second camp - i always like to...

for the past however many years i've always done my web development in strictly notepad (or a notepad'ish program that does syntax highlighting and maybe some code completion). almost everything i do is heavily dependent on sql and server-side code. i don't use flash unless it's absolutely...

one other thing of note... after searching around some more last night i found out that directv disabled the usb ports on all their tivo units. the reason for this is because while tivo can use wireless/ethernet, directv can not. *techinically* you're supposed to have a phone line connected to...