"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
07/26/2016 at 21:21 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
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Hand built.
E90M3
> f86sabre
07/26/2016 at 21:28 |
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Had an interview with a helicopter manufacturer for a quality engineer position and was surprised they made everything buy hand.
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> f86sabre
07/26/2016 at 21:59 |
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Building 1 - 3 per year drives you towards hand built.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> E90M3
07/26/2016 at 22:05 |
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I toured a helicopter plant and they even did the canopy window shaping by hand. Did the place you interview at make small helicopters with hand welded CrMo pylons?
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E90M3
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
07/26/2016 at 22:35 |
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Nope, they only made military helicopters.
wafflesnfalafel
> f86sabre
07/26/2016 at 22:39 |
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Just saw one of those last weekend. They are tiny on the inside - feels smaller than an MD-80.
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f86sabre
> E90M3
07/26/2016 at 22:44 |
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In Alabama?
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f86sabre
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
07/26/2016 at 22:45 |
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Even modern airliners are largely hand built.
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E90M3
> f86sabre
07/26/2016 at 22:45 |
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Yup, I’m sure you know who I’m talking about. Not a big fan of that state, would rather stay in GA, but a job is a job.
ttyymmnn
> wafflesnfalafel
07/26/2016 at 22:52 |
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It only carried about 125 passengers. That’s not a whole lot more than a CRJ700.
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ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
07/26/2016 at 22:56 |
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The cockpit looks like something out of the Apollo program.
Matt Nichelson
> f86sabre
07/26/2016 at 23:04 |
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Fun fact (well, not really fun): yesterday (the 25th) marked the 16th anniversary of the Air France Flight 4590 Concorde crash.
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John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> f86sabre
07/28/2016 at 23:21 |
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Not these at 42 - 52 per month
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f86sabre
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
07/29/2016 at 09:04 |
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Even those. Boeing has done what they can to automate large area riveting operations, but there is still a lot of hand work. I've been lucky enough to visit the Spirit Aerosystems facility in Wichita and there are still plenty of people driving rivers and hi-loks.