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Hey Eric, and people who are named something other than Eric.
First time I ever drove was in my high school’s driver’s ed program. First trip took us down a dirt road near the high school.
I remember the teacher guarenteed us that at some point we would have a flat tire. Yup, I’ve had several flat tires. One just a couple weeks ago actually.
First time I drove anywhere by myself was across town (Small town) to pick my younger sister up from work. She was very excited.
My first time driving a manual, was my dad’s 19?? Ford Ranger. We drove around the block jerking the entire way. The jerking of the truck in 1st gear, made me afraid to give it more gas. Once we went to my cousin’s place, and I noticed that once I got going faster it didn’t jerk as much. It wasnt until after I was in the military years later that I got another chance to drive a manual transmition, That time it was a golf cart at an air show to empty the trash. Then in Iraq, I had to ferry some vehicals back and forth accross the base that were manuals, so I got a little better.
Now both the vehicals I own are manuals and I do pretty good 🙂Hey Eric, and people who are named something other than Eric.
First time I ever drove was in my high school’s driver’s ed program. First trip took us down a dirt road near the high school.
I remember the teacher guarenteed us that at some point we would have a flat tire. Yup, I’ve had several flat tires. One just a couple weeks ago actually.
First time I drove anywhere by myself was across town (Small town) to pick my younger sister up from work. She was very excited.
My first time driving a manual, was my dad’s 19?? Ford Ranger. We drove around the block jerking the entire way. The jerking of the truck in 1st gear, made me afraid to give it more gas. Once we went to my cousin’s place, and I noticed that once I got going faster it didn’t jerk as much. It wasnt until after I was in the military years later that I got another chance to drive a manual transmition, That time it was a golf cart at an air show to empty the trash. Then in Iraq, I had to ferry some vehicals back and forth accross the base that were manuals, so I got a little better.
Now both the vehicals I own are manuals and I do pretty good 🙂Oh Cool Thanks,
I didn’t know you already made that video. It didn’t come up in a search for some reason.A few things,
1: Why is tire sealant a hack way of doing it? I mean of course clean the corrosion off, but once the rim is clean why not use tire sealant?2: You’re right, air is about 80% Nitrogen, however it’s the (approximate) 20% Oxygen that’s getting me. The Oxygen keeps bonding with the Aluminum on my rim, causing the bead to leak,
3: So when it comes to leaking rims from the corrosion on Aluminum rims, do you think Nitro Fill can help prevent that? Not for the Nitrogen aspect, but for the aspect of having NO Oxygen. Though that second video did make a point that it’s not going to be pure Nitrogen, but i was just thinking that even less oxygen is better then 20% Oxygen.
Or is there a better way to keep the Oxygen from bonding with the Aluminum?
Oh Cool Thanks,
I didn’t know you already made that video. It didn’t come up in a search for some reason.A few things,
1: Why is tire sealant a hack way of doing it? I mean of course clean the corrosion off, but once the rim is clean why not use tire sealant?2: You’re right, air is about 80% Nitrogen, however it’s the (approximate) 20% Oxygen that’s getting me. The Oxygen keeps bonding with the Aluminum on my rim, causing the bead to leak,
3: So when it comes to leaking rims from the corrosion on Aluminum rims, do you think Nitro Fill can help prevent that? Not for the Nitrogen aspect, but for the aspect of having NO Oxygen. Though that second video did make a point that it’s not going to be pure Nitrogen, but i was just thinking that even less oxygen is better then 20% Oxygen.
Or is there a better way to keep the Oxygen from bonding with the Aluminum?
[quote=”DragonSung” post=108132]also anyone in aviation care to chime in?[/quote]
Sure,
Here are the crimp tools we use,
https://www.dmctools.com/Products/crimp_tools.html[quote=”DragonSung” post=108132]also anyone in aviation care to chime in?[/quote]
Sure,
Here are the crimp tools we use,
https://www.dmctools.com/Products/crimp_tools.htmlI’ll chime in on this one.
I’ve seen this happen in Aviation a few times. Not so much with tools, but with test equipment.1: Aircraft need annual checks on their altimeters and airspeed indicators. These tests are done with a test set that applies vaccume and pressure on rubber hoses to the aircraft’s air pressure sensors. Most the time when there is a problem we spend at least an hour figureing out if the problem is the aircrat or the hoses.
2: The navigation radios also need preiodic checks. We use a test set that simulats a ground beacon to aid in runway alignment for landing. On night at work, we had this aircrat that showed that it was off centere on the gauge. We tried another test set, and same thing. Tried a third test set and all was well. The older test sets that we had, would loose their calibration after only a few weeks. The cal sticker says its good for way longer then that. The one that worked was a newer style test set.
3: Once trying to calibrate a stabalizor I couldn’t get it to adjust properly. I thought the amplifier controller was faulty, until the next day the guys on the next shift showed that it was just a bent pin on the connector on the test set we were using.
A Few times when these test sets break, you know they are broke right away. Either they won’t turn on, due to a dead battery or some other kind of fault that’s obvious. Other times its been subtle. Normally when we suspect this we can swap out the test set. I’ve actually started putting the Serial number for the tester into the fault writeups when I do find a fualt so that if some one tests it with a different one, and cant see the fault they know it was just the tester.
In military aviation we arn’t allowed to use our own tools. All the tools we use are supplied by either the US Army (Or the Air Force when I was active duty) or by our employer. For a short while I worked for an airline, that let us use our own tools. Of course torque wrenches and test equipment was provided by the employer so they could keep track of calibration dates ect. It worked so much better when we could have our own tools though. But that’s a rant for a different thread.
I’ll chime in on this one.
I’ve seen this happen in Aviation a few times. Not so much with tools, but with test equipment.1: Aircraft need annual checks on their altimeters and airspeed indicators. These tests are done with a test set that applies vaccume and pressure on rubber hoses to the aircraft’s air pressure sensors. Most the time when there is a problem we spend at least an hour figureing out if the problem is the aircrat or the hoses.
2: The navigation radios also need preiodic checks. We use a test set that simulats a ground beacon to aid in runway alignment for landing. On night at work, we had this aircrat that showed that it was off centere on the gauge. We tried another test set, and same thing. Tried a third test set and all was well. The older test sets that we had, would loose their calibration after only a few weeks. The cal sticker says its good for way longer then that. The one that worked was a newer style test set.
3: Once trying to calibrate a stabalizor I couldn’t get it to adjust properly. I thought the amplifier controller was faulty, until the next day the guys on the next shift showed that it was just a bent pin on the connector on the test set we were using.
A Few times when these test sets break, you know they are broke right away. Either they won’t turn on, due to a dead battery or some other kind of fault that’s obvious. Other times its been subtle. Normally when we suspect this we can swap out the test set. I’ve actually started putting the Serial number for the tester into the fault writeups when I do find a fualt so that if some one tests it with a different one, and cant see the fault they know it was just the tester.
In military aviation we arn’t allowed to use our own tools. All the tools we use are supplied by either the US Army (Or the Air Force when I was active duty) or by our employer. For a short while I worked for an airline, that let us use our own tools. Of course torque wrenches and test equipment was provided by the employer so they could keep track of calibration dates ect. It worked so much better when we could have our own tools though. But that’s a rant for a different thread.
Hello Everyone!
To awnser the question you pose in the video. Yes. I have. Aperently it’s not just isolated to the aviation industry if you see it too.Examples:
Once we had a rash of Go-Around computers failing. (A Go-Around computer on a C-5A/C-5B/C-5C Galaxy aircraft is used when the aircraft is about to land, and they need to ‘Go-Around’ for a seccond landing attempt for various reasons)
Another time we had bunches of Heading Indicators failing,
Another time it was Altimeters, one of wich I replaced the altimter in the same aircraft in the same posotion 3 times in a week.
Another time it was Flight Data Recorders
Yesterday on two different aircraft we had pretty much the same problem. (Rate Gyro Failures)
Once we had a bunch of termnal blocks falling off the windshields.
Hello Everyone!
To awnser the question you pose in the video. Yes. I have. Aperently it’s not just isolated to the aviation industry if you see it too.Examples:
Once we had a rash of Go-Around computers failing. (A Go-Around computer on a C-5A/C-5B/C-5C Galaxy aircraft is used when the aircraft is about to land, and they need to ‘Go-Around’ for a seccond landing attempt for various reasons)
Another time we had bunches of Heading Indicators failing,
Another time it was Altimeters, one of wich I replaced the altimter in the same aircraft in the same posotion 3 times in a week.
Another time it was Flight Data Recorders
Yesterday on two different aircraft we had pretty much the same problem. (Rate Gyro Failures)
Once we had a bunch of termnal blocks falling off the windshields.
Diagnostics and troubleshooting systems is one of my favirote parts of my job! 🙂 I’ve gotten pretty good at it over the years. Though I still HATE intermitant problems.