Understanding Engineers

N801BH said:
Other then the dozens of building I have designed and built and are still standing....... You are correct....;):D
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Dozens? Either these are very small scale, or you're FOS. And it would be YOUR structures that are untested against earthquakes.

These might be hangars at your airport? You may have some very expensive surprises if your designs ever get tested by a very large snowfall or a real earthquake.

There are outhouses still standing from the 19th century. That doesn't mean they are well engineered. It means they are a far easier target than the ones you dismiss. Small structures are more tolerant to blunders.
 
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N801BH said:
Other then the dozens of building I have designed and built and are still standing....... You are correct....;):D
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Sorry, I didn't realize Jackson Hole got regular 7+ earthquakes to test your superior design techniques. In other words, you don't know what you don't know.

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MAKG1 said:
Dozens? Either these are very small scale, or you're FOS. And it would be YOUR structures that are untested against earthquakes.

These might be hangars at your airport? You may have some very expensive surprises if your designs ever get tested by a very large snowfall or a real earthquake.

There are outhouses still standing from the 19th century. That doesn't mean they are well engineered. It means they are a far easier target than the ones you dismiss. Small structures are more tolerant to blunders.
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I make it a point to not argue with engineers.. They ALWAYS want to be right and make every one else feel dumb.....

Good luck on your future posts sir....;)
 
N801BH said:
I make it a point to not argue with engineers.. They ALWAYS want to be right and make every one else feel dumb.....

Good luck on your future posts sir....;)
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Arguing with people who know what they are talking about is always tough.

I don't know of anyone, of any profession, who doesn't want to be right.
 
N801BH said:
I make it a point to not argue with engineers.. They ALWAYS want to be right and make every one else feel dumb.....

Good luck on your future posts sir....;)
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The classic cop-out of someone who's run out of excuses for why they're 'right'.

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N801BH said:
I make it a point to not argue with engineers.. They ALWAYS want to be right and make every one else feel dumb.....

Good luck on your future posts sir....;)
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I think as a whole, us engineers have our fair share of know-it-alls as I'm certain you do in your profession. Perhaps you've met some. On the other hand, some of the things we need to explain are complicated and difficult for people to understand if they don't have a technical background.

I like to approach every project as a team effort. It makes the job go smoother. If you're in a situation where you feel someone is talking over you, speak up and ask more questions. I explain a lot of things to electricians I work with about the design, code requirements, etc. They explain a lot of things to me. It's a two way street.
 
So an engineer and a pilot were having an argument in a bar....
 
Sac Arrow said:
So an engineer and a pilot were having an argument in a bar....
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...and then someone came up to me and said "Sir, who are you arguing with?"
 
us AAirways said:
"It's not a 3 degree glideslope, only 2.7325 degrees..."

As one of my IFR students who was an engineer told me.

I'm thinking it's okay, just keep the needle centered.
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My instructor asked what the load factor was for a 45 degree bank. I said 1.414. He "corrected" me and said it was 1.4.
 
Old Geek said:
My instructor asked what the load factor was for a 45 degree bank. I said 1.414. He "corrected" me and said it was 1.4.
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You are both wrong. Load factor comes from pulling on the yoke - so it depends on how hard you are pulling, not how far you are banking.
 
Old Geek said:
My instructor asked what the load factor was for a 45 degree bank. I said 1.414. He "corrected" me and said it was 1.4.
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In a decent it can be 1.0. You could even push and make it negative.

You have to include the words "level turn" to make that accurate. As Tim said, if you don't pull...
 
denverpilot said:
In a decent it can be 1.0. You could even push and make it negative.

You have to include the words "level turn" to make that accurate. As Tim said, if you don't pull...
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Being pedantic (an engineering thing) here, but in a steady state descending turn, if you're at 45 degrees it'll be 1.4G's. If you were increasing your rate of descent it would be less, if you were reducing your rate of descent, it would be more.
 
kyleb said:
Being pedantic (an engineering thing) here, but in a steady state descending turn, if you're at 45 degrees it'll be 1.4G's. If you were increasing your rate of descent it would be less, if you were reducing your rate of descent, it would be more.
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Not true. A steady descent results in a reduction of g load. Go weigh yourself in an elevator and see for yourself.

Edit to add: Disregard, I was wrong.
 
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Captain said:
Not true. A steady descent results in a reduction of g load. Go weigh yourself in an elevator and see for yourself.

Edit to add: Disregard, I was wrong.
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Man, I was going to go all Einstein on your ass, talking about accelerating and constant velocity reference frames...
 
In my field, what separates an engineer from a garage tinkerer is the ability to create a stack of documents that allow minimally trained people to buy the parts, build hundreds or thousands of units, test it and ship it in a minimal amount of time with close to zero customer returns.
 
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kyleb said:
Being pedantic (an engineering thing) here, but in a steady state descending turn, if you're at 45 degrees it'll be 1.4G's. If you were increasing your rate of descent it would be less, if you were reducing your rate of descent, it would be more.
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Who said I was turning? :) Push!... and add top rudder.
 
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