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You need to control your application so that you do not have gaps or air bubbles. Creeping on the over plate can be removed with a grinder.

No, the shrinkage gap would be too thin to push epoxy through reliably. Use epoxies that are 100% solids to minimize shrinkage. You're...

As an off-road motorcycle rider, one of my favorite advices was, if in doubt throttle out. Whatever bad situation you're in, a handful...

8.8 is a high strength faster, common stainless fasteners will not be a drop in replacement. A2-70 is common but does not achieve newr...

Maybe the danger is that if the joint separates during an operation you're going to lose the stock. As for some off your questions...

Juan Browne made an interesting observation that the pilot flying didn't have any critical observations on their record. It's as if...

Just a thought. The report now says the impact with the ground produced 3g of acceleration significantly exceeded the design loading of...

Are you still fully analog or do you have a digital control system such as Woodward EZ Gen? Analog systems require a lot of tuning while...

I second using ISO 286 as a reference for fits. It's freely available on most bearing manufacturers' websites. For assembling...

59 feet above ground. They were only 15 feet above the aircraft on the ground. There were 4 planes loaded with passengers on the taxiway...

Air Canada 759 nearly caused the deadliest airplane accident in history when it attempted to land on a fully occupied taxiway. I don't...

Looks like Heathrow uses up to 300GWh per year. I think a single GE LM2500 gas turbine could back that up. There is plenty of jet fuel...

Did the author forget to adjust for inflation? A Saturn 5 launch cost $1.4 billion ($185 million at the time). The Starship launches are...

I believe that is the company that did the radial engine mount.

Wow, if really flattened the overhead. The bins are nearly touching the head rests.