From what I gather, you are not looking to put the rivet in aluminum for most part of your professional life. Master seems to be just a badge of honor!
In above scenario, I would probably look for aviation related management course rather than going for AME and move to Emirates MRO OR Singapore...
That's quite a bit of speed!
There are lot of other things, which you may probably already thinking about:
1. Change wing mirrors in style with new cars. Instead of just a rectangular piece, you can put mirrors from current car variants. Else you can get rid of wing mirrors, can try body...
What are the speeds we are talking here?
Are there any restriction on using other car model? This one will need quite a bit of tinkering!
1. Re-profile curves over the tyres, if tyres cannot be narrower. Front tyre curve seems notorious to me -drag wise!
2. Strip out the rain-stopper strip...
Similar discussion at:
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=194372
(or search for NASTRAN/FEA GUIDELINES FOR AEROSTRUCTURES? in Eng-tips)
Specifically look for Ian Taig's notes, shared by 39minuteman.
Personally, I liked 'The Finite Element Methods for Engineers' by Kenneth Huebner et al.
Bit late to the party, however, have you solved your problem?
As suggested above by rb1957, I will check the lug strength for statics. Correct me if I am wrong, but strength of material approach will lead to Net section calculation, which do not consider location of the hole.
Are you looking...
