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  1. Chris843

    Need guidance for Bell 412 (or similar) fuselage access for new cables.

    Thanks sparweb for the reply, There are approved external modifications on the helicopter... sort of. The current aircraft has an external multipurpose pylon system that was originally used as external fuel tank stores. We are removing these fuel tanks and putting our own custom sensor there...
  2. Chris843

    Need guidance for Bell 412 (or similar) fuselage access for new cables.

    Hi, I just got put on a project working with a Bell 412 helicopter(s). The aircraft has external stores mounted to the standard hard points under the door and we will be mounting sensors there. I've never worked with these helicopters and I will be going on site to look at one to determine...
  3. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    Thanks for the comments, I'm in contact with a guy from Stratus to see if they have any case studies using FPM parts on this type application. Either way I do it there has to be documentation on it. Even if this is a one off deal, the customer requires documentation to reproduce these if they...
  4. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    berkshire, Yes, the pod and struts are mounted on the aircraft now. The task is to fair in the traffic jam of struts and the flat bottom part of the pod. I do not want to get down and dirty sorta speak. Meaning I have already have my shapes in 3D CAD now and that is my mock-up....3D...
  5. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    Take a look for yourself... https://saicbw.teamplatform.com/pages/43437?t=q4nuq . Gotta love that website. But the 3D is stripped down dramatically and cut down not to compromise the design. But I think you will understand the area that needs to be fair'ed in. Anything above the...
  6. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    Fag packet....I do work with an English guy on occasion. Guess we call it napkin sketches sometimes 'round here. But this is a DoD project and don't think AED would accept that type documentation! This is a onefour-off production run. And the fairing isn't part of the DHC-8 OML. It is a...
  7. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    Thanks guys. We do have an in house machine shop that can do some sheet metal forming and even work working. Unfortunately, there tooling is older than dirt so anything they build would have to be derived from technical drawings. Which by the way, is there any good examples out there I can...
  8. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    Well...the link of the fairing is something like what I am trying to do but not exactly. I've upload a picture to Teamplatform if you want to take a look. It's just a rough concept, but give's a general perspective of the geometry of the fairing given the manufacturing process capabilities of...
  9. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    The aircraft is a De Havilland DHC-8. The size is a 300 series. So max cruising speed would be around 350-400ish knots. And yes, this is and external fairing application. The fairing will be fastened to the sanctions and will buyt up to a custom pod structure. Hard to explain the geometric...
  10. Chris843

    Rapid Prototype of Fairing for End Use Product

    I'm basically in the process of designing a junction style fairing that will wrap around some butted tubular sanctions on a modified aircraft. They are somewhat complex fairings and they need to be manufactured in a timely manner. I do not have a lot of experience with composite materials nor...
  11. Chris843

    Example Drawings for STC approval.

    I work DOD, so a lot of military standards follow ASME guidelines. Does the FAA expect drawings conform to that? There may be bits and pieces of examples I could find in the books. But I have not seen where it shows aircraft drawing examples. Not to say there's not one because we may not...
  12. Chris843

    Example Drawings for STC approval.

    I'm trying to create engineering drawings for a structural nose cone assembly on an aircraft. All the parts are designed and I'm trying to represent the drawings to show how to fabricate and assemble these parts in the correct format. Is there anywhere on the web I can look at example...
  13. Chris843

    Distance Learning

    I graduated in 2003 with only an AAS in Engineering Technology. So, most likely I will have to start from scratch again to get my undergraduate degree. It seems like graduate degrees are a dime a dozen. But I'm currently looking into get my bachelor's. But I'm in a city where all the...
  14. Chris843

    Distance Learning

    Clemson is far from me. About 3 hours or so. We have MUSC (medical), College of Charleston (liberal arts), Charleston Southern (religous private college) and the Citadel (Civil and Electrical Eng) My options for local are very limited. So I do have the option to take the MET program here at...
  15. Chris843

    Distance Learning

    Thanks for the responses so far. Let me tell you more of my intentions. I'm just a little blocked on where to start. First, I've been doing mechanical design work for about 5 years now. I'm not looking go back to college to make more money (although it helps!) It's more of a goal for me to...
  16. Chris843

    Distance Learning

    What is a good website where I can search for online schools that offer ABET accredited programs? I know that the ABET website list all the colleges, but I would like to find a website (unless I missed it on the ABET website) where it list those to save me some time narrowing them down. If...

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