https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/science/james-reason-dead.html
Rest in peace Sir I will admit I didn't know it was you that gave the picture that so many have understood.
Ongoing incident in North sea.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q4129reqgo
Engineering wise similar to the aviation incidents human performance likely to be the main cause.
I would have thought there should have been collision alarms on both.
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swiss-airbus-a220-engine-shows-unknown-fault-pattern-2504242.html
To note I pilot this type for a different airline.
I have zero inside knowledge.
There have been fume issues with engine seals but they seem to have systems to deal with that.
This is...
Stick monkey here trying to work out what's going on when you select FLC on a A220/c series.
Can't find any documentation about what it's actually aiming for with a speed reduction decent.
It seems to command a green dot minimum drag angle of attack. It's doesn't slow down or go down. And...
Chilling cockpit audio from doomed Boeing 737 DHL plane is revealed https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14126733/chilling-cockpit-audio-boeing-737-revealed.html
Quite strange
Wondering if was an issue with the rudder.
Quite amazing that people survived.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/most-expensive-recall-history-forced-japanese-auto-company-takata-file-bankruptcy
The previous thread on airbags is closed.
Sept 24 being the most recent fatality caused me to post this.
Disaster prevention I would call this.
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-autobahn-bridges-falling-apart/a-69439952
Thought it would interest some what's happening in Germany with there extensive road network.
20 years ago you could drive flat out no speed limits on most of it. These days local...
https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/21.02.2024-hospital-takes-over-site-from-builders-in-dramatic-standoff.a543773/
They started building this at the end of Covid and its 50 meters away across the road from where I live...
Balcony's came off.
linked to this news source as it has some decent sized pictures.
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/balconies-collapse-at-east-sussex-residential-block-saw-my-car-crushed-under-the-rubble-4440125
Relatively new development.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rainbow-bridge-explosion-us-canada-border-b2451973.html
Only thing I can think of is it was CNG fuelled and the tank went.
In europe
The A2L compliance for R32/R290 heatpumps's
What paper work are they expecting?
Just putting together a building control paper pack for a workshop with one.
As the room is 15x6x2.6m, 234m3 volume and will have a 15kg propane bottle in there, 3 kg of R32 is a bit of a mute...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/14/uk-public-buildings-feared-to-be-at-risk-of-collapse-as-concrete-crumbles
Personally I had never heard of the stuff until I started looking at building a workshop.
It has some brilliant properties, but admit the more I digged into it the more...
C24 45 mm rafter compressed between two angle plates.
Does any one have any links to any factors you can apply.
Its to see what the bearing strength is with a 52 deg pitched rafter with an M10 bolt through it connecting the plates in double shear.
Be gentle I haven't practised for 20...
I am putting a panasonic heatpump system PAci elite into a workshop.
The installation specs are these
Now I want it to do two floors so in cooling mode the top floor gets cooled and in heat the ground floor gets heated both at the same time.
They have 10 meters of pipe for a branch and...
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/faulty-knee-replacements-given-more-180000101.html
Years ago, I did some FEA on an artificial hip which I found very interesting.
Anyone know what the issue with these are? Don't really understand the bioengineering stuff.
