Website Comparing Specs - Boeing, MIL, etc? 1

[mikero]

Does anyone know of a good website that compares different kinds of specs?

I have lots of Boeing reference material from the FSB Aircraft Structural Repair Course, but because I'm not working on Boeing aircraft at the moment, I would like to know equivalent mil-specs for all the listed Boeing BMS & BAC specs.

Thanks in advance.
Mike

 

[swertel]

http://astimage.daps.dla.mil/online/new/

The above website is a source for free MIL-Specs. I would take the title of the Boeing spec and search for it here. Also, Boeing sometimes puts the reference their standard was written from. Read the fine print to see if it is there.

--Scott

 

[IRstuff]

It's unlikely that what you're asking for exists.

Military specifications are almost never duplicated by internal specs.

Moreover, I suspect that the Boeing specs that you refer to are actually process specifications, i.e., "how-to" specifications, while military specifications are generally "performance" specifications.

TTFN

 

[WKTaylor]

roachie...

This is a toughie! You're out-of-luck. SOME of us have what You want; but have accumulated this info over a life-time and guard these documents/notes "jealously". I would NEVER release this info electronically... who knows where it would end-up!

I now work for the military side of Xxxxxx Company, after a long stint working for USAF Civil Service as an ALC acft engineer. I am intimately familiar with commercial and military specs/stds ["mil"] such as AN, AS, MS, MIL, NAS, NASM, HL, etc... and Boeing specs/stds [BACxxxx, BACyyxxzz, BMSxx-yyy, etc]. In addition to my personal notes, I am privy to some corporate conversion documents [A= B= D] that are held as corporate proprietary documents. Between the (2) I have been fairly successful sliding back-and-forth between "mil" spec and corporate specs.

In many cases, corporate specs are very specific and aimed at meeting FAA/FAR requirements... wheras the "mil" specs may meet DOD requirements... but are too vague for the FAA! In-other-words, corporate specs can sometimes be used in lieu of "mil" specs... but NOT necessarily vice-versa [especially for civil acft]. HOWEVER, there is the OBVIOUS problem: Boeing stds should NOT be used on non-Boeing products [etc]; nor should Cessna specs be used on non-Cessna acft, etc. This is the "Catch-22" of using corporate specs... and why I have been using [and continue to try using] generic "mil" specs [modified as I see necessary] to address problems with my military acft.

Swertel and IRstuff have both presented good ideas... just be prepared for some frustrating encounters with "keyword" searches. Also, be prepared to compare specs VERY closely... and add Your own extra verbiage, as required. Keep good notes... and be very cautious!

Regards, Wil Taylor