Recent content by maxi77

Why not have 2 originals, both signed by both parties.

Laser damage to the retina takes place faster than your blink reflex. The devices I have looked at can cause eye damage if not used safely

And have you looked into the safety of laser devices they can present serious risk of eye damage if used wrongly

Technically they should be less than 1W but low cost manufacturing methods mean that the diodes have a range of possible outputs some slightly less but some significantly more as they aim to have as many reach the 1W target the spread of outputs is mainly above the limit. We tested some when...

I think the big problem with electronic devices, good though they may be, is there is no recognised standard for them so they may not be recognised as an emergency device. After all there are plenty of instances of laser devices being used inappropriately. If it was my life on the line I would...

In reality it is mostly steam from the cooling water injected into the exhaust just like on a yacht though the nature of the snort exhaust system means most of the water is expelled as steam. In the now non existent diesel boats they had surface mufflers in the casing and like a yacht exhaust...

Caused us a bit of head scratching too. I had hauled the cable in until I heard that reassuring clunk that should have meant it was all in. There was no anchor seated indicator and the cable counter was very inaccurate

Only once had a problem with a UK SSN anchor.We had anchor in a quiet spot n the Hebrides to check for damage after an encounter with a trawl wire, we had lost our 'pimple' an experimental sonar. We set off into the Atlantic deep and fast and very quickly we had a loud banging on the keel. The...

Common command 'set revs for X knts'. We also estimated target speed from type and shaft revs

A very interesting thread with some maths that makes my brian hurt( that was deliberate and refers to the morning I stumbled into the radar office as we slipped to find my plotter slumped in the corner with 'My Brian hurts' written in chinagraph on the radar screen. I did my blind pilotage work...

Vat is in some ways a funny tax because it apparently is illegal for any nation to charge it twice. I was also told that the current bill of sale is proof that VAT is a UK responsibility. How things will fare in years to come, though as things are going at present badly is my guess

Indeed a fix is taken to refine the EP and it's associated pool of errors.

I suspect with all the revelations about certification the Max will be squeaky clean

As far as I understand they are just closing the base there, the planes will just come from other bases. I must admit I always wondered about the economy of having a relatively small base here. What is more worrying is what will happen if the Max's are not flying next year and Ryanair and a lot...

My brother in law is a retired garage foreman and I still have my car serviced by one of his ex apprentices. When I worked I managed chartered engineers and in many other countries it would be an offence for some one who was not a chartered engineer to describe himself as an engineer. Part of is...