If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
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It would be?
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RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
Steven Fahey, CET
RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
Truly the sign of an engineer dedicated to learning all they can from those who have the expertise.
I've made very similar statements to machinists on a variety of occasions, and always come away with more than I was expecting.
It's amazing what you learn when you ask the people that actually build the airplanes we design.
Plus, I've never met a mechanic that didn't jump at the chance to educate an engineer. :)
SuperStress
RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
but certainly we can learn if something is really difficult, particularly if we did it that way thinking it made things easier. maybe it does (make things easier) for someone else who (maybe) the sheet metal guy doesn't care about (maybe even the guy in the assembly shop !)
RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
In my early years I used to go find the engineer who designed a repair and asked them to come to the aircraft and show me how to install the repair. Sometimes working off drawings does no give the whole picture. Structure guy's design their part then eletrical guys hang wires all over it. I can't tell you how many times I have drilled a hole and had plastic come out with the shavings. (Job security)
Stache
RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
...that design engineers are not infallible....
RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
End of soap box speech.
Nigel Waterhouse B Eng (Hon's)
Can-Am Aerospace,LLC, Canadian Aircraft Certification Centre
www.canamaero.com
RE: If you could tell a Sheet Metal Tech one thing...
Steven Fahey, CET