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    Unmanned aircrafts

    Aother point about UAVs is for military, UAVs benefit them with "smaller, lighter, cheaper" programs. I had a discussion with the lead test engineer for the Boeing X-45 at at AIAA dinner conference he spoke at about a year ago, where people brought up some of these points. Now UAV's taking...
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    contrails

    Possible, though I don't see it being allowed in any sort of race circumstance. Drivers are taxed enough that I don't think they would appreciate having the guy in front of them churning out vapor that would either impair visibility or make track conditions worse. Just something to consider...
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    Definition of an Engineer

    Around here it goes, Engineers: Those who takes R&D's ideas and turns them into a product that can by manufactured cheap enough for Sales, good enough for Quality and Marketing, and do so quick enough for Management, in a documented manner to cya for when the unknown occurs. Not perfect but it...
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    how to create a pdf document from CATIA v4

    We use PrimoPDF to convert our CAD drawings (not CATIA) into PDF file so be sent out for quoting here. When intstalled it mimics a printer device and can be selected as a print option. I can't say that it will work for CATIA but it might be worth a try.

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