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Maken Tosch
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Posted - 2015.05.10 06:41:00 -
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That would be a great idea but there is a problem. The game needs to continue making money and that means Rattati has to maintain a balance between focusing on bug fixes and introducing more content.
Let me give you an analogy to better explain why.
Pretend that I am an aircraft mechanic working for an airline. A commercial jet rolls into the hangar and is due for an annual inspection. However, since the aircraft is needed in action as often as possible to maintain revenue for the airline and since an aircraft on ground is an aircraft that is NOT making any money, we already filed the necessary paperwork to perform a progressive inspection instead.
A progressive inspection is exactly like an annual inspection only it is performed at set intervals (usually every month) over the course of an entire year rather than being performed all at once. On the first month we inspect the wings. The following month we inspect the tail section. The month after that we inspect the landing gear, hydraulic & pneumatic systems, and so on and so forth until the 12th month when finally sign it off as completed and say it's airworthy. In the meantime, the aircraft continues to fly for the airline to make more money. This is preferred over doing the entire inspection process all in one go.
Congratulations, you just learned something new that you probably won't even bother to use for the rest of your life unless you're an aircraft mechanic like me.
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Maken Tosch
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Posted - 2015.05.10 07:22:00 -
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Tech Ohm Eaven wrote:Orly? -60 used on what plane?
Item was called a DASH sixty
I'm just recently certified and I was only using the airline part as an analogy. But a quick search on AviationPros reveals that you're talking about a power unit used for testing things like landing gear retraction or any other part of the aircraft that relies on hydraulic power. Given its design, I would probably say it's used on regional aircraft that are not too big.
http://www.aviationpros.com/product/10025602/avtron-manufacturing-inc-dash-60-upgrade-kit http://www.aviationpros.com/product/10025541/avtron-manufacturing-inc-testing-equipment
PS: Sorry for throwing this thread off topic. I did not intend to turn this into a class covering the FARs.
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Maken Tosch
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Posted - 2015.05.10 15:39:00 -
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Aeon Amadi wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:That would be a great idea but there is a problem. The game needs to continue making money and that means Rattati has to maintain a balance between focusing on bug fixes and introducing more content.
Let me give you an analogy to better explain why.
Pretend that I am an aircraft mechanic working for an airline. A commercial jet rolls into the hangar and is due for an annual inspection. However, since the aircraft is needed in action as often as possible to maintain revenue for the airline and since an aircraft on ground is an aircraft that is NOT making any money, we already filed the necessary paperwork to perform a progressive inspection instead.
A progressive inspection is exactly like an annual inspection only it is performed at set intervals (usually every month) over the course of an entire year rather than being performed all at once. On the first month we inspect the wings. The following month we inspect the tail section. The month after that we inspect the landing gear, hydraulic & pneumatic systems, and so on and so forth until the 12th month when finally sign it off as completed and say it's airworthy. In the meantime, the aircraft continues to fly for the airline to make more money. This is preferred over doing the entire inspection process all in one go.
Congratulations, you just learned something new that you probably won't even bother to use for the rest of your life unless you're an aircraft mechanic like me. I work at Northrop Grumman. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Sounds like we do things a lot different.
That not surprising to be honest. Airlines, cargo companies, repair stations, and aircraft/engine manufacturers do things differently from each other depending on what's needed of the aircraft and under what Part of the FARs the aircraft operates in. Some places do what I like to call the Alphabet soup of Checks (A Check, B Check, C Check, etc.), some do annual inspections, others do progressive inspections, or some other form that is approved by both the manufacturer and the FAA.
By the way, you're lucky to be working for Northrop. That company has a lot of history.
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Maken Tosch
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Posted - 2015.05.10 16:04:00 -
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Soldner VonKuechle wrote:
I fly on a lot of airplanes, does that count?
/not sure if actual pilot or frequent flyer with a lot of miles
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