Recent content by drummer4468

"Murillo said he and his family were preparing to reach their final destination around 2 a.m. Saturday." That had to be intentional......

Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. I'll have to do more research and enlighten myself. Thanks! Still new to NiCd batteries, but here's a few things I've learned thus far: -They are shipped and stored stone-dead. This is contrary to lead-acid batteries which are basically destroyed by...

Haha thats what it looks like! Yeah, I’ve dealt with plenty of leaked electrolyte (potassium hydroxide) and it usually leaves a powdery white or yellowish residue, corroding the surrounding metal to blues and greens. But neither I nor my supervisor with many years of battery experience have...

Hi all, looking for some input regarding corrosion on NiCd for main ship batteries. I have experience with lead-acid batteries but am new to NiCd chemistry. I’ve already torn down a few and am used to the familiar whitish-yellowish-greenish-bluish powdery corrosion/electrolyte remnants on the...

Yep, wake turbulence from small planes is definitely a thing. In primary training I was in a 172 following a 206 on downwind and caught a couple "nasty" vortices. In hindsight it wasn't that bad at all, but at the time it startled the pants off my 20-odd-hour self. Not as scary as airliner...

I agree and appreciate the above sentiments regarding the need to focus on mental health system overhaul. Let me be clear, I do not condone, justify, excuse, or at all minimize the inexcusability/atrocity of his actions. But the thing that continues to disappoint me is that this could have...

Thanks all. Eventually made it outta there around 8pm. It’s was certainly a SNAFU day for me, since I was only there because my flight from JAX was a couple hours late to begin with. Got in at noon thirty, waited for a standby seat at 5:45, and at 5pm the ground stop was issued. The gate...

So I’d been sitting here at Dulles for hours thanks to a late aircraft causing a missed connection, and just before I was due to board another flight, a ground stop was issued. From what I gathered from LiveATC, there is/was an equipment/comms outage at the Potomac tracon. Out of curiosity...

Ah, thank you for the reference. Much appreciated!

So I have a question I can’t seem to find an official answer to in writing: I took and passed my commercial written exam a couple of years ago. Unfortunately stuff came up and I wasn’t able to finish my training in time, and that exam has since expired. Now that I’m able, I want to (finally)...

Fully agree. You gotta fly the situation in front of you, in a manner that keeps everyone out of harm's way. Midairs aren't fender-benders where both drivers can argue over right-of-way after one gets sideswiped in traffic. Do what ya gotta do to avoid the conflict entirely, and save the legal...

Nothing noteworthy, maybe a box of firestarters worth a pound or two. That's what I was thinking. But the delayed reaction and discoloration still confuses me. Come to think of it, I do remember accidentally placing the hot pan down on a plastic tabletop at one point and melting it a bit...

Nothing that I know of! I haven’t even done my annual shock treatment this year yet. No other issues with all my stainless cookware. a little above my knowledge level but it sounds believable lol. Especially with the perfectly vertical cracking and dishing, definitely smacks of stresses from...

No chlorine/chemical exposure that I know of. I just boiled water then put it away on a shelf, in the mesh bag it came in. I’m sure it was a cheap manufacturing process but I’m still puzzled by the extent of degradation from one use. Makes my not want to even use the rest of the set on a real...

Metallurgists and engineers among us, I have a question/puzzle for you. So I have this cheap stainless pot in a camping cook set. It’s a cheap set from Wallyworld so that probably has something to do with it. I used it for a few boil tests when test driving a new (white gas) backpacking...