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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die  Posted: 11 Sep 2020, 19:57 |
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Username Protected wrote: One of his biggest issue is that he is by himself.
Most developments are done in a team. Where you can bounce ideas, after you have checked your ego at the door. This is very very true. Pairing up, merge and qaing each other’s pull request is very much part of the job. This is true for anything of course.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 11 Sep 2020, 20:30 |
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Username Protected wrote: Also being in software myself, another mantra is "work small" -- breaking down problems into digestible, deliverable pieces vs boiling the ocean or intermingling two problems at once. What you mention above is a prime example of that. I will say that there are a lot in this industry (IT) that find satisfaction in over-complicating things, vs keep things simple...so not super surprised at his habits there. Pretty sure I would not recommend him for my software team if his resume crossed my desk, based on working habits, mindsets, and practices...  Being in “software” doesn’t really tell a story though. There’s IT, development, dev ops, QA. Or backend or front end. Or agile vs bigger monolithic. Cloud infrastructure or on premise. So many of those things can tell a lot about how someone thinks about the world. Tough to tell. He seems like a grumpy backend engineer to me though.
I've spanned pretty much all of those - started in the days of monoliths on iron, working on 100% self-run (infra to ui) microservices on AWS now. Much like aviation, the same principles apply regardless around problem solving, intelligent design, and thinking ahead about operations/maintenance. Not much is "new", we just like to think it is. "Devops" and "agile" were around in 2000, they were just called "doing your job coherently and not letting Management run your project". 
Which is much like this project...there's not much "new" going on - and the rules of physics and production design (reproducibility, repeatability, maintenance, etc) also still apply. Odd strategy and odd tactics breed odd results...
Speaking of, new video out...I get his generic thought process around "removing the variable", but it's strange that a CFII is convinced that a 36# offset fairly close to lateral CG is somehow going to give a 18*/sec rotation on a 3500# aircraft. I'd be doing barrel rolls every time I ran my right main dry or got a mismatched fuel load in my tip tanks... 
EDIT: And the Homebuilders forum is up to page 319...we've got some catching up to do!. Somewhat interesting to see some different perspectives, though : https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/foru ... 1/page-319
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 11 Sep 2020, 21:27 |
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They’re funnier and just as honest as beechtalk.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 09:18 |
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Username Protected wrote: They’re funnier and just as honest as beechtalk. True, but more so, “I built an aircraft model or paper airplane, thus I am an experienced aircraft designer with valuable advice.” Best, Tom
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 09:48 |
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Username Protected wrote: True, but more so, “I built an aircraft model or paper airplane, thus I am an experienced aircraft designer with valuable advice. Hey, they made a movie about that. In the movie he was a hero, IRL the thing crashed and killed the pilot. 
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 10:11 |
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Peter’s latest video “explains” the rationale behind the balancing. Clearly I’m not smart enough to understand how all of this balance stuff works.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 10:18 |
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Username Protected wrote: True, but more so, “I built an aircraft model or paper airplane, thus I am an experienced aircraft designer with valuable advice. Hey, they made a movie about that. In the movie he was a hero, IRL the thing crashed and killed the pilot.
This is more like the Astronaut farmer
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 11:49 |
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He's incapable of accepting even the smallest suggestion: Attachment: Capture.JPG
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 12:16 |
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I believe there is a special place in hell for those who cut off zip-ties at sharp angles. And these are really not the best securing mechanisms, particularly over time. Double or triple them up and replace periodically, particularly if exposed to high temperatures or sunlight.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 21:04 |
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Username Protected wrote: True, but more so, “I built an aircraft model or paper airplane, thus I am an experienced aircraft designer with valuable advice. Hey, they made a movie about that. In the movie he was a hero, IRL the thing crashed and killed the pilot.
Hey, if Hardy Krueger can do it...
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 22:19 |
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I posted a question and waiting a response. It is becoming comical that he has to justify his decisions. That's usually a good sign you don't know what your talking about.
"What happens if a fat guy sitting in the passenger seat gets out and a thin pretty girl get in? Do we have to get out and adjust the amount of lead weight in the wing tip?"
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 13 Sep 2020, 07:48 |
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Username Protected wrote: True, but more so, “I built an aircraft model or paper airplane, thus I am an experienced aircraft designer with valuable advice. Hey, they made a movie about that. In the movie he was a hero, IRL the thing crashed and killed the pilot.
And he died because of no helmet.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 13 Sep 2020, 08:28 |
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Username Protected wrote: Hey, they made a movie about that. In the movie he was a hero, IRL the thing crashed and killed the pilot. And he died because of no helmet.
Well at least Peter is shopping for helmets.
I follow Peter’s balance logic to a point, but I think his estimation of the effect of the weight imbalance is way high. Somebody with more time ad a better calculator can help me, but if the torque values are what he says the are, you’d have huge handling problems flying any side-by-side airplane with an empty seat.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 13 Sep 2020, 08:57 |
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He can eliminate the issue with the 2nd prototype and break new ground in GA at the same time. “Introducing the 5-place, tandem seat, Raptor”.
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