Hey all, been REAL busy lately, haven't been posting much...

We did a wind tunnel test of an F/A-18A in my intro to aerospace engineering class and part of the *cough* 20 to 30 page *cough* lab report is finding the actual numbers on the F/A-18A and using them for calculations and comparison.  My graduate teaching assistant told us to look it up in Jane's All the World's Aircraft.

Went to the library and guess what I discovered?

We have practically every edition of this huge book, with a few from VERY early (earliest is 1917, there's 1930, 38, and some in the 40s).  Basically every edition from 1950 on

SO if you want any info, let me know what plane and approximately what year and I will try to go and scan the page for ya

Ashar wrote on Nov 11^th, 2007 at 12:23am:


Give me an approximate year, and I'll try to find the time to take a look

Awesome...Around the 1960's...1962-ish I think

Oh boy, a new crop of engineers coming up! Engineering can be a tough one and it's not everyone's cup of tea. Within the first year or two you'll know if it suits you or not. I wasn't a great student in high school but after getting my butt kicked the first year in AE (and ROTC) I got into gear real quick.

My advice for you new guys is not to miss out on all the fun college has to offer and all the great friends that you'll make, but do know that there will be times that you need to make sacrifices to succeed. The key is finding the right balance. There will be times that you are overloaded and stressed out but if you push through it's all worth it in the end. At least it was for me anyway. Advice for ROTC: If you're doing engineering in a ROTC heavy school (like Riddle) take 5 years if at all possible. In big ROTC schools, for your last couple years it will be like working a part time job. I got sweet talked into doing an AE major in 4 which made my last semesters a mad dash for the finish.

Anyway, Jane's is a great reference book for general stats if your library has them. Detailed specs are a bit harder to come by. If you've got a few dollars to spend you can buy yourself a flight manual. For U.S. military aircraft look up the "-1" or "dash one" which is like a super POH for military aircraft. Commercial aircraft have similar operating handbooks as do foreign aircraft (though you probably need to read the language to get any use out of it). A good place to get those is here:
http://www.eflightmanuals.com/

Jayhawk Jake wrote on Nov 10^th, 2007 at 4:00pm:

Engineering at KU?  Son we need to  have a talk...

Again?

Ashar wrote on Dec 11^th, 2007 at 6:51pm:

Why?

Ashar wrote on Dec 13^th, 2007 at 3:05pm:

Well, maybe there are a few critical people around here.  I suppose he just couldn't shrug it off, I am suprised that many people had a beef with him.

Maybe the attitude in the forums needs an enima?  Seasonal Affective Disorder must be setting in earlier.  *OK everybody think white sand beaches (or beech's, if thats your thing), and tanning a la plage*  Remember to breathe!