Here’s an interesting article that returns to the Boeing Lithium Ion battery issues…
The Wall Street Journal has been looking at the work that will be necessary by the US aircraft manufacturer to get the Dreamliner deemed airworthy again – specifically, the series of battery design changes that could minimize…
We’ve covered the Boeing Dreamliner lithium-ion problems before, but New Scientist has taken an in-depth look at the battery trouble.
The batteries store twice the power of nickel-cadmium cells, making them much lighter – writes Paul Marks – but they are known to carry a fire risk under…
Thanks to The Guardian for providing an interesting interactive graphic of the recent Dreamliner aircraft problems.
For those not aware of recent developments, a fire broke out on a Japan Airlines plane in Boston, after it had landed (and passengers had disembarked). The BBC reported that the fire started after…
Thanks to reader Mike Meakin for sharing this one, He read the Engineer in Wonderland post on sister blog Electro-ramblings – Scary aerial, and wrote: The Aerial climbing video reminded me of this informative site I found a couple of months ago:http://www.aerialsandtv.com/cowboyslocker.htmlBesides providing everything…
Good material for another series, maybe – Don’t Get the Builders In! Big Brother may be watching us, but let’s hope he’s not too smart… Not a lot to be seen in Sector D47…
Builders should realize that a lockset–doorknob and striker–requires a metal striker plate in the door jam so when the striker hits the curved front edge of the plate it retracts into doorknob mechanism and then springs into the hole in the plate when someone closes a door. The…