Post by cyclintomPost by AMuziPost by cyclintomPost by AMuziPost by cyclintomPost by AMuziPost by Tom KunichHow much mental capacity does it take to think for one second about
machine shops on Air Force Bases?
A machine shop would be absolutely useless unless they had complete
technical specifications for every part. A bombing computer had over
50,000 GEARS in it aside from an X-Y rack. The Navigation Computer more.
You could NOI build radar parts in a machine shop since they had to be
built to precise inside measurements of the waveguides.
So Krygowski tells is that Youngstown-Barren RESERVE Air Force Base has a
machine shop without even knowing if it belongs to the Air Force or not
because he is a known exopert in friction shifting.
Just how much misinformatiomn can you believe? How credible had Frank,
Jeff or Flunky ever been for even one posting?
And yet AFBs and Navy ships do indeed have machine shops.
Some minimal, some quite impressively extensive.
Oh and they need not be 'best equipped' everywhere. USAF has
airplanes!
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Navy ships away from port have to make do. How do you machine a turbofan for a jet engine?
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You just showed why none of the hases I was on had machine shops;.Now perhaps the bases John was on did have machine shops since he is MUCH older than I am and his planes useed pistorn engines rebuilding of which do things like refacing pistons and boring piston holexs. But his claim to machine shops being on aoll Air Force bases is based on nothing more than HIS experiencces. And please remember that he was NOT and Air Force machinist or A&P mechanic so his claims are nothing more than vague rumors of a 90 year old+ retired Crew Chief.
You might as well be talking to Krygowsiki who knows nothing at all about the military.
Just as with airlines, engines are not rebuilt on site. They
are exchanged as a complete unit. I linked to a bunch of
spare engines at a USAF base in Japan for example, looks
just like an airline maintenance shop at any major civilian
airport.
I know an aircraft engine rebuilder well. That's an intense
two year program (starting with prior auto engine skills)
with FAA certification/testing and, just like physicians,
requires regular updating and testing to maintain
certification. And that's merely for civilian aircraft
engines! This is not practical in the field but rather is
done (for large engines such as USAF and airlines) at
dedicated facilities with clean rooms and precision tooling.
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Andrew Muzi
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This was my point. Thr Air Force couldn't have cared less that John put in an extra two years getting an A&P certification. I don't much care for his claim that he was a qualied machinist for the simple reason that how the hell old was he when he entered the service? If he had a high school diploma that is 18 years old. An A&P is two years minimum. That makes him 20 years old. A machinist certification is usually two years as well but if he was unusually good he could get away with a year.
This makes him 21 years old when he entered the service and the Air Force doesn't like enlisting men in their 20's because they are too hard headed by then and you can't get them to obey orders.
The entire point that rather than an aircraft technician (mechanic) they made him a crew chief shows that the Air Force doesn't fix things - they REPLACE THEM. This is especially true of jet aircraft where airframes repairable only at depot. Engines are repairable only at special facilities with clearances in the engines of a couple of thousanths.
OK I'll try just one last time.
Aircraft need myriad ongoing constant repair and
maintenance. Need. Just as any other machinery or vehicle.
And of all the tens of thousands of bits and pieces, jet
engines are not made by the aircraft designer/builder.
Engines are built by engine specialists (GE, Pratt etc) and
are commonly rebuilt on an exchange basis by the engine
builder, not by airlines not in the military.
Everything else except engines needs regular inspection
maintenance and repair, That's why USAF bases, like
commercial airports, have maintenance facilities, supported
by parts inventory. Where other problems arise, and they
do, both also have repair facilities supported by machine shops.
Nobody is rebuilding USAF jet engines at Truax Field nor
Navy jet engines at Yokohama. They simply, just like the
airlines do every day, exchange a jet engine as a complete unit.
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