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    Quote Originally Posted by nixrox View Post
    If you all are so proud of your welding - where is the x-ray proof?

    At the very least, you should be required to complete a set of similar type weld tests in front of a certified independent QA specialist. The test samples would be inspected visually first and if that is successful, then they get radiographed. With the criteria established that NO DEFECTS are allowed, the x-ray evidence will certainly weed out the poor and mediocre welders. The home builder should not be allowed to weld anything on an aircraft until he successfully completes the practical demonstration of his skills. When the successful candidate completes his aircraft welding, a certified weld inspector has to inspect and sign off on the air frame - before the home builder encloses it.


    Mr. nixrox, (stilll wondering why you are hiding behind a screen name since you intend to carry your demands to the EAA, FAA, Canada, insurance companies and the news media) you keep forgetting this is an experimental aircraft community. You advocate imposing NASA-level inspections on experimental aircraft construction. Do you have any real experience in the experimental aircraft universe?

    The above outlined solution, when compared to what is being done now - I believe aircraft crashes due to faulty welding should be an extremely rare occurrence.


    They are already extremely rare......

    Your arguments are getting more and more bizarre the longer you push your opinions. They are, however, pretty entertaining to read.

    But I think I'm ready to sign off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nixrox View Post
    The above outlined solution, when compared to what is being done now - I believe aircraft crashes due to faulty welding should be an extremely rare occurrence.
    But they are now. Roughly one accident among the homebuilt fleet occurs each year. Out of 28,000 homebuilt aircraft in the US, that's an accident rate of about 0.01%. Go by the fatal accidents only, it's even less.

    In contrast, about 18 homebuilt accidents per year have occurred because the pilot stalled a perfectly good airplane....about half of them fatal. This doesn't even include the stalls that occur when a pilot is trying to force-land a plane with a dud engine. Seems that a cheap, retrofitable stall-warning device would save more lives.

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    Dear Sam Buchanan and everyone else on this web site:

    You need to consider every word you type on the internet for one simple reason - Everything you type on the net stays on the net forever.

    When an employer or a company doing business with your company types your name for a bit of background information about you - all of this information is clearly available to anyone.

    Take Sam for example:
    If he were to submit an application for employment with any aviation or related company - the potential employer would have written evidence that he might not be a good candidate given his responses on this blog.
    If he owns a company or is in a management position - a purchasing customer might not wish to do business with his company based solely on his responses in this blog.

    So please take care with your written opinions on these types of blogs.
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    Curiouser and curiouser...

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    Scare tactics? That's what you have resorted to in order to silence your critics? Pathetic. You better hope no one important reads what you have written.

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    One thing I don't understand about your position Mr. NixRox, is why you are seemingly so anti-experimental, when your dad flies (or flew) an experimental C172 with a supercharged ( to 430 HP) GM LS engine on it? I'm not being critical, it just appears very contradicting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nixrox View Post
    Dear Sam Buchanan and everyone else on this web site:

    You need to consider every word you type on the internet for one simple reason - Everything you type on the net stays on the net forever.

    When an employer or a company doing business with your company types your name for a bit of background information about you - all of this information is clearly available to anyone.

    Take Sam for example:
    If he were to submit an application for employment with any aviation or related company - the potential employer would have written evidence that he might not be a good candidate given his responses on this blog.
    If he owns a company or is in a management position - a purchasing customer might not wish to do business with his company based solely on his responses in this blog.

    So please take care with your written opinions on these types of blogs.
    Regards
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    Gracious....

    We have to assume Nixer is either,

    1. Solicitous of the Sam's welfare to the point that he offers a heart-felt concern for his well-being, or
    2. Attempting to intimidate Sam into staying silent.

    We'd better assume #1, since #2 might be considered contrary to the Forum's rules about abusive behavior.

    Oh, and Nixer: This is a *forum* not a blog.

    I've been online for about 35 years. I've been P.O'd, and I've P.O'd other people. I've told the truth as best I could, and have tried to be as correct as posible (with less success, sadly). What I've posted has gotten me sued once, and what other folks have said about me on the Internet has started security investigations on me.

    I have been wide open, in public view on the Internet since 1984. It made zip difference in my career. I retired last year with all the fun tickets still intact.

    Sure, there have been cases where what people have said/done on the Internet has affected their working lives. But you probably can't point to *one* that was triggered by a difference in technical opinion. It has happened when people have revealed drinking issues, or racism, or bad-mouthed their bosses.

    I've never heard of ONE where a person got fired...or missed out on a job...because they had a strong-held technical opinion, especially when they could explain their reasoning as succinctly as Sam. I think most employers would LOVE to have an articulate and knowledgeable person like Sam on their staffs, even if they don't see eye-to-eye on some technical subjects.

    I don't argue with people staying anonymous on the Internet. I never have, but have known folks who have had "other lives" to protect. One man is the son of a legendary TV star. Another is a fairly prominent FAA official. Others have been prominent writers.

    They do have a trait that sets them aside from Tricky Nixer: They don't wrap themselves in a pseudonym gillie to snipe at other people from anonymity. They make passionate technical arguments, but leave personalities out of it. They don't claim massive technical expertise, because their anonymous status means thay can't prove it. They make it clear from the quality of their arguments, not from attempts to shout down others with claimed experience.

    There's an age-old online axiom: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."

    Ron "Bad Dog. No biscuit." Wanttaja
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    Quote Originally Posted by nixrox View Post
    I may be a certified weld inspector and licensed NDT Inspector but my welding sucks.
    I complete all the mechanical work and farm out the welding and upholstery to the experts.
    have a nice day.
    Who would hire a weld inspector that can't weld?
    That's like hiring a check ride examiner that can't land a taildragger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nixrox View Post
    Dear Sam Buchanan and everyone else on this web site:

    You need to consider every word you type on the internet for one simple reason - Everything you type on the net stays on the net forever.

    When an employer or a company doing business with your company types your name for a bit of background information about you - all of this information is clearly available to anyone.

    Take Sam for example:
    If he were to submit an application for employment with any aviation or related company - the potential employer would have written evidence that he might not be a good candidate given his responses on this blog.
    If he owns a company or is in a management position - a purchasing customer might not wish to do business with his company based solely on his responses in this blog.

    So please take care with your written opinions on these types of blogs.
    Regards
    NixRox
    Just when we thought it couldn't get any more bizarre....

    Happily retired in my seventh decade (including three decades of internet and publishing history)!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by nixrox View Post
    The above outlined solution, when compared to what is being done now - I believe aircraft crashes due to faulty welding should be an extremely rare occurrence.
    3 fatalities in 22 yrs!!?? It's already an extremely rare occurrence!!!

    The above outlined is a solution looking for a problem!

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