:: View topic - ON3P Spring Production Update

http://www.on3pskis.com/september-shop-update-2/

An update from ON3P with some nice photos of their process.

man it's so awesome to see them grow

Very nice !

..so they staple the sidewalls... interresting, and it doesn't look like the sidewalls are thinner than the core..

Spring? You're on the wrong side of the planet falls

Also, since I used to ski with rowen many many many years ago, and have known him a long time I don't feel bad critiquing him.

Dude - proofread your stuff before posting it! You moved closure to the mountain? The epoxy fumes and fiberglass dust must be getting to you. So awesome to see you guys thriving, one of these days me and kev will get down there to see the new place.

I totally agree! Great to see you guys making it.

Thanks for sharing your story, keep up the good work!

I think they are just stapling the tip spacers on, not the sidewalls.

Right you are Twizz

"Fall" update more like.

Bad grammar/spelling is all part of the facebook generation

Plus I dare say at this time of year lack of sleep is a major problem for those guys.

I think they use double sided tape to hold the sidewalls on and use staples to attach tip spacer to the outside edge of the sidewall.

Iggy has always strongly said that the sidewall rebate for edge teeth is essential so I reckon it just looks like the sidewalls are equal height to the core.

yess that's what I thought too (the double-sided tape) but I can't see no roll of tape nor peeled protective layer on their workbench... I use x2-sided tape to hold my bases to their template when routing/edge bonding and there is always some of this peeled plastic everywhere until I put it into the trash !

Also, what't that tool in the 2nd picture ?

it looks like something like that, but modified I guess... :

It's not the first time I see thins kind of tool in a video or on picture but I'm not sure what it is, what it's used for and how they use it...

http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3359&highlight=nippers

i guess this answers your question

great ! thanks !

Very nice !

surprise to see pictures of drill press switch covered in epoxy. I use a foot pedal switch for my drill press all the time. It very convenient

Foot pedal is a good idea!

Here is some more on3p stuff

http://vimeo.com/45599908

http://vimeo.com/51644653

Updated links in my above post - not sure what went wrong

Videos of ON3P collab with Jibberish on a topsheet design for one of their ski models

Some of you may not care about this, but this is my day job, and I always like to share about it.

I am a flight test engineer at the Boeing Company, and today we received certification of the 787 from the FAA. This is a HUGE deal. I have been working on this airplane heavily for the last 5 years, doing testing for everything from developing control systems for the airplane on a 777, to simulation, to ground testing, and finally flight testing. In the ~1.5 years since we started flying, I've been on 120 flights, all of which have been exciting, challenging, and fun.

I'm feeling pretty proud today!

This is my office in the sky...

Ok, this is my workplace:

And this is the cockpit:

If I could switch job with you twizz, just for an hour, I should do it!! You lucky b.....

good news, bunch of my family works on newer Boeing stuff, im fairly certain they have tentative contracts to make parts for the Dreamliner as well.

yey.

That's incredibly exciting! I know my brother who is also a pilot would love a job like that. Glad you're living your dream! I'll forward your pics to him.

My work place looks like OACs. .... keyboards and terminals. Don't get me wrong it can be very challenging as well, but the excitement level can't compare to yours. Kudos!

Super cool twizz!

nice twizz. we got all the upholstery back for our cessna this week. new engine is going on in the next few weeks. then hopefully not too much longer til it's back in the air. no doubt could use some of the equipment in your "office" although I'm pretty sure your office wouldn't fit in the cabin of a 182!

Wow, that is impressive...thanks for the photos. What are you monitoring there? The machinist 3 doors down from me (not the one that builds the radio units for the predators) machines a lot of parts for the Rolls Royce jet engines...he's always cussing at their choices of metals...and often says it's stupid. I'm just sayin'.

Ha!

I'm in the aerodynamics/stability and control group, so I monitor things like airspeeds, angle of attack, sideslip, g's, etc while doing maneuvers like stalls, wind up turns (pulling g's), pushovers (zero g's), etc. Part of what I do is to watch for data quality, how well the pilot flew the maneuver or how good the air quality was, and part of what I do is for safety, to make sure the pilot doesn't put us in a situation where we would lose control. Its usually pretty exciting (think crazy roller coaster)

That's awesome falls! I'm doing my flight training in a 152, so a 182 seems like a cadillac to me!

Do you wear a parachute at work?

No. Honestly if we got it bad enough shape that we needed to jump out, it's unlikely that we'd be able to make it to a door.[/list]

The day of the terminal velocity testing I would SO be calling in sick.

what are all those tanks? simulate passenger load?

Water barrels. There is a set in the back and a set in the front of the airplane. We pump water forward and aft to control where the center of gravity is for testing, since we need it to be within a few inches of specific locations for our data. Those won't be on the production airplanes obviously!

very cool. Thanks for sharing. I have always wondered what's going on up there when I see the test flights. Now, I at least have a little idea.

twizzstyle: this is super cool and thanks for sharing!

After reading your post where the word "control" came up, I got excited.

I'm a controls and dynamic systems guy by training, and this semester I'm teaching a course on controls to seniors in mechanical engineering, and also teach a senior capstone design course -- a few of the design projects, believe it or not, are ski designs.

Anyway, in my controls class (I've taught this class about 5 times now) I try to bring in examples where control systems are used. So, I'm intrigued by the control system(s) on the 787. Can you elaborate a little? How complicated are they? What's the structure? Are they as simple as PID loops, or something more sophisticated? I'm assuming the simulations use models -- what kind of models are they? I'd really like to share this information in class, if you don't mind....

Brought this up in another thread, thought I might give the idea it's own thread to see if there's any interest.

Was thinking of hosting an East Coast builders summit this Spring/late winter in the Mad River Valley of VT.

I work at a little inn here in the valley and could arrange a nice package deal for up to 40+ folks (prob a few more if necessary). Have a small bit of pull at Mad River Glen too, so could probably arrange for some discount tix to get us all on the hill too. Depending on snowpack, there are plenty of BC options right outside our back door too. Before we get too deep into all of that though I just thought I'd gauge the interest.

Could be a cool way to check out each others' work, talk shop, have some beers, etc...

I don't mind organizing at all, just need an idea on general interest. Thinking late March/early April, mid-week (better for negotiating deals) two days on the hill, one or two overnights, depending on your travel situation.

I like the idea, count me in. It would be nice to see what others are building first hand. Talk shop and ski.

I'm just north of you and would likely come down for a day.

Count me in. Unfortunately I have nothing to show yet

Mad river still doesnt allow boards does it? If not id probably not go

-Jacob

Maybe Sugarbush next door then