The mechanic's corner

A Drone is a flying device controlled remotely by a person or a program to develop many types of functions. There are many types of drones but my favorites are the racing drones. These devices are controlled by people who use a control with two joysticks and glasses where you can see in real time what is in front of the drone. Be careful if you are a person with vertigo or fear of speed. The device is normally built by four high performance electric motors that provide support and addressability to the device; a battery that gives electrical energy; a camera that allows you to control the drone as if you were inside and some circuits that control the motors and send the video signal to the glasses. There are a variety of forms of these devices: with more engines, with steerable propellers or even amphibious water-air. They are devices that don't allow a great time of flight, but can reach speeds of up to 130 kilometers per hour. Their flight range doesn't reach a kilometer aw...

In the movie Mission Impossible we observe that the famous actor, Tom Cruise, in many scenes of action of the film, he ends flying through the air in many ways and not all with a plane or flying device. Many objects in the film fly, even though, this is not its function, like cars or motorcycles. One of the first scenes of the film, Tom Cruise get on a plane just before it starts to take off, to get inside. Another scene in which the protagonist appears flying through the air, is the moment when they escape from the theater jumping by a rope from the roof. Many objects appear flying at the moment of an explosion occurs, such as cars or motorcycles. One of the most impressive scenes of the film, is when the protagonist is in chase with a BMW, where he is chased by motorcycles and he jumps from a great height backwards, traveling a great distance through the air until finishing and leaving the car upside down. Finally, in the scene that Tom Cruise has to enter into a water tank to ch...

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Here I post all the questions I solved in the Rolls Royce's web page:  1-Why are turbine blades coated with a ceramic material? A)It makes them lighter  B)It helps make them stronger  C)It helps to stop them melting- D)It makes them a better colour 2-Why can’t titanium be used to make turbine blades? A)In temperatures over 600ºC where it rubs against other metals, it can burn- B)It is too dense and would be too heavy to use C)It is the wrong colour D)It is too expensive 3-Drag and drop the densities to the correct material: Titanium 6/4: 4.5g/cm3 Nickel alloy 8.2g/cm3 Partially yttrium stabilized zirconia: 5.1g/cm3 Nickel super alloy: 8.4g/cm3 4-What are the two main things engineers must consider when choosing materials to use in an engine? A)Colour and weight B)Cost and colour C)Weight and name  D)Cost and weight - 5-Which statement is true? A)To active the same amount of thrust you can either accelerate a Sma...

Globalia is located in the municipality of Llucmajor, twenty five kilometers from Palma de Mallorca, in the  Son Noguera trade development. From Tuesday to Friday I have training classes in Globalia in the morning, so I have to get up at cuarter past six in the morning to take the car and go to class. It is my first year in Llucmajor so we have 3 hours of practical classes in the workshop, with 5 minutes of rest every hour to go to the toilette or drink something. In the workshop, we must wear a uniform and safety shoes, which Air Europa has customized with her logo. At the end of the 3 hours of practice, we have a break of 20 minutes for breakfast and We go to the bar. At 11 o'clock in the morning the first hour of theory begins, so we go to the upper floor of the training building where the classroom is located. At the moment we are studying fundamentals of electricity with Elena. As in the class with Elena we are studying capacitors, resistors and some electrical components...

The boeing 747 is spectacular. During the documentary he explains a large amount of information about the huge quantities of material and characteristics of this engineering work. It describes in particular the Boing 747-400, plane model called Victor X-ray. It is an airplane that has traveled more than 36 million miles, which means taking 1500 laps around the world during its 14 years of operation. His longest trip is 14 hours from Singapore with 299 passengers. These passengers consume up to a ton of food and drink during the flight The hail, the fatigue of the materials, the collision with birds, are some of the causes that can cause wear or breakage of the components that make up the plane, A periodic inspections must be made to the aircraft to avoid aggravation. In addition, security systems such as chutes or black boxes are checked, since they are systems that, although they are not used, must be operational at all times. Every 6 years, an exhaustive check called D c...

 This is our first homework of this course. With this activity, we have a first view of the parts of the plane which makes it flies and be airworthy.  Airplane parts and function 1. Describe the following aircraft motions. 1. Pitch: up and down movement of the plane’s nose/on the horizontal axis. 2. Roll: The rotation movement of the wing tips of the aircraft 3. Yaw: The side to side movement of the nose. Swaying motion side to side of the nose of the plane / moving from left to right using the rudder. 4. Loop: A complete roll 5. Dive : Decrease the inclination of the nose / downward motion when the plane lands. 6. Climb: to go up (movement of plane) 7. Lift: A force which pushes the plane up. 2. What are the functions of the parts of the airplane pictured above? 1. A: Vertical stabilizer: controls the yaw movement, keep the nose of the plane from swinging from side to side. 2. B: Rudder: directs the tail left or right / changes yaw ...

This blog is called the mechanic’s corner not only because i’m studying aircraft maintenance, because I’m an electromechanical technician of self-propelled vehicles and I have been working in an official workshop for a while. Below I will tell you why a car mechanic is now studying aeromechanical maintenance.Since I was young I liked the machines and to disassemble mechanisms to know how they work. But also I really liked airplanes. I’ve had family members who have worked in airports all my life, and one of my dreams is to fly an airplane. After finishing high school, I studied electromechanical maintenance. These knowledge would be useful for airplanes in the future. When I finished my studies I spend a year working in a mechanical workshop, and I saved the money that I earned to pay my studies for the future. Right now I’m living in Palma de Mallorca, I’m studying Aeromechanical Maintenance and who knows that in the future I can Fulfill my dream and I can fly an airplane. In...