Roy Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Looks interesting. Just wish I could see all of the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Roy, If you maximize your screen, it might help to see the \"big picture.\" It works for me. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I have the same problem that Roy has, and maximizing the screen doesn\'t help. Casey is aware, but hasn\'t yet figured out what\'s causing the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Don, Thanks. I tried your suggestion but it didn\'t work for me. I guess I\'m not holding my mouth right. Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I\'ve got a scroll-bar across the bottom of the picture so I can scroll left and right and see the other half of the picture. Been curious though, what\'s up with the KC-10? Thought that was going to be the KC-135 replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 George, What browser do you use? On my Internet Explorer 6 the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen does not allow me to see the remainder of the page. Curioser and curioser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I use Firefox. The scroll-bar is along the bottom of the picture not along the bottom of the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Herk Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I changed it to a link of the pics. I\'ve got the same problem, not only does it cut off the right side, I can\'t even navigate to the next page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I have the same problem, using Internet Explorer. The problem is more than likely caused by some setting, deep in the bowels of the Control Panel, but I haven\'t figured it out..... John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Herk Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I believe it is a setting on the forum, not our browsers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Sorry guys. I still have not found an answer to the problem. It is not browser or screen resolution specific. My computer at work does the same thing but I can\'t access enough settings on it to troubleshoot. :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev130eng Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Airbus use imperial. You can use your toolbox to fix any western aircraft, military or civilian, Airbus or Boeing. We all use Snap-On or Bluepoint. You do not have to re-tool. I am ex- military fixing aircraft all over the world. Metric tools are for eastern bloc aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herkeng130 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 US Herk wrote: I believe it is a setting on the forum, not our browsers...When I was using both firefox and the older version of IE6, I had the problem... I upgraded to the newer IE7(spit) and no more problems with this forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Airbus use imperial. Don\'t you mean SAE? I thought imperial was that weird one off system the Brits had once upon a time. Haven\'t seen that system since I dumped my 62 MG. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Herk Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Whitworth...the size of the wrench was the size of the shank of the bolt. So a 5/16\" bolt here has a 1/2\" head & uses a 1/2\" wrench - WW would be a 5/16\" wrench! Got a set for my old Norton project - took me a while to figure it out & no guarantees I\'m right either!!! Just what it appears to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercvisc Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 When I worked on the old Vickers Viscounts in the early eighties, I had to revamp my toolbox with Whitworth/BSF and BA, and it took a long time to be able to glance a nut or bolt and reach for the correct size spanner. Where the Herc commonly uses a 1/4\" nut on a 3/16\" shank, old British aircraft used 2BA, which, if I remember, is about 3/8\" AF (SAE), and that\'s a lot of extra weight when you add them all up. Because the old British sizes have all disappeared, I think that we should take it as read that \"Imperial\" means \"non metric\". Just a thought........ I now live in Australia, and after thirteen years of kilmeters, I\'m still in tune with miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Herk Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I use imperial and standard (SAE) interchangeably to mean non-metric myself! While on exchange, the RAF had recently (the year prior) changed their fuel & weight to Kg/Tonnes. What a nightmare for me - the FE would tell me, \"We weight 54 Tonnes, lad\" - what does that mean?!?! I got real good at going from Tonnes to pounds (easy - x2+10%), but not the other way \'round! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagebow Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Imperial essentially means using say a 1/4\" size spanner or a 5/8\" socket instead of a size 10 socket or size 6 spanner as you would on a metric aircraft. (Not comparably sizes by the way, just an example) USA is essentially a imperial standard in measurement although metric has been advcated since the late 1800\'s, whilst the UK uses both and most of Europe use metric. Australia is metric but we use imperial (A/F) and metric tools due to US and European built machinery like aircraft, cars and other imported stuff. I had always assumed despite what trev130 eng has said that European aircraft were metric in every aspect including bolts. I know that the A380 flight stations are measured in milimeters as opposed to inches like in the C-130. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sorry guys, witworth was what I was thinking about. Guess Imperial is correct:side: Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 We had a 727-82 at Transafrik, S9-NAZ, that had fuel guages that read in kilos instead of pounds. Many times in flight on that airplane, I\'d have a momentary major heart attack when I glanced at the guages & thought we were almost out of gas!! It was an ex-TAP Air Portugal airplane. Like most of Transafrik\'s fleet, this one crashed on the runway at Luanda in 2000. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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