Model Airplanes

At the 2017 Grand Prix, race cars will be made out of something new: 3D printed parts.

For the first time, a partnership with Honda division McLaren Formula 1 Racing and 3D printing company Stratasys is bringing 3D printed car parts, that can be made on-demand, to the race track.

With advances in 3D printing including faster speeds and a greater variety of available materials, the technology will be used to produce car parts from the rubber-like material near electrical areas to the tough material on the exterior of the vehicle. It will also be used to make some of the most heat sensitive and important pieces of McLaren’s new MCL32 race cars, which include hydraulic line brackets, radio harness fasteners, carbon fiber brake cooling ducts, and rear wing flaps.

To speed up the process, McLaren will have a Stratasys uPrint SE Plus 3D printer stationed at the track on racing days, in order to print on demand.

McLaren’s race team is constantly monitoring performance of the race cars, making improvements every 15 minutes. Many cars, including Honda’s race cars, use AI tools like IBM IoT for Automotive to gather information about every aspect of the car’s behavior and stream it to the cloud in real time. Therefore, the speed of 3D printing is an important factor in the adoption of the tool for the race track. The race car’s hydraulic line bracket, for instance, can be made in only four hours with the

Article source: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/3d-parts-give-hondas-mclaren-race-cars-an-advantage-at-grand-prix/

YOU might think that the only people who believe in aliens are forum-dwelling internet conspiracy theorists.

But it turns out a lot of Nasa astronauts also think extraterrestrials are real and that they have been in touch with humanity for a long time.

At least four celebrated spacemen have become famous for their outspoken beliefs about the existence of extraterrestrials.

Some have seen UFOs soaring through the sky, while others claim to have been tipped off about alien contact by military top brass.

Here are four Nasa astronauts who believe aliens are real.

Edgar Mitchell

In 1971, Mitchell became the sixth person to walk on the moon.

But he spent the rest of his life convinced that “aliens have been observing us and have been here for some time”.

He once claimed that peace-loving aliens had visited Earth on a mission to save humanity from nuclear war and suggested the Vatican knows the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials.

Mitchell also alleged that UFOs had been seen above nuke bases and often disabled the missiles held within Cold War-era weapons silos.

The spaceman firmly believed the American government covered up the famous Roswell incident in 1947, when a flying disc allegedly crashed near a small town in New Mexico.

“The reason for the denial is they didn’t know if they [the aliens] were hostile and they didn’t want the Soviets to know so they devised to lie about it and cover it up,” he reportedly

Article source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3268325/meet-the-nasa-astronauts-who-believe-aliens-are-visiting-earth-and-communicating-with-humanity/

Vivek Saxena, chief executive officer of Mooney International Corporation, hosted a ceremony March 28 at the aircraft manufacturing facility to make Federal Aviation Agency certification of the two new Mooney Ultras official.

Saxena said this was only the 21st time in the history of Mooney that the FAA has certified a new design; and added that this is the first certification since the new ownership by the current investment group.

“Mooney is back and here is the proof!” he said, gesturing toward the red, silver and white plane on display in the sales hangar. “The industry has been waiting for this aircraft, not only Mooney.”

He noted the plane’s luxury interior and what he called the best avionics in the industry.

“The process wasn’t easy. I saw evidence of that even in my eight months here.”

He said Jim Grigg from the FAA was joined by two other

Article source: http://www.hccommunityjournal.com/article_839574d6-1967-11e7-87cb-0f1e8ba3c25a.html

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Goldberg
Law PC, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces
that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of TransDigm
Group Incorporated (“TransDigm” or the “Company”) (NYSE: TDG).

If you purchased or otherwise acquired TransDigm shares and would like
more information regarding the investigation, we encourage you to
contact Michael Goldberg
or Brian Schall, of
Goldberg Law PC, 1999 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA
90067, at 800-977-7401, to discuss your rights without cost to you. You
can also reach us through the firm’s website at http://www.Goldberglawpc.com,
or by email at info@goldberglawpc.com.

Citron Research disclosed a report entitled “Could TransDigm be the
Valeant of the Aerospace Industry?” claiming that TransDigm’s business
model relied on “acquir[ing] airplane parts companies (over 50 in
total), fir[ing] employees, and egregiously rais[ing] prices,” and
claimed that the

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