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Assembling parts of the glider flight control linkages in tight places.

1st photo - if only every job were this simple! Room to get both hands in, visibility, room to turn wrenches, etc. That's more the exception than the rule.

2nd photo - looking into the landing gear box through a hole that's large enough for one arm/hand. At the far end, where the bulkhead walls and fuselage converge into a tight corner...and where there are plenty of parts already installed...I need to connect another push-pull tube. I can only get one hand in there, there is barely enough room to insert the bolt, I'm working only by feel, and I also need to start the nut and tighten it.

What to do?

3rd - bolt the rod end outside the landing gear box, insert through a hole, then spin the rod end into its threaded socket.

4th - there is only room for a half wrench to tighten the jamb nut.

Whew!

Collision detected!

Now that most of the glider's flight control linkages have been bolted, I'm starting to check for conflicts, rubbing, bumping, etc. Some places have multiple moving parts in very cramped quarters, or moving parts that come very close to stationary parts such as bulkheads..

This video shows one collision. (It's in the 'mixer' section of the flight control linkages, in the fuselage just behind the landing gear.)

Fortunately, this one is easy to fix...swap the bolt and nut on one part.

There is much more checking to be done throughout the glider....

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Active #satellites 🛰️ must perform an increasing 📈 number of #collision avoidance manoeuvres to dodge out of the way of other satellites and fragments of #SpaceDebris. Another factor is the high level of solar ☀️ activity which can often cause increased atmospheric drag. If we extrapolate current trends into the future, catastrophic collision 💥 numbers could rise 📈 significantly esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Deb

www.esa.intESA Space Environment Report 2024
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Cutting staff from the #SpaceTraffic program, which currently alerts #satellite 🛰️ operators of potential collisions 💥 with debris or other spacecraft, complicates a years-long effort to migrate those alerting ⚠️ duties out of the Pentagon. A #collision notice is an alert that a satellite could collide with another object in space.
"We are not talking a few dozen per year. We are talking tens of thousands" reuters.com/technology/space/t

Data Request For Potomac River Tragedy - National Centers For Environmental Information (NCEI), NOAA In The News
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ncei.noaa.gov/ <-- shared NCEI home page
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“A CNN Reporter requested data to portray the depth of the Potomac River near the site of the tragic plane and helicopter crash. The Digital Elevation Model Bathymetry (DEM) Team responded with information on how to use NCEI’s high-resolution Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Models (CUDEMs) to generate a map of the Potomac River and provided an example map…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #bathymetry #topobathy #DEM #elevation #depth #NCEI #opendata #CUDEM #disaster #collision #air #potomacriver #potomac #crash #airdisaster #Washington #helicopter #ArmyHelicopter #blackhawk #NOAA #aviation #midair
@NOAA @NCEI

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@froomkin
The Lever: Transportation Secretary and former Rep. Sean Duffy voted for airline-backed legislation to expand flight traffic at #NationalAirport, despite dire safety warnings about heavy air traffic…
Jan 29, 2025 Before D.C. Airport #Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings, Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses & dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport
levernews.com/before-d-c-airpo
#DOT #SeanDuffy #TheLever #Flight5342 #AA5342

The Lever · Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted FlightsDespite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.

‘Scary and surprising’: Dump truck hit and run shocks Nova Scotia family
A Dartmouth woman is speaking out after she was the victim of a hit and run on Hammonds Plains Road with her two children in the car.
#globalnews #Canada #Traffic #Collision #DumpTruck
globalnews.ca/news/10875605/du

Global News · ‘Scary and surprising’: Dump truck hit and run shocks Nova Scotia familyBy Ella Macdonald

Scientists have adjusted the age of the Himalayas by 20 million years after new research. The collision between India and Eurasia was more complex and dynamic than previously thought, involving multiple subduction zones and plate fragments.

#Himalayas #Geology #Collision

salon.com/2023/08/13/scientist