Noob member here

[t18skyguy]

Hello everybody, thanks for letting me join the forum. I'm 68 years old and own a 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid with only 47,000 miles on it. I'm an aircraft mechanic and inspector by trade, but do pretty well with cars. I didn't know such a forum existed. I can say that cars are a lot harder than airplanes. Airplanes have no emission systems on them and hardly any electronics that control the engine. I live in Springfield Oregon. I also have a background in medicine and taxes. Regards, Don

[2014FordFusionSE]

Welcome Don!

 

It's funny that you say cars are harder than planes. For the few times I've seen the inside of a cockpit, I could never figure out how pilots paid attention to so many gauges ?

 

Forums are great and you'll get a lot of information here.

[mwr]

8 hours ago, 2014FordFusionSE said:

It's funny that you say cars are harder than planes. For the few times I've seen the inside of a cockpit, I could never figure out how pilots paid attention to so many gauges ?

He was talking about working on them (cars and planes), not operating (driving and flying) them ?

[2014FordFusionSE]

9 hours ago, mwr said:

He was talking about working on them (cars and planes), not operating (driving and flying) them ?

I got that but I would have thought they'd be related ?

The gauges, controls, etc would be connected to some mechanism and electronic stuff that would be complicated.

 

The next time I fly and the plane has a technical issue, I'll volunteer to fix it ?

[mwr]

5 minutes ago, 2014FordFusionSE said:

The next time I fly and the plane has a technical issue, I'll volunteer to fix it ?

If you're at all interested in flying (I assume you're not a pilot), take an introductory flight lesson at a local airport and you'll learn a lot and also have a lot of fun.

[Sky14FFH]

Welcome Don.  You're quite the polymath.