Michael Rennick
Aerospace engineer in commercial aviation (airliner repair design; performance engineering leadership); posts practitioner insights.
Mini's Tiny Size Lets Three Fit in Two Spots
Took the Mini to carsandcoffeeatlanta this morning. Always nice to see britishvillaininatl and met some great Mini owners. They were kind enough to make room for me to squeeze in. The benefit of tiny cars is we can get three in two parking spots.
2023 Bolt EUV Hits 40k Miles, Still Trouble‑Free
Our 2023 Bolt EUV just rolled over 40000 miles. It’s been fine. It does car stuff. It drives me the 31 miles too and from work without fuss. I’ve had to replace the cabin air filter. That’s it.
Built $1B COVID Rescue Program in Weeks
April 20, 2020 was my first day as the GM of the project management team supporting the HR division of our little ATL based airline. As you can imagine, it was an intense and crazy time. Within a week or...
Separate Negative Runs, Group Positives for Cleaner Circuit
Realized late this afternoon that I had messed up on the Enterprise. In an effort to reduce wiring and tidy things up and I had grouped the negative runs. The MOSFET switches that I’m using switch on the circuit via...
Artemis II’s Success Sparks Excitement for Future Missions
I’m really happy to see all the love for Artemis II. I hope we can keep it going for the following missions. The fly by was great mission, but there is some spectacular stuff coming.
Luna 3’s 1959 Far‑Side Photos Preview Artemis Terrain
The first images of the far side of the moon were taken by the Soviet Luna 3 probe in 1959. The probe used automatic sensing and film cameras to take the images. The film was developed onboard the spacecraft, the...
Home 3D Printing Starter Guide—Basics, Not Brand Picks
Here is a 3D printing introduction guide for folks looking to get into it. I am assuming if you are looking at this it is for home use. Not commercial. I’m not all knowing here, so I hope others will...
New Seasons Arrive: For All Mankind, Daredevil, Stranger Things
Folks, we have For All Mankind and Daredevil here soon and Stranger Things Tales from ‘85 in a month. There is reason to rejoice.
Severe Weather Sparks Widespread Flight Delays, Stay Patient
Folks traveling by air today, it is going to be a day. MSP is digging out of a blizzard. A crazy, high speed front passed through ATL this morning. This disrupted the morning bank of flights and caused some international...
Race Delayed: IRacing Update Stalls Thursday Night Blunder Post Postponed
I has sad. Supposed to be racing DWR Thursday Night Blunder on iracing. Logged in an hour ago. Still updating.
Warp Nacelle Print Collapse Leaves Me with Spaghetti
Well dang. Bound to happen. Enterprise’s warp nacelle pylon’s fell during printing and I got spaghetti.