Flight Engineer

Shut the fuck up you stupid idiot "babysit pilots" "do not carry enough automation" "read the newspaper during the entire route of flight."

What the fuck are you fucking talking about?! before you start a fucking rant on somthing you know jack shit about maybe you should do a little research on your topic. Automation sucks and can lead to inadvertant mistakes. Oh and by the way the process of flying while in the cruise stage of flight is not simple you jackass

The flight engineer is as much a part of the cockpit crew as the pilot in command and the first officer. He/she is a valuble member of the crew and participates activley in crew resource managment...

by Mr Covasi October 15, 2004

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Contrary to popular belief, it was not "thought of by Felix Wankel when he was 17". It was developed in the late 1800's before his birth (in 1902).

Used mainly in aircraft, it essentially is a conventional piston-driven internal combustion engine, with the pistons set radially around the center crankshaft. The difference is that the whole engine block rotates around the crankshaft, rather than the pistons turning the crankshaft.
The pistonless rotary engine, as produced by Mazda, was initially designed by Felix Wankel as others describe, yes, but putting his name on all rotary engines is like saying that all watermelons are seedless.

You should do some ACTUAL research before claiming you know about the rotary engine.

by Epsilon Rho Tau Omega March 23, 2010

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