Baffle Gusset

We had some complaints with the #3 cylinder running hot during LOP cruise on SR22T airplanes. This resulted in the owners having to fly at a lower power setting than desired. We did some investigation and found that the airflow was deflecting the baffle in flight which resulted in a loss of cooling air to that cylinder. So we designed a gusset...

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Lunch Speakers

One of the great opportunities IRE students have is to listen to lunch speakers. Engineers working in industry come to IRE to talk about their experiences as an engineer. This is a great way for students to network and get a perspective on what it’s really like to be an engineer. So far this year we have had 2 lunch speakers, both IRE generation 1 graduates. Both of the speakers did a great job on telling about life after...

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Best Foot Forward Career Skills Workshop with CBA: Interviews

Thanks to all participants who took part in the Best Foot Forward Careers Workshop on Thursday 25 October. The workshop was the second of a three part workshop series, organised by the Women in Engineering and IT Program and facilitated by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Elise Ianno has been running these workshops to help give UTS women an edge when applying for jobs and internships. Elise is the...

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Lucy Mentoring Program Graduation

On Tuesday 16 October, UTS Broadway campus played host to the final function of the Lucy Mentoring Program for 2012. The Program, originally an initiative of the NSW Government Office for Women's policy almost ten years ago, has been coordinated by the Faculty of Engineering and IT since 2010. This year from May until October over 40 female...

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SR22T Alt Air Door Bracket

It was recently discovered that the rivets attaching the alt air door to the bracket that bolts it to the engine were beginning to loosen. We put out a service advisory in August about this and I blogged about it here. We have now released a Service Bulletin SB2X-71-22 that corrects this condition by removing the rivets, and installing bolts,...

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SR22T Oil Line Security SB

It was discovered that some of the ties that were used to secure the oil lines to the engine mount had broken in the field. We had made a production change a while back to use an adel clamp to hold the oil line. This service bulletin SB2X-79-01 installs adel clamps on all the SR22T's in the field. During the proofing of the service bulletin,...

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Upcoming Event - NSW Girl Geek Coffee Meet-up, 9 October @ Microsoft

Fancy a meetup with women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics over a good cup of coffee (or tea, chai, etc.)?  Join Girl Geek Coffees!Meet up and network with girl geeks in STEM and other similar disciplines at Microsoft's offices in North Ryde!Date: Tuesday 9th of OctoberTime: 2PM-5PMLocation: 1 Epping Rd North Ryde (train station nearby)RSVP: http://nswggc-october2012.eventbrite.com/# ...

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Cirrus Partner Symposium

This week we are hosting our flight training and service center partners for our annual Partner Symposium. 3 days of great speakers, training and networking opportunities. I will be speaking on Tuesday Oct 2nd and discussing all things engineering to our service centers. This symposium allows me a chance to meet some of our maintenance people...

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