So little snow though. 
Where you at?
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You’re right. Ischgl. Lots of stuff we couldn’t see this time last year, but last year was mega snow.
Everything is open, but snow machines on most days.
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The weather’s been sh*t and I was bored:
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I bet you could take a brick and make a very pretty picture of it. You sir, are an artist 
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Oh man you did an engine swap and didn’t invite me… I would have brought beers!!
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Well, to be fair, I didn’t do anything other than watch, stay out of the way, and drink a Diet Coke. The best part was when they used the sledgehammer…(just kidding…)
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Congratulations @PaulRix! I really should get my dual citizenship done…I keep meaning to and then not doing anything about it.
Dude. That is COOOOOL!!! Great photo. That’s one for the wall
Hammers are a vital maintenance instrument in engine maintenance! A good whack can reseat a bolt that is properly stuck due to heat expansion and contraction, relief the forces build up in the material. Obviously we don’t use sledge hammers, but soft and hard hammers of a variety of sizes are bound to be found in most toolboxes!
Also, sometimes you just need to get a pin out in a nasty spot your hands don’t fit, so you get something that has a bit of an extension and start whacking the back…
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You are not the only one. I came to the US in 2002 and was eligible to Naturalize in 2005, but never saw the need, or there was the $700 in fees just to submit the application that made me postpone time and again. It is going to be helpful for me when it comes to work. No more needing TSA approval every time I need to train in a sim, no more being dragged away to be finger printed and photographed every time I re-enter the country and it also makes things easier when it comes to getting visas. Then there is the whole voting thing…
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Yep, a proper “technical knock” at the right place and time is all it takes sometimes 
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Cute engines! Do your mechanics just pick them up and hang them on the pylon like a bomb?
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Some of the clamps I deal with need a proper knocking with the copper hammers! they are the beefy ones, one behind, and one to whack the object of hurting!
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I think they have to spin them around like 1000 times in order to wind the rubber bands… 
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Probably about the size of @smokinhole’s APU…
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I’ll take you for a spin in my sf25c… now that’s a diddy little engine.
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Don’t those giant RC planes (A380 etc) have bigger jet engines?
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