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Every Thursday, our Industry Readlines email features interesting, helpful, or funny things from around the technical world. Whether you are in design, machining, production, or inspection this will be a great weekly read. 

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From the GD&T Basics Team: Irregular Features as Datum Features

In this Question Line video, Jason explains how an irregular feature like a hexagon can serve as a primary datum feature and discusses how this part could be inspected – touching on gage design for manual inspection and point cloud analysis using a CMM.

-Brandon

https://www.gdandtbasics.com/irregular-features-as-datum-features/

Giant DIY Yamato RC Battleship:

This giant 18-foot DIY RC Yamato battleship was built with a unique goal: to launch a micro RC plane from its deck. Follow the design, build, and testing that lead up voyage of this impressive remote-control warship.

-Molly

https://youtu.be/AKTmUnlExFU?si=vILXAO4bQy8vwcfw

Client Highlight: Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation is pioneering electric air taxis with a strong focus on safety, innovation, and reliability. In this video, they demonstrate the aircraft’s built-in redundancies—including multiple batteries, flight computers, and rotors—by safely landing after intentionally disabling two propellers. It’s a powerful look at how Joby is engineering peace of mind into every flight.

-Lisa

https://youtu.be/JR_9Q97fraU?si=Rr3BsTGZOGkxWHR4

Why Don’t Railroads Need Expansion Joints?:

Learn about thermite welding of train rails and also discover why these seamless rails do not buckle.

-Tom

https://youtu.be/Rdj5-6t6QI8?si=QAVVOT5h2ZvWmbsB

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For a Good Laugh: Lazy Engineers...

Plot Twist: No one else has access to the model.

-Jason

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Until next week,

Your GD&T Basics Team
 
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