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ulyssessword t1_itsfhlr wrote

Reply to comment by LNL_HUTZ in TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h). by IchBinKoloss

What happens if your data uplink gets damaged? Black Box data is only useful when things go wrong.

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LNL_HUTZ t1_itsfu5s wrote

Couldn’t we do both? Have the uplink and, if it’s disrupted, then go to the box?

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ulyssessword t1_itshv8e wrote

Fairly sure we do. There's at least some info that gets sent to the ground in realtime.

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