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). en.wikipedia.org Submitted by IchBinKoloss t3_yd94x6 on October 25, 2022 at 4:31 PM in todayilearned 187 comments 2,267
NerdyJerdy20 t1_itsfvkp wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:31 PM Ah, thanks for describing it in knots for me. Definitely puts it into perspective. 🙄😂 Permalink 1
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments