LNL_HUTZ t1_itsfu5s wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:31 PM

Reply to comment by ulyssessword 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

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

LNL_HUTZ t1_itse8vt wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:19 PM

Reply to 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

Given the ability to be in constant contact with satellites and whatnot, can’t we just have the black box data uploaded in real time and do away with the search for the box after a crash? Are there so many flights that there wouldn’t be enough bandwidth?

LNL_HUTZ t1_ispid43 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Reply to comment by TheVortex09 in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm

Bobo?