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
[deleted] t1_its3r6o wrote on October 25, 2022 at 10:01 PM Reply to comment by tryingtodefendhim 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 [removed] Permalink Parent 8 Sharp_Building3453 t1_itty2e0 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:19 AM But if you came to a full stop in the jet stream then your air speed would then be negative, so the resulting math is the same. Permalink Parent 2
Sharp_Building3453 t1_itty2e0 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:19 AM But if you came to a full stop in the jet stream then your air speed would then be negative, so the resulting math is the same. Permalink Parent 2
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