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
ChappaQuitIt t1_itte51z wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:08 AM Why can’t we call them Orange Boxes? Permalink 2
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