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fliguana t1_j9odknq wrote

That is correct. His safety system is subject to recall for being defective.

Are you the guy who sleeps on the mattress with a factory label still attached? I've heard of you 🤣

You can remove it now.

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fliguana t1_j9obhrw wrote

I've had a car where the owner's manual contained instructions how to disable passenger side airbag. There was a key for that.

But that's beside the point.

OP wanted to reliably and reversibly deactivate SRS, I told him where to look.

He could also find and unplug the sensor/control unit (usually near firewall, inside cabin) or take out the inflators themselves, but that's more work and assumes mechanical savvy

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fliguana t1_j9lomjl wrote

There may be more than one. The fuses servectwo roles - to isolate/depower malfunctioning circuits and to deliberately disable certain functions. Latter more commonly used by mechanics for troubleshooting.

If I were in OP's place and had itrational fear that my airbag may explode, I would read the manual and disable the SRS module that controls all airbags by pulling the necessary fuses.

Or have dealer tow it.

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fliguana t1_j9kt1fd wrote

You can always call the dealership and see what assistance they provide with this recall. Perhaps they'll spring for a tow and a free loaner.

Fuse layout should be easy to find for a specific make/model/year.

Definitely don't do "controlled explosion".

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fliguana t1_j6khxoy wrote

The trap worked exactly as it was supposed to. Separate tourists from the money without violence.

I think the same would happen with Americans in 2012.

There were a couple of these honeypot places in Miami, operating in plain view.

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fliguana t1_j34yvei wrote

Dropping unused fuel tanks is not unique to rockets, some military planes use it too.

In most cases, dropped stage also contains the engine(s), because replumbing inflight is hard, and because the next-stage thrust need is reduced. But not always. For example, the Space shuttle made do with oversized reusable engines and an add-on tank.

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fliguana t1_j33uv8a wrote

Rockets launch at full power. The effect of air resistance comes into play for some, more fragile rockets which cannot withstand maximum frontal forces, so there is a point during ascend (maxQ), when engines are temporarily dialed back to reduce acceleration.

A few seconds later, the max power is restored in less dense atmosphere.

Why the let-off is stepped rather than gradual is a mystery to me, perhaps some optimization is available. Also relevant the path of the rocket - the more vertically it launches, the faster it clears the atmosphere, but then longer takes to gain lateral orbital speed.

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