somegridplayer t1_itqxqwl wrote
Reply to comment by EndlessEmergency 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
>but that's an edge case and we'll put it in the training docs that doing so is ill-advised.
OH YOU ENGINEERS!
tryingtodefendhim t1_itr5bmu wrote
TIL who the real edge lords are.
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Sharp_Building3453 t1_itty2e0 wrote
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.
LiamtheV t1_itt29xc wrote
Those bastards think Pi is 3, and g=10.
Engineers are all sick in the head, I tell you.
Salty_Animator_4019 t1_itxbaxb wrote
And 3^2 = Pi^2 = 10, for all reasonable (top of the head) applications. Yes, learnt all those at university :-)
LiamtheV t1_ityjji2 wrote
Schemen123 t1_itu1b4u wrote
Nope.. we don't...
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mjh2901 t1_its7peq wrote
Most airplane crashes are out of spec landings.
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