doglaughington t1_itsm0b6 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:17 AM 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 So, can engineers not build a better one? So many stories I read have been about the difficulty and inability to locate the boxes. Why haven't you and you engineer buds made a better one? Permalink Parent 2
doglaughington t1_itsm0b6 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
So, can engineers not build a better one? So many stories I read have been about the difficulty and inability to locate the boxes. Why haven't you and you engineer buds made a better one?