MASTER-FOOO1 t1_itttpay wrote on October 26, 2022 at 7:15 AM Reply to comment by meyerpw 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 not all, air bus of emirates airline is still using the tapes and won't switch until 2028 Source: I'm an engineer who was maintaining and installing them before covid hit. Permalink Parent 3
MASTER-FOOO1 t1_itttpay wrote
Reply to comment by meyerpw 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
not all, air bus of emirates airline is still using the tapes and won't switch until 2028
Source: I'm an engineer who was maintaining and installing them before covid hit.