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Re:Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common? by londons_explore on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:00PM (#40824639)
Meanwhile an accelerometer, microcontroller and a years worth of storage for the data probably all could be made with $5 worth of parts and a summer intern...
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Re:Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common? by briandear on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:32PM (#40824972)
And multiple years of getting FAA approvals.
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Re:Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common? by mulmen on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:46PM (#40825112)
Comments like this make me glad the FAA requires certification for everything.
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Re:Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common? by dzhiurgis on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:24PM (#40826818)
Oh come on. It's not like raspberrypi is going to force plane down.

Also there's likely 200 accelerometers on board already. Onboard wifi is becoming ubiquitous. Perhaps an app that trades in wifi time for accelerometer time would be good trade-off. And wouldn't require tons of certification.

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