Re:Ask HN: Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ?
by mreevery on Sunday June 07, 2009 @04:46PM
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Redundancy is cheap.
Keep the present system and add a second automatically jettisoned flash memory copy of all data that is designed to float if at sea. It would also transmit a signal that would include its GPS location if possible.
Jettisoning could be set to occur at a given altitude, a given set of data values or a given acceleration/deceleration values.
Keep the present system and add a second automatically jettisoned flash memory copy of all data that is designed to float if at sea. It would also transmit a signal that would include its GPS location if possible.
Jettisoning could be set to occur at a given altitude, a given set of data values or a given acceleration/deceleration values.