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That said, it did require computers retrofitted to the engines to make the plane safe. http://www.enginehistory.org/Convention/2014/SR-71Inlts/SR-71Inlts.shtml
by dboreham 4y ago
That said, it did require computers retrofitted to the engines to make the plane safe.
http://www.enginehistory.org/Convention/2014/SR-71Inlts/SR-71Inlts.shtml#:~:text=A%20computer%20control%20system%20is%20employed%20in%20the%20SR%2D71%20to%20position%20the%20bypass%20doors%20and%20maintain%20an%20inlet%20flowing%20normally%20at%20high%20performance http://www.enginehistory.org/Convention/2014/SR-71Inlts/SR-7....
- HPsquared 4y agoThat task could have probably been done by a mechanical or analogue computer. Not sure I'd call that control system a full-fledged computer.
- kens 4y agoAerospace computers don't get any respect. The SR-71's DAFICS (Digital Automatic Flight and Inlet Control System) is a digital computer system with triple-redundancy. I bet your computer doesn't have that :-) https://doi.org/10.4271/851977 https://doi.org/10.4271/851977