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The longest flight today is ~15 hours. What's the big deal in going from 2 hours to 16 hours? Throw in 8x more flash memory, and you're done.
by discardorama 13y ago
The longest flight today is ~15 hours. What's the big deal in going from 2 hours to 16 hours? Throw in 8x more flash memory, and you're done.
- jryle80 13y agoI don't have any inside knowledge of how blackbox works the way it does, but I imagine, like with any critical system, reliability and redundancy trump everything else. I bet the two hour limit is not an arbitrary number but rather result of some lengthy tried and true testing process and debate. Any design decision is a trade-off, no matter how small. I'd argue that, if we have learned anything from MH370, ensuring blackbox survive in the harshest environments in the planet and stay discoverable for long period of time should be the utmost concerns.
- discardorama 13y ago> I bet the two hour limit is not an arbitrary number . . . Sadly, it is an arbitrary limit insofar that the pilots union opposes increasing it beyond 2 hours: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2008-03-07/pdf/E8-3949.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2008-03-07/pdf/E8-3949.pdf