The_Krackening t1_itrky01 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:58 PM Reply to 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 Aerospace engineer here: something this doesn’t mention is frequency bands. I’ve had parts that require 200g in low bands (basically just the thing moving) and 20000g in high bands. Permalink 35
The_Krackening t1_itrky01 wrote
Reply to 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
Aerospace engineer here: something this doesn’t mention is frequency bands. I’ve had parts that require 200g in low bands (basically just the thing moving) and 20000g in high bands.