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Ken Shirriff

@DeltaWye That makes sense. Weird things could happen right at launch.

19 August at 19:43 | Open on oldbytes.space
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Delta Wye replied to Ken

@kenshirriff Document with a great example of a sneak circuit involving the cargo door and landing gear in an aircraft. There are some other examples out there.

If the emergency door open switch and the normal door open switch were operated, the landing gear would deploy.

(Not a sneak circuit but there was an incredible wiring error in a train and a design flaw where sounding a whistle on a locomotive caused the carriages to decouple.)

apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA21

19 August at 20:04 | Open on mstdn.social
Benjohn replied to Ken

@kenshirriff @DeltaWye I'm wondering if this still makes sense with modern computers clocking away at GigHz – would pyrotechnic be "fast enough"?

19 August at 20:13 | Open on todon.nl
Ken Shirriff replied to Benjohn

@benjohn @DeltaWye In the current Minuteman guidance computer (NS-50) they apparently do the disconnect electronically with AND gates rather than explosives.

19 August at 20:25 | Open on oldbytes.space
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