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Old 26th Feb 2008, 22:06
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Likewise, slopes are easy to detect and factor into the sums

not necessarily... one of the problems with a lot of transducers relates to sideloads on the cell. This is a big problem with routine maintenance aircraft weighings .. and can account for (an unpredictable) several hundred kilos per cell ...
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