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Old 30th Jun 2009, 00:43
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Will Fraser
 
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If a computer uses sampled data from three sources, but must have agreement from two for a parameter, isn't it singly redundant? If one drops out, the only pair left have to agree. I was offering an emergency mode, and I still think it makes sense, were there indeed three blocked pitots? If it's important to have three, but eliminate a possible parameter supplied by one, wouldn't that be self defeating? In the absence of another pitot, and tossing a baby out with the bathwater is fatal, what am I missing??

I may seem to be opposed to computers, I am not, being highly critical doesn't mean I propose their demise.
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