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Old 14th Aug 2012, 11:04
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MrMachfivepointfive
 
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If we can send a car to Mars surely we can come up with sensors on the undercarriage that tell us how much weight they are carrying?
The problem is the wind load on the aircraft sitting on the tarmac. In anything but still air, the weight measured at the oleos will be off.
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