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Old 3rd November 2014 | 17:49
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BOAC. Need to get away from the touchy-feely and other stuff on the other forum.

Apparently the NTSB has decoded several "tapes" early on.

- The mechanism for the feather mode seems straightforward and robust.

- I don't unnerstan why the mechanism is supposed to be unlocked before the vehicle is "coasting" up on its flight path and well above high "q". Passing 1.4M the vehicle is at a decent gee, so doesn't take much to move something too far or not far enuf.
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