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iPods to be Used as Flight Data Recorders

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cockpit-white-boxes dept.

udamahan writes "Flight Global reports small aircraft manufacturer LoPresti is introducing a system that uses an iPod as a flight data recorder. The company states that they chose the iPod for its size, low power requirements, and the 'thousands of developers passionate about writing applications for the iPod.' The article notes that data recorders are typically used for maintenance, flight/safety analysis, or, assuming proper protection, crash investigation."

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  1. You've gotta be kidding! by scdeimos · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard - wanting to use a hard disk-based iPod as an FDR?!? The stupid things are unreliable enough as consumer devices! I'm regularly having to "tap" mine on the desk to get the hard disk going again after it's paused itself in the middle of a song - how's it going to fare in a high-vibration aircraft environment, with regular pressure and temperature changes to boot!?

  2. DRM by p0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But how can you take it out of the iPod without breaking the law first?

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