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To: managusta

Interesting but what happens if power is lost?


2 posted on 09/27/2010 10:49:20 AM PDT by Leg Olam (A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.)
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To: Leg Olam

S.O.L.


4 posted on 09/27/2010 10:50:39 AM PDT by brivette
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To: Leg Olam

Looks unmanned so no harm no foul.


5 posted on 09/27/2010 10:51:04 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: Leg Olam
"...but what happens if power is lost? "

Expensive rock. Then a smoking hole in the ground.

6 posted on 09/27/2010 10:51:22 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A fearless person cannot be controlled.)
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To: Leg Olam

Most modern fly-by-wire stability augmented aircraft become tumbling bricks when they lose power.


12 posted on 09/27/2010 10:56:37 AM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: Leg Olam

If it loses power, it becomes a lawn dart


35 posted on 09/27/2010 11:28:00 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Leg Olam

Power loss indicates it is “Time for a quick trip around the beads and ‘over the side’.”


37 posted on 09/27/2010 11:32:56 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: Leg Olam
Interesting but what happens if power is lost?

The Pilot's pucker factor shifts into Hyperdive.

46 posted on 09/27/2010 1:22:29 PM PDT by usmcobra (.Islam: providing Live Targets for United States Marines since 1786!)
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