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To: Red Badger

“electronic drops for the weights.”

Fly by wire weight release? Absolutely stupid, manual or forget it. Same with steering and brakes on vehicles.


5 posted on 07/06/2023 6:15:34 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

It sounds like Titan had multiple redundancy in this case.
Electronic, then hydraulic and then dissolving weights.


16 posted on 07/06/2023 6:24:33 AM PDT by Do_Tar
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To: Openurmind

Any manual mechanism would require a cable or control rod transiting through the hull. Not ideal.


28 posted on 07/06/2023 7:17:00 AM PDT by armydoc
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