>But the TINU has to be absolutely current when this is going on.  So at
something above 15,000 feet they reboot the TINU and get it re-synched
with the GPS satellites again before setting up for the landing!


Ye Gods - standard operating procedure is to reboot their embedded controller in-flight!  I would be making a mess in my knickers at that point!



-- Lawrence Lile, P.E.
Electrical and Electronic Solutions
Project Solutions Companies
www.projsolco.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell McMahon [mailto:apptech@paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:51 PM
> To: PIC List
> Subject: [OT] Mike Melvill comments on SpaceShipOne
> 
> Interesting report of Pilot's perspeive of SS1. Tells about controls,
> various flight regimes, g's experienced why iy rolled when it did and far
> more.
> Two versions vary very slightly.
> 
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> ike%22&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&selm=1101932305.851267.239370%40c13g
> 2000cwb.googlegroups.com&rnum=1
> 
> 
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> ike%22&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&selm=rmyrd.5879%24u81.2496%40newsrea
> d3.news.pas.earthlink.net&rnum=2
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