One wonders...
...what aircraft they used to test their claims of resiliency?
...what aircraft they used to test their claims of resiliency?
...it's the fuel.
Show me that a product can withstand the hellish inferno of a crashed plane, and I will be impressed. Protection from mere impact is something we have been able to do for a while now. For all intents and purposes you take your backup device and wrap it in a Toyota. Crumple zones, rigid "cabin" etc. etc. etc.
Preventing that same item from melting/overheating/etc...that's a whole other ball game.
It'll be a remote control model if they can get away with it, an ultralight if they claim it's a manned aircraft of a Cessna if they claim it's a passenger aircraft.
"...adds that in as it is sent by the Phoenix box's mobile phone link....."
Which'll work really well after the local authorities have locked the cell system into "emergency services only" mode while they deal with the disaster in question.
Even if that doesn't happen, the fact that everyone within a 20 mile radius will be trying to phone world + dog should make getting a data connection rather fun.
Is that because they're afraid of Real World testing, or because cell coverage there is somewhat spotty? Inquiring minds want to know.
the Google cloud, or say, your average super-collider?