Jim Leonard wrote:
Yep! There are only two drawbacks to microdrives:
Heh. I remember someone asking me (at work) if a 3.5" ST-506 drive
would work in zero G.
I ask where it was installed and they said a KC-135 :-)
Apparently someone wanted to use one in the "vomit comet"...
and apparently it worked (at least they never complained that
it didn't)
I don't know how high those where pressurized, but I'd guess
around 8000ft. No doubt the old drives didn't need as much
air density; the flying height was not that low. I have no
idea how air pressure affects the boundary layer over the
surface - I assume less density translates to less drag and
then to a lower flight.
-brad