On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 16:58:01 -0500, Alex Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>    Perhaps a paint shaker on a merry go round? I'm sure you could recoup the
>costs by charging thrill seekers  for rides ;-)

We ain't charging nobody for nothin'.  Liability issues.

>    All seriousness aside though, do you have to shake the whole machine? I
>certainly would want to check out all relays for false triggering. I'd give the
>circuitry a work out too. If you could go fro 90% to 94% by testing individual
>parts, would this be realistic?

I don't see the point in testing components, since the problems will
be in the connections between them.

As far as reliability, for altimeters/accelerometers, for KISS we're
at 67% (4/6) on peroxide and 100% (8/8) on solids.  It won't be worth
chasing high reliability until we get our flight rate up - as long as
we get the vehicle back intact - so we'll continue to solve the single
point failures as they come up.  The baro spoof is going to take some
actual science to figure out and fix, but the fin failure we can just
beat to death with a BFH.

-R

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