What is the big deal about keeping tracking of units in the design and operation of an aircraft?
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Discussion Item
- What is the big deal about keeping tracking of units in the design and operation of an aircraft? Discuss an example of where either designers, pilots, or aircraft mechanics made a mistake in unit conversions that contributed to an incident.
Deadlines
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- Reply to your classmates by the end of the module.
- Your initial posts and responses to your classmates need to be thoughtful, thorough, and comprehensive. This means your initial post needs to be about a paragraph and thoroughly explain your answer. Your responses to your classmates need to be more than “I agree/disagree.” You need to elaborate, and explain why you agree or disagree, and you may even want to ask other questions and really get the conversation going.
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