F1 Testing data loggers

[Per]

Ah, surely the data from 80 pitot tubes will be no more than a couple hundred MB? (less than 60 MB per minute if you log at the crazy and unnecessary rate of 400Hz and each data point is 32 bit).

[boyracer94]

Maybe the discussion regarding data logging etc. should be split into a separate thread?

[Gridlock]

Yes, they probably use dataloggers.

Obligatory XKCD(ish)

http://what-if.xkcd.com/31/

..and onto the next Williams Q...

[Henning]

I think a reado (like a typo, but made by the reader), may have lead the conversation off track. Compare the original post...

For comparison sake: each engine of a jet on a flight from London to New York generates 10TB of data every 30 minutes. Source: Pratt and Whitney.

with the comment...

I have worked on commercial airliner jet engine software.

That 10 terabytes per 30 seconds number is fishy.