Merlin negative G cutout too quick?

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Accelerometers we used in cars was to test suspension tweaks during cornering, they're computer electrical devices bolted to the floorpan (normally under the driver) that read acceleration in the horizontal plane (360 degrees). Pretty complex, broke one once, and cost us $10k to replace?

I know its not the same thing that a 1930 engineer would have used, but figured it works on the same principle, even if the scales/terminology would have been different due to use/time/language.

My guess is that they were some kind of piezoelectric (high frequency of the suspension system)). Take a look at Wiki to see how it works.

10k$ is a lot of money for a single one !