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Old August 29th 18, 12:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_6_]
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Default Cause of accident revealed...

On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:58:44 -0700, Tom BravoMike wrote:

I actually had to use a flux capacitor recently in my bathroom. Oh, BTW,
in case you don't know, the commercial name for it is 'plunger'.


I was surprised to find that there are a couple of flux capacitors in
real life:

- a sort of microwave signal trap or delay line:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/28/...to-the-future-
quantum-computing/

- an improved integrated circuit capacitor, patented at Stanford
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues...the-real-flux-
capacitor-please-stand-up/

....amazing what a web search can find!


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