However, the B-58 program did contribute wonderfully to computer science:
the quick calculation of trig functions, whereby both the sine and cosine of
an angle pop out of a logic sequence not materially more complex than a
divide instruction. The method is called Cordic.
Hugh Blair-Smith
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Subject: [AR] Re: B-58 \ was Ozone etc.
On 20/09/16 04:49, David Weinshenker wrote:
On 09/19/2016 08:39 PM, Henry Spencer wrote:
Nobody's yet built
a VTVL rocket that can do really fast turnaround, but then, nobody's yet
built a 100km Mach 6 airplane that can do that either. All too
plausibly, it could end up being less like a 747 and more like a B-58
(the plane whose operating costs were too high, and dispatch reliability
too low, for even the USAF). "This *isn't* just like an airplane." --
Jeff Greason.
So what was the problem with the B-58... was it
a flawed concept, or just implemented badly?