An inspection of the aircraft’s wreckage found that about one-third of the fluid in the hydraulic systems in both the nose and right main landing gears was water, when there should have been none.
How does that happen?
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Maybe some flight tech at the base attached the hose for refilling a water (maybe cooling for the pilot) system to the wrong port.
I'm not very sure though, as ports in the aerospace world, whether electrical or plumbing tend to use different shapes/models within the same grouping to prevent misconnectionsp
Plane had a cold
Attempts to fix the landing gear caused the fighter jet to think it was on the ground, ultimately leading to the crash.
That sounds like really bad engineering or simply bullshit. The combined information of geolocation + altitude + motion/IMU sensors should not allow that to be possible.
Sure, but who knows what shenanigans the techs and pilot were trying to convince the machine to drop the landing gear.
Under normal operations, I'd agree, but I'll bet they were putting something in a maintenance state while it was in the air, and at that point all bets are off.
Thats fair yeah.
Billions of dollars out the window with this jet. Every contractor should be held accountable for their faulty equipment the American people pay for. The F-35 development cost alone could have ended homelessness in America. But we spent all that money on a jet that isn't combat worthy?!
And one more thing. If you don't hold defense contractors accountable, they have zero interest in providing an effective machine or service.
The F-35 is a pile of shit. Lockheed ripped of the american taxpayers.
Is it that bad?
- Not correctly designed to do what it needed to do.
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Took forever to deliver
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Bad design all around.
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Massively over budget
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106047
Just for the F-35c, a single engine design for a carrier is dumb as fuck! I spent a lot of time dealing with these planes.
Isn't it just a multi role fighter and we are cramming too many functions into a single fighter design?
Tbh it doesn't make sense to me. Any dedicated fighter seems like it will just be better
Multi anything is always multi shit. A dedicated FA18 Super Hornet is better then this garbage.
Hey Carney, if you ever needed a reason to toss out that deal and build Gripens on our own turf, Here it is.
the harsh Alaskan environment:
The temperature at the time of the crash was -1 degree Fahrenheit, the report said.
The Air Force’s Accident Investigation Board concluded that “crew decision-making including those on the in-flight conference call,” lack of “oversight for the hazardous material program,” which oversees storage and distribution of the hydraulic fluid, and not properly following aircraft hydraulics servicing procedures, all contributed to the crash.
They managed to put the blame on just about every person involved with the plane while still managing to avoid pointing out an obvious design flaw with the plane.