red750 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Navy jet crashes in Fort Worth; pilot ejects 'successfully'. It appears that the plane made a vertical 'hover' descent, touching down hard and bouncing. The fore and aft verical thrusters got out of sync, forcing the nose down and breaking off the nose undercarriage, causing the plane to slew across thr ground. Watch video here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 28 minutes ago, red750 said: Navy jet crashes in Fort Worth; pilot ejects 'successfully'. It appears that the plane made a vertical 'hover' descent, touching down hard and bouncing. The fore and aft verical thrusters got out of sync, forcing the nose down and breaking off the nose undercarriage, causing the plane to slew across thr ground. Watch video here. i posted the same thing red, can you delete my post please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 WTF?? The damn thing was on the ground and upright, and almost stopped. Why did he eject instead of just switching off and walking away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aro Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I guess things weren't as under control as they looked. My impression is that he was waiting... waiting... until it was upright before he could safely eject. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 They should have kept the Harriers. The F35 is overly complex and the computer systems have far too many opportunities to develop in to a runaway state when a sensor detects something that it interprets as an issue, though it really isn't and that starts a chain reaction of fixes that ultimately lead to ever worsening changes. The pilot had no control at all after that touchdown which wasn't hard at all & the only control he could now use was the ejection system. He probably thought the thing was going to continue to go berserk even though it was almost stopped by the time he ejected. He landed harder than the aircraft. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) Better video here, than from that crap Fox News site ... https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/12/16/f-35-crashes-runway-north-texas-forcing-pilot-eject.html#:~:text=An F-35B Lightning II,Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. It would be military SOP to eject after any kind of crash, simply because of the major risk of fire. The military place a much higher value on a trained pilot, than on a promptly replaceable jet aircraft. As some compensation, the pilot gets to wear a Martin Baker tie, now. Edited December 17, 2022 by onetrack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I'd have to opine that pretty much all these exotic and exceptionally complex military designs, have an inherent desire to crash and burn ..... https://twitter.com/failarmy/status/1443244179006525444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 20 minutes ago, onetrack said: I'd have to opine that pretty much all these exotic and exceptionally complex military designs, have an inherent desire to crash and burn ..... https://twitter.com/failarmy/status/1443244179006525444 Most are inherently unstable by design and need to be computer controlled to keep them in the air. This instability does allow for some pretty radical manoeuvres though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 The Pilot knew well when to hit the Button. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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