Emergency safety alert: FEJ big F-18F Superhornet
05-30-2013, 09:04 PM
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RE: Emergency safety alert: FEJ big F-18F Superhornet
Got some video loading on my utube
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5PCFFsIc5Gg
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05-30-2013, 09:11 PM
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RE: Emergency safety alert: FEJ big F-18F Superhornet
ORIGINAL: dubd
Jim, the bolts were loose on my honeycomb F-14 stabs and it had significantly less time on it than your F-14. Thanks for being constructive in improving these planes. I appreciate you.
Jim, the bolts were loose on my honeycomb F-14 stabs and it had significantly less time on it than your F-14. Thanks for being constructive in improving these planes. I appreciate you.
The little tanks next to the big one look almost funny.. Don't think that is the new design
07-01-2013, 11:15 AM
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RE: Emergency safety alert: FEJ big F-18F Superhornet
Wow! I was in a event when this was posted and agree that this one was the save of the century.
Bevar: Your friend choosed a good test pilot, congrats and thanks for the heads up!
Seems that the stab suffered a aeroelasticity issue similar that happened to that F-14.. hope FEJ solve this issues as soon they could.. they build nice planes, but now is demonstrated that the business model of releasing complex airframes so quickly must be revised.
Bevar: Your friend choosed a good test pilot, congrats and thanks for the heads up!
Seems that the stab suffered a aeroelasticity issue similar that happened to that F-14.. hope FEJ solve this issues as soon they could.. they build nice planes, but now is demonstrated that the business model of releasing complex airframes so quickly must be revised.
