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Old 04-28-2013, 07:54 AM
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Default RE: Update: FEJ F-14 (Time is up!)

Glad to read this.. best thing that could happened to FEJ and also to all the other manufacturers is all the information that surfaced in that thread. Hopefully they will fix the issues and adopt a more rigorous test flying program of their new products before release.


As a sidenote, for everyone interested in this subject may take a look in this rather long video of flight testing a Airbus 380. Even with billions of Euros applied in the program and a workforce of aerospace engineers, hundreds of precise static tests, modern materials and the like, only flight tests at speed can certify if the airframe is correctly built.

Also interesting to notice that it wasn´t the telemetry system that initially detected the problem, but a sound heard by the pilot. (at 3:55)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImSuZjvkATw