Stealth eats the turf.

M3-to-STI · 06-07-2008, 05:29 PM

B2 Stealth Bomber Crashes*Video

Note how quickly the plane hits the ground after the ejection. Close call.

ballinSTI · 06-07-2008, 09:16 PM

that person needs to learn how to film..

RallyMe · 06-08-2008, 06:44 AM

Gotta love it when you have a greater chance of being taken down by a bird than any weapon the enemy has...

***snorky*** · 06-08-2008, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by RallyMe

Gotta love it when you have a greater chance of being taken down by a bird than any weapon the enemy has...

is that what happened?

LSE · 06-08-2008, 07:09 AM

^ it was a sensor problem.

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WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- Air Force investigators say moisture clogged a B-2 bomber's sensors, causing the February crash of the $1.4 billion aircraft in Guam.

The Air Force's Air Combat Command issued a report this week blaming the crash on three of the plane's 24 sensors being rendered inoperative due to moisture and feeding bad information to the on-board computer about the craft's altitude and speed, The Air Force Times reported Saturday.

The B-2 crashed during takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam when its computer mistakenly thought the plane was pointed down, generating a command for the nose to suddenly jerk up and causing its left wing to scrape the runway, the military publication reported. The two pilots couldn't regain control of the bomber and ejected safely.

Part of the problem was the high humidity in Guam. The report said technicians had believed they had corrected for the moisture problem but it proved not to be the case

I love the last line: "The report said technicians had believed they had corrected for the moisture problem but it proved not to be the case" <-- LOL no kidding.

***snorky*** · 06-08-2008, 07:22 AM

lol understatement of the year.

crf-sti · 06-08-2008, 08:56 AM

well, that suck's!

Track · 06-08-2008, 09:33 AM

I'm just glad to hear it wasn't the dreaded, "PILOT ERROR" for a change. Thank God those guys lived to fly another day.

Kylipso · 06-08-2008, 09:52 AM

man I would hate to be the guy responsible for a 1.4 billion dollar bird going down, glad it wasn't the pilots

M3-to-STI · 06-08-2008, 01:04 PM

The pilots do not "fly" the B2. The airframe is inherently unstable. Computers have to do the actual flying, the pilot inputs a command, and the computer figures out how to configure the plane to meet said command. Completely different than any other avionics out.

That is why the plane instantly nosedived when the pilots ejected as opposed to flying on for a moment or two, the computers had no input to tell them how to fly the plane so BOOM. Flame trail.

Pitcherman · 06-08-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by M3-to-STI

The pilots do not "fly" the B2. The airframe is inherently unstable. Computers have to do the actual flying, the pilot inputs a command, and the computer figures out how to configure the plane to meet said command. Completely different than any other avionics out.

That is why the plane instantly nosedived when the pilots ejected as opposed to flying on for a moment or two, the computers had no input to tell them how to fly the plane so BOOM. Flame trail.

The avionics are not completely different, the F-117 and F-22 both use similar avionics systems.

***snorky*** · 06-08-2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitcherman

The avionics are not completely different, the F-117 and F-22 both use similar avionics systems.

so did the Kitty Hawk

***Horhay*** · 06-08-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ballinSTI

that person needs to learn how to film..

I'm pretty sure that was taken by Security Forces personnel via remote operated camera. Either them or Command Post personnel.

M3-to-STI · 06-09-2008, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitcherman

The avionics are not completely different, the F-117 and F-22 both use similar avionics systems.

Right. I forgot those ones. But it is a totally different system than traditional setups.

Nativepenguin · 06-28-2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Horhay

I'm pretty sure that was taken by Security Forces personnel via remote operated camera. Either them or Command Post personnel.

I was thinking the same thing.. they just put one in Ramstein before i left..

06-07-2008, 05:29 PM	#1
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M3-to-STI The Next Petter Solberg Car: PSM 05 STi Fav Mod: Z06 Mod Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 970 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: Stealth eats the turf. The pilots do not "fly" the B2. The airframe is inherently unstable. Computers have to do the actual flying, the pilot inputs a command, and the computer figures out how to configure the plane to meet said command. Completely different than any other avionics out. That is why the plane instantly nosedived when the pilots ejected as opposed to flying on for a moment or two, the computers had no input to tell them how to fly the plane so BOOM. Flame trail.