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Re: Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on a stool at sea [video]

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Post by neurotech1 » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 2:01 AM UTC

Gustomaximus wrote: post #14

What if a traditional landing jet had the nose gear fail? Do the belly land, eject or other?

There is a video on Youtube of a Marine F/A-18 with a nose gear problem using the emergency barricade on the carrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD_mUwzpUs4

The jet was reportedly flown off the carrier a few months later after being repaired.

Some F/A-18 pilots with nosegear problems have used field arresting cable to stop and the empty center fuel tank to take the landing impact. With pilot skill and some luck, This results in almost no damage to the actual airframe.

Re: Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on a stool at sea [video]

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Post by rbanffy » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 2:03 AM UTC

thrill wrote: post #29

rbanffy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Harrier still is a pretty impressive fighter. The F-35 is, also, quite impressive, but not quite for the same reasons. Or the right ones, I should say. Unfortunately, in this world that considers low observability so important, the Harrier is the opposite of stealth.

Low observability is crucial in a world where a $100,000 missile can bring down a $100,000,000 fighter.

There are two ways out of this - make fighters cheaper or make them stealthier.

There is probably a $200K unit that can already track and take down an F-35. Or, in 10 years, there will be. Multi-mission fighters are usually easy targets.

Re: Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on a stool at sea [video]

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Post by HarryHirsch » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 4:12 AM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #32

thrill wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Low observability is crucial in a world where a $100,000 missile can bring down a $100,000,000 fighter.

There are two ways out of this - make fighters cheaper or make them stealthier. There is probably a $200K unit that can already track and take down an F-35. Or, in 10 years, there will be. Multi-mission fighters are usually easy targets.

I hope to live long enough to see declassified reports of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles that can take out an entire aircraft carrier. I also hope not to see them in action.

Re: Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on a stool at sea [video]

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Post by Pinckney » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 4:55 AM UTC

Gustomaximus wrote: post #14

What if a traditional landing jet had the nose gear fail? Do the belly land, eject or other?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmZC5uaw69s

Re: Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on a stool at sea [video]

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Post by ufmace » Sun, Jun 29, 2014, 12:03 AM UTC

grimman wrote: post #2

A purpose-built tool that LOOKS like a stool. Ie. the title is misleading.

That was my first thought when I read the title. What, a stool, like one I would sit on? A barstool or something? What stool wouldn't be completely destroyed by any aircraft landing on it?