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2008-06-07 Science & Technology

Investigators Blame Moisture for B-2 Crash, Release Video

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-06-07 03:51|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 What a way to end your carreer. Flush a $1.2 Billion plane. Even if it was not in any way their fault, the zero-defects mentality will ensure that their carreers are over.

Posted by N guard 2008-06-07 08:30|| 2008-06-07 08:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Fly by wire, die by wire. All modern aircraft are as controllable in flight as a brick without computers. It's possible even a manual override wouldn't have helped here...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-06-07 10:02|| 2008-06-07 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope this is not true. Historically, flight electronics modules are hermetically packaged because this type damage has been known since WWII.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-06-07 10:43|| 2008-06-07 10:43|| Front Page Top

#4 the more sophisticated, the more brittle. One tiny fault can bring the whole thing down. As it did in this case.

Posted by gromky 2008-06-07 10:58|| 2008-06-07 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm gonna make a W.A.G. here and note that distorted data implies to me that a sensor or sensors were feeding incorrect data to the flight computers. They reacted to the bad data and caused the crash. I would further guess that some of these sensors must me exposed to the environment to do their jobs and are thus in danger of moisture exposure/over exposure. I'm thinking atmospheric pressure sensors and airspeed sensors. Again, just a W. A. G.

Posted by Hellfish 2008-06-07 12:08|| 2008-06-07 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 My Turn as an Expert:

The B-2 in this video appeared to rotate to early... And as everyone knows that is a big No-No.

Now I must admit that I never seen a B-2 successfully rotate from this angle and fly before but HEY...what's that gotta do with the price of rotating potatoes???

Hey you fucking expert, you used three question marks!!!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-06-07 13:14|| 2008-06-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

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