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so how many millions of dollars are we looking at there?
Around $70 million
How much is it worth in its current condition?
less than nothing in so far as the cleanup will far exceed anything that might be reusable after this event.
any data obtained during crash would be pretty useful for development
No joke airframe losses are worked into r&d, they’re still beta testing if we’re being honest that shit was never just limited to games.
Heck of a Jira ticket.
reproducibility: Intermittent
yeah. no aircraft expects to get through it’s entire type-use life without some crashes.
Some are better than others, some are notorious for killing lots of pilots, like the f86.
some, like the osprey, are the intersection of a few accidents killing loads of people because it’s hauling people and doing clever nifty tiltrotor shit in conditions it’s pilots may have never experienced.
Whats your offer?
reaches into pocket and pulls out 32 cents, a paperclip, a button and a ball of lint
I have a seven-legged spider drawing - deal?
We got a freaking meme archeologist over here. Solid reference. I accept your offer. I’ll send my fastest Roflcopter to pick it up.
Where’s the other leg?
Theres no need to be ableist
Oh David, still up to your old tricks I see.
That is an ancient meme…
Wasn’t the last F-35 crash also a B variant in VTOL mode coming in for landing?
It was shortly after takeoff
He was about to start community college!
Pilot is in stable condition thats good to hear
Yeah they use a near zero ejection system, can safely deploy while hovering feet above the ground, super impressive tech.
Didn’t one test pilot die and 1 paralyzed when they ran the prototypes with the f15 ejector?
