Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ...
by MaxikCZ on Thursday November 25, 2021 @03:07AM
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I dont think the commenter above actually meant "shut down when not all is ideal". But having the aircraft scream at pilot that the airflow is unusual, possibly even suggest that it looks like as if the cover was on, and letting pilot decide whether to ignore this warning or act upon it....
Yea, I think the hard stop of my vacuum is fitting for its purpose: at worst my floor wont get vacuumed if its false error. But the aircraft lacking elevated and more concretely descriptive warnings about such crucial part of its powerplant is just wrong.
Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ...
by Causality1 on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:03AM
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The cover was left on. You don't believe there's a moment between the plane being turned off and still and the plane moving too fast to stop where the computer should've said "what the fuck?" like, say, half a second after turning the engine on?
If you are on a takeoff roll with a heavily fueled and armed aircraft and it detects an ingestion it has no idea if running until it blows up will save lives or not. The pilot needs to make that call.
There are significant failures here, but without being on the scene or seeing the write up I can’t say what they are beyond the failure of both the ground crew and the pilot.
This is speaking as a 21 year Naval Aviation Senior Enlisted who has spent plenty of time on the flight deck.