The loads were extremely high. The contracted Northrup engineers changed it to 17-4 without altering the shape, which was quick and easy. My company came in to make it, but ended up having to fix a production issue because someone at Rockwell modified the parts when they were first built.

Everyone of those have spoiler hinges that I help redesign because they like to go full afterburners with spoilers and flaps deployed in order to burn off excess fuel to get the aircraft weight down to maximum landing weight. Original hinges are 2024 aluminum, they are now made out of 17-4 stainless which added an…

There are two registered in the US, 1 in the UK. SN 351 (N76DT) and 353 (N85EW) are in the US. 362 was N76TE, is now G-TRMP.

Not completely FAA mistake. The aircraft isn’t certified yet, it is still on a R&D ticket which means it doesn’t need to meet all the regs yet.

The Brits had the idea of converting a cargo container ship to a Harrier carrier. Interesting concept with lots of potentials, but never happened. The Brits would say if it wasn’t for the Harrier, they wouldn’t have won Falkland.

His watch hand is his left hand. Plus you would see his leg on the far side of the shift, which you don’t.

The ones coming out of Scarebus Helicopters Canada are better. But then why would you want a helicopter built by frogs? Their rotor blades are backwards.

That’s because LAPD is corrupt. They have just as many helicopters as the LA County Sheriffs. No city that size needs to have 18 helicopters.

Simple solution to this problem. Use another RC aircraft to take down the drone. I would volunteer to do that. I’ll contact my buddy who is in charge of Forest service aerial fire fighting to see if that can be done.

Aircraft style controls seems to be the norm. My college prof designed the engine on the Bub 7 which held the record a couple years ago at 367 mph. They used two airplane grips on their controls.

Tesla needs to quit whining and just buy off the politicians like everyone else does.

The mechanic down the street isn’t going to know what to do with a Tesla.

Just wait, he’ll be slapped with a sexual harassment lawsuit for trying to hump her.

That’s not true. The government wanted a plane that did everything. Lockheed won the contract to build a plane that can do everything. Then they realized they can’t build a plane that can do everything. So then the government has to keep dumping more money and keep lowering the requirements to get a plane in a timely…

Straight from Lockheed:

It goes back to my point, no one expects the B-2 to dogfight because it is not a fighter. When they redesigned the F-8 Crusader into the A-7 Corsair II, it lost its dogfighting abilities and everyone knows that. Heck, departure from controlled flight was its method to disengage from a dogfight. If the F-35 is marketed…

F-117 was never a fighter. It was a bomber. They only called it a fighter because it was the only way they could get their top fighter jocks to fly around in A-7’s before flying the F-117. The A-7 is just as capable of dogfighting as the F-117.

Technology is why people do get lost. When the GPS tells someone to turn right, they turn right, without ever thinking about it. That’s why we have people that get lost all the time driving to the Grand Canyon. If you look at a map, paper or electronic, it’s pretty clear where there are paved roads and dirt roads. If…

Not when you don’t design in the capabilities. Dogfighting is the equivalent of hand to hand combat. If they didn’t want the plane to be able to dogfight, they should change the designation to B-35. They might as well take air combat maneuvering out of the curriculum. No need to waste all that jet fuel to teach…