RQ-4 Global Hawk Crash At China Lake

[sirchonga]

Fail. LOL. Made in USA is the same as Made in China/Japan.

[TheFr3sh1]

the RQ-170 has no damage sooo....

[PhuckingJerk]

Global Hawk.... Now flying over a US town near you!

[harropizza]

this is what my tax dollars are going towards?

[schicktd]

The Global Sycamore Seed...

[TheFr3sh1]

@schicktd Lmao

[b0T0319]

Sooo much incorrect infomation! Look up the report on FAS about the GH crash at China Lake. 

"The mishap occurred when Global Hawk inadvertently received a test signal for flight termination from a test range on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., which was outside the frequency coordination zone in which the UAV's mission was being flown. This caused Global Hawk to go into a termination maneuver involving a pre-programmed, rolling, vertical descent from an altitude of 41,000 feet."

[djAnakin]

@b0T0319 I work at ECR at China Lake where this happened. This is true.

[stonerscolony]

Majority of battery and electronics on sliding rail, in case of flat-spin move components forward for extreme nose heavy dive, regain airspeed and life > 1 plane lives to fly another day.

[bensontam]

China Lake ??? Is there a placed called China Lake in USA?

[Chris58851]

@bensontam It's a place where they tested multimillions of technologies over there.

[ASSIMPORTER]

Eject the cpu at least :)

[mwroush]

I hope all these operators/techs that crash our millions of dollars are sweeping floors for a living today!

[PhuckingJerk]

@mwroush - Nope. Looks like they're still crashing them.

[OMrkithO]

thank god its unmanned!

[PhuckingJerk]

@OMrkithO - Why? If it would've been manned it wouldn't have been in the dirt.

[pvtsoap262]

That was a pretty soft landing seeing that the plane was partially intact.

[matthewj1985]

LOL, they dumped fuel so the motherfucker didn't explode.

[gelbsheimat]

Did NOT hear any of the commentator in the video mention that this drone crashed at China Lake. Why was the title of your posting so UNFAITHFUL to the contents ? 

[101andrewj]

oh well, its only a couple hundred million bucks wasted

[47Bren]

Cont,d - breaking the wingtip extensions off the jet which is forcing the remaining fuel out of the wings. Once the self destruct command is given, it cannot be reversed. Don't believe everything you hear and see.....

Sorry about the double posting.

[47Bren]

Geez what a bunch of lies....this Global Hawk crashed because of a military range operational error, not due to a software issue.On a range a short distance away, they were doing missile launches. One missile went off target and the self destruct command was given which happened to be on the same self destruct command frequency as the Global Hawk. The GH executed its self destruct command which puts the aircraft into a flat spin as seen here. The fuel venting is due to centrifugal force -

[47Bren]

Geez what a bunch of lies....this Global Hawk crashed because of a military range operational error, not due to a software issue.On a rand a short distance away, they were doing missile launches. One missile went off target and the self destruct command was given which happened to be on the same self destruct command frequency as the Global Hawk. The GH executed its self destruct command which puts the aircraft into a flat spin as seen here. The fuel venting is due to centrifugal force -

[Mathyu0179100]

@47Bren centrifugal force? dude....

[47Bren]

@Mathyu0179100

Yes, centrifugal force. Choose not to believe me and that is fine however keep this in mind. The Global Hawk cannot dump fuel. Also, the wingtips are extensions that are only bolted onto the block 10 wing - they are not an integrated part of the wing. When they are removed or forced off, you can see directly into the wing. Imagine all the fuel weight that is trying to be retained by some pretty tiny bolts which bolt the extension to the wing.

[3ISAMAGICNUMBR]

"Ctrl-Alt-Delete.......What no!! I said Ctrl-alt delete, not Ctrl Alt End!!!....Self destruct!?!? No don't self destruct!!"

[junior40er]

Please tell me this big ass expensive UAV has some kind of redundancy in its avionics system. And it looked like it had plenty of altitude to reciver from that spin. If they were testingt it and was done on purpose then it pisses me off.

[iamsam87v]

maybe the long wingspan should be reduced, and skip over to a delta setup. I have been working on new planes for some time now, but i still dont understand why these uav's have such long wing spans, how about a wider shorter wing, increase speed, and improve stability. The huge wings give it a possibility to roll over its wing and decrease stability. . .

[MokomaSusi]

@iamsam87v

Why sailplane has big wingspan? because they are build for endurance, not for speed.

[flemmong]

Hmm I got a better idea - why not just put a parachute on the thing?

[kevindashid]

Thats why Global Hawks suck,it's so heavy it can land until it uses most of its fuel, it can't be loaded with any armaments, thats why RQ-9 Reapers are the best!

[DigiTan000]

"The cause: linked to software problems."

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Plane: "WARNING! Your 30 day free trial has expired. Please register for the full version."

[AstroChickenII]

Im kinda worried that UAVs will make pilots obselete.

[toootooot]

it broke my heart seeing it crash

[Arialace201]

@Garymofo2 A predator can't fly at 65,000 feet

[Treblaine]

"it costs 400 thousand Dollars to fly this plane... for 12 seconds"

[garymofo2]

Predator FTW. Cheaper and does the job

[phishingword]

what happened, did a part of the wing fall off? why couldn't the pilot nose down and gain air speed to glide.

[666devilretard666]

what documentary is this from? Please link.

[74flateric]

NOVA Spies That Fly

[ICDWILL117]

That is.. A shit load of tax dollars, falling out of the sky. lmao!

[armachamtc]

$35,000,000 USD  :(

[mirtaet123]

@armachamtc Don't forget to pay your taxes. ))))

[disneychick1998]

by the way i seriously live about four miles from the base that they used for that. i hate it.

[robloxguggi]

YOU HATE IT!? I would LOVE it

[getmboy]

I love how he says operators try releasing fuel to make it lighter. Not true at all. Most of the fuel is stored in the wings and the wing caps are designed in a way that allows the fuel to pop them open if it goes into a spin so when it finally does hit the ground its emptied most of the fuel. I've worked on this plane for about 2 years here in California and overseas.

[paulkazjack]

is that why it crashed?

[jimmyjames133]

@getmboy then what was that stuff coming out of the wing tips?

[blrrr23]

@getmboy great idea advertising that you've worked on the plane when you have to sign confidentiality agreements. Great work.

[kirkmach32]

This was a spin test, to discover the limits of flyability and under what circumstances the airplane could be recovered under these conditions. The large wingspan coupled with the relatively shorter fuselage is good for cruise flight but bad for aerobatics which is basically what a spin test is. It's a very stable airplane, it doesn't have many problems at all and it's been very reliable and useful in its service life to date.

[50percentplane]

@kirkmach32 bulshit

[djAnakin]

@kirkmach32 I work on the range this happened at. It was not a test.

[92pologreenvette]

Must have been running on Windows. Maybe they got the blue screen of death.

[2degucitas]

yeesh. glad it's unmanned. not a very stable plane, too many problems.

[TheBlitz1]

Its not the airframe its the microprocessing architecture.