RQ-4 Global Hawk Crash At China Lake
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Uploaded by 74flateric on Nov 1, 2008
More than half of the seven prototypes of the unmanned Global Hawk - a central plank of the new $50 billion defence spending plan - have been damaged or destroyed through technical failure or misadventure.
The Global Hawk disasters include one lost after a bolt was installed backwards during servicing. A second plane was lost after accidentally picking up a self-destruct signal that was designed to bring down a nearby missile.
A third was lost through engine failure, and a fourth was damaged after crashing when its US military handler made a typing error on a computer control pad.
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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.
2 years ago 30
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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.
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Fail. LOL. Made in USA is the same as Made in China/Japan.
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@b0T0319 I work at ECR at China Lake where this happened. This is true.
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@kirkmach32 I work on the range this happened at. It was not a test.
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the RQ-170 has no damage sooo....
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@schicktd Lmao
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@OMrkithO - Why? If it would've been manned it wouldn't have been in the dirt.
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@mwroush - Nope. Looks like they're still crashing them.
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Global Hawk.... Now flying over a US town near you!
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this is what my tax dollars are going towards?
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The Global Sycamore Seed...
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what documentary is this from? Please link.
666devilretard666 2 years ago
NOVA Spies That Fly
74flateric 2 years ago 7