Why fighters are made of metal

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 10/09/2018 at 21:43 • Filed to: None

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CB > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 21:51

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A bit more duct tape would have stopped that from happening.

InFierority Complex > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 21:55

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Oh no, you made the L aGG-3 angry.

WRXforScience > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 21:57

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Bad news, the F35 is largely made from carbon fiber and composites and when they crash and burn, toxic carbon fiber particles contaminate the area:

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/what-we-know-about-the-f-35s-first-crash-1829455598

someassemblyrequired > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 21:58

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Hey there were lots of wooden fighters! Looks like they just pushed it too hard, and when the rudder separated the sudden change in loading caused the rest to break apart.  Glad no one was injured.

AdverseMartyr > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 22:07

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But did the dummy pilot survive...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 22:33

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Saab’s tend to break when they are pushed too hard.

HammerheadFistpunch > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/09/2018 at 22:35

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its a quirk and a feature.

facw > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 22:54

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As if being metal worked out any better for the Gripen...

ttyymmnn > facw 10/09/2018 at 23:14

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That was a fatal crash, wasn’t it?

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 23:17

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That’s tough. But my old college roommate, who used to fly RC planes, always said, “If you don’t want to crash them, don’t fly them.” Additionally, it’s a fascinating study of what happens to the stresses on the airframe when the vertical stabilizer breaks off in flight (See AA 587 ).

BaconSandwich is tasty. > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2018 at 23:32

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Mr. DeHaviland Mosquito would like a word with you...

facw > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 23:43

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No, you can see the pilot eject, and Wikipedia says:

On 8 August 1993, a production JAS 39A Gripen (serial number 39-102 [2] ) crashed on the central Stockholm island of Långholmen , near the Västerbron bridge, when the aircraft stalled after a slow speed manoeuver during a display over the Stockholm Water Festival . The crash was, like the first one, caused by pilot-induced oscillation, and caught on film. The problem was later identified as the same software malfunction in the flight control system as the one in the crash in 1989 and was corrected as late as 1995. [4] [5] The pilot – Rådeström again – ejected from the aircraft, and landed safely by parachute , though he became stuck in a tree. The aircraft fell to the ground and caught fire on impact. Despite large crowds of onlookers, only one person on the ground was injured, [a] and the fire was soon put out.

The ‘89 crash wasn’t fatal either (given that it was the same pilot as the later crash) . Unless I missed something, a believe the only fatal Gripen crash was the 2017 one in Thailand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_JAS_39_Gripen#January_2017

ttyymmnn > facw 10/09/2018 at 23:45

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Thanks. 

bubblestheturtle > HammerheadFistpunch 10/10/2018 at 19:38

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Once it gets that big, why not just get in and fly it?