anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) (09/27/90)
From: anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) Last night (morning for you guys in the States) I was watching NBC Today and there was talk about Harriers in the gulf having safety problem. Apparently Northorp have been falsifying safety tests. Anyone know more about what tests ? Has this been mention before in this group ? cheers Anthony -- Anthony Lee (Michaelangelo teenage mutant ninja turtle) (Time Lord Doctor) ACSnet: anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz TEL:+(61)-7-371-2651 Internet: anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au +(61)-7-377-4139 (w) SNAIL: Dept Comp. Science, University of Qld, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) (09/29/90)
From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) In article <1990Sep27.031506.7121@cbnews.att.com> anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) writes: > > >From: anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) > >Last night (morning for you guys in the States) I was watching NBC >Today and there was talk about Harriers in the gulf having safety >problem. Apparently Northorp have been falsifying safety tests. >Anyone know more about what tests ? Has this been mention before in >this group ? > according to the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS of ~two days ago the USMC is grounding all of their harriers both overseas and stateside. there is a sensor aboard which prevents (so i'm told) the infamous snap-roll-during-hover maneuver that plagued the harrier when it was first introduced... i'm sure someone has more info... i'm just a grunt. /*** woody **************************************************************** *** ...tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit, I... *** *** -- David Gilmour, Pink Floyd *** ****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ******/
cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold) (10/03/90)
From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold) > From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) > there is a sensor aboard which prevents (so i'm told) the infamous > snap-roll-during-hover maneuver that plagued the harrier when it > was first introduced... According to TIME this week, the bearings for the gyro in the attitude control system are failing prematurely. Bearings fail, gyro stops spinning, and suddenly you are having a real bad day.