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Modern computer controlled (fly by wire I think it's called)
My dad flew F100s around the time of F4s but I don't think they were fly by wire.
Modern computer controlled (fly by wire I think it's called) airplanes that may not work. So you pull up and the computer says: No
Then what?
Fighter planes as long ago as the F4 Phantom require computer aided flying. The reason is that the center of gravity is placed right at the center of lift, which makes the aircraft very maneuverable but also too unstable to be mechanically flown. Airbus introduced the concept of center of lift at center of gravity to the A300 series because that configuration also increases efficiency and fuel milage. If the fly by wire goes out, the A300 series cannot be mechanically flown. It does have a triple redundant system, though. For planes that are mechanically flown, the center of lift is always aft of the center of gravity, for stability reasons. That includes military planes like the KC-135 and C-141, and even Cessnas. Even a private pilot can tell you about the weight and balance calculations he must do if he wants to load a lot of baggage in the aft cargo section.
This would be funny if true, but sounds like just another lame spin attempt to justify the violation of the Second Amendment to remove firearms from the public. Never let a good propaganda opportunity pass you by, especially when you otherwise look like incompetent dolts. Was this AI spin as well? AI wouldn't have the value judgment to know it was shooting itself in the microchips.
but sounds like just another lame spin attempt to justify the violation of the Second Amendment to remove firearms from the public.
Quite the marksman to hit a fast-moving target 2500 feet away.
Ceffer says
This would be funny if true, but sounds like just another lame spin attempt to justify the violation of the Second Amendment to remove firearms from the public. Never let a good propaganda opportunity pass you by, especially when you otherwise look like incompetent dolts. Was this AI spin as well? AI wouldn't have the value judgment to know it was shooting itself in the microchips.
Quite the marksman to hit a fast-moving target 2500 feet away. Lead the target and account for droppage. That would be hard to do even with tracer fire.
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I could see if it was flying a few hundred feet off the ground under total Emmissions Control on a mission, but on a flight in the US?
Furthermore, there were TWO planes on the mission. The wingman didn't not the time and place of the bailout, and then they could calculate the trajectory of the plane from there?
More to this story than what we're being told.