This series of pictures shows a typhoon coming in to land at RAF Coningsby station in Lincolnshire, eastern England, on Jan. 16.
the pilot realised the nose wheel was not functioning...so intended to do a controlled crash landing.
He tried to keep the plane on its main wheels until the speed was slow enough to drop the nose safely...
....unfortunately the computer said no
it detected that the planes speed was too slow, so it over-rode the pilot and instantly dumped lift...
resulting in the very heavy nose dive pictured...
If you look closely at the photos, you can see the aspect of the front control surfaces...
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture1.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture2.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture3.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture4.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture5.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture6.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture7.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture8.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture9.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture10.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture11.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture12.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture13.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture14.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture15.jpg)
(http://uk.geocities.com/bluntphilly@btopenworld.com/Picture16.jpg)
the plane was written off
LINK (http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1473401&C=europe)
Gotta love it when computers interfere with perfectly good pilots.
Thats where I live. :)
It's a case of "jack up the windscreen wipers and change the rest"
No chance of getting it back for the weekend then? :(
The little green light seems OK.
So what do they do with right off planes then?
Sell the bits?
I need a new floor pan for my sh1theap.
QuoteOriginally posted by OldBloke@Feb 8 2006, 02:26 PM
The little green light seems OK.
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That's the HUD.
Computer says NO :D
very inventive ARM
Cheers m8 :boxing:
contary to poular belief i didnt work on it, im in the poor royal air force(helicopters) as opposed to the posh royal air force (fast jets)
it probably a cat 3 crash which means that its repairable, there is not a lot of dsamage to the back end (except the engines) and the radome has been ripped of, thou the engine intakes seem to have taken the brunt of the damage
theyll probably use it as a training exercise for the engineers to get it up in the air again (as this will be the first chance to work on a damaged one)
QuoteOriginally posted by sulky_uk@Feb 8 2006, 06:04 PM
contary to poular belief i didnt work on it, im in the poor royal air force(helicopters) as opposed to the posh royal air force (fast jets)
it probably a cat 3 crash which means that its repairable, there is not a lot of dsamage to the back end (except the engines) and the radome has been ripped of, thou the engine intakes seem to have taken the brunt of the damage
theyll probably use it as a training exercise for the engineers to get it up in the air again (as this will be the first chance to work on a damaged one)
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Yup the BDRU boys can have a field day :)
QuoteOriginally posted by sulky_uk@Feb 8 2006, 06:04 PM
theyll probably use it as a training exercise for the engineers to get it up in the air again (as this will be the first chance to work on a damaged one)
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err...not quite (http://www.angloarabia.com/eurofighter-crash.html) :eyebrow: :huh: ;)
Bah,
A bit of fibreglass and some filler, duct tape for the minor rapairs, then pop down to Halfords for "RAF Grey" spray paint.
About £20 for the lot, £30 if you want two coats and lacquer.
(http://home.btconnect.com/liberator/crazy_pilot.gif)
QuoteOriginally posted by Liberator@Feb 9 2006, 12:55 AM
Bah,
A bit of fibreglass and some filler, duct tape for the minor rapairs, then pop down to Halfords for "RAF Grey" spray paint.
About £20 for the lot, £30 if you want two coats and lacquer.
(http://home.btconnect.com/liberator/crazy_pilot.gif)
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LOL!! :lmfao:
Nice 1 m8!
Next time in Home Improvement: Build a Euro Fighter for your kid...
Yes, only if they can get a pair of Binford 5200s with reheat.
QuoteOriginally posted by Blunt@Feb 8 2006, 10:04 PM
err...not quite (http://www.angloarabia.com/eurofighter-crash.html) :eyebrow: :huh: ;)
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There wasn't a great deal left of the Spanish one to fix - even the debris was kept in a very tight area, you could still make out the shape of the aircraft.