Poorly Eurofighter.

monkeypants said:
I see, there seem to be a lot of sparks though, which I wouldn't want near my kerosene.
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There aren't any fuel tanks near the nose ;). Also I imagine the fuel tanks are armoured to protect against ground fire, so a few sparks aren't going to cause much damage.
 
Johanson said:
Have you been smoking grass? The pilot must have been :p I bet he got a slapped wrist or 2 for messing up
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Yeah I'm sure you can blame the pilot for faulty landing gear :)

Looks nasty though. Glad the crew weren't hurt. Could have ended a lot worse!
 
Shotgun_ned said:
Yes, complete and utter pap. A simple mechanical problem that can happen to any aircraft, but its clearly proof that the Eurofigher is a flying lump of excrement.
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Don't fall for his sarcastic "humour", he's just feeling a bitter about something at the moment :D
 
That was at RAF Coningsby, 16th Jan. Nose undercarriage failed to deploy, and they had to land, slowing with brakes and chute, before lowering the nose for minimal damage. Great piece of flying. I remember reading about it right before going for the first part of RAF selectionat Cranwell, I was the only candidate there that knew, made me feel 'clever' :D
 
Good old Eurofighter 2000 - a muddle of a design if there ever was one. Expensive, late and basically a bit **** at anything it's now meant to do.
 
wsurfa said:
Good old Eurofighter 2000 - a muddle of a design if there ever was one. Expensive, late and basically a bit **** at anything it's now meant to do.
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Indeed - a standard result of MoD procurement.

Having had first hand experience of it, theyre a bunch of clowns.
 
should be as good as the new battlefield comms system BOWMAN, or as those who had trialled it know it, Better Off With Map And Nokia
 
I wonder how much it cost to repair the scratches to the paint work and get the wheel to actually come out :p Good way to spend a few £££...
 
wsurfa said:
should be as good as the new battlefield comms system BOWMAN, or as those who had trialled it know it, Better Off With Map And Nokia
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Is that still going? Christ - I knew guys working on that the best part of 10 years ago.

To put it politely, i wouldnt like to go for a beer in a brewery with MoD procurement.......
 
Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

*deep breath*

Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Never been a fan of Eurofarter...We still should have bought the SU35/37 and the Grippen

How many good aircraft have come out of a collabrative design? Errrr...

Ummm....

Errrr...

Answers on a postcard please.

Simon/~Flibster
 
Flibster said:
Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

*deep breath*

Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Never been a fan of Eurofarter...We still should have bought the SU35/37 and the Grippen

How many good aircraft have come out of a collabrative design? Errrr...

Ummm....

Errrr...

Answers on a postcard please.

Simon/~Flibster
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The Tornado.
 
Flibster said:
Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

*deep breath*

Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Never been a fan of Eurofarter...We still should have bought the SU35/37 and the Grippen

How many good aircraft have come out of a collabrative design? Errrr...

Ummm....

Errrr...

Answers on a postcard please.

Simon/~Flibster
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Wasn't the P-51 a bit of a flop till it got a Merlin engine? Oh yeah and the JSF f35 a majig is pretty groovy.

EDIT - Not forgetting concorde!

Or the USSR's Bear bomber (Russias 2nd generation sub-sonic nuke deliverer - now naval recconosance and Electronic Warfare?), while not collaborative design was based around the 3 b29's that landed in russia during WWII
 
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Visage said:
The Tornado.
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1 point - half decent mud mover - as an air superiority aircraft - terrible...

Plus the start of repair of most Tonka's I've been near has been terrible. Crowbars in use to assist in removing wings..leaving dents in both the wing surface and the fueselage...

Simon/~Flibster
 
I just still find it bizarre that this plane is still in testing. I was playing EF2000 on my first PC.
 
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