F-22 fighter - your tax $

[IAteYourMother]

I'm not sure why the mod doesn't just post himself using his own login ID, seems like he's commenting more than moderating.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
It was loose screws and not a computer failure.

Yeah, but these are the same people who told us that Roswell was the end result of a weather balloon experiment gone wrong.

Trust No One. * X-Files music *

Heh... If you were the military, what would be less embarrassing:

1. A glitch burried in 2 million lines of code in an ultra hi-tech new aircraft
2. A loose screw bringing a bazillion dollar war plane to its knees

If I were going to lie I'd choose the former.

 

[Number1]

Originally posted by: Number1

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: Number1
Is this fake?

It looks prety realistic to me. Or are those pictures taken out of context?

Please post info debunking this if it's a hoax.

it's not a hoax. Just a repost, and while it's a seemingly stupid mistake, mistakes can happen.

Thanks, a few people own an apology to Scott here. Mind you referencing the previous thread by Scott was bound to iritate a few people.




O'RLY?
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1826890&C=america
AnandTech Moderator

Oups, from my point of view, I looked at it as if the pilot did or did not realy get stuck in the plane. So yes it did happen.

But whatever Scott posted was obviously an anti milityary lie designed to embarass the military.
Scott has a tendency to believe just about anything he comes across on the internet and then he comes in here and wants to be taken seriously.

So oups again, my bad.
SVT you where wright all along.
And this is my first Mod quote,,,,... I feel so hum, haaaa ... special.

 

[toolboxolio]

Lockheed's F-22 spokesman is the mayor of Springfield? lol

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Wow more fake anti-F22 propaganda.<cut>

The article in the OP was e-mailed to me by a senior executive in that industry.
I'm not running a propaganda agenda.

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
This version of the story is a hoax though, since it inflates the damage from $180K to $1M and changes the cause from loose screws to a software failure.
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I'd think there'll need to be a thorough engineering investigation, because deciding which party will eat a lot of expense for corrective action depends on ultimate determination of the true cause.

That may have not been known with certainty when the various linked articles were written. Nobody wants to get stuck with it, and there's always lot of very turbulent controversy in settling such issues. I've participated in some of them.

Probably there'll be engineering change order(s), with big $ charges for engineering, changes to configuration documentation, inspection procedures, field implementation of corrective action, maybe cycling 91 birds through a depot, updates to QA procedures, overhead, selling, G&A and conceivably even profit loaded on that. Consequently I think the incident will easily cascade into the expenditure of $millions.

The issue would be "who eats it?" The public taxpayer? Some subcontractor? LMCO? etc.?
And what does LMCO's handling of the issue do to their competitive posture?

No way will this be all put to bed with a 1-time charge of only $180K to replace the one plastic optically correct canopy. That's the defense industry, you know.

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Scott I am sorry I called you an idiot
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No problemo. Name calling doesn't hurt me, except the fleeting twinge of sympathetic pain I feel for the caller. So you got real PO'd, eh? Ha! Let's party on in peace.

 

[huberm]

just an fyi, i saw that jpg about a year ago

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: huberm
just an fyi, i saw that jpg about a year ago

Yes, you are right!

Savor that. How many times are you going to hear those words in this life??

I just learned of it via e-mail today.
her209 & Number1 each posted links above to articles dating to Apr & Jun 2006 (i.e.; ancient!).

So, huberm, for maybe the very 1st time in 2007, Y.. O.. U........ A.. R.. E....... R.. I.. G.. H.. T !!!!!! YAAYYYY

j/k

 

[WildHorse]

A good shot of it: F22