Saab Gripen fighter prototype crashes on maiden flight

[Ikonomi]

Nobody read my links. They both mention the fly-by-wire system as the result of the crash. 😛

Oh well, lots of good info on the plane on those pages if you care to read it.

 

[BW86]

ouch

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Nobody read my links. They both mention the fly-by-wire system as the result of the crash. 😛

Oh well, lots of good info on the plane on those pages if you care to read it.

Aaah, shvt up. Nobody reads your links anyways 😉

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: DaFinn

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Nobody read my links. They both mention the fly-by-wire system as the result of the crash. 😛

Oh well, lots of good info on the plane on those pages if you care to read it.

Aaah, shvt up. Nobody reads your links anyways 😉

I know! I should start hiding pr0n in them and see who notices.

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: DaFinn

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Nobody read my links. They both mention the fly-by-wire system as the result of the crash. 😛

Oh well, lots of good info on the plane on those pages if you care to read it.

Aaah, shvt up. Nobody reads your links anyways 😉

I know! I should start hiding pr0n in them and see who notices.

OK! Test me!!! 😀

 

[Koing]

Why do they make them?

Because maybe the country wants to learn something and not just buy it in. It 'might' not be the best but at least the country/ company learnt something. And from this they can improve and have their own technology on it.

Koing

 

[nCred]

Originally posted by: DaFinn
I read the report back in the day, and IIRC there was something wrong with the fly-by-wire system. The pilot thought it was off, and was landing manually. But the fly-by-wire stepped in as he was approaching,and tried to get more altitude... pilot made a counter move (split second reaction time/ didn't know what was happening)... and the result we can see in the video.
So, not entirely pilots fault.

Yeah, thats it.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

The Viggen and the Drakken were also cool-looking planes.

BTW, I love the Swedish AF emblem, looks like a smilie... 🙂

 

[skyking]

Definitely a cool looking aircraft. I loved the European car commercials with the low level passes in them.

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: skyking
Definitely a cool looking aircraft. I loved the European car commercials with the low level passes in them.

It always reminded me of the Dassault Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon, for obvious reasons.