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Rob Holland accident at Langley Air Force Base
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flyingpotato
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lol very serendipitous as first listen was yesterday!
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Thanks for listening! It's terrible so sorry you are putting yourself through that lol.
flyingpotato
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Oh no, I’ve wasted 2 minutes on worse things!
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That's what my wife says!Oh no, I’ve wasted 2 minutes on worse things!
flyingpotato
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Cause y’all tripping on the slightest things that no one’s else is tripping about:
“Omg, what can Nicolas Ivanoff teach Rob Holland?”
“Omg, why is a foreigner coaching a US team?”
Omg, why isn’t there an SX video? Is it really better than the SC?
Omg, omg, omg. Guys, relax lol.
The funnel of investigative logic should go where the evidence takes it. Pilot error isn’t some nebulous name, it still has to be defined if it’s cited as a definitive cause. It’s not pilot error, ok, all done here, case closed. Unless it’s a situation like I outlined above where all other evidence has been exhausted and ruled out and cited in the report as having been done so; and even then it’s given the caveat of “for unknown reasons”,
USMCmech
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Friday 4/25 after the airshow rehearsal
A tradition dating back to the RAF when a fighter pilot didn't return from a mission a brother would play the piano while the other pilots wished him well. One day the piano player himself didn't return and the bother pilots decided that no one would ever play that piano ever again.
A tradition dating back to the RAF when a fighter pilot didn't return from a mission a brother would play the piano while the other pilots wished him well. One day the piano player himself didn't return and the bother pilots decided that no one would ever play that piano ever again.
killbilly
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They burned a piano at Hook_Dupin’s wake six years ago.
It was one of the most beautiful and sad things I’ve ever seen. Ran across a couple of old photos with him yesterday and it still hurts.
And that explains the burning piano and everyone in a circle.
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Roger Roger
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Welp, that would do it. Sucks.
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It's a bit more complex than that. That MXS was basically divergent in pitch. Very aft CG in normal config. If that elevator got stuck and he had to unjam it, the pitching moment would be insane.
FlyingAccountant
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So, the plug backed itself out and jammed the elevator?
Damn. Sometimes it's the dumbest, little things.
Damn. Sometimes it's the dumbest, little things.
Wardogg
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Yes, I understand. The way the report reads he leveled off and flew down the runway a bit. And then abruptly pitched up. Meaning he was in control until he wasn’t? Or was he already in trouble as he came over the numbers?
Roger Roger
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speculation only, but it certainly doesn’t look as though there is any secondary retention method such as safety wire or pin. Who knows if the internal threads have a metal or nylon lock like a locking nut or nutplate would, or if it simply relied on torque possibly with the help of loctite to retain it. In retrospect it’s certainly the kind of place you would want a secondary retention method beyond just proper torque (which can be tricky as is with a slot head, again, in retrospect you’d probably want a torx or Allen or something).
flyingpotato
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The question is what damage this does to the MX brand. To lose an icon like him on something structural. What a shame.
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Hardly seems like a brand issue if it ends up being related to an aftermarket mod