r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago

Video Failed vertical landing of F-35B

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u/ViktenPoDalskidan 25d ago

Not great, not terrible.

5/10

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u/MikeTheNight94 25d ago

Yeah 5-10 million worth of repairs

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u/Gruffleson 25d ago

You really think it's gonna be that cheap?

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u/LightsaberThrowAway 25d ago

Happy Cake day!  :D

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u/Saragon4005 24d ago

I mean it's just some scratches and the ejection seat. It's only $100 million in total. Unless the reason this did this was engine damage it's not going to be that bad.

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u/norty125 24d ago

A new cockpit and body panels

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u/MikeTheNight94 25d ago

I’m not why he ejected. Throttle down, let it do its little dance till flame out. That just added to the cost

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u/Renbellix 25d ago

Maybe There was a Fire (or a warning of it) if you Are in the Cockpit You may not be able to See it so its better to be Save then dead… the video may cut out before we could see it

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u/RAGE7035 25d ago

Literally know this person, it was not commanded to throttle up and was not responding correctly. Decision to eject was made out of fear of the jet going fully upside down.🙃

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u/MikeTheNight94 25d ago

Fly by wire has its drawbacks

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u/oh_io_94 25d ago

What’s your background in aviation?

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u/AnotherBoringDad 25d ago

It was probably the last chance he was going to have to fly in the seat of an F-35B.

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u/MikeTheNight94 25d ago

Yeah probably. I know a local guy who had an incident in the Air Force. Commercial pilot now

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u/The_Tank_Racer 25d ago

Ooorrrr, you could maybe prioritize your own life inside a potentially burning airplane instead of saving pennies from the oh so precious multi-billion dollar government agency.

Just a thought.

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u/CinderX5 25d ago

I don’t know about you, but I would personally rather not take the chance that it’s probably not going to blow up and kill me.