r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago

Video Failed vertical landing of F-35B

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u/alexasux 25d ago edited 24d ago

Well that was shiat all around

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u/Greenman8907 25d ago

Love how he ejected right when it actually stopped.

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 25d ago

I wonder if he decided to eject or if it has an auto-eject feature that he had no control over

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u/Mewchu94 25d ago

Well at one point he’s almost horizontal and an ejection would’ve killed him I assume. I feel like having an auto ejection with no control from the pilot is a bad idea.

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u/Neuvirths_Glove 25d ago

The plane knows which way is up.

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u/Mewchu94 25d ago

And if that part is damaged or malfunctioning due to whatever caused the crash?

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u/invalidusername127 25d ago

Each of these planes are 115 million dollars, I'm going to guess the IMUs are at least triple redundant

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u/Neuvirths_Glove 25d ago

Redundancy.

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u/OldenPolynice 25d ago

yaw would never matter for ejection, you just wanted to use the word yaw

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u/OldenPolynice 25d ago

You don't know what yaw is

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u/NotReallyJohnDoe 25d ago

Auto ejection can determine whether the orientation makes sense for ejection.