I’m not going to profess to be some sort of expert on combat aircraft or complicated machines in general, but when I look something up and I immediately see this
Still, the Osprey isn’t historically reliable when it comes to combat readiness. In fact, the program missed the boat on meeting its reliability rate goals in every year from 2011 to 2021 — despite taking its first flight in 1989.
in an article titled 'Why they call the Osprey the ‘widow maker’, I’m going to assume it’s a piece of shit, especially knowing what I already did about it’s extended development and previous crashes and issues
It’s a fucking overcomplicated helicopter, and those are already accident prone pieces of shit, I don’t think there has ever been a time when adding MORE delicate systems to an existing machine has increased it’s reliability
This one killed me, I hope that guy was a dipshit
that just means the blackhawk is even worse lol
Helicopters in general. That’s why there’a a TrueAnon rule, and why the actually important people travel by motorcade.
Helicopters: A group of loosely related parts flying in close formation.
There’s that one company that wants to make electronic helicopter taxis for the ultra-rich. I wish them well lol
“We call them Crashhawks for a reason” -One of the former military guys that’s been on wtyp
I’m not going to profess to be some sort of expert on combat aircraft or complicated machines in general, but when I look something up and I immediately see this
in an article titled 'Why they call the Osprey the ‘widow maker’, I’m going to assume it’s a piece of shit, especially knowing what I already did about it’s extended development and previous crashes and issues
It’s a fucking overcomplicated helicopter, and those are already accident prone pieces of shit, I don’t think there has ever been a time when adding MORE delicate systems to an existing machine has increased it’s reliability
I’ve never seen a mechanic more worried than when his Osprey stopped leaking