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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 59 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

This one killed me, I hope that guy was a dipshit

[–] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 52 points 11 months ago (2 children)

that just means the blackhawk is even worse lol

[–] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 56 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Helicopters in general. That's why there'a a TrueAnon rule, and why the actually important people travel by motorcade.

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 43 points 11 months ago

Helicopters: A group of loosely related parts flying in close formation.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 36 points 11 months ago

There's that one company that wants to make electronic helicopter taxis for the ultra-rich. I wish them well lol

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 48 points 11 months ago

"We call them Crashhawks for a reason" -One of the former military guys that's been on wtyp

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago

I've never seen a mechanic more worried than when his Osprey stopped leaking