http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/f-35-to-go-to-school-for-trillion-dollar-planes-that-ca-1790844163
The F-35 is a tour de force of bleeding edge military technology. Also it
violently jars its pilots and knocks their displays out of view on takeoff, as a
new government report examines. Now the multi-trillion dollar plane needs its
landing gear fixed or completely replaced.
super helmets that have so much enhanced-view overlaid information that they
might as well have x-ray vision.
The problem is that in testing conducted last year and analyzed recently, the
problematic nose gear, as Popular Mechanics reports, citing Inside Defense.
gear, the red team advised, or replace it entirely.
PopSci laid out how these two solutions could look:
medium and long-term timelines. Short and medium term options range from
changing the restraint system for pilots to modifying the nose landing gear.
Longer term options include modifications to the aircraft carriers themselves or
complete.
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