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[–] Repossess6855@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

God fucking damnit not again.

For those not in the know these Ospreys are absolutely infamous for crashing. So much so that you’d think they’re trying to compete with the A-10 for the airframe with the most BLUEFORCE casualties.

Semper fi devils, and for fucks sake please retire that fucking death trap already

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

The article didn't say why it crashed, and the inherent design flaw that made it so unreliable initially was patched out years ago.

For all we know this could be pilot error not following NATOPS properly or something completely unrelated to the airframe.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should've just added another two sets of engines / propellers, turned it into a giant quadcopter, and called it a day.

[–] HamSwagwich@showeq.com 2 points 1 year ago

Remote pilot and you now have the most badass drone on the block