Eglin AFB FL, an F-22 crashes; pilot safely ejects!

Remember when the Russian pilot left a Mig at 35,000 feet with No parachute and Survived? When asked how he got up the nerve to jump out without a parachute he replied….that was easy, it was on FIRE!!!!!!
 
Every time I hear of s military aircraft crashing outside of combat, I think of this scene...

 
I have a friend training pilots at Elgin. Retired from the Navy making big money as a civilian.
 
Did you read the other story where F-22 pilots are routinely rotating too soon? In that case the pilot had the wrong take-off info programed into the computer, rotated too soon, bounced the tail on the runway, belly flopped and skidded down the runway. Don't think that's gonna buff out. :rolleyes:

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When I think of Elgin, I think of the survival training I had in Navy OCS. They put us on a bus in Pensacola, dropped us off on a remote part of the base where they had been taking people for decades, and picked us up a week later. It was February and there wasn't a bird nor anything edible to be found anywhere. We lived off of palmetto hearts mostly, but at one point the monitors, who we never saw, left us a squirrel and a cup of rice on a stump. For 14 people.
 
Modern fighters are so unstable, a human can not fly them. The computer does all the work, the pilot makes suggestions. The last stick and rudder fighter was the F-15.
 
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MacEntyre said:
What does the computer need in order to take off?

If the pilot is in command, instead of the computer, can't he just fly?
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AR10ShooterinNC said:
Modern fighters a so unstable, a human can not fly them. The computer does all the work, the pilot makes suggestions. The last stick and rudder fighter was the F-15.
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I had read some time back that for the stealth capabilities and performance, modern fighters need computers to constantly "correct" the plane to keep them stable. That indeed, they are not "naturally" stable.

Forgot to add a link. Here's more...

The Raptor’s takeoff and landing data — which is used to set the speed for rotation, or when the pilot pulls back on the stick to lift the plane’s nose, and set the takeoff pitch attitude and takeoff speed — was calculated for a 10,000-foot runway at sea level, which are conditions at Elmendorf, the report said.


However, NAS Fallon is 3,934 feet above sea level, and its runway is 13,961. What’s more, the takeoff data was calculated for an 80-degree day, but the temperature on the day of the mishap was 46 degrees.


This meant that the pilot raised his F-22′s nose and attempted to take off at airspeeds that were 16 or 17 percent lower than what they should have been. The report said the F-22 momentarily became airborne, but didn’t have enough lift to stay in the air

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...ct-data-caused-f-22-to-crash-skid-on-takeoff/
 
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