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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash

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278 points Michelangelo11 | 3 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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m000 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:02 UTC] No.45038490[source]▶
This is wild. You can't get away from these zoom calls even as an F-35 pilot.
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1. tigerBL00D ◴[27 Aug 25 12:29 UTC] No.45038738[source]▶
Am I the only one thinking that it's time for something like an R2D2? Presumably it could get into some crammed spaces and thaw things out of needed. I'm sure it's a stupid idea, BTW, but a fun one )
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2. FatalLogic ◴[27 Aug 25 14:08 UTC] No.45039945[source]▶
It's a fun idea. Though it would have to be a really small R2-D2 that could work from the inside.

The fictional R2-D2 had a big advantage of being in vacuum so it could work from the outside, without disturbing the airflow, and without having its work disturbed by the airflow.

Envisage what happens at 900km/h in atmosphere, if R2-D2 tries to lift up an exterior wing panel to troubleshoot a blocked line?

3. marcosdumay ◴[27 Aug 25 14:08 UTC] No.45039947[source]▶
Well... aircraft maintenance doesn't work like that.

Even car maintenance doesn't work like that anymore. There's almost nothing you can do just by crawling around and messing with the parts there.