f-22 concerns linger

[flaps]

http://www.military.com/daily-news/...oncerns-linger.html?comp=7000023317828&rank=1

based on some f14 production/manufacturing experience, the most perplexing problems are the ones with the simplest solutions. as i recall, we had a standby compass that was fine on deck but out of spec airborne. a lot of hardware was changed with no solution. finally, a fairly new plane captain decided to put the jet on jacks and swing the gear and the compass started misbehaving. turns out the nose gear had not been dynafluxed by bendix prior to delivery to grumman. when raised it was much closer to the compass causing errors... a simple solution to a problem that held up delivery for at least a month (very expensive). i suspect the f-22 solution will be about as simple.

 

[Brett327]

Please comment rather than posting just links.

 

[nittany03]

How can they say greater than 20 percent O2 is bad when we've been flying with LOX longer than with OBOGS with zero issues?

The whole "collapsing alveoli in the lungs" thing sounds suspiciously to me like the flight docs' explanation for garden-variety "G cough," as well.

Granted, I'm not an MD, but it seems to me the authors of the article raise some interesting points, but are also talking at least partially out of their asses.

 

[pourts]

They are just recycling an article from April or May-ish, with the General's suicide added in. I tried to find the link, but apparently a search for F-22 returned 0 results...