How One Sensor Destroyed a Super Plane

This is the story of a perfect storm; how a sensor failure resulted in complete destruction of a successful experimental aircraft; the X-31. #NotWhatYouThink
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  • @phdtobe
    @phdtobe2 жыл бұрын

    The pilot responding “I like that… That’s good”, when learning that the pitot heat wasn’t working was pure disgusted sarcasm.

  • @MeepMeep88

    @MeepMeep88

    2 жыл бұрын

    Someones not in the mood.

  • @Tehn00bA

    @Tehn00bA

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​@@MeepMeep88nyone would be put off mood when learning that the thing preventing you from crashing and is the object of the test "might not work".

  • @tinnyle2719
    @tinnyle27192 жыл бұрын

    Flight crew: "How much money was that again?"

  • @Otzkar

    @Otzkar

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think the flight crew was more devasted about the thousands of hours that went into the build rather than some irrelevant number

  • @breadboi1248

    @breadboi1248

    2 жыл бұрын

    The price: yes

  • @mrapple6164

    @mrapple6164

    2 жыл бұрын

    super crashes* te people who built the super plane:whyyyyyy the owner:oh no anyways

  • @Zeta-The-Axiosa-Of-Kardonia

    @Zeta-The-Axiosa-Of-Kardonia

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ouch my wallet hurts

  • @SvenTviking

    @SvenTviking

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was literally a parts bin special, but could out manoeuvre anything.

  • @greghaffley1346
    @greghaffley13462 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the SR-71 outside the hanger when it was still in service gives a feeling to go back in time and watch it fly.

  • @The_Mimewar

    @The_Mimewar

    2 жыл бұрын

    I completely feel you man. That plane along with the F14 were iconic jets of my childhood. the SR71 is still the most amazing looking aircraft.

  • @shashashashadowbannedbud4371

    @shashashashadowbannedbud4371

    2 жыл бұрын

    She's the Baddest Bird ever to fly..... Period Mark.

  • @ajaxsakaraplayz4070

    @ajaxsakaraplayz4070

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shashashashadowbannedbud4371 queen of the sky as i should say

  • @shashashashadowbannedbud4371

    @shashashashadowbannedbud4371

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ajaxsakaraplayz4070 indeed💪

  • @17Scumdog

    @17Scumdog

    2 жыл бұрын

    When I was a boy my grandpa took me to the air Force museum in Utah. We spent hours there, but the thing I remember the best from that day was walking under the sr71, touching it, sitting on the landing gear tire. It was amazing. That particular plane was in a temporary place while they prepared it's exhibit. I don't think we were actual supposed to be where we were but man it was cool

  • @1Longranger
    @1Longranger2 жыл бұрын

    I have found that the secret to flying safely in general aviation is to match the number of landings to the number of take offs.

  • @rogueldr642smiythe9

    @rogueldr642smiythe9

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well technically, it did “land”. They have not left a plane in the air, not once.

  • @sketchpad7116

    @sketchpad7116

    2 жыл бұрын

    True true, but I don't think crash equals landing lol

  • @j100j

    @j100j

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sketchpad7116 "A landing you walk away from is a good landing. A landing after wich you can fly the aircraft again is a great landing."

  • @Demonic_Tang

    @Demonic_Tang

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@sketchpad7116 called a crash landing for a reason

  • @berry2740

    @berry2740

    8 ай бұрын

    It landed and then did fast unsceduled disassembly

  • @Hey_Koda
    @Hey_Koda2 жыл бұрын

    As WarThunder Player : SERVER IS NOT RESPONDING

  • @NotDrunkPilot

    @NotDrunkPilot

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ping 999

  • @slycer876

    @slycer876

    2 жыл бұрын

    @FreeBirb thanks me yesterday

  • @derrickstorm6976

    @derrickstorm6976

    2 жыл бұрын

    PL:3%

  • @oxbaki5839

    @oxbaki5839

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@derrickstorm6976 PL:1%

  • @lordgammadonkaargon2830

    @lordgammadonkaargon2830

    2 жыл бұрын

    PACKAGE LOSS AAAAARGH

  • @chazarkansas1366
    @chazarkansas13662 жыл бұрын

    Boss walks into ground support team: "You are all fired."

  • @silicalnz

    @silicalnz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Firing people for making a mistake isnt smart. What youve gained as an employer is a more cautious and sensitive team that has experience to prevent these mistakes in the future.

  • @chazarkansas1366

    @chazarkansas1366

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@silicalnz Its a joke bro.

  • @hunterace9176

    @hunterace9176

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@silicalnz Their mistake could have cost many lives, look at where the plane crashed down. Saying this is just a mistake is underplaying it by a massive margin.

  • @daisybeagle6259

    @daisybeagle6259

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah no, boss walks into pilots hospital room and asked him why he didn’t check the standby ASI!

  • @ScubaShark--8964

    @ScubaShark--8964

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hunterace9176 True...

  • @southern_merican
    @southern_merican2 жыл бұрын

    Im pretty sure the ground destroyed it, lol.

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are one of them “out of the box” thinkers. I like it!

  • @Royallz15

    @Royallz15

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NotWhatYouThink lost to gravity

  • @Shad0wBoxxer

    @Shad0wBoxxer

    2 жыл бұрын

    No! It was the sudden stop that destroyed it!

  • @cupofjoen

    @cupofjoen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NotWhatYouThink it's not what you think 😉

  • @art_nt_nk8353
    @art_nt_nk83532 жыл бұрын

    Boeing Engineer's while making the 737 max : "time to skip this chapter"

  • @Shellcool

    @Shellcool

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ooof

  • @Zeb-nh6hj

    @Zeb-nh6hj

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it was just one simple sensor prone to malfunctions. There wasn't a back up sensor or even a way to turn it off I think. So basically it detects if the plane is stalling and points the nose down. So the pilots are basically going up and down fighting the electronics until it dive bombs into the ground

  • @Alex-np3ps

    @Alex-np3ps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Zeb-nh6hj there was a way to turn it off

  • @Zeb-nh6hj

    @Zeb-nh6hj

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Alex-np3ps indeed there was a way. But the pilots had no idea what was happening in the first place or how to turn it off.

  • @aniruddhxie2k215

    @aniruddhxie2k215

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Alex-np3ps There was not a way to turn it off Overriding it was added after two accidents

  • @delarosapaulo7236
    @delarosapaulo72362 жыл бұрын

    Everybody gangsta until the plane got hypothermia

  • @_Pyroon_
    @_Pyroon_2 жыл бұрын

    There's two occasions when people are prone to errors. When they're beginners and when they're experts.

  • @thomasbrown6970
    @thomasbrown69702 жыл бұрын

    “How’d you fix the icing problem?” -Ironman

  • @sebbekartellen6493

    @sebbekartellen6493

    2 жыл бұрын

    classic

  • @VKSgtSLaughter
    @VKSgtSLaughter2 жыл бұрын

    4:07 "hot mic" pronounced Hot "Mike" means the microphone is turned on and the operator can't hear any transmissions coming in. Great video 👍

  • @1_n_only_vic

    @1_n_only_vic

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always thought it was like toxic 12 yrs olds dollar store mics.

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sgt. Noted sir!

  • @VKSgtSLaughter

    @VKSgtSLaughter

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@1_n_only_vic 😆😂🤣

  • @heyidiot4191

    @heyidiot4191

    2 жыл бұрын

    ...or he's just _such_ an avid Mick Jagger fan that nobody likes to talk to him... or even make eye contact with him around the base. 'Cause, you know... that's just weird.

  • @tonymorris4335

    @tonymorris4335

    2 жыл бұрын

    His accent sounds kind of russian, they would say microphone as "meekrafone" so maybe he just defaulted to a more native saying even if not Russian?

  • @Bioshockaholic
    @Bioshockaholic2 жыл бұрын

    that's a strange sort of horrifying to see a plane just fall/tumble to the ground like that, knowing that it's 100% real, unintended, and potentially highly dangerous/lethal.

  • @eeehhhhhhhhh

    @eeehhhhhhhhh

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought it was interesting how unnaturally it fell compared to a non fly-by-wire plane. You can see the control systems trying erroneous maneuvers up until the end. One would think that those systems would go dark after an ejection, if not just to prevent the plane from flipping back into the ejected pilot.

  • @garyg7145

    @garyg7145

    2 жыл бұрын

    A ww2 bomber crew had a stricken plane stabilize and continue flying after they bailed out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqWumLdrlsjcmaQ.html

  • @Alex-np3ps

    @Alex-np3ps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Chuck Wood there was a delta dart stuck in a flat spin and the pilot ejected. The force from the ejection brought the nose down and saved the plane, and it landed safely in a cornfield

  • @Alex-np3ps

    @Alex-np3ps

    2 жыл бұрын

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber

  • @papugabru8996

    @papugabru8996

    Жыл бұрын

    and the fact it didn't crash into any buildings

  • @Bhavesh_g20
    @Bhavesh_g202 жыл бұрын

    (Plane crashed) Junkyard owner : ah yes finally I will get the final piece for my spaceship and return back home

  • @Charlie-Oooooo
    @Charlie-Oooooo2 жыл бұрын

    So glad you covered this story. Such an important "lessons learned" contribution to engineering. Fortunately no one died.

  • @Jarascurse
    @Jarascurse2 жыл бұрын

    Wait. Your “testing” an aircraft with a test pilot in a test program and all these warning signs were missed and/or overlooked?

  • @SS-ix3cb

    @SS-ix3cb

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait. It’s you’re! Nimrod!

  • @Logarithm906

    @Logarithm906

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SS-ix3cb At least his statement parsed without me having to think about it for more than 5 seconds. I had to take 5 just to realise you were trying to correct his spelling instead of trying to adding anything to his point. I mean what's wrong with just saying "It's 'you're', nimrod". I mean, "Wait. It's you're! Nimrod!" you sound like a caveman. Ugg wants GRAMMAR!" Maybe you should take a leaf out of Ronan Keating's book because you say it best, when you say nothing at all.

  • @SS-ix3cb

    @SS-ix3cb

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Logarithm906 Why don't u pound sand!

  • @Dont_Gnaw_on_the_Kitty

    @Dont_Gnaw_on_the_Kitty

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SS-ix3cb Hey! Its you! Nimrod!

  • @SS-ix3cb

    @SS-ix3cb

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Dont_Gnaw_on_the_Kitty How original! 🤣

  • @COOLGAMER-pi2hd
    @COOLGAMER-pi2hd2 жыл бұрын

    there were soo many ways this could've been avoided, like there were soo many signs.bruh moment

  • @COOLGAMER-pi2hd

    @COOLGAMER-pi2hd

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well atleast this can be used as a lesson.

  • @TheMiaExperience

    @TheMiaExperience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @humanhuman5024

    @humanhuman5024

    2 жыл бұрын

    They don’t learn lessons they are just like oh it’s the sensors fault not our fault they do this shit all the time

  • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245

    @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245

    2 жыл бұрын

    Larger wing area

  • @NLTops

    @NLTops

    2 жыл бұрын

    Occam's Razor. Heard of it?

  • @seandillon3340
    @seandillon33402 жыл бұрын

    I feel the airplane free falling... Poor little thing

  • @justinblin
    @justinblin2 жыл бұрын

    At least it was the last flight, so it wasn’t going to do anything afterwards anyway

  • @nottelling8129

    @nottelling8129

    2 жыл бұрын

    Talk about going out with a bang...

  • @Armored_Ariete

    @Armored_Ariete

    2 жыл бұрын

    Would be cool to see in a museum

  • @huey-fan8335

    @huey-fan8335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Armored_Ariete you can, there were 2 X31 built and the reminding one is now in a Museum in Germany

  • @rushthezeppelin

    @rushthezeppelin

    2 жыл бұрын

    It belongs in a museum!!!

  • @error404usernamenotfound5
    @error404usernamenotfound52 жыл бұрын

    Wait a fucking sec. When doing it right, I am sure you could do this one Ace Combat maneuveur with this plane. How much does it cost?

  • @whathehellisthis

    @whathehellisthis

    2 жыл бұрын

    You mean like that guy who went to a tunnel using F-22 raptor and play eurobeat song doing 360° post stalling manuver while drifting backwards?

  • @Dunkopf

    @Dunkopf

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@whathehellisthis yeah that guy.

  • @SoarinYoshi64

    @SoarinYoshi64

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dude, you're right. We gotta fund this PSM project.

  • @TheEvil909295
    @TheEvil9092952 жыл бұрын

    a version of this aircraft is on display at the Schleissheim aircraft yard in Germany.

  • @AmericanRomanEmpire
    @AmericanRomanEmpire2 жыл бұрын

    This is a beautifully made plane. I remember flying this aircraft in Jane’s military simulation game back in the 90’s.

  • @LittleMacscorner
    @LittleMacscorner2 жыл бұрын

    If you look at most disasters (of anything not just air craft testing), they happen during 'routine' events. Complacency kills and feeling like things are 'routine' brings complacency. Everybody brings their 'A' game to the "risky" days and relaxes on the "routine" days. It is human nature. Crazy how the plane practically 'danced' before crashing.

  • @wonkothesane8691
    @wonkothesane86912 жыл бұрын

    Complacency is blood-brother to stupidity and stupidity is always dangerous, painful and expensive.

  • @johnberry6077
    @johnberry60772 жыл бұрын

    I once had a 400 cu. inch Snowmobile that had a similar problem. To vastly improve the speed of the Snowmobile, I removed all of the plastic panels that were in front of the intake to the carburetor (which sat, in full view, right in front of my bellybutton.) Eventually, if not regularly wiped off, the intake would fill-up with Ice and Snow. When this would happen, the entire Snowmobile would come to an instant STOP (resulting in ME smashing my chest into the metal handlebars.)

  • @mhauser9457
    @mhauser94572 жыл бұрын

    Wait a second, I always thought it was a bayonet

  • @ZaHandle

    @ZaHandle

    2 жыл бұрын

    Someone should make a jet called swordfish

  • @skeelo22

    @skeelo22

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ZaHandle the swordfish II

  • @MustangManCarson
    @MustangManCarson8 ай бұрын

    For those wondering there were 2 aircraft made. The number 1 is the one that crashed. The number 2 was in operation until its decommissioning, where it is now held in the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim in Germany, where it is still on display.

  • @mayankbadola23
    @mayankbadola232 жыл бұрын

    7:00 rightly said

  • @gmsniperx3623
    @gmsniperx36232 жыл бұрын

    Experimental Fighter plane: falls US military: Why would such an accident happen? Pilot to his friend: I think I F O R G O T to change to R3.

  • @pieter-bashoogsteen2283

    @pieter-bashoogsteen2283

    2 жыл бұрын

    What’s R3? BTW a surprise to see you here. You’re the same GM SniperX that watches Darthdesigner right?

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep pure american genius right there especially it's pilots, can't even look a speed indicator...

  • @pieter-bashoogsteen2283

    @pieter-bashoogsteen2283

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ommsterlitz1805 it’s a bit unnecessary to insult that test pilot’ ability to fly. The cause of the incident had many people to partially blame. I notice that your name refers to a usn ship that burned down.

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 Wow it's a coincidence what is the name of the ship ?

  • @pieter-bashoogsteen2283

    @pieter-bashoogsteen2283

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ommsterlitz1805 Your name reminds me of the USS Bonhomme, which was amphibious assault ship that burned down and had to be scrapped.

  • @kezzack
    @kezzack2 жыл бұрын

    So the pilot knew the Kiel probe wasn't heated. Started recieving strange speed numbers. Didn't look at the additional speed indicator. Didn't put the plane into R3 due to not checking his other instruments. Noticed the speed was iffy when he put the plane into 20 aoe and didn't think to check if something was off. I guess this is why you have a chase plane with a competent pilot which makes it even more stupid that the test plane didn't have a working hot mic. Wasn't the planes fault it messed up. Both pilot and ground crew need a slap

  • @eliasdahlqvist7834

    @eliasdahlqvist7834

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pilot just followed the manual.. Turns out that said manual was incorrect in its calculations

  • @kenchen704

    @kenchen704

    2 жыл бұрын

    The pilot is busy flying so its reasonable that he misses certain things, that’s why he would radio the ground control so they could do the thinking for him. Its the ground crew’s fault again and again failing to notice and warn the pilot of the issue

  • @dartmaster501

    @dartmaster501

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pilot and crew were unaware they could override computer control.

  • @Ihaveseenthings577

    @Ihaveseenthings577

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kenchen704 I think the commentator said the pilot had hundreds of hours on that bird...I think he mentioned that...and furthermore, I think he ejected too soon....

  • @Logarithm906

    @Logarithm906

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ihaveseenthings577 While i think it's probably the pilots fault for just ignoring the warning that the pitot wasn't heated and not reacting to the strange behaviour of the aircraft (like it not responding when he flipped the switch to change its handling), along with whoever it was who was meant to be checking the speed numbers. I cannot blame the pilot for ejecting out of a relaxed stability aircraft immediately after it'd lost its ability to maintain stability. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the ejection was automatic anyway because in that situation reaching the ejection handle would be like trying to open a padlock when you've just been shoved out the back of a lorry while crammed into a washing machine.

  • @ryanschumacher3448
    @ryanschumacher34482 жыл бұрын

    I know nothing about plans or ships but here I am the last couple binge watching my new favorite channel. You make me care about stuff I don't think twice about and that's awesome.

  • @ronliebermann
    @ronliebermann2 жыл бұрын

    A “sensor” didn’t destroy anything. That’s an old trick designed to direct attention away from the engineers who made the mistake. Machines don’t make mistakes.

  • @chas1878

    @chas1878

    2 жыл бұрын

    The sensor and computer was actually working as intended haha. The ice build up is totally human error

  • @ThePikeywayne

    @ThePikeywayne

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chas1878 if the heater wasn't tested/working before flight it could be human error lol

  • @Logarithm906

    @Logarithm906

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ThePikeywayne I mean it was definitely human error. The question is whoms? If the pitot had just failed (whether because the heater failed or it just failed for other reasons) then it's a sensor failure. Maybe it's quality control's fault. If the heater wasn't plugged in and the pilot wasn't informed. Then it's the person who failed to tell the pilot's fault. If the pilot was told and they just didn't do anything in response. It's the pilots fault. So it's either everyone's fault or the pilot's fault. Depends on if you want to play pass the buck.

  • @gae_wead_dad_6914

    @gae_wead_dad_6914

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean - machines are designed and made by humans dude You're acting like no machine ever fucked up it's intended job. That absolutely depends on the humans who made/assembled/programmed it. I could as easily say that it's the machine's fault for not knowing it got bad readings from being iced over. Or at least - not informing the pilot that it's blocked.

  • @L7Mcmacdaddy
    @L7Mcmacdaddy2 жыл бұрын

    Pilot: "Hey control, the thing turned on?" Control: "What thing?" Pilot: "... "

  • @Iceman-hb3uk
    @Iceman-hb3uk2 жыл бұрын

    Viewing that amazing piece of engineering just going down without control till the impact break my heart

  • @denkbrein
    @denkbrein2 жыл бұрын

    I wish all KZread video’s were as perfect as this one, thank you very much! 👍

  • @practicalshooter6517
    @practicalshooter65172 жыл бұрын

    That's what yellow note pads are for "Pitot heat not working" should have been placed on pitot switch, among all the other notes on the control panel.

  • @Logarithm906

    @Logarithm906

    2 жыл бұрын

    ... but they told the pilot and he acknowledged the message by saying "i'll leave it on anyway". Leave what on? Nothing's on, they've just told you that. I mean if he ignored a person telling him it, what's the chance he'd have ignored a sticker saying the same thing?

  • @cupofjoen

    @cupofjoen

    2 жыл бұрын

    The engineers wanted paycheck from the insurance company, that's why they ended up the project with a blast.

  • @bucke6928
    @bucke69282 жыл бұрын

    really sad how overconfidence and laziness can lead to such a horrible accident.

  • @kmmediafactory
    @kmmediafactory2 жыл бұрын

    Oof. How can there be so many inconsistencies! Jeez I just hope they don't do tests today like they did back in '95.

  • @MrCaiobrz

    @MrCaiobrz

    2 жыл бұрын

    737 Max entered the chat

  • @goatface6602

    @goatface6602

    2 жыл бұрын

    Might be worse now.

  • @cupofjoen

    @cupofjoen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Marketing team: well, as long as we made profit, these so called features are not necessary

  • @StrikerV3
    @StrikerV32 жыл бұрын

    Suddenly those crazy maneuvers in ace combat are looking manageable

  • @itswift
    @itswift2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, thank you!

  • @leukota
    @leukota2 жыл бұрын

    Small criticism, you said 'mick' reading 'mic' in 'hot mic'. 'Mic' is short for 'microphone', and pronounced 'mike'. Fantastic video, and Edwards AFB has an astounding museum, second only to Dayton's Wright Patt museum. You should do a video on the first (and I think only) North Korean jet defector, the jet is housed in Wright Patt national af museum.

  • @supertruckertom
    @supertruckertom2 жыл бұрын

    How many engineers left, and took critical knowledge with them, because of BS from HR departments?

  • @kshitijbhagwat1978
    @kshitijbhagwat19782 жыл бұрын

    I like ur commentary and videos. Those are very much informative. Thanks

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear 😊👍🏼

  • @prashanthb6521
    @prashanthb65212 жыл бұрын

    This plane looks beautiful.

  • @-Muhammad_Ali-

    @-Muhammad_Ali-

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looks like Eurofighter took many things from it

  • @EK-gr9gd

    @EK-gr9gd

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@-Muhammad_Ali- Not really most parts were taken from US planes.

  • @soup5344
    @soup53442 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy seeing a plane do an imaginary wallrun.

  • @blakecampbell6549
    @blakecampbell65492 жыл бұрын

    Arrogant engineers seem to be the ones always leading to the bigger crashes.

  • @Logarithm906

    @Logarithm906

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well it's pretty easy to accuse engineers of being arrogant after the accident happened, it always is. I mean the pilot flipped the pitot heater on and was told by the engineers it didn't work. His response? "Ah, i'll leave it on anyway". Doesn't even flip that alternative mode switch just in case, or descend to an altitude where icing isn't a problem, or check the back up airspeed indicator. Two thirds of which are back up solutions provided to the pilot by... Guess who? The arrogant engineers. Instead he just kept going like normal, despite the icing problem. I mean can you imagine a drag racer being told by their mechanic that the brakes don't work and driver just goes "ah well, gotta race". I'm not saying it isn't the engineers fault, I'm just saying there's plenty of blame to spread around and the main thing they seem to be guilty of was not going "OH SHIT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH THAT ICING PROBLEM!!!!1!!!!!11111" which isn't their job anyway, their job is to make the thing and inform the user of its limitations, which they did.

  • @XMysticHerox

    @XMysticHerox

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nothing about arrogance. Things are going to go wrong during such test flights. Has always happened. It´s why test flights are done in the first place after all. People make mistakes, miss things or they might be entirely new problems. If anything it is arrogant to assume this is just down to mindset and you´d do better.

  • @glike2
    @glike2 Жыл бұрын

    The X-31 VECTOR program was really fun to work on and I heard some great stories

  • @thepolishtech1552
    @thepolishtech15522 жыл бұрын

    0:51 Ace combat fans: hey ive seen that obe

  • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
    @tihspidtherekciltilc54692 жыл бұрын

    When the plane went splat I really felt that. Rest in pieces.

  • @francisyeungcambodia
    @francisyeungcambodia2 жыл бұрын

    The Japanese Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin also adopted the same principle on their vector thrust test model. If the problem was sensors only, simply restart this project might create the king of dogfight easily nowadays.

  • @theunkownboss8052
    @theunkownboss80522 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad your not one of those really bad shorts yt channel I really enjoy all of your content ❤️

  • @clarencehopkins7832
    @clarencehopkins78322 жыл бұрын

    Excellent stuff

  • @dmeemd7787
    @dmeemd77872 жыл бұрын

    Talk about needing some specialized training and seat time to get used to the bizarre characteristics that the (extreme) thrust vectoring would create! It had to have felt amazing to fly this thing! (...ya know, other than the whole ejecting and crashing part, lol)

  • @dominiccase6846
    @dominiccase68462 жыл бұрын

    I was at Edwards with Rockwell on the B-1 flight test program. Then assigned to the early days of the X-31. The cameras were set up for continual recording so the European engineers could see the progress. I was then promoted and moved on to a different flight test program at Ames.

  • @JBBrickFanatic
    @JBBrickFanatic2 жыл бұрын

    What a sick airplane!!! The Navy should totally go back to this design. The aerial control is nuts!

  • @justinbelshe
    @justinbelshe2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent.

  • @fortunatebum
    @fortunatebum2 жыл бұрын

    I love going through flight school and understanding the majority of this

  • @MrCaiobrz
    @MrCaiobrz2 жыл бұрын

    "How One Sensor Destroyed a Super Plane"? ... Try "How One Sensor killed 228 people" (AF 447 - Pitot tube freeze) ... oh wait, 737 Max entered the chat (AoA malfunction + bad software)

  • @Ihaveseenthings577

    @Ihaveseenthings577

    2 жыл бұрын

    siiiii, señor...

  • @sunny71169

    @sunny71169

    2 жыл бұрын

    + No warnings given to the end user of flight critical modifications and intentional concealment of the modification to expedite FAA certification.

  • @cupofjoen

    @cupofjoen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even Xiaomi's software are better than Boeing

  • @a-10warthog72
    @a-10warthog722 жыл бұрын

    Man that thing flying is one helluva sight to see.

  • @roybm3124
    @roybm31242 жыл бұрын

    Incredible maneuvering

  • @thedove4145
    @thedove41452 жыл бұрын

    It tumbled like my papers planes do when I throw them

  • @foxtailedcritter
    @foxtailedcritter2 жыл бұрын

    Still that's amazing it didn't crash into a building or hit someone below or killed the pilot. Could always be worse.

  • @Otzkar

    @Otzkar

    2 жыл бұрын

    very true

  • @jr2904

    @jr2904

    2 жыл бұрын

    True, but to be fair there isn't much around Edwards

  • @illegalcoding
    @illegalcoding Жыл бұрын

    This was a really good video!

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @debu98
    @debu982 жыл бұрын

    Informative video

  • @KingMoronProductions
    @KingMoronProductions Жыл бұрын

    Did the pilot survive?! That's the most important part for me, and you never touched upon it. He ejected and the chute seemed to work, but was he okay?

  • @sypeiterra7613

    @sypeiterra7613

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes they survived

  • @akirayuu7318
    @akirayuu73182 жыл бұрын

    F 31 will be one of hell fighter if she did not crash

  • @MuraliKrishnagoogle
    @MuraliKrishnagoogle2 жыл бұрын

    There was so much time before the crash, where pilot should try to control, but he just looked at his safety rather than jet's one

  • @hacep160
    @hacep1602 жыл бұрын

    Wow awesome video, thanks now I know just a bit more. And yes, it was not what I thought :-)

  • @Bullhead_JW
    @Bullhead_JW2 жыл бұрын

    Just from a pilot's perspective, I'm going to challenge your statement of NASA and the crew ignoring warning signs. Yes, they should have responded earlier, but at the first indication of the airspeed being off, the pilot reported it. This being a test flight, and a seasoned test pilot, that's fairly tame for things being out of normal, so I can understand the lack of immediate response to the issue. To further this point, when the pilot was told about the probe heat not being hooked up, he is very sarcastic with his response, it's just another day in the office of flight testing. When the next test failed, you claim NASA continued ignoring warning signs, yet requested the jet return to base. There is really nothing else the test team could do at that point as the jet was not in an apparent emergency, and even then, most emergencies just call for a return to base, ejection is a last resort to save the pilot if the aircraft is unrecoverable. All in all, yes, this probably could have been avoided, but after the takeoff, I don't really see how the team could have done much better given the circumstances.

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment. A good chuck of the comments that we made in the video is based on the investigation results and interviews done with the people who were working that day, not merely our interpretation of the situation. But we are not pilots, so your opinion is very much appreciated 😊👍🏼

  • @calencrawford2195

    @calencrawford2195

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a pilot, I agree the pilot did well for the most part. Thing is, you should be able to feel and see or have some intuition that 210 knots isn't right and look down at the secondary airspeed indicator. It's not that hard to get a rapid feel for the airplane, so I personally think this is an illogical oversight, but still just an oversight. The engineering team, however, should be well versed in error analysis to spot problems before they occur. They should have spotted the errors as these aren't just everyday people; These are supposed to be trained, highly qualified testing personnel. Also, I think they should have all been working under the same radio frequency, or at least both pilots under the same one. Wadda u think?

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, the chase aircraft being out of the loop certainly didn’t help.

  • @ThomasFarquhar2
    @ThomasFarquhar22 жыл бұрын

    This makes a lot of SENSE, haha see what I did there?

  • @lemir04

    @lemir04

    2 жыл бұрын

    Clever

  • @Jeff-zf6zz

    @Jeff-zf6zz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did the pilot SENSED something bout to happen?

  • @ThomasFarquhar2

    @ThomasFarquhar2

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Jeff-zf6zz the real question is, did the engineers SENSE it too?

  • @Jeff-zf6zz

    @Jeff-zf6zz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ThomasFarquhar2 oh good question. But why didn't the test team SENSED the danger?

  • @fdtank81
    @fdtank812 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating

  • @nathanielneveryman
    @nathanielneveryman10 ай бұрын

    When the pilot said "That's good, I like this" in reply to the Pitot Heat not being hooked up, he was scolding the people in charge with calm, annoyed, Test Pilot Sarcasm. It seems he understood the gravity of the situation.

  • @samaelsandalphon5600
    @samaelsandalphon56002 жыл бұрын

    Jesus, I hope some people got canned over this unacceptable negligence.

  • @anerpos2055
    @anerpos20552 жыл бұрын

    If I use it like a ace combat player, i could do the post stall manuver, what's the price?

  • @chasetoyama8184

    @chasetoyama8184

    2 жыл бұрын

    Death to g forces. It wouldn’t hurt to splash a couple billion on it, either.

  • @timbermonson
    @timbermonson2 жыл бұрын

    "Not supposed to fly in icing conditions"-- One of the first things they teach in flight school is that ice can form in *all* conditions.

  • @Wakabatan
    @Wakabatan2 жыл бұрын

    Man it seems like complacency and negligence got to them, it's kinda aggravating to watch this.

  • @Bhavesh_g20
    @Bhavesh_g202 жыл бұрын

    So basically reject modernization and return back to monke which just climb out of plane during failures

  • @jozefkovac6858

    @jozefkovac6858

    2 жыл бұрын

    No planes, only horses now.

  • @yesyes13123

    @yesyes13123

    2 жыл бұрын

    No horses only boats now

  • @temosofthecommunistrepubli2637
    @temosofthecommunistrepubli26372 жыл бұрын

    Did he say say PEDO tube . The tube must be arrested.

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hehe I knew someone would ask. It’s spelled “Pitot”, named after a French engineer, Henri Pitot. He would have had a rough upbringing in an English speaking country 😣

  • @temosofthecommunistrepubli2637

    @temosofthecommunistrepubli2637

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NotWhatYouThink yeah

  • @o-zone1217
    @o-zone12172 жыл бұрын

    When the plane enters operational US: so, where will we start war to test it?

  • @cloudow9944
    @cloudow99442 жыл бұрын

    just an SR-71 chilling in the background LOL

  • @washablejunk281
    @washablejunk2812 жыл бұрын

    Thrust vectoring is now on F-22 Raptors. Only took 25 year old technology.

  • @RollingzokuMR2

    @RollingzokuMR2

    2 жыл бұрын

    You know they were testing the F-22 during this time....

  • @Nicks62999

    @Nicks62999

    2 жыл бұрын

    F22 was presented in 1997 and entered the usaf in '05 so it's quite old now

  • @MrSchwabentier

    @MrSchwabentier

    2 жыл бұрын

    However the F-22 has only 2D thrust vectoring, while this was 3D

  • @PaulNat360
    @PaulNat3602 жыл бұрын

    it was a cool-looking jet too =(

  • @franken0702

    @franken0702

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah :(

  • @Manzu_ish_charantimath
    @Manzu_ish_charantimath2 жыл бұрын

    this channel turning into an AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION series. which we all LIKE tbh

  • @NotWhatYouThink

    @NotWhatYouThink

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol, we cover a bunch of things, but yeah, this is the second crash video 😉

  • @greasemonkey189
    @greasemonkey1892 жыл бұрын

    I would have never thought that a experimental plane could crash.

  • @guyforlogos
    @guyforlogos2 жыл бұрын

    Seems as if that plane “flew” for quite along time after the pilot ejected. Looked like a lot of time could have been spent to try and regain control before being in danger of actually crashing.

  • @Ihaveseenthings577

    @Ihaveseenthings577

    2 жыл бұрын

    SSOOOOO, You was paying attention....very good....👽🤙

  • @reitairue2073

    @reitairue2073

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yea and as it starts spinning wildly ejecting becomes deadly... you would definitely eject sooner rather than later. Stfu lol.

  • @Ihaveseenthings577

    @Ihaveseenthings577

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@reitairue2073 welllll, with that reply, all I can detect from you is that you would also be at the unemployment line, why you ask? ...1. The engine did not Flame out, 2. No Structural Damage and 3. That Aircraft was above mmmmm 7000' agl. and I still go with pilot ejected too soon, any Test Pilot from wherever in the world of Aviation go thru a very rigorous training of spatial disorientation programs...and Please don't be such an uneducated human and finish your comments with what you posted " stfu ".... don't say anything good about you....

  • @guyforlogos

    @guyforlogos

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@reitairue2073 and you see, after the pilot ejected, the plane didn’t spin wildly for quite some time, it actually almost looked as if it was a leaf being blown by a slight breeze, as if it was waiting for pilot input to correct itself…. Just watch it over and look. It was quite some time before it got very low and started to “spin wildly” so…. There’s that.

  • @Williamb612
    @Williamb6122 жыл бұрын

    There should always be redundancy on any single sensor…otherwise that sensor becomes an achilles heal which can bring down a mighty giant. Remember a single O RING brought down the space shuttle Challenger

  • @enginerikli5895

    @enginerikli5895

    2 жыл бұрын

    5:10 ... Apparently there was one but at knee level. Halfwitted test pilot irregardless.

  • @dananorth895

    @dananorth895

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was a similar sensor that iced up and brought down that French comercial flight from S. America to Europe a number yrs back. Lost in middle of Atlantic Ocean with all crew and passengers during thunderstorm.

  • @Williamb612

    @Williamb612

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dananorth895 DN I studied that in detail and it was…an iced pitot tube which when clogged shut down air speed, pitch and altitude indicators …literally there was 0 wrong with the plane, when the instrument panel failed to give them reading of speed pitch and altitude…the pilot reacted in a way no pilot should do ever, he pulled back the stick, and placed that gigantic plane into a stall, and it could not be recovered Redundancy in any extreme circumstance must be built in

  • @jeynarl
    @jeynarl2 жыл бұрын

    Chad pitot tube: How’d you solve the icing problem? Virgin kiel probe: Icing problem? *Might wanna look into it.*

  • @sanskarmathur9958
    @sanskarmathur99582 жыл бұрын

    Hi bro nice video. Thanks bro

  • @sugunavishal8965
    @sugunavishal89652 жыл бұрын

    IT IS LOOK LIKE EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON🧐🧐AND I SEE THE JET TAIL GERMANY AND AMERICA FLAG.

  • @Huevito847
    @Huevito8472 жыл бұрын

    This was just a cover up. In reality, the cause was *Shingo.*

  • @Kelanich

    @Kelanich

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who

  • @BanterRanterr
    @BanterRanterr2 жыл бұрын

    This is so interesting😯

  • @oneeco
    @oneeco2 жыл бұрын

    Pilots sarcasm during testing is just a terrible idea.

  • @Drag0nmaster
    @Drag0nmaster8 ай бұрын

    I'm glad that the pilot managed to eject! I'm confused how it ejected whilst it was so messed up

  • @anti-shipmissile583
    @anti-shipmissile5832 жыл бұрын

    Damn, The X-31 got some sick moves

  • @dinbee4611
    @dinbee46112 жыл бұрын

    Engineers: "Ok how do we fix this." Reply: "Anybody heard of SpaceX?"

  • @charlesmullenax4448
    @charlesmullenax44482 жыл бұрын

    For all future Nasa pilots... if you tell ground control there is a problem and they take two minutes to respond just go ahead and eject.

  • @NavyGuy2OO7
    @NavyGuy2OO72 жыл бұрын

    I saw ship 2 on a tour of the skunk work facility at Edward's where they were building the X-33 when I was a kid in CAP. Cool looking plane.

  • @AfricanSunProductions
    @AfricanSunProductions2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting how very small mistakes can cause such big results.

  • @Logarithm906

    @Logarithm906

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's what she said. I'm sorry, I... just couldn't resist.

  • @bulletbullet3280
    @bulletbullet32802 жыл бұрын

    The plane looks so smooth and niceee

  • @cck0728
    @cck07282 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. Can anyone tell please what is hot mike issue? Thanks.