naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoUS military grounds entire fleet of Osprey aircraft after fatal crash off coast of Japanapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10
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minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down4·2 years agoSo what would you replace them with? AFAIK, the Osprey’s safety record isn’t worse than that of comparable systems.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·edit-22 years agoIt could be far better than other systems if it wasn’t a piece of shit.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoSo the other ones are pieces of shit too?
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoConsidering how much newer and more expensive the Osprey is, no, no it is not a contradiction to expect it to be better.
minus-squarezik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoYou’re just saying that all comparable systems are also horrible. VTOL fixed wing aircraft are expensive and unsafe unfortunately.
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So what would you replace them with? AFAIK, the Osprey’s safety record isn’t worse than that of comparable systems.
It could be far better than other systems if it wasn’t a piece of shit.
So the other ones are pieces of shit too?
Considering how much newer and more expensive the Osprey is, no, no it is not a contradiction to expect it to be better.
You’re just saying that all comparable systems are also horrible. VTOL fixed wing aircraft are expensive and unsafe unfortunately.
What comparable systems?