Chiefs fan since the ’90s. Raconteur, troublemaker and general loudmouth who makes adhering to Rule 9 a way of life. AG’s resident Fool on the Hill.
My mind can be changed, but only by proper application of facts and reason. (Hint: If you are internet-arguing, it won’t happen.)
I can be reached by adding (at)Yahoo.com to the end of my screen name. That includes if you want me to edit your fanpost, and I’ll treat it just like any other piece from the regular writers that “crosses my desk”.
Having worked on the design and source selection for the Navy on the NATF/ATF, his comments on marketing are fair. LM also knew the damn thing needed to be maintained, something Northrop and MacAir were not as adept at providing…even if it was just feel good noise. Case in point, both failed to address radome maintainability. LM would acknowledge that they failed to properly address, Northrop would obfuscate. LM updated their Mean Time Between Failures to reflect the issue, Northrop claimed it never happened and didn’t update their data. If you can’t change out a radome after a bird strike or Hangar deck accident due to cure times and excessive humidity and you state that it will never happen…. when you are talking to groups of people who have seen it happen…well maybe you took the wrong tack. To maintain the RF cross-section the YF23 needed excessive cure times for epoxies any time a panel was opened. That ain’t cutting it in war time or in a heavy sea state. I once asked about the required testing of salt water contamination upon fiber optics interfaces…..LM said they flat out failed, NG stated they had passed…we didn’t believe it, further questioning and investigating by us revealed that NG had passed the test, but they had not allowed time for the salt eater to dry on the interface as per the required test requirements. Had to pull out the test requirements and show them that salt crystal formation on the FO interface was the purpose of the test. Little things like that add up. Another big issue was LM had their proposal indexed and arranged so any info we needed to find was readily available. NG did not, you spent hours running through the multiple volumes trying to track down one small piece of data. It was thus hard to grade the proposals. Northrop and MacAir got the F18 redesign in the end, it was a no bid contract. How Congress allowed that boondoggle I will never know. The new F18 is a completely different aircraft from the older version and it… Read more »
For centuries, Nazaré, Portugal, was just a small village known for its fishing and dangerous seas. Now, Nazaré is known around the world as the capital of big wave surfing. It’s where five of the six biggest waves ever surfed happened. The secret to Nazaré’s giant waves lies under the surface, where a huge underwater canyon funnels swells right up to its cliffs …
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27309/the-only-man-who-flew-both-the-f-22-and-the-yf-23-on-why-the-yf-23-lost
A cool interview from the only man who flew both the F-22 and the YF-23.
cool, thank you
Having worked on the design and source selection for the Navy on the NATF/ATF, his comments on marketing are fair. LM also knew the damn thing needed to be maintained, something Northrop and MacAir were not as adept at providing…even if it was just feel good noise. Case in point, both failed to address radome maintainability. LM would acknowledge that they failed to properly address, Northrop would obfuscate. LM updated their Mean Time Between Failures to reflect the issue, Northrop claimed it never happened and didn’t update their data. If you can’t change out a radome after a bird strike or Hangar deck accident due to cure times and excessive humidity and you state that it will never happen…. when you are talking to groups of people who have seen it happen…well maybe you took the wrong tack. To maintain the RF cross-section the YF23 needed excessive cure times for epoxies any time a panel was opened. That ain’t cutting it in war time or in a heavy sea state. I once asked about the required testing of salt water contamination upon fiber optics interfaces…..LM said they flat out failed, NG stated they had passed…we didn’t believe it, further questioning and investigating by us revealed that NG had passed the test, but they had not allowed time for the salt eater to dry on the interface as per the required test requirements. Had to pull out the test requirements and show them that salt crystal formation on the FO interface was the purpose of the test. Little things like that add up. Another big issue was LM had their proposal indexed and arranged so any info we needed to find was readily available. NG did not, you spent hours running through the multiple volumes trying to track down one small piece of data. It was thus hard to grade the proposals. Northrop and MacAir got the F18 redesign in the end, it was a no bid contract. How Congress allowed that boondoggle I will never know. The new F18 is a completely different aircraft from the older version and it… Read more »
For centuries, Nazaré, Portugal, was just a small village known for its fishing and dangerous seas. Now, Nazaré is known around the world as the capital of big wave surfing. It’s where five of the six biggest waves ever surfed happened. The secret to Nazaré’s giant waves lies under the surface, where a huge underwater canyon funnels swells right up to its cliffs …
https://www.vox.com/23070623/big-wave-surfing-nazare-portugal-world-record
Chiefs’ 2022 Red Friday Flag revealed
Proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House KC.
Link below to order Pre-Sale:
Red Friday Gear | Official Kansas City Chiefs Shop
30” x 20” $10 Donation Flag
Got Mine ! ( Coming Sept 2 )