Sailors charge the battery of an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), March 27, 2021. (Adam Butler/U.S. Navy)
USNI News: MQ-8B Fire Scout Crashes Into Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston On Deployment
An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the side of Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS-18) after taking off from the ship today, the Navy announced.
The rotary-wing UAV was operating from the ship around 9:40 a.m. when the collision happened in the Western Pacific, according to a U.S. 3rd Fleet news release.
The UAV fell into the sea and was not recovered, the release reads.
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WNU Editor: It is not the first time that US Navy drones like this one have crashed .... Fire Scout drone crashes at California base (Navy Times).
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An oscar sierra moment, but as WNU says it happens not that big a deal.
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ReplyDeleteI'd like to know what was behind this incident.
It was on land, so sea state is not an issue, obviously. Does not look like it was wind conditions.
ReplyDeletehttps://wind.willyweather.com/ca/ventura-county/ventura.html
There is such a nice steady wind there, No need for AC. Unless a building(s) block it and then you need AC!
If you would like to know what was behind it, here is an avenue to find out.
https://safety.navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2020/07/Approach-Vol-63-No-2.pdf
They will fix the problem as soo as they get their chips from Taiwan. Wait ! What!?