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One of our Brand new Yak-130 crashed today.
The aircraft was less than a year old.
Ouch.
how's the pilot?
is the reason for the crash known?
Both ejected safely.
So far it is cited as instrument/mechanical failure.
Interesting...
The Russian's have been flying them for awhile now, no such issues on their end.
They lost three to date..
Hmmm, indeed, seems I spoke out of turn. Somehow had missed them.
Teething issues? Not so healthy for exports though.
The Fly-By-Wire is the issue. It's too complicated.
This is likely part of the problem... but the fly-by-wire is meant to allow for the modelling of the characteristics of a wide range of aircraft, right up to Tu-160 level, it's supposed to be complicated... it's even directly programmable if I recall. Probably too complex and unnecessary for export purposes though.