The_Heretic

"The Heretical news Network is pleased to announce the least known addition to our news team. We proudly present Technology Correspondent, Octavian Salamanca and Tech Report."





<<<Good-tides to you ladies and gentlemen as well as all manner of maritime inhabitants. You'll notice I don't speak and don't hear in the sense most do, despite sensing vibrations exceptionally well. The flashes of color across my skin may set off epileptic seizures, for which neither I nor Heretical News Network can be held responsible for.

<<<My background is as a cephalopoid treasure hunter, but not by tradition. Among my demographic tradition does not and cannot exist, as all of us are orphans, our parents having died long before we came into the world. Why do I then have a last name, you might ask. I was hired off the coast of Spain and acquired my sir name from the University of Salamanca, where I graduated from. Now... on with our story.

<<<Tonight we have breaking news regarding the crash of a U.S.A.F B-2 stealth bomber at Gaum.>>>

<<<We're going to focus on the design issues of the B-2 bomber and how those may have contributed to the crash. The aircraft's design of reducing its radar profile, the detectable portions of the body from which radar signals bounce directly back to the source, conflicts with the basic principles of lift. In other aircraft which have poor lift capabilities this has been beneficial, since such jets that are inherently unstable in flight also tend toward higher manuverability.

<<<However, the boomerrang shape and lack of vertical stabilators, those fin-like surfaces which prevent yawing- the horrizontal movement as in a frisbee, makes the B-2 difficult to fly and more susceptible to crosswinds. Even with fly-by-wire technology, the electronics boxes and software that compensates for a pilot's intent and impliments those instructions to the control surfaces, the aircraft has been fraught with technical complications since its inception and, while considered acceptable for the U.S. Air Force, still present potentially catastrophic risks of failure.

<<<Though the investigation has yet to commence, it may be that, in conjunction with maintenance errors, these technical issues may have contributed to the downing of this otherwise increadible- and pricy machine.

<<<I'm Octavian Salamanca and you've been reading HNN's Tech Report."

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