Matt Gunsch wrote:
the article detailed the problem and it was not ammo door related. The brake lines were wrapped around the gear, showing the gear deployed and was twisted around in flight, cause the gear to be torn from the wing, that caused the wing to be torn from the plane. They redesigned the landing gear uplocks after the discovery.
The issue with the gear popping out is not in question - that is pure fact.
Ammo door issue is at very high speeds/low pressure over the top surface of the wing - that is a pure fact.
Negative pressure relative to free stream "Q" on both surfaces of a wing - that's a fact.
Improved door uplocks solving the issue - that's fact..Wheel tapping in my opinion is speculation- if that was the cause, what did NAA do to stop it.
I feel it is more reasonable to speculate that the wheel door opened for same aerodynamic (i.e negative pressure distributiion over the door) reasons - causing the door to deflect enough to be ripped open... and yes the uplocks solved it.. as the stiffened ammo door solved that problem.
Look, I could be wrong, but I do know a lot about fluid mechanics and aerodynamics and a fair amount about the 51 - enough so that the 'wheel' tapping sounds fishy - that's all I meant to say.
We can agree to believe what we wish to believe and not be bothered by an opposing opinion?