It gives up
because the co-pilot removed the lock holding it in place far too soon. The actuators don't have the strength to hold it in place during the boost phase so there's a Bloody Big Lock to do that job.
For reasons unknown, the co-pilot disengaged that lock while they were still boosting.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:58,
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Shit design innit?
why would you ever want to disengage the lock while boosting, seeing as it would make that happen?
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You don't actually think that they'd get real pilots to agree to go up in that thing do you?!
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Some practical joker had wrote "pull for sweeties" on it.
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Pig Bodine., Wed 29 Jul 2015, 17:27,
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Wasn't that pissflaps' defence in his playground indecent exposure case?
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Wed 29 Jul 2015, 17:47,
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There is a great story from the late 80's
About a pilot who 'accidentally' ejected from an F4 over the North Sea.
In his report he wrote that he "...was trying to change the radio station..."
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zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:05,
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Aaaaah, so someone pushed/pulled/activated something they shouldn't have?
No system in place to make that impossible? If this thing was destined for 'space' travel I'd have thought every single thing would have procedure locks and processes to make sure it can't be done in the wrong order or at the wrong time. Doesn't inspire confidence does it?
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NooShmoo It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bollocks, Thu 30 Jul 2015, 15:05,
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