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From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)
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Subject: Re: Safety problems of Marines' Harriers
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From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)
> From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood)
 
> there is a sensor aboard which prevents (so i'm told) the infamous
> snap-roll-during-hover maneuver that plagued the harrier when it
> was first introduced...
 

According to TIME this week, the bearings for the gyro in the attitude
control system are failing prematurely.  Bearings fail, gyro stops
spinning, and suddenly you are having a real bad day.