Originally Posted by
CONSO
re post 199 by fdr
was the post I was referring to since the accident in guam was due to sensors and rain and computers reacting at the wrong time for the wrong reason. On the b2 they cannot use the traditional sensor arrangement which complicates the problem. stealth design of the leading edges also complicated things. nuff said ..
And that was the one that was rebuilt per the la time article
The one that crased after takeoff and consumed in the fire in videos in this tread was the 2008 one. Crashed due to moisture in pitot static (ports).
The one which was rebuilt was the 2010 one, damaged due to fire starting in the engine compartment during an attemted take off.
From CONSO's article;
On Feb. 26, 2010, a B-2 attempted to take off from Guam for a routine training mission when a fireball flashed from a left engine, sparking an onboard blaze that eviscerated the interior of the airplane.
No one aboard was hurt, but the heat was so intense that it melted and warped parts of the B-2's titanium and aluminum frame. The plane's wiring and hydraulic tubing turned into smoldering ash.
Though the damage was bad, the Air Force determined that the plane could be saved. That was good news. A B-2 was completely lost in 2008 after moisture built up in the plane's high-tech sensors and caused it to crash and burn. The pilots safely ejected.
The military said it couldn't afford to lose another of these aircraft. The repairs required more than 1,000 parts ranging in size from small clips to massive sections that support the structure of the aircraft. The project took nearly four years at a cost of more than $105 million, which included a scheduled overhaul.
The one which was rebuilt was the 2010 one, damaged due to fire starting when one of the engines was starting.