Originally Posted by
The Sultan
A good measure of the program is posed by the question of where the SB-1 was as hurricane Dorian was being projected to hit its base at Jupiter, Florida?
1. Did they fly it out? It has been five months since first flight and, by Sikorsky’s statements, well into envelope expansion by August.
2. Trucked it out? Embarrassing but may have been necessary if still not safe to fly.
3. Left in hangar, or maybe on ramp, in hopes of a direct hit which would allow them to end the program without more data to reinforce the obvious fact that the concept is a bust?
The facility isn’t close enough to the ocean for a storm surge to cause a loss, but high winds and a hangar door left open could generate an insurance check... not a great return on investment but better than nothing 🤣 In any case, the storm veered northward and wasn’t an issue.