And another drone bites the dust.....
 

It seems that Tyndall have lost yet another drone after a QF-4 crashed on take-off:

Unmanned QF-4 crashes at Tyndall

Another drone was also destroyed on 10 July when controllers were 'unable to land the aircraft'.

:hmm:

Terrible waste of a magnificent aircraft... F-4s converted to drones, sacrilege!

-RP

Not as much as a waste of a 'Six'.

http://www.f-16.net/attachments/qf-106_shootdown.jpg

Better than the scrapyard? At least it went out doing what it loved ...:):)

Eh? It loved crashing? :}

The cause
 

The cause was mechanical.

Autopilot problems caused July QRF-4 drone crash | sUAS News



Mickjoebill

Since the Scots won't have pounds to pay for them, there may well be six or seven Q-L1011s available . . .

Oh, I don't know. Perhaps they can get some Groats from John O. Should be legal tender if Wee Eck has his way. :cool:

Just interested ... Does anyone know how may QF-4's remain in operation with the Americans ? I thought the QF-16 was to replace the Phantom Target Drones ?

Coffman

In one of the articles, I think the one last year either announcing that they are moving to QF-16's or that this was the last F-4 being converted to a QF-4,
it said how many they had left.

It wasn't many.

I'll see if I can find it.

Edit
The last one was converted in May 2013.
They also have some QF-4's that they fly themselves as chase planes so I suppose it depends on whether these will also end up being used as targets or kept as flyers.

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The cause





The cause was mechanical.

Autopilot problems caused July QRF-4 drone crash
| sUAS News



Mickjoebill

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Well, it wasn't pilot error...

Many thanks 500N :ok: