Reports :- SU-27 & MQ-9 “incident” over the Black Sea

[Richard B]

Morel likely wing tip rocked. It was done in ww2 with Spitfire and V1 doodlebug s.
If the SU 27s intercepted close to Russian borders, do the reapers have comms. If the SU 27s cannot communicate with said drone
Then yes they do have options to knock it down.

[bob909]

Russia has a record of fighting dirty, anyone remember the incident when they tried to bump off an off-course L29 which was routing it's way to the UK?
https://markjefferiesairdisplays.com/20 ... image-l29/

I've got nothing against Russian people as a whole, just the hierarchy that makes it's own rules.

[POL]

Morel likely wing tip rocked. It was done in ww2 with Spitfire and V1 doodlebug s.

I thought this was widely accepted to be a myth/propaganda of the time.

[JAWS]

Morel likely wing tip rocked. It was done in ww2 with Spitfire and V1 doodlebug s.

I thought this was widely accepted to be a myth/propaganda of the time.

POL, take a look at these. It did happen, just maybe not as many times as some may think, apparently.

https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=22683

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2075972

[Seahornet1]

Morel likely wing tip rocked. It was done in ww2 with Spitfire and V1 doodlebug s....

Brilliant!

[Timmo]

Footage of the incident released: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/876667/u ... -intercept

[James Cutting]

Well, that wasn't deliberate...much!

[sjoerd]

Very provocative at the least...the final seconds of the clip clearly show the broken/bend blades.

[Rob666]

Well yet another lie, does not surprise me.

[Sparts99]

So if they wanted to destroy the drone why risk damage from a collision when they could shoot it down? Did they think that by stopping the engine with the fuel dump flooding the intake they could recover it fairly intact from the sea?

[James Cutting]

It's almost like the idea was to dump fuel on it, and hope that brings it down, but either deliberately or not, misjudged it's flightpath - Can't determine actually if it hit it or not.

Just hope the US bought it down fast and hard to destroy the majority of it.

[big john]

Can't determine actually if it hit it or not

If you check the last two frames the prop blade on the right is bent. Must have hit the prop and the engine failed as well as the prop is not going very fast.

[T_J]

But if a SU-27 hit the prop, it would have to have hit the two tail fins. No way that it couldn't have.

Also if it hit the nose cone, it pretty much means a full impact. It cant be anything other than a full impact.

I personally think either the fuel release caused it to fall and crash or some EM warfare weapon caused it similar the the USS Donald Cook incident.

The Russian pilot messed up while trying to dump fuel on the MQ-9 Reaper resulting in the Flanker clipping the tail fins and prop.

USS Donald Cook "EM Warfare weapon" claim was silly made up nonsense by scammers and grifters on the internet. The more fanciful and embellished the claim the more they get out of it for for ego and clicks for donations.
The incident was simply low fly overs by Russian aircraft. The die-hard conspiracy types simply made up the claim about Donald Cook being disabled by electronic wonder weapons. They are also doing it will silly nonsense claiming that the
Russian downed an RQ-4 Global Hawk callsign Forte10.

This was the silly nonsense by the scammers about the USS Donald Cook.

https://www.voltairenet.org/article185860.html

[Agent K]

If you check the last two frames the prop blade on the right is bent. Must have hit the prop and the engine failed as well as the prop is not going very fast.

It "appeared" to be going slow before the impact, this could be the video frame rate as much as anything giving a false impression of RPM before and after?

[moonstone_laura]

From 'Capt(N)' on Twitter:

Sevastopol media source For Post, referring to its source close to the Russian Navy, claims that the downedMQ-9 drone has been detected. The drone was found using an UAV at a depth of 900 m.

From me: Information requires verification and confirmation.

https://twitter.com/Capt_Navy/status/16 ... 5081946113

[Ranger]

Can't determine actually if it hit it or not

If you check the last two frames the prop blade on the right is bent. Must have hit the prop and the engine failed as well as the prop is not going very fast.

To me it also looks like one of the other blades is feathered as well on one of the last frames.

Cheers,
Ranger

[moonstone_laura]

Footage of the incident released: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/876667/u ... -intercept

Another version of the footage:

https://twitter.com/UniqueMongolia/stat ... 6558899200

[Timmo]

Can't determine actually if it hit it or not

If you check the last two frames the prop blade on the right is bent. Must have hit the prop and the engine failed as well as the prop is not going very fast.

To me it also looks like one of the other blades is feathered as well on one of the last frames.

Cheers,
Ranger

[big john]

Good image showing the layout of an RQ-4.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrWIfRrXgAE ... name=large
As the SU 27 was climbing away you can see how it's possible maybe the air intake or the rear fuselage could just hit the tip of the prop and miss the tail'

[Thunder44]

So the sheer mass of the fuel dump bent two of the props and the two aircraft didn't actually touch.