Crash of Sukhoi SuperJet 100 During Sales Presentation a Harsh Blow to Kremlin's Export Aspirations

Reaganite Republican ^ | May 9, 2012 | Reaganite Republican

[MeganC]

It’s a clear rip-off of the venerable Boeing 737 and this crash will show the world that a corrupt regime can’t be trusted with your family’s safety.

[Reaganite Republican]

Personal *PING*

Enjoy your day, sir

[Doogle]

http://rt.com/news/sukhoi-superjet-disappears-radar-838/

[allmost]

Forward with Putin comrade.

[John Valentine]

With all due respect, you have not a clue what you are talking about. DEspite Boeing’s collaboration with Sukhoi’s engineers during the design of the Superjet, the SJ-100 is not in any way a “rip-off” of the 737.

For one thing, the Boeing engineers would not have permitted such a thing. Moreover, there is just no commonality on the designs of the two planes.

Frankly, knowing what we know about all the weaknesses of the 737, no sane aircraft designer would want to “rip it off”.

[Reaganite Republican]

Agreed on that, SJ100 fuselage identical to my eyes to the 737

[beethovenfan]

It’s the seven-thirty-sevenski

[null and void]

ping

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

When I joined the aircraft industry in the early 90s I asked some questions nobody in the industry could ever answer.

Since the Russians ripped off most of their designs what happens when they have to compete in the open market for aircraft sales? Will their patent infringements just be ignored? It appears that's what happened.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Looks like a combination B787,E190,A320.....

(and it probably is)

[freedomlover]

Crashing during sales pitch not usually is good.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

During the height of the “cold war” in the mid 50s my dad used to tell the following joke:

A communist offical died and went to hell. The devil asked him if he wanted to go to the communist hell or the capitalist hell. He answered that he wanted to go to the communist hell because he knew that the heating system wouldn’t work.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Is there an equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle over there in Indonesia?

[Gay State Conservative]

As long as the USSR has Europe by the reproductive organs through oil and gas exports they’ll be a country to be feared by all free,civilized people.

[Gay State Conservative]

Is there an equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle over there in Indonesia?

I've traveled in that part of the world and two facts may be at play here...1) it's a very mountainous area and 2) the most unbelievable thunderstorms can pop up out of nowhere and at a moment's notice.

[JPG]

'Crashing during sales pitch not usually good.'

A flying Volt comes to mind.

[Jack Hydrazine]

So it is a case of CFIT or storm blowing them out the air?

[saywhatagain]

you wrote . . . "Frankly, knowing what we know about all the weaknesses of the 737, no sane aircraft designer would want to “rip it off”."

Interesting comment considering it is statistically considered one the most successfully commercially designed aircraft.

Aside from the well known rudder issues (pcu) on the "Classics" . . . which is significant, . . . what other weakness(es) are you referring to?

[dragnet2]

Killing dozens of buyers is not good for sales.