A400M: Airbus Confirms That 48 Engines Have Cracks; GE, maker of reduction gear, confirms that all clockwise-turning engines are affected
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/174075/repair-costs-seen-exploding-as-half-a400m-engines-have-cracks.html
German Military Ambitions Hampered by Airbus Delay
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-25/german-military-ambitions-hampered-by-delayed-airbus-a400m-plane
Is A-400M Kill?
trying to airlift more rapefugees eh merkel san?
I would not have wanted to be on the shop floor at GE when news of that cluster fuck came down that's for damn sure.
>Only right-handed props are affected
LEFT HANDED MASTER RACE
>>30120458
Read the article. It's an Eyetalian subcontractor that fup duck.
>>30120336
So much win
Also fuck GE all day every day, they're the epitom of everything that is bad in capitalism
>>30120556
How so?
They've been innovating for years, and manufacture all sorts of wonderful shit.
Inb4 the rare call of the bostonian indian.
>>30120556
>didn't actually read the article
You probably think the MIC is real.
>>30120336
Should have bought the Super Hercules, it's cheaper too.
>>30121074
if Germany orders the Super Hercules instead of ordering 53 A-400Ms...
>>30120336
>German Military Ambitions
>GERMAN
>AMBITIONS
>MILITARY
One must always be wary of ze Krauts.
>Hey Hans, what will you do with all these cargo plans.
>OH YOU KNOW, HELP REFUGEES...AND STUFF, JA? WIR SIND HUMANITARIAN NOW. JA :DDDD
>>30120336
>Ambitions
kek, what fucking ambitions?
They don't even bother maintaining their Eurofighters at this point.
fking italians
>>30121074
Should have bought An-70 instead.
>>30120542
subsidiary, not subcontractor
>>30122327
The Krauts seem to be at least trying to get their shit together. Their military budget's supposed to be going up significantly this year iirc.
>>30120336
Too big for tactical operations, to small for strategic operations. If you want to drop paratroopers or support small scale operations with supply airdrops you have C-295, C-130. If you need to move tanks or other heavy equipment you need C-17 or C-5. What role is A-400M supposed to fill?
>>30124952
Size has nothing to do with it. It's more suited for tactical operations than the C-130J, see pic related. At the same time it has also strategic range.
>>30124894
Yeah, sure.
See it when I believe it. Conscript army as it is, so theres only so much they can do in the first place when most of their force is overweight / obese.
>>30120336
>Italy hampers Germany's military ambitions
It's like pottery.
