| 11. | These included rapid changes in directional trim, severe buffeting, and wing drop requiring high control inputs to counter.
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| 12. | The engine ran on fumaric acid and aniline which was stored in two 75 gallon under wing drop tanks.
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| 13. | In qualifying, teammate Alex Yoong saw his wing drop off when he hit a curb on the final corner.
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| 14. | Navy aviators believe " wing drop " is caused by abnormal air flow over the leading edge of the wing.
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| 15. | Boeing said in a statement today that the company has " identified a family of solutions " to wing drop.
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| 16. | Wing drop was just one of 29 deficiencies in the Super Hornet cited in an operational test report last summer.
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| 17. | Navy officials believe the " wing drop " is caused by abnormal air flow over the leading edge of the wing.
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| 18. | The Pentagon is withholding about $ 1.5 billion from Boeing until the problem, known as " wing drop, " is solved.
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| 19. | "Wing drop is not considered a show-stopper, " the Pentagon's top testing official, Philip Coyle, said in a statement to Bloomberg News.
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| 20. | The so-called " wing drop " problem on the Super Hornet was first noticed during flight testing more than six months ago.
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