Ok.. the number above "NAV" is the max G's pulled. Current G's are at the top left. No RAD at the top is because the radar is not turned on. The "Warning" heard is a calculation done withing the computer. The "Warning" is telling him that if he continues losing speed at that angle of attack, then he will stall. There is more involved in that calculation, but that is basic and easier to understand. When you hear "Betty" say "Altitude", that is because there is a set altitude in the DED. This is used to keep the pilot informed if he goes below that set altitude. For instance, remember in the movie "Top Gun" when they talked about the "hard deck"? That was the lowest altitude that they are allowed to fly. It simulates the ground. This is why Maverick did not pass that test was because, in reality, he would be dead. His instructor would have also been dead because he also went below hard deck. If Maverick would have just stayed above " hard deck" he would have won that test, because he basically made the "bad guy" become a lawn dart. Sorry about the "Top Gun" stuff, but it is just an example to help people understand a little better. You can set the low altitude warning to either that hard deck setting or, for instance, 1000Ft above it to warn you when you are getting close. I hope some of this long post helped someone understand a little better.
sagrzmnky I didnt posted to offend or criticize, you misjugdeg me.I justed posted because in the last few weeks i play BMS and i learnd those things from that,so i just thought that you play too.Never mind, how you are allowed to use the military sim do you have any friend in the airforce?
Ok. I apologize for that. I deleted that comment because it was not fair. It is just that so many people are quick to post nasty comments online that it makes me real defensive. I actually had a friend that built and operated the sim at the base. I have not spoken to him in a while so I do not know if he is still there. After flying in the military flight sims, I decided to build my own. It is not going to cost the 7 million bucks that the military is willing to spend our tax dollars on, but it is great for what I want.
Okay, clarifaction. G force indicator above air speed analogue bar. The number above the NAV is a MACH speed number. To the right of the hud is the steer point information. The tadpole shown is the steerpoint marker. Fantastic video. It is amazing to watch the update of the HUD.
This is a Lockheed Martin test pilot, Rocket-1. @ the Naval Air Station/ JRB, Carswell Field, Fort Worth, Texas. This is where the F-16 was/is born. Lockheed is on the west side of the runway where General Dynamics was located. The NAS is on the east side. Lake Worth is to the north. They do this all the time... Great video!
In the upper left of the HUD, above the speed scale, you can see the digit for the G-forces. To avoid a Blackout the pilot has to press his breathing. An outstanding pilot !! Especially the runway approach, at the last moment.
one of the things that this pilot has just impressed me on, was when he landed. noticed how when he was cleared for runway 35, he just started spinning downward, and came right on the runway...now that boy got talent ;)
Man ... just incredible that they can fly like that .... plus they have to shoot the bad guys (and avoid being shot by them) while doing so. Respect! :)
This looks like a Aircraft acceptance test flight above GD at Carswell AFB. Later called Lockheed and JRB Fort Worth TX. A friend of mine that flew F-16s said it was a special occasion to be selected to do these acceptance flights.
This is a classic airshow display. The warning went off during a very high angle of attach pass, done at a very slow speed with the nose of the airplane very high. Cool to watch from the inside.
A truely fantastic video. I've been redirected to it numerous times from various F-16 websites around the web, and hope to see more footage like this in the future. It's interesting to hear the Pilot as well as ATC, and not just some music blasting over it all. Thanks! Anyone know the date of this recording?
if i am not mistaken this is test flight for flcs & limiters/ roll rate and other factors... are tested.. i think it is the blk52+ for the Hellenic Air Force that is flying here.
@thefullmonte03 The long steady horn is the low speed warning horn. The WARN flashes on the HUD and the "caution" message plays when one of the eyebrow lights come on, in this case probably the light telling him he doesn't have the gear down. This one is activated when certain conditions are met, slow speed, low alt, descent rate above a certain value and obviously gear up (the jet thinks he is about to land gear up).
Not exactly, they have a G suit which wraps around the legs for that. The thing is at that many G's your ribcage gets so heavy it literally wants to flatten your lungs so you have to HIC-release-HIC-release-HIC-Release forcing your glottis to close so you can keep the air in your lungs long enough to get the oxygen you need.
@taradov The airspeed indicated went under 190kts and then he went into MCA, minimum controllable airspeed. The airspeed indicator is on the mid left of the screen and the altitude is on the right with the decimal in front of the number.
the flight controls for an f-16 dont have too much stick resistance, even at high load. he is however preventing gravity induced loss of consiousness by performing anti-g straining manuvers...or simply called the grunt :)
@sub7viet They can be used to the G forces but it still causes a physical response like holding breath. Its like a wieght lifter, they can train for years and years but whenever they are lifting it is still a challenge.
these planes have systems that detect if you pass out or not and if thats the case, it levels out. since he was pulling all the high g moves in rapid fire succession, i'd say he may of forced himself to take a small nap! the plane levels and his airspeed drops during the caution...i could be wrong but thats what i think.
Yep, was stationed at Carswell AFB in 1984 and a General Dynamics test pilot would fly a routine over the field similiar to this many times. I assumed then they were testing an F-16 that just came off the assembly line....
@azfsiguy late 70's well really doubtful since that's a C model HUD (late 80s). Not to mention that the jet first got a color HUD camera during the mid-late 90s IIRC. And not to mention that if my information is correct this is a HAF aircraft, block either 50 or 52+ tested by a LM pilot before delivery, that means late 90s - early 00s.
This was amazing to see from the inside. The guy has pretty serious stamina to sustain that much G for such a long time, while keeping control of the airplane. I will say, though, that it was probably not that exciting to see from the outside. It would've been loud as hell (which is awesome), but would've appeared very slow. If he was going for crowd appeal, a few 600kt passes would do it, which would also let the pilot relax :) As a technology demo, though, it was probably pretty decent.
An absolutely amazing jet. And this guy must have been a test pilot, letting the jet get that slow. That warning was a stall warning, and the caution you hear at the end his him being very low on fuel.
@RudojiLape em, the method doesn't entirely rely on breathing. the pilot especially contracts his neck muscles to make sure blood don't flow away too quickly from the brain, that's why the breathing sound resembles to when a guy lifting sth heavy up.
@RtGFuSiOn Correct, limiter cannot be disabled on the F-16, but under certain circumstances the FLCS might not be fast enough to respond (limiting Gs is not it's only job) and you might instantaneously go a bit over that. I've seen as high as 9.8 in one video. The limiting factor though is mostly the pilot, the F-16 could withstand 10Gs but was decided to not go down that road as the pilots probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
@watercolour you don't contract neck muscles, you contract legs, butt and abdomen. The breathing technique is that you try to push the air out of your chest but at the same time you are blocking it with your throat. That creates pressure in the chest keeping blood in your head longer. You also have to time the breaths, breathe in, hold that pushing / blocking for 3 seconds, fast breathe out - breathe in, repeat. The breathing technique is what makes him sound like that.
@shorishel Pilots are also learned to contract their mussles and to do certain breathing exercises to prevent the flow of blood ... and to keep oxygen in their brain. + G's are the good g's because most aircraft are built to cope with these forces. - G's are dangerous for aircaft aswell as pilot. First of all the plane's structure is designed to tolerate hig + g's and doesn't withstand much - g's.
@DanR811 At the start of the video when the plane is on the ground, on the left above the dotted lines there is a number which reads 1.0. That is the number of Gs. You will see that when the plane is turning, that number is increasing, meaning the pilot is pulling more Gs and that's why he is breathing differently, that is a breathing technique to keep himself from passing out.
@f16piet Precies Piet! Voor het bekijken van de vluchten in persoon is ongelooflijk. Dit is gevlogen in een strakke acrobatische doos. Het geluid is luid en kunt u de kracht voelen als de naverbrander paden deze mooie vogel. Groeten uit Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas. KC
Yes he is fighting the G force. The G suit is assisting him by squeezing his upper legs to help keep the blood in his brain. The breathing he is doing is sometimes known as the "Hick" maneuver. It helps to force blood into the head so the pilots don't have LOC or loss of consciousness when G forces try to drain the blood from the head.
Whoa. That was some flyin! I saw 7.9 g at one point. Lot's of turnin and burnin. Can't believe how low the guy was doing some of those manoevers! At one point he's upside down pulling heavy g at 800 feet!
... landed a little off the center line... 8+ G turns will do that to you... :) BTW what's the clean stall speed in a Viper? Seemed like the airspeed got a little low during the turns...
due to the FLCS it doesnt work quite like that. Theres an AoA limiter built into the flight control software, so if you try to pull back on the stick enough that you would come near a stall it just wont let you. The speeds this one got down to are absolutely at and around touchdown sort of speeds though.
To sum it up in a few words: at low speed, the FLCS will limit you to 25 degrees AoA, the speed corresponding to this AoA varies according to the weight of the aircraft (i.e. the lighter you are, the slower you can fly), but it will prevent you from stalling (though you can still stall it if you force certain maneuvers. At high speed the limit is 9g.
when you hear him do that coughing noise its to prevent the pilot from blacking out. when you get to a higher g force and altitude, you sometimes feel like your going down a black tunnel.
actualy there are some limiters on the aircraft(aoa/roll rate/etc) and some functions lika ARI that are tested with these manovers.. as well as the flight envelope(manoevering speeds etc) this seems to be a test flight..
Nice video, do you know if the jet was in Hanger Queen status? We had a jet that went almost 7 months with out flying, and man when they did the Functional Flight Check it just looked painful the way he was flying
@SoldierDDR hell even if that same routine was pulled slower the 5-7 gs he wouldve been pulling is mind blowing, anyone doing this kind of hot dogging should get everyones respect.
Awseome G practice. How long are Air Force pilots expected to be able to sustain a 6 G turn? And a VERY smooth landing there, with a short base leg. :D
You're both wrong, the G readout is on the left side just above the velocity indicator (top-right of the slide bar on the left that indicates speed/forward thrust).
@flipalchemy10 That's not coughing and sneezing, that's grunting and straining to keep the blood in his brain due to high G-forces in those turns and banks.
Past like 3gs you have to strain to squeeze blood into your brain and lungs because your pitiful human heart can't pump your blood well enough to keep you from passing out. The more G's, the worse it gets. He gets up to almost 8g's here (that's 8x the normal weight) and is trying VERY hard not to pass out, and he's on the very edge a couple of times.
@ 6YJI9 Not to disappoint you, but that was a normal approach to land from a position known as "Inside Downwind" in the Air Force. More impressive, in my opinion, is the high alpha maneuvering at low altitude (i.e. getting down to 130 KIAS and 15 degrees nose-high level flight at 500 ft).
Note that I dont think the AF actually will perform a V1 cut but you are correct the is "REAL" and I think he actually blacked out for a few seconds. And yes I am actually a "Real" pilot.
Agreed Steve. Military does not call V1(or2) points. during rollout. I was just pointing out the HUD shake at right about those points on the video.. The test pilot could have sustained consciousness if he worked his suit really hard since it was an initial lateral maneuver and not a direct vertical ascent but chances are that that he would have at least tunnel visioned in and right back out of black . G forces that high can give you the worst cramps in your arms too. I figured you pilot =]
nope. thats the speed vector. he kept the airplane going straight and leveled for quite a time, so the speed vector will respond and eventually match airplane direction. if that does make any sense,
@RtGFuSiOn Max sustained G for the human body is no more than around 6, AGSM and G-suit can bring it to around 9. Instantaneous Gs are different, I remember an F1 driver once took around 120 (!) for a split second in a crash and escaped unscathed (he did lose consciousness though).
@Longboarder140 I think it is just a technique to counter the G force to prevent black out. He use muscle to force his blood into his brain. Do not tried that on the ground, you sure will not need that much blood into your brain at 1 G. XD
This is the real deal. The F-16 being flown is owned by a foreign country (Turkey I believe), but being flown by an American pilot for a public demonstration (An airshow).
Yes, you are wrong. The Period where the warning occurs is a controlled Minimum Speed Pass, exhibiting that aircraft's low speed handling capability. The warning system compares decreasing/steady airspeed trends with bank angle/angle of attack and warns the pilot of the onset of a "stall." However, You can bet the farm that this pilot isn't looking through the heads up display during these maneuvers.
That is totally real, and totally awesome! Check his G meter throughout the flight. (top left) X.X numbers All done between 500ft and 1700 ft. Looks like fun, although I would have barfed after the the 1st 2 minutes, probably less.
@f0nziewashere Im not a pilot, so take this with a grain of salt, but it's a breathing technique used to keep oxygenated blood in the brain and prevent g-loc (g force induced blackout).
Ok.. the number above "NAV" is the max G's pulled. Current G's are at the top left. No RAD at the top is because the radar is not turned on. The "Warning" heard is a calculation done withing the computer. The "Warning" is telling him that if he continues losing speed at that angle of attack, then he will stall. There is more involved in that calculation, but that is basic and easier to understand. When you hear "Betty" say "Altitude", that is because there is a set altitude in the DED. This is used to keep the pilot informed if he goes below that set altitude. For instance, remember in the movie "Top Gun" when they talked about the "hard deck"? That was the lowest altitude that they are allowed to fly. It simulates the ground. This is why Maverick did not pass that test was because, in reality, he would be dead. His instructor would have also been dead because he also went below hard deck. If Maverick would have just stayed above " hard deck" he would have won that test, because he basically made the "bad guy" become a lawn dart. Sorry about the "Top Gun" stuff, but it is just an example to help people understand a little better. You can set the low altitude warning to either that hard deck setting or, for instance, 1000Ft above it to warn you when you are getting close. I hope some of this long post helped someone understand a little better.
sagrzmnky I think you play BMS alot
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sagrzmnky I didnt posted to offend or criticize, you misjugdeg me.I justed posted because in the last few weeks i play BMS and i learnd those things from that,so i just thought that you play too.Never mind, how you are allowed to use the military sim do you have any friend in the airforce?
Ok. I apologize for that. I deleted that comment because it was not fair. It is just that so many people are quick to post nasty comments online that it makes me real defensive. I actually had a friend that built and operated the sim at the base. I have not spoken to him in a while so I do not know if he is still there. After flying in the military flight sims, I decided to build my own. It is not going to cost the 7 million bucks that the military is willing to spend our tax dollars on, but it is great for what I want.
sagrzmnky Thats great.Although flying the real jet is always better.Too bad i didnt make it to the military flight school this year.
UA-cam recommendations brought me here, respect to the pilot!
0:44 They ripped that exact sound and put it as the G-strain sound in Falcon BMS
Now i know here BMS and DCS got their G breath sound files from
Okay, clarifaction.
G force indicator above air speed analogue bar.
The number above the NAV is a MACH speed number. To the right of the hud is the steer point information.
The tadpole shown is the steerpoint marker.
Fantastic video. It is amazing to watch the update of the HUD.
This is a Lockheed Martin test pilot, Rocket-1. @ the Naval Air Station/ JRB, Carswell Field, Fort Worth, Texas. This is where the F-16 was/is born. Lockheed is on the west side of the runway where General Dynamics was located. The NAS is on the east side. Lake Worth is to the north. They do this all the time... Great video!
In the upper left of the HUD, above the speed scale, you can see the digit for the G-forces. To avoid a Blackout the pilot has to press his breathing.
An outstanding pilot !! Especially the runway approach, at the last moment.
one of the things that this pilot has just impressed me on, was when he landed. noticed how when he was cleared for runway 35, he just started spinning downward, and came right on the runway...now that boy got talent ;)
killer final turn for short approach.
he flies that machine like it's part of him.
and that with a maxG 8.1 on the screen
Man ... just incredible that they can fly like that .... plus they have to shoot the bad guys (and avoid being shot by them) while doing so. Respect! :)
This looks like a Aircraft acceptance test flight above GD at Carswell AFB. Later called Lockheed and JRB Fort Worth TX. A friend of mine that flew F-16s said it was a special occasion to be selected to do these acceptance flights.
This is a classic airshow display. The warning went off during a very high angle of attach pass, done at a very slow speed with the nose of the airplane very high. Cool to watch from the inside.
judging by his breath, it's a goddamn hard work
Daaamn thats a really aggressive demo!
A truely fantastic video. I've been redirected to it numerous times from various F-16 websites around the web, and hope to see more footage like this in the future. It's interesting to hear the Pilot as well as ATC, and not just some music blasting over it all.
Thanks!
Anyone know the date of this recording?
ua-cam.com/video/Wvjf6SA87BA/v-deo.html One of the best displays I think
AWSOME! Those were some high-g turns, and an outstanding landing
Guy was pulling some heavy Gs. Obviously a skilled pilot.
Just amazing what those fighter planes can do.
if i am not mistaken this is test flight for flcs & limiters/ roll rate and other factors... are tested..
i think it is the blk52+ for the Hellenic Air Force that is flying here.
@thefullmonte03 The long steady horn is the low speed warning horn. The WARN flashes on the HUD and the "caution" message plays when one of the eyebrow lights come on, in this case probably the light telling him he doesn't have the gear down. This one is activated when certain conditions are met, slow speed, low alt, descent rate above a certain value and obviously gear up (the jet thinks he is about to land gear up).
@johnpatrick818 You're almost correct, The grunting is them flexing their muscles to keep the blood in their upper half.
Not exactly, they have a G suit which wraps around the legs for that. The thing is at that many G's your ribcage gets so heavy it literally wants to flatten your lungs so you have to HIC-release-HIC-release-HIC-Release forcing your glottis to close so you can keep the air in your lungs long enough to get the oxygen you need.
@DJAirroy: that was for speed being too low while making a turn, which made the 'Angle Of Attack' too big.
@taradov The airspeed indicated went under 190kts and then he went into MCA, minimum controllable airspeed. The airspeed indicator is on the mid left of the screen and the altitude is on the right with the decimal in front of the number.
Amazing ! the landing looked so easy and quickly
What a Amazing Fighter Pilot.
My Respect Sir.
the flight controls for an f-16 dont have too much stick resistance, even at high load. he is however preventing gravity induced loss of consiousness by performing anti-g straining manuvers...or simply called the grunt :)
@sub7viet They can be used to the G forces but it still causes a physical response like holding breath. Its like a wieght lifter, they can train for years and years but whenever they are lifting it is still a challenge.
these planes have systems that detect if you pass out or not and if thats the case, it levels out. since he was pulling all the high g moves in rapid fire succession, i'd say he may of forced himself to take a small nap! the plane levels and his airspeed drops during the caution...i could be wrong but thats what i think.
It appears to be a practice "low " airshow routine at the LMC facility Ft Worth
Yep, was stationed at Carswell AFB in 1984 and a General Dynamics test pilot would fly a routine over the field similiar to this many times. I assumed then they were testing an F-16 that just came off the assembly line....
@azfsiguy late 70's well really doubtful since that's a C model HUD (late 80s). Not to mention that the jet first got a color HUD camera during the mid-late 90s IIRC. And not to mention that if my information is correct this is a HAF aircraft, block either 50 or 52+ tested by a LM pilot before delivery, that means late 90s - early 00s.
Some pretty phenomenal flying. I wish I could do that!
This was amazing to see from the inside. The guy has pretty serious stamina to sustain that much G for such a long time, while keeping control of the airplane.
I will say, though, that it was probably not that exciting to see from the outside. It would've been loud as hell (which is awesome), but would've appeared very slow.
If he was going for crowd appeal, a few 600kt passes would do it, which would also let the pilot relax :) As a technology demo, though, it was probably pretty decent.
An absolutely amazing jet. And this guy must have been a test pilot, letting the jet get that slow. That warning was a stall warning, and the caution you hear at the end his him being very low on fuel.
@RudojiLape
em, the method doesn't entirely rely on breathing.
the pilot especially contracts his neck muscles to make sure blood don't flow away too quickly from the brain, that's why the breathing sound resembles to when a guy lifting sth heavy up.
@RtGFuSiOn Correct, limiter cannot be disabled on the F-16, but under certain circumstances the FLCS might not be fast enough to respond (limiting Gs is not it's only job) and you might instantaneously go a bit over that. I've seen as high as 9.8 in one video. The limiting factor though is mostly the pilot, the F-16 could withstand 10Gs but was decided to not go down that road as the pilots probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
@watercolour you don't contract neck muscles, you contract legs, butt and abdomen. The breathing technique is that you try to push the air out of your chest but at the same time you are blocking it with your throat. That creates pressure in the chest keeping blood in your head longer. You also have to time the breaths, breathe in, hold that pushing / blocking for 3 seconds, fast breathe out - breathe in, repeat. The breathing technique is what makes him sound like that.
@shorishel Pilots are also learned to contract their mussles and to do certain breathing exercises to prevent the flow of blood ... and to keep oxygen in their brain.
+ G's are the good g's because most aircraft are built to cope with these forces.
- G's are dangerous for aircaft aswell as pilot.
First of all the plane's structure is designed to tolerate hig + g's and doesn't withstand much - g's.
It's a practice flight for an airshow routine. Flown by a Lockheed test pilot at their Fort Worth factory.
@DanR811
At the start of the video when the plane is on the ground, on the left above the dotted lines there is a number which reads 1.0. That is the number of Gs. You will see that when the plane is turning, that number is increasing, meaning the pilot is pulling more Gs and that's why he is breathing differently, that is a breathing technique to keep himself from passing out.
@f16piet Precies Piet! Voor het bekijken van de vluchten in persoon is ongelooflijk. Dit is gevlogen in een strakke acrobatische doos. Het geluid is luid en kunt u de kracht voelen als de naverbrander paden deze mooie vogel. Groeten uit Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas. KC
0:44 is he fighting the G Force?
Yes this is a special breathe
Yes he is fighting the G force. The G suit is assisting him by squeezing his upper legs to help keep the blood in his brain. The breathing he is doing is sometimes known as the "Hick" maneuver. It helps to force blood into the head so the pilots don't have LOC or loss of consciousness when G forces try to drain the blood from the head.
6.1 g's
Damn, that’s pulling a lot of g’s. I bet he was exhausted afterwards.
Whoa. That was some flyin! I saw 7.9 g at one point. Lot's of turnin and burnin. Can't believe how low the guy was doing some of those manoevers! At one point he's upside down pulling heavy g at 800 feet!
Why the altimeter readout is at -50 feets when the F-16 is on the ground ?
He was 50 feets below sea level !?
what a fantastic airplane and great pilot too
What type of HUD is the one where it show a digital lay out of the runway ?
... landed a little off the center line... 8+ G turns will do that to you... :) BTW what's the clean stall speed in a Viper? Seemed like the airspeed got a little low during the turns...
due to the FLCS it doesnt work quite like that. Theres an AoA limiter built into the flight control software, so if you try to pull back on the stick enough that you would come near a stall it just wont let you.
The speeds this one got down to are absolutely at and around touchdown sort of speeds though.
... Thank you for that detailed info... :)
To sum it up in a few words: at low speed, the FLCS will limit you to 25 degrees AoA, the speed corresponding to this AoA varies according to the weight of the aircraft (i.e. the lighter you are, the slower you can fly), but it will prevent you from stalling (though you can still stall it if you force certain maneuvers. At high speed the limit is 9g.
when you hear him do that coughing noise its to prevent the pilot from blacking out. when you get to a higher g force and altitude, you sometimes feel like your going down a black tunnel.
Does he doing any specific maneuvers or just playing with the stick.
@tom282f38800 i think bkuz he was losing speed level...it perhaps the warnings start when speed level is lower than 180.
does the f16 automatically correct to perfectly level flight if it is near it? 0:40
That is very good video. You can even hear the pilot controlling his breathing for the G force.
that guy seems to have a lot of fun
I had no idea about the strain on breathing. Scary. The only thing that puzzle me is how low the engine noise is.
actualy there are some limiters on the aircraft(aoa/roll rate/etc) and some functions lika ARI that are tested with these manovers.. as well as the flight envelope(manoevering speeds etc) this seems to be a test flight..
Nice video, do you know if the jet was in Hanger Queen status? We had a jet that went almost 7 months with out flying, and man when they did the Functional Flight Check it just looked painful the way he was flying
Every pilot can do that. I'm not trying to say it's easy. I'm trying to say that every pilot in the U.S. is a physical embodiment of awesomeness.
is that people sneezing in the back sound??
@SoldierDDR hell even if that same routine was pulled slower the 5-7 gs he wouldve been pulling is mind blowing, anyone doing this kind of hot dogging should get everyones respect.
Its great to hear the breathing of the pilot to control de G force effect its great!!!
@razldazle10 Presumably he was performing a slow speed pass at a high angle of attack.
It doesn't feel like you're being sat on, it feels like everything is being pulled down and your face is melting.
I'd love to know who the pilot is. He's incredible! Must have 2,000 hours in the F-16
Awseome G practice. How long are Air Force pilots expected to be able to sustain a 6 G turn?
And a VERY smooth landing there, with a short base leg. :D
You're both wrong, the G readout is on the left side just above the velocity indicator (top-right of the slide bar on the left that indicates speed/forward thrust).
is that someone snizzing in the background? please tell me! D:
no g force effect
Such a wild maneuver. There were portion that h went low speed at low altitude.
@619viewloader It's af amous video from the late 70's. He's perfroming a flight demonstration at the paris Air Show
@flipalchemy10 That's not coughing and sneezing, that's grunting and straining to keep the blood in his brain due to high G-forces in those turns and banks.
So I'm guessing those grunts were from pain/discomfort? I know nothing about flying so...
Past like 3gs you have to strain to squeeze blood into your brain and lungs because your pitiful human heart can't pump your blood well enough to keep you from passing out. The more G's, the worse it gets. He gets up to almost 8g's here (that's 8x the normal weight) and is trying VERY hard not to pass out, and he's on the very edge a couple of times.
Damn hes pullin 6 Gs! is this a training excercise for pulling gs?
I wouldn't even do this in BMS, lol. Insane maneuvers, must be testing.
What does that warning alarm mean?
I felt weird just by pulling up a Cessna 206 a little too hard, I don't even want to imagine what does this feels like...
Wheres the vid of this very same demo but captured from the ground ? any link any body ?
@Bluedrake42 i saw thinking about just that ? why is he doing that ?
They should try to put the HUD on the canopy, that would be cool
damn, i would've passed out about 5 seconds into the flight....lol!! amazing what these guys do!
@ 6YJI9 Not to disappoint you, but that was a normal approach to land from a position known as "Inside Downwind" in the Air Force. More impressive, in my opinion, is the high alpha maneuvering at low altitude (i.e. getting down to 130 KIAS and 15 degrees nose-high level flight at 500 ft).
so was this at like a airshow or somthin, or some kind of air deomonstration?
Why exactly is the warning? Stall?
Is that the hook I hear him doing?
Note that I dont think the AF actually will perform a V1 cut but you are correct the is "REAL" and I think he actually blacked out for a few seconds. And yes I am actually a "Real" pilot.
It's a compression artifact. Do you know how much power would be wasted on all the decals for the runway, if this were fake? All those black marks...
Damn good pilot what is he doing?
@soldier106343 this is not a weird soung this called an anti-gravity (G) so he won't black out ..
Agreed Steve. Military does not call V1(or2) points. during rollout. I was just pointing out the HUD shake at right about those points on the video.. The test pilot could have sustained consciousness if he worked his suit really hard since it was an initial lateral maneuver and not a direct vertical ascent but chances are that that he would have at least tunnel visioned in and right back out of black .
G forces that high can give you the worst cramps in your arms too. I figured you pilot =]
nope. thats the speed vector. he kept the airplane going straight and leveled for quite a time, so the speed vector will respond and eventually match airplane direction. if that does make any sense,
how many knots is 1 mach?
the engine performs damn bloody well at low level. maybe its a light jet with a powerful motor too.
Thats a F-16c Falcon
@RtGFuSiOn Max sustained G for the human body is no more than around 6, AGSM and G-suit can bring it to around 9. Instantaneous Gs are different, I remember an F1 driver once took around 120 (!) for a split second in a crash and escaped unscathed (he did lose consciousness though).
@Longboarder140
I think it is just a technique to counter the G force to prevent black out. He use muscle to force his blood into his brain. Do not tried that on the ground, you sure will not need that much blood into your brain at 1 G. XD
Bottom left above the word "NAV" You can hear the pilot grunting as it ramps up over 5 G's
what the hell he keeps like thrusting!?! is it because of the g's?
This is the real deal. The F-16 being flown is owned by a foreign country (Turkey I believe), but being flown by an American pilot for a public demonstration (An airshow).
That's how you tolerate G' forces, using proper breathing techniques, and it takes alot of G tolerance and stamina to get this done.
Stalled... that's what the warning was for, the F-16's stall speed is about 140 or so.
Yes, you are wrong.
The Period where the warning occurs is a controlled Minimum Speed Pass, exhibiting that aircraft's low speed handling capability. The warning system compares decreasing/steady airspeed trends with bank angle/angle of attack and warns the pilot of the onset of a "stall." However, You can bet the farm that this pilot isn't looking through the heads up display during these maneuvers.
was the pilot sniffling or crying?
That is totally real, and totally awesome! Check his G meter throughout the flight. (top left) X.X numbers All done between 500ft and 1700 ft. Looks like fun, although I would have barfed after the the 1st 2 minutes, probably less.
@f0nziewashere Im not a pilot, so take this with a grain of salt, but it's a breathing technique used to keep oxygenated blood in the brain and prevent g-loc (g force induced blackout).