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The gun doesn't work with the nozzles down etc as bleed air that would be used to power the gun is used instead for the puffer nozzles / reaction control system situated in the nose, tail and wingtips.
@user-do2ly1qb6b When I was an Aviation Ordnanceman in the Navy, back in the late 80's The G.E. 20mm Vulcan cannons in all the aircraft that had one, were cycled by a 5 hp electric motor (housed in the "reciever" of the gun itself) that also had a (whatdayacallit)electric sparker thingy that lined up with the each of the barrels one at a time has they rotated thru the firing position of the cycle. Rather than an actual firing pin and perscussive type primer. Maybe bleed air to drive some parts of the electrical system but, I wouldn't know. That's more an A E. thing. I'd think they would want the gun to work under all foreseeable conditions....and would thus drive it with primary electrical but... How do you drive a gun with bleed air, anyway?
Remember the Harrier vs Sky Hawk when the 2 missiles hit each other. You thought when you went through smoke you would see A-4 parts on fire. Instead the A-4 came through in one piece. Your reaction was funny. I enjoy your Harrier vids.
You mentioned the X-32 being the ugliest plane of all. Fun piece of history: During the JSF program, the competing crews gave each of their opposing team's planes a nickname. The F-35 got the nickname "Fat Amy" due to its ever increasing weight and cost. In return, The X-32 got the nickname "Monica" due to that gaping air intake reminiscent of a presidential intern.
So many people don't know the true potential of a Harrier till they fight one flown by someone who loves her. She will do amazing things for you. And she's beautiful, so whats not to love? 🤣
G/S - Like you, the Harrier was my first DCS purchase (along with the MiG-21), primarily because back in the early 1990s, I wanted to join the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and fly Harriers. I ended up porting over to space technology but so this was the closest I ever got to flying it. It's not the same - but still. It's a legendary aircraft, especially if you consider who in the Falklands, the Royal Navy were totally outnumbered by all types of Argentinian aircraft.
@@gavin1506 While I don't have a cockput, I already 'fly' DCS in VR - but I'm trying to save funds to buy a Varjo Aero because they don't use aesperhic lenses like my (Oculus Rift S) and the HP Reverb 2 do.
Hey GS, would love to see a video that demonstrates the importance of flares and chaff and what fights would look like without them. I’ve always been curious what dogfights or BVR combat would look like with and without them
@@traviswalker8933 It's not a guarantee, literally in this video the missiles didn't go for the flares, they kept tracking the plane but couldn't keep up with it. Alot of Swedish Viggens other than the fighter version were not equipped with countermeasures, the amount of g's you could pull was enough for the missile to loose it's track.
If you flare while rolling, it helps divert the missiles a lot. I did that last night on DCS, and it made 2 missiles miss my plane. Then, when I stopped rolling while flaring, I got hit. There's something about that maneuver of flaring while rolling that helps dodge missiles. I saw Maverick do that in Top Gun 2 and he also made a missile miss.
To be fair, Mav and team were flaring against radar guided SAMs too, it's just movie magic when it comes to that. But I do believe if you saturate the area with more countermeasures, you're more likely to survive, yes.
I love these vids so much that I literally had just prayed you'd premier another one today minutes before it appeared in my feed! This outcome of this one was quite the surprise! Thank you for keeping these coming so regularly.
I think the Harrier is a beautiful aircraft too. I grew up with a thing for it and I still think I it rocks! Not a conventionally pretty plane but it certainly has its own charisma and I think looks amazing. So happy it scored the kills against the flanker! Great vid as always!
1st thought (before watching): "Good luck!" 😄 1st thought (after watching) : "Okay, so now waiting to see you go up against an F-22 with a Piper Cub (carrying a sidearm in the cockpit, of course!)"
I live close enough to the remaining 2-3 squadrons of USMC AV-8B that I get to see them flying nearly every day. I consider myself lucky in that regard.
Ive always wanted to see a foght between a Flanker and a Harrier, and while it makes sense that neither would have tried their best-known traits (Cobra vs VIFF-ing), i can only imagine the possibilities
I live near a Marine Corp air station, so we have a lot of military aircraft fly over the house. I always enjoy the harriers because they are so ridiculously loud.
I have to admit, with that lip thing you did when the flanker combusted into itself, I thought you actually killed it with your guns. Im surprised the flanker can actually kill itself by pulling too hard.
Alot of planes can kill themselves if they pull too hard, thing about modern at least NATO fighters is they have a G-Limiter to prevent such things from happening.
Supposedly the technique was used to good effect in the Falklands war, so it did get used in real combat at some point. Crazy for the pilots to come up with it, but it takes knowing the aircraft well enough for those stupid tricks they can get away with.
actually I was reading an article on this not too long ago, turns out viffing was never used in the falklands conflict, it was something the media constantly talked about and claimed was going on over there but was in reality just hype and the media had no idea what it was saying. Real Harrier pilots from that conflict are on record saying they never used it, because they didn't need to.
I've almost watched every one of your videos... Outstanding work! An interesting video to make would be to compare the Russian/Chinese planes (Su-27, Mig-29A, Su-33, J-11A) to decide which one of the variants you feel checks all of the boxes as the best, overall plane. They have strengths and weaknesses compared to each other.
Picked up the Harrier revently too. Totally agree about the looks of the harriers(and mi24 OFC) looks. Its aestethic with its bubbly high tech look. Awesome video as always! :)
I wonder if you can help decoy a fox-2 by vectoring the nozles when he slots in behind you for a shot... basically turn it into more of a high-aspect shot. May assist you with getting an overshoot, too.
Alot of planes can kill themselves if they pull too hard, thing about modern at least NATO fighters is they have a G-Limiter to prevent such things from happening.
The Last I knew, X-32 was at the Pax Air Museum. Whenever I felt queezy, I figured I could drive by. Anything is better than puttng a finger down my throat.
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@@Anarchy_420 interesting
please name the track that plays after each round
We've not seen any intercepts in a while. That would be a nice breath of fresh air. Thanks. 👍 Keep up the great work.
Personally watched 3 crash always pilot errors
Welcome back, Anarchy.
GS: NGAD vs F-15 ACTIVE plzkthx
Another idea: SU-57 vs F15 ACTIVE, dogfight, guns only plzkthx
The flares on a Harrier serve a dual purpose:
1. Decoy IR-guided missiles
2. Taunt pilots who got shot down by a Harrier
*Falklands trauma intensifies*
I was wondering whether the Flanker would ingest on its intakes and die 😄
@@maybeasian5725 Falklands moment
@@maybeasian5725 Different Harrier, the Sea Harrier was a pretty beastly fighter for it's time and very very differen to the AV8B
The equivalent of t-bag.
The gun doesn't work with the nozzles down etc as bleed air that would be used to power the gun is used instead for the puffer nozzles / reaction control system situated in the nose, tail and wingtips.
Awesome!
I thought gun was driven by an electric motor
Bleed air from the engine compressor?
@@bobdadnaila7708Yup, GAU-12 on external pods is pneumatic actuated.
@@bobdadnaila7708 most guns are hydraulically driven but the harrier uses bleed air for some reason😂
@user-do2ly1qb6b
When I was an Aviation Ordnanceman in the Navy, back in the late 80's
The G.E. 20mm Vulcan cannons in all the aircraft that had one, were cycled by a 5 hp electric motor (housed in the "reciever" of the gun itself) that also had a (whatdayacallit)electric sparker thingy that lined up with the each of the barrels one at a time has they rotated thru the firing position of the cycle. Rather than an actual firing pin and perscussive type primer.
Maybe bleed air to drive some parts of the electrical system but, I wouldn't know. That's more an A E. thing.
I'd think they would want the gun to work under all foreseeable conditions....and would thus drive it with primary electrical but...
How do you drive a gun with bleed air, anyway?
How can anyone think the Harrier is ugly. She’s one of the coolest looking jets of all time!
Especially the older sea harriers
@@mustang5132 yea the gr3 though ❤
One of my faves for sure, she's an aquired taste, but shes a looker..
It's definitely not pretty though. Not as ugly as the Mig-15 or Mig-17 but not pretty
@@thiagorodrigues5211 sorry but the sea harrier is a beautiful aircraft. Quite sleek for what it is too
The missile dodges in this series were insane. I'd be so mad
Some of them were so close it's like GS buttered the harrier to make the missiles slide off
Remember the Harrier vs Sky Hawk when the 2 missiles hit each other. You thought when you went through smoke you would see A-4 parts on fire. Instead the A-4 came through in one piece. Your reaction was funny. I enjoy your Harrier vids.
I remember that, the a4 coming thru the smoke was an amazing moment.
That scene was like taken out of a movie.
No, I take that back.
Better than a movie.
Legend!
Cool, I gotta go watch that.
someone please link it
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I also love the cockpit of the Harrier. So neat and symmetrical, with a big airy canopy. Doesn't feel claustrophobic.
You mentioned the X-32 being the ugliest plane of all. Fun piece of history: During the JSF program, the competing crews gave each of their opposing team's planes a nickname. The F-35 got the nickname "Fat Amy" due to its ever increasing weight and cost. In return, The X-32 got the nickname "Monica" due to that gaping air intake reminiscent of a presidential intern.
Ahah yes I was actually aware of the Monica nickname. Very fitting
So many people don't know the true potential of a Harrier till they fight one flown by someone who loves her. She will do amazing things for you. And she's beautiful, so whats not to love? 🤣
G/S - Like you, the Harrier was my first DCS purchase (along with the MiG-21), primarily because back in the early 1990s, I wanted to join the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and fly Harriers. I ended up porting over to space technology but so this was the closest I ever got to flying it. It's not the same - but still. It's a legendary aircraft, especially if you consider who in the Falklands, the Royal Navy were totally outnumbered by all types of Argentinian aircraft.
I'm glad to see another Harrier lover! Hopefully razbam get the FRS1 done asap
@@samherbert647 Flying it VR is awesome! But, I think I need the Varjo Aero to really appreciate it because the aespheric lense distorts everything.
@@abdulmismail You could build a cockpit for it and fly with VR. :) Would be awesome to see.
@@gavin1506 While I don't have a cockput, I already 'fly' DCS in VR - but I'm trying to save funds to buy a Varjo Aero because they don't use aesperhic lenses like my (Oculus Rift S) and the HP Reverb 2 do.
Hey GS, would love to see a video that demonstrates the importance of flares and chaff and what fights would look like without them. I’ve always been curious what dogfights or BVR combat would look like with and without them
This would be great.
Without flares the infrared guided missile would instantly track and hit you if you are under a radar lock.
It would end very quickly
Yea, that would be a nice situation to see.
@@traviswalker8933 It's not a guarantee, literally in this video the missiles didn't go for the flares, they kept tracking the plane but couldn't keep up with it. Alot of Swedish Viggens other than the fighter version were not equipped with countermeasures, the amount of g's you could pull was enough for the missile to loose it's track.
I was fascinated with the harrier as a kid. to be honest I wasn’t expecting it to hold up as well as it did.
not the machine its the man
The Boeing X-32 was a prototype competitor to the F-35 program.
“Love it when problems solve themselves”
My chuckle for the day
The Harrier in all forms is a more than capable dogfighter. Does not surprise me that it did well against a Flanker.
That was the most badass missile evasion yet! When the Harrier does something, it makes it look dramatic and good.
I agree; the Harrier is a beautiful plane. Plus she is an icon on several levels; an absolute stunner.
That sidewinder be growlin'
Feels like one of the tougher fights you set yourself up with. Great flying!
If you flare while rolling, it helps divert the missiles a lot. I did that last night on DCS, and it made 2 missiles miss my plane. Then, when I stopped rolling while flaring, I got hit. There's something about that maneuver of flaring while rolling that helps dodge missiles. I saw Maverick do that in Top Gun 2 and he also made a missile miss.
The more dispersed the flares are, the more targets the missile may hit, and so it reduces the possibility of you getting hit instead.
To be fair, Mav and team were flaring against radar guided SAMs too, it's just movie magic when it comes to that. But I do believe if you saturate the area with more countermeasures, you're more likely to survive, yes.
@@anngo4140well I mean it’s hard to show chaff in any meaningful way
I saw the Harrier at an airshow in the early 80s when I was 5. It's been my favorite since.
I watched a pair of Harriers bounce a pair of Phantoms over the Tay Valley in Scotland and realised why they use the term Bounce! They got real close.
I love these vids so much that I literally had just prayed you'd premier another one today minutes before it appeared in my feed! This outcome of this one was quite the surprise! Thank you for keeping these coming so regularly.
I think the Harrier is a beautiful aircraft too. I grew up with a thing for it and I still think I it rocks! Not a conventionally pretty plane but it certainly has its own charisma and I think looks amazing. So happy it scored the kills against the flanker! Great vid as always!
Actually spat out my drink when the flanker ripped its own wings off. Amazing content.
That third round, second missile dodge was "The Matrix" of missile dodges!!
Beautiful...
I actually also don't know why but the Harrier is one of my favourite planes
This video really lets me appreciate how BIG of a jump in capability the UK, Italy and Spain are making upgrading their carriers with F35Bs
Dang it...the *sad Harrier noises* got me lol
This was an awesome video! I love the harrier, i think she's Incredibly beautiful, one of my favorite jets. Love when you bring out the Harrier!
I love the way the Harrier sounds, especially as she's VTOL landing.
1st thought (before watching): "Good luck!" 😄
1st thought (after watching) : "Okay, so now waiting to see you go up against an F-22 with a Piper Cub (carrying a sidearm in the cockpit, of course!)"
Omg the sound effect when the flanker broke his wings 😂😂😂
I swapped a transformer for a harrier airfix model when I was a kid. I now know a harrier pilot, life is awesome
I live close enough to the remaining 2-3 squadrons of USMC AV-8B that I get to see them flying nearly every day. I consider myself lucky in that regard.
Round 3 dodge was an amazing shot and exhibition, but Round 4 was perfect execution. Well done! Almost threw his jet at you in Round 5. 😂🤣
8:10 I had a Harrier on station in the Tangi Valley in 2008 and she sure was beautiful.
i love the harrier, always nice to see you fly it, you're pretty good at flying it btw
I think the reason you like the harrier is because it can do so much but its so little and because it has really cool/beautiful visibility
The level of mechanophillia GS has for the Harrier in this video is just... unwholesome, and I love it.
Ive always wanted to see a foght between a Flanker and a Harrier, and while it makes sense that neither would have tried their best-known traits (Cobra vs VIFF-ing), i can only imagine the possibilities
There is a legend in the community that goes by the name Conker. He does things in the Harrier that blows my damn mind.
Definitely the favorite part was when the Su-27 zipped overhead flaming without a wing! What a pass!! ;-D
Design wise these 2 planes are my favorites, loved every bit of this battle
I live near a Marine Corp air station, so we have a lot of military aircraft fly over the house. I always enjoy the harriers because they are so ridiculously loud.
The SU-27, M2000C, & Harrier are the 3 jets I fly most in DCS.
I'd love to see the F-35B (VTOL) variant in one of these fights.
Harriar : Ready for fight ?
Su -27 : You have 10 seconds to hide
😂😂😂😂
I have to admit, with that lip thing you did when the flanker combusted into itself, I thought you actually killed it with your guns. Im surprised the flanker can actually kill itself by pulling too hard.
Alot of planes can kill themselves if they pull too hard, thing about modern at least NATO fighters is they have a G-Limiter to prevent such things from happening.
The Harrier and the Mi-24 Hind are both amongst my absolute favourite aircraft. Couldn’t agree more, they’re both visually stunning in my opinion.
"We just sawed a flanker in half!" ... _but with the power of flex tape!_
Should have counted the Flanker falling apart as a round.
To paraphrase Fast and Furious he never had his plane.
your analogy, about harrier and mi-hind is spot on. i count Tu-95 in this category as well
That's some Matrix level missile dodging in that Harrier.
"actually doing pretty well here" (fox-2 to face)
this work is getting better and better! is soooooo cinematic! Gold man GOLD!
Supposedly the technique was used to good effect in the Falklands war, so it did get used in real combat at some point. Crazy for the pilots to come up with it, but it takes knowing the aircraft well enough for those stupid tricks they can get away with.
actually I was reading an article on this not too long ago, turns out viffing was never used in the falklands conflict, it was something the media constantly talked about and claimed was going on over there but was in reality just hype and the media had no idea what it was saying. Real Harrier pilots from that conflict are on record saying they never used it, because they didn't need to.
I've almost watched every one of your videos... Outstanding work!
An interesting video to make would be to compare the Russian/Chinese planes (Su-27, Mig-29A, Su-33, J-11A) to decide which one of the variants you feel checks all of the boxes as the best, overall plane. They have strengths and weaknesses compared to each other.
Growling Sidewinder proving one plane at time “It’s not the crate, it’s the man in the crate.”
Love the lines of the Harrier. She looks tough as hell and there's a beauty in that.
Great video! Something I did not expect! :D
2:18 Whoever survived in that neighborhood will have one hell of a story to tell!
And crippling PTSD as well
Love the Harrier,Keep it going!!
The harrier is a beautiful jet. Never heard otherwise personally.
Same
Let see some p39 aircorbra action!! Commoonn is very fun, keep making the vids
When the flanker broke its own wing off with pure gs
“ isn’t it great when problems fix themselves?”
The Harrier and Hind are two of the most beautiful machines ever built.
I didn't realise you'd done a Harrier video. It's nice to see a British plane albeit the American version.
The Harrier is such a unique aircraft. Clearly the inspiration for the dropships in Aliens.
Harrier is decent cuz it has made tons of ordinary ships powerful aircraft carriers, it's crucial and no doubt gorgeous.
I agree with you man, The Harrier is beautiful. She is beautiful.
Harrier is probably one of my favourite mega thanks for flying it 😀
Picked up the Harrier revently too. Totally agree about the looks of the harriers(and mi24 OFC) looks. Its aestethic with its bubbly high tech look.
Awesome video as always! :)
That cobra death was perfect 😂
2:51 How convenient! A bird that clips its own wings!
I recall the Wittering station magazine back in the late 80s, 1Sqn had the last gun camera film of the Lightning, and the first of the Tornado F2!
Great vid. I completely agree that the Harrier is gorgeous. The X-32 was the rival to Fat Amy's predecessor, the X-35.
Yep, but 35 not 31.
To be fair that shot looked amazing (coming from a low level of knowledge enthusiast). 4:30
"He broke his wings when he pulled hard." I did not know you could do that...
That last kill was the benefit of letting him run into your stream of rounds... slightly early is usually a good thing...
bro everytime you laugh, you remind me a Tom Cruise. You sounds like him fr
That scream in the second round lmfao
That AV-8 is a beautiful aircraft!
You can't slander the X-32 like that. It's such a happy plane XD.
6:26 that scene alone is one of the most cinematic shit I've ever seen in DCS content 🤯
The Harriers "Pull-up" hits hard.
Love the spinny spinny wheels at 9:35
I wonder if you can help decoy a fox-2 by vectoring the nozles when he slots in behind you for a shot... basically turn it into more of a high-aspect shot. May assist you with getting an overshoot, too.
Cool, haven’t done a harrier vid in a while.
I know exactly what you mean about the Harrier. Its cockpit is visually appealing and feels open.
Insane how big, havy and basically soviet designed Su-27 is still a hard opponent for many modern fighters and even for small and agile Harrier :O
the harrier is from the late 60s and is much older than the flanker.
I'm not saying that you're wrong though. the flanker is a great jet. but the harrier, despite being old, can still do some great things
Legendary jet
@@kanestalin7246 I'm actually surprised about how well it did in the Falklands. especially seeing as it was hardly equipped for air to air
@P.I.X.E.L162 : Tactics played a huge part in the success of the Harrier, in the Falklands.
Those goofy ahh harrier radar noises had me dying 💀
The X32 was the competitor to the F35, see the PBS documentary called X-planes, its about the selection its great.
10:09 GS your cats in the background meowing 😂
Lol everyone seems to think that but I assure you that’s the engine sound of the Harrier
@@GrowlingSidewinder pilot must have a kitty in the cockpit lol
this was really big fun to watch! 2:52 What??? How is that possible,?? I thought a Tomcat was the only one to be able to break in a too short turn??
Alot of planes can kill themselves if they pull too hard, thing about modern at least NATO fighters is they have a G-Limiter to prevent such things from happening.
The round 3 second missile dodge was awesome.
Blasphemy!! The Hind is gorgeous!
Buy a lottery ticket after dodging those missiles.
"The Flanker is gonna dominate"
"Hurr, Harrier go brrrrrrrrr" 😆
The Last I knew, X-32 was at the Pax Air Museum. Whenever I felt queezy, I figured I could drive by. Anything is better than puttng a finger down my throat.