Retired AF Hurricane Hunter (weather officer) here, with flights into at least 3 cat 5's and a whole lot of cat 3s and 4s in my logbook. In most eyewalls the rain is so intense you have _no_ visibility out the windshield, and at times you can hear the rain pelting the skin over the roar of four turboprops despite wearing noise-canceling headsets. It literally wears the paint off of the prop spinners and the leading edges of the external fuel tanks. Turbulence sometimes isn't as bad as you might think. But if you've ever seen a dog pick up a chew toy and shake it at ridiculous speed, there were times where the hurricane was the dog and our plane was the chew toy. We were shaking so violently that my eyeballs could not focus on the instruments until the storm decided to give the plane back to us to fly. Standard aircraft radars are weather avoidance radars, with colors ranging from green to yellow to orange to red. When the Air Force took delivery of the WC-130Js back in the early 2000s, they had to tell Lockheed they needed a weather _penetration_ radar. We've got four different shades of red, from "ok, you can go there if you have to" to "NO !$%@#^%@#! - DON'T GO ***THERE***!!!!"
Thanks for commenting this. I'm a private (hobbyist) pilot who always dreamed of hunting hurricanes and your comment made me very vividly imagine how it could be for a second. Is it always peaceful at the eye?
@@clebsgaming92 Well, the turbulence slacks off and visibility usually improves (though not all eyes are completely clear), but the crew always has to be aware that the same rough ride that they just experienced to get into the eye must soon be faced to get _out_ of the eye. On a typical WC-130J mission, we do four passes through the eye, so that's eight times through the eyewall.
Retired NOAA WP-3D pilot here. Great job on the penetration! As others have said, normally Gonzo stays in the outer reaches of a storm collecting steering data but I'm sure someone would love to give the eyewall a shot. Would love to see part 2 with the Orion. To make it realistic, you'll have to stay in the sim for 9 hours, drink 3 pots of crappy coffee and randomly have a scientist or grad student walk up and puke right behind you.
@@leifsprout not sure how much of AFP95's videos you've seen, but if you look for one where he lands on a very short runway, you'll hear something like my comment. Also the time stamp will give you a clue as to why I made the comment.
Preflight checklist: Possessed yoke☑ Coolest Xbox turkey stick☑ "Thrustmaster" (giggity) throttle ☑ Foot rest ☑ - (we will be fingering the "Thrustmaster" for this flight) Emotional support AK-47 (for duck hunting) ☑ The throne (that fell off a real Boeing airplane, with real fart muffler cushions) ☑ We are ready for space flight, rocket man o7
7:25 You missed the best part, with that Darkstar *deorbiting* at something like 1,000+ vertical feet per second going straight down. Dude just came back from the ISS.
Typically NOAA's G-IV aircraft would be used the create a picture of what the upper atmosphere above/around the tropical system to forecast where the storm might go, rate of intensification, and or speed. the aircraft with the task of gathering information from inside the tropical system would usually be NOAA's WP-3D Orion aircraft that drops dropsondes into different parts of the system to gather surface data, there's also a fleet of upgraded USAF C-130's known as WC-130j's (C-130j weatherbird) stationed in Keesler AFB in Mississippi that also drop dropsondes into different parts of the hurricane to gather data on the system. Yes i know you might be thinking i'm a nerd but when i get older i am considering joining the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and being a "hurricane hunter" myself so that's why i know all this. Hope it helps!
@@nathanmiller6683 magazine wasn’t even in mine, finger wasn’t on the trigger, safety was visibly on. An airsoft in that status couldn’t hurt anybody, neither could a real gun hun
Not sure if you were A/B testing titles, but I originally clicked on this when it was "my flight sim setup" and clicked away before I knew there was anything else to the video. Would definitely recommend sticking with this one haha
I primarily fly the Longitude on MSFS, and I’m not sure if this made that much of a difference. Your stab trim on the MFD was still yellow. Before you takeoff, make sure it is in the green. Probably wouldn’t have mattered since it looked more like a rudder issue, but who knows lol.
Lol, I've been a subscriber for a long time, but I've never laughed so much at one of your videos. I love how you cover your panic with sardonic wit. Then to top it off, you land an unfamiliar plane with perfect poise on a runway the size of a driveway. Bravo, sir!
5:33 Nailed it. Absolutely textbook When you slip, and people definitely saw, but you get up, give em the old thumbs up and then limp away even though you're femur is sticking out of your nose.
You should have been flying the Hurricane Hunter aircrafts. NOAA Hurricane Recon 2 WP-3D "NOAA 43" or NOAA 42" or NOAA 1 Gulfstream IV "NOAA49" or any of the 10 USAF 53rd Wx Recon Sq WC-130J "TEAL 70"-"TEAL 79".
I got to see Beryl 3 times. Once at home, once in a different town, and again in a different state. You had a scarier flight than I did driving in it. Thanks for showing off the new flight controller.
I recently flew into a category 5 hurricane in virtual reality. Absolutely terrifying. Also easily one of the most impressive experiences I have ever had in VR.
Thought I’d stop by to see if you still made videos and sure enough… Bro you helped me laugh thru some tough times in 2018/2019 Gotta revisit some of the classics now
Honestly, I now need Hot air balloons doing 300+ knots, air force one and a glider calling mayday engine failure. FS at its best, AFP videos at the peak!
3:36 Uggggghhhhhhhh set your anisotropic filtering to x16 - you'll get way nicer runway markings when you're on the ground, without them doing that blurring off in the middle-distance thing, and it's almost no effect on frame rates.
Instructions unclear, bought RPG-7 with TBG-7V Thermobaric Round and classified documents about Type 10 Japanese Main Battle Tank ready to post them on War Thunder forums.
I got a chance to try out the CLS 60 Yoke at FSExpo. So amazed by the level of quality and what force feedback offers. Unfortunatly it's way out of my budget, but amazing to see the level of effort being put.
I’m not gonna lie to you. When you start talking about the yolk, I went to skip. Because I’m a horrible viewer. But it jumped straight to the AK-47 and I found myself pausing the video and rewind because I don’t know why I felt like maybe I missed something.
I didn’t even realize it was you until you said your channel name after the show and tell. Sweet! Been gone WAYYYYY too long from your awesome and downright hilarious videos. ❤
Well, it's nice to know it's not just me when the plane you thought would be fine Tokyo Drifts into the drink. Two of the best names I've seen so far on multiplayer were on at the same time; Don Juan Garbanzo, and Fat Joe.
hot air balloon set up when?
With a nice kitchen fan you can easily run the burner inside!
@@mathiasman now that is creativity at its finest
yes where is this!? 😂
Gotta wait for the Guitar Hero World Tour drum peripheral to arrive for max immersion.
Beware of F-22
Retired AF Hurricane Hunter (weather officer) here, with flights into at least 3 cat 5's and a whole lot of cat 3s and 4s in my logbook. In most eyewalls the rain is so intense you have _no_ visibility out the windshield, and at times you can hear the rain pelting the skin over the roar of four turboprops despite wearing noise-canceling headsets. It literally wears the paint off of the prop spinners and the leading edges of the external fuel tanks. Turbulence sometimes isn't as bad as you might think. But if you've ever seen a dog pick up a chew toy and shake it at ridiculous speed, there were times where the hurricane was the dog and our plane was the chew toy. We were shaking so violently that my eyeballs could not focus on the instruments until the storm decided to give the plane back to us to fly.
Standard aircraft radars are weather avoidance radars, with colors ranging from green to yellow to orange to red. When the Air Force took delivery of the WC-130Js back in the early 2000s, they had to tell Lockheed they needed a weather _penetration_ radar. We've got four different shades of red, from "ok, you can go there if you have to" to "NO !$%@#^%@#! - DON'T GO ***THERE***!!!!"
Bill Paxton would of liked your comment. 👍
Thanks for commenting this. I'm a private (hobbyist) pilot who always dreamed of hunting hurricanes and your comment made me very vividly imagine how it could be for a second. Is it always peaceful at the eye?
@@clebsgaming92 Well, the turbulence slacks off and visibility usually improves (though not all eyes are completely clear), but the crew always has to be aware that the same rough ride that they just experienced to get into the eye must soon be faced to get _out_ of the eye. On a typical WC-130J mission, we do four passes through the eye, so that's eight times through the eyewall.
Wow! Awesome perspective from someone who has literally “Been there done that” Thanks for sharing and thank you for your service
@@warrenmadden2586 Thank you for your service and thanks for sharing your cool story.
“The storm, it’s virtual, it’s not gonna kill your plane, stay with the pattern”
Captain America: "I understood that reference"
LOL
10/10 reference
beautiful reference !
it's virtually a storm
Just a little protip to help you take off; it really helps if you stay on the runway in a straight line. Best of luck!
Retired NOAA WP-3D pilot here. Great job on the penetration! As others have said, normally Gonzo stays in the outer reaches of a storm collecting steering data but I'm sure someone would love to give the eyewall a shot. Would love to see part 2 with the Orion. To make it realistic, you'll have to stay in the sim for 9 hours, drink 3 pots of crappy coffee and randomly have a scientist or grad student walk up and puke right behind you.
I wanna be a meteorologist on the wp-3 Orion!! im so jealous
"this is mildly terrifying" The man says while pitched completely over in a Cat 5 hurricane
Artificial horizon was like WTF are you doing
@@hybridshark538 a true Florida man
6:42 "Anyone up on Unicom 122.8?"
Im fucking dying!
Ok i thought I was the only one who heard that
I caught that as well bahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
im a freak man
'Unintelligible' 😂
😂😂😂 me too
11:48 "Ladies and gentlemen, from the flight deck, this is your captain speaking, you really should have taken a boat..."
fun fact: the ss el faro would say otherwise. NOAA planes are safer in a hurricane than a boat.
@@leifsprout not sure how much of AFP95's videos you've seen, but if you look for one where he lands on a very short runway, you'll hear something like my comment. Also the time stamp will give you a clue as to why I made the comment.
I do personally love your more serious videos here the last couple years
But we needed this
Preflight checklist:
Possessed yoke☑
Coolest Xbox turkey stick☑
"Thrustmaster" (giggity) throttle ☑
Foot rest ☑ - (we will be fingering the "Thrustmaster" for this flight)
Emotional support AK-47 (for duck hunting) ☑
The throne (that fell off a real Boeing airplane, with real fart muffler cushions) ☑
We are ready for space flight, rocket man o7
Is this the closest we get to an FSX level of madness in a long time? That departure is insane.
'Alright, positive rate gear is coming up!" sent me
Yeah. I miss schenanigans
@@sarinhighwindTotally. I think this video was so good because it was less serious and shit happened.
He just can't fly for shit
Your quick descent to see water was really a SAR attempt for the Twin Otter that went down @7:10
I'm scared for your glass desk with that force feed back xD
Great point. I tested beforehand with my full body weight and it passed checks
@@Airforceproud95 Oh sweet... But did it pass Vibe Check?
@@FSMadnessstill pending
@@Airforceproud95 lol
@@FSMadness waiting for gf to come home^^
4:40 Bro out here yacht simulator 2024
7:25 You missed the best part, with that Darkstar *deorbiting* at something like 1,000+ vertical feet per second going straight down. Dude just came back from the ISS.
Tens of thousands of dollars in flight sim equipment
Still squinting at a 16" 720p crackshack monitor
Never change, buddy
I love him, still rocking the og setup
@6:43 LMFAO THAT IS SO FUNNY HOLY
I cackled lmaooo
bruhhh I was dying lmfao
Typically NOAA's G-IV aircraft would be used the create a picture of what the upper atmosphere above/around the tropical system to forecast where the storm might go, rate of intensification, and or speed. the aircraft with the task of gathering information from inside the tropical system would usually be NOAA's WP-3D Orion aircraft that drops dropsondes into different parts of the system to gather surface data, there's also a fleet of upgraded USAF C-130's known as WC-130j's (C-130j weatherbird) stationed in Keesler AFB in Mississippi that also drop dropsondes into different parts of the hurricane to gather data on the system. Yes i know you might be thinking i'm a nerd but when i get older i am considering joining the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and being a "hurricane hunter" myself so that's why i know all this. Hope it helps!
thank you!
Idk what anyone else says, that was a very cool read. Always been curious about the hurricane hunters. Must be fun.
@@Apostate_ofmind No problem!
@@SpiritOfMontgomery Thanks!
Shows Assault Rifle
"This is a very unnecessary part of the Video."
😂😂😂
💀
@@kingdraco6548 😆
It's for if someone tries to hijack the plane
@@lunar0129 W 😆
@@lunar0129reverse hijack lol.
mannn that guy in the hurricane on 122.8 WILD
You entering the hurricane 8:20 reminded me Captain Kirk flying into the Mutara Nebula in the Wrath of Khan
Ok that AK-47 is the most Florida Man thing ever
Meanwhile my Michigangster ass getting banned for posting gun pics😭
@P51Princess blue painter's tape tip makes it "airsoft" 👌 gotta know how to work it
@@nathanmiller6683 magazine wasn’t even in mine, finger wasn’t on the trigger, safety was visibly on. An airsoft in that status couldn’t hurt anybody, neither could a real gun hun
lol that’s how he makes it a tax write off
@@P51Princessstill funny
Vin Diesel would be impressed with those powerslides on takeoff
It's all about family.
And over sensitive rudder controls.
My man used UA-cam to write off a gun, sickkkk
Fat Electrician teachin' everyone how to claim their guns as tax write-offs, lmao
Not sure if you were A/B testing titles, but I originally clicked on this when it was "my flight sim setup" and clicked away before I knew there was anything else to the video. Would definitely recommend sticking with this one haha
10/10 feedback thank you boss
@@Airforceproud95 And because I didn't say it before, great video! Your videos are always an insta-watch when I see them pop up.
taking off had me dying lol
11:43 "Operation This-Will-Most-Likely-End-Badly is a go" -Stargate Atlantis
Great video AirAsianLady95
YES, another not so serious video! Love the goofier content, and would also love a return to the unhinged multiplayer!
"Ok positive rate, gear's coming up." Hahaha
1:15 When the passengers become too rowdy
I work at KLAL where the Hurricane Hunters P3s and GIV are based and it's always a treat watching the P3s go out and come back
nice
omg the comms "unintelligable" lmao
It was extremely intelligible lmaoooo
That takeoff! We need a new t-shirt about a $50 million dollar lawn mower!
Thank you for your time and effort in making all these videos man
Careful with that Boeing seat
The door of his room may fall off
Careful with these comments, yall may be next in line after the whistleblowers
Your rudder appears to be possessed. Time for an exorcism.
At least the doors stayed on. >_>
That was an amazing video man, thanks!! :)
That landing was B U T T E R
This man isn’t a video game player. He’s a hobbyist. Insane setup
thank you MuffinForceAshamed9
I primarily fly the Longitude on MSFS, and I’m not sure if this made that much of a difference. Your stab trim on the MFD was still yellow. Before you takeoff, make sure it is in the green. Probably wouldn’t have mattered since it looked more like a rudder issue, but who knows lol.
Configuring v speeds would've helped as well. I feel like he was rotating far too early.
6:41 I absolutely DIED! Nice
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
12:08 It sounds like the voice is saying "oh, god" over and over again 😆
That klashinkov though
Huge fan of the potassium-enhanced display
Love the chaos with this video
Looking very good
(Both you and the setup 😂)
Bermuda Triangle could be a really interesting idea for Flight Sim. Maybe an abduction or something? Time travel.
Lol, I've been a subscriber for a long time, but I've never laughed so much at one of your videos. I love how you cover your panic with sardonic wit. Then to top it off, you land an unfamiliar plane with perfect poise on a runway the size of a driveway. Bravo, sir!
5:33 Nailed it. Absolutely textbook
When you slip, and people definitely saw, but you get up, give em the old thumbs up and then limp away even though you're femur is sticking out of your nose.
Huge W of a video I loved how relatable the cartel instagram thing was
Good video. I liked the "real" drama during the flight! Keep it up!!
4:45 Cessna Floatation 😂😂
Hahaha! I love the voice overs
4:00 - This is the point in the video if we were watching VASAviation, a phone number would be given out for a possible pilot deviation.
6:43 AHAHAHAHAHA BRO VATSIM GAMER ARE WILD
We really need to have Nokia engineer the next generation Citation at this point, exclusively for this guy
Your joy in your eyes when experiencing the hurrican situation was completely new to me! 😀
He said "We are in the Campbell's chunky"....LOL LOVE IT!!!
**nothing but complete, uninterrupted, flying career-ending chaos**
You: "Alright, positive rate, gear's comin' up."
You should have been flying the Hurricane Hunter aircrafts. NOAA Hurricane Recon 2 WP-3D "NOAA 43" or NOAA 42" or NOAA 1 Gulfstream IV "NOAA49" or any of the 10 USAF 53rd Wx Recon Sq WC-130J "TEAL 70"-"TEAL 79".
I got to see Beryl 3 times. Once at home, once in a different town, and again in a different state. You had a scarier flight than I did driving in it. Thanks for showing off the new flight controller.
please make it longer video, we love all to watch it all of it!!!!
Always liked the real vat-sim videos, but missed the comedy gold videos like these were you're just having fun. Keep'em coming!
The most amazing shots of clouds. Awesome job keep up the good work.
I recently flew into a category 5 hurricane in virtual reality. Absolutely terrifying. Also easily one of the most impressive experiences I have ever had in VR.
Thought I’d stop by to see if you still made videos and sure enough…
Bro you helped me laugh thru some tough times in 2018/2019
Gotta revisit some of the classics now
It was really nice to have a fun video from you again instead of the dry sim stuff. Miss this.
To have nice equipment that you don't even usually use is such a flex, I'm extremely envious of your setup
This felt like an old school afp95 vid. Love to see it! That take off was textbook.
This was your best video. I laughed my ass off. Thanks for making my day
1:10 you were like: come and try to steal my setup haha
5:05 at this moment all professionalism left this man 😂
Okay, officially the best flight sim setup on UA-cam, just because of the AK.
Honestly, I now need Hot air balloons doing 300+ knots, air force one and a glider calling mayday engine failure. FS at its best, AFP videos at the peak!
Locals aready nicking ur tyres as u prep for shutdown...Beautifull view of the eye.
4:18 His face is like he saw god or something before the A380 plowed through 😂🤣
I just watched your old one from like 2016 or something yesterday lol
3:36 Uggggghhhhhhhh set your anisotropic filtering to x16 - you'll get way nicer runway markings when you're on the ground, without them doing that blurring off in the middle-distance thing, and it's almost no effect on frame rates.
Noted, thanks boss
MTCA - Cayes runway used to be longer but it got obliterated in the Earthquake.
Instructions unclear, bought RPG-7 with TBG-7V Thermobaric Round and classified documents about Type 10 Japanese Main Battle Tank ready to post them on War Thunder forums.
6:40 IS CRAZY. If they actually said that on VatSim
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I got a chance to try out the CLS 60 Yoke at FSExpo. So amazed by the level of quality and what force feedback offers. Unfortunatly it's way out of my budget, but amazing to see the level of effort being put.
Oh god my stomach dropped during that turbulence sequence in the middle. That yoke looks amazing
So happy, found another AFP95 video. Love your work. This was awesome
Sweet overlanding adventure at the beginning, put a snorkel on that thing
Haha I remember seeing NOAA1 in a P-3 flying through the hurricane on volanta, it was neat.
I don't play MSFS, this game has P-3?
5:32 "sir, I believe you left the gear somewhere up in the tree canopy"
I’m not gonna lie to you. When you start talking about the yolk, I went to skip. Because I’m a horrible viewer. But it jumped straight to the AK-47 and I found myself pausing the video and rewind because I don’t know why I felt like maybe I missed something.
The Jet at Cayesis is impressive. But me and my mate were running circuits in an AN224 at YJPT back in the day. We were hard-core 🤘
Top 150 coziest channel on youtube
I didn’t even realize it was you until you said your channel name after the show and tell. Sweet! Been gone WAYYYYY too long from your awesome and downright hilarious videos. ❤
Three words: Dude,you crazy
Amazing video, non-stop laughs.
Well, it's nice to know it's not just me when the plane you thought would be fine Tokyo Drifts into the drink.
Two of the best names I've seen so far on multiplayer were on at the same time; Don Juan Garbanzo, and Fat Joe.
Good thing you didn't get eaten after you landed 😂
Absolutely dicked down by a category 5 hurricane 😂 that line had me dying
0:30 it was an well done MuYe reference
the eye of the storm was probably the most impressive thing i have seen in a video game