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What a reaction time...
When you start to loose control that low you need to pull the handle very quickly.
I wonder why the plane stalled like that.
Glad the pilot survived and no one got hurt.
I think it was because of engine failure.
Our CF-18 are actually pretty old, they were first ordered back in 1982 if I remember correctly, and delivered during probably the late 80s. The problem here was that they were never replaced after we had got them in service, instead they were upgraded and extensively modified using Canadian Technology which kindda explains the C in F-18 making it the CF-18, even then our pilots at least were really well trained normally, the hardware had started to show it's age over the years, it was the same with the Sea-Kings in the Canadian Navy that had been on service for such a long time that they often had problems which made them more dangerous to the people onboard than the guys out of those choppers, and it got pretty bad in the Sea-Kings, so we did tried to order new ones, but then an election had started and as soon as the new Prime Minister had been elected, he just cancelled the order that had the consequences of costing more than if we had them delivered.
Anyway, while I don't really know what's had happened next in the Sea-Kings's case after they had gotten almost too dangerous to fly, that story leads me to believe what happened with this CF-18 on this case was probably something somewhat similar to the Sea-Kings choppers.
Still, now the Canadian Government has recently issued orders for 65 brand spanking new F-35 to be delivered to the Canadian Air Force despite serious doubts from the public.
How will they fly, this I really don't know since I'm just a civilian myself and am poorly informed in military matters, at least I seriously hope the following Government won't make the same mistakes about those F-35 than what they did with the Sea-King's issue.
Sorry I involved some politics in there, but this one was heavily politicized as always in Canada, if you reply in this post, please don't start talking politics, and even if it does, I'm terribly sorry and I hope you'll forgive this for I wasn't meaning to drift on a political debate of any kind.
Anyway, if it does get too political, can a mod please lock this thread, it's your call on this.
Wow----glad Pilot is okay---
Its a dangerous maneuver. Its only engine thrust keeping you suspended. Crawling along the ground with nose in the air means you have no height and no speed. The engines have to be there when you need to get out of it. The engines were not there when the pilot punched it. My opinion.
Update: The Pilot later reported, during an interview, that his "practice" run
was done to the tune of "Staying Alive" of the Bee Gees. Quite appropriate.
Is the plane okay?!?,lol
One guy said in the comments ''Damn,half our airforce gone just like that''.so true too.
Judging by images only, the maneuver was intended to display the ability of the plane to reach a high angle of attack. Such maneuver actually brings the plane at the limits of controlled flight, therefore there's little or none margin for errors or failures. In that case, if you don't have enough sky below you...
Moreover, with such a low speed and high AoA, rudders and engine air intakes are likely to suffer a drop in efficiency. Even if these factors haven't been the cause of the crash, they probably concurred in preventing the pilot from recovering control.
Thank God nobody got hurt... when I see an arshow crash, my mind always goes to Rammstein tragedy.
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ThyBiding Wrote:Serpiko Wrote:Judging by images only, the maneuver was intended to display the ability of the plane to reach a high angle of attack. Such maneuver actually brings the plane at the limits of controlled flight, therefore there's little or none margin for errors or failures. In that case, if you don't have enough sky below you...
Moreover, with such a low speed and high AoA, rudders and engine air intakes are likely to suffer a drop in efficiency. Even if these factors haven't been the cause of the crash, they probably concurred in preventing the pilot from recovering control.
Thank God nobody got hurt... when I see an arshow crash, my mind always goes to Rammstein tragedy.
Yeah, same here, glad he survived. BTW it's Ramstein, not Rammstein, as that is my one of my favorite bands that was founded because of the tragedy.
The name is from the Ramstein, but they added the other 'm' as the verb rammen means 'colliding', so it's a pun.
