What are you watching?

[Yogi]

1 hour ago, Britchot said:

Just fell into this deep-dive playlist with my renewed interest in the Mi-8, due to the impending Mi-24 release.  It's a refreshing series that goes a lot deeper than the majority of YT content.  It doesn't just show you how, but why.

 

Great find! I flatter myself by saying I know the Mi-8 pretty well. I just spent 30min watching bits of his other vids in the series (admittedly looking for mistakes) & learned a few things. 
Its not the best pick if you just want to learn how to do something specific as he does go into a fair bit of detail but in overall body of knowledge I dont think there is a better series avail on YT. 

[Britchot]

He does admit to not being an authority (not a helicopter pilot) and pins authoritative corrections to his mistakes when they're made.  A fine example is the hover tutorial. 

[Klaiber]

On 4/22/2021 at 4:14 AM, Wilhelm_Reinhard said:

Fokker Dr.1 Replica (Sands design) with Le Rhone 9J: Chill31000 on YouTube

Highly skilled pilot, wonderful videos. In his demonstration of max performance level turns, you can catch glimpses of his control inputs. Videos of run-up of the 9j without the cowl (such a simple-looking engine), barrel rolls, loops, Cuban 8s, etc.

Chill's videos are outstanding.

Like this one - a rotary touch and go:

 

[Razwald]

This Youtube channels shows a few tricks of the trade.

[Klaiber]

Wow, this is fascinating.  Thanks for posting!

 

[Vonrd]

Pretty amazing. It's kinda like the old Matte paintings of the Godzilla original. So cool. Who needs CGI!

[Klaiber]

 

[Yogi]

Very cool story! 

[Klaiber]

1 hour ago, Yogi said:

Very cool story! 

The MiG-23 / MiG-27 and the MiG-21 (F-7) comparisons to the F-14A (starting around 12:00) are gold.  Really interesting stuff.

My favorite section starts around 7:04, but gets going at 7:14.

"The air-to-air version [of the MiG-23] has a very powerful motor.  In fact, pilots were kinda scared about how fast they could go in the MiG-23 air-to-air variant.  Sometimes they'd just go full throttle to see how fast they could go, and they'd look down and see, like, 820 knots on the air speed indicator.  One of the COs was quoted as saying: "that airplane would fly until it broke up... there was no limit on how fast it would go."  That airplane deserves some respect."

[Ludwig]

Aviation history today (Monday 6/7/21 as a UAV refueled an F/a-18 for the first time.  Very interesting.

 

MQ-25 Becomes First UAV to Refuel Another Aircraft | Unmanned Systems Technology

[Yogi]

On 6/7/2021 at 3:47 PM, Klaiber said:

MiG-23 / MiG-27 and the MiG-21 (F-7) comparisons to the F-14A (starting around 12:00) are gold.  Really interesting stuff.

Interesting sidebar, for sure the MiG-23 & I believe the MiG-21 i posted pics of last week are Constant Peg veterans. 

[Vonrd]

DDR MiG-21s. Interesting to note how smooth the take off rotation and lift off is compared to the DCS "leap off". I also saw several landings with the speed brakes deployed. Something I was told not to do.

Oh... great music eh?

 

[Klaiber]

Great video find!

The light colored -21s with the forward hinged canopy are the MiG-21F-13 "Fishbed-C" I think.  Or some version of them.  Perhaps the Czech-built version?

http://www.mig-21.de/english/technicaldataversions.htm

The MiG-21bis "Fishbed-L/N" that we have in DCS is much more powerful engine-wise.  But it's also much heavier, which makes it far less agile.  In one book I have, Soviet pilots talk about how the MiG-21bis "behaved like a bull" while the lighter MiG-21s were "like riding a stallion."

That could be some of the reason why their initial rotation is so much smoother at the beginning of the video you posted.

You can see some heavier MiG-21bis from JG-8 taking off here in 1990 (@10:46).  There is also a MiG-21UM (two-seater).

Regarding speed brakes, I sometimes use them on landing when I have to.

 

[Britchot]

Did they also have SPS improved flaps on those models?

[Klaiber]

5 hours ago, Britchot said:

Did they also have SPS improved flaps on those models?

I'm really not sure.  The SPS (Sduv Pogranichnovo Sloya - "Boundary Layer Blowing") system was tested in 1961 and went into production with Fishbed-D and Fishbed-F.  The MiG-21F-13 (Fishbed-C) technically predates it.  But I don't know enough about the F-13's system, or the J-7 / F-7 (the Chinese version).

[Yogi]

I wouldnt say our MiG-21 leaps off the runway. The profile I fly (assuming I dont screw it up) is apply back pressure at 250kph. If I am lightly loaded (A2A config) it will rotate at that speed & ill zoom along nose high with with the mains planted another 50-100yds before the tires leave the runway. From my perspective it seems smooth. 
If I am near MTOW I do the same tug at 250kph but it doesnt rotate until more like 280kph but then flies off the same as with A2A. 

I think the key is when you do your tug wait for the nose to come up & soon as it does center your stick & let it fly off. If you keep back pressure you will leap off the runway (and possibly have a tail strike). 

[Karl Spackler]

@Snaggle

 

 

[Snaggle]

Not old enough to have flown the H-34

thanks for sharing!!

[Yogi]

5 hours ago, Snaggle said:

Not old enough to have flown the H-34

I have always had an odd fondness for the H-19 & H-34. I must have flown them in a past life. 

[Klaiber]

9 hours ago, Snaggle said:

Not old enough to have flown the H-34

First time I ever saw an H-34 variant was the The Screaming Mimi on Riptide (an 1980s TV show).  Anyone else remember that?  Or is it just me?

This is back in the day when the opening credits were almost 1/4 of the show.

[Ludwig]

Yeah...    I could not have pulled out the name of the show... but I go back to a different RIp....

 

RIPCORD....  I had the parachute man with the red/white plastic parachute and it worked... .... well reasonably well. 

[Britchot]

11 hours ago, Klaiber said:

First time I ever saw an H-34 variant was the The Screaming Mimi on Riptide (an 1980s TV show).  Anyone else remember that?  Or is it just me?

I definitely remember it, though it took those opening credits to jar it.  I kinda want to see if I can binge that at home. 

[Klaiber]

4 hours ago, Britchot said:

I kinda want to see if I can binge that at home. 

I remember liking it as a kid.  No idea if it's good now as an adult.  

[Wittmann]

Have watched Master and Commander    quite a few times.   If I can't anything else   I watch   it again,   always good  !

[Vonrd]

4 hours ago, Wittmann said:

Have watched Master and Commander    quite a few times.   If I can't anything else   I watch   it again,   always good  !

I've read all of the Patrick O'Brian novels. Took more than a year. I too really like the movie but it didn't come near matching the expanse of the novels. It's but a fraction of Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend, naval physician Dr Stephen Maturin's adventures and relationship.