Posted on 07/27/2009 12:51:02 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins
Holy frak. Holy frak. HOLYROLLERBLADINGFRAK! Movie producers paid two Sukhoi Su-35 pilots to fly without a canopy at Mach 2.0, and have one of them eject in what probably is one of the most dangerous stunts ever filmed.
While on this speed I even managed to pull out my fingers in glove for an inch or two outside - it became heated very fast because of immense friction force plane undergoes with the air.
That's what the pilot who remained in the cabin said he did after his crazy comrade ejected, landing safely on the ground. I don't know what this movie is, but I definitely want to see it.
To add even more awesome details, the actual airplane is the SU-35UB prototype, identified by its tail number 801. This is the most advanced Sukhoi fighter ever built. Crazy Ivans indeed. [The Dew Line]
IMHO, the plane was going rather slow.
“Obamaloon” should be voted number one as best name for Bogus Potus! Congrats!
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Another giveaway. With winds blowing toward him at 1440 mph (mach 2) just after ejection, the downward flame can NOT be straight ! The flame from the exhaust is shooting straight down in the picture.
Communists lie. It’s one of the oldest truths.
They would also need a Mach 2 chase (camera) plane.
Crazy Ivan or not, pit a SU35-UB against a F-22 Raptor. Wonder who would have the edge?
Hollywood’s stock and trade is fantasy. The only trouble is that it has crossed the rubicon and believes fantasy is reality and vice versa.
Ejection at MACH 2? Death wish.
Dead man, instantly.
Looks like half flaps, too. Besides, what camera plane does the director have that can do Mach 2? That’s a slow flying Sukhoi holding back so the camera plane can get the shot.
About 10 years ago one of our F-15C Pilot Training students blacked out from Gs and woke up in a nose-down attitude going close to Mach 1. He punched out and survived. He was in the hospital for about a year recovering from "flail injuries" that are a result of the limbs flailing around in a high speed bailout. I was told that the student held the record for surviving the highest speed bailout.
IIRC one of the Blue Angels ejected through his canopy at about Mach 1. Got cut up but lived.
With the amount of drag from no cockpit I don’t think the plane could even go that fast without ripping apart.
What is "punched out" ?
Heh. Thanks for the follow up numbers. I was making a pretty safe assumption the forces involved were far far beyond what even an olympian caliber human frame could survive.
I wonder what even an empty flight helmet would look like suddenly subject to 1,400 mph and 50g’s?
Two more items ...
One helluva photo-chase plane to get the shot, and ...
check out the AOA of the horizontal stabilizer. That much deflection at Mach 2???!?? I don’t think so.
BUSTED.
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