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Crazy Russian Sukhoi Su-35 Pilot Ejects For a Hollywood Movie at Mach 2
Gizmodo ^ | Mon Jul 27 2009, 30,145 views | Jesus Diaz

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]


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To: OpeEdMunkey
Crazy Ivan or not, pit a SU35-UB against a F-22 Raptor. Wonder who would have the edge? I'm bettin' on the F-22. Especially if the Sukhoi pilot has bailed out.

(Russian accent) NYET! Sukhoi 35-UB is BEST when pilot bailed out. Makes MORE micemeat out of F-22 crapinski.

61 posted on 07/27/2009 1:59:00 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
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To: Blueflag
um ... didn’t happen at MACH 2, trust me.

Totally correct.

Considering the flame and smoke patterns, that is an about 200-250 knot ejection.

62 posted on 07/27/2009 2:00:14 PM PDT by MindBender26 ("Ok, so I screwed up... again. I'm 65. What are they going to do, send me back to Vietnam again?)
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To: Texas resident

Heheh...more like “Hold muh shot of vodka...”


63 posted on 07/27/2009 2:02:16 PM PDT by rlmorel ("The Road to Serfdom" by F.A.Hayek - Read it...today.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Everyone thinks they’re an expert here. I wonder if anyone can tell me the speed of an ejection seat from a stationary plane?


64 posted on 07/27/2009 2:05:36 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: mnehring

At 1400 mph, the plane would move two feet during a 1/1000 second exposure. That image is far too sharp for anything moving at that speed.


65 posted on 07/27/2009 2:19:32 PM PDT by sig226 (Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
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To: Texas resident

Bubba Kedrov. LOL.


66 posted on 07/27/2009 2:26:57 PM PDT by hawkboy
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To: OpeEdMunkey

I would bet on the F-22 also, and feel pretty safe about it.


67 posted on 07/27/2009 2:34:56 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: saganite

Cheetah

I’ve been told that there is nothing that will out maneuver and F-22.


68 posted on 07/27/2009 2:37:00 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: hawkboy

He came from the russian sattelite of redneckistan.


69 posted on 07/27/2009 2:42:10 PM PDT by Texas resident ( Boys and Girls, it's us against them.)
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To: mamelukesabre

http://www.ejectionsite.com/

Try that site.

I didn’t see a maximum velocity mentioned; probably because that’d depend on the weight of the pilot, but there are numbers for the G-forces imposed. Interesting site, nonetheless.


70 posted on 07/27/2009 2:48:27 PM PDT by HKMk23 (1335)
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To: SkyDancer

go to the post you want pulled, and the “report abuse” link will be almost directly under your name.


71 posted on 07/27/2009 3:40:41 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (I am John Galt...)
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To: Texas Fossil

Well, in my example the F-22 is the Lion. The Cheetah has absolutely no chance in a fight except to run. That’s what I meant anyway. Guess it wasn’t a very good analogy!


72 posted on 07/27/2009 3:41:10 PM PDT by saganite (What would Sully do?)
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To: So Cal Rocket
This is all that is there:

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73 posted on 07/27/2009 3:51:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: SkyDancer

Got it anyway.


74 posted on 07/27/2009 3:55:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: OpeEdMunkey

That would be the canopy...


75 posted on 07/27/2009 4:04:49 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: saganite

bttt


76 posted on 07/27/2009 4:05:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Admin Moderator

Thanks!


77 posted on 07/27/2009 4:06:04 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: saganite

I understood the analogy but was thinking in terms of survival. The Cheetah could outrun the Lion every time. Kill ability is another thing.

There are a lot of problems with the F-22 from what I have heard, but agility is not one of them.

Cost, maintenance, support, and more.

BUT when in the air, nothing will out maneuver it. In a dogfight it is lethal.


78 posted on 07/27/2009 4:11:30 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: HKMk23

150g/sec with a max of 14g. I figure the seat reaches a minimum of 12.8m/s when ejected from a stationary plane. I’m approximating to avoid doing any calculus. But it might be up to double that depending on how long the rocket fires after reaching the max of 14g.

12.8 x 3.28ft/m x 1mi/5280ft x 60^2 = about 300mph.

That’s not as fast as I thought.


79 posted on 07/27/2009 4:18:10 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Texas Fossil

There was an excellent thread here a few days ago about the so called mx problems with the F-22. Mostly teething problems you get with any new fighter. As for it’s lethality, it’s unmatched. Think P-51 going up against any WWI fighter. Agility is superior but that’s not really it’s strong suit. I’ve talked to F-15 pilots who have faced it in exercises. They never see it coming. First thing they know about it is when the F-22 pilot starts calling shots on them. Usually it runs: F-22 kills everything flying. Everything flying dies.


80 posted on 07/27/2009 4:19:24 PM PDT by saganite (What would Sully do?)
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