My brother was in the Air Force and stationed at an AFB in New Mexico. Occasionally, Navy pilots would come thru to do some training and he said the Air Force pilots were astounded at how quickly the Navy pilots would put their aircraft onto the runway when landing and how rough all the landings seemed to be. The Navy pilots explained that they did not have the luxury of a mile long runway at sea and preferred to get the wheels on the ground ASAP. The landing of a carrier aircraft has been described as a controlled crash. The landing gear and airframes of a carrier aircraft are extremely robust in comparison to a land based aircraft because of the punishment they undergo when slamming down onto the deck and then being stopped dead in two seconds.
@thomasfoster2671
2 жыл бұрын
The two most useless things are altitude above you and runway behind you...
@shable1436
3 жыл бұрын
My friend was in charge of the arresting wire under deck, he said that the old systems decapitated and mamed seamen all the time if malfunctioning, the spools of wire snap under tension or get red hot if not greased constantly and break. Same with anchor crew, lots of hazardous jobs on board the carriers. I think it is one of the most interesting armed forces, every job is important.
@JoeFrickinFriday
3 жыл бұрын
Arresting cables are about 1 inch in diameter - so they are heavy - and they are traveling the same speed as the aircraft that just snagged them. There are KZitem videos of arresting cables breaking in use, and yes, they can severely injure sailors.
@giantfisher
3 жыл бұрын
I only recently saw a below decks arresting wire video. A long time ago I saw a very old video (as @JoeFrickinFriday points out) of a wire break that clipped a guy. Only now did I wonder, what is the fallout below deck. I can only imagine it's catastrophic to man and machine. Do you know how different the poly cord system is as far as breaks. Everything breaks eventually.
@heirtothethrone000
3 жыл бұрын
Whoever told you that these cables break all of the time was not honest. I use to run and maintain the engine for the 3 wire on the Eisenhower and daily maintenance is done. I've only seen old videos of them breaking but never in my 6 yrs.
@heirtothethrone000
3 жыл бұрын
@@giantfisher They don't break like people think. They check the wear on the cables and the cable you see on the flight deck get changed after it catches about 95 planes. They have a material like rope inside of the cable and they put a liquid on it which the rope like material absorbs and keep it lubricated.
@bikersoncall
3 жыл бұрын
''All the time'' Do you mean like 3 or 4 daily? Or more like 8 or 9 per week?
@user-or1uo4ct9r
3 жыл бұрын
1:08 that prowler just turned into a hornet how that was smooth
@scifidino5022
3 жыл бұрын
OMG I didn't even realise it XD
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
WOW! Didn't even realize myself as I was editing that! To me it was just a plane! That's what happens when you edit 10 hours a day! (editor here)
@fennviktorvich
3 жыл бұрын
Forget stealth, morphing planes is the real deal 😎
@chrisi7127
3 жыл бұрын
@@NotWhatYouThink dude you literally made the smoothest transition imaginable without even noticing LMAO
@Peizxcv
3 жыл бұрын
Nice catch. The guy with the pimple on his head is still there
@josez1
3 жыл бұрын
Good to know. I’ll remember it for when I land my F-18 next week
@bravo4741
3 жыл бұрын
Have you landed?
@cardboardtruck1009
3 жыл бұрын
Bravo lol he went into the sea
@milu7944
3 жыл бұрын
Major flex 💯
@zach11241
3 жыл бұрын
Guess you could say he had an F/A - Sinking?
@pulakification
3 жыл бұрын
Rip
@dominicwilliamson7912
3 жыл бұрын
"New tech" "we added more lights to the indicator"
@franzstigler3200
3 жыл бұрын
But more light mean more detection to be displayed Also mean Christmas tree
@ipodtouchiscoollol
3 жыл бұрын
8k monitors are just 1080p monitors with more lights
@ItsJohnSina
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect example of "So hard to appreciate things if you don't understand em."
@horsemumbler1
3 жыл бұрын
Back in 1997
@ekevanderzee9538
3 жыл бұрын
Well... he also "forgot" to mention that we are witnessing the rise on computer assisted carrier landings. Greatly improving accuracy. Many planes already use this and ofcourse every ucav does.
@simtrucker4833
3 жыл бұрын
"3, take it of leave it"
@AtomicBabel
3 жыл бұрын
BULLSEYE!
@user-mw6fm5ht4m
3 жыл бұрын
of
@Yesnoyesnoabcdefghijklmnopqrst
3 жыл бұрын
"I would take it *of* leave it."
@SR0932
3 жыл бұрын
More like take it or fall off the edge.
@arthurwright8827
3 жыл бұрын
I worked in PLAT/Lens on the USS Midway, CV-41 and USS Ranger, CV-61 from 1980-1985. My work center was responsible for operating and maintaining the “Lens” and the closed circuit tv system that filmed and recorded all flight operations. The upgrades look great!
@gastonbell108
2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the biggest reason they went from 4 to 3 was the massive improved accuracy of digital ILS (instrument landing systems) in all the aircraft from the 70s to the 2010s. One of the biggest selling points of the F35 (especially to foreign nations) is the auto-land ILS capability, which can stick the 2 wire in zero visibility with minimal input from the pilot (so long as the sea state is not totally unreasonable). You don't need 4 wires when your landing patch has been drastically shrunk by improved avionics technology.
@aiolos2411
3 жыл бұрын
1:06 mind boggling edit morphing from A6 to F/A-18! Haha, had to watch it a few times!
@CH-pv2rz
3 жыл бұрын
Actualky it was an EA-6B... And not really morphed... the Prowler was a lot closer to the deck than the Hornet when the clip was spliced in...
@zajagter2888
3 жыл бұрын
@@CH-pv2rz ok
@no3ironman11100
3 жыл бұрын
this CAG dude man... this is truly how the whole military vehicle community is. Will never dive into it because of how obsessed some are about details in life.
@netts2315
3 жыл бұрын
@@no3ironman11100 Nothing wrong with being exact.
@AA-xo9uw
Жыл бұрын
@@no3ironman11100 You won't last long in technical MOSs if you aren't concerned with the details.
@chrisoneill5599
3 жыл бұрын
The Fresnel lens indicating system is similar to the PAPI lights at an airport, allowing pilots to judge their glide slope for a safe landing
@aple2037
3 жыл бұрын
Papi
@TheWizardGamez
3 жыл бұрын
Nobody: The one admiral who had always hit the 1 wire: haha, LSO you cant touch me
@F3PIZZA
3 жыл бұрын
There’s Admirals still flying?!
@AMURORAY2
3 жыл бұрын
@@F3PIZZA yes I think lol
@F3PIZZA
3 жыл бұрын
@@AMURORAY2 hella badass!
@bojanglesthewizard8875
3 жыл бұрын
No, once you hit Rear Admiral Lower Half you stop flying. RALH is equivalent to a Brigadier General
@AMURORAY2
3 жыл бұрын
@@F3PIZZA I'm not so sure since I'm a Pilot of a MobileSuit lol
@kayakutah
3 жыл бұрын
I'm retired Navy with over 400 traps. This is a great overview and explanation!
@CH-pv2rz
3 жыл бұрын
Really? What did you fly and in what squadron? On what cruises did you go to sea?
@kayakutah
3 жыл бұрын
@@CH-pv2rz RF-8, VFP-63 Det 4 on the Independence East coast, 1980 (Shellback AND a 6 pack of beer!). F-14A, VF-114 two cruises on the Enterprise, 1984 and 1986. Were you CAG on any of those? After that, did a tour in VF-126 (A-4E/F and F-16N - my avatar) and then VFC-13 A-4 Superfox (retired out of the reserves) while flying with Delta Air Lines. Retired from Delta 3 years ago.
@kayakutah
3 жыл бұрын
@@CH-pv2rz You know, now I'm curious. Were you a CAG?
@ieattacos68
3 жыл бұрын
that sounds cool
@alahatim
2 жыл бұрын
what is a trap? is that the term for landing on a cable like this?
@Godric_71
2 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, Aircraft Carriers are the most enthralling and amazing military machines ever created.
@goldwinger5434
3 жыл бұрын
"MK" is pronounced "Mark." It's not a "Frezz-nal" lens, it's a "Fruh-nell" lens.
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing these out. It helps us improve our future videos 👍🏼
@arvin6606
3 жыл бұрын
I did not do this, i did not. Oh hi, MK
@afatcatfromsweden
3 жыл бұрын
if talking about german auto cannons it’s not pronounced mark however as it means maschinenkannone
@MothaLuva
3 жыл бұрын
But it’s spelled Fresnel.
@killermurderer2208
3 жыл бұрын
@@MothaLuva it's french that's why it's spelt wrong
@teleman07
3 жыл бұрын
5:01 RIP promotion.
@8literbeater
3 жыл бұрын
What's messed up is the tailhook actually touched right between the 1 and 2 wire, and bounced over to the 3rd wire.
@TheWizardGamez
3 жыл бұрын
1:08 were just going to ignore the smoothest transition I've ever seen ok
@frostyvr9805
3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t even realize it was a transition, good eye
@jollyrogerhobbies2386
3 жыл бұрын
What? are you saying Prowlers don't turn into Hornets on final approach? 🤯
@fedibenalaya
3 жыл бұрын
@@jollyrogerhobbies2386 bruh he's not smart enough to know about it
@CH-pv2rz
3 жыл бұрын
@JollyRoger... No they only do that in the groove... The Navy doesnt fly an approach.
@jollyrogerhobbies2386
3 жыл бұрын
@@CH-pv2rz ah, good point Commander!
@dongo6988
2 жыл бұрын
2:05 I love how they cut it just before bro started dancing
@tanguygodeau7106
3 жыл бұрын
The French carriers have practically only had three wires, but it's for space reasons
@ekevanderzee9538
3 жыл бұрын
Chicken and egg problem. Space reasons - designed that way - money - functionqlity - safety - specs - aircraft capability.
@etienneguyot9069
3 жыл бұрын
@@ekevanderzee9538, agreed. But not only. Long studies and practices produced the same conclusions. Reinforced by similar equipment, training methods and interoperability constraints.
@MrMaselko
Жыл бұрын
2:05 Guy in the back looks so cheerful
@xenaguy01
3 жыл бұрын
I spent 3 yrs on USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) from '69 thru '72. Saw many, many traps, but never flew either on or off the deck.
@russgammon4593
3 жыл бұрын
The real reason for getting rid of #1 wire is because of Officer's getting hit by grease shot at them when they would cross from the starboard side of the O-3 level to the port side through #1 engine room by the engine operator with the grease gun powered by the ships l.p. a. supply.
@MarsStarcruiser
3 жыл бұрын
Would not surprise me one bit👆
@andreasandreas5263
3 жыл бұрын
Good to know! I'll try this the next time I find myself in a fighter jet 💪🏻 Thanks!
@കുട്ടൂസൻ-ദ1ണ
3 жыл бұрын
Ok
@388gruardian
3 жыл бұрын
1:14 Gave me flashbacks of playing Top Gun on NES😅
@janipt
3 жыл бұрын
I somehow managed to land on my first try back in the days, all other attempts failed 😂
@EMN_Sandwich
3 жыл бұрын
So weird sitting on the flight deck of the Bush watching this vid and seeing the equipment at the same time
@MauricioBarragan
3 жыл бұрын
Lmfao stop flexing bro
@EMN_Sandwich
3 жыл бұрын
@@MauricioBarragan lmfao it's not a flex bro
@mememanfresh
3 жыл бұрын
im going to eat the boat
@EMN_Sandwich
3 жыл бұрын
@@mememanfresh do it I don't want to work tomorrow
@mememanfresh
3 жыл бұрын
@@EMN_Sandwich I gotchu bro
@zach11241
3 жыл бұрын
That aircraft design transition at 1:06 was the smoothest edit I have ever seen!
@votpavel
3 жыл бұрын
god that is probably the best OLS explanation i heard,this thing always confused me how it really worked
@@votpavel agree,this is the best description of these things. One item to add is that those big red lights are the wave off lights. So as you're watching the ball, and the thing turns red, you are going around.
@votpavel
3 жыл бұрын
@@AtomicBabel ah ok thanks
@tom5256
3 жыл бұрын
I agree, he did a good job on that one of the best I've heard and I was a Fresnel Lens tech...I only seen an IFLOLS in San Diego. But the datum lights are actually blue they just look green :)
@S550STANG
3 жыл бұрын
I'd have a hard time not shitting myself landing on a aircraft carrier with a metal rope being the only thing stopping you from diving off the end
@tommylynch7887
3 жыл бұрын
i’m pretty sure they push the throttle to full power after landing just in case it snaps or they miss it so they can take off again, but yeah i know what you mean
@flamingrubys11
3 жыл бұрын
try playing warthunder and not use a naval air craft
@todx15
3 жыл бұрын
that’s why they gun it, if anything happens they just go around and try again... then get get ragged on because they missed. i forgot what they call it
@S550STANG
3 жыл бұрын
@@todx15 True. But I'd still have a hard time not shitting myself 😂
@thatlittleratinyourcloset7612
3 жыл бұрын
@@flamingrubys11 lmao i kinda wanna land a mig21 on a carrier now.
@spaceman081447
3 жыл бұрын
Mk-7 MOD3 Hydraulic Arresting System m = maximum mass of aircraft = 50,000 lb = 22,680 kg v = maximum landing speed = 130 kn = 67 m/s t = deceleration time = 2 s d = deceleration distance = 344 ft =105 m KE1 = kinetic energy of aircraft when landing = to be determined KE2 = kinetic energy of aircraft when stopped = 0 J Kinetic Energy of Landing Aircraft KE1 = 0.5mv² KE1 = 0.5(22,680 kg)(67 m/s)² KE1 = 50,718,851 J = 50.7 MJ Power P = power absorbed by arresting system = to be determined P = KE1 / t P = 50,718,851 J / 2 s P = 25,359,426 J/s = 25,359,426 W = 25.4 MW Comparison: 2.4 MW = peak power output of a Princess Coronation class steam locomotive (approx 3.3K EDHP on test) (1937) 3 MW = mechanical power output of a diesel locomotive 8 MW = peak power output of the MHI Vestas V164, the world's largest offshore wind turbine 28 MW = peak power output of the reactor of a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine
@jakekatella
3 жыл бұрын
The "marked improvement" of the multi-lens fresnel lens system is inferior to a Laser Centerline Localizer (LCL) and the laser Glideslope Indicator (LGI) system that was perfected in the early 1990s. Tighter tolerance, superior distance especially through precipitation, and easy to see through peripheral vision long after the fresnel lens system left their field of view. The few Navy pilots who gave it test runs wanted it but politics kept it off of the carriers.
@AtomicBabel
3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that the precursor to Long Range Lineup?
@TedsHoldOver
2 жыл бұрын
There must be 1000 ways to die on an floating runway. I see widow-makers everywhere I look. 😳
@BoleDaPole
2 жыл бұрын
One of the few no BS youtube channels ✌️
@joebarber4030
2 жыл бұрын
Worked on flight deck for 3 years, in the seventies, we were very aware the wire could break and kill ya. But we never broke a wire. ! It’s called good maintenance.
@jfbeam
3 жыл бұрын
Also, the arresting system is stopping a plane *at full throttle* (if they miss, they need to be prepared to go around.)
@BogeyTheBear
2 жыл бұрын
FADEC will spool down the engines once the trap is assured. It's not like the plane starts towing the ship along at the end of the trap.
@dh4913
3 жыл бұрын
This isn't what I thought about landing cables, good video!
@ThatHonestGuy
3 жыл бұрын
Last time that I was this early, the USSR still existed.
@9029-d7t
3 жыл бұрын
Same, I remember the good old days of O U R T U B E
@victoriaregina8344
2 жыл бұрын
Last time i was this late the USSR was back in business
@steamysteamer9711
3 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work! This went from random facts to facts about primarily Naval vessels.
@MichaelKevinIPS
3 жыл бұрын
We like that didn't we
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
We find that there are plenty of interesting topics to cover about the Navy/Airforce. That said, we are thinking about slowly introducing new (interesting!) topics that are still not what you think 😉
@LOLOtheFNG
3 жыл бұрын
FYI, in naval terms, MK is shorthand for "Mark"
@snafu1635
3 жыл бұрын
*in military terms
@yusufn7467
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@matthewmcgee
3 жыл бұрын
MK or Mk is also used in Air Force and Army designations to denote "mark". Like the Spitfire Mk V (Spitfire Mark five) or SMLE MkIII (Short Magazine Lee Enfield Mark three) It is also used in various civilian designations, from cameras to pianos to cars.
@LOLOtheFNG
3 жыл бұрын
@@matthewmcgee Fair point, only had knowledge from my time in service at sea.
@Sherlock289
3 жыл бұрын
Yah , like Tejas mk2 light combat aircraft of India.
@KatoChaotix
3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering why RR had 4 Rat Holes, when only 3 of them had Arresting Gear coming from them. Thanks for the info!
@HolySoliDeoGloria
3 жыл бұрын
2:10 "Mk" is always pronounced "MARK" as in Mark 7 (Mk 7) arresting gear, Mark 48 (Mk 48) torpedo, etc. Nice video!
@phiksit
2 жыл бұрын
And "fresnel", as in fresnel lens, has a silent s.
@Rotorhead1651
Жыл бұрын
"MK" is not spelled out as "M...K". It is a military designation which is pronounced "Mark", as in the "Mark 7 hydraulic system". Every weapons system, ammunition, etc, which has MK at the beginning of its designation is identified like this (ie: MK 19).
@nascar2010j24
3 жыл бұрын
That was a pretty slick edit starting at 1:07. One minute you see a Prowler the next you see a F-18.
@larymcfart4034
3 жыл бұрын
Damn lol
@gen2mediainc.577
2 жыл бұрын
I love how his longer videos are always about something you didn’t think would be so detailed
@gen2mediainc.577
2 жыл бұрын
You could say it’s-
@Yora21
3 жыл бұрын
In short: The first wire was never used anyway.
@carlosandleon
3 жыл бұрын
but now they positioned the wires so that tge first wire of thr 3 wire system is also useless
@Yora21
3 жыл бұрын
@@carlosandleon So, they didn't remove the first wire but the fourth.
@carlosandleon
3 жыл бұрын
@@Yora21 I guess so, the video does mention the first wire of the 3 wire system is roughly there where the first wire of the 4 wire system was
@jfbeam
3 жыл бұрын
And yet, the video shows the one wire getting snagged. (and a three from the hook bouncing over two)
@hifinsword
3 жыл бұрын
Oh yes they were. But it was not a good landing. And if it was a TAXI 1 WIRE, even worse. That meant you were really close to the ROUND DOWN (stern).
@jimwortham8634
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting wasn't in Navy aircraft carrier many years ago
@bigarmydave
3 жыл бұрын
I now know why the Brits have VTOL carriers 😂
@CH-pv2rz
3 жыл бұрын
Yea... Sorry guys but we are to cheap to give you 4 wires, so you only get 3. Because 1 extra wire costs so much more than an F-35 or an E2 does... Right? ...No? Oops!
@BigBadLoneWolf
3 жыл бұрын
and it was a british invention
@spazmonkey2131
3 жыл бұрын
@@CH-pv2rz which doesn't make sense because the Ford wasted slot of many using all toilets and no urinals in an attempt to be more female "friendly"
@aedenwright1994
3 жыл бұрын
@@CH-pv2rz You do realize that the 3 wires is just fine, because it the new tech makes 3 wires just as good as 4 so why even make the cost for the new one?
@callsignapollo_
3 жыл бұрын
@@CH-pv2rz pilots were also told not to aim for the first wire anyway, so its really just removing unneeded equipment to save maintenance costs. "Dont aim for the first because you might go too low and crash, aim for the third, but hitting the second and fourth are okay" i wouldnt be suprised if eventually the system is reduced to 2 wires to eliminate the issue of coming up short, since theyre aiming for the same spot on the deck, just without the rearmost wire
@stratus262j2
2 жыл бұрын
My experience has taught me glide slope precision is everything --- an absolute must
@peterford9369
2 жыл бұрын
You definitely give some very interesting information. Thanks 👍
@carlingas666
3 жыл бұрын
At 1:09 you can see an ea-6b approaching for landing, but when the camera zooms out, its changed to an f-18.
@Shadow-sq2yj
3 жыл бұрын
But they look like the same people-
@carlingas666
3 жыл бұрын
@@Shadow-sq2yj it’s the same people but the planes change. Take a closer look and focus on the jet when it approaches for landing
@Alexlinkerd
3 жыл бұрын
"...Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached..."
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly 😁
@russgammon4593
3 жыл бұрын
Are we talking wires or Holy grenades?????🤔
@kahnfused1
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry. Was that three ?
@michaelmappin4425
2 жыл бұрын
4:48 We don't see FLOLS or IFLOLS but rather MOVLAS. MOVLAS is the manually operated visual landing system. It can be used in emergencies or high seas conditions to give the LSO more control over approach aircraft glide slope.
@KT_571
3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your informative videos! Love them! Thanks! Subscribed!
@HuzaifaKhan-e3t2o
10 ай бұрын
Great work sir👍.
@Boeing_hitsquad
3 жыл бұрын
Because I took it. It's mine now! Deal with it.
@verticalflyingb737
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, police?! This man stole a wire!
@AtomicBabel
3 жыл бұрын
Police: you'll have to buy it back or I'm going to put YOU in jail.
@dabguy0018
3 жыл бұрын
Why on the thumbnail did it say don’t catch this; ITS the one thing you’re supposed to catch
@patrickganly5206
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Yankee Doodle. This is very helpful video. -Chinese Navy.
@indridcold8433
3 жыл бұрын
The Ford class carriers do not have the characteristic puff of steam when a jet is launched. The catapult is quite advanced and very quiet.
@Convergence_Corner
3 жыл бұрын
Because it's magnetic and not steam driven yes
@indridcold8433
3 жыл бұрын
@@Convergence_Corner The video I saw did not describe that. It just showed the differences between the Nimitz catapult and the Ford catapult. But it makes perfect sense. Magnetic catapult would have not pressuring time, be very quiet, and does not make the puff of steam. A rail gun is magnetic also. Perhaps it may have shared technology with a rail gun.
@mohammadnoor8429
3 жыл бұрын
@@indridcold8433 i mean, it pretty much is a rail gun. It just launches planes instead of slugs
@heirtothethrone000
3 жыл бұрын
@@Convergence_Corner Yes.. old system was steam.
@bender7565
3 жыл бұрын
Slept under the TR's 3 wire for 2 cruises, the screech from the the ag would make your ears bleed.
@carlmackey9194
3 жыл бұрын
Same here... USS Enterprise.... many moons ago....
@jimcDelta
3 жыл бұрын
Under the 3 wire on the USS Independence 84-85. Next to Cat 2 on the Forrestal 85-87. I can sleep through anything.
@RazgrizF14
3 жыл бұрын
Worked and slept between the number 1 and 2 catapults on the USS Constellation during her last cruise. When I got off the ship I cou”don’t get to sleep, it was too quite....lol
@bender7565
3 жыл бұрын
@@RazgrizF14 It was only after my 1st cruise, Indy 79', at the end of the cruise there was a sarcastic (with a lot of truth) letter aimed at Navy wives, back then just wives, on how to make your sailor comfortable upon his return. How to simulate GQ drills, water hours, jets landing on your head, no fresh milk, at the end of the cruise it was funnier than living it. I still have it in an old cruise book in the attic.
@bender7565
3 жыл бұрын
To my shipmates, in case you didn't know, with a little searching on the Naval archives all the past cruise books are accessible. It is always cool to see shipmates and liberty buddies from 40+ years ago.
@joebledsoe257
2 жыл бұрын
Lets not forget about SPN - Whatever version is active now. SPN -46? It will carry a plane for about 10 miles out to touchdown on the deck if I recall.
@fallennarcotic6981
9 ай бұрын
What humanity can achieve if it works together is simply inconceivable
@stevewisniewski5860
2 жыл бұрын
I’ll remember this piece of information the next time I try to land my fire aircraft on an aircraft carrier. Very helpful.
@Kgio-2112
2 жыл бұрын
No you wont
@tomstravels520
3 жыл бұрын
1:08 OMG the navy have aircraft that can change form
@arya0794
3 жыл бұрын
Here comes the conspiracy theories lol
@seanpetrie7895
3 жыл бұрын
Serious multi-mission capability!
@MothaLuva
3 жыл бұрын
Shapeshifter transformers.
@Popesontour
2 жыл бұрын
An interesting fact is that on a big deck carrier they have LSOs who are Naval Aviators who talk to the pilots as they approach the deck giving them advice the whole way down. Now on a Gator or LHD or LHA class carrier with F35Bs and helicopters they use an LSE landing Signal Enlisted who guides the helocopters in. Just thought I'd put that out there.
@michaelmappin4425
2 жыл бұрын
Why do V-2 arresting gear personnel push the purchase cable into the landing area during retraction? It's not what you think.
@bilalmmd
2 жыл бұрын
It's very good information video sir
@neonanarchist6041
3 жыл бұрын
I remember that one video where the arresting wire snapped. Had no clue what the wires were or what had happened, now I do, and I am kinda terrified
@a_blind_sniper
3 жыл бұрын
I love these no-bullshit informative videos!
@merika7051
3 жыл бұрын
Man i love your video
@wayneschenk5512
2 жыл бұрын
Great information.
@dert0rhueter613
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. You made 10 k subs in a week. Well done!
@PrimeProFN-Official
2 жыл бұрын
Nice information tahnks.
@inf3243
2 жыл бұрын
Gonna be That Guy and say that the S in Fresnel is silent.
@rippu20
3 жыл бұрын
2:13 Never seen a plane doing summersault before 👏.....
@crazedpilot1
3 жыл бұрын
1:08 Apparently that's a prototype of the navy's new shape-shifting aircraft.
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
Or possibly some unintentional side-effect of our editing. You be the judge 😉
@wildgurgs3614
3 жыл бұрын
@@NotWhatYouThink Let me guess - you can neither confirm nor deny whether you got to see a fighter using new, classified transformation tech operating off of US carriers? XD
@jimnotter6046
3 жыл бұрын
FYI, the "s" in Fresnel is silent. I know, I know, nit picky, but I thought you might want to know. Actually, a description of the Fresnel lens and how it works, might make interesting reading for some viewers.
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim. Yes, others have pointed out the silent “s” too, and we have corrected it in a future video 👍🏼
@heydonray
2 жыл бұрын
HEADS UP: Mk-7 is not “EmKay Seven”. It’s “Mark Seven”. Common military vernacular.
@Mr.Manta5988
2 жыл бұрын
If you need the datum lights to angle yourself right when approaching a carrier, can people with astigmatism even fly carrier jets? I feel like something about this question is very stupid but I can't put my finger on it
@bcallahan3806
3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Just an awe inspiring vessel.
@trooper2708
3 жыл бұрын
A really nice explanation
@GarldBonkdonk
2 жыл бұрын
Fresnel is pronounced 'Fruh-nel'. Not 'Fres-nel'. French inventor. It's a very common type of light-focusing lens from lighthouses, signaling lamps, to theatre lights and street lamps.
@timhinchcliffe5372
3 жыл бұрын
USA: "We went from 4 arresting cables on our aircraft carriers to 3." Australia: "We went from 1 aircraft carrier to 0." China: "We know."
@GazAce
2 жыл бұрын
Wow that's cool, I never knew that. Thanks for posting, very interesting. Now back to practicing my Case 1 in DCS World on Ole Abe 😁
@patfarra627
3 жыл бұрын
Good info. From a former naval aviator.
@SupercarFansOfficial
3 жыл бұрын
2:22 the carriers number was almost perfect
@graep5863
3 жыл бұрын
funnie
@synjdcrispy7843
3 жыл бұрын
For that, you need footage of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
@nonyabisnas
3 жыл бұрын
Once a plane catches the 2nd arresting wire, how do they stop the next (3rd) arresting wire from catching on the landing gear?
@thomasd3862
2 жыл бұрын
Watch the hook point during any trap. The hook rises considerably at wire engagement and during the deceleration, thus being well above the next wire(s). It doesn't come back down to the deck until stopped.
@Atlessa
2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasd3862 Shit, it PAINS me how easy that answer was... (I had been wondering the same since I first saw "Top Gun" in the 90s. 'Today I learned', I guess... )
@hairyairey
2 жыл бұрын
@@Atlessa watch the lens on the playback of the scene where Cougar lands. They actually brought an aircraft in below the glidescope to get that shot. You will have to pause it of course. That to me shows the commitment of the Navy to assist with that movie.
@Thaumazo
2 жыл бұрын
Why couldn't they implement a system where the fresnel lens indicator can be represented INSIDE the aircraft cockpit? Perhaps using syncing through radio signals or something?
@LarsLarsen77
3 жыл бұрын
It's clear you have no idea why they did this, because you were unable to explain it.
@Sr.Smilinguido
3 жыл бұрын
Its so beautiful to see aircrafts landing on a carrier. It brings me Swordfish flashbacks.
@stevedoolan1540
3 жыл бұрын
Well that all looked simple enough, right up until 1:44 when we see what it's like landing in the dark. Wow.
@DrewWithington
2 жыл бұрын
Don't different planes have different glide/approach angles? How does the light indicating system account for this?
@KB4QAA
2 жыл бұрын
It's adjustable.
@AA-xo9uw
Жыл бұрын
3 degrees glide slope is SOP regardless of type.
@cgirl111
3 жыл бұрын
When slapping down 13000 million dollar bills for a ship I doubt cost savings enter the equation. Less equipment means more space for more other stuff.
@Swexy_Gaming
3 жыл бұрын
Shoutout hope you cross 100 K fast
@Shadow-sq2yj
3 жыл бұрын
What do you mean?
@Vesper778
3 жыл бұрын
Oh nice I never knew they have a similar thing as PAPI lights on land as well
@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876
3 жыл бұрын
4:03 why is there a pile of garbage at the bottom if the screen?
@nichts_als_die_Wahrheit
3 жыл бұрын
Don't tell me they lower the cost, but the security is the same. Reality is that they lower the costs and also the security is lowered due to the lower cost.
@spare2count82
3 жыл бұрын
Hey try to land su33 on a us aircraft carrier I did but unfortunately can’t takeoff from catapult
@thomasfoster2671
2 жыл бұрын
Only three wires work just fine. My first ship, USS Midway had a mere three and we got aboard just fine.
@thor1696
3 жыл бұрын
U deserve 1 million subscribers
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
We are working toward it 😅
@brisvegas859
3 жыл бұрын
Night landings on a pitching deck....Yikes
@AtomicBabel
3 жыл бұрын
Very good technical content in your video. Except that I do not agree with your premise. A few comments: 1) The nominal distance between wires is 40 ft (not 50) 2) CV 41 Midway had the same 3 + 1 set up. This was the model for 76, 77, and as planned for Ford Class 3) Poly core cable is used on all Mk 7 and AAG uses the same cables. 4) 76 and 77 have the Mk7 Mod4 5) 78's have 3 (sans +1) wires for "reasons" other than IFLOLS, therefore I have to TOTALLY DISAGREE THAT IFLOLS is what made a 3 wire layout possible. Never encountered this rationale, NEVER EVER!
@NotWhatYouThink
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Could you elaborate on #5, i.e. what the “other reasons” were? Feel free to email us at nwyt2021@gmail.com
@AtomicBabel
3 жыл бұрын
@@NotWhatYouThink see number 2. IFLOLS is an improvement (and JPALS would have made it even better for F35 and future aircraft), however it was not never a factor in the decision. We live in a recon world, so maybe I missed the memo. Also look closely at 3:20.
@aerospacematt9147
3 жыл бұрын
3:08 What aircraft is that? It’s a trainer, that’s for sure, but I’m not familiar with the design.
@davidabarak
3 жыл бұрын
It's a T-45 Goshawk. Back in the 1980s carrier pilots would train first in T-34s, then T-2s, then TA-4s and finally their designated aircraft. Now it's T-6 Texan II, T-45, designated aircraft.
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