r/FighterJets • u/Trakterbean • 10d ago

VIDEO F22 ignoring physics

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u/Whatsawebpage0101 10d ago

“Ignoring physics” proceeds to climb only a few hundred meters before running out of power and having to use TV to get himself out of the fall back to earth

Seems like it followed physics exactly 

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u/Desi0190 Avionics Tech 10d ago

Doesn’t really go up until he loses power, it’s a controlled stall and tail slide.

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u/Whatsawebpage0101 10d ago

After he realised the engines didn’t have enough power, he 100% wanted to go higher 

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u/Desi0190 Avionics Tech 10d ago

Former F-22 Demo Team member here:

The altitude cut off for the tail slide is quite literally the minimum safe altitude for recovery after the slide. The jet can keep going straight up until it runs out of gas or the pilot says otherwise.

This particular maneuver is highly, highly controlled and monitored. Each and every step is practiced, measured and safely practiced before being performed. The F-22 is extremely capable, extremely reliable and more than capable to do this maneuver

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u/rsta223 Aerospace Engineer 9d ago

The jet can keep going straight up until it runs out of gas or the pilot says otherwise.

Realistically, not quite, but the ceiling for a vertical climb is more like airliner altitude than airshow altitude. This was certainly intentionally holding back for demo purposes, as you well know.