Power On Stalls... How not to.

[Doggtyred]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix1i31NroQ8

 

[Pi1otguy]

i don't get it. With all those electronics onboard why did it yaw so much?

 

[sba55]

Good timing!

 

[RJM62]

http://www.vancouversun.com/technol...vation+after+Alberta+crash/3315219/story.html

 

[poadeleted20]

i don't get it. With all those electronics onboard why did it yaw so much?

Being a fighter plane, not a transport, the flight control system of the F/A-18 does not include all the protections that an Airbus's has, so it is possible to depart the plane from controlled flight if you maneuver aggressively enough, and this was meant to be a "to the limits" demo of the aircraft's capabilities. You get the pitch rate going too fast, and you can get to the point where the flight control computers can't react fast enough to stop bad things from happening if the pilot commands it or lets it happen.

 

[Lance F]

Close view by experts note that one nozzle is open and the other closed. Engine failure and Vmc roll. Computer can't fix that. Great reaction and life saving decision by the pilot.

 

[poadeleted20]

Close view by experts note that one nozzle is open and the other closed. Engine failure and Vmc roll.

That would do it.

 

[Trapper John]

Hopefully the only injury is the pilot's pride.

 

[COFlyBoy]

Hopefully the only injury is the pilot's pride.

Pilot came down clear of the fireball, but not by much. Scary!

 

[rottydaddy]

i don't get it. With all those electronics onboard why did it yaw so much?

Probably just going too slow at that point... even a computer can't do much without any rudder effectiveness.