Comments for "One-winged F-15, flying and landing after midair collision" Video at VideoSift.com

By theo47

theo47 (http://www.videosift.com/member/theo47) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:58:24 -0700

Not downvoting it, but I just can't get jazzed about multi-million dollar military hardware. People are poor, our schools suck, etc. etc.
Sorry, no offense.

By brnz

brnz (http://www.videosift.com/member/brnz) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:08:12 -0700

Just for the 'holy sh!t' factor - you get my vote.
(And.. I agree with theo - but this is a necessary evil to keep those freedoms we enjoy)

By UmberGryphon

UmberGryphon (http://www.videosift.com/member/UmberGryphon) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:02:36 -0700

I was just heading over to submit this to VideoSift after I saw it on Reddit, but you beat me to it!

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:12:58 -0700

never underestimate the lift of the body, this guy must be really in touch with his aircraft

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:05:49 -0700

That's pretty amazing. Agreed DC, the wide body must provide the lift.

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:05:30 -0700

I heard about this; wicked.

By Ragarnok

Ragarnok (http://www.videosift.com/member/Ragarnok) — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:11:07 -0700

"You don't need wings" gotta love those comments

By bnsa

bnsa (http://www.videosift.com/member/bnsa) — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:43:33 -0700

Video is gone.

By Plant

Plant (http://www.videosift.com/member/Plant) — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:25:59 -0700

Theo...Hardware like that kept you out of Hitler Youth High School, big boy...Catch a freakin' grip before I come over there and smack you!! As for the F-15, it is true that the wide fuselage helped, but the differential horizontal stabilizers really brought her home. I flew the F-15A from 1986-1992. Great jet...hit 5 seagulls at 500 knots, she brought me home no-sweat! (The whole plane smelled like fish, though.)

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:04:00 -0700

differential... meaning one is applying a lot of upwards lift on the missing wing side and a lot of downwards force on the other side?

By Plant

Plant (http://www.videosift.com/member/Plant) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:32:58 -0700

Yeah, Deathcow. In addition to being a conventional "elevator", you can use them like ailerons. In training, the instructor grabs the lower control stick, in effect, jamming it, and you fly home using the transducer on the top of the stick--which only operates the [diff]stab. Very cool system...you can take lots of battle damage, loose your traditional flight controls and [maybe] make it back. Cheers!

By pho3n1x

pho3n1x (http://pho3n1x.videosift.com) — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:16:21 -0700

updated the embed code to one that still works

By DCC

DCC (http://www.videosift.com/member/DCC) — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:42:36 -0700

are you talking about flying while just adjusting your trim? and they are not elevators... they are called horizantal stabilators, since they act as the stabilizers and elevators

By Devlin

Devlin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Devlin) — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:03:33 -0700

My father helped design the F-15, and has multiple records of Israeli F-15's losing a wing and making home, including one from the Osirik reactor bombing. While it's cool and everything, I only have one question: WHY IS IT ONLY THE ISRAELI AIRFORCE THAT LOSES THE WINGS FROM F-15S????? Otherwise, I'm not suprised, and glad the pilot and RIO are okay.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:52:27 -0700

*geek

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:17:00 -0700

Added video to geek channel (geek called by gold star member dag)

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:02:46 -0700

*nochannel *spacy *military *wtf *engineering

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:02:47 -0700

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Adding video to channels (Engineering, Military, Spacy, Wtf) - requested by calvados.

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:07:00 -0700

*dead

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:07:00 -0700

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by arvana.