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When airplanes disconnect from a tanker during air to air refueling, why do they bank so sharply to the right?
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowWhat is this turn called and how is it performed?What are good strategies for the “impossible turn”?How does the canard plan of the Dassault Rafale work?Why don't airliners use in-air refueling systems?Cruiser-Feeder Concept - feasible?What is this turn called and how is it performed?Why is there a difference between military parachutes and those used for skydiving?What's this sound? - Dogfight between F14 & MiG23Where does the fuel that the mid-air refueling probe collects go to?Why do military jets seem to always take off using the afterburner?How fast do the F-35 weapons bay doors open/close during combat ops?
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Whenever I see videos on YouTube they bank really sharply to the right after disconnecting. Why wouldn’t they do a more shallow 30 degree bank?
See this video for reference:
military maneuver mid-air-refueling
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Whenever I see videos on YouTube they bank really sharply to the right after disconnecting. Why wouldn’t they do a more shallow 30 degree bank?
See this video for reference:
military maneuver mid-air-refueling
edited 30 mins ago
FreeMan
7,6731060125
asked 2 hours ago
pythonhelpthrowpythonhelpthrow
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That's an 8+ minute video. I relinked it at the relevant time point. Being behind the stick, I'm certain that's a very tense 8 minutes, watching at my desk, though, it got boring pretty quick...
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– FreeMan
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Good idea to mark the time stamp!
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– pythonhelpthrow
46 mins ago
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Didn’t know you could link to a timestamp, so learned something new. Ta!
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– Cpt Reynolds
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Whenever I see videos on YouTube they bank really sharply to the right after disconnecting. Why wouldn’t they do a more shallow 30 degree bank?
See this video for reference:
military maneuver mid-air-refueling
edited 30 mins ago
FreeMan
7,6731060125
asked 2 hours ago
pythonhelpthrowpythonhelpthrow
956
$endgroup$
Whenever I see videos on YouTube they bank really sharply to the right after disconnecting. Why wouldn’t they do a more shallow 30 degree bank?
See this video for reference:
military maneuver mid-air-refueling
military maneuver mid-air-refueling
edited 30 mins ago
FreeMan
7,6731060125
asked 2 hours ago
pythonhelpthrowpythonhelpthrow
956
edited 30 mins ago
FreeMan
7,6731060125
asked 2 hours ago
pythonhelpthrowpythonhelpthrow
956
edited 30 mins ago
FreeMan
7,6731060125
edited 30 mins ago
FreeMan
7,6731060125
edited 30 mins ago
FreeMan
7,6731060125
7,6731060125
asked 2 hours ago
pythonhelpthrowpythonhelpthrow
956
asked 2 hours ago
pythonhelpthrowpythonhelpthrow
956
asked 2 hours ago
pythonhelpthrowpythonhelpthrow
956
956
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That's an 8+ minute video. I relinked it at the relevant time point. Being behind the stick, I'm certain that's a very tense 8 minutes, watching at my desk, though, it got boring pretty quick...
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– FreeMan
1 hour ago
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Good idea to mark the time stamp!
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– pythonhelpthrow
46 mins ago
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Didn’t know you could link to a timestamp, so learned something new. Ta!
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– Cpt Reynolds
41 mins ago
add a comment |
2
$begingroup$
That's an 8+ minute video. I relinked it at the relevant time point. Being behind the stick, I'm certain that's a very tense 8 minutes, watching at my desk, though, it got boring pretty quick...
$endgroup$
– FreeMan
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Good idea to mark the time stamp!
$endgroup$
– pythonhelpthrow
46 mins ago
$begingroup$
Didn’t know you could link to a timestamp, so learned something new. Ta!
$endgroup$
– Cpt Reynolds
41 mins ago
2
2
$begingroup$
That's an 8+ minute video. I relinked it at the relevant time point. Being behind the stick, I'm certain that's a very tense 8 minutes, watching at my desk, though, it got boring pretty quick...
$endgroup$
– FreeMan
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
That's an 8+ minute video. I relinked it at the relevant time point. Being behind the stick, I'm certain that's a very tense 8 minutes, watching at my desk, though, it got boring pretty quick...
$endgroup$
– FreeMan
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Good idea to mark the time stamp!
$endgroup$
– pythonhelpthrow
46 mins ago
$begingroup$
Good idea to mark the time stamp!
$endgroup$
– pythonhelpthrow
46 mins ago
$begingroup$
Didn’t know you could link to a timestamp, so learned something new. Ta!
$endgroup$
– Cpt Reynolds
41 mins ago
$begingroup$
Didn’t know you could link to a timestamp, so learned something new. Ta!
$endgroup$
– Cpt Reynolds
41 mins ago
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They are performing the breakaway maneuver, which is the standard way for fighter jets to exit a formation. It provides a way to safely and quickly gain separation from the other aircraft.
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Doesn't really look all that aggressive to me, either way the fighter and the tanker are very vulnerable while refueling. Usually there is more than one aircraft waiting to refuel, so the goal of this game is to run as many of the aircraft in formation through refueling as quickly as possible.
In order to do that, you need to get your wake out of the way for the next guy to get a smooth approach to the basket. As Fooot says in his answer, the pilot is using a standard "breakaway" maneuver to get out of the formation and wait for the other pilots in the flight to get the fuel and continue with the mission.
Plus you just got a full tank of fuel in the worlds funnest military equipment...
answered 2 hours ago
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They are performing the breakaway maneuver, which is the standard way for fighter jets to exit a formation. It provides a way to safely and quickly gain separation from the other aircraft.
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They are performing the breakaway maneuver, which is the standard way for fighter jets to exit a formation. It provides a way to safely and quickly gain separation from the other aircraft.
edited 2 hours ago
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22.1k281102
answered 2 hours ago
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They are performing the breakaway maneuver, which is the standard way for fighter jets to exit a formation. It provides a way to safely and quickly gain separation from the other aircraft.
edited 2 hours ago
Ron Beyer
22.1k281102
answered 2 hours ago
foootfooot
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They are performing the breakaway maneuver, which is the standard way for fighter jets to exit a formation. It provides a way to safely and quickly gain separation from the other aircraft.
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Ron Beyer
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Doesn't really look all that aggressive to me, either way the fighter and the tanker are very vulnerable while refueling. Usually there is more than one aircraft waiting to refuel, so the goal of this game is to run as many of the aircraft in formation through refueling as quickly as possible.
In order to do that, you need to get your wake out of the way for the next guy to get a smooth approach to the basket. As Fooot says in his answer, the pilot is using a standard "breakaway" maneuver to get out of the formation and wait for the other pilots in the flight to get the fuel and continue with the mission.
Plus you just got a full tank of fuel in the worlds funnest military equipment...
answered 2 hours ago
Ron BeyerRon Beyer
22.1k281102
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$begingroup$
Doesn't really look all that aggressive to me, either way the fighter and the tanker are very vulnerable while refueling. Usually there is more than one aircraft waiting to refuel, so the goal of this game is to run as many of the aircraft in formation through refueling as quickly as possible.
In order to do that, you need to get your wake out of the way for the next guy to get a smooth approach to the basket. As Fooot says in his answer, the pilot is using a standard "breakaway" maneuver to get out of the formation and wait for the other pilots in the flight to get the fuel and continue with the mission.
Plus you just got a full tank of fuel in the worlds funnest military equipment...
answered 2 hours ago
Ron BeyerRon Beyer
22.1k281102
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$begingroup$
Doesn't really look all that aggressive to me, either way the fighter and the tanker are very vulnerable while refueling. Usually there is more than one aircraft waiting to refuel, so the goal of this game is to run as many of the aircraft in formation through refueling as quickly as possible.
In order to do that, you need to get your wake out of the way for the next guy to get a smooth approach to the basket. As Fooot says in his answer, the pilot is using a standard "breakaway" maneuver to get out of the formation and wait for the other pilots in the flight to get the fuel and continue with the mission.
Plus you just got a full tank of fuel in the worlds funnest military equipment...
answered 2 hours ago
Ron BeyerRon Beyer
22.1k281102
$endgroup$
Doesn't really look all that aggressive to me, either way the fighter and the tanker are very vulnerable while refueling. Usually there is more than one aircraft waiting to refuel, so the goal of this game is to run as many of the aircraft in formation through refueling as quickly as possible.
In order to do that, you need to get your wake out of the way for the next guy to get a smooth approach to the basket. As Fooot says in his answer, the pilot is using a standard "breakaway" maneuver to get out of the formation and wait for the other pilots in the flight to get the fuel and continue with the mission.
Plus you just got a full tank of fuel in the worlds funnest military equipment...
answered 2 hours ago
Ron BeyerRon Beyer
22.1k281102
answered 2 hours ago
Ron BeyerRon Beyer
22.1k281102
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That's an 8+ minute video. I relinked it at the relevant time point. Being behind the stick, I'm certain that's a very tense 8 minutes, watching at my desk, though, it got boring pretty quick...
$endgroup$
– FreeMan
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Good idea to mark the time stamp!
$endgroup$
– pythonhelpthrow
46 mins ago
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Didn’t know you could link to a timestamp, so learned something new. Ta!
$endgroup$
– Cpt Reynolds
41 mins ago