F-18 Super Hornet Shock Cone

[dansterwerecool]

So sexy

[xiceman191]

yea he is right but canada trains with the us in red flag though they train under us as a matter of fact all nato forces train under us but dont ever disrespect canada

[slip180]

why don't you respect the country you are in or get the hell out, Canada has higher standers in training as well as pilot selection, just to even have the chance to get into the RCAF as a pilot you need a University degree, and be in that 1% of people to even think about getting into a fighter, oh the RCAF F/A-18 is the exact same as the USA except for a couple changes if I am correct, are pilots are also Carrier qualified.

[ReconTeam111]

The RCAF is good but I would place my bets on the USN.

The Canadian version of the Hornet is based off of the earlier F-18A/B aircraft. Currently the US Navy operates the F-18C/D Hornets and the F-18E/F Super Hornet which is a larger and rather more capable aircraft seen here.

[22069306]

True, but what makes more differrence is the pilot, and because canada doesn't have many aircrafts, the pilots who fly them are probably comparable to the US Navy pilots.

[strikeeagle345]

@slip180 U.S.has the same standards.

[Nyetnonnein]

May I recommend future Super hornets be delivered with better anti-glare paint. Had to squint a couple times in this vid :D

On another note.. Congrats Boeing/India on super-hornet component joint production work. Not to mention P-8i project.

[zdierkes]

They are painted that way to be hard to see from the air, not the ground...its a Navy/Marine fighter...that means it flies over water alot!!

[Nyetnonnein]

So you assume then that the adversary will look down at it, against an ocean backround? Hmmmm. I would prefer a neutral paint, when fights are equal of similar altitude or if adversay is having to look up? That's just me.

[zdierkes]

Ok Mr. Boeing, when you come out with Super Hornet II, you cant paint it any fuckin color you want...how bout Barney purple??? Big Bird yellow, you choose.

[zdierkes]

Ok Mr. Boeing, when you come out with Super Hornet II, you cant paint it any fuckin color you want...how bout Barney purple??? Big Bird yellow, you choose.

[vtwinmesa]

those poor extomcat pilots...

[ilovesolfege]

I've talked to plenty of US Navy killer pilots, and they admitted 'Yes...you canuck pilots kicked our asses plenty in training exercises, you got some amazing pilots up there'. Have some national pride.

[ilovesolfege]

You stupid 14 year old. Go to CFB Cold Lake, and go tell an F-18 pilot he sucks, to his face. You don't know anything. Do you have ANY idea what it takes to become a fighter pilot? You are barely old enough to flip burgers, you play halo all day long, how can you know how good our pilots are.

[TDOTVITO]

canada got the CF18 Hornet and the best pilots in the world but we like america

[Noobsubs]

Canadians have small heads

[Shadow2271]

wtf us wrong with you noosubs?

[jayrq2o1]

a-10's do all the real work. honestly, how many enemy air forces does america REALLY have to deal with?

[archietherobot]

Sound on this vid is super!

[frankodub187]

you's are fuckin mupits.. you can not deny this jet.. yea there is figters now that can out mamouver it but all it was made was air to air combat and it done its job.. hornet exactly means hornet.. light fast and will be all over you!!

[zatousagi]

actually it can be an attack aircraft(i.e F/A 18).fighter/attack.

[Vihor189]

Ok, larry. You are F-18, I am an Su-37 fan.

That's all folks.

[azbadgahad]

I'm a fan of any cool plane. Russian made, or otherwise. The F-18 is for sure, a kickass plane.

[jugg27]

Though Russia was cancelling Su-37 project and converting to Su- 30 and Su-33. I know they are upgrading the MiG-29, now thats a good Russian plane.

[superskullmaster]

Damn there is an abundance of ignorant comments here. Before you get on her spouting bullshit, why not visit wikipedia and look up Prandtl-Glauert singularity which is something that explains what half you idiots are getting wrong.

[Vihor189]

I have video about much better fighter plane...

Much better !!

[Rambo2013]

cool

[jetkingknight]

there is something called adiabatic cooling... i just took a class of meteorology at embry riddle aerinatical university and what Hagglemann said is right..... adiabatic cooling says that when the pressure drops the air can expand and the water vapor in the parcel of air can condense... .that is why as parcels of air rise and the pressure drops clouds can form.... so stop with this nonses that breaking the sound barrier causes this "anomoly"

[sequentialproduction]

Nice video. Your camera caught the sound really well.

[sunnysidedown04]

I agree

[TheAzureLight]

I'm pretty sure the vapor comes from condesation in the air reacting to the vibrations of the "sonic boom"

[tommytmt]

Yes, you're right TheAzureLight, it's called a sonic-compression-bubble(that'­s just before it's traveling supersonic and it looks like a cloud is following it), then while it's traveling supersonic it's called a sonic-compression-cone.

[GateCrasherVI]

i just realized something about the vapor wall i've seen these always making.. it almost looks like its just a matter of opening up the flaps and ... aelerons (?) enough to put so much pressure on the air going over the wings that it condensates... or is the vapor wall 100% always a sign of mach

[iaintg0t0ne]

the vapor represents passing from subsonic to supersonic

[HunterKiller87]

its a 100% sign of breaking mach 1. I do believe but i maybe wrong, it is caused by the rapid compression and condensation of the water in the air because of the boom is so loud.

[GateCrasherVI]

well thats what i've always known to be true. but then today for the first time i considered flaps-condensation.. *shrug* it was just a thought that i hadn't had before

[iaintg0t0ne]

your wrong, also you don't have to go though mach 1 to get the vapor, thought i'd let you know

[Haggleman]

Happens when only parts of the aircraft are supersonic, meaning the airflow is at different speeds across the plane, creating a sudden drop in pressure after the shock cone, which will also create a temperature drop, condensing the water in the air. Not because of the boom, but because of the pressure and temp drop.

[iaintg0t0ne]

thanks for explaining that, i couldn't have done it better

[witbred]

what a bunch of retards. planes dont have to be the fastest. they just have to be fast enough. the f-18 super hornet pulls the highest g-forces. how fast do you want to go??? you wanna kill the pilot????? i bet you it goes mach 14!!! hahahahahha

[iaintg0t0ne]

I don't care how fast thay go!

what the hell i'm saying is that it will go past mach 1 in level flight at sea level!

[superskullmaster]

The F/A-18 pulls only 7.5. Both the F-16 and F-15 pull 9. Pwned.

[adidas2010]

There's a lot more to it than pulling Gs.

[iaintg0t0ne]

agreed!

[TheAzureLight]

Speed don't matter when the FA-18 is a superior fighter. Pawned

[superskullmaster]

F-22 Owneds all. Shitpawned, end of story.

[tommytmt]

There are vids on here where the F/A-18 is pulling 9G's

[TurboQuark]

I got Erection...

[guitarfreak1324]

thats awesome

[xFreakGhosTx]

to the people commenting the F-18 can't make Mach 1 at sea level, you dont suppose the statistics you found have been modified from the acutal performance to protect the CLASSIFIED capabilities of the system do you? Otherwise our enemies could just look up everything they wanted to know about every one of our systems...just a thought

[samplethief]

of course it can break the sound barrier, this aint 1969 anymore

the f18 can probably break the sound barrier going backwards!!!!

:D

[chappy48]

Actually, planes back in 1969 could break the sound barrier which makes it even more pathetic.

[LITAX1293]

but the f-18f (the super hornet) is better at dog fighting

[iaintg0t0ne]

that still doesn't change the fact that it can....

[jzero4813]

Yeah, he was right on the edge. Between about mach 0.8 to 1.2, give or take, parts of the plane experience supersonic flow while others don't. You don't get a proper sonic boom until the whole plane goes supersonic, this guy was just riding the edge of the transonic regime. You can hear a few low frequency pulses as he goes by where he's just bumping against the rear end of the pressure wave but letting the friction keep him subsonic.

[bstom]

i dunno, he hadn't broken it but was very close to. Or it might just be the humidty, but i thought you would have been more vapour when he was pulling up if it was that.

[spartansickx]

Do u hear the power on that shit thats what millions of arabs hear after thay are alrdy dead hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahah­ahahahaha

[SirFinklebottom]

the first 2 minutes of this video are really not necessary.

[schumisebas]

no está rompiendo la barrera del sonido, el efecto seria diferente

[jay7sun]

Good comment ipthesnake.. What happened is the pilot was very close to breakin the s-barrier.. He was at the threshold, (hence the cone) at that point there is a massive amount of friction slowing u down so no barrier broken but VERY close..

[lpthesnake]

I don't think it broke the sound barrier because if it did, it would follow with a big bang indicating the the sound barrier has been broken. In this case, it was just the water vapor (humidity) that was forming at the tip if the wings.

[imageekfromhouston]

I'll bet my '79 trans am is faster than your mustang

[pimpedpumas]

lol thats awesome... not as cool as when i break the sound barrier when im running.

[Dsoup]

It's illegal for even military jets to break the sound barrier over land.  It was just humid that day.

[iaintg0t0ne]

no it's not, let me see if i can find an artical i found awhile ago that'll help you out

[iplaysax]

It looked like he did break the sound barrier, actually. The condensation in front of the plane was from compressed air due to the shockwave, I think.

[iaintg0t0ne]

no he didn't break it, look around and you'll find the answer your looking for it's been posted many times

[ohcrapusuck]

wat a cheap shit. u made me w8 for 2 mins and then showed a little bit of shock wave which lasted for abt .5 second.

[GeorgeRizov]

Faster than a speeding bullet!

[kulpafish06]

not really

he didnt even break the sound barrier, a bullet travels depending on its caliber....but most bullets travel twice the speed of sound!

[will9526]

whats the song in the background??nice vid by the way im gald canada bought f-18's even tho there rusty and old.

[icedcougar]

feel so alive by P.O.D

[revpar]

My mustang is faster than that!

[bombobman]

its good but y didnt u edit to the last part so i didnt have to wait to c what i wanted to c :)

[chappy48]

Super Hornet can't break the sound barrier below a certain altitude anyway, unless it dives from a higher altitude and gets some momentum behind it.

[iaintg0t0ne]

LOL!! yes thay can in level flight at sea level

[chappy48]

You're wrong. At level flight, in full afterburner, at sea level, the Super Hornet will not break the sound barrier. Do some research. The Super Hornet is a joke of an airplane that can't come close to touching the F-14 that it's "supposed" to replace.

[iaintg0t0ne]

i am an f-18 pilot and all i can tell you is this, it WILL break the soundbarrer on afterburners in level flight at sea level

[chappy48]

Maybe you should learn a little more about your plane then. F-18A-D's can, so when you generalize like that, you're right, but E/F can't. At least according to the test pilot's and officials that were in charge of testing the aircraft when it first was being considered.

[iaintg0t0ne]

you aparntly need to go for a ride in one........

[chappy48]

A little something I found when the two planes were compared: An F/A-18E/F in maximum afterburner thrust cannot exceed Mach 1.0 in level flight below 10,000 feet even when it is in the clean configuration (no external stores). At 10,000 feet, the F-14D can exceed Mach 1.6.

[iaintg0t0ne]

i am an f-18 pilot and all i can tell you is this, it WILL break the soundbarrer on afterburners in level flight at sea level

[kevo201]

the hornets just look so  bad ass and mean when they're in the air . i would of hated to be a iraqi ground unit look up at that thing ha ah they probaly all shitted themself's

[ozziavi80r]

the F/a-18 the only fighter jet that can accelerate whilst in a 90 degree vertical climb. i'm impressed

[xphs]

Any jest with a Thrust/weight ratio higher than 1.0 can do that. And trust me, there are more then one :)

[xphs]

Any jet with a thrust/weight ratio higher than 1.0 can do that. And trust me, there are more then just the Horner. :)

[fastmoverusmc]

Transonic flow - preceeds supersonic flow and occurs as a portion of the airflow passes the subsonic regime -- starts at the aft portion of the airfoil and works it's way forward as the entire airflow around the foil reaches supersonic speeds. Very cool;)

[YourUncleFester]

Dah! I knew that.

Uncle Fester

[NikitasGuitars]

Yes it is :-)

[idiotnoobbum]

brilliant... first time ive seen what a sonice boom is without the boom

[iaintg0t0ne]

buddy if it was the real thing you wouldn't have any ears that worked

thay we're just close to the speed of sound (mach .96-.98)

[phildopos]

THats every true, as u watch then ending on the cone, he never actually passes 100% through it he is just aproching the speed of sound.

[Jept]

Impressive!!!

[S00000by]

Nice camera work, the cone was excellent!!

[ReelinRod]

Prandtl-Glauert Condensation Clouds are not themselves indicators of sound barrier transmission. I didn't hear a boom and there's no way that pilot would have a Mach1+ run over land (in violation of FAA regs) and such a crowded situation as an airshow at DAFB.

It was an enjoyable vid and it was nice camera work capturing interesting phenomena that civilians rarely get to see. See vid replies (if they ever show up).

[delanman]

Thanks for the response. Great vid and explanation. cut and paste into the url... watch?v=a_TXh65qAP4

[delanman]

This one too... watch?v=yf7vqUBdtmc

[umpcam]

Yeah the cone effect with no boom just means they were close to the speed of sound, about .96 or .98 Mach, depending on relative-humidity, temperature, and altitude(not sure what Dover's altitude is above sea level probably pretty low).

Nice vapes but those push-overs looked painful! hehe

[iaintg0t0ne]

yeah, your right

[morten1993]

isnt it just that you cant hear the boom because its on tape?, it has something to do with the ear, and that cannnot be done through recorded sound

[umpcam]

You can hear a sonic boom if it's recorded(on tape). It's nowhere near as impressive cuz usually you dont get much of the bass at all but it's obvious. Also, the closer they get to the speed of sound the louder they are when you do hear them because you hear next to nothing, then as soon as they're on top of you you get the full 150+dB blast.

[roccocroce]

Just awesome. Awesome everything. Sonic Boom was so sweeet. Awesome videoo

[skimmer1987]

man i have to say its something to actually see positive comments on this site,

great camera work that had to been a sight to see in person,

[dguy812]

Love the video! It must have been exciting to witness the shockwave live.

[Chopperdevil1775]

Great camera work indeed

[Nackavich]

Yeah i agree with 79jlb, that was great camera work man, a rare sight indeed.

[PhantomMark]

man that cam work was just excellent, thanks, never seen this before, rare indeed, been to many airshows and still a first :) thanks

[Vlabar]

Nice camera work.

[aaaachessguy]

Great shock cone. Long wait for it though.

[andythefork]

Come on man, you have to wait two and a half minutes to finally see the shock cone.

[delanman]

sorry about that. only my first two posts.  thought the rerun would make it worth the wait.

[VandenbergAFBdude]

Are they aloud to do the shoke cone at an airshow, a mig-23 pilot went to court for that....otherwise, fing awesome

[crstardust]

great video...shock cone was spectacular!

[delanman]

thanks. note the remains of the dead C-5B at the end of the runway just as the F-18 is on final for the high-speed dash. you'll see the tail first then the fuselage comes into view. it was removed after this vid was taken.

[79jlb]

Very nice camera work... not once did you lose sight of the plane. Awesome video too.

[nichols9286]

whoa, that was crazy

[realallaire]

Rare to see that very impressive !