Poor footage, because camera does not capture the terrain in the frame, so there is no relationship of the aircraft to any fixed point, so the aircraft's impressive (and fuel intensive) ability is not illustrated.
marceboy73, were you an engineer? It takes longer than 90 seconds to come to a stop. The water is to improve the specific impulse of the engine to give more thrust needed if the aircraft is fully loaded in the hover. I've seen them at displays going for longer and they've got to go off and land somewhere too, vertically.
Actually, the water serves two purposes, 1 it acts as a ballast for the plane; 2 it is injected onto the turbine portion of the engine for added thrust; as the water vaporizes, it expands causing added pressure aft of the turbine, the old J-57 has a similar water system
harriers are supposed to last only 2 minutes of hover time, or else the engines overheat..this must be a new modification wherein some engine parts have ceramics.
Harriers inject water around the engine to keep the heat down and the it can hover for that time because of that, otherwise the engine would overheat very quickly.
i went to that airshow and that thing is like loudest plane you will ever hear
BigMike8721 4 years ago
Poor footage, because camera does not capture the terrain in the frame, so there is no relationship of the aircraft to any fixed point, so the aircraft's impressive (and fuel intensive) ability is not illustrated.
tonytonytonyargh 4 years ago
VTOL is loud as fuck.
sprtn167 4 years ago
90 seconds tops. I should know, I work with them.
marceboy73 4 years ago
yeah forget true lies, the engine would sieze up and plunge into the ground.
RustiSwordz 4 years ago
marceboy73, were you an engineer? It takes longer than 90 seconds to come to a stop. The water is to improve the specific impulse of the engine to give more thrust needed if the aircraft is fully loaded in the hover. I've seen them at displays going for longer and they've got to go off and land somewhere too, vertically.
nasnema 3 years ago
Actually, the water serves two purposes, 1 it acts as a ballast for the plane; 2 it is injected onto the turbine portion of the engine for added thrust; as the water vaporizes, it expands causing added pressure aft of the turbine, the old J-57 has a similar water system
banyani 4 years ago
learn to use videocamera before.... :)
iacopython 4 years ago
i went to the airshow yesterday, pretty intense shit.
FirewallFan 4 years ago
WOW! I adore airshows. Harrier's are one of my fav aircraft. AWESOME.
snowbird68 4 years ago
amazing!!
anotaai 5 years ago
harriers are supposed to last only 2 minutes of hover time, or else the engines overheat..this must be a new modification wherein some engine parts have ceramics.
ngipngip 5 years ago
Harriers inject water around the engine to keep the heat down and the it can hover for that time because of that, otherwise the engine would overheat very quickly.
kitedude7 4 years ago
how come a harrier can stay that long in the air???
Moldskred 5 years ago
i want to see this air show in 2007
kycruisecrazy 5 years ago
Info was posted about the 2007 airshow already in the Dayton paper. I linked to it on my blog. There is a search box in the top right corner.
mike0102s 5 years ago
cool and thanks
kycruisecrazy 5 years ago