Red Stars Formation Flight Sortie - March 12, 2011

[GodofSnipers1]

WOAH... HE ACTUALLY GOT TO FLY WITH THEM?

[buffey]

Great video, Steve.

[cactusod]

It was a very turbulent and gusty day, which made tight flying difficult....especially early in the season. #2 is relatively new to formation flying, but he did a nice job of working it and hanging in there. He'll be a very good formation pilot.

Poor Steve had the unenviable task of bumping around in a cockpit, going vertical, while trying to film through a video recorder. Tough on the stomach!

[destroyeroflight23]

the one guys prop looks like it isn't even moving

[ConnorTaylorBP]

@destroyeroflight23 frame rate of camera, pretty cool but : )

[ParasiteQueen1]

pure awesomeness

[obliviousfafnir01]

The pilot of the Yak looked like he was having a little trouble during that first bank. But then, I can imagine formation flying to be a lot tougher than it looks.

[ninjadude92584]

or were you just in the plane

[ninjadude92584]

wait you flew the plane?!

[mechanic7866]

are the propellers on the airplane spinning that slow or is it just the motion?

[Laschy46]

@mechanic7866 motion

[aaron8862006]

@mechanic7866 - It's the framerate of the camera, actually... they're moving somewhere near 2000 rpm i'm guessing.

[nvstewart]

@mechanic7866 If the propeller spins at the same speed as the video camera record rate it will appear stationary. You can see this in a single seater racing car from on board camera from time to time. But to see it at an extreme level watch this video : watch?v=eJ6vadFVjYg The rotor blades are stationary throughout this video while it preforms at an airshow.

[Nitrozzy7]

@nvstewart The stroboscopic effect is a visual phenomenon caused by aliasing that occurs when continuous motion is represented by a series of short or instantaneous samples. It occurs when the view of a moving object is represented by a series of short samples as distinct from a continuous view, and the moving object is in rotational or other cyclic motion at a rate close to the sampling rate.

This doesn't necessarily mean that their speed is in sync. Think about it. See wikipedia.

[obliviousfafnir01]

@Nitrozzy7 I would think that the the frame rate and the prop rotation are in sync only when the prop appears to be stationary. That's an interesting effect though, thanks for sharing that info.

[nvstewart]

@mechanic7866 BTW, I forgot to mention, when I was talking about the racing car, I meant the manufacturers name on the side of the tire wall becoming stationary when the car is travelling at a certain speed. I forgot to mention that part.

[SpyOpz94]

This is so epic!!!

[cambruda]

i love the propeller effect from the camera.