CL-215 Water Bomber fighting fires. Excellent close up and sound.

[jokker73]

without a lake...nothing special.



[solbergsindre]

Now THAT is an awesome job!

[SoCalDualSport]

Funny how all the pilot-engineers chime in as soon as an airplane video appears on utube. Nothin but the facts ma'am. 145 knots with a drop speed of blah blah with an external enchilada and turbo cig lighter. Please just fly the plane and we'll talk amongst ourselves you pilots.

[msbwlb]

pretty cool how the fps matches the propeller rotation and it appears that the props stop and ever so slowly reverse direction.

[mattmatt115]

This plane is awesome

I watched 4 of them in action on the same fire in real life, and they were picking up water in a coordinated system that looked like it was a military performance

These guys are professionals and their job directly protects the lives of Canadians from a threat when they are called to duty, rather than spending billions fighting a resistance movement in some foreign wasteland proclaiming it protects us

This here, is something that is "protecting us"

[shawnyblaze]

why arnt the props spinning is it a jet

[pjvenner]

@shawnyblaze : They are spinning. They appear to slow, stop or even reverse due to strobe effect caused when the position of the blades roughly coincide with the frame rate of the camera.

[xrd1Hal9000]

@shawnyblaze I think it's because of the number of frames per second the camera is using, it gives the illusion that the props aren't spinning.

[railman2015]

@shawnyblaze r u fucking retarded?

[Maxim499]

awesome vid bro

[will13fox]

I hate to criticize a cool video but your description is a little off you said that it can refill its tank in ten seconds at 7580 kn (139148 km/h; 8692 mph), 8,692mph? An SR-71 cruises at 2,200mph that's about mach 3.3, an F-16 about mach 2 1,500mph, and the fastest prop driven aircraft's have only reached about 500-600 mph. The max speed of a CL-215 is about 180mph.

[chadbryden]

@will13fox LOL I only copied and pasted that info from another site. Never even noticed or I would have realized that was impossible. I removed the rest of that sentence. Maybe it meant some kind of pump inside the tank is pumping the water in that fast? Maybe it meant the force in kilonewtons that the water is forced in? Thanks for pointing that out. Now it makes more sense!

[hosreh]

@chadbryden kn isnt knots, knots are usually written - k knts knots never seen anyone ever write kn

[FECRWY]

@chadbryden lol I think someone just watched the video and timed how long the aircraft was on the water for...which was about 10 seconds

[VicariousRider]

@will13fox I think it was supposed to read "refill its tank at 75-80 knots" - I saw the article referenced and that's the data posted. Still, 7,580 knots - I'd be mighty impressed to see an aircraft flying that speed!

[Alexmcgruer3]

@will13fox I suspect it was a decimal placed in the wrong spot: But hey , It's an aiborne fire truck; it has to be fast. LOL. A herc has a drop speed of 145 knots , stall of about 130 I am guessing sop I suspect this thing is likely about 80 Knots Parehaps tanker refil speed is 139 point 148 or 139 to 148 KM per hour. These seam like reasonable speeds. Mach 12 is a little fast to hit the water.

[Landrew0]

It's hard to make the payments on a water bomber when there are no fires.

[Terminal5k]

just like a bird, flyes down to suck some water and then he bounce

[arcdirect]

Now this , real Candair , not that MOBS run Bomberdair or what ever , they call them self , watch out , UNCLE SAME is after you A ........... HOLES

[arcdirect]

Now this , real Candair , not that MOBS run Bomberdair or what ever , they call them self , what out , UNCLE SAME is after you A ........... HOLES 

[wcresponder]

the cl-215 are good the cl-415 are better and widely respected, what I would like to know is why no one has built an updated model of the martin mars water bomber.

That plane is in huge demand and no one has decided to build more of them.

[Krys21147]

ITS BALOU!!!

[flightsimxwoho]

1:12 Fish: MOM IM COMING HOME!

[crankbv1]

Just realisd that strobe effect can happen at engine rpm other than camera shutter speeds but it's a bit complex and involves the number of prop blades...sorry !

[crankbv1]

What we're seeing is a typical example of stroboscopic effect,where the camera frames per sec' happen to match those of the props. A camera takes 24 frames per second or 1,440 per min'. Therefore if the aircraft props are turning at the same speed then the camera captures an image of the blades in exactly the same position every time so they appear not to have moved at all. The footage shows that this aircraft's engines happened to be turning at 1440 rpm at that moment in time.

[StrongBlair]

Its good to see that 284's forward hatch survived dropping on a young apprentice's head.

[MrMrSilviu]

nice

[omyvega1]

propellors arent even moving... Fake and Gay!!!

[MrMrSilviu]

@omyvega1 it's either because he is gliding or because it's an optical illusion

[Thewinnipegboy]

@MrMrSilviu it`s an optical illusion. A plane like that, picking up water, would still have its propellers moving.

[P0PZILLA]

@MrMrSilviu @omyvega1

The props are turning and the same frame rate as the camera

The plane is at full throttle with it's tanks full of water and climbing

[RCProductionable]

@omyvega1 It is not fake,it's just the camera hasn't got high enough frame rates to pick up the props moving at such a speed.

[gamerguy2321]

@omyvega1 or the frame rate is the same as the rpm

[MasqueradeOfTruth]

that is so cool.

[valerianbergen]

good description.. thanks for the effort

[mrgameci]

@Pavouk106 yes xD^^ Magically levitating.

[mrgameci]

@middletech Yes it looked really like the propellers were not moving.

[Pavouk106]

@mrgameci Magically levitating :-)

[Aazerel]

Poor bastard picked the wrong day to go scuba diving.

[middletech]

It looked like the propellers were nor moving. Or just windmilling.

[guguigugu]

@middletech it's just looks like that because of the camera. when the speed of the props syncs with the camera's fps, the effect is created.

[studentdebts]

Good filming there.

[kossss1000]

omg

[peejh]

Personally I find flight sim somewhat safer than fishing.....

[packard0001]

Captain Balu :D

[chestybondrod]

I live in Sydney Australia top that lol

[SOWHATIMADEIT]

i hear that happen to a woman a man an a child in a form of test an the persons in the water did no asked harm was done to them an air craft used picked them up an droped them persons placed in the water tank whom no wanted human trafficing marrages or drug use of life, a bazzkoa was called an a gov war tank

to kill ww2 air craft crime persons a few times in world history as use of job an air craft use no for they job only

[DiddledOnce]

@SOWHATIMADEIT ummmmmm...... da fuck did u just say?

[Carter549]

i live in sydney nova scotia

[tziligeo]

my fathers flyes this planes and believe me its too dangerous job

[SwiperrNoSwiping]

lucky that isnt water from the oil spill otherwise it would only make the fire worse.

[Nudelsalatbomber]

chad, i hope you didn´t try to spank the meat while filming this!?

[gtrefghuk]

Cool.

[mikemomajr]

that waterbomer was going near my place because the fire was near my place it went by 24/7

[sunsetreptiles]

nice video

[BlackPhantomJambo]

why did at some point near the end, most notably at around 0:58, the props just stop?

[krystleluther]

The blades are spinning at the exact rate the camera is taking shots. Probably 30 shots per seconds. Blades spinning at 30 rotations per second... something like that. Weird optical illusion.

[BlackPhantomJambo]

cool

[updogs]

@krystleluther  thats crazy

[DeiMuddaSeiMudda]

That's just an optical illusion/video interference caused by the speed the props turn and the framerate of the cam :-)

[KevinCanada87]

It has something to do with the frame speed of the camera I think... just an optical illusion.

[m93sek]

have seen that live in Spain - and the the dropping as well

[frostedfur]

Thank you for posting that video. It is excellent to see a CL-215 in the air.

[longballsteeve]

Excellent video. Thanks for posting it. Those pilots have to be some of the best pilots in the world.

[blevin13]

I wounder if any fish get sucked in lol xD

[Estileese]

@blevin13 probably does happen XD

[p8ntballpyrosurfer19]

@blevin13 yes fish have been known to be picked up both from scoopers and snorkels on copters lol

[tiagandremo]

@blevin13 close to were i live here in portugal (theres fuck loads of forest fires here aswell about 600 or so every summer) a guy had/has 3 big tanks where he breeds fish, here choppers with buckets are aloued to get water from any were, where the bucket fits, they'll dunk it and fill, so they dunked the bucket into 1 of the tanks taking up most of his fish, he was on the news talking about what happen, and boy he was not happy

[MaxKetteler]

@blevin13 *lol* or diver...

[hawker800FO]

@blevin13 our intakes are only 4 inches wide and have grates to prevent such incidents

[DodgeMan360]

@hawker800FO I envy your job, im a smoke chaser in NS, you guys have saved us more then once! thanks for the help!!

[FMorris308]

@blevin13 well fried fish for firefighters team

[bingofioul]

@blevin13 the answer is yes, some little fish get's in and are baked, ready to eat 10 minutes latter ;o) i've seen it with a CL415 in south of france after a big fire near were i live.

[peteygonzales27]

@bingofioul Its not possible to have fish sucked in. The probes used to scoop the water are much to small.

[pietenpol2010]

@peteygonzales27 Actually they are 6in in diameter. the odd fish probably does get pushed in. Not sucked in. But probably doesn't survive and gets dumped--lol. They can pick up 1,200 imperial gallons of water in 11sec. If I remember right they can drop in in less than 3 if they have too. Got to go inside one once and talk to the pilots. Got to watch the engine start and taxi across the Schefferville airport.

[bingofioul]

does USA use this aircraft ? how many of them ?

[PcGamerPaul]

@bingofioul Well it's Canadian so i guess some US states uses them.

[skzpie]

check out the russian be-200.this thing is looking like a dinousauro compairing to it

[piper131313]

it's a 215 - radials (as others have mentioned). The 415 have turboprops and a slightly different wing design - and some other aero improvements. Saw a 415 doing runs over my house 2 years ago. Amazing aircraft.

[armer106]

that was fast of getting water

[dataguttene]

YaY :D gromman goose

[USAFThunderBirdsFtw]

nope, that's a Cl-215

[EarlofCrawford]

Is it the CL-215? or CL-415? You are right though, most definitely NOT a Grumman Goose.

The Canadair "CL" fire-fighters are NEW airplane. Not adapted WWII bombers

[USAFThunderBirdsFtw]

Looks like CL-215. I could be wrong though.

[EarlofCrawford]

I think you are right. Those DO look like Radials, not Turboprops. It does seem to have many of the extra aerodynamic bits and pieces of the 415, but come to think of it, I'll bet a number of 215's have added 415 "stuff". Actually, right up to the Turboprops themselves. That would DEFINITELY confuse me. But in this case you are right and I am wrong. Pretty sure, anyway.

[jrrm3]

Listen to the engines. They are clearly radials. Great aircraft, we could have used a squadron here in Australia a few months back.

[adrimanetje]

@USAFThunderBirdsFtw It says in the description...

[Grooves09]

ha

it just wants its belly brushed with water :P

[clarification007]

It is the very best system in the world...so far in 2009 as long as they can gat water closed by.

Used a lo for fire in southern France and Greece and of course in Canada.

it is the CL 415

[Leenao]

WOW funy ;P

[keefer2111]

we need to order 100 planes, and they need to be built by 2012..Thank You.

[h0ckeyfan08]

yes bii id no my own house my neighborhood and my dad and shes from canada too soo ...

[MadMartigan25]

Helge129 read the info its Sydney Nova Scotia not Sydney Australia pff

[canaidiancow12]

they still use them? in bc its chemical this chemical that

[Gamernotnerd]

Why props are better:

Prop birdstrike: ground meat.

Jet birdstrike: ****EXPLOSION****

[h0ckeyfan08]

holy shit the yellow house in the bvack round is my house i swear u can even see meh dad in a grey sweater nd a pile of kids thats meh :P

[Helge129]

Ehm...you are in canada, and that there was in Australia, so, nope.

[macneilrecordz]

umm no i think i no wat my house nd my neighbor hood looks like nd i remember that plane

[macneilrecordz]

opps i thought u were talkin to meh i got the message its h0ckeyfan08s new acc so sorry ;P

[montcalmwolfe]

When you need...call.

[2SixGraders]

Lol 0:50

Plane: GET OUTTA MY WAY STUPID BIRD!

BIRD: OH SHIT!

[SIMIHIGH2008]

more like

Plane: hey that bird owns me money!

Bird- AWW shit

[CoryDemone]

I Remember that day , i seen it a few times flying around in circles, i guess it was scooping water, but those are really loud

[2SixGraders]

That thing scared the shit outta me... Like I said b4... It almsot hit my house...

[CoryDemone]

Yea, is that the Sydney habour, that its filling up in?

[jmr604]

Thats the old model water bomber.. It's a CL-215 .. piston engines analog cockpit.. they are being replaced by Turbo-prop engines and glass cockpits.

[jmr604]

The newer ones are CL-415's

[AirCanadaJazzGirl]

That's my house in the background, it flew over it and scooped up the water from Sydney Harbour and dumped it behind the Mayflower Mall...pretty neat to see!!

[NikitasGuitars]

this is some pretty awesome footage, that must have been cool.

[2SixGraders]

It almost hit my house

[slammer180]

where is this?

[ashkore]

I remember seeing it

[jonnymacdaddy]

nicee