Short takeoff of Buffalo

[Usernamesarebunk420]

442 squadron i take it...im across the chuck from Comox.

[airjetcorphotmailcom]

I love the Buffalo!! I lived in a DH-4 Caribu for about a year flying freight.

[ez2leapster]

They were visible to the eyes when it took off. 

[lighthouscolor]

are those vortexes visible to the naked eye? or are they something a video camera picks up like the scrolling of a tv screen?

[frizstyler]

@lighthouscolor of course they are visible

[paquette977]

must be really humid, id like to see the performance of that thing on a cold, dry day!

[ez2leapster]

@paquette977 It was in the summer on a warm partly clouded day.



[pCf96]

Great Video! I love the CC-115 Buffalo

[wolf69a]

Is the sound at the last second a goat ? :-)

[dornier2828]

LOVE THIS PLANE

[geoago]

LIKE A TAKE OFF OF B52..........

[fjbutch]

Doolittle would be impressed with that...

[moicced]

Daaaaam what is the landing speed of this baby ?

[katana1150]

Very proud of the men and women of 442 Squadron RCAF Comox

[motokid032]

I have never seen vortices like that in my life!That is awesome!

[MadMonkey572]

@motokid032 Same here, I've been an aviation nut all my life and have never seen that. Very cool!

[4fifty8]

@motokid032 the white circles coming off the props at takeoff are not vortices! it is called slipstream

[wbuttry]

@4fifty8 i dont give a rats ass if its called your brain airhead its cool and you dont see that every day

[Nza420]

the vortices are great! what a climb!

[aj1132]

LOL, its not over revving. Why would you think that? Why would it be over revving? Its the moisture coming out of the air due to the decrease in air pressure

[ez2leapster]

The funny squiggly lines in front and behind the props are wind vortexes made by the over revving of the propellers during STOL take offs. 150 feet and away.

[trevfenn]

Nothing at all to do with "over revving"

[CommentClown]

@ez2leapster

Cool, but they're actually called vortices, despite what the magic, all-knowing red underlines tell you in the Youtube comment box.

[4fifty8]

@ez2leapster that is completely incorrect!

[superskullmaster]

@ez2leapster If your going to try to inform people then at least try to be right about it. They are tip vortices. They appear on wingtips also during moist situations. They are a result of the high pressure air spilling over to the low pressure side of the prop/wing. This low pressure area condenses moisture out of the air making it visible. The steeper the propeller pitch( or wing AOA) the more thrust(or lift) and the more these are visible.

[ez2leapster]

@superskullmaster It took a bit to respond, though you are in correct with your description being that they are tip vortices though not off the wing tips but off the end of the propellers as the video shows. So you are partly correct in your wanting to inform people.

[superskullmaster]

@ez2leapster I wasn't saying the vortices came from the wings. I was comparing them to wingtip vortices. Probably could have worded it a little different.

[valdarmort]

@ez2leapster i guess that was max power ( military thrust ). does it hurt the engines to do that a lot ??

[ez2leapster]

@valdarmort No, it does not hurt the engines. They come into Qualicum Beach on a regular basis to practice the STOL and also drop SAR Tech's though not as often as the touch and go's. The SAR tech's usually practice twice in the summer. Always fun to watch.

[crisi4444]

what the hell are those squiggly lines behind the propellers

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[Squirrel9901]

almost all wood aircraft, beautiful

[aegismachina]

this aircraft is made of wood? What?

[Squirrel9901]

i believe so yes, someone correct me if im wrong

[gio31brasil]

no is not,is metal,Brasilian Air Force used it a lot to fly over amazon forest,to carry medicine and help to people who lives far away from cities,and the only way to get there is by air or water(rivers)! and in this places there are not airports too,it have to land in very restricted areas! a real metal warrior! and the pilots real heroes!!

[Squirrel9901]

thnx, i never quite knew, it seems to me the only way its able to take off like that (along with the long sailplane like wings)

[brockfitz]

@Squirrel9901

There is barly any wood on the buffalo.

[Squirrel9908]

@brockfitz i gathered that from the other responses i got...

thanks -.-

[Rickinsf]

Wow.

It didn't take-off, it levitated.

[vxcomanche]

Hey there's the FROG on the lily pad ;)

[dunbar9finger]

There's a bizare illusion at the end - looks like the propellers are barely moving. I think maybe the frame rate happened to match up with the propellor rate making a strobe-light effect.

[861453789]

This aircraft has really great STOL capabilities. I had flown this plane in the 70's. Great experience!!

[southamericanrocker]

De Havilland aircraft are the greatest!!! I am a huge fan!!

[911caddy]

Yeah, we love our Canadian Forces SAR Tech's from 442 Squadron in Comox B.C.