F-18 Hornet Flyby

A hornet flirting with the sound barrier.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• F-18
• horner
• sound
• barrier
• fast
• plane
• military

[caboose1320]

alright alright, i fixed the title and description.

[Casueican]

Which is very creative by the way

[caboose1320]

agreed

[spottydog4472]

Anyone who start off with "DUDE" in the comment box - and finnishes off with 'No stit' just ain't worth fukin' reading.......

[edcoondog]

it's called Transonic. it occurs slightly below the sound barrier. localized regions of the aircraft are breaking the sound barrier (in relation to relative wind) but not the whole aircraft yet.. remember- air accelerates over the top of the wing.

[94794]

What's the speed for that? <.<

[blackdiamondrider]

Mach schnell.

[liamr685]

no sonic boom either lol

[Dean223]

Happy 158,000th view

=D

[cambruda]

Shut up. Im a high school student and knew that when I was in grade school

[minimiller2504]

thats the same plane as in BF2 xD

[mmbbz]

*recommend

[mmbbz]

this guy was flirting with the sound barrier,wouldnt reccomend a roll like that over mach 1, nice vapor cloud big drop in air pressure, who needs porn lol

[ssteven4]

Definition of Critical Mach: "A "critical Mach number" is the speed of an aircraft (below Mach 1) when the air flowing over some area of the airfoil has reached the speed of sound. For instance, if the air flowing over a wing reaches Mach 1 when the wing is only moving at Mach 0.8, then the wing's critical Mach number is 0.8."

A vapor cloud is evidence of supersonic airflow over parts of the aircraft, not a sonic boom or supersonic flight. Hope this helps!

[ssteven4]

Bigfleabag...good attempt at an explanation, but I just wanted to correct a few things. 1) maneuvering does not increase/decrease weight, 2) when you roll an aircraft, the ailerons will increase lift on one wing and decrease lift on the other, causing the roll...if one wing were to stall, this would result in a spin, and 3) the F-18 is performing a Critical Mach pass.