A-6E Cold Cat Launch

A-6E Cold Cat Launch

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Science & Technology

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• A-6E
• Cold
• Cat
• Launch

[TheCannonofMohammed]

If I were the pilot I think I would have fired the jato packs. that is what they are for. and the retro-rockets, too. and, I would have performed an emergency afterburner light-off for extra power.

[ohioa6driver]

@Bronco46tube I'm not saying that it wasnt engine failure, we know it was. you just cant drop an engine out from under the plane like that. look really closely at 0:01 and under the plane when the steam from the catapult isn't obscuring you can clearly see a extra tank under the belly of the plane.

[Bronco46tube]

@ohioa6driver Sorry chioa; I saw an interview of the pilot of this plane on the military channel. He described the problems he saw on his instruments, the lack of response in his controls, and and a severe lack of power. Add to that the sound he heard as the engine suffered it's catastrophic failure. Look closely at the video; go to full screen. There are no external fuel tanks, this plane's external tanks are carried on the wing. This was a catastrophic engine failure that sheared the mounts.

[ohioa6driver]

@Bronco46tube that was a external fuel tank that was dropped off the bottom, and the white smokey stuff coming out of it is aviation fuel

[Bronco46tube]

This is not a cold cat shot. I've seen the pilot of this plane commenting on this video. This is a catastrophic engine failure. The pilot described a low power situation as he cleared the cat, followed by a loud noise. It was at that point that the engine fell out of the aircraft; and the plane then went for a swim.

[WizzRacing]

@gregrutz You can watch this video on Youtube that is very informative on the subject.

youtube.com/watch?v=Aa1Ba_NEob­s

[WizzRacing]

@gregrutz You don't point nose down. If you understand gravity he will eject losing altitude at a 20% greater rate. You need to look-up the Air Force ejection tables that shows you always get the nose up and try to gain altitude.

If the plane is dropping and you eject, You drop at that same rate. Then you add the forward speed and you will have less time to be under a full chute. Many a dead pilot made that mistake!

[gregrutz]

@WizzRacing He should have kept the nose down and ejected before the plane rolled over.

[crotchboots]

if he had kept his nose and tryed to pick up speed he could have salvaged it...but they got out,thats more important

[mvolesky1]

What seems odd is that he was briefly climbing. In a situation like that it seems that 1' of altitude is as good as 10,000'. Just get it level and build some airspeed, then climb out. Looks like he fought too hard to make it climb before he had the airspeed to do it and stalled, started into a spin and had to eject.