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Why Weight Matters In The Red Bull Air Race

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Uploaded by on May 8, 2009

Former Red Bull Air Race pilot Steve Jones talks about weight in the Red Bull Air Race. The main logic is: less weight means the plane can fly with less angle of attack = it can fly faster.

This might be an explanation why Hannes Arch (light plane) or Matt Hall (light pilot) are fast. On the contrary, Paul Bonhomme has the heaviest plane in the field and still he manages to fly very fast run times. Does everything come down to pilot skills?

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  • asians would so own xD they are like 30 cm smaler xD

  • LOL i was the 666th view

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  • I think there is one ... yoshihide Muroya from japan

    but he sucks xD

  • and eat a lot healthier, so lighter and smaller, but I've never heard of an asian who flies XD

  • lol

  • not so entertaining for the people watching... :D... or... na hjust forget it xD (every1 gets a hud was in my mind lol)

  • yo uwould neet allot more space... lots of space xD maybe texas .... :P

  • you're right:as the SU27 had it first testflights,the pilot had to pull completely on the stick to determine G on some speed: the result was that he was ripped unconscious immideately by the g-force and the plane crashed.After that a computer has been build in, which limits G-force to human-friendly value. You just can't survive 12G flying that long as you have in the fighter-youd need frequent breakes.

    However, still those little machines are way more agile andhave more power for less weight

  • Kinda doubt it. I bet fighters can achieve g forces much higher than that. The pilot wouldn't be able to handle it. The machines themselves can pull a lot more than you think

  • the light airplanes of redbull airrace achieve geforces over 12G, which is over limit of any jet today - even the most agile fighters like Su37 and Mig29OVT are limited to 10G

  • ivanoff ftw san diego 2009!!!! :D!!!!

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