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Uploaded by on Nov 10, 2007

Buffalo displaying short takeoff abilities at the Qualicum Beach Airport Appreciation Days. Note the vortices upon taking off.

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

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

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

  • the vortices are great!  what a climb!

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  • @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.

  • @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.

  • @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.

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

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

  • @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.

  • @lighthouscolor of course they are visible

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

  • They were visible to the eyes when it took off.

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