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Air Force video: F-16 pilot saved by automatic collision avoidance system
- msravi 10y agoIt avoided the immediate danger, but how did they finally get him to land safely? Did he recover after briefly passing out? Did they get him out some other way?
- icegreentea 10y agoIt appears that once you remove the g-load, recovery is relatively fast (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16696261 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16696261)
- superuser2 10y agoWow, look at that altimeter. 5000 feet in a couple of seconds.
- AndrewKemendo 10y agoWhoo baby! 8.3g blackout right into a 9.1g recovery. That's a gut check and a half.
- flashman 10y agoHere's an F-16 pilot talking to the creators of the Auto-GCAS system (Air Force Research Laboratory) about how important the system is to him and his colleagues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6WbBAplCLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6WbBAplCLo And here's a video of the system in testing - it's an almost identical circumstance to the one in the OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPr2LWctwYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPr2LWctwYQ
- jmiserez 10y agoMore info about the system here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/Features/Auto-GCAS_Installed_in_USAF_F-16s.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/Features/Auto-GCAS_Ins... The initial prototype ran on a smartphone aboard a small drone, and they'll make versions for the F-22 and F-35 too. Just last week an F-18 pilot sadly flew straight into a mountain side here in Switzerland (https://www.yahoo.com/news/altitude-data-blame-mystery-f-18-crash-switzerland-155211541.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/altitude-data-blame-mystery-f-18-...), such a system could have avoided that.
- hatsunearu 10y agoBy the way, the top left number (one decimal point) is the G force.