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At 8000 meters, Vladimir took over and performed a cobra maneuver. He flew level and pulled up so fast that the plane stalled. The plane continued to move h
by srean 12y ago
At 8000 meters, Vladimir took over and performed a cobra
maneuver. He flew level and pulled up so fast that the
plane stalled. The plane continued to move horizontally
in a flat stall while pointing up. At some point Vladimir
performed some magic and the plane leaned over horizontal
and flew normally. The result was a loss of 300 kmph in
seconds. This was described to me as a courtesy maneuver
to allow tailgating traffic to pass.
Which year was this? I thought 'cobra' was a post Sukhoi-27 thing. I didnt even know a MiG-29 could do that. Can all of them do it, or some later versions ?
@quickpost Thanks you answered my question.
- azth 12y ago> I didnt even know a MiG-29 could do that. They sure can :) They can also do tail slides. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra3sr4HqF3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra3sr4HqF3E
- dingaling 12y ago> Which year was this? I thought 'cobra' was a post Sukhoi-27 thing. The aerodynamics of both the MiG-29 and Su-27 are modelled on a TsAGI [1] reference design, so they share similar flight characteristics. Mikoyan cut some corners with the structure that limit the MiG-29 to 7.5G above a certain airspeed ( 0.85M ) whereas the '27 is capable of 9g throughout its envelope. [1] The Soviet-era equivalent of NASA Ames FRC, with a bit more clout
- 001sky 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugachev%27s_Cobra#Examples_of_aircraft_capable_of_the_maneuver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugachev%27s_Cobra#Examples_of...
- gchokov 12y agoOne of the most iconic scenes in the Top Gun as well :)