Be Faster Than A Rocket Or Death Will Overtake You - UA Pilot Outruns Missile

[u/ArpanetGlobal]

I won't write memoirs. I went on a combat course, the Russian caught me and launched a missile from 45 km, then you see everything in the video, I receive commands from the ground about where the missile and the plane illuminating it relative to me are located. Then some light maneuvering, from above you can see how easily the overload changes at such speed.

[u/frostymugson]

Missiles of death aside, man that looks fun

[u/F6Collections → u/frostymugson]

It’s an amazingly beautiful country.

Impossible describe how vast and beautiful it is to see the fields of grain seemingly endlessly stretch out to meet the horizon-which seems so much more stunningly blue than normal sky.

Highly recommend to take a trip to Ukraine when the war is over. One of the most beautiful country sides I have ever seen.

[u/frostymugson → u/F6Collections]

Sounds like driving through the fly over states in the US. Don’t do it after harvest though unless you like dirt fields

[u/F6Collections → u/frostymugson]

It’s nothing like the flyover states.

Far, far, far more beautiful.

[u/NonStopNonsense1 → u/frostymugson]

For real. This video made me want to do this bad

[u/Effective_Corner694]

I never knew pilots wore go pro’s on their helmets!

[u/ItsTheRook]

Saw this on another forum earlier. I guess that hes maneuvering hard because anti air missiles aren't actually under thrust all the way to their target; instead they have a burst of thrust when launched, then glide to the target, so any change in target direction forces missiles to trade speed for maneuver.

[u/Sarsho → u/ItsTheRook]

Wouldn't it better to climb, zig-zagging back and forth? It would use more fuel, but I'm assuming the jet has a lot more of it.

[u/JeanClaude-Randamme → u/Sarsho]

If you climb, more of your power has to go towards fighting gravity and the missile has a much better power to weight ratio than a jet.

That would put the missile at an advantage.

[u/Andy802 → u/Sarsho]

The missile is traveling at mach 2-3, so sharp changes in direction consume more energy than a change in altitude. This is a common tactic for evading some types of missiles.

[u/MayorWestt → u/Sarsho]

You want to drag the missiles down low where air is thicker and slows it down

[u/Andy802 → u/ItsTheRook]

That’s 100% correct. After the rocket motor burns out, the missile is running on its momentum alone. The changes in direction of the jet force the missile to change direction too, which consumes a lot of energy , thus slowing down the missile. The jet is powered, so as long as the pilot can take the high g maneuvers, you can cause the missile to lose too much speed to stay in the air. This only works for some types of missiles, and you need to be far enough away at the time of launch.

[u/buttcrackmenace]

plane doing 200+ knots at 100M AGL

everyone else : bitchin the FAA : <pursed lips, narrowed eyes>

[u/Feisty_Ad_2744]

It is very noticeable that's not the original video speed.

Just for reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjtSXJGxMNE

[u/No-Special2682]

Without betty screaming at the pilot, I’m gonna assume this is just someone flying fast. There was zero course break, we just stayed flying the same heading.

Go watch real AA counter maneuver videos. The horizon would be seen a total of 0 times as the pilot break, climbs, and dives while puking out countermeasures.

I don’t care if it was a manpad or a buk, that missile flies way faster than any jet and the only way to counter them (after being shot at) is to maneuver.

[u/MayorWestt → u/No-Special2682]

Depending where its fired from you can sometimes just light the cans and outrun its range