I`ve had the chance to evaluate the F-16. One thing I`ve noticed during the evaluation is that the plane will stay in the position you put it. I mean you can let go of the stick and the plane will stay in that position. Another thing I`ve realised is that in order to make smooth landing you must fight your reflex to correct the plane. If you are coming on final approach and you believe you are not on the glide path don`t try to correct it…this is a recipe for desaster. In no time you`ll start to overcorrect it and you`ll enter pilot induced oscilations.
I`ve tried to make aerobatics maneuvers. It took me a little while to learn how much pressure to put in the stick. It requires quite some force in the arm, and I must say that after my session my right arm was tired.

As a conclusion: it takes a little while to get used to it. I found the stick tall and uncomfortable. If I were to choose between the classic and the sidestick…I`d go with the classic.

The rotor system seems to be the one from the Mi-4, not Mi-8 on the Z-6.

As quoted before, there is not much sense to go behind 30° really, except to kill yourself more quickly.

Perhaps. But during dogfights it`s one thing to know that your airplane won`t stall at and/or beyond 30AoA and if it does you can recover it without problems.
This type of rigid thinking “doesn`t make much sens to go behind 30” will make your airplanes hangar queens.

Bravo! Excelent video, beautiful plane, great soundtrack.

Armenian Mi-8PS

I don`t want to be rude, but, can anyone tell me what`s the registration of that Mi-8PS?

Indeed you’re right: the paint job and modifications are exactly the same!

That`s one of the first helicopters I`ve flown some 20 years ago. Too bad it went away, but it`s better to know that is still flying than rusting in some graveyard.

Be vewy vewy quiet. I`m hunting fo` tewowists.

Was this topic really necesary? It`s not like I see this every day on every news channel, but I really see it every day on every news channel. Anywayz, terrorists or not..it`s not fun to watch human beings getting killed.

Also this type of topic displaying the military might and the freedom propaganda of the Freedom Country (i.e. US) is getting BORING!

The difference is the F-22 is actually flying where the Flanker is just using it’s momentum to pull it off. What the F-22 is doing is far more impressive if you actually understand what you’re looking at.

Both planes are in the air…both of them are flying. Both of them are using TVC to do that maneuvre, and both of them are way beyond max Aoa. Both of them are not stalling, and the pilot is in control all the time. Except that one does it slower than the other. I don`t believe that the Su or the MiG can`t do the slower version. Wait till MAKS07 😀