He landed it one handed too! Had to hold up the potato to record all this, for insurance purposes.

And the stick is? The propeller, originally propellers on aircraft were wooden and so sometimes they were known as "sticks". If it stopped spinning, you had a dead stick.

F-16 is a pretty good glider. You should see F-4 Phantom :)

Yea but that hydrazine is a killer.

@Tristan With a glide ratio of only 12:1 and going 300 miles an hour, he'd probably hit the ground before the EPU runs out.

I just love the fact that the EPU runs on rocket fuel

Yeah, that's crazy, had no idea they ran on hydrazine.

@@calfeggs being a hypergolic fuel, hydrazine is exceptionally efficient since it requires no external oxidizer. Sucks to handle, but it has very legit uses, both as a fuel and as part of various production processes based on its general properties.

seemed. Yes. didja hear his breathing? He behaved cool. But I'm sure he was stressed as all hell.

Ejection under a controlled landing like this is nearly 100% survival rate. You might get some minor injuries but it's nearly a 0% chance of death. Landing the aircraft almost seems like an unnecessary risk to the pilot, but if he ever felt like he was in mortal danger, he would have ejected because in the end the pilot is always the one in command in the aircraft and it is his job to ensure he and his crew (i know the f-16 is 1 man but you know) make it home safe.

@@LouSaydus F-16 is not "1 Man", have you ever heard of D variant?

@Schmidtka Productions use the fucking Google

@@ephealtun You’re worthless.

There is always a risk in ejecting. Even allowing for surviving the ejection, the stresses it places on the pilots body possess a significant chance of permanent injuries that will sideline him from further flying. In short, if possible, it's always better to land the plane.

all f16s have hydrazine onboard nothing special

@@vetusmagnus3885 Understood. Being into rockets and such, I do have a question: why isn't there a procedure to vent this? (Or alternatively use it for propulsion? Why is it even carrying this and if you're carrying it why not let them use it as dV on the plane?). I'm no pilot but I'd have to think even a little bit of thrust would be useful when the main engine cuts.

@@BumbleBeeJBG I doubt the thrust from the hydrazine would be helpful since its not even burned to run the EPU. Its also compact and stores for a long time

@@BumbleBeeJBG Hydrazine is used as a fuel for the emergency power unit... it's actually driving a electrical or hydraulic generator to maintain control of the aircraft. Once you engage it, a specially trained crew must decontaminate the aircraft before the crew can egress. They use it because it is a hypergolic fuel, so it's very powerful and compact. As a side note, it's on the right side of the pilot just outside the cockpit... the left side holds the Vulcan 20mm cannon.

@@williamsteele Hey I get all of that, but if we're trying to reduce weight while also make a better plane, finding multiple uses for single use emergency propellant seems logical. A small burst of thrust from hydrazine in my mind in a skilled pilots hands can turn the last 2 seconds of deadsticking from death to corrective flare, perhaps even gentle touchdown. A lot less hazmat concerns if the plane uses its fuel and lands intact vs. explodes and puts people lives at extreme risk. This is continued complete arm chair engineering in ignorance, happy to admit.

Please put it on KZfaq… dcs recreation of these miraculous aviation events are so cool.

@@theflanman420420 I just might. Just messing around, I tried it in the Hornet, inadvertently killed the power and couldn't lower the gear (maybe I didn't know how), but I had enough altitude to fire up the APU and the right engine and land. It was fun.

@@theflanman420420 Here's another scene you might like :kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldNhlaySzd3ZiY0.html

Would personally like to see someone re create the one where the pilot dodged 3 or 6 (I don't remember exactly) SAMs with no chaff.... they had jammed and he didn't know.. had to out maneuver them with skill. Crazy stuff.

Found it lol, 6 SAMs kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNuYZ9x-pt6WhXU.html

in this scenario, that is exactly what you want to hear.

They said that to Capt. Haynes on Flight 232 (the one they crash landed with differential thrust only, 1/3 passenger fatalities.) I'll always remember how Haynes said "ahahaha, you wanna be particular and make it a *runway*, huh?"

The reply atc never wants to hear… “You want to be particular and make it a runway eh?” -the legend Al Haynes 😊

At least a runway is an option at that point. Scully didn’t have that.

@@mjproebstleyes but once he’d made the decision to stick it in the Hudson (rather than crash it into built-up area) for which he had no real choice, all he had to do was keep the wings level and pull back on the stick all the way and the Airbus flight control managed the rest. It kept the plane from stalling so they touched the water at as a low a speed as possible. Sully did very well but he had a lot of help from how the plane was designed to operate.

every single landing ever in a glider :/

@@operationscomputer1478 except gliders aren't loaded with explosive material and jet fuel, weigh a few tons, or fly at four hundred plus knots. Gliders don't explode into a firey ball of metal if you make a mistake. Not the same thing by a mile.

@@j.c.keplinger7046 He jettisoned his tanks, but obviously there's still fuel in the fuselage so your point still stands. Not to mention bombs and literal millions of dollars of high tech equipment. Gliders are also designed to glide, fighter jets are designed to fly at super sonic speeds.

@@ATSaale Yeah, 16's don't really glide all that well on their own, they tend to plummet. Didn't even think about the tanks, so thanks for that and the fuel in the system does count. He was sitting on a gigantic bomb if he got it wrong even alittle; I'd give it a 7out of 10 on the pucker scale. Damn fine aviator.

The 16 was made to be lighter and cheaper. That comes at a cost. Now they're doing the same thing with the 35, not to mention trying to make it a jack-of-all trades like the F4. Lesson not learned I guess.

They are, but that has nothing to do with whether they can glide or not. The software that makes the minute corrections to keep the plane under control doesn't suddenly stop working just because the engine is out. If they lost all electrical power but the engine(s) were still running, then you would have no choice but to eject.

@@thekinginyellow1744 understood! Thank you!

Don't lump all fighters in one non-maneuverable basket. Sure, some of the stealth stuff is very unstable without computer controls. F-16 is not a radical design.

With the APU running, all flight control surfaces and instrumentation was up and running. Even as an unstable design, the computers would still be able to keep the platform stable. Stability is the only requirement for gliding. The F-16 has a glide ratio of around 6:1. Not great, but it'll get you either home or to a suitably harmless ditch point as long as you start out with enough altitude.

@@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm Righty-o. Very few planes have no "glide" ability. They don't fall out of the sky like a rock when the thrust stops.

It is using an emergency power supply to help it

you're ALWAYS trying to land as fast as possible if you're gliding bro. Because you can always stop, but you can never add power, if you'Re short.

@@jemand8462 he landed around 170 which isn't too fast and was using a back up emergency power that helps the jet for these types of situations

@Paul Flusk you can actually have a positive rate of climb despite being pitched down 10 degrees my friend. Look at some gliders in strong thermals. And if you don't have an engine, of course you have to pitch down to remain at your optimal gliding speed. You exchange height for speed, but it's still flying. falling would mean gaining speed uncontrollably and without any forward movement.

@Paul Flusk I'm sorry, I didn't think and wasn't even remembering that here it's all about the velocity vector which indeed represents the vertical speed. I take everything back and agree with you. Btw, holy shit, 5000hours? Do you mean in real life or in DCS?

The stick is not really dead. The engine is. The term dead stick confuses non-pilots.

Nice, comparing having to use the ejection seat, to resetting the game

@@pjotrtje0NL yes

EC is in NC

I remembered correctly.. EC is the capital of Pasquotank County (somewhere in between Chowan and Currituck.. or is it Camden.. can't remember for sure).

EPU is fuelled by hydrazine. It's an awesome fuel but very toxic, so needs precautions on the ground.

EPU (Emergency Power Unit) is a small turbine running on hydrazine, that runs a generator and a hydraulic pump, so the F-16 can maintain Flight for some time (depending on usage and bleed air coming from the milling or running engine.

There's also an indicator on a skin panel to show if the EPU has been run. It's one of the first checks I did on see-in.

[applause builds as audience lifts their jaws off the floor]

He was ANG lol

Dropping external stores is something extra risky. There was a Fakcon in same issue 20 k north of SAT. He had training practice ord on hard points, THOUGHT he jettisoned them over an Army training base (Bullis) but one skewered the empty garage of a house.

@@keithjurena9319 I trained on the LAW rocket in Bullis..

@@kcism3239 That and the 40mm M203 are why some of the ranges are still EOD nightmares. Hand grenades are easy, 40 yards, 60 if you got an MLB arm. So if that Falcon driver had dropped his training ord into one of those ranges..no biggie. AF would have written it off.

@@keithjurena9319 MLB arm? Nice

yeah, that dude was a jackwagon

Do you mean “Aviate, navigate, communicate”?

Aerogate is my favourite drink.

Powers an Emergency Power Unit to keep instrument, radios and flight controls operative.

You're right in that it's confusing. What they're referring to as the 'stick', is the propeller blades. I know this is not a propeller engine, but that's where the term comes from, from the early days of aviation: dead engine = dead stick (propeller is not moving, or dead in other words). Control stick, flight stick, side stick (cause it's on the side in an F16, and not in the middle), hands on throttle and stick (HOTAS) are terms that would be accepted as correct to varying degrees, depending on the aircraft and the setting among other things. So you're not wrong there either.

@@Deniz1923 Now I understand, thank you very much for your time and explaining so clearly. Much apprecaited !

HAHA "Nice, now get it stopped!" "Nah." (Rolls another 50 miles)

Ah, I love how KZfaq broke old comments and their replies.

@@recklesflam1ngo968 lol even I was confused

I would’ve ejected at 0:01. I pay my taxes…

Ejections are painful and can cause long-term spine problems. I’d try my luck landing than eject right away.

What’s another 40 million on a near trillion dollar budget?

@@theflanman420420 Sadly that is the case anymore

Maybe you're not sure what deadstick means. Here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadstick_landing

it's the fuel for the EPU, which powers the flight control system. Without it, the pilot would have to eject

Are least he has an ejection seat.

Pretty damn good quality an onboard camera for 1996...

It's 1996 you dumbass. This was also uploaded in 2008 at 240p, and youtube has slowly degraded lower quality video's bitrate over the years as well.

You'd be surprised how unbelievably cheap the military is. "Oh, this camera from the 90's still works, so you'll use that, and we'll save 200 bucks on a 2 million jet!"

Maybe the original recording was good, but you see a worn out betamax or vhs-copy 🤷‍♂

It's dead-stick, for good reason. Everyone in aviation understands the term.

WRONG

Wikipedia - Deadstick landing: "The "stick" does not refer to the flight controls, which in most aircraft are either fully or partially functional without engine power, but to the traditional wooden propeller, which without power would just be a "dead stick"."