I practice the hick maneuver on the toilet

I died when you called the centrifuge a "torture chamber".

I practice my G tolerance every time I get out of my gaming chair. 2G is murder man.

My only gforce experience has been with my nvidia gforce graphic card :v

Thanks for the info my 15 old son watches your videos hes taking all in we go to a lot of airshows and we talk to pilots about flying but watching your videos he now knows a little bit more about what its going to take to become one. He also flys the DCS hornet and watches your video when you where flying it. So thank you so much for what your doing you might know it but your making big difference on are young people

To aspiring fighter pilots: "If" the blender (centrifuge) G-profile is the same as it was for me, at the beginning of your centrifuge ride, they give you a slow spin up at the rate of + 0.1G per second so you can see what your resting G-tolerance is (so to get to 4 Gs, for example, it will take you 30 seconds; you start at 1G and it takes 30 seconds to add an additional 3 Gs). So they spin you up with the increasing G-rate and at some point you need to start doing the AGSM. Then, after you start straining they continue the current spin and take you up to 7 G's to get you warmed up, but they say you can let go of the pickle button (which STOPS the spin and backs off the G level) any time you want after you've started straining. My advice? Do NOT waste your precious energy on going all the way up to 7 just to be a he-man. After going all the way to 7 (which felt like a fricking truck on my chest) I later on, on a different profile, GLOC'd 11 seconds into a 15 second run at only 6 G's because I'd used up so much of my strength. Don't strain harder or longer than you need to. Anyway, happy 'blendering'!

Mover, as a former Viper driver, I know you know what "G-easles" are, however your young audience might want to be aware what they are and what causes them. I last flew the viper in 1994 and your description sure brought back memories! Especially the defensive maneuvering with your body all twisted in unnatural positions. Check-six, Ross

My Guard unit (102nd FW Otis ANGB ) was transitioning from the F-106 to the F-15 back in the 80’s. We had 2 “B” models (2 seaters) that we kept right to the end in order to give us maintainers a ride. I was lucky enough to get on the list. It was an unbelievable experience to say the least. We did a Mach run and at one point we pulled about 5 to 6 G’s if I recall. It felt like an elephant was sitting in my lap, my head was stuck to the the head rest on the ejection seat, and I had the weird feeling of not having full control of my arms. I never had tunnel vision, but as a police officer (Retired now) I experienced it a couple of times in a deadly force situation. It was truly a weird sensation. It was good and bad. Good because I had total concentration on the threat, but bad because I was unaware of my surroundings. They talk about it all the time in the Academy, but not everyone will ever experience it. It turned out o.k. and I was able to subdue the bad guy without having to pull the trigger, thank God. Another great video C.W. Hope your training at Tyndall is going well.

One of the best things you can "do" is have the genetics for it. If you have a relatively short torso and are under 6' you're likely to be able to sustain G "easier" than people with longer torso builds. Also, short, strong legs can really help. I was told by a flight surgeon that the ideal "build" for a fighter pilot in general was between 5'7" and 5'10" with a 32-34" inseam. Not a hard and fast spec but those body types just naturally can keep the blood "up top" without as much extra effort as opposed to taller/lankier frames. Obviously training/fitness is a big part as well as strong core means you can bear down harder/longer.

Great video. The other thing to mention about the T-37 is that in addition to having a very high G onset, pilots did not wear G-suits in the aircraft. We were repeatedly warned about GLOC in UPT, especially in the Tweet because not only was it a very real threat, we were very inexperienced. We were told that the T-37 had the highest G onset rate of any aircraft in the USAF inventory at the time, and while I can’t confirm the veracity of that claim I have no reason to doubt it.

Love the video! Excellent job of explaining G forces so that non flying folks can easily understand!

Love your content, love your books, I actually just finished the first spectre series book and it was awesome. You are literally one of the main reasons I started to get into aviation. Great work👍

this is the 1st time i have seen some one talking about fighter jet helmet with actual helmet on hand. hats off brother. loving the content

Another great informative video CW! My respect for you guys/gals grows more and more learning what you had to endure. Thank You for your service to our country!

The info I’ve gotten from these videos have been both invaluable and entertaining as I get ready to start my path towards becoming a pilot. Glad I never skipped leg days

From conscious to unconscious in a sleeper hold is approx 6 seconds. Jiu Jitsu practitioners are trained to count 6 seconds after they apply the rear naked choke (sleeper hold), the carotid artery's blood flow is pinched off and depending how good the practitioner is you can be out in as early as 6 seconds approx. Keep the content moving 'Mover' 👍👌

Thank you so much man for calming me down about being able to withstand Gs, I always felt that that could hold me back more than anything else and you put my mind at ease so I appreciate it

Such a great video! Tons of information mixed with awesome original footage. Can't beat it!

Thanks for your great clips! Although I'm aiming for an airline pilot career here in Germany (got my selection in 4 weeks) it's so calming to see that all the high-professional aviationers are just normal human beings. Especially your motivational video really boosted my self-confidence. Work hard, fly high :)

im just a airline mechanic but i love watching your videos and sharing your stories and thank you for letting us experience to be a fighter pilot. might be helpful someday.. 🔧🔩⚙️

I will be buying your book series for my husband's upcoming birthday! He was a Tomcat driver and will love reliving the glory days :)

"dehydrated" = "hung over" I'm pretty sure. Accurate for every time it was mentioned.

Thanks, great video. I always wanted to be a fighter pilot. You are the mentor for all of the new fighter pilots of 2019.

I always wondered about this. Thanks for expanding in the explanations

It is so cool that you have these videos that explain so many topics that are very interesting. My 2 kids were really into reading all sorts of books that were about fighter jets throughout their lives. You answer all kinds of questions that they (or me) were never able to read about. Hearing you explain what happens is really interesting. Both son's serve in the Marine Corps. I'd like to thank you so much for your series. Always fascinating. Thank you very much for serving our country. Gratitude for what you learned and telling us about you. All of the hard work it took to become a fighter pilot is so incredible. I hope you know how much you are appreciated and having videos of different circumstances you were in... Thank you for all that you have accomplished and sharing it with us. Your teaching skills are so easy to understand due to the way it is explained. Always looking forward to your new video. It must take a lot of hard work putting it together, having footage in your video that corresponds with what you are talking about. And, they are you. They really fill in the blanks for all kinds of questions that have been a mystery for so long. Be well, take care, and looking forward to next week's episode.

Had no idea there was so much to it. I have a whole new level of respect to know that someone is dealing with the intricacies of maneuvering the aircraft, trying to target lock, AND AGSM on top of it all.

Love your videos man. I went through Indiana State’s aviation program. Always wanted to do what you do, but various life circumstances prevented me from going after the fighter slot. You’re a lucky dude!

I was a super troop in the 80s and earned an incentive ride in a clean F-15B, at the time I was a runner with a 29" waste, but the Gs kicked my ass.

Holy crap, how have I missed this video? I love pulling positive G's. My dad's an award winning aerobatic pilot, and I have had hundreds of acro rides, in a Christen Eagle, and then a Super Decathlon (more tame, but Dad's favorite plane. He likened to putting on well worn comfortable shoes) We'd regularly pull five G's in the Eagle and it was great! Zero G's were even better. Negative G's for more than a few seconds just suck. Inverted flight in the Eagle was so cool 'cause with it's bubble canopy you could just look up at the ground and see so much cool stuff, like traffic, trains, what have you. And I could always flip off my school where the bullies were, Goose style =D

I was always curious about the effects of G. Thank you for the video. And that "if you've won a world war...." LOLOLOL. First time I heard that about imperial/metric. I LOL'ed on that comment. Smooth, very smooth. Finally, I enjoyed your book Executive Reaction and am now moving on to Brick by Brick.

Enjoyed your video on pulling Gs. I am an old Navy F-4B back seater (RIO). Most we ever pulled in the F-4 was 8.5 Gs, which really pissed off the Maintenance folks, and the Skipper because our aircraft we 8 G limited due to age. And, we landed back aboard the boat without our wingtip light. The flight surgeons would not believe that we could build G tolerance through repeated pulling Gs and using the proper G strain that you spoke about. After a while we just stopped wearing our G suits because we did not need them for the 4-6 G range normal for our ACM. We could not turn with any of our adversaries, so we fought in the vertical. 34,000 lbs of thrust will help in that regard. That was way back in the late 60s early 70s, so quite a long time ago. But I remember it with affection. Still have my old G suit in the attic.

Thanks for that explanation CW. That was really useful to understand in a lot more detail.

Love the videos with your narration. I was Marine Corps enlisted so I have a bit of a Military background. But my dad is a retired Navy Captain and was a ECMO in the Prowler and former CO of VAQ-139. I have a passion for Military aviation. So Mover these videos are awesome. Also when I was able a avid DCS virtual pilot haha.

I have respect for pilots dogfighting and trying to focus whilst under the Strain of high G I’ve tried 6 for a full loop in an aerobatic aircraft and the only thing I was focusing on was my breathing, eyesight and straining to keep the blood up

13:00 he makes 5 Gs look so easy 😆😆😆😆

Informative episode, thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

Phenomenal video as always! Thanks Mover.

Man I love watching and Listening, keep making these videos they're great

Watching the wings flex on that Hornet is intensely satisfying... Thanks for all the good info, Mover. As an aspiring commercial aviator (who kind of has the "fighter itch"), I love watching your videos. All the best.

Pulling G's is exactly like pulling money from an ATM. The more you get, the greater it feels.

What about a video regarding dogfighting? How it works, how you train for a dogfight and stories regarding the practice of dogfighting I guess.

Thank you man now i have a greater understanding about the G's from what i knew ,,, That was a greater way of explaining the pressures of G levels when due to blood pressure leaving the brain and causes of passing out and the ways of preparing yourself to breathe during the G's with the letting the air out bit by bit but not in a whole when at first before the G's to take a big gallop of air. Good info on the gym workouts to prepare the body from harm during G's as well ,,,, message well putted.

CW. Love your video's. I've learned a lot of interesting things from your videos.

Very well done. Good explanations and demonstrations.

tons of awesome INFORMATION plus all useful for aviators

As an aviation tech bachelors holder; bleed air is air that comes from the engine but hasn't interacted with fuel or combustion. Im unfamiliar with the military side of things as far as where in the engine the bleed air comes from, but on civilian commercial air liners bleed air tends to come from the second or third compressor stage of a turbine engine. This air is then used to pressurize the cabin or if it is coming from an auxiliary power unit (APU) it can also be used to start the main turbine engines while the aircraft is on the ground. Note: Compressor stages are rows and rows of metal fan blades that steadily compress the air going into the engine until it gets so compressed and hot, that when fuel is sprayed in at the combustion chamber, the fuel spontaneously ignites.

Hey man, great video! I definitely learned a lot from this one, thank you!

Thank your Mr.Mover i am planning to become a fighter pilot and the gforces topic scared me. Great video keep on going.

Incredibly interesting video, thank you Mover for sharing

Insight you cant get anywhere else. Thanks again Mover.

Great video I enjoyed it very much and thanks for your service I feel safer with competent people like you up there

Love the channel, great content. Keep it up!!

Mad respect you and every fighter pilot! I honestly don't think my body could handle this.

Iv been considering joining the air force as a pilot for some time now but watching your videos and seeing the enjoyment you get from doing your job has been the push I needed .I am planning to join the RAAF soon thank you for inspiring me and giving me the push I needed

great explaination CW. i will watch multiple times to sink in.

Great explanation and video. Liked all the dogfight scenes.

Geez! Want to try that out someday. Respecting the abilities those guys with fighter jets have and the great job they can practice.

What I enjoy about you putting on your g suit in this video is that i recognize it as the footage from your very emotional last ride in the F-18.

Good stuff. Thank you for the explanation. I wish i had some vids from you when i was 10 trying to translate an fighterjet flight sim manual to English just to learn more about it.

Thank you for your advice and information. I have already taken a step towards my fighter pilot career by calling the Airforce ROTC down at James Madison University ( I think thats correct) in Maryland, and asked many questions and got good news about what I could do as a major and that all I really need was to get around 10% on the math on the qualifying test. Though I am going to want to study as if I am going to be taking an SAT. Going to probably need to get a tutor since it would help me understand the math better. Thanks again and I really look forward to your next video!

I'm really happy you mentioned the strain on your neck from the weight of one's head. Many people overlook this aspect of G Affects. They don't consider that reaching out to click a switch isn't easy (or often done) under G Loads because your arms become SOOO much heavier with G's too. They can be hard to lift and even harder to hit a specific little wee button too.

Thanks for these tips, been getting tired and sick as even a UH-60 crew chief with full kit worn, hot weather, with tactical manuevers.

I remember watching the Canadian show about the guys learning to become Hornet pilots and when watching the centrifuge episode, I was sitting there tensing up and breathing like them :D

I listened very carefully to the video . Also , my nephew was a Naval Aviator and now flies for Southwest Airlines . No matter how slow the explainations are from both of you , I just cant comprehend how the heck you two men did what you did and still do .. I drove truck for 37 years before retiring and I am confident I chose the right job for me , hahahaha .. My hat is off to you Sir !!

I learned a lot about g's thanks for the video always wondered what it was like pulling g's great job

I’m not a guy who’s at all interested in even riding in a jet because it’s scares me, but I find it incredibly interesting what fighter pilots go through! This really clears up why pilots where the mask. And learning how people need to breathe. You mention the F 22. That thing turns on a dime! I can imagine the Gs pulled it that jet. I wonder about the F 35. I think that’s an F 16 replacement? Besides the Harrier.

How did I miss this video...very informative and easy to understand for us non-aviation people

As a co-pilot i would thanks you for your video and making students learn and have more ideas and info's . Its an honor to us

Thank you for the new upload! Found your channel recently and am really liking the content. I noticed you also sometimes play video games like GTAV, which led me to wonder if you’ve ever played the Ace Combat series. Not that the game is terribly realistic, but having been a jet fighter pilot it would be interesting seeing you play the most recent iteration of the series, Ace Combat 7.

Thank you for all of your videos man, I'm seriously considering doing rotc at u of m and trying for a pilot slot and you have helped me a lot in getting a feel for whether it would be right for me

*"Having a strong core is hugely important, it'll help you pull those G's but even more importantly, it'll help you lay that pipe."*

Good video. There are more parallels than I expected with my flying. I fly competition aerobatics and at the start of each training session I also make a series of turns to ensure I'm ready for the repeated pulls to of up to 6G that I encounter in a compeition sequence. I use the 'hic' technique when straining, and often put my left arm up to the canopy bow to allow the blood in to drain down toward my heart.

I fly and compete in the Extra 300L. I will never forget the sheer raw COMPRESSION that was 8g followed by an embarrassing accelerated stall on my first flight lol. I LOVE it and cant get enough of it!!! Currently going through the application process to get picked up by the ANG. Thank you for the motivation and for doing what you do brother Mover!!! #ByrdInspirationAirshows

You dont know how much I love this video

Excellent video. Thanks so much.

GREAT vlog per usual Mover....taking us into your world. And my Dad's. He was a USAF fighter pilot, flying F-84's, 86's, 100's, F-4's, and A1-E Skyraiders in Vietnam. (er Laos and Thailand....Shhhhhh) Had to punch out twice in his career; proud member of the Caterpillar Club. And still around at 88.

I've been wondering, between the reclined seat of the F-16 and the more "straight" seat of the F-18, which is more comfortable/uncomfortable to be in for a long flight and why? What gets sore first and the worst? Lol. Thanks!!

Blue Angels pilots need no stinking G suits as well. Great video fellow sheepdog.

Loving theses insights!👍🏼

Interesting.... a lot that the common person doesn't know. Hats off to you sir!

You have such a down to earth but cool channel.

V informative

Very cool. Learned a lot in this vid!

When I was a pilot cadet in RNORAF, we had a few flights where instructors would be evaluating our flying skills to form an impression on what aircraft type would suit us the most. What are being payed attention for a case like this?

Man I love your vids always !!!

Awesome video, you guys rock!

Outstanding, in-depth presentation Mover! The 30 degree seat angle sure helps with G attenuation -- Going from the 38 to the 16, I felt pulling 9 was commensurate to 5-6 in the trainer. Did that angle ever give you neck strain when trying to scan the ground? Keep 'em coming brother.

Thank you sir ! That was very interesting !

always worked on heavies. USAF, aircraft MX. I feel for the fighter guys legit.

Very nice explanations, thank you :)

You have some amazing video!

I came across your page this year and I'm truly pissed at myself for never finding your page eariler. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to be a fighter pilot. I knew I wouldn't become a pilot but I always stayed in with American aircrafts. Of course my all time favorite is the F-22 Raptors and F-14 Tomcats. But watching your videos informers me on all the things I didnt know about being a pilot and how realistic alot of these movies are. I introduced my father to your page and we joke with each other. He loves helicopters and I love military aircrafts. I just wanted to Thank you for all your great videos and information you put out there for us. I definitely gotta look for your books especially Spectre series

Love your videos man.

I just watched this video.I learned so much,regarding the instantaneous and Sustained G`s( this may sound like elementary school to you)the more G`s you pull the more blood pools in the legs,putting a strain on the Heart causing decreased Cardiac output,which is Heart rate X Stroke volume,that is where good hydration comes into play,where dehydration will cause decreased stroke volume.,less 02 to the brain.As you are climbing and increasing G force with high thrust to weight ratio,causing the sensation of an elephant sitting on your chest( sounds like an induced type of angina to me),the G suit is inflated at 4 G`s, forcing blood to brain,as well as the helmet inflating holding the mask by centrifugal(?) force to your face at 100 percent/L/min. and if you exhale improperly all O2 is forced out of the lungs,causing a decrease in functional residual capacity,according to level of G force,and you are unable to expand the lungs again.What if you had a small instrument similar to a pulse oximeter(either fixed in the pilots glove or helmet )that could measure a sensitive rise in CO2,since you are essentially increasing Co2 while taking small rhythmic breaths,when using your anti G straining maneuvers/or a fall in O2,during a climb and employ a type of (PEEP)positive end expiratory pressure that gives the pilot a burst of positive end pressure that will keep the lungs inflated and deliver more oxygen to the brain.It would keep the pilot from G LOC,maybe relieve some of the chest discomfort? Does that sound feasible, the hose would have to flexible so the pilot can turn his head as necessary or are you thinking of throwing tomatoes at me.....Jan

I got to ride several times in the back seat of an F -101 in 1960. All our pilots would try to put your lights out with a high G turn. The pilot could not see me very well in the back seat. We had no G suits so they just pulled hard enough to put your lights out. When the turn started I pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around my ankles. The tighter the turn the tighter I pulled. It was my personal G suit. I was the G man and never told anyone about my homemade G suit.

Awesome, awesome movies! Thanks a lot!

Love your vids!

That's really inspiring video. I found your channel just a few days ago. Now i am addicted to it. I am a former Rally racer. And we could experience 2-4g's constantly but you know just a few seconds specially jumping over the ramps over 200km/h downhill acceleration hard turns etc. In this situation we could experience hick maneuvers on our own. Maybe it's human natural react to that condition. But man jet fighters are really awesome always experience that constant changes of G forces and remain conscious. You guys are really awesome almost super human capability i say. I couldn't imagine how hard training it would be to withstand that much forces. Awesome video awesome explanations. Thank you i love to watch your videos. Could you make a video for a F-22 Lockheed? If you could please? I really love this aircraft it's for a both in engineering and capability absolute monster in my opinion. Thank you again doing such inspiring videos. Good luck.

Thank you for the knowledge sir you have inspired me to one day buy my own jet aircraft and lwarn how fly thank you

Thanks for the ❤️ on my other comment. I think it’s really cool that you transferred over to USAF from the Navy. You hear so many people say Navy is better, USAF is better, this and that. There’s a lot of rivalry and poking fun at the AF but it’s cool that you went for the transfer. My grandfather and stepfather are both AF vets, my step brother is retired USN. My grandfather joined back when it was Army Air Force. Respect from California, -Christa