Amazing piloting. FTFO.

[HardDrive]

[Zef]

Question of time...question of time...!

[djmcmath]

Good lord. It's like autocross, except in an airplane. Did you see him breathing in the in-cockpit camera? It looks like it's a pretty physically intense experience, too. Wow. How do you train for a thing like that?

[URY914]

I saw this on FoxSports last weekend. nuts.

[cgarr]

Most G's I have ever pulled was 6, that would put me around 1068 lbs, 9 G's is just nuts!!

[Gogar]

+1 that stuff blows me away every time I see it.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by cgarr

Most G's I have ever pulled was 6, that would put me around 1068 lbs, 9 G's is just nuts!!

I've pulled a bit more, but I had the whole g-suit thing on and never in succession like the video. I find his flying simply awesome.

The neat thing about the slalom flying is that people can actually see it!

A good friend of mine competes in unlimited aerobatics, so I've been to a few competitions...they are flying basically the same aircraft and performing like, exact maneuvers. Unfortunately, you can't really see them

This stuff, whatever it is called, is a hoot because it is right in front. Awesome

[Danny_Ocean]

Rocket Racing Leauge, coming soon:

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[Moses]

Completely NUTS! Amazing skill.

[svandamme]

Maverick and Goose think it's weak stuff if you're not flipping the bird to someone while going inverted...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Crazy stuff. I think we got up around 4.5-5 gs doing some aerobatics in a Super Decathalon once, but NOTHING like that...

[Seahawk]

I had to watch it again...the coolest thing, in my mind, is that he goes through many of the pylons at 90 degrees aob and start pulling.

The wing over/half cuban at the end of the first pass was great.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

What kind of plane was that? ES300?

[LeeH]

What's the deduction if you hit a cone?

[svandamme]

2 points off your license?

[TGTIW]

I had a fat kid sit on me once, that must have been about 4gs.

[rattlsnak]

I saw this at SAN a few months ago,. freaking awesome........

[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

What kind of plane was that? ES300?

I think most of those guys are flying Edge 540's. Those things are like F1 cars (on steroids) of the sky. Roll rate = 420 deg./sec.!!

Caught the re-broadcast of the San Diego round last week. Man those guys can fly. They get deductions for flying too low or flying too high through the gates, not being exactly level through some gates, and not being exactly 90 deg. (knife-edge) through other gates! One guy did manage to clip a cone (big deduction), but they appear to be designed to take a hit, and not compromise the plane in any way (like very thin-membrane inflatable pylons). Crazy stuff...

[t6dpilot]

I will tell you as an acro junkie, that is freaking awesome flying. And yes, it is one of the most physically demanding things that I have ever done - ever. Breathing hard - uh, yup. Sweating your butt off - affirm sir. And the stuff I have done is nothing compared to that. The Edge 540 or other similar craft (Sukhoi, CAP 232, Yak, ect) are really like an F1 car of the sky. I have some time in a Su-29 with a hopped up 400HP motor. Jeeeeessus is that thing awesome! Rolls so friggin' fast, it'll bang your head on the canopy. And the seating position is designed (like in all these birds) for a pilot to sustain high G loads. You are reclined in a pretty prone position with your knees up much higher than normal. Helps keep the blood in the noggin. I have not seen one of these events yet, but can only imagine the excitement. Awesome pilots...

[onewhippedpuppy]

Can't see the video, but I assume it's Red Bull Air Race? Awesome stuff. Keep an eye on FSN, they show the races regularly. The pilots are incredible, and it's a blast to watch. I would LOVE to see one of those in person.