What real speed looks like.

**Sully60** · 24th February 2009, 19:58

Check out the third ship in the second clip

Can anybody tell me what seems to be venting from the tail of the Vigilante on take off?

**ManDownUnder** · 24th February 2009, 20:08

meh - Carver'd give him the learn...

**gatch** · 24th February 2009, 20:09

If you mean while its on the deck ?

That would be the system that helps it reach take off speed in a short distance (can't remember what its called), but it is operated by steam..

**Sully60** · 24th February 2009, 20:13

Originally Posted by gatch

If you mean while its on the deck ?

That would be the system that helps it reach take off speed in a short distance (can't remember what its called), but it is operated by steam..

Yeah I know about the steam catapault but if you check the rear there seems to be some vapour being ejected at high pressure at short intervals even after it's left the deck. I doubt they plumb any of the cat. steam into the aircraft.

**ajturbo** · 24th February 2009, 20:25

talking about a steam powered jet plane eh?

**awayatc** · 24th February 2009, 20:30

probably just unburned fuel?....
Just guessing.....
20 knots is fast in my world

**Gubb** · 24th February 2009, 20:45

Originally Posted by Sully60

Yeah I know about the steam catapault but if you check the rear there seems to be some vapour being ejected at high pressure at short intervals even after it's left the deck. I doubt they plumb any of the cat. steam into the aircraft.

That's just the NOS system. Haven't you seen The Fast and the Furious?

**Sully60** · 24th February 2009, 21:08

Originally Posted by Gubb

That's just the NOS system. Haven't you seen The Fast and the Furious?

True bro! I thought they were just purging the pnuematic vtec system

**Skunk** · 24th February 2009, 21:19

This is what you need to go FAST Mach 6.7 fast.

**R6_kid:Me** · 24th February 2009, 21:52

Speed - NZ style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kByY0KnM9xk

**gatch** · 24th February 2009, 21:58

Could be water vapor ?

**Number One** · 24th February 2009, 22:00

no eye deer but it's a cool series of clips!!!

**Maha** · 24th February 2009, 22:04

Yip, those Skyhawks were real cool once.

**R6_kid:Me** · 24th February 2009, 22:07

They still are, if they werent so expensive to run and maintain they'd still be flying. I think the RNZAF pilots were the only ones in the world to do aerobatics while hooked up on the refuelling drogue - something pretty special when you think about it.

**SARGE** · 24th February 2009, 22:07

Originally Posted by gatch

if you mean while its on the deck ?

That would be the system that helps it reach take off speed in a short distance (can't remember what its called), but it is operated by steam..

my niece is a crew chief on the FA18 Super Hornets in the Gulf right now..

little prissy thing she was as a kid...