C-27J Spartan performing a barrel rolls.
Posted by father_of_twitch@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 26 comments
Posted by father_of_twitch@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 26 comments
Taptrick@reddit
Tex would be proud.
It’s an aileron roll, a straight forward 1-G manoeuvre that technically any aircraft can aerodynamically perform. Pretty neat.
fujimonster@reddit
There is a video of a 707 doing one back when it was in testing stage — it’s probably on YouTube
Guthix_Wraith@reddit
Is that not an Aileron roll?
KennyLagerins@reddit
No. Aileron rolls are a spin around one central axis. Pilot needed to change the pitch, so this is a barrel roll.
Far_Necessary_2687@reddit
Well he does use pitch so in-between an aileron roll and barrel roll.
_5StarMan@reddit
It is
Guthix_Wraith@reddit
Oh good. I thought I remembered star fox getting that wrong back in the day
BonChance123@reddit
Jeez, my knowledge has been saved by a random redditor. How swell.
sourceholder@reddit
Let the C-27J dream.
Conscious_Quality803@reddit
That's genuinely impressive.
And I'm thinking back to the one time I got to ride in the back of one, seated on the floor, and that terrified me a little.
n3rdsm4sh3r@reddit
When I was a little kid on my first commercial flight, I asked my mom when they'd start doing barrel rolls and loop de loops. I was all kinds of annoyed when she told me that wasn't something they did.
LockPickingPilot@reddit
For the life of me. I don’t know why the spartan was not a successful aircraft.
Wide-Balance5893@reddit
To be fair, some transports have TTPs for "defensive" maneuvering in combination with countermeasures or electronic defensive capes. Also some are being tested w/ offensive capes for defensive purposes. Now imagine this aircraft yeeting off a missile mid barrel roll...
BonChance123@reddit
I'll try rolling, that's a good trick!
mydogismental@reddit
Seen these doing their thing at RIAT for the last couple years. Always grabs my attention. Something about seeing a pretty chonky boi throwing itself around like that really puts a smile on my face.
NotCook59@reddit
Hold my beer!
jbm1957@reddit
Imagine! You've just poured yourself a coffee, and the pilot says, "Hey! Watch this!"
fazzah@reddit
i want to see all the memes of shit flying around in the cargo hold
rockstuffs@reddit
Reminds me of sky king
Gullible_Shart@reddit
Multiple rolls
blatantdanno@reddit
Fantastic video! Kept it in frame the entire time not the ground or the clouds.
streetlegalb17@reddit
Sheeeeeesh
Wish I was in there
Night_Chicken@reddit
Imagine being seated Indian style on the cargo deck when it hits.
Logical-Let-2386@reddit
Thing like this are why wing designers drink heavily.
Super_boredom138@reddit
Look at that RC plane chuckin around
zaralesliewalker@reddit
Whoa, A cargo hauler pulling off barrel rolls like it's auditioning for Top Gun? That's the kind of Spartan flex we need more of