Which is harder? Reb Bull Aerobatics or Blue Angels?
Posted by DiegoTheGreatRex@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Was watching a reel on Red Bull Aerobatics and was just thinking about which would be technically harder, Red Bull aerobatics or flying precision like the Blue Angels?
I had a link to the reel I was watching but I am new to reddit and it would not let me attach it.
to_fire1@reddit
The Blues. Boss Kesselring describes flying lead in the diamond, saying in one of the manoeuvres, his AoA would send the team into the ground, but having Cheese below him pushes the nose of #1 up. So not just tight formation flying, but the responsibility of each pilot to each other.
Designer-Salary-7773@reddit
Difficult question for me to answer. What I do know is the Blues are carrier qualified. Wake me when those other aerobatic crews have trapped on a pitching deck in foul weather.
kisharspiritual@reddit
The nation-state demo teams are flying with much greater power and speed - even if someone wants to argue on precision (seems doubtful) the raw power and speed of fourth gen jets isn’t even on the same planet as Red Bull
It’s the Angels by several laps
Ecthelion-O-Fountain@reddit
Power and speed aren’t the thing, it super close formation aerobatics. Flying an f-18 in and of itself isn’t hard. A tail wheel aerobatic prop is much harder to control actually.
SubjectiveAssertive@reddit
I'd say precision, the Blue Angels, Red Arrows, Snow Birds, Frecce Tricolori etc is harder because you have to not only trust the other people around you but they have to trust you and you are operating within a few metres of one another and not that far from the ground
spinning-disc@reddit
I like the swiss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lc5WGbc34U