amillet Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Impressive fireworks or chafe C859D4F1-FA5D-4680-AE6F-37AD93948CA1.mp4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmyfm20s Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Make me want to add a smoke system to the Mooney:) pretty impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Dang! They carry an awful lot of chaff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooneyMitch Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 That belongs at AirVenture nighttime show !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpaul Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 So none of that is chaff. They were dispensing flares. The flares attempt to draw heat seaking missiles away from the hot engines. Chaff is small bits of metal used to hide the airframe from radar guided missiles. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Thanks Kevin! I was wondering about that... The flairs in this video have a distinct pattern they are traveling in... Interesting! Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpaul Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 20 hours ago, carusoam said: Thanks Kevin! I was wondering about that... The flairs in this video have a distinct pattern they are traveling in... Interesting! Best regards, -a- The flares come out of the aircraft in a pattern that tries to cover the heat signature of the engine. They tend to not launch correctly when the plane is pulling negative Gs or doing whatever else the Russians like to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unit74 Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) On 10/4/2020 at 10:56 PM, Hank said: Dang! They carry an awful lot of chaff!! You'd need that much too if the F35 was your enemy! Jes sayin'. Edited October 7, 2020 by Unit74 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeph357 Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 Awesome video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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