EXTREME FLYING: Pilot Pulls 11.2G! Cockpit View | Red Bull Air Race

Red Bull Air Race pilot Hannes Arch, Austria, pulls 11.2G in the Rotterdam race during practice on July 17, 2008.
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About: The Red Bull Air Race World Championship features the world's best pilots in a motorsports competition based on speed, precision and skill. Using the fastest, most agile and lightweight racing planes, Red Bull Air Race pilots navigate a low-level aerial race track made up of air filled pylons, flying at speeds reaching 230mph while withstanding forces of up to 10g. The objective is to complete the course, navigating the 65 feet high specially designed inflatable pylons known as Air Gates in the fastest possible time. Red Bull Air Race pilots must pass between the Air Gates in the correct position taking care not to touch them with their wings. The pilots compete for points at each Red Bull Air Race and the one who accumulates the most at the end of the season is crowned Red Bull Air Race World Champion.

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About: The Red Bull Air Race World Championship features the world's best pilots in a motorsports competition based on speed, precision and skill. Using the fastest, most agile and lightweight racing planes, Red Bull Air Race pilots navigate a low-level aerial race track made up of air filled pylons, flying at speeds reaching 230mph while withstanding forces of up to 10g. The objective is to complete the course, navigating the 65 feet high specially designed inflatable pylons known as Air Gates in the fastest possible time. Red Bull Air Race pilots must pass between the Air Gates in the correct position taking care not to touch them with their wings. The pilots compete for points at each Red Bull Air Race and the one who accumulates the most at the end of the season is crowned Red Bull Air Race World Champion.

[lw]

What amazes me is the pilot's ability to make delicate adjustments
on the controls while his arms weigh 10 times or more than normal.

[decemberelf]

UUAARRGHHHUUAARRGHHH!!! UUAARRGHHHUUAARRGHHH!!! UUAARRGHHHUUAARRGHHH!!! Just another day in the office.

[felixback]

He's breathing harder in the mic than my mates in cs:go

[AmbiencePT]

Damn ! I only have 4G's on my phone ! He can probably facetime aliens on that thing !

[Allplussomeminus]

Such relaxed focus on his face. That man looked like a boss the whole time.

[kummer]

People just don't know how hard this could be and the pain the body suffers through that stress. It's a roller coaster where the driver has full control. One mistake and that guy will reach the obituaries.


This is elite flight of the finest degree.

[aaf]

sounds like the average 12 year old on cod with all that mic breathing

[jellydee]

At high gs he sounds like dieing sound effects from 90s shoot em up games

[sidrock]

OMG. That pilot POV looked so good, I felt like I was flying that thing just like a game. This pilot is simply amazing, Hats off to those extreme maneuvering at those crazy speeds

[darkefoxx]

I do this everyday on the toilet except I pull 11.5G's.

[isjdjdjdj]

a dude playing league gets more recognition than these dudes. smh

[jimmygangster]

And to think I used to be scared of loops in a rollercoaster. I'm embarrassed..

[bulklogan]

The sounds of taking a monster crap that won't come out.

[batman]

Congratulations to those who can achive this precision at speed and handle the extreme gravity.

[Jonesmin]

This gives me flashbacks to MW2's in-game voice channel

[playmuch]

Sounds like my dad when he calls me on the phone! I tell him every time to please get the phone out of your mouth

[SCIFIguy]

I bet this guy gets all the kills with the Hurricane in Simulator mode.

[LightaManonFire]

Watch his eyes as he is going through the 11g. They roll up and it looks like he's going to pass out every time, but he pulls through anyways. That guys a beast!

[plurpalpottamus]

You guys need to understand the difference between a sustained G and a momentary G. These aircraft would not be capable, nor the pilot capable, of 11g sustained for any length of time. 11g momentary is not that big a deal and there is a good chance many of you have experienced several G's of force for short periods of time. For instance a 140lb person jumping 10 feet to the ground and taking .1 second to come to a stop, would experience 7.14 G's for a fraction of a second. A person in a 35mph car accident would experience several dozen G's for a fraction of a second as well. So yes, even a non jet engine plane can pull 11g's but it's likely the sustained values were much lower and any 11g force would have been momentary like at the fraction of a second he first pulled back on the stick.

[Feamsterr]

something to consider, if he looses consciousness that plane goes down.