F-16 Full Afterburner - 11 litres fuel per second!

F-16 engine test with full afterburner. 11 liters of fuel per second!

[martinkent]

I was a Crew Chief on F15s back in the mid 70s. I have been underneath an F15 in full after burner while doing an engine test. It shakes every organ in your body.

[Jchange]

Are they trying to change the Earth's rotational speed?

[billwhoever]

11 litres of fuel per sec!
Saturn V: hold my first stage

[mk]

"Sorry sir, your hearing loss doesn't seem to be service related"

[Johnfranorge]

That chain must be made out of nokia 3310

[leokimvideo]

That will clear the redback spiders away

[Andrew-vlcn]

It's funny how these guys look so happy playing with their expensive toy

[rhubarbpie]

In person, when you hear the whine from the DEEC (digital electronic engine controller) and the nozzle puckers, then opens and afterburners ignite it is truly an unforgettable experience.

[aboriani]

1:23 you gotta have some balls to walk underneath that roaring artificial volcano like that

[jebbroham]

Only the E/A-18G is louder. I was in a Navy Squadron that flew those and had just switched over to them from the long outdated E/A-6B Prowler. When our pilots went full AB on the ground during high power turns those twin GE engines would rattle the teeth in your head from 500 yards away. Never worked on anything louder than that before or since.

[triman]

I worked at the Rolls Royce test beds many years ago. Remember testing a Phantom Spey engine ...Big fuel consumption gauge in the control room rotated at a relatively low rate until they engaged reheat. The gauge went round at an incredible rate. You can see why they only use it when they need too.

[rastafari]

How much does one of those cost? I need a new cigarette lighter yo.

[dangusprime]

I've been this close, or closer, to a Harrier landing on the deck, and even with double hearing protection, the vibrations that come off these things are absolutely insane. The only way I can describe it, and remembered it as being, was as if it 'shook your soul' it was that intense.

[migdonalds]

imagine being that guy going underneath the jet while it's in full afterburner. not many can say they have done that

[ZicajosProductions]

@ 1:17
F-16: “lol you thought I was done”

[thoreberlin]

This must have teared eardrums even with sound protection. I heared a F16 on afterburner at a flight show and it was among the loudest things i've ever heared. I can't imagine how this must feel standing right next to it.

[backpackerthrulife]

I was about 50 yards behind, and at this aspect, from an A-5, when it ran up and then took off. It was so loud I felt like I was going to hemorrhage inside. I loved it.

[chainsawvent]

That’s awesome. I remember watching a video on the Saturn 5 booster (Apollo space mission days) and the they interviewed one of the engineers who chuckled ‘... burns through 20 tons of fuel per second!!! Heheheheh!’

[andrewandrews]

Gotta love that whining noise it makes right before it goes full power!

[joevignoloru]

I've stood right next to an F-100 Super Saber on a test stand while running the engine in full afterburner. Its a sound you can feel as well as hear. In the winter time we used to throw snowballs into the burner flame. They would instantly flash into steam when coming into contact with the flame and then just disappear.