C-130 Rocket Assisted Takeoff

[@ADVANCEDTECHTIPS]

Surely wasn't the only one expecting the rockets to fire with the music drop

[@lukapetric8595]

Everything was off but i still appreciate the video

[@patrickm5217]

ya that was a bit of a fail lol

[@patrickm5217]

also where is the ski-snow landing gear C130 from the thumbnail

[@noelpeneamene3186]

...you weren't💀😎

[@patrickbateman6335]

Disappointed as fuck

[@ytcine1742]

damn its impressive and scary to see such a plane climbing with such an angle right after take-off it almost doesn't feels real

[@SharpBalisong]

Seen it in person once. It's unreal.

[@terrydavis6132]

They haft to climb that steep or the rockets would pitch the nose of plans toward ground and wings would lose lift .

[@ytcine1742]

@@terrydavis6132 since of the angle of the rockets

[@cinqsaw4358]

This is America

[@SharpBalisong]

The one and only!@@cinqsaw4358

[@brinesilver405]

Rocket assists just always look so fun to me. The big, lumbering Hercules slowly acellerating, then the rockets light and the plane goes *OOOOOH, YEEEEEA, KICKSTART MY HEART HOPE IT NEVER STOPS*

[@garegos7184]

when freebird kicks in

[@VTom650]

I saw it live years ago in Trenton Canadian Air force base. Impressive as hell and I remember the main thing was that it enabled clearing an obstacle that they wouldn't otherwise be able to clear.

[@gibbyrockerhunter]

Did that aircraft catch fire too?lol

[@mikeef747]

@@gibbyrockerhunter The aircraft didn't catch fire, it was the camera angle changing starting at 0.38 to 0:42, as the planes changes from a vertical position to a horizontal position. During the shift, the plane's tail cuts the view of the rocket exhaust fire in half, giving the illusion that the plane was on fire.

[@baconthevainglorious7371]

That’s what I was thinking like the rockets didn’t actually fire till he started rotating so the plane still has to get that fast on its own they just take it from there and basically launch that bitch like a space shuttle. It legit looks like he went directly upwards so that’s like a few hundred feet of altitude gain within like 50-60 ft of forward motion? That’s not how planes usually do 🙀 especially “cargo” planes

[@gibbyrockerhunter]

@@mikeef747 im sure you are right. But what caught my eye wasnt the actual “flame.” It was the amount and quality of carbon hanging around in the low pressure zone at the tail. I can obviously understand the the quality of burn on those rockets isnt top notch. Nor am i anything to fo with aviation. Even compared with other videos, the approach seems to be much less aggressive and the sputter of the rockets gets pushed down relative to the plane. But with this one, it looks like there is alot of heat stored, built, then dissipated. There is totally a tail from the enginers to the back, but it really looks to me like that heat stick around too long and was transferred. Side question. Is “enginer” no longer appropriate term like retard? Or no longer correct? Even google tried telling me it was wrong. Or is this just a common ignorance regurgitated?

[@mikeef747]

​@@gibbyrockerhunter I thought it was on fire too, that's why I responded to your comment. At first, when I watched on my iPhone, so when I thought it caught on fire, I took a closer look on a 65 inch TV because I'm farsighted and it's hard for me to see tiny details. The jet engines are on the bottom side of the plane's fuselage, just beyond the wheelbase and the tail starts from the top backend of the fuselage, so the engine at least 10 feet lower, so roughly 20 feet in length from the rocket engine, so the only thing the fire can damage. The video doesn't mention it, but I'm pretty sure this is just an airshow because the plane has Blue Angels painted on it. Regarding your PC question, I'm the wrong guy to ask, I still say Indian for natives, open doors for women and still use biologically born gender pronouns, regardless of desired delusional pronouns!

[@Siryn]

I miss those! Last time I saw Fat Albert perform a jato assisted takeoff was through the 80's til the late 90's.

[@em2attic]

The nickname for this plane is "Fat Albert". Seeing it takeoff like this in person is a must see at some point, its unreal.

[@GoodToGoIndustries]

I've seen this thing takeoff in person a few times, and it's truly amazing seeing such a large aircraft go straight up like a small jet.

[@randallmarsh1187]

As impressive as this is I think the short runway landings are equally as impressive, especially when the nose wheel comes off the ground and then the C-130 starts backing up!

[@ExtremelyAverageMan]

Way to trick us all with the dramatic pause in the song and zoom-in to make us all think the rockets would kick in at 0:25 lol.

[@fatherguidosarduchi5204]

TOTALLY AWESOME. I CAN’T BELIEVE THOSE SMALL ROCKETS PROVIDE THAT MUCH PUSH.

[@tacticalbacon9877]

Well, they are merely assisting. impressive still yes, but we cant forget about the 4 engines that are fully capable of lifting that bird off the ground xD

[@taylorgarrett793]

@@tacticalbacon9877 not if its over loaded it cant, hence why they put the jet rockets on them

[@tacticalbacon9877]

@@taylorgarrett793 well what do you define as "over loaded" Yes obviously you would need a jato system at some point. The bird can carry upwards to 200,000lbs, (164k according to af.mil) so obviously getting that off the ground will require some *assistance*.

[@taylorgarrett793]

@@tacticalbacon9877 each plane has a maxium take off weight, anything that is over that is considered over loaded if the load is over that weight then it would need the rockets

[@derekv8534]

Fat Albert def does it for show. He’s already going fast enough for that angle of takeoff without JATO…but the JATO makes it so much cooler!

[@denisearmbruster7478]

Go Fat Albert! Go! MEGA BRAVOS to the Blue Angels's C-130 Crew!! SSSAAAAAAAAALUTE!!!

[@kinghadu9611]

YESSS

[@toriknorth3324]

for when you need to take off but there's a skyscraper at the end of the runway

[@tastenheber]

I'm surprised the fuselage can take this without damage.

[@ytcine1742]

These kind of cargo planes are extremely tough

[@SquaDxSmack]

yeahhhhh about that

[@auwz66]

I am willing to bet there is a tin of blue paint on board at all times :)

[@kerangg6934]

Yeah with CGI..anything is possible.

[@arthurvg2217]

​@@kerangg6934humanity has been busy strapping rockets to all kinds of planes since many decades way before CGI

[@medicalbeverage]

This was C-130 “Fat Albert”, an old member of the Blue Angels stunt pilots.

[@DarthestWiffiest]

The night before I was supposed to ride in a C-130 I had dream where upon take off with a rocket assist only one side fired and it caused it to turn over and nose dive. I can still remember seeing the inside coming at me as I sat in the cargo area accross from my squad leader. The next day I was terrified and of all the C-130's our battalion were taking only our unit's was grounded for maintenance.

[@markbonner1139]

Precognition=Freaky

[@DarthestWiffiest]

@@user-rl3iv2jk9q Your English is pretty atrocious for a supposed US Army veteran, "user"...

[@n40tom]

My bullshit meter just went absolutely crazy

[@DarthestWiffiest]

@@n40tom Cewl.

[@FishyBoi1337]

My whole family has those kinda dreams on occasion, my mom predicted the day her friend would die and I spent most of elementary school living every day twice 😅 now I barely dream anymore and she predicts the weather slightly more accurately than the weather channels do, which isn't saying much around our parts 😂

[@Zamboanga_pspotter]

0:01 holy sheesh I'm wearing my Headphones

[@Zamboanga_pspotter]

@HanzoTheTurtle yow wharrap?

[@bioboi4438]

Looks like something I would make in Bad Piggies

[@luthfiadhityanto]

Look at the instant acceleration and that early steep climb......That is engineering badassery

[@jonatanschwindt8065]

Watching a c-130 climbing like a fighter is just surreal

[@GetsugaTensho85]

The most American thing I've ever seen!

[@shepatown]

Impressive. This has been on military aircraft since the 70's. Saw a C130 at an air show in 1975 use rockets for a short take-off.

[@thebravegallade731]

.... 70's? Its been a thing since WW2 lol

[@shepatown]

@@thebravegallade731 Thanks! That's awesome! And I thought I was outdated.

[@molassio1989]

I know the short answer is "to get higher faster." But what is the purpose of it, in practice? Short runways, hot takeoff, etc?

[@giancarlocarusimilano4406]

Short runways, overloaded aircraft, altitude (thinner air generates less lift, therefore JATO assists in takeoff ops)

[@cheegum6296]

When you don't always have a 4 km runway at hand :)

[@ms.annthrope415]

When you gotta take off right now cuz the enemy is coming down the runway!

[@bitlikethat]

Heavy load

[@gluecksdrache2054]

To have more airfields or freeways available for a kind of emergency take off. Think of a situation of a very short runway and having an unusual high payload. It also can cause confusion at the enemy that you now can't use only some of the airports with perfect infrastructure but also the tinier ones.

[@engineeringartist4801]

I'm getting those for my Volkswagen.

[@timothyfitzgerald7394]

This was wild! Love it.

[@joshuasaenz1930]

Ok now THAT was cool!

[@mephistotel87]

Looks amazing 💪👍 Never seen this before Greetings from Russia.

[@JoeOvercoat]

The attempts at rocket-assisted landings of the C-130, are likewise amazing. On an early test run the rockets are fired a tad too early.

[@digiblak997]

Was lucky to grow up in corpus christi where the angel practiced every year on the naval base. Seen them several times on the base as well. An amazing experience.

[@chrismoore2532]

I remember seeing Fat Albert do that in the early 70's. It's as impressive now as it was then

[@korndawggy1801]

That would be cool to see at the airshows.

[@digiblak997]

i grew up min corpus christi and the angels would practice all the time from the naval base. Was truely amazing to get free show every year as they buzzed over the town and practiced. But nothing like acutally going on base and seeing them in person a few times. The blue angels put on an amazing show.

[@randallmarsh1187]

The Blue Angels used to do this at their air shows but quit around 2008 or 2009. The JATO rockets were getting too hard to get.

[@zzzxxzzz3248]

Great music choice !

[@justjames9775]

Pretty sure I need a couple of those for my Fiat 500, as it struggles on the hills a bit. 😃

[@dlighted8861]

Wow what a ride that must be.😮 The question I have is how many times can it do that without refuelling.🤔

[@philhand5830]

The jet bottles are one time use, jettisoned after use. Aircraft fuel quantities are not affected...

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

Refueling? do you think its a SpaceX rocket? do you understand how rockets work ?

[@raidenj1295]

@@ExploringCabinsandMinesno I don’t

[@ipodtouchiscoollol]

those are SRBs or solid rocket boosters basically souped up firework rockets minus the payload

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

@@ipodtouchiscoollol Gen Z don't know.

[@kevingreen6452]

Spectacular!

[@fredflintstone747]

The flying Fat Albert! Past, present, future of the C130 Hercules

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

At the Canadian National Exhibition Airshow in Toronto in the early 60s, when Hercs were the latest thing since sliced bread, one would always make a low pass in front of the crowd and crack the JATOs and shoot straight up in the air. Impressive!

[@Александрвистоплясов]

Молодцы! Вечно что-нибудь выдумают!

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

We have tech like this and can’t even keep our people fed and sheltered. America, man!!!

[@rickyparrish8310]

As soon as i saw the front of the plane I thought it looked like the blue Angels trans port plane the rocket boost on take off looks like something the blue Angels would do 😮 pretty neat

[@wyattmann8157]

There was a great story making the Internet rounds for years about some doofus who attached a JATO to a Cadillac and ended up flying into the side of a mountain. Pretty sure it's just urban legend, but what a great story! 😁

[@alrhodes5011]

It was a JATO engine on a van I believe. I am pretty sure it was true. There's pictures of it somewhere

[@bigredc222]

I was wondering if anyone else heard about. The story is from 1970s I think. It ends with the guy and his car smashed into the side of a hill. I don't know if it was true or not, but the Mythbusters did do it.

[@bernieliu2422]

Tower control: This is a very short taxi lane. US marine C-130 pilot: Roger!

[@teslafieldphysics4041]

Jack Parsons is smiling somewhere! That jet assisted take off is how he got into the game!

[@blue280485]

Why don't they use RATO for Fighter Jets on Light Aircraft Carriers like America Class or Wasp Class🤷‍♂️

[@Gerald-e4c]

It shows plane on skies that’s what I want to see !! awesome on skies !!😊

[@bernardopercyvant5206]

Propulsão sólida serve também kkkk, legal!

[@eddie10191]

Where else can you be Buck Rogers and GI Joe.

[@zebatov]

Sweet. You’re never taking my V8.

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

There's only one word for this and it's 'holy shit'.

[@stomodino5443]

That´s some "bad piggies"-level kinda stuff right there

[@neongirl]

"Jim, you see that?" "Where are we? In space?" "I think it pretty close."

[@piotrlenarczyk5803]

Thank you for video. Nice painting.

[@williambarry8015]

I got to that a couple times at air shows. Pretty mind blowing.

[@yoshikiharo1020]

How much this saves on Take-off time? I doubt this is cost effective for a quicker take off.

[@davemcesq1321]

I never even knew that was a thing. Amazing

[@Twobarpsi]

I saw this plane at an airshow. Super loud when those rockets ignite!

[@randomrob3889]

Finally not a fake thumbnail

[@DaveSimkus]

But fake sound and annoying music.

[@AremuJejeofdavillage]

This is a dream of mine…I need one of these for my birthday…also gas money and a place to park it 😅

[@bigdaddy3662]

I put some of these on my 172, badass

[@wlteixeira77]

É o avião que mais gosto! É fabuloso o C 130!

[@karlmadsen3179]

The sound track is pretty uplifting, too.

[@allgood6760]

Awesome what you can do with a Herky Bird! ✈️👍

[@DaveScottADV]

Got to see this live at Oshkosh maybe 20 years ago. It's awesome in person.

[@jsmcguireIII]

What does a jato cost?

[@callmegrim_ace]

JATO as the finest.

[@joeybulford5266]

That’s insane. I thought the plane exploded there for a second lmao

[@wijn_za]

A rocket-powered "Flossie"! Asemrowend!

[@Emkaiii]

Source of the footage? I remember seeing it in a old documentary as a kid

[@MrgnFlnn67]

slingshot..... engaged .... ITS TIME TO SHAKE N' BAKE !

[@k.s.7104]

109th Airlift Command out of Stratton ANGB in Scotia NY near Schenectady fly those ski equipped "snow birds" and I believe they use those J.A.T.O bottles for taking off during their supply missions from Antarctica.

[@Kagakapitein]

me when my KSP plane doesnt fly be like...

[@laughtoohard9655]

Up, up and away with JATO's.

[@Jay_efx001]

That takeoff angle is crazy for heavy aircraft

[@puerrobustus]

"То любимого сгублю, Что измены не прощу. И жестоко отомщу: Не специально, но со зла. Превращу его в осла. Он очень милым парнем был, Но зачем он изменил?" Не думал, что услышу здесь эту мелодию.

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Ah, I noticed the flaps were down during jet assisted takeoff.👍👍

[@ThatTurqCatt112]

C-130: I'm a plane. Not a rocket Minutes later: Blast off

[@johnbill3417]

I’m wondering does this hurt the plane

[@collinswuks3959]

Wow, this is spectacular. RESPECT.

[@BigGuyReviews]

That’s fucking epic

[@williampurley5313]

Video game?

[@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr]

Insane. No idea how the rockets don’t burn the fuselage

[@randomcamera746]

theyre pointed away from it

[@簡廷安-x6v]

Great tech always come up with a silly idea in the first place A-10: lets put a gatlin gun on a full protection plane! C-RAM: lets put a thing that should be on a boat on land! C-130: lets put a rocket behind to boost her, shorten the run way she need! (Broken english maybe, if so, tell me where did i do wrong.)

[@brucebangeman8627]

That’s the Blue Angels , fat Albert , right ? First time I ever noticed it said Marines on its fuselage.

[@БаксанаХорошо]

Мечта моджахеда с ПЗРК! Промах не возможен 😎

[@iblesbosuok]

Are these rockets hypergolic rockets?

[@neilwinnpineda7718]

playing ksp, i know the tail is the most dangerous part of this, and the g forces

[@30firebirds]

Hooray for Fat Albert, the most bada** C-130 on the planet.

[@Mr2010forgeben]

God, that's beautiful

[@Dimaz42]

what's the cons of doing this? 🤔

[@clayton203]

Looks like they need to adjust the carburetors a touch, got a little popping in a couple of them

[@ЮрийИванов-у1ф]

Это дымовая завеса или фейерверк?

[@Libertad59]

Look at that climb out!

[@Guroji]

whats cool is that there used to be a plane with reverse rockets too so it could land in like 100yrds of airstrip. crazy

[@Captndarty]

This is not an impressive demonstration. The whole purpose of JATO is to either shorten the takeoff distance or aid in a heavy takeoff. This example the pilot clearly keeps the aircraft on the runway much longer than normal way past it’s rotate speed to build up energy for this maneuver. He lights off the rockets right at rotation so there was zero aid in shortening the takeoff distance. If he did this exact same maneuver without the JATO as a spectator I doubt to notice much difference in how the maneuver looks aside from the fire and smoke🤷🏻‍♂️

[@nicholasmuro1742]

Maybe it's a training run? Getting the pilot prepared for the real thing.

[@mechwarrior13]

Were the elevators glowing from the heat? Jeez thats must be hot af

[@Noconstitutionfordemocrats1]

Now rocket assisted landing. Also, make sure to give some to the tallyban.

[@ibrahimkucuk9842]

What is the reason though, why?

[@asheshinfinite3766]

The pilots be like "Wooo.....hooooo!"😅

[@Anton-dl7me]

it seems that the rockets engage at the point of near liftoff. Why so late? Afterall it just needs to lift for couple meters to proceed

[@bluevalkyrie2517]

Mmmmm that smells good!

[@hamilton_reacts]

Now I want this feature in GTA 6...

[@vumba1331]

Good old German WW 2 technology and even the tubby bodies of the rockets looked the same as those used on the Arado jets.

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Quite impressive