Pilot Saves Crippled Su-35 (FCS Failure)

[@CommandT]

Folks, some more info - this was a test flight in 2013 of a new Su-35S that rolled off the factory floor, piloted by a test pilot who had flown the same aircraft earlier. The problem was (apparently) an algorithm issue with the FCS in the longitudinal axis. The pilot continued his career to become an Su-57 test pilot.

[@PetesGuide]

I’m curious if he ever said MAYDAY or specifically declared an emergency (I don’t speak Russian).

[@softwaresignals]

As a person who has designed & coded (software) FCS algorithms myself (U.S. jets), I apologize on behalf of my far-away Russian cohorts who wrote the software here. Software is incredibly sensitive to bugs like a wrong "+" where there should be a "-", one keystroke wrong, for example, that doesn't get tested on the ground properly to catch in advance. Also, sometimes an algorithm designer writes an incorrect specification, handed off to a software code writer for implementation. You know. Mistakes.

[@XJureth]

@@PetesGuide No but I suppose he don't have to do it. It's a test flight so emergency starts when the pilot take a seat in the aircraft cabin.

[@duncan8238]

@@softwaresignals In my experience, it's the incorrect specification where the trouble starts, all a coder can do is code to the spec ant test, test , test... but a dodgy spec is an insidious monster that will not show it's flaws until it's too late!, even if the software is written precisely to spec!

[@softwaresignals]

@@duncan8238 Validation Testing is supposed to catch bad algorithm specs (Systems Design level), yet I've seen some algorithm Systems Engineers write bad specs and somehow miss it when trying it out in the simulator! Peer reviews are supposed to catch what some young silly engineers spec. ... Long story. Too much to talk about. Also, basic memory management problems, an array or structure exceeding bounds in size (when not strongly-typed or a compiler error occurs), or any of a number of sloppy practices can pop up at unexpected times. Both spec & coding errors have happened about equally in my career.

[@rjdverbeek]

The pilot not only saved the aircraft. He gave the aircraft investigators the opportunity to find out what caused the FCS malfunction. Future aircrashes will be prevented due to this.

[@xyzaero]

Could have gotten the same info by ejecting and reading out the FDR !! That was a stupid stunt nothing else

[@bilyonarelifestile2226]

he serves $10 bottle of vodka. no $3 bottle of vodka for him

[@andyb.1026]

@XYZ AERO You wanker 🙄 Does your Mum know you are out alone

[@Brokkolesz]

@@xyzaero How is it a stupid stunt? He saved a fucking expensive fighter to begin with.

[@cardboardboxification]

@@xyzaero it’s not a stunt he knows what he is doing

[@srfrg9707]

What actually happened is that the pilot was able to maneuver the plane by altering its center of gravity by slightly displacing his massive iron balls left and right.

[@LongTran-em6hc]

"Back" The Flanker series exhibit vertical instability, not horizontal.

[@srfrg9707]

@@LongTran-em6hc And front...

[@a.b.6233]

His balls are so big that the plane was overweight.

[@jinzhang8241]

No wonder he couldn't eject even if he wanted to - each of his iron balls weighed 1000 pounds each and were too heavy for the ejection seat rocket motor.

[@jinzhang8241]

@@srfrg9707 Yes that's exactly what I say when I go for my annual physical - don't forget the front

[@python3574]

After losing his job at Sukhoi, the software developer accepted a new position as the head of software development at Boeing for the 737 Max.

[@kuqezi5733]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-qs3sk8qj9n]

As Boeing administration manager, I and our company deny this allegation. By the way, can you tell us your home adress? We wanna present you a special gift for trying to improve the quality of our super-reliable jets.

[@python3574]

@@user-qs3sk8qj9n It's 929 Long Bridge Drive, Arlington, VA.

[@Another_Good_Guy]

​@@user-qs3sk8qj9n😂

[@baarg8672]

[@thomasrichter7767]

when you said that the original video was 54 minutes long, i felt even more respect for that pilot. i cant imagine how stressfull this whole event must be.

[@CommandT]

Yeah not for the faint-hearted

[@duncan8238]

I wonder how his underpants held up?

[@CommandT]

@@duncan8238 Pretty well judging by the sound of his voice anyway

[@morkovija]

and then you come home and your wife asks 'how was your day?' Imagine that interaction?x)

[@madyogi6164]

Believe or not, my neighbour had a brother. They were visiting our place pretty often. I remember a day when they came and go (nothing special). Next week they came as well, but the guy was truly white hair (like a snow). What I learned later on, he was also a test pilot and had some sort of issue while flying. Whatever that was, it was in the '80-s and was to be kept in secret. - I never know the whole story. So I pretty much admire the pilot! What could he do? Eject, while there is a city down below?

[@skyhorseprice6591]

I can tell you for a _fact_ this guy is one of the best pilots who ever kicked rudder and hauled stick. I mean he is up there with Bob Hoover and Chuck Yeager. Most people who've never flown do not realize how brutal extreme high G flying actually is. The thing is, in extreme aerobatic performances, and even in WVR dogfights, the pilot is in control of their aircraft. Aerobatic routines (like the one flown by the SU-35, which if you've not seen it is an absolute _beast_ routine, full of crazy TVC high AoA 7 & 9G maneuvers) are carefully designed to allow 'soft G load' maneuvers that give the pilot a chance to recover and set up for the next rapid onset high G maneuver. Fighter pilots in dogfights wind up pulling crazy G constantly (SU-35 is rated at 9G I believe); in a two circle rate fight, where you have two jets nose to tail, each one trying to pull a better turn rate (25°/sec is better than 21°/sec, which means the 25° pilot is going to win the rate fight..if they can stay conscious and out of gLoc long enough). But even in a rate fight you can give yourself little breaks by easing up on the stick for even a second to clear your vision and get a good, deep breath. This pilot had none of those options; his jet was loading up the G and he had to take that for close to 15 minutes nonstop. I'd bet that his g load was never much below 6 and probably often was around 8 or 9. This pilot was in serious danger of dying. But he did not want to eject because the jet was flying so erratically there was no way to predict where it would crash once he ejected. So you got this guy thinking about trying to save himself, his jet, _and_ trying to avoid a great, flaming mass of wreckage landing on houses and people below, _and he has to literally invent a new emergency procedure on the spot while under extreme g loads _with no way to unload those G's!_ What he did was pure genius. What he _is_ , is a true hero because that incident could've gone south in a hot New York second upand left the pilot, the Su-35, and God knows how many civilians on the ground below incinerated, bludgeoned, blown up, _DEAD_ Guy's a truly great pilot. Seriously. He should get a medal for that.

[@SledgeFox]

👍 brilliant comment!

[@LongTran-em6hc]

He got uprated to a Su-57 That's a medal by itself

[@skyhorseprice6591]

@@LongTran-em6hc AWESOME! If I were an officer in charge of an air wing, that's the dude I'd want flying my new 5gen hyperexpensive stealth jet.

[@Battlenude]

You are mostly correct. But as with its older Flanker variants, the Su-35S is not rated for 9G, IF it has above a certain amount of fuel. I think its a little different vs its older Flanker variant, i don't have flight manual.. but due to the fact this Flanker has a crazy 11.500kg, and older Flanker had around 9.700kg of fuel if its topped out. The older Flanker could pull 9G when the fuel amount came down to around 6.500kg give or take. So in that regard around 6.500kg and 7.500kg of fuel, and Su-35S can pull 9G

[@dsdy1205]

Saying that he was always above 6g is mostly false - you can see that in much of the footage he's in a level turn banked left by 45 degrees. No matter what plane you fky, a 45 deg ledt bank is a g force of around 1.4, which is the idle load in a centrifuge. This isn't to take away from the magnitude of what this pilot has done, but realistically 6 g's for that long would have g-locked him

[@moneyluser5711]

The pilot's exasperation transcends the language barrier. "airplane, WTF are you doing? come on"

[@NeutronRob]

Kudos to that pilot! He did a great job in saving his aircraft.

[@meandnoother]

As well as saving himself ;)

[@Kris_T_]

@@meandnoother No, he wasn't trying to save himself, he had plenty of opportunity to safely eject. There were factories an airbase, and a town below him. He was primarily trying to protect the lives of people on the ground, and secondarily saving the aircraft. Although under a lot of stress, the pilot was not in too much fear for his life.

[@pascalcoole2725]

Yeah some pilots actualy know their stuff.

[@zheka69]

I do speak Russian. Great job translating-WAY better than what we get on television! For pilots I wish Russian curse words were translatable in to English as it paints the pilots verbiage much more clearly :) Great job on video! Great job by pilot!

[@wildwombat1961]

The opening scene of this video massively understates the sheer talent and professionalism of this above brave pilot. One thing brought a huge smile to my face which was the swear word "Fuuuuu" is really a universal expression for frustration plus the common "🐂💩" I agree that he saved he lives of alot of people by his actions in not giving up. This event is even more stunning by the way he kept calm while unde a considerable amount of pain from the G's and just focused on each problem in front of himself. It would be incredible if we could see a clip with him talking about he event sometime later.

[@misiopuchatek152]

It's only fully translatable to polish.

[@TopMusic-rf3mt]

Russian curse words cannot be translated into any language. Therefore, even the former Soviet Union countries, having their own languages, use Russian curse words that have a bright versatility and deep meaning depending on the intonation and situation. Russian swearing is a separate language of communication that allows you to shorten words to the maximum and maximize the emotions conveyed.

[@tbas8741]

@@TopMusic-rf3mt ALL Languages can be translated to each other (just some of them might not be a word for word but word for sentence to explain the translation.

[@phoneaccount6907]

Nice for you. Go get some vodka

[@BubblesPothowari]

After an hour of wrestling in the air: Rolling out on "piano keys" ie the thresh hold start, nose aligned, right flare height, deploying the break chutes before touch down, dropping the beast like a brick, superb inspiration for all jet jockeys...

[@CommandT]

Amen

[@xyzaero]

That is not a normal flare hight 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@swynty5767]

One of the most impressive landings ever, if that parachute was planned like that then it's on par with most amazing landings ever.

[@DaelinTV]

United Airlines Flight 232 was the most impressive landing ever, just as impossible as this one, but they had 300 people on board...

[@amacca2085]

@@DaelinTVit wasn’t at all

[@_c_y_p_3]

The Aircraft was born as an Su35 but it identifies as a Boeing.

[@CommandT]

Ha!

[@Mgp-Rc]

@@CommandT Da new Boeing model - VODKA!

[@gosborg]

That was absolutely outstanding airmanship, no matter where he comes from.

[@drahomirpolach8890]

Even when flying DCS, I'm more nervous than the cold-blooded pilot in real life. Mолодец :)

[@sjpeckham1]

laughed out loud at that one! Amazing skill; anyone know the pilot's name?

[@Pow3llMorgan]

Dude is a passenger for most of the ride but takes it in strides like a big balls mofo!

[@hammond3656]

@@sjpeckham1 Igor Kruglikov

[@mrpicky1868]

guy in a panic. and there is no command to eject . human life in Russia ia worth nothing

[@awuma]

@@mrpicky1868 Whoa! Compare Soviet/Russian spacecraft safety with American, and you would not be saying this (three crewed Soyuz launch failures have been survived, whereas Shuttle crews were defenceless for the first two minutes of flight. Only two Soviet flights, Voskhods 1 and 2, had no escape mechanisms for the first 20 second of flight). In the case here, the pilot was far from a critical point where he had to eject; there are several videos here on KZbin of test pilots of similar Russian aircraft ejecting in truly dangerous, last split-second circumstances and surviving uninjured, so one can assume that their ejection systems are proven and reliable. i was impressed at how well the undercarriage stood up to the parachute-induced landing.

[@biggnasty989]

Bro, this pilot deserves all that can be awarded for demonstrating excellent airmanship. Bravo man dude!

[@akosmaradi5281]

For some reason when the pilot said "ohhhh Blyaaaaaat" . I felt that.

[@kwantoon]

What a pro, he deserves a great deal of recognition for his efforts. Hopefully the government acknowledged this pilot's courage and skill, because there probably aren't many pilots that could have pulled this off. Absolute nerves of steel!!

[@CommandT]

Yeah although it turns out he was a test pilot so it's just part of the job description lol

[@jinzhang8241]

The acknowledgement came in the government bill charging for the cost of two burnt out non-reusable landing brake parachutes.

[@TopMusic-rf3mt]

He was nominated for an annual flight safety award. Today he has been transferred to the Sukhoi Design Bureau headquarters and works with Su-57 aircraft in Zhukovsky, near Moscow.

[@wazza33racer]

In other "air crash" scenarios with planes that develop difficult control issues, the pilots usually adapt to the new circumstances and eventually figure out ways to combat the erratic FCS issues. The pilot here does the same, he tries everything to develop counter measures. Really, it looks completely awful from the video, but for the pilot he is intimately familiar with the plane and has more confidence than a spectator. Completely amazing that he put it down despite the throttle/handling problems. By 12 minutes, his voice sounds calmer, and they have gained some improvement. A real achievement to actually put it down in one piece.

[@CommandT]

Yep, it was a good job indeed!

[@mrpicky1868]

why BS? default russian model to lie about everything even the obvious? why BS about everything ? he had multiple topped out Gs!!!

[@johno9507]

Having that wearing down constant G on the aircraft and still making clear decisions is amazing. He certainly deserves an medal for that.

[@N1lav]

Sukhoi: *Aggressively tries to send the pilot to heaven* Western Pilot: *Bails Out* Russian Pilot: Not today bitch I am laughing, seeing how the pilot is talking to the aircraft as if he were the single parent of a naughty child. LOL

[@majboomer1285]

Hey, talking to the equipment works sometimes...I once had a computer that kept acting up in preparation for a major milestone test with the customer present. Right before the start of the "For grade" test, I leaned over the computer and quietly told it that if it didn't act right I was going to "string it up by its ethernet cable, rip its RAM out, and flash its BIOS!" After the test was complete, the Colonel for the Customer group came over and said, "Your threats to the computer worked perfectly"

[@LostAnFound]

That’s total BS. Look up “F-22 test control error” and you’ll see an F-22 test pilot ride an electronically induced pitch oscillation right into the ground

[@Axel_sms]

@@LostAnFound pilot escaped with minor injuries huge L and the plane wasn't even flying that high

[@musicwithj1759]

Western pilot bailed out because he already destroyed your pilot and it’s a victory jump

[@brown7583]

@@musicwithj1759 like that woman who crashed a 100 million dollar weapon into the South China sea? 🙂

[@robertlworley]

52 minutes of intense physical and mental strain!!! Incredible pilot to overcome all of this - and then landing successfully in the end.

[@AviationNut]

The way he timed that chute deployment is just amazing, he is so damn lucky the plane didn't pitch up 5 seconds earlier because that would have been way to early to deploy the chute but he timed it just right. Amazing flying skills, i hope he got some sort of an award for saving this aircraft. He could have just said f this i am out and ejected, but he fought the plane and won.💪👍

[@GaryLevin]

He had two previous attempts that gave him an idea about roll out timing altitude and used that to know when to pop the chute. Hope he was give a medal of honor. Those puppies cost mucho ruples

[@sukhoifan]

I have tried to leave a comment twice but i dont see them so i guess KZbin didnt like the russian links. Anyway, this happened in 2013 not in 2015 as reported by many sources. More specifically it was 12.11.2013 and 2015 is just when the story first surfaced. From the sound of it (i have links, but apparently cant link in the comments) the issue was firmware of the algorithm for the horizontal axis. The pilot went on to be a testpilot in the T-50/Su-57 program, well deserved. Thank you for doing this video! I am russian speaking but i had real trouble picking up a lot of the dialogue. The way he was pleading with the aircraft and was talking to it is so hilarious and so very Russian.

[@CommandT]

Oh very interesting, could you send me the links to my email by any chance? [e-mail] Yeah some of the stuff is hard to pick up even as a native-speaker. Had to listen to a few parts about 5 or 6 times to be sure.

[@sukhoifan]

@@CommandT Email sent. :)

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

Thanks for that input. Many do not understand how much lines of code go into these digital flight control systems. I was directly involved in some developmental testing of a new auto-pilot for a cargo aircraft. Lots and lots of test flights with installed measuring equipment to get it all right.

[@CommandT]

@@sukhoifan Thanks a million, got it! Will review tomorrow and maybe make a follow- up- video if there's interesting insights. Thanks a million for sharing!

[@JIUNnF]

@@my-yt-inputs2580 Строки кода учли приведение органов управления к нулю?

[@opart]

Pilot and controller yelling at each other, and pilot cursing at the plane as it has a mind of its own is such a Russian thing, also replacing words with curses, love it. :) I am sure you've seen the Air Astana Flight 1388 story, if not - highly recommend it, the situation is much worse, absolutely incredible work by the pilots to set that plane down.

[@milanstevic8424]

man I hate the very description of the faulty maintenance that lead to it. my mind is messed up from reading the technical summary. it's literally the stuff of nightmares -- trying to fly a death trap that doesn't like to be flown. having ailerons reversed, but not being able to reverse input... c'mon...

[@michalmilko8347]

It is not yelling, it is a normal voice state in tense situation in slavic languages...

[@TopMusic-rf3mt]

The pilot and the controller don't yell at each other. This is a flight test airfield, if you want the pilot, under stress and 9G, to hear you, you'll have to yell.

[@opart]

@@TopMusic-rf3mt lol, if you spoke Russian then you would know. Pilot: "Plane is uncontrollable", ATC: "Can't hear you well", Pilot (yelling on top of his lungs, directed at ATC): "Plane is uncontrollable, f**k your mother!!! b**ch!!!!". Further down, pilot calms down, but controller is aggravated for the same reason and raises his voice, not to mention pilot cursing at the plane and at the situation. Very understandable, but it's a pretty Russian way to deal with stressful situation.

[@ssnerd583]

The Air Astana Flight 1388 is, undoubtedly, one of the most insane examples of EXTREME airmanship in the history of flight. Those pilots did the impossible. The fact that the air frame was so over stressed during the flight that the aircraft was scrapped on the spot tells THAT tale......the fact that they actually put the plane on a runway, wheels down and they walked away is shocking in the extreme.

[@ericlawrence9729]

Amazing airmanship and skill, Bob Hoover would be proud. This is an awesome display of skill and out of the box thinking. Uncontrolled pitch up is probably the worst case scenario. This reminds me of Delta flight 1080 on April 12, 1977 a Lockheed L-1011 that departed San Diego with an uncontrolled pitch up and was safely landed back in LAX by Captain Jack McMahan and his crew. Once again hats off to the Russian pilot, well done.

[@bluarcher5941]

amazing stuff. I can't believe he didn't eject not long after take-off. That's extreme confidence on his part that he could regain control of the aircraft under those conditions. He should have gotten a commendation of some sort after that performance and getting the aircraft back on the ground in one piece.

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

There's no doubt he received proper honors for his feat in saving the malfunctioned aircraft and allowing investigators to work on a live airframe.

[@ivannegrozni7692]

уверенность в системе катапультирования. на русских самолетах лучшая в мире система. насколько я слышал было время когда американцы даже хотели закупать на свои машины эти кресла к-36 если правильно помню но изза очевидных политических разногласий и необходимости по законам сша иметь больший контроль производства не получилось. если я прав у американцев около 25% катапультирования неудачны и пилоты гибнут а на русской системе не более 4%

[@ambientnaturally]

I hope you showing off the heroic approach will gain more views than Trevor's did. And you did a great job letting us know what is going on. Kudos to that pilot for his guts and skill and clear thinking. And the Russian language sounds pretty cool too.

[@CommandT]

Thanks! :)

[@Catdore]

As the video opened, I could not believe what I was seeing, the backstory even more incredible. The go arounds he used to fine tune his attitude just before touchdown, then used the brake chutes to yank the plane onto the runway - even a STOL.landing !

[@musangu]

"the opposite of Trevor Jacobs" lol... Insane video with great narration. Instant sub.

[@soulslaveone]

That the most impressive flying I`ve ever seen. The landing is truly spectacular.

[@Deltasayan]

Thank you for bringing this amazing case of great piloting to us. Good Stuff!! 🙂

[@CommandT]

No worries, thanks :)

[@TheFloorface]

perfectly highlights how remaining calm in the most dangerous situations can makes the difference between life and death.

[@CG-kf5vh]

Outstanding! He never stopped flying his airplane.

[@watsisbuttndo829]

I heard a pretty pointed "BLYATT!!!" . Seriously though, nice flying sir!

[@ssn22]

no no !! not T at the end but D !!!! for fuk sake !!! Blyadi !!!! u in the west always pick up the wrong way!!! BLYADI

[@onik7000]

@@ssn22 бляди - это женщины. А через Т - это междометие обычно выражающее удивление и/или разочарование. "Поехали к бляДям" или "вот ты бляДь!", но при этом "да бляТь, все упало", "красотища бляТь!" watsis buttndo - yeah ) that's expression of extreme disappointment )

[@watsisbuttndo829]

@@ssn22 learned russian profanity off "life of boris" so blame him if in wrong!

[@vknfriendly]

BLYATT - translated as a slutty woman. But Russians say this word when the situation gets out of control.

[@PavlosPapageorgiou]

It's remarkable the plane can land with this kind of approach, even if it didn't have flight control problems!

[@Mark_Point]

Incredible, imagine all that time and stress under g forces you arent intending. However....if it was me I would have quit to desktop and recalibrated my pitch axis. No bother.

[@CommandT]

Yeah I'd have re-centered the axis too haha

[@blasterml]

Thnx i spit my screen with coffe.

[@CommandT]

@@blasterml Hope the screen is alright :)

[@blasterml]

@@CommandT its ok no worries! :D

[@duncan8238]

I'd have recalibrated my life choices whilst exiting the plane vertically under rockets at high speed!

[@AndreySobolew]

У пилота железные яйца.

[@collieclone]

Transl.: The pilot has iron balls.

[@aboriani]

Last attempt -Plane: "IMMA GO UP!" -Pilot "Fuck no you won't!" as he pulls the chute

[@isekaiexpress9450]

Mad respect for the pilot. Also, appreciation on all test pilots who tread the dangerous path of wrangling out the unexpected kinks and quirks from raw machines up in the air, day in, day out.

[@aviationrambler]

That pilot is remarkable in every sense of the word and deserves nothing but the upmost respect.

[@renderinglegend5346]

Wild he fought this thing for 52 minutes, that’s crazy long to be up there pulling G’s and trying to troubleshoot. I hope to have this much courage and tenacity when called on.

[@03056932]

I feel like you will

[@happycanayjian1582]

Wow. 😳 That was some real steel nerve flying right there. To be operating that bitchy pitchy airplane in a constant pitch-up and roll only a few hundred feet off the deck while trying to land it was not for the faint hearted. I hope the man received all sorts of accolades/awards after the fact. Great video.

[@CommandT]

Well apparently he become an Su-57 test pilot according to somone in the comments!

[@chrisvoyles363]

@@CommandT ohf

[@pietskiet8763]

Of course he got an extra glass of Vodka!

[@pietskiet8763]

@@CommandT He is one hell of an aviator!

[@fredMplanenut]

Great presentation of horrendous situation showing this pilot's outstanding airmanship.

[@YuryGnum]

As far as I know, this happened because the control stick was registered in the control unit only for pitch up. When the speed changes, the automatic control system imitates the load on the control stick, as if on muscle-controlled aircraft, the "0" position of the stick changed, and the aircraft went into a nose-up. Failures were not indicated, as all automation worked flawlessly. such things ... (translated and voiced by Google, do not scold for mistakes)

[@thefoolishhiker3103]

What an amazing display of piloting skills. Also, great explanation.

[@yamilandres]

Kudos to this pilot, for his amazing flying skills, his cool mind, his effort in saving the aircraft, and - I must say - the balls of steel he displays.

[@chrmez]

It's pretty hard to fathom how he pulled this off. I can't wrap my head around how he kept his cool and found a way to put the plane down safely. Nuts!

[@robertphillips2983]

I love his passion and I respect his airmanship, very impressive!!

[@TheManurin]

Simply amazing!, a true pilot with balls of steel, staying with a doomed aircraft many would have bailed out of long time ago!

[@b52707]

Can’t be any better than this pilot was. Out standing !

[@Hangry_Hungarian]

Thank you for explaining what was happening, well done video! The pilot did a nice job saving the plane.

[@CommandT]

Thanks! And yep :)

[@aimless-drifter]

what's lost in translation is that pilot is addressing controller as plural (honorific way speaking). Controller is addressing the pilot as singular (casual terms of speaking). It could be because there are many people are consulting with a controller or it could be because controller just has a higher status :P

[@CommandT]

@@aimless-drifter Yes, indeed. Impossible to translate to English or even explain!

[@user-sv5vb1mj1q]

Such a feel when you watch Russian content with English subtitles

[@Semendrija123]

Respect to the pilot!!!

[@elainepeter1403]

Exceptional flying skills, and a set of steel nerves. Very level headed and cool.

[@jetkid]

That's pretty much how I land in the DCS MiG-21 everytime hahaha.

[@FastJetPerformance]

That's very impressive and lucky the brake parachute didn't have to rely on a weight on wheels switch to be deployed. Incredible airmanship and great vid.

[@paristo]

The landing chute is one of the emergency features to be used in older planes to recover from the flat spin or inverted leaf falling, you have that one change to pop-it and the chute will drag plane nose down dive and you get to recover from it.

[@FastJetPerformance]

@@paristo We used them in the RAF but only in spinning trials for aircraft like Jaguar and Tornado - never knew the Russians had them fitted full time, thanks for that knowledge.

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

@@paristo That is not the case in Soviet aircraft -- the chutes are for reducing wear on wheels and brakes and capacity to stop the aircraft quickly while on the ground -- especially important for highway airfields, should the need arise.

[@paristo]

@@ShadeAKAhayate that is the case. I didn't mention the obvious as I said it is landing chute, meant primarily for landing distance reduction when runway is shorter for conventional landing.

[@christhorney]

i understoon two part, "aaaaahhhhh blyat!" and "Noooo, blyat!" lmfao! what a freaking legend!!

[@jamesmurphy7442]

Exceptional piloting, best I have seen. The man should have a medal for that. Anyone else, including me would have banged out!

[@Kaptain.Obvious]

Quite a brave and intelligent pilot. Respect.

[@bruno84]

That was a show of amaaazing airmanship and superior flying skills!!!!! What a beast!!!

[@gurukn]

I mean the way he maintained his SA, kept cool, everything while the plane kept pulling cobras on him is just CRAZY...

[@cptairwolf]

Test pilots are the best aviators in the world. Their ability to keep their cool and also fly incomplete aircraft systems is absolutely amazing

[@nooneno12]

Thanks for sharing, Maybe in the future a young pilot will remember this piloting feat and save himself or herself as well. A big cheers to that brave and smart pilot!

[@Horus9339]

Bringing the bird home, what a pilot. Think of all the troubleshooting that can be done on that plane so it never happens again. Thank you for the video and explanations, excellent work Sir.

[@peterwilson7532]

Can I like this ten times please. Amazing video, the pilot did fantastic, he is in a huff with his plane now.

[@TheRoguelement]

I'm really impressed he was able to keep that plane in such close proximity to the field with so so much wrong going on he had to overcome...Bravo Bravo......

[@hmshood9212]

That’s one hell of a pilot!

[@jasperaj1]

Absolutely impressive. I personally am most impressed by that he managed to place the turns exactly so that they "ended" over the runway. Using the parashute to bring the plane down in one piece is also very very impressive. Absolutely amazing having so much situational awareness...

[@ray32245mv]

When the pilot survives: "there was a problem with the plane, and our incredible pilot overcame all odds and survived" When the pilot dies: "pilot induced error" every single time

[@leemason5953]

Superb flying by the pilot👍👍👍

[@Internetbutthurt]

"Hello IT, have you tried turning it off and on again..." Molodets. That looked frustrating as well as nerve wracking.

[@CommandT]

Haha

[@michaelc3977]

The flight model of the Su-57 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 mimicks this unstable handling perfectly.

[@CommandT]

Haha!

[@AlexKall]

Well done by the pilot, much respect!

[@MrLarsalexander]

That is just incredible! that pilot deserves a medal for that IYAM!!!

[@liveisnotbeautiful]

Very skilled pilot save the plane. He such a calm pilot. Never once he was mentioned about eject options.

[@CommandT]

He said he considered it at one point after he already decided he wasn't going to give in. But yeah, good job!

[@DirkLarien]

Oh and those Gs almost constantly ouch. Great flier indeed. I do believe this unwillingness to bail is quite natural human thinking. We have this urge to try and save the situation, sometimes to our determent. We just don't want to admit defeat.

[@CommandT]

@@DirkLarien Hmmm, can't say all pilots think this way haha

[@azonicrider32]

That is surely one of the most amazing feats I have ever witnessed.

[@ДенисВалуев-д4ъ]

Пилот: Кругликов Игорь Георгиевич

[@TopMusic-rf3mt]

Летчик-испытатель. Пилоты в гражданской авиации, в военной - летчики. Я сам гражданский, но как-то исторически так повелось. Это как корабль и судно. Гражданские - суда, военные - корабли.

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

That’s some of the finest flying I’ve ever seen - hats off to that pilot for working the problem when most might have given up and said, ‘This is too crazy I’m outta here’. The final icing on the cake was his chutes deployment in a last desperate attempt to counter the threshold pitch up - what a split second move. Definitely deserves a DFC. Balls of unobtainium.👍

[@grishasquortsoff5296]

Чертовски осознанный. И он знал, что посадит. Адский Профи! 💫🏹👹

[@dbaider9467]

This was absolutely mesmerizing. Great commentary. What a great save, popping the chutes to get it finally on the runway. Staggering amount of skill to do that. (The Trevor Jacob elbow at the end cracked me up)

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

Now that is some EXTREME tech support. Amazing airmanship by the pilot. Him chastising the plane is pretty funny, though don't think it was much fun for him.

[@xyzaero]

That was extremely bad airmanship. Good airmanship would have been to eject after about 15-20 seconds of flight. Maybe you don’t know the meaning of airmanship. It was great handling, but catastrophic airmanship.

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

And let that plane spiral down into the city below? I think not.

[@karambiatos]

@@xyzaero look at this armchair pilot and laugh

[@emporioraruto]

At some stage when he tries something new and the plane starts pitching again pilot just goes "ah f*ck your mother" 😂

[@fabulousprofound]

@@emporioraruto 7:28? 😅

[@deansawich6250]

Wow! Great airmanship!

[@davidbourne3580]

An amazing piece of flying and pilot deserves huge credit for staying with the aircraft. Can we have an update to let us know what technical faults had caused the aircraft to react in that way, an has any other aircraft suffered in a cimilar way . Thank you for sharing this with us all.

[@CommandT]

No problem, I will try to make a follow-up if I can get the info :)

[@guillermogarcia6248]

I don't think they will share this info keeping in mind this is a fighter jet in service nowadays, i wish they do it but just to have this footage it's a lot. About this failure it's very uncommon but the fact that the airplane creates interference using the direct control mode suggest me that it's an electrical problem, something it was still engaged even using the direct input. Also because of that random warnings showed on the screen. But if it is a test flight, maybe a bad designed experimental software update? Anything can be.

[@CommandT]

@@guillermogarcia6248 Apparently it was an algorithm (coding) error in the FCS

[@hrissan]

@@guillermogarcia6248 AFAIK direct is also through flight computer, only with simpler algorithms.

[@guillermogarcia6248]

@@hrissan I don't know a lot about this aircraft, i just have seen similar examples on Airbus. Но спасибо большое мой друг) тоже красиво самолёт

[@ryansta]

Amazing skills from the Pilot there. Flying against a flight control system that is haywire. 🏅🏅🏅🏅

[@dariozanze4929]

I land planes like this all the time. In simulators, with the experience I had gained by crashing +100 times. This guy has a pair of steel balls for doing this IRL with broken FCS.

[@mccoybyz1099]

WOW, found this a little late lol, but just spectacular aviating , I couldn't imagine trying to get an aircraft in that condition on the ground! Those unsuccessful approaches were unreal!

[@epicgamer7472]

This clearly shows Russian Pilots are absolute legends! 🤩🤩👍

[@Riotdrone]

incredible pilot skill and bravery

[@byronhenry6518]

I’m sure the ejection handle was becoming very tempting after a while. Job well done by this Russian pilot

[@CommandT]

Indeed!

[@PetesGuide]

@@CommandT in the longer video, was ejection ever discussed?

[@CommandT]

@@PetesGuide He just said he considered it at some point when talking to the controller but then decided to stick with it.

[@Max_Da_G]

On other hand, each ejection brings significant spinal injury. Also landing can be rather rough since pilots don't regularly parachute as part of their training. Landing injuries are not uncommon.

[@skussy69]

@@Max_Da_G false. Every single ejection doesn't cause spinal injuries. What drugs are you on lol

[@shmodiddly8560]

What a pilot calm above all he had to deal with . Good job

[@bogey_dope_ae]

Хех, подумал что видео от инглиш-нэйтив-спикера, пока не услышал правильно произнесенный Комсомольск-на-Амуре.

[@CommandT]

:)

[@kentuckyblugrass]

So glad I found this channel. 🙏🏻 That was absolutely incredible.

[@BlackFoxFalcon]

Would`ve been a great advertisement for the maufacturer if they had a wreck of their product right next to the production site. In all seriousness, this is beyond amazing. This is something very few pilots would`ve pulled off successfully. Got to love russian hardware. If it fails, it`s a pain. But a pain you can still salvage in some cases. Also have to give them credit for the incredibly rugged undercarriage. This Sukhoi literally crashed onto the pavement and shook it off. But, if I`m not mistaken, pretty much all russian fighters come with an insanely robust landing gear since the infrastructure sometimes is less then ideal.

[@CommandT]

Yep, Russian gear has always been designed with poor runway surfaces and off-site landings in mind, including unpaved strips and fields. Western landing gear does always look a bit puny by comparison unless it's a carrier aircraft. I bet that's why the Finns and Swiss partly opted for an F/A-18 over the typical land-born western fighters.

[@zloychechen5150]

Got to love russian hardware, gotta hate russian software.

[@julienckjm7430]

An Su57 also did this same landing at an airshow

[@CommandT]

@@julienckjm7430 Yeah, not quite as a dramatic though haha

[@julienckjm7430]

@@CommandT That's true!😅

[@PhantomMark]

Awesome bit of flying.....

[@CollieJenn]

Fantastic pilot skills. That bird flexed real good when it landed. Wonder if she was okay to fly or if the Su35 needed a major going over.

[@skussy69]

That's what I was thinking. An incredibly hard touch down. I wasn't expecting the gear to survive

[@Michael.Chapman]

Sukhois in flight are always the most spectacular of current fighters. Great presentation, thank you!

[@sky173]

What amazing skill to be able to lineup in a turn and pulling the chutes just before it begins it's pitch-up maneuver. Kudos to him. I hope we learn what was the cause of this erratic behavior in the plane. Sadly, I doubt we ever will.

[@TopMusic-rf3mt]

There is a software problem. It is not the F-35, everything was quickly fixed there. There was an error in 1 line of code during pitch calibration. Everything was fixed the same day.

[@smugfrog8111]

I think he more than earned his moments of frustration.

[@BrljoMrljo]

Amazing and scary to think what can happen when flight computer decide to poop itself lol.

[@CommandT]

Yeah, super uncool

[@Kolobochok95]

Happens when you still use soviet 28MHz processors from the 90's in 2020.

[@CommandT]

@@Kolobochok95 Ridiculous statement.

[@Kolobochok95]

@@CommandT Look it up. ;)

[@strangefaust6330]

What really strikes me it's the pilot's calmness...even after his frustrating attempts to land his voice sounded even calmer as if he knew for sure he could surely land the crazy bird safely. But man! You saw the actual landing. It was clearly close to the bad end.