F-15QA Advanced Eagle "clean demo"- Spirit of St. Louis Airshow 2024 [FULL DEMO]

[@FLGulfDiver]

At 1:44 you can see the vertical stabs flexing as he pitches up. Thats so cool!

[@dougcronkhite2113]

They're taking a beating from vortexes off the intakes and leading edge cuffs.

[@georgetincher7859]

It is cool how they tweaked the flying characteristics of this new Eagle. It reminds me a lot of the F-18 Super Hornet when it comes to pitch and high AoA. But unlike the Super Hornet that has underpowered engines, this F-15 is a real beast! I bet this baby accelerates and climbs like a dream.

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

The big GE engines are so nuts!

[@goratgo1970]

Go for another Climb for time - Streak Eagle Redux...😮

[@urfiredude0048]

Yes I even though it's from Boeing they pulled off an Super Hornet demo without a vertical pirouette like the Super Hornet.

[@P-J-W-777]

This thing would eat a hornet for lunch!

[@sachmo0196]

But where one thing upped, the Vert Stabs downed. Skake, rattled & G forbid, did'nt come off. See low speed, to vert over airfield. Looked like mom's bonnet w/the window rolled 1/2 down. & to most of the crowd....zero gas, no weight added, used for shows.

[@american101]

I was there on that Saturday and saw the entire thing and it left my jaw dropped!

[@scoobysnacks8544]

I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer for McDonnell Douglas growing up in the 80’s. Now it’s Boeing. 1991 changed everything.

[@ChrisBlack1]

It shows you just how well McDonnell Douglas did designing that airframe. Add a few modern touches like fly-by-wire and more advanced software and you suddenly have an Eagle with Super Hornet levels of nose authority in addition to everything that already made it a great platform.

[@me109aa]

And that's not all - Now with 50% more BVR missles and that radar, WOW! They are even toying with a Growler version - nice addition to any strike package and the EF-15EX could defend itself!

[@P-J-W-777]

M.D. built the aircraft but the “Fighter Mafia” were responsible for what this aircraft became and is capable of doing. They also had their hands in the design of the F-16. The 2 most longest serving most successful fighters in the U.S. inventory had no governmental or military leader influence in their designs. Actual top tier fighter pilots designed them.

[@Hyposonic]

I have never seen the vertical stabilizers wobble like that. Happens every time they snap the nose up hard.

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

This jet turns on a dime!

[@tomm541]

I was noticing that too, whenever the high aspect/pitch up happens, the tails really do flutter. And yes, no doubt this thing can maneuver better than F15s of old.. #favplane

[@superobob228]

Same issue on F-18...

[@fuffoon]

Yes.

[@TwistLosi]

Modern fly by wire computer reacting to keep the Aircraft stable at slow speeds. You can have Radio Controlled aircraft do similar.

[@furinaメpininfarina]

Goosebumps ❤

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

I've never seen an F-15 cut square corners like that !

[@e36s50b30]

Fly-by-wire does the trick!😊

[@P-J-W-777]

Really helps when the computer is actually flying the aircraft. All the pilot has to do is tell it what he/she would like to do and the computer decides if and how it’s going to accomplish what is asked of it.

[@stevenartmann2642]

Looking forward to seeing this at RIAT in a few weeks

[@MeMyselfI_69]

Best airshow in the world

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

That's bloody impressive! Seen F-15Cs, F-35s and more do demo's... None touch that! WOW

[@rael5469]

8:10 WOW ! ! ! !!!!!!! .....during those pitch up maneuvers the vertical stabilizers flutter like crazy. I can't see how they would last long if exposed to that much flutter. Holy cow ! They better install thrust vectoring nozzles if they expect that thing to survive.

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Thrust vectoring is a crutch for otherwize mediocre performance.

[@rael5469]

@@maximilliancunningham6091 Afterburners are a crutch for otherwise mediocre performance. See how that sounds ?

[@mopar1524]

@rael5469 Afterburners are necessary for any jet. Thrust vectoring is a crutch for non-aerodynamic jets like stealth jets that have an inherently worse design so that they can have stealth. They're also not without their drawbacks like cost of maintenance complexity of maintenance and weight. A good aerodynamic design such as the f-15 paired with a higher thrust to weight ratio than every fighter jet out there is what enables it to do the things that thrust vectoring jets can do without the need for it. Thus saving weight and cost.

[@rael5469]

@@mopar1524 Thrust vectoring is NOT a crutch. It's a modern marvel. That you don't get that is astounding.

[@mopar1524]

@rael5469 Pointing the engines is not a modern marvel and certainly nothing new. That you don't get is astounding. An experimental F-15 was doing it in the 80s and the harrier way before then. It's literally only necessary on heavy jets with horrible aerodynamic designs. They need it to maneuver.

[@jody_barr]

Nice work. This thing is a beast.

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

Thanks! It sure is!

[@FranklinBurns42]

Best air show I’ve been to in decades. There were actually 2 F15 demos. One clean and one fully loaded. B2 flyby, F35C demo, A10s, EA18, F22, and a rare Navy heritage flight. Fantastic

[@simonbrierly5530]

Fantastic 👏👏 Can you send some to the UK please 🙏

[@Top5Aircraft]

Very nice looking bird.

[@scupking]

Almost 60.000lbs of thrust! The Advanced/EX F-15 is a beast!!!

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

It's not your daddy's F-15.

[@rosieclark3661]

Vector thrusting technology and some nose canards super beast then

[@rosieclark3661]

@@maximilliancunningham6091mig-29 is the daddy

[@000-z8n]

@@rosieclark3661 I've heard that the fly-by-wire system uses the intakes (which, as I'm sure you know, can move up and down) as canards. I saw one EX (or maybe EA) demo in which those things were changing angles (independently) like mad...so I believe it.

[@000-z8n]

@@rosieclark3661 No, but thanks for playing.

[@oisiaa]

The flutter/buffeting/resonance of the vertical tails is quite extreme during the hard pitch up maneuvers. I've never seen an airframe so visibly stressed during a performance.

[@FlyingHighVeteran]

Definitely more maneuverable and much greater thrust to weight ratio than the F-15C’s I worked-very impressive!

[@SplashJohn]

Wow, top-notch camera work! Excellent video of an excellent aircraft!

[@justinrichardson9507]

I’m assuming this was the Sunday demo, as they had the F-15 armed with 12 dummy aim-120’s for the Saturday demo!

[@edgarpacifico3421]

Kickass landing!

[@rael5469]

8:03 The F-15 Eagle never looked better than like this when it is slick and with the turkey feathers restored on the engine exhaust nozzles.

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

Yep the GE engines have the turkey feathers they took them off on the Pratt engines

[@CaseyHowdenPhoto]

The turkey feathers! It was really bugging me what made the back end look so different, I hadn't even registered it when I was watching, thank you. Also is this new model longer that D and E's?

[@rael5469]

@@aircraft_static_and_moving It was a crime when they removed them. They totally complete the look of the Eagle.

[@rael5469]

@@CaseyHowdenPhoto That's a good question. I'm sure there are slight differences between the EX and the older models.

[@utley]

I cant believe this has already been a month ago...I was there for that sunday show. Im surprised this show didnt have the 12 missiles attached.

[@DarrenMead-x7b]

That climb at 6:00 is just jaw dropping 😮❤

[@downunder4404]

At 4:32 the announcer gets a bit excited and says "all the way out to Mach 9.0 in less than one half mile". I think he meant to say Mach 0.9 as the F-15 is not capable of hypersonic flight.

[@Tactical-God]

MAN ALIVE ..... EAGLE LOOKING N MOVING LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL ALONG ...... 👍

[@rael5469]

Oh......they've changed the slow speed demo. They used to do the slow speed pass with the gear extended and rolling the wings 90 degrees side to side. This one was done with gear retracted.....like the F-16. I wonder why?

[@benlui16]

She climbs like a homesick angel. Absolutely stunning aeroplane 🤘

[@48thFW]

Does it have GE engines instead off PW?? I do not know anything about this E-version..

[@RobertHolland-z1y]

GE F110.

[@shaunwilliams4231]

That is some bad ass test piloting!!

[@-AV8R-]

Is the buffeting normal on the vertical stabilizers on the pitch rate demo?

[@mraviatorboii2510]

Yes i believe it is

[@scottydudley5700]

Demanding show. Well choreographed and flown. Nicely done pilot👍🫡

[@jameskelly8506]

After 40 years, it's still hard to beat.

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

Thank you!

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

No prob! Wish the sun was out but oh well!

[@paulhogger8126]

Wow hopefully that will be an airshow favourite for years to come ❤. Question - why no single seaters? I hear it is intended as an intercepter / missile truck in which case a RIO would be a good option. And I understand it’s also multi-role. Is it lack of airframes too? Or have I answered my own question 😂?

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

That’s a great question, it will never hurt to have an extra brain and an extra set of eyes in a jet that powerful. The F-15QA became the F-15EX for the Air Force. I know they kept the EX as two seaters because it would have cost more to redesign into a single seat jet. Not sure if that was the reasoning for the QA. As far as I’m concerned an extra seat just adds capability. Lots of information is being fed to pilots and WSOs these days.

[@UKAviationMovies]

Incredible display 😎

[@ekoreds]

do ALL advanced variants have the conformal fuel tanks on the sides? i dont see them here..

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

I think they didn’t have them on for the demo, because the lighter the better. Operationally I’m sure they will all have them:)

[@dnt_alert5806]

theyre optional and can easily be removed or installed like drop tanks

[@rael5469]

Why does the back seater ride along during an air show flight demo ?

[@davidsmithson9236]

You would turn down a chance to ride in that?

[@rael5469]

@@davidsmithson9236 But he's already a weapon system officer. He has no function during a flight demo. It just seems odd that he would want to strain his gut just for a flight demo.

[@patrickshaw8595]

"gawd damn this thing has a lot of pickup!" Elwood, The Blues Brothers (film) 1978

[@Military872]

What stabilisation package did you use during edit ?

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

Just my hands haha, shot it vertical that’s why the jet isn’t always centered.

[@neogenmatrix6162]

I havent seen the F-15 without the conformal FAST tanks in years.

[@KevFlaAVCHD]

Is it really that hard to keep this jet centered in the frame without if getting chopped in half every 20 seconds?

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

Sorry man did it all free hand and vertical, so I cropped it down to fit You Tube long form. There’s plenty of other videos of the demo out there for you to watch and complain about.

[@KevFlaAVCHD]

@@aircraft_static_and_moving I appreciate the work to make the video but it's so frustrating to watch the jet go in and out of the frame. Only thing worse is when they drop the camera down at the exact moment the plane crashes, or the bear attacks, or the explosion happens, usually because they want to see it with their own eyes, not the eye of the camera. So there's my complaint about other videos, like you asked for...:)

[@KubikStudio]

@@KevFlaAVCHDHave you ever tried to film fast moving jet with a zoom lens? The men did a great job here

[@-2772-]

Minute 5:07 left elevator flutter... lol...nice

[@TriumVee]

6:02 the left rudder 😮

[@jbeukers-aviation1879]

Nice Video 👍🚀🚀The raw Power of the Eagle on Take Off is Exxceptional. Straight into the Vertical !😊 Same for the 360 turn within 20 seconds.

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

Thank You! It’s such a cool airplane!

[@RobertHolland-z1y]

I counted exactly FIFTEEN SECONDS. that's all it took to complete the MRT. (Minimum Radius Turn.) Un-f***ing real!!!!

[@albertjackson9236]

It sounds like the clutch is slipping, maybe a little oil is leaking on it.

[@danfouts6628]

Wow they got the flying brick to dance. They had to reconfigure how all the surfaces move...they use ro move similar to an airliner.

[@dkoz8321]

Grantedm, it was clean and probably only had 20% internal fuel load. But it took off in spacce of about 10 own aircraft lengths, and then went straight up. F-15QA (Quatari Advanced) is Quatar Air Force variant of F-15EX. Top speed (cean) Mach 2.5. F-22 goes 2.2, but much stealthier then F-15EX. F-15EX/QA has longer range, and latest advanced sensors. Boeing fudged FBW to expand envelope, and airceraft can now perform post stall supermaneverability actions , such as tail slide (Kobra in Russian).

[@sachmo0196]

It's, its own MPAD. Are ya ready jethro?, yup...press play!

[@48thFW]

❤❤❤

[@jedmontgomery9696]

Thrust Vectoring not needed👍🇺🇸

[@pongokamerat8601]

Impressive

[@theodorecook5884]

Now imagine if those powerful GE engines were thrust vectoring, the Advanced may eat a raptors lunch, i see alot of Raptor-ish maneuvering by Eagle, damn I love the teen series Gen 4 birds!!

[@gld1010]

F22 is just a sleeker thrust vectoring F-15.

[@skinnyb8230]

My brother was a Boeing avionics tech who was responsible for building the entire cockpit of these planes. They put his ashes in one of the fuel tanks when they did a test flight after he passed. RIP bro, I miss you, I wish we could've fixed everything 😢

[@wayneyd2]

Who's this aircraft belong to? Is not one of the USAF.

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

The particular jet belongs to Boeing but the F-15QA was designed for Qatar.

[@eagleone53]

I think this is just 60% of what that new F-15 is possible to show ..full AB was not even needed during high performance maneuver.

[@48thFW]

Without TVC it is very impressive!!! ❤❤ It is the Best!!!

[@christianrimbau1557]

Boggles my mind how this monstrosity is pulling cobras and still accelerating upwards, what an insane maneuverability upgrade for the heavier two seat airframe! Could only imagine how this flight control system and better engines would fare on a single seat Eagle

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

A-S-T-O-I-N-I-S-H-I-N-G ! There's a new Sheriff, in town. MIG, Sukio, Tupolev, and Ivan, beware !

[@RKZX2]

Don't underestimate Russian tech. This new F-15 may be bad ass, but it's no match for an S-400

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

@@RKZX2 Have you ever considered a career in stand up comedy ? Russia can't even take Ukraine, in 3 long years.

[@000-z8n]

@@RKZX2 More than a match, actually...especially given the EPAWSS

[@ImrightYourenot-zy8ro]

​@@RKZX2😅😅😅😅😅😅😅, good joke

[@ImrightYourenot-zy8ro]

​@@RKZX2Perhaps you should look at why the original f fifteen was built.

[@Prachayompan]

❤❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏 4:28 4:28 4:28

[@-2772-]

Minute 6.00 ..and left rudder flutter....they fly "on the limits"

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

The flutter is pretty crazy!

[@popsbees]

Watch those Stabs 6:51

[@KK554819]

slay !

[@subvertedworld]

Very short take off. Straight into vertical climb. Extremely tight turning radius. Crazy maneuverability without thrust vectoring. Wow. Not sure how many people really know what they're witnessing here. This is truly an amazing machine, even compared to previous F-15. Heck, compared to almost anything.

[@rosieclark3661]

It would’ve been even better with Vector Thrusting engine nozzle technology and some canards on the nose I can guarantee you some mig 29 technology went into this one because the government does have a few Migs that they have reverse engineered and studied that’s why this new F-15 flight characteristics resemble one so much

[@iceblade019]

TVC has been tested in the 80s on F-15s

[@RKZX2]

They already tried that. Look up F-15 STOL/MTD

[@aircraft_static_and_moving]

Honestly thrust vectoring is amazing for Airshows but for how much it costs to put on an airplane the tactical advantage isn’t all that much. You basically get one shot to whip your nose onto someone but if that doesn’t work you have no energy left.

[@000-z8n]

TV adds to weight, cost, and maintenance. As for canards: I read that on the EX (or EA?) the fly-by-wire uses the variable-pitch intakes as canards.

[@jungle486]

An aircraft the russians could only dream of.

[@RKZX2]

Another pleeb who underestimates Russian tech. The US & NATO are throwing everything against Russia & STILL losing! The US military is merely a shell of it's former self. Don't listen to me, listen to Scott Ritter, Doug Macgregor, Larry Johnson, Lawrence Wilkerson. ALL ex military and/or CIA & they all say the same thing.

[@chris61670]

It moves like a Hornet.

[@MubarakSultan]

🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@paulfuchs6920]

Su-57 killer

[@gld1010]

Electronic warfare version of the upgraded F-15

[@Ronifromearth]

You call that cobra 😂😂

[@Imperialbbuilding]

No tight turns.. so the manouverabilty on this aircraft is the same as the old f15

[@patrickcamp5885]

It's the same airframe with same control surfaces so sustained rate isn't affected. Going from mechanical linkage to fly by wire gave it better slow speed and instantaneous turn performance. Really is more about safety, flexibility, and reduced maintenance. This is what the plane originally would have been if development had started 5 years later.

[@nitram419]

​@@patrickcamp5885 One of the main reasons for adding digital FBW is for the automatic stability to allow the outer wing hardpoints to be loaded.