USAF Fighter Pilot on NEGATIVE-G's (Don't do it) and Flying Upside Down

As fighter pilots, we go upside down all the time. However, we rarely maneuver the jet so that objects float, or “fall-up.” When we turn, we start by rolling in the direction we want to go, and then we pull back on the stick. This means the G-Force is straight down and into the seat. At our peak of 9G’s, it feels like a car is parked on your chest, and, while it’s extremely difficult to withstand, everything falls in the same direction as it does on the ground. Even when we go upside down, we’re applying back-stick pressure and maintaining positive-G.
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[@galadato7425]

"Dont do it" ok thanks for the tip when I fly on my fighter jet.

[@tastycows1]

@Riley Neil hes a bot lol. I've seen his comments on many different accounts and videos

[@FaustoTheBoozehound]

@@tastycows1 both are bots

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@@FaustoTheBoozehound there's even more bot accounts saying this

[@glenturney4750]

@@FaustoTheBoozehound: I smell two jealous 🤡🤡's. 😁

[@paulkusibab4269]

“Anything more than 3G’s is not gonna be an enjoyable experience” Me on a 5G phone: “are you sure about that?”

[@MohamedMohamed-kk2gk]

clever

[@anavocado124]

i wonder if you get 8G's if you use a 5G phone during a 3G maneuver 🤔

[@jim-qz7up]

actually yes . you will have a bad time with your soft kill device.

[@aerofiles5044]

@@jim-qz7up ?

[@TheyTookStrawb]

@@jim-qz7up get help.

[@FlywithMagnar]

A friend of mine was preparing a practice flight for an aerobatic competition and asked me if I wanted to join him. Sure, why not? I like aerobatics. After two outside loops with -4.5 G, I looked like Dracula for the next seven days.

[@HasardLee]

An outside loop is no joke, -4.5 is impressive!

[@FlywithMagnar]

​@@HasardLee, I will never do it again!

[@SVSky]

Did about the same in a Super Decathlon, had me seeing red. Not fun.

[@spleefdowny]

First time I did a rolling circle in a Pitts and experienced +4 and -4 every 90 degrees of turn I was highly motivated to reassess my choice of competitive outlets.

[@Vespyr_]

holy shit lol... maybe you are Dracula. XD

[@LTTUSA]

I have on many occasions experienced i’m guessing at least -2 G’s and up to possibly 6 G’s while sitting on the toilet. I have come close to G Loc. I try to utilize AGSM in these situations but sometimes it sneaks up on me while I am totally focused on completing the maneuver. A key indicator that I am in trouble is my hearing will begin to echo and I will start hearing “Highway To The Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. Fortunately these maneuvers usually go off without a hitch but when they don’t, I might need to scrub the mission at the first sign of a hangup. Thank you for your service and taking the time to make these videos 🇺🇸

[@reebookerjpon4338]

Fucking gold bro

[@tommynikon2283]

Same. Had to hit my speed brake....because I wasn't keeping ahead of the toilet seat. Full slats; almost stalled it.

[@SJR_Media_Group]

Beware... G Loc on toilet has been identified as leading cause of brown missing the white. Used to work at Boeing, those whiny fighter pilots complaining we didn't include full latrine in their cockpit. I just tell them to pretend lots of 'G's... pinch and pucker. Got a few death threats, they have no sense of humor.

[@BlyGuy]

Picturing someone passing out from g-loc pinching a loaf made me chuckle.

[@phoenixrising011]

It's all in the breathing...😖💩💥🎆

[@biteme263]

I was in the Air Force back in the late 80's early 90's as a hydraulics specialist then cross trained to a crew chief on F-4 E and G models (wild weasels GAFB). I was lucky enough to get an incentive ride. I also had a flight sim for my computer. When we went up I was asking the pilot if we could do all this crazy stuff I tried in the simulator. He laughed at me of course. I never threw up but I guess I did pass out twice. What amazed me was just how good of shape you guys are actually in and how can you do these tiny movements and corrections while under stress and G's. He did a thing where he told me to put my hands on my knees then reach up and try to touch the stick. I couldn't get my hands off my legs, let alone reach the stick. And the whole time he is flying this thing making small precise inputs into the stick, throttle and rudder. And I was pinned in my seat not being able to move. I gained a new respect for pilots that day. And yes you were right, breaking the sound barrier was not a big deal. I mean it was cool that I got to do it but I couldn't tell while in the jet. He had to tell me when it happened. What was impressive was the amount of power these things have and how they climb, turn and accelerate. Even a pig of a plane like the F-4.

[@Stubbies2003]

5-6 G isn't all THAT bad. Now at 8-9 G yeah that would suck. The F-4 guys would definitely still be stick and rudder all the way but the F-16 has was it called the ARI, the Aileron/Rudder interconnect, to help the pilot out to automatically coordinate turns so it is much easier to fly than even a Cessna in that regard. Also an odd naming scheme they had for that tech as the F-16 doesn't have true ailerons but flaperons. Yeah they got away from just pure speed for performance as it is much more important to be able to rate the nose of the aircraft around to get within weapons launch parameters. That is one great thing about the F-16. Awesome rate fighter.

[@yikemoo]

fun story, thx for sharing!

[@josephdrbohlav5705]

F-4E Wild Weasel Ride July 1987, Spangdahlem AB Germany. I didn't pass out but I filled two barf bags taxiing back to the ramp after the ride was over.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

The thing to remember about gs is it's your mass times the force of gravity... If you weigh 200 pounds at 1g at 9g you now weigh 1,800 pounds honestly it's more socking that our pilots don't look like the hulk.

[@zakleclaire1858]

"Bruises on your brain probably aren't a good thing" I mean, when you put it like that, I think I'd rather get g-lock and and pass out rather than have a stroke or a bruised brain.

[@southnc63]

Really? If you pass out, you're DEAD! Bruised brain is not good either, but you'll probably survive.

[@zakleclaire1858]

@@southnc63 they do have the automatic correcting and leveling systems in modern fighter aircraft which has saved a lot of lives. Granted, in a combat scenario, any reduction in capacity will likely lead to getting killed. I was more referring to which would I rather: get knocked out and trust the plane to level out OR have a stroke and just die right then and there.

[@southnc63]

@@zakleclaire1858 Fair enough. It would be cool if they could develop software that enables the plane to land itself at nearest approved airport on its own in such a scenario as you described.

[@zakleclaire1858]

@@southnc63 oh that would be awesome! They already have fly-by-wire and autopilot so it shouldn't be too hard to create a "fly to base" feature if the pilot is unable to do so.

[@tomatosoupwoo]

@@southnc63 ILS

[@AnnisAdventures]

I went on my first flight with a pilot who heard I’d never been on a small plane before. Mid flight he asked me if I knew what negative Gs were. I said I didn’t and then he asked if I throw up easily. I said no, and he tipped the nose of the plane down and I made a really weird noise as the butterflies started. I also got to do some gentle turns. It was a fun flight and now I’m going to complete college with the goal of being a pilot.

[@captainthez6532]

Nice

[@djsux0rz69]

Love that Redbull pour demo... loved the fact that it's a banned flight substance while flying. Ironically humorous.

[@olivialambert4124]

I remember seeing a video of an airshow pilot of a stunt plane who pulled sustained negative g in his routine through an inverted loop. He described it as an extremely unpleasant experience. I forgot most of the specifics, but painful was certainly on the list of things to expect. It's a lot easier in the games, that's for sure.

[@km5393]

Hasard, you are amazing. I asked you for this content, and you delivered. Thank you so much.

[@Rider95king]

Hasard you're amazing. It's great to see you in moustache .

[@oneaburns]

Are you a moustache rider?

[@mw2kingk]

:333

[@KONAMAN100]

Bit of a Freddie Mercury

[@kyousey]

Aerodynamic moustache

[@perfectsymphony5494]

He looks good with and without moustache….

[@Xphinity]

Honestly, this is the first video I have seen for your channel but you are very concise and can describe things so well with minimal verbiage. Nothing short of what I would expect from fighter pilots. One of the most elite minds of the military in my opinion. Instant sub !

[@scorpgaming3199]

Love your video's my dream was to be a fighter pilot but life unfortunately led me in a different direction. It's excellent to get information from a real world fighter pilot and respect what you do!

[@karmavisuals3645]

"Thinking enemies" Ace combat: Am I a joke to you?

[@joewilliams5072]

This was great. Yesterday I did some aerobatic training in a P51 a friend has. I’ve been up about five times now. It is a D model with controls in back. I love it. I am 71 so it affects me more than you young dudes. I’ve been pulling almost 4+ in various maneuvers and that’s about all I can handle, but getting better. I just love it. Of course the Mustang is a brilliant Aircraft. Not a jet, I realize....but truly a lot of fun. I enjoyed your explanations.

[@juanarce6900]

Thank you for your service.

[@Mark-kk8ny]

Thank you for your service!!

[@zapb42]

Man, when my dad showed me an outside loop in the aerobatic biplane we had (-4 to -5 G I think, though only for a few moments) and I was just like nope! that hurts, don't need to do that again. Positive G or regular inverted stuff I had no problem with. He was a Tomcat guy and like you said, he always said there was really no reason to do negative G stuff in that airplane, but for whatever reason he got a kick out of it in his. You're really informative and this is a great video.

[@user-yy3zi2ll3k]

Learned a lot and loved the video!!

[@gyrowave]

Thank you Cmdr Hasard, great stuff and lots of info for us aficcionados!

[@anonymousglocky]

Listening to this, it makes me respect you guys more. Mann I didn’t know about the physical and health risk of G Force’s💯💪🏽

[@Mk18mitch]

Great content! I love the insight you provide.

[@StefanMailey]

Such a great, informative video! Cheers

[@genkideguire]

Another awesome video @Hasard.

[@MiniHasSwag]

Love the stache!! great video !

[@mlc9928]

Thanks for explaining this. 👍🏻 Rock and roll brother.

[@47luscsettle44]

Very informative. Thank you!

[@prjgrudge]

Reminds me of the Ted Harduvel crash. His F-16 crashed due to wire chafing and he lost basic instruments while drifting into a cloud bank and didn’t realize he was flying upside down.

[@danielblake4975]

You are a boss! Great info!

[@ashokiimc]

Lots of aircrafts can’t fly negative G for very long. The Tomcat could fly negative G for 10 seconds with afterburner, 20 seconds at mil power(mil power is full throttle without afterburner)

[@sidv4615]

Trueeee

[@HasardLee]

it's tough to keep feeding the engine

[@Stubbies2003]

Well you will run into that problem at AB as stated the fuel flow requirements are huge for AB and inverted or negative G you are automatically limiting the pumps thanks to physics.

[@2ZZGE100]

'Bozo' Lloyd who did all of the Maverick dogfight scenes and the fly-by in 'Top Gun' said, Tomcat with certain trim and power settings could go up to 1 minute inverted before you had to go back upright. They did that while trying to shoot the 'birdie' scene for real initially, but the F-5 would start falling behind due to the lack of power as the F-14 was right above it so they had to use the split-screen.

[@mattxgaming4053]

@@HasardLee due to fuel starvation?

[@loose-arrow-garage]

From my experience when I got an F-16 back seat ride if you're not conditioned and accustomed to it, pulling 9G's is actually quite painful. Negative G's usually make you puke!

[@Stubbies2003]

Depends on the person. I got three rides and none of those were me at peak physical condition. Pulling 9 wasn't "quite painful" but it also wasn't fun. Only got to zero G so cannot say about into the negatives.

[@sharpemang]

I wanna see Hasard with a beard next lol. I feel like I wouldn't recognize him anymore

[@alejandroli2]

Cant have beards in the military

[@sharpemang]

@@alejandroli2 I see religious people wearing turbins with beards all the time

[@alejandroli2]

@@sharpemang not true at all lol are u even in the military?

[@alejandroli2]

@@sharpemang I’m flight line 2A354C and haven’t seen pilots with beards

[@sharpemang]

@@alejandroli2 knowledge is power. Use the computer to learn, not to be ignorant

[@zachreyhelmberger894]

Thank you!! I learned a lot!

[@annexgroup6878]

Love this guy!

[@kgopi79]

Thank you Sir, Good Information 👍

[@moseskelly2886]

I enjoy seeing pilots in the cockpit I do pray for all of their safety. I also enjoyed getting to learn about why it's good to avoid doing negative G's

[@ffej4895]

I enjoy your informative vids. Thanks

[@Falcon163]

Another great video.

[@lw3894]

Thanks for the informative video and thanks for your service🇺🇸

[@krismontykrismonty]

Buddy these are fascinating. 👌🏻

[@LK-bz9sk]

Hasard. Always so cool 😎👌🏼

[@joshuajuarez3471]

Dream job my friend!!!

[@theneonsamurai3771]

LOVE THE STASH MAN!

[@madkent99]

Great info, thank you sir

[@bryankoenig9571]

Very cool stuff

[@adam7565]

That is amazing thank you for sharing

[@rcb4ever1]

You sir are fascinating!!!!thank you for your service!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnflores528]

Thank you Sir.

[@katechon-qd2cl]

The "RED BULL POUR OUT SCENE" tells everything about what's going on high there. Thanks for the upload👍

[@nicholaskearney678]

Great presentation and information-thanks. Love too hear about the type of brain a fighter has. I love the fact we all have different brains. Great stuff. Nicko from NewvZealand.

[@Watchandcutgearchannel]

Great channel 👍

[@walterfix6156]

Thank you, good info. As an aspiring engineer. Thank you. It's one thing to be in a lab, it's another to be in the sky.

[@IceNein763]

One of the things that surprised me when I first started playing DCS was the fact that you have little "dive" (but actually climb) authority when inverted, but when you think about it from a physics standpoint it makes perfect sense. If you're flying level inverted, you are already "diving" at 2G, because in normal level flight your airframe is producing 1G of lift, so in order to counteract that you have to overcome the aircraft's natural 1G of lift, and then add on another 1G to stay level.

[@AA-qf4jd]

I am your new subscriber. My only words Seems like You are gem of a person. Your son will draw a lot of inspiration from you..

[@shibasurfing]

Love the stache

[@jasonbelter3536]

Thanks for all you do brother, and thanks for sharing life as a pilot, god bless and protect always, was it mustache March when you made this video? :)

[@ajaxnation9504]

Thanks for the advice man ! I'll pay more attention the next time I fly my F-22 parked in the backyard.

[@remkoensink]

When he said "when you are inverted", it made me smile 😂

[@johnnydobbs1736]

Man that's an awesome fighter stash 💪

[@loriskwiat3584]

I'm just here to say I love when they fly upside down

[@chrisk2097]

Hey Hasard how come it doesn't show how many followers you have? Love the videos. Keep up the good work.

[@ObsessedGarbageDotCon]

Hi Hasard! Thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge. Very good job conveying everything. Have to ask you if you have ever noticed or seen anything…not normal up there with you when flying? Seems to be a lot of activity and news coming out recently.

[@laxku]

I know I'm late to the party but you are rocking that 'stache, dude.

[@alirezarostamzad8034]

Appreciate it. Great.🌹

[@turps0]

Grumpy (from being ridiculed) and purple face, you guys are nice; I would've expected call sign: Raisin (lol, great vid! )

[@jayski9410]

You just answered all the questions that I asked on someone's KZbin channel about negative G's. I'm not sure if it was yours or C.W. Lemoine's but I hadn't even thought about the fact that there is no straining technique that can force blood out of your head. And I'm sure putting the equivalent of a G-suit around your upper body and neck wouldn't be very healthy either. So thanks for the eye opening info.

[@billr.1230]

To pile on to your story from the flight sim instructor, originally, if the F-16 lost power the flight controls would default to full down and of course the jet would nosedive. This was determined to be the cause of several aircrew losses early in the F-16 program. Later the Flight Control Computer was reprogrammed for the flight controls to go to neutral in the event of power loss.

[@Stubbies2003]

With all of the different sources of power through the inverter/regulators I find it had to believe a F-16 FLCS ever lost power. If any ever managed to lose ALL of those sources at once the FLCS is the least of their concerns.

[@Ginnes]

I read a story about a fellow flying a pitts for the first time back in the 40s, didn't realise how sensitive the aircraft was to stick input and he went for the outside loop and pushed -7Gs, managed to land the aircraft and his eyes were entirely red from burst blood vessels!

[@swissyodelbear]

Thanks...

[@TheDecapitatedApple]

Thanks I was just about to pull some negative G's

[@peteh4312]

On my incentive ride in 1993 at Tyndall AFB we were tdy from Moody as soon as the pilot got to 18000 ft he leveled off and the negative g’s was wild I loved it. Now when I watch people going on a flight they roll the jet over to keep the positive g’s

[@dumperspydiehoe298]

I had just seen a Czech 330SC pilot pull -7.8Gs for about 2 seconds. crazy stuff

[@sunnyclean9743]

OHHH GODDDDD THAT MUSTACHE SOO GOOD

[@cmdmd]

I’ve done -4 to -5, you look fabulous after. ;)

[@preacherF-15]

I flew the F-15C, but before the air force I was an ATP flying corporate jets for a living, and flying airshows and competition for fun and supplemental income. I was surprised to find that flying my Pitts and Extra was much more demanding, physically, than flying the T-38 or F-15. Roll rates were similar, my aerobatic planes had similar positive g limits and higher negative g limits. We regularly flew -4, -4.5gs in competition, while -2.5 was very rare even in the eagle.

[@silasleeks2324]

You were in a 4g inverted dive with a Mig 28? I immediately thought about Charlie here. Lol

[@leebates8439]

This is my first time watching. I love jets

[@hoot1141]

Hell yeah, bad mustache contest. I see Hasard is winning. What’s the pool in the squadron up to?

[@bartoszrodak9753]

Sick mustache! Keep it!

[@mwara2444]

Dude I loved Bohemian Rhapsody and your Flash soundtrack. Can you sing a song in your next video? /S Just kidding, Love all the nitty-gritty behind the scenes, nerd info, what goes into the job, making the sausage videos. Thank you for your service.

[@alexm.5537]

Nice musach!

[@helixentertainment5890]

4:15 that transition scared the crap out of me, I thought it was a plane flying out of the clouds towards the other plane, haha.

[@ar-1571]

Hello Hasard, I have a video request. Is it ok if you do a video on what is life like at the AFA and key points or tips and tricks to get in? I am considering the AFA as a stepping stone to be an officer and a pilot in the future. Thanks!

[@RovalisGTO]

Hey Hasard! Just wondering if you'd consider doing a "personal top 10" or something along those lines... Maybe a top 10 USA aircraft between the end of WW2 up to the 1990's? I'd love to hear your opinion on some of the old warbirds as well as some of the other top tech in the world right now. Rafale, Typhoon, SU-57, J-20, and possibly your take on the F-16XL too.

[@battearfoxx9167]

Thankyou🦊🐾🐾🛸🦎

[@rustusandroid]

About a -.5 g is the greatest thing ever! Love pushovers! Akin to that first drop on a large roller-coaster. Can't get enough of them :) I imagine -2 or more would suck though.

[@jimr7154]

Never really flown negative g but positive up to 4.5 in a T6 Texan once that was fun 🤩 Negative maybe 1.5 at best a couple of times, cool feeling though 😁 love the weightless feeling

[@b.chuchlucious5471]

Would love to see more footage out over Luke and the surrounding area. Miss being out there.

[@rocketology1105]

Love your videos! The F-16 was the first mass produced fly-by-wire electric jet, the test bed though was a NASA modified Vought F-8 Crusader [unique (read: ugly as sin) aircraft with a variable angle of incidence]. And the first use of fly-by-wire in aerospace was the Apollo Program's Lunar Module. And what is the stall speed of that mustache?

[@tsym123]

Fascinating. Can you talk about how you train for dog fights?

[@sle2979]

Fighter jets are so awesome. Your so lucky man

[@MT-uu7ol]

Great presentation (notably, the clarification on man vs. unmanned)… Positive G’s vs. negative G’s are very different. Having experienced both, I would say that the negative G’s are incredibly nasty. It’s like someone or something pushing you down with great force while all of your inner parts being forces up. This is extremely more uncomfortable than any positive G forces…

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

Talking about negative G's, I have never flown inverted but when I ride thrill rides like top spin sometimes I get headache

[@christopherhoppe7508]

I got a ride in an F-15 for winning Airman of the Quarter and we pulled 7.5 pos G's. Watching WWII live clips of B-17s spiraling down to the ground I can't imagine the amount of G's they were pulling which made it impossible to get out.

[@badassaviator5040]

Perhaps just to add to your final point. Wings and more specifically airfoil are optimized to provide a lift vector in a specific direction. So, turning will likely always be better into this vector rather than away from it.

[@AA-qf4jd]

Hi Mr. Lee. Can you make a video on scramble, what it is, reaction time and which country's air force has the best scramble time on the ground to airborne.

[@bryandepaepe5984]

It's good to hear some reality about the true nature of physics. Too many believe the crap out of Hollywood and then call it truth and get insulted when you try to explain reality to them.

[@otaviol.c.5586]

Ace combat pilots be like: no blood, no problem, no possible chance of the main character dying by passing out

[@agentorange9867]

Nah,they have their legs cut off,its not a secret.

[@almightyIrie]

I'm in love with everything Hornet kinda fanatically, but that Viper bubble canopy is a thing of beauty no doubt.. Makes me jealous every time I see it, despite me only "flying" in DCS.

[@Stubbies2003]

I also fly in DCS and the 16 and 18 are my favorites by far. 18 has great low speed characteristics.

[@mazinzangana6018]

Nice mustash Hazerd😉