Sidewinder working priciples

[@thomaswp2706]

Forget “The missile knows where it is” THIS is how you explain how a missile works

[@ARockyRock]

The missile knows where it is at all times.

[@Rubensteezy]

@@ARockyRock Most, if not all Air-to-Air munitions are Radar-based and are not aware of their physical position. It is not of importance, as and air target cannot be marked and targeted in air by GPS systems. Only air-to-ground munitions utilize GPS, since targets are targeted in only the X and Y axis, and not in the z.

[@skyscall]

@@Rubensteezy It's a meme.

[@Rubensteezy]

@@skyscall ackchyually

[@alexnovak3319]

@@ARockyRock and where it isnt

[@TLTeo]

Not gonna lie, I was very worried about the crew at the end. Emotional attachment and all that. I'm glad they chose to abandon the missile at the end.

[@thepewplace1370]

Same same

[@adamofblastworks1517]

But where are their parachutes? They still died. Just not in the missile.

[@frostyvr9805]

@@adamofblastworks1517 such small creatures don’t have enough weight to require one, as long as they land on grass or in some other soft material they live Without injuries

[@Matteo64985]

Yes

[@tonalcrayon1290]

@@frostyvr9805 but what if they land on concrete or rocks?

[@ricc.7044]

Dam, Kerbals have changed quite a bit since the last time I played KSP.

[@deca0]

What do you mean they haven’t changed at all

[@skslchd7664]

@@deca0 r/whoooosh

[@kasvos9292]

Are you sure it's not KSP2?

[@thefederalrepublicoferusea3900]

@@skslchd7664 that is the most incorrect use of whoosh I’ve ever seen, and this is not Reddit.

[@F-18Super]

@@thefederalrepublicoferusea3900 yes it’s incorrect but it is a meme to use it on places that aren’t Reddit

[@dpskatoo75]

US air force wants its top secret training material back

[@studentaviator3756]

Nah m8 this is Royal Airforce. U.S airforce is "The missile knows where it is because it knows where it isnt. Subtracting where it is from where it isnt thus gets where it wasnt. CONFUSED SCREAMING"

[@0shintei0]

@@studentaviator3756 I would make a feedback loop and subtract the missile position from the output for better tracking 🤔

[@awddfg]

*_nah the us isn't as good as this_*

[@mrpineapple3942]

@@studentaviator3756 but isn’t the AIM-9 American?

[@studentaviator3756]

@@mrpineapple3942 Aim 9 sidewinder is most certainly American.

[@alexbrady3096]

I developed more emotional attachment to the crew in 2:26 minutes than I did to Rey in three films

[@lost4356]

who's rey

[@kevinm.n.5158]

Lmao amen brother this story was honestly so much more fulfilling and surprising than TROS

[@Filo127]

@@lost4356 exactly

[@meltinggoo3272]

@@lost4356 ray mama

[@Xaito]

I've stopped in the beginning of the second film. For me personally, I don't accept the new trillogy.

[@Hairysteed]

No little green men were hurt during the making of this video! MiG pilots on the other hand....

[@po2mapp804]

They launched chaff

[@dashans6175]

@@po2mapp804 See? They got hurt.

[@EL4Mdesu]

@@dashans6175 nah they're dead. Launching chaff against an aim 9

[@tzeentchnianexaltedsorcero2041]

@@EL4Mdesu they're fine. The missile fails to acquire target

[@nicazer]

@@tzeentchnianexaltedsorcero2041 They launched anti-radar countermeasures against a heat-seeking missile. They have promptly perished.

[@Qwerty-qy9oj]

Best explanation ever

[@balijaa]

Agreed

[@LemonToGo]

I love your profile Pic.

[@82turbo]

The missle knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t.

[@NemetskyCzar]

Turbo, I had an audio of "The missile knows where it is " on an old hard drive, long since lost, do you or any of the readers have a copy?

[@sahibal-shemeri5466]

@@NemetskyCzar kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIvIZn1uiLt2j7M

[@NemetskyCzar]

@@sahibal-shemeri5466 thanks you very much.

[@monneratrj]

I didn't get the "red balls" thingy... what does that mean?! how can they "bounce back" ?

[@Rullstolsboken]

@@monneratrj Probably some proximity fuze

[@pauldietrich6790]

So I should NOT sign up to be an "Inflight Missile Mechanic" ..... ever so much clearer now...

[@starvalkyrie]

I dunno it seems like everyone got out ok.

[@FourOf92000]

all you gotta do is jump out the side at the end

[@owouwu9032]

I like to think the lock tone is the lookout screaming at the pilot.

[@angelic_disappointment7889]

Yeah that’s exactly what it is, a wonderful voice the lookout has indeed

[@miloszruczynski1230]

Finally, a little more in-depth analysis than the usual "unclassified" teasers. I will be on lookout for more technical videos from You!

[@ddegn]

I hope this guy gets arrested for giving away state secrets. Now anyone can make these guided missiles.

[@bigsolidboss781]

abandon missile? I was expecting a BANZAI!

[@dhimasardiansyah8741]

Banzai its for Japanese videos

[@eindalton2638]

Nah, it's an American missile.

[@tegarz]

Tenno heika banzai

[@herbderbler1585]

The single most amazing thing here is the fact that the uploader let the video be the resolution it naturally wants to be rather than adding black bars to force it into 1080p or something. It baffles me that people still do this in an age when the software can happily scale video to any screen as required. Even Netflix does the black bar nonsense, causing ultrawide aspect ratio movies that should fill my monitor perfectly to instead float half-sized in the middle of a sea of blankness.

[@Iron4TrollPatrol]

You saw how many trannys work at netflix during the dave chappel thing, that should explain it.

[@fuckoff4705]

i dont think you know how resolution works, the original uploader upscaled this 720p video to 1080 P youtube

[@Bingo_Bango_]

If you hit "stats for nerds" you can see that it says the Optimal Res/FPS is 426x94@10, anything above that is up-scaled. KZbin instantiates 240p these days just because most people have large monitors and they certainly don't have a 94p height check. 94/426 = 0.220657 and this is the coefficient they use for flexy width scaling as the video gets bigger. It's nowhere close to 1080p height-wise, though if you have a super-wide monitor or stretch it along multiple monitors and somehow fullscreen it across all of them you can get a bit closer.

[@themonlight13]

im not even seeing any Video on my smartphone, i just have the audio.

[@commanderjameson2708]

Is there a way of watching this fullscreen across two monitors? All the browsers I've tried just use a single screen when you select the full screen option.

[@davidmoore1253]

If the Discworld had guided missiles, this is how they would work.

[@akgguildford6397]

They might, but keep B.S. Johnson far, far away.💥

[@Szopen715]

That's pretty much how Orc missiles work in Warhammer 40k tho

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

this video is broken for me, it doesn't show the visuals

[@KyleDB150]

What a cute and innocent way to describe something designed to kill...

[@Bearkiller72]

Not quite right. It's designed to destroy, not neccessarily kill. The Hellfire missile version with the rotating knives on the other hand is.

[@KyleDB150]

@@Bearkiller72 thanks for making the distinction...

[@_wayward_494]

It knocks out planes, not kill the pilots although the latter can happen since the pilot is ...yk...in the plane

[@steven95N]

So how do you recover the green guys. Do they walk back to the AIM-9 factory?

[@willemc3411]

Yes they are green berets duh

[@user2C47]

They can probably fly home under their own power, but will be defenseless if intercepted.

[@vaclavcervinka65]

Lesson one at uni: this Lesson two: the missile knows where it is

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

I expected the helmsman to go down with the ship, glad his patriotism and urgent sense of duty mixed with a possible concussion from the engine ignition didn't render him blind or confused enough to eject in time.

[@UWfalcin]

Brave men. ❤️ Even though they only know where they aren’t they still abandon the ship regardless if they’re most likely behind enemy lines. We shall never forget their sacrifice. 🙏🏼🕊

[@_Vark_]

haha very funny

[@ryf9265]

Ork missile technology has improved a lot but It still needs more dakka

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

The meaning has changed so much over the last few months, but is still accuate to a degree.

[@jarlesleglerg9064]

More yellow

[@NuubiTuubi1000]

I don't know why KZbin decided to recommend this to me after almost 5 years, but I'm glad it did.

[@commanderjameson2708]

I was confused for a moment by the little guys throwing balls, as I always thought the Sidewinder was a heat-seeking missile. However, Wikipedia confirms that the newer models feature radar guidance as well as infrared.

[@BoPrivateFC]

The 'ball throwing' is representing detonation, not guidance. Modern AIM-9s have a laser-optical proximity fuse: they bounce laser pulses off the target and detonate when the returns say that they're close enough.

[@cr0sad3r70]

Forget about pigeon guided missiles, we have little green aliens guiding them.

[@Eserchie]

HOW IS THIS THE ONLY VIDEO ON YOUR CHANNEL? THIS IS BRILLIANT, AND THE WORLD NEEDED MORE OF IT FIVE YEARS AGO, FOUR YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO AND RIGHT NOW! Seriously, if you still monitor this channel, this was the best thing i've seen all day, a great explanation of how things work, and I would love to see more in this style.

[@youreale]

I'm glad the guys didn't get toasted by the explosion

[@rayhe8224]

Would love to see a Fox 1 and Fox 3 version of this video

[@eclipticsim]

Fox 3 would be similar but instead of lookout, you would have a ball launcher thing to represent onboard radar

[@xiro6]

im afraid to ask for an ICBM version, not sure if i want to know.

[@eclipticsim]

@@xiro6 the systems in ICBMS are not that dissimilar from my understanding, just that they use orbital mechanics instead of missile target ing

[@mrpineapple3942]

Ew semi active radar guided missiles. Those things suck.

[@dsdy1205]

@@eclipticsim and also a telephone from the launching aircraft screaming directions for the first half of the journey

[@IdahoBookworm]

This is my new favorite video ever. Where does this come from? The British nature documentary narration is pitch-perfect!

[@gavingreen5600]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this explanation! I have love missiles since before I could spell "Missile". Needless to say the Sidewinder family has always been one of my favorites. Dr Mc Clean (sorry if I misspelled his name) was one of my heros.

[@57thorns]

Now, imagine a missile where the control computer actually manage to jettison and return to base, saving cost for the next launch, instead of getting destroyed?

[@jamesmclemore9123]

They'd probably rather it just get destroyed than risk it getting captured and reverse engineered or letting the enemy find a weakness in the system.

[@andyjacobs7010]

​@@jamesmclemore9123 yeah, I wouldn't want my computers becoming POWs.

[@brokeandtired]

Do you plan to spend 6 months searching enemy jungle, because only way the guidance is escaping is via parachute.

[@dustind6102]

Watch at 500x speed to see it in real time

[@hooman9415]

i lost this video for a little bit but i found it again and it was amazing, thank you for uploading this godly video

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

What is this about? I don't understand what this video is about or what it's referencing.. it just popped up in my feed and I'm so lost.

[@hooman9415]

@@the_original_Bilb_Ono the video is about the working principles of a sidewinder missile, in a dumbed down form.

[@askhowiknow5527]

This is one of the best videos the algorithm has ever given me. Oh my goodness I am amazed

[@deliveryman_dan]

Now I know why they are kidnapping aliens

[@iansmith5174]

The Brits always have a great sense of humor!🤣

[@Senator-Wary]

We have reached the target it was an honor serving with you all

[@bellakaldera3305]

I was a 31631l missile maintenance tech in the USAF, this is exactly the way it is, and if the little green guys inside don't get their Cheerios and wasabi that AIM 9 won't fly!

[@LewisB3217]

Each sidewinder makes a great sacrifice 😢

[@ResasRandomStuff]

Pitcher and catcher.... funny way to explain how a radar proximity fuse works xD

[@MistahFox]

The Helmsman knows where the missile is at all times; he knows this because the lookout tells him

[@nerdherd1819]

Sidewinder gremlins, we salute you.

[@NGabunchanumbers]

Video isn't showing up for me

[@welshpete12]

Of course the most important piece of equipment to have with them , is a box of matches to light the fire !

[@welshpete12]

(That is why missiles are so expensive ) !

[@welshpete12]

:-)

[@anaiswatterson1696]

Okay, this guy indeed explained how it works really well. But i'm more concerned of how those little goblins jumped off without parachutes.

[@alexandrugabrielstefan8030]

At the end i was expecting ,,And its a miss."

[@AnAmericanDodo]

Nicely explains the early AIM-9s/GAR-8s

[@grecco_buckliano]

I used to think there was tiny people inside the TV too. So, I can Identify with you.

[@JuanMatteoReal]

It only shows black screen, yet when I scroll to see what happens in the next part of the video I can see frames of the video.

[@lyenus8128]

Yeah same, it's weird

[@Eurocub]

More videos please. This is excellent on many levels.

[@Lolzy3014]

The pitcher starts throwing balls into holes" 💀

[@nicolaszenho]

noo!!! missiles are unmanned guided weapons with eletronics inside!!!! the tiny green men inside my sidewinder :

[@sofloemir]

This is a real training video for the Marine F18 pilots.

[@sushiromifune7096]

2:14 In our empire of WW2, if they abandoned the missile, they sent again to ensure death.

[@RocketPropelledMexican]

All this is missing is a Nasheed in high pitched Kerbal voices

[@tehFozzeY]

You're thinking of PG-7VL.

[@NguyenLyubyuStrana]

“You got a hole in your left wing”

[@lowtier]

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

[@kevg3320]

I was just going to say that! 🤔

[@kastro4460]

The missile knows where it is because it knows the lookout and helmsman are doing a good job

[@JonatasAdoM]

Bomber Crew meets the Worms franchise.

[@steve1978ger]

War is so cute... no wonder we have teenagers fighting it.

[@penclaw]

shoutout to the hardest working, the fuel man

[@dragonov5224]

“And with that, United American Flight UM372 Was never seen again”

[@kwhp1507]

Reminds me of the real pigeon based guidance system

[@dewhiterabbit1337]

Oh god. I cant wait for this to be recommended by the algorithm because of the "This missile knows where it is" video

[@MyFavoriteDisease]

I think we're there already.

[@dewhiterabbit1337]

@@MyFavoriteDisease Then it means we need *M O R E*

[@SamCyanide]

Is this audio only or is the video so low resolution that it doesn't work on mobile

[@user2C47]

Video works, but opening the quality selector causes a crash.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

This is like the polar opposite of the missile knows where it is lmao.

[@mortanes2]

American crew: We reached the target, abandon missile! Japanese crew: We reached the target, Banzai!

[@HaruuMin47]

didn't expect this video to be recommended but thanks for showing interesting things. lmao

[@HopelessCT]

I have watched the full length three times in one sitting so far

[@Marqan]

No wonder those missiles are so deadly, being controlled by such an expert team of little gremlins.

[@leifgiering]

I didn't even know a video resolution like this was possible on KZbin. Holy hell.

[@Will_left]

This was a great video to watch.

[@alextowers3564]

Every time I try to watch specifically this video, it's just a black screen.

[@CrispyTurtl3]

Yeah me too

[@Chili.P]

Thought I was insane, glad and also sorry its not just me. I wonder what is wrong?

[@Slimyvagdischarge]

thank you frog things for your service to this great nation.

[@jont2576]

I read a book once when I was a kid that roughly explained the same way how a man and woman had sex.

[@Flumphinator]

And that, kids, is why dad is never coming home!

[@cat-nl4sv]

the new KSP update lookin good.

[@derekblobinson735]

100%, hands down, the best KZbin video ever made.

[@jordandavis6742]

Best random recommendation ever.

[@ltcmdrtobyfox3969]

The algorithm has blessed me on this day once more...

[@mikejankowski6321]

I imagine that the folks in this crew are related to the little man in the refrigerator who turns the light on and off. Fun explanation!

[@petamerican2588]

How the Adeptus Mechanicus think their technology works:

[@shred1894]

IDK man, seems more like something a mekboi cooked up to me.

[@yoloswaggins1579]

Unfortunately, the green men had no parachutes, so they all died hitting the ground.

[@SERGEANTDlCK]

I hold 217 of those little men captive in my basement, all the raids to rescue them have been halted by thr countless different booby traps i had set-up around the perimeter. I am unstoppable.

[@FourOf92000]

for everyone worried about the crew, they use little green dudes because they don't take fall damage

[@jsl151850b]

Point front of missile at target. Travel faster than the target. Repeat. (No calculations of target course and speed required.) Proximity and/or contact to detonate warhead.

[@vlogmaster9568]

The whole video is black for me but i hear audio

[@RoyalRoyalty]

Is it just me or does this video never load?

[@zombieregime]

I have never been involved with military ordinance, however I choose to believe this is EXACTLY what is going on inside every missile, ever. Period. And that is a hill I will die on.

[@ZombieGrandpa]

This is so silly- I loved it. Well done. Sad to see you have done nothing further.

[@Face3302]

Any one else got this recomendet after watching Barotrauma guides?

[@notthecia4486]

The missile knows where it is because it... is crewed by a miniature aircrew that looks like green smurfs

[@spencerlukay5809]

So, the missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t?

[@haosheng12]

For some reason, this specific video isn't playing correctly on the android app

[@brianshissler3263]

Finally I can explain missiles to my 5 year old.

[@itryen7632]

IT KNOWS WHERE IT IS BECAUSE IT KNOWS WHERE IT ISN'T

[@forliberty8400]

I was pretty scared after I grew to love the tnt minion I was scared all they lived for was for nothing

[@TheMrMused]

This is surprisingly excellent. I mean, a five year old could understand it when put this way. US politicians?.. nah. They're not nearly smart enough.

[@DJ_not_DJ]

Such an adorable way to teach about a missile

[@MyFavoriteDisease]

That was before unmanned missiles were invented, of course.

[@Vallendorf]

It's 3 in the morning, And here I am learning how a sidewinder missile work.

[@xmuzel]

I thought the blaster just blasts everything up instantly after he awakes