Special Lecture: F-22 Flight Controls

MIT 16.687 Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019
Instructor: Randy Gordon
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This lecture featured Lieutenant Colonel Randy Gordon to share experience in flying fighter jet.
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[@unholy7324]

Thank God I found this. My F22 has been sitting in the driveway for months waiting for me to learn it's flight characteristics. Looks like I'll be taking her to work tomorrow.

[@ibrahimmoss]

hahahha. Nice!!

[@ati8713]

Would you mind not fly over my house?please and thanks?🤙🏼

[@agentcooper4627]

Don't forget to change the air filter.

[@gdjaybee742]

Do you carpool? Need a ride.

[@pnmsilva1986]

I wish you luck and a nice flight dont forget the flaps to land

[@el_compa_giants5209]

Anyone else get here randomly and watched the whole video? Just one of those instances when the KZbin algorithm gets it right.

[@AaronGyes]

Indeed a great recommendation. Sometimes I need to stop worrying and trust The Algorithm.

[@JgWerd]

That’s what got me here haha

[@rickv9180]

same

[@JoshFromPerth]

To be fair though, it's a pretty easy topic to sell haha. I can't imagine many blokes wouldn't be into bleeding edge military tech haha

[@supersmellyglove]

Same, first video I hit after going to yt.

[@jtay8073]

You can tell he's a fighter pilot, his mind is going a hundred miles an hour all the time, he's always thinking ahead, and he knows everything about the plane he was flying,

[@robfreeman5783]

This guy's resume is absolutely nuts.

[@JV-mw7gv]

Wow, I think the most amazing thing in this video is that you have a literal f-22 test pilot who is also a highly decorated engineer, phd, and many other qualifications, educated at freakin MIT and Harvard, and there’s a student surfing the internet looking at yoga poses. Absolutely incredible.

[@angrymario8259]

If I had a chance to go to MIT and listen to someone like this I would never skip classes 😅

[@palleppalsson]

And he was also dead for four days.

[@stevebanning902]

lol his professor prob required him to go to the lecture and they have no interest in flight.

[@justinnguyen3091]

@@palleppalsson how was he dead for 4 days?

[@palleppalsson]

@@justinnguyen3091 Callsign Laz (Lazarus) Risen from the dead. Don't think he actually was dead though.

[@PapiSalad]

"Why do I have a random ass lecture on F-22 fighter jet controls?" -1 hour, 6 minutes later "Why don't I have more good lectures like this recommended to me?"

[@MrBrownLostHisM00]

Dude, I love increasing my knowledge just like any other king. But this recommendation wat out there even for me and I loved every minute of it.

[@jmonie02]

Lame

[@jordaneimer2873]

There is a REALLY GOOD MIT lecture on thr Chernobyl disaster. That teacher is of the highest quality.

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

That's because you are going to get drafted. The US will fight Russia in Europe on the month of August.

[@PapiSalad]

@@jordaneimer2873 You know, I JUST had this recommended to me about a week ago and I have learned so much from it.

[@samcorbett8783]

This dude gave us 15 "last pieces that he will give us" and I was listening to every single word. NOTHING makes me wanna join the air force and die to a parachute training dummy more than this lecture. Thanks Laz

[@glennevans7754]

Randy is the ultimate professor, he brings his experience and technical knowledge to the classroom in such a way as to make all of us wish we were pilots.

[@christopherjoseph651]

What technical knowledge did he bring? He's so bad that he completely screws up how the ailerons work @19:47, and when the teacher asks him what the rotational speed is at take off @35:25 he only talks about linear speed! THIS IS A JOKE THAT ALL OF YOU THINK THIS IS WHAT DEFINES A GREAT TEACHER

[@thomasstobie4622]

@@christopherjoseph651 Two mistakes, but how many great things?

[@victorhopper6774]

nopem at my age 2 g's and i'm asleep. matter of fact i was asleep for most of this. thank goodness for youth that are willing though.

[@jainabraina]

​@@christopherjoseph651 by "What would be a typical rotation speed?", he means the speed at which you input pitch commands to the aircraft to "rotate", as in pitch upwards and take off.

[@AutismusPrime69]

Don't simp. He is personable but lacks any technical expertise or knowledge.

[@sanjaygatne1424]

Built in professor. His energy, teaching skill, knowledge, and practical experience is outstanding.

[@Kaiserland111]

Meanwhile the actual professor struggled to manipulate the KZbin controls...

[@SternLX]

Kind of comes with the Job. In USAF we have "Training the Trainer" programs. Required training we have to have in order to teach any procedures to personnel without the training. Basically a program that teaches how to teach. :)

[@GP-qi1ve]

@@SternLX and then go kill people to keep oil under 100$ a barrell! So admirable

[@SternLX]

@@GP-qi1ve Okay child. Does your mommy and daddy know you're making Anti-Military Volunteer remarks. I'm sure they're so proud of you. Go Drink more of your un-fermented Soy Milk and leave the Adult conversations to Adults.

[@gggromay]

I was thinking he must be pretty bright to be an engineer and a fighter pilot at the same time, then he says war is his favourite thing because he likes "to protect people from bad guys".. Incredible, and I thought by now even the most clueless person on earth would now wars are fought for economical interests, not freedom or "bad guys".. Sounds like he watches too many cartoons.. Or people are just dumber then i imagen

[@mgscheue]

My lucky day that this showed up in my KZbin recommendations. What an interesting person and great lecture!

[@user-qv4tr7dk6d]

My first thought too!!! 👍👍👍

[@richardjangles]

So nice having a person of color represented.

[@predator-vu7zk]

RIGHT

[@Z_TC_BY]

Same here

[@TheDoomWizard]

Really? He just said flying in combat is fun. This guy is a nutjob. Climate change is about to destroy our habitat in 8 years.

[@zakslt]

I just found myself spending 1 hour like if it was a 1 minute video. Astonishing lecture from a wonderful teacher who combines passion, knowledge and experience along with intelligence and pedagogy... I am sure even a 10 years old kid will clearly understand and enjoy this wonderful lecture

[@joaorodrigues-dy9rm]

I wanted to be there asking questions, i know its not to everyone's interest, but engineering wise, the f22 is a pinnacle, and the students didnt participate or "lean forward" at the luck they had that day, such a talented man, that could explain every nook and cranny about that engineering megalodon

[@-dcoogan-]

@zakslt Pedagogy... I wanted to thank you for introducing me to a new set of words. BUT... Being overly pedantic, the grammatical use of the word is incorrect, as his passion, knowledge, intelligence, and experience summarize his merit and approach to pedagogy. Also, adding an adjective, like personable, ahead of pedagogy, would validate your use of it. I should actually say 'should validate' because I'm not 100% on that. Great word! Thanks again!

[@germantomcat]

Informative, not boring, no ads, a topic I like, just perfection.

[@geraldwatts5492]

Physics and math teacher here, really enjoyed this. He teaches very clearly and directly. I also like a conversational teaching style, was nice to pick up some good habits from him as well!

[@MagnusMas]

glad you learned something from an elite top gun like him.

[@hdjono3351]

@@MagnusMas top gun is navy he’s Air Force but yeah

[@bruno13532]

Bro. I'm a lawyer and i understand jack shit of math based sciences, or exact sciences if you will, and i still understood this.

[@christopherjoseph651]

"I also like a conversational teaching style" that's because he's entertaining you and NOT TEACHING ANYTHING!!!!!!!!! God please DO NOT pick up some habits, unless you don't actually want your students to learn. What did you actually learn about the flight controls? NOTHING because he only talked at the most general, skim the surface, Sesame Street level. This is supposed to be a prestigious engineering college and he talked to them like they are babies. Now in his defense they probably do have the intellectual level of babies because the education system in the US has been continuously dumbed down for decades.

[@christopherjoseph651]

@@bruno13532 I would hope that you could understand this seeing as he didn't say jack shit about math or science

[@vpin]

This guy is so smart and likeable it seems as if he spent a couple thousand years in a groundhog day learning all this stuff perfecting his craft. What a great lecture.

[@Mdmbchdr]

@@foobarmaximus3506 ok virgin

[@KunuMcGruder]

@@foobarmaximus3506 many who comment negatively, do so because they themselves do not understand what actual intelligence is. They themselves believe they are smart, not realizing that "the entire picture" is beyond what they see (because they lack the intellect to process information beyond their brains limits). They believe they see the "bigger picture" (have all the information), and therefore will formulate an opinion based on what they think they know (which generally isn't much)...but they don't know that. By definition, they are ignorant, and because they are intellectually in ept, they don't even realize that they are making a subjective comment, ignorantly believing it's factual. Their ignorance is painful and embarrassing. They are clueless that smart people laugh at them (assuming they even waste any thought on the dumb comment/s).

[@JaySmurkzTV]

Makes you realise the importance of experience huh.

[@ivoryas1696]

@@KunuMcGruder He was probably trolling... That or you actually got through to him, considering that it he's gone.

[@ivoryas1696]

vin centric Dude, nice phrasing on that. Like people saying the hyperbolic time chamber, lol.

[@peterc3143]

Wow, the f22 sounds like an engineering marvel, even though the design is more than 20 years old now. I was reading its first flight, was in 1997.

[@yuigahama3189]

As an aircraft maintenance engineer student, it is indeed an engineering marvel but the maintenance and logistics of f22 are a huge nightmare for us considering the parts they uses are way more complex and different from conventional/4th gen aircrafts

[@honkhonk8009]

@@yuigahama3189 sometimes i forget these arent like your average corolla, and that keeping all the parts and supply chains organized must be hella difficult considering the low production volume When you say the F-22 is more complex than 4th gen aircraft, what parts are more complex? I was under the impression that F-22s are aerodynamically similar to other airfarmes, and that its only the electronics and stuff that are wildly different. Im just in highschool so idk much abt this stuff

[@tommy.vercetti2003]

@@honkhonk8009 Im in high school too and don’t know much but i assume its the engines and hydraulics

[@Michael_Lightss]

It is crazy, I’ve been a fan of this jet most of my life

[@honkhonk8009]

@@tommy.vercetti2003 Nah not really. Usually with cars, you have a large volume of production. You can make a shit ton of factories and pump out all the parts you need easily enough. Aircraft need a large database to track every single part installed or uninstalled, and a full history of every single aircraft that part was used in before. They also have sensors and whatnot operating on the aircraft in real time, to basically mesage back to Lockheed Martin, to tell them how many more units must be produced in the near future. F-22's are especially difficult, beacuse they probably dont use the same database that every other commercial airliner uses. Im also guessing that because of the low production and compartmentalization of information, its probably painfull to manage that aircraft.

[@vincentdermience1137]

I wish I were 25 and had someone like you visiting my classroom. I'm 55 and a computer flight sim fan since 1982 even before it was released on Microsoft. I just love anything that flies and find your enthusiastic lecture simply rejuvenating. Thanks.

[@MAC11007]

He does it for people like you.

[@samanthaharkness8840]

I was lucky enough to be Lazs' mechanic at test with the F22. Always a pleasure to hear him talk and to work for him. Great job Sir!

[@JohnSmith-zk8xp]

helping others achieve their dreams!

[@kakarikiIck]

WOW! Your so lucky! He seems such a cool guy, and an excellent teacher. I thoroughly enjoyed this lecture of his.

[@solidtank7957]

@@draco2xx creeeeeeepy

[@og.nohaze7740]

@@draco2xx everything probably turns you on, creep

[@draco2xx]

@@solidtank7957 i meant to say i find women that are mechanics very attractive

[@mpperfidy]

This piece is on a topic of mild interest for me. After listening for a few minutes, it became a topic of more intense interest, not because I suddenly want to qualify on any particular plane, but because it was impeccably presented and sequenced. An excellent use of an hour of my day.

[@JustinJagger]

100% nice to see amazing passion demonstrated, not to mention the topic (i have zero knowledge)

[@FloridaEvoX]

Holy crap, that was an hour? I was so engaged; the hour flew by. I would love to see more lectures from him.

[@ceed266]

*Raises glass and nods head*

[@juancarlosalmiron2055]

Physical condition , vision , training, focus ,and knowledge ,i was told as a demo flight on a Super Etendart French Fighter jet ! And what an awesome experience of 25 minutes adrenaline ! Today after more than 45 years , I'm sure it is a pleasure from the stand point of controls, informations , automatic computer control if any pilot becomes confused or disabled , besides graphics , for me is the right side of astronauts to be ! For me flying is the reminder to how small we are , and how beautiful this planet is , I'm not taking anything for granted , went to remote places and people shows openness ,honesty and humbleness !

[@Showerlover]

I like how you measure your day per capita in hours. Nice

[@arnoldsherrill2585]

This ladies and gentlemen is how you teach something to someone, who has an interest in it but no prior experience. The biggest problem right now is education is how to keep your students engaged in what the instructor is talking about. This man has mastered that issue., and it shows in his presentation

[@christopherjoseph651]

But didn't actually teach anything. So you keep your students entertained and they learn ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! The biggest problem is that students don't want to learn anything, they want the degree so they can make the money but they don't give a fuck about the actual subject

[@AKDevilman]

Hello! I am an F-15A thru E model crew chief here(USAF for 21+ years, now retired). I really enjoyed this type of instruction, it very accurately reflects what the military used to do for instruction and training. Not so sure they are still on that same path anymore or not judging from the outside now. I was also at Edwards for a few years and learned a TON about the F-22 even though it wasn't my airframe(there in the mid 90's), and a lot about the F-23. Every one of the civilians I spoke with while there said the F-23 was slated to win because it flat out was a better maneuvering aircraft, it just didn't have the range of the F-22. So the F-22 won by range criteria mainly. Now, what I find interesting is how they(the USAF and US military in general) have since picked back up the F-23 and started examining it for the next generation of fighter....Really looking forward to the advances that is keeping America dominating in the battle space above the ground and beyond.

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

Thank you for your service and keeping our skies safe.

[@ILSRWY4]

That's simply not true, the F-23 DID HAVE THE RANGE. In fact it met or exceeded all the requirement set forth by the design cryteria. That's coming from all the Flight test pilots, including one who flew both the F-22 and F-23, Northrop and Lockheed test pilot Paul Metz, who said "the F-23 was a clear winner,It lost because of Politics, in that the government felt that Lockheed had more experience in this design support because of its experience with F-117. The F-23 was better." I tend to believe those who actually flew it. And That's just Fact.

[@yoboi7492]

i can attest to the military still teaching the same way as this lecture. The best teachers i have ever had were all Sgts, Majs, and retirees.

[@azrizainzainal8119]

This guy has the looks, personality and credentials to be the real Falcon

[@yevonnaelandrew9553]

Agree!

[@Artofficial1986]

He is more cool than Falcon - he's real

[@ComfortsSpecter]

@@Artofficial1986 “Don’t let your memes be dreams!”

[@C4GIF]

@@ComfortsSpecter And how about sleepy Joe Biden?

[@Blowfeld20k]

@@ignore_for_your_sanity SAVAGE!!!!! LMFAO

[@jasonrhodes0]

Best hour I've spent learning in a LONG time. Thank you to everyone involved in bringing this to me.

[@dave.cholula]

Bravo!

[@jacob171]

Youre welcome

[@wooshbait36]

And who are you?

[@whr3346]

Your welcome Jason Rhodes

[@wooshbait36]

@@whr3346 You are* peasant.

[@danield.8615]

Mr. Gordon is phenomenal! After a few seconds I saw the one hour+ length, after 7 minutes I was bound to his lips. One of the best things he said: "I'm 100% zero different from anybody in this room" (he doesn't put himself above of his audience). Great course, I wish I could be there.

[@david-yy6pk]

A good teacher is not one who impresses his audience but one who inspires them through his passion. This guy is passionate about his stuff, you can tell he is good at it.

[@jasonandrew412]

Not sure why I had this recommended but I’m glad it was. What an interesting lecture!

[@nagen78]

same here

[@beeboo5433]

yeah video got picked up by the algorithm

[@justigranger2480]

same

[@ShoPro702]

Because there was a chance you might be taliban.

[@JV-mw7gv]

It’s because you likely have an advanced degree or you are the type of person who seeks an advanced degree, just my theory.

[@hakunamatata324]

No idea why I am watching this but damn, he makes this subject so interesting and easy to understand even for someone like me who has no clue about planes.

[@TravisFabel]

When most pilots start in the military, they also have no clue about planes.... same with the mechanics.

[@beison8000]

now you have a lot of clues about planes.

[@JohnICGomes]

Best physics / aeronautics class I have randomly bumped into! Wish we had people like these and KZbin teaching us when we were kids!

[@ottopuppy]

I was a machinist and made parts for the SR-71, and B1-b amazing aircraft, and Randy and the F-22 are even more amazing.

[@MAC11007]

Lucky bastard

[@eaglescout5816]

I've never piloted, but I could not stop watching this lecture. I love this instructors style, fast, clear, experienced.

[@GrumpyStoic]

He delivers his lectures like he flies his planes. Amazing.

[@blazelysack2385]

Fast is great. I love the "but we'll get back to that later" with no plan of getting back to it method he uses. After about 2 more sentences both he and I have both forgotten what we're supposed to get back to later. 😂

[@ZLOBNY2005]

@@blazelysack2385 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX_QqGeGqZeppsU

[@the_jones528]

If every professor were this interesting, the world would be a lot smarter.

[@tunacant9106]

No. The world has to be a lot smarter to have these quality professors. You got it the other way around.

[@goodgoyim9459]

professors dont make people smarter. you fail to understand what intelligence is or means. ironically, one would have to be of your proposed "smarter" lot to realise that in the first place, guess you have a long way to go as well (based on your own retarded logic)

[@imbored3416]

@@tunacant9106 abso fucking lutely.

[@mwara2444]

These type of guys are so far and few in between. My entire High School career there was only one professor that had a great personality and could keep me interested on the entire course subject even with subject matter I could care less about. In college I only had two professors with great personality. One was the Sci-Fi nerd who would put joke answers on multiple question tests that none of the class caught except me. Doctor Who references Star Trek references and made up science. Like listing types of crystals one of them being dilithium. Really give it up to teachers though it's more of a sacrifice than a career. They should be respected more and paid more for it

[@psychepeteschannel5500]

Yet students would still chat of Facebook. The thing is, not everyone is interested in aviation, especially military aviation. Like some people just really dont find it even remotely interesting or important. Sure we can say "b-but, its like the pinacle of our "moving" technology" (except maybe space flight, but that is SO different), but what does that really mean? What is the cold hard value of this principle. Its nothing. Noone cares. You can know flight physics and technology forward and back, have thousands of hours on a simulator... and still be a "loser" in the eyes of society, unless you make it all into a careeer or business... :(

[@bigfoot_18]

Every once in a while, the KZbin algorithm gets it right.

[@gobills7163]

This officers lecturing skills are far superior than his even being a fighter pilot. Very special human being. Fantastic

[@ade_dancer850]

I went to HBS with Laz, amazing person! What you might not know is he can also play a wicked piano! Such a talented fellow!

[@youtubeaccount9058]

That's really cool. To be a test pilot on a high-end fighter you have to have the intelligence for aerospace engineering, plus the coordination for stick+rudder skills (and piano!), plus the emotional fortitude to handle life-or-death situations in real time. Really anybody with even one of the 3 is blessed. Then there are a few (very few) people like this...

[@cgonz8]

How did Laz get his call sign?

[@danielbohman5751]

Nice! Just like Goose in TopGun! 😋

[@steveward205]

@@cgonz8 He is actually a time traveler who was brought back to life by Jesus but he kept the name........

[@antonioc3023]

That's actually a tradition in the Air Force to party and set a wicked piano on fire, while one of them plays "Great Balls of Fire" till he can. At the end they collect money to get a new scraped piano for the next party.

[@rakeshswami11]

We want clones of this guy in every school & college.

[@NathanDudani]

@Lum inosity lmfao

[@mugglepower]

'That's coming along soon'

[@blazedpyro5055]

Richard Baxton piloted his Recon Rover into a fungal vortex and held off FOUR waves of mind worms, saving an entire colony. We immediately purchased his identity manifests and repackaged him into the Recon Rover Rick character with a multi-tiered media campaign: televids, touchbooks, holos, psi-tours--the works. People need heroes. They don't need to know how he died; clawing his eyes out, screaming for mercy. The real story would just hurt sales, and dampen the spirits of our customers„ "Mythology for Profit" Morgan Stellartots Keynote Speech

[@blazedpyro5055]

@@foobarmaximus3506 how the fuck do you not know what thats from?

[@wootle]

What an amazing lecture. Not only is he a god-level pilot but also an amazing teacher! The way he engages the students is amazing.

[@kakarikiIck]

The way he teaches is so engaging. Incredible lecture.

[@Defender78]

he doesn't "uh" or "but, um" once... 99 pct of dudes will say like/um/and stuff several times in one sentance

[@kakarikiIck]

@@Defender78Your spot on. I had to come back and watch it again, and I was still enthralled and learned more!

[@Wiseguy248]

Teaching is a real skill where others have a hard time, even if they know as much as him.

[@Roughdog86]

Military man! Firm, direct, straight to the point.

[@foobarmaximus3506]

@@Defender78 Indeed. He's a brainy machine, no doubt. This is really what "smart" looks like. Not all smart people speak this well, but he is an omnipath. Pretty rare, actually.

[@marklowe7431]

Outstanding teacher. This man is a role model.

[@gggromay]

Role model? Iwas also thinking he must be pretty bright to be an engineer and a fighter pilot at the same time, then he said war is his favourite thing because he likes "to protect people from bad guys".. Incredible, and I thought by now even the most clueless person on earth would now wars are fought for economical interests, not freedom or "bad guys".. Sounds like he watches too many cartoons.. Or people are just dumber then i imagen

[@cristinamiller8107]

You need to check your comment!

[@marklowe7431]

@@cristinamiller8107 Role model teacher.

[@cristinamiller8107]

Why are you mentioning my name? I don't know who you are talking about.

[@st3wi3D]

Good comment man. Don't pay attention to the negativity; some people only see things through a political lens. GI's coming back from Vietnam got spat on at the airport and called baby killers. Go figure.

[@remy9240]

DCS brought me here! This guy is a legend !

[@eduardowormittag2113]

3:31 AM here and I'm enjoying every bit of the video - such a awesome piece of machinery, more amazing teacher. Wish I could be there on MIT to learn and experience that

[@christopherjoseph651]

Why is he such an amazing teacher, what did you actually learn, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. He didn't go into any details on even one topic. He's so bad that he completely screws up how the ailerons work @19:47, and when the teacher asks him what the rotational speed is at take off @35:25 he only talks about linear speed! THIS IS A JOKE THAT ALL OF YOU THINK THIS IS WHAT DEFINES A GREAT TEACHER

[@thomasvleminckx]

@@christopherjoseph651 Take your pills, Mr. Joseph. It's time for your nap.

[@X3RTY]

@@christopherjoseph651 stop replying to every comment, nobody cares and you are just wasting time

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

I was Navy ATC I the early 2000's. These type of guys were always so awesome to just listen to. Great caliber of people. All the best to him!

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

@@blokin5039 uhh what? 🤣😂

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

@@blokin5039 Navy doesn't use "platoons," except maybe SEALS. I was stationed at a TACRON and also NAS Pensacola.

[@wakonalds3469]

@@watchandjewelryloft4713 ahh man A school at NAS was the worst

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

@@wakonalds3469 Yeah. Luckily I'm from the panhandle lol. Not too bad. And then finished up my enlistment at Sherman Field. Blue Angel practices from the control tower were sweet though.

[@wakonalds3469]

@@watchandjewelryloft4713 I’m AT3 now. It wasn’t too long ago when I went through NAS. Yeah seeing the Angels practice each day really made chow more enjoyable. They’d always fly 10-12.

[@TrainerAQ]

I'm an airline pilot and I watched this whole thing cause it's just so interesting. Reminds me of my days in college.

[@heroisdomar4248]

Can u land on water?

[@stevenclimb]

Wow, that was one of the best lectures I've ever witnessed. Just amazing to watch!

[@AgonxOC]

What a natural skill you possess Mr. Gordon! Very enjoyable lecture. Keep teaching as much as you can!

[@DrummerJohn]

Very articulate and everything is in his mind ready to express. No notes, no teleprompter, all from experience and knowledge. I love the humble yet genius way Laz gave this lecture. I am inspired and can only imagine how well received by the students!

[@Claude-Eckel]

Humble?! Nyahahaha!

[@lastfirst6626]

"Combat missions were fun!", chuckle chuckle.

[@chrismathewsjr]

sociopathy is always weird to see in the wild so nakedly, isn't it?

[@p_serdiuk]

@@chrismathewsjr Professionalism, rather. This is not the place to discuss war.

[@matthew1131]

I could watch content like this all day. I love how he makes everything so understandable!

[@christopherjoseph651]

I love how he makes everything so understandable! That's because he ONLY TALKED ABOUT THE MOST SIMPLISTIC things. If someone didn't understand this they are so dumb they may as well be dead. I really hope you didn't come away from this thinking you learned something about the flight controls because you didn't. A great teacher makes things that are complicated easy to understand, NOT someone who makes the most simplistic thing easy to understand. Teachers that only teach the most simplistic things are HORRIBLE teachers because they don't actually teach anything

[@dellhp9564]

Yeah that's why aerodynamics engineers are hired by hedge funds and high frequency traders because the math can fry your brains

[@alessio272]

Man this Randy guy can present! If I knew what he knew i wouldn’t be able to speak as fast and organize my time segments. Phenomenal instructor and public speaker.

[@nissimlevy3762]

This guy is one of the most humble people I have ever witnessed

[@Paul_Halicki]

Honestly, he's a typical test pilot in terms of disposition. In a conference room full of engineers, everyone goes silent when the test pilot speaks. He doesn't have to shout. The engineers know whose ass is in that cockpit.

[@abelnicolae]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAH humble. Oh my good God, you actually are all the same :D mindblowing

[@blink182bfsftw]

Lol yeah he's not humble, which is fine, but come on

[@ragingraven6738]

As someone who’s passion is aviation this was such a neat presentation to watch. As an A&P Mechanic I got a good chuckle watching a room full of aeronautic engineers incorrectly state the positions the ailerons are in when a Cessna is banking to the right.

[@brizbane1]

Hey man I'm an AME from Canada and also played it back like 12 times lmaoo

[@foobarmaximus3506]

As an A&P mechanic, you know less than nothing about this class and the people in it. A&P mechanics ... oh never mind. You wouldn't understand anyway.

[@thewise65]

They made question my knowledge about ailerons

[@octimizer]

I stopped the video and ran to my flight simulator to check. He probably just got confused when he turned the airplane around to match the audience's perspective.

[@edwinparson346]

Brilliant mechanical minds think alike... As a a10 flight control maintained manual reversion is real reverse flight control surface movement explained. Its the control surface taps that fly backwards...

[@RaPL123]

That's a hell of a piece of hardware! An engineering masterpiece. And Randy Gordon? Everybody wants a teacher like him.

[@ShaunPrince]

What a fantastic guest speaker. The knowledge, passion and class interaction was stellar. I don't know how I found this video, but glad I did. Entertaining as well as educational and informative.

[@natereg9747]

F*cking Master Class level of lecture!!!!! That’s how you teach avionics, systems, and aerospace engineering. Round of applause everyone!

[@worldoftancraft]

There was too much of water to give such praise.

[@carolschiffpeters2414]

Bravo

[@tekanova7480]

This is a great video of this talk there won't be a quiz!

[@VidarrKerr]

Yeah dude, black magic and wizardry controls the plane. Sweet dude.

[@dayglo98]

I don't even own an F-22 and I still watched till the end, that's how good the lecture is.

[@erikkeen4136]

The flight command systems working behind the scenes are just WOW!

[@georgeyoung1810]

I would take absolutely any class this gentleman was teaching!! Well done sir!

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

My fist degree is mechanical engineer, then later in life I achieved my degree in computer engineering. Watching this gives me the urge to hit the campus again. The bod is a little creaky but the mind is still hungry. The wonderous creativity of the human mind never cease to amaze and inspire. Excellent lecture!

[@craig8876]

The USAF has people called "patches"--men and women who graduated the USAF Weapons School and wear a special black and gray patch--and I know a few of them. They comprise the short list of the smartest people I've ever met . . . and that Test Pilot patch is a whole other league.

[@TacoMagic]

nice

[@adamschackart6859]

An elite brotherhood forged in the fumes of dry erase markers.

[@foobarmaximus3506]

And the one's I worked with at NASA were the top .001 percent of those. Yeah. Work daily with astronauts, then get back to me. Air Force. LOL Shit, USN aviators are better than anything the USAF ever let in a cockpit.

[@Chris11249]

@@foobarmaximus3506 Watch out, we got a bad ass up in here!

[@TheWesman45]

I've never seen anyone who could so clearly communicate concepts with their hands. When he said wing tips or negative G his non verbal communication instantly made me understand what he meant. Really good lecture.

[@rb26xs14]

Can truly tell how passionate he is. Amazing video from start to finish.

[@pariswhitehead373]

He was so humble when he said ''test pilot'' an then you see his credentials..... GOOD GOD

[@txherezy]

And thats just the unclassified stuff.

[@libraryofthoughts0]

@@txherezy 😁😁 My man. Greetings from Finland!

[@txherezy]

@@libraryofthoughts0 Howdy :)

[@danielkurzyna7394]

Seriously. What a legend!

[@Paul_Halicki]

Basically you don't get to be a test pilot without credentials like that.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

The cool thing was a few years back at the Cleveland Air Show, they finally had the full F-22 demo, and he was doing Cobras and controlled flat spins and it was very, very cool, but then it finishes up and flies off. Then I look back, and there’s the Goodyear Blimp, and it’s getting closer and closer, and then it floats gracefully over show center (and it is HUGE), does a 360 degree pirouette, takes a bow, and floats away. It was such a neat contrast to the F-22.

[@xenophagia]

Dude...that sounds epic...and strangely comedic.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

@@xenophagiaI know. The contrast of the two was absolutely beautiful.

[@josie4065]

I've been avoiding this video every time it appeared in my recommendations because it's an hour long, but I am so glad I finally watched it. I'm by no means educated about aerospace engineering or any of the other topics relevant to this video, but it was still quite fascinating.

[@scheerlon]

This is so amazing. I turned 35 today and was about 9 years old, when I played F-22 Lightning. 26 years later somebody on the internet explains me all the things I wondered (well, not all of course) about this plane.

[@lbgstzockt8493]

This makes me want to study aerospace engineering.

[@VeressZalan]

I study aerospace engineering. This is nothing like aerospace engineering. This is a class for pilots.

[@william9385]

You’re probably better off going to a part 147 school and becoming an aircraft mechanic. Or an actual pilot. I’m an aircraft mechanic and i love my job.

[@cerewaffle900]

@@VeressZalan yeah… not quite the same in structural analysis, control systems, fluids, or dynamics and vibrations…

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Im an airline pilot and an artist... Thought I wanted to do aero engineering. One semester later I realized that I was wrong!

[@CodiakLBJfan]

Lmao oof

[@proosee]

The question why wings are on the top of "cessna-type" planes was left kind of unanswered so I will try to do it here briefly. When you design "normal" plane, you want to make it stable, meaning: without any input or with a little "wrong" input from pilot it should just flight straight instead of just bank on one side and lose all the lift. The easiest way to do this is to put sum of lift forces from both wings above the center of of gravity, so you make plane being "pulled up" by wings (in contradiction of wings "pushing up" the plane in which scenario your center of gravity can slide to the side if its not directly above the lift force). There are two common ways to do it, in most airliners wings are mounted at the bottom (for many reasons) and go slightly up as you approach the tip of the wing, so if you are flying straight, forces from your wing are pointed a bit towards each other (thus, generating a bit drag, as a tradeoff for stability), when you bank left, your left wing will have force from your left wing pointing more upward and your right wing force will be pointing more to the left (so less upward) and create feedback loop which will level your plane back to going horizontally. Now, if you put your wings on the top of the plane you don't need them pointing upwards because you already have your lift force above the center of gravity. In fighters which are fly-by-wire, you don't care about stability, computer will correct all input mistakes made by pilot and other factors, thus, trading off stability for less drag and more maneuverability seems like a good idea. Disclaimer: I'm not aviation expert, so this might contain some inaccuracies or even be wrong, I just don't know why visibility was main reason pointed out in the lecture for wing placement and aerodynamics and plane stability was somehow dismissed. I think this video explains it better than me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWzapichqeXmqM

[@RsRj-qd2cg]

Then on large aircraft with very heavy engines and long wings, like the B-52, Il-76, C-17, etc, wings are on top. The Il-76 and An-225 actually have a hump in the fuselage where the wings attach. Curving the wingtips up would be difficult with the giant engines hanging from them, and the engines would strike the ground if the wings were low. Or they'd need a very tall landing gear, which is not a good thing on a superheavy aircraft; they actually want to have short, thick landing gears that are practically on the side of the plane instead of the bottom).

[@proosee]

@@RsRj-qd2cg You don't need wings curved up in An-225 because of the effect I've described above. In fact, wings in An-225 are pointed a bit down to reduce pendulum effect because it was to hard too maneuver (yes, you can overdo with stability too). Engine weight is not a factor here. Plane needs to maintain its shape regardless of where engines are placed, for B-52 and other heavy-lifting army machines it is good to have engines at the top to reduce problems when using dusty runways. There are many factors here, but weight of engines is not one of them. If you are afraid of engines hitting the ground you can always place them on the top of wings, the downside is that whenever you increase the thrust your nose will go down a bit (but this is the case for topwing planes as well).

[@nik7204]

Yes

[@cluerip]

@@proosee anhedral high wing aircraft also have stability due to pressure forces. The low side wing has much higher presser at the wing root causing a restoring moment. High side wing the opposite. The high side wing is flatter to the flow and would generate more lift causing negative feedback. Low side wing less lift. They are still stable in this configuration since the forces balance out. (otherwise we wouldn't fly planes like that) You're right that there is such a thing as too much stability. If a plane was too stable, you couldn't fly it. It would only fly itself!

[@proosee]

@@cluerip I think this is just a different perspective on the same phenomena, but I really appreciate your comment, never thought about it that way, seems like deeper analysis. What about F-22? I once heard it is on the edge of being unstable, so without fly-by-wire systems human would be unable to fly it, can you confirm it or deny it?

[@eddieb9102]

This is a very informative and though-provoking video. The instructor does a really good job discussing aeronautical concepts in a clear and concise way that make it easy to understand.

[@fredrikmagnusson6469]

I can't explain why i watched this. but im glad i did. Feels like time well spent.

[@FriedAss69]

i watched the whole thing bfore, but here i am watching the whole thing again

[@judycaraballo8295]

Great presentation, I don't fly planes, I am a grandmother who has 3 grandchildren who will see this and know how far they can go. I watched it 2 times.

[@makl485]

Apart from I've got 2 children and no grandkids, I'm 100% onboard with your statement. This is an awesome presentation!

[@madpistol]

This definitely ranks in the top 3 "Most Interesting Lectures" I've ever watched. Great stuff!

[@soty5562]

Who are another two?

[@BillyBobby123]

Yea i gotta know the other 2

[@lucasng4712]

What are the other two

[@roywhiteo5]

Bumped into this guy in Sunnyvale last night. Apparently he didn’t know this lecture was going to be posted on youtube and now he gets recognized all the time

[@brisoley450]

Excellent!!! . . . This man has some seriously massive brain power!!! The speed of his flawless delivery of information is amazing! I have been in love with the F22 and the F35 since they came out but never had heard such an amazing lecture about the F22. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@yeahaighht4353]

This is one of the most interesting and beautifully put together lectures I have ever watched! Can't get enough of this guy!

[@mikkihintikka7273]

fun thing that if something is popular in youtube its super easy subject...

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

@@mikkihintikka7273 👌 smarty

[@quadpumped34]

this is how the war machine recruits its personell.

[@Legion7734]

43:25 "I could put my kid in a F-22 he could turn the stick all day at any speed and nothing bad would happen to the airplane" I wonder what would happen to his kid though :D Jokes aside, such a fantastic way of lecturing. To be able to explain such partially abstract and complex things in a way that even someone like me without any or close to no prior knowledge about flying can understand what he means is fascinating.

[@BamaNick]

"Over G, Over G, Over G" Over G's create a lot of inspections maintenance has to do

[@mosesgikeri6750]

They say if you can't explain it to a six year old kid then you don't know it it doesn't the field if you know it you know it

[@tomaszwota1465]

@@mosesgikeri6750 six year old are quite dumb though, as is the saying.

[@spindrift2009]

You realize this is akin to the tech going into self driving cars. (Though self driving car tech is actually more complex due to the image processing software…it’s super complicated stuff to do virtually real-time). They could easily make this plane into a remotely operated drone nowadays. No risk to a soldier, and cheaper.

[@foobarmaximus3506]

He's talking to young people working on a private pilot's license. LOL Yeah. It's pretty simplified.

[@stuartw969]

I’ve been a ppl for 25 years, Cessna, Pilatus and now cirrus. BUT I learned so much from this excellent talk. Thanks!

[@TheBigDirty25]

I wish I could have a few hours of discussion with this gentleman. Truly, a fascinating person with such a distinguish career.

[@lucasklaassen135]

Wow. What a guy. Such a good professor, in every way imaginable!

[@BamaNick]

As an F-16 Avionics Tech, I saw a Pilot giving a speech on Flight Controls and thought he would have no clue what he was talking about, but turns out he actually understands the Avionics behind it very well. Nice lecture!

[@currentcommentor8745]

Avionics is how the pilot interacts with the plane.

[@BamaNick]

@@currentcommentor8745 Most pilots have little to no idea of how the Avionics works besides the surface level interaction between the Jet and the Pilot. This pilot did his research and put extra time into understanding the System Theory behind the avionics.

[@tomaszwota1465]

@@BamaNick he's a test pilot, it's his job to understand the engineering while he's live testing it in practice. The things these guys do for a living... Literally flying straight into mountains/terrain while testing automated terrain avoidance systems. I mean, come on.

[@BamaNick]

@@tomaszwota1465 I mean what you said doesn't disprove my point of most regular pilots not knowing system theory completely. But Test pilots obviously have a higher standard of knowledge than regular pilots need.

[@tomaszwota1465]

@@BamaNick I didn't try to disprove that particular point, because why would I?

[@dougmoore8314]

This fellow really knows the F-22 well. And can explain it to me. Amazing!

[@pottyputter05]

I love this guy, I think we all love how he's speaking regardless of the venue ❤️

[@stevestewart-sturges2159]

Both my father and I were in commercial aviation, both of us flying and servicing helicopters, from the late 60's to early 80's, and yes, they can be a handful to fly, the margin for error compared to a fixed wing is extreme, it takes a completely different skill set to operate a rotary wing effectively ... The rest of this lecture I found very interesting, the pilot giving it, animated and interactive, loved his style of lecturing. I am sure those attending this understood just how experienced and skilled "Laz" is as a pilot and instructor... Thank you !

[@nhatnamtrinh5017]

Not to mention that combat helicopter pilots, including MedEvac pilots, face greater danger than those on jet fighters.

[@IRobinson44460]

@@nhatnamtrinh5017 Amen.

[@aaronestrada44]

Reminds me of engineering in college when I thought a final project/presentation on propulsion and wing lift would be EASY. I teach engineering now and came across this lecture for some inspiration. So glad I did.

[@dave.cholula]

Not sure when I have ever listened to a more interesting, uber-accomplished and beyond talented individual.

[@sjones8738]

I watched this video and found it quite interesting and fascinating to listen to Mr Gordon presentation. It was more interactive for everyone. It had to be great to attend this class at MIT. That guy has outstanding credentials. He is an outstanding instructor.

[@animalk1]

This was an incredible privilege to watch. So much fascinating and interesting details about what its like to fly this plane and what makes it work. I was actually surprised that he was willing to reveal so much of the performance characteristics. Regardless thank you!

[@MelbaOzzie]

Yes, I was thinking the Chinese were sitting there taking notes like crazy!

[@gavinohlhauser1258]

Those aren’t real numbers, it can do much more

[@mcshakycheese7396]

You'd be surprised what is considered unclassified info. A lot of things are modular to the point where only the most specific part of data is classified and all else is unclassified.

[@falconfighting4793]

The moving of the aircraft control surfaces are seen in the demo's of the F22. The Cg and Cl position in slower flight is that gives the headaches to be duplicate from the others

[@nauuwgtx]

@@MelbaOzzie plot twist: that's just the tip of F-22's powah

[@Colin-kh6kp]

MIT grad, Harvard grad, fighter and helicopter pilot, combat veteran, engineer and test pilot… That’s an incredible resume and something tells me astronaut is next.

[@fabiokaya202]

He was a finalist

[@jeroenk3570]

That was great, thank you. The people who designed and wrote the code for this aircraft must understand aerodynamics and propulsion so incredibly well to get it working like that.

[@atticusrussell1225]

Or at least we hope the people doing the code review do 😂😬

[@SirLynX93]

What a masterpiece of the a jet! It's so far ahead of its time its actually crazy.

[@hyypersonic]

Its fascinating to know that he probably has knowledge of the 6th gen fighters and might have even flown prototypes of it. What an awesome lecture

[@manurocker1]

Man i remember watching this video at like 250K views and thinking holy shit, its perfect. The kind of video that could make a non aviation enthusiast fall in love with this plane. The eloquence intermingled with a certain playful curiosity but also encased in military poise, combined with the instructors depth of knowledge well beyond the boundaries of the actual aircraft, make this an absolute gem.

[@KAN1911]

This lecture was awesome and the lecturer has amazing/beyond outstanding credentials/experience! Would love to listen to more of his lecturers!

[@xenophagia]

Those are just the unclassified credentials btw.

[@whidajat]

Thank you for this lecture! Get to understand so many new insights and explained it well so practically. Have been wondering so much about the F22 flying capabilities and its tech!

[@johnstock5833]

We're so freaking lucky to get this quality content for free. Thank you MIT!

[@thecpt6265]

I'm a student pilot and I'm mesmerized by this. 1 hour passed as if it was but mere minutes, absolutely amazing!

[@thecpt6265]

@@blokin5039 uh, ok?! What, praytell, makes you so convinced I'm not?

[@thecpt6265]

@@blokin5039 sale...what? Bro is this for real?

[@fjs1111]

Awesome MIT shared this one. The fly-by-wire and augmentation systems are well thought out.

[@hsuanyunchang1871]

This is an awesome class and a super cool teacher. I'm just a normal civilian interested in pilot movies, without any background knowledge, and learned a lot. Looking forward for more.

[@machinech183]

Imagine being a professor at MIT but you can't identify or operate the mute on youtube... That said, absolutely loved the lecture.

[@highbrassrule]

Probably doesnt spend much time on youtube. Id probably struggle with an unfamiliar website too

[@AnarchistAaron]

He was double clicking everything

[@MrWEastwood]

He did an average boomer job

[@NathanDudani]

@@MrWEastwood yup

[@NathanDudani]

@@highbrassrule it's been out since 2005

[@mikeaninger7388]

Who searches for this stuff? Not me. For the first time I got a recommendation that I actually loved. Truly a fascinating experience. What scares me? Well let’s just say I recently saw Boston dynamics robots dancing. Now I’m envisioning the Strauss waltz with a couple of F 22s in the sky… 🤣

[@sach1707]

I have absolutely no idea about anything he's talking about and I was captivated for every second. What a guy

[@carsonn4837]

When he talked about 6th gen fighters and how the fighter will have companion drones. That’s literally what’s happening

[@wendingo452]

Engaging lectures, he has a talent for teaching.

[@RaymondTusk74]

Fighter pilots spend the better part of their careers teaching. He's studied, but you'd be amazed how many hours he's spent briefing, debriefing, and instructing.