US Genius Invention to Fight Massive Forest Fires From The Sky

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a red-hot episode where we examine the ways in which the US forces helps to fight wildfires and save lives with some of the most impressive firefighting inventions.
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[@cartman4885]

I live in Fresno and those Army pilots and crews were real hero's with all the lives they saved

[@garymiller5937]

These systems are fabulous, and I'm sure they've saved untold thousands of acres and many lives from being destroyed! And a great big thank you to the US military for their part in these vital operations! Excellent informative video. Thank you. 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@SEBTECHDIY]

With drone technology, we could have a swarm of hundred/thousand drones automatically dropping loads of water at precises spot/lines. They could have a dedicated area to refill water and swap batteries at the same time, all automated.

[@lithiumvalleyrocksprospect9792]

About time! Pink rain saved my town 3 yrs ago... Wild Fire is our biggest threat

[@robedmund9948]

That ER-2 is a clever way to keep the U-2 flying. Just in case.

[@dougmorley2850]

I was in charge at Thomas Welding when the trailers were being built for the units to transfer them from construction to plane to plane . The trailers weighed around 10,000 pounds by themselves . Got to see some test runs plus the Firehawk helicopter units

[@manuelgarofanocardenas5199]

Hello everyone, very good video, greetings from Spain for friends from the United States.

[@vanroeling2930]

Igualmente!

[@richystar2001]

The water would evaporate before it even touched the ground.

[@edihderek3234]

Great minds, great innovations

[@johnrudy9404]

Design a rig for the C 5 Galaxy...10k gallons😮

[@robandcheryls]

Too slow, not enough thrust, just my opinion.

[@pinga858]

@@robandcheryls Not slow enough

[@trvman1]

So why not take the older KC Tankers that the air force is retiring and turn them into fire fighting planes?

[@markkarasik2211]

😎KC-135’s aren’t designed for low level flight or the much lower speeds that c-130’s and helicopters are capable of. They were adapted from airliners, meant to fly high and fairly fast. Other planes that tried to transition to low level flights had problems with low level turbulence causing additional stresses to airframes that caused fatigue failure of wings.

[@gkindustrialmachine1]

@@markkarasik2211 It's always something to mess up a good idea.

[@markkarasik2211]

@@gkindustrialmachine1 😎If we engineers designed things perfectly every time we’d be out of work pretty quickly so we make things very carefully to do one thing and if it can do two things we’re geniuses

[@gkindustrialmachine1]

@@markkarasik2211

[@mysygisun3335]

この設備は、KCタンカーを改造する必要はなく、 リアサイドドアの付け替えと、設備を乗せるだけで、 全てのC-130に搭載できます。

[@guymarentette2317]

Can it skim over a lake or river to recharge after discharging its load?

[@AgricultureTechUS]

Absolutely astonishing! It's a joyride of entertainment and intrigue.

[@ronj218]

How about even though it is slower it could carry more water etc. what I am talking about is a blimp. It could hover above a lake and pull in the water you could have engines that could move it faster.

[@martineastburn3679]

If California would only let them be online at first. When we lived out there in fire country of big trees small planes had 3 or 4 days before larger planes. Crazy if your house or barn burns down. Or whole towns. Hand crews are specialists and are employed only months of a year. They all have jobs that they can take off when needed. Even those that or housed in a compound are part time employees. I maintained two roads on my property. The lower one was for a Fire truck to stage if needed. We used it only rarely. The upper road was the homesite.

[@MrJeongseongkyu]

역시천조국😊

[@jeffbesotes6284]

Wildfire is a business, and business is good.

[@wuuubbits]

Why you say it is a business?

[@wuuubbits]

Make small intentional wild fires in order to have people a reason to do somethin and move money?

[@wuuubbits]

How many people would be needed to have a plane like that functional? Environmental impact from the retardant? Tunguska "solution" is more plausible but how do you replicate it?

[@OrabiAbdullah-ff9oc]

Can you just through special tanks that maneuvered to explode to water when touching fire

[@joeson7700]

Await winning CONTRACTOR Bid & satisfy their STOCK/ Shareholders DIVIDENDS

[@spidermight8054]

That ER-2 may be stationed in Palmdale, but they showed it landing near the beach. Pt. Mugu?

[@darthmelbius]

Not sure what is genius behind this?

[@victorgustavoolivera2465]

Pregunta, porque siempre es agua la que intenta apagar y la tierra es mejor, creería más pesada pero debe de dar mejor propósito o me equivoco

[@antoplumber]

Good ❤

[@darrinvandiest1238]

Maybe stop starting the fires, you know who you are.

[@thomassievers3362]

Sad to see those struggling trees getting there hopes up for a tease water drop…. A simple yes or no will do ffs

[@parker6634]

chemtrail cowboys

[@crawford323]

We sure don't want helicopters running together. Tragic.

[@user-he3sz2oe9t]

原来加州烧那么久没见扑灭😢

[@fat_boy647]

Without men power and machine, what will happened....?

[@wuuubbits]

Almost to zero chances of fires if humas aren t around;

[@unlisted773]

😂😂 I just knew you were going to start with "Since man invented fire..." What, no reference to the Wright brothers in this one? How else would you turn 5 minutes of substance into 15 minutes of revenue time?

[@user-bt2xn2ge8s]

Water goes on fire at 10,000 degrees. Need to create CO2 bomb or something. duh

[@MartinMartin-yi9to]

There are NO geniuses in the USA.

[@Unduplicatable]

I know it sounds too safe and profitable, it would save a lot of money and lives if they would just log and fire-break their land…. T_T

[@ihateemael]

come on Yanks!! it's still like a little boy peeing off a bridge . . u can do it. . go BIGGER

[@MrKimingu]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@Florian.84]

Not this again... not american...

[@Danvie777]

By posting an image and not explaining it because it is not included in the presentation, and because I am technically inclined, already knowing everything in presentation, YOU WAISTED MY TIME.

[@Tonyd5996]

That’s a shame as you could have been learning how to spell WASTED! 1:32 😂

[@brafrom4991]

Sorry, but these machines are not enough to combat the great fires in California.

[@gkindustrialmachine1]

Nothing's ever good enough for California

[@jasonborne5724]

California had a huge chinook helicopter referred to as “the Hammer “. Night fly capability 90,000 gal, 30 second refill, would put out fires at their inception and ground crews just did mop up. The California government grounded it . They had it sitting on the tarmac for 3 days at the beginning of LA fires, then when the fires were completely out of control they let it fly, but that’s not when it’s effective. Fires in CA are huge money for a lot of people, the governor gets to blame climate change and increase taxes, implement bogus expensive programs run by his friends. 60 minutes did a feature on the Hammer, and they were appalled. Being the good liberals they are, there was no follow up and the episode has been pulled from the internet. Nothing to see here……… CA politicians love huge fires

[@gkindustrialmachine1]

@@jasonborne5724 You and my brother would get along great....he's living over there in San Diego.....that's a compliment by the way.