Why The US Airforce Ejected a Bear

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[@RealEngineering]

I know, I know. The clickbait is getting really unbearable. Thank you to AP Archive for giving access to their incredible back catalogue of footage. This video would have been impossible without it. kzbin.info/door/HTK-2W11Vh1V4uwofOfR4w

[@gentle2587]

“ unbearable “ I see what you did there ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) .

[@doctorboot7191]

unBEARable...lol

[@victorchui7254]

HA -.-

[@hope_youhaveagoodday]

I can bearly tolerate it, tbh.

[@brianmiller1077]

It's Ursinine!

[@Torus2112]

"Day 279: I have earned the airmen's trust, they still do not realize I am bear." -Captain Yogi Notabear, December 1961

[@thoda_pyo_6946]

Torus2112 🤣

[@KevAlberta]

Lmao

[@mathew66]

😂😂

[@boxingisthebestsportever]

Aryan partap K

[@boxingisthebestsportever]

Kev kizzi

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

"Because the pilot was uncomfortable having a bear in the cockpit".

[@alph5230]

Hahahaha

[@jimsvideos7201]

Alright you, credit for making me laugh.

[@-ahvilable-6654]

Who would've thought!

[@mazack00]

So... you're OK with the title of the video going totally unexplained?

[@malte291]

That joke was better than the video.

[@jeremyhall7259]

Design meeting: Guy 1: "How do we test our ejection seat?" Guy 2: "Eject a bear" Guy 1: Ah yes, eject a bear. Great idea!

[@FlymanMS]

Guy 2: I'm glad you're aproving of it. Now, more LSD and mushrooms?

[@taitano12]

Guy 1: "For us or the bear?" Guy 2: "Yes... Both" Guy 1: "Sounds good." Guy 3(the Black Ops Accountant): "Done."

[@thenotflatearth2714]

Guy 2: ok, just bear with me for the moment

[@vincec3590]

Should be a Monty Python skit ?? Bear ?? Where ??

[@CasperfI]

Bear has so much stronger body than a human's...

[@MrNicoJac]

At 35.000 feet.... and drugged up too, heh? Must've been the "highest" bear in history then!

[@svenvolwater5473]

😂👍🏻👍🏻😂👍🏻😂👍🏻👍🏻😂👍🏻👍🏻😂👍🏻👍🏻😂👍🏻👍🏻😂

[@shenagarrett4853]

Followed in a close second by Pablo EskoBear

[@axirnindar4171]

Are you french?

[@JamesTTierce]

There are bears on top of Mount Everest, dumbass. So definitely not the highest

[@yourerightmybad7363]

@@JamesTTierce swoosh

[@benitollan]

At first glance I read "Why the US Airforce REJECTED a Bear" and I was wondering why would they have refused the chance to examine a Tu-95.

[@Gotobar]

Benito Llan Matos I would have asked a better question. “Why did a bear try to join the U.S. Air Force?”

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

Why would the US need to examine the Tu-95? They had the B-29.

[@awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481]

Because they'd want to know exactly what the Tu-95 was capable of to better counter it.

[@benitollan]

Kevin Smith they also had B-52s. Having a Tu-95 would help them know their actual range, top speeds, all-aspect radar signature in different frequencies, better guess their maintenance costs, etc, etc.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

I meant it as a joke since the company who created it also re-engineered the B-29. The Bear shares some striking similarities with the B-29 with some modernization although the last plane built off the B-29 was the Tu-85 or something like that.

[@masungayongiro]

I bet Yogi is regretting that one picanic basket

[@felobatirmoheb4884]

I bet boo boo is still looking for him

[@patrickmcshane7658]

Smarter than the average bear 🐻

[@Cyberplayer5]

I guess Yogi was not smarter than the average test pilot....🤣

[@nappythegreat667]

I thought bears were Russia’s thing.

[@Tod357]

It was a warning to russia xD

[@josephjackson1956]

Drunk Napoleon no, they are also California's thing

[@AB-pl6zy]

same

[@barmalei9927]

There are NO Black Bear in ruSSia In ruSSia live Brown Bear - analog Grizzly

[@bly2489]

Russians test their seats with bald eagles.

[@rcbif101]

You never really covered the bear....where did it come from? Was it trained at all? What and how did they learn from the bear afterwards?

[@jesseback3536]

Exactly. We came for the bear, not a half assed history of ejection seats. Thumbs down.

[@beaconrider]

Well Yogi talked about it for weeks after. Boo-Boo wanted to try, but he was under age.

[@GrassPossum]

The bear was strapped in and drugged. If it lived that's all they needed to know.

[@varunnerurkar9418]

Half arsed history? This video pretty much covers all you need to know about ejection seats - the challenges of its design and the thought that went into it.

[@GrassPossum]

Even when it is interesting it is too much for some people. They are looking for cat videos and funny animals and don't want to be distracted by knowledge.

[@thenotflatearth2714]

“ you think this ejection system would work?” “ ok just bear with me “

[@RinoaL]

I just want to say the footage in this video of air battles is amazing just by itself.

[@VladLad]

Britain: How do we test this America: ...not sure Soviet Union: Bear Britain: Wh..What Soviet Union: I SAID BEAR

[@nekotamo5154]

America: Instructions unclear, bear loose in kindergarten

[@aspiranttobeapatrioticcana6748]

@@nekotamo5154 Britain: Oh Cock

[@cacao1312]

BEAR CUM

[@raymundom6974]

Nani?

[@cacao1312]

ArmchairWarrior still safer than France,Germany,Sweden,Canada and the rest of the countries letting all refugees in they deal with much worse

[@craigw1379]

Yogi was told to only eject if he had a Boo Boo.

[@orangelion03]

This former ejection seat test engineer approves. One of my engineering professors worked for Coleman engineering when they built the test track at Hurricane Mesa in Utah, then later worked at Stanley on the B-58 capsule and Yankee extraction system. His stories inspired me to seek a position with McDonnell-Douglas Escape Systems, ending up there a few years after graduating. Worked with development of Minipac seat and ACES II advanced sequencer. Good times. Sled tests at Hurricane and Holloman AFB, flight tests at China Lake.

[@obfuscated3090]

Very cool career! Retired USAF maintainer (Phantom, Bronco and F-16) here. Your work is saving lives to this day.

[@philipcooksey3422]

I'm at the holloman track!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

*NEXT VIDEO* *Why the Soviets ejected a bear from an Amphibious Craft*

[@2450logan]

With Putin riding on top, with a machine gun.

[@charr3d]

To storm the front lines of course

[@spacekraken666]

Because he drank all the vodka and didn't play balalaika

[@wizzzer1337]

Red Alert 3 much?

[@beau64]

The thing is that actually did

[@TheScienceBiome]

If you read the title without any context, you won’t be able to bear the confusion.

[@jacquesdeburgo2878]

Ugh

[@FEARbraveheart]

What a grizzly pun

[@maxwellchen5609]

Bear: *exists* US Air Force: Its free real estate

[@TommoCarroll]

-A real -*-grizzly-*- turn of events, that must have been a real un-*bear*-able experience- *Fur* the love of god! That must have been a *bear*-y tough time for the animal! They could have at least kept him warm by not making him go *bear*-foot

[@RealEngineering]

Stealing my puns!

[@TommoCarroll]

Ah no! I just realised that my sir! 😅 Unintentional! I'll have to think up a new one!

[@TommoCarroll]

Amended 😂

[@RealEngineering]

Hahaha you actually redacted it.

[@TommoCarroll]

I'm a man of my word haha! ...and I'd make a great collab...(had to take the chance 😅)

[@jokerhellfirez5752]

Because they found out that the bear was a communist spy for USSR

[@Bullman8]

I was there when they raped that bear

[@Bullman8]

@ur mom negative

[@charlesjakesamadan4008]

@Rafael Enriquez Lmao

[@kaiishere016]

I guess he didn't thank the plane pilot

[@brendarua01]

What? Wait! A test subject is wearing a button down white shirt and tie? (4:30) That's crazy!

[@hadinossanosam4459]

Yeah, never forget the safety tie! xD

[@jawms]

@@hadinossanosam4459 heh.. Furze reference

[@13thSystem]

He was from the UK, what did you expect? I'm surprised he wasn't holding a cup and saucer while ejecting.

[@hebl47]

Ah yes, a more civilized time that was. I didn't say more practical, just more civilized.

[@MaccGabhann]

@@13thSystem "another Irishman, Bernard Lynch..." You must be confused

[@JorgeL721]

Eyy Boo boo, look at what I found in this picnic basket! [Thoom] zZzZz........BOOO BOOOO!!!!! WHERE AM I!?!?!

[@tristanmoller9498]

Really enjoyed this wholesome short documentary. Nice that you made a circle back to the bear at the end and the smoothness into the ad wasn’t missing as well. You deserve a like

[@nathanp5877]

Toooo many bear puns, I can Bearly handle them!

[@aerobyrdable]

You think this is bad? This is the bear minimum.

[@thenotflatearth2714]

So instead of wearing gloves, they fly planes with their BEAR hands

[@thewiig2170]

Yogi was looking for a picnic basket

[@zakisaacson2188]

The way you went from ejection seats' incremental improvements in mideos... twisted my brain for 10 seconds. I thought I was missing time or fell asleep and woke up in a commercial. Well done.

[@FutureNow]

I like the use of citing sources you have here, I may start using something like it to mark where each source is being used rather than simply listing it in the description.

[@AC-yj4fq]

4:42 When you find out you're the father xD

[@Otokichi786]

"Yogi: More dopey than the average bear.";)

[@i_like-planes]

I really appreciate how you put citation numbers throughout the video. I wish more youtube creators would do the same.

[@browsebrowserton8409]

The quality of your videos just keeps getting better!

[@mr.techaky7655]

6:42 That feeling you get when you're clearing a room in a live fire drill and you get hit by an entire magazine of your buddies' brass.

[@chomabcjabeb233]

Be real engineering: Make videos about why plane windows are round and why I beams are shaped like an I a while ago. Now makes: bear eject

[@Misterdalyus]

Your smooth advertisement transitions never cease to amaze me!

[@brianwyters2150]

I saw the numbers in the left bottom corner. It's nice to see one of my favorite channels improve their videos.

[@Platyfurmany]

"It was tested by a lunatic by the name of Jim Hall." Damn! I love that line!!! Btw, thank you for giving us such pun-rich material for us to work with. Everyone else will just have to bear through them all.

[@felixalthaus4093]

Obvious: It was in the US Bear Force.

[@MegaEmmanuel09]

I like how you can hear him hold back a laugh when going into the sponsor spot at 10:12

[@dan725]

Binge watching your channel. As an engineer, this channel is AWESOME! Why did I discover this too late?! Beautiful content! I’ve also been showing these to my niece! You explain everything so easily, that everyone of all skill levels can appreciate. THANK YOU for your time and effort in making these!!! SUBSCRIBED.

[@millenniumf1138]

When you mentioned the company Martin Baker, it reminded me that the two rear seats in the Millennium Falcon cockpit set as well as the one next to the navicomputer in the main hold set were made from Martin Baker Mk IV ejection seats used on the RAF Sea Venom plane. You can even see the rails on their backs where they'd be attached to an airplane to shoot them up and out of the cockpit.

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

They had to develop a special Bearachute.

[@jimsvideos7201]

This comment has this far gone badly under-appreciated.

[@RN1441]

Take your damn upvote

[@jonnereesink5452]

Your voice is really nice to listen to, and I always learn somethingnew, great vids and channel.

[@atarool]

Thanks for the vid, love your work

[@shanegrimes3455]

Russian test their seat with bald eagle😂😂

[@oxide8696]

But the Bald eagle flies.

[@Sokar599]

Loving the videos man. I'm studying engineering myself and your videos show me the bigger picture. Thanks!

[@yogeshsingla131]

Thank you for not using click bait titles anymore. A serious channel like yours dont deserve these belittling marketing gimmicks

[@derubersoldatx]

Dude I love this channel keep up the GREAT work.

[@voidytb]

@Real engineering, you've totally ignored Soviet ejection seat development history. Which was quite fascinating. Included such facts: 1. They used dogs instead of bears (on early vertical rail testing) 2. There was a case when pyrotechnical screwed up which resulted 5x or something more acceleration then it was planned. Which proofed that human can handle high but short term increased G forces 3. Early testing was conducted on ww2 era 2-tails aircraft (Pe-2 if I'm not mistaken) to minimize risk of injury (contrary to 1 tail plains) 4. At the beginning pilots were distrustful with ejection seat so tour though military aerodromes was conceived with 2-seat aircraft ejecting professional paratroopers on each stop while asking volunteers from each regiment 5. At least one design of ejection seat included feature like automatic attachment of canopy to chair during ejection to protect pilot from supersonic flight (making effective capsule for a pilot)

[@jfbaquero]

Great video, but it would be nice to have a parallel with the Soviet ejection seat designs, it seems there some of their designs are better. Ever seen the ejection from a doomed Mig 29 in the 1989 Paris airshow? That was pretty extreme.

[@gonun69]

Dude your transitions to your sponsor are always soooooo smooth!

[@USTankslashercoal]

My second flight in the T-38 and an engine failure on final approach had us seconds from a bail out. Regained control but i was already rattled. It's a scary thought being strapped to a rocket chair but after a while you don't think about it much. This is an excellent video and explanation of this lifesaving device

[@valentinmoeller]

Excellent Video!

[@YukariAkiyama]

Dang, you have a verified badge and still only have 3 likes?

[@jacksaitama5729]

@@YukariAkiyama yeah!

[@hornetluca]

This channel has grown up fast

[@wendellfugate4225]

Thank you so very much for posting this. I remember the Polish artillery bear who smoked cigarettes during WWII and " Laika ", the cosmonaut- hound Russia sent up to test potential human safety prior to Homo sapiens being risked.

[@brianbob7514]

nice transition into the add on the end, next level.

[@-caesarian-6078]

1:43 when your ME-163 runs out of fuel.

[@orangelion03]

They always ran out of fuel =) They used the rocket to gain altitude and make one firing pass, then glided to a landing.

[@mehdico845]

POOR BEAR LOOK AT HIM XD

[@RealEngineering]

To add insult to injury the killed it after for a medical examination of it's internal organs.....

[@Ottee2]

Oh, forfuxsake, that's horrible.

[@ryanmosey5932]

Bravo! Who knew ejection seats could be made into such an interesting short doc.

[@artemkiselev7412]

Your new thumbnail style is awesome!

[@duncancargill6371]

I would have liked to see the ejection seats from the USSR in this as they work well but have different in design philosophy. But thanks for that.

[@76tennboy]

What was the state of the bear? That’s the whole reason I came here not for a history lesson on ejection seats although entertaining as it was. I want to know what happened with the bear

[@Bluswede]

I can BEARly wait for the next video!

[@niblack11]

You’re so good at this. If I had the money I would buy your more in-depth show. Very clever in the continuity of show to add.

[@andrewn327]

Sounds too much like a Half as Interesting video.

[@dandanlec1996]

How DARE you imply that he copied half as interesting. Practical engineering videos are at least twice of what Half as Interesting's videos are.

[@InfamousArmstrong]

@@dandanlec1996 Practical Engineering is a different channel. This is RealEngineering.

[@twenty-fifth420]

They are both the sameish type of channel, I am subscribed to both. So I can see it lol.

[@awhahoo]

Daniel Le Coz Lmao calm down

[@IamJay]

That is *"unBEARable"* to watch.

[@ilyafilru]

Nice video. I worked on SJU-5 and SJU-17 seats in the military. I'm very familiar with Martin-Baker seats. Always wanted to go for a ride in one. :)

[@jimsvideos7201]

Also having flown in a high-performance aircraft I can tell you that getting to the hold-short line on the runway and rotating the handle to 'arm' is a hell of an experience. I mean nothing happens for doing that of course, but a lot of things *could.*

[@nelsondisalvatore9812]

Shouldn't have stealed all those picinc baskets

[@tariqk.2145]

Bears?

[@kevindoyle1884]

It's great to hear about Irish men that played an important role in history very inspiring loved the video

[@henrycarlson7514]

Interesting , Thank You. A fine reminder of the countless hours of design and testing

[@ORIONGaming]

Un-bear-ievable, great work.

[@couch9416]

I love when non germans try to say german things like Luftwaffe

[@KuraIthys]

I love when Germans try to speak dutch. Funniest thing I ever heard in my life. XD

[@alex39977]

they should just give up and say liftwaffle.

[@greatwolf5372]

I also love it when Germans speak English.

[@volcryndarkstar3283]

I love it when Germans try to take over the world then we stomp their dicks into the dirt, redraw their borders, steal their best scientists, and use the advances those scientists yield so that *WE* can take over the world. Good times.

[@kilikus822]

lmao fucking savage

[@rhynosouris710]

Throwing live bears out of an airplane has been a sport in my country for many years. We call it Yogi tossing. We have many national Yogi tossing tournaments. Soon will be an Olympic event

[@Silent.Program]

I really like the reference notation in the video!

[@SS-lp8fu]

beer...

[@muskokamike127]

9:52....wouldn't want to have been the pilot on the right ffs.......he's lucky he wasn't vaporized by the rocket boosters!!!

[@boffinboy100]

Considering the topic of ejection seats, surprised you didn't cover the downwards ejection systems, or the Zvezda K36 which nost notably saved A.Kvochur when his MiG-29 experienced a flame out during a low speed low altitude pass at an airshow.

[@manuellorenzo4655]

That was a smooth transition into the add

[@limejet]

"parashoot"?

[@andynguyen1746]

lol

[@MissFayeLatham]

yea, I was wondering

[@TheJttv]

Random fact: F104 prototypes had a downward firing ejection seat

[@TheJttv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHTLon2Pbrutirc#t=13m44s skip to 13:44 if the link does not work.

[@aidanpysher2764]

A B-52 has two downward firing seats.

[@MichaelSteeves]

I heard a story (urban legend) from my air-force uncle that one pilot was practiced with the downward ejection, had an engine failure on take-off, rolled the plane over ---- and ejected straight into the ground.

[@maldoran9150]

I have become so good at immediately recognizing the segway sentence leading into the sponsor message :)

[@RealEngineering]

Funny story I was watching a show on TV the other day and the actor said "that guy clearly doesn't have a degree in web design". I full on expected a Squarespace to appear.

[@imaginaryfriend4004]

That video to sponsor transition was so smooth I didn't notice until It was too late

[@samuelfeder9764]

Nice video but I really didn't like the clickbaity title and thumbnail on this one... It feels doesn't feel like your style and makes the video feel cheap. (I actually almost skipped the video because at first I didn't realize it was yours and it looked cheap...)

[@thenotflatearth2714]

Too many bear jokes

[@malcolmdickinson3712]

Wonderful video! I had a real laugh at 7:20 when I saw that the interim seat ejects a "parashoot." ParaSHOOT! :-D

[@A7XKoRnRocks1]

Thank you Martin Baker for saving my dad ejecting in 1988!

[@codycabler9230]

Un-bearable....hehehe

[@rhamby3470]

So many puns

[@rickrutledge9363]

Does a bear $#!& in the woods? That one did about 40,000 feet above the woods...

[@LethLee]

Hi, I have been watching a lot of your videos about Energy storage and production. Could you do a video on Inertial Energy storage, or flywheels? Please keep up the great videos!

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

Worth watching for the Jim Hall comment alone; Very educational and interesting.

[@JohnSmith-td7hd]

This reminds me of that totally unrelated time we snuck into Russian and stole one of their bears, and thought it'd be funny to use as a test pilot for a new ejection seat. Good times :)

[@normieloser6969]

u don't need planes with artillery only ;)

[@hymanocohann2698]

The legend, normieloser69 got to spot targets...check out " the great war"

[@nekotamo5154]

Oh you sweet summer child, you must think Paradox is when you have two irreconcilable facts too :P

[@technowarriorstv]

if your wondering how it feels in the aces II ejection seat the whole thing takes 1.2 seconds and you will pull between 12 to 15 Gs and you will lose a quarter of a inch to 2 inches

[@oliverdobson5199]

Also interesting to note is the ejection capsule utilised on the XB-70, which shielded the occupants in a clamshell compartment allowing for supersonic ejection. Also the early ejection seats in the F-104, which fires downwards as opposed to upwards in order to clear the high tailplane and vertical stabiliser. Safe to say that was an awful idea for any sort of low altitude ejection, but as you mentioned the technology to successfully propel the pilot away from the aircraft at high speed really didn’t exist until fairly recently.

[@fuzzzeballs]

poor animal

[@algrayson8965]

Almost all adult bears in the USA 48 meet their ends by: · hit by motor vehicle · hit by train · shot (by gun, not by airplane)

[@fuzzzeballs]

still sad the way animals are treated, i have a problem with empathy

[@fuzzzeballs]

be ok if they are a muslim yeh, or black

[@zanityplays]

@@fuzzzeballs that went dark quickly

[@fuzzzeballs]

i dont get out much

[@AchwaqKhalid]

That's not cool 😢

[@sgewirtz1]

That was a fucking great transition at the end. Well done.

[@o.429]

Humans: We will eject you from a fighter jet. Bear: Hold my honey, give me drugs.