How to do Pugachev's Cobra in the F/A-18 or F-16

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#21

i shall try :)

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#22

I will try this soon. Thanks for the ping, I probably wouldn’t have seen this :)

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#23

No problem! Please tell me how it goes when you try it. It should be a lot easier to execute!

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#24

Yep it does work. Just tested it

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#25

Nice!!! I’ve actually accomplished teaching it to someone! Can you maybe send a few screenshots of your attempt please?

#26

image

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#27

I wasn’t able to go up to a 90 angle but that the angle I was able to get to

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#28

Is this air speed?

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#29

Yeah it is

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#30

Yeah @Ken_wei KIAS= Knots Indicated Airspeed

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#31

How did it go @flyin_hawaiian?

#32

if you try very hard, you can make the F-18 do 180 (you can go on, but I managed to do ~200 at most)

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#33

Very true, it happened to me once or twice while testing

#34

went well! cant get any pictures as i did that on my ipad

#35

Nice!!! I hope you enjoyed doing it.

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#36

I tried this on a different jet and I found it a lot easier than the F-18

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#37

What jet??

#38

The F-16

The only problem is you go into a crazy stall

#39

Yeah @Butter575 I just tried it and it does work way better but you have to work to control the aircraft post stall