2’30" that’s my own JATO take-off from Cazaux Air Force Base some 25 years ago, when I was a MirageIV pilot… some 15 seconds of 5 tons extra-thrust gave me a 65 degrees pitch with constant speed. Thanks Mr Dassault for making suce beautiful planes.
Holy smokes that's awesome 😎 I was an aviation structural mechanic in the Navy, but worked on h60h helis. Big difference in aircraft style lol. Way to go for you being in that position, and nice job doing it 💪. That must have been crazy awesome. Jets used to take off all day long right behind my squadron, At night it was always mesmerizing to watch the afterburners etc trail them while they took off.
To be precise, the C-130 employed RATOG (Rocket Assisted Take Off Gear) The canisters were a solid fuel propellant, therefore a ROCKET. The venerable Neptune P2V5, for example, employed Jet Engine (JATO) Jet Assisted Take Off. Your'e welcome.
America be like:”Hey frank what if we put rockets on a big plane to help it take off from 10 metre runways?” Frank: “OH MY GOD DOUGLAS THATS A BRILLIANT IDEA JESUS CHRIST YOUR BLESSED DOUGLAS. IM TELLIN YA. YOUR FUCKIN BLESSED.” Bill:”I WISH I COULD KISS YA RIGHT NOW DOUGLAS WHAT A GREAT IDEA”
It's crazy I've been on those c130s that go to the arctic they're really cool. They have huge sleds that slide over the wheels and of course the jato rockets
Jet assisted take off? I assume you're talking about rocket assisted take off, it actually depends on the type of rocket and the fuel. Solid rockets can't be turned off, but liquid rockets can shut valves
No. The term JATO is ON the rocket bottles, ON the manuals for the bottles, and ON the control panels in the aircraft. The term “JET” refers to the historical use of the phrase “JET PROPULSION” for rockets. As also seen in the famous JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. The term “rocket” was associated with science fiction and fantasy, so the professionals like Robert Truax always used the term “jet propulsion” when referring to rocketry. The more you know.
Nope. The basic systems and configurations of the Air Force One airframe are well known, the only classified stuff is in the radios. Besides, JATO is huge, you can’t just “hide” in a tidy compartment.
Can they add Jet assists in commercial planes ??, for example in the hudson river crash if jet assists were installed the plane could have landed at the airport...
Well they aren't "jets" they are bottles of jet propellent and that's were the name came from and they are single used once you turn them on you cant turn them off since they are in essence solid fuel rockets and they only stop producing thrust once they run out of fuel so after takeoff they are jettisoned so they wouldn't have helped sully return home. The reason you cant put them on airliners is because they in essence are bombs that explode in one direction and slowly so if one fails like Challenger's booster did it would ignite the rest of the boosters and cause a pretty bad accident. And their purpose is to help take off quickly so they are at an angle so even if they could be re ignited and they weren't jettisoned they would cause the aircraft to be very hard to control because they burn all of there fuel quickly to produce a lot of thrust. And you wouldn't even need them on airliners because their only purpose is to help take off quicker and on shorter runways so there good for transport aircraft like the C-130 that are very big and need to lift a lot but if you need to take off on a shorter runway (look up Lukla airport) with an airliner you can use a STOL (short take-off and landing) plane like the De-Haviland Twin Otter that can take off extremely quickly so you dont even need the extra danger that JATO adds. TLDR: its way to dangerous when there are better and safer options out there and no it would not help with the Miracle on the Hudson
@@E60foamerWrong. They’ve actually been tested on airliners in the past. And the whole “jet” thing is explained in historical usage of “jet propulsion” in rockets, NOT jet turbine engines.
Awesome! Thank you for this video. Does anyone remember this story about an AF guy who installed one of those booster rockets onto his car? Sad story. Quite sad.
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This doesn’t adequately show how loud those things are. I saw Fat Albert do it a few times. It sounds like the entire Blue Angels team taking off at the same time.
WRONG unless you’re referring to UK usage, like RATOG. The term JATO is ON the rocket bottles, ON the manuals for the bottles, and ON the control panels in the aircraft. The term “JET” refers to the historical use of the phrase “JET PROPULSION” for rockets. As also seen in the famous JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. The term “rocket” was associated with science fiction and fantasy, so the professionals like Robert Truax always used the term “jet propulsion” when referring to rocketry. The more you know.
I saw the rest of the video and the "Mirage IV" was demonstrated. That is a French strategic bomber and more of a prevalent of fighter/bombers. Like the F-111,
I watched a YT video of when they tried JATO's/RATO's on Hercules' during the Vietnam war. The idea was abandoned after two Herc's blew up, killing the crew & destroying two aircraft.
What happens to him after they take off do they stay on the airplane? I served in the Marines in 2008 and I know the military waste a lot of money. I wonder if they just jettison them off the airplane afterwards. I see some of these airplanes taking off from airports and I think why didn't they just make the airport longer I mean I've seen a C-130 takeoff and land on an aircraft carrier Look up the video on RU-vid so these Rockets aren't needed which leads me to believe it's more needless spending from the military. I could be wrong though. But history is on my side.
It depends on which ones the ones we have on our C130 can be reloaded with the solid fuel if one has the means but there about the same cost but not quite as wasteful!!!!!
Watch the beginning of Delta Force. You will see how it actually its supposed to be used. To my knowledge that is how it is supposed to be used. This clips are for just for show on the way they are being used.
You couldn't be more wrong. The first aircraft in the video is an LC130 taking off on skis on snow. There's is a ton of drag associated with this so they provide the additional trust to be able to take off and prevent damaging the nose ski from additional abuse
@@junkfoo22 Actually the Jato is not ignited unless the Herk can get the nose ski off the ground/ice/snow during the takeoff run. Too much drag otherwise.
@@1979Spica So the British have something to do with the name change. RATO, describes the mechanism, the Rocket bottles, Assisting in the Take Off process,but JATO describes the Jet being Assisted in Take Off. The time these were explored and employed jets were starting to takeover for reciprocating engines. The turboprop engine of the C-130 is more akin to the jet than “regular” propeller driven aircraft, being small jet turbines with gearboxes added to power the larger propellers. If you look up JATO pictures it’s painted on the side of the bottles “JATO”, so it is a proper term. Smithsonian Museum has some nice artifacts.
Except the manufacturer of the rockets, Aerojet, as well as the US Military, and Lockheed Martin, all refer to them as JATO rockets. So JATO is not incorrect.
2:02 I remember when that plan failed I was in 7th grade, and they showed the Iranians parading the burned up remains of the American Helicopter crew that died, and people say thats why Carter Lost if it had been sucessful Carters Poll Numbers woudl have been up for the election, it was a stupid hair brained rescue plan
Nope. I don't like calling RATO 'JATO'. It's rocket-based or it's jet-based and I don't want 'em confused. I'm confused enough already. I think MOST of the assist systems have been and will be rocket-based. Jets in that range of sizes are too complicated to be reliable and might require too much airflow access to be effective. My take on it, anyhow.
Heat seeking missiles will easily take down any plane on takeoff. JATO will actually help you by reducing the time window you are at the height echelon vulnerable to MANPADS, which is the only type of AA missile realistically deployed this close to enemy airport.
