Take one very capable airplane and add fly-by-wire

[LVSteve]

Seems that the Qataris are getting a pretty good variant of the F-15 to play with, and play they do. These are some quite extreme maneuvers for a kite without thrust vectoring. Supposedly, the F-15EX the USAF is getting should be similarly capable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15EX

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6f4Pw3UHs[/ame]

Full article on the F-15QA here. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-15qa-flies-demo-unlike-any-weve-seen-from-an-eagle-before

 

[Nevada Ed]

A stall and then a back slip.............

Talk about putting it into slow motion, WOW !!

I'm thinking that pilot had a hoot .

 

[LVSteve]

A stall and then a back slip.............

Talk about putting it into slow motion, WOW !!

I'm thinking that pilot had a hoot .

Yep, a tail slide. Everybody held their breath at the Farnborough Airshow when this was done for the first time in the UK by a MiG-29. Fuel was pouring out of the intakes and there were mutters of "the engines can't possibly take that". Then the guy straightened up and flew on. Deride Soviet ingenuity at your peril.