Why US F-35 Pilots Take 2 Days to Fit Their $400,000 Most Advanced Helmet

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @OriginalThisAndThat
    @OriginalThisAndThat Год назад +615

    5:06 Im so glad he made it. Almost same for me about the age of getting interested about aviation. I was 2-3 yr old when traveling with my mom and there it was. Wanted to be pilot so bad (AF) and just 6 months before going in army I got injured in a car accident that wasnt my fault. Ended up having life changing injuries, and im sitting in wheelchair, got broken neck. It feels super bad but you gotta go forward. I am so happy when people get their dreams come true even mine wasnt so succesful. Go after your dreams and work for it.

    • @marlimoura6723
      @marlimoura6723 Год назад +8

      👉💪👏👏👏

    • @Mr.Robert1
      @Mr.Robert1 Год назад +27

      THAT SUCKS IF YOU'RE TELLING A TRUE STORY. NEVER KNOW ANYMORE WITH THE WEB.
      Lt Rob United States Air Force Retired.

    • @OriginalThisAndThat
      @OriginalThisAndThat Год назад +28

      @@Mr.Robert1 It is a true story. Things just happen in life. Not always the best way. You seem to be retired pilot, thats so cool! What you were flying?

    • @brothergigawatt2116
      @brothergigawatt2116 Год назад +2

      the f 35 is a turkey

    • @johnkennedysilveira1323
      @johnkennedysilveira1323 Год назад +3

      Even with back problems, you could became a pilot, I have 2 knees replacement, back and neck fusion, heart attacks. And still flying, instructing, driving. Bycicling,swimming,kayaking, and having fun with my wife,( well not to offtem lately) working 14 hours a day. Not bragging unless you're paraplegic you could still do it, I am 60 years old and still doing everything I did before get my spare parts on, GO FOR IT,BROTHER, a PP license is cheap, and you can fly your ass off. Civilian air is much better than military, try on..

  • @aaronsoto4622
    @aaronsoto4622 Год назад +55

    these guys unity and absolute professionalism at work always astounds me. They all work as an absolute unit. Mad respect too the military.

    • @scottsevers6194
      @scottsevers6194 6 месяцев назад +1

      When have you fought fires...wake up 😢😊

    • @ImGoingSupersonic
      @ImGoingSupersonic 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@scottsevers6194 The hell are you talking about

    • @HowToTouch
      @HowToTouch 3 месяца назад

      Respect for bombing little children halfway across the world? US airforce is made on the blood of children

  • @FrederickHdez
    @FrederickHdez Год назад +25

    My dream and that of many people was also to be a fighter pilot, congratulations to those who made it come true.

  • @bartonseagrave9605
    @bartonseagrave9605 Год назад +777

    $20,000 for the helmet, $380,000 for Top Brass and key Politicians.

    • @TheTrex600ESP
      @TheTrex600ESP Год назад +47

      Finaly someone who got it!

    • @800rmkpro
      @800rmkpro Год назад +41

      Don't forget the "big guy"😂

    • @adewalekehinde5057
      @adewalekehinde5057 Год назад +8

      🤣🤣

    • @sickofthebullshit1967
      @sickofthebullshit1967 Год назад +80

      No. The electronics and telemetry alone would be 100,000 plus,then the carbon fibre and kevlar composite helmet easy 50,000 then all the fittings,tubing,wiring thats made of the highest quality materials available would be another 50,000. Then include the inital design,and personlaised fitting and your close to 400,000 a pop. These helmets aren't go cart helmets,they are high tech cutting edge technology units.

    • @jordaanelectronics
      @jordaanelectronics Год назад +11

      Easy spending with tax money

  • @2011Rick
    @2011Rick Год назад +116

    A couple of clarifications:
    1. Monocular HMDs (Helmet Mounted Displays) have been around for 40+ years. The earliest US flyable prototypes were the Kaiser Electronics Agile Eye. I can't recall which USAF aircraft served as the original test beds. Magnetic tracker technology provided helmet yaw/pitch/roll; such technology required mapping of individual cockpits.
    2. The Kaiser Electronics/Elbit Systems,Ltd team subsequently developed the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) fist deployed on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and subsequent on the F-16 and F-15 Eagle. This is also a monocular system using a small monochome CRT and custom optics to provide the pilot with flight information, situational awareness, and target cueing capability. All this generation of fighter retained "convention" Heads-Up Displays (HUDs)
    3. The F-35 HMD is a different beast all together with incredibly challenging requirements including wide field of view binocular display, integrated night vision (mentioned in the video), extremely complex high tolerance optics, and weight/center of gravity requirements designed to enhance survivability in case of ejection (note the absence of paint on the pictured helmets). The capability of the F-35 HMD relieves the pilot of need for a HUD and a wide field of view HUD as seen on the F-15E in today's dollars I'm sure would be well north of the $400K and provide only a fraction of the capability of the helmet system. The helmet must withstand windblast during very high speed ejection and remain intact prior to ejection as the canopy fragments above the pilot's head. That entire aspect of the "helmet" development was well beyond the then state of the art.
    4. The binocular nature of the HMD requires fitting to the precise location of the pilot's eyes during fitting and this precision must be maintained during high-g maneuvers. If the helmet shifts on the pilot's head accuracy will diminish and the improper eye location can increase pilot fatigue.

    • @RIGAUX_
      @RIGAUX_ Год назад +3

      They’ve should’ve mentioned the F-4J/S where equipped with HMDs before being replaced by the F-14A in the late 70’s

    • @Bananaman162
      @Bananaman162 Год назад +3

      I know I heard him say that it’s the first to get an hmd and I was like ?? Most of them have them it’s weird when they don’t have them. Even the chinook has them

    • @planckstudios
      @planckstudios Год назад +1

      A while back I read about some helmet tech that mapped a camera's view onto a pilot's tongue (apparently w/ training the nerves of the tongue have enough density/res to be used as a 3rd eye). Have you heard about this? any thoughts on usability when flying/breathing?

    • @josephblanchard6248
      @josephblanchard6248 11 месяцев назад

      Thank you!!

    • @weareallbeingwatched4602
      @weareallbeingwatched4602 11 месяцев назад

      Seems surprising that a head-mounted optical magnification system for zooming in on distant targets was not considered as a possibility. Vibration and motion sickness is likely the issue behind the absence of head mounted binoculars, but I'd bet it can be done.

  • @roseanneroseannadanna9651
    @roseanneroseannadanna9651 Год назад +39

    Man, I was really impressed with the ladder part and how efficiently used it! Phuq the plane I want the ladder!

    • @Blackkavanje
      @Blackkavanje Год назад +2

      I will get you a ladder when One has Crashed here ...they often do here

  • @justadbeer
    @justadbeer Год назад +75

    Helmets sure have come a long way. Back in the old days I was into cross country dirt bike (enduro) riding and hung out with a lot of guys from all over the US. One old geezer from New Jersey who actually used to write for Cycle magazine back in the early 70's told me that there was an Air Force base near there and it wasn't uncommon to have a pilot eject over an area they used to ride called the Jersey Pine Barons. Riders would frequently be the first on site only to find a pilot hanging from his chute in the trees. He told me the price of getting helped down was tossing that helmet down first because back in the 60's, you couldn't get a better helmet than a genuine air force issued helmet. They probably cost $50 back then lol

    • @AlexTheFollowerofJesusChrist
      @AlexTheFollowerofJesusChrist Год назад +3

      That actually is believable. I live in the Pine Barrens in NJ and I live right next to Mcquire Air force base and they are always constantly flying over here.

    • @flyingwolffilms
      @flyingwolffilms Год назад +1

      @Ralph Reilly probably but it may have happened once.

    • @joaobranco2164
      @joaobranco2164 Год назад +1

      Although an AF helmet will, likely, be of little use on a bike... You see... No chin protection, if you're unlucky on your fall...

    • @TheDavidlloydjones
      @TheDavidlloydjones Год назад

      Uh, barrens maybe?

    • @bestieswithtesties
      @bestieswithtesties Год назад

      Doubtable. Not only would a service member face punishment for "misplacing" a piece of military issued equipment (they keep track of that stuff), not to mention any pilot ejecting like that would be well aware that a search party would be headed out for them.

  • @robertray1518
    @robertray1518 Год назад +12

    The "helmet’s" DAS and other displays are in the helmet. This replaces other displays in the cockpit, so in essence the cost is just shifted.

  • @sidescrollrtrav
    @sidescrollrtrav Год назад +29

    so kewl that in front of the intake of the jet, it was making little tornados. that is how perfectly designed it is. amazing.

    • @weirdmood8102
      @weirdmood8102 Год назад +3

      I thought I was seeing things until I just read this comment!

    • @Mc_Riib
      @Mc_Riib Год назад +7

      That’s how much suction that things got. You have to be extremely careful around them.. they’ll suck you up fast

    • @ashemgold
      @ashemgold Год назад +2

      Dyson designed...

    • @Mc_Riib
      @Mc_Riib Год назад +1

      @@ashemgold 😂😂😂😂

    • @ajkendro3413
      @ajkendro3413 Год назад

      This happens quite frequently when there is humidity around the aircraft. The F-16 was good at it with the intake so close to the ground.

  • @northstartacopilot61
    @northstartacopilot61 Год назад +83

    I worked on this project. Absolutely amazing technology, the price tag is worth the capabilities it brings.

    • @misaelcolon2255
      @misaelcolon2255 Год назад +7

      its not like an average civilian is gonna have a reason to buy those helmets...

    • @rhoefelmeyer
      @rhoefelmeyer Год назад +5

      @@misaelcolon2255 I wish I had a reason. I can't even be a pilot due to medical. Otherwise, how would I fulfill a Letter of Marque and Reprisal? I guess I'll need a frigate instead of A/C

    • @user-rk9np3yi3h
      @user-rk9np3yi3h Год назад +1

      돈으로하나봐요 화성에는누가돈냅니까

    • @VictorLarsen-fy9ls
      @VictorLarsen-fy9ls Год назад +3

      Nice PR attempt. But if we talk about one combat unit, it's just a cut of money, call a spade a spade.

    • @Otpevatel
      @Otpevatel Год назад

      😆

  • @castnerscutthroats9297
    @castnerscutthroats9297 Год назад +121

    Since the late 70's & early 80's it has always taken multiple days to custom fit a helmet for military pilot/crew members due to custom handmade edge rolls, custom fit liners (formerly poured, now just heated), bayonet; visor; flash blindness goggles & NVG attachment placement as well as custom made/fit masks

    • @Optikification
      @Optikification 8 месяцев назад

      Not in the RAF in the 80's, pilot comes in gets an helmet put on his head, pull some strings to tighten, fit the O2 mask so its snug not tight then lower the 2 visors to sit right just above the mask and off they went. All in all an hour max.

    • @jlo7770
      @jlo7770 3 месяца назад

      Dude they put bayonets on mf'ing fighter jet helmets? Is that for stabbin commies if your hands are tied up or what?

  • @mikekincaid7412
    @mikekincaid7412 Год назад +83

    This is why we had those very nice very expensive helmet bags . You don’t turn your helmet in .. you keep it forever.. but there was also enough room in there it was a nice little travel bag.

    • @roseanneroseannadanna9651
      @roseanneroseannadanna9651 Год назад +8

      No way, these helmets are CPU's etc.. I bet these don't go home with the pilot, just like the combat jet they signed for!

    • @Brickswol
      @Brickswol Год назад +11

      @@roseanneroseannadanna9651 lmao Imagine getting to keep the jet once you retire.

    • @FlixViewfood
      @FlixViewfood Год назад +8

      @@roseanneroseannadanna9651 you keep it forever because it was literally made just for you.

    • @roseanneroseannadanna9651
      @roseanneroseannadanna9651 Год назад +5

      @@FlixViewfood WOW! Really? Hu. I would assume it's just the actual head piece and not all the extra hardware

    • @tylerrunyan1428
      @tylerrunyan1428 Год назад

      @@FlixViewfood no u don't its a national security risk. don't want the tech getting reverse engineered by our enemies

  • @milesboehmer9969
    @milesboehmer9969 Год назад +9

    Awesome, US dis-abled army vet Thanks-for your service to all you pilots that help the grunts on the ground and thanks to all who serve

    • @lindaross783
      @lindaross783 9 месяцев назад +1

      Thank God for our grunts. We love you. Thank you for your service. All our military rocks.

  • @Chalisque
    @Chalisque Год назад +114

    I'm curious with these $400,000 helmets, how much of that $400k is from the bill of materials for it, and how much from amortising the R&D costs.

    • @dakotareid1566
      @dakotareid1566 Год назад +27

      Like everything else the materials is probably the lowest cost, then R&D, then labour. Considering that everything military is made in the US labour costs are insane

    • @selotmani1
      @selotmani1 Год назад

      just pay them mister citizen, it's the slavering of democracy.

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Год назад +5

      who should pay for research?

    • @Chalisque
      @Chalisque Год назад +5

      @@dakotareid1566 That's why I'm curious as to the distribution of the cost. For example, if such helmets were to become commonplace, much of the R&D is already largely done.

    • @Chalisque
      @Chalisque Год назад +8

      I think people misunderstand my question. I'm not saying e.g. 'research shouldn't be paid for' or anything like that. Just how much of that $400,000 goes each to bill-of-materials, manufacturing costs, labour for customising the helmet to each pilot, and also research and development. It's just something I'm curious about.

  • @TheDutchPathFinder1
    @TheDutchPathFinder1 Год назад +23

    Thank you for your service pilots.

  • @dienlanhcali
    @dienlanhcali Год назад +7

    I love America. My second home.

  • @JosephAntone-m4j
    @JosephAntone-m4j 11 месяцев назад +3

    My dream is to fly that awesome plane one day see u in the sky!!! Warriors

  • @robertconville6269
    @robertconville6269 6 месяцев назад +2

    All aviators are on a different level! Semper Fi!

  • @Timelt51
    @Timelt51 Год назад +16

    Very professional! I love your videos!

  • @ariandyonis9986
    @ariandyonis9986 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you sir for your distinct comments .
    Remerciements de France.

  • @mechanicjobs
    @mechanicjobs Год назад +252

    400K for a helmet is just another example of how the American taxpayers are getting fleeced by these defence contractors.

    • @mikekincaid7412
      @mikekincaid7412 Год назад +41

      A thousand for a basic Harley helmet. No sound integration.. no heads up displays.. no collision avoidance.. no navigation aid or contact with the guy next to you.. yea could be cheaper Mabey but I wanna know the dammed thing will work anytime and every time.. it’s my life rope

    • @jasonpmorganstein2480
      @jasonpmorganstein2480 Год назад +18

      Just like medical insurance companies

    • @scott4865
      @scott4865 Год назад +59

      As you comment from the comfort of your home playing your X-Box

    • @ClaudeMagicbox
      @ClaudeMagicbox Год назад +9

      True and most of that cost is for the (cool per se) feature of interacting with 32 external cameras generating the "transparent cockpit" in the pilots visor as he moves his head and can see outside even below his feet... all this in a platform that was never meant for close range dogfighting but as a powerful stealth standoff weapon that can attack both arial and ground targets from very far away, a lot before they can be visible to the human eye.

    • @ramonsrgravidez598
      @ramonsrgravidez598 Год назад +1

      For the good of one nation why you don’t buy it amazing invention

  • @BreakthroughProcess
    @BreakthroughProcess 2 месяца назад +2

    They are elite soldiers, and need to be equipped with the most advanced technology

  • @jBKht931
    @jBKht931 Год назад +4

    With all the info coming into the helmet what do the pilots do if they sneeze into it while flying?

    • @2011Rick
      @2011Rick Год назад +1

      The would be sneezing into the O2 mask, not the HMD

  • @Nightsight971
    @Nightsight971 Год назад +38

    I would like to see more F35B model type aircraft. When carriers are sunk and runways are cratered, it just makes so much more sense for everyone to be using a supersonic VTOL. The British taught us how to land the F4U Corsair on carriers during WW2 and they are at it again with the F35B. They have developed the SRVL (Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing) which doesn't require fuel or ammo to be dumped to reduce weight like the VTOL landing. The SRVL could be used on land as well if needed. Now I do understand F35B carries less fuel and ammo than the other variants, but those are the deficiencies that need more work. I support thrust vectoring for all aircraft and missiles. Not for the fun airshow manuevers that bleed energy, but for turning an aircraft as tight as the human body will allow and for short take offs and landings.

    • @scott4865
      @scott4865 Год назад

      Unfortunately they are slower, heavier and way less efficient than the A & C Models

    • @PBMS123
      @PBMS123 Год назад +1

      they are just not as good, they're slower, have a shorter op range, carry fewer weapons and require external parts for the 30mm gun.
      The B variant has deficiencies in order to work in a particular environment. Airfield engineers exist, and they can get a runway operational again from pretty bad bombing in a few hours.

    • @scott4865
      @scott4865 Год назад +1

      @@PBMS123 well first of all the deliver a 25MM round and second of all, while they have an F designation they bring way more technology to the battle field that being a “fighter” and bombing platform. The capabilities that they posses are way beyond any aircraft in the sky !

    • @PBMS123
      @PBMS123 Год назад +1

      @@scott4865 I'm talking specifically about the B model. Not the entire JSF platform, and as far as capability goes, like for like the A and C models are just better. STOVL is cool, and works on marine ships, but they just do not possess the capabilities that the A and C model do, I am not shitting on the Entire JSF platform. I'm aware its a 5th Gen fighter with battlespace management capabilities and sensors galore, basically a miniature single personnel AWACS and C2BM

    • @Mr.Robert1
      @Mr.Robert1 Год назад +2

      I must be tired.
      I can't this discide if you made a positive comment or your trolling. I will just have to read it again in the morning very late for me.

  • @MaharajaTactic
    @MaharajaTactic 5 месяцев назад +1

    True man's job! Beautiful!

  • @GIGroundNPound
    @GIGroundNPound Год назад +4

    Any thoughts on the mandatory engine upgrade that is rolling out?

  • @ashuazeem356
    @ashuazeem356 Год назад +2

    ❤ love presentation

  • @cgln8760
    @cgln8760 Год назад +18

    And only the best of the most adept and intelligent pilots know that you don't sit BEHIND the cockpit, you sit IN the cockpit. Most of the controls are designed to be more accessible that way.

  • @ForrestGumpWR
    @ForrestGumpWR Год назад +2

    Fly high brothers ❤

  • @josephhernandez5701
    @josephhernandez5701 Год назад +5

    That helmet it was insane And beautiful 😂😂

  • @AntonioRivera-lr7nw
    @AntonioRivera-lr7nw Год назад +2

    How long does it take the pilots to put on all their gear, and what would happen if there is en emergency that they have to respond to?

    • @steveswede8162
      @steveswede8162 Год назад

      2 minutes if you're slow.

    • @ajkendro3413
      @ajkendro3413 Год назад

      The pilots tend to wear their flight suit most of the time. It hardly takes any time to slip on the pressure suit for high g maneuvers and then their helmet.

  • @zan6585
    @zan6585 6 месяцев назад +7

    You don't have to make a 5 second pause after every sentence 😂

    • @jlo7770
      @jlo7770 3 месяца назад

      You do if you got a 2 minute video you need to drag out to 15-20 minutes for that fat youtube add rev

  • @rickwilliams967
    @rickwilliams967 11 месяцев назад

    That's faster than anything I've ever had fitted. Seems pretty reasonable for an incredibly advanced piece of equipment.

  • @falkenlaser
    @falkenlaser Год назад +4

    Knowing external fuel tanks could carry cargo = mind blown.

  • @marlimoura6723
    @marlimoura6723 Год назад +1

    😍👉 Lovely pilots!!! 😇💪🇺🇸👏👏👏

  • @jasonpmorganstein2480
    @jasonpmorganstein2480 Год назад +7

    Well it’s definitely the newest CPAP machine on the market!

  • @SeansoloUtube
    @SeansoloUtube Год назад +1

    ❤❤❤ALWAYS WEAR A HELMUT❤❤❤❤

  • @covrtdesign5279
    @covrtdesign5279 Год назад +8

    9:15 They weren't designed like that. They were first designed and used in the Vietnam War to drop napalm. We repurposed them in the Air Force for travel pods. My old unit used to go up to Maine in the F16's fill them with icec and lobster, and then fly back home!

  • @alext7202
    @alext7202 Год назад

    15:49 what could possibly be the explanation behind this callsign?

  • @rwhunt99
    @rwhunt99 Год назад +3

    Nearly all US fighters have HMD's from the A-10 and F-16 to the F/A-18 Super Hornet.

  • @alimuchenik9807
    @alimuchenik9807 Год назад

    WOW!!! THE BEST OF THE BEST! How does it feel to be that way???

  • @SirBender
    @SirBender Год назад +14

    This helmet is also used by German Typhoon pilots (since 2016). It’s not a technology limited to the F-35!

    • @Wutzmename
      @Wutzmename Год назад +1

      Rage much? Sheesh. I bet you are really fun at parties.

    • @subject1196
      @subject1196 Год назад +13

      Not quite the same. The Typhoon helmet is definitely cool, but it does lack one of this helmet's greatest research achievements: Being passthrough. The pilot can see through the cockpit to the ground with this helmet. That is not present on the Typhoon's.

    • @SirBender
      @SirBender Год назад +2

      @@subject1196 you are right! I forgot the passthrough :)

  • @chronblaze
    @chronblaze Год назад

    0:59 Is that a mirrored image or am I seeing a left handed flight stick and throttle on the right site? I've dreamed of that.

  • @sharongreenberg459
    @sharongreenberg459 Год назад +14

    The Helmet is developed by an Israeli aerospace and defense company Elbit Systems, and Rockwell Collins, another aerospace business. The F-35 helmet is probably the most advanced item in its class. The latter provided the helmet with an F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS), praised for its functionality and modernity.

    • @steveswede8162
      @steveswede8162 Год назад +1

      The gen 3s from Collins have crazy lag if you move your head too fast. Thales has the de facto state of the art helmet with the Gen 2 top owls.

    • @bestdrunkdriver
      @bestdrunkdriver Год назад +6

      makes sense considering the entire us military exist to basically protect Israeli

    • @tootaashraf1
      @tootaashraf1 Год назад

      @@bestdrunkdriver why

    • @Otpevatel
      @Otpevatel Год назад

      @@tootaashraf1 Because the US banks belong to a Jewish cell

    • @2011Rick
      @2011Rick Год назад

      The lag isn't in the HMD, but no doubt contributed by two or more components in the chain including Elbit's processor, the DAS , and/or other avionics associated with the convention flight/nav/weapons data display@@steveswede8162

  • @owenhester8766
    @owenhester8766 Год назад

    I've seen that same a-10 demoteam before. Gor some of their merch and saw both pilots

  • @douglaspost5097
    @douglaspost5097 Год назад +16

    I went into a motorcycle dealer one time years ago. They had a sign over their helmet saying "if you have a ten dollar head, by a ten dollar helmet." That was back when I don't think you could have paid $200.00 for a helmet if you wanted to. $400,000 sounds like a bit much. Kind of like the $600.00 toilet they had in the shuttle when they first came out.

    • @TRAPONOMICS
      @TRAPONOMICS Год назад +3

      What a lot of people don't understand is that when you win a government contract they force the company to service and fix things for the entire duration of the relationship also they might have you make something that they don't allow you to sell to anyone else, it's expensive because it has to be developed for one purpose and one buyer, ask rolls Royce to make you a custom car with a costum engine, they'll do it but you better be willing to spend yacht money

    • @joaobranco2164
      @joaobranco2164 Год назад +5

      When I raced sometimes people would be surprised when they asked me how much I paid for my helmet. I just replied: "Well... You can buy a cheap one, but if you ever need it you'll never live to know how bad it was..."

    • @djomegaminus
      @djomegaminus Год назад

      the toilet didn't cost $600, just the toilet seat cost $600.

  • @abc5456
    @abc5456 Год назад

    What do pilots have in those carrying bags?

  • @txman201
    @txman201 Год назад +3

    I would think it to be a lot safer and more comfortable to sit IN the cockpit as opposed to BEHIND THE COCKPIT as stated in the opening of the video.

    • @lindaross783
      @lindaross783 9 месяцев назад

      My cousin was a fighter pilot and let me sit in his A6 Intruder while it was in the hangar at Whidbey Island. My feet had some serious claustrophobia.

  • @JAlucard77
    @JAlucard77 Год назад +1

    I wonder if there's a degree of disorientation when 1st using the system

  • @OmniGuy
    @OmniGuy Год назад +4

    And "might" even prevent death.

  • @samuelpancake4084
    @samuelpancake4084 Год назад +2

    The helmets make flying this plane unreal

  • @davidgrisez
    @davidgrisez Год назад +10

    Wow, $400,000 for a specialized F-35 pilot helmet is a really high price. That is one of the difficulties with modern military equipment, the price gets higher over years as the technology gets more advanced.

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Год назад +10

      yea..like....$2000 cell phones for your kids

    • @scott4865
      @scott4865 Год назад +5

      It’s really not when you consider the integrations that are made into the helmet rather than into the plane I.e. thermal, radar and much more ( classified) etc ! It’s built into the helmet rather than the plane which actually makes it cheaper ! But thanks for the assessment of military spending which you have no clue about !

    • @steveswede8162
      @steveswede8162 Год назад

      ​@Scott yeah, the helmet for the 35 offloads all of that to the aircraft..... you want a fancy helmet look at the thames for the AH-1Z. that thing is $1mil+

  • @drvpgvng
    @drvpgvng 10 месяцев назад +2

    Imagine knowing you are in an aircraft worth more then entire cities you are flying over

  • @rafaelespinoza6530
    @rafaelespinoza6530 Год назад +3

    Confirm Roger that Amen 💕🤔

  • @CaptainCraigKWMRZ
    @CaptainCraigKWMRZ Год назад

    Great content.👍

  • @prasadrao2895
    @prasadrao2895 Год назад +4

    We have so much technological and logistical advantage over anyone in this world but we are still not able to have a decisive win over our enemies. All our post world war two wars have either ended in a defeat or stalemate.

    • @sawbasumner2171
      @sawbasumner2171 Год назад +2

      You can defeat countries, but it’s impossible to defeat insurgencies.

    • @lawren7615
      @lawren7615 Год назад

      Panama Grenada Iraq 2

    • @timw8646
      @timw8646 Год назад +2

      The reason is because we will always fight in someone's home turf and that is tough. Imagine a foreign country invading USA. Do you actually expect them to win? no.

    • @michaelmaddy278
      @michaelmaddy278 Год назад +4

      Lot of it has to do with politics, the US fights with rules don’t hit this target, or shoot unless shot at, don’t shoot untill you identify the target. Our enemies don’t have to follow rules they fight dirty an don’t care. The military didn’t lose those wars the politicians did.

    • @fernandoc.dacruz1162
      @fernandoc.dacruz1162 Год назад

      Tá! Quais foram as derrotas?

  • @aidenyang747
    @aidenyang747 Год назад +3

    Who’s here after Top Gun?

  • @Johnnybananass-_
    @Johnnybananass-_ 11 месяцев назад

    does the pilot then get to keep his helmet when hes done or its outdated, if each helmet is made to him?

  • @sirmeowcelot
    @sirmeowcelot Год назад +5

    Just ordered one in hot pink in Ali Baba

  • @bnkfah
    @bnkfah 10 месяцев назад

    คุนพ่อเจมส์ค่ะคิดถึงค่ะขอบคุนค่ะ คุนคงดืกอีกแล้วสิค่ะเบบ๋รออยู่บ้านค่ะ😊😊

  • @cas333
    @cas333 Год назад +17

    It's funny how your videos start with a 3 min. Section of the featured subject, and then 12-15 min. Rant on everything else 😄
    Still entertaining though

    • @Malisti04
      @Malisti04 Год назад +1

      My thoughts too. I still loved it 😜😂😂😂

  • @thebunnisher109
    @thebunnisher109 Год назад +1

    Same thing with my car. My secret weapon in traffic is my blind spot mirrors. Situational awareness counts for more than anything else.

  • @johnborell7510
    @johnborell7510 Год назад +4

    For a helmet? Come on now. No wonder why this country is in serious debt

  • @arturocampos9907
    @arturocampos9907 Год назад +2

    just fantastic info!!! great pilots!

  • @roostercogburn809
    @roostercogburn809 Год назад +34

    Seems like some gov contractor is getting rich off the taxpayers...

    • @fivestarlimos
      @fivestarlimos Год назад +5

      It’s called corruption at its finest

    • @theclashgod2650
      @theclashgod2650 Год назад +3

      Little do you know, some of the most complex technology you can think of is there, it’s a complete reflection of the plane, and everything the plane notices, you will notice, such as a missile coming from 50 miles away.

    • @roostercogburn809
      @roostercogburn809 Год назад +2

      @@theclashgod2650 not sure you call this a plane… and I don’t think you can say to me, little do I know…

    • @johnwhite2293
      @johnwhite2293 6 месяцев назад +1

      Economy of scale, if you are going to make 2 million of them doing the figures in my head for the technology in there $20k..$25k, if you are only going to make 300 then that is the price you pay, R&D is the biggest cost

    • @tigrecutty1234
      @tigrecutty1234 3 месяца назад +2

      It’s not just a helmet! I used to work for the company who designed the helmet for F35 and other fighter jets. This helmet can replace major devices on the main deck in the cockpit. It is one of the most advanced embedded systems in the airplane. In emergency, it also can save the pilot’s life.

  • @ShukreeTube1
    @ShukreeTube1 Год назад +1

    Do they get to keep the helmets when retiring?

    • @scottlecompte2400
      @scottlecompte2400 Год назад +1

      Probably so because the time they retire they will be outdated. The new helmets by then will probably be about a million dollars for each one.

    • @cliftonbrown4051
      @cliftonbrown4051 Год назад +2

      Yes. Hence custom fit
      Technology is removed if top secret of course

  • @jeno826
    @jeno826 Год назад +5

    I just wandering, if the cellphone can do harm to your health by keeping it to your head too long ,can you imagine what this helmet does to this guy’s wearing it for hours on their head ?

    • @REDWASP777
      @REDWASP777 Год назад +2

      I recently read an article regarding a high percent of cancers in Military Pilots & the Ground Crews. The culprit is breathing the jet fuel on a regular basis! THESE UNSUNG HEROS HAVE MY ULTIMATE RESPECT & UNDYING GRATITUDE! THANK YOU WYATT JEFFRÌES JR. FOR YOUR UNWAVERING VALOR IN VIETNAM! WYATT JEFFRIES JR. WAS A HELICOPTER PILOT THAT PICKED UP THE WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS OUT OF THE JUNGLÈS OF VIETNAM & FLEW THEM TO SAFETY & HOSPITALS WHILE BEING ASSUALTED BY ENEMEY FIRE! IM HONORED TO KNOW WYATT JEFFRIES JR! HE IS MY COUSIN! 🇺🇸

    • @howtonotbasic1383
      @howtonotbasic1383 Год назад +1

      Unless your phone explode while you were putting next to ear, I don’t think you have to worry. I’m no expert but I just don’t see how a phone could do any real damage just because you put it on ur head

  • @hobbyholic_LoveLive
    @hobbyholic_LoveLive Год назад +2

    멋진 헬멧... 멋진직업...

  • @EvilXero359
    @EvilXero359 Год назад +3

    The F-35 probably already has this but what would make it more formidable would be to add the capability to where the wherever the pilot is looking then an auxiliary machine gun would aim in that direction as well

    • @izzysykopth
      @izzysykopth Год назад

      Can’t or the stealth would be worthless.

    • @steveswede8162
      @steveswede8162 Год назад +3

      I think you're thinking about the HSS slewing feature that cobras and apaches have. The 35 does not have a turret system for its gun.

  • @lopebugarinvelascojr5397
    @lopebugarinvelascojr5397 Год назад

    Sir were can I apply for aircrew life support equipment or ALSE technician

  • @3613jeremy
    @3613jeremy Год назад +3

    That would suck accidentally hitting the bomb drop button and dropping your luggage over the ocean

  • @thesaints-7-andrew.
    @thesaints-7-andrew. Год назад

    Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
    Very interesting video.

  • @Michael-nh8ht
    @Michael-nh8ht Год назад +6

    None of the US F-35 pilots fly in 100 percent complete ubiquitous darkness if their heart is still beating and their soul has been redeemed by our God the father, his Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit that dwell within our heart, mind, body and soul.

  • @rodzilla355
    @rodzilla355 Год назад +1

    Does anybody know what that yellow thing is hanging from Navy pilot's flight harness?

  • @Akula114
    @Akula114 Год назад +5

    Only the most intelligent are selected to be fighter pilots? I haven't heard such creative writing since I built Japanese made scale models as a kid. Skill, training, a sharp and focussed mind, there are a thousand qualities that make a great fighter pilot. It is insulting, however, to the thousands of other airmen to use the word "intelligence" in this context. Of course they aren't Marines, so that counts against 'em, but for the most part I'm sure they are some very fine guys.

    • @rhoefelmeyer
      @rhoefelmeyer Год назад +1

      Pilots in general are not known for their intellect. I was an AF officer, but they made it clear they wanted program managers, not engineers. I am an engineer. We parted ways after one tour. I don't regret it. I also will not recommend military service to any of my grandchildren or cousins, as our current leadership are vermin, aka hot garbage, Communists. I do, however, urge and insist on learning COIN operations and techniques. It might come in handy. For dealing with emergencies. Yes, yes, emergencies.

  • @MilitaryTalkGuy
    @MilitaryTalkGuy Год назад +5

    When a helmet cost 400,000... well that is what is wrong with the US military program. Our spending is out of control and is totally unsustainable without continuing to add debt to our already overwhelming national debt.

    • @JankokJambura
      @JankokJambura 6 месяцев назад +1

      That's why USA 🇺🇸 pilots are the best 👌 pilots all over the world. No country have the pilot like the USA pilot, No doubt they are the best,

  • @magdymohamed1176
    @magdymohamed1176 Год назад +1

    USA number one ❤

  • @birdman1843
    @birdman1843 Год назад +3

    I wonder if a fighter pilot can even make 400k per year .

    • @OmniGuy
      @OmniGuy Год назад

      Yeah. How does he even afford the Helmut let alone the plane.

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Год назад

      they are not doing it for the money

    • @birdman1843
      @birdman1843 Год назад +3

      @@davidjones-vx9ju that was never my questions but thanks for your thoughts

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Год назад

      @@birdman1843 why don't you look it up?

    • @daltonturner3113
      @daltonturner3113 Год назад

      ​@Omni Guy Hope this is sarcasm. Military personnel don't buy their equipment, they are supplied them in return for their service

  • @alhodge4051
    @alhodge4051 11 месяцев назад

    very informative, thanks

  • @keithbishop9217
    @keithbishop9217 Год назад +4

    Not all fighter pilots attend the US Air Force Academy!

    • @daves536
      @daves536 Год назад +3

      Fact. I personally know several, and not one of them went to the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs.

    • @bilalabdi9148
      @bilalabdi9148 Год назад

      @@daves536 then how did they become pilots

    • @daves536
      @daves536 Год назад

      @@bilalabdi9148 There are plenty of way to become a fighter pilot without going to the Air Force Academy. Some went to Naval Academy, some did ROTC in which ever college they attended, while some did Officer Candidate School, and the Basic School to earn their Commission after graduating college then go to flight school. Lots of ways to get there - all of them difficult.

    • @BillyColeII-dr6dk
      @BillyColeII-dr6dk 10 месяцев назад

      Air Force ROTC or Officer Training School, have a Bachelors degree @@bilalabdi9148

    • @xris5697
      @xris5697 3 месяца назад

      @@bilalabdi9148Navy pilots don’t go to the Air Force Academy

  • @luntian2094
    @luntian2094 Год назад

    only the best to protect AMERICA🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @derekbaker777
    @derekbaker777 Год назад +4

    $400,000 is a lot of money for a helmet.

    • @probro6722
      @probro6722 Год назад

      It is, but the plane costs 250 times more. The helmet uses the plane's infrared sensors, and the pilot can see through the plane (like augmented reality) in any direction and engage enemies. You no longer have to aim with the plane's controls, but rather look at the enemy's direction using that helmet, and engage.

    • @derekbaker777
      @derekbaker777 Год назад

      @@probro6722: I heard we aren't making F22's anymore. Not sure if thats true or not, but I think they cost around $120 million per plane, which is super expensive, and the maintenance/operation costs per hour is also ridiculously high.

    • @nikhilsinha7730
      @nikhilsinha7730 Год назад

      It is absolutely, but the helmet eliminates a lot of clutter in the cockpit and makes everything incredibly user friendly and easier for the pilots, it is definitely worth it

  • @AntiPattern328
    @AntiPattern328 Год назад

    How does the supermodel feel about riding in the pilot pod?

  • @elloot8478
    @elloot8478 Год назад +3

    The f35 is not the first fighter with an hmd, some older planes such as the f-16, f/a-18, and even a-10 have it.

    • @tbus4079
      @tbus4079 Год назад +2

      It was integrated earlier into late model F-4s as well, though closer to HMS's

    • @BamaMatters11
      @BamaMatters11 Год назад

      Know what you're talking about before you say something so stupid smdh.

    • @2011Rick
      @2011Rick Год назад +1

      Those early HMDs were basic, but extremely valuable for certain functions. Symbology was created on small cathode ray tubes with no raster capability (stroke only). Great for flight/nav info , ground target designation, and air-to-air target acquisition. Tremendous technology of that era.

    • @xris5697
      @xris5697 3 месяца назад

      It’s called JHMCS

  • @dorianx4771
    @dorianx4771 Год назад +1

    Americans who sleep under bridges and cars are proud of $400,000 helmets

    • @ClaudiaGiron-wv6wj
      @ClaudiaGiron-wv6wj 6 месяцев назад

      A llorar al rio pro ruso

    • @dorianx4771
      @dorianx4771 6 месяцев назад

      @@ClaudiaGiron-wv6wj no, 4 pamers biden !

  • @listerine-pr5lt
    @listerine-pr5lt Год назад +3

    It Is 400 000$ helmet but if we have it done by a chinese manufacturer they can bring the price down to 2000$ at most ,yet 20% lighter and 50% brighter.

    • @borat1
      @borat1 Год назад +1

      Chinese manufacturers are worse, not sure what you mean by this.

    • @mindsoulbody
      @mindsoulbody Год назад

      @@borat1 Better questions is, and always will be, why a student can't pay for college tuition way less than the money spent on making this piece of headgear. But hey, we are here to feel supremacy in terms of firepower and military, why bother with student debt, high cost of medical?

    • @stevesinclair4159
      @stevesinclair4159 Год назад

      And have them brainwashed at the same time.

    • @dakotareid1566
      @dakotareid1566 Год назад +1

      @@mindsoulbodyusually cause college students would rather party with their loan money than use it for what it’s actually for and then they don’t pay any money towards said loans letting them build up to a huge amount

    • @borat1
      @borat1 Год назад +1

      @@mindsoulbody ok lol

  • @eoTVoke
    @eoTVoke Год назад

    Amazing 👍❤✈❤👍

  • @vegasmike
    @vegasmike Год назад +6

    If the US government is paying $400,000 for a helmet they are getting fucked.

  • @Animal.CUT...
    @Animal.CUT... Год назад

    It's really necessary this ladder (built in) what are the advantages ?!!!! ???

  • @williambeatty7781
    @williambeatty7781 10 месяцев назад +4

    Wow, is there any wonder the country is 34 trillion dollars in debt. This is a prefect example of just ridiculous cost overrun !!!

    • @thatoneVtolvrplayer
      @thatoneVtolvrplayer 9 месяцев назад

      On*

    • @encyclopediabrown1334
      @encyclopediabrown1334 8 месяцев назад +3

      Would you rather us be flying around in biplanes using spears as secondary weapons?

    • @thatoneVtolvrplayer
      @thatoneVtolvrplayer 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@encyclopediabrown1334 exactly

    • @backagain5216
      @backagain5216 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@encyclopediabrown1334How about if you recognize that is America kept out of foreign affairs there would be no need military?

    • @backagain5216
      @backagain5216 8 месяцев назад

      So true William. Too many “Let me at em” folks that think that’s the cost of freedom! ….. while many lose their homes.

  • @DoRullings
    @DoRullings 5 месяцев назад

    1:18 Growler Jams?

  • @tonysicily2687
    @tonysicily2687 7 месяцев назад +5

    So, 98% waffle, and still no information as to WHY it takes two days to fit.

    • @steveo601
      @steveo601 6 месяцев назад

      The helmet/pilot can see through the aircraft to target. Incredibly lethal flying machine.

  • @Boomy2nicce
    @Boomy2nicce Год назад +2

    That helmet is worth more than my entire life savings.

    • @XXLaffinGravyXX
      @XXLaffinGravyXX 6 месяцев назад

      and paid for by your taxes...nice to know its being well spent eh?

    • @Boomy2nicce
      @Boomy2nicce 6 месяцев назад

      @@XXLaffinGravyXX actually it is if I’m paying taxes at all I’d rather it go to cool innovative technology that is used to wipe out the “bad” guys.

  • @Budabaii
    @Budabaii 5 месяцев назад

    I wish somebody showed me top gun when I was five years old.
    If I could go back and redo my life, I’d make becoming a military pilot my singular goal in life.
    Maybe I’ll do it next time around.

  • @gonzalogonzalez7031
    @gonzalogonzalez7031 Год назад

    Nice video!

  • @limerick6522
    @limerick6522 Год назад +1

    Very interesting video!👍

  • @phunkeelove1
    @phunkeelove1 Год назад +1

    SICK!

  • @jantang1218
    @jantang1218 Год назад

    Боже, благослови Соединенные Штаты Америки, F.35, удачи в победе США.

  • @mikepeterson9362
    @mikepeterson9362 11 месяцев назад

    Fun fact for everyone: There was only one single production combat aircraft during WWII that cost more to build than just the helmets worn by F-35 pilots today. The B-29 Superfortresses managed roll off the assembly line at $580,000 a unit. B-17s were about $210,000 apiece, and P-51s were a paltry $52 grand. And before y'all start typing comments about how all that's just inflation, just remember at the end of WWII you could buy exactly 48 Chevy sedans for the price of a P-51. Today, the average price of a Chevy is almost exactly $52 grand, ironically, and you can get eight of them for the price of that helmet. You know how many Chevy's you can buy for the unit cost of the cheapest production lot of the cheapest variant of the F-35? You can buy 1600 of them.

  • @o5mm
    @o5mm Год назад +1

    أتمنى ان اصبح طيارا في يوم ما 🖤🦅