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

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  • čas přidán 5. 03. 2023
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  • @OriginalThisAndThat
    @OriginalThisAndThat Před rokem +555

    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 Před rokem +8

      👉💪👏👏👏

    • @Mr.Robert1
      @Mr.Robert1 Před rokem +22

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

    • @OriginalThisAndThat
      @OriginalThisAndThat Před rokem +25

      @@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 Před rokem +2

      the f 35 is a turkey

    • @johnkennedysilveira1323
      @johnkennedysilveira1323 Před rokem +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..

  • @FrederickHdez
    @FrederickHdez Před 11 měsíci +11

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

  • @robertconville6269
    @robertconville6269 Před 4 dny +1

    All aviators are on a different level! Semper Fi!

  • @2011Rick
    @2011Rick Před rokem +98

    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_ Před rokem +2

      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 Před rokem +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 Před 5 měsíci +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 Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you!!

    • @weareallbeingwatched4602
      @weareallbeingwatched4602 Před 5 měsíci

      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.

  • @castnerscutthroats9297
    @castnerscutthroats9297 Před rokem +114

    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 Před 2 měsíci

      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.

  • @dienlanhcali
    @dienlanhcali Před rokem +3

    I love America. My second home.

  • @roseanneroseannadanna9651

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

    • @mthokozisicele7067
      @mthokozisicele7067 Před rokem +2

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

  • @mikekincaid7412
    @mikekincaid7412 Před rokem +80

    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 Před rokem +6

      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 Před rokem +8

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

    • @CookieSnachers
      @CookieSnachers Před rokem +7

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

    • @roseanneroseannadanna9651
      @roseanneroseannadanna9651 Před rokem +4

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

    • @tylerrunyan1428
      @tylerrunyan1428 Před rokem

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

  • @aaronsoto4622
    @aaronsoto4622 Před rokem +39

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

  • @northstartacopilot61
    @northstartacopilot61 Před rokem +78

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

    • @misaelcolon2255
      @misaelcolon2255 Před rokem +7

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

    • @rhoefelmeyer
      @rhoefelmeyer Před rokem +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 Před rokem +1

      돈으로하나봐요 화성에는누가돈냅니까

    • @VictorLarsen-fy9ls
      @VictorLarsen-fy9ls Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      😆

  • @justadbeer
    @justadbeer Před rokem +71

    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 Před rokem +1

      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 Před rokem +1

      @Ralph Reilly probably but it may have happened once.

    • @joaobranco2164
      @joaobranco2164 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      Uh, barrens maybe?

    • @bestieswithtesties
      @bestieswithtesties Před rokem

      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 Před rokem +11

    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.

  • @captiantim1
    @captiantim1 Před rokem +12

    Good thing we have all this security, protecting all our homeless and drug riddled streets ,

  • @TheDutchPathFinder1
    @TheDutchPathFinder1 Před rokem +20

    Thank you for your service pilots.

  • @sidescrollrtrav
    @sidescrollrtrav Před rokem +28

    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 Před rokem +3

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

    • @Mc_Riib
      @Mc_Riib Před rokem +6

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

    • @ashemgold
      @ashemgold Před rokem +2

      Dyson designed...

    • @Mc_Riib
      @Mc_Riib Před rokem +1

      @@ashemgold 😂😂😂😂

    • @ajkendro3413
      @ajkendro3413 Před rokem

      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.

  • @milesboehmer9969
    @milesboehmer9969 Před rokem +7

    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 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @user-cu9if5ey7g
    @user-cu9if5ey7g Před 5 měsíci +3

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

  • @GIGroundNPound
    @GIGroundNPound Před rokem +4

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

  • @drvpgvng
    @drvpgvng Před 4 měsíci +2

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

  • @rickwilliams967
    @rickwilliams967 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @josephhernandez5701
    @josephhernandez5701 Před rokem +4

    That helmet it was insane And beautiful 😂😂

  • @Chalisque
    @Chalisque Před rokem +112

    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 Před rokem +26

      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 Před rokem

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

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Před rokem +5

      who should pay for research?

    • @Chalisque
      @Chalisque Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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.

  • @samuelpancake4084
    @samuelpancake4084 Před 11 měsíci +2

    The helmets make flying this plane unreal

  • @thebunnisher109
    @thebunnisher109 Před rokem +1

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

  • @Timelt51
    @Timelt51 Před rokem +16

    Very professional! I love your videos!

  • @OmniGuy
    @OmniGuy Před rokem +3

    And "might" even prevent death.

  • @ariandyonis9986
    @ariandyonis9986 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @arturocampos9907
    @arturocampos9907 Před rokem +2

    just fantastic info!!! great pilots!

  • @sirmeowcelot
    @sirmeowcelot Před rokem +4

    Just ordered one in hot pink in Ali Baba

  • @bartonseagrave9605
    @bartonseagrave9605 Před rokem +651

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

    • @TheTrex600ESP
      @TheTrex600ESP Před rokem +38

      Finaly someone who got it!

    • @800rmkpro
      @800rmkpro Před rokem +30

      Don't forget the "big guy"😂

    • @adewalekehinde5057
      @adewalekehinde5057 Před rokem +7

      🤣🤣

    • @IDGAF56852
      @IDGAF56852 Před rokem +60

      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 Před rokem +9

      Easy spending with tax money

  • @ForrestGumpWR
    @ForrestGumpWR Před 11 měsíci +1

    Fly high brothers ❤

  • @alimuchenik9807
    @alimuchenik9807 Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @rwhunt99
    @rwhunt99 Před 5 měsíci +3

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

  • @jasonpmorganstein2480
    @jasonpmorganstein2480 Před rokem +7

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

  • @owenhester8766
    @owenhester8766 Před rokem

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

  • @Boomy2nicce
    @Boomy2nicce Před rokem +2

    That helmet is worth more than my entire life savings.

    • @XXLaffinGravyXX
      @XXLaffinGravyXX Před 3 dny

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

    • @Boomy2nicce
      @Boomy2nicce Před 3 dny

      @@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.

  • @falkenlaser
    @falkenlaser Před 10 měsíci +3

    Knowing external fuel tanks could carry cargo = mind blown.

  • @jBKht931
    @jBKht931 Před rokem +4

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

    • @2011Rick
      @2011Rick Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @hobbyholic_LoveLive
    @hobbyholic_LoveLive Před rokem +2

    멋진 헬멧... 멋진직업...

  • @ericphantri96734
    @ericphantri96734 Před rokem

    The best hidden communication for extra pilot chanel was maybe using sunlight or darkness converter with option switching between normal mode and light power sound

  • @Nightsight971
    @Nightsight971 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

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

    • @PBMS123
      @PBMS123 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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.

  • @cgln8760
    @cgln8760 Před rokem +17

    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.

  • @marianosantopinto
    @marianosantopinto Před rokem +1

    I would love to do that. It just about to do something different. I would really enjoy it

  • @ashuazeem356
    @ashuazeem356 Před rokem +1

    ❤ love presentation

  • @SirBender
    @SirBender Před rokem +13

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

    • @Wutzmename
      @Wutzmename Před rokem +1

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

    • @subject1196
      @subject1196 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +2

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

  • @txman201
    @txman201 Před rokem +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 Před 2 měsíci

      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.

  • @brealistic3542
    @brealistic3542 Před rokem +2

    Soon it will be all video game warriors flying military fighter drones..

  • @limerick6522
    @limerick6522 Před rokem +1

    Very interesting video!👍

  • @vegasmike
    @vegasmike Před rokem +5

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

  • @roostercogburn809
    @roostercogburn809 Před rokem +21

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

    • @fivestarlimos
      @fivestarlimos Před rokem +4

      It’s called corruption at its finest

    • @theclashgod2650
      @theclashgod2650 Před 10 měsíci +1

      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 Před 10 měsíci +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 Před 12 dny

      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

  • @JAlucard77
    @JAlucard77 Před rokem +1

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

  • @rafaelespinoza6530
    @rafaelespinoza6530 Před rokem +2

    Carry under wood storyline Amen 🙏💞

  • @covrtdesign5279
    @covrtdesign5279 Před rokem +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!

  • @cas333
    @cas333 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +1

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

  • @phunkeelove1
    @phunkeelove1 Před rokem +1

    SICK!

  • @scottsevers6194
    @scottsevers6194 Před dnem

    EMS looks after the military and their families... but you all forget that😢😢😢, WE don't

  • @prasadrao2895
    @prasadrao2895 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +2

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

    • @lawren7615
      @lawren7615 Před rokem

      Panama Grenada Iraq 2

    • @timw8646
      @timw8646 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      Tá! Quais foram as derrotas?

  • @davidgrisez
    @davidgrisez Před rokem +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 Před rokem +10

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

    • @scott4865
      @scott4865 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      ​@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+

  • @rodzilla355
    @rodzilla355 Před rokem +1

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

  • @johnborell7510
    @johnborell7510 Před rokem +3

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

  • @douglaspost5097
    @douglaspost5097 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

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

  • @o5mm
    @o5mm Před rokem +1

    أتمنى ان اصبح طيارا في يوم ما 🖤🦅

  • @cosmicpsyops4529
    @cosmicpsyops4529 Před 7 měsíci +1

    It takes two days to fit Marines for their uniforms. You'd be amazed how little work the military can do in two days.

  • @sharongreenberg459
    @sharongreenberg459 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +6

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

    • @tootaashraf1
      @tootaashraf1 Před rokem

      @@bestdrunkdriver why

    • @Otpevatel
      @Otpevatel Před rokem

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

    • @2011Rick
      @2011Rick Před 6 měsíci

      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

  • @MilitaryTalkGuy
    @MilitaryTalkGuy Před 6 měsíci +3

    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.

    • @user-ys4do2yx4e
      @user-ys4do2yx4e Před 4 dny

      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,

  • @Spec-FiveCarr
    @Spec-FiveCarr Před 6 měsíci

    "A Mixed Bag of Jet Info-With a Wee Bit on F-35 Helmets"

  • @pabloexequielbarrera4105

    Visión errónea pley

  • @keithbishop9217
    @keithbishop9217 Před rokem +4

    Not all fighter pilots attend the US Air Force Academy!

    • @daves536
      @daves536 Před rokem +3

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

    • @bilalabdi9148
      @bilalabdi9148 Před 7 měsíci

      @@daves536 then how did they become pilots

    • @daves536
      @daves536 Před 7 měsíci

      @@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 Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @birdman1843
    @birdman1843 Před rokem +4

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

    • @OmniGuy
      @OmniGuy Před rokem

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

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Před rokem

      they are not doing it for the money

    • @birdman1843
      @birdman1843 Před rokem +3

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

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju Před rokem

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

    • @daltonturner3113
      @daltonturner3113 Před rokem

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

  • @AntiPattern328
    @AntiPattern328 Před rokem

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

  • @allords1
    @allords1 Před 3 dny

    Impressive. Lets' not waste such talent on unnecessary conflicts!

  • @jeno826
    @jeno826 Před rokem +4

    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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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

  • @3613jeremy
    @3613jeremy Před rokem +3

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

  • @alhodge4051
    @alhodge4051 Před 5 měsíci

    very informative, thanks

  • @oneaboveall1895
    @oneaboveall1895 Před 17 dny

    buy the best to be the best

  • @Akula114
    @Akula114 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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.

  • @EvilXero359
    @EvilXero359 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      Can’t or the stealth would be worthless.

    • @steveswede8162
      @steveswede8162 Před rokem +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.

  • @madog1
    @madog1 Před rokem +2

    $400K damn, that a house!

  • @elloot8478
    @elloot8478 Před rokem +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.

    • @thomasbradley4079
      @thomasbradley4079 Před rokem +2

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

    • @BamaMatters11
      @BamaMatters11 Před rokem

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

    • @2011Rick
      @2011Rick Před 6 měsíci +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.

  • @williambeatty7781
    @williambeatty7781 Před 3 měsíci +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 Před 2 měsíci

      On*

    • @encyclopediabrown1334
      @encyclopediabrown1334 Před 2 měsíci +3

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

    • @thatoneVtolvrplayer
      @thatoneVtolvrplayer Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@encyclopediabrown1334 exactly

    • @backagain5216
      @backagain5216 Před měsícem +1

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

    • @backagain5216
      @backagain5216 Před měsícem

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

  • @mrmadness4703
    @mrmadness4703 Před rokem

    "Wanna do anything this weekend?"
    "Sry gotta put on a helmet"

  • @Roy-uk4tv
    @Roy-uk4tv Před rokem +2

    That is a $10,000 toilet and we’re all set

  • @derekbaker777
    @derekbaker777 Před rokem +4

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

    • @probro6722
      @probro6722 Před rokem

      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 Před rokem

      @@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 Před rokem

      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

  • @listerine-pr5lt
    @listerine-pr5lt Před rokem +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 Před rokem +1

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

    • @mindsoulbody
      @mindsoulbody Před rokem

      @@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 Před rokem

      And have them brainwashed at the same time.

    • @dakotareid1566
      @dakotareid1566 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +1

      @@mindsoulbody ok lol

  • @thesaints-7-andrew.
    @thesaints-7-andrew. Před rokem

    Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
    Very interesting video.

  • @psiklops71
    @psiklops71 Před rokem

    wow these helped us win wars

  • @Michael-nh8ht
    @Michael-nh8ht Před rokem +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.

  • @eoTVoke
    @eoTVoke Před rokem

    Amazing 👍❤✈❤👍

  • @benjaminkonikoff2026
    @benjaminkonikoff2026 Před rokem +1

    That helmet is worth more than my house

  • @AntonioRivera-lr7nw
    @AntonioRivera-lr7nw Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      2 minutes if you're slow.

    • @ajkendro3413
      @ajkendro3413 Před rokem

      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.

  • @Cta2006
    @Cta2006 Před 6 měsíci

    Same for any countries pilots that flies the F-35

  • @bnkfah
    @bnkfah Před 4 měsíci

    คุนพ่อเจมส์ค่ะคิดถึงค่ะขอบคุนค่ะ คุนคงดืกอีกแล้วสิค่ะเบบ๋รออยู่บ้านค่ะ😊😊

  • @jamessutherland5107
    @jamessutherland5107 Před rokem +2

    Many commenting here dont seem to understand how integral a part of the plane this helmet is.

  • @FLGulfDiver
    @FLGulfDiver Před 3 měsíci

    The Academy is not the only way to become a fighter pilot. You can go through ROTC or OTS.

  • @juanmanuelsarmientopenagos372

    La tecnología aeroespacial de estos aviones es bastante avanzada

  • @madog1
    @madog1 Před rokem +2

    7:34 looks like a spacecraft, something out of Star Wars or some other Space Sci-fi movie.

    • @kittredgeseely3542
      @kittredgeseely3542 Před rokem +1

      Remember that the helmet has many additional jobs than to just protect the pilot's head. There are connections to communications, a display, targeting information, and more. To refer to this device as a mere helmet is not fair.

    • @madog1
      @madog1 Před rokem

      @Kittredge Seely yes, great point. I saw that in the video, they are crammed with very advanced technologies for sure. Being custom-made one-offs and not mass produced also adds to the price. I was just amazed at the price.

  • @Johnnybananass-_
    @Johnnybananass-_ Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @previousdoctor8362
    @previousdoctor8362 Před 5 měsíci

    beautiful

  • @kailashsingh9737
    @kailashsingh9737 Před 8 měsíci

    Very beautiful sweet video Sir hi ji Tq so much ji

  • @pmvr-wo6kc
    @pmvr-wo6kc Před 9 měsíci

    is it just me or the part of the configuration of the helmet is ASMR?