{"id":1310,"date":"2020-03-17T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylvainarki.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2020-03-17T18:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:56:20","slug":"la-red-bull-air-race-partie-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylvainarki.com\/en\/la-red-bull-air-race-partie-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Redbull Air Race, Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Redbull Air Race is therefore a series of air races where 14 teams compete against each other, each using a plane with the same engine. Eight races make up the championship which takes place across the globe. The race always takes place over a body of water, be it the bay of a coastal town or a large lake. Thus, for this article, we will focus on the Cannes event of the 2018 edition... which, unfortunately, was the last complete edition.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n The goal of this race is quite simple: the pilots follow a track marked out by inflatable pillars. In order to classify them, they are timed and must therefore achieve the best possible time. But it's not just a question of passing in front of the pillars, they must also hold particular positions and altitudes for each type of pylon as we are going to see.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Thus, for the slalom, the aircraft must be perfectly vertical, with the cockpit oriented towards the pillar it is passing in front of:<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Comme vous pouvez le voir, les ailes de l\u2019appareil sont parfaitement droites. Par ailleurs, le pilote doit maintenir l\u2019appareil entre les marques rouges sup\u00e9rieures et inf\u00e9rieures et aligner le cockpit sur la marque centrale\u2026 Et l\u2019espace entre les marques extr\u00eames correspond exactement \u00e0 la longueur des ailes de l\u2019avion (on parlera d\u2019envergure de l\u2019avion)\u2026 On peut dire que respecter ces marques n\u2019est ni plus ni moins que du grand art\u2009!… Imaginez-vous rouler \u00e0 370 km\/h sur l\u2019autoroute (bonjour les amendes\u2026) et devoir passer la barri\u00e8re de p\u00e9age \u00e0 cette vitesse\u2026 C\u2019est exactement ce que font ces pilotes, les radars en moins\u2009!<\/p>\n And the position of the aircraft is all the more important because if the pilot does not pass the pylon perfectly vertically, he gets a penalty. If he doesn't pass between the red marks and the cockpit perfectly in the centre, he also gets a penalty.<\/p>\n Once through the slalom, the pilot flies through the gate. When passing through the gate, the pilot must keep his wings horizontal and position himself at the centre mark.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Here again, an error in the positioning or alignment and the pilot receives a penalty... Accuracy is less than three feet!<\/p>\n Then comes the turning. As in the slalom, the pilot stands vertically, perfectly centered, and turns by pulling on the stick.<\/p>\n Quite impressive... But the hardest part comes at the end of the run, which ends with a vertical ascent and a turnaround in which the pilot is accelerated up to 12G. He then feels 12 times the mass of his own body. This turnaround occurs because the driver's back is to the finish gate at this point in the race. He must therefore turn around as quickly as possible after reaching a certain altitude set by the rules. He then descends in a nose-down dive to put the aircraft back flat and pass the gate at half height, perfectly horizontal... And all this without counting that if he exceeds 12G, the pilot is disqualified and the aircraft inspected: safety above all. Why is the 12G limit a difficulty? Because during this loop, pilots reach 11.5G very easily! The error margin is therefore very low...<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Et c\u2019est ainsi que se termine la premi\u00e8re partie de la s\u00e9rie d\u2019articles d\u00e9di\u00e9s \u00e0 la Red Bull Air Race. Je vous laisse donc avec la lune accompagnant un des parachutistes de l’\u00e9quipe Red Bull.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n If you like a photo of this article, contact me<\/a> ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Passionn\u00e9 d\u2019aviation et sur le point de vous marier ? Toutes mes f\u00e9licitations ! N’h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir my approach of the wedding photography in the dedicated section.<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Des avions qui filent \u00e0 370 km\/h \u00e0 25 m\u00e8tres du sol, une pr\u00e9cision de quelques centim\u00e8tres, une acc\u00e9l\u00e9ration de 12G, des slaloms, des boucles, des contournements et un chronom\u00e8tre\u2026 Tels sont les ingr\u00e9dients de la Red Bull Air Race que je vous propose de d\u00e9couvrir autour d\u2019une s\u00e9rie d\u2019articles agr\u00e9ment\u00e9s de photos r\u00e9alis\u00e9es \u00e0 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWatchmaker's precision at the speed of the high-speed train<\/h3>\n
An acceleration equivalent to a rocket at takeoff...<\/h3>\n