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  2. Cobra maneuver - Wikipedia

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    In aerobatics, the cobra maneuver (or just the cobra), also called dynamic deceleration, [1] among other names (see § Etymology), is a dramatic and demanding maneuver in which an airplane flying at a moderate speed abruptly raises its nose momentarily to a vertical and slightly past vertical attitude, causing an extremely high angle of attack and making the plane into a full-body air brake ...

  3. Viktor Pugachev - Wikipedia

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    Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachev (Russian: Ви́ктор Гео́ргиевич Пугачёв) (born 8 August 1948 in Taganrog, RSFSR) is [1] a retired Russian Air Force officer and a former Soviet test pilot who was the first to demonstrate the so-called Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre to the general public in 1989, flying an Su-27.

  4. Kulbit - Wikipedia

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    The alternate name, "Frolov's Chakra", refers to Russian test pilot Yevgeni Frolov, the pilot who first carried out the maneuver, while "chakra" is a yogic term, meaning "vortex" or "whirlpool". The Kulbit drastically decreases the aircraft's speed and could theoretically be used to cause a pursuing aircraft to overshoot its target.

  5. Engineers Are Cracking Up At These 50 Memes That ... - AOL

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    The post Engineers Are Cracking Up At These 50 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up Their Profession first appeared on Bored Panda. ... Mechanical engineers design power-producing machines, such as ...

  6. Supermaneuverability - Wikipedia

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    Some aircraft are capable of performing Pugachev's Cobra without the aid of features that normally provide post-stall maneuvering such as thrust vectoring. Advanced fourth generation fighters such as the Su-27 , MiG-29 along with their variants have been documented as capable of performing this maneuver using normal, non-thrust vectoring engines.

  7. Aerobatic maneuver - Wikipedia

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    Pugachev's Cobra; the nose of the aircraft is pulled up suddenly. The aircraft pitches up to 90–120° angle of attack. The nose then falls back to the horizontal, and the aircraft accelerates away in the original direction ; Kulbit; post-stall maneuver similar to Pugachev's Cobra, but going to 360° pitch angle, flying a "loop"

  8. Talk:Cobra maneuver - Wikipedia

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    So i think the article should be renamed to "the Cobra maneuver". Mainly due to Pugachev not inventing the maneuver but also because nobody ever calls it Pugachev's Cobra. Its basically always referred to as the cobra maneuver or simply just the cobra.--Blockhaj 11:41, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

  9. Pugachev (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Pugachev (surname) Pugachev, a Soviet historical drama film depicting the life of Yemelyan Pugachev; Pugachev, a Soviet historical drama film depicting the life of Yemelyan Pugachev; Pugachyov (air base), an air base located near the town of Pugachyov; Pugachev's Cobra, an aerobatic maneuver named after the pilot Viktor Pugachev