whats the name for?

[hotrod]

When you are watching an air show, and see a fighter jet pull up hard or pull heavy "G's", or on a high humidity day aircraft slow on final have the condensation above the wing.
Is there an official name for this, or is it simply condensation?
thanks

 

[Joshrk22]

Contrails, I believe.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Condensation...but I like Chemgoo better.

 

[Eagleflip]

There are a couple of terms. If it is simply condensation above the wings, most other fighter guys will call it either "condensation," "cons," or "vapor," as in "he was pulling a lot of vapor during his break, so I knew he had energy."

If the condensate is forming in rope-like pairs off of the wingtips (Eagles), wingtips (Hornets) or off of the interior chines of a Viper (just outside of the canopy along where the wing root joins the fuselage), we call them "ribbons."

 

[CRJDog]

Contrails, I believe.

Contrails occur at high altitude and mainly as a result of the exhaust of the engines. Basically contrails are man made clouds.

I am not sure of the term but it has do do with the low pressure and low temp created over the wing resulting in water vapor. I am pretty sure it is condensation.

 

[Joshrk22]

Contrails occur at high altitude and mainly as a result of the exhaust of the engines. Basically contrails are man made clouds.

I am not sure of the term but it has do do with the low pressure and low temp created over the wing resulting in water vapor. I am pretty sure it is condensation.

Oh yah that is right, vapor trails it must be.

 

[stonewall]

Little BFM clue: If the vapor trails are coming from the wingtips, the F-16 is fast and in a high energy state. If they're coming over the wing root, the jet is slow and in a low energy state.

 

[SkiFishFly]

Vapes...

 

[SkiFishFly]

Little BFM clue: If they're coming over the wing root, the jet is slow and in a low energy state.

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... and about to get gunned by the Hornet which will shortly be on his six.

 

[stonewall]

There is a reason the YF-18 lost the fly-off to the YF-16.