French Rafale does the Cobra Maneuver

Translation from http://www.onera.fr/cahierdelabo/french/amil4.htm
The extension of the flight envelope of the modern fighters towards the great incidences LEXICON requires to be able to control and control the
movement of the plane under very severe conditions characterized by separations important LEXICON of air on the fuselage and the aerofoil. Such
evolutions are necessary to be able to carry out delicate operations, in order to face a threat and to place themselves in position of shooting at the
time of an aerial combat. These flying conditions require aerodynamic performances specific calling upon new types of control surfaces LEXICON like to
adapted models of piloting. The latter are the subject of evaluations under operational conditions and are usually used for simulations of aerial
combat.
Simulation Video available here:
http://www.onera.fr/cahierdelabo/french/amil4_vid.htm




