Ford F-150 burnout from the air provides a look from every angle without any obstruction by the smoke.
The key issue with many great Ford F-150 burnout videos is that at some point, the smoke obstructs the view of the camera so we aren’t watching a burnout as much as a cloud of moving smoke. Fortunately, the growth of the aerial drone industry has introduced a new way to get a good look at monster burnouts without any concern of smoke blocking the view and the video above from the YouTube channel of alan coveney is a perfect example.
Smokin’ F-150
There aren’t many details on this 2018 Ford F-150 SuperCrew, but we know that it is powered by the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6, which delivers 375 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque. That power is sent towards the rear wheels by means of a 10-speed automatic transmission, which helps to make this one of the strongest, quickest and most capable trucks in the half-ton segment, but none of that really matters for this video.
We can also see that this truck has aftermarket wheels that appear to be quite a bit bigger than the stock rollers, but that doesn’t seem to be a problem, as the 3.5-liter EcoBoost provides plenty of power to smoke the rear tires for a good 25 seconds as the drone circles above.
View from Above
The video begins with the view from above just as the 2018 Ford F-150 begins to roast the rear tires. With a relatively unfortunate soundtrack of techno music, we watch as the drove moves around the front of the truck with smoke pouring from the rear end. It only takes a few seconds for a massive cloud of smoke to accumulate out back, with the wind pushing the cloud away as the burnout continues.
As the drove gets around the back of the truck, the burnout ends and the smoke dissipates, at which point we can see the copious amounts of burned rubber spread across the pavement behind each tire.
After a few seconds of rest, the driver of the F-150 puts the hammer down once again and the smoke show picks back up and continues through the end of the video.
As mentioned above, there is background music rather than the sound of the burnout, so this video is best watched with the sound turned down, unless you want to hear music while watching the burnout.
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