100+ Year Old Rotary Engine Aircraft - Eindecker and 504k
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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History Of The Eindecker
The Eindecker played a crucial role during World War I. Its development marked a pivotal moment in aerial combat. Introduced by the German forces in 1915, the Eindecker (meaning "monoplane" in German) was designed by the Dutch aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker. This aircraft was one of the first to be equipped with a synchronization gear, allowing the pilot to fire a machine gun through the arc of the propeller without damaging it. This innovation dramatically changed air combat, giving German pilots a significant advantage.
The design of the Fokker Eindecker was inspired by the French Morane-Saulnier monoplanes, characterized by their wing-warping mechanism for lateral control. Fokker improved upon this design, integrating a more reliable system. The Eindecker was a monoplane, a design that was less common at the time compared to biplanes. Its construction featured a welded steel tube fuselage and wooden wings, which was quite innovative for its era. The aircraft was relatively lightweight and offered good visibility for the pilot, which was crucial for reconnaissance and combat.
The first variant, the Fokker E.I, made its debut in mid-1915. Piloted by skilled aviators such as Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, the E.I was a formidable adversary. These pilots, who became known as the "Fokker Scourge," utilized the aircraft's synchronization gear and maneuverability to gain an edge in dogfights. The success of the E.I led to further developments, including the E.II and E.III, each improving upon the last in terms of power, armament, and overall performance.
The Fokker Eindecker's dominance, however, was relatively short-lived. By 1916, the Allies had developed new aircraft that outperformed the Eindecker in various aspects. This rapid evolution in aircraft technology reflected the intense arms race of the period. The emergence of more advanced biplanes, such as the British DH.2 and the French Nieuport 11, eventually outclassed the Eindecker. These aircraft featured more efficient aerodynamic designs, better armament, and improved structural integrity.
Despite its brief period of superiority, the Fokker Eindecker's impact on aerial warfare was profound. It revolutionized air combat tactics and spurred rapid advancements in aircraft design and armament. The Eindecker's legacy is recognized as a key stepping stone in the evolution of fighter aircraft. Its influence extended beyond World War I, shaping the future of military aviation and cementing Anthony Fokker's place as one of the most influential figures in the history of aviation.
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So crazy how they cut the throttles on and off while flying these fighters...
There is no throttle. Just an ignition cut out switch which is what you are hearing.
There is NO carburetor; the venture mixed the fuel and air, power was modulated via ignition cut out !.
LOL so weird but awesome!
@@kenrobba5831
Quite correct. ignition cut out was quite effective, although if the ignition was 'off' for too long, the plugs could 'oil up' an the engine wouldn't re-start- hence the engine 'blips '!
Magneto cut offs...no " throttle"... just how many cylinders you allow to fire. When men were men and sheep were scared.
My father built a 3/4 scale EIII in the later 1960s. He modified it with a thicker airfoil, ailerons rather than wing warpring, a modern engine, a shock system in the gear and modified the all flying elevator that would go full lock in either direction on the original. Even with all of those changes for control and handling it was still a beast to fly. My hats off to the pilot of this original for a job well done.
Flying in those aircrafts must be a wild as hell experience 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
I think the pilot was suggesting 'scary as hell!' ;-)
So tiny, yet so lethal.
If I was granted a wish to be reborn in any era I wanted it would be this one.
It must feel insane to be able to fly these things after over a century
The biggest issue is that these things don't fly/handle/control like modern aircraft at all, so the pilots really need to be on the ball and step back in time.
El tema de volar estos aviones pioneros, es que la velocidad de vuelo esta muy cerca de la de pérdida.
Una locura pilotar, pero así fue avanzado la aviacion.
@@historicalmachines of course they don't. They handle better :D you get to feel every part of your plane in the air, not some fly-by-wire crap for losers :)
Quando vai ser lançado um filme sobre esse Avião da Grande guerra mundial?
*_SWEET._*
The Fokker scourge.
Great looking airplane.
It sure is!
Incrível!!🌟👏
Awesome aircraft
It is.
Amazing 👍
Thanks 😄
I was wondering whether the Fokker was going to machine-gun the Avro.
With the entire engine spinning, it’s not apparent how the cylinders were fed fuel and spark.
Oil was mixed into the fuel in two-stroke fashion, then mixed with air in a primitive carburetion device attached to the hollow, stationary crankshaft. The crankcase served as part of the induction system, so fuel/oil/air mixture was drawn through the crankshaft and into the crankcase from the carburetion unit through ports in the hollow crankshaft. The oil would coat and lubricate the internal moving parts of the engine. The cylinders' intake systems- valves and tubes- or ports, as in the Gnôme engine- would then draw the mixture out of the crankcase and into the combustion chambers.
Each cylinder had one spark plug and a connection to an electrode. A magnet ring and cam on the crankcase would spin past a fixed induction coil and points arrangment. The high tension output wire was connected to a fixed electrode just behind the ring of electrodes on the engine. Ignition was timed so that the coil would spark just as each cylinder's electrode passed the fixed electrode, causing the spark to jump that gap to the spinning engine, and then fire the spark plug. All at the speed of light.
Is This the engles built Eindecker that was at Caboolture qld
No, this is another one. The TAVAS E.III from Caboolture is now at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim New Zealand (and has not flown since it arrived). This fuselage was also constructed by Achim Engels.
It was not just the fuselage. It was the entire airframe that was built by me. It was in the case of the E.V/D.VIII that I built all except for the wings which was made by Koloman Mayrhofer and purchased by Peter Jackson. He then asked me to build the rest of those two aircraft (except covering and engine that is). In the Case of the E.III I was commisioned by TVAL to built two whole airframes including wings which were then finished up, assemmbled and equipped with their new built rotary engines. Great to see it in the air now. Hope to see it fly along the second one I built for TVAL and the my own one which is at Omaka now. Would be a really grteat show to have three of them itogether in one flyby, now that they are stationed so close to one another. @@historicalmachines
What's with the Luger on the outside of the cockpit on the pilot's right?
That's what german pilots had there, back in WW1.
@@historicalmachines But WHY on the OUTSIDE of the aircraft and not in a HOLSTER around the pilot's waist?
Was this filmed in Masterton
You win the virtual chocolate fish!
@@historicalmachines he he he. I'd give ya my address to post it too me, but in this heat it'll be nothing but mush. LoL 🤣. Thought I recognised the land scape. Nice video
Only Heyndeker
Which engine does this Eindecker use?
IN this case it's a Gnome, but the originals had Oberursels which were licence built Gnomes essentially.
So I’m assuming it’s the 11 cylinder 160hp Gnome built in ‘17. Or is it the 100hp version from earlier?
Wasn’t the Oberusal a license built LeRhone 110?
In fact Oberursel was a company set up by Willy Seck in 1876 that produced a pre WWI industrial engine which was called the "Gnom". The Seguin brothers in France took a license on this and made good profit before WWI. They then came up with the idea of the rotary engine with underpressure guided inlet valves in the piston. Since some of the working principles of the German 1 cylinder industrial motor lent itself to the development of the rotary by the French brothers they decided to name their rotary engine the "Gnóme" in honour to the German ancestor. In fact the Company was named "Moteurs Gnóme et Róhne" since the company was located at the Róhne river. Willy Seck in the meantime renamed his company "Oberursel Motorenfabrik" since he was located at the Ursel stream and the village was called Oberursel. This company then had good relations with the Seguin brothers and in turn took license for the French rotary "Gnóme" engine. War broke out and the engine was developed both in France and in Germany based on the pre war designs peaking in Germany in the twin row Oberursel U.III, a 14 cylinder rotary working in the "Gnóme" principle with underpreassure guided inlet valves in the piston. In France the end of the development line was also reached and the a new design way was sought. The Seguin brothers dropped the underpreassure guided inlet system with the valve in the piston and designed a new engine with push rod driven inlet and outlet valves in the cylinderhead. Now, no longer working to the "Gnóme" principle, they decided to drop that name and produce the engine unter the name of Lé Róhne. One of these new engines was captured during the war and was taken to the Oberursel Motorenfabrik and Willy Seck junior, since he had experience in engines of the French manufacturer and had good terms with them. Willy Seck had his engineers working on the new Le Rhóne type engine and came up with the Ur.II of 110 HP which was not exclusively a copy of the French but was based heavily on it. The former company appreviation of the Oberursel company in the military system was "U". Hence their engines were named Oberursel U.0, U.I, U.III. These roman numbers reffered to the power output rating of the engine. Therefore no Oberursel U.II exists. However the new engine fell into the power output cathegory II why it should have been named Oberursel U.II, but in order to avoid confusion since the Oberursel U.III of 160hp already existed, the new engine with the non Gnóme principle working according the new Le Róhne principle got the "r", too, to signal the "Róhne" type of the engine. So the new engine was called Oberursel Ur.II. A later more powerfull 11 cylinder version got the nomenclature Oberursel Ur.III.@@Kiekhaefer6
I thought this video was referring to either Trump or Biden