Don't forget the bomber crews. imagine having to leave wounded friends behind because the aircraft is spinning while on fire with one wing gone. And you can't get them out in time so you either jump or die and have to live with it for the rest your life.
I've seen and heard many aircraft and most people would say they love the sound of a fighter jet engine (I agree), but that roar of a V12 in a P51 sure sounds super sweet to me. Most people go to air shows for the fighter jets but the P51s and Spitfires are so special.
@16:13 If you're interested, your engine probably cut out because when you're inverted for more that approx 10 sec, the oil pressure drops because it relies on gravity. Historically, pilots were told to keep their inverted manoeuvres to less than 10 sec to avoid cutout.
0:36 - You are flying Tony Buechler's plane (414151). He was an amazing guy. I have taken a "ride" on the tarmac in Petie 2nd (rear seat was a piece of plywood, at the time), back in about 1985 or 1986. We needed to warm the oil up to operating temp, for an oil change, so we did a quick taxi around the Waukesha county airport. You could have seen my smile from outer space.
You should be able to hold 50 MAP until the tanks run dry. It's the coolant temp that gets you. Also, DCS needs to fix their shit: the Merlin burns out way too easily, and the DB605D on the Bf109K4 dies way, WAY too infrequently. The K4 is running a powerplant that has been overboosted way past it's design capabilities, and was made by a struggling German industry that could not maintain proper quality control. Pilot memoirs indicate the K4 would burn out engines in 3-4 hours even if used exclusively in cruise power; the memoirs indicate most pilots went out of their way to NEVER use the MW50 boost, because it had such a high chance of blowing the engine
Classic, best radio call ever. "Is that you right there?" To be fair, as an 0311 who's seen some legit combat, when shit gets crazy radio protocol will sometimes go out the window. Not so much on the company net, but on the inter-squad comms it can get a little wild. We had a guy "Garcia" (obviously not his real name), great guy, absolute beast of a saw gunner, but he'd be breaking into spanglish and shit sometimes when things got hot. It happens....
lol. Prolly prompted some of the squad to learn a bit of spanish just to be able to understand him, right? Thanks for goin out there when no one else would, man
There's an account from Operation Flax during WW2 about how the commander, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, was able to figure out which countries his fighter pilots were from by the way they cursed (American, Australian and New Zealand fighter pilots were attacking 30 Ju-52 transports). So I suppose this has always been a historical fact, lol?
13:36 I am sure you know this already but that was compressibility. Nearing the speed of sound the compressed air locks up the flight controls, specifically your elevator. Don't see that in modern-day times.
Erich Hartmann, the top Ace of the german Luftwaffe with 352 air kills scored most of his kills at ranges of around 60 feet or even less. Never got shot down but lost 16 airplanes due to engine failure and enemy airplane parts hitting his own. Guys pulled off some crazy sh*t back then.
Imagine being one of those young guys, freshly deployed to a combat zone, say, in the Pacific theater. You're excited to serve your country, burning the skies with steel wings and fifty caliber teeth. You, however, have zero actual combat experience, and it makes you a little nervous. But hey, you've got some guys to watch your back. One of them is even an ace! He's got some cool stories, you bet. You've quickly become familiar with the area due to the patrols you've been on, but a little part of you wonders "when am I gonna see some real action?". One evening, the siren goes off. It's a raid, and you and your fellow pilots have to get up there, _now._ You clamber into the cockpit and get airborne, when you see them. The Red Sun has risen. _And it's coming straight for you._ You make a mistake, just a _tiny_ miscalculation, and they're on your tail. You weave, dive, spin, preforming all the moves you know, but they're faster than you. Those planes act like they don't follow the same rules as yours, and you can't shake them. Then they open fire, having finally gotten an opening. Rounds begin to impact your fuselage, and your wings gradually begin to more closely resemble colanders. One round nearly clips you, tearing your uniform's left shoulder and making a neat hole in the dashboard, blowing out one of your gauges. Whatever it could've told you, it won't say anything anymore. Then they decide to give you a short burst of their 20mm cannons. The holes in your plane grow larger. Then you hear a horrible *BOOM,* and you start spiraling downward. _They've blown you're entire tail off._ You still have some altitude, so you open your busted canopy, and as soon as you get ready to jump, you are thrown by the spinning motion. Now _you're_ spinning, dizzy, and freezing from the rush of cold air. You spread you arms, trying to stabilize yourself, and you pull your cord. Then your plane explodes. You don't remember much after that, because in all this excitement, you fainted. Luckily, it seems fate was smiling at you, and you've made a soft (if inelegant) landing in a little field not to far from you're base. It's after midnight when you finally wake up. Seems no one though you'd made it. You consider it a blessing, and you make the walk back to the airfield. You're comrades are shocked to see that the rookie is still alive, and get you checked by the medical staff. You are miraculously unharmed aside from a few bumps and bruises. You head back to the barracks, to try and get some sleep, and just before you hop into your bunk, you hear the voice of your commander. "Bet you won't make _that_ mistake again, huh?" At lunch time, a few days later, the siren goes off again. But this time, you're ready. You claim three kills, that day. Before the end of the war, the enemy knows your name. _They_ fear _you_ now.
Great vid, I love the P-51, my grandfather has a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang, and at the great New England air show one year, they had mustangs and mustangs, you could park your mustang in front of a P-51, good times
"Mig-2 is buggin out." lol I laughed so much watching this. I may have to give that a try. I was with an online squadron years ago and we were the Redtails. Boom and zoom.
Thanks for a fun video, Mover -- but it's eerily quiet. I grew up in a house adjacent to a very busy small aircraft airport, and we soon became deaf to the sound of frequent touch-and-gos -- except when the guy who hangared his Mustang there was taking off. Turned heads faster even than the occasional Learjet, and he liked to showcase a maximum takeoff angle. The only competition he had in the noise dept was the (CA ANG) SA-16 Sea Albatrosses -- they could rattle window panes from a half mile away!
My grandfather was a P-51D pilot in the Philippine Air Force in the 50s (6th Cobras Squadron). Earlier this week my mother and I were scanning some of his black and white photos from those days so we have a backup in case those old photos physically degrade too much. Loved hearing stories about him flying as a kid. This made me feel a bit wistful and nostalgic, especially since he passed away earlier last year at the age of 91.
My Dad flew B-29s in the war. On one mission, a P-51 tucked in for the ride home. His aircraft commander did not like how close the P-51 was getting, and since they mission in radio silence, he communicated his displeasure by having everyone train their guns on him. The pilot apparently got the hint because he backed off to a safe distance.
Pacific. The B-29s were stationed on Tinian, the P51s on Iwo Jima. Those flights were a real challenge for P-51 pilots. Unlike Navy pilots, they were not used to long flights over water. On one mission a B-29 was assigned to lead a flight of P-51s to Tokyo. But when they hit bad weather, the P-51 scattered and many were lost. You any relation to the Korean jet ace?
This is really cool to see, my grandfather and great uncle flew P-51’s escorting B17s accross the pond and then meet back up to bring them home , my great uncle was shot down near the German border and never ditched . at the end of the war my grandfather spent more time attacking ground targets. He never talked about the war so I’m sure he saw some things.
25:16 - "Yes, I got a kill!!!" I was killing myself laughing there, that looks like me regularly screwing up my timing and accidentally engaging ramming speed.
Hey Mover. I have the exact same problem with stability during a bank with the P-51D. I haven't quite figured out why because my airspeed should be sufficient not to stall and my bank angle is relatively shallow - but then, suddenly, I go in to an uncontrolled dive which takes a while to recover - but long enough to end up with a bandit on my six. Although a Brit, I lived in Wyoming in the 1990s and saw the Confederate Air Force come to Natrona County Airport while I was taking flying lessons. At the same time, a private Canadian pilot flew in with his P-51D Mustang. He told me it costs $1M to fly and maintain every year. So, if I survive to the ripe old age of 65; that would mean I'd need $17M; $2M for the Mustang and $15M for operational costs.
Squared K stationed out of RAF Rattlesden, located 9 miles (14 km) south east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Part of 2 Bombardment Groups of the 8th AAF. 322nd (Medium) & 477th (Heavy) From 1943 to 1945. 477th is now Air Expeditionary Group (ACC) Air Combat Command, which I think used to be ATC Air Training Command. 477th is still active, and are called "The Ramblers" and Now fly A-10's and KC-135's.
That was awesome 👏 Hay what’s he shootings at. 😂 The bold face for engine out. In the P-51 is. Glide to friendly territory & bail out. It’s great just watching someone have fun & not taking themselves too seriously. 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
That's so cool to see B-17s in DCS! There is a Facebook group called Rebuild The Liberty Belle B-17 that I follow. There was a previous Liberty Belle B-17 that flew across the U.S., in which my mom took a ride. My grandfather was awarded the DFC for bringing the original Liberty Belle home from Dusseldorf on September 9th, 1944. According to the story, they were the last to limp home on one engine after some flak hit a different B-17G in the squadron, detonating their payload and destroying or damaging several others.
Great video per usual. I also purchased your book (yesterday) - well actually books 1-4 of the Spectre series. Finished books 1 and 2 already. I will start book 3 tomorrow. Very good so far.
lol, my first "reality check" with the P-51D was a ripped wing due to not knowing what fly by wire exactly is. second a busted engine due to poor engine management.
Quick question: I know that the navy requires 20/20 vision or better with or without corrective surgery . If I do get the surgery, does it have to be done by a navy professional (like how the air force gives wavers only if done by an Air Force personal)?
Alright, million dollar question, you've flown the Viper, the Hornet, T38, and quite a few planes in the sim, if you were to fly any warplane past or present including live fire practice, what would you strap on and fly?
This clip has decided me to get back into simming. That was a hoot. Thanks guy, I'm enjoying your channel muchly. Are you planning on doing more in DCS with props? Dunno if they have a P-40, but I'd love to see your take on the 'ole Warhawk.
Max continuous for P-51, 46 In Manifold pressure and 2700 RPM. Usually above 13K your supercharger will engage too and radically increase available boost into the engine. So if you were gunning it high up, you ll toast your engine inside of three minutes.
Suppose a fighter pilot is travelling in an domestic commercial flight. And the captain and first officer both of them are dead in mid air due to some medical issues. Then is it possible for that fighter pilot to land that commercial airbus 320 neo with the help of atc and cabin crew. Just an SRT.
My grandfather could see massive bomber formations on their way to Germany and air battles right above his house in The Netherlands during World War 2. Americans during the day, RAF Bombers Command during the night.
The conversation of energy was even more important back then. Not sitting on 2 "rockets" pushing you forward, getting you out of bad situations. When the ME 262 entered the theater, pilots must've been really surprised.
Mover, the P-51 snap rolls when you are heavy on the stick, you need to be light no matter how fast. Also you want to keep the throttle within 50% - 80% ( combat ) when continuous flight anything above will burn out the engine when used for extended periods.
@C.W. Lemoine In the beginning of the video, I noticed you're running rather high power settings. Keeping the settings a bit lower should still allow the plane to build energy for appropriate cruise/escort speed and leave you with plenty of extra horsepower in reserve. Ideally, keeping the gauges that have a "green band" marked on the dials (Manifold Pressure and RPM) at, or around, upper range of the green should be quite adequate for pre-combat purposes. Also, piston engines are a lot more forgiving than post-WW2 jets but, smooth throttle work and avoiding "throttle slams" is still kind of important. Far be it for a non-professional like me to give advice but, if you find anything I said to be valuable, I'm glad I could help.
Mr. Lemoine I’m going to my officer commissioning interview in July. It is my dream to become a pilot in the US Airforce. I know you mentioned that one should have a private pilots license to have a higher possibility to become a pilot in the Airforce. However I have not been fortunate enough to afford a private pilot license. What can I do to have the highest possibility of being chosen by the USAF to be a pilot? Thank you again for your time and response !
I talked to a Canadian instructor who said that he wouldn't bother with a pilot's license before hand as the course is specifically made to take people from zero to hero. Pilots who are already set in their ways sometimes hit a brick wall halfway through the course. However, that is up here in canuck land, and it might be quite different in the states.
Why did the plane depart controlled flight so much? Thin air at high altitude? or were the maneuvers to aggressive? That would be understandable considering C.W. is 4th generation jet pilot flying a P-51. But I don't know. I've seen some P51 displays that showed some pretty aggressive turn rates and re-positions. But that was at air show altitude. Cool video.
Generally the escort fighters would come in several hundred feet above the bombers, do a general pass in front to show the bombers they are there (since there was no radio communication between the escorts and bombers), and then orbit the bomber group again several hundred feet above them keeping several miles away. (Depending on the mission, location, time of day etc.). This way when German 109's came in, the P-51's could jump them from above from the sun, and they wouldn't be able to be spotted, but the P-51's could spot the 109's, especially when they started to shoot. There was actually specific protocols in escorting B-17's, and what enemy targets you could and couldn't engage because of the dangers of friendly fire, cross fire, and being mistaken for an enemy yourself. If a 109 was in a gun run, you had to let him be and wait until he pulled away then jump on him. Generally 109's who got through the curtain (past the escorts), were left alone and the bombers would have to defend themselves while the fighters engaged and stopped the other groups from getting to the bombers.
Hello ☺️ There is a video of Blue Angels pilot's (FA-18) looking over an F-8F Bearcat and wondering how they would fit inside cockpit! It's funny😱😏☺️😳😎👍
Dear Mover, I’ve always had this question in my mind but could never find a pilot with enough experience in both worlds to give me a satisfactory answer. The question is quite simple (and probably naive): why do airliners have so many instruments in the cockpit to aviate, navigate and communicate, while fighters do these same tasks with just a portion of a physically smaller cockpit space dedicated to such functions? Thank you very much and thanks for the awesome videos and book. Max
Essentially they are designed for completely different tasks. A fighter jet needs less instruments because it is a weapons platform... it needs to fly 1-2 people at incredibly high speeds, with max manoeuvrability, get the pilots to where they need to be to perform their tasks (firepower, surveillance, show of force, etc). It also has a lot of computer-controlled systems which reduce the task load for the pilot. But a fighter pilot also has an 'out' if something goes wrong - ejection. An airliner is a transporter... it needs to take people & cargo from A to B with the best cost efficiency. But it also has no 'out' in case of emergency. This means they have many more safety systems that monitor everything on the plane, enabling the pilots to troubleshoot almost anything in the air to ensure they can get the people & cargo safely back on the ground. A fighter pilot just doesn't have the time, so if they can't limp back to base they eject. So all large passenger & cargo aircraft have a lot more instruments to monitor the status of individual systems - for example, a 747 with 4 engines will have a set of instruments per engine (so 4 x engine RPM dials, 4 x engine pressure dials, 4 x engine ignition switches, 8 x fire extinguisher switches because there are two bottles per engine, etc). You also have controls & monitoring related to passengers & cargo (cabin pressure, air-conditioning, fire alarms, cabin-to-cockpit comms, etc). And of course, two pilots means critical instruments like altitude & speed are duplicated to enable you to fly from either the captain's or the 1st officer's seat. If you look at the instrument panel of a big military cargo plane like a C-130 you'll notice there's a lot more instruments there too... same applies. This is a very basic explanation but hope it helps! ✈
Please talk about the Canadian Tudor Snowbird that went down the other day on takeoff next. There are two good videos, in one you can hear a very loud bang before the pilot starts gaining altitude and banking.
1:16 in he is just starting and I am cringing at his throttle/prop settings. Keep it in the GREEN or the engine will...oh wait I think he gave a spoiler to what happens next.
Hi sir, new to the channel but I love your movie breakdowns. Now I'm gonna go watch your cop stuff and probably love them to. I'm not ready for the DCS videos yet,lol.
A to A WW2 Warbirds in DCS is probably the hardest thing there is to do. The enemy AI has gotten better over time but still iffy. Their aircraft handle like UFOs and all of their bullets are the "golden BBs" where as you are shooting marshmallows. I have put on unlimited ammo and shot a enemy so many times that my wrist was sore yet they flew on. Meanwhile, they take a quick blip at me and damage every critical system there is.
If i remember my airplane nerd history right, you should fly a bit above the to have a bit of energy to sweep down on any attacking aircraft, also the older fighter didn't have fuel injection, but so you couldn't fly upside down with them because... well *that* would happen.
Should definitely do more of this, maybe play WT sim battles? love your videos but this was cool cuz I could relate. Showed my dad your “mover ruins movies” and we love them.
Awesome...very cool..I want to fly one so bad, that's one stick and rudder plane I would love to own, at least fly once. albeit crazy expensive to own. Mover, did you have the drop tanks mounted?
The F.X. PCA is being built with integrated A.I. and machine learning that doesn't need a pilot. Including autonomous control of BVR offensive laser systems. What are the intangibles that a human pilot brings to the battlespace? I think well find an AI is superior in engagement, specifically air to air, but what about everything else?
The reason you G-lock all the time is because you do aileron turns exclusively. The rudder shape of every plane is made to provide maximum turn speed just shy of stall. They designed them that way. So it's like the perfect shape for turning. You should turn using full rudder with counter from ailerons. Notice the way you are turning, you are "G-locking" before you even hit stall is because two whole things are going wrong there. your elevetors will turn you harder than rudder, so it knocks you out at high speed. And if it didn't knock you out, it would stall you... Not to keep ragging, but it's like you are testing to see what the stall angle is all the time. Just use the rudder.
the planes are designed to favor a horizontal orientation. The moves you see in movies are action shots of extreme angles, and if you see them in actual footage it's just at a full rudder turn. The only time you should go inverted or even sideways is if you stand a chance of whipping around.
I had no idea the lizard people already used chemtrails back in the 40's. The realism in this game blows me away every time. (Should have RTFM for that engine restart though 🤣😂🤣😂🤣)
No computers, no fly-by-wire, no radar, no missiles, and no ejection seat. Mad respect to that generation of fighter pilots.
But chemtrails already! ;-)
Don't forget the bomber crews. imagine having to leave wounded friends behind because the aircraft is spinning while on fire with one wing gone. And you can't get them out in time so you either jump or die and have to live with it for the rest your life.
are modern airliners completely fly by wire? I just had to google that lol. so are there no manual controls whatsoever?
ericsbuds The 737 and 747-400 still have a manual pulley and cable system
@@ericsbuds I don't think so. There may be some redundant systems since there's enough space to fit them.
I've seen and heard many aircraft and most people would say they love the sound of a fighter jet engine (I agree), but that roar of a V12 in a P51 sure sounds super sweet to me.
Most people go to air shows for the fighter jets but the P51s and Spitfires are so special.
Gotta love the sound of that Rols Royce's Merlin super charged liquid cooled upside down V-12 engine!
@@fightingfalconfan the merlin wasn't an inverted V engine. That was the DB engine by ze Germans.
You will never beat the sound of a Merlin engine.
To me the only other engine that sounds awesome is the boxer engine from Subaru on their mid 2000's WRX.
@16:13 If you're interested, your engine probably cut out because when you're inverted for more that approx 10 sec, the oil pressure drops because it relies on gravity.
Historically, pilots were told to keep their inverted manoeuvres to less than 10 sec to avoid cutout.
0:36 - You are flying Tony Buechler's plane (414151). He was an amazing guy. I have taken a "ride" on the tarmac in Petie 2nd (rear seat was a piece of plywood, at the time), back in about 1985 or 1986. We needed to warm the oil up to operating temp, for an oil change, so we did a quick taxi around the Waukesha county airport. You could have seen my smile from outer space.
hey Mover you burned up your engine … your manifold pressure was over 50 the whole video
It was sort of funny watching him struggle with the WWII tech-fighter.
You should be able to hold 50 MAP until the tanks run dry. It's the coolant temp that gets you. Also, DCS needs to fix their shit: the Merlin burns out way too easily, and the DB605D on the Bf109K4 dies way, WAY too infrequently. The K4 is running a powerplant that has been overboosted way past it's design capabilities, and was made by a struggling German industry that could not maintain proper quality control. Pilot memoirs indicate the K4 would burn out engines in 3-4 hours even if used exclusively in cruise power; the memoirs indicate most pilots went out of their way to NEVER use the MW50 boost, because it had such a high chance of blowing the engine
Yeah he didn't switch the supercharger over for high altitude, red light on the whole time
Classic, best radio call ever. "Is that you right there?"
To be fair, as an 0311 who's seen some legit combat, when shit gets crazy radio protocol will sometimes go out the window. Not so much on the company net, but on the inter-squad comms it can get a little wild. We had a guy "Garcia" (obviously not his real name), great guy, absolute beast of a saw gunner, but he'd be breaking into spanglish and shit sometimes when things got hot. It happens....
lol. Prolly prompted some of the squad to learn a bit of spanish just to be able to understand him, right? Thanks for goin out there when no one else would, man
Got any cool stories from back in the day mate?
There's an account from Operation Flax during WW2 about how the commander, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, was able to figure out which countries his fighter pilots were from by the way they cursed (American, Australian and New Zealand fighter pilots were attacking 30 Ju-52 transports). So I suppose this has always been a historical fact, lol?
“Don’t make me take out my service revolver!” Thanks for the laugh.
"This is Maverick, I'm supersonic, be there around Christmas, maybe New Years......."
Mover: "Just trying to be as realistic as possible, now that we've read the manual."
Angry DCS Player: *Breaks pencil in half*
"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR PICTURES, RAYMOND."
Man, this coffee hurts my sinuses.
I bought your book today ;)
13:36 I am sure you know this already but that was compressibility. Nearing the speed of sound the compressed air locks up the flight controls, specifically your elevator. Don't see that in modern-day times.
"Way too fast" pfft! That was a great 2pt landing for someone who doesnt fly taildraggers.
Erich Hartmann, the top Ace of the german Luftwaffe with 352 air kills scored most of his kills at ranges of around 60 feet or even less. Never got shot down but lost 16 airplanes due to engine failure and enemy airplane parts hitting his own. Guys pulled off some crazy sh*t back then.
Imagine being one of those young guys, freshly deployed to a combat zone, say, in the Pacific theater.
You're excited to serve your country, burning the skies with steel wings and fifty caliber teeth. You, however, have zero actual combat experience, and it makes you a little nervous. But hey, you've got some guys to watch your back. One of them is even an ace! He's got some cool stories, you bet. You've quickly become familiar with the area due to the patrols you've been on, but a little part of you wonders "when am I gonna see some real action?". One evening, the siren goes off. It's a raid, and you and your fellow pilots have to get up there, _now._ You clamber into the cockpit and get airborne, when you see them.
The Red Sun has risen.
_And it's coming straight for you._
You make a mistake, just a _tiny_ miscalculation, and they're on your tail. You weave, dive, spin, preforming all the moves you know, but they're faster than you. Those planes act like they don't follow the same rules as yours, and you can't shake them. Then they open fire, having finally gotten an opening.
Rounds begin to impact your fuselage, and your wings gradually begin to more closely resemble colanders. One round nearly clips you, tearing your uniform's left shoulder and making a neat hole in the dashboard, blowing out one of your gauges. Whatever it could've told you, it won't say anything anymore. Then they decide to give you a short burst of their 20mm cannons. The holes in your plane grow larger.
Then you hear a horrible *BOOM,* and you start spiraling downward.
_They've blown you're entire tail off._
You still have some altitude, so you open your busted canopy, and as soon as you get ready to jump, you are thrown by the spinning motion. Now _you're_ spinning, dizzy, and freezing from the rush of cold air. You spread you arms, trying to stabilize yourself, and you pull your cord.
Then your plane explodes.
You don't remember much after that, because in all this excitement, you fainted.
Luckily, it seems fate was smiling at you, and you've made a soft (if inelegant) landing in a little field not to far from you're base. It's after midnight when you finally wake up. Seems no one though you'd made it. You consider it a blessing, and you make the walk back to the airfield.
You're comrades are shocked to see that the rookie is still alive, and get you checked by the medical staff. You are miraculously unharmed aside from a few bumps and bruises. You head back to the barracks, to try and get some sleep, and just before you hop into your bunk, you hear the voice of your commander.
"Bet you won't make _that_ mistake again, huh?"
At lunch time, a few days later, the siren goes off again.
But this time, you're ready.
You claim three kills, that day.
Before the end of the war, the enemy knows your name.
_They_ fear _you_ now.
Great vid, I love the P-51, my grandfather has a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang, and at the great New England air show one year, they had mustangs and mustangs, you could park your mustang in front of a P-51, good times
"Mig-2 is buggin out." lol I laughed so much watching this. I may have to give that a try. I was with an online squadron years ago and we were the Redtails. Boom and zoom.
13:51 This is what happens when you don't do an aileron roll.
The P-51 is a work of art, it is a really beautiful aircraft.
a guy at my local airport has a p-51. There is no question who it is just from the sound when he is taking off. Amazing to see it.
25:26 *crashes into Bf-109* "YES I GOT A KILL!"
I'm dead lmao
I think it was a Fw190 but yeah still freaking hilarious 🤣
@@isaiahaguilera7710 Correct it's a 190 Dora 9! :D
@@LupusAries A-8, actually. if you pause it at 25:27 you can see all the guns in the wings.
190 pilot to Luftwaffe high command: Confirmed P-51 kill sir.
Yeah, you don't want to be anywhere near the Dora's cannons. They will reach out and touch you.
16:33 - Just bump start it. Pop the clutch.
Thanks for a fun video, Mover -- but it's eerily quiet. I grew up in a house adjacent to a very busy small aircraft airport, and we soon became deaf to the sound of frequent touch-and-gos -- except when the guy who hangared his Mustang there was taking off. Turned heads faster even than the occasional Learjet, and he liked to showcase a maximum takeoff angle. The only competition he had in the noise dept was the (CA ANG) SA-16 Sea Albatrosses -- they could rattle window panes from a half mile away!
My grandfather was a P-51D pilot in the Philippine Air Force in the 50s (6th Cobras Squadron). Earlier this week my mother and I were scanning some of his black and white photos from those days so we have a backup in case those old photos physically degrade too much.
Loved hearing stories about him flying as a kid. This made me feel a bit wistful and nostalgic, especially since he passed away earlier last year at the age of 91.
Oh my god when he got turbulence off the bomber props flying behind them, that's the moment I decided I need to get this freaking game.
My Dad flew B-29s in the war. On one mission, a P-51 tucked in for the ride home. His aircraft commander did not like how close the P-51 was getting, and since they mission in radio silence, he communicated his displeasure by having everyone train their guns on him. The pilot apparently got the hint because he backed off to a safe distance.
Lol wrong neighbourhood meme. What theatre?
Pacific.
The B-29s were stationed on Tinian, the P51s on Iwo Jima. Those flights were a real challenge for P-51 pilots. Unlike Navy pilots, they were not used to long flights over water. On one mission a B-29 was assigned to lead a flight of P-51s to Tokyo. But when they hit bad weather, the P-51 scattered and many were lost.
You any relation to the Korean jet ace?
@@buzbuz33-99 nah i like the name. We also share the same ethinicity
This is really cool to see, my grandfather and great uncle flew P-51’s escorting B17s accross the pond and then meet back up to bring them home , my great uncle was shot down near the German border and never ditched . at the end of the war my grandfather spent more time attacking ground targets. He never talked about the war so I’m sure he saw some things.
25:16 - "Yes, I got a kill!!!" I was killing myself laughing there, that looks like me regularly screwing up my timing and accidentally engaging ramming speed.
Pffffft. That was a kill from the Leonidas squadron!
What? Your not supposed to ram them? 😀
As a World War II aviation nerd *Your piloting skills were great*
28:40 - Totally intentional hand-brake turn... The birds love it (obscure top gear references).
Hey Mover. I have the exact same problem with stability during a bank with the P-51D. I haven't quite figured out why because my airspeed should be sufficient not to stall and my bank angle is relatively shallow - but then, suddenly, I go in to an uncontrolled dive which takes a while to recover - but long enough to end up with a bandit on my six.
Although a Brit, I lived in Wyoming in the 1990s and saw the Confederate Air Force come to Natrona County Airport while I was taking flying lessons. At the same time, a private Canadian pilot flew in with his P-51D Mustang. He told me it costs $1M to fly and maintain every year. So, if I survive to the ripe old age of 65; that would mean I'd need $17M; $2M for the Mustang and $15M for operational costs.
less than a minute in - VE vs VD Day - insta like from me!
Fun and educational.
Squared K stationed out of RAF Rattlesden, located 9 miles (14 km) south east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Part of 2 Bombardment Groups of the 8th AAF. 322nd (Medium) & 477th (Heavy) From 1943 to 1945. 477th is now Air Expeditionary Group (ACC) Air Combat Command, which I think used to be ATC Air Training Command. 477th is still active, and are called "The Ramblers" and Now fly A-10's and KC-135's.
25:20 intercepts like guided radar missile, that's not fair))
That was awesome 👏 Hay what’s he shootings at. 😂 The bold face for engine out. In the P-51 is. Glide to friendly territory & bail out. It’s great just watching someone have fun & not taking themselves too seriously. 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
That's so cool to see B-17s in DCS! There is a Facebook group called Rebuild The Liberty Belle B-17 that I follow. There was a previous Liberty Belle B-17 that flew across the U.S., in which my mom took a ride. My grandfather was awarded the DFC for bringing the original Liberty Belle home from Dusseldorf on September 9th, 1944. According to the story, they were the last to limp home on one engine after some flak hit a different B-17G in the squadron, detonating their payload and destroying or damaging several others.
There must have been a lot of pilots with the call-sign departed, back in WW 2.
Mr.Lemoine thank you ! For what you do everyday on this channel!
Great video per usual. I also purchased your book (yesterday) - well actually books 1-4 of the Spectre series. Finished books 1 and 2 already. I will start book 3 tomorrow. Very good so far.
lol, my first "reality check" with the P-51D was a ripped wing due to not knowing what fly by wire exactly is. second a busted engine due to poor engine management.
Quick question: I know that the navy requires 20/20 vision or better with or without corrective surgery . If I do get the surgery, does it have to be done by a navy professional (like how the air force gives wavers only if done by an Air Force personal)?
Alright, million dollar question, you've flown the Viper, the Hornet, T38, and quite a few planes in the sim, if you were to fly any warplane past or present including live fire practice, what would you strap on and fly?
This clip has decided me to get back into simming. That was a hoot.
Thanks guy, I'm enjoying your channel muchly.
Are you planning on doing more in DCS with props? Dunno if they have a P-40, but I'd love to see your take on the 'ole Warhawk.
Max continuous for P-51, 46 In Manifold pressure and 2700 RPM. Usually above 13K your supercharger will engage too and radically increase available boost into the engine. So if you were gunning it high up, you ll toast your engine inside of three minutes.
First minute in and I already know I am going to love this!
Was convinced Mover was going to respawn in a Viper after jumping out of the egg beater...
That would be hillarious, i think i'm gonna try that some day, fly an F-16 in a WWII scenario.
Suppose a fighter pilot is travelling in an domestic commercial flight.
And the captain and first officer both of them are dead in mid air due to some medical issues.
Then is it possible for that fighter pilot to land that commercial airbus 320 neo with the help of atc and cabin crew.
Just an SRT.
It's possible for a civilian to land it with atc help, let alone someone with flight experience
My grandfather could see massive bomber formations on their way to Germany and air battles right above his house in The Netherlands during World War 2. Americans during the day, RAF Bombers Command during the night.
The conversation of energy was even more important back then. Not sitting on 2 "rockets" pushing you forward, getting you out of bad situations. When the ME 262 entered the theater, pilots must've been really surprised.
That landing was so smoother than Santana's smooth. I seriously kept asking myself "wait? did he touch down already?"
Great plane! It's the one aircraft that made me want to fly DCS in the first place.
Chuck, you're a legend thanks.
Little late, but thank you for what you do. You make DCS easier and a better experience to learn. (I’m going through your viper guide now) ;)
Mover, the P-51 snap rolls when you are heavy on the stick, you need to be light no matter how fast. Also you want to keep the throttle within 50% - 80% ( combat ) when continuous flight anything above will burn out the engine when used for extended periods.
@C.W. Lemoine In the beginning of the video, I noticed you're running rather high power settings. Keeping the settings a bit lower should still allow the plane to build energy for appropriate cruise/escort speed and leave you with plenty of extra horsepower in reserve. Ideally, keeping the gauges that have a "green band" marked on the dials (Manifold Pressure and RPM) at, or around, upper range of the green should be quite adequate for pre-combat purposes. Also, piston engines are a lot more forgiving than post-WW2 jets but, smooth throttle work and avoiding "throttle slams" is still kind of important.
Far be it for a non-professional like me to give advice but, if you find anything I said to be valuable, I'm glad I could help.
I can’t look at that B-17 without wanting to fly it in DCS.
I always wanted DCS or someone to recreate B-17 The Mighty Eighth in like this.
@@python27au Here you go, just in time:
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Although I'd like to see that in DCS as well one day...
I had an engine quit on me flying the TF51-D. I put it down in a field with the gear up.
Those radio lines were pretty crisp in 40´s
Mr. Lemoine I’m going to my officer commissioning interview in July. It is my dream to become a pilot in the US Airforce. I know you mentioned that one should have a private pilots license to have a higher possibility to become a pilot in the Airforce. However I have not been fortunate enough to afford a private pilot license. What can I do to have the highest possibility of being chosen by the USAF to be a pilot?
Thank you again for your time and response !
I talked to a Canadian instructor who said that he wouldn't bother with a pilot's license before hand as the course is specifically made to take people from zero to hero. Pilots who are already set in their ways sometimes hit a brick wall halfway through the course. However, that is up here in canuck land, and it might be quite different in the states.
Hue Anderson thank you !
Man if only there was a P-38 in the game. The F-14 will have a preview period this week I think I heard. Very interested to see you 2 fly one.
@13:51 "break! Jink! Stop driving!" :P
*Raymond schools him on WW2 tactics and then politely suggests that he should be lead*
Mover: "You can be the smart wingman."
Bubblegunner: "What in the actual hell are they here for...?"
Reminds me of my grandparents with all the thinking outloud, no filter, and almost proud of what they don’t know how to do..
“One guy just blew through me”.... “so to speak” Hilarious!
I was hoping you’d do a video like this!🙌🏽 Awesome content
Why did the plane depart controlled flight so much? Thin air at high altitude? or were the maneuvers to aggressive? That would be understandable considering C.W. is 4th generation jet pilot flying a P-51. But I don't know. I've seen some P51 displays that showed some pretty aggressive turn rates and re-positions. But that was at air show altitude. Cool video.
Generally the escort fighters would come in several hundred feet above the bombers, do a general pass in front to show the bombers they are there (since there was no radio communication between the escorts and bombers), and then orbit the bomber group again several hundred feet above them keeping several miles away. (Depending on the mission, location, time of day etc.). This way when German 109's came in, the P-51's could jump them from above from the sun, and they wouldn't be able to be spotted, but the P-51's could spot the 109's, especially when they started to shoot.
There was actually specific protocols in escorting B-17's, and what enemy targets you could and couldn't engage because of the dangers of friendly fire, cross fire, and being mistaken for an enemy yourself. If a 109 was in a gun run, you had to let him be and wait until he pulled away then jump on him. Generally 109's who got through the curtain (past the escorts), were left alone and the bombers would have to defend themselves while the fighters engaged and stopped the other groups from getting to the bombers.
THE P- 51 MUSTANG & THE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE ARE BOTH SO AWESOME ... BEST LOOKING PLANE'S EVER BUILT ..
Brilliantly done , loved it. How about a Battle of Britain flight. Spitfire v me109. ? Superb graphics and Raymond is a great wingman !
Hello ☺️
There is a video of Blue Angels pilot's (FA-18) looking over an F-8F Bearcat and wondering how they would fit inside cockpit! It's funny😱😏☺️😳😎👍
Dear Mover, I’ve always had this question in my mind but could never find a pilot with enough experience in both worlds to give me a satisfactory answer. The question is quite simple (and probably naive): why do airliners have so many instruments in the cockpit to aviate, navigate and communicate, while fighters do these same tasks with just a portion of a physically smaller cockpit space dedicated to such functions? Thank you very much and thanks for the awesome videos and book. Max
Essentially they are designed for completely different tasks. A fighter jet needs less instruments because it is a weapons platform... it needs to fly 1-2 people at incredibly high speeds, with max manoeuvrability, get the pilots to where they need to be to perform their tasks (firepower, surveillance, show of force, etc). It also has a lot of computer-controlled systems which reduce the task load for the pilot. But a fighter pilot also has an 'out' if something goes wrong - ejection.
An airliner is a transporter... it needs to take people & cargo from A to B with the best cost efficiency. But it also has no 'out' in case of emergency. This means they have many more safety systems that monitor everything on the plane, enabling the pilots to troubleshoot almost anything in the air to ensure they can get the people & cargo safely back on the ground. A fighter pilot just doesn't have the time, so if they can't limp back to base they eject.
So all large passenger & cargo aircraft have a lot more instruments to monitor the status of individual systems - for example, a 747 with 4 engines will have a set of instruments per engine (so 4 x engine RPM dials, 4 x engine pressure dials, 4 x engine ignition switches, 8 x fire extinguisher switches because there are two bottles per engine, etc). You also have controls & monitoring related to passengers & cargo (cabin pressure, air-conditioning, fire alarms, cabin-to-cockpit comms, etc).
And of course, two pilots means critical instruments like altitude & speed are duplicated to enable you to fly from either the captain's or the 1st officer's seat. If you look at the instrument panel of a big military cargo plane like a C-130 you'll notice there's a lot more instruments there too... same applies.
This is a very basic explanation but hope it helps! ✈
That War Thunder-esk ram was perfect.
OMG MY FAV PLANE OF ALL TIME TY ..... CW pls more of the P-51
What is a chemtrail? It's a contrail from the hot moist air coming out of the engine's exhaust which freezes in the cold air.
Please talk about the Canadian Tudor Snowbird that went down the other day on takeoff next. There are two good videos, in one you can hear a very loud bang before the pilot starts gaining altitude and banking.
16:41 haha "And now you are a combat glider"
Everyone:
Me-163B: "Hold my C-Stoff!" :)
10 degrees of flap realy helps in a turn
MOVER, I would be curious to see you do a Dog Fight video in DCS of a P-51 (you) versus an F-16. Guns only.
1:16 in he is just starting and I am cringing at his throttle/prop settings. Keep it in the GREEN or the engine will...oh wait I think he gave a spoiler to what happens next.
Hi sir, new to the channel but I love your movie breakdowns. Now I'm gonna go watch your cop stuff and probably love them to. I'm not ready for the DCS videos yet,lol.
A to A WW2 Warbirds in DCS is probably the hardest thing there is to do. The enemy AI has gotten better over time but still iffy. Their aircraft handle like UFOs and all of their bullets are the "golden BBs" where as you are shooting marshmallows. I have put on unlimited ammo and shot a enemy so many times that my wrist was sore yet they flew on. Meanwhile, they take a quick blip at me and damage every critical system there is.
Great vid as always Mover! o7 Would be cool if there were a flight or squadron size element of ya'll getting after it in these old warbirds!
If i remember my airplane nerd history right, you should fly a bit above the to have a bit of energy to sweep down on any attacking aircraft, also the older fighter didn't have fuel injection, but so you couldn't fly upside down with them because... well *that* would happen.
One of the coolest aviation channel
Should definitely do more of this, maybe play WT sim battles? love your videos but this was cool cuz I could relate. Showed my dad your “mover ruins movies” and we love them.
Awesome...very cool..I want to fly one so bad, that's one stick and rudder plane I would love to own, at least fly once. albeit crazy expensive to own. Mover, did you have the drop tanks mounted?
@C.W. Lemoine How do you feel about the DARPA ACE program and AI replacing fighter pilots?
Unlikely.
The F.X. PCA is being built with integrated A.I. and machine learning that doesn't need a pilot. Including autonomous control of BVR offensive laser systems. What are the intangibles that a human pilot brings to the battlespace? I think well find an AI is superior in engagement, specifically air to air, but what about everything else?
I didn't see if you were using flaps in the turns. A notch or 2 sure helps to keep you from departing.
30:33 The last thing the DCS developers want to see is a real fighter pilot check out the tractors. XD. Great content by the way...
Weren't escorts usually above the bombers? Hey, I'm curious about your intro where it says "3-2-1 High Top". Does that mean unrestricted climb?
Fight's on.
The reason you G-lock all the time is because you do aileron turns exclusively. The rudder shape of every plane is made to provide maximum turn speed just shy of stall. They designed them that way. So it's like the perfect shape for turning. You should turn using full rudder with counter from ailerons. Notice the way you are turning, you are "G-locking" before you even hit stall is because two whole things are going wrong there. your elevetors will turn you harder than rudder, so it knocks you out at high speed. And if it didn't knock you out, it would stall you...
Not to keep ragging, but it's like you are testing to see what the stall angle is all the time. Just use the rudder.
the planes are designed to favor a horizontal orientation. The moves you see in movies are action shots of extreme angles, and if you see them in actual footage it's just at a full rudder turn. The only time you should go inverted or even sideways is if you stand a chance of whipping around.
Midway, haven't seen the movie but just read "Air Group Commander Wade McClusky and the battle of Midway" He was a superb tactician
Midas well packed a ham sandwich and a pop,..you know how much time it takes to build one of those planes?..poor Rosey...
Your subscriber count is going ballistic wow! Congrats C.W. Can’t wait to see Gonky’s takeoff so he can get manchestered.
That Tractor was an RUMELY OIL PULL! 2cyl keriosene fuel.
I had no idea the lizard people already used chemtrails back in the 40's. The realism in this game blows me away every time. (Should have RTFM for that engine restart though 🤣😂🤣😂🤣)
Mover, I know it’s not a fun topic but you gotta do a vid on the Canadian Snowbird crash. It looks like the parachutes didn’t deploy correctly.
Are the Luftwaffe planes controlled by people playing as well or bots?
It's funny how much you guys quote "Top Gun."
Would love to hear your thoughts on those pilot ufo encounters
He's done a video on them already.
The thumbnail reminded me a lot of The Memphis Belle
Thx for the vids. Stay safe. Also if you like ww2 flight sim you should try out il-2 Battle of Stalingrad
I'd love to see him play that. Does BoS do VR?
I think so but I’m actual not really sure.