The Plane Built To Beat Nazi-Germany (Bugatti 100P)
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2023
- In this video, we take a look at the so-called "plane built to beat Nazi Germany" - the Bugatti 100P.
This spectacular car was designed by the legendary Bugatti designer, Ettore Bugatti, in 1939. World War 2 was raging and Bugatti knew that the Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany's air force) was formidable. So, he designed the 100P as a race plane - one that could beat the Germans at their own game.
The Bugatti 100P was a spectacular success - it was hypothetically faster than any other plane on the market and it could have broken the speed record if given the chance. Today, the Bugatti 100P is a a relic of the past but a testament to the genius of Ettore Bugatti and Louis De Monge.
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Might not have ever been a fighter, but, that has to be one of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I love it when something looks like it is going 1000mph while sitting still. I don't think it would have made a very good fighter but it might have made an untouchable reconnaissance plane.
Imagine it as a warbird racing plane too.
The misleading title got you too. It was meant to beat Nazi Germany prior to a single shot being fired in a RACE. Beat them, not at war, beat them in a race.
I do agree that a plane made largely of balsa wood would not make a good fighter. The guns and bullets weigh way too much and the weight difference would take away the speed and sleekness of the airplane. A fighter plane would need a 100% different design where the biggest design challenge is to make a flying platform for guns and bullets, so carrying that load and placing guns to effectively shoot down an airplane takes precedence over total sleekness. In order to be a reconnaissance airplane the build would need to emphasize speed at high altitudes and so would probably need some kind of scoop for a supercharger.
Spitfire started life as a racer. Hurricane partially covered in canvas. Mosquito fastest ever made from plywood. No doubt different versions of the 100p would have occurred. But glad bughatti hid it from the Nazis, because it would be used to shoot down spits!
@@richardbell466 That's really not how that works, and calling the Spitfire a racer doesn't make sense. Heritage doesn't mean something is the same thing. The designer of the Spitfire may have honed their chops with Schneider Trophy stuff, but those planes were built solely for speed and not particularly for manouverability. The earliest Spitfire prototype wasn't build as a racer but as a fighter, and to be equipped with guns. . It is as @AndyShep said. The Bugatti wouldn't have made much of a fighter. It would need so much redesign that it would no longer be a similar plane and it would be a whole different type of aircraft. Probably would have been too intricate to build in large numbers too.
The Hurricane's attrition losses really show that it wasn't all that great, but it was what the British had so they made due. The Mosquito's plywood construction is also not just regular plywood but an advanced variation of it. It was quite state of the art even if people normally associate "state of the art" with shiney chromey aluminium aircraft.
@@theothertonydutch Fair comment. But as the basis for a possible fighter, who knows.
One of the most stunning airplane designs I have ever seen and for it to come out during the 1930s is even more astounding. This airplane is a thing of art. Tragic to know that the flying replica killed its pilot.
Problematic reverse wing design......
@@RamonInNZ The crash was due to motor problems and loose power and he stall, the replica has kawasaki motors instead Bugatti impossible to find, the design works well on pc simulators, sorry for my english ;-)
@@RamonInNZ the wing had nothing to do with, while low altitude high speed conditions were known to be troublesome due to ground effect, it was established that the cause of the crash was due to the powerplant and clutch, (two suzuki hyabusa engines and clutches) the clutch on the engine driving the closer prop to the pilot, started slipping giving reduced power, it was also noted that the pilot didnt have full power applied. the power train issues were known and some steps were taken to remedy them such as a tensioner being installed.
Personally I think its a shame that they didn't go for more reliable engines that dont use chains and belts, however a factor that was noted was the lack of funding which may of played a role in them selecting two motorbike engines.
Very beautiful death trap.
Mid engine, prop shafts on both sides of the pilot, counter rotating props. So many things that could go wrong.
I’ve built and flown four aircraft, two pusher’s and two tractor’s.
I’m now convinced I want my engine leading the way in the event of an accident. Not plowing through my back in the event of a sudden stop.
I for one, would at least like to fly it once...slowly. 😅 It would be pretty awkward to land I can imagine. Sheesh.
Such a gorgeous aircraft. Same engineering and design methodology as the road cars of the time. I remember following its construction on facebook and was so excited to see it fly. So devastating how it ended. Hopefully someone else picks up the development and gets it in the air again.
Great video. I corresponded with Scotty several times and he shared some rare original info with me. The replica was an amazing project. Most tragic that Scotty was killed flying his dream. Super nice guy.
As for the original, not nearly enough power, a draggy cooling system and too much wetted area to beat the German records but it was a very inspired design.
I think the aircraft lent itself to rear prop propulsion. Built with a light weight alloy frame and covered in a polymer/kevlar skin, only one engine would be required. Lots of room in the cockpit and linear drive train, all in the rear.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard or seen this beautiful aircraft. I’m sorry that chap was killed, but I’m also glad the Nazi’s didn’t get their hands on it. Such a incredible design. Just think, if they reversed the wing it would have been able to reach unheard of speed for that time. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed.
I think the forward-tilting wings may have made the handling too hot for most people to handle.
That has got to be the most beautiful aircraft ever made. Love the design, if it worked half as good as it looked, it would have been fantastic. I want ONE!
My DAd was a pilot in WWII . Ive always had an interest in aviation. This has been a great story
To use it as a fighter you would have to use armour plating for pilot and engines plus additional armourment plus to feed two engines bigger fuel tanks needed All this extra weight would have critical effects on its performance when faced with combat against the Bf 109
They didn’t have armor until 1940 so it would have 12-18 months at least before that’d be a real problem.
Fuel consumption wouldn’t be too high I don’t think since it had two 5.0L engines which have a combined displacement of 10L whereas a the jumo 210 from the BF-109 displaced about 20 litres to produce less horsepower (at least on early versions)
First time I have ever heard of this aircraft. Such a beautiful design.
Awesome plane. My Dad flew in the B-17 WWII. I wish he could have been here when I was able to fly in the B-17 Yankee Lady My wife loved it. I have loved planes all my life but only got to fly in helicopter in the Navy. This is strange my Dad's name was Scotty Wilson. He was born in South Dakota. Loved this information. I would love to fly a P51! Take care.
James
The image of an engine you keep showing in the Type 45 car is only sort of an example of a Bugatti straight-8-it's a U-16, which is basically two vertical I8s on a common crankcase geared together and, in this case, also supercharged.
Ironic that the hypothetical 100P fighter variant model is in the collaborationist Vichy markings! Ettore wouldn't have been keen on that...nice looking model though.
BTW Ettore's Italian origins got him in unjustified trouble after the war; he had to fight the French government to get his Molsheim factory back, as he was considered an enemy national! He finally succeeded by 1947...but died within months, at the relatively young age of 66. Pity France thought so little of the man whose racecars covered France in glory so many times before the war.
Wow, I am an aviation buff and never heard of this!! It was beautiful and very forward thinking. Wether it would have been a good combat aircraft is another story. When you begin to add armor,guns with ammunition and other combat equipment,it can change flight characteristics. But man, what a beauty!!!
You mentioned speed but for a fighter you need to know, rate of clime, range, service ceiling, turn radius, fire power, dive speed and pilot survivability. From a cursory look ,it could have been France's mosquito.
Well made video! I've always loved the look of the 100P, even after the crash I wish someone would still build another and see what it was capable of. I don't know how effective of a fighter it would have been, I often question it's center of gravity with forward swept wings and both engines either at the center of gravity or behind it. However, if the performance was even in the ball park of how good they thought it would be, it likely would have been fast and even nimble considering it's small side and fair wing area.
I think the balsa wood and design elements if this craft are excellent. Ultimately want to built a Ulta Lite Me262.... ALWAYS loved that jet!
A totally beautiful and advanced aircraft, that still looks advanced today. Way WAY head of its time. Sad that the replica crashed, it's strange that no others have tried to make another.
The fact that it crashed may function as something of a deterrent.
I imagine a composite-construction update of this with a small jet...
what an *amazing* airframe! it would have rocked the world
as the old saying goes - *if it looks right*
Great video man, very well done. I’d never heard of this bird, but what a thing. Thanks for bringing it to light.
This design would likely be impressive in a wind tunnel test. Has this not been done? I think of swimming rays in overall form and ducting. Forms in nature evolved over millions of years tell us some things regarding efficiency. Beautiful.
c'est avec grand plaisir que j'ai regardé votre vidéo sur le 100p de bugatti, votre narration est parfaitement exact et je vous en remercie. je voudrais juste souligner que j'habite a 20km de Molsheim ou Ettore bugatti avait son usine de construction automobile et qui existe toujours. d'autres part, étant un passionné d'aviation et aéromodéliste appartenant au club hispano suiza de Molsheim, l'un de mes collègue a construit le 100p sur une envergure de 1.20m mais pas avec une hélice contrarotative, ceci dit cet appareil vole a merveille et je pense que s'il eu pu être terminer et voler a l'époque, il aurait sans aucun doute battu le record de vitesse. Quand a une version militaire, je ne pense pas que cela aurait pu être viable, trop de contrainte lié a l'armement et surtout de carburant qui aurait augmenté son poids de manière significative, et c'est je pense pour cela que les allemands ne l'ont pas fait.
I lived 20 miles north of Oshkosh. I saw the restored original several times in the last ten years. On my last visit Oct.2022 it was not on display.
beautiful plane , always looks to me as if it has a rear pusher propeller , with that unusual tail design !
This plane looks as if it was far ahead of its time. I would like to see it fly!
It reminds me of the supermarine spitfire, built for speed and racing. A few alterations later the best fighter Britain ever produced. I think the same would have happened with the 100p!
I came upon this Bugatti by the way of a circuit car racer.
I walked over to the hanger to see if anyone was around, nope.
When I heard about them rebuilding a mockup. They were having issues with the contra-rotating gear box. There wasn't enough information on how it was built. So, they came up with their own design to make it work.
A very beautiful and untested aircraft. Obviously very touchy I think somebody with a lot of money should build another one.
If the development wasn't stopped by WW2 who knows what could have become of this plane. Also I see some resemblances with the Dornier DO-335: sleak built, short wings, double engine. Ah, what could have been...
The Bugatti Model 100 was a purpose-built air racer designed to compete in the 1939 Deutsch de la Meurthe Cup Race. The aircraft was not completed by the September 1939 deadline and was put in storage prior to the German invasion of France. With the outbreak of World War II and the imminent fall of Paris, Bugatti had the aircraft disassembled and hidden on his estate. Bugatti died in 1947, having never resumed work on it.
Things with such beauty must be produced replicate it and flown.
Wow what a fantastic looking aircraft waaay
Ahead of its day in design ,beautiful pieces of aeromotive art
This is awesome. The dual engine design is just as elegant as the outside.
This is a plane begging for a 21st century update with carbon fiber.
I currently have no plans to get a pilot’s license but even one of these became available I might consider it.
I have one of the paintings and was around Scotty the entire time he was building the Bugatti 100P at Harvey Young Airport in Tulsa. The air frame was great and only reason it crashed and killed Scotty was the motorcycle engines used to power it. One of the engines, which were set in second gear kicked into neutral just after takeoff and the other engine was not enough to keep it flying. The motorcycle engines were only about 100 to 120 horsepower each and not the 450 to 550 horsepower the aircraft was designed for. It flew but when one engine went out of the loop the other was not enough to keep it flying. Larger engines were just to expensive. Always wondered what it would be capable of with light weight 380 horsepower turbocharged BMW engines.
Difficult to really say, but as a general rule, extreme racers don't make good war machines.
The Macchi Idro Corsa comes to mind.
The remarkable achievement of Willy Messerschmitt was to create a speed plane with an adaptable fighter in mind from the begin.
A pilot killer, something familiar to all pilots struggling to break speed records.. Lovely, esthetically speaking. Even today, contra-rotating props are finicky.
A new model replica built in fiber carbon with another engine, may be is a dream or it`s possible? I supose the plane construction plans exists. Why not? The P100 deserves to fly again.
Awesome video!
Nicely delivered piece, well done
Glad you liked it!
This design has a bit of the US "Moonbat" to its external lines. Cool airplane.
Thank you for this story. I wish Burt Routan would have made a version of this.
Looks like the perfect design, for an e - plane !
I have simulator fly this aircraft in FSX flygsimulator. Very fun aircraft to fly. Fast very fast. Aircraft data is very great.
The aircraft is undoubtedly a beautiful design, and with a name like Bugatti attached to it, it would be nothing less. However, having said that, the Issue with the aircraft is something that Bugatti and Demange could not anticipate was the highly unstable flight characteristics of forward swept wings, since no aircraft had yet to be designed with such wings. Demange put them on because they looked good but forward swept wings are extremely unstable at lower speeds and NASA found out much later that without the aid of computers to make changes to the flight control surfaces while at lower speeds, aircraft with these style of wings tended to stall and only pilots with a extreme amount of experience could compensate quickly enough to not fall out of the sky. Which was the reason for Scotty Wilson's untimely death, after an engine failure reduced the replica 100P's speed to levels that resulted in the wings of the aircraft to stall and lose lift. Without a control computer to make for allowable changes in the flight control surfaces at lower speeds, the 100P is nothing less than a death trap. It is a stunningly beautiful aircraft and one that very well could have beaten Nazi Germany's choke hold on the airspeed records of the time, IF they had designed the 100P with rearward swept wings. Unfortunately the Tale of the demise of Scotty Wilson acts as a cautionary tale regarding antiquated designs of aircraft. For there was a modern aircraft with forward swept wings, The Grumman X-29. Had Mr. Wilson and his team consulted with NASA engineers and test pilots, he would have discovered that the flight Characteristics were dangerous and outright suicidal with an aircraft with underpowered engines, Which Ironically was also an issue with Mr. Wilson's replica 100P. Although the aircraft had two Hayabusa engines mounted within it's fuselage, they were still under powered for the airframe's needs which lacked proper amounts of torque AND horsepower. To this day The X-29 is regarded as the most aerodynamically unstable aircraft ever built. It is too bad that Scotty Wilson nor any of his design team had ever thought to look for a modern counterpart to the 100P and ask the design engineers or pilots for either their opinions or any data on the characteristics of a forward swept wing aircraft. Because the replica 100P had conservatively forward swept wings it was able to be flown a few times until the engines began to give the aircraft trouble, and the decision to fly the aircraft once again without properly making sure the engines were repaired or would no longer give any more problems, was a fatal decision. So not ALL designs from the past are ones that should be resurrected and put into the air, or on the road, or in the sea. I hope that no other person makes the mistake of trying to rebuild the 100P without first consulting the flight data and records of a modern counterpart to the aircraft. Even a minor Google search with the question "What is the most aerodynamically unstable aircraft ever built?" will show a picture of the Grumman X-29 with it's forward swept wings.
Thank you for the explanation of its failings. I wasn't aware of the instability of forward swept wings and wondered what killed Mr Wilson in his replica.
The fact the Germans had it after capturing France and Europe and did not continue the project says they figured that out already. One of the Hs162 versions has swept forward wings but for all the wonder weapons' the Germans dreamed up none had this wing stye. (or very few, seems the Germans were up to a lot we did know about pre internet)
On one hand, glad to see such Italian innovation...on the other, glad to see Italian industry and mobilization did NOT pan out.
Balsa wood was good enough for the dehavilland mosquito, and a lot of it was fabricated in furniture factories as well!
Interesting video, thanks.
I learned of this aircraft in popular mechanics years age. And built a small scale model from that article.
That's awesome
First I’ve heard of this as well. Brava!
Yo sick video I've never seen this plane before its beautiful. I wonder how well it could maneuver. It looks like it would probably maneuver poorly at high speed.
This bird was well ahead of ots time and the innvation is startling. I could become " my new favorite plane"
Great video. I have never heard of this plane
So many rare and Beautiful collector type Airplanes And automobiles out there!
Bugatti was amazing as was Enzo Ferrari, these old guys….
Enzo Ferrari once said that a competitors automobile (the Jaguar XKE coupe) was the most beautiful car ever made.
The Bugatti design has to be one of the most beautiful Aircraft ever made.
Have you guys ever looked in to another Super Rare ahead of its time airplane known as the Mooney Mustang M22.
This airplane warrants one of your videos !
I randomly found and got sucked in by the replica project. Scotty's crash and death broke through my general insensitivity to bad news on Teh Internetz and messed me up for the day. I can't imagine how that hits for his family and people actually involved in the project.
It's a beautiful, all but forgotten Italian movie star, and we just watched a respective with her clothes off. 😍
Even if it was a failure as a fighter it was a beautiful aircraft . Could imagine it as a larger jet version in a "what if " scenario .
Im a car fan and fan of bugatti and i did not know they had made a plane! Cool video
Just beautiful
Looks like something straight outta crimson skies.
Master Ettore Bugatti designed & built moving crafts that were both Practical & Elegant! 🙏 A Master Craftman & Engineer indeed! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💜🕊🇫🇷
Bugatti did'nt design the plane he just provide motors and mechanic, the design was made by a belgian engineer Louis de Monge
I love the shape and the blue. I believe it had a lot of potential in time. It sure looked slick
Mid-engined plane. Nice one, Bugatti!
Forced induction 16 cylinders (total) at that too!
Regarding the forward swept wing, try Google searching the HFB 320 Hansa Jet. main spar. On the Hansa the spar passed through the cabin behind the seats. In the Bugatti it probably passed through the fuselage between the engines.
Pure Awesome.
Looks like a modern design.
Absolutely gorgeous aircraft genius to make it
'what color is your Bugatti?', he asked the Germans.
I think high-performance aircraft can and do make a difference in combat, but they also cause major logistical issues and their complexity can make mass-production more difficult than need-be.
The 100P was a custom wood plane. It might have been faster than an Bf-109 or Me-209, but unlike the 100P, both were designed to be mass produced. The outcome would have been the same.
So very advanced for its time 👌🏻😎
Bravo
As an Aeronautical Engineer with decades of relevant experience, Bugatti and De Monge made a beautiful design with good but NOT brilliant engineering considering the limited resources as a boutique shop. The greater research and development resources of the USA, Britain and Germany devoted to fighters produced superior fighters with growth potential. Also the forward swept wing would have had a divergence static flutter failure at high speeds. The innovative cooling might have been as good or better than the P-51 system, but the two 180 degree turns reduce the efficiency. Such a radical design should have been medium scale RC tested for safety or other modern options to protect the test pilot.
So bummed we didn't get to see it fight.
Wow i didnt know about this beauty. Now i'm pretty sure that some day i will build a model of it. It will be military version
This Bugatti airplane was built as a racer, btw, the Dornier Do-335, 'Arrow', looks also as a racer.
At end of Italian war theater, when a british commando killed Benito Mussolini, continuer of anti-clerical, anti-Hapsburg, and freemason Garibaldi, who built an Italian state when they were in the perfect situation, no state at all, 'lo stato' is a term by Niccola Macchiavelli, who in 'History of Florence', wrote: 'Cardinalate was invented by the priests in Rome, in order that the 'pope' was always one of them', the nazis terminated all remains of Mussolini 'Black shirts'.
After some encounters with German jet planes, there, or over Flanders, pilots of Gloster Meteor were told to run away upon watching a German jet.
To be fair, the Me 109R was actually the Me 209 I - an aircraft more likely to explode than to actually fly. Messerschmitt pushed the revised Me 209 II as a fighter prototype, but even the Nazis weren't that desperate.
Extremely interesting-
Bugatti is Legend.
Well done video. Stile and beauty before practical flight and good engineering with no consideration toward armament , maintenance, weight. Speed was the
Another outrageous creation from Bugatti that I'll never own, or even see. Pretty though, an in the classic Bugatti Blue paint scheme. If Ettore could've gotten it to either England or America when the Nazi's took France, it might've been a Bf-109 beater.
I think the propellers would be better located at the tail!
i followed the development of that replica , was awfull that he crashed after only 1 or two test flights ,. question has to be was it ever actually a viable flying machine ?,certainly looks the part though ,worthy of the name bigbeautifullcat
The slightly forward swept wings might have flexed too much when turning. Even with modern materials, this is still a problem. If I remember correctly, a 1960s small plane with the same tail configuration, had control trouble when air flowed in certain ways.
Hopefully some enterprising aviation engineering outfit makes a full size, remote controlled, carbon fibre model for kicks and giggles. Would make a great campaign for Bugatti.
incorporate this design
with the ME-262, and it
would have been a much
precise aircraft
I never understood why the wing seemed to backward. If the tapered side was the lead side, it seems like it would have been faster.
I hate when videos like this do ONLY Kph. Since the 1960s, aviation standard is Kts. Some of the planes mentioned in this video used Mph. Makes no sense to only have kph given.
well done for this. aviation experts would be best judge on success of the plane?
I could be mistaken, but I believe I read that forward swept wings helped nothing and caused some degree of instability. Should have been left in the barn, and the dude that crashed it, might still be alive.
E. Bugatti did not like Germans as a WHOLE (considered them arrogant, looking down at other nations and having weird esthetic sens), but not "nazi Germany" especially, more like he dislike ANY Germany.
People did not think that way back then, for the majority the NSDAP was just a political party of the moment, it was not a different country but only a new form of a German Empire.
THANKS for Your very interesting video! :)
TBH, this plane would have performed excelently for it's time, but would have ran into the same issue as the German He-100.
It was a plane designed for races, not war. The issue would have been that even some slight damage to the airframe could have totally crippled this beauty. I think it was better that it didn't get developed further since Germany would've probally tried something with it, and it would probally not have been for the best...
The way ahead of its time design reminds me a lot of a BD-5, which is a fast little plane. She could have taken the speed record; combining the sleek areonautical design with more practical construction elements she also would have made a pretty decent fighter.
Huh, cool design though!
Beautiful airplane... but would had been better with 16-cylinder boxter flat-engine, rear counterrotating propellers with scimitar folding, two seater and a military version with the rear seat substitued by a 20mm vulvan rotating cannon.
Never was even considered to be a fighter , it was to beat the airspeed records by the Germans.
I have a suspicion (no, I’ve not checked this) that the claimed power of the gorgeous Bugatti engines is nowhere near the level quoted in this video, I recall that the late 30s cars’ output was usually given as “approximately 300bhp.
I’m going to re-design and build this one day. More hp in todays engines and lighter materials, gonna come at it from todays standard engineering standpoint
I wish you the best of luck, it would be awesome to see it fly again one day.
What a beautiful and elegant little bird! It's a real shame it never got to show off its possible performance.
As a fighter, I don't think it would have measured up to contemporary fighters, once it was weighed down with all the extra burden of arms, armour and extra fuel.
More of a sea slug did anything else interested in my FanFiction I would have that's when the landing fighters that they have they actually perfected it they call their scored the fighting Blue devils or the blue dragon squadron Bugatti and a little nasty little plane has a little surprise for the Nazis really a routine rocket Chambers before rockets in each wing f
... Apologies for the typo. I ment to say Stability...