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One of the aspects of the Tempest that make it so great is the 2,450 hp, Napier Sabre IIB H-24 liquid-cooled sleeve-valve piston engine. Propellers were a 4-bladed de Havilland Hydromatic. The Tempest's Quad 20mm Auto-Cannons make short work of EVERYTHING!
I went to a Veteran Affairs meeting and YOU were mentioned. Your info about planes, armament and flight, even from today's stuff, is spot on. From a full bird Colonel to. Even the military learns from gamers.
lol wow thats really cool. Thank you for sharing that little story, always cool to hear little things like that. Thank you to that Colonel too really kind of him to mention the channel.
The Tempest was the chief destroyer of the V1 buzz bombs in late 1944. One of the few aircraft that could actually catch one in level flight, its big gun battery helped the pilots stay clear of the V1's detonating after being hit.
If that were possible, it'd be amazing to see GS do a scramble and intercept type of mission chasing those things. Idk if IL-2 or DCS have V1's, though.
@@bradlovell3884IL-2 definitely does. I was doing a mission today "Diver intercept" or something like that. Chasing V1s in spitfires. Trick was to stay high and patrol then dive on them. Quick few blasts and peel off to dodge the shrapnel.
@@bradlovell3884 Hear hear, a V-1 intercept mission would be great watching! What do any of the flight sims have the detail required to try what RAF pilots did, tumbling the V-1 out of control with the wingtips? Absolute legends, tough act to follow in simulation or reality.
@@bradlovell3884 classic IL-2 (1946 and previous) had mission where you should intercept V1 and make legendary historical trick: stay at same level as V1, at same speed and then turn over V1's wing by your own wing like a little tip. The case is let a gyroscope inside V1 to fail and let that rocket dive and crash.
Man I love the Tempest, never gets the credit it deserves, laminar flow wings, a reliable Sabre engine and 4 hispanos. I love the Spitfire and Mustang but the Tempest is just a beast!
I mean calling the Napier sabre a reliable engine is doing a bit of heavy lifting it had nowhere near the fit and finish of merlin or griffons especially pre 44. In fact the reliability is why tempest MK2 used a Centaurus and MK3 used a griffon.
@@NatanielMalanowski even when the sleeve issues were fixed there were problems with consistency across each 6 cylinder block. Also tempest V didn't get the sabre V until later the series 1 tempest V got sabre mkII B.
always great to hear father and son are spending time together, honored a little bit of it is watching these videos. I appreciate your support much love, and please say Hi to your son for me, all the best.
Agreed! One reason I subbed long ago was that with GS every other word wasn't an expletive. Some RUclipsrs curse so much it's monotonous. GS uses the time to actually say something meaningful rather then trying to sound hip.
@@truthseeker9454 ya I noticed very early on in the channel guys are watching these with their kids (because of comments like this) so I made an effort to make sure the language wouldn't be an issue.
This is my favorite plane, from a begginers point of view, i find it pretty easy to fly, quite forgiving of my lack of skill, and on the rare occasion i can hit anything it just turns the target to confetti. Great content mate, even got the whole crew on my boat looking forward to their daily dogfight.
This video made my 2025, and it ain’t the new year yet. Superb. “Folded” being a new term to use in flying as well is brilliant. Keep up the good videos and happy new year mate.
I’ve been watching your channel for a WHILE now and you genuinely never fail to deliver amazing stuff, I love your content and I seriously hope you hit 700K super soon, you absolutely deserve it. (Idk how you haven’t hit 1 Million yet bruh you’re so underrated 😭😭) Much love ❤️
Thank u man I really appreciate your support, subs like yourself give me the motivation to keep the content flowing. I appreciate you thank you again and Happy New Year.
Assuming you're thinking of the soviet 20mm's, they used less explosives inside of their rounds so a lot of the time it's just like shooting a larger machine gun rather than a cannon.
@@juliancain6128 Yes, and like germany they had special explosive filled shells developed Hispanos had both HE and Semi-AP which are basically APHE^2 Germany had the Mineshot, which are basically HE^3 sacrificing shell wall thickness for max HE filler
During the Battle of Britain, RAF pilots were always warned that, aside from "the Hun in the sun”, never to follow a hit enemy aircraft down, as you'll be joining him sharpish. Best kills I've seen in "IL-2". Most of mine just lose wings, either one or both, or flat spin to their death. Never had one explode, as engines do in "Rise of Flight". Great video - going to start a Tempest career.
Holy Crap on a Cracker! What an aircraft. LOVE your videos keep it up. Introduced my dad (RIP) to this sort of PC fun in the mid 80's. He hooked up his PC to a his massive stereo system and I'd come home and here him flying in Battle of Brittain and later Battle Over Europe (90's). But wow.... the genre has come so far with titles like DCS. I wish he could have experienced this. So much enjoyment just watching you and listening to how much fun you have. Thanks for doing this.
Primary difference in Tempest vs typhoon was wing being much thinner and a different profile and having the spitfire style rounded rear surface which gave it very good stall characteristics.... So not only did the Tempest have a new wing but also bigger propeller and longer rear fuselage and bigger vertical tail surfaces... So the Tempest was not only a fast boom n zoom fighter but it was a very capable dogfighter as well
Yeah, Spitfires and Mustangs and FWs- the Tempest gets my vote for the baddest-looking fighter of WWII. One significant difference from the Typhoon was a thinner (lower drag) laminar-flow wing.
Read a few pilot biographies who flew the Tempest - they reckoned it was the best allied fighter below 20,000 feet. I recall one incident where an RAF pilot was bounced by a P47 who mistook him for a German...He dodged the fire and then proceeded to get on the tail of the P47 and fired either side of it and stuck to him for some time. The P47 couldn't do a thing and the pilot was terrified.
I'm up for any recommendation for books...so hope you can reply with some Tempest ones?......I'd recommend 'The Most Dangerous Enemy' by Stephen Bungay on the Battle of Britain as its a totally opposite view to most BOB books on how close the battle was...very fascinating read...'Malta Spitfire' by George Beurling is a very good combat book...I've always got a WW2 warbird book on the go...
While I personally have more of an affinity with modern/near future stuff, I do immensely enjoy WW-1 and WW-2 video's aswell. I am just glad that you are uploading video's on a regular basis!
With a 32 cylinder 3,000 HP engine, 4 x Hispano 20mm. cannons with 120 rounds each and a maximum power dive speed of 657 MPH, the Hawker Tempest V was the very best of the British prop fighters, even eclipsing the Rolls Royce Griffon powered Spitfires.
Man, I was just thinking today how I need to break out "IL-2" in VR again. I used to play it regularly, and the Tempest was always my jam. Definitely one of the best VR experiences around. Probably time to fire it up again. Thanks for the motivation.
Absolutely love the WWII stuff!! I also like your videos combining aircraft from various timeframes. For example, love to see what a single A10 would do against the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor. What ifs are fun!!
Keep doing more of the lesser known planes!!! We all love the mustangs, spitfires, amd 109s, but show more love to the less known aircraft!!! Love the content can't wait to watch more!!!!
A growling Sidewinder - Amazing what a little disc of spark-eroded copper will do. . . . . . . . The Tempest wing was very different to the Typhoon and had a lot to do with performance.
Your knowledge about even the smallest detail about these planes is truly astonishing. And it's not just modern combat aircraft but everything within the last hundred years. Thank you for the great content once again!
Big advantage of the Tempest is that the gunsight (a/c throughline) is so high. You can hit a target while pulling lead without it going under the nose.
I didn't know much about the airplanes of WW2 but each time I thought you showcased the coolest one, you bring out something even better. After you videos I go and read up on as much as I can about these incredible machines. Also the way they fought in these times, just a huge ball of planes zipping each and every way is so much more chaotic than the surgical precision of modern air to air combat. That chaos definitely makes it more entertaining.
thank you soo much for IL-2 based content- bringing aircraft not in DCS and showing your skill at disassembling aircraft- and add a shout out to IL_2 for their damage model
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Thank you guys for watching and if you have any ideas for future videos please put them in the comment section below and they might just end up in the pipeline, thanks again, much Love.
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Loving the WWII stuff!
One of the aspects of the Tempest that make it so great is the 2,450 hp, Napier Sabre IIB H-24 liquid-cooled sleeve-valve piston engine.
Propellers were a 4-bladed de Havilland Hydromatic.
The Tempest's Quad 20mm Auto-Cannons make short work of EVERYTHING!
try out the f4u
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I went to a Veteran Affairs meeting and YOU were mentioned. Your info about planes, armament and flight, even from today's stuff, is spot on. From a full bird Colonel to. Even the military learns from gamers.
lol wow thats really cool. Thank you for sharing that little story, always cool to hear little things like that. Thank you to that Colonel too really kind of him to mention the channel.
GS is a doctor of some kind for a living, that's the impressive part to me.
@@ltdan-px5mm 😂 I heard him say “distal end of the wing” in this video. I immediately thought “he must be in medicine”
@@ltdan-px5mmis he really? How’s you find out? Lol
@@ltdan-px5mm No wonder he can afford all the gear for this production quality.
GS is the cure for our needs of entertainment!
The Tempest was the chief destroyer of the V1 buzz bombs in late 1944.
One of the few aircraft that could actually catch one in level flight, its big gun battery helped the pilots stay clear of the V1's detonating after being hit.
Tempests, the Very latest Spitfires, Mossies, and Meteors. Everything else was too slow.
If that were possible, it'd be amazing to see GS do a scramble and intercept type of mission chasing those things. Idk if IL-2 or DCS have V1's, though.
@@bradlovell3884IL-2 definitely does. I was doing a mission today "Diver intercept" or something like that. Chasing V1s in spitfires. Trick was to stay high and patrol then dive on them. Quick few blasts and peel off to dodge the shrapnel.
@@bradlovell3884 Hear hear, a V-1 intercept mission would be great watching! What do any of the flight sims have the detail required to try what RAF pilots did, tumbling the V-1 out of control with the wingtips? Absolute legends, tough act to follow in simulation or reality.
@@bradlovell3884 classic IL-2 (1946 and previous) had mission where you should intercept V1 and make legendary historical trick: stay at same level as V1, at same speed and then turn over V1's wing by your own wing like a little tip. The case is let a gyroscope inside V1 to fail and let that rocket dive and crash.
Man I love the Tempest, never gets the credit it deserves, laminar flow wings, a reliable Sabre engine and 4 hispanos. I love the Spitfire and Mustang but the Tempest is just a beast!
I mean calling the Napier sabre a reliable engine is doing a bit of heavy lifting it had nowhere near the fit and finish of merlin or griffons especially pre 44. In fact the reliability is why tempest MK2 used a Centaurus and MK3 used a griffon.
Laminar flow and thin profile shouldn't make it a foolproof dogfighter in Il2, it seem rediculous at times
@@lonelyone69 Tempest I used Napier Sabre IV. Tempest V which we see in video used Sabre V which was really reliable powerhouse
@@NatanielMalanowski even when the sleeve issues were fixed there were problems with consistency across each 6 cylinder block. Also tempest V didn't get the sabre V until later the series 1 tempest V got sabre mkII B.
@@lonelyone69the Tempest was designed from day one to use a variety of engines. None of them were particularly reliable.
My 5 year old son and I really enjoy watching your videos together! Thanks for the content, and thanks for keeping it clean!
always great to hear father and son are spending time together, honored a little bit of it is watching these videos. I appreciate your support much love, and please say Hi to your son for me, all the best.
Agreed! One reason I subbed long ago was that with GS every other word wasn't an expletive. Some RUclipsrs curse so much it's monotonous. GS uses the time to actually say something meaningful rather then trying to sound hip.
@@truthseeker9454 ya I noticed very early on in the channel guys are watching these with their kids (because of comments like this) so I made an effort to make sure the language wouldn't be an issue.
@@GrowlingSidewinder That's one reason we hope you surpass 700K subscribers soon. 😁
thank you man, always appreciate you.
Dude such great videos and commentary with that evil little giggle cracks me up.."here my guy hold this 20mm for me"
appreciate you brother, just trying to make some fun for people watching.
@GrowlingSidewinder come play aces high 3 with me sometime graphics aren't top of the teir but the community is .. salute brother
This is my favorite plane, from a begginers point of view, i find it pretty easy to fly, quite forgiving of my lack of skill, and on the rare occasion i can hit anything it just turns the target to confetti.
Great content mate, even got the whole crew on my boat looking forward to their daily dogfight.
It was like this in MS Combat Flight Sim too back in the day.
Big fan of your channel
thank you, I appreciate you.
I second that mate. Great flying
@@benjaminstuver3825 thank you sir, much love.
This video made my 2025, and it ain’t the new year yet. Superb. “Folded” being a new term to use in flying as well is brilliant. Keep up the good videos and happy new year mate.
The last time I was this early, the tails were still falling off the Typhoons.
Some know their history..
All ironed out with the Tempest as well as the issues with the Napier Sabre engine which in my opinion was the pinnacle of WW2 aero engines
I understood that Reference!
@@nobbytart27Tempest was a beast
This guy knows stuff
I’ve been watching your channel for a WHILE now and you genuinely never fail to deliver amazing stuff, I love your content and I seriously hope you hit 700K super soon, you absolutely deserve it. (Idk how you haven’t hit 1 Million yet bruh you’re so underrated 😭😭) Much love ❤️
Thank u man I really appreciate your support, subs like yourself give me the motivation to keep the content flowing. I appreciate you thank you again and Happy New Year.
They sometimes had Mk XIV Spits flying high altitude top cover for them. A deadly combo.
Deadly indeed.
Jumping out of the Tempest into the (Spit)fire
Absolutely love the Tempest, more more more! Also odd the 20mm rounds on that shred when 20mm on some others do nothing, great stuff as always.
Assuming you're thinking of the soviet 20mm's, they used less explosives inside of their rounds so a lot of the time it's just like shooting a larger machine gun rather than a cannon.
@@ornaterope8319 So these 20mm's on the Tempest are high explosive?
@@juliancain6128 yes as are most cannon rounds, the soviet low HE mix is the exception not the rule.
@@juliancain6128 Yes, and like germany they had special explosive filled shells developed
Hispanos had both HE and Semi-AP which are basically APHE^2
Germany had the Mineshot, which are basically HE^3 sacrificing shell wall thickness for max HE filler
@@ornaterope8319 The Hawker Hurricanes 20mm rounds he did a video on recently.
During the Battle of Britain, RAF pilots were always warned that, aside from "the Hun in the sun”, never to follow a hit enemy aircraft down, as you'll be joining him sharpish. Best kills I've seen in "IL-2". Most of mine just lose wings, either one or both, or flat spin to their death. Never had one explode, as engines do in "Rise of Flight".
Great video - going to start a Tempest career.
Oh man, WW1 and WW2 video galore from you -- this is an awesome ending to the year.
I've loved the Tempest ever since reading Pierre Clostermann's "The Big Show" when I was a kid. 😎
I just finished The Big Show Audiobook last week. Harrowing what they went through even with the best equipment.
Im in same boat.
I remember reading the same book some 30+ years ago, a great book.
Holy Crap on a Cracker! What an aircraft. LOVE your videos keep it up.
Introduced my dad (RIP) to this sort of PC fun in the mid 80's. He hooked up his PC to a his massive stereo system and I'd come home and here him flying in Battle of Brittain and later Battle Over Europe (90's). But wow.... the genre has come so far with titles like DCS. I wish he could have experienced this. So much enjoyment just watching you and listening to how much fun you have. Thanks for doing this.
Pierre Clostermann - RAF Ace made most of his kills on Tempest :-) I've read his book : The Great Circus. So its nice to see Tempest in Action !
Great book! Read it a long time ago.
Primary difference in Tempest vs typhoon was wing being much thinner and a different profile and having the spitfire style rounded rear surface which gave it very good stall characteristics.... So not only did the Tempest have a new wing but also bigger propeller and longer rear fuselage and bigger vertical tail surfaces... So the Tempest was not only a fast boom n zoom fighter but it was a very capable dogfighter as well
Thin and laminar flow airfoil doesn't make a very good platform for Dogfighting...
Its entire surface was also much better finished. Particularly the rivets, to be as smooth as possible.
Certainly better than the Typhoon, although the engine still had its problems until the Sabre V - too late for WWII.
Loving the WW2. Tempest is one of my favourite planes so I'm happy to see you flying it
I dunno why, but I always feel soooo relieved when the pilots are able to bail out. 😅
He 111 made my jaw drop... And then again during replay. Tempest the Mighty!
The scoop on the Tempest always reminded me of the Falcon. Very recognizable. Such a dope gunfighter.
Yeah, Spitfires and Mustangs and FWs- the Tempest gets my vote for the baddest-looking fighter of WWII. One significant difference from the Typhoon was a thinner (lower drag) laminar-flow wing.
Gorgeous plane. Tempest 2 is my favourite (which had an amazing Centaurus engine and no protruding underside radiator). Great vid.
The Honey Badger of WW2 aircraft.
Tempest propeller blades were also longer than the Typhoon's. Hence the long landing gear to give the massive prop ground clearance.
Read a few pilot biographies who flew the Tempest - they reckoned it was the best allied fighter below 20,000 feet. I recall one incident where an RAF pilot was bounced by a P47 who mistook him for a German...He dodged the fire and then proceeded to get on the tail of the P47 and fired either side of it and stuck to him for some time. The P47 couldn't do a thing and the pilot was terrified.
I'm up for any recommendation for books...so hope you can reply with some Tempest ones?......I'd recommend 'The Most Dangerous Enemy' by Stephen Bungay on the Battle of Britain as its a totally opposite view to most BOB books on how close the battle was...very fascinating read...'Malta Spitfire' by George Beurling is a very good combat book...I've always got a WW2 warbird book on the go...
That's more pilot skill than the plane at that moment 🇬🇧 we do it best no matter the plane.
1:40. Poor guy! He just got to celebrate a victory and 1/2 second later his plane is WRECKED!
I love the Tempest in IL-2, not just because it is an incredible aircraft but one of the liveries in the sim bears my surname.
4:13 Can we just talk about how much "oh ****" you see in how the other He-111's fly? Panic spreading.
More WW2 please! Loving every bit of it, also 3pt landings on spot brother.
Only early typhoons had three bladed props, the tempests main performance advantage came from its wing.
While I personally have more of an affinity with modern/near future stuff, I do immensely enjoy WW-1 and WW-2 video's aswell. I am just glad that you are uploading video's on a regular basis!
With a 32 cylinder 3,000 HP engine, 4 x Hispano 20mm. cannons with 120 rounds each and a maximum power dive speed of 657 MPH, the Hawker Tempest V was the very best of the British prop fighters, even eclipsing the Rolls Royce Griffon powered Spitfires.
The Napier Sabre was 24 cylinders and 2300hp in the MK V Tempest.
Man, I was just thinking today how I need to break out "IL-2" in VR again. I used to play it regularly, and the Tempest was always my jam. Definitely one of the best VR experiences around. Probably time to fire it up again. Thanks for the motivation.
The WWII fights are really awesome. It'd be interesting to do a couple more one-on-one dogfights in DCS using only aircraft from the 1935-1945 period.
Loving the WW2 on IL2 keep it up!
My favorite British WW2 plane, followed by the Hurricane.
Absolutely love WWIi. Also love Vietnam era as well!! Would love to see skyraider missions!
Absolutely love the WWII stuff!! I also like your videos combining aircraft from various timeframes. For example, love to see what a single A10 would do against the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor. What ifs are fun!!
Keep doing more of the lesser known planes!!! We all love the mustangs, spitfires, amd 109s, but show more love to the less known aircraft!!! Love the content can't wait to watch more!!!!
More WWII. Love it man.
YES!!! MORE WW2!! More Tempest Vids also! That thing is a BEAST!!
GS out here stacking German tacos. These WWII videos are some of my favorites. I could watch them all day. Especially this plane and the Me-262.
Loving the WW2 content!
Love your WWII videos. Keep it up! So much variety of aircraft to be had and especially love videos on planes that are not as common like the tempest!
Can't wait for the new Tempest 6th gen jet plane
Love the WW2 videos!
Huge fan! Glad to see you going strong through the holidays. Seriously, thanks for dropping content!
This time of year gets rough for many!
Really enjoying the WW2 stuff! Enjoy all your videos, but this is a nice change for a bit.
Loving the WW2 content! Keep it coming!
Superprops Vs Early Jets would be a great video. You and Shotgun in the props, obviously.
Love the ww2 content lately
Great stuff! Keep it coming.
Love the Tempest and the typhoon! Awesome video! Keep the WW1 and WW2 stuff coming!
Love the WWI and WWII fights!
I'm loving the WW2 stuff for sure mate. Great videos thanks
Absolutely love the WW2 videos and all the best to you and your channel for 2025!
WWII stuff is ALWAYS fun to watch...thanks!
A growling Sidewinder - Amazing what a little disc of spark-eroded copper will do. . . . . . . .
The Tempest wing was very different to the Typhoon and had a lot to do with performance.
Damn!... I've seen some missile strikes that haven't done as much damage as the Hawker Tempests Cannon... What a beast!. 👍
Your knowledge about even the smallest detail about these planes is truly astonishing. And it's not just modern combat aircraft but everything within the last hundred years. Thank you for the great content once again!
More IL-2! Also IL-2 1946?
Loving your WWII content and the Tempest is a monster. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes please keep the WW2 stuff coming
Yeah, these WW2 vids are always a great watch.
man I love the Tempest, built so many models of it as a kid.
wish I was even half as deadly as you in it in IL2!
Big advantage of the Tempest is that the gunsight (a/c throughline) is so high. You can hit a target while pulling lead without it going under the nose.
That thing is a BEAST.
The Tempest is my fav british WWII plane. An actual beast.
Thank you, really enjoying WWII.
Top notch. Happy new year from Blighty.
always love the ww2 stuff..great flying and airplane knowledge
Keep up the WWII stuff plz. Very enjoyable.
OMG. Tempest in the Battle of Britain, casually eating Bf 109E's, Bf 110C's, and He-111H's for lunch. Slaughter!
Thank you! Great vid! Keep the WW2 coming!
Love the WWII stuff, def wanna see more me-262 content 🔥 💯
Love the WWll content, keep it coming! 😎
Love the WW2 stuff. Keep it coming.
By the end of WW2 the fighters had become brutal, particularly the Me 262 and the Tempest but the Corsair was not far behind!
I didn't know much about the airplanes of WW2 but each time I thought you showcased the coolest one, you bring out something even better. After you videos I go and read up on as much as I can about these incredible machines. Also the way they fought in these times, just a huge ball of planes zipping each and every way is so much more chaotic than the surgical precision of modern air to air combat. That chaos definitely makes it more entertaining.
I like the WWII stuff. Keep it coming.
I had no idea the Tempest even existed until today. Thanks for making this video. What a beast of an airplane!!
Always fun to watch. Keep up the WWII - any chance we could go the the Pacific?
Very much enjoying the WWII content! 👍
The damage model in IL-2 is so satisfying!
Tempest MK-V.. such a remarkable aircraft.
Thank you for the Tempest content! By far my favorite in IL-2, although I'm warming up to the FW-190 Dora. :)
Loving the WW1 and WW2 stuff. To me it's just more entertaining on screen
I forgot about the Tempest. Loving the WW2 stuff. A video with the P-40 would be cool!
I was just recently thinking about that plane. Nice.
More tempest! Such an awesome plane.
GS, keep doing what you're doing, WW II stuff is great quality!
Love the ww2 stuff. Please keep it up
thank you soo much for IL-2 based content- bringing aircraft not in DCS and showing your skill at disassembling aircraft- and add a shout out to IL_2 for their damage model
GS proving that variable wing sweep technology existed in the battlefields of WWII by constantly changing his enemies' wing sweep to 0°
Beautiful plane, awesome video!!
Hawker tempest dogfights everything
Loving all the WW2 content lately