One of the Fastest Strangest Airplanes Ever Built

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

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  • @jreynii
    @jreynii 7 месяцев назад +348

    These AI created story-lines all have the same faults, they can't get number combinations spoken correctly and they all seem to lift images and other material from other real, IE Human, topic creator's works and then collage them into their narrated story-lines. Interesting topics, yes. Original...No. Result: Channel owners of these sites get paid for each view/Like/click/subscribe regardless of how they were created or by whom, and when done by AI, it s effortless and thousand can be created by an AI, generating funds without any real talent or effort by the channel owner...

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid 7 месяцев назад +24

      Blocking this channel

    • @kennethobrien6537
      @kennethobrien6537 7 месяцев назад +18

      I would legit volunteer my time and voice to fix this fubar excuse of a doc

    • @ridermak4111
      @ridermak4111 7 месяцев назад +14

      Agreed. Garbage. I click right out.

    • @toomanyhobbies2011
      @toomanyhobbies2011 7 месяцев назад +10

      I just block them.

    • @GrimReaper-wz9me
      @GrimReaper-wz9me 7 месяцев назад +8

      Thanks for the heads up. I will block them as well.

  • @dereksollows9783
    @dereksollows9783 7 месяцев назад +121

    Douglas did NOT submit their design to the USAF in 1943 for the obvious reason that the USAF was created in 1947.

    • @stevetheduck1425
      @stevetheduck1425 7 месяцев назад +11

      United States Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Forces, United States Air Force.

    • @spacecadet35
      @spacecadet35 7 месяцев назад +8

      That's A.I. for you.

    • @SteamCrane
      @SteamCrane 7 месяцев назад +1

      You mean the "USF", whatever that is.

    • @runner3033
      @runner3033 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@SteamCrane You-Saf

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 7 месяцев назад +3

      there are so many gross errors of fact in this video they daren't actually call it a "documentary".

  • @robbiecox
    @robbiecox 7 месяцев назад +90

    Many factual errors.

    • @gettinghosed
      @gettinghosed 7 месяцев назад +3

      The first error wasn't 2 minutes into the story: Both the B24 and B17 had the same engines.

  • @NEKRWSPHERE
    @NEKRWSPHERE 7 месяцев назад +8

    I had a model of P-38 as a kid in the USSR. The manufacturers forgot to include paint in the set, and the only paints I had left were silvery-metallic (left over from Tu-95 I think) and white, from another passenger jet. So it was left unpainted. Of course, I couldn't even dream of XB-42 back then, it was too rare a plane to expect to see it in the hobbyist store, so far from its home. But the P-38 was still the weirdest plane in my collection - a mix of "Shturmovik" , coaxial rotor copter and Formula 1. 😂

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 7 месяцев назад

      Peacemaker may have been the weirdest.

    • @dungbetel
      @dungbetel 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@lqr824 I had the P38 and the Sturmovik. It's what kids did before they invented the mobile phone...

  • @thewatcher5271
    @thewatcher5271 7 месяцев назад +174

    Love Douglas Aircraft But Not This Terrible Narration. What A Shame You Can't Find Humans Who Can Read Anymore. Thank You.

    • @mabamabam
      @mabamabam 7 месяцев назад +4

      Hey at least they can write properly.

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад +2

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way.............................. ??

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 7 месяцев назад

      You are more than free to make your own video.

    • @laurencek.1580
      @laurencek.1580 7 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah I won't even subscribe. Will stick with Dark Skies.

    • @Einwetok
      @Einwetok 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@laurencek.1580 LOL that's setting the bar high!

  • @manuwilson4695
    @manuwilson4695 7 месяцев назад +77

    "...the FOKEY WOLF"...🙄

    • @kevinblackburn3198
      @kevinblackburn3198 7 месяцев назад +5

      It’s hard to find well narrated channels

    • @herschelmayo2727
      @herschelmayo2727 7 месяцев назад +7

      It was the Funky Wolf. It played loud disco music to annoy allied pilots.

    • @manuwilson4695
      @manuwilson4695 7 месяцев назад +1

      @herschelmayo2727 Sorry to disappoint you mate, but Disco came out in the 1970s, not the friggin' 40s! 🙄

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way.............................. ??

    • @gregmead2967
      @gregmead2967 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@manuwilson4695 You have a hard time recognizing a sarcastic post, don't you?

  • @coultl6556
    @coultl6556 7 месяцев назад +106

    AI reading. Ugh.

    • @kd4pba
      @kd4pba 7 месяцев назад +5

      People are lazy.

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад +3

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way.............................. ??

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 7 месяцев назад

      How clever of you to notice.

    • @edgarwalk5637
      @edgarwalk5637 6 месяцев назад +1

      Three thous two hoonder 50 miles.

    • @edgarwalk5637
      @edgarwalk5637 6 месяцев назад

      @@kd4pba Not lazy, greedy.

  • @paulstone472
    @paulstone472 7 месяцев назад +42

    In 1943 "Douglas unveiled their innovative aircraft concept to the USAF". Interesting given that the USAF didn't exist until 1947.

    • @jasonhamre4036
      @jasonhamre4036 7 месяцев назад +4

      at 16:10 a uniformed female is walking in front of a more modern pickup truck with a more modern fiberglass topper.

    • @kl0wnkiller912
      @kl0wnkiller912 7 месяцев назад +1

      The text correctly says: USAAF.

    • @spyridon3089
      @spyridon3089 5 месяцев назад

      Look up the german word Haarspalterei

  • @andrewallen9993
    @andrewallen9993 7 месяцев назад +69

    The allies did design and build faster bombers. It was called the de Havilland Mosquito.

    • @longrider42
      @longrider42 7 месяцев назад +5

      Right in One! And the B26 was no slouch, once they fixed all the problems.

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 7 месяцев назад +2

      The pre-war-designed P-38 had the same payload, same top speed, but far better performance at high altitude. The Mixmaster carried FAR more than the Mosquito, anyway.

    • @paulbantick8266
      @paulbantick8266 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@lqr824 Really? I suggest you research just how bad the performance of the P38 dropped to when it carried bombs. How fast, how high and how far a P38 would fly with a bomb-load of 2,000lbs let alone 4,000lbs of the Mosquito?
      Perhaps you could post evidence that the P38 carried 4,000lbs of bombs?
      Care to post comparative data for both aircraft?

    • @warrensmith7397
      @warrensmith7397 7 месяцев назад +1

      Not only that, but the Mosquito first flew in November 1940 and was capable of 408mph, 4 years earlier than the XB-42 first flight.

    • @ContentGramophone-tp9gw
      @ContentGramophone-tp9gw 7 месяцев назад

      Mosquito the best bomber period of ww2.... spitfire best fighter of ww2 tempest 11 fastest fighter of ww2 all british, thats why it infuriates because thr british.....

  • @WAL_DC-6B
    @WAL_DC-6B 7 месяцев назад +20

    Interesting at 4:05 to see the Douglas engineers at a table with a Douglas DC-8 jetliner display model in the center. The DC-8 first flew on May 30, 1958, at Long Beach, California. Close to 13 years after WWII came to an end.

    • @s.marcus3669
      @s.marcus3669 7 месяцев назад +3

      .....and black engineers/draughtsmen in 1944!

    • @glenatgoogle4393
      @glenatgoogle4393 7 месяцев назад

      Ditto at 12:04. (I was guessing the plane might be a 707 and the engineers Boeing guys. DC8 and 707 look enough alike that I can't accurately tell the difference. Someone with more knowledge than I have, would have to point out what to look for.)

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B 7 месяцев назад

      @@glenatgoogle4393 I have that exact Douglas factory model except in United Airlines livery (the model in the video has the Douglas DC-8 prototype markings).

    • @glenatgoogle4393
      @glenatgoogle4393 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@WAL_DC-6B - Don't misunderstand, I was not questioning your observation or expertise. Any 4 engine, narrow body, civilian type jet liner of that era, would probably look like a 707 to me. 😃

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B 7 месяцев назад

      @@glenatgoogle4393 Oh, I agree, to many the 707, DC-8 and even the Convair 880 looked similar. I'm just saying that I have that model as seen on the table with all the engineers sitting around it.

  • @daveburch235
    @daveburch235 7 месяцев назад +7

    The B-29's range was over 5500 miles and its top speed over 350 mph, and its $3 billion program cost did not "limit its viability", if that phrase even means anything. I stopped listening at this point, else I'm confident I'd have heard more false numbers or meaningless statements.

  • @tempestmkiv
    @tempestmkiv 7 месяцев назад +28

    If my landing gear isn't retracting on a test flight, I sure as hell am not going to raise it using the emergency system but I'd go back and land instead.

    • @obi-ron
      @obi-ron 7 месяцев назад +1

      Hydraulics and electric motors were not as reliable in those days and the systems referred to here were probably referred to as a back up system, not an emergency system. Back up manual systems are still fitted to planes today but, hopefully, don't have to be used as often. Test pilots probably had more concerns about the plane falling out of the sky than if the undercarriage worked flawlessly.

    • @reubenmorris487
      @reubenmorris487 7 месяцев назад

      That's late 20th and 21st century pilot training. Never heard of "alternate/emergency retract" for landing gear.

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 7 месяцев назад +1

      I suspect wartime test flights of innovative combat technology were conducted under greater urgency than peacetime test flights of non-combat aircraft.

    • @nilo70
      @nilo70 6 месяцев назад

      @@beenaplumber8379 I believe you have it .

    • @airgunny7416
      @airgunny7416 6 месяцев назад +1

      if youuve hit the retract button and it doesnt retract, you dont automatically assume its still locked down,, if youve hit the button, its now "unlocked" fas far as we're concerned and must be cycled fully up and down before it can be safely used to land

  • @richjageman3976
    @richjageman3976 7 месяцев назад +98

    The horrid AI pronunciation ruined the video.

    • @mustafasfleas7342
      @mustafasfleas7342 7 месяцев назад +4

      Yup!
      Folkiewolf???

    • @Yohann67
      @Yohann67 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@mustafasfleas7342 And bomber-deer.

    • @joncrisler6001
      @joncrisler6001 7 месяцев назад +1

      And Ox On Hell - at least they got "Maryland" correct.

  • @EllieMaes-Grandad
    @EllieMaes-Grandad 7 месяцев назад +18

    Tricycle undercarriage wasn't there to fit the trend of the time, but to keep those props clear of the ground . . .

    • @gregorydahl
      @gregorydahl 7 месяцев назад +1

      The lower rear rudder was there to keep the props from striking the ground .

  • @arturoeugster7228
    @arturoeugster7228 7 месяцев назад +1

    The principle of a pusher propeller was realized in the B-36, and they added 4 turbo jets .
    Six turning four burning.

  • @stevetheduck1425
    @stevetheduck1425 7 месяцев назад +4

    Three similar planes within a similar time-frame: Dornier Do-335 'Anteater' , the Yokosuka P2Y 'Seieun' , and the Douglas XB-42 'Mixmaster'.
    One had both engines driving two front props, one had two engines driving a prop at front and back, and one had two engines driving both props at the rear.
    All three were expected to be replaced by jet-powered versions in due time.
    Only the Douglas XB-42 was, becoming the Douglas B-43 Jetmaster.

  • @milesvanrothow2067
    @milesvanrothow2067 7 месяцев назад +6

    A similar concept, but not as weird as Germany's Dornier Do 335, which had a prop at both ends, one to push and one to pull.

  • @briantayler1230
    @briantayler1230 7 месяцев назад +25

    Unfortunately, this is an example of the future. Bits of imagery that are spliced together with an AI voiceover for next to no cost. GI = GO.

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад +2

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way......................... ??

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 7 месяцев назад

      So make your own video.

  • @rancidpitts8243
    @rancidpitts8243 7 месяцев назад +3

    My mother worked at Douglas in Long Beach Ca. during WWII. She was given a Top Secret clearance to work on "Projects", her words. She was never specific, and said she was never given permission to talk about it.

  • @appaho9tel
    @appaho9tel 7 месяцев назад +21

    "B-17 can carry 4,800 pounds of bombs, the B-24 8,000" Sorry, wrong

    • @kevinblackburn3198
      @kevinblackburn3198 7 месяцев назад +1

      On both accounts

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад +3

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way.............................. ??

    • @PiDsPagePrototypes
      @PiDsPagePrototypes 7 месяцев назад

      B-17 max take off weight, minus it's gross weight (which should include fuel and ammo, but might not include crew), gives 11,500 pounds (5,216kg) payload mass. Subtracting the average mass of a person, by the number of crew, might give 4,800 kilos, or a little under 10,600 pounds.

    • @Species5008
      @Species5008 7 месяцев назад

      @user-xj6rr3yv8q oh tell us all what the correct information is, Your Royal Painintheassness

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@raymondo162 I'll hit your dislike button every time I see you repeat this cut-and-paste comment. Say something original! Or are you a bot that's programmed to post the same thing?

  • @marcbrasse747
    @marcbrasse747 День назад

    One could have mentioned Dornier’s existing research into the centreline thrust concept which had already led to a proof of concept prototype when the Mixmaster was conceived. Also the first 335 Pfeil prototype already flew in 1943.

  • @theoldmanwithscars4934
    @theoldmanwithscars4934 7 месяцев назад +21

    No mention of the Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow)?

    • @stevetheduck1425
      @stevetheduck1425 7 месяцев назад +6

      Or the Yokosuka Seieun?

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 7 месяцев назад +1

      Why should they mention it? It is not relevant to the aircraft story. And had nothing to do with its development.

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@stevetheduck1425for what purpose? Neither aircraft had anything to do with the design here.

    • @rigel1176
      @rigel1176 6 месяцев назад

      @@WALTERBROADDUS really ???

    • @rigel1176
      @rigel1176 6 месяцев назад

      @@WALTERBROADDUS really ???

  • @wmffmw
    @wmffmw 7 месяцев назад +4

    Bad data. B17 had an max internal bomb load of 8,000 lbs. Not 4,800. With external racks the B17 could carry 16,000 to 18,000 lbs.

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 7 месяцев назад +1

      If they almost never ran with external racks. And they could not reach their max range with those loads. It was slow as hell.

  • @daystatesniper01
    @daystatesniper01 7 месяцев назад +13

    Hmmm a dark skies clone video channel

  • @steveturner2763
    @steveturner2763 6 месяцев назад +1

    The American XB 42 was a direct copy of the Dornier Do 335 which had a top speed of 495 mph with an alcohol boost and only 48 were completed before the end of WW2.

  • @RedBud315
    @RedBud315 7 месяцев назад +1

    I worked for the phone company on a contract with McDonnell Douglas aircraft company in Long Beach when they were developing the C-17. I never knew about this aircraft at all until now.

  • @eromadroleromadrol5171
    @eromadroleromadrol5171 7 месяцев назад +1

    Otto Celera 500L and 850 are the proud babies of the XB-42 Mixmaster ! Hope they will have a netter future !

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 7 месяцев назад +1

    Back then, a slide ruler and a B-29, P38, even the Me-262, and many more miraculous machines were made. Today, computers, and the Boeing 737 Max series is created. Is this really progress?

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 7 месяцев назад

      737 Max probably has 1000x fewer accidents per flight-hour, as well as far higher payload and longer range and better top speed. Remember in those days like 10% of the planes a year would just crash while not even in combat.

  • @CthulhuInc
    @CthulhuInc 7 месяцев назад +3

    Do335 imitation ? 😊

    • @mule5267
      @mule5267 7 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly what I thought, the americans took the surviving ones after the war as well, that is probably where this came from. The Germans were way ahead in technology

  • @migueldeniseful
    @migueldeniseful 7 месяцев назад +2

    This plane was clearly influenced by the really revolutionary german Dornier do-335...!!

  • @ChefDuane
    @ChefDuane 6 месяцев назад

    Higher top speed, longer range, and leading edge technology. Wow, that must be why it was so successful.

  • @rogermatheny5512
    @rogermatheny5512 7 месяцев назад +6

    Imagine this plane with swept wings, turbojets and a tailhook. A3D skywarrior

    • @aristoclesathenaioi4939
      @aristoclesathenaioi4939 7 месяцев назад

      A tail hook on that design? I doubt if that design could ever operate from an aircraft carrier.

    • @rogermatheny5512
      @rogermatheny5512 7 месяцев назад

      @@aristoclesathenaioi4939 evolved

    • @aristoclesathenaioi4939
      @aristoclesathenaioi4939 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@rogermatheny5512 hmm interesting connection. By the way, the fundamental aerodynamic research of swept wings was done by the Germans and the captured data after the defeat of Germany was used by both the US and USSR which is why the Air Sabre and early MiG jet fighters than appeared in Korean War has based on the same design data

    • @66Flux
      @66Flux 6 месяцев назад

      They indeed made a turbojet-powered derivative of this aircraft, the XB-43 Jetmaster.

  • @prieten49
    @prieten49 5 месяцев назад

    A recurring problem with pusher type planes, at least back in those days, was keeping the engines cool.

  • @davefroman4700
    @davefroman4700 4 месяца назад

    Anyone else notice the striking similarity between this design and that of the modern day Global Hawk Drones?

  • @chrishoff402
    @chrishoff402 7 месяцев назад +2

    Imagine if it had managed to get into a bombing run over Germany in WW2, and a Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) got on it's tail!

  • @PeteSty
    @PeteSty 7 месяцев назад +5

    It's a 2 speed supercharger, not "variable speed"'.

    • @andyharman3022
      @andyharman3022 7 месяцев назад

      Allison's auxiliary stage supercharger was driven by a variable speed hydraulic coupling.

  • @66Flux
    @66Flux 6 месяцев назад +1

    So, the pusher propeller makes many people think in this comment section, that this is a "copy" of Do 335. In fact, this is a completely different aircraft.

  • @ericwillison6108
    @ericwillison6108 7 месяцев назад +1

    Modern airlines have been considering going back to propeller driven planes but the slower speed and the noise seems to cancel out the benefits of the lesser fuel consumption. I wonder if this format of aircraft with the counter rotating rear propellers would make for a good compromise given its higher speed, less drag, lower noise, and better fuel efficiency.

  • @Milosz_Ostrow
    @Milosz_Ostrow 7 месяцев назад +2

    Was this video was narrated by a text-to-speech program that stumbled ridiculously over typos and abbreviations? For example, listen at 2:22.

  • @andrewmorton9327
    @andrewmorton9327 7 месяцев назад +7

    Why didn’t they just use the de Havilland Mosquito? It could fly to Berlin almost twice as fast as a B17 and back and carry a 4,000 lb bomb load.

    • @marsmars9130
      @marsmars9130 7 месяцев назад

      Wood

    • @ianwright963
      @ianwright963 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@marsmars9130 And it worked...very well, the Mosquito was also faster than the XB42 and flew in 1941, three years earlier.

    • @marsmars9130
      @marsmars9130 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@ianwright963 Yup, but the air frame did not hold up to time!

    • @andrewallen9993
      @andrewallen9993 7 месяцев назад +1

      Because it was made in Britain, Canada and Australia.

    • @ianwright963
      @ianwright963 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@marsmars9130 Yugoslavia were still fling them in 1962.
      The Mosquitoes which were converted to TT Mk.35 target tugs after the war, were still flying in 1963, there are 5 still airworthy.
      How long do you need them to fly for??

  • @daveogarf
    @daveogarf 7 месяцев назад +5

    *HIRE A **_HUMAN_** ANNOUNCER, NOT A BOT!!*

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way..................... ??

  • @woutmoerman711
    @woutmoerman711 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful plane, I build a rubber powered free flight model of it which flies quite well.

  • @captaccordion
    @captaccordion 6 месяцев назад

    It's a funny thing how common it is in WWII aircraft videos to discuss inline engines while showing footage of the assembly of radial engines!

  • @65streetfighter
    @65streetfighter 5 месяцев назад

    1:16 "America's daylight precision bombing missions" - that's supposed to be a bad joke!
    The Allies exclusively carried out carpet bombings on the densely populated German inner cities. If a factory or similar was accidentally hit in the process, they considered that an added bonus.

  • @michaelweston1042
    @michaelweston1042 7 месяцев назад

    The museum at Wright Patt ia amazing. Well worth a trip. I have been there several times. One time they even had a biplane simulated dogfight over a field right by the museum. They also have a virtual tour on their site. Though nothing matches going yourself. It's still nice.

  • @gregedwards1087
    @gregedwards1087 7 месяцев назад +5

    3:25, "...........if the Allies could develop faster bombers.........", well the British did EXACTLY that, it was called the de Havilland DH 98 "Mosquito", it was fast, could carry the same bomb load as a B17 over the same distance, only had two crew, could hit pinpoint targets with extreme accuracy and bugger off faster than the pursuing fighters, it was the bomber that had the lowest loss rate of WW2, in crew and aircraft, you guys should do better 'research'.

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 7 месяцев назад

      Nah, the P-38 had the same speed, range, and payload, but could fly far faster at high altitude, and was available years before the Mosquito. The purpose of the eighth Air Force wasn't to drop bombs, it was to establish air superiority over the continent by destroying all Germany's fighters, in preparation for invasion. The Mosquito and P-38 weren't employed for bombing, because bombing wasn't the freaking point.

    • @paulbantick8266
      @paulbantick8266 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@lqr824 Really? I suggest you research just how bad the performance of the P38 dropped to when it carried bombs. How fast, how high and how far a P38 would fly with a bomb-load of 2,000lbs let alone 4,000lbs of the Mosquito?
      Perhaps you could post evidence that the P38 carried 4,000lbs of bombs?
      Care to post comparative data for both aircraft?

    • @johnp8131
      @johnp8131 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@paulbantick8266 He can't, probable another blinded by American 'alternate facts'?

  • @06colkurtz
    @06colkurtz 7 месяцев назад +4

    See the guys on the boards? White shirts. Ties. Slipsticks. Those pictures are from the 60;s and 70s.

  • @kevinblackburn3198
    @kevinblackburn3198 7 месяцев назад +11

    .there were 4 50 inch 12.5 cal machine guns” 50 inch machine guns? we are in trouble if this is the future of narration.

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way....................... ??

    • @w.reidripley1968
      @w.reidripley1968 6 месяцев назад

      Don't drop that decimal point...

  • @kbjerke
    @kbjerke 7 месяцев назад +4

    Another artificial announcer.

  • @merlin51h84
    @merlin51h84 7 месяцев назад +11

    Really annoying when there is irrelevant or incorrect film footage used or repeated views. Shows slack editing. Otherwise some interesting footage of the actual aircraft.

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way....................... ??

  • @christopherbedford9897
    @christopherbedford9897 7 месяцев назад +1

    2:24 if you had any doubts about whether this was a robovoice... "three thoustwohoonderfifty miles"

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 7 месяцев назад

      the shock is that the numbers are all screwed up. I'd have thought as a software guy, that numbers might be the easiest thing to read right.

  • @callenclarke371
    @callenclarke371 7 месяцев назад +3

    Numerous narration and audio errors. Production quality is very poor. Dislike.

  • @anvilsvs
    @anvilsvs 6 месяцев назад

    After reading the comments I'm not doing the video. There was another plane the AAF never asked for and didn't want. The Merlin engined P-51. They fought that off for a couple of years.

  • @hertzair1186
    @hertzair1186 6 месяцев назад

    Allegedly A&A models will be producing a 1/72 injection molded kit of this aircraft soon…. Can’t wait.

  • @SaratheSR500Yamaha
    @SaratheSR500Yamaha 7 месяцев назад +14

    And yet, a bomber with similar performnce was already in service in Europe, the DH Mosquito, that had no guns and could outrun the enemy fighters.

    • @limyrob1383
      @limyrob1383 7 месяцев назад +6

      I was thinking the same.

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 7 месяцев назад

      Heck when the Mosquito was developed, a bomber with similar performance was already in service in Europe, the P-38, with similar range, speed, and payload, but far faster at high altitude. Also you sound really silly ignoring the massively improved payload and range.

    • @SaratheSR500Yamaha
      @SaratheSR500Yamaha 6 месяцев назад

      @@GNMi79 Fair comment. I have actually always liked the Mixmaster!

  • @ronaldbrouhard1247
    @ronaldbrouhard1247 7 месяцев назад +12

    Eeeeh, ya might wanna have a REAL dude that ACTUALLY knows what's up doing the narration. The only people who won't catch that is young'uns who aren't sharp, most who won't care about these topics.

    • @lqr824
      @lqr824 7 месяцев назад

      even us young doods get confused by "one two hundred feet" and so on...

    • @Milosz_Ostrow
      @Milosz_Ostrow 7 месяцев назад

      I think this video was narrated by a text-to-speech program that stumbled ridiculously over typos and abbreviations.

    • @paulbantick8266
      @paulbantick8266 7 месяцев назад

      @@lqr824 Perhaps you are the compiler of this rubbish? Your post Re: the P38 v Mosquito, would lead one to such a suspicion.

  • @bobd9193
    @bobd9193 6 месяцев назад

    @2:23, What was the range of the B-29 again? lMAO.

  • @AchimEngels
    @AchimEngels 7 месяцев назад

    Dornier Do 335. Although a fighter and not a bomber, obviously lend something to it.

  • @prilep5
    @prilep5 7 месяцев назад +8

    Imagine this bird with turboprops

  • @markgarin6355
    @markgarin6355 7 месяцев назад

    When you are flying towards someone... speed isn't so much of an issue as it is when your flying away from them.
    Ah. Air Cobra

  • @frankstewart8332
    @frankstewart8332 7 месяцев назад +3

    $3B??? What happened to the other Billion bucks we spent on the B-29?

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад +1

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way.............................. ??

  • @EpicureMammon
    @EpicureMammon 7 месяцев назад +1

    Fifty inch machine guns. What a time to be alive.

    • @w.reidripley1968
      @w.reidripley1968 6 месяцев назад

      I can hear a "point" before the "-fifty inch."

  • @coriscotupi
    @coriscotupi 7 месяцев назад +1

    04:06 - What's a DC-8 doing in this discussion?

  • @randysmitchell4810
    @randysmitchell4810 7 месяцев назад

    @3:55 - stating this is 1943 at Douglas Aircraft Co - there is a line of swept-wing bombers which must be B-47s? In 1943? Either those aren't B-47s or it isn't 1943?

  • @prunga308
    @prunga308 6 месяцев назад +1

    A B-29 has a range of 'threethoustwohoundered'?, BF-109 at 'hun'? and what is a "fookieewolf'?
    I can't "listininen" to this dialogue.

  • @dewardroy6531
    @dewardroy6531 7 месяцев назад +1

    At 2:20, what was that range again?

  • @sirfrancis9619
    @sirfrancis9619 6 месяцев назад

    Wow the rear of this thing looks very much like the Do335.

  • @jimmeryellis
    @jimmeryellis 7 месяцев назад +4

    Why not employ a person who can read a script. This is almost unlistenable.

  • @yngvesamuelsson
    @yngvesamuelsson 7 месяцев назад

    Whether this movie is true or not. What is true is that World War II led to many new inventions in many fields. It also accelerated the development of jet-powered aircraft.

  • @cynthiakoehne7004
    @cynthiakoehne7004 7 месяцев назад

    MAN if Lockheed had built this, what a world we would be living in today!

  • @fredtedstedman
    @fredtedstedman 7 месяцев назад

    what a brilliant design !

  • @mikentx57
    @mikentx57 6 месяцев назад

    Or. . .They could have just licensed and built de Havilland Mosquitos. Then you have a 400+mph bomber with a great bomb load. It could fly high altitude missions and tree top missions. They also could give "Fokey-Wolfs " a run for their money.

  • @HotelPapa100
    @HotelPapa100 6 месяцев назад

    That must have been one noisy bird. The tail basically has the design of a siren.

  • @perkins1439
    @perkins1439 6 месяцев назад +1

    They should have stuck a jet engine on the back of that thing

  • @freighttrainwatkins
    @freighttrainwatkins 6 месяцев назад

    Tell me you shoplifted ideas and technology from the Dornier 335 without telling me you shoplifted ideas and technology from the Dornier 335.

    • @w.reidripley1968
      @w.reidripley1968 6 месяцев назад +1

      Given the engine layout, I'd say you're straining.

  • @cynthiakoehne7004
    @cynthiakoehne7004 7 месяцев назад

    Just think of this aircraft with RR merlin engines, and De Haviland type Aerodynamic upgrades, NOW that would be a fast medium bomber!

  • @kenthatfield4287
    @kenthatfield4287 7 месяцев назад +2

    I said US Air Force in 1949 that was a mistake the others are right it's 1947

  • @Jack-bs6zb
    @Jack-bs6zb 7 месяцев назад +1

    Looks commonplace compared to British experimental aircraft of the period.

  • @elvisischrist
    @elvisischrist 7 месяцев назад

    I’ve seen it. It’s in one of the annex hangars at Wright Patterson AFB.

  • @privatepilot4064
    @privatepilot4064 7 месяцев назад +4

    You’ve absolutely gotta love the Fulkie Wulf. At any rate, great video.

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 7 месяцев назад +1

    It seems that a rear mounted propeller would be always better than a front mounted propeller. The fuselage and wings would be in smooth air if the propeller is in the back. This is just my completely worthless opionion that requires no regard nor consideration.

  • @chitlika
    @chitlika 7 месяцев назад +7

    What the F is a Folkie woolfie

    • @kumasenlac5504
      @kumasenlac5504 7 месяцев назад +2

      A rottweiler with a tambourine...

    • @poopytowncat
      @poopytowncat 7 месяцев назад

      @@kumasenlac5504 -- That's a howl!

    • @kevinblackburn3198
      @kevinblackburn3198 7 месяцев назад

      @@kumasenlac5504😂😂😂

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 7 месяцев назад

      hit the dislike button - it's the ONLY way......................... ??

  • @longrider42
    @longrider42 7 месяцев назад +1

    It would have been a great plane to have during the Korean War.

  • @welshpete12
    @welshpete12 7 месяцев назад

    I have read they didn't pursue developing this aircraft due to problems with engine over heating.

  • @lewiswestfall2687
    @lewiswestfall2687 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks OP

  • @TheChromePoet
    @TheChromePoet 6 месяцев назад

    Imagine if they built it out of wood like the Mosquito, just imagine.

  • @FallNorth
    @FallNorth 7 месяцев назад

    "Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster"
    Didn't he do some stuff with the Beastie Boys in the 80s?

  • @cisco6926
    @cisco6926 Месяц назад

    Max payload of the B-17 was 17,600 pounds

  • @zbaktube
    @zbaktube 7 месяцев назад

    I do not know how are you with it, but to me, this airplane resembles the A 10...

  • @3Mwalker
    @3Mwalker 2 месяца назад

    Looks a lot like the new reconnaissance drones . 💙💛

  • @frankmitchell3594
    @frankmitchell3594 7 месяцев назад +1

    Like many new warplanes in the mid 1940's they were soon outdated by jets.

  • @tibchy144
    @tibchy144 28 дней назад

    US daylight bombing raids weren't precision. They were indiscriminate carpet bombings.

  • @philprice5712
    @philprice5712 7 месяцев назад

    "the engine's cool" is that a real term? sounds like a hip jazz airplane

  • @kellyschram5486
    @kellyschram5486 7 месяцев назад

    Funny you didnt mention one medium bomber in your examples only full large bombers

  • @danmcdonald9117
    @danmcdonald9117 6 месяцев назад

    The narrator sounds like an advertisement lol

  • @ronaldbroehm1411
    @ronaldbroehm1411 7 месяцев назад

    it really looks like the HS-P87 made in Germany around 1939

  • @Worldofourown2024
    @Worldofourown2024 7 месяцев назад

    It was a flying gun with 8000 pound bomb with clear plexiglass front to see and shoot the target. Was it built in Hazelwood, Missouri? Looks like one my grandpa would have known. Never seen one at a AFB airshow. Finally Hill AFB is going to do a big airshow which hasn't really been a thing since 2019 and is only every two years in 2020's instead of annual. A hot fiery June day is coming just before the 4th of July.

  • @commentatron
    @commentatron 7 месяцев назад

    2:23 Artificial _Intelligence_ gets tongue tied.

  • @jonnsmusich
    @jonnsmusich 7 месяцев назад +3

    In the days when the firm was run by engineers rather than accountants and then shareholder value enhancement philosophy...executives. Look how that worked out for them and then Boeing..

    • @georgeburns7251
      @georgeburns7251 7 месяцев назад

      Boeing was rarely run by engineers. Boeing was a lumber baron and a capitalist, not an engineer. Most of Boeings CEOs were not engineers.

  • @hutfrd
    @hutfrd 7 месяцев назад +1

    Stock footage included scenes around a Boeing 707…. Hahahah!