THE DEVIL'S DEVICE! - 128 YEAR OLD Torpedo Gyroscopic Guidance Unit BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE @ 20,000rpm
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- This is an extremely rare original example of the Ludwig Obry patent gyroscope from 1895. Built in Fiume, Austria for the infamous Whitehead torpedo, this gyroscope kept the torpedo that it was installed in running straight toward its intended target, which revolutionized warfare. Torpedoes could now actually hit the ships they were aimed at! The addition of the gyroscope to the torpedo made it so effective in fact, that it was coined "The devil's device". The design and manufacture of this device wouldn't have been possible without the advent of the industrial revolution. The cocking key is used, with great effort, to use the mainspring as a sort of "battery" that stores the force that I was exerting into potential energy. When fired, this potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy as the spring drives the main gear and spins up the flywheel of the gyroscope to an astonishing 20,000 revolutions per minute. According to Newton's first law of motion, it is the natural tendency of all moving objects to continue in motion in the same direction that they are moving, unless some form of unbalanced force acts upon the object to deviate its motion from its straight-line path. The heart of the guidance unit was the flywheel, and this flywheel was set along the long axis of the torpedo to keep it running in a straight line to the target. Prior to the addition of the gyroscope to the torpedo, torpedoes often veered off course..........sometimes even circling back and hitting the very vessel that fired the torpedo! Science to the rescue!!
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This is an extremely rare original example of the Ludwig Obry patent gyroscope from 1895. Built in Fiume, Austria, for the infamous Whitehead torpedo, this gyroscope kept the torpedo that it was installed in running straight toward its intended target, which revolutionized warfare. Torpedoes could now actually hit the ships they were aimed at! The addition of the gyroscope to the torpedo made it so effective, in fact, that it was coined "The devil's device". The design and manufacture of this device wouldn't have been possible without the advent of the industrial revolution. The cocking key is used, with great effort, to use the mainspring as a sort of "battery" that stores the force that I was exerting into potential energy. When fired, this potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy as the spring drives the main gear and spins up the flywheel of the gyroscope to an astonishing 20,000 revolutions per minute. According to Newton's first law of motion, it is the natural tendency of all moving objects to continue in motion in the same direction that they are moving, unless some form of unbalanced force acts upon the object to deviate its motion from its straight-line path. The heart of the guidance unit was the flywheel, and this flywheel was set along the long axis of the torpedo to keep it running in a straight line to the target. Prior to the addition of the gyroscope to the torpedo, torpedoes often veered off course..........sometimes even circling back and hitting the very vessel that fired the torpedo! Science to the rescue!!
For more amazing pieces of technical military history, please check us out at ordnance.com
بارك الله فيك وجزاك الله وشكرا على الشرح والمشاركة
Holy cow!! 1895?! You have a machine from 1895?! That alone I can't get over but it's purpose is even more fascinating!! Thank you for the history behind it. 💐🏆
@mohess4058 thank you, and the same to you!
@@missjddrage1111 Thanks for watching!
Those bearings don't sound lubricated. Better make sure they or it will be toast quickly!
Gyroscopes like that sent thousands of ships to the bottom of the sea. It allowed a torpedo to track in a straight line.
Thanks!
128 years ago, was 1896. This is still in the early stages of development and may have been superseded by design improvement by the time WWI came along in 1914 and the first Wolf Packs started hunting the Atlantic Routes for Cargo Convoys.... and I'll admit I was only qualified to load and unload Mk. 46 and Mk. 50 (the original) torpedoes.
@@geneard639the original was the Mk 1 (I’ll leave the bliss/whitehead argument out) we started WW2 with complete garbage Mk 14’s & like usual the brass refused to listen to their Sub commanders it was utterly useless until 42-43 when they were forced to improve them to work at least 75% of the time & usually not be duds, instead of the opposite, & the first true sub warfare was during the American Civil War, bombs on spars with a 30/70 chance of survival for the submariners, balls of solid brass
How does it account for curvature of 8 inches per mile squared ??
@@chrisgoetz3889they had a range of about 3.5 miles, so up to 24 inches of deviation aiming for a boat the size of one to two football fields long, is something nobody would have cared about.
128 YO Giroscope: Still in working order.
5 YO Smart HD TV: Paperweight
This problem bothers me more than it should. Or perhaps I'm just seeing it more than others, Idk. What I do know is that it's a real shame these big companies don't build stuff to last, just stuff to be sold, used, and thrown away. I've got a General Electric fan here from 1951 blowing on me.
Mass production
Because they know if they build it to last people won't have to buy that item again. It's greed and the need to sell multiple of the same item instead of craftsmanship.
How true
@@bveracka Yeah I have a 1952 International Harvester refrigerator that still keeps my sodas and beers cold.
Why did the video end just before the unit was picked up to demonstrate how the gyroscope works .
That would have been the best part of the video.
They never do that. It's frustrating. Click bait. Enough to piss you off.😡
To get you to search out more information on it.
i subscribe to unsubsribe him
Efectivamente, este vídeo es como una tomadura de pelo. El que ideó este vídeo pensó que lo único importante es que el volante giroscópico se pusiera en marcha. El resultado es un vídeo penoso. Me doy de baja.
Yeah this video sucks
rick from pawn stars: i can do 10 bucks at most
I got to make some money on it, find someone who wants it. It may sit awhile.....
Naw man, this is gold. Everything you have in your pawnshop is junk. My stuff is gold and you need it because you only have junk. Now gimme a couple million before I change my mind. My mom's gone disown me over this also so hurry up, make it snappy! 👉
It will sit around
Are you saying you stole something from your mom@@SailingSarah
We don't sell anything here... I can do $5 come to think of it...
I’m super stoned right now. I thought it said “the devils lettuce”, and sat, waiting for some kind of ancient weed rolling device😂
This is some straight #skurb thinking right here!
I'm sober and I misread it too
Almost ready to harvest some Ethos Big Detroit Energy. It’ll be mid 20’s in thca. Earthy orange, limes and lemon for terps. 🤤 can’t wait for the run after this one. Gonna be even better medicine. 👊🏼 💪🏼 🌱
@@StephanMackie-dy2xm yum!
Looking at your profile pic your super stoned more often 😂
People are so amazing. I work in a mill from 40s. Have a lot of old WW2 stuff around still going strong. The shear brain power of engineers back this is off the charts.
No computers just slide rules. I've worked on avionics that still had leather insulators.
Uhhh, its simple math bro
@@rba5567thanks. I would say the quality is better but even today’s equipment is pretty skookum.
Sheer.
@@Wtfincyour arrogance is strong young Petadong. A pink light I see in your future.
I love old wooden boxes, I love old gadgets, I love brass, I love clever engineering, I love this machine! Thanks for sharing man.
Thanks for watching! I feel the same way!!
I have a shed full of curb gadgets I’ve collected! lol my wife hates it! lol she like… “why” I’m like “babe, I don’t know 🤷🏻♂️” lol
I’ve got grandfather clock parts, electric organ 🎶 parts, old slot machine, I have a bow FULL of old tv vacuum tubes, on an on an on. I keep saying I’m going to start a steam punch lot bid on eBay. Just throw together a bunch of miscellaneous gizmos and see wat I get 😬
@@yosup9522 Mate, my house is full of gadgets that I've picked up from thrift stores, local auction sites and markets. Sometimes I even wonder how I have a wife! 😂 Luckily she's very understanding, mainly because it is actually mostly good stuff, well, I think so anyway 😁
@@yosup9522gotta be better than some of those'Mystery Box' sales😅
I would send this to my buddy who was a WWII Navel fan. He would've loved this. Too bad he died a month ago. He grew up sailing. I will always think of him when I see videos like this. RIP Mitch
Navel fan ? Don’t you mean ‘naval’ fan?
I'm sorry for your loss.
Mitch is up sailing the most beautiful blue ocean of all up in the sky,
A lovely remembrance of Mitch. Mine was Dick, whom I describe as "thirty-three arrests and no convictions". He had little patience with a certain bookworm nerd.
Red King's Royal Toy Soiree 6362?
Thanks to all who Served/Serve our Country! RIP
RL
The torpedo knows where it is, because it knows where it isn't.
That sounds like a quote from kamala harris
@@jeremylyons6252actually that might be from Lockheed Martin instead…
ruclips.net/video/bZe5J8SVCYQ/видео.htmlsi=5Z3DPya2et8KjU0k
Cat in the hat.
And because it knows where it is not, it can now calculate where it is.
We sure are creative when it comes to killing each other
Compared to warfare, all other human endeavors pale in comparison.
That's where the real research money is. My dad worked for Dow chemical. We had a nice house. The gardens around the Dow offices were like a Japanese daydream.
@@BrianNatonski-wt3mvI'm sure that there were thousands of dehydrated corpses buried on the grounds!
@@Michael-g6g 😫😫😫😫😫😫
@@Michael-g6g wAit..... dehydrated????? Like the scientists sun dried them before burying them???? NOOOOOOOOO🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮😫😫😫😫😫
The devil's main device is TV, and RUclips is his second favorite.
100% You forgot radio tho
First because everything ain't on tv😢
Yet here you are, the devil's playing.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 ~ Evidently you aren't picking up on what's going on in the spirit realm. You talk about the devil while being devoid of understanding as to who he is. My guess is that you watch a lot of TV, and my comment exposed the stupidity of it, which made you angry at me, hence your vapid reply.
@@jimyost2585 I wish your guess was the first ridiculous thing you've commented, but it isn't.
As a certified joiner, I can say that the case is made very nice!
I love well made cases
Shut up
ahh yes the era before rubber maid. fine craftsman built that whole package,box and device.
Godbless the tradesmen whom built America
Joiner has certification?
Lady, there ain't nothing so complicated as the inside of a torpedo.
At least, not until The Gadget...
The old African Queen....
my Torpedo
Where is this from?
@@BibleLifeMaui what's that?
The torpedo moves forward, unburdened by what has been
Especially unburdened by the yellow schoolbus!😂😂
It understands that time has passed
on its passage in time...
Its amazing the craftsmanship that went into these things just to blow them up.
Christianity at its finest.
Torpedoes were already very expensive weapons for a reason. All the more frustrating when they didn't work.
Люди : саревнуюся в убийстве ..
Кашмарики .. не давая шанса .. называя неприятелем ..
нипани_мэ ..непанятные убеждения .. в жызни .. гдеш_тут понять ..предубеждения ..елы палы ..🎉😢
Yep, plus the engines used to drive them as well
Same is true for todays guided missiles and other stuff designed to blow things up. Billions wasted every year.
I need one of those on my head when I'm drunk. 😅
Пейте всегда с разными людьми .
Чтобы они не догадались , что вы алкоголик .
@@Sjcuspeople didn’t know I drank til they saw me sober once
@@Sjcus😂😂
I smoked some weird grass in Spain once it made me gyroscopic.
naaah sardines cabbage and eggs help in those situations
With what little they had to work with and what little knowledge that came before them people in that era were very smart and engineered some of the most amazing devices
Ehhh... To put this in perspective, in the 1890s, cars were already a thing, as was electricity. Einstein starts thinking about special relativity in a couple of years. Radio was a new thing.
Yeah, most people still used horses to get around, but it wasn't for the lack of knowledge.
The exigency of war always accelerates the development of technology.
You filmed the right moment from the wrong end.
You do understand this device was NOT USED in a wooden box.
@@AdrianMunch You do understand that the box was NOT MENTIONED in that comment.
@@ShagShaggio Thanks for noticing. I was checking to see who’s awake.
@@ralf7817 how did the man get inside the torpedo to start it
@@AdrianMunch
The box was OK
The camera wasn't
They really knew how to build things back then. Solid and sturdy boxes with the things they held built to last.
They sure don't make box like they used to. I personally think the best box comes from the 1890s. I have a box from 1897 and it's swell.
Lasted Until the torpedo hit in about 30 seconds
@@alanjordan9772nothing like a good box
...do you not know what a torpedo is? "Built to last" yeah for about a minute and a half until it's torn to shreds in a horrific explosion....
I know we have much better gyroscope and guidance systems today, but nothing topped the longevity of how they used to build stuff. You can still restore a fan, drill, and a ton of stuff from last century, and it can outlast you
Man! That is one beautiful little piece of machinery. Can't even imagine the talent of the craftsmen that made it.
That looks like something from Nautilus captain Nemo himself designed.
Loved him in the newer Super Robot Wars!
Yeah. We don't build machines like that anymore. Truly amazing.
I have seen devices similar. Whenever I hear people claim we didn't land on the moon, I just think about all the old technology that nobody was allowed to talk about and how our materials were better quality back then. And the fact that people were better problem solvers back then.
Def a Steam Punk vibe
@@piercehawke8021Steampunk: 👍👍 First thing I thought when I saw it.
That’s what you call *build quality,* no plastic in sight.
I don't think there was any such thing as "plastic" when this device was made.
@@JamesThompson-zk1ht _Good._
@@JamesThompson-zk1ht
There was
Plastic doesn't inherently mean "poor quality", back in the day this thing was built that was what brass was seen as and there's plenty here. Brass was a soft, "disposable" metal meant for fittings and couplings and such designed to wear/crush fit and be replaced regularly. Still happens to be the case for many brass components.
HOW THE MATERIAL IS USED is what determines build quality.
Sounds like you just don't make enough money. Maybe try harder in the next life 😊
HELLRAISER: You've summoned me.
“No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.”
You deserve more credit for this comment.
Also: "Pain and pleasure... Indistinguishable..."
thats not his name
@@MEGVTRON yeah everyone knows his name is Elliot Spencer....
@@NHCasey95 I didn't mean to cause you pleasure! Which means I brought you pain! Which means....
I really like these old school mechanical devices.
All of the "brains" of the machine relied on mechanical feedback loops. That gyro had to mechanically interact with the torpedo rudders through a bunch of other equally clever mechanical contraptions.
Today you'll have a gyro connected to a very small electronic computer that will read the data and activate a bunch of electrical motors to do the job. Of course it is far more sophisticated and capable than what we could do with purely mechanical means, but it also seems less charming and ingineous engineering.
mechanical engineering became mechatronics..
Imagine having to fight wars with no electricity in 2024
I do think if your in war the cheapest way to produce is mechanical stuff! And you still win wars with it.
You taking about a laser reading system or nodes either way it's Schuler method right?
@gre8: 👍👍
"GO WIND UP THE TORPEDOES! I SENSE TROUBLE AFOOT!"
Awesome comment
Get your s*** together boys. The Spanish or a foot
I'm wondering why this is not a regular video - I hate shorts - but this topic would have been interesting and deserved a full documentation
Go ride your bicycle to get a first-hand experience for the "magic".
Ohhh shit ohhhhh shit @@Edb4paxUSMC
I love well constructed boxes almost as much as the cool items they contain 😅
Im fond of boxes to
Box Aficionado here. Can confirm..that's a very nice box. 🤤
Nothing more disappointing than a poorly constructed box.
Although to be fair, you dont run into that very often... Everything is usually pretty squared away in my experience.
Especially German things. They do take their boxes seriously
Same, I love the old wooden lock boxes or safes. Japanese puzzle boxes I guess.. they are awesome tho.
Certified gyroscope maker here, that is gyroscope.
Where can I see your wares? I'm a connoisseur of precision made, extremely low tolerance, high rpm items.
Certified gyroscope, maker here.
@@marchantiapolymorpha8933 my instruments are so tiny and precise you'll need a magnifier to see it.
Certified certificator here, it's a gyro.
im seeing a way of starting and piwering my electric car . spring as a batery wind up car litterly . fuck DaVinci drew one and his was spring driven so bet shits pissabel. im jyst saying use that to maybe charge or keep shit going ?? but i started my car like this wind up . i dream my future sum too yup.
The wait for the spin up was so climatic. When it finally started to whirl was extremely satisfying to hear... 🤤
Right?!
Bespoke wooden box, brass, gears, spring, now he's winding it up... You definitely grabbed my attention.
i thought it would play music, like The Cure maybe.
We had one of those that was way more sophisticated, and made of stainless steel, I don't remember what it was for, probably built in the 60s, I believe it was for camera , but it was very powerful and would take a couple minutes to get up to speed, then it would run at a high rate of speed for 20 minutes or so.and sounded like a turban motor starting up. One of the devices I have missed having around for years now. Cool video.
I DIDN'T KNOW TURBANS HAD MOTORS! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@slappy8941 just goes to show you what you don't know.😵👍
Impressive. I am partial to a ballcap though
@@David-hr5ml well of corse you are, you gota have some place to keep your nuts,. I recognize that sports are designed for the mundane at 3.
By 5 I already had my own tools and a car. But ball cap are where you keep your balls right? Peace.
@CKILBY-zu7fq dang. I think you may have misunderstood my comment. But you may be right. Best to make enemies out of friends. Carry on
As a certified philosopher, this is proof that we'd rather engineer our own destruction than the opposite of that...
As a certified normal person gyroscopes have tons of non weapon applications many of which were being used before this was invented. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope#:~:text=Most%20of%20these%20were%20not,in%20foggy%20or%20misty%20conditions.
There’s the basics if you don’t believe me. Also your certification/degree is worthless.
OK, we'll dutifully remove all gyroscopic devices from the aircraft that carries your next flight.
So, no attitude indicator, no angle of attack computations, no compass corrections to name a few things entirely non-military.
The last aircraft that lost those instruments struck the ocean at night at nearly supersonic speed.
Who certifies a philosopher?
As a philosopher, shouldn’t you be able to look from another perspective and see the dedication and sacrifice put into protecting what we, as humans, love dearly?
@@Mike-tu5hg McDonald's?
I know of some certification programs, but real philosophers that I've known all had degrees, not certification.
All of the ones I've known all had PhD's, not certifications. And are infamous for doing what was done here, speaking on a subject that they know absolutely fuck all about. Like weapons design, rather than a topic such would be qualified to discuss, the ethics and idiocy of various weapons.
it's impressive how well made something that ultimately is disposable device was
It's the same as today with various weapons and projectiles.
I have always been intrigued by the key turning before sending away those torpedoes. I tought it was propulsion.... Now I understand what it does. Thanks!
The torpedo itself was powered by a compressed air engine.
@@twistedyogertsome were; some were powered by steam engines that ran on hydrogen peroxide, or on alcohol and oxygen. Some were powered by electric motors.
Always interesting! As a machinist, I'm amazed of how they were able to design and build such a precise piece of technic without the help of computers and computer controlled machines back then. It was probably quite expensive as well, despite mass production.
Yeah it's nuts 😂and makes me feel stupid 😂 give me all the components and I still couldn't create this 😢end product
Honestly, I am pretty sure this wasn't that expensive to build back then since the components are very simple to fabricate in mass production using molds. I think that's why it was such a genius invention for it's time since it was relatively cheap and simple to make and install into torpedoes, but even more amazingly it did not come at the cost of sacrificing things like dependability or reliability. It excelled in literally everything from being cheap and simple to make/install as well as being dependable/reliable.
@@anonymouscommentor411what made it cheap was the almost insignificant cost of human skill and labor at the time.
Precision engine lathes and screw micrometers were old technology even then.
Such an amazing piece of history, totally unfathomable idea without electricity to a modern person
Unfathomable? Good one !
They definitely had electricity
How is it unfathomable, I think most people know about the amazing invention called "a spring", used in such niche devices as "the clock"
Unfathomable like as in marine jargon right 😄@@teddeebayre3433
@@GaiusCaligula234 This is likely running on compressed air. You can hear it accelerating linearly. It's fairly sophisticated.
Excellent. Nice demonstration.
Thank you!
Aaahhh...Whilst watching the old war movies as a kid i always thought that the key was to arm the warhead not the Gyro, i don't think i even knew that they had one back then as a kid, this brought it all back, thank you.
The warhead was armed after launch by the forward motion of the torpedo, likely after a few "untoward events" in the torpedo room.
Dude. Our ancestors are fyykin amazing
I USED TO HAVE A SLIDE RULE THAT I COULD PLOT A COURSE TO THE MOON WITH, BUT I GOT HOOKED ON CRACK AND MUTUAL MASTURBATION...
This seriously just ticked every box in my brain archived under anything to do with phenomenal
If you fing gyros interesting, there was a rail engine that used gyros to balance like a bicycle on a single rail. Crazy how they manipulated the gyros to stay balanced around turns and with a shifting load. Search youtube for it.
Seen it. Amazing.
Humans put so much time and effort into making things that are just going to blow up
Wow that must be a very guilty feeling you have for spending so much time trying to make things that just blow up. I can’t relate. I love others. It suck’s you have that view point. Maybe you should call 911 and tell them you have homicidal and terroristic thoughts? I mean you show your face. Your name is Joseph. You admit to putting time into making things that blow up. And if you’re not licensed for that, that’s a huge felony. Multiple in fact. Don’t put your own feelings on other humans.
Last name Moreira. Jospeh moreira. But you look Hispanic. Probably not here lawfully. So José Moreira?
@canigetahoooyyyaaaaa7319 and top of that my grand father fought in ww2 so ya definitely American does your family go back multiple generations probably not
Vulcans used to too remember
@@canigetahoooyyyaaaaa7319You certainly are an automated , crack smoking one tooth Timmy ain't ya???
Wow that is cool, and the fact that it still works is amazing.
No,actually it's not...this kind of crafstmanship works forever.I'm not surprised at all.
Thank you for showing it and telling us some of it's story. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Will do!
I am going to tell my friend with his Rolex that this is an official Rolex watch winder from when the company started
weArnt you all impressed with the two handed wrench it took to wind this thing
@@user-wj1xp8uo8e the box nearly flipped, its a heavy spring
Definitely not Made In China.
@@johnodo764 Comment likes and dislikes don't really do anything... So.
This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while! Thank you for sharing it!
Wow awesome piece of mechanical engineering and history, thanks for posting this with a great description too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fine craftsmanship.
my sore hand complains when I watch you put what looks like at least 50lbs of torque into that mainspring.
It does require A LOT of force!
Absolutely amazing. I love how everything has wooden boxes!
Plastic ones were not around when this was Made.
Mi stupisco sempre di quanto l'ingegno umano riesca a creare.
Thank you for sharing that device is awesome especially for the 1800's
So now we know what the Antikythera mechanism was used for.
Así hundieron la Atlántida
No, that was an astronomical calendar.
Bombastic!
@@malcolmmcfarlane7565 An astronomical calendar at the bottom of the sea? I'm sorry, an ancient Greek torpedo makes a lot more sense.
😮
Dang dumping a few hundred watts into the gyro "flywheel" (via spring) in one second😮
edit- thanks for the correction all you clever people. You must be popular at parties😉😊
Jules, not watts. Jules is energy, and watts is power (energy per by time). Few hundreds watts can be delivered by legs for short while - not by hands.
@@norbert.kiszka oopsie
@@norbert.kiszka
Kelvins
I know right! This was most fascinating. 1 full turn of the T-crank was all that was needed. This was so cool! I want one. LoL
@@norbert.kiszkaJoule
This is cool as hell. A marvel of engineering from the 1800's. But i would have loved to know how it was attached to one of those torpedoes and how it worked
A very cool instrument and finely built carrying case with beautiful, heavy duty hardware. Made to last for generations. Over built 10x.you dont see quality like that today.
Functional art.
Yeah things built today are not really meant to be repaired, or if they are meant to be repaired the company that built it tried to make sure they are the only one that can do it, but most products now are just meant to be replaced, it’s kind of sad
CAN last for generations; MADE to last until it gets blown up.
Mostly because of the explosions.
except for Toyotas
The idea of building things down to a cost really didn't seem to take hold until after WWII. So a lot of old stuff is made sturdier than it needs be, thus also having an unexpected level of reliability to those used to their modern counterparts.
20,000 rpm ???
128 years old ???
🤔😲
Really it's amazing 👌🙏
doesnt look or sound like 20k, 11ish
i find it truely amazing that this tech existed 128 years ago..to the point of disbelief..but who am i to doubt..i just do🤔
My 80s black and decker rotary tool entered the chat
Well constructed antiques are so intriguing . Whether metal or wood
or both, just beautiful . 😍
The idea is the gyroscope can keep the torpedo in a straight line regardless of its surroundings, like the sea, current, waves that are trying to change its heading, keeps the torpedo true to its heading
It’s amazing what can be accomplished without planned obsolescence.
Your right about that, I have a 100 plus year old fan that sill runs great but it's dangerous to use do to the fact that the fan blades are exposed with very little protection. It's a 16 inch fan and it has the capability to cut off fingers if reaching from behind the fan.
Grazie per averci portato a conoscenza di questa straordinaria invenzione ben conservata! La necessità stimola l'ingegno umano !
That from 1896? Didn’t even know the had torpedoes back then, let alone with a guidens system.
Morgan Robertson is writing of functional modern Submarines and Torpedoes starting in the early 1890s. This is the guy who wrote a story that is eerily presentient of a certain ship, the title of the book is 'The Wreak of the Titan'. Another story is in the same Rod Serling Twilight Zone realm, its a short story titled 'Beyond the Spectrum'. In it? A Japanese borne son of a Nobel man attends Harvard University, plans and leads an attack from Japan to a small unknown place in the Pacific called 'Pearl Harbor'. Heavier than Air Craft are used, they drop 'Sun Bombs' erasing cities, they devastate the Fleet of the Pacific still at the docks, they use mini-submarines to attack Navy ships at sea using a highly powerful, focused, concentrated light beam to blind any and all...... and, thankfully no one had Lasers back then, the Japanese didn't have nuclear weapons and ... well... Yamamoto? Everyone knows, He was a YALE MAN! ......and the shadowy skinny guy, in the suit with the thin tie stands in the corner, sipping his martini and smoking his filterless Lucky Strike, while monologging the Extro..... Until Next Time, On The Twilight Zone.... do da, do da, do da, do da....
It seems somebody's been rewriting history again take a look at this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_submarine
With your spelling comprehension I'm sure that there is quite a lot you don't know or that you can comprehend. 😂
That is a stabilisation system not a guidance system
Look up "Whitehead torpedo". Most of the worlds navies still use the same 21 inch = 533mm torpedo because there was at one time 1 supplier in the whole world.
Could you take another video showing the gyro side when the mechanism is tripped? Perhaps with a view of where the teeth interact with the flywheel to spin it up?
I second this
WHAT ABOUT WHEN SOMEONE FARTS IN ONE OF THOSE OLD SUBMARINES?...
Look at all that hard work and hand craftsmanship that went into making sure something could destroy something else
Human beings are amazing and frightening creatures
Imagine being the craftsman who made this thing, knowing it was one time use.
This is the most manly music box ever no no it's an ancient white noise generator😂
Best part of the device is the sound it makes. 🔥
The Hellraiser cube in 1928:
What's your pleasure sir?
Mankind sure spends a lot of time and energy killing each other
Well...........that's true
LOVE IT !!! I'm a gadget guy !! 2 thumbs up for the Gyro!!! Awesome!!
I saw two videos specifically mentioning 20,000 rpm today: this one, and one about the maximum rpm of a Formula 1 engine. It's pretty unbelievable that those two things can reach the same speed despite being from entirely different eras of technology.
Who's to say it's not the same designer???
Says in the title?
Didn’t know torpedos were that old.
Torpedoes have been around atleast from my knowledge The Civil War, but I'd have to say if they existed then... probably roots before that.
@@theRVisme interesting. Had no idea they were that complex with self propulsion and guidance.
@@ThAtGuY-u9d they weren't like the video sophisticated then, but still none the less, torpedoes. Check em out on a simple Google search, pretty interesting. They even had submarines then too.
During the Civil War mines were called torpedoes... as in " Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead"
@@ThAtGuY-u9d its a small fraction of all they have, impress me everytime no matter how many times i see a demo.
Amazing the quality of work that went into making that gyroscope and it’s a one time use once sprung torpedo was shot because you can’t rewind it once it’s all encased in the torpedo
I'm pretty sure I'd be in biiiig trouble if I owned this in Germany. 😅
Wir müssen die Existenz unseres Volkes und eine Zukunft für weiße Kinder sichern
Why would you be in trouble? What are you talking about? I own torpedos for home defense myself there too.
Today devices can break one weak after receiving it. Sometimes even before that...
Chinese devices anyway.
@@LaserJake99 mostly.
Yep
Junk outta the box😮😂😂😂😂new stuff is scrap😅😅
Mechanizm sprężynowy.Pięknie.
Interesting. I thought gyroscopes were invented by the German von Braun I believe he did the v1 rocket right? Obviously wrong about gyros
I believe what you are referencing is the INS system or inertial navigation system. Von Braun was the first to make a true functioning ins system. A gyro would be part of an ins system as one of the sensors used to calculate the orientation of whatever it is attached to.
@@tmac2797 Wrong... US scientist Ballard first developed gyroscopic governed rockets... www.nasa.gov/image-article/dr-goddards-rocket/
Although they come from different countries, Austrians and Germans are practically the same people.
Germans did revolutionize modern torpedo system, as they are today. That doesn't mean, that there weren't older attempts from before.
what is that
Details are provided in the description.
Its a 2 gimbal static Gyro intended to provide guidance for a torpedo for less that 10 minutes. It probably equipped some of the first submarine torpedoes from the 1890s to the 1910s.
A spinning flywheel likes to stay plumb or straight-up-and-down. So if you place one lengthwise in a torpedo and hook it up to some steering fins, then anything that pushes on the torpedo, the flywheel will push back against and keep her going straight in whatever direction she was pointed towards in the first place. They are still used today in modern ordinance as part of the guidance system. Although they are much smaller now because they aren't physically acting on the steering mechanisms as directly as they did back then.
Very glad somebody explained what this thing actually is.
everything was so gear driven in those days, but remarkably well built/reliable.
Beautiful craftsmanship and machining
That's alot of tension wow so beautiful well done
Badass name for this device.
Yes i liked my own comment because no one else dose.
I love this series. I listen to it with coffee while skimming through the news. I like the lack of commercials. Although, throwing in some vintage radio commercials could be fun every other song.😆😆
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Mate,that is an amazing device,idea. My brain is spinning again at the implications this device/idea , could be used for. Is a brilliant idea 😂😂❤❤❤
That is really cool! It always amazes me that there are people out there that can create new tech! Especially do many years ago!
It's incredible to me that the little gyroscope kept a torpedo going straight. Science is baffling to people who don't understand it. Like me 😂
Just thinking about how this thing is geared, so that 2 cranks of a probably super impressive spring mechanism , can spin the gyroscopic flywheel THAT fast when released.
The engineering of this thing is kind of awe inspiring.
Wow! It's amazing to see something like this. I really appreciate your write up in the comments about what this is and how it works as without it I would not have been able to appreciate what this device was.
Loved watching this & reading the comments- thank you much👍🏽
This is amazing I love mechanical history.
Thank you. It's nice to see the old master craftsmanship.
That’s pretty cool, I’ve never seen one until now, thank you for that
Would love an extended video about this, with commentary and show how it actually controlled the torpedo.
And now there’s a torpedo head unexpectedly to ruin someone’s day 🤣🤣
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When gyroscopic stabilizers were first developed and adopted by the worlds militaries, they were considered top secret (or that nations equivalent).
Which is one of the reasons that each unit had it's own carry case- protect it from prying eyes. The box was also of course for protection of the somewhat "delicate" clockwork, and ease of logistics as well.