It looks like a kayak hanging from a glider, but man that engine placement is nerve-wracking. I get why they have to be way up there in early floatplanes but yeesh. Also, the aircraft it replaced is adorable, it's so tiny.
Faults, yes. Crew maiming capability, yes. But a really stylish looking aircraft all in all. Pre-war Italian aircraft design is unfairly overlooked (unless you're Hiyao Miyazaki) - they really were at the top of the game. Thanks for setting the history straight.
The "Mammaiuto" (Mom, help!), so called because it was used for SAR _and/or_ because of being so obsolete in front of the enemy fighters at the point of being helpless. Ironically, it appears to have sunken at least 3 enemy submarine during the war (HMS Union, was sunk by 3 italian Gabbianos and/or the Torpedo boat Circe and 2 russian submarines were sunk by romanian Gabbianos), despite being such an old and unfit plane for the role at those times. Anyway, great video as usual. Hope you will cover the Z.506 in some other video.
Never question the Skill and Bravery of the Italian soldiers in WW2. Always Question the capability of the Italian Industry in WW2. AFAIK at times they produced 3 different fighters, because production of the newest would not scale up in time and they needed numbers.
Anyone for a quick spin in the "slicer"? No? The pic of the aircraft upside down in the water was most illuminating and instructive Your voice sounds great..glad you are feeling better.
The old British movie "The Sea Shall Not Have Them" (1954) features a scene with a Supermarine Sea Otter rescuing a downed German airman. At the 45 minute mark of the movie the Sea Otter tries to take off in rough seas, bounces in a wave trough, and stalls it's engine. The Sea Otter was a follow-on to the Supermarine Walrus and featured a Bristol Mercury radial engine with the propeller mounted right over the cockpit like the CANT Z.501 but, unlike the Gabbiano, it didn't slice it's pilots' legs off in a rough landing.
I really like your videos, as a PPL pilot, I find your narrative concise, interesting and a subtle sense of humour. Hope you have recovered from Covid with no lasting problems.
In an era where even the most advanced air forces continue to fly multiple models of aircraft 40+ and 50+ years after their introductions, it's crazy to hear about a plane that actually went into production, and was rendered hopelessly obsolete just 7 years later. And that was common for the interwar and WWII eras.
It seems in hindsight that the diagonal braces between the wing and hull, were the cause of the engine moving forward and down. I wonder if reversing the rear diagonals might have stiffened the structure, but maybe not.
The problem is that the airplane was almost entirely attached with wires so it was never rigidly hold together and was always subjected to stretching steel cables almost after every flight.
Perhaps some more cables running from the tail to the engine nacelle would have minimized the flex and dip of the prop, but the hull may just have flexed too much for it to matter, given it was not a metal structure.
Wow! That reminds me of the "Galloping Gertie" Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington state. Over emphasis on light weight resulting in structural failure in normalcy operating conditions. How those airmen climbed into these things knowing the high potential of a spinning prop in your lap on touchdown amazes me.
@@arthurjennings5202 Tacomo narrow bridge had many more issues than just lightly build. Chief problem where it internal resonance could be induced by vortex shedding at moderate wind speeds. While you could indeed solve the resonance frequency to higher values by having a stiffer structure, it wasn't to light to handle its structural loading at all.
Welcome back Rex. Now I finally know the origin of the phrase "Mamma Aiuto!" which was used as the name of a gang of air pirates in the classic animated film Porco Rosso.
Oh its good to be back, albeit with a slightly broken voice (thanks COVID). F.A.Q Section Q: Do you take aircraft requests? A: I have a list of aircraft I plan to cover, but feel free to add to it with suggestions:) Q: Why do you use imperial measurements for some videos, and metric for others? A: I do this based on country of manufacture. Imperial measurements for Britain and the U.S, metric for the rest of the world, but I include text in my videos that convert it for both. Q: Will you include video footage in your videos, or just photos? A: Video footage is very expensive to licence, if I can find footage in the public domain I will try to use it, but a lot of it is hoarded by licencing studies (British Pathe, Periscope films etc). In the future I may be able to afford clips :) Q: Why do you sometimes feature images/screenshots from flight simulators? A: Sometimes there are not a lot of photos available for certain aircraft, so I substitute this with digital images that are as accurate as possible. Feel free to leave you questions below - I may not be able to answer all of them, but I will keep my eyes open :)
Looking at the cowling I thought this was a radial, I had to take a closer look when I saw you put V-12 in the engine specs. I thought you had mislabeled it until I noticed the exhaust tips, what a cool looking engine!
In other words: the plane was a bit like a T72's autoloader. There you could replace the available ammunition with hands and arms. Quite a handy piece of kit if you were ever short of ammunition and they didn't even cost an arm and a leg to produce.
Great video! My grandpa worked in the factories that produced these, in the Monfalcone shipyards. He was 15 at the time and he told me they got bombed quite often by the americans.
Thank you for the great videos. I love your videos especially on Italian miltary aviation. It is a topic that is not as covered on this platform very often.
One of the first scale models my dad gave me back in the seventies. It was an Italeri model (a beautiful one) and the sheet reported it was called "mammaiuto" (help me mummy) because it was used to rescue sailors of sunken ships and downed pilots. I'm no fascist at all (god forbid!), but i can't but admire and honor my fellow italian compatriots who faced Hurricanes, Kittyhawks and Beaufighters in this "poor man's Catalina" !
@Retired Bore the fascists were dogshit, they ruined italy, committed genocide in occupied territory and were as honorable as a politician at a fundraiser.
I just discovered Italeri still exists, and also Airfix. Very pleased. Nice recollection of youth. I remember when it was Italaerei and I had to check the name. Yes, it is now Italeri.
@Retired Bore thank you! Of course i don't... Being an italian means today to be anti-fascist: otherwise, it iwould be the negation in itself of our fragile, endangered and although so beautiful democracy!
Italy's aircraft were often inadequate while several were outstanding. One fighter was inspected by the Germans but was declined as they might build some four BF109 for the effort of building one. One great performing twin engined civil plane was taken for conversion to military use. When loaded with sufficient fuel, radio gear, heavier landing gear guns, crew, and bombs, It needed to takeoff towards it's targets to perform it's mission.
A truely rare and wonderful plane! One if my favorites! Thanks for the video. Worth noting that the casualties only happened in crashes, not as if the structure was soft and flexible to the extent of deforming by more than 1 meter on rough landings!!….
Thrust line, drag line and center of gravity of any aeroplane are best positioned on the same horizontal line. Also, masses are best kept as close to the GC as possible. The larger the diversion of this concept, the bigger the chance of trouble to present itself.
Have you seen the PBYs direct ancestor it didnt have the hull pylon.. and had twin tail fins a lot more struts and wires though still had two radial motors.
@@thefreedomguyuk Whilst the operating environment forces certain similarities on all aircraft ... Flyingboats and seaplanes do show a lot of variations ....certainly relative to the numbers built.
Unfortunately that plane was my grandpa last flight! My relatives said he was very close to end of the war when he was shoot down during a SAR mission. Nevertlees i still look at ths plane in a romantic way. Also Miyazaki's "Porco rosso" has depicted in the cartoon!
Thought the rough sea problem with the Z.501 was the wooden fuselage breaking up because it was poorly made. The engine crashing into the cockpit problem was a consequence of a heavy landing under any sea state causing the structure supporting the wing and engine to collapse into the cockpit. The reverse of what I heard said here.
Not sure what the glide capabilities of the aircraft are but I'd think the pilots that knew about the prop problem would cut their engine just before landing so as not to fail at the adage "any landing you can walk away from".
It's Italian, they are experts at making planes that can break records but are completely useless at the best of times and quite literally inoperable at their worst.
"Hmmm. Weird plane designs, huh? That could be interesting." Three hours and a dozen or so videos later...... "Ok. I should probably just subscribe already." Seriously, never been hugely interested in "Aeronautic History", but here I am binging video after video. Excellent stuff!
"Sharply highlighted?" ISWYDT (I always look forward to the weirdnesses you bring us. Thank you for your careful research and for sharing your gift with words using that awesome voice.)
It would have but the extra wt. would collapse the framework and it would have probably lost its one real trick ..extreme range. It was too lightly built to be uprated... Or be safe in anything less than good conditions.
@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 It would need extra support beams like the existing engine yes; but might balance the wing as well, and I don't think the range drop in the late 30's would be that of a drawback for the plane!
@@TomPrickVixen Even if they strengthened the pylon the extra Wt would have snapped the rear fuselage off more often.. ..it would have also deleted the engineer/ gunners position. The red and yellow sunburst pattern on the upper wing makes this a particularly decorative scale model subject. Theres a large scale RC model version online somewhere...being flown.
"So, what kind of new design ideas do you have?" "Well... I've been thinking of putting this sharp spinny slicy thing here, directly above the squishy cutty parts right here..."
When airplanes were first used in a combat role, in 1911, it was by Italian forces in Ottoman Libya. One did recon; another lobbed grenades at ground troops. German General von Bernhardi wrote "Their success is noteworthy, but it must not be overvalued. They had no opponents in the air."
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"Ok, let's try for a landing" said the pilot, in an off-hand manner
Groan
Deserves an Emmy for comedy writing.
Eventually, it cost him an arm and a leg.
Just trying to get a leg up on the enemy.
You guys are really going out on a limb to get your jokes.
It looks like a kayak hanging from a glider, but man that engine placement is nerve-wracking. I get why they have to be way up there in early floatplanes but yeesh. Also, the aircraft it replaced is adorable, it's so tiny.
That's kinda what a naval plane is
From the thumbnail I mistook it for a Catalina. It does look like a single engine Catalina...
Faults, yes. Crew maiming capability, yes. But a really stylish looking aircraft all in all. Pre-war Italian aircraft design is unfairly overlooked (unless you're Hiyao Miyazaki) - they really were at the top of the game. Thanks for setting the history straight.
Looks over functionality. Seems about right for italian stuff.
That top gunner position looks like fun.
The hull mounted gunner looks totally useless.
@@RemusKingOfRome Yeah, no idea what he was going to be able to _hit_ from there.
"Are you not able to design an aircraft with safer propeller placement?"
"Sorry, we CANT"
Tell 'em it's a categorical imperative. You know, like in...Kant.
They could have designed the cockpit further back. 6 feet could have saved 6 feet pardon the pun.
Not nice ........
@@57tricci You're gonna need to elaborate.
@@johnalogue9832 I guess they had to cut it short 🤣 Maybe they lost their head 🤣🤣
Believe me: I'm from Trieste, and a lot of Italians ignore the meaning of CANT or spell it wrong :D
Very nice video!
A Monfalcone hanno fatto davvero delle cose incredibili
Have you ever heard Derick and Clive...🤣😬🤦🏻♂️ Peter Cook and Dudley Moore plenty there.
Not for Miners.... Is the warning on one record cover.
Trieste Aeronautical and Naval Shipyards.
So .. they CANT spell it correctly?
I'll show myself out
The "Mammaiuto" (Mom, help!), so called because it was used for SAR _and/or_ because of being so obsolete in front of the enemy fighters at the point of being helpless. Ironically, it appears to have sunken at least 3 enemy submarine during the war (HMS Union, was sunk by 3 italian Gabbianos and/or the Torpedo boat Circe and 2 russian submarines were sunk by romanian Gabbianos), despite being such an old and unfit plane for the role at those times.
Anyway, great video as usual. Hope you will cover the Z.506 in some other video.
*Very* interesting supplement. Cheers
(Does Vespa Due mean 'Twin Wasp' BTW?)
Always leave room for considering talent and or luck!
Never question the Skill and Bravery of the Italian soldiers in WW2.
Always Question the capability of the Italian Industry in WW2.
AFAIK at times they produced 3 different fighters, because production of the newest would not scale up in time and they needed numbers.
@@babboon5764 vespa due means "wasp two"
@@apvtethic8818 Ah. Thought it might have come from the famous Twin Wasp aero engine.
Anyone for a quick spin in the "slicer"? No?
The pic of the aircraft upside down in the water was most illuminating and instructive Your voice sounds great..glad you are feeling better.
Glad they left the covers on the engine and cockpit...
makes them waterproof...oh wait....
The old British movie "The Sea Shall Not Have Them" (1954) features a scene with a Supermarine Sea Otter rescuing a downed German airman. At the 45 minute mark of the movie the Sea Otter tries to take off in rough seas, bounces in a wave trough, and stalls it's engine.
The Sea Otter was a follow-on to the Supermarine Walrus and featured a Bristol Mercury radial engine with the propeller mounted right over the cockpit like the CANT Z.501 but, unlike the Gabbiano, it didn't slice it's pilots' legs off in a rough landing.
Flight and surgery all at once. Efficient!
Looks, actually, vaguely reminiscent of the Catalina PBY.
Flight Surgeon 🤙
@@jinksomiabodyart3189 😂🤣
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The "Slicer".
The Italians think of everything!
@@lairdcummings9092 Featured aircraft: "The Amputator"
Imagine if they had used a central pylon for the wing then attached two engines outboard of the centreline and hey presto you have a PBY Catalina! 😁
Thats the first thing I thought ! Looks like a PBY!
I really like your videos, as a PPL pilot, I find your narrative concise, interesting and a subtle sense of humour. Hope you have recovered from Covid with no lasting problems.
"Land god damn it!"
"I CANT!"
..my arms and legs are MIA ..
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is way i love the comments, it's better than stand up comedy...🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥
I see what you did there. ;)
Good one.
Gotta love Italian engineers. They're not always right, but they're NEVER in DOUBT!!!
So basically an mini Italian pby Catalina that has a degree in medicine
In an era where even the most advanced air forces continue to fly multiple models of aircraft 40+ and 50+ years after their introductions, it's crazy to hear about a plane that actually went into production, and was rendered hopelessly obsolete just 7 years later. And that was common for the interwar and WWII eras.
The last time I saw an aircraft like this Dastardly and Muttly were using it to try and stop that pigeon.
MUTTLY, DO SOMETHING!!
It seems in hindsight that the diagonal braces between the wing and hull, were the cause of the engine moving forward and down. I wonder if reversing the rear diagonals might have stiffened the structure, but maybe not.
The problem is that the airplane was almost entirely attached with wires so it was never rigidly hold together and was always subjected to
stretching steel cables almost after every flight.
Perhaps some more cables running from the tail to the engine nacelle would have minimized the flex and dip of the prop, but the hull may just have flexed too much for it to matter, given it was not a metal structure.
Wow! That reminds me of the "Galloping Gertie" Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington state. Over emphasis on light weight resulting in structural failure in normalcy operating conditions. How those airmen climbed into these things knowing the high potential of a spinning prop in your lap on touchdown amazes me.
@@arthurjennings5202 Tacomo narrow bridge had many more issues than just lightly build. Chief problem where it internal resonance could be induced by vortex shedding at moderate wind speeds. While you could indeed solve the resonance frequency to higher values by having a stiffer structure, it wasn't to light to handle its structural loading at all.
Here is an even dumber fix: Fit a propeller of smaller diameter.
Welcome back Rex. Now I finally know the origin of the phrase "Mamma Aiuto!" which was used as the name of a gang of air pirates in the classic animated film Porco Rosso.
Hands down, a great story.
Love the vids about Italian sea planes, they never fail to deliver a cool history with an even cool looking , even tho Odd some times, aircraft.
Thanks
and
Welcome back
Oh its good to be back, albeit with a slightly broken voice (thanks COVID).
F.A.Q Section
Q: Do you take aircraft requests?
A: I have a list of aircraft I plan to cover, but feel free to add to it with suggestions:)
Q: Why do you use imperial measurements for some videos, and metric for others?
A: I do this based on country of manufacture. Imperial measurements for Britain and the U.S, metric for the rest of the world, but I include text in my videos that convert it for both.
Q: Will you include video footage in your videos, or just photos?
A: Video footage is very expensive to licence, if I can find footage in the public domain I will try to use it, but a lot of it is hoarded by licencing studies (British Pathe, Periscope films etc). In the future I may be able to afford clips :)
Q: Why do you sometimes feature images/screenshots from flight simulators?
A: Sometimes there are not a lot of photos available for certain aircraft, so I substitute this with digital images that are as accurate as possible.
Feel free to leave you questions below - I may not be able to answer all of them, but I will keep my eyes open :)
Looking at the cowling I thought this was a radial, I had to take a closer look when I saw you put V-12 in the engine specs. I thought you had mislabeled it until I noticed the exhaust tips, what a cool looking engine!
German designs like the Ju-88, the He-219 and the FW-190 "D" all used a similar setup.
Most interesting (and, as ever, entertaining 😄)! So glad you're feeling better and making videos again. 👍🏻
"It's too slow!"
"Well still faster than anyone else!"
"... ok then..."
Italian 1930s seaplanes were truly a class apart. _And_ looked great to boot.
"It's not about making a plane that fly or safe, it's about breaking records."
Flyilianre Grindset
The Caproni Ca.60 started of very beautiful. Until Caproni decided it should actually try to fly.
It has an upside down bath tub on it's wing. Beautiful.🙄
In other words: the plane was a bit like a T72's autoloader. There you could replace the available ammunition with hands and arms. Quite a handy piece of kit if you were ever short of ammunition and they didn't even cost an arm and a leg to produce.
Great video! My grandpa worked in the factories that produced these, in the Monfalcone shipyards. He was 15 at the time and he told me they got bombed quite often by the americans.
Thank you for the great videos. I love your videos especially on Italian miltary aviation. It is a topic that is not as covered on this platform very often.
and must be praized for being probably the only one taking care of delivering acceptable pronunciations of Italian names/companies
There is no doubt in my mind that the Z.501 is the primary design influence of porco rosso's Savoia S.21 with the Macchi M.33 being secondary
Italian AND seaplane? Yahoo!
First plane to make me hallucinate. Thanks, Italy!
Good to have you back on the ball.
Thanks for another interesting video.
Excellent documentary … thank you!
That’s what I call a “Hands off” approach to flying…
I’ll show myself out
But how will you open the door??
@@davidb6576 I'd install a latch that works by just pulling it down... I'd use the stump
CAN'T make a decent seaplane.
CAN'T make a decent replacement.
But let's see if they CAN'T do better!
This is one of my all time favorite aircraft. Thanks for doing it. Sorry to hear you came down with COVD. Hope you are making a full recovery.
WOW! Thanks for the interesting and scary story, and thanks for including pics of the plane. I don't envy the crews that had to fly in them.
It seems like making it a twin engine with the engines mounted on the wings would have been an instant fix to the whole dismemberment thing.
One of the first scale models my dad gave me back in the seventies. It was an Italeri model (a beautiful one) and the sheet reported it was called "mammaiuto" (help me mummy) because it was used to rescue sailors of sunken ships and downed pilots. I'm no fascist at all (god forbid!), but i can't but admire and honor my fellow italian compatriots who faced Hurricanes, Kittyhawks and Beaufighters in this "poor man's Catalina" !
@Retired Bore the fascists were dogshit, they ruined italy, committed genocide in occupied territory and were as honorable as a politician at a fundraiser.
I just discovered Italeri still exists, and also Airfix. Very pleased. Nice recollection of youth. I remember when it was Italaerei and I had to check the name. Yes, it is now Italeri.
@Retired Bore I always think of Italians joining the Axis for lessening their patheticness, because I see WW2 Italy as the only noob in a team lmao.
@@blackroberts6290 Italians were neither ready, neither really willing to fight in the 2nd WW.
@Retired Bore thank you! Of course i don't... Being an italian means today to be anti-fascist: otherwise, it iwould be the negation in itself of our fragile, endangered and although so beautiful democracy!
Italy's aircraft were often inadequate while several were outstanding. One fighter was inspected by the Germans but was declined as they might build some four BF109 for the effort of building one. One great performing twin engined civil plane was taken for conversion to military use. When loaded with sufficient fuel, radio gear, heavier landing gear guns, crew, and bombs, It needed to takeoff towards it's targets to perform it's mission.
Welcome back, Hope your recovery is going well. thanks for the great content.
That is sooo cool!!! A plane with automated weight reduction!
Glad to see you back! hope you're feeling better.
A truely rare and wonderful plane! One if my favorites! Thanks for the video.
Worth noting that the casualties only happened in crashes, not as if the structure was soft and flexible to the extent of deforming by more than 1 meter on rough landings!!….
you are like forgotten weapons for planes
Thrust line, drag line and center of gravity of any aeroplane are best positioned on the same horizontal line. Also, masses are best kept as close to the GC as possible. The larger the diversion of this concept, the bigger the chance of trouble to present itself.
"Hey, it might have been rough out there, but any landing you can walk away from, right?"
....
"Oops, sorry Giuseppe."
Omg
Well done, thank you for the video.
Good to see you back.
CANT seaplanes are a fascinating subject & one I look forward to you expanding on in futire videos.
Maybe it was the name CAN'T like the Chevy Nova which in Spanish means, NO GO!?
The Mammaiuto :)
Glad your well again bud missed your videos
Ever wondered, how a single-engined PBY would look like?
Have you seen the PBYs direct ancestor it didnt have the hull pylon.. and had twin tail fins a lot more struts and wires though still had two radial motors.
Well, most seaplanes look like this.
@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 The P2Y? I had to look it up and you're right - especially from the side view, they look quite similar.
@@Breznak yup.. i think rex actually mentioned it..
@@thefreedomguyuk
Whilst the operating environment forces certain similarities on all aircraft ... Flyingboats and seaplanes do show a lot of variations ....certainly relative to the numbers built.
The Curtiss Seamew thinks about this plane whenever it needs cheering up
What's 2/3 airplane, 1/3 canoe, and completely terrifying?
This. This "airplane".
Unfortunately that plane was my grandpa last flight! My relatives said he was very close to end of the war when he was shoot down during a SAR mission. Nevertlees i still look at ths plane in a romantic way. Also Miyazaki's "Porco rosso" has depicted in the cartoon!
A pilot no longer in need of gloves….. “Are you sure this thing is called a C.A.N.T. ?”
Remind’s me a lot of Germany’s Mistel program
Glad to hear you are feeling well again, Rex. That Z501 must have been very scary for its crews.
He's back!!! (does happy happy aviation dance). Love these old Italian seaplanes and the quite frankly mental designs they came up with.
Remember the CANT!
No wait, wrong vessel
Sir, i don t want to drive a seaplane, i have a fear of drowning!
Don’t worry boy! You won’t have the time to drow
Glad you are feeling better & sharing your well-researched content again. Clear skies, sir.
Appart from the scaffolding, I think its a good looking plane.
Thought the rough sea problem with the Z.501 was the wooden fuselage breaking up because it was poorly made. The engine crashing into the cockpit problem was a consequence of a heavy landing under any sea state causing the structure supporting the wing and engine to collapse into the cockpit. The reverse of what I heard said here.
Yeah I can't even find anything about propeller strikes, fairly clickbait title
@@gaelan2k9 Around 9:30 in the video.
@@franksmith417 I'm talking about source's other than this video
@@gaelan2k9 Sorry, my mistake.
@@franksmith417 No problem
A good looking bird for that age. The slicer nickname leaves lots to be desired by any Airman. Did not know it could do 3D, thou. . 🙃
If Walmart sold the Catalina... it would *actually* be a CANT Z.501.
It really reminds me of a single engine PBY Catalina but with much sleeker lines.
Beautifully sleek design.
Plane: If you even TRY to go back down to that ugly water with me, I am going to be very disagreeable!
Not sure what the glide capabilities of the aircraft are but I'd think the pilots that knew about the prop problem would cut their engine just before landing so as not to fail at the adage "any landing you can walk away from".
Thank you for your dedication.
All those Italian float planes have one thing in common and that is stunning good looks. I've never really noticed before but yeah...
I can't think of a flying boat that doesn't look gorgeous. There's something about blending the lines of a boat and a plane that just works.
Well, that's one way to say that you just CANT land without losing your arm.
CANT land? No need to call security. I'll see myself out.
Har har
The flight simulator will give you a nosebleed. Be careful.
@@lairdcummings9092 Listen, somebody had to do it. I'm not proud.
I’ve got covid and I’m watching this, I find as someone with covid, listening to a complex topic is difficult!
Oh oh, not good.
Hope you get better soon
Ho-HO! I've heard about flights costing an arm an a leg! But THIS!!!
*BaZIIIINNNNG!!!*
It's Italian, they are experts at making planes that can break records but are completely useless at the best of times and quite literally inoperable at their worst.
"Hmmm. Weird plane designs, huh? That could be interesting."
Three hours and a dozen or so videos later......
"Ok. I should probably just subscribe already."
Seriously, never been hugely interested in "Aeronautic History", but here I am binging video after video. Excellent stuff!
Glad you’re on the mend.
You're back! I've been needing my fix.
Good to see you back!
"Sharply highlighted?" ISWYDT
(I always look forward to the weirdnesses you bring us. Thank you for your careful research and for sharing your gift with words using that awesome voice.)
I'm surprised that nobody tried to add a second engine to this plane in a tandem configuration. Seems to be a logical upgrade.
It would have but the extra wt. would collapse the framework and it would have probably lost its one real trick ..extreme range. It was too lightly built to be uprated... Or be safe in anything less than good conditions.
@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 It would need extra support beams like the existing engine yes; but might balance the wing as well, and I don't think the range drop in the late 30's would be that of a drawback for the plane!
@@TomPrickVixen
Even if they strengthened the pylon the extra Wt would have snapped the rear fuselage off more often.. ..it would have also deleted the engineer/ gunners position.
The red and yellow sunburst pattern on the upper wing makes this a particularly decorative scale model subject.
Theres a large scale RC model version online somewhere...being flown.
Look mom! No hands!
Thank you for a good look at a machine I had only seen in pictures. Glad you handled COVID OK, I commiserate.
"So, what kind of new design ideas do you have?" "Well... I've been thinking of putting this sharp spinny slicy thing here, directly above the squishy cutty parts right here..."
Beautiful design. Very forward thinking in tail and wing plan form.
It's giving me very much of a "proto-Catalina" vibe. Is that just me?
I would love to own a flying boat and to travel the world
What about a blimp ? filled with helium and powered by large electric motors, fueled by many solar panels ?
@@RemusKingOfRome that would be interesting
Now I'm thinking of one of those tricked out camper vans and imagining someone doing that to a Cessna.
@@Sinyao or a Catalina ,Mars or Sunderland! That would be awesome
I will only except a magic carpet to travel the world.
Just love the opening music!
Military requirements for piloting this seaplane:
1. Must be a quadriplegic.
2. Must not get seasick.
3. Must have no regard for your own life.
Sounds like a wonderful plane. In perfect weather. With no fighters. Or AA guns. Or any other adversity that tends to come up in war.
and while sitting on the water without it’s engine running.
@@guaporeturns9472 With little to no wave...
And the crew ashore, in the club.
@@mikearmstrong8483 now you’re talking.. where do I volunteer for that?
When airplanes were first used in a combat role, in 1911, it was by Italian forces in Ottoman Libya. One did recon; another lobbed grenades at ground troops.
German General von Bernhardi wrote "Their success is noteworthy, but it must not be overvalued. They had no opponents in the air."
Welcome back! Yr the best aviation knowledge here and I love it! 8f I had money to spare I would but I live 8n America and have a health condition so. I'll die but anywY thank you
another fascinating video!
The machine gun nest on the engine must of been super hot. I imagine it vibrated pretty terribly as well.
Pilot: "I'd give an arm and limb to fly that plane"
Engineer: "Check"
Great stuff whatever your current state of health. Keep it up, Biggles!
Red arrows in the thumbnail and a title that gives away the interesting part. You have a lot to learn.
CANT, as in "I CANT land this thing"
What were they thinking 🤔