Just incredible, these torpedoes. The engineering, the thought put into them to make them work. In addition, the guy who makes them all come to life with fully functioning digital models! Thanks Rob!
Yep the Mk-7, 18-inch was a good torpedo, but its new replacements in the Mk-8 through the infamous Mk-14, Mk-15 and Mk-18 at the time war were declared in WW-II were anything but. The Naval Board of Ordnance never properly tested any because in their eye's it was a waste of money. Drachinifel's did a wonder full video on the Mk-14 and all the dirty secrets the the Board didn't want to admit to until Admiral King and others caught wind of their shenanigans, or tested the malfunctioning torpedoes for themselves
Until it's hits your ship and you are lucky enough to escape the ship to find yours floating in the Atlantic. Brilliant video thanks for making it always wondered how they worked no wonder so many failed a lot of parts to go wrong.
My Grandfathers Brother was an instructor on torpedoes in WW1 they were as secret as the stealth fighter. He couldnt even tell the family what job he did in the Navy.
Thank you for all your work you put into you videos, I hope that the research and time spent on sharing them brings you as much pleasure as it does for me watching them. Matthew.
ah yes the torpedo: a marvel of engineering making a object self steer under water with elegantly balanced :mechanics its purpose ? why to blow shit up of cours !
Next step: add a nuke to the tip to replace the normal weak stuff we were to useing. I wish I was joking when I say that the US and USSR did that in the cold war.
Its always impressive to see what amount of effort, creativity and skill is used to create something which has only one purpose, to destroy and kill. We do not put that amount of effort into anything else. However, fantastic animation!
some of them where quite a bit simpler then this. However, having a gas turbine spin the props instead of just the compressed air made these quite a bit faster, so the extra complexity was worth it.
beautiful 3D work and amazing mechanics solution.. a today microcontroller can perform near all this function. I saw some gyros of torpedo in some museum, aAlways amazed by the skills of those workers.
Hey, I just want to say that I've been a fan of your works ever since your video about Maxim Gun. I just thought that this channel isn't alive anymore but I was dead wrong, so here I am expressing my appreciation by a simple comment, and a subscription to your channel, as I recently rediscovered it. I wish I could be one of your Patreon but I ain't got anything. Cheers to your production. And if there's something wrong with my English, whoops. It isn't my mother language. Oh, btw, I'm in college picking MS mechanical engineering. Suffice to say, you're one of the people who influenced me to become one. -Ashy Jo
Ashy Jo. Thank you for your comments and subscription. I make these animations as a hobby - I like finding out how things work, and find the mechanisms of the 'Victorian Age' fascinating - all the calculations were done by hand and drawings on paper - the engineers of those times really knew their stuff. I can usually only make one animation every 5-6 weeks, and this is getting harder as I cannot get out to do the research. Good luck with the college course. Rob
Learned something new. The scuttling system makes sense as you don't want the torpedo floating about as a improvised sea mine (and hand high tech to the enemy)
I never thought of it till now, but have trawlers or divers ever founded underwater unexploded torpedos that sunk after a missed run ? Would those torpedos still be live ?
Handsome. The warhead main charge would still be dangerous, however these generally need a detonator and booster / gaine charge to detonate them. Torpedoes with electrically fired detonators short out their batteries at end of run, so would be reasonably safe (a relative term), but torpedoes with a mechanical fuse, such as used in the Bliss -Leavitt Mk 7, Brennan, Howell and early Whiteheads could be lethal if disturbed or knocked when armed. On the plus side, the detonators could degrade over the years in salt water and the mechanisms silt up with mud or sand. Would you want to take the risk? Rob
You who are giving this video thumb's down must be, either, clicking wrong or are just stupid. It's a large amount of work behind this animation and to create this video. Excellent video and great animation! It's an amazing piece of engineering behind this design but mankind have always been good at creating things to kill each other with.
that's unlikely mate. they will have all blown up by now. the TNT of the day destabilized into DNT quite readily and DNT hates to be at pressure. it heats up and goes bang. it also reacts badly to salt if i remember correctly. also the gain was not very stable stuff. same with the booster. so all in all they've all gone boom one way or the other. if someone dose find one surviving it would probably be a really bad idea to go say hello. :)
I would guess this to be one of the most technologically advanced devices of it's time. Certainly for the amount of technology crammed into one small package.
At last. I have looked for this information for years ever since reading how PT boat torpedo's would run hot if they didn't launch out of the tubes immediately and the crew needed to use sledge hammers to get them into the water.
No. When the torpedo starts to move (3:14) it opens up air. Air then pressurises the fuel and water supply to the burner. Air pressure also fires the cartridge to ignite the fuel and air (4:20).
To understand the basics of torpedoes, 'The devil's Device (Edwin Gray), That should give you enough knowledge to understand the torpedo manuals on the Historic Naval Ships Association web site.
Great work We expected other systems as depth charges, ahead throw and aerial bombs and analogic telemeter and fire control systems on ships and submarines?
British engineer Robert Whitehead invented the first self propelled torpedo that could run at a pre-set depth in 1866. Further developments like the Obry gyroscope invented by an Austrian naval officer in1898 improved it further. It certainly came a long way in a short time.
The contra-rotating propellers were adjusted so that the torque from one cancelled the torque from the other, so while straight running the torpedo stayed upright. However, this meant that each torpedo had to be calibrated during test firings (depth and roll recorders in the practice head) and tweakes made to propellers. If a propeller got damaged or replaced, the torpedo would have to be recalibrated. Angled firing, however, could cause torpedo to roll making the depth rudders to act as direction rudders resulting in some loss of accuracy.
Remember that they were so complex and expensive to produce in the USA that very few were actually tested so US torpedos were defective until late 1943 only then did the subs start sinking ships
Torpedoes could be run at different speeds. The B-L Mk7 could run at 35 knots, but the air would be exhausted after 2,000 yards due to the higher engine power to reach that speed. However if set to run at 28 knots, the range would be 6,000 yards. The 1909 British RGF 18inch Mk VI could be set to run at 45 knots (high speed- short range) or to a maximum range of 7,000 yards at a slower speed. The 1909 RGF 21inch had a maximum range of 12,000 yards at the slower speed - but I don't have the precise speed/range details readily at hand.
Just incredible, these torpedoes. The engineering, the thought put into them to make them work. In addition, the guy who makes them all come to life with fully functioning digital models! Thanks Rob!
Thank you.
Yep the Mk-7, 18-inch was a good torpedo, but its new replacements in the Mk-8 through the infamous Mk-14, Mk-15 and Mk-18 at the time war were declared in WW-II were anything but. The Naval Board of Ordnance never properly tested any because in their eye's it was a waste of money.
Drachinifel's did a wonder full video on the Mk-14 and all the dirty secrets the the Board didn't want to admit to until Admiral King and others caught wind of their shenanigans, or tested the malfunctioning torpedoes for themselves
Eyyyy it’s britishmuzzleloaders! What up man
How does your wife feel about you always stealing her skirts for your vids?
And so many safety features built in too. Pretty ahead of its time.
This animation is a thing of beauty.
Until it's hits your ship and you are lucky enough to escape the ship to find yours floating in the Atlantic. Brilliant video thanks for making it always wondered how they worked no wonder so many failed a lot of parts to go wrong.
What an impressive amount of engineering and technology for 1916 .. amazing.
Ya no way are we using disposable rockets to get to space anymore. We are being lied to it seems about how advanced we are. Or they are lol.
It's an impressive amount of technology made just to be blown apart, i guess it was the guided missile of its time
Think about the technology that technology blows apart :,)
My Grandfathers Brother was an instructor on torpedoes in WW1 they were as secret as the stealth fighter. He couldnt even tell the family what job he did in the Navy.
@@womble321 l bet mate
Guided missiles tend to cost $100,000 I believe so
@@Henry-dy2ty I think you need to add a zero for some of them!
Thank you for all your work you put into you videos, I hope that the research and time spent on sharing them brings you as much pleasure as it does for me watching them. Matthew.
A gas turbine torpedo at the beginning of the twentieth century!? No, I didn't expect this!!! 👍😍
I have no idea why UA-cam recommended this video to me, but I found it interesting, and I liked the music. Thanks for your work!
Izuzetna animacija bravo za postavku
Thanks, I didn't know I wanted to learn how exactly a torpedo worked until now.
Marvelous engineering, even by today's standards.
Absolutely fascinting. Whilst having read about the various types before, I've never put much thought into how they work.
Sehr gute und anschauliche Dokumentation.
Spectacular animation. Thanks for this.
Well done and impressive video. I've always wondered how they worked. Thanks.
Thanks for the good video. It's a reminder of the sophisticated level of technology used in WWI.
Amazing engineering and similarly amazing animation. These weapons have incredible intricacy, ingenious. Thank you for the excellent animation.
It's an impressive amount of graphics for the video. 👍👍
ah yes the torpedo: a marvel of engineering making a object self steer under water with elegantly balanced :mechanics its purpose ? why to blow shit up of cours !
Next step: add a nuke to the tip to replace the normal weak stuff we were to useing. I wish I was joking when I say that the US and USSR did that in the cold war.
@@tenofprime Cold War is where both sides tried to slap nukes on anything. The gem would be that nuclear recoilless rifle.
@@arya31ful not gonna lie I want that
@@arya31ful Oh right, the Davy Crockett
peace...
through superior firepower.
WOW! An entire 7 min animation with thorough description of each process in perfect order. And i still don't know how the damn thing works lol
Traditionally, they didn't
Great explanation and animation. It makes it easy to understand.
Its always impressive to see what amount of effort, creativity and skill is used to create something which has only one purpose, to destroy and kill. We do not put that amount of effort into anything else.
However, fantastic animation!
Great to know about the evolution of torperdos
Technical details beside, with this soundtrack it's like watching "How It's Made". Great video!
Wow, I had no idea they were that complicated back then!! I guess they had to be!!! Thanks :)
some of them where quite a bit simpler then this. However, having a gas turbine spin the props instead of just the compressed air made these quite a bit faster, so the extra complexity was worth it.
This is wonderful. I was always curious about the design and engineering of a torpedo. Great video, great amount of information. I appreciate it! :)
Great work, just great. This torpedo is a marvel of technology, back in 1916 ... Greetings from Spain!
Well nice to see complex torpedoes and great music.
It really makes you think 100 years ago we think of it as a technological deprived age but in fact these here war made or not are absolute marvels
I don't think of 100 years ago as a technological deprived age...maybe only you do?
@@ZerokillerOppel1 my apologies I meant to say technologically limited era
Thanks for another amazing and informative upload
beautiful 3D work and amazing mechanics solution.. a today microcontroller can perform near all this function. I saw some gyros of torpedo in some museum, aAlways amazed by the skills of those workers.
Always wondered how they steer to stay flat at a depth, now I have my answer!!
Hey, I just want to say that I've been a fan of your works ever since your video about Maxim Gun. I just thought that this channel isn't alive anymore but I was dead wrong, so here I am expressing my appreciation by a simple comment, and a subscription to your channel, as I recently rediscovered it. I wish I could be one of your Patreon but I ain't got anything. Cheers to your production. And if there's something wrong with my English, whoops. It isn't my mother language.
Oh, btw, I'm in college picking MS mechanical engineering. Suffice to say, you're one of the people who influenced me to become one.
-Ashy Jo
Ashy Jo. Thank you for your comments and subscription. I make these animations as a hobby - I like finding out how things work, and find the mechanisms of the 'Victorian Age' fascinating - all the calculations were done by hand and drawings on paper - the engineers of those times really knew their stuff. I can usually only make one animation every 5-6 weeks, and this is getting harder as I cannot get out to do the research. Good luck with the college course. Rob
Excellent video. Well done and thanks for the effort!
Learned something new. The scuttling system makes sense as you don't want the torpedo floating about as a improvised sea mine (and hand high tech to the enemy)
Especially if you are on the offensive and will soon be occupying the area the enemy used to be.
Great piece of engineering.
Such intricate work, only with the purpose to explode.
That is a lot of mechanism inone tube. It must have taken a lot of trial and error to get them all working reliably. Great animation as always.
yes, it did. And many models where far from reliable, well into the modern era.
Impresionate el ingenio para hacer que algo así de complejo funcione a principios del siglo XX
GREAT VIDEO.
I never thought of it till now, but have trawlers or divers ever founded underwater unexploded torpedos that sunk after a missed run ? Would those torpedos still be live ?
Handsome. The warhead main charge would still be dangerous, however these generally need a detonator and booster / gaine charge to detonate them. Torpedoes with electrically fired detonators short out their batteries at end of run, so would be reasonably safe (a relative term), but torpedoes with a mechanical fuse, such as used in the Bliss -Leavitt Mk 7, Brennan, Howell and early Whiteheads could be lethal if disturbed or knocked when armed. On the plus side, the detonators could degrade over the years in salt water and the mechanisms silt up with mud or sand. Would you want to take the risk? Rob
You who are giving this video thumb's down must be, either, clicking wrong or are just stupid. It's a large amount of work behind this animation and to create this video. Excellent video and great animation! It's an amazing piece of engineering behind this design but mankind have always been good at creating things to kill each other with.
155 times atmospheric pressure, in that volume? Astonishing.
Nossa!!!!!!!! impressionante muito engenharia neste projeto.
Wonder how many of these are laying about the sea floor scuttled and armed.
даже как то жалко в конце стало что вся эта красота взрывается
Amazing, Rob!
Thanks.
would love to see the mark 18! thanks
Your works are great
Crazy amount of technology, engineering and labor to just blow apart or sink. The ocean has to be littered with these museum quality artifacts.
that's unlikely mate. they will have all blown up by now. the TNT of the day destabilized into DNT quite readily and DNT hates to be at pressure. it heats up and goes bang. it also reacts badly to salt if i remember correctly. also the gain was not very stable stuff. same with the booster. so all in all they've all gone boom one way or the other. if someone dose find one surviving it would probably be a really bad idea to go say hello. :)
I would guess this to be one of the most technologically advanced devices of it's time. Certainly for the amount of technology crammed into one small package.
Don't want to forget the engine oil reservoir, got to keep this bad boy maintained for its long life...
At last. I have looked for this information for years ever since reading how PT boat torpedo's would run hot if they didn't launch out of the tubes immediately and the crew needed to use sledge hammers to get them into the water.
Awesome design
What a great job!
Muy bueno. Habria algo del torpedo White Head?
My internet connection is so slow. Cudnt dwnlod this wonderful technology video.
so much work put into one torpedo just for it to be shot to be either hit or miss
you have talent, nice if you would do an episode about the v2 rocket and its guidance system, cheers :)
Nice! guess il build one and bring it to college tomorow.
First of all, nice video. Torpedos are quite complex and yet so simple. Also, the music reminds me of the game Omori at certain times.
Do you have a Mk 14 ... with all the failure issues?
This was really great!
never realized how complicated and expensive torpedos were
Excellent!!!
Good job
серьезный агрегат!!! механизм довольно сложный, даже автомат удержания курса есть!!!
Pls. Do a Flak 88 video, it would be nice.
As usual, great video ; a Masterpiece
Your avatar is offensive.
@@Surv1ve_Thrive "Offensive" is a trigger word for me.
Please delete your comment.
@@Surv1ve_Thrive nah I don't think so buddy.it looks so cool and badass to me
@@leona_luna_556 "Who won the bloody war anyway?"
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I guess that the burner was lit before launching the torpedo?
No. When the torpedo starts to move (3:14) it opens up air. Air then pressurises the fuel and water supply to the burner. Air pressure also fires the cartridge to ignite the fuel and air (4:20).
imagine working hard at the engineering at this torpedo only to be used as a bomb and blown up, what a fascinating invention it is
I want a book or detailed explanation about torpedoes
To understand the basics of torpedoes, 'The devil's Device (Edwin Gray), That should give you enough knowledge to understand the torpedo manuals on the Historic Naval Ships Association web site.
Hard to believe that these things were engineered more than 100 years ago - before the spaces that the engineers occupied were even air-conditioned.
So there are plenty of ARMED torpedoes lying on the seafloor... Thanks, it makes me feel much easier...
Great work
We expected other systems as depth charges, ahead throw and aerial bombs and analogic telemeter and fire control systems on ships and submarines?
The best! Thanks!
British engineer Robert Whitehead invented the first self propelled torpedo that could run at a pre-set depth in 1866. Further developments like the Obry gyroscope invented by an Austrian naval officer in1898 improved it further. It certainly came a long way in a short time.
The music just doesn't fit right.
These things were the cruise missiles of their day.
so sophisticated..like a guided missile..
Muito Bom Parabéns
Was there a feedback loop for controlling roll? Or just a ballast at the bottom?
The contra-rotating propellers were adjusted so that the torque from one cancelled the torque from the other, so while straight running the torpedo stayed upright. However, this meant that each torpedo had to be calibrated during test firings (depth and roll recorders in the practice head) and tweakes made to propellers. If a propeller got damaged or replaced, the torpedo would have to be recalibrated. Angled firing, however, could cause torpedo to roll making the depth rudders to act as direction rudders resulting in some loss of accuracy.
So, are all the torpedos that missed, lying on the ocean floor LIVE ? ? ?
Just when you thought it safe to go back in the water ....
Love the pants pooping explosions these animation have towards the end 6:41
Fantastic!👏👏👏
Remember that they were so complex and expensive to produce in the USA that very few were actually tested so US torpedos were defective until late 1943 only then did the subs start sinking ships
This is very important part for every college and high school student 1:41
Благодаря )) Tenks.
amazing
Truly great animation, now you should cooperate with drachinifel and let him explain the displayed functionality instead of the „elevator music“
Didn't other torpedoes have longer than 2000 yards range at the time?
Torpedoes could be run at different speeds. The B-L Mk7 could run at 35 knots, but the air would be exhausted after 2,000 yards due to the higher engine power to reach that speed. However if set to run at 28 knots, the range would be 6,000 yards. The 1909 British RGF 18inch Mk VI could be set to run at 45 knots (high speed- short range) or to a maximum range of 7,000 yards at a slower speed. The 1909 RGF 21inch had a maximum range of 12,000 yards at the slower speed - but I don't have the precise speed/range details readily at hand.
SPECTACULAR vídeo !!!!
JH 🇩🇰
wunderbar !
Bliss-Leavitt Mk7, a torpedo done by a company so right. Just before the US Navy's Bureau of Ordnance did their Mark-14 so incredibly wrong.
Jamás pensé que ese mecanismo fuese tan complicado.
I never thouht that a torpedo was so complex, I tought it was just an engine and a lot of tnt.....
Could you do a “Whitehead Torpedo” please. as I have an engine, shaft, props from one. !!
You're in luck: ua-cam.com/video/afWsHCj7QJU/v-deo.html
@@simontist My engine is from a WW 1 Whitehhead made in the USA. its a three piston compressed air double propeller system.
How does this compare to the Mk22?
How many targets was destroyed by Mk 7 torpedoes during WWI and WWII?
Btw excellent movies!
Ok, am I certified to work with Mk 7 torpedos now?
It's insane what kind of complex shit people can come up with just to kill each other.
Wow just wow
Pretty wild how much time and energy is put into destroying life