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  • @moistmike4150
    @moistmike4150 Рік тому +288

    I can imagine being that "Autogyro Guy" towed behind the U-Boat and you report, "Hans! There are two British destroyers moving in on our position!"... and suddenly, your cable tow cable goes slack...

    • @davidshannon5877
      @davidshannon5877 Рік тому +16

      Hans! Hans? Vhere have you gone?

    • @wanderingontheway
      @wanderingontheway Рік тому

      ❤😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

    • @Graeko
      @Graeko Рік тому +12

      I would imagine falling generates enough speed to keep the rotors to a reasonable pace, possibly allowing for a somewhat soft crash landing.

    • @slome815
      @slome815 Рік тому +11

      @@Graeko Well it's an autogyro, so it would be able to land softly without an engine.

    • @36minutesago7
      @36minutesago7 Рік тому +16

      @@Graeko don’t think the landing would be the pilots main concern, but floating in the cold ocean wondering if the sub is going to surface and pick him up might be.

  • @donaldasayers
    @donaldasayers Рік тому +83

    A British report on this note drily that in the event of a crash dive the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 could release the cable, the pilot could make a controlled decent to the sea and 'drown in the usual manner.'

    • @tsoliot5913
      @tsoliot5913 7 місяців тому +4

      That's unbearably British

    • @jackthebassman1
      @jackthebassman1 5 місяців тому +1

      @@tsoliot5913I agree as a Brit 😂

  • @User_Un_Friendly
    @User_Un_Friendly Рік тому +289

    Astonishingly, I actually remember coming across these towed auto gyros during my WW 2 obsession in high school. 😮. And marveling at their ingenuity.

    • @wirelessone2986
      @wirelessone2986 Рік тому +1

      Whats more MAHVALUS DAHLING is well developed radar for unterseeboots

    • @sebastiansuteu1829
      @sebastiansuteu1829 Рік тому +1

      @@wirelessone2986 why make an effective radar when you can use this shit?

    • @sergeantbigmac
      @sergeantbigmac Рік тому +5

      I think its funny how so many of us of a certain age had that period of WWII obsession in our teens. I wonder what the common denominator was.
      I just wish I wouldve done something productive with it! Like getting a history degree and working in a museum or archival work or something. Or at the very least had the gumption to interview many Veterans I met most of whom have now passed on.

    • @wirelessone2986
      @wirelessone2986 Рік тому +1

      @@sebastiansuteu1829LOL very true

    • @jonhohensee3258
      @jonhohensee3258 Рік тому

      User un friendly - Astonishingly???

  • @FlyWithMe_666
    @FlyWithMe_666 Рік тому +279

    “Plane alarm! Dive! Dive” … 5 minutes later “Where’s Helikopter Hans? Damn, I think we forgot something…”

    • @alltat
      @alltat Рік тому +39

      "Wait... what did this plane look like, exactly?"

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому +20

      @@alltat... "He'll be fine, we'll tape all of his favorite shows."

    • @BROTHERHOOD_OF_NOD1995
      @BROTHERHOOD_OF_NOD1995 Рік тому +34

      YOU LEFT ME BEHIND

    • @jastrapper190
      @jastrapper190 Рік тому +11

      How deep did we dive? 100 feet? And he was how high when we dived? 90 feet you say? Yeah… I think we might have a problem…

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 Рік тому +8

      This reminds me of a class trip with multiple boats. At the end, the teacher: is everybody here? The class: yes.
      Meanwhile: a bunch of kids struggling to swim ashore through ice cold water and having to tramp home...

  • @fabianrios9659
    @fabianrios9659 Рік тому +114

    I can't believe I'm just now discovering your channel, the movie references to the topic at hand, your humor, the on point social commentary, the constant monty python references, I think this is one of my favorite history channels ever! Great stuff!

    • @JohnnyJohnsonEsq
      @JohnnyJohnsonEsq Рік тому +13

      Thanks for the very encouraging words. I try never to miss out on a chance at working in Monty Python :)

  • @malakiblunt
    @malakiblunt Рік тому +93

    WW2 helicopters would be a cool subject

    • @JohnnyJohnsonEsq
      @JohnnyJohnsonEsq Рік тому +40

      Absolutely. Korean War helicopters would be fun too. Lots of MASH clips.

    • @User_Un_Friendly
      @User_Un_Friendly Рік тому +8

      @@JohnnyJohnsonEsq And the first rocket armed tank-buster helicopters that the US Army develops in violation of the agreement between the Air Force and Army. You see, there was an agreement in place between the Army and Air Force concerning armed aircraft…which only the Air Force was allowed to have. 😮. Fortunately, the rivalry between American service branches never got as bad as the problems between the imperial Japanese army and navy.

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому +4

      @@JohnnyJohnsonEsq... GET TO THA CHOPPA!

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому

      @@User_Un_Friendly, the US Army/Air Force rivalry has a lot of parallels to the US Navy/Marines rivalry.

    • @User_Un_Friendly
      @User_Un_Friendly Рік тому +2

      @@warpartyattheoutpost4987 That was actually really bad. The F-ing Navy left the Marines to twist in the wind by refusing to resupply Wake Island, and sailed away from Guadalcanal. Without Japanese rations, the Marines would have starved at Guadalcanal. 😮

  • @mattandrews8528
    @mattandrews8528 Рік тому +79

    Now that would definitely be the coolest way to be towed around behind a boat. I dig it.

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому +2

      It's shark free.

    • @johnbeauvais3159
      @johnbeauvais3159 Рік тому +1

      I’ve wanted to make something like this for years just to tow behind a car or boat

    • @josedorsaith5261
      @josedorsaith5261 Рік тому +1

      @@johnbeauvais3159 oh that would be cool

    • @tissuepaper9962
      @tissuepaper9962 Рік тому

      ​@@johnbeauvais3159 behind a car is veeeeeery sketchy, you need a very big clear area lest you crash and die on a house, tree, power cable, etc.

  • @mrmicro22
    @mrmicro22 Рік тому +46

    Despite my WW2 obsession in high school, I have never heard of this aircraft. Amazing.

  • @mxdwnfrcemdia
    @mxdwnfrcemdia Рік тому +79

    holy fuck that ending got me in tears. that caught me off guard

    • @The411
      @The411 Рік тому +9

      Me too, first time on the channel and the end ref to flat-tardery made me laugh.

    • @ThorsDecree
      @ThorsDecree Рік тому +2

      @@The411 Me three, new and will probably be sticking around. Good thing I wasn't drinking coffee at by the end! This is a little bit of WWII aviation history I was not aware of :)

    • @Kruppt808
      @Kruppt808 Рік тому +1

      ty, some vids just throw away the last few seconds on the ending..... JJ keeps it spicy :)

  • @brianlevine5213
    @brianlevine5213 Рік тому +32

    I saw a "kite" at the Auto and Technical Museum in Sinsheim,Germany. It was on display but no information placard. I thought it was a training aid for learning to fly helicopters. Now I know it a kite for a submarine.

    • @femboyorganist
      @femboyorganist Рік тому +1

      Sinsheim and spayer have amazing collections but awful displays... its just like going through a warehouse, so there's minimal education value

    • @Shaun_Jones
      @Shaun_Jones 7 місяців тому

      There’s also one hanging from the ceiling of the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

  • @paleoph6168
    @paleoph6168 Рік тому +38

    4:40
    That ending lmao!

  • @malakiblunt
    @malakiblunt Рік тому +40

    some Autogyros with rotor pre rotation can make vertical take offs they use the engine to spin up the rotor then literaly jump into the air

    • @dimasduarte6340
      @dimasduarte6340 Рік тому +1

      That´s true, but few attemps have been made to actually produce them and those that did failed, right now we´re working on the design of a gyrocopter with vtol capabilities, hopefully we can have it flying in the next year or two

    • @dielink182
      @dielink182 Рік тому

      @@dimasduarte6340 Cool! Where can I see that?

    • @chouseification
      @chouseification Рік тому

      @@dimasduarte6340 there was a remote controlled autogyro kit on sale in the early 90s that was able to do some truly amazing things. The key innovation in that kit that made it world class was they added another channel (expensive back then) to add a clutch servo - that allowed you to start the motor, step back a safe distance and then engage the clutch to spin up the rotor - once you got them to speed, you could pull the clutch then feed some throttle and the thing would apparently leap up and forward, taking only a couple of feet (5-10 at most if you gave it enough gas) of rolling distance before it leaped skyward.

  • @DavidCowie2022
    @DavidCowie2022 Рік тому +17

    They have one of these in the air museum at Duxford in England. Probably the one that Johnny says was captured.

  • @TallDude73
    @TallDude73 Рік тому +17

    A Like for the flat earther joke at the end. About the 330, I always thought the pilot would be ecstatic to go up in it, to be free of the claustrophobic submarine and free as a bird.... for a little while.

    • @JohnnyJohnsonEsq
      @JohnnyJohnsonEsq Рік тому +6

      As terrifying as the kite would be, I'd probably be happier up there than anywhere else on the uboat.

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 Рік тому +2

      DIVE DIVE DIVE!!!
      wait, guys!

  • @DimBeam1
    @DimBeam1 Рік тому +6

    The outro burn was prefect.

  • @theplasticcommando7394
    @theplasticcommando7394 Рік тому +33

    These gyro pilots should have been awarded the Iron Cross just for being a flying submariner!

  • @rexmundi3108
    @rexmundi3108 Рік тому +7

    I've never seen this before. I'm speechless.

  • @StrGzr101
    @StrGzr101 Рік тому +3

    Mr. Johnson, what say you we hit HomeDepot, build us one of these things, and get somebody to tow it along the Antarctic Ice Wall that divides our plain-et from the nethers that's full of demons and whatnot. No, wait, that's silly. It'll bump the dome. Never mind. Seriously, great work here. I've never even heard of these whirly kites. You bagged a new subscriber.

    • @JohnnyJohnsonEsq
      @JohnnyJohnsonEsq Рік тому +2

      haha right on. Welcome to the channel and thanks for the laugh.

  • @mbryson2899
    @mbryson2899 Рік тому +12

    Balls of steel. It reminds me of the Zeppelin observer in "Hell's Angels." First to be sacrificed...

  • @ExcavationNation
    @ExcavationNation Рік тому +3

    Congratulations on 100k

  • @markfeldhaus3693
    @markfeldhaus3693 Рік тому +2

    Wow first time i've ever heard about the FA 330. Thank you!!

  • @CGFIELDS
    @CGFIELDS Рік тому +3

    Love the funny 1 liners & Dad jokes at the end of your videos 😂🤣

  • @TheMilitantHorse
    @TheMilitantHorse Рік тому +9

    That burn at the end though, hot damn Johnny.

  • @MichalKaczorowski
    @MichalKaczorowski Рік тому +10

    The thumbnail of the film is a graphic from the 1/16 Takom kit :)

  • @connorhernandez6570
    @connorhernandez6570 Рік тому +6

    “Hey captain, do ya think some kid would fly a kite in the middle of the Atlantic?”

  • @jaggar28
    @jaggar28 Рік тому +4

    The last part about the "Flat Earthers" was hilarious

  • @canigetanoorah
    @canigetanoorah Рік тому +3

    Awesome video, now i need to get ready to go gyroboating. You know that super popular water sport that everyone loves

  • @flomisa6866
    @flomisa6866 Рік тому +3

    Amazing video and explanation

  • @jamesboyle6134
    @jamesboyle6134 Рік тому +3

    Mama, can we have an aircraft carrier?
    Nein, we have aircraft carriers at home!
    Aircraft carriers at home: ...

  • @erintyres3609
    @erintyres3609 Рік тому +1

    An Fa 330 is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's Udar-Hazy center near Washington, DC. The display card for it reads in part, "A crew could assemble or disassemble an Fa 330 in three minutes." "U-boat commanders disliked the aircraft -- it gave away their submarine's location both visually and on radar."

  • @frin4053
    @frin4053 Рік тому +15

    This looks like a heavy inspiration for the Rust "minicopter". Although it has been proven that the Rust thing, an actual small helicopter, would not at all work in real life, the resemblance between the real and fictional game versions is interesting.

  • @cristosl
    @cristosl Рік тому +1

    The swipe at flat earthers got you a thumbs up

  • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
    @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому +3

    No Gyro Captain from *ROAD WARRIOR?!*
    *"That's dishonest! Low."*

  • @mikemarcus214
    @mikemarcus214 Рік тому +1

    Nice - interesting content and explained well... ...and I loved the dig at the end.

  • @PSC4.1
    @PSC4.1 Рік тому +18

    Imagine being a helicopter pilot in ww2, weirdest thing imaginable.

    • @oldmonkey7720
      @oldmonkey7720 Рік тому +2

      not only helicopter pilot (they existed in Wehrmacht or luftwaffe too), but submarine helicopter pilot 😃

  • @Brood_Master
    @Brood_Master Рік тому +2

    Love that quip about flat earthers at the end... 😂

  • @edwardbianchi192
    @edwardbianchi192 Рік тому +1

    Never seen or heard about this. Thanks!

  • @colingibson3921
    @colingibson3921 Рік тому +4

    I did read that they could have the pilot in a parachute, and that the aircraft had a quick release. ie. It would detached the blades and he would separate from the frame to descend alone on the shute if a warship or what ever was spotted. ??

    • @SpidaMez
      @SpidaMez Рік тому +1

      So you are saying that thing is more safe than an Ah-64?

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому

      @@SpidaMez... about as safe as holding Cuisinart over your head while ice skating?
      Maybe.

    • @grantm6514
      @grantm6514 Рік тому +3

      You are correct about jettisoning the rotor, but I think the pilot stayed in his seat since the parachute pack was behind the rotor mast.

  • @eamonnclabby7067
    @eamonnclabby7067 Рік тому +1

    I didn't,t see that one coming...nice one ,Johnny....

  • @stevenschwartzhoff1703
    @stevenschwartzhoff1703 Рік тому +9

    THere is one in the Museum of the US Airforce in Dayton, Ohio. I was always amazed by it as a kid, but this is to first time I saw how it was really used. Thanks.

    • @lot2196
      @lot2196 Рік тому

      Yes, I saw it the other month when I visited. Greatest museum in the world! I'm lucky to only live a little over an hour away.

  • @ronjones9447
    @ronjones9447 Рік тому +1

    You would think with an alert pilot (lookout) that they would spot the enemy 1St and if was a destroyer have plenty of time to be reeled in and dive to safety

    • @051570orion
      @051570orion 6 місяців тому

      Especially when he said they could see up to 25 miles away

  • @superchucksvd
    @superchucksvd Рік тому +2

    I just got back from the air museum in Dayton and youtube must have heard me talking about thier example because this video popped up. Great video by the way and long live our great flying pancake in space.

  • @francisebbecke2727
    @francisebbecke2727 Рік тому

    I had never heard of these before. Thanks for posting these.

  • @camelthegamer7165
    @camelthegamer7165 Рік тому +2

    I love how one step is "pray."

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz8303 Рік тому +1

    Learn something New every day.
    Thnx hadn't seen or heard of this craft on a submarine, historical concept for observation, thnx

  • @getkraken8064
    @getkraken8064 Рік тому +2

    If I ever write another novel, the U-boat will definitely have one of these. Thanks.

  • @djangorheinhardt
    @djangorheinhardt Рік тому +4

    I am surprised noone has mentioned " Little Nellie " the gyrocopter used in one of the James Bond films .It was built and flown by a Commander Wallis who was made up to look like Bond .It is on display at his farm in the midlands ( i think ! )

  • @mastur3677
    @mastur3677 Рік тому +5

    I'm pretty sure I bought one of these at outpost for scrap before

    • @danhay8933
      @danhay8933 Рік тому

      Ah the 2 seater model, a fine craft indeed

  • @itsjohndell
    @itsjohndell Рік тому +3

    You missed the autogyro arrival of W.C. Fields in International House!

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому +3

      If it was International House of Pancakes the flat Earthers would've loved it!

    • @itsjohndell
      @itsjohndell Рік тому +2

      @@warpartyattheoutpost4987 Good one!

  • @Thoroughly_Wet
    @Thoroughly_Wet Рік тому +1

    "Ve needz to dive!"
    "But Hans iz shtill up zhere!"
    "I don't givez a damn!"

  • @haziqamsyar2009
    @haziqamsyar2009 Рік тому +1

    this kite gangsta until the line snaps

  • @starzkream
    @starzkream Рік тому +3

    Das Boot, the greatest submarine movie ever made. It blows the rest out of the water.

  • @aaronjohn6586
    @aaronjohn6586 Рік тому +1

    Best Auto Gyro was "Little Nellie" from James Bond film, "You only live twice"

  • @opaaloys
    @opaaloys Рік тому +1

    If we compare modern warfare and WW2. We can generally use it for reconaisance. If you have Autogiro-Kite pulled by a Jeep in the rear of an convoy and the Comander gives a generally order of duck and cover. You get immedately the result how good and fast a convoi is vanishing from the road. A Comander of a Tank battalion gets a good overview of the position of his tanks . To decifer the Enigma on one hand and a Capitain moves his tanks with radio and autogiro -kite that is edge braking in that time.

  • @regard.pduplessis2109
    @regard.pduplessis2109 Рік тому +1

    Another great video of something i never knew about.

  • @gooraway1
    @gooraway1 Рік тому +2

    You missed the scene in Das Boot of the Captain waterskiing behind the U Boat. He hoped it would catch on after the war!

  • @tk-5268
    @tk-5268 Рік тому +3

    *starts video*
    "What did you just call me johnny!?"

  • @blazeelvirafirehoof7844
    @blazeelvirafirehoof7844 Рік тому +1

    If you put a small engine on the autogyro, you could fly the slow little aircraft around after severing the cable for when the submarine crash dive to avoid getting blown up. Doesn't have to a big or powerful one. Just enough to keep above stall speed in a straight line.

  • @hkkhgffh3613
    @hkkhgffh3613 Рік тому +1

    Guys this footage is from a movie called Das Boot!

  • @geordiedog1749
    @geordiedog1749 Рік тому +1

    The comedy value of one of them having to be wound in pronto once a enemy plane CBDR was sighted would be quality.

  • @LDN76
    @LDN76 Рік тому

    Wauw, its very rare I find something new about the war, this is one of them. Never knew. Cool

  • @loishope6605
    @loishope6605 Рік тому +2

    There Is one on display at the National AF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB.

  • @jeromewagschal9485
    @jeromewagschal9485 Рік тому +9

    That's amazing...I was not aware of the existence of that tiny unpowered aircraft...
    From a technical point of view I wonder how fast the rotor blades turned in order to keep it up in the air like that ?

    • @SilliamWilliam-xb7sl
      @SilliamWilliam-xb7sl Рік тому

      There's a video on spanish autogyros and if i remember correctly they don't spin that fast because the craft itself is lightweight, it only needs considerable power to generate lift . if you want a related video there's a channel called Mustard that showcases an urban autogyro concept with rocket powered rotor for take off

  • @rismarck
    @rismarck Рік тому +4

    Here I go again learning more bout history in 5 minutes than 3 years at a university. Great channel Johnny!

  • @CNCmachiningisfun
    @CNCmachiningisfun Рік тому

    I had a kite like this, when I was a kid. What an amazing thing it was :) .
    Also, I LOVED your jab at flattards.

  • @1KosovoJeSrbija1
    @1KosovoJeSrbija1 10 місяців тому +1

    Bruh i wish gyroboating became popular

  • @user-op8fg3ny3j
    @user-op8fg3ny3j Рік тому +4

    Gaijin: Adds it as an overpriced premium

  • @guylelanglois6642
    @guylelanglois6642 Рік тому

    Amazing that at sixty plus and being a WW2 history buff I have never heard of this unit. Thanks

  • @gourdlord3064
    @gourdlord3064 Рік тому +4

    Seems like a cool item for a horror movie with a u-boat crew as the protagonists. They send the kite above the mysterious fog, he radios back sounds of wonder and awe and then one final cut short scream as **something** gets him.

    • @dragonfell5078
      @dragonfell5078 Рік тому +1

      Yooo that's terrifying

    • @ye11owman29
      @ye11owman29 Рік тому

      A big ginat man picks him up and eats him and says More?

  • @blasterofmuppets4754
    @blasterofmuppets4754 Рік тому +1

    These are actually mentioned in the Book "Das Boot" .

  • @halitiko
    @halitiko Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing such videos with us.

  • @mikebyrd8278
    @mikebyrd8278 Рік тому +3

    They sure are fun to fly

  • @nicholaswimborne
    @nicholaswimborne Рік тому +1

    I didn't understand a thing!
    And, the earth is flat I tell you!
    But I still enjoyed it. Thanks Johnny!

  • @MrArgus11111
    @MrArgus11111 Рік тому +7

    No way someone would talk me into that thing for any amount of money. Especially in a warzone. if the Uboat dives without you... forget it.

  • @williamashbless7904
    @williamashbless7904 Рік тому +5

    The minimum towing speed was 17 kts. That’s pretty much flank speed for a U-boat and burning that kind of fuel was usually reserved for making an attack or overtaking a convoy.
    Also, U-boats were tiny and had a crew of 40-50 seamen.
    Risking the loss of even one crewman was a huge risk in operations for such small ships.
    I suppose the success off Madagascar had a lot to do with lack of allied resources in such a remote theatre of war.
    Again, you provide excellent information in a concise manner that doesn’t bore your viewers.

    • @keithammleter3824
      @keithammleter3824 Рік тому +2

      As the man said, they could tow it into the wind, so that the lift is as you get from the sum of boat speed and wind speed, Strong winds are routine out in the ocean. I don't think the German Navy fretted too much about loosing a man now and then. They were cross-trained - no man on board was indispensible. You seriously risked your life serving in a U-boat anyway.

    • @shelbyseelbach9568
      @shelbyseelbach9568 Рік тому

      Wind speed, not ground speed. There is a big difference. Same reason carriers launch and recover aircraft while pointed into the prevailing wind.

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 7 місяців тому +1

    Great video...👍

  • @guardrailbiter
    @guardrailbiter Рік тому

    "What did you do aboard the submarine?"
    "Hehe. Pilot."

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony Рік тому +238

    I'm a flat earther and this video made perfect sense.

  • @clearcreek69
    @clearcreek69 Рік тому +2

    This reminds me of the helicopter pilot from The Road Warrior.

  • @aerohk
    @aerohk Рік тому +2

    Just when you thought you have heard about all the crazy engineering project the german has done, there are always more.

  • @jeffreyfitzgerald1779
    @jeffreyfitzgerald1779 Рік тому +2

    I thought the drawback of the autogyro has always been that it requires an extra long runway for take off. Short landing, but it takes a long time to build up lift in the rotors to take off under it's own power.

    • @kaasmeester5903
      @kaasmeester5903 Рік тому

      IIRC some autogyros have a little starter engine to spin up the rotors a little, before starting the take off roll.
      I used to fly an R/C autogyro, it did require a bit of a run on take off even after giving the rotors a spin by hand, but it lifted off nicely at a relatively low speed. Take off took about as long as with a fixed wing plane, but using less runway.

    • @timhancock6626
      @timhancock6626 Рік тому

      You do need a runway, but it's not that long if you have the mechanism to spin up the rotor whilst stationary. Ken Wallis used to take off in the field behind his house in Norfolk. My late brother was a close neighbour so we used to go and watch now and again when Ken was flying. He did make it look so easy as he had decades of experience building and flying them. He was a remarkable pilot and engineer.

  • @rbaldino
    @rbaldino Рік тому

    That last line was savage, lol.

  • @MiBxItchy
    @MiBxItchy Рік тому +1

    I knew about this Gyrocopter, cause i have a small Book Secret Waopons of Germany. But i never saw this old footage. Thank you very much!

  • @rolfagten857
    @rolfagten857 Рік тому +3

    are there any German Rotor Kites still preserved. And where is the Gyrocopter scene from "The Rocketeer" (1991) ??

    • @OldJoe212
      @OldJoe212 Рік тому

      Check this out... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 Рік тому +1

      ... and where is Jennifer Connelly?

    • @rolfagten857
      @rolfagten857 Рік тому

      @@warpartyattheoutpost4987 in the Cockpit in TopGun Mavrick

  • @tinymetaltrees
    @tinymetaltrees Рік тому

    😮Gyroboating looks fun!

  • @americanpatriot2422
    @americanpatriot2422 Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @bigblue6917
    @bigblue6917 Рік тому +6

    Never apologise to flat earthers. Their problems are all self-inflicted.
    I do know about Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 as I came across it some time ago. One of the problems it faced was that with the greater use of longer range maritime aircraft and escort carriers it became a liability. Ironically the submarines ability to crash-dive so quickly came about because those submarines used at the beginning of the war took tow minutes to crash-dive which was to long and left them vulnerable to attack.
    It may have worked much more successfully earlier in the war but by the time it came into service it was too late.

  • @timcastle165
    @timcastle165 Рік тому +1

    The Smithsonian Air and Space museum in Dulles,Virginia has a FA330 on display.

  • @bigbird0993
    @bigbird0993 Рік тому +5

    I knew helicopters were used in WW2 but did not know it dated back to 1923 and that multiple nations used it and used in this many numbers that's great to learn good vid

    • @leifvejby8023
      @leifvejby8023 Рік тому +6

      These weren't helicopters but gyrogliders, unpowered autogyros.

    • @ricksmith4736
      @ricksmith4736 Рік тому

      Really... Do you vote too??

    • @bigbird0993
      @bigbird0993 Рік тому

      @@ricksmith4736 ?

    • @ricksmith4736
      @ricksmith4736 Рік тому

      @@bigbird0993 You " Knew " helicopters were used in WW2?? What else do you " know " that is NOT true when you vote?

  • @federicokurtz2279
    @federicokurtz2279 Рік тому

    The flat earthers bit did my day XD

  • @MyLateralThawts
    @MyLateralThawts Рік тому +1

    Saw one on display in Berlin’s Technische Museum. Nice place to visit.

  • @A.R.R.Original
    @A.R.R.Original Рік тому +2

    No way the Minicopter was invented in Germany 💀
    Bruh I tought rust invented that.

  • @BrownFoxWarrior
    @BrownFoxWarrior Рік тому +9

    Poor guy never achieved his dream of gyro boating as a popular water sport.

  • @Bigbongguy
    @Bigbongguy Рік тому

    Imagine doing reconnaissance on this tiny kite above ur u-boat and then u see a warship on the horizon just before ur crew closes hatch and submerges without you

  • @madv40mike
    @madv40mike Рік тому +1

    Awsome video as always, any chance of more on helicopters from ww2 or airship?

  • @hansihintersee3142
    @hansihintersee3142 Рік тому +1

    You can find one near PARIS : 3 esplanade de l’Air et de l’Espace
    Le Bourget BP 173 - 93352 France - I have seen it Years before ....

  • @michrain5872
    @michrain5872 Рік тому

    Forget sports cars, I want one of these!

  • @lawrenceallen8096
    @lawrenceallen8096 Рік тому

    I heard that one time they had to dive with the pilot still in the air. After the threat was gone, the sub resurfaced and quickly reeled in the Root Kite cable. There was a 20 foot shark hooked on the end. Trolling. Schleppangeln auf Fische

  • @doragonn3y692
    @doragonn3y692 Рік тому

    seriously, whenever we say FOCKE
    during history lessons, there is always that one person that just bursts out laughing

    • @neilclark2245
      @neilclark2245 Рік тому

      We never laughed when the teacher said Focke........................
      Fokker, however...............................

  • @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441
    @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 Рік тому +1

    they are also increadibly dangerous. my uncle lost his life while piloting a modern gyro copter