"First Air War" is only about an hour long. What does the second half of this video show? It's definitely another episode of NOVA .... just don't recognize it.
I've never once heard of oil leaking and hitting the pilot from this era of aircraft so is this a true rarely documented fact or did this modern rebuild just have shotty craftsmanship?
Not shoddy, more like a "best solution we have right now" The early aircraft engines were rotary - meaning that the whole engine was spinning inside the fuselage. This kind was chosen because it can cool itself as it spins, unlike cylinder engines that needed water to cool (and water is heavy, so a big no-no for those early machines). But, you need to keep the engine spinning smoothly, so you need oil. Oil on the engine will move as the engine spins, spitting out the front due to centrifugal force. Now you *could* create some kind of enclosure to limit the spitting, but then your engine won't cool as well (again, the fact that the rotary engine was exposed to the air allowed it to cool so well) and you also end up with a lot of flammable oil coating something else easily flammable (the enclosure would have to be wood/canvas because of weight) near a part that gets hot (engine). That's a very bad idea - fire was the worst case scenario in those machines. So the best solution was to let the oil coat inside of the engine (metal, so a fire could be contained) and just let it "air out" during flight. Some will sputter on the pilot (as they're flying into the oil they just spat out), but most of it will just go into the empty air.
2:06 first air war RIGHT NOW ON NOVA!
Stupid how they replay the first part of the video twice, oh well, was fun for a minute.
"First Air War" is only about an hour long. What does the second half of this video show? It's definitely another episode of NOVA .... just don't recognize it.
Who made the planes what was the name of the group I'm interested in purchasing an re8 or an albatross
Can you please make a video about nova dam busters?
I've never once heard of oil leaking and hitting the pilot from this era of aircraft so is this a true rarely documented fact or did this modern rebuild just have shotty craftsmanship?
No that was the way it was.
@@paulburton8264 OK Cronkite "and that's the way it is" lol all love no hate
Not shoddy, more like a "best solution we have right now"
The early aircraft engines were rotary - meaning that the whole engine was spinning inside the fuselage. This kind was chosen because it can cool itself as it spins, unlike cylinder engines that needed water to cool (and water is heavy, so a big no-no for those early machines).
But, you need to keep the engine spinning smoothly, so you need oil. Oil on the engine will move as the engine spins, spitting out the front due to centrifugal force. Now you *could* create some kind of enclosure to limit the spitting, but then your engine won't cool as well (again, the fact that the rotary engine was exposed to the air allowed it to cool so well) and you also end up with a lot of flammable oil coating something else easily flammable (the enclosure would have to be wood/canvas because of weight) near a part that gets hot (engine). That's a very bad idea - fire was the worst case scenario in those machines.
So the best solution was to let the oil coat inside of the engine (metal, so a fire could be contained) and just let it "air out" during flight. Some will sputter on the pilot (as they're flying into the oil they just spat out), but most of it will just go into the empty air.
@@FredBednarski thanks pal that was a very fun engineering read