The music may not be inane, but I wish all UA-cam hosts would stop adding a 'background music' track to their dialogue track. No matter the music choice, playing music while someone is speaking and we are trying to listen to the host (or other folks) and watch the video, gets in the way, it is very distracting to the job at hand. It may not seem like much in this video, but watching other aviation channels where the pilot (the host) is telling us why a plane crashed or didn't crash and at the same has music playing on top of the dialogue track, is annoying. Same goes for DIY, cooking, just about any other channel type that is not a music or dance channel. I try to explain to the hosts, just think of the time you save by NOT having to figure out what music to add to the music and then actually creating said track and then dubbing it to the main video. And the closed captions aren't perfect, since they are auto-generated and will write 'four' for 'fore' - as I saw on one of those aviation channels I used to watch. Plus the text of the captions can block some of the screen as well. I am now going to watch the remaining 2 minutes of this video.
As a student pilot my immediate first thought was that it had to do with crosswind correction angles during landing. I’m quite surprised though at how they managed to implement that. A more convenient wind sock.
Trying to use a wind sock from a mile behind the carrier would be impossible. The steam puts out a much better visual trail that can be seen from far away.
@@VeteranofthePsychicWarsNOT ONLY "MORE VISIBLE", But more importantly, the steam nozzle is located precisely ON the landing deck at low height... where it counts more. As steam tends to rise slightly, the steam plume will travel back and up, giving a nice "GLIDESLOPE" indication too. A wind sock placed higher, is more easily affected by turbulence and blocking from the Island or other structures. Very clever!
@@alfredomarquez9777 There's another simple and, if you stop to think about it, super obvious benefit to this design - Using an actual wind sock in that position would create a deck obstruction. A plane can just zip right through a thin plume of steam without an difficulty.
Very creative. The Japanese are noted for simple solutions. Here’s one I saw at an engine plant in Japan in 1987. All engine plants are noisy. Cutting metal makes a lot of noise. At that time there were a lot of small computers running the machines. At Ford engine plants, each computer had a cooling fan mounted in a housing with a lot of holes to pass the cooling air. A failed fan meant an overheated computer, which shut down the machine, and the entire line. So the Ford equipment was set up with an electronic monitor and a small screen so plant maintenance people could see immediately if a fan wasn’t running. I was visiting the Mazda engine plant and saw how the Japanese made sure the fans were running on their engine machining lines: They had mounted kids’ plastic toy pinwheels on the fan housings. Fan’s running, pinwheel’s spinning. Cost of pinwheel = about 25 cents. Cost of electronic monitors at Ford? OMG! When I got back to my home Ford plant, I mentioned the pinwheels to the maintenance manager. I got a blank stare. I still shake my head when I recall that experience.
That is also the reason why you will see they tape long strips of paper on the air conditioner's opening and on household fan. Fan's running, paper strips're waving.
@@snake57 If you do a quick Google search you’ll see that the story about NASA spending millions to develop a pen that will work in Space in zero gravity while the Soviets simply used a pencil is a myth.
@@snake57 The issue with pencil in space is that they are flammable and can break off tiny pieces of wood and graphite. Tiny spects floating around uncontrollably in your spacecraft is dangerous, and you obviously don't want to risk a fire in a small spacecraft either. So, the space pen was important for safety.
This video is exactly why UA-cam is great, the creator made a great video here... but in the pre internet era no tv show would pick up content like this because "the average person" would find it boring. Thanks.
The ones at the stern were for pilots, the ones at the bow were for the HELMSMEN, so that they could hold bearing into the wind. They were of little use to a plane taking off, which had to follow the centerline.
@@johnh2410 They actually wouldn't, because the pilot in a ww2 tailwheel aircraft couldn't see directly in front of him and down, as the engine blocks that view.
@@kenkahre9262 You're right...but as soon as that tail comes up, the pilot knows *exactly* where the wind is coming from, if there's any significant crosswind at all. Every pilot looks at the windsock, but not during the climb out.
Modern American aircraft carriers still use this method today. With all the steam coming off the catapults, even when not in use such as with landings, the steam direction helps the pilots see there the wind is blowing.
I feel like this typifies the IJN during the pre-war period and first few years of the Pacific War: Different, a little bit odd, but well thought out and thoroughly viable.
Speaking of steam and carriers. My time aboard the USS. Ranger (CV-61) including learning to JUMP! from the shower every time we heard an aircraft being launched from the catapults, as this brought hot AF steam out of the water pipes into the shower. I've never figured out how the fresh water and catapult systems were connected but an educated guess would be a heat exchanger (large vessel with many smaller tubes inside used to transfer heat from one fluid [steam] to another [water]) with leaking tubes. Either way, when you heard the shudder of the ship from a launch, every Sailor in the showers JUMPED OUT! in unison. Sort of a backasswards Water Ballet. P.S. - After a hitch in the U.S. Navy as a Jet Mechanic & Aircrewman, I opted to be a grunt in the U.S. Army. SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
Isn’t this just a normal thing? Every time the sound or the water pressure changes in a house you jump from the shower unless it it’s a modern one. My question is.. what were you doing having a Hollywood shower aboard a Navy ship?
Saw your handle on another video, possibly on this channel, with another intelligent and interesting comment. It gets noticed and is appreciated. Thank you.
Interesting! Now I know. I served onboard an aircraft carrier as the Conning Officer. During aircraft launch my job was to constantly face the carrier into the wind using the wind speed and direction meter, a long way form a vent pipe and lines on the deck!
Japanese carriers would have two of these, one at the stern for pilots (as shown) and a smaller one at the bow for the person doing your job so that they too could tell wind direction and steer the ship.
I knew about the steam vent and had a pretty good guess about the angle lines. Reading Shattered Sword had just a few hints about Japanese carrier operations, such as engines had to be warmed up on the flight deck because the hangar deck was sealed. It would be great if you could cover things like that.
I noticed this in various documentories and movies over the years and surmised it's purpose. Thanks for confirming my thoughts. Great video! Please continue to publish!
Wow as a history nerd I actually never knew that. Thank you and I learned something new. I always thought it was for like identification or something like that
Excellent explanation, straightforward and very clear - not to mention the first time I've seen this topic addressed in the many years I've wondered about it. Kudos!
Every time a video like this comes out, I have to watch it. There’s untold amounts of information about American WWII carriers but info on Japanese carriers is tricker to find.
Great video, and i loved the old video right before you explained because as soon as i seen the steem coming up from the deck i was like i know what the line is for now
No they didn't. They never prioritized carriers. 1. Their main goal for Pearl harbor was destroying battleships, not carriers. 2. They regarded carriers as supporting vessels for their battleships. 3. Unlike US they never regarded carriers as the future of warfare. This is evident by their policy to build enormous battleships like Yamato and Musashi instead of carriers and destroyer escorts.
@@lostmusic99 1 - You are wrong. Their primary objective was to sink the American carriers. But as luck was on the American side, the American carriers were not in port. A storm from the previous night delayed them. 2 - Wrong. Yamato and Musashi were the support ships for the carrier group. 3 - Wrong again. The IJN went for the carrier doctrine, building at least 12 aircraft carriers. Why the hell did they attack Pearl Harbour with 4 fleet carrier if not to proof that aircraft carrier are superior to surface ships.
Excellent presentation! I've always wondered what those markings were for and now you've shown me in the best possible way. BTW, great ops footage from back in the day. Pretty sure that Kate landing @1:06 is Lt. Cmdr. Fuchida returning to Akagi after the Pearl Harbor attack.
No fluff, no padding, no inane music, just excellent information, well presented. Thank you.
Exactly! And i liked it a lot!
agreed, we didn't get the full history of Japanese Imperial Navy
And no infuriating AI voiceover. Thumbs up.
The music may not be inane, but I wish all UA-cam hosts would stop adding a 'background music' track to their dialogue track. No matter the music choice, playing music while someone is speaking and we are trying to listen to the host (or other folks) and watch the video, gets in the way, it is very distracting to the job at hand. It may not seem like much in this video, but watching other aviation channels where the pilot (the host) is telling us why a plane crashed or didn't crash and at the same has music playing on top of the dialogue track, is annoying. Same goes for DIY, cooking, just about any other channel type that is not a music or dance channel. I try to explain to the hosts, just think of the time you save by NOT having to figure out what music to add to the music and then actually creating said track and then dubbing it to the main video. And the closed captions aren't perfect, since they are auto-generated and will write 'four' for 'fore' - as I saw on one of those aviation channels I used to watch. Plus the text of the captions can block some of the screen as well.
I am now going to watch the remaining 2 minutes of this video.
Honestly I’ve never watched a small or long war documentary or video that has insane music
Thank you for not padding this out for 20 minutes.
You’re welcome. I’m trying to get to the point as soon as possible😉
@@x-planedi think you did great, thank you
@@x-planed Awww. I really wanted to know about how when you were 6 your father first showed a picture of a Japanese aircraft carrier...
Or a stupid clickbaity thumbnail with “weird trick” and an arrow, or the author’s face contorted into some surprised look or something. Refreshing.
Lol @ author's face contorted into a surprised look@@HobokenEscapee
Clever. You don’t see many videos on Japanese carrier ops. Thanks.
True. I was actually paying close attention to see if it was lifted from a movie, but it's authentic.
That's because they all sank
As a student pilot my immediate first thought was that it had to do with crosswind correction angles during landing. I’m quite surprised though at how they managed to implement that. A more convenient wind sock.
Trying to use a wind sock from a mile behind the carrier would be impossible. The steam puts out a much better visual trail that can be seen from far away.
@ that’s why I said it was “a more convenient wind sock”, same purpose but much more convenient and visible.
当時の空母への着艦では横風に加えて、荒れた海では甲板が10ｍ以上の振幅で上下することも考慮する必要があります
現在の空母では上下の動揺は抑制されていますが
@@VeteranofthePsychicWarsNOT ONLY "MORE VISIBLE", But more importantly, the steam nozzle is located precisely ON the landing deck at low height... where it counts more. As steam tends to rise slightly, the steam plume will travel back and up, giving a nice "GLIDESLOPE" indication too. A wind sock placed higher, is more easily affected by turbulence and blocking from the Island or other structures. Very clever!
@@alfredomarquez9777 There's another simple and, if you stop to think about it, super obvious benefit to this design - Using an actual wind sock in that position would create a deck obstruction. A plane can just zip right through a thin plume of steam without an difficulty.
Very creative. The Japanese are noted for simple solutions.
Here’s one I saw at an engine plant in Japan in 1987. All engine plants are noisy. Cutting metal makes a lot of noise. At that time there were a lot of small computers running the machines. At Ford engine plants, each computer had a cooling fan mounted in a housing with a lot of holes to pass the cooling air. A failed fan meant an overheated computer, which shut down the machine, and the entire line. So the Ford equipment was set up with an electronic monitor and a small screen so plant maintenance people could see immediately if a fan wasn’t running. I was visiting the Mazda engine plant and saw how the Japanese made sure the fans were running on their engine machining lines: They had mounted kids’ plastic toy pinwheels on the fan housings. Fan’s running, pinwheel’s spinning. Cost of pinwheel = about 25 cents. Cost of electronic monitors at Ford? OMG!
When I got back to my home Ford plant, I mentioned the pinwheels to the maintenance manager. I got a blank stare. I still shake my head when I recall that experience.
Excellent anecdote. Thank you.
That is also the reason why you will see they tape long strips of paper on the air conditioner's opening and on household fan. Fan's running, paper strips're waving.
NASA spent millions trying to develop a pen that would work in zero gravity. The Soviets used a pencil.
@@snake57 If you do a quick Google search you’ll see that the story about NASA spending millions to develop a pen that will work in Space in zero gravity while the Soviets simply used a pencil is a myth.
@@snake57 The issue with pencil in space is that they are flammable and can break off tiny pieces of wood and graphite. Tiny spects floating around uncontrollably in your spacecraft is dangerous, and you obviously don't want to risk a fire in a small spacecraft either. So, the space pen was important for safety.
This video is exactly why UA-cam is great, the creator made a great video here... but in the pre internet era no tv show would pick up content like this because "the average person" would find it boring. Thanks.
You’re 100% right. UA-cam is the best.
Average people are quite boring
Like sport boneheads, who think PBS stands for: 'pretty boring shit'🤭!!!
@@andybeans5790 Quite boring.
Except Public Broadcasting Service.
Under 5 minutes, interesting topic, clear explaination, wonderful animation.
This is what the history side of UA-cam is missing. Thank you!
Thanks for bringing such interesting topics about ww2 history which many popular channels neglect. Will be waiting for your next video.
Thank You. Hope U subscribed😉
The ones at the stern were for pilots, the ones at the bow were for the HELMSMEN, so that they could hold bearing into the wind. They were of little use to a plane taking off, which had to follow the centerline.
At take-off, the lines would let the pilot know the strength of any sudden crosswinds so he could adjust accordingly.
Pilots landing also had to follow the centerline, lest they roll off of the deck.
@@johnh2410 They actually wouldn't, because the pilot in a ww2 tailwheel aircraft couldn't see directly in front of him and down, as the engine blocks that view.
@@tomsmith3045 Only for the first few feet. Once your tail is up, the pilot would be able to see over the engine again.
@@kenkahre9262 You're right...but as soon as that tail comes up, the pilot knows *exactly* where the wind is coming from, if there's any significant crosswind at all. Every pilot looks at the windsock, but not during the climb out.
Simple... and yet, brilliant.
THIS is the way... of sharing knowledge to the others!
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Modern American aircraft carriers still use this method today. With all the steam coming off the catapults, even when not in use such as with landings, the steam direction helps the pilots see there the wind is blowing.
艦尾の翼状の着艦誘導灯も特徴的な優れた仕組みです😊
I thought they were visual markers to help pilots align with the deck. But the steam vent was pure genius!
That was short and sweet. The steam vent was a simple and brilliant idea.
Thanks for making it short and to the point.
Good video !
I feel like this typifies the IJN during the pre-war period and first few years of the Pacific War: Different, a little bit odd, but well thought out and thoroughly viable.
Speaking of steam and carriers. My time aboard the USS. Ranger (CV-61) including learning to JUMP! from the shower every time we heard an aircraft being launched from the catapults, as this brought hot AF steam out of the water pipes into the shower.
I've never figured out how the fresh water and catapult systems were connected but an educated guess would be a heat exchanger (large vessel with many smaller tubes inside used to transfer heat from one fluid [steam] to another [water]) with leaking tubes.
Either way, when you heard the shudder of the ship from a launch, every Sailor in the showers JUMPED OUT! in unison. Sort of a backasswards Water Ballet.
P.S. - After a hitch in the U.S. Navy as a Jet Mechanic & Aircrewman, I opted to be a grunt in the U.S. Army.
SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
Isn’t this just a normal thing?
Every time the sound or the water pressure changes in a house you jump from the shower unless it it’s a modern one.
My question is.. what were you doing having a Hollywood shower aboard a Navy ship?
PS: Thanks for your service. O7
Saw your handle on another video, possibly on this channel, with another intelligent and interesting comment. It gets noticed and is appreciated. Thank you.
Of course government budget was too tight for fixing a leaking heat exchanger. 😑
Life in the military has many different perspectives on Life itself . Thx. 👍
Well that takes care of me learning something new today! Very cool to learn this about aircraft carriers of the past.
That mechanism is pure genius! And a great explanation too! Thanks :)
This is great! Thank you. Some carriers added markings toward the middle are revealed at 1:03 of the video. This is great content.
Ingenious.
Interesting! Now I know. I served onboard an aircraft carrier as the Conning Officer. During aircraft launch my job was to constantly face the carrier into the wind using the wind speed and direction meter, a long way form a vent pipe and lines on the deck!
Japanese carriers would have two of these, one at the stern for pilots (as shown) and a smaller one at the bow for the person doing your job so that they too could tell wind direction and steer the ship.
I knew about the steam vent and had a pretty good guess about the angle lines.
Reading Shattered Sword had just a few hints about Japanese carrier operations, such as engines had to be warmed up on the flight deck because the hangar deck was sealed. It would be great if you could cover things like that.
Hanger decks being sealed, sealed their fate on numerous carriers.
Thank you for another great video
That’s super interesting actually, and props to you for actually making a short informative video without a bunch of nonsense.
Thank You. Hope U subscribed😉
Ingenious. I had always been curious. Thank you.
Excellent Graphics, and Coherent, Un-cluttered Narration. I much appreciate the presentation and your respect for our time.
Gotta admit that is pretty damn efficient for the time! Thx for the info 👍
You followed the ABC principle perfectly: Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity. Bravo, sir! You just got yourself a subscriber.
Great video and very well explained
Always figured that as they quite often had steam showing in the clips and photos. Thanks for confirming it.
I noticed this in various documentories and movies over the years and surmised it's purpose. Thanks for confirming my thoughts. Great video! Please continue to publish!
When you say a "short explanation", you litterly meant it. Nice video
Thanks Mate😉
*literally
I never knew this. Concise explanation and to the point. Well done. I subscribed
Very ingenious and accurate. Thank you for straight forward information without fluff.
Thanks! That is such a simple and efficient way to know the wind direction. Makes sense!
The title was specific and the video was direct. You deserve so many more subscribers than 16K. Keep it up man.
What a clever design, a steam windsock in essence. Thanks for not using a robotic voice.
Short, concise and understandable
No BS approach to the topic - Subscribed.
Wow as a history nerd I actually never knew that. Thank you and I learned something new.
I always thought it was for like identification or something like that
For identification a Kana symbols were used. I’ll cover that in one of incoming videos😉
Sweet and to the point. Many thanks.
That's a really clever solution to a problem I never actually thought about before. Thank-you for explaining this.
Very informative and at a digestible length
Love how you kept it concise!
Simple, practical and clever. That's what innovation should be achieving - to solve a practical problem. 👍👍
Thank you. I’ve wondered about this for years!
That is so simple and smart. Great video.
No blah-blah, no bullshit, just a clear and short explanation about a fact few people knew, including myself. Congratulations !
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@@x-planedI did !
Right to the point. No babble. Outstanding.
Been a big fan of Japanese carriers my entire life but I did not know that. Very cool.
I also am a big fan of Japanese carriers, in particular, the ones we put on the bottom of the sea.
@@bobporchexactly 💯
@@bobporch
You didn't put anything to the bottom of the sea.
@@samuelweir5985 You say that like you know something about me, which we both know you don't: Troll
Excellent explanation, straightforward and very clear - not to mention the first time I've seen this topic addressed in the many years I've wondered about it. Kudos!
I absolutely love no nonsense aviation videos.
I have wondered about those marks too. Thanks for the explanation!
I had an idea it was for heading and wind correction, but the addition of the steam vent just blew me away. Brilliant and simple.
Just what I like to see in a historical piece, no 'unnecessary additives'.
Thanks for the great aviation historical history info.
You gain a sub just by giving us the information and going strait to the point gg
Excellent, compact historical video. Than you!
Well done X-planed. Brevity is the soul of wit. Simple, concise, and to the point.
Finally an answer to these markings that simple and concise, thank you. Subbed :-)
Thanks Mate. Appreciate it😉
Brilliant! And an excellent and succinct video.
Good factual video. Thank you for that. An elegant solution.
Nearly perfect - short, informative, and clear.
Very clever. Thanks for the video!
Every time a video like this comes out, I have to watch it. There’s untold amounts of information about American WWII carriers but info on Japanese carriers is tricker to find.
Very simple and effective. Thank you!
Very nice! Concise, easy, to-the-point.Well done, IJN !!!
Such a simple, clever solution to the problem.
And a great video giving that explanation.
steright to the point, quick and easy, thank you very much
Information i didn't know i wanted. Thanks 😊
I appreciate this video. Thank you for the work that was put into it.
Neat solution to wind direction
Great video, and i loved the old video right before you explained because as soon as i seen the steem coming up from the deck i was like i know what the line is for now
They were definitely used in down time to align their ten pin bowling angles to get a strike
Good tight presentation.
Subscribed.
Your succinct presentation is very much appreciated.
Short and to the point. I like it
I'd always wondered about those. Thank you for your succinct answer.
In 1941 the Japanese were the best in carrier operations. They knew the importance of the aircraft carrier and what it could do.
No they didn't. They never prioritized carriers.
1. Their main goal for Pearl harbor was destroying battleships, not carriers.
2. They regarded carriers as supporting vessels for their battleships.
3. Unlike US they never regarded carriers as the future of warfare. This is evident by their policy to build enormous battleships like Yamato and Musashi instead of carriers and destroyer escorts.
Incompetent boss
@@lostmusic99
1 - You are wrong. Their primary objective was to sink the American carriers. But as luck was on the American side, the American carriers were not in port. A storm from the previous night delayed them.
2 - Wrong. Yamato and Musashi were the support ships for the carrier group.
3 - Wrong again. The IJN went for the carrier doctrine, building at least 12 aircraft carriers. Why the hell did they attack Pearl Harbour with 4 fleet carrier if not to proof that aircraft carrier are superior to surface ships.
I never thought that the purpose of this line on the Japanese carrier was to detect wind direction. I thought it's just a design to look more cool.
Nifty! Simple and effective!
Nice, simple, straight forward explanation with no fanfare. Thank you. Got a sub from me.
Didn't know that, thanks!
Please keep making videos about interesting but little known aircraft facts. You are doing very well!
Thanks Mate. Appreciate it😉
Very cool info, and thank you for the short explanation!
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Brilliant and simple.
Gee, I wish we had us one of them steam/wind direction finders!
Beautiful video!
I just learned something new. Brilliant and simple solution.
Excellent presentation! I've always wondered what those markings were for and now you've shown me in the best possible way. BTW, great ops footage from back in the day. Pretty sure that Kate landing @1:06 is Lt. Cmdr. Fuchida returning to Akagi after the Pearl Harbor attack.
Learn new things today, thanks a lot.
Not sure, but I sure like the giant red bullseye they painted on the deck.
艦首甲板の巨大な「日の丸🇯🇵」は開戦当時は書かれていませんでした。
珊瑚海開戦の時に日本軍機が帰途中に誤って米空母に着艦しようとする事件がありました。その時は米軍も味方機と思ったらしく攻撃しませんでした。
そんな事があってから間違いを避けるため、識別し易くするため甲板に大きな日の丸を書くようになったのです、
しかしそれが後のミッドウェー海戦においてはその日の丸が米艦爆ドーントレスのちょうど良い標的にされてしまいましたね。
それがあって後の日本空母の甲板には日の丸はありません😮😮😮
@@林清英-d6k Very interesting, thanks.
Awesome video - Thanx for sharing!!!
Ingenious! Now we know. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Very interesting...thank you
Great and concise explanation!
Rewatched this after your explanation and finally saw it at 0:55 lol, good job.
Yes, I like this and want to see more
A very good and simple explanation for something practical. I join my voice to the other commenters to give thanks for keeping it short and sweet.