Exploring an Abandoned Navy Research Lab - Jet Engine Testing Center
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2020
- In this episode we're exploring an abandoned US Navy aeronautics testing laboratory. Jet engines were tested and developed here until the 1990s when the facility was permanently shuttered. Join us as we explore the remnants that look straight out of a sci-fi film.
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Anytime! Always a pleasure :)
@@JamesonNathanJones I was digging the music. I thought this can't be UA-cam music. It fit the video very well.
If you guys are ever in Ohio holler at me lol, I love doin this kind of stuff
@Jeppo Jinx WTF???!!! Seriously??!! What in the Hell does ANY of what you just said here have ANYTHING to do with what this video, or what the Proper People are, about?! Please, keep it thread and video related, or just find someplace else to post this nonsense. o_0
You guys brought the corona bro
I wonder how many times a man got trapped in the cell that they needed a light for it.
Like “Guys, Jerry got stuck again”
“God damnit, Jerry”
Not again jerry
"What the-- Don't blame me, blame the shitty electricity."
Come on Jerry, not this again
oml hahaha
¨Jerry wheres tom?¨
it’s strange how these buildings are just left to rot. there has to have been so much money funneled into these to be constructed and given a start up, yet they’re just abandoned when things aren’t needed
It also costs money to demolish something like that, so many land owners would rather pay the property tax and let it destroy itself
@@jbingbong it was government owned, so i doubt there was any tax to pay
Unlimited budgets lead to unlimited waste. Easier just build somewhere else and no need to spend money repurposing the building. Just let it rot and move on.
dull delusions it’s not strange at all
That's the problem with specific purpose made buildings. Nothing else works in them.
Have you ever tried to track someone down who worked in a facility like this, to add commentary to your video? This is very interesting, it would be cool to have someone who used to work there walk through it with you guys.
I did .
These are performance data test cells or "high power" cells .
Here the engines were tested after assembly for thrust numbers and any adjustments needed for fuel sytems or variable vane compressor trimming adjustments They need a way to test engines before they are shipped to be installed in new aircraft or the field for installation .
They include the performance data sheet with the engine for the customer , and also to heat cycle the engine and make sure there aren't any problems before they ship the engine .
Sometimes they are used for R&D
Test centers also have a center where they actually shoot frozen chickens into the engine to simulate a bird strike at speed .
Jet engine dyno
Actually, I know someone who used to work at this facility before it closed.
@@dednside5229 Thats amazing that you worked there, it must be weird seeing it like this now?
@@leakesonasucs
It's called the Marines
Seems so sad knowing how much time and effort went into wiring and building the jet engine test facility. Peoples lives spent pulling in wires thru pipes and labels applied to allow tens of thousands of different things you could control. The employees ownership and pride of building must have been huge. The grafiti and destruction never makes sense to me. I would never get pleasure in destroying something.
its just braindead kids that do stuf like that..
I'm living in Germany next to the ''Kernkraftwerk Mülheim-Kärlich'' a nuclear power plant which reached criticality on march the 1st '86 and was shut down on Sep 9 '88. Cost to build: 4B euros. Cost to deconstruct: 700M euros.
And if you seen the video of Tom scott on the Austrian Power plant which was never even switched on, you get an idea of how much money and human resources are wasted on such massive projects, just to... sit there. And be vandalized... I mean in my particular case not to be vandalized... but spending 700 million just to get rid of the stuff... seems even worse to me
You wouldn't get pleasure from it because you aren't a piece of crap. It is the same kind of people who beat the shit out of rental cars and trash hotel rooms because it isn't theirs. No pride in themselves or anything they do.
flips all the switches alarms go off warning testing starting jet engine fires up
@R Kelly lemonade wholesales yes
I remember being a kid and visiting my dad when he worked here. This was in the 80s. Then he got reassigned to Wright Patt Air Force Base in Ohio. Been here ever since. Thanks for bringing back some memories for me boys. I appreciate it.
I always scan for comments like this and usually find a few. Its always cool to hear from someone who remembers these places from when they were in operation
Odd One where is this place?
@@joerepoman1 Newark, New Jersey
@@Rileymanification You sure? I definitely saw "Michigan" on one of the beams at 19:01 (background, middleish top) and 19:10
@@Rileymanification Nope, you're right. I saw the sign at the beginning when I rewatched it. Lol just must be a coincidence that "Michigan" appears in there.
“If it’s abandoned, there will be a penis” most true and inspirational quote of 2020
I think that’s the only positive news we’ve had this year.
But it does reignite the age-old question: What came first, the penis or the abandonment?
Ahhh yes... mans eternal obsession with their penises
Dear The Proper People,
Please do not ever get rid of this intro song to all of your videos. I absolutely love the tune that you guys came up with. Thank you for being you and doing what you guys do. Stay safe out there & healthy
I agree. I actually came across this about 2wks ago. Maybe this will help with the addiction, haha. It's the full length song.... The intro starts at 02:34 ua-cam.com/video/vjFg_-4M088/v-deo.html
"Due to mandatory scheduled maintenance, the appropriate chamber for this testing sequence is currently unavailable." Great video as always!
I used to frequently explore this place when I was younger and this could have been an hour long video. Towards the back of the campus was a giant heat exchanger building with Venturi cooling towers. I also remember a room that had star effects (lots of small holes for light) in the ceiling along with some liebert AC units. Probably an old server room. The rear of those control panels were wall to wall electro magnetic relays too.
no computer servers in that facility! everything in there would have been relay logic, analogue feedback loops into analogue computers for differential, integral calculus, proportional, and linear equation calculations.
Is this in Michigan?
thats cool you live near it, ever been back?
where is this? I am trying to visit it
@@cmrtaco it's in Ewing new Jersey on parkway Ave near the Trenton Mercer airport.
I worked at the National Research Council in Ottawa Canada once and we had a jet engine testing lab (we have a few actually) and one time they tested a 747 engine. The exhaust went a few meters in the air through a large pipe like a couple of meters wide. It was still loud. In a refrigeration building they once set up a helicopter engine to see how it would handle starting up in -30 cold. By the sound of it it worked quite well. The most fascinating part of all that was the amount of work that went into not losing the engine because all it wants to do is take off.
Aw man, right in my neck of the woods. Explored there back in 2006 and revisited again in 2013. Great place. The USGS still checks the groundwater at the facility due to the TCE leaks back in the early 90s.
The Proper People: pioneers in social distancing
That's funny!!!
I'm glad I live somewhere that I could hike/explore every day during quarantine. I really feel for peps in cities like NY NY
Can you say mesothelioma? I know they're hot but damn, invest in respirators... when they are available again
I was a Aviation Machinist mate in the Navy (Jet Engine Mechanic) so this really interest me! I worked on F14 Tomcats and F18s.
Anything you see that was so strange it made you think "what the hell where you doing up there?"
I grew up a few miles from there. A General Motors factory was on the other side of the street about 1/4 mile down the road. Between these two things closing in the 90’s, the population of Ewing Township changed. Thanks for the video.
I knew it was my town! Always wanted to go in there.
See, the "Man trapped in Cell" alarm is there to prevent anyone from becomming Doctor Manhattan XD
Ad what moment in time did they made this alarm before ore after a little hick up
@@pfufoostuff7483
They wore helmets in case they got sucked into the turbine intake ,
And highly durable teflon coated leather outfits like Devo that were form fitting .....
A little vaseline and your good to go till mach 3.6 -
That button is just in case you need snacks , like peanuts or what have you , Maybe a fountain drink .
You cant safely test 20 plus thousand pounds of thrust on an empty stomach , not in accordance with OSHA.
Although some reported it got mildly windy on full afterburner .
@@dednside5229 This reminds me of a video I saw years ago where a guy got sucked through a jet engine on a carrier. Miraculously (and suspiciously) he was in a press conference with only a few cuts and bruises a couple of hours later and he claimed his helmet saved him. I'm pretty sure that if you get sucked into a jet engine, helmet or not, you most likely won't make it out alive let alone be doing a press conference shortly after.
@@Cyba_IT I was bieng sarcastic ....
It wouldn't be fun bieng in there if you stayed beside the engine you may be okay ....
Too far forward or back and tour toast.
Either a charcoal or into a wood chipper.
@@dednside5229 haha yeah I know you were man, it just reminded me of that story that's all.
Found it: ua-cam.com/video/GF3Iz7b95-8/v-deo.html
Passed this facility thousands of times heading in to work just across Parkway Ave. at the Fisher Body plant. You make it seem more exotic, less recognizable than I remember it. Nice work.
I'm pretty sure they could make a McDonald's look interesting :p
@@Cyba_IT No doubt in my mind. Too bad my old place of work was razed in the early-2000s. They'd have done the old installation proud.
Watching this during the day just doesn't seem right.
@Saphirx Exodus I wouldnt say creepy but some are def eerie
It gives off eerie vibes which makes it scary yknow
@@rawdawgg_ im lucky cuz 90% of the time they upload its 1 hour before or after midnight...
@@That_weird_guy_Dragooon yep same here :) pretty late.
Got dark closet?😉
This channel deserves a lot more subs, the amount of work you guys put into your videos is astonishing
Yea they are definitely the best abandoned-place explorers on UA-cam imo
I mean a million is alot of subs compared to other urbex channels. They actually are like the 2nd highest so yes they deserve more but I think there are lots of other channels that never seem to get the light of day.
Building was very well built, brickwork held up great, no cracks, discoloration, nothing. Thanks for exploring for us.
abandoned videos hit different when the whole world’s in quarantine
The Westinghouse equipment is most likely for feeding chilled air to the test engine. They have to produce the conditions the engine will see at altitude, -70F air and ice crystals.
Labels in the control room say "Refrigeration System" so yes, those turbines (?) are probably for cooling.
Its probably for testing and computer equipment .
They have massive cfm ratings in jet engines , theres no way to refrigerate enough air to feed a jet engine .
@@dednside5229 Not true. Look up the McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida.
@@SymeonPhronema
Absolutely it's true
Thier testing for cold weather starting and component reliability in temperature extremes .
Like I said you cant feed enough cold air to a turbine at operation speeds to simulate flying at altitude, it's not possible .
You could however cold start the engine and APU to make sure it starts . A test cell is a whole different thing than what that weather simulator is
A big turbine would empty that entire room of unburnt chilled oxygen in minutes if not less .
I used to be in the military and go to test cell , stand by the intake you'll see what I mean , it eats incredible amounts of air you cannot possibly understand without personal experience .
Look up the cfm of a turbo fan at cruising altitude X4 engines .
@@dednside5229 There's a chamber there that does. And I'm in the military, and am deployed at the moment with 16 years of active time. In addition I'm stationed at Eglin AFB. That lab has the ability to do that.
Read this : www.eglin.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1086166/mckinley-climatic-laboratory/
The door at 3:20 used to be open. I've got some neat pics from inside there from about 14 years ago
I suspect they were just turning the wheel to open it in the wrong direction.
where is this building?
I know abandoned military bases, research facilities, etc are scarce and difficult to get into but they are some of my favorites. Keep it up fellas!
The B-roll in this video was amazing, you guy's always nail that cinematic and emotional punch.
ItsNapkins: yep. What a welcome escape and distraction from the current 💩 state of the world
Very cool! The big tubes with massive doors are environmental chambers. In them they could test running engines at lower (or higher) pressures. They also use coolants to lower the temperatures inside (it's very cold at altitude) that's why they are wrapped in asbestos. These types of chambers are still used today (source: I worked in aerospace). One other interesting detail is the chambers are usually mounted over an open pit because they sweat so much water during the hours (even days) that they are in use.
Here, they probably experimented on stuff like F9F panthers, Cougars, F2H Banshees, hell maybe even F-8 Crusaders and F-4 Phantom IIs.
Probably F14's also and anything else made in the 70's/80's
Maybe even F-15E strike eagles? Though they were developed during the later 80's, so maybe they tested them in a newer facility.
oh wait i'm dumb. This was a navy testing facility.
@@l0rrow288 Naa your good, I seem to remember talk about a carrier based version of the E model.. F-15S Sea Eagle? :)
This looks more like a routine testing facility than an experimental one, for engines removed and sent for periodic rebuild when they where in service.
These big panels with lots of connectors were just patch bays. Usually used for themocouples and pressure sensors. Testing a jet engine would need lots of temperature sensors, pressure sensors, oxygen sensors and other stuff as well. Today totally outdated since common sensor types for that kinda stuff mostly come as CANopen sensors where you can put up to 50 on a single bus consisting of just 4 wires. A lot easier to wire that up. The big boards with the switches could have been the exitation current on/off boards or connection through to thermocouple amplifiers.
that is civilian spec,military spec is totally different
@@joblo4216 Whatever, if you say so it must be right and you can't be wrong. Never, ever.
Chip Guy they’re mil spec bulkhead connectors, it’s very likely a completely custom system. There’s no way to know what they were for.
@@junits15 Yes, the panels are most likely custom made. Decades ago a few blokes just connected a load of cables from one panel to another panel sitting in a different room. However the connectors and cabling that were used follow an old standard for sensor connections and I still have some of those sensors at work using that connector. I even have sensor simulator boxes from the late 50s once used by the air force to check and calibrate the control room meters. Look at a channel called "AgentJayZ". They test jet engines there. On a few videos you can see the same connections for monitoring pressure and temperature. But not that many as you see in that old R&D facility.
@@joblo4216 Amphenol connectors seen at 5:21 were originally for Military / Space use and were since adopted by civilian industrial. They are very robust. The US military at least still uses these on many systems. You will find them in most if not all trucks as part of Coms or even diagnostic ports.
Yay, some proper people upload to take the mind off the current events. Love the music at the closing moments
The plugs in the control panel were "Cannon Plugs" mostly a phased out plug used pretty much for the military back then. I know because I've used countless plugs as an engineer and it was always an interesting plug to me as a kid when I'd see them at nasa or military installations that my father or grandfather had me around. Now I'm going on thirty and I've jumped from being a high paid engineer to being a butcher.
I much prefer the fast pace work in a very cold environment rather than spending countless hours trying to figure out why a component failed or which one...
Being smart isn't always fun when you are bombarded with problems, questions, or endless working hours. It's nice being around people that don't ask too many questions about various things.
Brandon Cornett awesome to hear my friend just goes to show you all jobs are honorable jobs. But being happy is what it’s about! I’m an industrial hvac mechanic and have a pipe fitter friend whom has 3 university degrees. He’s happiest behind his welding hood and cutting and fabbing up pipe. Your intelligent not because of your schooling but because you choose to do what makes you happy. Cheers!
And a real butcher that is a master of the kraft is so rare to find! It’s a forgotten art I think along with making friends with people we see daily.
If you don't enjoy the "countless" hours figuring out why a component failed, or endless questions warranting endless answers, than you likely where never an engineer. As an electrical engineer I live to build and I'd sooner butcher my cortex than quit diagnosing, answering and building. Just my humble opinion, to each his own.
What questions? how many questions? what type of questions? sorry, couldn't resist.
Canon plugs are still the standard wiring connection for military equipment. They're still around!
I work on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and always wonder what it will look like when it is abandoned (doesn't quite work like that haha, but my haikyo heart can dream!)
This place definitely gives insight as we do have a jet engine shop in the very back of the ship which looks similar. Thank you for the care and detail in your video as always. 🖤
No way! I cant believe you got in! This is like a 5 minute walk from my house and I've been dying to see inside for such a long time! Awesome!
Me too that's so awesome
Thank you for filling up 20 minutes of my day with this amazing video of a gorgeous building. I am currently quarantined so it’s nice to see something of outside world that’s so different and interesting!
Happy 1 mil subs! I can't believe you've gone from the 200k I found you at to a million! You guys totally deserve it your videos are like movies thank you so much for the countless hours of entertainment I've gotten out of you guys so keep it up and congrats!
My dad was a supervisor at the Trenton NAPTC until retiring in 1980, occasionally on weekends security would call my dad when an alarm sounded and my dad would take me along with him to go up there and push a button. I recall as a little kid being freaked out by the grated floors, we were 3 or 4 stories up looking down through the grated floors below us, I recall my dad saying "the good thing about having grated floors was you only had to sweep the bottom floor." In the 70's when I visited with my dad, there weren't any computers at least not the kind we are familiar with, everything was mechanical and fascinating to see for a 10 yr old kid.
This jet lab was always loud, hearing protection was required everywhere outside the offices and control rooms. I worked across the street at GM in the 80's and 90's before the GM plant closed in 97. When the jet lab would do a test, you could hear the noise across the street in the offices at GM.
The jet lab used massive amounts of water to cool the evaporators (cooling towers) for the massive air conditioning systems used to simulate high altitude conditions. There's still a pump house alongside the Delaware near there, that was solely dedicated to pumping water from the river for use at the jet lab.
Sadly many of the men who worked with my dad died from pancreatic cancer because of the large quantities of trichloroethylene used to clean the jet engines, they didn't know Trichloroethylene was a carcinogen back in the 60's, my dad also died from pancreatic cancer, but unlike most of his coworkers (majority of WWII Navy veterans) my dad made it to 87, most of his coworkers never saw 70. The NAPTC employed thousands of people from this area and along with GM (which made fighter planes during WWII) allowed for all kinds of businesses in the area to thrive until Bill Clinton and horrible trade deals made in the 90's came along shuttering the Jet lab and GM. Though the "Trenton Makes the World Takes" sign on the bridge across the Delaware is still lit, Trenton doesn't make much of anything anymore.
A most excellent anecdote. 👍
Trenton makes a lot of crooked politicians and high property taxes.
Im a Vet, USN Aviation, Never been at that facility, but they had them all over the world. I worked in them, many times, for various reasons. It was fun. More than you can imagine. What a time we had. We did some off the wall stuff , we knew it would scare the crap out of people, the new guys
Just a side note the "windows" were actually full of equipment and not windows at all. They had what we call "Rack Track" on the left and right to hold "rack equipment" modern equivalent would be severs, UPS units, exciters, translators, monitoring equipment, etc. Depends on what equipment is needed and the availability of space behind the rails is so you can easily hook everything up without trying to pull cables through like old TV stands.
Perhaps the only place y'all have ever explored, that lacked a Christmas tree! It is a very impressive site, even in it's current condition!
The music in this vid is just so spot on. Masterpiece...
The jet engine "test cells" are part dynamometer, part wind tunnel. They can test the engine at different power levels and load resistance as well as simulate/regulate airflow and altitude conditions.
Thanks guys! Now I can feel like im out and about while in quarantine. Hope you guys are safe and in good health!
Crazy how all the cable trays are stipped and all the copper is gone. I'm an industrial electrician so seeing all the electrical just scrapped is wild.
NO WAY. The Proper People were in my hometown! I live legit like 2 minutes away from this place. I've always wanted to go in, but it's right off a busy road, and cops love to hang out around there trying to catch people speeding around the corner.
where is this, planning on visiting it?
no computer servers in that facility! everything in there would have been either PLC relay logic, analogue feedback loops into analogue computers for differential, integral calculus, proportional, linear equation calculations, and open and closed-loop control circuits.
This is one of the few channels where I put the videos in fullscreen.
The shots are so easy on the eyes, not hectic at all and very aesthetically pleasing.
Always a good experience.
Extremely cool place! Love the several still all mechanical control rooms! Great video once again!
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What an amazing place to explore.
19:00 sweet little pan across, love the lighting peering in from the left. Nice warm and dark tones.
These videos are always entertaining keep up the good work u guys!
Your work never ceases to impress me, congrats on 1m subs!
You guys are on a roll. Keep up the good work big dogs! ⚜️
I don't know what it is but there is something about old decaying derelict buildings and machinery that I find stunningly beautiful. The way that the paint curls up as it flakes on the walls, the randomly scattered rusting debris strewn around the place, the sound of the dripping water, the way that nature starts to slowly reclaim everything. Its beautiful, and then you think about the people who worked there and the things that went on there which noone will ever know about and suddenly it seems almost magical.
Some of my favourite scenes/images:
7:41
17:16
18:19
19:00
19:18
21:10
It would've been nice to see pics of the place when it was up and running and compare to the current state.
amazing!!!
I really appreciate your hard work, dedication and effort . Your filming and lighting techniques mixed with the background info makes your posts exciting and interesting and you paint the atmosphere too. I look forward to each one with just a little smidge of jealousy
recently found this channel and have been binge watching, these videos are so calming, the music is atmospheric, you have a great artistic eye, and you guy's little bits of dry humour really make your content awesome 😁 inspiring me to find abandoned places when this pandemic is over
The Proper People exploring an abandoned Navy research lab? Sure, that earns a like from me.
So nice to explore vicariously while we are all on lockdown. Great vid as usual guys.
Be safe guys. I can see you two can get into some hairy situations. Enjoy watching. Love the opening guitar soundtrack. It gets cranked up on the surround sound everytime.
Thank you Gentlemen for this video! I was running out of videos to watch! I pray all is well!
I've had friends get rolled up on, guns drawn while exploring here... nice to see y'all were successful
Cops or vandals guns ?
@@chavitavb military police. A lot worse than cops
5:19 some variation of MIL-DTL-5015, see 'U.S. Military connector specifications' on Wikipedia.
finally a new video! i have just been binging the old ones waiting heh
Glad to see you're back with another great video!!!
NAWC-AD Trenton was closed in the mid-90s as the result of a round of Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC) and the functions were moved to a base in Maryland. That big tube in the first scenes was a test cell where a jet engine could be installed for testing.
thank you for the actual name of this place
I wish I could heart this. Waiting patiently love y’all’s work! Keep it up!
Fascinating explore guys. It always hits home for me when you see the engineering and devlopment that went into war, I love the engineering side that war has driven but hate the impact of conflict.
Another excellent video! Great shtos and narration. Loved the music! Oh, and those connectors you were wondering about at 5:25 look at lot like the amphenol connectors we use in the rail industry.
Proper people: Looks like it’s wrapped in asbestos, don’t touch it! Two seconds later: put your weight into it! 🤣
The was a part of it with no asbestos, use your brain 🤣
Asbestos poisoning happened to people who worked with it for decades. It was the fine deposits in the lungs that caused the most health issues. Brief exposure to the skin doesn't affect the body much in any serious way. It's more important that you don't breathe in the fine asbestos particles for 10-20 years.
Yeah there was abestos everywhere
Congratulations on one million subscribers, and just as importantly, getting back to the States where y'all belong!
Love the music in this video and what a cool place! Thank you for showing us all these places!
SO grateful to you guys for providing great content during all this at-home time!
Those machines that look like giant blowers were more than likely a way of imposing air flow to the engine intakes at subsonic and supersonic velocities to simulate aircraft speeds in flight. There`s various conditions like starting, flight idle, take off, subsonic and higher.
im most impressed by that graffiti of a blunt smoking a blunt
What about 16:58?
9:43
Ah yes
Same, my guy! 👍😅
I’ve been exploring for years and these videos always keep the extra spark I need to remember that there are always new beautiful places to be found even when it seems like everything goods been seen.
Your videos are just what I need to keep my sanity whilst locked away. Thanks for a great and interesting video guys! I look forward to your next explore already!
As a retired Naval Aviator who served in attack/strike aircraft, I've seen so many "permanent" things come and go, and this is yet one more such thing. The end of the Cold War left us bereft of a genuine mission, even though Desert Watch/Storm and Iraqi/Enduring Freedom did provide us with a brief boost in delineating a new mission. The thing to remember is that we are no longer the "blue water" navy that we were at the end of WWII, and even Cold War funding nearly broke us, as it ultimately did the once-and-former Soviet Union. However, the US administrations that came after the collapse of the USSR developed the concept of the "peace dividend," which was then used to gut our once-proud, once-powerful navy, not to mention the rest of our Armed Forces. We've ALWAYS done this; post-WWI, post-WWII, post-Korea, post-Vietnam, post-Cold War, and someday, the "War Against Terror" will fall by the wayside. At some point, after all those "stand-downs," we will lose everything and be just another effete country worried about stock prices and how to stop pandemics before they start. Sorry, but that's this old jet jock's view of the world, I'm afraid... Glad you're both back safe!!
I feel your pain. Look at us in the UK. cutbacks have left as a shadow of our former armed forces. There was talk of even sharing ships with France. If there was another Falklands we could get our arses kicked.
Would love to have a cold beer and just listen to your recap of life.
(cough-cough) "Desert Shield/Storm"... from a 'squid' during it.
I live 3 minutes from this place! I recently drove by it wondering if you guys would ever film it! If I had known you guys were in the area, I would DEFINITELY have wanted to meet you :)
Yes! Always excited to see a new video! Notifications so helpful
Sweet! I love you guys! Thanks for inspiring!
"What are those connectors" = those connectors are called Amphenol Connections. Military grade connector.
Amphenol is a brand, not a type of connector. They are 'circular connectors' - there are thousands of types and an XLR is one of them. Popular in high reliability military, medical and industrial, especially where things are plugged and unplugged often. You'll also see there are different types (5 pin and 7pin visible) and usually they are designed so you can't plug the wrong plug into a socket.
Commonly referred to as Cannon connectors.
That's what I've heard them referred to as too. Miller welders use crazy versions of those. Switches on one of the control panels had the old Allen Bradley name and logo. They made pretty killer components for many companies; military stuff to consumer brands like Zenith and Fender back in the day.
@@sibsbubbles Allen Bradley still builds the best control systems for things like robotics controls, and safety controls. When I worked at an accelerator physics lab(national laboratory) we used all Allen Bradley systems for our safety controls. The stuff pretty much NEVER malfunctions-cause if it were to malfunction, at our facility people could die.
They actually look like just MIL spec connectors, MIL as in originating from military use
Wow, this place looks incredible guys! So sad that most of the building is destroyed and the shitty graffiti sucks. Nevertheless some parts of the factory were in a better condition and I loved the big Capsules and the plants growing up the buildings. Definitely a place I would love to explore by myself.
Stay safe while exploring guys you're producing awesome content :)
I really enjoy your videos & wish you posted more often. Your cinematography skills keep improving & your taste in music fits in very well. Keep up the great work & congrats on having over 1 million subs- you've earned every one of them. Love you guys!
The wait between videos is worth it!
Awesome video as always guys!!
The only good thing about covid-19 is that there will be alot more abandoned facilitys in the future for them to explore.
@Dosing Psychedelics Name checks out.
not funny
The Westinghouse units are blower motors to force air into the jet turbines (CFM - Cubic feet per minute )
Starvation .
No blower is going to be able to force air into a turbine , it's to prevent air starvation so they can get more accurate performance data .
These are engine performance test cells .
Thier for calibration , basic reliability runs and so they can print a performance data sheet of each engine to the customer .
You guys are awesome. I cant get enough of living vicariously through yall!!!
This material is perfect to transform it into a documentary talking with the original workers and the story behind each building and all of a sudden you have a show...
Nice new boots Michael!
How did u comment 4 hours ago when this was just posted lol
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Proper People saving me from cabin fever at the 9th day of curfew over here... 🥰
Eily Bergin I’m on day 10 x thank god for UA-cam 😂
Day 15 🤦🏽♀️
Ive lost track of time
I have to say you guys have come such a long way since your first video. The music, history, filming and editing is always flawless. I’ll always be a fan 👊🏻
You guys have got the best friggin channel on UA-cam for exploration videos. Excellent content, slick production and really informative. Keep up the great work guys.
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if they were green they would look like those turbines from half life 2 lol
Anyone have a link to the music they used at 7:40 and 21:00? Couldn't find it on their soundcloud.
Machina by Jameson Nathan Jones
open.spotify.com/track/0StjtWXpYvApXlBrmdgQak
@@TheProperPeople Thanks!
Always check in desciption for music.
I love watching these videos. Keep up the good work😁👍🏻
Man I just don't know how to describe the mood created with your footage and Jamesons music. Absolutely perfect, had to go buy the album. Listening to the score and reminiscing over the first time I stumbled on an AT&T long lines site... man.. Really fell in love with machina thanks to this vid.
The connectors were 19 pin' Socapex'. Still used in the military and civillian concert audio applications.
Hmm.. They looked kind of like a mix between Mini DIN and BNC. Interesting!
At least there's almost no way to get Coronavirus from an abandoned building..
Actually, depends. Any squatters there recently? Not the most hygienic/healthy people to begin with... be careful what you touch and shed your clothes in the garage when you get home, if there are any signs that squatters or homeless have been there recently.
Yeah, but asbestos and rusted pointy objects, so pick your poison.
nope, just mesothelioma lol
@@typingmonkey8749 and lead paint.
Hehe
Good to have you guys back!!
Love you guys! I watch every video you guys make and love waiting to see the next to come!