How a WWI Biplane Works
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- A detailed 3D dissection of the wonderful German made Fokker DVII biplane from WWI.
Special thanks to Jeff Brooks for script accuracy review! Check out his actual flying replica of this plane at his channel: / @jeffery7756
Also thanks to others at the forum (theaerodrome.com/forum/) for their knowledge and research help.
CREDITS
Jacob O'Neal - Research, script, narration, 3D modeling / animation, music
PATREON
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SOFTWARE USED
I use Blender 3D to create these models. It's free and open source, and the community is amazing:
www.blender.org/
0:00 Intro
00:27 Frame
01:58 Cantilever Wing
02:42 Exterior
04:05 Engine
05:15 Propeller
05:57 Fuel
06:27 Cockpit
07:22 Starting Process
08:41 Cockpit (Cont'd)
11:46 Flight Control
13:42 Landing Gear
14:44 Guns
15:38 Gun Synchronizing Gear
17:22 Pilot
18:18 Full View
Correction:
0:10 Before commenting, check the top pinned "VIDEO CORRECTIONS" thread.
15:38 Prop is rotating backwards! - Наука та технологія
VIDEO CORRECTIONS
Add your fixes to my work here! Duke out the finer details, sure, but hold the personal insults or I'LL PULL THIS CAR OVER and deal with it myself!
The rudder might be mixed up backwards. Experts please chime in.
The prop is definitely rotating the wrong way at the end sequence, but I got it right at the beginning so that ain't half bad. For all my talents I've yet to conquer rotating parts, which I get wrong in just about every video at some point. The nightmares!
The label is a little confusing for hp and top speed. It's 180 Horsepower vs. Top speed: 190 Kph (118 Mph)
Also worth noting: The folks I mentioned as reviewing my work only saw the script and still screenshots of each part. I get so excited near the finish line, I didn't post the video for review. lol. I'm trying, fellas. I really am. But I just wanna UPLOAD MOAR VIDS
Excellent video. It’s likely that the magneto switch doesn’t switch between spark plugs-but rather between completely separate ignition systems.
This is done for redundancy, as no spark=big trouble in the air. Both are used in normal flight due to a slight performance gain and it’s switchable so pilot can check each independent system before takeoff.
You not saying the name reminded me of a joke which I will terribly paraphrase here. A world war II veteran was doing a story time with a group of elementary children. He began to talk about these fockers who would repeatedly try and shoot down his bomber. The teacher interjected, telling the children that it was just the name of an airplane. The veteran replied "that's true, but these fockers were in Bf 109s!'
🤣🤣🤣 That's funny on so many levels.
Why doesn’t this have more likes? lol I remember hearing that joke so long ago and it’s still good.
Fokkers were used by Germany in World war 1. Only the Dutch and Fin's used Fokker aircraft during world war 2 (since Fokker, as a Dutchman, established himself in The Netherlands after world war 1).
It,s making me learn about many old airplanes
what about fw-200 and fw-190@@JMGlider
I've always wondered how the gun synchronization mechanism worked. You made it crystal clear. Great work.
Same here. How they were able to figure out how to make it all work together, with the limited technology of the time, baffles me.
As a curious kid that loved these planes one of my first questions was how do they not shoot their own propeller off? It was explained to me that the gun is linked to the engine, I accepted the answer but never really understood it. Seeing exactly how it works here is extremely gratifying.
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Necessity... Is the mother of invention
Here’s a couple of fun facts: While those guns are technically machine guns, they’re actually set up to fire in semi-automatic mode, that is, one shot per pull of the trigger. The engine is pulling the trigger fast enough that you get the same practical effect as if it were fully automatic.
Also, all of the guns used for synchronized fire had to be ‘closed bolt’ designs. The most common were derived from the Maxim Gun. The reason for this was to ensure consistent timing between when the trigger was pulled and when the chambered round fired. That’s why you only see ‘open bolt’ guns like the Lewis Gun used in over-wing mounts, like on the SE-5 and some of the Neiuports.
Same. It's really ingeneous in its simplicity.
Just beautiful. You forgot the silk scarf often worn by pilots to keep their necks from chafing as they constantly swiveled their head to watch for enemy planes.
I think the engines early on had a tendency of throwing oil into the face of the pilot. The scarf was to wipe of his goggles
Perhaps, but they wore silk scarfs and I couldn't think of a worse material to wipe away oil from your googles with.
@@ScoutSniper3124 The Sopwith Camel had an engine with what was called a "constant loss" lubrication system. Oil was fed into the parts that needed lubrication, then passed on through the bearings and was lost from the motor. From there it was slung and blown all around including on the pilot. They had to wipe the googles to maintain sight. And it, as well, was an insulation and skin protection item. There is a video that is titled a Sopwith Camel and a Spitfire flying in formation, and the Sopwith pilet talks about the engine and the method of flying the Sopwith. It is a very informative video, as well as seeing the two planes flying together, one a full throttle and the other barely avoiding a stall.
I've been flying GA aircraft for 30 years, and never gave these early planes even a second glance. Yes, they were old and cool, but antiquated, or so I thought. The amount of thought and engineering that went into these early airplanes deserve respect. The simplicity of them is amazing and yet they were also carefully designed to check every box and then some. I can see how some pilots have learned to love these beautiful old machines.
There are some companies that make replicas (obviously with modern materials for safety). What you said is why I am buying one as soon as I can afford it!
They were works of art because they were made by furniture makers at the time and all hand built. This DVII is a very late war design, and was a Cadillac in terms of build and performance. Earlier planes were more like wicker chairs with tents for wings and used wing warping early on with the British not really getting the gist of it until they captured a few German planes, which is odd because the Wright Brothers did quite well with their planes in Europe whereas the US military thought it was just a passing fad that would never catch on.(something that would bite us again because of the lack of progress during the inter-war period leaving the US woefully under equipped at the onset of WWII).
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They must have pinched the landing wheels off a child's tricycle!
You only *thought* you needed a starter and battery in your airplane.
@@dimitrijensk2845 There was a guy in Sweden who built a replica of this exact airplane after finding an engine from one somehow.
Das is fabelhaft! I built Fokker D-VII models when I was a kid over fifty years ago, but I had no way of understanding how the plane actually worked, or how the interrupter gear functioned. The details of the cockpit controls and dashboard gauges (und im deutschen Original!) fulfilled a half-century-old curiosity. Thank you so much for this!
I saw a largish Fokker D-VII control-line model with Enya .29 glow engine at a garage sale when I was about twelve and fell in love with it. It look a lot of begging and pleading to get my parents to buy it for me. I think it was one of the most beautiful aircraft of WWI. I'm 64 today and sure wish I still had it. Maybe it's time to get back into model building and flying?
So did I ! built other "Gallows" models. Mostly German planes. Fed my dream of flying of which I did in layer life.
Easily one of the best channels on youtube. I'm awe-struck every time I watch one of your videos. I'm sorry I can't give more
No apologies needed tho I appreciate the sentiment! Glad to have you on the channel :)
I particularly liked the explanation of the machine gun - engine sync system. Very, very cool and clever.
Indeed. Prior to using that synch system, pilots often shot their own propellors.
The trigger timing technology is incredible
I am surprised how similar this 1918 airplane was to the Pitts S1 aerobatic airplane I fly regularly. The fabric covered steel frame, wing construction, double plywood spar, location and rigging of stick and rudder, are exactly the same. I doubt one can find this much similarity between a 100 year old car vs. modern cars.
Morgan Motor Cars probably come close. But I suspect they are deliberately creating anachronistic cars because they want the cars to behave like they did a hundred years ago.
You've missed a fundamental part of the construction process where 'dope' was used to cover the linen covering, in order to tighten and weatherproof it.
So crazy how far flight has come since it's invention.
VERY distance!! SO much far!! Literally ass far ass the quan(tit)y of fuel will allow!! 😲🤯
That was cutting edge aviation and now it's ultralight complexity, and could be built in someone's garage. It it holds up, in 100 years, people will be building space planes in their garages and lifting off to the moon, while corporate interests mine the moons around Jupiter. Standing on the shoulders of giants, we'll eventually reach the stars.
Flight has, and still does, capture the minds of so many. With great interest in a particular subject, the human mind is capable of incredible things.
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It's amazing to me, how far it's come in a relatively short period of time. From Kitty Hawk to space! About 120 yrs or so.... it's simply amazing!
Wow! You've outdone yourself with this one Jake! Extremely well-researched, narrated, and animated. Well done mate. Cheers.
Fantastic video! We have a frame of the Fokker D VII in our museum (Warhawk Air Museum) and I learned so much about its functions from this video that I can pass along to our visitors. Thank you!
Maybe you could put up a screen and ask to use the video on it?
Yes, that thought occurred to me. It would really enhance the experience for visitors! I will check with our executive director about that.
@@garretvaughn7936 awesome 😁
Seems like a fitting use for my work. I hope if works out to display it. If ads can play or if you have premium, I"ll still make money from it in return, which works out perfectly. At any rate, I'd be proud to be quality enough for museum display.
@@animagraffs thank you so much. I will check with the museum director to see how they want to proceed.
Very good video. One thing I noticed was the plane would fly backwards with the propeller pitch and rotation direction shown.
Ooops!
Well done! Gorgeous. Is it possible the propeller is spinning backwards in the final sequence?
The relative (not that I could build one) simplicity of these designs is amazing. I am also continually amazed at the lack of parachute for the pilot!
Probably didn't have one since if you were shot down, you'd likely already be shot dead due to a lack of armor in the seat 😬
@@gravygraves5112 This is true. I'd still like one in case the engine catches fire. Burning to death in mid-air ... yesh.
I get goosebumps ... mainly from thinking about how incredibly frail and tempremental this must have been - and it represented the pinnacle of technology at the time! Those pilots were very brave men.
Came across your channel about 6 weeks ago and I must say your attention to detail is outstanding. My son has a fasination on how things work (Literally how anything works) and the 2 of us sit and watch your videos together. His eyes and ears are fixated on everything said and shown.
Maybe it's a little overshare to say that my dad couldn't be bothered to do that with me, nor did my parents understand how much I was interested in computers and 3D art. I had to download 3D software by sneaking around at night, so as not to clog up the phone lines (dial up internet!). Still, I was often restricted from the computer since they didn't understand I was pirating photoshop, not games. I dropped out of college in 2003 because it felt like paying tuition (which I earned by getting filthy working at gun safe factories all summer long) just for professors to hand me a ton of uninteresting busy work and thank them for it. I think not.
All this to say, if my work accompanies you and your son together, and inspires wonder, then I've done well. I've in some way reversed what my dad tried to hand to me, and instead of wreaking havoc on the world through my talents as so many terrifying smart folks have done whose dads ruined them ... I get to do this. To make art that takes difficult but beautiful things and brings everyone, of all knowledge levels, close into the hearts and minds of the amazing artists who made these machines. I'm proud of this work. It feels nice to be appreciated like this. It's what I always wanted.
You and your son are lucky to have each other and I mean that in the best way! I'm glad you and your son are here on the channel enjoying it with all of us :D
As I like military history and engineering, this video was awesome!
Both in the simplicity of explanation and visualization. Thanks a lot for the video!
Once he listed the engine manufacturers I knew what it was. Honestly amazing video, love the quality and topics. Best channel of it's kind.
Jacob, I would love you to do a vídeo about how an automatic car transmition works, all components, thanks and hope an answer, have a good day!
Been in love with biplanes since I was a kid. This is a terrific presentation of the beauty of the plane. Thanks ever so!!
Such another masterpiece man, the quality and attention to detail are top notch, the synchronizer of the machines guns with the engine to avoid shooting the blade is still my fav mechanism which I’ve seen before but never this close and with this detail and in slow motion. Hats off to your work and seeing that this clockwork mechanism exists since so long ago makes me feel safer about today’s aviation which is advancing every years.
Fascinating video in every way. It's one thing to say "technological advances" were made during the course of the war without getting an appreciation of just how incredible those advances were. This video makes one appreciate what is meant by technological advances. Wow!
As others have mentioned, I couldn't conceptualize how the synchronizing gear controlled the firing of the guns, but now I see it's so simple! One of those "the solution is obvious" situations that is obvious only after someone else figured it out.
My biggest takeaway, however, was the technique for starting the engine. Who woulda thought!
I'm too old and ignorant to appreciate how much work and talent is involved inproducing these videos, but I recognize you're something special. Good job and thanks for posting!
The gun/prop synchronizing is the most amazing part of this airplane. I'm thinking to myself, "How in the world was THAT ever figured out?!" What a challenge that must have been, and how many unsuccessful ideas were tried out before this one that actually worked? Great Animagraff, but my favorite is still the sailing warship! Hey from South Carolina!
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Enjoy every one of these! All the research and effort you put into them is right there on the screen.
Rudder imput is inverted! besides that, awesome video!
So close to perfect! Awesome video!
But the rudder/yaw cables shouldnt cross. Unless I am mistaken. Which is not unlikely, to be fair!
But either way, nit picking aside, this is a great video on old school fighters...I learned a lot!
And that Fokker gun interrupter gear was an ingenious design. A whole video could be made on that alone.
Well done.
I love this channel.
Glad you caught the rudder cables.
I always thought they should be crossed. I'm used to it now, but when learning it felt more intuitive to push right to go left... like the handlebars of a bike. I believe a lot of aircraft were that way, like the Japanese Zero.
Brakes in opposite orientation would not be so intuitive.
You’re doing some of the greatest visual teaching on UA-cam. Thanks so much for the work you do. I’ve donated a super thanks somewhere here a few moments ago to encourage you to produce more of your excellent work and pay for what you’ve already made. If everyone gave you a couple bucks for every second of third video of yours they watched I’m sure you’d make a decent living this way. > come on people. He deserves your support. A few bucks a few times per year? You know you can afford it and you know videos of this quality are well worth it!
'...built just 15 years after the first ever flight'
demonstrating an almost unbelievably rapid pace of development, albeit one fueled greatly by WW1.
Thank you for the high quality content!
Another fabulous Animagraff. I love all the ones you've done.
I am always blown away when I watch your shows. Thanks
Another fabulous Animagraff. I love all the ones you've done.. So crazy how far flight has come since it's invention..
This channel is insane! No way detailed animations like this should be free.
Or maybe they should be free. I ventured into forums where serious folks make detailed replicas for the passion alone. They helped me get things right, even just through searching forum discussions, page after page of intricate details they've been discussing over many years. I guess that's what AI does when it scrapes the internet. The difference is that instead of gatekeeping what I learned and making one guy really rich, I'm sharing it with all of us so we can enjoy it together. To honor the fact that I got this knowledge somewhere from someone else too. I hope I've honored it like the passionate folks hidden in these forums do.
The channel is growing, and the ads are going to be enough to make a nice living it looks like. So no worries about ol Jake. lol. Just keep on watching and commenting, that's plenty of support.
Shhhhhhh!
I'm loving this channel. So much detail and talent complements the detail and talent in your historic research. Excellent work! 😊👍🏽
Excellent video as usual! I am constantly impressed by the accuracy, commitment, and level of detail you put into each of your videos. Your mastery of 3D modeling software is incredible! I have to admit that being an aeronautical engineer, I actually find videos about aviation to be even more intriguing. If you created a video identical to this one for a helicopter, I would be overjoyed. I doubt if a similar helicopter video with this degree of clarity ever exists on UA-cam. In the back of my mind, I'm also hoping you create a second Blender tutorial channel. It will be a dream come true!
Waoo the technology for the guns fire in system was impressive.
Man I love your videos they are definitely worth the wait. Keep up the good work man AMAZING.
This is the first time I've ever got my head around how the interrupter gear works. Fantastic!
I love WW1 era technology. It was so advanced for the time yet war and society were still related to 19th century. Especially the planes, their simplicity meant that flying was more akin to riding a bicycle than a fully fledged vehicle like modern planes.
If I was somebody from the 1800's I'd recognize all the materials but the science behind machine would be incredidbly bizarre and foreign to me.
Great animation sir, just found you recently and subscribed. Looking forward to your next video. I can't imagine how many hours you put into each making of one. Bravo!
The explanation of the interrupter gear was worth the price of admission.
Would be amazing to see a video about the Bf 109 or the Spitfire!
Or even an Me109
I love your vids. I was always curious how a submarine operated. Very informative. P-51 was great also.
Excellent video! You get an A+ just for rightfully calling the fabric linen and not canvas! Only suggestion is the prop was shown turning the wrong direction. But, a small thing and did not detract from the quantity of the video. Great job!
Simple looking but the birth of fascinating machines.Txs for another great video xx
Hello, can you make a video about the bf-109? I was always curious to know how this plane worked, mainly because it had a cannon in the nose of the aircraft.
In regard to the engine a lot of WW1 fighters used a rotary design similar to a WW2 radial engine setup, the key difference being that rotary engines have the crankshaft fixed to the plane and the engine block and attached propelers rotating around it. The advantage to this design is this allows for extremely weight-efficient engines, especially low power ones (
During WWI (and before) internal combustion engines were crude and metallurgy was still in its infancy. Anything with an internal combustion engine shook wildly due to crude, unbalanced flywheels and the only way to remedy this was to mount a seriously heavy counterbalance. This way the shaking was reduced. For a car severe shaking and vibrations was less of an issue and for luxury cars were shaking wasn't desired weight wasn't an issue.
*But during the early days of aviation with wooden frame canvas covered aircraft both shaking and weight were severe drawbacks* An engine shaking could damage the frame of the aircraft. Weight obviously resulted in too much inertia for an aircraft which needs to be nimble and highly manueverable.
Radials existed as early as 1907 as engines designed specifically for aircraft. The French Salmson radials were manufactured 1908 to 1920 in 7 cylinder and 9 cylinder configurations. But due to the bad cooling of engines of the era these radials actually were water-cooled. Heavy counterweights, water-cooling and radiators added a lot of *weight* . For this reason these Salmson radials were unsuited for light fighter aircraft. Little surprising the Salmsons were mostly used in bomber and recon aircraft. These would fly mostly in a straight line and were already heavy.
So how do you solve the crucial issues of inferior cooling, harsh vibrating/shaking and heavy weight? By being very clever of course. Thus the rotary engine was designed. And no, the *Wankel engine came decades later*
Problems with cooling and heavy radiators? Let the cylinders rotate in a circle and cool themselves this way. Problems with shaking and unbalanced engines? By allowing the entire block to rotate the gyroscopic effect solves this problem. No heavy counterweight equals a light engine perfect for fighter aircraft.
Primitive metallurgy and bad cooling were the culprit for the design of the rotary engine. At the end of the war technology had developed enough for radials and v-shaped engines to negate all the benefits the rotary engines had had until this point. Truly reliable radials with air-cooling didn't emerge until the mid 1920's though.
"The biggest drawbacks were that these designs tend to spray oil all over the place" Rotary engines used *castor oil* in a *total loss* lubrication system. Castor oil was in short supply in Germany which is why they rarely used them as the war progressed and they were also known to siphon downed allied aircraft for both castor oil and fuel. Despite engine cowls and pilots wearing goggles and scarfs covering their mouths pilots of rotary engines aircrafted ingested enough castor oil to give them frequent diarrhea.
"create a tremendous amount of torque on the plane, heavily affecting the controls." The gyroscopic effect of the rotating engine did indeed affect the airplane itself forcing the pilot to correct the plane even when flying dead straight. This made famous fighter aircraft such as the Sopwith Camel tricky for novice pilots. Landing was particularly tricky since rotary engined aircraft didn't have a throttle just a crude kill-switch. Some sources claim that the Sopwith Camel killed as many novie pilots (or more) in landing crashes than those who were shot down by Central Powers aircraft.
The real drawback however was that by the end of the war the rotary engine had reached the limits of the design, *particularly in regard to the amount of fuel and air that could be drawn into the cylinders through the hollow crankshaft* , while advances in both metallurgy and cylinder cooling finally allowed stationary radial engines to supersede rotary engines.
"The advantage to this design is this allows for extremely weight-efficient engines" Indeed, during the early days of primitive metallurgy and cooling. Once those issues had been solved however the rotary had no advantages left and disappeared after WWI. The Bentley BR2 used in the Sopwith Snipe (230hp) was the peak of rotary design.
Bad metallurgy, bad cooling, heavy weight and excessive vibration. All you need to remember how and why the rotary was born.
This is great! Reminds me of the books as a kid that showed the inside parts of various machines.
Fantastically portrayed. Whilst I know a lot about WW1 aircraft this gives a brilliant look at how it works and functions but also shows small details and their purpose. Thank you for that. I left a subscription.
The compass floating mount is called a gimbal.
i know, i just wasn't feeling it for this script, so I didn't say it. there's a limit to how much unique vocab i can use in one video, and I like to keep it trim so folks minds' can rest with all the new info I"m presenting.
This is great! I was unaware that Fokker used a steel frame.
Thank you! I have built many models of the same aircraft. As usual you've explained the systems with clarity and precision. Keep it up!
I ACTUALLY FIND THESE VIDS HELPFUL
Beautiful, as always! I'm curious how long each video takes to render, on average
Also, your comprehensive skill set is impressive, and that's an understatement!
With each project my workflow gets even more optimized. This time I was able to render the 30k plus frames in about 3 evenings! At times my computer was cranking out 25-30 frames a minute. Ridiculous. I just keep getting better at the whole process. For example, Blender 3D wouldn't naturally understand when I've made an object fully transparent. But I wrote code so that when I fade something out completely, Blender doesn't even load it at render time. My models can be massive, but still render super fast.
Beautiful work. How do you create these animations? Do you start with the script then the animation or the opposite way?
First I do outreach to try and get experts on board so I won't have to waste time when things are ready for review. I do super thorough research, then build the model. From there I know what I want to say in the script, so I write that and record it. I take the audio into Blender 3D and further push it around as I animate so visuals and audio are actually adjusted at the same time. I export that audio back into my sound software for final export, and to add music etc. I also render all the frames at this time in Blender. I take frames and audio into Adobe software to make the vid, and presto ala kazam there you have it. An Animagraff! @@Flightlevel320
Im sure I speak for your whole community when I say a video on your process and outstanding skill would be amazing. Inception style anamagraff of an anamagraff! 😅
Maybe give him a few more videos down the line to take the process from 95% perfection to 99%.
But then, an animagraffs of animgraffs must happen!!
This channel is awesome
Wow amazing explanation and beautiful art work, really fallen in love with the model you have created. Thanks a lot my dear Jake. Finally I was wondering what tools you might have used for creating such a beautiful model and really felt happy aftering finding in the notes section. Thanks a lot!!
It's so crazy how people fought wars using these machines! They look pretty fragile but handled great forces while flying! Great vid! 🛩️
Para los que nos gusta el “como son las cosas y cómo funcionan” este es el canal indicado.
Sus videos son muy buenos.
Solo tiene un gran problema….
Hasta el momento hay solo 22 videos….
Sueño con con que pueda incorporar cientos de máquinas.
Felicitaciones!!!!!!
(Siga creando más animaciones 3D, se esperarán con ansia loca).
Sven Svensen, the Swedish Air Ace was asked to speak to a 6th grade school class in America. He began to tell a story: "So, ve vere flyink alonk at 2000 meters, ven suddenly from ze clouds came a group of 6 Fokkers..." The class started giggling, but Sven continued, "Zese Fokkers vere at higher altitude than ve vere..." More giggles, and the teacher thought it was time to intervene. Clearing his throat he said, "Class! Class, the Fokker is a type of German Fighter..." but Sven interrupted him, "No! No! Zese Fokkers were Messerschmitts!"
Nobody in Sweden use z in daily speech beside Zebra.
Your videos are informative and beautifully done!
Early aviation is freaking wild! They're literally flying a deathtrap
Thank you Jake. Such great work and research. You put so much time, effort and talent into each of these beautiful creations. Admire and appreciate very much!
There's something kind of strange and a bit disturbing about this look-through - 10 years previous people were just working fields / raising chickens. The technology and manufacturing even for this basic plane - utterly stunning. It's like - how did that complexity happen.
That's the same way I've sorta filed these old planes away. But when I worked on that old ship video I started to see, there was a lot going on for hundreds of years. I dunno why our shared perception makes it seem like tech just blipped into place. Granted ... the last 100 or so years have been exponentially wild even so.
Einstein had already published papers on relativity by this point. Harvard University was over 250 years old. Telephones, light bulbs, and airships had been introduced decades earlier. Electric cars were winning races. The Panama Canal had just finished being built. Most of the battleships that would serve in WW2 were in the design phase, and some (such as the USS Texas) served in both world wars.
The industrial revolution began 150 years earlier with advancements in steam engine technology. Aviation was a late bloomer, considering all the advancements in other fields, as mentioned above.
Wait, do you really think the entire worls was agrarian in the 1900s?
You'll also notice that it was these advances with the airplane that drove performance technology in the automobile sector. Some of the things on this aircraft you wouldn't see on some models until the 1970's or even 1980's depending. Pretty amazing.
Incredible work as always.
I love WW1 planes (especially the paint schemes from the Germans) as they are the first time the stress of war advanced them so fast and the pilots/observers/gunners and the mechanics on big bombers were most likely the bravest of people given the chance of survival was so low for the first time. And yes WW2 was an extension with even greater advancement showing the real value of air power over land and sea.
Great work with detailed modeling and description!
However I observed the rudder rigging is reversed compared to modern aircraft, not sure if it’s how it is on this ancient aircraft or it was a mistake.
Great! Some else spotted that.
Awesome content love it
Just imagine a video of the B 17 would be a fascinating video and a titanic but unique job
Masterclass, both, aircraft and video
The firewall doesn't protect the pilot from emissions. As its name implies, it protects him from fire.
You typed a whole sentence just to say this. Incredible.
@@animagraffs that's a bit harsh of you considering how many other technical errors you've made.
@@tonkpb it’s not an error 💩 for brains
My great grandfather flew a Sopwith Camel in WWI. I have a picture on my wall of him flying his biplane in the Himalayas. Thank you for making this video on these incredible machines.
There are so many, very good, you tube vids (Priscope films is one) that show the manufacture of these type planes. On both sides. It's really cool to watch really old footage of planes being crafted. Then you get the much more detailed ones from ww2 era. How motors work. Different planes etc. I mean everything you want to know. It's all over you tube. I love it. It's so cool.
you alone did all stuffs from script to 3d modelling ,you are doing really hard work .
why would he not say the na- oh thats why.
You may package it as a an enigma, but not saying a name out loud because it might sound a bit inappropriate in a language-specific pronunciation is a prime example of political correctness, the creators fear of the UA-cam algorithm and an unhealthy dose of "please think about the kids!".
You're not wrong, fella. But I just can't put all my work on the line only to be culled by a bot. Then fight months before I can even talk to a human about it. I like a stress-free life. I like to skip through the green fields when possible, and avoid the tar pits.
As usual, excellent and outstanding work!
Excellent job. I learned several things about items I've wondered about for 60+ years when I first started the old Aurora WW1 models.
What an excellent presentation and narration! I've been a huge WW1 plane fan for 60 years ...
it was nice to see the trigger locations on the D7 - I always thought they were located on the gun mounts.
Amazing! You are so good at this, thank you for the awesome videos!
Excellent graphics. There's a lot of farm tractors and their many implements, to keep you busy for a long time.
This plane was really neat to understand. Kudos 👏
This is the very best VIDEO to my taste and interest (I’ve) ever SEEN ! an old A&P mech.
Great work! I was surprised to learn engine air intake is through crank housing. But where does the carby live?
Wow, this was such an amazing and quality video. . These old planes appear crude when compared to a fighter jet but there is so much detailed and thoughtful engineering present. Mind blowing.
another awesome video, animation,drawing,tech/mech specs, narration...and research....love your channel...please never stop finding cool things to disect, animate and explain...🙂👍👍👍 one of my favorite channels
Outstanding. I don't think I've ever seen how synchronizing guns worked, with such clarity. Many thanks!
I love your vintage airplane videos. I’m a vintage car guy and your videos are helping me understand planes. Please do more
Master, fantastic job, as usual.
Thank you for your time.
Such a great animation. Now I know a lot of things I wanted about these wonderful planes. Thanks!
I love that gun and propeller synchro mechanism!!
Excellently done. It's remarkable with all the intricate details you only had a minor number of errors. Thanks for posting and I look forward to future endevors.
Great channel!! Excellent animations and explanations. 10/10!
Your videos are really the epitome of quality. I don't think they can be improved. Kudos - John 3:16
A great detailed 3D dissection and overview of the engineering and operation. Excellent clear details and explanations.
Spotted a few minor errors, but these nicely documented under 'video corrections'. A nice way of noting, as there are alway bound to be a few errors in such a complex illustration.
This is a really good video. You show the wires on the rudder pedals crossing to the rudder. When the pilot pushes the right pedal, it moves the rudder to the right so the plane yaws to the right. Your example has the pilot pushing right to yaw left. You also said "it controls the vertical angle of the plane"; yaw actually controls the horizontal direction (from the pilot's perspective). Of course, that becomes the vertical angle while the aircraft is rolled over on it's side!
I hope you make a video about steam engines. The mere thought of you detailing every last component on a steam engine is a dream come true
I love 1ww aircrafts almost 30 years and yet I learned new things. Thanks a lot. Sorry, I cannot give more than one like.
Stunning visuals
Marvelous video. I'm surprised how sophisticatedly done synchronisation of machine gun and propeller. People will never stop finding new ways how to kill each other with less efforts and more casualties.