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This is truly a master class on knowing what you are talking about, and conveying it to everyone else excellently! Outside of that.. Anyone who has actually heard / felt a pulse jet.. You will never forget it!
Fascinating how complex this single use weapon actually was. Even though they were so inaccurate, it's lucky they didn't even attempt to use them on the British invasion ports or French beaches
I'm 20 years Air Force as was my dad. I have a military history minor and even taught military history to ROTC cadets at the University of Missouri. I found this information and presentation outstanding. I learned so much. About 80% of this video was new to me. Excellent job!
The common belief in the wartime UK was that they went into five when they ran out of fuel. People would relax when they heard the motor - it was very loud. It was when they heard it go silent they knew it was on the way down.
Did the Germans ever come up with a version that could have been radio controlled for impact ? I was thinking for DDay they could have covered most of the potential landing sites from inland.
EXCELLENT!!!..great presentation by a clearly knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. But what a sophisticated machine, almost devoid of aeronautical electronics as we know of them today. Pretty much science fiction in its era.
Thank you, I did the 2ww as the yearly core project at school, but I have'nt seen a better discription of the Doddlebug before, a name you missed out. but thanks again. Leona
This is 80yr technology? If Britain had caved, this technology would have been peppering America's east coast cities with V1 & V2 missiles.The Germans had plans to use Iceland as a launch station following Britains collapse.The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was fortuitous?
As an aside, German agents in the home counties and London were meant to report the timing and place of fall of the V1s via radio to the launch headquarters so that the range could be more accurately adjusted. However ALL German agents in the UK had been captured and executed or "turned" The result was that the British arranged the sitings report to falsely show that a large number of the V1s were slightly overshooting, (they were in fact hitting correctly) As a result the Germans corrected by slightly reducing the range by a few miles. Although this didn`t have a massive effect, statistics showed that they were able over a few week period to pull the centre of strikes out of Central London and the City area and concentrate the center of effect to the south of the Thames. Whether ethical or not it worked and is more fully covered in "Most Secret War" by R.V.Jones
Amazing interview about an amazing engineering marvel. I was fortunate to get a guided tour of the SR 71 from Buzz Carpenter, a Blackbird squadron commander, at the Smithsonian Museum at Dulles. Kelly Johnson and the Skunkwork’s achievements will never be duplicated.
So, once the pulsejet is started and the V-1 is flying due to the catapult effect of the launching ramp, it becomes a true self-regulating robot that flies on a pre-set course for a pre-set distance, then executes a terminal dive into the intended target area. (More or less. I wonder what the CEP was.) Furthermore, I understand why pulsejet motors are impractical for anything other than these relatively low and slow, short-range, one-way flights. If a designer tried to substantially address the shortcomings of the pulsejet, he'd eventually conclude that he was attempting to re-invent the turbojet engine. What I don't grasp is how the V-1 controlled itself in the roll axis. There's a good discussion of pitch and yaw control, but none regarding roll.
Are there ailerons to coordinate with the rudder? No wing control surfaces are noted in any drawing I've seen. How does the V-1 control roll? Do the wings rotate?
Very good except for the word "detonate". "Ignite" is more accurate. If the V1 was able to use detonation, performance and efficiency would increase by at least an order of magnitude.
