Part 1 of my series building a plane from every generation Flyout Discord (JOIN FOR MORE INFO ONTHE GAME): / discord [Join my discord!]: / discord Twitch: / messier82ap
"Let's talk in terms of octane, even though the measurement system was not popular at the time. By not popular I mean that the octane rating didn't even exist yet." I don't know why I found this so funny.
WW1 aircraft did have wheel suspension ... of sorts: the axle was lashed to the landing gear frame with a sort of wrapped bungee cord that added some limited shock absorption. (It rests in the trough of the V-shaped struts, so it can move up a bit when the planes weight is on the wheels)
castor oil sickness was a very, very documented thing but it was pretty much for rotary engines that needed the oil that'd be stable at those conditions - most pilots' autobiographies/journals/whatnot mention the stomach cramps and would often prefer foods that'd normally cause constipation in an attempt to prevent the gut-wrenching after-effects of flying
With the great war continuing for what felt like ages, many of civillians living in alliance territory grew weary and secretly escaped to safer places. One such safe spot would be the nation of Bo, physically seperated enough from the chaos to provide comfort. But as their great leader, king Bo Bo III the wise would have it, "there are no free snackies", and put immigrants into crippling debt. One unnamed German refugee was a young man with an avid passion for aviation, who, after a fateful encounter with a man named Hawk Ryede, was put to work in the Hawk locomotion company who was trying to spread its wings into the aviation business.
This is going to be an amazing series. The only other thing I could think of would be fun to see a history according to the lack of heavier than air travel 😂 or planes designed specifically to taking our godzilla or kong
Some WW1 planes did contain suspension, though it was very rudimentary. It was usually just some rubber bands that applied pressure to the wheel's axle (at least for the Fokker D.VII)
Definitely looking forward to more episodes in this series. About the castor oil, according to one aviation museum, pilots would typically rush to the bathroom after missions because of it, although there are very few actual accounts of mid-air emergencies. Those long scarves they typically wore would actually be used to clear the face and goggles of oil that leaked out of the engines
This is such a great idea for a series man, please do some more episodes, also, thanks for making such great videos, you have actually helped respark my interest in aerospace engineering.
1:18 it's hilariously accurate since first air to air combat consisted of pilots firing handguns at each other, Colt 1911 included. There was even a version with extended mag and a brass catching cage attached to it so that it wouldn't damage the plane
So excited, I can't wait for what you build for your 50's - 60's aircraft! The time period in which you could basically slap on the biggest, loudest engines and fly as fast and as high as you wanted to!
I'd love to see more of this series. Hypothetical designs and technology evolution pathway are cool enough already. Combine that with with being from a fictional country, and all for fighter craft? Even better.
I loved playing Rise of Flight before my Thrustmaster Flight X HOTAS got too noisy to work with I love the low speeds, the much I have to use my sense of direction, how much more the weather and my management of the vehicle affects the ultimate outcome of a sortie. The absolute RAW nature of the combat, you are up there, literally fighting for your life, neither of you can just book it, you haven't just splashed them with a missile several nm away
What you should do for an extra safety instrument is just have a level, the kind with a bubble in water you use for carpentry If you can do that in this game
I do admit that this needs to be a series, but i also recently rewatched the video with the trainer with "detachable" wings, and i really really want a lifting body video
8:42 since they didn't have the companion technology to make most of those gauges yet, what do you expect? The only gauges they *could* have were a few status gauges (fuel, oil, rpm, fluids and temp) No radar or sensors for altitude or speed, no gps for mapping. And most of these developments were installed with out requiring them as they were all things pilots had been begging for
Caaalllled out 1:34 Im likin this so far Edit: I loved it. Make more! Also, it would be neat if you compared it to some of the victor's of each age's top airplanes, so we can imagine how it might've faired in combat
Dude this plane looks amazing! I can’t wait to see an interwar design, though I’m curious if you’ll go for a monoplane like a P-26, or a closed cockpit biplane like the Gloster Gladiator.
9:21 Parachutes might have existed in ww1, but they were pretty much only used by airship/balloon crews. They were considered too heavy for aeroplane use as they basically weighed as much as a extra crewman and that was really more than most aircraft of the day could manage without major loss of performance. Which would make them uncompetetive in air combat. There was also a fear among some nations that giving their aircrew parachutes might diminish their combat motivation as they'd just bail out at the first sign of trouble! This existed largely because those in high command had never been IN an aircraft in their lives, let alone had to go to war in one.
They did exist, but they weren't exactly reliable. The few pilots who had access typically preferred to try and land their plane or just self delete if it was hopeless as bailing usually meant getting hit by the tail of your plane and spending what was left of your life paralyzed IF you survived the fall. Those Gen 1 Sky-Knights were made of something else entirely
Also, that line; “See that place up there where no human can breathe or even survive more than a minute? We fight wars up there to flex on God.” That right there made me sub, the Albatross love came after that so I knew I made the right choice. :) Also, the Hawk is a pretty decent rate fighter, fast with hella turn radius. Oh yeah, I’m in.
