Inside The Cockpit - Dornier Do-31

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The Dornier Do-31 is a West-German V/STOL transport jet designed during the Cold War. Let's get onboard this one and discover what make this aircraft tick!
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Dornier, GAF T.O. 1C-Do 31 E1/E3-1, Vorläufiges Flughandbuch Transportflugzeug Dornier Do 31 E1/E3, August 1969
NASA, TN D-6754, A Flight Evaluation of a VTOL Jet Transport Under Visual and Simulated Instrument Conditions, March 1972
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@miketeeveedub5779 3 года назад

Harrier: "I'm one of the most complex and difficult-to-fly VTOL airplanes that ever flew." Do 31: "Hold my beer stein!" Easily one of the most remarkable airplanes that ever flew! Thanks for sharing with us!

@pleasedontdestroy4851 3 года назад

I concur

@unclebob6728 3 года назад

True that!

@forcea1454 3 года назад

There were a number of tenders to NBMR.4 including from British Aircraft Companies, including BAC and Hawker Siddeley.

@dickiedollop 3 года назад

Made me laugh but it’s fare to say this one very complex piece of kit and significantly over engineered but credit to Germany for pushing the envelope 👍🏻

@Rauschgenerator 3 года назад

What is a beer stein? ...as a German, I'm just wondering...

@martijn9568 3 года назад

This looks like something I'd have built in Kerbal Space Program. Huge, stupendously impractical and with as many engines I could fit on it.

@juanordonezgalban2278 3 года назад

Moar boosters bou

@watchfordpilot 3 года назад

Your obvious pride and smile was easy to see and we can all see why. What and an incredibly very rare and innovative a/c. Thanks.

@jangustl_wt2358 3 года назад

The Do-31 E-1 is infront of the Dornier Museum in Friedrichshafen. two were build. Testing of the VTOL Systems were conducted with the "Schwebegestell" to set up the control systems. With an another construction there trialed the complete system. The ground erosion was too much. It broke some flight records, but the high fuel consumption on a cargo plane didnt make it up in the long run. And it was the time of the oil crises. We germans want always something that can do everything. Another interesting prototyp of Dornier is the Do-29. Testing of STOL capabilites.

@TannithVQ 3 года назад

It looks like it could be in Thunderbirds. What an amazing aircraft!

@fazole 3 года назад

The Gerry Anderson show, UFO, did have a VTOL transport, actually.

@TannithVQ 3 года назад

@@fazole I thought I had a vague memory of one of the Gerry Anderson shows having something like that but couldn't put my finger on it. Yes! UFO! I think it carried three tracked vehicles with some kind of weapon on their roof

@jordankennedy1545 3 года назад

I love how happy he looks when he’s like “and it’s German”

@roberts9095 3 месяца назад

What I love about the Dornier Do 31 is how it is so innovative yet conventional, it employs many design characteristics of relatively conventional airplanes and overall is an aesthetically pleasing aircraft, despite how unorthodox it is. It's the most beautiful combination of conventionality and innovation. Truly a masterpiece of German engineering.

@Ripper13F1V 3 года назад

I remember as a kid seeing pictures of this bird in many books I had. Now that I'm turning 50, I nearly forgot about this one. VERY glad you were able to review her. She's remarkable.

@jefferyindorf699 3 года назад

Looks like a Buck Rogers spaceship. I LOVE IT!

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

The original Buck Rogers would have look at home in it

@leftcoaster67 3 года назад

That's what I thought!!!!

@Eagle-od1im 3 года назад

Honestly it kinda looks like a mosquito just because of the tube at the front

@CarburetorThompson 3 года назад

@@Eagle-od1im I can see that the windscreen kinda look like compound eyes

@alphatrion100 3 года назад

The front looks like the cockpit of the millenium falcon

@phantomk2508 3 года назад

FINALLY ANOTHER "INSIDE THE COCKPIT" VIDEO THESE ARE MY FAV!!!!

@frankbarnwell____ 3 года назад

dragon fly eyes to control it

@MarijnRoorda 3 года назад

That smug look on your face when you tell us its german...

@AnimatedAirlines 3 года назад

"A proud German shows off his toys"

@AnimatedAirlines 3 года назад

@blueboywhitie lol

@spacemanonearth8830 3 года назад

GERMAN ENGINEERING IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!!!

@pegzounet 3 года назад

Well deserved, it's an engineering gem.

@MarijnRoorda 3 года назад

@blueboywhitie That's Fokker. And World War 1 Era.

@pancernywiatrak6368 3 года назад

The VW beside it looks really cool too

@faberflav1 3 года назад

The front of the plan reminds me of the ship Flash Gordon used to impale Emperor Ming with. Go Flash!

@robdickerson8697 3 года назад

That's the one mate! 👍

@neiloflongbeck5705 3 года назад

Where do you think they got inspiration?

@Wobblybob2004 3 года назад

War rocket Ajax

@deaks25 3 года назад

The V-22 Osprey's jet-powered cousin. Which also struggled with getting buy-in and development. I suspect if the Do-31 hadn't needed the wing-tip engine pack, then it might have been a more successful 'sell' as an aircraft worth developing. Fascinating as ever, thank you for bringing it to us, and thank you to the Deutsches Museum for preserving it in such a beautiful condition.

@HeroesNights 3 года назад

On my way to Austria last year before covid 19 hit my flight was diverted to Friedrichshafen where I got on a coach. I couldn't believe my eyes when we drove past the DO31 at the Dornier museum. I was not expecting to see that and it really made my day to get the unexpected chance to see such a rare and special aircraft. Also made me smile to see how proud they are of Zeppelin's with so many posters of Zeppelin's at the airport

@thewitch7342 3 года назад

When a german think that something Is overcomplicated you know that the designer spent too much hours on the project

@whiskeytangosierra6 3 года назад

"It is German." It has 10 engines. "The only jet powered VTOL transport in the world." It has 10 engines. To prevent one side going rogue, each engine is cross coupled with it's counterpart on the other side. It haS TEN engines. It is perhaps over complicated. It has TEN ENGINES!!!

@MilitaryAviationHistory 3 года назад

Also, engines are not German ;)

@whiskeytangosierra6 3 года назад

@@MilitaryAviationHistory There ARE ten engines. LOL. The things military planners want vs what technology can provide.

@limes194 3 года назад

So what? The Do X had 12 engines 😀

@Herzeleydt_Diesentrueb 3 года назад

Fueled with sauerkraut...

@emmedigi89 3 года назад

Dornier Do31: "I have ten engines!" Soviet N1 Moon rocket: "Hold my beer little boy"

@alibizzle2010 3 года назад

Sci-fi vibe? Looks like classic WW2 Dornier styling to me

@evantimm6053 3 года назад

It's the closest thing to a real millennium falcon to ever fly. So that cockpit gets sci fi points from me.

@csiga79 3 года назад

Thank you Chris for your continuing amazing videos, and thank you to the wonderful museum to allow you such access. Very interesting aircraft!

@walterg.dinkla2478 3 года назад

Great report on a very interesting concept aircraft. I particularly like the manner in which the control gauges were highlighted and identified. This furthers understanding of the ergonomic workload of the air crew. Thank you.

@Paveway-chan 3 года назад

Germany: we want a VTOL transport plane Harrier: Germany: **straps a Harrier to each wing**

@sicknote1558 3 года назад

Lol job done ✔

@timcargile1562 3 года назад

This a great video of a very interesting and complex aircraft. Thanks so much, Bismarck!

@samuelglover7685 3 года назад

Thanks for a really interesting and informative video. I especially admire how well you handle the camera when you're focusing on an aircraft's subsystems. That's a challenge under museum conditions, I think.

@kevinmurphy5506 3 года назад

Thank you for your help in learning more about the aircraft and as always a very informative speech

@danieleregoli812 3 года назад

Absolutely mind-blowing aircraft! I've always loved the Do-31. Thanks for the great video.

@maschinistensoehne2110 3 года назад

Very informative video. Happy to see the aircraft in such a good shape.

@ryanvargas4889 3 года назад

Wow, this video was a excellent surprise this morning. It warmed and VTOL’d my chest cavity!

@misteryorkie8674 3 года назад

Hi Chris. Great presentation and thoroughly enjoyable. Keep up the good work.

@baghdaddymike6669 3 года назад

Great content. Could watch this all day.

@cosmicmemer1611 3 года назад

This looks like something straight from despicable me.

@ianlazenby3871 2 года назад

Your throughly explanation of these aircraft make me want to keep watching. Your enthusiasm is great

@wyattpeterson6286 3 года назад

Another beautiful piece of engineering that was forgotten by history.

@techpriest8965 3 года назад

I absolutely love this plane. I know I should not talk about other channels here but I first heard about this aircraft from Mustard's video :) Great plane, love the inside the cockpit!

@DocHolle1 3 года назад

Sehr gut erklärt ! Dankeschön !

@tomjohnson5597 3 года назад

Such a cool design. Great video, thanks.

@maxmustermann6612 3 года назад

Ein oft besuchtes Museum!

@intertr0ns 3 года назад

Visited 2015. Highly recommend. Glad to see they brought this unique magnificent beast inside to preserve it.

@lazereyedwhale6283 3 года назад

wow i was just looking for the do31 cockpit thanks

@michellemieux1544 3 года назад

Thank you for the internals visit!!!! Wow....I can only imagine the pilots.....going from rotor / planes to this!!!!! I wonder if any good pilot stories still exist! Thank you again Chris!

@bondisteve3617 3 года назад

Very impressive production..as the others....thanks very much!

@grimgorkeisenpelz9392 3 года назад

Nice episode. I did not hear of this plane before and did not consider it feasible. Remarkable, that it actually flew. Would love to see some footage of it flying.

@MegaloHorse 3 года назад

I remember watching a video about this plane by Mustard. Very nice to see inside of it too now.

@EXG_BLU 3 года назад

Same lol

@edward9674 3 года назад

Always good with a new mil av history video upload.

@MilitaryAviationHistory 3 года назад

Hope you enjoyed it!

@spitefulwar 3 года назад

So nice to see it restored. I remember it standing in front of the Deutsches Museum in Munich in the 80s, exposed to the elements.

@foxwhiskey 8 месяцев назад

Yes. Standing outside of the museum. In the daily press they called the plane "the most expensive pigeon nest of Germany", because on every possible position you could found at that time pigeons.

@sestrelbethesda9450 3 года назад

I remember when this was literally stuck outside the main door of the museum. A very long time ago!

@MrRugbylane 3 года назад

I remember this plane was at the front entrance of the Munich Science Museum when I visited as a 17 year old in 1988.

@SCVIndy 3 года назад

Cool review

@thedarkbat1627 3 года назад

Love finding Bismark on his own RU-vid channel!! Love Bo TIme!!

@nathanishungryanimations7206 3 года назад

Remember Mustard’s video on this… …thing? It’s cool, don’t get me wrong, but it is not typical.

@Eagle-od1im 3 года назад

I guess that’s what makes it cool, it goes outside of box that makes most aircraft typical

@laszlokocsi1825 3 года назад

I didnt ever expect this beauty im more than happy

@AnimarchyHistory 3 года назад

This is the pinnacle of Kraut Space Magic

@codefeenix 3 года назад

WOW this is so cool!

@donaldwiller9238 3 года назад

Grate video.

@Lost_Legacy1980 3 года назад

Looks very futuristic for this Periode of Time! Beautiful Aircraft! :)

@marienfeld07 3 года назад

Very interesting Bismarck, I liked very much aince it was slightly mentioned in the documentary film by DW about Claude Dornier business; I enjoyed your "it's german" because we're in the same wavelength, and I think that this 67 technology can be updated with the one we have today.

@robertmoulds160 3 года назад

Reminds me of the Boeing YC 14 and Mc Donnell Douglas YC 15 the complicated VSTOL never replace the Lockheed C 130 and the Canadair tilt wing CL 84. The CL 84 was intended for use for the US Navy sea control ships, US marines and the Canadian armed forces. While a prototype crashed at sea after testing off the USS Gram in 1972 it was still sound inspiring the Bell V 22. I remember building a model of a CL 84 that tilting wings with down to scale stores it would carry and even the history of the aircraft cancelled by Pierre Trudeau in 1974. But due to heavy American interest and investment despite being Canadian made my teacher while impressed questioned it's Canadian content but was fairly graded.

@leftnoname 3 года назад

How come this never appeared in a James Bond movie? That’s some real kraut space magic.

@PakleniVuk 3 года назад

Did you know that Dornier Do17 was produced in Serbia once upon a time? I didn't. And when I found out, I start to admire all of Dornier aircrafts.

@porusmehta2807 3 года назад

At 12:10 please clarify that the Dornier Do 31 is the only all jet VTOL transport aircraft. There is the V-22 Osprey transport today and the Fairey Rotodyne way back in 1957 and the LTC XC-142 back in 1964.

@BeasBotBonanza 3 года назад

I love this idea but its easy to see why it wasn't taken on because the main use of VTOL in a cargo role would surely be the ability to drop cargo somewhere that would be inaccessible by conventional planes. While VTOL craft like this can operate on small patches of land without a runway, they still require a 'good' surface to land on, which limits them to maybe built up areas like car parks or roads or something? If only there was another kind of cargo transport that didn't actually even have to touch the ground to deliver something heavy.... oh wait, helicopters :P Now I'm definitely more of a plane enthusiast than helicopter fan, but one cannot deny that the Soviets had the much better idea of just using choppers to throw stuff about instead of making an awesome big jet thingymabob like this

@okrajoe 3 года назад

A beautiful plane in its own special way.

@marcogazaneo 3 года назад

Nach Corona solltest du definitiv mal in das Udvar Hazy Center und ein paar Episoden dort drehen!! He-219, Ar-234, Ho 229... das wäre ultra! PS. Definitiv einer der interessantesten RU-vid Channel! Sehr cool!

@wideyxyz2271 3 года назад

Very cool Bis.......

@Cadcare 2 года назад

I've walked through this aircraft at Oberschleißheim. It's an artwork in tissue-paper-thin aluminum. The Dornier Do-31. The "Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim" (it's an annex to Munich's German Museum of "Masterpieces of Science and Technology" and is also worth a visit) is well worth the visit. Outside of Winter, take your roller blades - That is, if you don't ride your bicycle from Munich's city centre. This aircraft comes with chrome bling. They also have a very truthful hang gliding exhibit. There's a video suggestion 🙂

@Biker_Gremling 3 года назад

It's a VTOL: 🙂 Transport plane: 😲 Has 10 jet engines : 😧 It's German : 😱

@07_danishwistara29 2 года назад

I can imagine the vine boom sound effects after each reaction

@svens.5139 3 года назад

I remember that Do, for years it was displayed outside in front of the Deutsche Museum in Munich in the seventies till early eigthies.

@cozmcwillie7897 3 года назад

It would have been interesting to see the view from the front seats through that super looking windscreen. I don't think I've seen such a pleasing front on an aircraft except the B29. (oh and of course the Millennium Falcon (which I think is a B29))

@boblobla1611 3 года назад

You need to do an inside the cockpit on that gorgeous Type II double cab!

@CraigLYoung 3 года назад

I remember reading about that plane in the mid 60's. I always wondered what happened to it.

@AP-gr3xi 2 года назад

I’m so happy this existent!

@missilpeludo8813 3 года назад

I need visit this museum!!!!!!!

@markymark3075 3 года назад

You forgot to mention the amazing sound it made when it takes off!

@minecrafter023 3 года назад

Good ol' Flugwerft Schleißheim!

@michaelarea571 2 года назад

saw it for the first time at Dornier in Oberpfaffenhofen. was working in the hangar right next to it. i heard that it had a compressor stall problem in ground effect. thats why it blew the mlg tires all the time. when i saw it they were flat.

@waterheaterservices 3 года назад

We gotta talk about that pre 1968 Volkswagen Transporter too... 😊

@mildlyobsessed 3 года назад

Amazing machine.

@AmeliorateAviation 2 года назад

Wow, that’s incredible that they had that kind of technology at that time

@Swaggerlot 3 года назад

Good to see that they fitted Mk9 Martin Baker bang seats for the pilots!

@phillipmorel5116 3 года назад

How have I not heard of this before now!!!!!!!😳🤯

@BjarteHein 3 года назад

You should do a second follow up on the WV at 3:25. That paint scheme.

@ArnoSchmidt70 3 года назад

Cargo space looks similar to the Osprey.

@fazole 3 года назад

Fascinating aircraft. I've never seen any info on its STOL capabilities. Apparently, this thing also used a hybrid analog-digital computer to help maintain directional control and stability. It'd be interesting to compare it to some of the contemporary cargo helicopters like the CH-53, for example.

@PaddyPatrone 3 года назад

Von den Fähigkeiten her geht die Do31 Richtung V-22 Osprey, wenn auch nicht die gleiche Größe.

@fedupgamer9075 3 года назад

The Germans sure made good use of that captured UFO tech! Was wondering where Man in the High Castle got this idea from. Did not realize this aircraft actually existed.

@madmax6007 2 года назад

Fabolous job as usual ! 😉 Do You think to do even the EWR VJ 101 ?

@Thorr97 3 года назад

Great stuff! Interesting that everything is labeled in English.

@FrankC321 3 года назад

Chris, it was nice of the museum to allow you to drive up and park your VW Bus really close to the D0-31. Question, what paint shop did you use for the checkerboard paint, awesome!

@miltonxwing9800 3 года назад

Great video as usual. A comment, at approx 12:00 you note this was the only vtol transport built. Could be technically correct depending on definitions but I’d like to raise the Canadair CL-84 for worthy recognition here. Keep up the great work.

@tonym480 3 года назад

I would like to give a call out for the Fairey Rotodyne. First vertical test flight in November 1957, first transition to forward flight in April 1958. Cancelled in typically British Government fashion February 1962 after most of the problems had been solved.

@FireAngelOfLondon 3 года назад

One of these did a joint performance with a hovering Harrier at the Paris Air Show in 1969. I have been hoping to find film of it for years but so far no luck.

@oat138 3 года назад

Very interesting aircraft and video. I was wondering, what about that vehicle, can you tell us about that?

@tonyshield5368 3 года назад

A great video, love the callouts on the instrument panels. These Dorniers supporting Harrier operations could have been awesome. Many years later the US has the Osprey which is more complex than this Dornier but seems to have similar capabilities. Perhaps a comparison of the two would be good.

@TheHarryMann 2 года назад

Dornier burns 3 x the fuel probably than the Osprey that’s one comparison! Another might be it burns 10x the fuel :)

@z33r0now3 3 года назад

Unterschleißheim, mein zweites zu Hause :D. This museum is my second home.

@AITF045 3 года назад

Never thought I’d get to see the inside of such a weird aircraft.

@tommihommi1 3 года назад

you can go to the museum and look at the inside yourself! I was there a few months ago

@AITF045 3 года назад

@@tommihommi1 unfortunately, I live practically on the opposite side of the world. I would go if I could though!

@kaikenDagger 3 года назад

@Mialisus "Moskito" at home: Ta 154

@GeshronTyler1 3 года назад

I thought one of the big issues was the noise and/or vibration levels- from what I'd seen somewhere else, it was so loud in the cockpit, that the pilots couldn't talk to one another...

@teethirtyfour7394 3 года назад

Never even knew this was a real plane. It was used in the show adaptation of The Man in the High Castle and I always thought it was just some intentionally sci-fi looking fictional thing

@wkelly3053 3 года назад

Great video, but so much to comment on. “The pedestal is a complex one”. YEAH! I think if you could fly this, they would let you take the Space Shuttle up solo. The cockpit glass looks like a cross between an Arado 234, a B-29, and a Handley Page Victor. Yes, it is German...when I was an engineering student in America we had a German professor substitute for a few days. He told us that in Germany we would not be smart enough to be truck drivers. No disrespect to truck drivers, but could he have been right? Finally, why is there a Road Runner cartoon character painted on the plane? Really enjoyed this episode.

@MilitaryAviationHistory 3 года назад

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. As for Road Runner, I am not sure.