Inside The Cockpit - Me 262 (Flying Example)

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The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the first mass-produced operational jet. Flown by the Luftwaffe during World War 2, it was a milestone in aviation. Join Chris on this full tour of a flying Me 262 maintained by the Messerschmitt Foundation, Manching, Germany and Airbus Flight Heritage.
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00:00 - Messerschmitt Me 262
00:10 - Weapons
01:24 - Front section
01:56 - Engines
03:25 - Wing
03:48 - Fuselage & Tail
05:05 - Rockets & Bombs (optional)
06:20 - Cockpit
10:43 - Bonus
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@richardthompson5810 Год назад

Its amazing they even had USB back then. German technology was way ahead of its time!

@mytube001 Год назад

And "videoanlage"! :D

Год назад

I think the Luftwaffe was, because VW only added those in the late 2010s :)

@razor1uk610 Год назад

Union Schwietzer Bank has existed for a long time.... jokingly meant...

@yereverluvinuncleber Год назад

Das ist nicht eine Unter See Boot

@richardthompson5810 Год назад

@@yereverluvinuncleber Das (US)Boot

@legoeasycompany Год назад

I hope the official manual included the 'Woo-hoo" during the slide

@MilitaryAviationHistory Год назад

Yes. They highlighted it in bold and proposed a set of punishments if the pilots didn’t do it

@grizwoldphantasia5005 Год назад

@@MilitaryAviationHistory Woo hoo! Or should I say, Oh hoh!

@FrankC321 Год назад

@@grizwoldphantasia5005 The Woo Hoo came from the ass burn from hot engine!

@ronaldbyrne3320 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣 especially if the engine was still hot.

@MissKay1994 Год назад

The simplicity of the 262 is amazing. It's basically just only what you need and nothing more

@Jakob_DK Год назад

It is a replica with US made avionics

@bebopwing1 Год назад

20% of me is sad it doesn't have the original engines, but 80% of me is happy for everyone involved it has modern and reliable engines!

@Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster Год назад

The whole plane is a reproduction. Built by the Me262 project in Everett, Washington in the early 2000s. if you're interested in an actual WWII 262, the FHCAM (also in Everett, oddly) have completed taxi tests with their refurbished Me 262 with reproduction jumo engines.

@HE-162 Год назад

@@Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster are they repro engines? I thought they were originals that had been overhauled

@Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster Год назад

@@HE-162 there may be some original components, but the parts that had metallurgy issues on the original have been replaced

@HE-162 Год назад

@@Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster yeah that’s what I’d heard. I wanna say they used what they could and fabricated what they couldn’t, but that they are both essentially still original wartime engines

@FiveCentsPlease Год назад

@@HE-162 The Jumos on the FHCAM example were extensively remanufactured, but the specific details on that were never made public because of FHCAM policy. Hopefully more details will be known later if the engine shop is allowed to speak about it.

@mensch1066 Год назад

Given the problems the Luftwaffe had with the original engines, it's probably best that something a tad more reliable is being used in a flying example!

@legoeasycompany Год назад

Given the added safety value of being able to fly on one engine (I assume) and lack of sabotage, this is for the best. Also wish you were still around on the discords, MAH and MHV is a lot quieter without you, but hope you've been doing well

@mensch1066 Год назад

@@legoeasycompany I am doing well and hope you are as well. I'm not on any social media anymore (unless you count the occasional RU-vid comment), but given that I left Discord almost three years ago, I have to say that I am impressed that you are not the first person who has remembered me from those days!

@legoeasycompany Год назад

@@mensch1066 Glad to hear so, and I've been so so. Given the "recent events" (we all know which one) so not much talk on those discords to historical topics like you use to bring up so that's a shame. But I get why you took the step back, just miss those information chats. Glad to also hear it's not just me who remembers you, I always saw you comment in MHV's supporter live streams but never felt the "right" to ask how you've been doing in those. Great to hear you've been doing well all things considering though. Catch you around then

@oleran4569 6 месяцев назад

While those Jumo engines made the craft possible, that airframe deserves much better. Such a beautiful airplane! I'd much rather see one flying with modern engines. Museums have old engines and are better examined there.

@tb100 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely priceless to have a flying version today!

@BleedingUranium Год назад

The Me 262 is such a gorgeous aircraft, very elegant lines. This sort of thing, modern flying replicas with "invisible" from the outside (or nearly) elements replaced/redone to modern specs is exactly what I wish we'd see more often. Modern engines where it makes sense, modern materials, modern quality control, modern avionics where needed, that sort of thing.

@nattygsbord Год назад

It looks like a shark with its smooth shape. And the dark top and the light colored bottom reinforce that shark look even further.

@xeon39688 Год назад

@@nattygsbordsexy look fr

@user-xh4ql9sl3m 11 месяцев назад

Hehe - how about a Mossie in Carbon fiber with modern turbo props 😂😂😂

@tsegulin Год назад

Great introduction to the Me-262. Thanks Chris! What a privilege to see some flying again!

@MilitaryAviationHistory Год назад

My pleasure!

@DIVeltro 11 месяцев назад

There's a 262 in Washington State that has running Jumo 004's.

@tsegulin 11 месяцев назад

@@DIVeltro Seriously? That's the first I ever heard of that.

@Legitpenguins99 10 месяцев назад

Nice to hear there's one in my home state. I'd bet the designers or manufacturer wouldnt have guessed in a million years that their plane would have made it across the Atlantic and almost to the Pacific!

@tremendousbaguette9680 Год назад

Fuel tank and oxygen bottle next to each other. Just below the pilot. Man that's great way of motivating the pilot to stay away from trouble.

@deltavee2 Год назад

Ejection seat designed in hell....

@mohabatkhanmalak1161 Год назад

Nothing could catch the Me262 back then, it was way too fast. Also had the highest ceiling. The Luftwaffe adopted the tactic of not loitering around the target, as soon as they were vectored in, they took off - from concieled fields or roadways - engaged the target and returned back home.

@darrenjpeters 11 месяцев назад

@@mohabatkhanmalak1161 The 262 did not actually have the highest ceiling. 11,450m or around 37500 feet. Plenty of Allied aircraft could fly much higher.

@darrenjpeters 11 месяцев назад

It's mostly about locating weight around the center of gravity, but you make a fair point.

@mohabatkhanmalak1161 11 месяцев назад

Like which Allied aircraft....??@@darrenjpeters

@mattischlese5385 11 месяцев назад

My granduncle (German) flew in WW2 and told a lot of stories before he died. One was about the Me262. His FW190 squadron was to fly in for instructions and getting to know the plane. It was brand new at that time and they had been selected. So they flew there (from the front to the middle of Germany somewhere) and stood around the aircraft and were all very keen on getting airborne. Then, the instructor pilot spooled up the engines and gave it some power for demonstration purposes (maybe just to show off) and the mechanic that was working behind the aircraft caught fire, was thrown over and died on the spot. Suddenly half of the squad didn't like the plane anymore. Sadly I never recorded his stories, he ditched 7 times and was an extremely lucky dude. Rest in Peace Onkel Engelbert.

@suhaskelkar7533 11 месяцев назад

I worked with 3 German engineers in 1989-90-91. They were hard working, good engineers. I learnt good knowledge from them.

@monstrok Год назад

So great to see this airplane close-up again! Brings back memories. I worked on this airframe at Paine Field when it was built and the horizontal stabilizer is not traditional for the time. The trim is controlled by the pilot via the stick switch that activates a jackscrew which changes the angle of incidence of the stabilizer and as a result (dating back to original production in WW II), the trim tabs were fastened in-place with no means, or need, for pilot control.

@paulferrara9079 11 месяцев назад

I am still there. : )

@74charger44 Год назад

I never new about the flares. Thanks Chris.

@FrankC321 Год назад

Every plane loving geek out there appreciates this video!

@mandernachluca3774 Год назад

Today, around 12:00 i saw an Me262 flying over my house, in formation with an american 2 engined ww2 bomber. I figured it might have been heading to the airport of Luxemburg City. It might very well have been this one.

@kineticdeath 11 месяцев назад

being a single seater I feel its pretty safe to say that whenever this specific airplane is in the air its pilot is simply the coolest person on the planet. What a ride!

@tharos Год назад

Very interesting, love that the fact that this was filmed at an airshow with a flying example, can't wait for the interview.

@hb9145 Год назад

I read a former Luftwaffe pilot praising these guns. A single hit to the wing of a small fighter could rip it off. Just a few hits to a bomber would cause massive damage.

@WALTERBROADDUS Год назад

But you have to actually hit something?

@SPiderman-rh2zk Год назад

For sure. The fire rate of the MK108 was low but it could inflict massive damage. And night fighters fired them upwards! I've read that the sound was very distinctive and feared by bomber crews. It must have been gut wrenching to hear that hammering sound when a fighter made its pass knowing just one or two rounds would destroy your aircraft.

@danielstickney2400 Год назад

Fortunately for the Allies guns with very poor ballistics and a slow rate of fire are not the ideal choice for arming a fast aircraft that couldn't be throttled in combat. Successful attacks required closing to point blank range at terrifying closure rates, which must have been a very daunting prospect for the pilots.

@SPiderman-rh2zk Год назад

@@danielstickney2400 Completely agree, to execute such a pass so many things have to go right in a very compressed period of time. I think it's similarly fortunate that by that stage in the war, there were not very many German pilots left that possessed such skill.

@billyredtail 11 месяцев назад

If you find yourself in the UK again, you should come to the DeHavilland aircraft museum and do an inside the cockpit episode on the Mosquito. We have 3 here, a B.35 variant, FB MkVI variant and the original prototype that was the first to ever be flown! It's a small museum that doesn't get much attention but we'd love to have you here if that would interest you.

@cannonfodder4376 Год назад

That slide to get off is undoubtedly an S-Tier feature for sure.

@MilitaryAviationHistory Год назад

ain't it so

@michaelpettersson4919 Год назад

Using other engines are a necessity since the originals didn't last long due to a lack of strategic materials. As such the engines where swapped out frequently for renovation.

@jcorbett9620 Год назад

I "believe" that the operational service life of one of the original Jumo 004 engines was 10 hours. This proved an issue when Allied forces wanted to fly captured examples and no-one had any idea how many hours any particular engine had on it, due to the chaos around the end of hostilities. Eric 'Winkle' Brown flew a couple of captured 262s knowing that it was possible the engines could fail at any moment, because of this lack of information.

@lukebable Год назад

@@jcorbett9620 Eric 'Winkle' Brown was one of the few examples of an "Old, Bold Pilot" !

@SHGPMEDIAMILITARYANDMILSIM Год назад

Fair play to you for being able to stay on and recall a script with that many distractions around you, as well as people watching you film. I appreciate how difficult that can be

@rwd76 Год назад

I was there on Sunday, its a beautiful plane, and surprisingly small.

@gordonwallin2368 Год назад

So is the Mig-15-which I also really like.

@SMAZVidoes Год назад

Lovely episode. I also visited RIAT and spent a lot of time just admiring the Me-262.

@mohabatkhanmalak1161 Год назад

I love the Me-262, some brilliant engineering in its design and I have written about those aspects before on SM. The Japanese also took on its design in their Mitsubishi "Kikka" and made a few changes to suit their specific requirements. Nice to see this one.✈

@daveone191 Год назад

Many years ago I had the honour of meeting a German ME-262 night fighter ace, unfortunately I can't remember his name. Not many of them around! I was hosting a meeting of the Bomber Command Air Gunner's Assoociation and the Luftwaffe Night Fighter Association at RAF Finningley. It was great to see former adversaries, then old men, getting on so well together.

@Stuka87 Год назад

Its so cool that there is flying examples of these. Looking forward to the interview with the pilot.

@mgbrv8 Год назад

Love these details and I waited on the edge of my seat or any more. Anything about the 262 is absolutely fascinating to me.

@PaddyPatrone Год назад

Awesome video, great insights. Can't wait for the interview video with Geri. Keep up the good work!

@JackRoadkill Год назад

Superb video, Chris - thanks very much! The grin on your face after the dismount is priceless!

@farmcat9873 Год назад

This Me262 just looks so sexy looking for a jet fighter this is one of the best looking fighters for the time period without a doubt.

@brennus57 Год назад

Thanks Chris! What an awesome find.

@MilitaryAviationHistory Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@user-xh4ql9sl3m 11 месяцев назад

A beautiful aircraft - for sure. Thanks for this run-through, Chris. Your work is amazing.

@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Год назад

Thanks Chris. A run down on how the early pre FADEC engines were managed by the pilot would be very welcome, they not only had awful acceleration they were very easy to flame out or blow up.

@deaks25 Год назад

Such a cool thing to see, I hadn't heard of this aircraft until it appeared at RIAT, so it was quite exciting for me. Look forward to the follow up video where we can hear all about it.

@TheBrimigus 11 месяцев назад

If you have a VR headset and pick up the flight sim game Il2 you can experience a replica scale cockpit of this plane. their virtual cockpit was based on German blueprints so some things are different for example the airspeed and altitude indicators are swapped, and the artificial horizon seems modern along with the radio and instruments above the firewall where the gun sight would be.

@scottessery100 Год назад

What an amazing and detailed video. Thank you The pay off between rate of fire + muzzle velocity v 80g of explosive. That’s packing a wallop 😊😊😊

@MilitaryAviationHistory Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it :)

@atte7526 Год назад

I've been waiting for this video, it was so nice to meet you at RIAT

@kleinerprinz99 10 месяцев назад

Changing and engine under operational conditions in roughly 30 minutes is lighting fast even today.

@paulmeau6975 2 месяца назад

Traduction français français

@michaelguerin56 Год назад

Excellent video. Thank you. I am looking forward to the interview with Geri.

@TheBlazeofSteel Год назад

Brilliant video. I love the airshow sounds in the background.

Год назад

Great Video.I am amazed that it only has some 34 k views so far. I would have thought that an inside the cockpit on an airworthy Me262 would go through the roof. RU-vid is strange. Also nice that the MAH Team persevered through rain and high wind as well as some occasional sunshine to bring us this content.

@JohnThreeSixteen918 Год назад

Original Me262 night fighter version (tandem seat) on display at the South African Military History Museum in Johannesburg. It is also the only one in existence.

@LarsAgerbk Год назад

the coolest machine ever made

@stalkingtiger777 Год назад

Can't wait for the interview!

@ukar69 Год назад

It was certainly one of the highlights of RIAT. A real pleasure to see it flying first hand.

@colboysigmax Год назад

That was seriously awesome!! Beautiful aircraft!

@Rincypoopoo Год назад

Brilliant. What a machine. So beautiful . Thanks pal.

@nicklong4291 Год назад

Was nice to speak to you at RIAT, shame that you caught the bad side of the weather and didn't see it flying Sunday

@randalkeller4845 11 месяцев назад

Great video as always thank you

@andrewpinner3181 Год назад

Wow Chris, amazing, thanks !

@jamesrowlands8971 8 месяцев назад

He looked so happy with himself for getting to slide down from the Me-262.

@Europareise 11 месяцев назад

Sehr interessant. Vielen Dank für das Video. Das ist ein interessantes Flugzeug. Viele Grüße Thorsten

@T-Cup314 Год назад

God sake Chris ! I would have like to have thanked you for your education and exciting videos in person if I knew you were there !.

@MilitaryAviationHistory Год назад

Next time!

@sigistrele5835 11 месяцев назад

You have to imagine, there were no flight simulators and no training aircraft. The instructor sat on the wing and instructed the pilot from there. The only training was to roll on the runway. That had to be enough.

@americanpatriot2422 Год назад

Great video

@MGB-learning Год назад

Outstanding video

@johnspizziri1919 Год назад

Outstanding ! Thank you!!

@Farweasel Год назад

Beautiful aeroplane, looks like somebody cross-bred a Shark with a Dolphin and it grew wings

@tonilogar5822 24 дня назад

My friend, you are a scale model makers god-sent.

@fr.michaelknipe4839 11 месяцев назад

Wow 🤩. Very interesting and informative 👍🏼👍🏼

@Sugarnaut Год назад

Absolutely amazing!

@ricksadler797 Год назад

Great video thank you ❤

@HomoFaberMusic Год назад

Fantastic! Jets flying around gave extra dramaturgy!

@kimjanek646 Год назад

Don't forget about the 30mm Incendiary round :) Incendiary rounds are superbly effective against bombers with huge fuel cells in the wing and a 30mm Incendiary will make any fuel tank nice and toasty :) Incendiary was also the best bet for lower calibers to take out bombers since causing enough structural damage when having to deal with defensive guns and fighter escort isn't very likely in the short firing window.

@gordonwallin2368 Год назад

Me-262 is way better than the He-162 (Bailout directly into the overhead engine intake???) The 262 is also just such a cool looking plane (like the Mig-15 ) It is the plane that ought to've had a sharks mouth under the nose. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

@KarriKoivusalo Год назад

He-162 did have an ejection seat though.

@infame27 Год назад

I am definitely not sure but today I saw 2 aircraft that looked like an Me 262 rebuild and a wihlwind flying next to each other in the Saarland.

@Lowkeh Год назад

Another commenter also mentioned something similar. Must've been pretty darn awesome to witness! "@mandernachluca3774 (1 day ago): Today, around 12:00 i saw an Me262 flying over my house, in formation with an american 2 engined ww2 bomber. I figured it might have been heading to the airport of Luxemburg City. It might very well have been this one."

@adamtennant4936 Год назад

Nice video!

@TheGrace020 Год назад

Amazing stuff what a beauty 😻

@davedavedave52 Год назад

I never imagined they would still fly, Bestimmt ein wunder,

@trance9158 6 месяцев назад

Not a miracle... Just excellent engineering

@brennus57 Год назад

Superb!

@rexmasters1541 11 месяцев назад

That was really really cool

@chrisbeauchamp5563 Год назад

I’d take a guess that the trim switches on the control stick are engine trims to make minor adjustments to engine thrust.

@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595 Год назад

This is a beautiful aircraft.

@mabbrey Год назад

still looks futuristic now

@terrywiltshire7622 Год назад

Takes me back to 1986 when with my 14 year old son we visited Cosford air museum and were invited by a staff member to sit in their Me262. Another guy was allowed to sit in the TSR 2. Try that today and you would be thrown out and told not to return.

@terrywiltshire7622 Год назад

Should read 1996.

@jaykita2069 Год назад

Outstanding!

@CHChris Год назад

It should be stated that what is being shown is not really an ME 262, but rather is a very faithful reproduction of one, built by the ME 262 Project. Still, a great video overview and tour.

@Hetzer12 Год назад

Aileron trim on the stick xD Its the elevator(its a double switch for safety so you cant press it if not wanted)

@manuwilson4695 Год назад

The first REAL jet fighter!...wonderful! 👍

@mikesmith-wk7vy Год назад

i have wondered about that one . i knew there are quite a few remaining examples of the original engines left after the war and why arent the flying examples today using them . i assumes reliability but sticking to original would be cool

@FiveCentsPlease Год назад

+@mikesith-wk7vy The WW2 original Me-262 at Paul Allen's museum has been restored to use Jumo turbines that have been substantially rebuilt. But ground testing is not complete at this time, so maybe later.

@andrewmontgomery5621 Год назад

One of my personal favourite German aircraft.

@sarinhighwind Год назад

IIRC, the junkers engines were a bit finicky, so if its a flying example, probably good it has some different engines in it.

@sarinhighwind Год назад

@MrLBPug ...

@deckape714 Год назад

Thanks!

@MilitaryAviationHistory 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, Guy!

@mabbrey Год назад

well done biz

@biipolaar Год назад

There's a detail intriguing on this repro : is the canopy frame a bit bigger/higher than the genuine Me262s ?

@hoppie8693 Год назад

First time I have seen anyone mention this. Yes, the canopy is higher than the original. My guess would be that this was done to compensate for wearing modern helmets which are quite a bit more bulky than the gear worn back then.

@CV_CA Год назад

After all these years this airplane is still futuristic.

@robinj.9329 Год назад

The science of metallurgy (in the early 1940's) just wasn't up to the task, yet. Thus the original "Jet Engines" had a VERY SHORT service life. I've various read it was only 10, 15 or 25 HOURS! Then the engine had to be removed and the few usable parts salvaged. The rest, went into the furnace for melt! All that aside: this aircraft was truly an amazing achievement 👏. And the men that conceived, designed and built it must be recognized!

@tomclemence8870 Год назад

I don't think it was metallurgy that was limiting, but the availability to Germany of strategic metals. British jet engines of the same period had long service lives.

@kylemajor5889 Год назад

very cool plane

@bondisteve3617 Год назад

Thanks.

@gafrers Год назад

Beautiful

@acatinatux9601 8 месяцев назад

omg this is legendary

@philipbrowne7620 Год назад

Best and most aircraft of World War Two. Unless I missed it, the armaments also included formidable cannons? 4?

@nirfz Год назад

I'm not ultimtely familiar with the wording of pilots, do you count the SSR transponder to the "radioset"? Because it didn't get mentioned.

@maxrpm2215 Год назад

Stunningly beautiful still to this day i think its the best looking aircraft ever built. Its shape from every angle is a masterpiece. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@villashawg897 Год назад

Will you release any more vlog-type footage from RIAT? I enjoyed the last video very much.

@MilitaryAviationHistory Год назад

The rain on Friday upset all our filming plans, leading us to squash two days into one and barely any vlogging on Saturday. I am working on something to see if I can put out a Part 2, but honestly it is not a priority

@villashawg897 Год назад

@MilitaryAviationHistory OK thanks anyway 👍

@dhakagod 11 месяцев назад

09:00 Why is an ammeter marked like a voltmeter? The readings seems to be in Volts and not Amps. I tried to translate the german bit "Druck Feur Volts" but that made me even more confused. Pressure for volts?