100 Years of Big Aircraft Engines And Their Starting Up

[@silverwiskers7371]

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE and very informative, thank God we have people keeping this historical priceless engines running for the rest of us to admire and appreciate relics from the past, thanx

[@CarNewsTV]

gene Pohlemann + Oh thank you very much for your kind words ! We really appreciate it:) Have a nice day and much health !

[@bigfish7493]

Having opened up flatHeads, Overheads, F-heads, etc since very young my impressions of the science demonstrated by each design soundly points to the concepts and principles of engineering that has made such a "garden" of kinetic power plants all remarkably different. In short, amazing. These designs will never become "old". They are being adapted into new concepts but remain anchored in the original languages of energy conversion. Each engine is really its own language in response to efficient power to weight ratios.

[@stevewhalen6973]

Thanks!

[@CarNewsTV]

Thank you Steve :) We really appreciate it !

[@georgesever4347]

There is nothing like the sound of a 28 cylinder radial engine! Beauty and fine engineering!

[@roberttroxell7823]

"just amazing" the engineering that went into building any, of these engines. especially the ones with the multiple cylinders.

[@papasteve215]

I worked on many R-2800 Pratt and Whitney engines back in the early 70’s. T-28’s, C-123’s, C-54’s. They were a real workhorse throughout the 50’s through the 70’s. I understand that even C-47’s are being retrofitted with 2800’s now.

[@stephensowell9578]

Those cut-away jets are incredible. One critique: the Bristol Centaurus is a sleeve valve engine, i.e., it does not have valve covers. The picture shows a two-bank, 18-cylinder radial, but it is not a Bristol. The Bristol head was smooth and flat, with only one spark plug sticking out.

[@vladimirvlad2563]

The last one.I want it in my living room.

[@OJB42]

Wow, those big radials are mighty beasts! Thanks for the video.

[@Backyardmech1]

5:20 I remember learning with the Allison 250D when I got my A&P. Even running one up on the test stand. Pretty awesome to seeing flames coming out the exhaust when the burner can lights off.

[@randybarnhill3098]

True, but to actually be the person making those flames come out the exhaust. Now that's thrilling! Naval Aviation, 14 yrs. F-14A jet engine and fuel systems mechanic. Low power qualified. High power qualified. Out at sea, aboard the carrier, slamming both engines into zone 5 afterburner. That's impressive!

[@progmetalfan4270]

I’m amazed you didn’t throw a RR Merlin engine into this video, a truly iconic thing. The Napier Sabre would have been cool to see too

[@MarsFKA]

No Sabres running - yet...

[@lsswappedcessna]

The Packard V-1650 is basically the same thing as the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The V-1650 was built by Packard under lease from RR.

[@MarsFKA]

@@lsswappedcessna Packard called their version the Merlin, because it was.

[@lsswappedcessna]

@@MarsFKA Yeah pretty much. Pretty sure "V-1650" is the engine's classification, V, because it's a V-shaped block, and 1650 because it's ~1650ci.

[@MarsFKA]

@@lsswappedcessna Its classification is the Merlin, and always has been.

[@packard5682]

The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 sounds like a high performance auto engine! Doesn't sound like the other aircraft engines.

[@corrieshepard9620]

That R-4360 is mental.

[@mrswinkyuk]

@1:37 The Liberty L-12 "First to fly the Atlantic" ? When was that? Because as far as I can see Alcock and Brown were the first _non-stop_ in a Vickers Vimmy powered by two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines. Or does it mean the L-12 was the first to do all three?

[@musicforaarre]

I especially loved to see the Allison T63 Turboshaft; N I C E !!! What a rush to see it run ! Aarre Peltomaa

[@Davysprocket213]

I recognize the motorcycle shop in Napa Valley, where they ran the P&W R-4360. I would love to have been there for that.

[@garyr7027]

That last one was awesome looking. I like how the blades look like they're barely turning, or just sitting still. It's like magic cause it's still running.

[@GrowthCurveMarketing]

The 4360 is such a BEAST.

[@poly_hexamethyl]

0:16 Amazing that it's still around and flying after all these years. Must have been pretty well built!

[@gertnood]

You think that's the original, do you?

[@busman7228]

Maybe maybe not. You seem to be the expert, will you tell us?

[@variegatus4674]

@@gertnood definitely won't be the original, but things like that were built to last unlike the stuff we get today. "Lasts until warranty expires"

[@dionvaletta]

Love the Ranger SGV- 770 V-12 whoosh sound

[@TheLOD2010]

You miss the howle German technology. For example DB605 from which the US tought it is a radial engine but it is a inverted V12 with up to 2150PS and the fact that the first flyable plane with an jet engine was a German one (Messerschmitt). The DB605 was using a compressor long before some guys in the US used one in a plane and a fule injection system which allowed it to use NOS as boost.

[@robertlafnear4865]

This has to be one of the best videos for aviators on KZbin... BIG THAK YOU.

[@Nlangkirby135]

0:17 I had the pleasure of sitting on the pilot's seat of this Wright flyer replica.

[@robertlafnear4865]

I see you have a small portable fire suppression set up.... good ! A wee bit better for total safety is a 1500 gal. above ground tank with a small diesel H.P. fire pump, a sprinkler system trenched in a 100 ft out and all around the house...... thats what we did and I rest well knowing I can surpress a wind blown ground fire. Just an FYI from the Oregon Forest home site of our house... P.S. I have a 100ft. of 1 1/2" fire hose I can lay out also alone with a 250 gal. portable tank & pump. Thanks Trent and we need some more flying vids.

[@davesmith9325]

I love the way at 6:00 the Allison turboshaft museum cutaway sounds like a helicopter (you can hear the rotors it hasn't got 😉

[@BigDaddy-yp4mi]

I thought I was the only one who recognized that! Amazing catch, sir!

[@clearcreek69]

I noticed that also

[@greenturtlgaming2554]

I thought that was the sound of the turbine blades.

[@Blackscorpion1963]

2:30 love this 1940 Allison V-1710 12cyl sounds beautiful, and an excellent performing engine in the P-38 Lightning - of course there was 2 of these engines powering it.

[@routmaster38]

When I was an apprentice at A,V,Roe Woodford ,Cheshire in the fifties we rebuilt an Avroe 504 K fitted with a Le Rhone rotary engine.This one had a badly scored cylinder liner but OK,d for a few hours use.After lots of sweat pulling the prop it started with clouds of smoke and at low revs the misfire on that cylinder could be seen and heard.In the event the aircraft took off on a very short run assisted by two lads holding the lower wing tips.I believe its in the Shuttleworth museum now!

[@routmaster38]

This engine had original Mica spark plugs and bare brass HT leads stretched from the crankcase pick up ring.

[@michaelmoore234]

Beautiful engine's .

[@jeffjames4064]

No sounds except the orchestra of exhaust . Thank you. A bunch of old farts (like me) thrilling and chilling.

[@blueshowlar]

Hi Jeff, I'm 67 and loved it loud too. Nice to say hello

[@jeffjames4064]

@blues howler Likewise 😁

[@datoneslav6902]

not only old farts love old planes and engines ya know :)

[@jeffjames4064]

@clay ocean You're a old fart in training. Don't worry, the qualifying requirements are pretty low.

[@datoneslav6902]

@@jeffjames4064 haha, thank you

[@Hungry_Hungry_Hippo]

That Le Rhone is a trip. The whole engine spins like the prop. I've never seen that.

[@waynepurcell6058]

That's why they were called "rotary engines". Literally it means spinning engine, not something spinning INSIDE the engine, but literally rotating ENGINE.

[@rosiehawtrey]

Be happy you weren't sitting behind it. Has a constant loss oil system using castor oil. *That* castor oil. Pilots had the constant squits - not to mention the torque. A Camel will turn right 4 times faster than it turns left, because a right turn goes with the engine torque. 110/130hp. My old Renault Safrane 2.2vi - 138hp. A German company managed to design a counter rotating rotary - fixed crankcase geared rotating cylinders - but very complex and had a habit of blowing up.

[@donizetesilva1088]

Boa tarde meu amigo Donizete Bragança Paulista SP

[@perception-reception]

Great video

[@SSN515]

That thing at 5:17 is far superior to my Sears Weedeater for yard work!

[@clearcreek69]

pest control too

[@margaretroselle8610]

All these wonderful engines are music to my ears......thank you!

[@CarNewsTV]

Margaret Roselle+ :) Have a nice day !

[@gregsmith1115]

Back when unlimited hydroplane racing was cool, the noise of Allison and Rolls Merlin V12's ruled!

[@daBuySticker]

nice aeroplane machine

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

Great engines!!!! Don't get blown over by the jet engine!!

[@สุทัศน์พึ่งวิทย์-ฆ2ธ]

Woow...มันสวย งาม และ ทรงพลัง สุดยอด ..love u fc 2020

[@levtrefelov7933]

Отличный ролик!

[@kennethgraham3661]

That is totally awesome! I couldn't imagine the sound levels around them beasties

[@dnfrank1]

Astonishingly! What sparked the first engine? Incredible what human beings can do.

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!... 360

[@jpooch00]

Ah, the P&W 4360. Basically a gigantic watch made of steel and aluminum that put out 3500+ HP! Incredible!

[@williamc.1198]

great engine! powered the B-36, KC-97, B-50, C-124 and C-119. My Father-in-Law crewed B-36s and KC-97s.

[@uncledeadlythefirst]

0:37 Harrison Ford heading out to crash his plane?

[@radioguy1620]

thanks for posting some great shots here, here in CT that jet at the 5 minute mark would sure come in handy cleanin up the leaves.

[@gdholmfirth]

I used to work on the R-4360 in C-124s. The L-1 mag fires the left-hand plug in the B and D rows.

[@henrybowden9907]

So the Liberty L-12 was the first to fly the Atlantic was it? What about Alcock and Brown in their Vickers Vimy powered by Rolls Royce Eagle engines?

[@andrewallen9993]

Sorry, duplicated your error correction! As all Americans know, the Atlantic wasn't crossed by an aircraft until Lindbergh did it in the Spirit of St. Louis. I mean lets face it the limeys couldn't possibly have done it 10 years earlier and Hiram Maxim didn't fly a steam powered Heavier than air aircraft 10 years before the Wright brothers at Bexley Kent!

[@poulehansenhansen9826]

Super fine video. Tell history, great to see. Thanks for opload.

[@billnu]

Kept waiting for the fireball at 4:58. Did it ever light and burn everything down?

[@SKEptic-mg2dd]

You really think the Ranger SCV-770 V-12 (2:10) is inverted?

[@RjBrown-ks5tz]

This is amazing but when were valve covers invented?

[@rhino159]

Awesome

[@ziggy2shus624]

No mention that the Wright Flyer 1903 engine was made by their bicycle mechanic Charlie Taylor. Taylor built the engine in about 6 weeks, just using a lathe and drill press and sketches on a note pad. Charlie Taylor was given almost no credit for developing the engine by the very self centered Wright Bros. The Wright Flyer without an engine is just another glider.

[@ninozz]

True, but remember a lot people made engine that time but only one put in glider and flew.

[@AndyRoo312]

@@ninozz many others built gliders but didn't have a suitable engine. The engine was the key to making the Wright Flyer successful so Charlie Taylor deserves just as much credit as the Wright Brothers.

[@eliasnuno4039]

5:50 that was awesome

[@phillippowell3847]

whilst I'm willing to admit that Packard made the best Merlin engines i would have expected to see more engines from the UK than one,

Good stuff!

[@Xcieg]

LT. Dan, you got new wings.

[@misasavic5073]

The very first engine that fly Atlantic was Rolls Royce Eagle VIII ,V 12 engine.On Vickers Vimy airplane,from Newfoundland to Ireland,in 1919.

[@mredwardward]

You are correct that the first NON-STOP flight was powered by Rolls-Royces but the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic was the Liberty powered Curtiss NC-4. It took 10 days and 22 hours to get from Newfoundland to Lisbon with a protracted stop in the Azores with mechanical trouble, eventually arriving on the 27th May 1919. Nonetheless this was the first aircraft of any kind to cross the Atlantic by air. Alcock and Brown achieved their rather more impressive feat in June.

[@vieroboy]

Yeah that Wright Flyer engine was HUGE.......

[@heinergrosse-ruyken8416]

He, du alter Schwede 😊 Heute stehst du bestimmt nicht mehr in dieser Diesel Räucherkammer. Ansonsten bin ich ein Freund von alten Dampfmaschinen - besonders im Schiffbau

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Great engine and video.

[@kevinsellsit5584]

Nice collection of some rare engines and a couple I've not even seen in museums.

[@jordyboy321]

Man the Bristol centaurus is one of the best engines ever made

[@Danger_mouse]

2:15 Ranger engine with its period correct Holley carb fitted 😁✌️

[@solarflare623]

I’m surprised America also built inverted V engines. Also why did you not have rotary engines in the beginning?

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Brilliant

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

The Wright Flyer engine was not an opposed engine, it was an inline engine.

[@wildcoyote34]

I think they are using that term because the flyer engine was horizontal and not vertically oriented

[@poly_hexamethyl]

5:30 How can it run cut open like that? Wouldn't all the pressure leak out??

[@dougdanzeisen9608]

The engine isn't really 'Running" with fuel combustion, it's being turned and sound piped in to simulate running

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

3:53 also used for making smoke screens.

[@youzzername]

The corn cob sounds amazing.

[@gapratt4955]

Want to hear more corn cob music? Find the clip of B 36 start up from the movie Strategic air command.

[@lgf1978]

You have missed one of the most important and iconic engines of WWII; the RR merlin

[@spannaspinna]

Loosely repped by the Allison Merlin

[@wingmanjim6]

@@spannaspinna Allison Merlin ? NO !

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

No Daimler-Benz DB-605 either, the best piston aero engines of WW2.

[@rolandocrisostomo2003]

Thank you.

[@poly_hexamethyl]

3:33 Wow, with the cylinders rotating around, that plane must have had scary handling characteristics! Like a gyroscope, you try to turn and it'll flip you upside down. 5:00 Ha! That's one way to burn up your weeds! :-) 5:27 That's an odd design... How does that work? The compressor is on the left, and it's output goes through that pipe around to the combustion chamber on the very right, and then the flow goes backwards through the turbine and exhausts in the middle??

[@rattywoof5259]

Yes, I've always wondered about that - the gyroscopic effect must have been horrendous to fight against. How did you ever persuade the aircraft to turn?!!

[@AndyRoo312]

Look up the Sopwith Camel, a rotary engined fighter from WW1. It's renowned for being challenging to fly but it soon became the most successful allied fighter of the war due to it's high manoeuvrability when flown by experienced pilots. The gyroscopic effect of the rotary engine meant it was difficult to turn left but it could turn right much faster than any other aircraft at the time. It was so fast in fact that many pilots would opt for a 270° right turn rather than a 90° to the left.

[@AndyRoo312]

The M250 is a reverse-flow design. Air enters the compressor at the front and is then ducted around the engine before turning 180° through the rear combustion chamber and exhausting towards the front of the engine. It's a system that Frank Whittle used in the late 1930s to reduce the length and weight of the engine. There are several other examples of this type.

[@leneanderthalien]

@@AndyRoo312 You are a bit optimistic about the Sopwich camel: this aircraft was one of the most dangerous to pilot in WW1: 50% losses in accident!... was engaged in july 1917 and most fitted witch a Clerget 130hp rotary engine...some was fitted with Gnome rotary or Bentley rotary...The best ww1 allied fighter was the SPAD S XIII (engaged in may 1917) who use 220hp 8cyl Hispano Suiza engines...

[@AndyRoo312]

@@leneanderthalien I think I've been quite fair in what I've written. The Camel was challenging to fly and there were many accidents but in the hands of experienced pilots the Camel was an extremely potent fighter, responsible for downing more enemy aircraft than any other allied fighter during WW1. It wasn't the fastest nor the easiest to fly but in the right hands it was excellent.

[@kennethjanczak4900]

beautifull engines Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it

[@CrpMag]

Fantastic video!

[@Herman6507]

Did I really miss the DB 605??

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

I love a nice pair of bristols

[@bartbullock9742]

I'm curious why you do not show the torque numbers!!!!?????

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Aircraft engines are not rated in torque, because horsepower is all that matters to aircraft designers.

[@benstorer3682]

3:19 I love the bendy propellers.

[@knudknollard3309]

Are you joking? It's a strobing effect of the camera of course. Sometimes the prop appears stationary or even reverses - that's when the frame rate is close to the blade pass rate. Also, the image sensor is raster scanned rather than reading all pixels simultaneously. By the time it's completed the scan, the prop has rotated a fair bit, making it appear distorted.

[@夏目次郎-g8l]

スゴイエンジンですね。

[@uv6483]

You could just put the channel names in the video for credits, no one is going to type in a long url like that. Either way, nice video.

[@CarNewsTV]

sometimes it is impossible to find a channel by name only . This is reason for url link :)

[@assessor1276]

Sorry folks, while the Liberty was a fine engine, it certainly was not the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean. The first aircraft to fly the Atlantic was a Vickers Vimy powered by two Rolls Royce Eagles. The pilots were Alcock and Brown and the flight took place in 1919. Look it up.....

[@chidambaramr7929]

Super collections

[@nicolaisen1]

Outright ass kicking!

[@박대영-y5j]

Good😍😍😍

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

0:02 little bit excessive valve clearance.

[@MIXTAB1]

Sooooooo many components must be working in absolutely perfect unison for a plane to fly… it blows my mind how truly few accidents there are Aviation is a miracle

[@stupidmemerman]

2:37 why do it sound like a 2JZ tho

[@davidbrugman2171]

How cool! 👍

[@NathanChisholm041]

Awesome stuff Cheers..

[@CarNewsTV]

Thank you :)

[@440haste]

What is the aircraft @ 2:20?

[@viggo48sam]

Super god lyd ❤️❤️🏁🇩🇰

[@ItsMeScareCro]

That last one... "Dang" - Joe Dirt

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

First engine to fly is the Daimler-Benz NL-1 designed by Welhelm Maybach in 1900.

[@haroldasraz]

I love the idea of sticking an airplane engine into a sports car.

[@mhmadgenious]

It wouldn't work all that well only because airplane engines run at a considerably lower compression which is why they sounds like they do

[@shashanklungeli9468]

Even better if a motorcycle or a trike instead of a sports car😂😂

[@ryanm.191]

Search for a car called the Brutus. It has the engine of a bf109 in it. A plane engine though has a lot less HP than a car engine as they move through something a lot more fluid and don’t have the weight of the machine acting on a road surface which causes so much drag

[@LosPeregrinos51]

@@mhmadgenious Not counting the "special" land speed models like the British Railton (two Napier engines) or the American White Triplex (THREE Liberty engines) then?

[@squeaksvids5886]

Why no Merlin? Possibly the most successful piston engine ever.

[@johnwood6857]

Great video, wonderfull sounds.

[@CarNewsTV]

John Wood + Thank you John :)

[@williamhogg7830]

Thank you so very much. This kind of stuff really turns me on.

[@Doggystyle944]

that display modal at the end was amazing

[@abhrajitchatterjee7324]

These engines are beasts totally wow

[@Showza83]

I thought the guy in the Anzani video was going to roll away in that rig!