Albatros D.I & D.II

[@kenrobba5831]

Always liked WWI flying machines, know the aero planes but really enjoy your presentation’s viewpoint. Look forward to discovering your great works!

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Enjoy!

[@13stalag13]

First I've seen of this channel. It's awesome, just subbed

[@victoriaburton8405]

A first class narration as always. Well done Jerry

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Thank you!

[@garychynne1377]

very interesting details.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

If nothing else there are a plethora of aircraft and related subjects to keep things going for quite a while.

[@DeerHunter308]

Well done and thank you for adding to my knowledge of WW I German Aircraft.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@williamroberts8470]

This is awesome. Thank you sir.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

D.III is next. As I say in the video, I couldn't do the D.III without doing its predecessors. Glad you liked it.

[@williamroberts8470]

@@Forgotten_Aviation Yes sir

[@tgwazu]

Good stuff Jerry. Well done!

[@paulhardway4313]

Great video

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@chopsandarchie7015]

thanks Jerry; the doc's on WW1 'planes are really good.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Thanks, Tim. Glad you're enjoying them!

[@aprendoespanol6833]

as always, very good video. I think your channel has the potential to go far. Top quality content. Can you please make a video on the evolution of aircraft instruments throughout WW1. I am especially interested in air speed indicator but other instruments too. I noticed that you didn't mention FE2B which was also instrumental in ending Fokker surge. It also had another life as night bomber late in the was

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

The ending of the Fokker Scourge and which aircraft were really responsible is a bit of a contentious subject; in my head at least . I'll probably revisit it at some point. The idea of of mini-documentary on aircraft instrumentation is a good one. That had not occurred to me. I'll have to look into it. Thanks!

[@SCjunk]

Main problem and difference between "spandau" LMG 08/15 and the Schwarlose 07/12 was weight the LMG 08/15 weighed 12 kg with a dry slotted barrel jacket, whereas the 07/12 weighed 20 kg (dry, later M12R16 had the water jacket removed, the Schwarlose barrel jacket did not support the muzzle which was the case in Maxim type) hence the tendency to fit single guns rather than twin -the Schwarlose being nearly twice the weight, in addition the Schwarlose being a blowback bolt design was very difficult to sync to a high rate semi-auto fire to fire though the propeller arc. The LMG 08/15 being a closed bolt system that was amenable to a high rate semi-auto fire, it was far easier to sync. The Schwarlose is NOT an open bolt weapon, the firing pin only is held back on release of the trigger the bolt feeds a round from the tray with a squirt of oil into chamber and it sits there until the trigger paddle is again pushed forward or the end of firing / clearing procedure is enacted, which is 1). set safe (locking the trigger bar), 2) remove the belt, 3) rack the operating handle twice - the first clears the un-fired round in the chamber and that allows the round sitting in the tray to chamber and a second throw of the op. handle clears this second round, allowing the weapon to be closed down safely, This is a standard operating procedure for the majority of closed bolt Machine Guns, a few only require a single throw of the op handle to clear the chambered live round in the weapon. Open Bolt weapons such as ZB and BRENs only require the removal of the magazine, a visual inspection, or in dark conditions careful manual release of the bolt/op rod group to make safe, but in either instance closed bolt or open bolt types -range safety must be adhered to, especially with closed bolts systems which may "cook off" the round in the chamber after prolonged firing.

[@hlynnkeith9334]

5:16 Perhaps an early example of what is now called rapid prototyping? 6:17 Not clear to me. How was the Oeffag production of the Albatros D.II important to their production of the D.III? BTW excellent choice of photos. You illustrated well the visual differences between the D.I and the D.II.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Yes. We might well call it rapid prototyping. Oeffag's production of the D.II is important from a story-telling perspective as it introduces them in the overall narrative.

[@hvermout4248]

Really nice doc, but if you are aware that the synchronizer gear was developed for a German rotary engine (Fokker E-I), what makes you say that Germans were faster to implement due to their use of inline engines?

[@ihateemael]

dialogue & pics ? which is what?

[@FritzKraut]

There exists an exact airworthy replica of the DIII made in Austria with an original Austro-Daimler engine.

[@ianmorris4922]

10:46;blunted by the French?What ALL ALONE WHERE THEY?!?NO British FE2b&d's and DH2's then?? Neoredtripe that!

[@WarblesOnALot]

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