Blohm & Voss' Bizarre Stuka Successor: Blohm & Voss P 192

In this video, we talk about the Blohm & Voss P 192, a proposed dive bomber and ground attacker for the German Luftwaffe midway through World War II. We first talk about German ground attackers and dive bombers early on, with planes like the Dornier Do 17 and Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, and how the evolving war situation, opening of new fronts, and loss of air superiority made the former obsolete and the latter less effective.
We then look at the proposal from Blohm & Voss, a dive bomber with seemingly a set of canard-style wings at the front and a mid-body propeller. We talk about why they may have done this, what benefit it may have had, and what extra use the forward wing sections may have had. We talk about why the design was quickly rejected and how Blohm & Voss came back with a more conventional, yet still odd, proposal in the P 193, with a pusher propeller. We end by talking about the failure of both planes and how Germany probably made the right call in rejecting them.

[@memofromessex]

I don't think Blohm & Voss' heart was really into the Second World War. It doesn't look like they were really trying to win.

[@philip1522]

The major advantage of placing the prop directly behind the cockpit is that any pilot will go above and beyond to try to save the aircraft before risking bailing out into the giant blender just over his shoulder.

[@MisterFastbucks]

Have fun bailing out.

[@lashutterbug]

B&V's company motto seems to have been, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if..."

[@xet1sw156]

Blohm & Voss, the gift that keeps on giving. B&V never seemed to get the memo on "normal"

[@combtkid]

You wouldn't want to have to bail out of this crate unless you wanted to end up as a plate of sliced salami

[@captain_commenter8796]

Most sane B&V aircraft proposal:

[@josephglatz25]

Damn, Blohm and Voss really wanted to fill in every space on their weird plane bingo card.

[@kewlwarez]

To be fair, this is one of the less bizarre Blohm & Voss projects.

[@martindice5424]

Blohm & Voss you say? Well Dr Voght must have had nothing to do with it - it’s not asymmetrical…😂😂👍

[@k75romeofive]

I love the way you can give out interesting information and still remain humble. The ending monologue and your " Cool Logo" are great. Even when a fly interupts you.

[@unclenogbad1509]

That supposed thin line between genius and insanity? That's where B&V loved to hang out.

[@RyeOnHam]

The cockpit and forward fuselage only have one point of attachment to the rest of the fuselage through the center of the propellor. The forward braces keep it from rotating. They are NOT dive brakes as dive brakes need to be behind the center of pressure/gravity for stability.

[@davidjernigan8161]

Blohm &Voss is like the aircraft manufacturers Kel-Tec.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

I wouldn't like to parachute out of it in an emergency!Chop!Chop!Chop!

[@PhilRMcGregor]

My guess for those winglet/brace things is that they acted as a guard against walking into the propeller when the plane was on the ground.

[@MattnessLP]

Aw hell yeah, another wacky concept by the crazy minds of Blohm & Voss 😍

[@PunkinsSan]

Thanks for next bizarre B&V 🎉🎉🎉

[@DuelingBongos]

The P 192 would have made bailing out of the cockpit somewhat problematic. Probably giving the pilot an extra incentive to avoid getting shot down. German ingenuity!

[@AxelPoliti]

Very instructive. Thanks