Fokker D.VII Q&A

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

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[@Voske135]

don't forget the Fokker G.I

[@GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles]

That was great. I know the WW1 stuff doesn't get a lot of views, but I think it's still important history to cover, and it does get some views.

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL GREG !!--TOP LINE STUFF !!--ADI LOVE M.A.H.-!!

[@JagerLange]

Cool, Chris AND Bismarck in the same vid.

[@craigcolavito5606]

I shared the D.VII Inside the Cockpit in the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Facebook group and they guys and gals there LOVED it! The Aerodrome has their own flying example of a super acurate D.VII replica with an original Mercedes Engine that flies every weekend. Amazing place. You'd love it there Bismarck

[@maciek_k.cichon]

The Blue Max D.VII is a replica, it was restored at Peter Jackson company The Vintage Aviator and is now flying with other old birds in New Zealand.

[@dibblah68]

Brilliant! :)

[@Troylewe]

Seriously, I love the scenes in your videos of explanation inside cockpits. Pretty please keep them in future videos.

[@vincksmidt3137]

No Questions! Simple Statement ~ Cracking videos¥ Cheers

[@asintonic]

EXCELLENT! thank you. question? How many original Fokker DVII biplanes exist today?

[@guynemer53]

I LOVE WWI aviation

[@martijn9568]

For those that wanted to know. Anthony Fokker did just briefly witnessed ww2. He died on the 23rd of December 1939 due to an infection caused by an operation to his nose in New York at the age of 49 years.

[@pradgeorge4270]

Great video

[@ShamanKish]

Persian - naphtha = sweat of the Earth Greek-Latin - petra+oleum = rock oil = crude oil There are various usages, for instance: petrol is also "gas" (for lamps or machines) naphtha is also same as diesel(fuel) or heating oil in some languages gasoline is same as benzine in some languages

[@tomholley5464]

I personally like all of your material

[@Stretch213]

I played red baron for PC in the early nineties. I love ww1 planes

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

That game was where I FIRST learned of the Airco DH.2. I think they are COOL!

[@generalsherman1213]

@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Agreed. It is a beautiful looking aircraft!

[@KapiteinKrentebol]

Fokker G1 too, designed in the 1930's very advanced for it's time and might have inspired the Lockheed Lightning.

[@guidor.4161]

Yes, the G.1 is an example of the then modern heavy fighter or destroyer "craze"

[@martijn9568]

@@MrLBPug I remember reading somewhere that the G. 1 was somewhat of a sensation at the Paris airshow in 1936. It could be that Kelly Johnson remembered this when designing the P-38. Especially because the mission of the P-38 beeing somewhat similar as that of the G. 1. Both were meant to take of and to destroy bombers. While the G. 1 may have been originally been designed as an aerial cruiser it was eventually used as an interceptor. The P-38 may have been designed as an interceptor (pursuit), but if history played out differently, it could have then also been used as an aerial cruiser.

[@jonskowitz]

It's like a discussion I had with Central a few years ago; WWI aviation is a niche' within what is already a niche subject. WWII aviation seems to be what grabs most people who are interested.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@Military Aviation History >>> At around 07:20 in this video: Do you mean the _surface area_ of the piston face increases?

[@Rammstein0963.]

Platz's influence can be seen in the D.VII if I'm not wrong in the way it basically looks like a DR.I minus a wing and with the radial replaced with an inline powerplant.

[@michaelmcdonnell1262]

in the book "The Blue Max" what was the slogan that Bruno Stachel had put on the upper wing of his Fokker D.Vii? Thank you.

[@I_like_planes1]

What is that on the shelf directly behind you? Is that a model of a Bf 109? It kinda looks like it. Also I don't think I'll get an answer on this considering that I'm 3years late

[@parijatbhowmick134]

Please do a video on heinkel he 219 uhu and if possible a "into the cockpit " or "walk around".

[@tisFrancesfault]

WW 1 planes are really under valued. And it's a total shame. Not only are some of the best looking planes flying, they naturally influenced future development. (I really enjoyed reading the relative civility of early air combat, you both fly level shot with at each other with pistols and shotguns and if you both missed waved good bye and flew home). ... What would be interesting would be a look at the French ww1 planes and how they impacted the development and performance of its ww2 planes. :3

[@JagerLange]

I believe that the word 'petrol' is a brand name or trademark, that became a byword in Britain for what in American English is called gasoline.

[@ringding1000]

Petrol is a common British contraction of petroleum. Though it can be found in other other languages also.

[@scrubsrc4084]

It it, from one of the earlier producers/sellers

[@TheOwenMajor]

Petrol is short for petroleum. Gasoline is petroleum, but diesel, for example, is also petroleum; amongst many other products. Not a huge issue, but in this case, American English is more accurate.

[@scrubsrc4084]

@@TheOwenMajor yes a medieval English word but was used in branding in the 1920s

[@TheOwenMajor]

​@@scrubsrc4084 The word petroleum and what it refered to was well establsihed long before the 20's. And it's from Latin, petra - rock, oleum - oil.

[@twinturbo8304]

cool

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Chtistoph: _"KZbin is a little bit strange..."_ A *LITTLE BIT?!* 😜

[@johnaitken7430]

Fully informative...thankyou...btw, how accurate might present day colours be to represent how camo looked at the time...

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Depends on who maintained it and how. Repainting an aircraft and maintaining it's look is difficult, considering it also puts the aircraft at risk when done.

[@markhammond4265]

The 4 & 5 color lozenge patterns came in upper and lower surface color variations. The colors of this ship are accurate.

[@johnaitken7430]

Mark Hammond I understand that, but many pigments are fugitive, especially in light hence my wondering just how accurate our present day interpretations are...

[@ErrolGC]

The colours of the fabric fade with time, in original use, in museums, and if flown. So even if they were once 'correct', they won't stay that way!

[@johnaitken7430]

Errol Cavit I know..am trained in dye chemistry..so my rather pointless question really was wondering if we really know what these machines looked like..it’s a feature of many aspect of history.

[@Jukebocks]

SURFACE AREA OF THE PISTON HEAD BIZMARCK! SURFACE AREA!!!!! 😂

[@ozludo]

This! (But less shouty)

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I made a similar comment BEFORE reading this one...😊

[@tpmsnewenglandworld6069]

About military questions.

[@juanalmada3423]

What is that instrument beetwieen the machineguns in the fokker d vii?

[@MultiZirkon]

I think Greg should make a video on domed pistons ;-)

[@bboxx069]

Any other KZbin video recommendations for Fokker D.VII? I couldn't find much.

[@gertvanpeet3120]

The d7. Radiator looks like a car radiator of that time.. easy to see the differences ... Also forvthe pilots of that time..

[@31terikennedy]

Three Comrades (1938). Franchot Tone blows his up.

[@memofromessex]

To be absolutely honest, post-Medieval history doesn't really interest me - but you're high quality videos keep bringing me back.

[@yashpancholi8211]

What is the princeples of propulsion aircraft

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

The more *$$$* you have, the more *PROPULSION* you get. 😉

[@pjnoonan2211]

I think when you say "Volume" in reference to the piston head, you mean "area" or "surface area". In English, volume implies 3 dimensions, and area implies 2. Which, you understand, can be very confusing when exchanged! I don't speak German, so I'm curious; is there a word in German that describes both area and volume?

[@Triple_J.1]

A domed piston reduces the volume of the combustion chamber at top center, because the piston takes up additional volume. By reducing the volume, you increase the compression ratio. Increased compression ratio improves efficiency and increases power slightly, up to the point of damaging detonation. These aircraft engines ran high enough compression ratio to cause serious detonation at low altitude on those older specification fuels. The pilot would delay opening the throttle to maximum until above a known pressure altitude to prevent detonation. Thereby the engine had a relatively flat power potential curve up to a certain height, above which it began to fall off. It's a similar concept to "Critical Altitude" for turbochargers, where the waste-gate full closes providing maximum pressure-ratio to the engine at a defined altitude. Below which it bypasses exhaust gasses and reduces "boost" to prevent detonation.

[@ronjon7942]

...found in a barn...that really happens, eh?

[@hvermout4248]

"Fokker didn't make many WW II planes, did they?" That is a really dumb question. The Netherlands were quickly overrun by the Nazis in May 1940, after that he could of course not build any planes any more ...

[@davidpeters6536]

WWI Fokker, but where did the Wolf come from in WWII?

[@snackweasle6516]

Its not the same company at all. Heinrich Focke &George Wulf, not Anthony Fokker

[@gj1234567899999]

It seems there are planes today with the same performance characteristics of WWI planes and are still in production like piston engine “bush planes”. Question is could planes like these (for example Cessna 173, piper cub) could have plausibly been designed with available WWI tech? Alternatively are there any WW I planes which could have been kept in production with improved engines? like the planes I mentioned above have changed very little in 70 years. It seems there are designs from WWI which are still useful like bolt action rifles and the model 1911 handgun. Anything like that for WWI planes?

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I think you meant Cessna 172, 175, or 182...?

[@gfodale]

I would say, practically speaking, no. Bush planes are generally tail draggers. Of the two planes you mentioned that would be a Cessna 140 and possibly Piper Super Cub for bush work? (not my field of expertise.) Both Cessna and Piper used cantilever wing which eliminated most struts and all wires for support. Both used a Continental opposed cylinder engine if I recall correctly, and gave a better power to weight ratio than what was available for WW1 aircraft. The WW1 aircraft used radial, rotary, and in-line cylinder engines. Radial and in-line are still in use today, but of better manufacture. Some WW1 aircraft would be fun to fly, others would be too dangerous for all but the most skilled pilots. Still would not be a practical, every-day flyer, being open cockpit and serious drag issues. Wasted fuel, lower payloads, and frozen occupants. Just my opinion.

[@vladdrakul7851]

RAMMSTEIN. *'BENZINE!'*

[@iankinzel]

see all this time i thought you were that dude who unified Germany

[@henrykissinger3151]

Hey Christoph, wondering if you might show some credentials, any degrees to speak of?

[@secularsunshine9036]

*The volume of the cylinder head increases?* What you should of said is that you miss-spoke, because now we understand that you don't know what the hell you are talking about. A domed piston decreases the volume of the combustion chamber to increase combustion chamber pressure. A domed piston also has more surface area that a flat piston, but we don't give a shit about that. We don't use that terminology with our internal combustion engines. The shape of the piston is related to compression ratio and "maybe" flame travel in very high performance engines like nitro burning top fuel dragsters, and our most modern high performance engines.