General History: Sopwith Triplane - The Albatros Bane

Developed as a private venture by Sopwith, the Triplane- no formal nickname -would prove very successful for how few were built and how limited its service history was. This plane would reap such a toll on German flyers, and do it so quickly, that it would spawn a triplane craze in response to it.
Eventually resulting in the far more famous and well known (thanks, Red Baron) Fokker Dr.I.
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[@robertsolomielke5134]

Those Canadian group of triplanes should be a movie. -TY.

[@JTA1961]

Well laid out & nicely done. I subscribed & obviously 👍

[@garyhooper1820]

Enjoyed your video , Thanks

[@vespelian]

Nicely presented but just to note that it was the combination of the RFC and RNAS that went to create the RAF.

[@williamnethercott4364]

Very nice video, putting into perspective an admirable aircraft (a personal favourite of mine). One note: although I don't know Black Flight's intentions, I believe the name would be pronounced Black Mar-I-a (c.f. Mariah Carey), which is the usual British pronunciation for a dark-coloured police van used to transport prisoners. There is a very nice flying replica at the Shuttleworth Collection in England.

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

Would have been good, but interrupted by so many ads it was impossible to view...

[@georgeferguson7114]

Circa 8.48. Twin guns.

[@kidmohair8151]

yup. well spotted. according to the pedia of wiki, only six were ever fitted with twins. apparently performance was impeded, presumably because of the extra weight, and the extra shock of two guns firing. but that is a guess on my part.

[@LuqmanHM]

Care to explain why the Sopwith Triplane was very fast for a triplane compared to the Fokker Dr1 and other biplanes??

[@skyneahistory2306]

I’m by no means an engineer, so the finer details are beyond me. To my understanding, it’s a mix of better designed wings and a marginally more powerful engine. Regardless, the Sopwith could manage about 117mph while a Fokker usually tapped out at around 107-110mph. It’s not a huge difference to modern eyes, but a ten mph difference was fairly substantial in WW1.

[@MegaOS_Ver_NEET]

Man and machine and nothing there in between A flying circus and a man from Prussia The sky and a plane, this man commands his domain The western front and all the way to Russia XD

[@Ihaveguitars]

Rotary not radial engines.