How Did WWI Pilots Shoot Through Their Aircraft's Propeller?

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On June 7, 1912, Lieutenant Roy Kirtland took off from a field outside College Park, Maryland in a Wright Model B, the first aircraft ever purchased by the American Army Air Services. To his right sat Captain Charles Chandler, a Lewis light machine gun cradled between his legs. As Kirtland banked the aircraft 300 feet over the field, Chandler took aim at a white cloth banner staked out on the ground below and opened fire. It was the first time in history a machine gun had ever been fired from an aircraft, and it proved frighteningly effective, with a full 12% of the 47 rounds fired finding their target. The age of aerial warfare had begun, and the world would never be the same again.
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Are you *jhonny sins* ?

[@tankweeb9425]

@@florkiler6242 Last year he said he played it.

[@stephenday2342]

Employer: We need you to make this gun fire bullets through a propeller going 50,000,000 RPM. Engineer: Hold my beer... Employer: Why are you drinking at work?

[@ChrisHobson123]

Engineer: Inspiration

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Engineer: this is non alcoholic sir

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

XD

[@beaclaster]

Pretty sure it doesn't go that fast

[@Roadhouse1997]

@@beaclaster pretty sure its an exaggeration for a joke that went right over your head just like most aircrafts

[@rodziegman]

"Son, they got us!" - Henry Jones.

[@IhatenaldsMcDo]

This should have so many more likes. Last crusade is my favorite Connery movie.

[@Terri_MacKay]

@@IhatenaldsMcDo Mine too. Also, by far, my favourite Indiana Jones movie...Connery and Ford were magic together.

[@giterdone246]

I wonder how often that happened in real life by tail gunner

[@giterdone246]

@Bud Grimfield maybe they could make an interrupter like forward mounted machine guns that shoot through propellers safely. Ill have to look that up. Definitely would suck to find out my rear gunner got us killed. Im sure they are probably trained to always be aware of your aircraft tail wing just like soldiers on the ground being aware of not firing if a friendly soldier or civilians are in front of your field of fire. Human error im sure was a problem sometimes

[@joehemmann1156]

I don't know for sure, but it seems like the easiest engineering solution here would be to make the gun mount incapable of dropping to a flat enough angle to hit the tail. At that angle, it could also hit the wings of a biplane and would pose so much threat of a gunner tracking a target and then accidentally shooting his own airplane down that the greater firing arc just wouldn't be worth the risk.

[@SavoryCaroline]

We all know who *really* got the Red Baron: Snoopy.

[@johnw2026]

Yes! It was Snoopy all along, but conspirators across this planet don't want anyone to know the Red Baron was taken down by a dog!

[@gennymikel4296]

Thats what he told people but he faked the videos so he could get a career in politics.

[@TheRealFocalors]

a big part of my childhood in 1 comment holy shit

[@generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944]

Actually Snoopy had assistance from Allies manning Machine gun and another plane thats teamwork

[@chrisdaily2077]

Good grief!

[@tncorgi92]

Though not confirmed, it was rumored that the Red Baron was brought down by a cartoon Beagle flying a Sopwith Camel.

[@kobymcqueen4601]

I'm going to have to consult Mr. Peabody on this one...

[@chad3883]

What about bugs bunny

[@SH19922x]

Is this a 100 year old reference that no one gets anymore because were not old heads? I thought this shit didnt happen anymore

[@kobymcqueen4601]

@@SH19922x reverence to those who came before.

[@klincecum]

S H Ahhhh gfy

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

*The short answer:* metal-plated propellers at first. Later on, synchro gears that keep the gun from firing until the prop is out of the way.

[@freddieclark]

Not really correct the first successful Synchroniser gear was the German Stangensteuerung gear as fitted in the Fokker E1 (Eindeker) was designed to actively fire the gun rather than interrupt it.

[@cameronallmon]

He straight up said claiming it stops the gun from firing is false bro

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

@@cameronallmon I'm not wrong, I didn't call it an interrupter did I? I called it a synchronizer so stfu you piece of ignorance.

[@splatterbabble]

Hey Simon, we have AA and AAA batteries everywhere, but what happened to all the A batteries?

[@manofthetardis]

AA batteries stands for anti aircraft and AAA stands for anti aircraft artillery.

[@billbaggins]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5qlo4uGmpWXY6c I think he covers it in that vid

[@MrWildbill]

A-Batteries are still available just not at your local store, they were used on older model laptops and a few other higher demand things but were almost always soldered in batteries. There are B-Batteries also, they were used in tube devices to heat the filaments.

[@hypnicjerk7696]

A23 batteries are still available.

[@micahphilson]

I imagine they're just no longer so economical, seeing how they would be larger and not easily fit most modern mobile devices that use chargeable batteries.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

Came here expecting 99% of the comments to be about the thumbnail not having a WWI airplane but a WWII one, left very surprised.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

@@florkiler6242 It is specifically mentioned though

[@rconger24]

Yeah I know.

[@dougbutcher4452]

I considered commenting about it but figured maybe Simon was just fucking with us..

[@PetCactusA_HarmlessLittlePrick]

I searched the comments hoping to find someone who noticed this fact. Thank you.

[@chuckoneill2023]

Flor Killer. Yes, this video is definitely about WWI.

[@Radu93Z]

Russian pilot rammed enemy with plane? Yea that sounds like Warthunder to me :)

[@zommy5re77]

it was either A: wing mounted (spitfire, corsair etc) or B: the rotation of the propeller triggers the firing mechanism. this was more of an issue in ww1 than ww2

[@duanesamuelson2256]

The video is about ww1 not 2. They tried several methods including armoring the propeller. Guns on top of the wing gave rather severe aiming issues.

[@stephenwright8824]

@rudiger891 Correct us please.

[@grilledleeks6514]

this wasnt an issue at all in ww2... lol

[@andrewgraham6006]

Duane Samuelson the major issue with the armoured prop is ricoshes and guns that were wing mounted weren’t that big of a deal as you could angle the guns in the wing to give you the same performance of nose mounted weponwry at a desired distance say 600 m

[@duolingobird8196]

Option C: nose mounted with the propeller in the back

[@johnw2026]

So Antony Fokker, a Dutch engineer, first came up with a gun synchronizer. Interesting. Back home, Mother Fokker must have been proud!

[@johnw2026]

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@@johnw2026 the delivery cost is £10000 and you won £10

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@@Jayden3649 £10 is $13.09 here in the U. S. That'll at least get me a large pizza! 🍕 😁

[@user_name35tdekb4]

😂

[@afroanimations8819]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nunyabidness117]

The Fokker E1, commonly known as the 'Little Fokker' .

[@sonicblast1223]

If you lined it up with other variations you'd get to meet the fokkers

[@KenVic02]

"I'm sorry son...they got us!" Henry Jones to Indiana in Last Crusade

[@theenzoferrari458]

Lmao.

[@axelfoley133]

Literally my first thought.

[@ErraticPT]

The thing is on quite a few rear gunned aircraft there was a type of interrupt gear that would make it impossible to fire though your own tail. Guess a little "artistic license" makes for better film though. 😏

[@dave900575]

We named the dog Indiana.

[@Theringodair]

Watching that now.

[@salty82ndveteran]

I love how us military guys are all the same. "So, your saying I have a higher chance of dying but I can smoke?... Put me TF in there!"

[@Nymfaelar]

Today I Found Out, What happens to all the bullets sprayed in the air during a dogfight? Presumably gravity takes care of them eventually, but in dogfights over ground forces how much friendly fire is there from this? Never see this talked about.

[@andrewgraham6006]

Not very much by the time a bullet goes 2000-3000 m all the propelsnt is used up and it is essential just a very W aerodynamic brick as most of the time shots were angled say at 60 degrees form the ground so they would build up enough speed and any explosive shell was fitted with self destructing fuses so say 15 sec after firing it would explode

[@yungdomino4718]

@@andrewgraham6006 bullets aren't self propelled, especially not those fired out of aircraft armament. Any bullet fired will fly until it can't. An uninterrupted bullet will go between 1000 and 6500 meters. Shells had self destruct fuzes, but it wad specific ammo for specific guns. Not every gun in the war. Most guns fired regular rounds

[@NoseyMemes]

I was actually thinking about this when I was playing War Thunder the other day

[@regularpit1508]

The cam system for those guns is amazing.

[@lancebradshaw9755]

What a crazy time to have lived in when airplanes were still being discovered and developed while the War was happening. Really appreciate the video it was entertaining!

[@juststeve5542]

when a bomber was a biplane with a navigator who also doubled as the man who threw the bombs over the side!

[@stephenwright8824]

Hail DIY.

[@chrissoclone]

Wrong picture at 2:30, that Spad was already shooting quite fine through the propeller! ;)

[@Zeithri]

This has always fascinated me. It still does. Absolutely fascinating. It was around the days of playing a lot of Red Baron thoughts about how it worked that made me fascianted of this.

[@spaceracer23]

Manscaped needs to sponsor a video on the history of "personal grooming." I cant be the only one who would enjoy seeing Simon keep a straight face while explaining the difference between adult magazines in the 80s vs today. 🌳

[@LaHayeSaint]

Simon -- I like your humour. I just can't imagine having a "bad day" as an airman in WW1 -- something I would prefer not to dwell on. The synchronization gear (fitted to your aircraft) was a good start to a good day. It was probably one of the greatest advances to the conduct of aerial warfare in WW1.

[@phnxcmx]

A true return to greatness! Simon shines when any absurdity is only WRYLY acknowledged. His overt acknowledgements always pull mefrom the comfort of his otherwise intellectual and appealing delivery. Much thanks

[@Bloodreign137]

For anyone who doesn’t want to watch the video, I haven’t watched it yet either but I’m pretty sure the answer is they just concentrate really hard /s

[@FaithGratitudeLove]

Simon...will you do a biopic on the Red Baron?

[@robertcremin3291]

He already has

[@kvonkirk2340]

here you go. Watch "The Real Red Baron" on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6O8fY2sh7lkZrs

[@a.g.m8790]

Complex solutions to simple problems fascinate me so much

[@marionogueira6211]

How is it a simple problem?

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” ― Herbert Hoover

[@sushanalone]

Herbert Hoover himself an old man. Would seem he was mocking the young, and it just became an antiwar slogan eventually.

[@theenzoferrari458]

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

[@LRM12o8]

Seems like old men have always loved two things: Ruining the young man's future And complaining about the "rotten" youth

[@LRM12o8]

Also: "when the rich wage war, it's the poor that die"

[@ericlanglois9194]

At the time that credit was given to Captain Brown for the death of the Red Baron, the ballistics of the kill were not yet established. Since the guns on the Sopwith Camel flown by Captain Brown used the same caliber of bullet as what killed von Richthofen, and Captain Brown was a commissioned officer vs the Australian gunners being noncommissioned members, Captain Brown was given the credit. Basically it's a matter of "He's got a higher rank, lets give it to him to feed our egos." As a Canadian I'm proud that Captain Brown faced the Red Baron, but I respect the Aussies and know that they were the ones that took down the best Pilot of that war.

[@dambrooks7578]

This reminds me of the Blackadder Goes Forth episode when they apply to join "The Fifteen Minituters" as that was their life expectancy... Althpugh I am told my memory failed me and it was Twenty minitures...

[@charleschuckfinley3304]

Forth not Fourth

[@mulgerbill]

*Twenty Minuters...

[@dambrooks7578]

@@mulgerbill it has been twenty-odd years and clearly I am old now...

[@pghudd]

Lord flash heart woof lol

[@dem0nchild610]

Thank you for covering this I'm a huge ww1 nut and always have wondered how exactly it worked I knew about the interrupter but didn't know the details

[@rashadrian]

I was actually playing War Thunder, looking at my German plane and wondering how my bullets didn’t hit the blades, searched it, and found this lol

[@greyisometrix]

I'm honestly so curious about the ever so slight background music. Do you feel it helps your listeners stay focused? I could see that. Perhaps some thematic music keeps the mind paying attention? Or, you just like it?

[@timothyhouse1622]

War Thunder is a wonderful frustration and anger generator. I also busted out laughing about Simon mentioning physics. Because, you know, Tokyo Drifting a 10 ton tank was completely a thing.

[@ChunkyWaterisReal]

As someone who spent time around Abrams...those things can definitely get moving forward and sideways at the same time lmao

[@mindofmarisa]

Thanks Simon, really interesting video! It reminds me of the 'dogfight' scene in 1917, if you haven't seen that movie (and like history, WWI, or good movies in general) I highly recommend it!

[@ThomasCallahanJr]

Alectro Labs 1917 is absolutely amazing!

[@reeman12321]

I've asked myself this question late at night, trying to go to sleep, for years lol

[@timothyball3144]

"And with that, the age of aerial Warcraft had begun..." And now we have the GAU-8/A.

[@artemis_smith]

BRRRRRT

[@MattMajcan]

wow i actually know the answer before even watching

[@juststeve5542]

Most WWII aircraft didn't actually shoot through the propeller, opting for a wider spread offered by wing mounted guns - not to mention more room for ammunition.

[@Thiborfirenz]

same here! its so nice to have an actual education in today's idiocratic world! this video shouldn't have needed to be made but the fact it does just shows how utter shit today's education system is compared with of just 30 years ago!

[@Lifesizemortal]

@@Thiborfirenz oh shut up elitist. to act as if there's anything wrong with educating the public. please. Your typical "if you think you're so smart, then name every historical event" type attitude doesn't help anyone.

[@coltonklable1776]

thibor firenz ah yes, knowing the mechanics of airplane machine guns is the epitome of a quality education.

[@Thiborfirenz]

@@Lifesizemortal you misunderstand my comment or your deliberately mis-framing it. the point i was making is that the education system today is shit compared to how it used to be. i learnt about the interrupter gear in 1st year history and then later in gcse history we learnt about the cam and the hydro system. my point is that schools should be teaching stuff like this (as they used to do) and that schools need more and better historical education. not whatever you think i said.

[@ericpeterson2960]

Is that a Dixie cup on the bottom right? Business Blaze cameo? ETA is somewhere back there.

[@73THUNDERDOME73]

@1:30 Me a War Thunder tier 2 noob *Ah, finally a man of class*

[@jamesgarrett8833]

Hey Simon for a future video please do a video on the history of wearing a cape

[@timothyhouse1622]

Edna Mode: NO CAPES!

[@stephenwright8824]

Or neckties.

[@johnstevenson9956]

Arthur Brown himself, had some doubts about having shot Richtoffen, stating that he had to break off the chase before he wanted to, owing to an attack of dysentery.

[@johnw2026]

Broke off the attack because he had to take a dump! 😆😆😆💩

[@ervinm.5065]

Did he land or did he shit bomb everyone under?

[@johnw2026]

@@ervinm.5065 if he had, it might've ended the war right quick! 🤣😂🤣 Maybe that's something the US needs to think about using on our enemies, bombs full of exploding 💩! 🤣😂🤣

[@KCJbomberFTW]

The crank for the propeller is attached to the trigger so they fire at the right time when it’s held down

[@muninrob]

@Simon This video lived up to the channel name, even though early military aviation is one of my hobbies. Excellent work finding obscure, yet interesting trivia to cover. P.S. I had to rewind twice - I'd have sworn you said "Gemany's Eric Cartman", fortunately the subtitles cleared that up.

[@hesgoneplaid6478]

2:31 that’s not the SPAD sa1. That’s a later spad and they were actually all very good and renowned fighter aircraft

[@technovelo]

As a bicycle mechanic I don't install front-mounted baby seats, and cite the gunners position on the Spad a.2 as an example of why it's dangerous. Back in the shop we call the things "airbags". Wrong pic BTW, there is a nice one taken in Russia with the unfortunate gunner in place.

[@12Casual]

nice sponsor, i just looked up this topic because i was wondering while flying the Bf 109

[@Mr00Chief00]

What surprises me is that noone during WW1 apparently came with the idea to mount the guns on/under the wings and attach simple cables to the triggers which then could be fed into the cockpit so the pilot could pull them to fire the guns.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Old school planes are wild. They're so cool, but also anxiety inducing at the same time.

[@clancyjoubert7362]

Please do a video explaining American units of measurement, money and other compared to UK.

[@warp00009]

I know this! Near the start of the war, Germany had "synchronized gear" that automatically prevented their machine guns from hitting their propellers, even when they were shooting through them. The allies did things like nailing metal plates on the back of their propellers, until near the end of the war - they caught up and developed a gun-propeller synchronization system themselves, like the Germans had.

[@jayjones9125]

I knew the very most basics. The details are wonderful.

[@bigmike9128]

Me too

[@jamesb.9155]

Always a great show !

[@michaelb1761]

Ok, that last bonus fact made me laugh.

[@TheDox451]

Apologies if this was answered in the video, but did the system work in a way it would trigger the machine gun between each blade, meaning that the machine gun firerate was correlated to the prop rpm? Or was it simply a yes/no switch that would interrupt the constant firing of the machine gun, meaning it could theoretically fire multiple and varying times between blades?

[@hyperfocal2002]

I find it funny that two of my favorite channels have someone named Daven involved. Very different, one is this, another is a car rebuilding channel.

[@KyraDestinyCR]

I think my husband watches the car rebuilding channel. If it's the same one, it's really good.

[@alancarnell2747]

We've dreamed of slipping the surly bonds of gravity since before civilization and less than 20 years later we figured out how to use it to kill other humans. Nice. Well damn done. SMDH.

[@fahndraco526]

I was wondering if your could cover when Leonard Fuller landed two planes at once after mid-air collision near Wagga Wagga during a training exercise in 1940, as Leonard Fuller managed to land both aircraft after the mid-air collision!

[@twistedyogert]

1:34 What a way to go out.

[@limalicious]

And yet when I think of College Park, MD, I never think of shooting guns from aircraft. I think of the college campus, of terrapins, and, oddly enough, Ikea. o_o;

[@Venom-du9do]

Omg THANK YOU SO MUCH finnaly

[@thomasslone1964]

I always just assumed the trigger attached the hammer to the propellers drive shaft so the timing could be controlled

[@MrNightRome]

Had to figure out how this worked after watching the music video for Fly for your life by Gunship

[@chekovsgunman]

Very carefully.

[@jeffbrown4708]

No sneezing!

[@ebperformance8436]

Kinda like automobile fuel injectors only spraying when the piston is at its compression stroke.

[@Rekuzan]

If I remember correctly, the propeller shaft was linked directly to the safety on the gun which means pilots could gain a greater rate of fire by increasing engine revs, usually with the age old dive bomb,

[@freddieclark]

Actually all the earlier models such as the Fokker, Saulnier and Vickers-Challenger took their mechanical drive from the oil pump of a rotary engine using a push-rod design.

[@Rekuzan]

@@freddieclark *sings out of the side of his mouth* "The more you knooow!" (LOL, THX!!!)

[@danrooc]

2:33 Yes, SPAD... but not SA1, but rather VII, XII or XIII (I'm not an expert).

[@theenzoferrari458]

Keep up the great work Simon. You fokker. :]

[@ExUSSailor]

So, if this is about WW1 aircraft, why is the thumbnail a picture of a WW2 aircraft?

[@Sacto1654]

Interestingly, the Me 109 and Yak-3/9/9U had a 20 or 30 mm cannon firing through the propeller spinner centerline, eliminating the need for a gun synchronization system.

[@ДмитрийШостакович-э7г]

speaking of the yak-3, it's in the thumbnail of this video lol

[@jimmywolfe4724]

That bonus fact about smoking was great.

[@freddieclark]

Image at 2:30 is not a Spad SA.1 or SA.2 but a Spad VII.

[@cuajocuajocuajo]

1:22 Tennis: Roland Garros.........................Aviation: Roulande Gaourrouss

[@pjukas]

They waited until a guy named Anthony Fokker invented the synchronization gear, then they pulled the trigger to fire the gun.

[@ChrisHolman]

The rate of fire was timed to the spin of the propeller

[@mbryson2899]

I'm surprised no mention of machine guns or cannons being mounted to shoot through the propeller hub was not mentioned.

[@themeanestkitten]

I already know how it works but i'll watch anyway 🤗

[@nerfspartanEBF25]

Problem: Thumbnail plane is a much later Soviet YAK fighter. The USSR didn't exist as an official state until after WW1. Fighters made during WW2 almost always had their machine guns mounted in the wings, controlled by solenoids and few of them have interrupters like WW1 fighters that almost exclusively had nose-mounted armament.

[@womble321]

Wrong Spad but good effort :) well Done in explaining how CC gear worked its plain weird.

[@trj1442]

Could you find out where and how the common fly and or mosquitos spend their nights sleeping. I haven't heard of a fly or mosquito nest or anything like bees and wasps etc. Do they spend their nights alone?

[@marctrepanier3204]

Hi Simon! A few months back i requested a video about reward offer by family or F.B.I in case of a missing person and im wondering if you're gonna make the video?!

[@bigmike9128]

Interruptor gear ?

[@Snorlax-cuddles]

Hi Simon, huge fan. I have a question. What are the job requirements to work security somewhere like the louve or Guggenheim museum? Given that the Mona Lisa had been stolen before by a guard I would imagine there's quite a few hurdles to work security at a place like that

[@RalphPST]

I thought Snoopy killed the Red Barron

[@ronalddevine9587]

I'm sure the Canadians aren't too happy with your revelation about the Red Baron, eh?

[@willmfrank]

We generally do the Adam Savage thing - we reject your reality, and substitute our own.

[@travpots6318]

Good job

[@jamesb.9155]

I believe I was under some kind of superstitious illusion, that 'firing through the propeller hub', meant, bullets were fired: directly through the engine crankshaft! LOL! I'll never do that again.

[@christianheichel]

Woo!! Go Aussies!

[@thehatefull1761]

With a magnet attached to propeller that would cut fire when it passed a piece of metal

[@apriltabacco6421]

Simon, I've been bingeing your Brainfood podcast, and I need to know if you ever got around to watching Princess Bride!?

[@neogeoriffic]

He was one clever Fokker!

[@O4FUXACHE]

Bonus fact - again proves smoking is bad for your health . . lol

[@theotherside931]

*I knew they shot through propellers but this video is well detailed.*

[@supraondueces]

My childhood question finally answered

[@robertsandberg2246]

The American WW2 Grumman Avenger and Douglass Dauntless both had 2 .50 caliber machine guns in the nose, using synchronizers.

[@brentbeacham9691]

I was hoping to learn how synchronized guns worked.

[@loke6664]

Seriously, a lot of planes did not have rotary engines. Like SE5, Fokker DVII, Spad VII, Spad XIII and all the Albatross planes. While most people think of the Sopwith Camel and Fokker DrI when they think of WW1 planes they were not the majority of planes. To quote the Red barons last words: "Kaputt".

[@bimlauyomashitobi421]

You know a video on the origins of that classic circus song could be interesting. It’s actually got quite the story.

[@slinky6481]

Entry of the Gladiators?

[@pbxn-3rdx-85percent]

B-17 pilot on intercom: "This is the captain. Whatever happens keep Dr. Henry Jones Sr. AWAY FROM ANY MACHINE GUN. We've all seen the movie the Last Crusade didn't we boys. We all know what happened. I repeat, keep Dr. Jones AWAY FROM THE MGs. Just give him his umbrella and his dusty old notebook so we've got a chance to get back home."

[@A-ROD-oe8wl]

Was that the first ever drive by?

[@M3RKUR14L]

Awesome video, thanks. My dad was in air traffic control growing up and remember him explaining this to me when I was still a buck. I actually do play WT, for years now. @Gaijin hook a brother up with some silver lions!!!!