IL2 1946 Vought XF5U

[@JustJohn505]

reading about it on the Wikipedia when scrapping the plane they had to bring in a wrecking ball cause of the solid structure. this thing didn't went out without a fight!

[@comesahorseman]

A fascinating, nimble little bird.

[@farmerbold1144]

Video game cockpit/pilot point-of-view ... but a fantasy crash landing since the Flying Flapjack could takeoff or land at zero mph with a relatively slow front wind ... almost like a helicopter hence the large propellers that also countered drag due to wind turbulence at the short wing tips. The introduction of jet's resulted in scraping the Flying Flapjack after Charles L Zimmerman perfected it (despite issues with the complex transmission linking the propellers) even though it was a match for any jet plane at the time in addition to very short landing ability.

[@topsecret1837]

Farmer Bold So you're telling me this aircraft was designed to be incredibly fast for a propeller fighter, turn ludriculously quickly AND land on a dime? You must be a mad man ;)

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

The xf5u was incorporated into the f 14 and others..sorry Charlie

[@dsch0]

XF5U and J7W: a match made in hell! Awesome video.

[@kingdomofvinland8827]

Can you please elaborate?

[@dsch0]

@@kingdomofvinland8827 Two very late-war prototypes with extremely unusual configurations fighting to the death

[@Big1_]

3:05 There is your reward hahahahah

[@wabbit234]

Those are some sizable propellers.

[@toofless4541]

That's an understatement lol

[@farmerbold1144]

Video game cockpit/pilot point-of-view ... but a fantasy crash landing since the Flying Flapjack could takeoff or land at zero mph with a relatively slow front wind ... almost like a helicopter hence the large propellers that also countered drag due to wind turbulence at the short wing tips. The introduction of jet's resulted in scraping the Flying Flapjack after Charles L Zimmerman perfected it (despite issues with the complex transmission linking the propellers) even though it was a match for any jet plane at the time in addition to very short landing ability.

[@Laurence0227]

0:37 there is varible direction on propellers?

[@Ettoredipugnar]

Imagine if they continued this type of design ?

[@max-mg7gk]

Petition to bring back that pancake

[@migmadmarine]

operational maintainence on this thing = absolute nigthmare

[@ZnenTitan]

Can you imagine this thing deployed with say, a bank of 30mm cannon? (and those monster propellers on top of it?)

[@razgriz9595]

Here I was thinking warthunder was great then I saw this

[@chasing_dragons]

Very cool, thank you for this.

[@easycash4213]

I love the badge "asshole merit badge"

[@elliottcollins1668]

Pls do a lot more videos with this plane

[@basila33]

great finale :)

[@jhettish]

Interesting form of braking. I wonder what that thing would do if it lost an engine?

[@rpurdey]

John Hettish The transmission was designed to keep both rotors turning with an engine out very much like the MV-22 Osprey. The complexity of the transmission turned out to be the aircraft's downfall.

[@jhettish]

Thanks for clearing that up. You kept me from researching that aspect of the aircraft. :-) I guess it was sort of like the German Leopard tank, an engineers delight but too complex to maintain, especially in the field.

[@farmerbold1144]

Video game cockpit/pilot point-of-view ... but a fantasy crash landing since the Flying Flapjack could takeoff or land at zero mph with a relatively slow front wind ... almost like a helicopter hence the large propellers that also countered drag due to wind turbulence at the short wing tips. The introduction of jet's resulted in scraping the Flying Flapjack after Charles L Zimmerman perfected it (despite issues with the complex transmission linking the propellers) even though it was a match for any jet plane at the time in addition to very short landing ability.

[@farmerbold1144]

rpurdey and John Hettish, the introduction of jet's resulted in scraping the Flying Flapjack after Charles L Zimmerman perfected it despite growing pains with the complex transmission linking the propellers.

[@Tygor9000]

What plane is that at 9:00

[@Steven197106]

damawo.blog99.fc2.com/blog-category-12.html

[@stretchpadawan1]

Looks like a de havilland Vampire

[@SuperFronky]

"In 1943 Mansyu undertook design of the Ki-98 single seat ground attack aircraft.Of twin-boom configuration, it was to be powered by a 2,200 hp turbosupercharged Mitsubishi Ha-221 Ru radial engine mounted in the central nacelle behind the pilots seat and driving a four-blade propeller. Nose mounted armament consisted of one 37mm and two 20mm cannon. A Prototype was still under construction when Japan surrendered." Rene J Francillon-Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War

[@toofless4541]

Hey man I'm currently trying to install VP Modpack and it says the 001 broken. Can you help?

[@LexieAssassin]

Hirmh... I wonder why they never considered redesigning it to use jet engines?

[@fabianseewald7884]

i think it hast to do with vortexes building up at the wingtips but you could use modern turboprops

[@Justanotherconsumer]

The propellers are key to how the design works. Ordinarily a low aspect ratio wing is a bad idea because air will escape up over the edge of the wing, cancelling lift. Having a big ass propeller pushing it back down negates that disadvantage. You’d never get supersonic speeds with a big ass propeller, but you can get very good low speed performance. Wouldn’t cut it as a fighter against jets, but for COIN operations it’d still be valuable even today.

[@Pantherophis]

They did, Vought designed a "Jet Skimmer" model with a number of modifications. It was never built.

[@Justwantahover]

good graphics

[@matthiasmaczollek2942]

In germany we say tineff

[@huseyinseyyah1731]

What a game name ?

[@Marvin_Ave]

It's in the title, Il2-1946

[@Dragenfelt]

Как игра называется?

[@jacksonfoxtrot]

World of Warcraft

[@СергейБарцев-э9т]

Ил-2 штурмовик 1946

[@kannaa2678]

now i kmow why this plane not used because it has no wing so the turning move are slow and the landing in the end almost make the pilot killed becuase this plane is to fast and too short it will make the landing arent sucsessfull like in the end of video

[@FallenPhoenix86]

Wrong on all counts, the entire body of this aircraft is an aerofoil.... the whole thing is a wing. With a light headwind the prototype could take of and land vertically. The way we saw it behave in game just shows that the ingame model's flight model needs a lot of work, it isn't remotely accurate.

[@durathror4938]

The XF5U was designed as a low aspect ratio aircraft/lifting body with STOL capability but high top speed. A low aspect ratio wing normally suffers from induced drag created at the wingtips, as the higher pressure air below spills up. The XF5U beat this problem by the position of its propellers. They rotated counter to the tip vortices, retained the higher-pressure air below the wing, and reduced drag. The XF5U's small wing gave it high manoeuverability with increased structural strength. Perhaps an experienced pilot could even have 'viffed' the aircraft in combat like a USMC Harrier jet, but hanging on the props V-22 style. Designer Charles H Zimmerman was very probably a genius!

[@madsfartagin2864]

He did later become NASA's director of aeronautics, so yeah.

[@xaraogamerbr1944]

Tem br aq

[@Krisisawake]

Very ugly plane but interesting.

[@easycash4213]

Kris Grym It's point of view...

[@max-mg7gk]

This plane is beautiful

[@max-mg7gk]

Or should I say *handsome*

[@markspc1]

Bull shit !!!

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

How stupid,, a turbojet slash prop taildragger