Curtiss TP-40 - Part 2 - Cockpit Tour - Kermie Cam

[@LA6UOA]

Oh man! This is exiting!! Thanks for keeping those great birds alive, Kermit!!

[@notundermywatch3163]

I can't cease to be amazed by the design of these WWII war birds. It's insane to think that between the Brothers Wright's first flight and this machine there are only 35 years...

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Very incredible for a P40 and a sweet plane .Awesome information and the way you explain different thing's what they are used for too..Thank you for your videos too I do greatly appreciate it too..

[@angelreading5098]

Best vintage aircraft appraisals here,such knowledge and a real feel for everything Kermit flies,love the detailed explanations of all the controls and through check lists,a living legend,roll on part 3 !

[@boyhowdy5893]

Can't wait for #3!

[@mcbeanstinyweaponsandtanks4933]

Uhg! Just waiting for part 3 now... It's like waiting for am episode of your favorite show. Each part better than the last.

[@HandyTot]

Hi Kermit, Thanks a bunch for uploading these videos. I have always had a fascination with older aircraft and warbirds. It's so great to get to hear and see them along with some excellent narration and information. Keep them coming!

[@MadWillyLove]

Kermie.....you're a island of groovy in a world gone mad.

[@manta1969manta]

I love old planes! Thanks for this!!!

[@p47thunderbolt68]

Appreciate him sharing this. Wish he had a P- 47 to fly .

[@AirGuitar]

oh that would be awesome! A Sea Fury would be amazing as well.

[@davelewandoski4292]

you and me both. Love to see a Kermie Cam on a Thunderbolt.

[@bingnowtv]

Thank you for the tour & great stories. Love every minute of your videos. God Bless.

[@shortribslongbow5312]

Awesome cockpit check.

[@SaddlebagPreacher]

I love these videos. Just discovered them a couple of months ago. Really gives me perspective on the WW2 aircraft I love, but can't fly.

[@JosefWinter60]

Always a pleasure to watch these videos. Seems to be a lot of work to do until the bird is up in the sky.

[@spaxspore]

love that you found how to pipe your headset through the go pro for audio, makes it even better. Love your videos. Thank you!

[@agp7073]

Love the video and your full explanation of the P-40 Kermit. I'll wait patiently for #3 lol

[@robertcombs55]

Kermit; I am a 74 year Old USAF Veteran of Vietnam; I would give one of my GRANDSONS to come visit you in Florida my Friend!!

[@Big-Red737]

The sound in this video is amazing! A dream to fly an old bird since I was a little Fella!

[@aftCoG]

Awesome! I can't wait for part 3

[@sonerbihan]

I love your videos, you share so kindly your full experience Nice fella, Kermie !

[@bg2k625]

Please don't forget Part 3! Been waiting all week for my Weeks ;)

[@cmans79tr7]

Love how you get the unmuffled music of the engine along with the voice intercom. Your annotations are also a nice touch, although the black background blocks the beautiful cockpit view while they are up. I know you are doing it to enhance visibility of the words, but i think id rather decipher words than lose the view, even it is only for a brief second. Love these POV vids. I get almost as excited as if I were actually riding along. (Off topic, I also enjoyed your piano playing and the story behind it. Please do more "general interest" vids like that. Seems like you are a great story teller...Thanks for all)

[@cmans79tr7]

Oh, and BTW, pleas do that piano justice and get it tuned. Even with my tin ear I can hear the dissonance.

[@mikewebb111]

Great aeroplane..love the videos

[@ericcraig9250]

Outstanding videos, thanks so much for sharing!

[@brianduval8664]

Kermit, you mentioned that you installed something on the right lower floor right before telling your story about hydraulic loss & belly landing. What was it that you pointed to & installed? I love love love that engine lope at idle! Great video, thanks!

[@Kickinpony66]

Woohoo! Good fire! I've seen some "not so good" engine starts, where it doesn't fire off on the first try. Great video!

[@rslskd]

You've posted several videos since this one, but none are part 3 of this one...looking forward to part 3 being posted...

[@jfrorn]

Congratulations on that belly landing! Great story, you were lucky! (or not lucky, just a very good, highly experienced pilot!)

[@aerialadventureskewasiuk9478]

Love the video's, you have my utmost respect for all the work you're doing to preserve aviation history. Just curios, I never hear you make radio call when you're flying?

[@tubekane]

Great audio ! Your production has really improved.

[@ikananaki]

I've watched this guy for years, great videos. great idea using a second pro for audio works great keep the awesome going Kermit. Would love to shake your hand one day but Adelaide's a bit far.

[@richardlahan7068]

Imagine your unit transitioning from P-40's to P-51's or P-47's. Totally different aircraft with controls in different positions and different startup procedures.

[@Christopher28fair]

I don't understand how you can fly so many different kinds of airplane and remember the right procedures for all of them. Sure, every airplane has some basic instruments and controls, but every airplane also has important differences, or controls that are on the left in one airplane and the right in another, or work in opposite directions... and there are so many knobs and switches.... seems like the more airplanes you fly, the more confusing it would get. I'm really in awe.

[@dntower85]

Great video, Your a truly brilliant Pilot, How much time do you spend preflight, going through all the different things and flight characteristics from plane to plane. I would like to see how you prepare for a planes first flight or one that you haven't flown in a while.

[@lsdzheeusi]

Thank you Kermit!

[@sdowdell1979]

Have you considered collaborating with flight chops? You guys both make outstanding videos. I would love to see you guys fly together.

[@scarcatch]

shannon dowdell Well would be cool, but the videos kermit and and the one flight chopps makes do have a different atitude/approach, the dont fit each other

[@jacobaubertin645]

My favorite part of all these videos: "Okay, here we go!"

[@petrtoman2933]

Great videos, i love it. What airfield is this?

[@KermitWeeks444]

It’s Fantasy of Flight, my aviation attraction and facility in Polk City, Florida.

[@gregward2186]

This man is as important as the aircraft flying different aircraft next generation of old war bird flyers need this knowledge to continue and be safe. Wot a man. Love England wish we had u here with your beautiful old girls.

[@tgjaedan]

The end of part 2 in your flight series waiting for part 3 are possibly the saddest days of my life...

[@davelewandoski4292]

It sounds like a Colonial Viper getting ready to start up.

[@MrBook123456]

good video

[@davidfowlerjr6114]

So I wonder where the bellyed 40 is now?, was it saved and rebuilt? or was it too far gone and scrapped?

[@jimraq1]

Hmm what will I fly today, my P 40 or my P 51. Maybe I’ll take my Storche. Thanks for giving us all a looksee. I’ll keep flying my little Jabiru and be very happy anyway. Kermie cam rocks.

[@FatFreddieT]

come on release part 3 please

[@anubisthagod]

I always wondered if you've flown one of those, while taxiing. How would you see out the front especially in a P-51, now I know you zig zag lol

[@P51]

OHHHHHHHH, a cliffhanger. nice touch.

[@HerrmannThompson]

Any possibility of a Tempest V update soon?

[@philipp3138]

Is the engine not running stable at idle ? or is it just spitting a bit ?

[@eddieforce2341]

How many of these 160 are in flying condition?

[@Deputybull]

How does the Allison engine compare with the Packard Merlin? Are they pretty comparable at sea level. I was always under the impression that the Allison wasn't as well supercharged as the Merlin so performance dropped off as altitude increased. Today with better superchargers out there is there a way to bring that performance up?

[@robertholt2864]

How does the P-40 compare to the P-51 when it comes to the amount of right rudder needed on take off?

[@KermitWeeks444]

About the same when the tail is coming up, although the four-bladed prop should create a larger polar moment of inertia than a three and effectively need more. As a side note, a Spitfire has composite wooden blades with a Merlin engine and needs almost none!

[@mkosmo]

As I recall, the P-40 has a steerable tail-wheel, right? That'd make the tail-down part of the roll pretty easy!

[@robertholt2864]

I've heard the Spit was fairly light and the P-51 was a bit of a trick but I wasn't sure about the P-40. Thanks for the answer.

[@robertholt2864]

I don't think any of the taildraggers have "steerable" tail wheels. Lockable and unlockable I think is what you mean. Lockable would make it easier to land and takeoff. I'm not a taildragger pilot so somebody correct me if I'm wrong

[@ryanmoeller3308]

Sir.. I'm about to start school for my A&P License.. I'd love to come work for you when I graduate!! Thanks for all the video's you put up for us!! :-)

[@guardianobserver6593]

Thank you.

[@onazram1]

At the toggle switch marked 'pilot heater', the lower position reads 'oil dilution', why would you switch to this position..?

[@sledawgpilot]

f marz Oil dilution is a system to add fuel to oil to make it thinner for cold weather starting. The fuel evaporates after the engine warms up

[@Steve_Hayden]

KERMIT,, I'm sure you have gotten this question a lot, but I'm new to your channel and haven't seen the answer , so............. what's your favorite iconic plane to fly?

[@KermitWeeks444]

I always say, whichever one I’m currently flying. Although, I really like the Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 I have.

[@Steve_Hayden]

@@KermitWeeks444 With all those fighter planes I was a little surprised by that choice until I found that viddie of you and S. Sikorshy taking about is history. Last question, is the P-51 (my dream plane) as dangerous to fly as they say? (more pilots were killed during training than in combat)

[@po9146]

Will we ever see a Corsair Kermie Cam?

[@chrishrabina163]

He has one being rebuilt in Australia!

[@guillaumeclaret945]

Next please :D i love video man !

[@radiobikini6429]

Stupid question: Do the gauges have to be taken out periodically and run through a NIST metrology lab? Is there a schedule?

[@mkosmo]

I've never known anybody to send any senders or gauges to NIST. When gauges begin to apparently fail, whatever is faulty gets repaired or replaced. Tachs get checked if you ever do a dynamic prop balance, but that's because they have to know the actual speed of the prop.

[@АлександрБабичев-ь4щ]

ААААААА это что то. Ощущения супер. Звук и вид от первого лица впечатляют. Поехали ))))

[@jacobaubertin645]

I can't find ANY pictures of your belly landing. Can you share those?

[@macjohnson4326]

Is the engine cutting out periodically or is it just the audio being fussy?

[@Z09SS]

Probably just loping, common on many high performance engines designed to run at a higher rpm range.

[@whalesong999]

For the few short sound "cuts" - it's the video. These engines are kept quite rich during ground handling which contributes to the 'loping' of the power pulses. Auto engines use carburation that has been tuned to mild usage at low throttle settings - aircraft carburation doesn't have that refinement as they are meant for higher constant power settings.

[@eddieforce2341]

How many airplanes do you own?

[@KermitWeeks444]

Around 160 vintage aircraft.

[@bobbreit5244]

It makes me wonder.... how did the Flying Tigers fly and maintain a squad in a foreign country with what they had? Good god!

[@pR1mal.]

Captain "Wild Bill" Kelso approves this video.

[@maverickofficial2007]

How about russian Yak-9? :D

[@Bubbmann]

They didn't show any of this in Pearl Harbor!

[@boyscoutguitarist3921]

P 40's are the best!!!!

[@OurSafeHome]

The systems on these aircraft are soooooo primitive! My Beech G35 Bonanza had an electric prop, too.

[@dougwhite6407]

Who in the world could give this a down thumb????????

[@killerta87]

Doug White I know right, dude makes amazing videos. Showing people things they could never do......at least I'll never be able to do

[@Livedracersteve]

A retired nazi pilot who was shot down by a p-40 lol.... that's who

[@leifvejby8023]

Jerries?

[@eXX0n]

I cant afford a plane, still gave a thumbs up...

[@dougwhite6407]

good point...

[@davethevtwinaddict2151]

i wana see some bigger airplanes flown

[@davethevtwinaddict2151]

Wise Wun im talking aboit his vintage lockheed airliner and his b 25

[@davethevtwinaddict2151]

Kevin Harberg my favorite one is the p51 that he recently did

[@docjeffry]

No way, Kermit! Really!?! Ha ha..

[@pR1mal.]

Man, she sounds so good at idle.

[@smarticus6384]

Kermit, IMO the Dos Equis guy has nothing on you. Stay thirsty my friend.

[@mrkrharris]

I envy the crap our of you..... QB

[@JS-ob4oh]

I won't thumbs down this, but I won't give it a thumbs up either because I HATE SHAKY CAMS!.