Fieseler Storch - Part Two - Kermie Cam

[@Crashtruk2]

I saw Kermit fly this plane at FOF. He flew over really slow, cut the engine, let out a huge "Yaa whoo" to which the whole crowed laughed, restarted the engine and carried on. His passion for aviation inspires me.

[@muddrudder2656]

i wish i could have seen it

[@lesliewhite2651]

You do a great job explaining what goes on with different parts of plane, thanks for taking the time to do it right

[@badaboehm]

Absolutely fantastic explanation of how a wing develops lift :-)

[@nvo5307]

+Wout Wynants www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm Bernoulli's principle as a primary cause of lift is actually a widely perpetuated myth. Check out the link for a detailed analysis of the actual cause of lift.

[@davecarkeet5691]

Absolutely fascinating, first class!

[@save4775]

A very thorough explanation of everything, and a very interesting airplane to say the least. Thank you much.

[@pano-rific8838]

Your briefing on aerodynamics is so simple, through and complete that even the novice will walk away with a deeper understanding of the basics of flight as well as what makes this beautiful ugly duckling amidst the sleek fast war machines so special. An inspiration to STOL flight engineering. Again Kermie, o7 ~ your neighbor

[@kennethmoureau5123]

I LOVE Kermie cam videos! I get so excited when I see them pop up :)

[@commentatron]

Speaking of excited, did you know this aeroplane is where babies come from?

[@nortinn]

Kermit, thank you so much for your informative video. I've always wanted to be a pilot but unfortunately life happens. I've learnt so much from you. I'm 72 now so the chances of me getting a pilot's licence now is very slim, if not impossible. KZbin has made it possible to at least experience some the thrill of flying. Many thanks

[@rookie1525]

well done and greetings from kassel in germany, where the stork was hatched. we have never forgotten him here and there is a strong community here.

[@mwsdw4718]

Thanks for doing this! This aircraft and the Connie are featured throughout W.E.B. Griffin's Honor Bound series. It is a special treat to ride along. Thanks Kermie!

[@philipnourse4604]

always been fascinated by this aircraft.the walk around and information really brings it to life! excellent knowledge Kermit and thankyou for uploading this :)

[@Patrick_B687-3]

Love all these great vids, and appreciate you sharing them so much! Thanks Kermit and thanks to your team. Really great stuff!

[@wbflashover]

Very cool video again Kermit. Can't wait for part three. Point of interest... I posted part one to my Facebook page and a friend freaked out. Says his Grand-dad was on the design team for the Fieseler Storch. Adolf Zeilinger was his name. Very cool that so many years later there are still some ties to the ingenuity and the people of that day. Thanks for the video Kermit!

[@bigsolidboss781]

Perfect explanation of flying principle. With my years of driving experience, I think I might be able to fly this plane after seeing your video.

[@Dave-vc4mh]

Thank you for keeping history alive!!

[@decodeddiesel]

Such a cool bird. Very much one of the under appreciated gems from German Aviation in WWII.

[@tomwade6892]

Bicycle

[@brockbeckstedt6483]

Kermit well explained you gave lesson very much in layman's terms easy to follow if the student was paying attention Im so getty and thrilled listening while you are much a teacher that could prepare someone flying. All day I'm to words that teach me! This information and show telling helps me on building accurate models! 👏😋

[@drewren1231]

I was part of an elementary school trip in the 4th grade (2003-2004) to fantasy of flight. I remember seeing the storch fly that day. As an aviation lover, that was easily the best field trip I've ever been on.

[@jazzclarinet2006]

Came for the Storch, stayed for the refresher course in basic aerodynamics.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

He makes some mistakes... but oh well.

[@StonyRC]

@@DumbledoreMcCracken - I think he may well be "dumbing down" to keep it simple for the KZbin audience. He's a very knowledgeable guy.

[@SkyhawkSteve]

Just found Kermit's videos, and I suspect I'll be spending a lot of time here. ;-) Thanks Kermit!

[@ollyalme]

Oh the sound! And the understandable explanations bonus too. Great video, thanks.

[@tedfarwell9812]

Great video! Thanks for letting me see inside the Storch, one of my favorite airplanes. Thanks to Dr. Winter. As far as the explanations, I don't have any problem with them and I've been a working Flight Test Engineer for a couple of decades.

[@tedfarwell9812]

Great video! Thanks for letting me see inside the Storch, one of my favorite airplanes. As far as the explanations, I don't have any problem with them and I've been a working Flight Test Engineer for a couple of decades.

[@jacobaubertin645]

SO much information compared to your other videos. I can tell which plane's your favorite! lol. I'm going for my Student Pilots License! Just wanted to share that. Going through my ground school dvd's for the second time. Between Fantasy of Flight, my Grandpa, and my Cousin, I've got a lot of inspiration. Thank you Kermit!

[@jimjohnson3244]

So..........did you ever get it?

[@huto9606]

Now I know, why the Storch can fly so slowly, thank you Kermit!

[@mywidescreen2]

Thank you for the history and information on how things work. Love you videos. Hope to visit some time.

[@ThePhillipnielsen]

Just love how you maticilously check the video before uploading, and adds explanation arrows for trim, indicator and flare gun, which we didn't see clearly on the cam first time👍👍👍

[@EasyAnderson]

Thanks for sharing Kermit really appreciate it buddy.

[@byronbailey9229]

Nice Rolex. Mr Bernoulli and Mr Coanda smiling at your description of how an airfoil generates lift!

[@AmesiesCorner]

I love the Storch, it reminds me of a plane I had a few years ago. It was an Ison/TEAM Himax 1700r with a completely custom undercarriage relatively similar to the Fi156. It was much shorter and had a strange yaw but was a blast to learn to fly in. I should also ad that the first time in my life I was ever in an airplane was in that single seater. Craziest thing Iv'e ever done was joint the Wright flyers club.

[@biggstavros5876]

Great explanation of flight physics - thanks Kermit

[@rolandalfonso6954]

Reminds me of a story I read about a couple of Airline pilots who bought a Piper Cub. No High altitude; no turbos, no jet engines..no electronic navi...just the simple joy of flying.

[@samhall1464]

"When you kick your mother-in-law out the side". Hahaha love it!!

[@AirGuitar]

haha i know i had to back that up

[@pauljohansson7697]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😁

[@rossr100]

I love these videos. Just occurred to me that anyone watching these being recorded with the cap-cam must think, what the..? Man talks to himself and waves arms, then takes off in the plane, heh.

[@matto9734]

Again thank you for making and sharing these videos with us. Us germans are pretty good in making tools operate good but the tendency to use it to make weapons with that engeneering approach isn´t what i´m proud of...

[@zontral]

+juxtaposeism Germany isn't the only country to use it's engineering prowess to make weapons.

[@sporkeh90]

The air does not speed up when the relative wind enters the slot, it slows down (higher pressure, lower speed, lower pressure, higher speed), which aids overall lift. Additionally the higher camber (less curve in the leading edge) 'main' aerofoil behind causes less seperation because of the (at the time not properly understood yet) coanda effect, the tendency of air (any gas/liquid really) to follow the boundary layer. Its basically a slow speed wing with a high speed 'slot' in the front which changes the characteristics of the aerofoil (primarily the leading edge) behind in level/trimmed flight.

[@dwtees]

Amazing sound from the inverted V-8 engine. I can believe how smoothly it runs. Notice the stick, instrument panel and other parts inside the aircraft. Nothing is shaking! No vibration as in a small Cessna or Piper aircraft with an opposed 4 cylinder.

[@davidfranklin2393]

A British aircraft manufacturer - Handley Page - developed Slots from 1919 and fitted them to its airliners in the 1920's and 30's. They patented them and licensed them all over the world. They also developed Slats from the fixed slots.

[@WiltedSnausage207]

Very informative! Can't wait to see this bird fly in the next one!

[@lauriepocock3066]

FYI from Wikipedia Slats were first developed by Gustav Lachmann in 1918. The stall-related crash in August 1917 of a Rumpler C aeroplane prompted Lachmann to develop the idea and a small wooden model was built in 1917 in Cologne. In Germany in 1918 Lachmann presented a patent for leading-edge slats.[4] However, the German patent office at first rejected it as the office did not believe the possibility of postponing the stall by dividing the wing. Independently of Lachmann, Handley Page Ltd in Great Britain also developed the slotted wing as a way to postpone the stall by delaying separation of the flow from the upper surface of the wing at high angles of attack, and applied for a patent in 1919; to avoid a patent challenge, they reached an ownership agreement with Lachmann. That year a De Havilland DH.9 was fitted with slats and test flown. The HP 42 were fitted with Slats

[@francisgerard7514]

OK. Very very very good . Even more vidéos like this.

[@Nachocheese86]

Love these videos!

[@markmiller9838]

I wish I'd known about those molecules holding hands to explain Bernoulli's principle when I was teaching physics at Stark State College. I'm sure the students would have loved it. I'd like to see Dr. Fieseler get credit for the innovations on the Storch, rather than "the Germans". One last comment, the name of the temperature unit in the metric system was changed in the 1960s from centigrade to celsius. It was done to honor a Swedish physicist, Dr. Celsius, who did a lot of research on temperature measurement. When written in text, the name of the unit is spelled with a lower case letter, while the man's name is written in upper case.

[@Luzviminda777]

I grew up reading comics on ww2 ( battler britton / x13 spy ) fascinated by spitfires , and this bird ,, so cool to see it .

[@jeffboyack938]

The Coanda effect describes the tendency of a fast moving fluid like air to stay attracted to a curved surface. And in the case of lift and air foils it effectively pulls the wing into the faster moving air above the curved surface of the air foil. And like you said when you use flaps it increases the curvature of the wing therefore increasing lift. But it is mainly increased by the Coanda effect and additionally by the Bernoulli principle/effect.

[@francisgerard7514]

Thank you so much. Francis

[@SloopJon]

Great video, Kermit. Feeds my need to fly :)

[@SBUK2010]

All the best from the UK 💪🏼

[@MadWillyLove]

next time I'm in Florida I'm coming to see your toys....lol. Nice videos Kermit

[@poppafiveone]

Great explanation of how an airplane flies. Even the kids understood it. Thanks Kermit.

[@massimoamerica6726]

great video... great channel! love it

[@n33d4killz]

Common misconception on airfoil lift description. There's nothing in the laws of physics that says air molecules have to return to be next to the same air molecules as before. The speed of the air above the wing DOES increase, but not for the reason stated in the video. Great videos nonetheless!

[@zekezero12345]

+Cody Wagner What is the reason molecules accelerate over the top of the wing?

[@nvo5307]

+zekezero12345 www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm Here is a very good explanation. Bernoulli's principle as the primary driver of lift for flight is a widely perpetuated myth.

[@n33d4killz]

zekezero12345 To be honest, I'm not quite sure on that one. It's likely more that the airflow on the underside of the wing is slowing down due to compression than the airflow above speeding up. Either way you get the relative air speed above the wing being faster than below the wing.

[@n33d4killz]

Actually it isn't, and you can prove it by holding the narrow edge of a piece of paper under your mouth horizontal, so the rest of the paper droops down, then blow across the top of the paper and watch it rise up. The Bernoulli principal is instrumental in the function of carburetors and other devices using a venturi. I just stated that the air molecules flowing around a wing don't meet back up with their prior neighbors.*****

[@nvo5307]

+Cody Wagner +zekezero12345 The short explanation is that the air is actually accelerated DOWN over the top surface of the wing. This is because compressed air is viscous and, due to the Coanda effect, wants to "stick" to the surface of the wing. Only the boundary layer is affected by the Coanda effect, however because the boundary layer air is pulled down, the air above it must move down to replace it. So when you end up with is a sort of air scoop above each wing which reaches highest in the middle and tapers toward the edges. It is this large mass of air being directed downward that produces most of the lift responsible for flight. When you have boundary layer separation, as you do during a stall, the scoop is disrupted and air is no longer accelerated down over the surface of the wing. The slots work so well because, by directing air over the top of the wing they reinforce the boundary layer flow and augment the Coanda effect force to prevent separation of the boundary layer until much slower speed. Incidentally, this is also why vortex generators work. The vortex created at the tip of the fin mixes higher layers of air with the boundary layer essentially inflating the boundary layer (which is normally very thin) by mixing it with smooth air flowing over the leading edge of the wing. This has a somewhat smaller effect than slots but still significantly reinforces the Coanda effect force to hold air in a smooth flow over the wing.

[@bucyruserie1211]

This plane always reminds me of the large plane that crashed in the Alps...and a pilot, I cant recall his name, had one of these planes... Others tried to save the people trapped by the wreckage with dog sleds and whatnot. This plane because of the short take offs and landings saved everyone in a few hrs. A blizzard hit the next day and buried the wreckage, they all would have perished. Great pilot, story, and plane

[@wayneferrall1060]

There is no aviator in the world today to compare to Kermit Weeks AMEN

[@jebidah8406]

Since the ailerons come down with the flaps, do the controls become heavier due to heavier air pressure under the wing with the flaps down?

[@PALbub]

watch his first video, kermit shows what reduces the needed armmuscles of the pilot. you are right, bigger control surfaces mean more force.

[@nelsondx8054]

Great video as always. By the way, doesn't Kermit have a project for the A6M Zero?

[@sporkeh90]

15:36 The storch is like "Not this again" xD

[@jeffboyack938]

The main way a wing generates lift is by the Coanda effect. The Bernoulli principle/effect is only around 15% of lift.

[@randalevandale1125]

Awesome sound from that old v8!

[@frankdn109]

"Nicht anfassen"... what aren't you supposed to touch? It's just a tube...? Also, it occurred to me (I'm slow but eventually I catch up) that the slots do the same thing as the jib of a sloop rigged sailboat.

[@deltavee2]

Imagine a 200 lb man climbing into the cockpit and getting into the seat. What's he going to grab to pull himself into the cockpit; the tube, of course and it definitely looks flimsy enough to bend easily.

[@manuelsilva6478]

The tube is a pushrod which moves the ailerons.

[@DEeMONsworld]

I got interested in the Storch after reading about the role it played in the rescue of Mussolini at Campo Imperatore. I got kind of obsessed and qactually created a mission for MS FSX flight simulator recreating the entire mission with a glider towing take off from Practica Di Mare near Rome where the SS officer Otto Skorzeny and the elite paratroopers led by Harald Mors executed a glider assault on Gran Sasso. Much was made in in subsequent reporting that the storch was grossly overloaded with Skorzeny hopping in the back with Mussolini to grab the first credit and get off the mountain with Mussolini in the hands of an SS officer. Politics aside, the Storch was claimed to be a one passenger plane, but in actuality was used as an air ambulance carrying three, pilot and two passengers. (and the model used was a lighter liason version without weapons attached.) Even though, taking off from the top of a mountain in this configuration was risky, but it was as history reports a success. In the simulation which does account for density altitude, if you load the plane as it was in those times it it is a dicey take off. credit to the pilot Hauptmann Gerlach for executing the take off under less than ideal conditions, however had it crashed two rascals would have died, Skorzeny and Mussolini. :)

[@iflycentral]

Does it run on normal avgas?

[@miguelsuarez8010]

So from what I see, this airplane doesn't stall?

[@IMSJoseCuervo]

Are the slats inertial like the ones on the 109's?

[@goblinkok]

Love your videos, what state are you located it?

[@Sereniitty]

+Zavier Lucaino i think i eard him say he is in florida a couple of time in some of his videos . all tough im not an 100% sure

[@goblinkok]

+Sereniitty Thought it might be there or Seattle.

[@markwilliams2620]

Zavier Luciano. Between Orlando and Tampa on I-4. I-4 is what you see him flying over.

[@Falcon109]

left is fuel pressure (yellow) and right is oil pressure (brown)... or?

[@scottgoodman8993]

Didn't Junkers 52 have similar slates? I think it was an early 30's design, earlier than the Stork?

[@pauljohansson7697]

Is your C47 and or DC3 a Dday machine.

[@conordia6906]

This is Awesome thank you

[@davidfowlerjr6114]

Why is there so much smoke on startup? Is that bc it hasn't been run in a while and everything is cold or what?

[@timecode37]

In Part One he said that there'd probably be a lot smoke at the start, because he hasn't flown it for a long period of time. In Part One it is explained

[@37silverstreak1]

engine cylinders are inverted, i.e. pointing downward. Oil has a tendency to seep into the cylinder heads when sitting idle and then burns off when engine is first started, hence the smoke. it's also common in radial engines. If too much oil collects in the cylinders it can cause a hydraulic lock and damage the engine. Its common practice on these engines to pull the engine through by hand before starting to check for hydraulic locks.

[@roteroktober360]

David Fowler Jr there is a lot of oil in the engine

[@EricIrl]

Is Kermit giving the Germans too much credit for the invention leading edge slots? I have always thought that these slots were first used by Handley Page (a UK company) and were often referred to as "Handley Page Slots" as a result. They built an experimental aircraft in the 1920s called the Handley Page HP39 "Gugnunc" to test the principle. It was a one-off prototype and is today on display in London's Science Museum.

[@commentatron]

Did you know that In 1841 Henson and Stringfellow built a rubber-powered model that flew 600 meters before encountering an obstruction?

[@ryanhawn1846]

Love me some slats on the bf109, also love using flaps to outturn the spitfires in video games to get that shot off they think is impossible

[@GaryBaird.Photography]

The Westland Lysander (British WWII) also has this slat configuration on the leading edge of the wing. Wonder who copied who?

[@vincentroderick986]

was that a pby catelena in the back growned

[@eiclan]

The basic math is;static pressure plus dynamic pressure is a constant so for the bottom air particle going along the bottom of the aerofoil Ps14.7+ Pd0=14.7 lbs of pressure on the bottom of the wing .Because the air particle moving over the top of the wing has to move away from its brother ,it is given an acceleration and because it is accelerated it gains Dynamic pressure thus to maintain the constant, the static pressure on top of the wing decreases and the wing is pushed up because of the differential in pressure

[@Emtbtoday]

Must be updated engine if 120mph normally max out at 108mph in manual and research to this! I would love to see this in person its beautiful

[@thorstenwanoth6774]

nicht anfassen! Do not touch - what is that about? I see it moves when you move the ailerons. Was ist Das? after i watched for a bit longer the airfoil angles of attack made a lot of sense. Steven Groves heli pilot RIP would appreciate. Thank you Kermit,

[@billcull610]

One of my hot air ballooning buddy’s had a Storch. He lived in southern Ohio, Lebanon and flew from his farm. We flew hot air balloons from his farm on a navigation task to a predetermined target. He took his Storch to Indianola IA back in late 80’s He was doing “flight safety watch” of a task during National Balloon Fiesta. The weather actually turned bad during flight. One of the competitors had his burner mount fall on his head during a hard landing from the Bad weather conditions. A medevac helicopter from Des Moines took him to ER. Fortunately his injury was mainly superficial. He flew the next day in the 4th day of competition. I lost touch with my friend that had the Storch. This was 40 yrs ago and he likely has passed.

[@pixiedixie3682]

Beautifully restore airplane !👏

[@mikelafferty9506]

We need smellovision! - that smoke must have smelt awesome

[@jonnybeck6723]

Kermie, the bf-109 had the auto slats as well...

[@blackbirdpie217]

The air on top of he wing is not holding hands with the air on the bottom, and they actually do not arrive at the back of the wing at the same time. There is no rule the air on top meets up with the air on the bottom at the same time at all. Air on top does have low pressure, and the higher velocity air clinging to the wing top slides down off the trailing edge, creates a downwash and a reaction. So high and low pressure and downwash create lift. Flaps increase the downwash. Slats/slots maintain laminar flow at high angles of attack. Stall is turbulent not laminar flow, thus no downwash. But it's a lot like the right and left hand electrical rules, thinking of how electrons move is backwards from what originally thought, but it doesn't really matter the rule still works.

[@thedoctor4690]

Wow. Drooped Ailerons - damn this plane was ahead of its time.

[@jacobaubertin645]

...the suspense is killing me! Part 3?

[@thinman4648]

if you have it and if you can. can you make a vid on the American l4 grasshopper correct me if im wrong but could you make a vid on one of those?

[@joemckraken7960]

famous last words "i dont need the checklist; i have done this a million times"

[@dallesamllhals9161]

It's a 'Storch'! It'll glide back home ;-P

[@01eddielawson]

Then realises that he hasn't preflighted properly and left a hatch open..... sigh

[@hassegreiner9675]

Hm... as far as I know there's nothing that dictates that the two air molecules 'holding hands' before hitting the front of the wing will ever meet again. Lift seems to be generated solely by the angle of attack causing a downward motion of the air (action vs reaction). Which is why some airplanes can fly inverted.

[@TonyBletas]

Im convinced Kermit was NOT a frog in a passed life. An albatross maybe, but not a frog.

[@benjamincasey6617]

for a tail dragged its got an amazing view over the nose for taxiing

[@bretwills4602]

Start and warmup with tail pointing right in the hangar

[@zook747]

That’s only acceptable if you own the hanger and all the planes in it!

[@scottfw7169]

So, basically, airplanes fly by tricking the wing in to falling upwards?

[@rolandalfonso6954]

What an airplane. Now on the Part 3

[@karlp8484]

The Storch has flapperons?

[@grahampalmer9337]

I'm sure sir that you are wrong in your statement about the Storch being the first production aircraft with full width slots - I just can't prove it (yet!). They were invented by Handley Page in 1919, & proven experimentally on a modified DH9. The also developed the first controllable slots. I felt certain that a pre-WW2 Junkers (airliner/mailplane) was the first but have been unable to verify this.

[@daviddorado5632]

simply beautiful

[@dust187]

I could listen to this guy for hours. Very intelligent video. Unlike my avatar.

[@waldyrpiresdecamposneto9790]

I'm come from Brazil And i really like Stol aircraft

[@dr.dookkeneji6201]

เครื่องบินลำเล็กๆนี้ มากไปด้วยเทคนิคการสร้างอากาศยานมากมายที่เราไม่รู้ เราเห็นแต่ภายนอกว่าเป็นครื่องบินธรรมดา แท้จริงเขาสร้างได้ดีมาก คือสร้างให้เหมาะใช้ในงานเอนกประสงค์ซึ่งจำเป็นนมากในการสำรวจตรวจพื้นที่ และอื่นๆในขณะนั้น บินเกาะอากาศดีมาก เพราะในยุโรป มันมีกระแสลมเปลี่ยนแปลงเร็วเกิดหลุมอากาศได้บ่อยๆ และมีฐานล้อที่ออกแบบมากว้างมากพิเศษเพื่อสามารถลงในพื้นที่ ที่ไม่ต้องเรียบมากก็ได้ ใช้ระยะทางวิ่งช่วงสั้นๆในการขึ้นลงได้ดี ซึ่งจะสะดวกมากในบริเวณทีจำกัดแคบๆ นี่คือเครื่องบินที่เรารู้แล้วน่าทึ่ง สมควรเก็บรักเอาไว้ให้มีตัวตนได้ดูอยู่ต่อไปครับ

[@JohnVHRC]

awesome!

[@machia-mw1lm]

Superb basic aerodynamic explanation on lift .

[@usquanigo]

Everybody forgets Coanda (effect).

[@Kayaz48]

excellent description of bernoulli’s principle.