Mitsubishi 1MT1N - Japan's First Torpedo Bomber | Aircraft Overview

Today we're taking a look at the Mitsubishi 1MT1N, Japan's first torpedo bomber design.
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Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941 (amzn.to/482aIwA)
Encyclopedia of Japanese Aircraft (amzn.to/47PDNLS)
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[@RexsHangar]

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[@zephydemusic]

would love to see a video on the Handley Page! Or more WW1/interwar planes in general, I find them very interesting

[@mikearmstrong8483]

I'm a Japanese speaker. And an Italian speaker. Read German very well. Fluent in French. Know Chinese as well. BTW, what kind of beer and snacks do you provide?

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@RexsHangar >>> You have PROBABLY already thought of this, or had someone else suggest it: Please do a video on the Japanese experimental WWII fighter aircraft *_"Kyushu J7W Shinden"_* that was featured in the motion picture *GODZILLA MINUS ONE.* AFAIK the Japanese only built two prototypes near the end of the war, which never saw combat, but still IMO an interesting design.

[@GARDENER42]

I'd appreciate a video covering the Japanese aero industry at some point.

[@user-bi7xd8ry5p]

​@@mikearmstrong8483My man completed the Axis speedrun and moved on to the Allies

[@BrassLock]

Welcome back to the world of functional computers Rex, glad you've solved the problem(s).

[@RexsHangar]

I still need to finish rebuilding the PC today 😭

[@johnforsyth7987]

I have never heard of a torpedo bomber that was a triplane. Thank you, Rex. You are the new thing I learned about today. I am glad to see you are releasing videos again.

[@benwilson6145]

Hope you gave your translator a supply of Kirin Beer. Kirin was set up by a Scotsman Thomas Blake Glover who also helped set up Mitsubishi. His wife was reported as the inspiration for Madame Butterfly.

[@cyberfutur5000]

The Sopwith connection here gives me an idea for a video that I like to share in the hopes, that you like and "steal" it. I think a video about something like the family trees of aeroplanes (maybe 1914 -1950-ish) would be utterly interesting. I mean the Japanese basically build Sopwiths there, but over in the UK sopwith became Hawker and so on. Both interesting and probably not the only time it happend. (Even disregarding things like peperclip). I always love to find out, where the Big names of the past ended up (before they basically all became Airbus), but like Albatross, Sopwith, Pfalz, Fokker, Messerschmidt, Focke Wulf, Heinkel, Hawker, Arado, Supermarine, Bristol, the Royal Aircraft Factory, Bleriot, AVRO, the french companies who build the Nieuport or the Spad whoms names I don't wanna butcher, and so on. And the work of the designers who build those famous planes and then went on to do other things, like mentioned in this video. I think there are some really Interesting connections to find and even if it would just talk about parts of that, like where the WW1 names ended up in WW2 (Sopwith - Hawker, Albatross - FW, etc) I don't think that there is a video out there that covers this topic in such a way. But I think it's even more interesting to see connections of specific planes that don't seem related, via the designer or such.

[@stephenmeier4658]

Greg's airplanes and automobiles channel has a good video about how Fokker became North American

[@ivancho5854]

That sounds like a very interesting idea for a video. 👍 Maybe "The History of Aircraft Companies"?

[@stevenborham1584]

Greg's airplanes and automobiles has made somthing like this kind of video regards how the Fokker aircraft company laid the path to NAA and the P-51 and yes it was most intriguing a notion for a video. I had no idea of the connection.

[@A_Epic]

Oh boy, Rex finally talking about obscure biplanes again *clicks instantly* Hold up, it’s a triplane?!?

[@mrpbody44]

I remember having a model of this plane as a kid by UPC. It was unbuildable and the wings kept collapsing before the glue could dry. These days you would use super glue to build it.

[@gregorydahl]

Put wax paper over the paper plans on a flat cardboard or soft wood building board and pin the sticks and ribs and parts in place with pins on top of the pictures and let the glue dry overnight. The wax paper keeps the sticks and airplaane wings you make from glueing to the paper plans .

[@JessWLStuart]

Thanks! I love to see how Sopwith continued to influence the aeronautical world after WWI.

[@chesspiece81]

Love an early morning Rex upload. I can't imagine what it would have felt like dropping that much weight all at once.

[@lauxmyth]

I like the method of getting translation services. Works for a laugh too. Thanks for this video and others.

[@airmakay1961]

Fantastic! Another interesting airplane from Rex's Repository of Obscure Flying Machines.

[@eyerollthereforeiam1709]

That sounds like a good use of beer and snacks.

[@tombogan03884]

Life happens to us all. 😁 Your videos are worth the wait. 😁

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

...or You bribe them with beer and snacks to get the translation done,.....now I know what was another reason I love to follow your channel, Rex....priceless 🤣🤣🤣!!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great video, Rex...👍

[@LukeBunyip]

Good to see you back, man

[@Colt45hatchback]

Love it, best stop gap ever 👌 keep em coming man

[@ColtonRMagby]

Welcome back, mate. It's good to see that you got your computer fixed. I hope you don't have any more issues like the one you did. Stay safe, and stay awesome.

[@Peter_Morris]

What an interesting aircraft! There’s a lot of info packed into this tiny video. I love this channel. There’s always something cool to learn.

[@gyrene_asea4133]

Thanks for the video. Your product is some of the most fascinating snippets of aviation history on 'the inter-tubes' . Your efforts are appreciated.

[@drydogg]

Great video, Sir!

[@Rom3_29]

Rex, Merry Christmas ye good aero plane historian.

[@carlnewman7096]

It's great to have a mate that will work for beer & snacks! Great video as always. All the best fron the UK.🤗👍

[@lewiswestfall2687]

Thanks Rex

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Glad you solved the problem and good to see one of your fine video's again....Thanks my friend..... Old F-4 Phantom 2 Shoe🇺🇸

[@jasonz7788]

thanks rex

[@FarmerDrew]

America was like 'Oh hey IJN thanks for your help in WW1, now that's a crazy big Navy, wow, I thought the war was over!'

[@tntengineer2330]

Yes please do more book recommendations. Love me some books on aircraft.

[@kennethmorgan7949]

Take your time we love the quality

[@codygunter4379]

Ty for the video,

[@rolanddutton]

New Rex upload landing half-way through a very busy day - oh yes! Time to sit down for 7 minutes with a cup of freshly brewed blue mountain.

[@68Boca]

As for translating the Book, you could use Google Lens, to translate. I might not be perfect but it would functionary . I've used for some Korean texts I was looking at for a project.

[@papadopp3870]

That’s a great idea! Have you noticed how Lens (& Translate have really gotten better. Word order and grammar both blow my mind. Soon, we’ll have that Universal Translator up and running, like the Tardis provides The Doctor (and anyone else on this week’s location). That unit also does syncs the lips of those translated beings.

[@davidgaine4697]

We need a Bable Fish from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Universe. You insert the small goldfish like amphibian in your ear and it consumes the alien language and poops out the translation…

[@thecooky7744]

I appreciate the book suggestions

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

Regarding the earliest aircraft carriers, the 1st *commissioned* was the hosho, but the *very 1st in the world* was hms Argus, which predated hosho

[@MichaelMcFearin]

Quick one but cool

[@womble321]

Given the availability of small powerful engines I wish people would build more imaginative designs today. It would be easy to build planes full of character. But now they are basically faceless blobs.

[@papadopp3870]

That aeroplane, the Triplane, had the classiest looking radiator short of Rolls Royce.

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

You cant get much more obscure then this, but I bet you will find it. Thanks! BTW, Google has a app that translates? Maybe.

[@justintang2294]

Since you covered the XP-55 Ascender, do you also have plans to cover the similar J7W Shinden, since it was recently featured in Godzilla Minus One?

[@Dank_Lulu]

I have RKO-ed one PC and one laptop over the years with the latter suffering a catastrophic failure when it decelerated abruptly to 0 mph on the cement floor. I don't know how things went on your end, but I can tell you that while the laptop is falling to the ground in slow motion, whatever I was excited and in a hurry about pretty much instantly felt like a lot less of a priority than it was a few moments prior. On the bright side, whatever complete or semi-complete videos you lost, they're probably gonna turn-out better on the second iteration so as a casual viewer of yours I don't mind the tradeoff of less content for better content for a bit. 😁

[@hlynnkeith9334]

Herbert Smith had his hand in the design of the Sopwith Strutter, too.

[@kevinmiller7792]

Ouch! Sorry to hear about the hardware issues.😔

[@MrShoki44]

Nice stopgap

[@stevetournay6103]

Was thinking the fighter-sized biplane looked a bit Snipe-like... That lineup of fighters are what, Gloster Grebes or something?

[@douglasbanks3318]

tHANKS

[@scotttait2197]

Good video Rex, just proves bribery goes a long way!

[@uncleeric3317]

Eerie to see the now ubiquitous triple diamond Mitsubishi logo on the tail of the plane at 1:28.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@RexsHangar >>> I am somewhat curious about the *_"...various other things"_* bit, but it is probably better I do not ask...😉🤭

[@gregorydahl]

Some staggerwing biplanes were designed with more angle to the forward wing or rear wing so that as the plane slowed to land close to the runway one wing stalled before the other and the tail would drop instead of nose down drop ?

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

Also, what did you mean "two-bay"? I always heard that in several of your vids but what is it describing? Two engines? Two bomb bays? Biplane? But some planes having that feature show otherwise

[@christianmccann9400]

Hopefully, your friend isn't Drunk when translating .. lol

[@zacharygerken4387]

As an easier to get choice, there is another book, which covers more obscure Japanese aircraft in decent detail, Japanese Secret Projects 2 by Edwin M Dyer III is its name should be easier to get than the two Rex mentioned plus had other aircraft to read about as well :)

[@Cam.Klingon]

How do you not have a NAS for all of your projects?

[@tonydrake462]

beer, snack powered video.. thanks and best of luck with IT issues...

[@TOKOLOSHE100]

Straight out of Dastardly and Mutley

[@j_taylor]

Yeh-yeh-yeh!

[@johnhagemeyer8578]

Cheers to the Beers! (and other things)

[@malcolmtaylor518]

What torpedo was it designed to carry, 18" or 21"?

[@mh53j]

Make him do the translating before he gets "paid." You just have to hope he doesn't have a twisted sense of humor when he translates; you ever seen Monty Python's "Hungarian phrasebook" sketch??

[@Katy_Jones]

My hovercraft is full of eels.

[@davidgaine4697]

@@Katy_Jones😂

[@moschops2002]

There is a paragraph on this aircraft in Evan Hadinghams 'The Fighting Triplanes', along with a photo that you have used at the start of the video.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Always backup, always. first thing you learn in I.T. school.

[@garryferrington811]

I've noticed that you have a soft spot for the failures. 🤓

[@janlindtner305]

👍👍👍

[@SofaKingShit]

They should have had an inflatable oversized pilot to freak out the enemy.

[@m.i.andersen8167]

Is there a special reason that the wooden bug-plane is not allowed to its own video?

[@jarigustafsson7620]

Mitsufishy... Ahh, the Imperial Navy lost a perfect meme to "donate" these plane for the Army.

[@pbyguy7059]

Mit-soo-BEE-shi

[@russkinter3000]

Didn't the Japanese use Sopwith Cuckoos as their first torpedo bomber?

[@krakenpots5693]

Ahhh... bribery!!!

[@davidbrennan660]

I fear for the era American fleet.

[@kevinkeyes3004]

barnes wallis

[@salty4496]

:)

[@DeathInTheSnow]

Great. Another KZbinr who doesn't cite their sources, nor give credit for the images they took. I used to look up to you, Rex, but apparently you're another plagiarist, just like Dark Skies.

[@gorbalsboy]

A curse upon all electronical contraptions, they be proof that the deveil is abroad in this worlde

[@davidgaine4697]

😂