Awesome video. As a Canadian, thank you for including Raymond Collishaw!
@mikemontgomery26542 жыл бұрын
Some Tripes were modded with twin Vickers MGs. Collishaw himself, had that configuration. The problem with that was the extra weight pretty much nullified the altitude advantage. All in all, that didn't really matter. The pilots that flew the Tripe were able to wreak havoc upon the GAF.
@farkinarkin50993 жыл бұрын
Wow! I never realized that the Triplane was that fast. No wonder it was a terror. All that climb and altitude superiority ... AND speed (not to mention how it elegant it looks (should be an advantage as who would want to shoot down something so pretty). Taxiing must have been interesting when you're seated so low. :-)
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman2 жыл бұрын
FWIW, I think this is the most information I have ever seen anywhere about the _Sopwith Triplane._ There is so much information out there about the Fokker, It's about time the _Tripe Hound_ got some love!
@georgej.dorner32622 жыл бұрын
The Germans captured a Sopwith Triplane. They studied it pretty thoroughly before producing the Fokker Dr1. Sopwith worksmanship was excellent. Fokker Triplanes were poorly enough built to fall apart in midair or upon landing.
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Жыл бұрын
@@georgej.dorner3262>>> AFAIK, visibility for the pilot from the _Fokker D.III_ was NOT as good as the _Tripehound._
@maciek_k.cichon4 жыл бұрын
I really love the ragplanes. It's almost like everyone could build their own.
@jackx43112 жыл бұрын
One pilot who flew the Sopwith Triplane described it like this: "The Tripe, when performing aerobatics, looked like an inebriated flight of stairs!"
@georgeferguson71142 жыл бұрын
Harry Hawker was an incredible pilot. After his tragic demise, T.O.M. Sopwith renamed his company as Hawker Aviation. The rest is history.
@pcka12 Жыл бұрын
Actually the postwar British government bankrupted Sopwith Aviation & Tommy Sopwith re - started with the Hawker name, his final great aircraft being the Harrier VTOL, & post WW1 Sopwith developed a friendship with Fokker who was Dutch & not German.
@cuebj Жыл бұрын
@pcka12 New book just out, Dannat & Lyman, 'Victory into Defeat', describes how British forces were at peak of world equipment and strategy at end of WW1, then starved of funds and leadership vs Germany who learned lessons from WW1. Result: constant defeats and casualties for army for first years of WW2
@shanekennethjamesaustin39498 ай бұрын
Thank you Sir Tom Sopwith!
@blank5572 жыл бұрын
Tommy Sopwith was a genius. I don't believe he ever made a bad plane. Most of them were beautiful to boot.
@markstainton90807 ай бұрын
Fokker's chief designer was sent to the front to research what was needed to reclaim air superiority. he came back and declared "we need a triplane" so they made one , the DR1. But with no understanding of the advantages gained by the Sopwith.
@paulmanson2534 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the details on this. I had no idea production numbers were so small,that service history was so short. FWIW, my father,b1919,always pronounced Black Maria(aka paddy wagon) with the long i. I have no idea why the term came into use,or why the long i was used. It might be worth doing some homework on that,just for precisions sake. One of the things that was noted just after WWI in Canada was the switch to a more American pronunciation and accent,especially after voice radio receivers started being sold. The pilots would have been using the Kings English while shooting at Germans. The Sopwith Triplane is a personal favorite, never knew that much about it though. So appreciate this brief vignette all the more. Cheers.
@faeembrugh2 жыл бұрын
It is pronounced 'Mar-eye'ah' in the UK, but exactly why is lost to history.
@leroyholm90752 жыл бұрын
This is a great series highly recomended!
@yuri_on_youtube3 жыл бұрын
I've gone to the Museum of Flight many times over the years and with this series, I find myself learning even more. Really enjoyable and educational series.
@HarryFlashmanVC2 жыл бұрын
Amazing story.. I'm British and an enthusiastic and active historian I am asking myself why I have never heard of 10 Squadron RNAS ... our own 'Flying Circus'
@wopolojo52 ай бұрын
amazing video, doing research for an upcoming coming model project on both bi and tripane variants and this was a big help.
@michaeltelson97982 жыл бұрын
The engine torque he mentions was the reason behind the Camel’s tight right hand turning. And one of the two origins of its nickname. If you didn’t keep control of the turn the aircraft could literally bite you like a camel 🐪 in sending you into a spin. The other reason is the small hump where the guns were mounted. In-line engines also also have torque in the direction of the propellor spin which is usually handled by making that wing slightly longer, snout 6 inches.
@williamkennedy54922 жыл бұрын
They have a replica Tripe at the shuttleworth collection UK, they were from what you have said a formidable aircraft, perhaps build time and costs came into play too when compared to the camel etc.I had a glorious summer in Seattle in the 80s the sun shone all the time, no rain whatsoever. Perhaps one day i shall return. Cheshire UK.
@georgeferguson71142 жыл бұрын
Sopwith were contracted to the RNAS (Navy) to provide them with aircraft during the early months of WW1. The RFC soon realised their blunder and bought as many Sopwith products (One and a half Strutter, Pup, Camel etc as soon as possible.)
@KOMET20065 ай бұрын
The Black Flight - those Canadian pilots in the RNAS certainly punched above their weight.
@WindThrusters Жыл бұрын
7.25 No. The whole engine revolved around the crankshaft not the crankcase.
@ZoeBrain2 жыл бұрын
Performance - wonderful. But a nightmare to maintain due to poor positioning of oil and fuel tanks. This required a complete disassembly and rebuild to do basic maintenance on the engine, at a time when engines had to be changed every 40 hrs of flight. After disassembly, the aircraft had to be re rigged, so availability (mean time between failures/ mean time to repair) was less than 1/4 of comparable aircraft, and put a strain on riggers and fitters, who were in short supply. But performance - outstanding. It was only the maintenance issue that prevented larger scale production and use into late 1918.
@craigodoan68777 ай бұрын
Great presentation you guys rock!!!!!!!
@richardlewis74713 жыл бұрын
Great presentation! Learned a lot! I’m a huge tripe fan now!
@garymorris18563 жыл бұрын
This is so cool to see this beautiful airplane fly. Thank you for posting.
@mandoprince1 Жыл бұрын
One of the reasons that the Triplane was developed so quickly was that it was a direct development of the Sopwith Pup, using basically the same fuselage and tail section, with new wings and a considerably more powerful engine.
@TheMarcball3 жыл бұрын
Hi Matthew, glad to have you BAM here in Seattle, I'm in Kitsap myself and started reading Dan Hampton's Lords of the Sky... which got me here. Love your videos, sir, perfect companion to the book. Thanks for the inspiration and keep on trucking!
@frontsightblade4 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@georgesmith45093 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour. I love Tripes. In Aussie terms they gave the Albatross' the "Flogging they deserved". As an aside check out the Ozz history in them. I wish I could get accurate plans. I'm currently building a 1/17 scale model for war museum in Seven Hills (Sydney aus). They have a D111 ceiling mounted in a descending turn. So I thought NO!! get a tripe after it. Sadly, most people have no knowledge of this brave little air warrior. All they know of is Fokker's dr1 which Fokker didn't design. and it was knock off anyway
@davidwilburn63149 ай бұрын
Detailed plans are now readily available via my friend Craig.
@brinx86342 жыл бұрын
A small correction, if you don't mind. In this case, Maria is pronounced Mariah. mə-RY-ə A Black Mariah(sic) is an English term dating from the 1800's for what we today call a "Paddy Wagon". Ray Collishaw, the grandson of squadron commander Raymond Collishaw, was a dear friend of mine.
@enzannometsuke88122 жыл бұрын
Mah RYE ah
@brinx86342 жыл бұрын
@@enzannometsuke8812 Exactly. 🙂
@davidwilburn63149 ай бұрын
I'd like information on Ray Collishaw, as my partner and I are planning to possibly begin building this plane as early as 2024.
@peterforden59179 ай бұрын
It's still possible to buy stamped autographed envelopes of the 'Tripe' signed by Tommy Sopwith himself and have your own bit of Philatelic and Aviation History and the stamped signed envelopes are really quite cheap :)
@matttaylor40032 жыл бұрын
the RNAS also had a two gun version of the sopwith Tri-plane. Early version of the triplane had a 90hp engine.
@raycollishaw6733 жыл бұрын
Excellent video.
@mrstacyj94962 жыл бұрын
you are so lucky! what a great collection. I wonder why they didn't retrofit the ship with more guns?
@kidmohair81512 жыл бұрын
technically, there is no rank of "flight commander"...it is positional and is usually held by a flight lieutenant or captain, so Collishaw at the time was a flight lieutenant in the RNAS, and later a captain in that same org, and when the RNAS was subsumed into the RAF in 1918, he went on to eventually reach Air Vice Marshal, in that org.
@kidmohair81512 жыл бұрын
other than that....all is well and good
@davidwilburn63149 ай бұрын
"...three ailerons per (3) wing (s)..." That would be 9 ailerons. ;) Kidding aside, my partner and I are working on plans to perhaps begin a triplane as early as 2024 at my shop in NC. I've finished with my build of the rear section of a SPAD XIII, so time to move on to the Sopwith! Tom is negotiating as I send this message. Let's connect, if you're still up in WA. :)
@davidwilburn63149 ай бұрын
Another technicality comment: When you state the prop/engine rotates around the crankcase, what you mean is the prop and engine (and crankcase) rotates around the crankSHAFT. In gear-head lingo, that's an important distinction.
@quietguy19482 жыл бұрын
Well done...
@tgwazu2 жыл бұрын
More about the “tidbit of the day” Fokker didn’t design his triplane until shortly after inspecting a downed Sopwith trip. He basically COPIED the Sopwith, but (wisely) put dual guns on it, and I think it was much faster. Unfortunately for many German pilots, Fokker’s triplane did have torque issues that killed many pilots in training. Sorry I can’t cite my history source(s) on this, it’s been 40 years since I read about it.
@frizzlefry59042 жыл бұрын
Black ma-ria-ah , brits huh ! Black Maria definition: 1. a police vehicle used to transport prisoners 2. a police vehicle used to transport
@georgeferguson71142 жыл бұрын
In the rush to counter the Sopwith Triplane the Fokker DR1 was produced with resulting slow speed and shabby construction.
@therealbadbob22012 жыл бұрын
The DR1 was not Von Richtoffens favorite. The D7 was.
@georgeferguson71142 жыл бұрын
@@therealbadbob2201 When you think of the awful aircraft that he flew, the D7 was a super aircraft.
@stanburk7392 Жыл бұрын
I believe the air cadet squadron in Kamloops BC is named after the Black Maria 204 Black Maria. If I am wrong I would like to know the actual origin of their name
@andrewlabat99632 жыл бұрын
Great video..
@scottmarquiss79414 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video!whats the history of the airplane you are standing in front of?
@MrDgwphotos4 жыл бұрын
It's a reproduction, most WW1 aircraft that exist today are reproductions.
@scottmarquiss79414 жыл бұрын
@@MrDgwphotos come to the National Air and Space Museum. . .we have NO REPRODUCTIONS of WW I aircraft! Including the last Camel built at the Sopwith factory!
@Dog.soldier19504 жыл бұрын
@@scottmarquiss7941 kinda trek from the west coast
@joefrawley52952 жыл бұрын
Really cool channel. Awesome aircraft my only suggestion: in my own opinion it sounds as if your talking to a Saturday morning kids show?
@RTD19472 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic plane...20,000 foot ceiling? What did the pilots use for O2?
@leifvejby80232 жыл бұрын
Nothing. They were tough back then, and no elctrically heated clothing either!
@furiacabocla2furiacabocla5892 жыл бұрын
Hy. Do you know the first plane to carry 20 mm gun for combat. Thanks..
@Fraiyia3 жыл бұрын
It’s important to note that over 10 thousand feet you need supplemental O2 . Adiabatic lapse rate of about 2 degrees per thousand feet means it gets awful cold up at high altitudes. Carb icing , air to fuel mixture ratio, winds aloft . I doubt that pilots did too many high altitude flights. Hypoxia would adversely affect performance to say the least . The three short wings provided excellent lift but also a lot less G loading . G loading in tight turns can damage the aircraft - I could point you to charts on G loading but I am sure you get the picture . You could pull a lot more Gs in these old planes than in the modern planes I trained on in flight school , The Gear was simple and as with any tail dragger , you have to stay focused to land these . The gyroscopic effect of the rotary engine would help you in turns - I believe right turns but left required much more effort .
@paulmanson2532 жыл бұрын
There was no supplemental oxygen that I know of in WWI. There are accounts of pilots going as high as 14,000 feet,fairly regularly. Also,the Zeppelin raids over England,survival for them quickly became one of staying high. Going up on a single sortie in an airplane must have been tough,I have no idea how the Zepplin occupants managed,staying high up for many weary hours. Cannot recall from memory just how high they were,but it was above 10,000 feet. Moving about in a very large construct like that must have been just awful,using up oxygen. The Zepplins were hated by the British public,but they were very brave men. Just taking a leak up there must have been agonizing. Eating,drinking,anything else. No warming cabins for them.
@Fraiyia2 жыл бұрын
@@paulmanson253 Hi. So . As a pilot I am required to know the FaR Aim . Now in regards to supplemental oxygen : what I am discussing is hypoxia and you CAN NOT get more O2 at 10 k MSL . O2 is less the higher up you go. You also have adiabatic lapse rate. So you can deal with the temps by putting on more clothiing but hypoxia will take you out . There is more to say on the subject . I am a flight instructor so feel free to pm if you have questions .
@gerardoppewal3722 жыл бұрын
Being a private pilot, I know you can legally fly up to 12500 ft without O2, and up to 14000 ft for no longer than 30 minutes. Brief your pax for 'blue lips' as the first sign of hypoxia. My aircraft will do +4 and -2 G's, but I never went beyond +2.5. Agreed on the gyroscopic effect. Precession made for a very rapid 'up and right' as well as 'down and left'.
@Fraiyia2 жыл бұрын
Gerard Oppewal well be careful with hypoxia . It don’t play . CO2 and carbon monoxide can be an issue . There is a recording you should listen to where the pilots had rapid depressurization . They were very slow and sounded drunk . They were lucky to get down safely .. 12500 and up to and including 14000 supplemental O2 is required . This is in the FAR AIM .
@paulmanson2532 жыл бұрын
We are talking somewhat at cross purposes. You are of course correct as to what current standards are. They exist for very good reasons. During WWI there were no standards. When this Sopwith Triplane was designed and flown. I looked it up. The Zeppelin boys who bombed London found that being at 16,000 feet,no oxygen, was not possible after about 4 hours. Too painful. Individual fighter pilots took their machines up ,and about 14,000 feet was as much as they could stand. Airplane,engine and pilot ,all performing sub optimally. But they did it. Modern standards exist because learning them was written in blood. The very technology that created pressure bottles full of pure oxygen was created during WWI. But ordinary service pilots did not have access to such. Instead they got into their crates and flew them as far and as high as the aerodynamics allowed. It is many years ago now but PBS had a program where a group of young people doing a bachelor's program in aviation did wind tunnel and computer modeling tests on a 1/3 scale Fokker E1. The monoplane. The conclusion was it was dangerously unsafe to fly. And that any modern reproduction would need significant modification. And yet in 1915,it represented a significant threat to Allied airplanes. So times have changed.
@anthonyburke56562 жыл бұрын
Like the Sopwith Dolphin, the Army didn’t know what worked
@georgej.dorner32622 жыл бұрын
Another advantage of the Tripehound...it didn't lose its wings in flight like the Dr.1 did. Better construction.
@davidwilburn63149 ай бұрын
Not true. The Sopwith Triplane also had wing deconstruction problems in edge-of-envelope manouvering.
@TheraPi3 жыл бұрын
Single gun may be what gave it a weight and climb advantage...
@andrewdking2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I have been to the Shuttleworth Collection many times here in the UK. Most aircraft here whether original or replicas actually fly. I'm sure they have one, but I assumed it was a trainer, not a potent combat aircraft. The Sopwith Pub and Camel are more well known
@patrickskelton36102 жыл бұрын
They built one & it was checked & signed off by Tommy Sopwith as a late production model. I've seen it many times.
@leifvejby80232 жыл бұрын
@@patrickskelton3610 That is true, I read about it back then, was it in the late 70s?
@davidpeters65362 жыл бұрын
Sopwith produced some outstanding planes. BLM-woke would have a problem with the squadron name these days I think. Great video, thanks.
@georgej.dorner32622 жыл бұрын
Speaking of RNAS aces, how about Stan Dallas?
@robertrussellmd4 жыл бұрын
Is there a way we could communicate directly with the curator offline? Great vids. Thanks.
@museumofflight4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Robert! You can email Matthew at curator@museumofflight.org.
@anthonyburke56562 жыл бұрын
Another factor, Tom Sopwith was on the “outer” with the British establishment, he was a “social poseur” who attracted adverse attention and was thought of as a “War Profiteer”, which the Government Aircraft Factory used to have his aircraft discriminated against in favour of their inferior product designed by a “Committee”
@blank5572 жыл бұрын
And that committee allowed Bloody April to happen, with brave pilots and crews getting butchered flying outdated BE 2's and RE's. Those committee members should have been tried for treason.
@anthonyburke56562 жыл бұрын
@@blank557 why are you so surprised, from the nation who systematically fed the flower of their youth into the meat grinder of the Western Front, wasting the accumulated capital of 2 centuries of Empire, the nation whose premier general described his winning troops as “Scum” (Wellington about his Peninsular Army). The nation that wouldn’t pay a commoner like Joe Manson in a deal where he offered pay for and to supply the British Army with Artillery with twice the range, 4 times the accuracy and twice the rate of fire, if they would agree to him getting a 2 penny royalty for every shot fired, BUT paid Lord Stokes an outrageous amount AND royalties for a Trench Mortar design he stole from the Germans in WW1.
@blank5572 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyburke5656 War is a Racket, as Marine General Smedley Bulter once said.
@anthonyburke56562 жыл бұрын
@@blank557 I agree with Gen. Bulter, it’s a racket in the worse sense of the word, even when it’s a war that must be fought, the wrong people die.
@gerardoppewal3722 жыл бұрын
I don't think the Triplane on display here has a rotary engine. It has two pushrods per cylinder and a fixed exhaust on the right side of the fuselage: that makes it a radial.
@leifvejby80232 жыл бұрын
It most certainly is, it just isn't a monosoupape engine.
@richardperkins2781 Жыл бұрын
The same Mr Hawker that went on to build the Hawker Aircraft Co. of Hurricane, Tempest, Typhoon fame?
@Flashman36175 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Sopwith treated Mr Hawker very well. Hawker Aircraft was the successor of Sopwith Aircraft. Mr Hawker died way to young. On the other had Mr. Sopwith lived a very long time, in fact was involved in a modern recreation of a Sopwith Triplane, if I remember he called it an official one not a replica. If you have a chance look in to Mr. Hawkers life it was very interesting.
@danmcdonald91172 жыл бұрын
Seattle, that explains it
@flaps_rickenbacker247 Жыл бұрын
Flying at 20.000 feet in an aircraft with an non supercharged 130 HP engine and an open cockpit lacking supplemental oxygen for the pilot is a remarkable feat in its own right.
@beowulf131210 ай бұрын
Great British fighter.
@lebaillidessavoies38892 жыл бұрын
and you have a lot of spare wings if you loose one...
@jamesbaker71122 жыл бұрын
Three ailerons per wing is a lot of ailerons.
@asd36f3 жыл бұрын
Did Sopwith consider improving the firepower of the triplane?
@JohnyG293 жыл бұрын
They were building the Camel by then which had two machine guns.
@RRW3593 жыл бұрын
Not the best source but I was reading the Wikipedia article recently and it mentioned that there were trials of it with dual MG's but apparently they were of limited success.
@spencerdawkins2 жыл бұрын
@@RRW359 - me, too. Apparently the weight of the extra gun killed the altitude advantage? Which does make me wonder (1) if the Sopwith Camel could pull two Vickers machines guns, why didn't they work on the Triplane until it could do so, too? and (2) if the problem was the weight of Vickers machine guns, what would it have taken to lighten them?
@enzannometsuke88122 жыл бұрын
Camel had a considerably larger engine and wing loading
@stevem7868-y4l Жыл бұрын
How did the pilots breathe at 20,000 ft?
@richardmardis24926 ай бұрын
I know you bought that from my museum Chapman Fighter Aircraft Museum- I want it back! 🤣🤣🤣❤️🫡
@exJacktar2 жыл бұрын
Go navy!
@historylover83713 ай бұрын
A flyable reproduction can be seen at the MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, Ohio.
@yuminabish99193 жыл бұрын
Intro song please??
@Whitpusmc Жыл бұрын
How did those guys breathe at 20,000 feet? Isn’t that the death zone?
@raiskis12 жыл бұрын
Naval 8 received triplanes beginning in March 1917. Richthofen shot down one of theirs on April 29, 1917.
@bullettube98634 жыл бұрын
I think if the Sopwith had been equipped with two 303s and the more powerful 130hp engine, then it might have been accepted more readily by the RAF. The Focker triplane on the other hand turned out to be unreliable and prone to the wings tearing off in a dive. The Red Baron flew his just once and never flew it again!
@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn39354 жыл бұрын
Bullettube This is almost 100% untrue.
@bullettube98634 жыл бұрын
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Be more specific please.
@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn39354 жыл бұрын
@@bullettube9863 He had 19 'victories' flying the Dr1.
@bullettube98634 жыл бұрын
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Yes, but only after they strengthened the wings. He much preferred the better D7, and as you noted he scored only 19 of his 80 plus victories in the tri-wing. Most of his victories were earlier in the war, as allied pilots became better, (by copying his tactics) it became harder for the German pilots to dominate the western front.
@polovski10003 жыл бұрын
They did try experimenting with 2 Guns on 6 test Triplanes but wasn't successful. The Red Baron flew the DR1 many times, yes earlier on it had a few failures of upper wing canvas tearing so he would have stopped using it as it was temporarily withdrawn until fixed. Mandred's brother Lothar suffered such a failure but managed to crash land and survived. That issue was fixed.
@anthonyburke56562 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget they were sent to Russia with the Expeditionary force, there is one in a museum in Moscow
@gordonmcinnes83282 жыл бұрын
Black Maria is pronounced Black Ma-RI-ah not Maria, the name of police vans that took people to the cells or to court. Google the history of the term, it has a racial dimension. They did experiment with more guns on triplanes but obviously time didn't allow for that and it is worth remembering that the Camel destroyed more enemy aircraft than ALL other allied types COMBINED. It is worth wondering how this design might have performed with say, a 150hp Bently engine...
@anthonyburke56562 жыл бұрын
According to my family oral history, Harry Hawker did more design and modification on the Tripe than Sopwith.
@anthonyburke56562 жыл бұрын
It did have a nasty tendency to shed its wings in a power dive
@georgegonzalez-rivas3787 Жыл бұрын
It's not "Blach Ma-ri-a" (like the girl's name) it's Black muh-RI-ah named after the Police Paddywagon used to arrest people and raid speakeasy's.
@Outlier9995 ай бұрын
Counting his victories in Russia he eclipsed Mannock and Udet.
@mosty874 жыл бұрын
that's a thing that wonders me .... 1 vickers on the sopwith tripe but 2 spandaus on the fokker dr1
@polovski10003 жыл бұрын
They did produce a twin vickers gun Triplane (6 machines only) as a test. Didn't work out so well due to extra weight and so on.
@JohnyG293 жыл бұрын
The fokker was a later aircraft design from a time when most fighters had switched to carry two machine guns.
@enzannometsuke88122 жыл бұрын
Dr1 was slowwwww. Completely different wing strategy as well
@mrpurcountry2 жыл бұрын
It's been said the Red Baron didn't like the triplane Style he preferred to biplane
@MrRobster12342 жыл бұрын
That should be "Black Mar Eye a" like the hearse or the paddy wagon, not Black Maria".
@horrido666 Жыл бұрын
I hate the post processing.
@miknelak3 жыл бұрын
Not great research here......the Tripe actually went to France, for front line testing, in 1916. The pilot was an Australian ace, by the name of Roderic Stanley Dallas. It would be nearly another 10 months before the aircraft made a fulsome appearance, in the Spring of 1917. The first prototype Sopwith Triplane, N.500, went to France in mid-June, 1916 to undergo Service trials with Naval "A" Fighting Squadron at Furnes. The Triplane was an instant success, and no time was lost in testing it in action, for it was sent up on an interception within a quarter of an hour of its arrival at Furnes.
@malcolmbrown35322 жыл бұрын
Indeed the likeness between the "Tripe Hound" and Fokker, lead to the downfall of many an Allied/British Pilot . Due to that likeness, bearing in mind they didn't have radios to communicate with each other, they had to rely on sight. Thus even at the speeds of the time Pilots had to be quick in identifying between friend and foe, if they got it wrong then Bang! they'd be dead having been shot down......
@davidmcleod77573 жыл бұрын
so sad that the sopwith triplane didn't get any credit for being an awesome dog fighter in wwI
@montehall52962 жыл бұрын
Why don’t you ever say where you museum is located??
@davidwilburn63149 ай бұрын
Try setting down that Gin & Tonic and listening more carefully at 0:25! He clearly says "sunny Seattle".
@georgej.dorner32622 жыл бұрын
The magazine-fed Vickers machine gun was grossly inferior to the belt-fed German guns. While the German pilot fed a long belt of hundreds of rounds of ammo through a blazing gun, the Vickers had to have its magazine changed every 97 shots. Which was a two-handed operation. So the poor Brit pilot had to steer with his knees while fumbling with a heavy magazine in a hundred mph slipstream. All to recharge a gun that couldn't be aimed directly.
@SteampunkEngineering2 жыл бұрын
That would be amazingly interesting if it wasn't for the fact that the Vickers machine gun was belt fed. It was the Lewis machine gun that was drum fed.
@kevinmcdonald6446 Жыл бұрын
The Fokker is prettier to my eye. The Sopwith is too tall or maybe it's main struts look too "heavy". At any rate, it certainly was a great plane, better as I recall reading than the Fokker. Well-done video. Se. 5a is my favorite WW1 bird.
@PDZ11223 жыл бұрын
The colour is so wrong. They were not that shade of institutional green.
@davidwilburn63149 ай бұрын
From what I'm seeing, there were quite a lot of different renderings over this aircraft's relatively brief lifespan. Choosing accurate colors from 100 years ago can certainly be a very painstaking chore in and of itself, and perhaps this builder (painter) didn't intend to portray it precisely or have enough thorough knowledge to make the livery exactly correct.
@squad-wh4ig Жыл бұрын
20000 feet with no oxygen?
@tabsqc2 ай бұрын
Yup. Read the memoirs of the likes of McCudden. They flew regularly at 19-20,000 feet with no oxygen. They froze half to death and and suffered terrible headaches if they came down too fast which they often did. I don’t know how they managed it.
@Vickyvee972 жыл бұрын
Great video but the Curator's talking mannerisms is giving me the diabeetus! Where I come for those mannerisms come off as condescending, just saying.
@marksbikeexports51232 жыл бұрын
Annoying
@markgranger9150 Жыл бұрын
Notice the landing gear on the fokker it has a wing between the wheels. The sopwith doesn't have one.