The FASTEST Propeller Plane Of WW2?: Dornier Do-335

[@Akubra123]

Pfeil MEANS Arrow !!!!

[@asdf9890]

Thanks! Fitting name.

[@gort8203]

It was not "sometimes" called the arrow, it was always called the arrow. Pfeil is the German word for arrow. Narrator doesn't seem to know the airplane had a bomb bay. Carrying bombs under the wings would negate the speed advantage of the airplane, and speed was to be its defense against interception during bombing missions.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

It was a Jagdbomber JA-BO in German.

[@jonathanberner5501]

I discovered this plane as a teen. It’s absolutely my favorite ever

[@Schlipperschlopper]

its a superlative design! Today you could build am 1:1 replica using 2 Pilatus Turbo props! (Push/pull)

[@Steven-p4j]

I read the book by the test pilot Hans Lerche, who found it a very singular aircraft in every way. I believe it was also the first aircraft featuring an ejection seat, and explosive bolts secured the lower vertical stabiliser to the empennage. In the case of a belly landing, it could be discarded. What a marvel it was.

[@ZOIDRAB]

What a beautiful airplane

[@ericbrammer2245]

Fokker, in 1939, proposed a twin-engine , in-line-of-the Fuselage (kinda like a Cessna Skymaster, but low-wing, twin-boom-tail), and I am Certain Dornier was quite-well aware of it! He didn't 'copy' everything, but instead Evolved it. His biggest obstacle was the Ejection Seat/and rear-prop Shunt, in the Event of Bailing-out. That Seat was deemed as 'Needed', as not-only the Rear Prop was a 'slice-dice-device', but the tail-fins also were quite 'in-the-way', but it wasn't until Saab (with the J-21; a Pusher-prop fighter, later re-built with a Jet engine) figured-out how use Solid-rocket propellant for those seats. Until then, Compressed air canisters had been in use, with, "MEH?" results. The Germans simply ran out of Time to fix what was, obviously, an 'Issue' on this airframe. That Noted speed, btw, was in late 1943, not at-War's-end, so at that time, no other Propeller driven plane could've caught up.

[@klaus-peterborn1370]

Dornier used push pull configuration early on, look the Do Wal or Do X. New was only to put the engines at the ends of the plane than put them together in one place.

[@igclapp]

It's probably not a coincidence that Cessna's first push-pull design was one model number higher than 335: the 336 Skymaster.

[@1936Studebaker]

I believe the rear propeller could be jettisoned should the pilot need to bail out. With that twin canopy set up it might have made a good night fighter!

[@Ricky40369]

True.

[@kimeldiin1930]

Pfeil MEANS arrow !! However incorrect power management could get it into difficult to handle porpoising...

[@45CaliberCure]

Yeah, was going to mention that. I don't recall reading about its being all that stable. Cool plane, but it was nearly obsolete, just like most other piston-engined fighters by the end of the war, due to the emergence of jet engines.

[@dhr43e56]

Your videos are so fire🔥🔥🔥

[@TailWinds2024]

Thanks! It is appreciated!

[@johnnanny4872]

Wow, what amazing and also fantastic aircraft. 😂

[@Slaktrax]

Marvellous German technology, a pity it proved a little unreliable. But this would have been sorted had there been enought time, no doubt. 🙂

[@Schlipperschlopper]

No that plane was reliable.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

All the evidence confirms that the plane was well developed and very reliable.

[@kimeldiin1930]

Why showing Us bombs falling????!!!

[@Acetheskyhook]

They should put this plane in il-2

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Well the real story of this amazing D0-335 aircraft is that......The rear engine OVER HEATED quickly and it was never solved....Thank you... Old F-5 pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

That is a false urban myth that is based on bias and plain ignorance, The P-51 Mustang had the same radiator system and it worked just fine if the pilot set the controls correctly..

[@gregp6210]

The officially fastest WW 2 piston prop plane was the P-47J, which exceeded 500 mph in testing. The P-47M could do 470, but probably well exceeded that when the engines were boosted in the field to better deal with 262s. The 335 was not produced in favor of the Ta-152 because the latter was as fast and much cheaper to produce. The 335 was misdesigned. It was a massive fighter-bomber with a big plump fuselage with a bomb bay and enormous thick wings. And bad read pilot visibility. It should have been a true fighter with the same tandem engines and a more slender fuselage and smaller, thinner wings. Would have easily exceeded 500 mph, faster climb, and more maneuverable.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

The numbers you quoted are deliberately deceptive and misleading, No version of the P-47 in operational service could fly faster than the 447 mph. The speeds you quote are for _civilian prototypes_ and they could not match these speeds in military acceptance tests. FYI; All the P-47Ms were grounded after delivery for catastrophic engine failures, All M engines were ordered removed and the Simmons Boost regulators destroyed. they all had their engines replaced with standard D model engines. The Simmons Boost regulator disaster was one of the biggest blunders in American military history, Initial tests in the P-51H and P-47 J and M were very promising but later military test proved that the system was an unmitigated failure.

[@johnshepherd9676]

This myth persists. The P-51H was the fastest production piston engined aircraft at 487mph although at combat load it maxed out at 470, which seems to be the maximum speed for any aircraft at combat weight.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

The Top speed of the P-51 H was only 450mph. The Simmons Boost regulator proved to be a total failure in military acceptance tests and the regulator system was rejected by the USAAF.

[@johnshepherd9676]

@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke False.. See Greg's Airplahes on the P-51H.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

@@johnshepherd9676 *FACT: NO VERSION OF THE P-51 SAW OPERATIONAL SERVICE WITH THE SIMMONS BOOST REGULATOR OR WATER INJECTION.* *THE TOP SPEED AS TESTED BY THE US ARMY ORDANCE DEPT WAS 450 MPH..*

[@johnshepherd9676]

@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke No Do 335 did either. Tech model served in Aur Guard into Korea.

[@johnshepherd9676]

@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke youtu dot be/KGFsAOUdX7A?si=z1h70gDlelN0DgG0. Remove "dot" and replace with "."

[@RichardFarnsworth-l7w]

Too little too late

[@cptant7610]

Honestly the puller/pusher is something of a missed concept during the war. I think that if they came up with it earlier most heavy fighters would have used this configuration.

[@SoloRenegade]

nope. it has issues, and this airplane is very big, expensive, harder to maintain, and slower than many late single engine fighters.

[@cptant7610]

@@SoloRenegade That's a different category of aircraft. Heavy fighters suchs as the BF 110 or Bristol Beaufighter were commonly used. Those aircraft where used in multiple roles such as night fighter, interceptor and ground attack.

[@SoloRenegade]

@@cptant7610 the Do335 is a heavy fighter in the same class as the Me110, Mosquito, Beaufighter, etc. I never mentioned a specific class though, so not sure what you were responding to.

[@cptant7610]

@@SoloRenegade You said its slower than single engine fighters. This design isn't competing with those. It's competing with twin engine heavy fighters.

[@SoloRenegade]

@@cptant7610 no, it's competing with single engine fighters, as that is what will shoot it down. and most nations by this point in WW2 have abandoned twin engine heavy fighters in favor of more capable and versatile single engine fighters. this thing was nothing more than a target for Allied fighters to shoot down. Luftwaffe had no offensive air capabilities at this point in the war.

[@chamberpot969]

Why aren't both engines radial engines?

[@EbenBransome]

Surface area. Radials have more wind resistance than equivalent V engines. The Germans were limited on power due to the lack of special metals for berings and valves, so a low cross section was essential to minimise power for a given speed.

[@asdf9890]

I hate the look of this plane, but I'm gonna watch to see just wtf.

[@SoloRenegade]

wasn't even in the top 10 of fastest piston airplanes of WW2. P-51H was fastest overall. P-51A was fastest below 17k ft.

[@ericbrammer2245]

Nope! The P-47M was (in active service) at 502 mph, in Level Flight at 28000 Ft.. The Republic XP-72 (Superbolt) exceeded that, at 504 mph at 22000 Ft, in late 1944. The F-8F, missed the War-timeline by a month or two, but was Still FASTER, and Climbed Quicker than the F-51H(and most Anything else out-there!). Oh, and, only three wings (not a Full Squadron, even!) of P-51H's ever got-to Iwo Jima, while the P-47N (long-range, wet-wing P-47, able to do 475 mph at 38000 Ft.) was two squadron's strong, while the P-47M (lightweight variant) had been taking-on V-1's since May, 1944 with the 56th FG, in Europe, in strength. Had the F-8F Bearcat arrived two months earlier, IT would've been the quickest-climbing Propeller driven Fighter, right behind the De-Havilland Hornet, but barely ahead-of my Dad's intended mount, the F-7F Tigercat. F-51H's were fast, but too LIGHT. When the Korean War broke out, the USANG Kept their F-47N's at Home (for Defense; an ODD Decision IMHO?), and the F-80 got Replaced by Surplus P-51D's (not 'H') for Tactical Bombing, while my Dad's F-7F's went to the Marines as Ground-pounders.

[@SoloRenegade]

@@ericbrammer2245 no P-47 of any type ever achieved such a speed. No WW2 piston plane Ever broke 500mph in level flight. "The F-8F, missed the War-timeline by a month or two, but was Still FASTER, and Climbed Quicker than the F-51H" Faster in climb only, not in speed. And it took years after WW2 to get the speed up, and then was quickly replaced in service by the F4U. The P-47N was relegated to ground attack in Korea, Formosa, and China due to lack of range. and was even slower than the P-47M. Korean war doesn't count, as it's literally years later in a DIFFERENT WAR. We are discussing WW2 only. No P-47 has Ever held a speed record in aviation history. Think about that.

[@ericbrammer2245]

@@SoloRenegade Sorry, You are incorrect.

[@klaus-peterborn1370]

I allways ask me why the Do 335 brought back to Germany to restore it had forbidden by american order not to bring it back into flying condition. Has nothing to do with Amercia might loose the world speed record of prop driven planes or?😃

[@LeeHarris]

Oh god are you guys Yanks? The fastest recorded flight by piston engine was the Spitfire: High-speed trials began in 1943. On one flight, Squadron Leader JR Tobin sent his Mark XI Spitfire into a 45-degree dive; the plane reached a top speed of 606mph. This was the fastest a Spitfire had ever flown - without the pilot dying along the way. Another flight got close to the speed of sound .92 and survived... just. Also, the Mustang was basically a British plane built in the USA, the original was a crock of shit until the Brits swamped out the original Allison for a Merlin. The bubble Canopy was spotted by a US official in the UK and also adopted and the special wing design came from British experiments, even the drop tanks were a special British design using cellulose so the allies did not drop useful aluminum over Germany... And the kicker.. the main designer in the US was actually a naturalised German! The fact is before the redesigned Mustang US planes were hopeless as flighters in Europe, once they dived they just kept going until they hit the ground.

[@flyinbiker2001]

At 472 mph the P-47 N was the fastest propeller aircraft and was used in combat

[@Schlipperschlopper]

single prop engine not dual prop

[@donaldstrishock3923]

The Doreneair ,BEAT IT By 2mph. The P47 had to do a "Dive" to get to 472mph,& Be EMPTY/ No Armorments,& only in a Test !

[@scottrobertson1235]

P-47M Thunderbolts....130 of them built all went to the 56th fighter group! Factory top speed of 473mph. Some were "run hot" ...at 3,200hp, instead of the factory set 2,800hp. These "hot" P-47M,s were getting speeds of 500 to 504mph in LEVEL FLIGHT!!! THIS was the fastest piston engined plane of the war.z

[@Charon58]

@@donaldstrishock3923No, they didn’t. It was the M model, not the long range N model that was the fastest operational fighter of the war. The Dornier was never operational and wasn’t as fast anyway. The Mustang H was probably a little faster than the P47-M but didn’t see service in WW2.

[@flyinbiker2001]

@@donaldstrishock3923 and the same can be said of the German Aircraft with all 3 gallons of high octane they had left in 1945 , the 109s were going 360 or so due to that - in 1970 I was talking to Erich Hartmann here in the US on his book signing tour , and he told me about the fuel problems in a late nite conversation