The YAK-41: The Soviet Attempt at a VTOL Aircraft

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The NHS would make a better sponsor for this video. Or the company that made your bike.

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Where's the F-35 video?

[@thetruthwillout9094]

@@randomotter6346 NHS? What, coercing people to have a vaccination when they do not want or can't have it???

[@randomotter6346]

@@thetruthwillout9094 this is a joke about bike crashes, you don’t need to hate on free healthcare

[@BIGJATPSU]

On the next episode: "Hi my name's Simon and this episode is brought to you today by the Official Megaprojects Arm Sling!" 😂 Get well soon man! ✌🏻

[@secret5070]

Military attaché from both sides often went to each other’s airshow’s and parades, as they did with military drills.

[@rawlahiabetes6969]

They all also go to same military weapon conventions to sell to eachother

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Why wouldn't they? Those parades and airshows were a way to rub a country's military power in others faces. I'm sure they had front seats to watch these things

[@InquisMalleus]

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese spy got a lot of information and details about the base by asking for and joining a guided tour. Quite a bit of intelligence was actually gained through civilian shows and tours over the years.

[@cedriceric9730]

😂😂

[@kdrapertrucker]

And of course aircraft manufacturers attend to sell their wears and that most of them are aviation enthusiasts no surprise.

[@noblue4u]

Editor's Note: From now on, all episodes must be recorded under the influence of pain-killers.

[@hardwirecars]

pain killers do make everything better.

[@jeremiahwollander7364]

HAHA! That was my first thought as soon as he said metal plate! 🤣 "Hmmm....I wonder how high he is right now?" 🤔 He actually sounds a little slurred compared to usual... GET WELL SOON MR. WHISTLER!!!🌈🦄

[@jeremiahwollander7364]

@@hardwirecars Dude try kratom. I used to be addicted to opiates and now I don't even like pain pills anymore

[@drayen667]

An episode on opium and synthetic opioids......while under the influence of synthetic opiods

[@beefgoat80]

Haha I bet he showed up the next day and said, "so, we gonna do that Yak-V video today?"

[@popeclementxi7303]

simons collarbone would still be in one piece had he not gone vertikal'nyy

[@rob1971]

Or if he'd had an automatic ejector seat 🪂

[@shoeonhead]

@@rob1971 All real mountain bikers have that. It’s a dropper seat post. Also could be said to be a popper seat post.

[@sociocomm724]

This is the one...this comment right here officer!

[@llYossarian]

It's called a "TADPOLE configuration" because the two swiveling engine pods make the entire aircraft look like a tadpole's just-forming legs and still-long tail as it's becoming a frog.

[@Hamring]

Was looking for this comment. What about for example an F4 phantom or SU 25 Frogfoot? Or A6 intruder. I assume not enough thrust vectoring planes in this config exist to warrant a specific term but who knows. Apparently not a very well known one anyway so.

[@Tripskiii]

@@Hamring i think it reffers to the exhaust flow on the undercarriage during vtol mode?

[@extendoduck]

​@@HamringThe "tadpole configuration" term is also used for three-wheeled vehicles, and can be used for anything triangular and directional. "Tadpole" is with the base facing forward and point facing back, "delta" is with the point facing forward and the base facing back.

[@DiracComb.7585]

16:17 Simon says YAK-41, screen shows YAK-14. **CONFUSED SCREAMING**

[@justcarcrazy]

Eject! EJECT!!!

[@gregc9344]

Wait a sec

[@gregc9344]

*Insert spiderman double meme here*

[@jimkear6749]

Editor, gulag, 90 days-ski!

[@nateavery2875]

I noticed right away. OCD twitching.

[@geodkyt]

Simon seems especially chipper. Even more so than normal. Knowing how much it hurt when I broke my collarbone, I'm guessing *really good drugs*. LOL

[@maartendj2724]

Is it that bad? I broke my wrist recently and I was sure it was only bruised before the x-ray...

[@geodkyt]

@@maartendj2724 I think it depends how badly it's broken, but if he's got a plate, he's probably broken about as bad as I was. Since the collarbone is attached to the everything in the upper torso, every movement pulls on the fracture. (On the other hand, Simon might be better stabilized with the plate, and therefor in far less pain. My doctor and I decided to skip surgery, despite a complete fracture into three seperate parts, because he said, "You're over 40, you're not a professional ball player, and I can get you to 90%, maybe 95% without surgery, in about 6 weeks. With surgery, I can get you to about 95-97%, with 9 weeks of recovery, and the risk of surgical complications.")

[@jackreinsma2076]

@@geodkyt Honestly after surgery the pain pretty much doesn't exist. It's still uncomfortable, but after about a weed I was out of a sling, and after about two weeks moving my arm and shoulder about like normal. It's mostly odd because you know it's still broken, but it rarely feels like it.

[@bigGullyV]

Percocet is a heck of a ride.

[@ActuallyJamie]

It's those pain meds 😂

[@MichaelaBennison]

"The writer used the Russian alphabet to torture me! WHY?!" Because when you lock people in the basement, they find ways to fight back.

[@fureversalty]

The Yak-41 will forever stay my favorite aircraft, I just think it looks the coolest with those sharp angles and vectoring engines. Its a shame there aren't many pictures or shows with it.

[@Greg-yu4ij]

I think it’s brilliant that the USA uses foreign tech rather than expose US tech. Losing that stealth aircraft to China in the 90s was a huge setback considering our adversaries had no idea how to build stealth planes

[@kokomo9764]

Horrible looking plane. I question your sense of style.

[@fureversalty]

And question you shall, but I am a furry so my style is certainly questionable.

[@mohammedmahathir7536]

@@fureversalty well said

[@VanoR1i]

You have very good sens of style maan!

[@Johnny_Shields]

When that realization hits you that Simon could have died and we would all be bereft of his mini entertainment empire that I'm sure makes up at least 50% of our entertainment.

[@joxerd]

Well, no king rules forever. Although in the case of Simon who would take the crown?

[@Battledongus]

I would be so upset and this thought never even occurred to me

[@Battledongus]

@@joxerd Wash your mouth out blaze boy already said he will find a way to become immortal!

[@mmdirtyworkz]

You have almost no entertainment if such videos make up 50% of it :D

[@joxerd]

Well in my eyes his actions of managing so many channels makes him immortal.

[@donaldbenjamin6358]

"Welcome back to MegaProjects, I'm your host, Cyborg Whistler"

[@drboze6781]

All these channels are going to cost Simon and arm and a leg. Well, there goes the arm...

[@jorge23483]

Cyborg jokes? if not for the lack of a blazer, I would have thought this was a business blaze video😂. Get well soon Simon.

[@aaronbaylis3606]

siborg*

[@weirdshibainu]

During the cold war, the Russian design bureaus had an endless pipeline of projects. All they had to do was point to the West and say..."They're building this...we better too."

[@kokomo9764]

Endless pipeline of projects that were never completed. It doesn't matter how many ideas you have if you do not have the technology, skills or money to complete them they are worthless. Yes, the west was and still is driven by treats of a new weapon. But in the long run this hurts the Russians. The US has all of the resources to build defensive weapons to counter the threat. So what advantage does Russia gain? Do they think the will bankrupt us like we did the Soviets? Take the recent revelations about Russian hypersonic missiles. They may or may not work as claimed ( I would bet they do not). But this just forces the US to accelerate efforts to build better hypersonic weapons and defenses. No gain again for Russia. Russia has multiple projects that probably do not work or are to expensive to build (T-14, Su57 come to mind). Gaslighting the west may be fun for Putin but he is cutting his own throat.

[@trezapoioiuy]

to be fair, they also came up with a lot of weird stuff that was definitely original. It didn't work out most of the time, but they had quite a number of weird projects.

[@JABelms]

@@kokomo9764 But those projects are still benefitting Russia to this day, that is why the Russian forces are much more modern all around compared to the USA. Also the USA is backlogged by lack of competition, it's no surprise that the USA is way richer than Russia, but many of the USA's important equipment are outdated. I mean the USA still uses the Patriot missile, which is pretty garbage

[@demonprinces17]

Same here

[@wmeemw994]

... but they had to succeed lest they disappear to gulags or forests with single hole at back of head or neck.

[@BackYardScience2000]

Get well soon!

[@stephenwalton7079]

VTOL. Von’t Take Off Loaded. SVTOL Still Von’t Take Off Loaded

[@bradk12fan]

Seeing Simon in the sling got me thinking, although this idea is probably more for Business Blaze or Top Tenz. Athletes getting injured doing extracurricular activities (away from their normal sport)/their own stupidity.

[@fiskrens92]

Or like Emil "HeatoN" Christensen from Counter Strike 1.6, he was a amateur hockey player but got into CS when he got injured and then switched career and got quite famous

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Essentially amateur kickboxing. In my experience we all got injured playing football, running, etc and not by actually getting beat up in the ring.

[@bradk12fan]

I know in the Motorsports world in 2006 NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson broke his wrist after falling off a golf cart… that he was “horsing around on the roof of during a celebrity golf tournament.”

[@jaxastro3072]

@@fiskrens92 Canadian from EG/SSG in R6 has a very similar story. Had an amateur hockey career and had a career ending injury. Mans was getting depressed because he couldn't be competitive until he found siege. To this day he's the only North American with 2 PC invite wins

[@426baron]

Michael Schumacher.

[@SlimRhyno]

This reminds me of the AR-18/180. The rifle itself was not a success, but its short stroke, multi-lug rotating bolt, gas piston design has been the foundation of a colossal number of rifle platforms in the past 50 years; the British SA-80, the German G36, and (my personal favorite) the Magpul Masada... which became the Bushmaster ACR... just to name a few. This was another wonderful video, by the way, which I enjoyed tremendously! Thank you for making such excellent content.

[@Nyeoom]

Its been almost 10 years since I broke my collarbone and to this day if someone puts their hands on my shoulders I still get that shooting nerve pain because of the nerve damage, I hope your recovery goes better than mine! I couldn't even wipe myself for a few days after using the bathroom but, hey, I didn't have a team of editors at my disposal!

[@kaneo1]

Which editor is on toileting detail, I wonder...

[@kaneo1]

"The F-35 lightning, America's Flagship jet." _Weeps in Raptor shaped tears_

[@JinKee]

i know you are crying raptor shaped tears but i cannot detect them

[@mattblackmore3012]

*autistic f-111 noises*

[@24934637]

Massively under-rated comment!

[@williamzk9083]

The swiveling nozzle was first used on the MAN/Rolls-Royce RB168 for the German VJ101E. (Note the E version) Yak copied this and obviously had the most experience. It was a time the US defense industry was using a lot of Russian Engineers to do the detail work in areas not a security issue.

[@mikyas392]

22 tear drops to be exact.

[@kymmoulds]

Thanks for taking the time to make the video and I hope that you heal up and get well very soon. Cheers and also aq BIG thumbs up.

[@yolkiandeji7649]

That ejection clip & Iron Simon needs to be in every video😂

[@KriLL325783]

If Simon becomes a cyborg, he'll be immortal, so he can keep making content forever!

[@itarry4]

Doesn't need to become Cyborg, just create a digital copy and put his brain in a jar connected to the system. Then have the brain control the digital copy to read the scripts and make the Simon like remarks about it from time to time. A digital copy could effectively make even more videos and channels than he already does.

[@blackc1479]

Too late

[@JinKee]

he would end up in Kyle’s facility

[@vigilantobserver8389]

Thanks for the video, Simon! I hope you have a swift and complete recovery!

[@weirdshibainu]

Sorry about the accident Simon. Hope you recover 100%

[@armbusk]

quick correction, thrust vectoring is not just down and horizontal, but also up most of the time. It's often used on CTOL aircraft just to make them turn faster and be able to maneuver at very low speeds.

[@adamnottage8642]

I was at the Farnborough airshow in the early noughties when there was a display by a Yak 41. It's the only time I have ever heard the announcer on the PA system at an airshow give a noise warning - "Cover your ears because this plane is VERY loud!"

[@24934637]

That's the first time I've ever heard of a noise warning at an airshow!! That must have been incredible to out-noise the Avro Vulcan!! If you are an airshow regular, you'll be well aware of the effect that the Vulcan had on car alarms lol.

[@artcamp7]

17:38 Shows a Dassault Rafale with large F-35 written over it. The F-35 is that distant one in the background

[@Adiishresthaaa]

F-35 is in stealth mode

[@BagoPorkRinds]

These are two USAF F-35A Lightning IIs from the Hill Air Force Base, Utah and two Dassault Rafales from Saint-Dizier-Robinson Air Base during a joint excercise as part of Atlantic Trident 21. The photo was taken on May 18, 2021 by USAF SSgt. Alexander Cook.

[@honeyspringshomestead1411]

Ouch, glad you're in good spirits and may you have a speedy recovery. We all know that hair loss is harder to recover from, and I am sadly not going to recover from that one like yourself. But jokes aside, love your videos and channels.

[@mattpierre891]

The Yak-38 was a dog. Besides the crazy ejection seat: - The engines were so underpowered and unreliable that Soviet Navy pilots sometimes refused to fly it. - Lack of space for fuel meant it only had a range of a few hundred miles (not great for a fleet defense aircraft). - Could only carry a payload of two missles (again, not great for fleet defense). - 15 years is a incredibly short service life for Soviet Aircraft. Consider that the Russians are still using the Mig-29 which was introduced in the early 70s and the Bear Bomber from the late 50s.

[@FallenPhoenix86]

Two nicknames I'm aware of: "The foremast defense fighter" "The pigeon of peace"

[@SavvDaDon]

The MiG 29 came out in the early 80s as a response to the F16 and the Su 27 came about a year later.

[@snape1464]

It's a technology demonstrator that never should have seen service. However a very interesting plane and the 41 kinda shows what might have been

[@alnotz]

1. Engines power true for the pre-series Yak-36M, serial aircraft had no serious problems till it was taken to tropic conditions. Added oxigen boost eliminated the problem with the Yak-38M and retrofits. 2. Fuel range was a problem, but the Yak-38 was never a fleet defense aircraft. It is a light attack aircraft for ground support (Palubniy Sturmovik), roughly equivalent of a MiG-21MF in ground support configuration. 3. Payload, was a problem while the engine power problem existed AND the aircraft was used in VTOL mode. Experiments with STOL mode started in 1980. It could take off with maximum 2tons payload in 400m run from field runway in Afghanistan, even in thin air conditions. There not even range was a problem. Comparable Su-17 aircraft in Afghanistan had a 1700m takeoff run, and less available flight time with the same reduced load. Add to that the much faster reaction time in CAS duty with no taxi and standby time 4. As being said, Yak-38 was irreplaceable and successful in gaining experience in both flight, maintenance and technology development. It was never worse then the **contemporary** Harriers designed to be STOVL from start. Yak38s were never upgraded significantly as it was known from the start that a new plane will take over it's role when it will be ready, 20 years are a lot more than many of the US or British planes from the 60-70s. It is an eternal debate, and many people fall into the usual trap in comparing and ignoring circumstances. "According to US pilots" type boasting and bitching soviet technology cannot be considered credible..

[@alnotz]

@@snape1464 It was more than demonstrator... that was the Yak-36. 38 has to be in combat units, accumulating experience, flight, pointing out all problems in operation. Although for a shorter time, but the Yak38 fought in combat during 1980 Operation Romb, together with the Su-25 also being new then.

[@codyramey9722]

14:04 "When you're landing on a faster speed than usual"...on a mountain bike

[@charlesistheman]

Hope you heal up quick! Great videos as always

[@niekbeentjes8849]

Love your videos! This is content only the true AV geeks know about, you bringing this to a larger adiance is awesome!!

[@Femster1968]

Simon, please could you a show on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and the Harbour tunnel? Also, Australia’s fascination with Big Thing… the big pineapple, the big banana etc

[@mavejak5021]

You slick bastard with the intro into the ad being so smooth lol

[@Nipplator99999999999]

Sorry for your injury, the only thing I've broken more painful than the color bone/ribs (maybe my head but thankfully you don't remember those), would have to be a shoulder blade, so I feel for you. I hope you have a quick and full recovery with plenty of good pain helpers. A sock filled with rice and heated for 30-ish seconds in the microwave helps with the constant dull aches while healing. If you're like myself and have trouble not reacting to something or just reaching out of habit, it helps to wrap a scraf or cloth strip around your arm and ribs to tie it down in place. This has saved me a lot of self inflicted pain.

[@jackreinsma2076]

As someone who also has a plate, seven screws, and two pins from a shattered collarbone, watching your movements before saying you had surgery made me wince knowing how much you feel every little adjustment your body makes when it's broken. Hope you heal up fast, and you'll be out of that sling in no time! Just make sure you still take it easy when it's feeling normal

[@nero3k]

With 37 different channels when does Simon have time to go mountain biking?

[@secret5070]

When he is filming for his new mountain biking channel 😂 coming soon!

[@kossupelle]

@@secret5070 😂😂😂

[@Justanotherconsumer]

He’s just the narrator and public face. Someone else does the writing and tortures him with Cyrillic as needed.

[@StopItRyan]

There is something humorous about a guy with his face on his shirt having his arm in a sling.

[@BrySkye]

11:50 Little correction. The Yak-38 wasn't a supersonic design. There were initial plans for it, but it was scaled back during development. The only way the Yak-38 could achieve supersonic speeds was in a dive, something the first generation Harrier (The GR1, GR3, AV-8A/S/C, Sea Harrier) were also capable of. A Sea Harrier FRS.Mk1 achieved Mach 1.2 in a dive, but basically 'that doesn't count'. The P.1127 derived Harrier was always intended to be a transonic design at best. It was the cancelled P.1154, which was a completely different aircraft for which the name "Harrier" was originally reserved, that was intended to be supersonic. When the P.1154 Harrier was cancelled, the P.1127 Kestrel was developed into the P.1127 (RAF) which was then given the Harrier name.

[@Verithiell]

I am fascinated with this channel. I wonder how "making of" of each episode looks like. The wealth of information and smoothness of narration is just stounding. Thats why I love the internet. I wish I had access to such database back when I was a kid, wonder when it would lead me then, when world seemed alot simpler, with less perceived limitations...

[@jeffduncan02]

After watching this episode, and then re-watching the B-29 episode, it reminded me of a technology that deserves it's own video. Simon, do a video on the Norden bombsight!

[@24934637]

Apparently it wasn't as good as was made out, a lot of it's reputation is based on propaganda used to trick the Germans, which didn't work because they had captured one!

[@Moonshark92]

Make a mega projects video on the A-10 it would be great

[@arcturionblade1077]

Seconded. This channel needs more brrrrrrt.

[@24934637]

@@arcturionblade1077 Brrrrrrrrrrt!

[@manupupule]

I hope you get better bro. I always love your videos. Stay strong 💪🏿

[@Battledongus]

Glad to see you back and well Simon! I heard of your injury on your subreddit! Even a broken bone cant stop the Blaze boy!

[@___asd159gh43]

Oof, I also broke my collarbone mtb-ing and even made it on Friday Fails. Heal quick! Also, that rehab is brutal. Be strong, my dude.

[@miniaturekitty9679]

Simon's prescriptions have him blazing it up on megaprojects

[@marck717]

Simon, I’m sorry to hear about your injury and I hope you have a quick recovery.

[@joseybryant7577]

Just thinking about mountain biking gets my palms sweaty. Simon, you're more of a daredevil than I ever will be.

[@jasontwynn7356]

The YAK'S are some of the best aircrafts in history. As far as I'm concerned. The did a lot with very little help from the government. Only thing the government did was put fear of imprisonment if they failed. Awesome aircrafts.

[@bloodswettears234]

Quite rightly so. This guy doesn't seem to understand Russian history.

[@dalek14mc]

There's a few problems with this video that many people get wrong when it comes to this topic. #1 the designation "X-35" didn't exist at the time when Lockheed Martin and Yakovlev had their meetings. #2 The Yak-141s Lockheed Martin “paid for” were not intended for Lockheed Martin. They were actually intended for Yakovlev to improve the design of the Yak-141. The money Lockheed Martin gave to Yakovlev was actually to fund a continuation program to create 3 flying prototypes, which didn't seem to come into fruition. All we know is that Lockheed Martin obtained flight and design data. #3 The 3BSD/swivel nozzle on the F-35B is based on the vertical lift system of the Convair Model 200, which is a design from the 1960s and many companies were creating similar systems at the time. So, to claim that the idea came from Yakovlev is just not true.

[@sergeychmelev5270]

#2 Lockheed Martin did not pay to Yakovlev to "improve the design of the Yak-141". In 1991 they only reached an agreement to provide $350-400M to Yakovlev to build 3 more prototypes (in addition to the 3 already built). However, Russia in the 90s was deteriorating so quickly that Lockheed did not risk providing that much money. They provided a fraction of that amount to Yakovlev in return for the Yak-141 performance and design data. What's unknown is whether the lobster tail design was among that data.

[@dalek14mc]

@@sergeychmelev5270 Yes, they did, actually. “The OKB announced at the show that they had reached an agreement with such a partner on a continuation programme, costed at US$385-400m, for three new flight articles and a static test aircraft to introduce important improvements to both aircraft and avionics. Modifications in the proposed Yak-141M (this number becoming official) would have included an increase in STO weight to 21,500kg (47,399lb), while one of the prototypes would have been of the Yak-141U Duel Trainer” _Yakovlev Aircraft Since 1924_ by Bill Gunston and Yefim Gordon Page, 193 It should be noted that the author of this book consulted Yakolvev and the OKB directly for the information regarding the meetings. In other words, this information comes directly from Yakolvev.

[@sergeychmelev5270]

@@dalek14mc how does it contradict what I said? There was an _agreement_ to pay (on the LM side) and to do work (on the Yakovlev side). Besides some initial paperwork, neither was done (as least as described in the agreement). All Yak-41/141 prototypes were completed and tested way before Yakovlev even started talking to Lockheed. That's very easy to verify.

[@dalek14mc]

@@sergeychmelev5270 If you’re questioning how that quote contradicts you’re statement, then you clearly didn’t read it. The passage clearly says that the prototypes that Lockheed Martin funded for the continuation program were specifically for improving the design of the Yak-141. This contradicts your claim that Lockheed Martin didn’t pay for Yakovlev to improve the design. So, you’re saying that because it was tested before Lockheed Martin and Yakolvev had their meetings, then that must mean there weren’t any improvements to be made? What kind of logic is that? The flyable Yak-141s that were displayed were only prototypes/technology demonstrators. Obviously, it would be preferable to improve the designs before any information was gathered and before the aircraft inevitably entered service. Again, this information comes directly from Yakolvev. You’re basically saying the people who were there and witnessed the program are wrong. Sorry, but when it comes to information, I’m going to trust the Yakolvev corporation on the topic rather than some forums and blogs on the internet.

[@sergeychmelev5270]

@@dalek14mc Listen, let's not speculate, but use facts, OK? There were exactly 4 Yak-141s built: two for static ground tests, and two for flying tests. The last one completed in 1987. Both flying ones are on the exposition in museums, easy to check. The first ground test one was cannibalized for parts after one of the flying Yaks crashed. The second ground test one cannot be traced after 1990. All people from Yakovlev are saying is that there was an agreement. You do understand the difference between the agreement and execution, right? Are people from Yakovlev saying that they delivered their part of the deal to Lockheed? No. Are they saying they've actually received $400M? No. If Lockheed indeed actually paid $400M - where are the additional prototypes? Oh, right Lockheed is a charity organization, they can just shell out hundreds of millions left and right.

[@aq5426]

Ouch! Wishing you a swift and full recovery, Simon!

[@NicholasJeffery]

The video editor is having a field day working on this one. Top notch stuff!

[@redheadsg1]

0:49 ... ouch !!! Also, SiBorg ? xD

[@chibihotaru]

Will Simon upgrade to ETA - we miss that guy

[@greenybird7132]

He should do a biographic on ETA. I’m glad I’m not the only one that misses him.

[@Cryodrake]

O god simon, i hope you get better soon. Also still love the video, you should do one on the ITER fusion power plant or just fusion power in general. O and the Buran is a super cool piece of history everyone seems to keep forgetting about that would be a cool project as well.

[@PepeLePhrogg]

Dang bro, comrade Simon coming through with videos even after bodily injury..... Legend

[@paddyneill1964]

The good thing about pain…..it lets you know you’re still alive 😎

[@ayu1978]

Also constantly reminds you of your wrong decision, if applicable that led to your discomfort if you’re not dead. Unfortunately humans have short and selective memories, hence ERs have never ending business, some repeat.

[@DillonWaffles]

God damn if this isn't some of the best writing on youtube. Give that writer a raise.

[@Abelslayer1222]

Very nice Simon. Hope ya heal quick my man

[@joannawie]

Very well done and instructing. Thx.

[@MaxiTB]

There is a video about the F-35 on this channel? Hmm ?

[@AtheistOrphan]

Yep, it was very interesting viewing.

[@ronaldschoolcraft8654]

The F35B has a shaft driven lift fan, not separate lift engines. Allison developed a lift engine called the XJ-99 back in the late 60s and tested it. The lift fan in the F35B is 48 inches in diameter. There really isn't any similarity between the YAK-41 and the F35B. How do I know? I was involved in the early design for this lift system. In fact, my signature is on the very first layout for the LiftFan. For the record, this drawing was included in a report to Lockheed in August 1990 that I wrote significant portions of and edited and assembled the rest. Therefore, this myth that the F35B is based on the YAK-41 has no basis in fact. I was there. My analysis and design work is also why the clutch was designed to operate dry rather than wet. Therefore, the premise here is what is actually all wet, not the clutch. I don't know why or how this internet myth got started, but it is nothing more than a myth. Lockheed may have acquired the YAK data, but it really did not influence the F35B. That vectoring nozzle was already in concept before the fall of the Soviet Union. In fact, I concepted a vane box vectoring nozzle for the LiftFan as well -- in early 1990. Again, the YAK-41 has lift engines. The F35B has a shaft driven lift fan. Very different.

[@dogsbd]

Excellent information. Also note (as I state in a separate comment) the other critical element of the F-35 design, the "three-bearing swivel nozzle", originated in the US in the mid 1960's and was tested at full after burner by Pratt & Whitney by the late 1960's.

[@ronaldschoolcraft8654]

I would say that this video needs to be updated to correct this egregious error.

[@ronaldschoolcraft8654]

I studied that Navy VSTOL report in great detail while doing my work on the JSF. I still have a hard copy of it in my office at home (from the pre-internet era).

[@dogsbd]

@@ronaldschoolcraft8654 I agree, but I doubt it will happen. The "separate comment" I referenced above in which I stated that Simon had dropped the ball on this and that there was no F-35 coping of the Yak was deleted by someone shortly after I posted it. A comment I made complaining about the deletion is still there. I've tried to contact Simon via Twitter for clarity on why my original post was deleted but I've received no reply.

[@ronaldschoolcraft8654]

@@dogsbd yup. I wondered why I couldn't find your comment. It looks like the post I made with the link to the NASA report has been deleted, too. I guess some people would rather propagate a lie than admit the truth. That NASA report was written in 1977 by the guy who was my boss when I did the JSF work. So now we know for sure that Simon and company are liars and don't really know what they are talking about. He acts all arrogant and smug and as though he is an authority about these topics, but he is really just pushing propaganda. I was there. I did the early JSF lift fan work. I know that the YAK-41 had no influence on the lift fan system. I also know that the 1977 Navy VSTOL clutch work done by Allison under contract to NASA did influence it. Again, in 1977 Allison reported on work done to engineer, design, manufacture, and test a large multi-disk wet clutch for a shaft driven lift fan system for a proposed VSTOL fighter for the Navy. I referred to the 1977 report (and it's author, since he was my boss) when designing the early lift fan system for what became the F35B. I was responsible for the clutch sizing and mechanical design and the fan mechanical design. Another engineer was responsible for the bevel gearbox sizing and mechanical design. Yet another was responsible for the PTO shaft between the engine and the clutch. Yet another was responsible for the fan aerodynamic design. I was also responsible for the first mechanical layout drawing for the system and for riding herd on the others to pull the report together into a cohesive whole. This was complete by August 1990, which is the date on cover page of that report. The Soviet Union still existed then. That belies the entire premise of this video. Instead of admitting it and correcting the video, he deletes proof that he is wrong. He will probably delete this comment, too. Taking your cues from Google, KZbin, Fakebook, and Tweeter. Censor the truth so that you can push misinformation and propaganda. Then label the truth misinformation.

[@zlm001]

The photograph at 17:39 is one of the coolest looking fighter jet snapshots I have ever seen.

[@jordanfrancisco27]

Can't believe you go on holidays with all your channels! Anyways, get well soon. Cheers!

[@rinzo2009]

GULAG! The ultimate magic word that can make Soviet miracles pop outta nowhere. Thank you Papa Stalin for giving the USSR that single word. WAIT A MINUTE! Did Simon Sensei say that he is about to become his next Megaproject?

[@Argentvs]

Fun fact, Gulag didn't exist. It was never called that. Just as Blitzkrieg is a made up name by the London press, it took roots as a fact, but is a lie in the realm of popular myths. The actual name was "Correctional Work Fields and Colonies".

[@danielv5825]

How are you supposed to slap scripts and Blaze on with your arm in a sling!? Get well soon.

[@BiggsTheOwl]

Use the sling arm for holding and the free hand for smashing

[@jordanoneil8094]

Headbutt, ZIdane style

[@wmeemw994]

Good luck with clavicle - broke mine jumping bike over ditch when I was 13, shoulder met a telephone pole. Clean single break, but you likely had a compound break to need plate &/or rod to set bone. Good luck & prayers for quick recovery.

[@angorRainerNagel]

Hi Simon, thanks for your video efforts and, more important, get well soon

[@h.cedric8157]

Anyone in the comments(possibly this video too) CLAIMING that the Yak-141 was copied by the F-35B doesn't even know that the 3Bearing Swivel Nozzle was patented in the USA as far back as the 1960s, and had been envisioned in the Convair "Sea Control Fighter" aka the Convair Model 200. Links: "US3260049A - Variable vectoring nozzle for jet propulsion engines - Google Patents" patents.google.com/patent/US3260049A/en "Convair Model 200 - Wikipedia" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_Model_200 www.codeonemagazine.com/f35_article.html?item_id=137

[@evensong3356]

We are Americans and that is a plane with wings! clearly an American copy as our planes also have wings. There is no way our enemy's could do something like develop something on their own, impossible. /s

[@h.cedric8157]

@@evensong3356 stupid argument. Sarcasm doesn't really prove much. Doesn't disprove the Patent was made in 1963 and Convair Model 200 was never designed. Bug off russky fanboi

[@JA-pn4ji]

American patents? More aspirational than real especially when an airframe manufacturer Boeing claims breakthroughs in a turbine engine application outside its area of expertise. In the US, there are patents covering any number of never-achieved, unworkable inventions from cold fusion to anti-gravity-driven spacecraft. patents.google.com/patent/US6960975?oq=6%2c960%2c975 The US patent standard is among the world’s loosest allowing applicants to file for concepts while the European standard is higher requiring proof of concept from applicants and a thorough patent examination. A search on the European Patent Office worldwide database for patents reveals this 'google' patent doesn't exist worldwide.espacenet.com/searchResults?submitted=true&locale=en_EP&DB=EPODOC&ST=advanced&TI=Variable+vectoring+nozzle+for+jet+propulsion+engines%0D%0A&AB=&PN=&AP=US3260049A&PR=&PD=&PA=Boeing+Co&IN=Carroll+E.+Johnson&CPC=&IC= As far as the US is concerned if you have enough money to pay lawyers you could file patents for just about anything, meaning that financial barrier is the only obstacle to spurious patent applications. Without a working prototype, the US patent is nothing more than legally driven patent trolling.

[@h.cedric8157]

@@JA-pn4ji now you are trying to sway the discussion to a patent, that just because YOU do not understand at all, automatically makes it invalid, and automatically allows a foreign nation to copy it, and by your standards, that becomes the invention of the country that copied it. Another of your stupid points is that, since the US patent application standards are loose(which is false as the patent office requires the invention to be functional and usable, as said in their website) then that allows anyone from Russia to claim a US Patented design as it's own. Again, you have no proof that Yakovlev INVENTED the 3 bearing swivel nozzle, and even Russian Topwar website ACKNOWLEDGES that the 3bsd was indeed an American innovation: "Russian designs of the rotary nozzle" en.topwar.ru/52542-rossiyskie-konstrukcii-povorotnogo-sopla.html Wanna try lying again?

[@ericstefko4852]

T-72 tank turrets can do VTOL the "L" part is not so graceful

[@snorkelthump]

Having a smashing summer @SW?. Nice video and speedy recovery

[@aheeshrao1166]

Get well soon mate.... respect for still making videos 👏👏

[@zetajolyne3689]

SVTOL and VG wing, two frames are highly rely on the comprehensive industrial technology capabilities and strong taxation base. Under the overall strategic planning, the Soviet Union can make a single node only needs to perform few outstanding performances (such as mig-29 which sacrificed voyage, and the classic mig-25). But to face these two types of aircraft, it is not enough. Even in Western countries, F-111, F-14, Tornado, Harrier and F-35B all of them have made huge compromises on other less important performances.

[@rick67hou]

Played your biking clip and giggled more than I should have. Now to see how many vids are going to have your sling make an appearance.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

"Tadpole" appearance is derived from a side-view of the jet, which resembles a tadpole. This is the result of a bulge (usually to house the engines) in the lower forward portion of the fuselage. Several aircraft have been produced over the years that qualify for this moniker.

[@hankisadog]

Typo at 16:17. Love these videos and hope you recover quickly!

[@tropicarna]

my sympathies Simon, I have broken my collarbone not long ago, all the best, thanks for another great vid mate

[@borecchio424]

What a champ, just pushing through the pain with another 400 videos today.

[@dogsbd]

Every aspect of the F-35; the lift fan, the 3-bearing swivel duct nozzle, the overall layout of the aircraft pre-existed any Lockheed contact with Yak and/or knowledge of the Yak-41/Yak-141. Pratt & Whitney tested the 3BSD on a JT8D in the mid to late 1960's, including full afterburner tests with the nozzle swiveled 90 degrees. If anyone copied anything it was the Russians who copied the Convair 200 design of the early 1970's. In fact there is a good subject for you Simon: The Convair Model 200.

[@Kirovets7011]

All the BEST, Simon!! Get well soon!!👍👍✌🙏

[@ianmackenzie8831]

Why did I wait so long to watch this one! Laughed really hard at Cyborg Simon going vertical! Also, my father worked for Short Brother's on the SC-1 when I was baby and I ended up working on the Lockheed X35-B STOVL plane forty years later.

[@piemanfx]

I laughed at more points during this episode than any other so far! Brilliant, just love the style!

[@sofiatgarcia3970]

Hoping you heal quickly Simon!

[@adbell3364]

Very entertaining. Thank you!

[@BladeFitAcademy]

Hope you heal up soon right and proper. I broke my collar bone once. It sucks. Great show. Keep it up.

[@Deadpool3203]

Awesome video 🤘🏽🔥

[@thegitgudgrrl]

I saw the tweet with the stitches! So glad you are ok, Simon. How would we learn about Squarespace without you? Editing idea: when Simon-man launches vertical, it should be the missed vert biking react noise 🤣

[@charleshulsey3103]

Had no idea you were into mountain biking... That's awesome!! Maybe some videos of that???

[@dakotabruce7773]

I just took up mountain biking and it's super intense! You're truly a legend, sir🤘 Rip to your collar bone🙏

[@kdrapertrucker]

The only part of the Yak in the F-35 is the swivel for the jet engine exhaust. The F-35 does not use a separate lift engine. It uses a lift fan driven by the jet engine through a driveshaft.

[@LeoH3L1]

.... and that design wasn't original on the Yak either, it was done before on a US design from the 60's.

[@raptorreaper]

The thrust configuration , the tail design. The f-35 is a copy. A modified copy of the Yak-41.

[@LeoH3L1]

Only in general lay out, and if that's all that counts then almost every plane is a copy of some other plane.

[@johnrwolfman1824]

It's nice that you are back after the injury

[@mustafaemad3614]

Mega Project suggestions: Benban Solar Park, Aswan High Dam, Bar Lev Line and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

[@Killrvortex]

I hope you get better soon Simon love your videos!!!!😊

[@TheClaytonian]

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

[@ebikeengineer]

Sorry to hear about your injury, I hope you're feeling better.

[@Beryllahawk]

I do hope your recovery is swift and (relatively) painless!

[@paultysdal4231]

I love how honest this video is

[@CMDPromptify]

Love ya, Simon! Wishing you a swift and heavily drugged recovery ;D

[@carso1500]

I would love a vídeo either on the internet or i'm youtube itself, i think the infrastructure needed to keep the pace of development of either is just astounding