The Fastest Aircraft You’ve Never Heard Of

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Go to nordvpn.com/tifo to get a 2-year plan plus 4 months for free with a huge discount.

[@scopace314]

@@michaelmayhem350 I think they uploaded again because yesterday's version had the ending cut off.

[@michal1798]

This "protect your phone from dangerous coffe shop wifi stick" is misleading af. Your Phones traffic is encrypted even if someone puts up a fake wlan router they generally can't see your password.

[@mickkidston7344]

You do know that you're describing a man in the middle attack in your shill spiel ? and that a vpn doen't stop that as you need to go throught the man in the middle to access your vpn ?

[@rickmellor]

I met Scotty one day at the airport in Tulsa and got to see the plane during construction. It was incredible, and Scotty was a very kind and generous personality.

[@ferrariguy8278]

I followed Scotty's amazing project from about the midpoint to the tragedy. The team was always responsive to thoughts and ideas for solutions to different issues they were working through. There was so much hope that the project would continue into even CF replicas/kit versions. With as much care as they took around safety it's just a gut punch that it ended the way it did.

[@rickmellor]

@@ferrariguy8278 a kit of that would be so cool. Do you know what happened to all the resources they developed through the project? I'd imagine it ended up with the EAA, but you never know.

[@ferrariguy8278]

@@rickmellor I'm wrong. It appears that the final remaining displayable pieces have gone to the museum in Mosheim France.

[@brettl88]

Cool to see other Tulsa people watching this channel.

[@Jasonsminiadventure]

I've been to the EAA museum. This aircraft is even more majestic in person.

[@osvaldomedina173]

its, for sure, one of the most beuatiful airplanes...

[@larrymiller465]

I read somewhere that the power loss was due to the clutch/transmission mechanism that transmitted power from the shafts to the propellors had failed. If the landing gear retraction system had been ready for the second flight, I think his plan was to stop flying it after that and sell it to a museum (in France, I think). If he hadn't insisted on making that thiird flight with the gear retracted he'd probably still be with us. Between all 3 hops, he only had maybe 3 to 5 minutes of flying time, which didn't include enough for a stall series. I didn't see the last hop, but if he'd gone straight ahead instead of turning, he might have avoided the stall/spin. Easier said than done. A sad loss!!

[@litesaber54yi3]

I've seen the one at the EAA museum in Oshkosh,WI and it was amazing

[@JustaPilot1]

That is the 1938 original.

[@recoilrob324]

The replica used Suzuki Hayabusa engines and they were having clutch problems with them which is most likely why it crashed. The first two flights they left the landing gear down but on this third flight they were going to retract the gear....but models that flew showed a real instability when the gear was in movement and it was struggling to stay aloft with the slipping clutches so when he pulled the gear it stalled and went in. That's the best explanation of the crash that was put together.

[@ferrariguy8278]

The gear deployment was something I remember they had a number of discussions around. I had suggested that they consider like an emergency airbag to pop them down if they didn't deploy and to my surprise they were super responsive to my crazy non-engineer idea. I wonder if the parachute pop was ever a viable idea too. IDK what their final landing gear solution was and it's been a while since I tried to pour through the FAA accident report. Such a sad ending.

[@recoilrob324]

@@ferrariguy8278 I followed the build blog from the beginning and man...they did a hell of a job on the rest of the aircraft but I'm afraid their engine person let them down. There was an over the shoulder video and it looked like it was under-propped or the clutches were slipping. The Hayabusa has a slipper/assist type clutch...which all of us bike guys hate because it has to be loaded to grab and you can't 'feel' the engagement point when making an aggressive launch. I wonder if the small props didn't load the clutch enough to grab? Something was wrong and a good man got killed and a wonderful project that would have gone into a museum and been admired by thousands...is destroyed. Breaks my heart.

[@ferrariguy8278]

@@recoilrob324 Indeed. I had wondered if they might get the original engines recreated by recasting them from a blueprint and 3D printed sand molds. There was some curiosity but I think that was beyond budget, probably already had the Hayabusa's, and thought that solved one of their engineering challenges out of the box. I was shocked an broken hearted too when I heard the news. I couldn't believe it.

[@recoilrob324]

@@ferrariguy8278 The engines were of particular interest to me because I worked for a while converting Big Block Chevy's for experimental aircraft use and what needed to be modified to make them work properly. The exhaust particularly didn't like the short stacks needed for aircraft and I'm sure the Hayabusa's didn't either. They could have altered the cam timing to eliminate the exhaust reversion but I don't remember them doing this and if they didn't....fueling issues would plague them. I gave a talk at Oshkosh about this short stack reversion problem and out of a couple hundred in the crowd only two guys were up to speed on this and mostly everyone didn't want to bother with it. With the Chevy it takes a very weirdly ground cam with very advanced exhaust timing and no effective overlap. Crane Cams had a blank that could have been ground properly...just barely but doable...but they hung up on me when they inquired what I was going to do with such an oddly ground cam? NEVER say aircraft!!! Airboat or anything besides aircraft because their lawyers know that every bit in the plane gets sued when they crash.

[@ferrariguy8278]

@@recoilrob324 Yeah I can see that causing a problem with cylinder filling if you didn't have enough inertia to keep the exhaust flowing out. I don't think I had tuned into the project at the time they were fully working out the exhaust, but I do remember when they were working out the exit of the exhaust through the body of the aircraft, and the flashing/how to direct it outside + if any fireproofing was needed / how the wiring was routed. Yeah I can imagine Crane not wanting to touch something that might have gotten the feds & regulatory apparatus involved.

[@desertpoj]

What a coincidence that I watched this this evening. Today, for various reasons, I handled the original Schneider Trophy, the Grande Semaine d'Aviation de Tours, which was awarded in 1910. The later and much larger Trophy was also retained by the British and is now in the Science Museum in London. A small world isn’t it.

[@saphcal]

glad to finally see the end of the video! thanks for the reupload with the last 2 minutes!

[@BuzzMoves365]

Pushing 500mph in 1939 is mind blowing.

[@_Arkenzie]

Pushing 500mph with a piston powered plane at low altitude in 2022 is mind blowing.

[@winsor68]

If only it could have flown.

[@duanesamuelson2256]

Air races in a "closed" course was popular spectacular course. It led to some interesting aircraft. The one I remember most clearly was a plane made for pylon racing with a very fat fuselage to accommodate a 800 hp radial engine made by Pratt and Whitney that was very short. It looked like some of the older cartoon airplanes. Very fast, very maneuverable, (I looked it up Gee Bee R-1). The R's were an engineered aircraft with the wings, landing gear, and fuselage capable of withstanding positive 12 g's. Pylons defined a 10 mile closed course and speeds were up to and over 300 mph. Pilots would pull enough g's that they approached blackouts (some actually may have blacked out for some of the crashes) Fun fact: Doolittle (of ww2 fame) won the Thompson national air races The racing also led to many, if not all, of the aircraft of ww2. Pylon racing is still popular to a degree like the Reno Nevada race that's been being run for decades and draws almost 200,000 spectators. It's an 8.2 mile course flown from 50 to about 150 feet off the ground. An extremely souped up P-51 in unlimited class won on this course a few years ago with an average speed of 462 mph.

[@Anthus.]

Now that is how a video should end. Thank you sir.

[@andyvonbourske6405]

the us ditched the counter rotating prop fighter because it was so loud it would make the ground crew sick on the carriers.

[@davidt3563]

Damn, that was a great but bittersweet story. RIP a legend.

[@kaoticneutrl]

thank you for the conclusion of the story. I was very sad at the cliff hanger we had yesterday

[@Watchmedome3017]

The turbine propeller from the Air Force was crazy loud lol

[@pamelamays4186]

Yay, complete episode. Now I don't have to wonder anymore.🤔🤔🤔

[@jaanikaapa6925]

I have heard of it. Beautiful plane.

[@chucku00]

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (nowadays Safran Landing Systems) existed under this name until 2016. They're specialised on landing and breaking gears for aeroplanes.

[@jay-t1030]

110p would have awesome to see as a fighter plane in WW2 🤩

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Probably a pretty lightweight fighter like the Zero. If you hit it, it would just fold up and catch fire. IF you hit it.

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video 📹 80 years of aeronautical engineering has followed.

[@charlesclark7350]

I followed the building of this aircraft closely and to put it mildly, I was devastated at death of pilot and destruction of this aircraft. I never hung poster of "REVE BLEAU" (BLUE DREAM) on my wall because too heartbreaking to bear.

[@CaptHollister]

Rêve Bleu.

[@ndupontnet]

Now in glorious HD ❤️

[@fastinradfordable]

“Engine anemone” Where was that phrase when in was turning wrenches😂

[@transformerskids]

Nice ending 😉

[@Parents_of_Twins]

There's a PDF written by a member of the team on the wiki about the plane and in there they conclude that there was clutch slippage on the forward engine which caused the crash. Apparently the pilot was trying to correct for this issue when the plane flipped over. The pilot was still trying to remedy the situation when the plane crashed. It was not pilot error which is a hell of a thing to say. Please feel free to review the document to see for yourself how these conclusions were drawn.

[@SoloRenegade]

propellers can go supersonic, the Tu-95 props spin supersonic, hence it's terrible noise.

[@scheusselmensch5713]

I had sent the team a message during the build that the aircraft, in my opinion, would be a real bastard to recover if a wing dropped in a stall. They thanked me for my concern and told me to get stuffed. Said the computer modelling said it would be fine. All I can say is that the computers may have been right but a proper glide speed has to be determined and adhered to. Pretty classic stall spin accident, I've seen some mighty "experienced" pilots auger in using this method. What a pity.

[@vavoo4971]

Does it have an ending now? :-)

[@realmalcontent1029]

I hope so-

[@xyzpdq1122]

Yes, it’s very happy

[@CoranceLChandler]

"Same color but faster"? Talk about thumbnail masterclassing!

[@twillison8824]

If you are into aviation then you damn well have heard about this aircraft.

[@Wolfie1262]

I hadn’t, and I was very into planes as a kid. So your claim is dubious at best. I know people into planes that had never heard of the Shinden. You know what you are exposed to

[@brucewailes7744]

What do you mean "never heard of"...?? I have a model of the goddamn thing sitting right here on a shelf.

[@w8stral]

Zero lateral or longitudinal stability combined with contra rotating propellers on 2 separate engines instead of going through a gear box... No shit it crashed when one engine failed...

[@SoloRenegade]

known of it for most of my life. fascinating plane

[@NnH_Kairyu]

Yay, the end has a conclusion this time. 🥰

[@Paladin1873]

I think the top speed of the Tu-114 was misstated by over 100 MPH. 880 KM/H is 545 MPH which is close to what Wikipedia shows. 650 MPH is nearly the speed of sound at 35,000 ft (660 MPH or Mach .98). I do not believe such performance is scientifically possible with propeller driven aircraft.

[@DFX2KX]

it IS, but the prop needed to do so is so outrageously loud that it'll make people sick and deafen anyone who doesn't have hearing protection. The US did it to an F-104 Thunderchief if memory serves, and it was all in all a HORRIBLE idea

[@Paladin1873]

@@DFX2KX You're probably thinking of the Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech". The claims of it a having a top seed of 670 MPH have never been verified and contradict official Air Force records which put it at 520 MPH.

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

you mean Tu-114? there are no plane as Tu-115

[@Paladin1873]

@@tsugumorihoney2288 Yes, thanks. I corrected my typo.

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

@@karlknechtel8119 sure, dive speed is nothing, i guess every prop plane can reach sound barrier in dive or even exceed, but with fatal damage usually

[@GrantOakes]

Heinkel HE 100 had 1,175 hp, 275 hp more than the Bugatti 100 and it had a top speed of 420 mph according to Wikipedia.

[@user-vi5kf3qr8e]

Bruh two ads and a sponsor before the video even starts. This channel has turned into free to air tv

[@BonShula]

I have waited two days now to watch this video

[@thudthud5423]

The plane needed a flight control computer.

[@norwegiangadgetman]

I really wish you wouldn't use a VPN as sponsor. A lot of people actually believe their spiel when it's told by you. A VPN does NOT protect you when surfing on the internet. A VPN is a 'Virtual Private Network', and can be considered an encrypted tunnel between two points. And yes, your activity is protected as long as it traverses that 'tunnel.' The problem is that a tunnel has openings at both ends. One end is on your computer(if the system is even remotely secure. Good ones will set up a virtual network card on your PC/device), but the other end of a 'Publicly accessible VPN system' such as WireShark is at their servers. Your traffic goes PC/Device -> VPN Tunnell -> VPN Server -> unencrypted Internet ->Server you want to access. The only thing such services are good for is to make it look as if your PC is in a different region than it is, to access region-locked services such as Streaming servers. The GOOD services such as Cisco AnyConnect(yeah, it's nicknamed NoConnect... ) set up a tunnel to a server in a DMZ on a Corporate network, and is used to access resources on the corporate network. It doesn't deal with general internet access.

[@connorjohnson4402]

What about the record set by Steve hinton Jr. in 2017 it beat Rare Bears technically??

[@techvelo]

I've always wanted to get a model of this plane.

[@luisestebanr6311]

this is the airplane that delivers the jet fighter exp

[@whiteglovewatches9908]

Tragic. What an incredible design and such a gorgeous machine. Such a wonderful mixture of art and engineering so delineative of the time period. Pure sex. Extreme respect to that man for undertaking such a monumental task. I don’t know what’s sadder, his death, the fact that he didn’t really get a chance to enjoy her after such an obvious labor of love or that so much hard work, beauty and passion was destroyed in an instant.

[@oddball_the_blue]

Simon! The Meredith effect was first used on Spitfires! And you call yourself a Brit * quivers stiff upper lip *

[@rekrap8235]

The XF-84h is the fastest propeller driven aircraft, if you contest about it with me let me tell you that the pilots rarely use the afterburner

[@NewNormac]

Watch them both, Simon will just

[@NewNormac]

Not a chance, don’t feel like being scammed today.

[@NewNormac]

Not a chance, don’t feel like being scammed today.

[@Firm-Tofu-King]

Straight 8 attached to balsa wood Forward angled wings Y shaped tail rudders Props to the guy with the balls to fly this thing

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Somebody once made a render of what a Bugatti Veyron would have looked like in the 1940's, somebody should build that, but using 1940's technology and methods (body-on-frame, stick gearshift, supercharged WW2 aero engine etc). See how fast it goes!

[@kedrickswain6509]

Someone get Mike Patey on this.

[@cyalknight]

Much better ending! French Racing Blue.

[@scottwhitmire6613]

Ruskie turbo props ....blah. Not a 3350-77 piston monster! Rare Bear, N777L. #1 Best to you Scott 🏁

[@frankowalker4662]

Thank you !

[@Reddotzebra]

It even has the correct shade of Hedgehog blue.

[@martinpenwald9475]

I wonder if Sonic designers used Bugatti blue on purpose.

[@iancowan3527]

There is something to be said about there being only certain ways to answer certain problems...

[@fishinmalarkey9830]

Would that be Gordon Bennett from the saying?

[@marcusmarron6113]

Today I found out Simon has 11 channels…

[@FoxSock]

about a minute and 30 seconds in, four ads so far. what the hell man

[@bodamian_bg]

The said TUpolev plane with the fastest record, by the way was created with the substantial help of someone by the name Kurt Tank (the genius behind FW 190, etc ) right after the WW2.

[@MrKawaltd750]

I never heard of Kurt Tank ever setting foot in the USSR. Can you elaborate?

[@tgmccoy1556]

Tank went to Argentina where he kept designing aircraft. Never heard of the Tupelov .

[@bodamian_bg]

Oh, yes, he sat not only his feet but a legacy, wich is still ON duty and kicking today.. I'll tell U more- he even sat his Big Brain on a project in India (and if my memory is correct , there he meets/ co works/ or something like that with Willy Messerschmitt). 🧐

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Kurt: It's my record The proleteriat: It's our record

[@استاذدانيال]

That was fascinating, but what was that annoying old radio in the background ? It sounded like a 1960s AM radio. Did you forget to turn that off before beginning to shoot this video ? Please don't add music, and be sure to turn off the radio next time before videoing.

[@emarti3853]

Thank you

[@TheGrinningViking]

I love the idea of commercial electrically powered propeller aircraft coming back into use - there's remote laser charging technology that can already keep a drone in the air without ever landing to recharge, and that could really reduce the need for huge heavy battery banks to keep a plane going. It'd just need enough to buzz past the next charging station.

[@ericktothepoint408]

Tulip and balsa wood laminate?!?! Did I hear that correctly?

[@andywilson5828]

I wonder how simon says the buggatti veyron. Bo'gah'tee or like the rest of us Bue'gat'ti

[@VR6VR6]

I have heard of it. I heard of it yesterda.....

[@sandybarnes887]

Yesterday had no ending

[@VR6VR6]

@@sandybarnes887 yes that was the joke. Never mind.

[@sandybarnes887]

@@VR6VR6 ahh. Understood. 🙂

[@sportenapfeltorten2095]

what an incredible plane, it looks sooooo cool. And really beautiful video!!! :o)

[@kaltaron1284]

Does anyone know the anime "風立ちぬ"? Seems like those early Italian aircraft pioneers also inspired Japanese engineers to conquer the skies.

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

lol, weebs. He's talking about "The Wind Rises" Why wouldn't you just use the well-known English title, that it was released and promoted under in English-speaking countries, when YOU ARE COMMENTING IN ENGLISH, on an English-language video, where every single comment's in English?!? (rhetorical question- I know the answer is "because weeb")

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

Lmao my friend just used that anime for an essay.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@Rose_Butterfly98 Hope he got top marks.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@baconsarny-geddon8298 OK, fixed it for you. Happy now?

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

@@kaltaron1284 just checked with him, he got 24/25.

[@Ferroes]

Reuploaded?

[@sandybarnes887]

Yesterday the ending was missing

[@MajorMorrozov]

I might not be an engineer. but as a pilot myself the moment you mentioned it rolling over and nosediving i noticed the center of gravity vs lift/ and lift angle. It looks TERRIBLE. It looks like you SHOULD fly it upside down.

[@usonumabeach300]

Part 2!

[@SoloRenegade]

P-51 Voodoo is 531mph

[@ralphriffle1126]

Take your VPN and shove it

[@michaelrostosky2986]

Looks like the heinkel rocketplane

[@timbrwolf1121]

So realistically with more work this would have been better than the He-100. The He-100 had those pesky radiators in the wings that couldn't be damaged. The Bugatti has a unique radiator duct design instead. A different engine choice and later NACA airfoils may have produced a truly excellent fighter for the early 40s, but alas. France was invaded.

[@mattbowden4996]

It would have made a terrible fighter plane - as explained in the video, it was unstable trying to do anything other than fly very fast in a straight line. There is also nowhere to put any armament and the cockpit design would make for awful visibility.

[@PHILG2864]

"...You’ve Never Heard Of". Anyone who has the slightest interest in aircraft has heard of the Bugatti 100 :)

[@rayscherry2383]

Build another one da

[@evernewb2073]

I'm sorry, did I just hear that right? a car collector chopped this thing up for parts? it's not like there is any chance they would have had no idea what this was either considering the entire reason it was given a chop-shop treatment was for the specific engines. what the fuck man...

[@trevoncowen9198]

Who’s that dk who removed the engine

[@UnicornstalkRGaming]

Why is this a re-upload?

[@danoneil8507]

He forgot the ending yesterday

[@Monkey_D_Luffy56]

@@danoneil8507 what ending

[@Games_and_Music]

@@danoneil8507 Ah okay, i saw it come by on my feed and i kept thinking that i'll watch it later, and now it's here again, kinda regretted not watching the "original", i thought maybe he made some factual errors or something, but this doesn't sound that juicy, hah Only came here to see why it was reuploaded though, i'll watch this later ..

[@danoneil8507]

@@Monkey_D_Luffy56 the one he uploaded yesterday was missing the ending that's why he did an edit

[@danielvermeer3363]

I cant fathom the fact we were reaching 600km/h in the bloody 1930s..

[@egocyclic]

The idea that the 100p could achieve 800kph seems wildly optimistic in the light of current understanding of aerodynamics, particularly with regards to trans-sonic flight regimes and high-speed propellers. And though many might romanticize the idea that a savvy entrepreneurial individual could craft a world beater in a work shed, high-speed flight in the 1930s had rapidly streaker beyond the grasp of those who lacked immense funding, experience, and/or engineering capacity. Bugatti didn’t really have any of those ingredients. I don’t know why people keep thinking the speed numbers the aircraft’s inexperienced designers hoped to achieve should put it into the conversations as the last Schneider Trophy racers, the Hughes H-1, the 1930s Heinkel & Messerschmidt experimentals, WWII fighter development, or even the post-war Unlimited racers. Even the Granville Brothers had some actual experience with aircraft before they started designing winning aircraft. And they were using proven aero engines, not adapted automotive units.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

Ah yes I'm quite sure it was Bugatti's "Italian heritage" that motivated the French government to seize his assets. I'm sure none of those government officials took any of it for themselves.

[@danielescobar7618]

Why would allies bomb french factories? The French were not allies, only written into history as allies after the war to get them to join NATO. Change my mind.

[@gary5481]

You're right, despite my in depth knowledge, I'd never heard of this one. The V tail bothers me, like the Beech Bonanza, V tails are prone to accidents.

[@raycharles704]

Aye bro can you spot me a few? I'm short 3 Frank's

[@winsor68]

Had it flown....might have been. Was actually a real POS that was always going to kill the pilot

[@raycharles704]

So Bugatti tried to make a plane first failed at that so they made a car no one can afford

[@bbbb98765]

The plane never flew. It's literally the case that an entry level Cessna is faster. We'll never know if it would have been any good

[@twillison8824]

It just looks unflyable, modern computing would surely help but the design just screams instability.

[@TheRavenLord1]

Silly humans, we all know that if we paint stuff red, then it will go faster. It’s Orc 101, come on

[@ganeshh6378]

This is what's happening now?

[@auro1986]

why doesn't your military put it into service?

[@joshuawaugh540]

Who's here for the last minute and a half lol?

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

It's a beautiful, innovative, fascinating plane, one of my favourites. But "that you never heard of" is a pretty massive stretch- It was featured widely on mainstream news, and was ALL OVER aviation websites, after the guy got tragically killed in a replica, a few years ago. I'm pretty sure that 99% of people with even just a passing interest in planes, would at least recognise the 100p as "that Bugatti plane", since it's it's so distinctive looking, and has had so much media coverage.

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Well, to be fair, the second I saw that thumbnail I thought to myself, oh, it's THAT plane - wait, didn't it crash? But I didn't remember the name nor knew the history. I'd SEEN the plane before and READ something about it, but technically never HEARD of it

[@mrwarr]

Lame! I wanted a cliffhanger! 😅

[@kaimightbeadragon8532]

Busa plane

[@thespalek1]

Yes, there are really too many bad actors everywhere these days..😂 Oscars are apparently overrated.

[@hazardpay8560]

Personal pledge. If I ever come into money, THIS PLANE WILL LIVE AGAIN To beautiful to be swept into some dark corner of history.

[@XavierKatzone]

How sad. 😢

[@LordHolley]

It's amazing story, awful ending. As soon as you said that it used 2 Hayabusa motors, I had concerns....not enough reliable power imo. He would have had to whip those motors hard to keep it flying. They're great motors for motorcycles, not too sure about airplanes.

[@LordHolley]

imho, of course.

[@robfenwitch7403]

Didn't I just watch this?

[@TheRealWilliamWhite]

Apparently not, yesterday's upload was missing a bunch.

[@robfenwitch7403]

@@TheRealWilliamWhite Ah yes. Lost to the ages.

[@accuratealloys]

Just for your information. When a video starts with an advertisement, I unsubscribe.

[@MKultra81]

Two unskippable ads, then a sponsorhip ad immediately followed by two unskippable ads, yeah, no. Not watching this vid.