Trying To Fly to America Before It Was Possible

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In June of 1919, two daring British aviators made the world's first successful non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean from North America to Europe using a modified Vickers Vimey airplane. In just 16 hours, they achieved what up until that point, required days to accomplish by ocean liner. John Alcock and Arthur Brown’s transatlantic flight was celebrated around the world as a monumental achievement, but regular passenger carrying flights were still decades from becoming reality.
In 1919 flight was still in its infancy, and knowledge about aerodynamics and the mechanics of flight were still rudimentary. But a pioneering Italian aircraft builder named Giovanni Battista Caproni was convinced that he could design an airliner to fly passengers from Europe to America. But unlike Alcock and Brown’s heavily modified Vickers Vimey airplane, which carried mostly extra fuel, Caproni’s airliner would have room for 100 passengers and 8 crew members. Numbers that would’ve seemed absurdly ambitious for the era.
Caproni’s giant flying machine was constructed and ready for flight testing in early 1921. Designated as the Ca.60 Transaereo, it was likely the largest aircraft built up until that point. With it’s eight powerful engines and 9 wings arranged in a triple triplane configuration, the odd looking flying boat airliner captured the world's imagination. To many, it would have seemed like a new era of mass air travel was just around the corner. But despite a brief successful test flight sometime in late February or early March, the Transaereo would ultimately prove to be a little too ambitious for it’s time. The Transaereo made two successful flights and only one successful landing. It would take another 20 years before regular passenger flights would begin in 1939 using Boeing 314 flying boat airliners.
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[@jamesking4382]

Never laugh at these pioneers. They are the ones that dreamed, tried, failed, and then tried something else until something worked. They are the ones that pushed our knowledge forward.

[@BungieStudios]

No. If man were meant to fly, we'd have wings. If we were meant to drive, we'd have wheels.

[@JSSQuelloAutentico]

@@BungieStudios Spotted the hippie

[@realBobLazar]

@@JSSQuelloAutentico Where's the lie though? He's not wrong.

[@ValeryFernandez_]

Omg no!!! Flying scares the heck out of me. 😭💀

[@MrBrander]

@@BungieStudios Yet. Here we are. Driving, flying and even sailing throughout the world. Hopefully one day traveling in some other way we haven't even dreamed up yet.

[@pacificamindustriesltd.9024]

Textbook: "Assume drag is negligible" Caproni:

[@series1054]

Best one mate👌

[@naga7647]

lol

[@johnkere5004]

Flying materials: exist Caproni: I will take your entire stock

[@ANYA.RIZALI]

mew

[@JBofBrisbane]

Caproni: "Hold my Lambrusco..."

[@frankenwaifu8092]

This baby was so majestic in Ghibli's The Wind Rises

[@outrundoubtrun-lemonadeart682]

Hell yeah!

[@HoshimachiNova]

Yeah, until it crashed just after takeoff.

[@endysutendi4932]

lol i watched in on a car

[@vighneshkannan7896]

@@HoshimachiNova not all things are meant to fly, but the attempt itself symbolized what it means to be an engineer

[@Nahoko_Satomi]

The wind rises took me here!

[@strakhovandrri]

"But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality."

[@theothertroll]

And engineers needlessly kill a lot of people along the way ~

[@strakhovandrri]

@@theothertroll they do it on purpose? No, they don't. Test pilots know, what do they do, and if something fails on serial vessel - it's a mistake, and not necessarily of an engineer.

[@TehDawg]

@@theothertroll read that back to yourself. Engineers needlessly kill people? Is your solution we jail all engineers? What am I reading about

[@Tokito935]

@@theothertroll sacrifices must be made, get over it

[@fasterthandragons7908]

@@theothertroll Yeah, hopefully you're one of those faithful souls.

[@TRRailfan]

Mustard doesn’t upload often, but when he does, it’s worth the wait.

[@vieuxbal1253]

I second that!

[@GoodnightFromHim]

And i third that

[@kylerluo4544]

I fourth that.

[@someones5838]

I sixth that

[@thegreatpencil9256]

i seventh that

[@AubriGryphon]

I never imagined calling an aircraft "dangerously stable" before, but there it is.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

That just makes it sound even more like a flying train. It's fine going down a straight track, but try to go round a sharp corner at high speed and you're in trouble!

[@GeoSciful]

The more stable the less maneuverable. An aircraft has to have some instability so you can pilot it.

[@thatpersonsmusic]

When I saw this plane in The Wind Rises, I assumed it was being exaggerated, I admire Caproni’s ambitiousness

[@tjxwheel7812]

Good movie tho

[@francisdedumo3323]

"Airplanes are beautiful dreams, Engineers turned dreams into reality." - Caproni, from The Wind Rise Movie

[@glynstantinople6469]

This quote is a very emotional one, especially if you're an aerospace engineer.

[@Menaceblue3]

*"My name is Giovanni Caproni, but everyone calls me.... Caproni...."*

[@grovermatic]

"Hear me out guys. What if we took that pirate ship over there... and turned its sails horizontal?"

[@pomodorobreaklessons]

Underrated

[@malikfaisal416]

Mind blown

[@TheDecepticonKnownAsDevastator]

Genius

[@ellothere7906]

Amazing

[@galadato7425]

Physics: excuse me?

[@christopherdemesa3474]

“Is the wind still rising, Japanese boy?”

[@giganticreaper4164]

The anime

[@fritz988]

Yeaaah,I was too thinking about that anime while watching video!

[@vidurachamathka2317]

A gem from the studio Ghibli❤️

[@SuperDeinVadda]

Stupid movie. Just like the plane lul

[@adorable_rookie_69]

Was searching for this comment

[@rodrigobraz2]

The sheer madness and ambition is oddly inspiring.

[@iamsandhu8664]

yeahh

[@codymachado]

Seems every prototype plane back in the 20s and 30s was way over engineered… by 1921 they had the foundation of what a regular plane is, why not just enlarge that ( essentially what a 747 is today ) Instead they add extra pointless engines and a fuck ton of wings lmao

[@realBobLazar]

Madness to waste money.

[@a2349]

Actually Caproni's plane crashed into the water because the sandbags he used for ballast, to simulate the weight of the passengers on every seat, weren't tied down, so they may have slid to the back of the plane's passenger compartment during takeoff. Also, the pilot raised the nose too rapidly without reaching max takeoff speed.

[@BoopSnoot]

Also, it needed three more wings.

[@polygondwanaland8390]

@@BoopSnoot And another 3km of wires

[@norml.hugh-mann]

It was a POS not capable of crossing the atlantic

[@jesushchrist2261]

​@@norml.hugh-mannim sure you would have done better in 1920

[@napalmninja45]

My boy Giovanni really thought people would be cool with sitting on a wooden bench all the way across the Atlantic.

[@aierce]

Don't we already do that, barely better

[@namename1379]

@@aierce least we got some cushion

[@cana0]

That's what everyone did at the time. Except, on ships they did it with waves moving them, while here they were stable

[@RapidFyrez]

@@cana0 Haha no. Ships were big enough that people could, ya know, move around and relax and sit on chairs that had cushioning. This madman was expecting people to sit in a tight confined space on cushionless wooden benches for possibly *days*

[@cana0]

@@RapidFyrez only if you were rich enough to afford it. Poors sat on benches

[@DiamondCalibre]

It warms my heart knowing he died in 1957, meaning he saw not only his trans atlantic flight visions become reality, but also his jet engine visions. (He helped design one of the world's first jet aircraft.) I always hate it when visionaries and forward thinkers die just before their dreams become reality.

[@CaptainGrief66]

Another unrecognized achievement of the italians, Caproni was also one of the very first to make a rocket powered aircraft being beaten by just weeks if I'm not wrong Italian aviation (italy in general) is hugely under appreciated, they literally had the best aerodynamics experts of the era, it shows in how efficient their fighters were from an engineering standpoint

[@madhukarjonathanminj2772]

yeah,the Italians were quite experimental

[@harrison00xXx]

And now look at them, totally fked up engineering, even their luxury sportswagon brands suck and are just a better Fiat

[@Icetea-2000]

Can’t recall any planes in WW2 Italy to be as important as that of its contemporaries.

[@CaptainGrief66]

@@Icetea-2000 No wonder you don't with that attitude, German pilots were quite fond of Italian aircrafts, the G.55 Centauro series that would serve under the Luftwaffe during the early days of the Armistice and the uprising in the south, the G.56 specifically was an incredibly capable platform that wildly outperformed the competition with the agility of a Spitfire yet the speeds and dive capabilities of a German or American fighter (some 700kp/h), officer Oberst Petersen wrote to Goering himself while overseeing tests of the Centauro going as far as saying that they should consider replacing some of their own planes with the G.55 (or ultimately the G.56, which had a German engine), but between allied sabotage, Germany being uncooperative as always and other shortages only 180 of the 800 planes ordered by the Germans were made and saw service Just to name one of the more obscure ones

[@Icetea-2000]

@@CaptainGrief66 what attitude? I said I can’t think of any that were relevant. And they certainly weren’t particularly innovative like german, british and american aircraft

[@outrundoubtrun-lemonadeart682]

Fun fact: The Transaereo was featured in the Studio Ghibil film "The Wind Rises," it was Caproni's dream to get it flying high up in the sky.

[@user-vr5fg7ne7b]

Хаяо Миядзаки большой почитатель подобной техники) Все его произведения просто дышат мечтой о небе.

[@skenzyme81]

More highly anticipated premiere than The Mandalorian. THIS IS THE PLANE

[@Normal_Boii]

This plane has a sad history, and the story itself is a better romantic story than twilight

[@kishascape]

It’s like a flying floating Winnebago. I want to live in it. I will drop my poop from the skies! No more pump fees.

[@9999AWC]

Oi, Daft Punk, when are you gonna tour again? :P JK

[@dmacpher]

This is the plane

[@billvoerster520]

@RomeoPapaCharlie I’m just

[@AerotaleYT]

Quality not Quantity is the Mustard mindtrack.

[@wyaviation5183]

Well said!

[@Okiea]

Very great videos but not many of them

[@Okiea]

Well said tho

[@sacharjawellmer5530]

Definitely

[@manjensen1710]

True, btw, anyone knows how to add subtitles? I wanted to translate them into Spanish like I did in another Mustard video but I can't find the option

[@ironDsteele]

"Enormous ocean liners were crossing the ocean." *Not all of them*

[@SkippertheBart]

Not all of them.

[@AndyZach]

That was a titanic tribute.

[@arrowsskateshop9324]

@@GHSTSTRSCRM ？

[@VanK782]

Too soon

[@AndyZach]

@@GHSTSTRSCRM Huh? It was, my friend.

[@buihelgason]

One of my favorite parts of Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, was the plane scenes. I wasn't a huge fan of the film, but when this thing I showed up, i was awestruck. Such a pretty film. And such a pretty plane. I wonder how the world would look had the Transaero been successful.

[@AerotaleYT]

How many wings you need? Caproni Transaero: Y e s

[@wyaviation5183]

Where to fix them? Caproni: a l l o f t h e m

[@MaxDiviani]

: All of them

[@wyaviation5183]

@@MaxDiviani Sure!

[@phillydcinematics2543]

Germany: A powerful and advanced aircraft is needed to cross the atlantic USA: Planes crossing the atlantic will need to be small and efficient Italy: *The more wings the better*

[@CaptHollister]

UK: while you guys argue, we'll just go ahead and cross the Atlantic.

[@Ledut-in-YT]

Russia: Make it bigger, comrade!

[@phillydcinematics2543]

@@CaptHollister lol

[@domhunt6488]

Italy is always extra with these sorts of things. More horsepower? - Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani, Lancia

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@domhunt6488 ...Ducati, Benelli... =)

[@mikosmausos]

"Hm...if i want to make plane, i look at bird. Bird has two wings. If i want to make bigger plane, i look at bigger bird. Big bird has tw....lets make 9 wings guys, sounds good!!"

[@cristig243]

If i want to make bigger plane, I tie more birds together. It will fly like a 4 legged chicken.

[@Elrog3]

You can't get more clearer of an example of progress made by _not_ imitating nature than an aerofoil. If you didn't do what a small bird did to fly in the first place, why would you look at a big bird later?

[@AEKarnes]

Mustard, you should have a look at the aerodynamics of this aircraft. Models of it in every size from small to grand scale featuring both partial engine mountings as well as all eight engines, usually electric motors, have flown successfully and have proven to be very controllable and flight stable. I have done a lot of reading about what caused the Ca.60 to crash and it seems it was more of a pilot-error accident than an aerodynamic or structural shortcoming. I love your videos!

[@riliryrimaddyvia9630]

2020 What's a plane: it's a thing which can fly In the past What's a plane: it's just a train with wings.

[@zutru]

More like a ship with wings

[@secondlieutenan]

*train

[@Aryan-ck9lv]

*beluga whale with wings

[@AFoxGuy]

*ShipTrain with wings

[@kongus_bongus3906]

PLANE TRAIN kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaGcmXSBbMyZbM0

[@falloutghoul1]

When scaffolding flies.

[@adrianenterprise5829]

Lol

[@nilsmoe1139]

Crying😂

[@adrianenterprise5829]

@Finished Finnish trump shuttle

[@sebby324]

Wind blows scaffolding away

[@wilsjane]

An Irishman told me that in 1936 the English had flying wellington's

[@solidcoal8131]

engineer: why doesn't it fly I adding 9 wings to it it should fly

[@jamespong6588]

Maybe if I add a few more...

[@DerSchnensch]

"It worked in KSP"

[@Khronogi]

@@DerSchnensch exactly what I thought. Just add more rockets

[@marcleslac2413]

Imagine if caproni saw the a380. Hed be stunned.

[@caileanthomson1286]

Just when I think I have heard it all from the world of Aviation, here comes Mustard with a nine winged flying boat perhaps even more impractical than the Hughes H-4 Hercules. Thanks as always for posting these informative videos, Mustard, please keep them coming, they are always worth the wait.

[@vishalbhat8602]

Yh Mustard doesn't upload often, but it's worth the wait for every video

[@donmoore7785]

Definitely more impractical.

[@someotherdude]

PERHAPS more impractical??? The pilots are outside, on top, just behind the prop wash.

[@dodgelightyear]

"Airplanes are beautiful, cursed dreams, waiting for the sky to swallow them up" What a coincidence, I've just watched The Wind Rises. I cried.

[@lluisfargaslopez9603]

This film is , as beautiful and devastating as life itself is.

[@Akatsuki1289]

@@lluisfargaslopez9603 As an engineer, it has truly deeper meaning and emotion.

[@Tinusa]

The proper response

[@kevinchappell3694]

Very good film......I reared a bit at the end as well.

[@LeoMkII]

this thing is so ghibli, now I know from where miyazaki got it's inspiration

[@wolfgangervin2582]

The failed Transaero flight is shown in The Wind Rises iirc.

[@MeBallerman]

This plane is incredibly beautiful. Seems nobody in the comment section can see just how fantastic it looked, only making jokes about it. I think it candidates as one of the most beautiful things ever created by man, so majestic.

[@iamsandhu8664]

That idea, that idea changed the world

[@1985cjjeeper]

Dr. Methesto from Southpark has a 9 assed monkey you might be interested in.

[@linussextips7619]

The so called “ugliest plane ever built” is actually kinda cute

[@KubiG1000]

It looks like a gigantic Bumblebee :-D

[@Shootyshoot-ls3xj]

Its the bob semple of the sky

[@greglivo]

I thought it was a Gee Bee at first.

[@Jarmundx]

looks like jay jay jet plane

[@vitoskrjanc9036]

EXACLY!

[@Dwarltier]

">250m of struts" Jeb Kerman liked that

[@blackstone1a]

The Kraken will enjoy this meal

[@charlie7mason]

@@blackstone1a 2nd flight, the Kraken call the Transaero to it for sure.

[@frostymittens7913]

Flying materials: exist Caproni: I will take your entire stock

[@toast6494]

"Sir, it doesn't fly! What do we do?" "Add more wings" "But sir, our science department says-" *"Did I stutter?"*

[@twistedyogert]

"Well, he writes our paychecks sooo."

[@timhaley3459]

Many are amazed at what engineers have devised in the world of flight, but how many have looked at the greatest fliers of all time - birds ? For example, the hummingbird. In terms of body lengths per second, a diving hummingbird flies faster than a fighter jet, said a researcher from the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. some 15 years ago. Christopher Clark filmed the courtship rituals of male Anna’s hummingbirds and calculated that when swooping to impress females, “the feathered acrobats reached speeds of almost 400 body lengths per second.” He said that such a speed is comparatively “greater than [that] of a fighter jet” at full throttle. When pulling up at the end of its dive, the bird is subject to a force ten times the pull of gravity-more than fighter pilots can stand without losing consciousness. All birds have just two wings and are able to perform really miraculous flight, some ' turning on a dime ', weave in and out through a maze of branches in a forest and then land quietly on a tree limb, while there is the long distance fliers, such as the Arctic Tern, who has been known to travel some 56,000 miles in one year, going from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back without getting lost. Then there is the "speedsters", the hummingbird, that beats its wings anywhere from 50 to 80 times a second (depending upon the hummingbird bird, for the giant hummingbird beats its wings only 10 to 15 times a second, having a wingspan of about 8.5 inches while its body length is about 9.1 inches, weighing about 3/4 of an ounce, and having a heartbeat of about 300 times a minute while resting but can reach over 1,000 when at peak performance) The Bee hummingbird (which is found only in Cuba) beats it wings up to 80 times a second (but during a courtship flight, they can beat up to 200 times per second), measures only about 2 1/4 inches long and often mistaken for bees, weighing in less than a US dime, with the female building a nest barely an inch across, with her eggs being about the size of a coffee bean. The Ruby-throated hummingbird uses only 1/30 of an ounce of fatty fuel to cross the Gulf Mexico to South America around September of each year for the winter, a distance of anywhere from 600 to 800 miles, and then returns to following spring to its "summer home" without getting lost. No heavy load of fuel, no training in navigation, no complicated charts or computers ! Yet, it finds it way perfectly there and back. Just an accident ? Or the superb design of a Creator ?

[@westnblu]

Yes its weird that way. I think much of an animals instinct or 'apprenticeship' is built into its DNA. With humans we need a manual to set up a beach umbrella ! haha

[@timhaley3459]

@@westnblu As you pointed out, animals, birds, fish, microorganisms all are lead by instinct, a pre-programmed arrangement built into their DNA that causes them to accomplish what God designed them for, such as the ant that is "instinctively wise".(Prov 30:24, 25; New World Translation) However, we as humans are not pre-programmed, but were created as free moral agents. We can choose as to what we will do do with our lives, being created "in the image of God" (Gen 1:26), able to discern right from wrong, able to make "judgment calls", able to show genuine love, able to look at the past, recognize the present and long for a secure future, as King David of ancient Israel wrote: "In you, O Jehovah, I have taken refuge. May I never be put to shame. Rescue me because of your righteousness........How abundant your goodness is ! You have stored it up for those who fear you, and you have shown it before all men, in behalf of those taking refuge in you."(Note: Jehovah is God's personal name, Isa 12:2, KJV) The "goodness" that Jehovah has stored up for "meek" ones is perfect peace, perfect health and perfect security on a paradise earth forever.(Ps 37:11, 29; Matt 5:5) Sickness and death, that is the result of sin or imperfection, will be completely eradicated and replaced with a "banquet" that never ends.(Isa 25:6-8) The animals, birds, fish and all other creatures will delight these "meek" ones in their display of ' instinctive wisdom ', such as watching a weaver bird weave a beautiful nest with only its beak, or a beaver building a dam, knowing exactly what to do, where to place the mud, grasses and pieces of wood to stop the flow of water, or a leaf-cutting ant "understanding" how to be a farmer of fungi. But unless a person becomes a "meek" one, a person who allows themselves to be "taught by Jehovah" (Isa 54:13; John 6:45), they will not experience the thrill of living on the paradise earth, that will never become boring.

[@smearfo5612]

@@timhaley3459 The hummingbird ended up how it is today, instincts and all, because those that weren't good at those things died, and the ones that were really good at it produced lots of offspring. Given enough time, any lineage would change to suit its environment, as those best suited in the current generation would reproduce the most.

[@petergraves2085]

This is one of the most informative technical presentations I've seen and heard. I'd seen photos of Caproni's plane, but never understood how it was supposed to fly and the limitations on not being able to do this. Bravo.

[@user-ki8ef2uj1r]

Caproni: Commence 2nd test flight Transaero's wings: *"No, I don't think I will"*

[@itstomatogear6806]

Congratulations 🎉👏 of being the top comment 👍😁 (as of now 😈)

[@malcolmmason5907]

Spoiler :(

[@michaelesposito2629]

@@itstomatogear6806 it has 35 likes. Stop over reacting

[@zeferinoresendiz1698]

Yes you will

[@TheLonelyBrit]

3:58 Ah yes, the Kerbal way of keeping your craft together... *MORE STRUTS!*

[@nightshiftrider819]

WE REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PYLONS!

[@n.s.ac.i.ajointeffort1983]

You must construct additional pylons

[@markscott554]

If only they'd had duct tape

[@corydorastube]

@@markscott554 Duct tape, WD40 and a big hammer.

[@thelyric2751]

MOAR PASSENGERS, MOAR STRUTS, MOAR WINGS, MOAR ENGINES, MOAR PILOTS

[@reallifevillains1261]

This plane always fascinated me. I'd love to see it rebuilt as hopeless as that is.

[@outrundoubtrun-lemonadeart682]

With newer engines? Hell yes!

[@cana0]

@@outrundoubtrun-lemonadeart682 It would work with good engines

[@kenetickups6146]

I'd love to see it modified to work

[@Jhowy-wu3mr]

“Airplanes are beautiful cursed dreams... waiting for the sky to swallow them up.”

[@whackle7378]

Nice to see another fan of the Wind rises

[@jishan6992]

@@whackle7378 was this actually the Italian guy In the wind rises?

[@whackle7378]

@@jishan6992 yep. The plane that falls apart while taking off is this one

[@Nahoko_Satomi]

@@whackle7378 it was broken down too!

[@amudeas]

The wind rises, is one of the best movies i have seen

[@SJ-gv1yj]

2:19 😯 Caproni from The Wind Rises the Studio Ghibli film 🎥.

[@AaronShenghao]

Emm... He was real very real. On the other hand Ghibli does have a thing with Italian planes.

[@JohnDoe-wl2ou]

@@AaronShenghao Porco Rosso for example

[@GoodnightFromHim]

Yes

[@carta8399]

@@AaronShenghao Yes the Ghibli itself was an italian plane

[@Dustz92]

This plane is in the film too, as well as it crashing. Did you watch it?

[@MyLateralThawts]

Caproni: “I thought it would work!” Dornier: “Halte mein Bier!”

[@dwayne5178]

does it mean hold my beer

[@MyLateralThawts]

@@dwayne5178 Ja

[@azrail_winters]

Don,t you think he shuld do a vid on the ho 229 if you don,t know what it is serch it up

[@MyLateralThawts]

@@azrail_winters There already are quite a few videos on the Ho 229, I would recommend the following from Dr Mark Felton: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3WWe4qMiNB3q7c

[@noav7]

@@azrail_winters I know exactly what that is and I find it awesome you also know

[@TheBootyWrangler]

This guy is so good at rendering that his renders make me feel calm happy emotions... like a nice area on a skyrim map

[@RetroRoboland]

This is a great video, Mustard. I find it really interesting how you use the same 3D model in so many different ways through out this. I find watching your work informative and strangely Zen at the same time. Keep it coming!!!

[@akshayvenugopalan2940]

Red baron: Ha! I have 3 wings Caproni Transaereo: That's cute.

[@chrisamies2141]

After the success of the triplane Fokker did actually build a five-winger with a 3 + 2 configuration. It was as successful as you might imagine (i.e. not), and afterwards its designer refused to talk about it.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

@@chrisamies2141 The British had a triplane too, which I think did fairly well, but more wings ultimately means less speed.

[@paulallen8109]

@@worldcomicsreview354 Actually the British triplane (Sopwith Triplane) came *before* the famous Fokker Dr.1 the Red Baron used. The Fokker Dr.1 got an elevated reputation mostly due to the famous baron but in reality few of them were made and pilots found them underpowered and slow. By early 1918 many of them had been phased out for the formidable Fokker DVII biplane - which was specifically mentioned in the terms of the armistice to be handed over to the victorious allies.

[@die1mayer]

@@paulallen8109 Richthofen about the triplane: "nimble like the devil, climbing like an ape". The Fokker Dr.1 was an excellent dogfighter but had a problem with structural integrity (high wing load of the upper wing).

[@Fo4assaultriflefan92]

For the majority of the war richtofen operated a bi-plane

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Caproni: a man whose dictionary had no entry for "drag".

[@npc6817]

All he cared about dragging were his gigantic balls

[@ketas]

would it make it real drag queen?

[@alessandromazzini7026]

By that day, It wasn't such a problem, with low Power engines they needed lots of lift (so of course It had Lots of drag)

[@gian.4388]

@@npc6817 Considering he also built the biggest biplane ever, that would make sense

[@98f5]

i really love the 3d renderings you have. really amazing graphics design!

[@JeiHS]

i like how the first 40 meters flight and the massive 400000km from Earth to Moon flight only spaced about 66 years. If we are that fast to develope something small to super-sized, i gotta doubt that space ship, will not be that far.

[@westcheap]

"with two pilots up front in an open-air cockpit" sorry what

[@worldcomicsreview354]

It was standard for the time. There was a large interwar British bomber which was a fast, two-engined monoplane much like the ones in WW2... only without a roof.

[@lanzortiz3199]

Same reaction when i heard it. 😂 the regular speed of airplane today comes to our mind. Lmao but if you listen carefully it only travel 80 kph, so that is like just riding a motorcycle. I think even during ww1 fighter pilot has an open cockpit and they only use goggles and a windshield.

[@weldonwin]

Being air crew on this thing would suck hard, though, imagine being a passenger on this thing, with only wooden benches to sit on and some of them are facing backwards

[@klausstock8020]

The pilots would double as air speed indicators. And temperature indicators. And general weather indicators.

[@billbusen]

That was my favorite part. 100 passengers, crew of eight, open-air cockpit...

[@XMarkxyz]

Caproni made more noteworthy incredible planes: the Caproni Ca. 161 set the incredible altitude record of 17083 m (56046 feet), broken by another propeller aircraft only in 1995; the Campini-Caproni was the second reaction engine plane to fly and for much time the only one known of since Germany kept his project secret

[@neutronalchemist3241]

And the first one to fly for a long distance (MIlan-Rome).

[@paoloviti6156]

Yes but in truth it was an overweight airplane with an underpowered engine that tended to overheat, so much that the pilot and copilot were forced to fly with the canopies slide back. If it had been installed a more powerful engine with heat resistant alloys it would have been viable for more research and perhaps a more "jet like engine" but also Italy suffered acute shortage of heat resistant alloys. I've seen this airplane at the excellent air museum outside Rome and you can see that it was extremely well built but does leave quite perplexed why it was built so heavy....

[@theagentsmith]

Cheers from Lake Maggiore! Thank you for another beautiful video

[@rosevan5485]

I’m a 52 yrs old musician / artist and now businessman. Your videos are worth a copy of Scientific America…. Or a section in a topic in National Geographic . Really. Your work is Oscar/ Very Short Documentary work…. Your attention to detail is exceptional… like your maps you lay out on a table with the creases….. amazing. I’m an air plane / history interested person. Just an amazing series of works you have done. Thank you. Waiting for your short documentary or your full feature documentary. Push on. Cheers from Quebec, Canada.

[@user-ki8ef2uj1r]

Woman: "My child is a beautiful angel!" Her beautiful angel: 6:41

[@AerotaleYT]

Change the number to 6:41

[@itstomatogear6806]

Lol

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

Tbh any child would be pretty ugly aircraft.

[@Lyle_452]

Yes m’am, you son is VERY “special” too

[@chillvader3435]

Is it only me that actually find the design beautiful

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Imagine if Caproni was able to see the Airbus A380

[@shinkreytpuylap]

He would be like *No no*

[@AJ-zt4bb]

He would be proud

[@robertwest6350]

@Tom Sanders mamá mía! Howa willa ita eva getta Offa da grounda!!

[@CaptHollister]

He died in 1957, so while he never saw modern large capacity passenger jets, he had time to see the era of transatlantic jet-powered passenger jets. His company survived until the 1980s.

[@cristig243]

Low cost design. 7 wings missing.

[@quaranjones3725]

I can’t get over the quality of these videos. You love them and the content.

[@carlosalbertoandradesilva9442]

congratulations, aviation history and technollogy worth seeing. Very well done!

[@GingerSpy2]

When this giant appeared in Studio Ghibli movie The wind Rises I first thought it was another fantasy machine created by Hayao Miyazaki.

[@arroyotyronejonep.5789]

Any ghibli fans know this plane from "The Wind Rises"

[@user-ki8ef2uj1r]

**Insert Caproni destroying the camera in anger as the plane crashes**

[@paradox...]

One of their most underrated films!

[@ArnoldTriyudho]

Hell yeah..

[@JadeMythriil]

when I saw it, I thought it was too outlandish to be real and must've been designed for the movie. Turns out the plane was very real.

[@KuroHebi]

@@JadeMythriil I was thinking the same thing. I can't believe this hydroplane actually existed.

[@ziamuhammad7817]

Your animations are so great that take me back to the era when these machines were built.

[@TheJadeFist]

-"So how many wings do we want to build on this thing?" -"Yes"

[@cowsine]

It didn't fail, at least it made it into a mustard video!

[@feivelwilliamaudiestevianto]

Any Transportation vehicle that got into Mustard's Video is a Success Success on getting into Mustard's video Failure on the real world

[@AerotaleYT]

@@feivelwilliamaudiestevianto I am still waiting for success stories.

[@feivelwilliamaudiestevianto]

@@AerotaleYT yeah same

[@feivelwilliamaudiestevianto]

@@AerotaleYT wait... But the De Havilland Comet was a success because it was the first jetliner

[@AerotaleYT]

@@feivelwilliamaudiestevianto But it was a commercial failure. It didn't sell many planes. The only success story was that of the Airbus A300

[@Chillgamer.]

"I'm limited by the technology of my time"

[@Kav.]

More he was limited by poor understanding of well... physics? If he had built the wings in line with the fuselage it would have made a great deal more sense and well, who wouldn't spot the obvious issues with wings stacked behind each other? Limited by the knowledge of the time is perhaps a better explanation.

[@no3ironman11100]

@@Kav. You said the same thing but okay

[@Kav.]

@@no3ironman11100 no, scientific understanding and developed technology are two different things.

[@rltt379]

@@Kav. better understanding→better technology, so there is a difference yes, but not enough to bring it up

[@rltt379]

@sebas Stein they didn't know how to make what they need

[@xray86delta]

I never heard of this plane. Incredible that it actually flew at all! Love your videos!

[@rannochanno3268]

I saw this aircraft in 'The Wind Rises' and even though I haven't seen it irl or even a model like or had heard about it until that film. And even with modern air travel and the possibility of what may come in the future. Seeing it did fill me with a sense of awe and wonderment of aircraft. This is why I love engineering. Even though I'm studying Video Games and animation production.

[@DanVR001]

Check out the animated movie called "The Wind Rises" by Studio Ghibli, it has a few references to this airplane.

[@AerotaleYT]

Who could dislike a G O D V I D E O?

[@thijsvanderlinden2209]

The devil himself

[@MangoMouse1604]

Indeed better than good, so it’s *G O D*

[@AtheistOrphan]

Atheists like me?

[@gormauslander]

@@AtheistOrphan may I interest you in the religion of mustard?

[@AerotaleYT]

@@AtheistOrphan no I meant the level of standard in this video is beyond perfection

[@robcizzle]

“Take whatever works and do a lot more of it” 😂😂 That’s my new philosophy😂😁

[@matteofabbris7877]

same as CPUs

[@PacoOtis]

These dreamers are the shoulders we stand on today! Bravo to those folks!

[@VexifyGaming]

Skipping school for this because I actually learn from mustard

[@bluemountain4181]

Can't catch Covid if you stay at home watching Mustard *taps head*

[@BATMANal]

This man speak facts

[@GEU1164]

Same

[@gmh50o26]

Fax

[@yahoolix2]

Agree 90%

[@beanbag7096]

I just watched The Wind Rises and I am so glad to see this video! (Its a great movie by Studio Ghibli I highly reccomend it)

[@robertlooper135]

That's my favorite movie! The inclusion of this plane is great lol

[@GoodnightFromHim]

My personal favourite among the studio ghibli collection to im a plane nerd

[@ArthurSeijiNishikawa]

And Ghibli is named so after one of Caproni's planes!

[@konstantinriumin2657]

@@ArthurSeijiNishikawa Yes, the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.309

[@jljl640]

Love your design!! You're very talented, beautiful videos! 😉

[@flyingdutchman9961]

6:39 That tiny plane isn't ugly but cute. It looks like a baby plane :3

[@han1218]

This guy was ahead of his time, and probably thought his work was a failure, but people after him picked up where he left off and made successful designs.

[@hlmc00]

we own many of our technological advancement to futurist

[@han1218]

​@@hlmc00 Yep, but it's a little sad when such visionaries don't see the fruits of their labor, and are also misunderstood by others.

[@VFAHSN]

@@han1218 others like half of the comment section? It's suddenly full of aerospace engineers.

[@0Turbox]

Mah Internetz, someone builds the most ridiculous vehicle and there will always be someone: "Look, these pioneers".

[@MrDino1953]

..”picked up where he left off”...only in the sense that they had to ignore everything he did and employ scientific principles in their designs.

[@thatswhy9504]

Caproni is my favorite aircraft designer I just love his design ideas even if they didn’t work they all have a special passion and spirit behind it, Caproni truly had a true passion for aviation.

[@paoloviti6156]

Excellent video and just subscribed as I liked it very much. Please keep on posting 👍👍👍

[@Anon26535]

1:58 A good landing is one you can walk away from. A great landing is one where they can use the plane again afterwards.

[@juicebox9465]

"250 meters of struts" Looks like we found the ksp player.

[@stevemc01]

Me: Mom can we get airplane? Mom: We already have airplane at home. AIrplane at home: 6:40

[@JustJohn505]

Original

[@pizzabrot4786]

I want to see a video on that...

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

You mean jump plane lol

[@shinkreytpuylap]

And that plane is a big, fat fuck

[@foldedx2]

wow watch out its the king of comedy

[@BeauTardy]

Kudos on the 3d models. Well done! Beautiful viz.

[@PugglesH1]

You my good sir have earned my subscription!

[@michaelsoper5765]

Yo man, how many wings did you want in this thing again? *Yes*

[@foldedx2]

wow bro you really got em, so funny

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

Caproni has seen the future of airline industry, bench for seats.

[@Fred_the_1996]

LMAO

[@leobieker9631]

These videos are so well made. They should really be getting more views.

[@GamalKevin]

It's really mesmerizing to see that this channel actually make 3d renders and videos of the planes, not just still images slideshow. The quality is uncanny.

[@kaltenstein7718]

I saw this thing in Ghibli's "The Wind Rises" and i thought it was a fictional craft... Same goes for the person of Caproni

[@Squirrelanditsnutz]

Wasn’t this plane not in Miyazaki’s “Wind Rises” film?

[@Squirrelanditsnutz]

@Espen Fredrick I left my Blu-ray of it back in Alaska, so I cannot check.

[@federicodelsarto940]

Yes, it's the same plane

[@deanthor]

i thought i recognized it!

[@bryantlipetri1092]

Caproni: Commence 2nd test flight Transaero's wings: "No, I don't think I will"

[@kevinp.h8655]

I knew that this plane looked familiar

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Sir thank you

[@Tovek]

I am really enjoying this channel because it highlights humanity's imagination and ingenuity. Even if they were a failure, they still led to innovation and advancement. To me, there is nothing greater.

[@morpheas768]

0:40 One look at this majestic contraption, and I can instantly feel why its creators wanted to build it and make it work. The sheer awe and inspiration it must have took, not to mention doing what had not been done before...I love it!

[@deleopoldis448]

I worked as a tourist guide at Caproni's house in Italy. Truly one of the most fascinating man of the century and one of the most ambitious entrepreneurs who ever lived. He would've been ecstatic to know how far technology has come since his times. As Bernard of Chartres said, we are dwarfes standing on the shoulders of giant.

[@Aatell764]

Inspiring, I read a very short passage and saw a drawing of this in a book when I was like 10 years old. Now a decade and half later I actually got to learn about it. I was drawing pictures of crazy planes and dreaming of zeppelin's all throughout my childhood.

[@artdonovandesign]

What a great video! So well researched and presented! I'm in 😊

[@jaeyeon6012]

nobody: literally nobody: mustard: the x was unlike any aircraft ever built

[@gram.]

ha, yeah, hilarious

[@urano1988]

Giovanni reads as Jovanni. Geeovanni really hurts Italians' hears.

[@GiulioImparato]

sounds like when people say "Ciao" as cheeeaow.

[@riot2136]

@@Robocopnik bro chill haha

[@arya31ful]

Don't worry, i'll put pineapple in my pizza and ketchup in my pasta to cheer you up.

[@HMN134]

@@Robocopnik that's racist

[@Jon-nx5ut]

@@arya31ful dude

[@hiphopjanitor8967]

Its been a while since ive seen mustard bruh. been watching him for like all of the first videos existence lol. Its been a few years, and its rlly nice to see the continued uploading. Like TrainRider Railfan said, its worth the wait :D

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

Informative; thank you.

[@rodrigonogueiramota4433]

"There´s no way a plane can be built with 9 wings" somebody in Russia: looks like a challenge to me

[@Ozymandias1]

Trust me, I'm an engineer

[@worldcomicsreview354]

The early Soviet Union actually had a design for a ridiculously huge bomber with something like 12 engines and naval cannons.

[@jimtaylor294]

The vast number of engines was due to post-civil war Russia having nothing more powerful. Only in the post-WWII era, was this defiency finally resolved.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

@Writter Gamer Engineers: OK, we need seven large jet engines... Suppliers: Ah, you are building some airliners? Perhaps also a tri-jet heavy cargo plane? Engineers: No, just a boat.

[@TheOgamerchannel]

First saw this plane portrayed in the beautiful animation movie "The wind rises" (recommend watching for anyone interested in aviation) , was surprised to see it actually existed at one point.

[@JT-si6bl]

Studio Gibly done good research!

[@cstrutherskgs]

I need to see the process of animating this video and rendering the models. Stunning.