5 of the Craziest Never-Built Airplanes | History in the Dark

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  • @brentboswell1294
    @brentboswell1294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Neil Armstrong was an alum of the Dyna-Soar program...

    • @carlossaraiva8213
      @carlossaraiva8213 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So they had a "lunatic" in the project.

  • @joshuabessire9169
    @joshuabessire9169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The RSR looks like the Soviets took a bunch of SR-71 and a few F-104 parts, put them in a box, gave it a good shake, and said, "here's our glorious new plane, comrade."

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      More like Lockheed saw the RSR and morphed it into the SR-71 and the F-104.

  • @nicoferguson1215
    @nicoferguson1215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    There's another crazy design that would fit in well - the Boeing 2707

  • @thatonetrainguy864
    @thatonetrainguy864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    he should make one with the craziest built airplanes. I want to see the zeppelin-staaken r series.

    • @noahdozier5876
      @noahdozier5876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have seen those before, they are crazy looking!

    • @alphaechothunder77
      @alphaechothunder77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The YMC-130 prototype that was developed for Operation Credible Sport should be in the video. This thing was absolutely crazy. The U.S. military tried converting a C-130 into a super STOL aircraft. They did this the Kerbal way and strapped 30 rocket motors taken from various missiles onto the side of the plane.

    • @tidepoolclipper8657
      @tidepoolclipper8657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      B-36 Peacemaker arguably would be fitting. A behemoth that had backwards pointing engines.
      Convair Sea Dart certainly was an interesting interceptor capable of floating.
      Plymouth A-A-2004 was a flettner airplane. Basically, using a flettner rotor to create the lifting force. This thing literally had no wings.

    • @wyattwilliams2457
      @wyattwilliams2457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Convair F2Y would be a good option too, or the P6M seamaster

  • @lucasoberon1231
    @lucasoberon1231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would have liked to have seen mention of the Rockwell Star Raker on this list too.

  • @masterskrain2630
    @masterskrain2630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sounds like Convair was a fan of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", and wanted to try their own "Flying Sub".

    • @brentboswell1294
      @brentboswell1294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you ever see the Sea Dart? An F-106 Delta Dart on skis...to allow takeoff and landings from the surface of the ocean!

    • @haroldjedrzejczyk9449
      @haroldjedrzejczyk9449 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brentboswell1294 The Convair Sea Dart wasn't 'An F-106 Delta Dart on skis'. It was an attempted Mach 1+ fighter aircraft that could take off and land on water. Think more of a much smaller, less-capable delta wing fighter more comparable to an F-100 or F-102, rather than the Mach 2.5 capable land-based F106A...

  • @alphaechothunder77
    @alphaechothunder77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please can you make a video on the YMC-130 prototype that was developed for Operation Credible Sport. This thing was absolutely crazy. The U.S. military tried converting a C-130 into a super STOL aircraft. They did this the Kerbal way and strapped 30 rocket motors taken from various missiles onto the side of the plane.

  • @Delta4280
    @Delta4280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You should cover Blohm Voss, the German ship building company that decided to shift to aviation.... with the meth budget equal to Kel-Tec's cocaine budget

    • @TheTrueAdept
      @TheTrueAdept 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh, you mean the asymetrical _wierdness_ that was the BV 141 (the plane that even the _Nazis_ were convinced wasn't going to fly... and it flew anyway)?

  • @patrickd.3681
    @patrickd.3681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wonder when he’ll discuss an unrealized concept of a submarine aircraft carrier.

    • @archiesilkworth6607
      @archiesilkworth6607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Japan built and operated two of them during WWII.

    • @patrickd.3681
      @patrickd.3681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@archiesilkworth6607 I said “Unrealized.”

  • @Daisysdomain
    @Daisysdomain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'd love to see you do videos on the top 5 best and worst naval aircraft.
    I bet us Brits would dominate the worst list, our WW2 naval aircraft weren't the best.

    • @tidepoolclipper8657
      @tidepoolclipper8657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Fairey Swordfish is ironically one of your country's better WW2 naval designs.

    • @oxcart4172
      @oxcart4172 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Americans came up the XFV-12 which couldn't even fly. And then there was the Pogo and Salmon VTOL aircraft which shouldn't have been allowed to!

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@oxcart4172Sea Dart, anyone?

  • @jamesmurray8558
    @jamesmurray8558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dyna-Soar was a spaceplane from the 1960 test bed for the shuttle.

  • @michaelschoch8776
    @michaelschoch8776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Maybe you could talk about three planes that were ahead of their time the Northrop N-9M, YB-35, and YB-49 flying wings.

  • @crocidile90
    @crocidile90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The #1 is basically a prototype Ace Combat boss

  • @billmullins6833
    @billmullins6833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In your section on the Dyna-soar you mentioned 3 spaceplanes. You left out the MiG-105. Look it up.

  • @tidepoolclipper8657
    @tidepoolclipper8657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine a version of the X-15 that is supposedly cheaper and can fly even higher. It's called the D-684. The only catch? It would have been EXTREMELY radioactive had it been the design that would have become the X-15.

  • @noahdozier5876
    @noahdozier5876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is gonna be a good video!

  • @peterbrazier7107
    @peterbrazier7107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah a reference to the historical documentaries about Star Wars, mentioning the X-Wing.

  • @Wykletypl
    @Wykletypl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Number 3: Guess I know now where people responsible for Red Alert 3 got their inspirations.

  • @neilharbott8394
    @neilharbott8394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Convair Underwater Plane - from the UK series U.F.O!!

    • @JBofBrisbane
      @JBofBrisbane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sky 1.

    • @fixman88
      @fixman88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He mentioned that it was 'A GI Joe Plane'. He was right, but didn't show it; they actually had a 2 seater plane that could go underwater called the S.H.A.R.C.

  • @still_guns
    @still_guns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Heinkel Lerche is another one. It would have been a coleopter, an aircraft with a ring shaped wing.

  • @scribehades
    @scribehades 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To be fair the Convair would have been a terror to subs. 😆

  • @carlossaraiva8213
    @carlossaraiva8213 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The last crazy airplane shown.... might bring some nostalgic memories to all those who watched Future Boy Conan.

  • @archiesilkworth6607
    @archiesilkworth6607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2 corrections
    1. The X20 DYNA-SOAR was very much real it was referred to as a lifting body and did in fact fly. If you watch the opening to the TV show "The Six Million Dollar Man" you will see historical footage of the X20's final flight and crash.
    2. The nuclear airplane was researched and in fact a reactor was mounted in a B36 PeaceKeeper (no it didn't power the engines) it was determined after just a few flights that it wasn't feasible.

    • @pipedreamin
      @pipedreamin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was the Martin M2 in the six-million dollar man, and yes it was a lifting body design. I think the M2 was rebuilt after that crash and is now on display at the USAF museum in Dayton Ohio. $6m, seeks like a bargain now🤔

    • @patrickgriffitt6551
      @patrickgriffitt6551 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      6million$Man was the X-24B I think.

  • @kelvinh8327
    @kelvinh8327 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the intro. Please keep it!

  • @datoneguyonyoutube
    @datoneguyonyoutube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    16:17
    Whats this song called its a bop
    Also oh my godness thats a massive mothership of a plane

  • @aj3751
    @aj3751 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool concepts for sure. I'm no aerospace engineer but I don't know if an aircraft can stay airborne for months and years at a time. It makes me wonder about thw constant stress on the aircraft frame

  • @brentboswell1294
    @brentboswell1294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I said it before on the last video (5 aircraft that were clearly mad science experiments): The PZL M-15 Belphegor belongs on this list 😉

  • @micksedunary7304
    @micksedunary7304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe the Me P1101 didn't fly but it's "doppelgänger" the Saab J 29F Tunnan most certainly did - sans the move the wing about thingy.

  • @badkittynomilktonight3334
    @badkittynomilktonight3334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you think the Tsybin RSR is nuts, check out its big brother the Myasishchev M50 Bounder

  • @oxcart4172
    @oxcart4172 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sub/aircraft made a comeback just a few years ago and it seems to have gone very quiet

  • @johnnydoe7616
    @johnnydoe7616 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The CL-1201 is the definition of “go big or go home”

  • @pipedreamin
    @pipedreamin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So counterpoint to the nuke powered plan, would any enemy really want to shoot one down over their soil and create a radioactive zone? Maybe the invincible weapon, not because it’s good, but because it would be so much worse if it went down.

  • @davidfindlay5014
    @davidfindlay5014 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The RSR looks like a soviet Knock-off of the Bristol T188, a stainless-steel attempt at a Mach 3 test a/c which failed for lack of suitable power plants.

  • @MainMite06
    @MainMite06 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the Ace Combat music!

  • @russell6341
    @russell6341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Messerschmitt P.1101 wound up being used as the basis of Argentina's first jet fighter and was designed and built bye Kurt Tank

  • @Dumbrarere
    @Dumbrarere 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No honorable mention to the Lockheed L-133? For shame!

  • @redbeard7654
    @redbeard7654 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    @HistoryintheDark have you heard of the English Electric lightning?

  • @hussarzwei6223
    @hussarzwei6223 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The P.1101 reminds me of the MIG-15

  • @williamsquires3070
    @williamsquires3070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe you should do a “top 5 vehicles (of any kind) that were absolute, steaming piles of GARBAGE!” 😉👍 (the catch is that at least one prototype had to have been built.)

    • @tidepoolclipper8657
      @tidepoolclipper8657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He would have to borrow some examples from his previous ones including ones that would end up on future worst planes, ships, tanks, cars, and other types of vehicles list.
      They would need to be the worst of the worst. One example of a design that likely wouldn't make it in is A340. Neither A340 nor A380 have been a success for Airbus. However the A380 is at least an engineering accomplishment. The A340 was obsolete only a few weeks into its existence. However, it has never been a dangerous airplane to be on.
      Another one would be the 737 Max 8. The total loss of lives in the amount of time they have even seen service is quite bad. However, we will have to see if the changes actually improve them or if they remain a death trap (along with Max 7) no thanks to the engines being too big for them. The engines are less of a problem with Max 9 and who knows if Max 10 will see the light of day.

    • @tidepoolclipper8657
      @tidepoolclipper8657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When it comes to the worst of the worst:
      Easy choices are Christmas Bullet (worst airplane ever), F7U Cutlass, Thunderscreech (not Thunderstreak), Silvanskii IS, Lemon Class Ship (even more so the Freedom variant), CV7 Wasp, USS Galena, Infanta Maria Teresa, Bob Semple tank, some of Japan's WW2 tanks, M60A2 Starship, Maus, CANT Z.501 Gabbiano, Blackburn TB, Valiant tank, Fokker F10, many American cars built during the 1970s, Yugo, Trabant, Vasa, HMS Captain, Fowler's Ghost, N1 rocket, and Atlas-Able.

  • @AtkataffTheAlpha
    @AtkataffTheAlpha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Space plane = Transformers jets

  • @mannywilliams6409
    @mannywilliams6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The P101 looks like the jet built by if I remember correctly Argentina after WWII.

    • @kitbag9033
      @kitbag9033 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It does look like the Pulqui, but that was designed by Kurt Tank, formerly of Focke Wulf. The P1101 was the inspiration for the X-5

  • @bloedbiber
    @bloedbiber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the russian shuttle was named Buran, not Baron.

    • @JBofBrisbane
      @JBofBrisbane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He said Buran, not Baron.

    • @bloedbiber
      @bloedbiber 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JBofBrisbane in the subtitles there it was called "Baron".

  • @hurricanefury439
    @hurricanefury439 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    a few other designs i would want to mention are
    the norman bel geddes airliner no 4. an ocean liner sized flying wing seaplane with an onboard concert hall
    the saunders roe duchess and queen. 1000 passenger jet powered flying boats
    the boeing 2707 the american concorde
    the boeing model 306 1930s flying wing b-17
    the a-12 avenger the navy stealth bomber that wasted millions of dollars on a moch up

  • @brianferus9292
    @brianferus9292 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    #1 was replaced by the flying carrier from the Avengers

  • @andgate2000
    @andgate2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Underwater plane????? Sounds like the tic tac drone..mmmmm

  • @JBofBrisbane
    @JBofBrisbane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Duraluminum" or Duralumin?

  • @richardcathcart2952
    @richardcathcart2952 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Dyna-soar" + "Dinosaur" gives the impression of obsolesce at the get-go. BAD PR by its proponents!

  • @leohale6449
    @leohale6449 ปีที่แล้ว

    Donald Reid actually had a patent for a Flying Submarine that a prototype was build and tested by him and his family. This if built would have violated his patent.

  • @damien5748
    @damien5748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dinosaur vids please.👍👍👍

    • @JBofBrisbane
      @JBofBrisbane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As opposed to DynaSoar vids?

    • @damien5748
      @damien5748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JBofBrisbane its all good my friend

  • @drstrangelove4998
    @drstrangelove4998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    P1101 was built in Russia as one of the first Soviet combat jets.

  • @nathanielhinz4946
    @nathanielhinz4946 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you like space development so much why don't you talk about it? There's stuff like The Orion Battleship program among other things.

  • @KingOp0ssum_II
    @KingOp0ssum_II 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    6th