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From what I remember reading about the the "Vengeance weapons" in the encyclopaedias at school, the V1 didn't actually have any real guidance system as such. It had a mechanical gyro to keep it flying level and in a straight line, and it was loaded with a precisely calibrated quantity of fuel. When it's fuel ran out it would drop until the ground got in it's way. If the German scientists had factored in wind direction, air temperature (Effects air density, and therefor thrust), plus the weather conditions correctly, and it was launched at exactly the right compass bearing, it's fuel would run out somewhere over London. If they'd got bad weather/temperature data, or the ground crew were a few degrees out with the launch, it could hit pretty much anywhere in South East England........ Or for that matter, in the channel.
Indeed. British intelligence turned a spy and used him to report the V1 as overshooting London, leading to its range being reduced making it land in Kent... But it didn't run out of fuel: Wiki: "An odometer driven by a vane anemometer on the nose determined when the target area had been reached, accurate enough for area bombing. Before launch, it was set to count backwards from a value that would reach zero upon arrival at the target in the prevailing wind conditions. As the missile flew, the airflow turned the propeller, and every 30 rotations of the propeller counted down one number on the odometer. This odometer triggered the arming of the warhead after about 60 km (37 mi).[ When the count reached zero, two detonating bolts were fired. Two spoilers on the elevator were released, the linkage between the elevator and servo was jammed, and a guillotine device cut off the control hoses to the rudder servo, setting the rudder in neutral. These actions put the V-1 into a steep dive. While this was originally intended to be a power dive, in practice the dive caused the fuel flow to cease, which stopped the engine. The sudden silence after the buzzing alerted people under the flight path to the impending impact."
@@leosmith848 Fair enough, though I choose to blame my failing school in this case. Even back then most of the reference books in the library were probably worth a few quid due to them being so old (While there, I worked my way through an entire set of dog eared hardback James Bond books, and I think most of them were original 50's and 60's editions ! I'm pretty sure snotty nosed kids wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the uncensored originals now. If not for the content, for the value of even a well worn original set *. 🤣). If I'd ever thought to look through an atlas in that library there'd most likely be maps with labels saying "Here be dragons" all over the place, and a section titled "The new continent" referring to America. 😁 On the plus side, a few years after I left, OFSTED took a very similar view to my own about the schools ability to successfully teach children, so they shut the place down........ Though I'd still love to know what happened to all the library books. There were probably a fair few interesting first editions in there. 😕 (* Out of idle curiosity I just looked to see what a full set of first edition Bond books is currently worth. I found just one full set for sale at present. A snip at just £84k ! So about 105k USD, or 101k Euro ! 😲).
The idea of a space shuttle grabbing hostile satellites from space wasn't a ridiculous fear... after all, the british had proven that exact thing in the Bond movie 'Moonraker'. So it was totally reasonable to think the Americanski were planning the same thing.
It really must have sucked for Bruce Peterson to see footage of his crash every time the Million Dollar Man came on. Just... On TV every week. And then after syndication, every day... Unrelenting trauma...
Hey man I read your comment and the word ramjet rings a bell to my childhood cartoons I'm thinking of and wld I be right mentioning the name Roger in having something to do with this cartoon because what I'm remembering but cld be well off wrong is Roger Ramjet or something like. Regards from the UK 🇬🇧
well this is how space x starship works when flying aronud after rentering the atmoshpere by the way. also nasa/USSR space shuttles also does this too. also you can also do this to gronud veacles called the wing in gronud efect as well. also alot of modern gided weapons also use this as well for geting all the lift they need for most speeds as well. also alot of usa slealth craft aslo use this so they can bot hfly and be sealthy as well.
also thsoe flying saucers also that the humasn and aleins use with gravmetric polpolsuon and flying body disk shape alows it to go hper sonic speeds wihout makeing it hot or loud. side ways for mimuim airdrage while top forward for very high speed for hpyer sonic speeds while keeping heating and sound profile as low as posable while maxmzeing lift for very high speeds. yes both humans and alein know that disk shaped craft work the best for very hige speed for body lifting while keeping hpyersonic heating and nose low as posable.
All these lifting body aircraft were research vessels for Richard Nixon's pet project: The SLS or "space shuttle". I've never understood the space shuttle. If you want to build a reusable spacecraft, why install wings? You are just adding an order of magnitude more complexity. What? So it can land on a runway? What is the advantage of that? There are still months of work preparing the vehicle for the next flight, regardless of wings and wheels versus a simple capsule. -And why did they make it so big? It was approximately the size of a DC-9-30. A reusable space plane needs to be the size of a private jet, not transport category airline equipment! And why ever would you put people in harms way just to carry and launch a satellite with them on board when an unmanned rocket can do it just as well? The vehicle made no sense. Then again, Nixon WAS a republican......
@@AdamtheRed- buran construction number 1.01 was destroyed in hangar collapse in 2002 , said buran was the only one >fully< complited and the only one to ever fly
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From what I remember reading about the the "Vengeance weapons" in the encyclopaedias at school, the V1 didn't actually have any real guidance system as such. It had a mechanical gyro to keep it flying level and in a straight line, and it was loaded with a precisely calibrated quantity of fuel. When it's fuel ran out it would drop until the ground got in it's way. If the German scientists had factored in wind direction, air temperature (Effects air density, and therefor thrust), plus the weather conditions correctly, and it was launched at exactly the right compass bearing, it's fuel would run out somewhere over London. If they'd got bad weather/temperature data, or the ground crew were a few degrees out with the launch, it could hit pretty much anywhere in South East England........ Or for that matter, in the channel.
Indeed. British intelligence turned a spy and used him to report the V1 as overshooting London, leading to its range being reduced making it land in Kent...
But it didn't run out of fuel:
Wiki:
"An odometer driven by a vane anemometer on the nose determined when the target area had been reached, accurate enough for area bombing. Before launch, it was set to count backwards from a value that would reach zero upon arrival at the target in the prevailing wind conditions. As the missile flew, the airflow turned the propeller, and every 30 rotations of the propeller counted down one number on the odometer. This odometer triggered the arming of the warhead after about 60 km (37 mi).[ When the count reached zero, two detonating bolts were fired. Two spoilers on the elevator were released, the linkage between the elevator and servo was jammed, and a guillotine device cut off the control hoses to the rudder servo, setting the rudder in neutral. These actions put the V-1 into a steep dive. While this was originally intended to be a power dive, in practice the dive caused the fuel flow to cease, which stopped the engine. The sudden silence after the buzzing alerted people under the flight path to the impending impact."
@@leosmith848 Fair enough, though I choose to blame my failing school in this case. Even back then most of the reference books in the library were probably worth a few quid due to them being so old (While there, I worked my way through an entire set of dog eared hardback James Bond books, and I think most of them were original 50's and 60's editions ! I'm pretty sure snotty nosed kids wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the uncensored originals now. If not for the content, for the value of even a well worn original set *. 🤣). If I'd ever thought to look through an atlas in that library there'd most likely be maps with labels saying "Here be dragons" all over the place, and a section titled "The new continent" referring to America. 😁
On the plus side, a few years after I left, OFSTED took a very similar view to my own about the schools ability to successfully teach children, so they shut the place down........ Though I'd still love to know what happened to all the library books. There were probably a fair few interesting first editions in there. 😕
(* Out of idle curiosity I just looked to see what a full set of first edition Bond books is currently worth. I found just one full set for sale at present. A snip at just £84k ! So about 105k USD, or 101k Euro ! 😲).
Funny, in the US the 6 million dollar man is now just a cancer patient.
The idea of a space shuttle grabbing hostile satellites from space wasn't a ridiculous fear... after all, the british had proven that exact thing in the Bond movie 'Moonraker'. So it was totally reasonable to think the Americanski were planning the same thing.
Who’s to say that didn’t happen? 👀
"If God had intended us to fly, he would have have us wings." What like the Ostrich or Emu, Penguin, Kiwi... : -)
Good one.
" Fueled by a combination of alcohol and liquid oxygen "...sounds like me.
You can keep the LOX, but share the alcohol!
Lifting bodies are cool. You get lots of extra volume (interior space). As always, thanks for sharing.
The fact that guy totally called how heat shielding would go down is wild to me 😊
What?
It really must have sucked for Bruce Peterson to see footage of his crash every time the Million Dollar Man came on. Just... On TV every week. And then after syndication, every day... Unrelenting trauma...
OK, OK so Simon explains UFOs in the 50s at 1440
We're still far away from space technology as seen in Star Trek snd Star Wars
Excellent video again
a mega project viseo - on how to build a test pilot... these men and women are impossibly brave and good.
The child in me, every time 'Ramjet' is mentioned, just hears that cartoon theme tune lol
Hey man I read your comment and the word ramjet rings a bell to my childhood cartoons I'm thinking of and wld I be right mentioning the name Roger in having something to do with this cartoon because what I'm remembering but cld be well off wrong is Roger Ramjet or something like. Regards from the UK 🇬🇧
Incidentally, in the show "The Six Million Dollar Man" , Steve Austin also lost his right eye like the pilot in the actual crash incident.
37:19 Buran never flew with a crew so not "manned"
So that's why a Pelican is shaped like that
Audio levels are super quiet.
The F-15 is a lifting body, with wings tacked on for show. 😅
When you say the lines, you also have to play the music.
I'll be wound up, trying to think of it now all day.
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No your not, you're just an attention seeker smh
Can't be the ONLY weapon that killed more people in development than in combat.
Give me freaking Sci-Fi(ala Star Wars style) space ship design.
Star wars is the least space ship design.
The Rotodome on the E-2 lifts its own weight.
That thing has to be an aerodynamic nightmare.
@@556m4Have you ever seen the shuttle carrier aircraft?
well this is how space x starship works when flying aronud after rentering the atmoshpere by the way. also nasa/USSR space shuttles also does this too. also you can also do this to gronud veacles called the wing in gronud efect as well. also alot of modern gided weapons also use this as well for geting all the lift they need for most speeds as well. also alot of usa slealth craft aslo use this so they can bot hfly and be sealthy as well.
also thsoe flying saucers also that the humasn and aleins use with gravmetric polpolsuon and flying body disk shape alows it to go hper sonic speeds wihout makeing it hot or loud. side ways for mimuim airdrage while top forward for very high speed for hpyer sonic speeds while keeping heating and sound profile as low as posable while maxmzeing lift for very high speeds. yes both humans and alein know that disk shaped craft work the best for very hige speed for body lifting while keeping hpyersonic heating and nose low as posable.
@@ashtonmiller-z1n
It appears that spelling and grammar is optional
Holy bad grammar!! Why should anyone believe any of this claptrap when you can't spell or use correct grammar. Blub, blub, blub.
@@indianasb59thank you!! I thought I was having a stroke for a minute reading that. Lol
Lifting bodies are cool but straight out of Flintstones tech. Scary af too
Dreamchaser is still in development??
All indications are that Dreamchaser will fly. NASA wants a second way to space along with SpaceX, and with Boeing's failure, it's all that's left.
F-106 delta dart not F-107
flying boat. yep make a wide boat fly.
I'm No. 1! Yeah
WOOH! 🎖️ YEAH!! 👏 🎉
Way to go Smitty Weberjagermanjensen!
Who gives a rat's backside?
18 baby🎉
@op I bet mummy calls you special everyday.
Steve Austin is a wrassler.
The wrestler was after "the six million dollar man" show. Probably trying to cash in on the name.
I'm surprised liquid oxygen isn't called LiquOx.
I'm not that's an awful name.
@@minners71 That doesn't usually stop anyone.
All these lifting body aircraft were research vessels for Richard Nixon's pet project: The SLS or "space shuttle".
I've never understood the space shuttle. If you want to build a reusable spacecraft, why install wings? You are just adding an order of magnitude more complexity. What? So it can land on a runway? What is the advantage of that? There are still months of work preparing the vehicle for the next flight, regardless of wings and wheels versus a simple capsule.
-And why did they make it so big? It was approximately the size of a DC-9-30. A reusable space plane needs to be the size of a private jet, not transport category airline equipment! And why ever would you put people in harms way just to carry and launch a satellite with them on board when an unmanned rocket can do it just as well? The vehicle made no sense.
Then again, Nixon WAS a republican......
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Number 2
Anyone else here from 2024?
yeah ive just teleported back mate
1975 gotta get an IBM 5100 to stop world war III in 2036
I believe most of us are from the future, in 2025.
Excellent mate
2023
Not first but early!
Uhh, the Buran is alive and well in Russia. I've seen people explore its hanger and get right next to it. It's all but abandonded.
That was 20 years ago
The hanger collapsed
@nikolaideianov5092 it's from two years ago. Do a tiny bit of research, buddy. Look up Baikonur cosmodrome. It's in Kazakhstan.
@@AdamtheRed- buran construction number 1.01 was destroyed in hangar collapse in 2002
, said buran was the only one >fully< complited and the only one to ever fly
@nikolaideianov5092 good story. It's not the only Buran. So, the Buran is alive and well, just like I said.
@@AdamtheRed- as i said the only operstionaly and fully finished buran was destroyed in 2002
If you dont belive me look at the wiki