Arado Ar 234 - First Jet Bomber and Variants
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- The Arado Ar 234 was the first operational jet bomber in the World. Originally planned as a recon plane, it was successfully adapted as a bomber. This video includes the look at the A, B and C Series. Dimensions, size and comparison to other planes. Furthermore, information on two less known variants and references to an original report.
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William Green: The Warplanes of the Third Reich
Karl R. Pawlas: Arado Ar 234 - Eine Dokumentation, Band 1; 1976
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My father told me once that, one night just after his division crossed the Rhine, he heard a jet going overhead, which was probably an Ar-234 on a recon mission. He said it was noticeably faster than a propeller-driven plane, and made quite an impression on him.
Its the Haunebu
Na fam its the nazi bell
awesome sadly the At-234 never reached its full potential did he ever see the me 262?
Few people realize that but hearing those jet fighters and bombers for the very first time must have been scary to say the least because these were completely new and like you say much faster...
It must've been like facing aliens...
Yes, i heard from an old friend who was in ww2 that the first time he heard a jet, he thought it was the end of the world! He unfortunately never said if it was British or German, or where it occurred. All i know is he was in the us army in europe to the end of the war.
The icon for 'The unreliable engines' is a minimalist classic. Wonderful!
Fantastic research mate. Once again great video!
+MagzTV Thank you!
+MagzTV thank you for showing us this channel Magz...this guy is awesome!
+MagzTV hey magz!
Ehm Lol magz is here
I second that
At risk of kidney stones from all the grains of salt I'm taking with these figures
I found your channel by chance some hours ago, and I must say the quality of your production is excellent, really good, keep the good work, I've never seen this level of detail when speaking of the tactics, tanks, planes and weapons of WW II, really good I must say, you got a like & sub!. congratulations from Venezuela.
thank you! gracias!
The Arado cockpit was unique-the pilot had a complete 180 degree frontal view. No other aircraft (I believe) had this.
i believe it's bc the pilot must also work as a bombardier/camera man thus cockpit must have high clearance. (just a speculation)
Thank you for the informative video series, I've only just started browsing them and I like the amount of detail you provide. I have family in Norway who remember the German occupation. Their farm was right next to the main airbase at Sola near the west coast city of Stavanger. My uncles and stepfather remember jet aircraft arriving near the end of the war, apparently evacuating from bases in mainland Europe. Rumor had it Germany was planning a "last stand' in Norway and their best material was being brought there. Anyway - when the fighting stopped in May 1945, the Germans kept to their barracks. So my uncles and stepfather roamed the airfield and brought home a lot of materials from the hangars. Large reconn cameras, flight instruments, flight gear, a dive bombing computer from a Ju-88, aircraft identification models, etc.. before local troops secured the airfield and stopped them! He was only 10 years old at the time and doesn't remember whether the jets were 262 or a 234, or maybe both, but the large reconn camera they took would make it seem likely to be the 234.. and I believe the example on display at the Smithsonian is from... Sola Airfield in Norway. Cheers!
Stavanger- sola Is a nearby airport, right? Was It not a base for Rafwaffe airplanes? I remember reading a novel about B-17s with german crews located at Stavanger- sola, I think It was a 70s novel. For all the efforts I make, I can't remember the name of the novel. But the name "Stavanger-sola" Is tattooed in my brain!!
@@fernandoreynaaguilar1438 Ciao Fernando - I am not aware that Rafwaffe type aircraft were deployed at Sola Airfield. But it is possible. The Luftwaffe did fly captured US and RAF aircraft with German markings and crew. It is not clear that the Luftwaffe had a professional investigation team to test Allied aircraft and technology. KG 200 was a Luftwaffe unit who flew Allied aircraft on operational missions, mostly in secret. My guess is the novel you read was based on some facts and some fiction. Here is a link to a good history of KG 200: www.historynet.com/luftwaffes-secret-squadrons.htm
@@65SATisfaction Kampfgeschwader 200! That was the name of the novel!!
The question is then: did KG 200 had a base at Stavanger- sola? According to the novel, yes.
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Day 1000: Still waiting on the video going into more detail of the Report about the Ar 234 compared to other planes.
Absolutely love this channel, for example, I love to look through manuals and diagrams of historical aircraft because I like to know what variants there were and how many of them etc. but I don't always find the time. It's like you've done the hard work for us and we can just get the enjoyment of the info. A star rating and thank you for doing this in English too.
Go see it at the Udvar-Hazy Center, along with the Do-335, Me-163 and other rare WW2 planes. The Enola Gay is there, too.
I live near it, great museum
The P-74 instead of P-47 thing reminds me of the AK-47 AK-74 mistake people make, but AK-74 is an actual weapon in that instance.
Arado~~love that plane~and thank you for telling the story of Arado AR 234~
You mentioned the Ar234 being available in War Thunder. 've been flying it almost exclusively in AcesHigh II & now III for a good dozen years. I believe they done a great job modeling it and it's flight characteristics. You added more information to what I had been able to find. Thanks!
I always though the Germans missed the boat when it came to the Arado. Although slower the the ME262 it's now clear, thanks to your video, that I was right in my assumption. As a night fighter it would have been very effective against the British night raids. As a day fighter it could have been trouble for the American bombers and escorts. And as ground support with this cannons it would have been very effective. One note about the ME 262. My friend's father was a replacement soldier after the D Day invasion. They were sent to guard a bridge. The bridge kept being attacked by ME 262's on bomb runs down through the valley. So they set up scout up River and when the 262's passed by they would radio ahead to the anti aircraft gunners. They'd managed to shoot a couple 262's down that way, and my friends father made a bracelet out of scrap aluminum from the one he shot down. The family has kept it to this day.
BOT Shark it was a cool story
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your the worst troll ever
That would be Remagen, March 1945. KG 76's Arado 234B-2s flew dozens of sorties trying to knock that bridge out. Me 262s flew escort for the 234s on several occasions.
ProjectFlashlight612
I just read up on that battle. Depressing reading -with some joyus moments like the V2 that hit Cologne and the artillery that struck the fuel truck on the bridge and created a huge hole :)
Yes, the only remaining Arado 234 is at the Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA and is in beautiful shape. It was on display when I visited that branch of the Smithsonian about 6 years ago, but I'd double check it's status if you're planning a visit. The Udvar-Hazy center is a fantastic museum for anyone interested in aeronautical history. All of the Smithsonian sites are first class,
It was still there this year as well.
Id love a video about how Germans used radios.
I second this
You talk, they listen, vise - versa.
I think they push the button then talk. Other people will then respond "copy that"
Love the Arado 234 and the Me 262!
Phenomenonal work....again! 👍👌👏
My grandfather told me about how one of those flew a recon mission over his base at King's Lynn on the east coast of England in the spring of 1945, thanks for the video
+SGT SCHMEGMA you are welcome!
Another awesomely great video. I have been a fan of the 234. The first game to feature it that I found was AIRFORCE..and the first good use was DOWN IN FLAMES where the Allied Bombing Campaign included a 234 raid on London as a possible mission. When I got that it was an inceedibly fast scenario as it was maybe 6 rounds 2 inbound, 3 on target and 1 outbound.
I had little knowlege of the fighter vesion and you have added to that by 200%.
My Grandfather, a Pathfinder in the RAF talked about the one time he encountered a 234...and said it was a beautiful plane..and left him standing while at full throttle on his Mosquito.
Have you considered looking into the He 219 Owl. It was a VERY effective nightfighter...and airframe was reinforced to allow jet engines. I would be very interested in your interpretations of the aircraft.
I know many folks who are hyped by these jets, but like our presenter, I consistently remind these excited souls the engines simply were not up to snuff. The necessary strategic materials to make the compressor and turbine blades and (I think) the governor were not available for use--the Luftwaffe had a very low priority by `42. Coupled with the fuel shortage and lack of trained aviators, these aircraft might be considered a waste of effort with the Russians on the Vistula and the Western Alliance at the Siegfried Line. But, I guess, they at least tried.
Your videos are terrific. Thank you.
When I worked at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, I regularly reflected on the fact a lot of the Axis planes I saw there were the last of their kind. It became pretty mundane after a while, but it was still cool.
Your videos are an awsome inspiration to understand what happened.
Keep on the fantastic work.
learning so much about facts you can not find anywhere else cheers great work
I took a photo of the Arado 234 in the Chantilly Smithsonian museum in January of 2018. I was surprised of how attractive it is. Clean lines and shapes.
Sehr geil, dass die Quellen dazu angegeben werden! props!
Idea for a video : Requirements for successful night fighters vs requirements for successful day fighter. And perhaps a few interesting successes/failures in each category?
Enjoyed this history lesson, thanks for your hard work and research.
Awesome, great amount of research, uncovered a few things I didn't know about the Ar 234, too
I recently saw the arado 234 at the Dulles Airport Annex of the Smithsonian Museum in Chantilly Virginia. It is still there and in perfect condition.
I think that is the only one left...
Who dared to dislike?
LindyBiege
Steve-O
flying spandaus are not in his "i like this" list, no
MrBasinator always when I see comments like these, I dislike the video even if it was good
the ones rammed by Arados in WT xdd
I'm learning more information from these videos than I did in History class.
I doubt if this was ever taught in any school history class.
The plane IS in the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center. I saw it last weekend. It's the one with the landing gear.
Best channel on this website! Keep up with the great work, and good luck on your move back to Austria!
+Carson Duffey thank you!
Lots of information I haven't heard before. Excellent.
Awesome video I never knew this much about this plane and I never thought it would be that technical
+Derek Lee thank you!
Yes, at the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Museum as mentioned; it is a AR 234B Blitz according to the sign.
I'd like to see a video on the Ju 88. Amazingly versatile aircraft and in service from start to finish of the war. The Arado 234 is a beautiful and fascinating plane even if it made little impact on the war. Very much enjoyed this. Minus the P-74 slip up of course. ;)
Wow, you sounded much calmer this time. It was almost soothing. I liked it. Maybe because I'm a bit tired.
+MaxRavenclaw funny thing, I think I was pretty tired and while editing I was like: shit I think this is too silent :D
Military History Visualized Nah, it was fine, relaxing really.
Excellent job! Keep up the good work.
I have found several references to the RAF Mosquito in German docs concerning countermeasures. They seemed obsessed. That plane might have been the Luftwaffe Mosquito. Too bad for Germany that the war had long before changed to a war of numbers. "Quantity has a quality of its own" or something to that effect (Stalin re. the Red Army). For that aircraft to have any effect it would have to be able to bomb the White House or Pentagon. Come to DC and I will take you to the museum. There is also a 262. Still looks good. Good stuff!
Well we have an me163 in Australia
Edmunds demonds there is also a 163 at the museum he is talking about
_"Too bad for Germany that the war had long before changed to a war of numbers. "Quantity has a quality of its own" or something to that effect (Stalin re. the Red Army)."_
That line is old.
It's from Napoleon.
Either way: war is always a matter of numbers.
I would like to see a video on the me163 Komet, me262 Schwalbe and the Volksjäger.
Sorry but i heard that it was t due to the fact that there wasent enough jumo 004B engins awaileble. ( the me262 also use's the jumo 004B engine and insted of fighting over the same few engins awaileble. They looked for another solution and found it in the BMV 003A) or isn't that correct ? Thanks for yet another grate informative video
I saw the only surviving AR-234 and It is currently on display at a museum near the Dulles airport which is owned by the Smithson
I love this channel
wow very good video mate! super interesting information! love this channel
+MbfLproductions thank you!
Wundervoll! Bravo!
+Herr Arado danke!
Excellent Bismark, I remember some pictures with the landing skids version, a fewer pictures and clips with the normal landing. Do you know something more about the combat or bombing operations? Finally, how about some research with the Haunebu II?
I am not Bismarck, but we work closely together. Here you can see us both: th-cam.com/video/8c-ziTzJl4I/w-d-xo.html
I saw the one survivor as a kid in Maryland. Looked unrestored but in decent condition. Was awesome to see.
P-47...excellent tech video...great info
yet another outstanding video
Your icons are great!
They got one of these at Dulles and it's actually quite small.
great work! looking forward to your next video.
Praise be!
And the LORD sayeth, whoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting minengeschoss.
its the holy hand grenade adapted to be fired out of a large-bore automatic gun
What
Such a great documentary and full of stats and facts!
I don't think the Germans need to be apologetic about their Engineering Genius! For example the jet engine had a a service life of 10 hours before it needed to be refurbished? 10 hours at 540 MPH equals 5,450 miles of flying!
The average RNZAF, RAAF, RAF etc fighter pilots combat life expectancy in the Battle of Britain was 28 minutes!
So an Ar 234 could have flown from Christchurch, New Zealand and executed some aerobatics over the beautiful Sydney harbour and flown back to Christchurch NZ, all in 6 hours; had an engine change and done another "fun bomb" mission! Sydney Australia is approximately 3,000 kilometres from Christchurch New Zealand. Kingsford -Smith would have loved this; God Bless him; I think he flew across the Tasman in a Fokker! The First man to fly the Tasman!
Hans von Ohain; was the inventor of the first operational jet engine! Cripes the Brit go on and on about the de Haviland Mosquito! Gottfried Benz was the inventor of the Piston Engine!
What a beautiful aircraft the Ar 234 was! True class!
Another great video Bernhard!
+Articulate Pineapple thank you!
+Military History Visualized Er ist wunderbar!
In a purely on-paper and statistics sense, a continuation of the war into 1946 would've been interesting. Like if somehow the Germans were able to just delay the movements of the allies on the western front in early 1945, and delay operation Bagration by half a year. The Ar 234, Me 262, Me 163, helicopters, larger roll-out of the KT and Tiger, maybe even a few mice. And that's just the Germans. Such cool tech at the end of the war.
Hallo , wie geht's dir? Bitte, kannst du über Heinkel He 219 ein Programm zu machen?
Just a suggestion but it would be easier to perceive the scale of an object if the human figure you're using as a comparison is alongside the object, standing on the same ground so to speak. Keep up the good videos either way
Excellent video...very interesting
Outstanding Work. Thank you from California.
I have seen the arado several times in the Air and Space museum and I always thought the cockpit looked rather cramped.
I was very lucky, as I got to sit in the cockpit of the one rebuilt for the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum; where it was rebuilt in Maryland.
Arado Ackbar
+Daniel Sinks would have loved to see that XD
+Daniel Sinks dude im dying lmao xD
Adel bin Khalaf you're dying? were you the one ramming the IL-28? XD
aloha snackbar
Unless they moved her (might have but to the new hangar museum at Dulles / Chantilly would make more since) she was always housed in the main Air and Space museum in DC as part of the WW2 hall. They have a Zero, C.202, 109G-6 and P51D but I just looked, you are correct. They moved her to the new one at Chantelly VA in the WW2 German aviation exhibit with a Do 335 A-0 Pfeil (Arrow) and a Fw 190 F-8/R1 as well. Very cool!
+Pez Pezzer you see I am not only researching the past, but also the present ;)
Yup, great job and complete research! I did see the Arado a few times before they moved her I and kept telling my now almost 20 year old son how important this aircraft is and that he is looking at the only surviving sample of some historic early jet technology. I get very misty eyed in that place, so much awesomeness...
You give valuable data
How he just admits that he cannot find information and cannot make further statements. Thats character.
Infographic show for example, makes mistakes you cannot make about history. Yesterday i saw a clip there, were Lewis guns were called Bren and visa versa.
Mistakes like that should not accur on a credible channel. So this remark against that channel, is a compliment for yours!
I love how "Junkers" is pronounced, most clueless english speakers would say Junk-errz when in reality its Yun-kers
funny fact, I actually don't know exactly how "Dornier" is pronounced as a native speaker.
As in Yonkers ,New York
Military History Visualized Dornier is pronounced a bit frenchy, like Dornié.
@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized In German news broadcasts back in the 1980s it was pronounced like in French: Dorniér (with a more or less silent r)
In Spanish the J is pronounced as a Y as well.
What a wonderful video for a "wunderbar" aircraft.
Well Done mate :)
*and BTW why they couldn't mount a piston engine on it. Was it too heavy or too big?
+KomradeTuniska the distance from the ground (ground clearance) was too small, the propellers would have dug into the ground. (I made a small red arrow for that part in the video).
+KomradeTuniska and thank you!
+Military History Visualized Oh I missed that part. Well thank you for replying :)
Very nice one of my favorite German aircraft from ww2.
I thought the adoption of four BMW 003 on the C model was due to the predicted shortage of the Jumo 004 which was also used by the Me 262. The BMW units did nevertheless give a significant boost in performance.
With under wing bombs the Ar 234 top speed fell to a point where it could just be matched by the best piston engine fighters although it flew at such a height that made practical interception difficult.
Like the Me 262 it was also vulnerable during the long 'slow down' approach required for landing.
The Ar 234C model had two BMW 003A engines (800kg thrust each) replacing a single Jumo 004B (900kg thrust each) under each wing so the thrust and speed went up enormously ie from 1800kg total to 3200kg total. These models had no problems hauling bomb loads at above interception speeds. There was a BMW 003C in the works. This was the same engine except that the compressor had been replaced with a new type called a 'reaction type' (instead of an impulse type). It was so much more efficient the thrust increased to 900kg. Both ABB and BMW had produced new compressors but it hadn't been decided which to use. There was a more radical version called the BMW 003D that was expected to get to 1100kg thrust. It had a new hot section with an enlarged combustion chamber and a two stage turbine.
Some of the Ar 234 C models also were to get two seat cabins in the bomber and night fighter versions and the cabin was to be pressurised.
what software are you usung? i want to learn your skills :3
I think the skid was dropped in favour of a landing gear when the Ar234 changed from a recon aircraft to a bomber. Recon aircraft are few in numbers and don't clog the runway on return from a bombing mission which is usually done with 50+ aircraft.
th-cam.com/video/B5665Vb8-6Q/w-d-xo.html
Not a in-depth source but they explain the change from skid to landing gear.
you missed the Gunpods which they used over Italy, also the planned? build? "Nachtigal" nightfighter conversion
Great job.
do you play warthunder often? you should do a video of all the planes they should add :P sounds like the Arado has some really cool variants they should add :)
It was used as a nightfighter briefly . Look up Ar-234 b/n Nightingale
Well done video! Wonder if you could make a video if the Ho 229 would actually be effective?
+Vance Tan (SomebodyYouDon'tKnow) thank you! probably, when I have more knowledge about the subject.
Your accent does cause some funny points, my German was much worse during my six years at Bitburg. There was the one small typo - P-47 not P-74 (which was a design that never made it to production, or even prototype if I remember right). You might want to do a video on the way the Luftwaffe compounded supply problems with their endless variants and sub-types of sub-types. Not only the major variants such as Ar-234A and B and C but, as you pointed out, the B-1 and B-2, and even the various R and U sub-types of the sub-types of major variants.I love airplanes, which is why I joined the USAF. I had thought about joining the USN but I remembered that no one ever sank an air base.
I did an early video about the logistics of the Luftwaffe that touches that a bit.
yeah, the number slips happens occasionally today I said T-44 four times instead of T-34, although the T-44 is the tank I probably knew the least about :D
OK, I'll have to hunt that one up
excellent!
Great job! Could you make one about the 262?
+Philip Paunov thank you! yeah at one point there will be one.
i saw the ar234 on display it was smaller than the do 335 next to it
Very good!!
Lack of chromium for engine components was a huge setback. This was part of the short servive life of each engine and they would require so much overhaul. Very delicate.
Excellent information, thank you. However the Thunderbolt was classified as P-47. You said P-74. No biggy its easy to transpose the numbers. Regardless good work work on the rest of it. Very fascinating.
thank you, yeah, in German we say the numbers the other way round and sometimes the numerical translator fails.
There was a P-74 Superbolt which had the PW R2800 replaced with the PW R4360 corn cob motor. It flew in tests. A version with a turbo compound motor that could have flown at over 500mph however never flew.
@12:15
I know you're german, so I don't blame you, but it's the P-47 not the P-74.
Great video as always! I enjoyed it a lot!
+Scruff with the fluff thanks! LOL! I think I re-recorded that part because I had a bad pronunciation on one of the planes name.
+Military History Visualized Perhaps the "P-siebenundvierzig" bit confused you... I've never understood German numbering conventions, though the French ones are much, much worse. :-)
+Firefly yeah, the number parts are the worst to record, kinda funny, because I have no problems switching from English to German even mid-sentence, but yeah numbers... probably different brain part. I also got the first time height wrong, I said 2.28 instead of 4.28... but I noticed that error early enough. And for some strange reason I said at least 2 times "E-Series" instead of "A-Series"... probably my very first pronunciation of A in English or something... took me years to get "missile" right, after I used a complete word instead of it when I was like under 10 or something :D
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Wieder mal ein hervorragendes Video. Nichts gegen Grafiken, aber ich finde, dass einige historische Fotos die Präsentation noch um einiges interessanter machen könnten, oder? :)
+acoo kie danke, ja, gebe dir da vollkommen Recht. Das Problem ist, die ganzen Quellen dafür anzugeben (die description etc. ist extrem nervig selbst ohne zwingende Quellenangaben). In der EU sind Fair Use Rechte um einiges schwächer als anderswo, gleichzeitig können copyright strikes Channel killen. Die Grafiken nehmen extrem viel Zeit in Anspruch, allerdings hab ich genau aus diesem Grund das Format gewählt. Habe schon öfter überlegt das Format anzupassen, aber Bilder copy/pasten kann jeder und die Bilder, die nicht überall verfügbar sind, sind meistens geschützt, etwas das im "Land der Abmahnanwälte" sehr gefährlich ist.
Früher oder später wird es Bilder geben, aber im Moment hab ich noch nicht mal ein Standard Format für Flugzeuge, Panzer und viele andere Themen. Wenn ich nach Österreich zurückgezogen bin, werd ich mich näher mit einem Freund unterhalten, der sich sehr gut im Copyright Bereich etc. auskennt, dann werd ich entsprechende Anpassungen mit besserer Informationsbasis durchführen können, im Moment fokussiere ich in erster Linie auf Content, weil sich über Recht Gedanken zu machen ist extrem demotivierend.
Military History Visualized Daran hatte ich in der Tat nicht gedacht, da geht man doch lieber auf Nummer sicher, anstatt seine ganze Arbeit zu riskieren. ^^
+acoo kie klar, ist kein Thema welches das tägliche Leben betrifft und ich bin da schon etwas übervorsichtig, das steht außer Frage.
The is a Arado 234 at the China, CA air museum I have seen it!
10:45 That looks awesome
That machine haffed!
Didn't the B variant have defensive 20mm machinegun cannons?
Antonluisre
*Autocannons
TheOtakuComrade ok, thx.
It`s always amazing to see how humanity always brings out new technology to fuck things up, but we can´t get shit done when it comes to problem solving.
yeah, see also the Rat Park Experiment & drugs.
Figuring out how to stop an invading enemy IS problem solving.
I saw one of these jets in an air museum here.
Yet another great video! :)
I was wondering, why not compare it to the de Havilland Mosquito? I seems in the same way to be a light fast bomber/attack/night fighter/potentiel heavy fighter plane made based on very special engineering. If there was not a jet engine program that could give Germany a significant advantage (if it could be ready early enough), then it would have made sense to do something like the Mosquito (less ressource intensive, but with very high design qualities).
+bloodlazio thank you! well, I forgot about the Mosquito and I know almost nothing about it. Yeah, that comparison would made a lot of sense. I guess when I do a Mosquito video I will add a comparison to the Ar 234. Still trying to figure out a basic format and your remark clearly helped: choose another plane that properly compares to it. (I did this with the Bv 222, but well, the Arado video took up a little bit more time than planned.)
+Military History Visualized Please let me know when you do a Mosquito video, I love that plane and would be very happy to help you out with it. :-)
dude, i would love to see a video comparing the FW200 to the B17, and why it ever reached it's potential as a heavy bomber
That’s easy. It was a converted airliner and was never designed to carry loads like say the Lancaster or B-17. According to Eric Brown, who flew it personally at the end of the war and also flew against it, the structure had not been modified for combat use. It was therefore considered structurally weak. Despite the ominous defensive armament, the Condor apparently pretty much always flew with a load of four 250 kg bombs. Not much. Just over half the load of a B-17 to Berlin. The structure simply wasn’t up to it.
On the subject of structure, violent manoeuvring was responsible for a number of catastrophic structural failures which mostly saw the tail fall off. The Condor took a prodigious toll on Allied shipping but even then a lot of its capabilities were exaggerated. It could never have been successfully developed for the heavy bomber role.
Nice video!
Any chance of making a video about why Germany didnt have strategic bombers?
If I understand correctly, the main problem with the limited life span of early jets was due to the high temperature and stress caused by how the engines work. The compressors are subjected to higher spin forces and higher temperatures than piston engines.
Modern compressor blades use single crystal technology that is highly expensive and was not available at that time and without it jut turbine engines are not very practical.
As usual very good video. Regarding the selection of wheels to be dropped is far more advanced. The reason is again a matter of resources. And here is the amount of rubber avaiable for german army an issue. So to save rubber the luftwaffe decieded not to bring the rubber wheels with them into combat. That is the reason for using same solution on me163 I had read.
Make a video about the wunderwaffen, it might suprise a lot of viewers.
I read somewhere that a C model came close to the sound barrier.