So does the one remaining Horton 229 (?) reside there. Did you by chance see it as well?

@@jonathanstein1783 Yes, and also a Ta152, Me410 and Ju388! And that's a very small selection, some of the planes are now displayed at Udvar Hazy but many remain in storage.

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@@paulstroud2647 I wonder myself untill when will the Horten be kept that way...a piece of history hidden from the public. The first Stealh fighter ever built.

​@@LeopardIL2 ​​​The Horten 229 was never a stealth fighter at all. It was designed as all around fighter and bomber interceptor. It's flying wing design was used by Northrop but it wasn't the first stealth or stealth anything

It actually wasn’t a reasonable project at the time they were building this plane because they heard about the B-29 but the B-29 had so many problems the real heavy bomber threat to German was the B-17 that’s what was bombing Germany non stop. They didn’t need to waste resources building this plane they had a shortage of raw materials they couldn’t build enough engines they should have used the resources on fewer new planes so they could be perfected and used rather then have tons of planes in development that didn’t get used or barely used. Like the me-262 was a plane that they should have put all available resources into making a reliable plane as fast as possible rather then developing a bunch of other planes at the same time because if the me-262 was perfected and reliable and early in the war easily could have changed the outcome of the war.

IIRC, the Welkin top speed (just below compressibility) and stall speed were quite close together. Thick wing root. Ref the BV 155 long wing and heavy outboard radiators, I wonder if it had an excessively thick airfoil to cause a similar problem.

Indeed but over engineered for machinery that had a limited lifespan.

@@operator6471 again one of the Germans pitfalls. Thorough, but with a tendancy to overcomplicate things. With the British it's a case of occasional brilliance then go on strike. Meanwhile the Americans price everyone out of competing with them if necessary. The Japanese are very good at copying others and then resolve to do it better. For their part the Italians spoil things by arguing amongst themselves and the French are just determined to do it their way, just to be different.

@@rob5944 Interesting history lesson.

@@davidgrahambrown3793 more if a light-hearted take on typical events and different how nations typically vary in their approach and response to various projects over the years.

@@rob5944 haha perfect analogy

It's sometimes referred to as coffin corner. A little to fast and you will go into shock (which will cause control and lift issues) and a little slower you stall. Not sure if the wings would tear of but it wasn't pleasant.

the speed could have been regulated mechanically but of well

Christ on a bike. That's why it's got an _autopilot._ I know executive jet pilots who have the same problem. WWI pilots had the same problem but no autopilot.

In reality, she would be covering her tanks while being behind! I laughed when the whole movie American tanks showed magical resistance to German shells! It's so unnatural and deceitful! But at the end of the video, the author allowed 4 American tanks to be burned! But it's strange to see it at the end of the movie, when the enemy should have already been destroyed! And it is very improbable when a machine gun is fired from the tower of an American tank without human participation! Final score: for technical performance - the highest, for plausibility and realism - the lowest! And this is the problem of all modern films: attention to detail and absolute disregard for the meaning and realism of actions!

The Ta 152 video will happen, but I can't give an estimate on when. Thank you for your suggestion.

@@AllthingsWW2 No worries, no hurry, I'm happy to enjoy whatever content you offer in whatever order. Thank you for sharing your talent, research, and work.

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​@@AllthingsWW2hey uhhh where's the Ta 152H?

@@Vrooto Where? Of the about 60 in-service Ta.152s, none reached altitudes above normal combat height or lower. It was a terribly unreliable aircraft with a performance much less that that put forward in development testing.

You need to read Callum Douglas’ The Secret Horsepower Race. An awesome read!

Are you familiar with "Greg’s Airplanes and Automobiles" KZfaq channel? It’s a good one if you are interested in airplane engines from this era.

@@guaporeturns9472 yes, very much so. Great channel! 👍

@@chriscarbaugh3936 One of the best. Cheers

Greg's Channel kzfaq.info/love/ynGrIaI5vsJQgHJAIp9oSg .

You of course have the benefit of hindsight. There was absolutely no way of knowing in 1942 what the best way to achieve high altitude was or what the B-29 would perform like. The R-4360 engined B-29D could have been deployed. . The Fw 190B Kangaru with the turbo charger didn't work due to the drag of the pouch and meant a specialist design to integrate the turbocharger was needed (BV155 and P-47) and the Ta 152 didn't exist. The two stage Jumo 213E didn't exist and required GM-1 anyway. The Me 155 (latter BV 155) had been underway for a while and had been set up as a ultra high altitude aircraft. Its service ceiling of 15,000m ie 55,610ft was way above that of the Ta 152 H1 and it could do so without GM-1. The BV 155 could have a/ intercepted the B-36 (not just the B-36A but the B-36B and B-36C). Not only that, due to its sustained high altitude it would itself have been impossible to intercept when acting as a high altitude recon.

Lol your name checks out. Also, have the weapons or experienced pilots is irrelevant when you dont have the fuel. German planners knew before WW2 they only had sufficient fuel in their stockpiles for half a year or less of combat.

and it's a good thing that the nazis did waste all those efforts on bizarre designs because if the nazis had lasted another three months, they'd have been nuked. and we didn't nuke any body that didn't need to be nuked. i can see it now, a fat man 25 kilo ton 1000' air burst over Stuttgart...BAA DANG! third reich over.

@@cocodog85 That scenario would never have happened. The Allies successful landing on June 6th 1944 was the beginning of end of Nazi occupation in all of Europe. Japan was considered a Island Fortress that would have cost the lives of tens of thousands of Allied soldiers plus wounded and missing. The Japanese civilian population would have massive casualties on top of those of IJA military casualties. It was decided based on those recommendations and statistics that the two atomic bombs were used in a attempt to end the war and avoid further months or years of conflict. The Allies had zero need to use such a weapon against Germany as it's military organization was already collapsing by the day.

@@majorkursk780 what you have replied is what had happened. however there are plenty of speculation as to what might have happened if, and there are a lot of ifs, if the nazi super weapons, ie: jets, subs, tanks, had been brought on line earlier. some writers appear sympathetic to the nazi cause. the speculation surrounding the delays of the me 262 being a prime example and what may have happened if there was no delay. i merely point out that there are no scenarios where the nazis could have won. principally due to us having nuclear weapons. now if there were a bunch of people that need to be nuked it was the nazis. BAA DANG 100k fritz fries... there would have been no tears for fritz fries, then or now. starved

Yes the politics around Messerschmitt was madness The failure to develop the Me 264 left the Luftwaffe without the ability to supply the u-boat arm with intelligence or to arras the US East coast with mine laying or to force the US to spend money on its own air defenses. The BV-155 apparently had a laminar flow wing.

Messerschmitt was (almost) the ultimate one-trick pony. The BF109 was their only really successful product and that was severely crimped by its pre-war heritage. Me262 jet came too late basically crippled by poor management and poor design decisions. All that effort when the engines lasted 15 flight hours at best.

@@davidelliott5843 it is quite complicated but fundamentally you are correct because Willy Messerschmitt was obsessed with his feud with RLM director Erhard Milch, but he too was no joke, because of this quite a few airplanes were victims including the Me 262A that delayed, including the turbojets because Messerschmitt was still very resentful regarding the awful debacle of the Me 210 (he never admitted his responsibilities, always the fault of other people...) it was worsened with his continuous political interference driving everyone nuts. Perhaps the greatest mistake of Messerschmitt was that was that he and his engineers was swamped with too many projects and developments, war situation included but it is just my opinion....

@@paoloviti6156 Interesting comment 👍🙂

@@williamzk9083 Laminar Flow was theory only any blemish on a surface made it null and void And in 1946/47 When Supermarine made the Spiteful THEY USED A LAMINAR FLOW WING AND ITS mACH nUMBER WAS NO BETTER THAN THE OLD eLLIPSE WING

The B29s were laden with remote controlled turrets.

By that point there would have been B-36, B-45 and B-50 bombers escorted by P-80 comets.

@@WaukWarrior360 yes, plus P-74, P-84, P-82, among others

@@and15re1 Definently. The P/F-84 also ended up being used on Carriers. Here's a list I made.

Same here

No gorring probably wanted it to be a bomber.

In every Blohm and Voss video, I find a comment from you. I find your comments a bit asymmetrical! 😄

@@AllthingsWW2 Humor understood and deeply appreciated!!

Right, by that point there would have been B-36, B-45 and B-50s escorted by P-80s

@@WaukWarrior360 Oh you sluggish animal... Haven't you Americans yet understood that you decided the war, but still lost the duel of the engineers? The P-80 was not a superior aircraft. And all US bombers who were on their way faced the new German air-to-air rocket "Orkan" (Hurricane) from the 2nd half of March 1945, against which there was no escape with a bomber. In fact, from mid-March to At the end of the war, about 500 Allied bombers and Mustangs were wiped out. Thanks to the great experience and advance of the Germans in rocket technology, the German engineers were able to develop this weapon within only 7 months. At the same time, 2 different air-to-ground rockets were being worked on, which were specially designed for combating tanks... In addition, a jet fighter project at Focke Wulf (Ta 183) and Messerschmidt (P 1101, the world's first swivel wing aircraft) was developed ready for the front line from mid-'45, which practically represented the 2nd generation of represented jet fighters, as they were first used in Korea, which was clearly superior to the P 80. In addition, Focke Wulf was working on another jet fighter, which was similar to the English de Haviland Vampire, but would far exceed it in performance. In addition, heavy German air-to-air missiles were ready, which could be deployed from a distance of up to 5.5 km and guided to the target by wire control. This type of missile, of which a maximum of 4 pieces could be carried by a 2-engined aircraft, would have put an end to all night bomber raids. More than 1,000 of these rockets had already been completed when the war ended. All of these things would have confronted the Allied pilots. Because one thing is perfectly clear. The Allied air war over Europe claimed the lives of 150,000 Allied airmen... In addition, the Mk 108 was now installed in almost every German aircraft. The Me 262 carried 4 of these guns, nicknamed "jackhammer" by Luftwaffe pilots. The best way to understand why the cannon was called a jackhammer is to look at the English weapon tests after the war. I'll attach the short British film for you. Enjoy watching... But remember! It's allways only one hit... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5d8iNui05e1iWQ.html

I would have to disagree. The Ta 152H achived 48,500ft service ceiling with GM-1. The BV-155 was expected to achieve 15,000m/ 55,610ft. I've looked at the Mitsubishi A7M Reppu, Mitsubishi Ki-83, Kyushu J7W Shinden, Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was the closest but the turbo charged version was cancelled in mid 1944. I can't find anything the Japanese had that was better than even a FW-190D9 or Me 109K4.

Only the Frank could attack B-29's,other fighters couldn't accomish what the Frank was capable of against B-29's.

@@briancooper2112 The Frank achived its maximum speed of 426mph at 23,000ft. The B29's performance was Performance: Maximum speed 357 mph at 30,000 feet, 306 mph at sea level. Maximum continuous cruising speed 342 mph at 30,000 feet. I would immagine even the Frank would struggle at 30,000ft.

but much more b17s were shot down in germany

The video to be about the German carrier fighter?

@Aqua Fyre watch the video first before you leave a comment please. If you watched it you'd know what I was talking about.

@@vincenthuang5635 this aircraft was originally developed to be one yes back when it was called the Me-155.

I’m not sure what the carrier fighter was supposed to look like, or it’s span. Was it the Bf-109ST - Bf-109T-1 - Me155-A? I wouldn’t think so,but would it have a wing similar to the Me255-C? Probably not, maybe something more like the Bf-109, especially since it doesn’t appear to have had been intended to use the TKL-15. Lots of,guesses from 1:10.

What else do you wish for? Germany winning the WW2 with superior weapons?

Thank you!

It wasn't like the U2

@@WaukWarrior360 Service ceiling was almost as high, speed only slightly less.

@@williamzk9083 The intention/goal for the Bv155 was for it to have a service ceiling of around 55,000ft and a speed of 400mph but that was never achieved.

@@williamzk9083 The U2 had a service selling of 80,000ft which is roughly 25,000ft higher than the Bv155 (the Bv155 never reached 55,000ft) and the U2 had a max speed of 500mph which is 100mph faster than the Bv155 (the Bv155 never reached 400mph). Those are massive differences

@@williamzk9083 There's actual aircraft developed in or during WW2 that did have service ceiling higher than 50,000ft though like thr B-36 peacemaker

Twin engine Dornier Do217 P 58000ft

Thank you!

"Focke-Wulf"

It wouldn't have been accepted for service unless Willie Messerschmitt used some political Leverage The Ta-152 was cheaper and capable of doing the job.

You really want to see Germany getting nuked? Be glad that the war was over for Germany, before the bomb was operationable ...

Or you could look at it another way and conclude that another 3 years might have given Britain and France the time to evaluate the threat correctly and prepare. Much has been made of British disorganisation WRT to things like tank design, when the truth was that British designers and officers knew what was needed but were hamstrung by lack of suitable engines and by immediate critical needs disrupting development and by the rationing of resources. Contrary to popular belief, management of aircraft engine design by the British was far superior to that of the Germans, so time may have benefited the Britain more than Germany.Another 3 years may well have seen the Soviets recover from their military purges and modernise their equipment.

@@nerdyali4154 Hmmm these are interesting facts and a definitely a possibility, however the allies were in rudimentary stages of jet and missile development at the end of the war, the capture of German scientist are what propelled the USA to superpower status so quickly in the 50s.

They were behind in metallurgy electronics and nuclear engineering If they had waited 3 years they would have run into a fully rearmed Britain and France. Germany had a small window of opportunity in 1939 in 1940 and they took advantage of it

@@jamesricker3997 The Germans were not really behind in metallurgy and nuclear science however due to the fact they were denied access to the raw materials needed all they had was knowledge with no way to progress to working prototypes. The missiles and jets they built had been dumbed down to the utilize the available resources. The US did not have this restrictions.

@@robertmiranda2444 Ideas on paper or in prototypes don't win wars

Not all, many worked for the Soviets

@@jamesricker3997 very true, the lucky ones got the 'American life'

This is what you get when you look at published specs only, and not the whole story or big picture. Often the whole point is missed.

@@gregoryfuller1136 The point is that the Germans were wasting time and money trying to develop a plane that could intercept bombers at 52,000 feet when the planes they were worried about had a service ceiling of 32,000 feet. Maybe they had some other use in mind for it, but according to this video it was being designed to counter B-29s.

@@gregoryfuller1136 on the other hand, do you simply believe what your enemy says hoping that what you have will be sufficient?

@@rob5944 This.

@@Squee7e sorry?

Hi Tom, I will address that in my community tab soon. I will probably release everything in a super episode. Sorry for leaving things out in the open.

there were already ta 152s ready to perform the role intended for the bv 155

No we wouldn't

@@thehaus6998probably would tbh. Don’t mistake that for a worthwhile trade for fascism.

We are still probably gonna be on mars and arguibly even faster than if it was with Nazism, remember most of the Nazi scientist were that taken to the USSR or america to we used all their innovations and it got us to this point, so far, and now we might also go on to progress furthur with Jewish scientists too @@thecircusfreak5364

who's we, Herr Mack? 🤔

Yes & then some German technology was advanced