The Flying Heritage Collection's F6F-5 Hellcat starts up alongside the A6M Zero for only its second flight since restoration.
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@scottcomptonmagic6 жыл бұрын
That Hellcat is painted up with the USS Randolph markings. My father rode her in the Pacific with these birds aboard. They were Zero-killers.
@mattwinn96075 жыл бұрын
That is awesome! Turkey shoot!
@demef7583 жыл бұрын
I had never heard that. Was it standard practice to use different paint schemes to delineate planes from different carriers?
@nqd_tree52772 жыл бұрын
@@demef758 yeah, most of the squadrons will have their indentical mark:the Bunker Hill's was an arrow,Randolph was like in the video,....
@ronverduin19792 жыл бұрын
I was privileged to know and recreate with one of the Hellcat Aces from the Randolph (also the Hornet). Lt. J G Dan Carmichael of Columbus, Ohio was a true hero of the Greatest Generation. You might be interested in his obituary in the Columbus Dispatch. He lived an amazing 91 years.
@maclennylucas22482 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Nice!
@P8intballEvans7 жыл бұрын
breath takeing! I bet no one during the war ever thought these two birds of death would fly next to one another peacefully.
@steventhornton47162 жыл бұрын
When people see these machines of war flying gracefully around the sky people don't realise those planes are killers and still could do the job they are designed to do
@soupy2jz893 Жыл бұрын
@@steventhornton4716it’s not the plane, it’s the pilot
@johnLA19617 жыл бұрын
The P-51 and Corsair were the glamorous pair, but the Hellcat was a no frills killer.
@paulhamilton8084 жыл бұрын
Hellcat had highest kill to loss ratio
@16rumpole4 жыл бұрын
it was completely underrated. It had a 19:1 kill ratio and decimated the Zero.
@andrewwaller59133 жыл бұрын
Hellcats scored 5,200 kills in 2 years over the Japanese.
@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad26893 жыл бұрын
My favourite tale about the F6F happened in the mid 1950's when a unmanned QF6F drone lost contact with remote control, kept flying on its own and even evaded (then brand new) two F-89 Scorpion jet sent to shoot it down.
@bradganz67873 жыл бұрын
Just got done arguing with people about the f4u corsair they said was the best.i said no it was hard to fly lousy carrier plane. If it wasn't for boyington you probably never here about it.the hellcat was the best fighter of ww2 the p51 was the best bomber escort numbers tell the story
@joanft81994 жыл бұрын
Man !! The sound and the look of the Hellcat . What a beast!!
@stevenmartinez9973 Жыл бұрын
Best fighter of. WWII 🎃
@bluesky63612 жыл бұрын
One of my uncles flew a Hellcat in WW2. He was a certified ace with 6 or 8 kills in the Pacific theater until he was shot down. He was picked up hours later by a US Navy ship.
@av8rart2 сағат бұрын
Your uncles name?
@ladyelainefairchilde46327 жыл бұрын
The men that made those fly had balls of steel.
@babygretz56 жыл бұрын
Josh Stakey .....young men often think their invincible .....
@waterheaterservices4 жыл бұрын
No "safe space" for them.
@16rumpole4 жыл бұрын
no SJWS or snowflakes there.
@demef7583 жыл бұрын
@@babygretz5 Maybe some do, but I bet that most of those magnificent young guys HOPED they were invincible.
@DannySB9915 жыл бұрын
Both beautiful machines. So cool they have a Zero in working order!
@sultros8 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the sound of a radial.
@Blaydrnnnr7 жыл бұрын
Nothing......
@tiburciusvanderleeuwen66976 жыл бұрын
Only a Rolls Royce Merlin! hahahaha
@Underappreciatedclassics6 жыл бұрын
Sultros Drunknsage exactly right!
@BruceGreeff6 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, both the Japanese Nakajima Sakae and the Russian Shetsov ASH radials were derived from license built versions ot the American Radials.
@JimmyCasket024 жыл бұрын
Escape Velocity except 2 radials
@gpomeroy6 жыл бұрын
Rear Admiral Edward "Whitey" Feightner 98 yrs old ace. I visit him weekly he loves to watch KZfaq videos I bring to him old footage of his days on the Big E and behind his cockpit of the his Hellcat . God bless him !
@danielblythe53373 жыл бұрын
From it's best of strength views or angles, the F6F is a damn good looking airplane! Combat proven, safe flying too!
@mr.g35885 жыл бұрын
The Hellcat sounds like a muscle car and zero sounds like a Toyota Camry
@tims25015 жыл бұрын
I am guessing that Zero has an American P&W engine. I am only aware of one Zero flying with original Japanese type engine. The A6M was introduced in 1940 and was revolutionary for its range, speed, maneuverability, and use of 20MM cannons to be used in its interceptor role against multi-engine bombers. Technology changed fast in the 40s and an airplane introduced in 1940 could not expect to be as good as a plane introduced in 1942. The A6M was still a dangerous plane even late in the war but Japan did not have enough competent pilots at that point to give any design a better than even chance.
@jasta073 жыл бұрын
And just like a Camry it started first time too :)
@jmace59642 жыл бұрын
This is the flying heritage collection that zero is the only one flying with an original sakae radial
@Critter1452 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@vincentcajigal49084 жыл бұрын
Imagine dozens of these starting up. Ground must be shaking
@andrewwaller59133 жыл бұрын
Carrier decks with dozens running!
@jkorshak2 жыл бұрын
True story - I was on a flight line at an airshow as part of a documentary crew and the WWII warbirds all started to turn props as we were wrapping up an interview. All the aircraft around us were packed in pretty right and there was about 30 aircraft around us on the apron winding up and kicking into life. Cement and tarmac apron and you could feel it in your feet and absolutely in your chest. The noise and the smoke and the smell hitting the senses all at once.
@core7asuki683 Жыл бұрын
かつて敵だった国の戦闘機をここまで大切に保存してもらってるのはありがたい
@thejohnbeck2 жыл бұрын
favorite WW2 carrier fighter. w00t!!
@billbright17554 жыл бұрын
The pivot of 90 degrees to airstream of gear doors are a brief air brake that would tend to nose her down. Tail wheel unlocks for differential wheel brake maneuvers. Lock tail wheel in straight castor angle for take off roll. Wing fold reduced her to 24 foot for storage. The slight prop to deck clearance required three point landing attitude besides your trying to grab arresting rope w tail hook. The Zero’s wing tip fold required no heavy mechanism but only reduced her enough for elevator clearance. And less deck space in storage. Lack of self sealing fuel tanks and no armor plate meant any hits were pretty much terminal.
@alexmontgomery2555 жыл бұрын
If a fighter aircraft can be said to be beautiful this is certainly one of the most beautiful. I love the clean lines of this machine.
@octane20995 жыл бұрын
4 Carmybel agree I’ve always been into cars because their lines and now recently I’ve got into planes and I admire their history and their lines even tho I won’t ever own one I do own a couple 1/48 scale models I’ve built and I can admire those
@hellbent79762 жыл бұрын
I love the sound of those round motors..so awesome.
@kneedeepinbluebells55382 жыл бұрын
Didn't Realize How Beautiful The Zero's Were ... That's SAYING Something, Because I Really L O V E The Hellcat 😁
@kanash8851 Жыл бұрын
I would make sweet, sweet, beautiful love to that plane I'd they ever let me near one.
@rollingstopp8 жыл бұрын
More wing surface area than the P-38 lightning,,Corsair,and P-47 Thunderbolt...one bad ass bitch to many duties and to many BRUTAL numbers to list. Structurally designed to take loads of gunfire and still fly, and lands Greatly on a Aircraft Carrier Deemed the Big Blu Blanket over The Pacific
@flycatcher1232 жыл бұрын
Seeing these 2 planes sitting together conjured an image of them both immediately turning toward one another on the tarmac and opening fire.
@jockellis7 жыл бұрын
Hellcat had plenty of armor for the 7 mm machine guns of the Zero. My father was duty officer for Hellcat-flying VF-81 on the Wasp (CV-18) so I've read about these all my life. And I've come to the conclusion that they were built for OJT service, allowing rookie fighter pilots a chance to learn aerial combat. They were loaded with 1" armor.
@steveb61037 жыл бұрын
jockellis So true my dad hit by flak over Truk. When he landed back on the Essex he was missing part of wing and two cylinders. I took him to a airshow and he sat and talked to the pilot of a f4f wildcat for two hours. Both were in there late 80's.
@joseftrumpeldor62406 жыл бұрын
Hey Jock, The Zero also had two-20mm cannon.....
@firepower70175 жыл бұрын
Josef Trumpeldor the Japanese hated the 20mms. They are very ineffective because if the pilots of the damn thing say so. Then you got nothing
@waveman29522 жыл бұрын
@@steveb6103 That must have been awesome to see and hear! I was in the Navy and flew and dove in Truk and saw the damage they did underwater!
@Vincerama11 ай бұрын
@@hammerofdavey 60 rounds per gun for the 20mm, versus 500 rounds each for the 7.7mm (two of each gun on a plane). You better be darn sure of your shot before expensing that precious 20mm!
@GTX11233 жыл бұрын
Zero pilots got a rude awakening when the Hellcat showed up. They thought they were Wildcats and that the pilots were green newbies who didn't know any better than to follow them up into a steep climb. But it didn't end well for the Zero pilots. Instead lining up an easy kill on a stalled Wildcat fluttering like a duck, the last thing they saw before they were vaporized was the flash of the Hellcat's 50 cal's, courtesy of its 2,000 HP double wasp engine.
@maxwedge56832 жыл бұрын
2,000 HP Pratt & Whitney R2800
@hrudorffer Жыл бұрын
Your Americans are so funny😂😂😂 Good for Hellcat Pilots they never must fight to Bf109 or Fw190😉
@nahualollin61 Жыл бұрын
The same happened when corsairs faced the migs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@GTX1123 Жыл бұрын
@@nahualollin61 Oh, you mean like the time when Capt. Jesse Folmar flying a F4U Corsair from VMA-312 was able to destroy one of two MiG-15s that had bounced both him and his wingman?😂
@nahualollin61 Жыл бұрын
@@GTX1123 if you say so buddy but dont worry that was the beginning of china kicking your ass in every war and filling you country with fentanyl 🙂
@nstokka5 жыл бұрын
Once I get this engine to keep running I'm gonna go as high up in the air as I can!
@jacobschwertfeger44356 жыл бұрын
wow built for performance this thing is made to fly you can tell take a bit to wake the beast but once u do the power shows
@andrewlabat9963 Жыл бұрын
You're always hearing of all the other WWII fighters, except the one they should be talking about the most. The Hellcat, the highest kill to loss ratio in the entire war, and the most planes downed then all others combined in the Pacific theater.
@chrismurnane6389 Жыл бұрын
😊I like that kind of start,plenty of oil circulation before the power and revs really hits !
@nolanbowen8800 Жыл бұрын
Even though the F6F couldn't top 400 mph it was still faster than the Zero and could turn with it. As pointed out below it had a high kill ratio. It may have been the safest fighter of WWII.
@thetrainchannel51252 жыл бұрын
Those backfires sounded so cool. Sounded like a gun went off
@marcodifruscio37072 жыл бұрын
Shotgun start
@alexwilliamson14865 жыл бұрын
Due to losses and lack of training mid to late war, the Imperial Japanese Navy AF was a shadow of its former self, yet in the hands of a capable pilot the Zero in all its forms was still a formidable dog fighter.
@kaybevang5364 жыл бұрын
Alex Williamson even in a hellcat the hell car can match in a turning fight if skilled but it’s a rare most of the time hellcat pilots prefer to either out dive the Zero or fight head on or attack from ambush positions because many US pilots respect the hell out of the Zero despite having a more technological advantage also the Zero is more maneuverable then the hellcat due to being light and the hellcat is still heavy and too fast
@modeler3087 жыл бұрын
...and a ZERO TOO!,...interesting that the camouflage was on the prop spinner too. Makes for a cool illusion but not sure the Japanese ever did that. Prop spinner color was used to signify which squadron the aircraft belonged to, I believe.
@kaybevang5364 жыл бұрын
modeler308 I only know the Kaga and Akagi Zeros because the Akagi Zero has one red stripe while the Kaga has two red stripes the other Japanese carries have different stripes like blue or bright white while the Japanese Army Zeroes have none and just a green color
@Vincerama11 ай бұрын
The perspective makes it look like the ground crew guys is so close to the propeller!
@laidalylc76 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this info Minibull037, I never thought of this, I watch video's on this site of aeroplanes starting up in America and the pilot's always shouts "Clear Prop", I must admit I have not noticed this before when watching other aircraft from other countries starting up, must be more vigilant in future. Thanks again.
@marcusaureliusgermanicus41843 жыл бұрын
The Hellcat was designed and built for one purpose only...to shoot down Zeros and any other plane the Japanese were foolish enough to put in the air! I believe the Hellcat is credited with over 5000 aerial kills alone. It wasn’t the prettiest, it wasn’t the fastest, and it wasn’t glamorous. She was a killer. David McCampbell, Navy ace of aces, said it was the best airplane he ever flew. Great power, extremely manoeuvrable, lethal firepower, tough as nails and very easy to land on carriers. A specific plane for a specific role. Well done, old girl🇺🇸⚓️🇺🇸
@troy94777 жыл бұрын
Great to see them side by side. Love big radial engines. what PW engine does the Zero have now?
@andreasfernandez15483 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to have the TAMIYA, Academy Hobbymodelkits, and the AIRFIX modelkits.
@bbd468 Жыл бұрын
Love the sound a a Big Radial Engine while at Idle.
@user-qz7nu3mm9r4 жыл бұрын
very nice video!
@edwardjosephpaulino81182 жыл бұрын
Considering that She 's older than Most people on the tarmak that Was an Awsome Start up
@steventhornton47162 жыл бұрын
The hellcat always hated cold starts even on deck could also have had oil collected in the bottom cylinders that it couldn't clear hence the missfire
@cloudstreets13962 жыл бұрын
What is the function of the guy wagging his index finger? I’m pretty sure the pilot can see if he’s getting prop rotation. And better yet he’s actually pointing to the engine being started. Are there options on single engine fighters???
@jorgemartinpaez43764 жыл бұрын
I believe this F6F HELLCAT is of the Carrier CV 15 Randolph judging from its paint scheme and markings...
@barrybristow464610 ай бұрын
love the Hellcat .
@rickhigson38817 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@joseluiscastanorestrepo2 жыл бұрын
Superb plane.
@johngnang67247 жыл бұрын
Watch this video and get goosebumps when it lights up.Skyraider Engine Start-up and Taxi
@peitsasuoniemi7179 жыл бұрын
Magnificent machines. Despite the fact that they were originally designed for grim purposes. Still, awesome.
@babygretz56 жыл бұрын
Peitsa Suoniemi .....grim purposes ??? freeing millions from tyranny & enslavement ? but I know what you meant....
@at96702 жыл бұрын
@@babygretz5 what? It's a war machine meant to kill.
@jamesharrison62012 жыл бұрын
I would like to see the hellcat and the T-bolt parked with each other just for the size comparison. They both had similar engines
@angelolouis32535 жыл бұрын
Wow.....hellcat is a one thicc plane
@connorjohnson92302 жыл бұрын
Do these often have trouble starting at air shows because they aren't started as often as one would've been on a carrier?
@steijny6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful old war birds.
@timj412 жыл бұрын
It’s like the flight of the Phoenix
@madlab71412 жыл бұрын
Notice the 2 fire extinguishers these planes were notorious for catching fire at start up
@andrewgiordano52752 жыл бұрын
When these planes had to muster on aircraft carriers during WW II did it take this long to start them?
@billjohnson9472 Жыл бұрын
how do they get parts for engines that haven't been manufactured since the 1950's?
@juicyearl7 жыл бұрын
a beast!
@jamesconner34372 жыл бұрын
That start up sounded like my snowblower on a 15 degree morning.
@robertaccorsini46633 жыл бұрын
You really had to pay attention on the flight deck in the propeller era. There was an awful lot going on.
@galoon2 жыл бұрын
You bet! I read in Ted Lawson's book "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo" that one of the boys on the Hornet's flight deck had his arm clipped off by one of the B-25 props when they were preparing to take off for the Doolittle raid. Lawson was one of the pilots. I wouldn't be surprised if that happened occasionally on every navy's carriers.
@mcedd543 жыл бұрын
Sub-par camera work. Stupendous aircraft.
@marcodifruscio37073 жыл бұрын
The angry purr of the Hellcat drowned out the zero
@zettle23455 жыл бұрын
Watching the Hellcat start up, makes me wonder if these ground crew guys took the time to walk the propellers thru and clear the cylinders? The Radial engines have their own qwerks, in terms of maintenance.
@Chicken_Wing913 жыл бұрын
There is footage of ground crews cycling the prop in ww2 still nothing like a radial engine though!
@northwestprof602 жыл бұрын
Geee,, I wonder if they know that? You should write in......
@davidbell16192 жыл бұрын
This is a cold start. In wartime the crew chief eould start the engine and let it warm up before the pilots came out.
@washburnb1 Жыл бұрын
How do you argue with six 50's?
@robertspeicher5047 Жыл бұрын
Imagine, by wars end there were lots and lots of hellcats. Some were radio control targets. Brand spanking new.
@laidalylc76 жыл бұрын
This is just a question but can someone tell why there is a need for a guy to stand at the side of an aeroplane pointing at the propeller with one hand and twirling his finger in the air with the other looking at the pilot, surly the pilot can see the propeller rotating from inside the cockpit, after all he's the one in control of fuel, ignition and start-up button!!!.
@Minibull0376 жыл бұрын
Phil Matthews Clearance for prop to turn, eyes on the ground for any leaks or fires that go unsighted, etc. Also anything else that may be happening, he is the guy to communicate with the pilot.
@Warandpeace5697 жыл бұрын
You hardly hear the "Zero". Both great planes.
@prowlerchen2 жыл бұрын
what's wrong with the camara ?
@cpj832 жыл бұрын
The Hellcat did so well because it wasn’t flying against Japans top aviators. The Wildcat took care of them.
@SupesMe5 жыл бұрын
Does the “5” added to the F6F denote it as a special model ?
@williamneuman77835 жыл бұрын
It is just an upgraded version from the F6F-3. More horsepower, faster top speed, could carry more armament including rockets and bombs.
@mishmash89846 жыл бұрын
a hell cat & a Zero. give it Hell
@christisgod3354 Жыл бұрын
Hellcat is a brute.
@firefalcon1002 жыл бұрын
ooooo ho ho.. listen to that kitty purrrrrr.... .
@ultimatejay5 ай бұрын
time for a tune up?
@bustsomecaps11 ай бұрын
spitfire still myt fav how this plane starts with a bang tho lol
@billyost14795 жыл бұрын
Imagine the aircrews back then. Lol. I doubt they had the same problem.
@ralphjackson25183 жыл бұрын
It's a common radial problem, they definitely dealt with it back in the day
@30769s6 жыл бұрын
I came for one start up but I got 2. Is this christmas?!
@Usmcar1568211 ай бұрын
The hellcat was like the gangster you’d hire of the street to take care of your competitors
@jollyjakelovell478711 ай бұрын
The F6F is like the guy you would hire to rid you of all the gangsters.
@solidkreate5007 Жыл бұрын
Ha! I saw myself behind the fence!
@Peter-ox7wh4 жыл бұрын
Is huge!! The zero looks like a kitty compare to this
@eriktruchinskas37476 жыл бұрын
Planes of fame museum?
@opinionatedpossum19459 ай бұрын
Why is that dufus standing so close to the blades?
@jamesbottger58942 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they were this hard to start and keep running during the war. I could see where that might have been a problem if they needed to get up in the air in a hurry...
@rosiehawtrey2 жыл бұрын
They were probably both cold soaked and aren't run as often as they would have been so probably they are a little harder to start than otherwise - but it's also that there's a technique to starting these quickly and on the first try.. I don't like the fuelling on the Grumman at first - some cylinders were rich, some were lean and some couldn't decide - either that or some of the plugs were fouled but the old girl wasn't happy.
@MattyC621854 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t help but notice that that are 2800 had to be coax to life where is the Nakajima fired right up
@pilotguy431234 жыл бұрын
The Zero is powered by a modified American radial engine per the FHCAM website.
@Crooked_Clown3 жыл бұрын
The Hellcat sounds like it's running on two cylinders
@carguy19793 жыл бұрын
Grumman Iron Works FTW!
@Dr1an_1537 жыл бұрын
the hellcat is pretty old that's why the engine is hard to start same as my car lol
@andrewwaller59133 жыл бұрын
It was completely rebuilt so it's as new.
@Grayman58 Жыл бұрын
A wild cat and a p47 had a baby = the hell cat
@jpgiuliotti Жыл бұрын
LOL!
@aviariosaoluiz5 жыл бұрын
O TRESTRUIDOR DE ZERO
@NordReportage4 жыл бұрын
What a Bad Girl!
@diddlebug72412 жыл бұрын
Radial engines don't like cold engine oil I found out. Warm oil does matter.
@Wanous-hv7zo7 жыл бұрын
hellcat will smoke the zero
@neilgutteridge64054 жыл бұрын
Only using hit and run tactics......a zero would run rings around it in a dogfight.
@tyvernoverlord53634 жыл бұрын
@@neilgutteridge6405 Not really, a hellcat had no problem hanging off the six of a zero and punching rounds in; especially with an experienced hand
@neilgutteridge64054 жыл бұрын
@@tyvernoverlord5363 Sorry mate not true......thats why American pilots were told never to get into a dogfight with the zero......it has been proven that the zero could out turn almost anything in the sky.You are correct about the toughness of the big American fighter and it could in theory survive a dogfight with the zero but not recommended as the zero was much more nimble. Got to be greatful for the Hellcat though....it changed the tide of the war in the pacific.
@tyvernoverlord53634 жыл бұрын
@@neilgutteridge6405 You might be thinking of the woefully outclassed F2A Buffalo(so much so that the buffalo was nixed after midway), P36 Hawk, F4F Wildcat, and P40 Warhawk. Interestingly the P39 Aircobra nearly matched the Zero in capability. The word to not outright dog fight it came from the AVG(Flying Tigers) do to their experience in smashing zeros over china. From '38 on America started loving new dog fighting regime: "energy" fighting. He who is quicker and pulls more g's and sustains them in the turn along with deft maneuvering is the killing victor of the fight. Why do you think this facet has been the belief since 1945 into the fighter age of the 21st century? Because it's reality. The P38 had innumerable aces(100+) and was the paragon of american "energy" fighting, it had a VERY lively and succesful career as the "twinned-boom terror", the bane of the Japanese Naval Airforces; and was the instrument of choice in the plan to kill Yamamoto. From 12 '42 to VJ day it was the principle air superiority fighter of choice. The 13:1 Kill ratio of the F6F Hellcat alone should alone prove to you that it was a zero killer. The GREAT MARIANAS *TURKEY SHOOT* should itself be proof that your doubt is misplaced. The fact that the Akutan Zero was a bit of a revelation in Grumman's development team should tell you something of how dedicated America was in destroying the ever holy god status of the zero's reign in the skies should be another clue. That everything changed for the USN after 1943 most definitely should have peculated your senses. The fact that 305 cadets became enshrined as kings of the sky over the zero in only 2 years should be another. The Hellcat was god in all but name in relation to the zero's jesus. It was THE superior plane. The zero mod 52 was the only thing a hellcat pilot had to concentrate over not dying from, and yet due to tactics and energy the mod 52 became a mere mosquito; an annoyance to be destroyed. The navy decided to gift select squadrons of their "gods" with with god gear of radar, just to make it even harder for the zero's lifetime. The N1K was the only true opponent worthy of the hellcat, but it was wasn't a kingslayer; but a kingmaker. The P-51, the plane I think most every American post war agrees would be the piston plane of god's personal choice. It had superior range, could get a zero to gtfo a bomber formation, could handedly swipe the zero away; and do everything but make julian fries. The Mustang was birthed by the fathers of energy fight theory; heavy, steady, fast, and rearing to kill. So iconic was the thoroughbred that it was mistakenly id'd as the kwaii little ki-61. The actual performance of the Spitfire tor Mustang evened out, but the range of the skypony was frankly: superior. German pilots thought the American dream machine wasn't too op to handle, documentation provides a large roflmao; especially given that the P-51 fighter force was ordered to hunt, find, search, and -destroy- murderize the luftwaffe on the ground and sky. So, being the warbird that cucked germany out of its masculinity and genocidal ways; what do you think happend to the zero, produced by the country we nuked the reality out of? Of course the caveat is that the Alicorn in reality went through late '44 to VJ in a op tempo that could be compared to a summer's stroll. The F4U, the fucka u too!, the fame of the infamous Black Sheep Squadron. A second placing k/d of 11:1, the marines and the navy(though begrudgingly) loved and adored the pirate king making machine. Despite it being the original "widow maker", rest easy members of the V-22 and AV-8B communities, it was found to be a nicely handling plane suitable to the rigers of naval carrier warfare. Fighter Command Pacific was concerned with parts availability for a time, these issues turned out to be much of nothing. The marines got their crayon eating grubblets on the bird and decided that zeros were better than crayons, at least in 1942 they were. The saint val's massacre was a bit of a revelation; the marines learned that the swash buckling hero of the pacific, did indeed absolutely not no thank you ma'am perform the good deed of escorting big bertha and her beautiful court; he liked being a bad boy, and the roid rage infused minds of marine aviation command concurred, yes: we kill and we only kill; thus they set their eyes for the meanest baddest proudest son of a bitch in the sky: the zero, and the showdown was; apocalyptic. In may '43 the lord of the skies proclaimed to the empire that their queenly machine: the zero; was the bandog's b slice, and he liked doing her openly and thoroughly rough on the beach. The bad boy did confirm his greaser group of vitamin c deficient posse died less than anybody. For these reasons the corsair is the bulldog of the pacific. The P-47 thunder-b, the fatest thing in all the land to be graced with the saintly proscribed the epithet of fighter. The armored flying pork loin should've been a blood bank for the mosquito swarm of zero's, but god has a particular sense of humor. Boom-n'-zoom was the name to the zeus queen's claim to fame; let's be honest this thing can't even energy fight, and the army air corp agreed with reality at least this once; just this once. The single seated big girthy chode in the sky called a fighter saw a measly amount of air to air against zeros; but it proved that the cushion does indeed, do the pushin'. The try hard edition of the flying sky fat acceptance movement, the P-47N really arrived too late to do what its chunkier older brothers had done. Here's were the zero fails as a fighter... -No armor plating -Thin skinned -Pilot training was inadequate for the type of war the pacific theater became -At speed the canopy was difficult to egress from while bailing out -Highly susceptible to catching fire -Duralumin isn't the best aluminum alloy type to make your fighters with -The Sakae engine wasn't really well suited to combating mid and late war american fighters and failed to perform -Unprotected fuel tanks -Limited fuel for a frontline warbird -At speed it was hard to control and proved difficult to maneuver -Engine carburetor had the same issue as the Spitfire -American fighter schools and rotating seasoned vets through to teach nuggets, tactics, and the akutan zero being recovered and both static and ground tested -A mod 52 was captured and new insights were gained -The deadly 20mm's were low velocity short ranged snub guns -Duralumin is susceptable to the environment, american early 7075 wasn't -.50BMG went through it like a body heated knife through thawed butter -The flying tiger's boom-n'-zoom tactics mauled the zero; especially when the second generation fighters came into play in '43 -The zero was made to be all zip and nimble; but the second gen "energy" fighters of the USAAC, USMC, and USN ran the zero ragged -They were built for over-matching "western" planes of the same decade, but couldn't hold a hope to the american fighters from '42 onward -Its prowess, is ill gained and unearned; the american military treated it like a mythological spaceship and after pearl this largely went away; why? because after 12/7/41 it was a very *known* entity -Radio comms were nonexistant -After Midway, the zero became lunch for every competent american in the sky...
@bradganz67873 жыл бұрын
@@neilgutteridge6405 true same with the corsair we had no plane that could turn inside a zero.if the zero had better fuel tanks and some armor we would of had are hands full.wonder how the spitfire would of faired
@Critter1452 ай бұрын
I don’t understand why so many pilots seems to have trouble starting these motors. There’s obviously something that I personally don’t know, so if anybody could help me understand, I’d greatly appreciate the information.
@kenhowell075 жыл бұрын
You could slide that Zero right inside the Hellcat.
@tmpsg3 ай бұрын
Needs some Marvelous Mystery Oil.
@bullitt39802 жыл бұрын
What if Bearcats had showed up sooner?
@elbownesdam40242 жыл бұрын
This plane reminds me of Benny fromTop cat cartoon-chunky
@loumcgopher12738 жыл бұрын
When does Dodge release this model?
@punman53927 жыл бұрын
Lou McGopher Dead On Direct Garage Encounter
@sstroh086 жыл бұрын
They named the hellcat after this I believe. Just like how the mustang was named after the P51.
@sstroh086 жыл бұрын
Matt Bowen more like "Dangerous On Days Gears Engage" haha
@andrewwaller59133 жыл бұрын
Grumman beat Dodge to the name by about 75 years lol
@benjaminmatte52252 жыл бұрын
John, the Corsair was murderous, the hellcat is badass but it’s not a Corsair, I’d take the Pepsi challenge all day long
@llanamejia7 жыл бұрын
Thank God the Japanese always gave the Americans enough time to start up their engines. Nice lads
@Underappreciatedclassics6 жыл бұрын
Alfonso Llana nice joke..
@LV_CRAZY5 жыл бұрын
Not hard to do when you've got early warning radar
@twotailedavenger8 жыл бұрын
That Zero's a replica, isn't it?
@519CZRacer7 жыл бұрын
No. Multi-year restoration.
@johnshaft56132 жыл бұрын
Every time I see an R2800 (arguably the best radial piston engine ever made) start-up....there is usually a lot of hesitation/sputtering and "false starts" before it finally gets purring. I can speculate with the best, but does anyone actually KNOW why this is?
@MartinSage2 жыл бұрын
How long was this plane sitting? My 85 Toyota sat for a year while i was living in Asia. Put a can of "Stable" in the tank before leaving. When i returned i shot some starter fluid in the carb after hooking up my battery. Started in a few cranks! My FI Triumph motorcycle was even faster. Drained the fuel system (tank + floats) before leaving (sitting gas gums up everything). Put fresh gas in the tank, filled the floats with gas and cranked her over. A minute of spark and boom she was purring like a 🐈 kitten.😲As the old saying goes....an Ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure. Sitting gas for more than a month will turn to thick honey and gum up your fuel system. You'd have to flush out all that sludge to get your motor running. Horrible job!