Imperial Japan's "Divine Dragons": Mizuno Jinryu & Shinryu

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In this video, we talk about the Mizuno Jinryu and the Mizuno Shinryu, two "divine dragons" designed for the defense of the Japanese homeland late in World War II. We discuss the dire situation Japan found itself in late in the war and how these aircraft were to aid in the war effort. We also discuss the reason behind their nearly identical names and what ended up happening to these two designs.

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@confuseatronica Жыл бұрын

all intensive porpoises!

@donaldstraitiff7827 11 ай бұрын

Yakuza is an incredible game series. No bad entries in it and a perfect balance of "Kiryu-san..." to "KIRYU-CHAAAAN!" to keep you entertained and heavily invested in the plot.

@franektaylor1389 Жыл бұрын

Damn these videos need more views.

@OscarReyes-ud4vz Жыл бұрын

Magnificent! I hadn't idea about these two aircraft!

@aymonfoxc1442 Жыл бұрын

Great video mate. Very informative and interesting! Thanks for shining a light on some often forgotten aircraft designs.

@karm42yn Жыл бұрын

Top notch presentation!

@kanchou7698 Жыл бұрын

This is not where I was expecting a Yakuza recommendation but I'm very pleased that there was.

@whyjnot420 Жыл бұрын

Given that Paarthurnax is voiced by the same guy who does Mario (Charles Martinet), I would say that the dragons of Skyrim are also tangentially related to the topic here.

@johnmoran8805 Жыл бұрын

Good vid!

@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Thanks for the video history!

@shelbykingnfs7216 11 ай бұрын

This unlocked a memory I forgot I had

@Redshirt214 2 ай бұрын

Shinryuu might actually have been one of those Kanji puns, since it's an alternate reading of the same characters... and I'm pretty sure that Shin sometimes new, so the meaning could be "new dragon". But also from the outside it still looks like you are working on the same project.

@vogel8404 Жыл бұрын

Never know Mizuno was also building military vehicles/equipments during the war

@datadavis Жыл бұрын

kamikaze for the emperor was probably considered the highest form of sport.

@omary5439 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@BenjaminSteber Жыл бұрын

I just remember shooting down a lot of these in the game 1942.

@Grobut81 Жыл бұрын

That is a really cool logo tho.

@aabumble9954 Жыл бұрын

These are some unusual aircraft wasn't there a propeller version of that rocket canard plane? Could your next video please be about the Zhuchenko vertoplan?

@silvertalon007 Жыл бұрын

You're thinking of the Shinden and Shinden Kai I believe.

@armyboi4082 Жыл бұрын

teacher: how do you practice english? me:

@jamespfp 10 ай бұрын

8:52 -- RE: Inspirations for the layout of the wing; While obviously this is a canard arrangement, it seems pretty clear to me that it has a similar rear-wing to the Me-163 / Mitsubishi J8M.

@BlackMasterRoshi 11 ай бұрын

3 is the comfiest yakuza game imo. also has the best fishing minigame of the series

@PunkinsSan Жыл бұрын

Rocket last ditch fighter also sounds little ridiculous. It would use as wacky fuel as me 163?

@IsaacKuo Жыл бұрын

Considering rocket powered SAMs would become so successful, it's not such a ridiculous idea. But in WWII they struggled to figure out a suitable armament. Multiple guns were heavy, while rockets were horribly inaccurate.

@comentedonakeyboard Жыл бұрын

Well, you figured out why no one else used them.

@IsaacKuo Жыл бұрын

@@comentedonakeyboard Three of the five major powers in WWII either fielded rocket powered fighters or got as far as working flying prototypes (Germany, Japan, Russia). This specific project was doomed by bad rocket motors, but others were more successful.

@comentedonakeyboard Жыл бұрын

@@IsaacKuo the soviet programm never went beyond prototype, the german one was a utter failure (more dangerous to the Pilot then the Enemy) and no airforce ever since had fielded maned rocket fighters.

@IsaacKuo Жыл бұрын

@@comentedonakeyboard Do you have any idea why, though? During WWII, the fact is that it made sense to try. At the time, they offered vastly superior climb rate than anything else - particularly the primitive turbojet engines available at the time. The only thing more primitive than the available turbojet technology was the available missile guidance technology. Turns out the only really good solution to taking out a bomber in a single high speed attack was to basically ram it with an actively maneuvering rocket aircraft. (Although the other option, an unguided nuclear rocket, was a bit interesting also.) The truth is, rocket propelled unmanned aircraft have utterly become the dominant method of taking out an incoming bomber. There are still a few bombers taken out by gunfire, but overwhelmingly bombers are taken out by rocket propelled aircraft - usually launched from the surface but sometimes launched from an aerial platform.

@DANTHETUBEMAN Жыл бұрын

it's a good looking plane and a good advanced use if rockets.

@hearsejr Жыл бұрын

Where can I find out more about the glider mizuno shinryu glider? I tried to find more videos but no luck

@Mein_zweiter_Kanal Жыл бұрын

Shinryu could be one of those "hit and run" kinda type

@jwoody8815 Жыл бұрын

Love the logo, lol

@user-tu4un9zl5f 8 ай бұрын

I SO WANT THIS IN WARTUNDER

@scootergeorge7089 6 ай бұрын

🤣

@chucksneed5405 7 ай бұрын

Seems like a stretch to me that a rocket glider could ever successfully get to altitude and intercept a B-29 with a series of rocket launches... much less actually strike a bomber with one of eight unguided WWII rocket armament.

@scootergeorge7089 6 ай бұрын

Kind of like the less than successful Me 163.

@MrArgus11111 Жыл бұрын

Should email the golf club guys and ask them about this. It would be kind of darkly humorous.

@BeefQueef101 Жыл бұрын

7:37 take a shot every time he says Shinryu

@jimdavison4077 9 ай бұрын

Also what does the use of atomic bombs have to do with the ending of the Pacific war, documentation shows no connection at all.

@bob_btw6751 Жыл бұрын

Nice canard design, would probably fly well if it had a pusher prop.

@Saviliana Жыл бұрын

J7w1: Do I not existed?

@jamespfp 10 ай бұрын

I'm not as convinced that a pusher-prop would have been a good choice for powerplant. At least 1 and possibly multiple jet engines? Perhaps. There's a reason it needed rocket propulsion, fuel restrictions versus power being a key consideration. If anything it is too easy to be distracted by the canard arrangement while ignoring the similarities this airframe has with the Messerschmidt 163.

@davidhollenshead4892 Жыл бұрын

Jinryu: No dihedral wings or tail, of course it was bloody difficult to fly: [ dihedral wing == wing tips higher than base of wing ] [ dihedral == tips of the horizontal stabilizer is higher than the base of stabilizer ] Trainers and other Easy to Fly Aircraft have a significant dihedral angle to the wings or tail which causes it to fly almost level if the trim was set close to correctly. Another way to put it, the Cessna 152 is an example of an easy to fly trainer which will self level if the pilot takes their hands off the controls. In cases of zero visibility the pilot should take their hands off the controls, as the aircraft will almost level off. It will reach a state of slowly gaining or losing altitude while slowly circling in a large radius turn. Combat Aircraft has no dihedral or even a negative dihedral so that the aircraft is more responsive. This means that it won't self level if the pilot takes their hands off the controls. As the pilot is constantly adjusting the controls to maintain level flight. Shinryu: By having a canard design with the forward wing having a lower stall speed than the rear wing makes this design very difficult to stall. By the way this aircraft appears to lack a dihedral forward or rear wing so while it is hard to stall, the pilot does have to keep an eye on keeping the aircraft level. Also the diagram [kzfaq.info/get/bejne/abqha8eVq8y3p2Q.html] suggests that one or two rocket[s] assisted the take off and three to five rockets for flight. Conclusion: Either aircraft would have been used as a kamikaze aircraft in the end, but both would have required skilled pilots. Emperor Hirohito should have been stuffed in the first aircraft as he had approved Unit 731 and was a Total F-ing Monster like many of the Japanese leaders, fanatical with other peoples lives but unwilling to sacrifice his own. Had I been General Douglas MacArthur I would have emptied my 1911 in the face of this sociopath immediately after he signed the documents of surrender. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito#Accountability_for_Japanese_war_crimes

@alm5992 Жыл бұрын

I am surprised they didn't make a half scale model for kids. This isn't me being cruel, it's Imperial Japan- they probably would have eventually.

@cpfs936 Жыл бұрын

That's weird, because I just watched a video on the Nazi version of this sort of thing, and their initial intent was to have the Hitler Youth fly them.

@robertberner65 Жыл бұрын

What electronics?

@planet43 Жыл бұрын

Solid rockets perhaps?

@aymonfoxc1442 Жыл бұрын

These 20th Century aircraft foreshadowed the array of simplistic drones and loitering munitions proliferating in today's 21st Century.

@LarsAgerbk 9 ай бұрын

imagine if every japanese land owner dug a hole outside and had some piloted Kamikaze rocket installed in it.

@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie Жыл бұрын

A shot every time he says Shinryu Cheers 🥃

@Insanitypants80 Жыл бұрын

Nobody can drink that much

@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie Жыл бұрын

@@Insanitypants80 😅😂🤣

@greghardy9476 9 ай бұрын

I was thinking the very same!

@salsheikh4508 Жыл бұрын

Mizuno the sporting goods co.?? 🤔🧐

@TheLilikprasaja 29 күн бұрын

It scored a direct hit against godzilla

@EricCoop Жыл бұрын

Yokosuka is actually prounounced as "Yokuska."

@FlapJacks7 4 ай бұрын

The me163 rocket engines are completely different than the engines ur talking about

@stewstephenson6236 Жыл бұрын

I dunno...Sometimes, all we need is hope. Gotta watch star wars b4 i can take this seriously.

@comentedonakeyboard Жыл бұрын

Even nutier then the "Natter"

@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn Жыл бұрын

My wife has mizonu running shoes. They don’t mKe them in my size.

@eebydeeby69420 Жыл бұрын

its ROO not REEYOU

@Easy-Eight Жыл бұрын

Divine Dragons... meet Dr. Oppenheimer & team. Please stand still while we burn your shadows into a bridge and your bodies disintegrate. Nothing personal, it's just war.

@jimdavison4077 9 ай бұрын

How would it be armatures flying it when the Japanese never came up with any program to conscript civilains? Multiple members of the War Council and civil government including Suzuki and the foreign minister Togo are on record saying the civilian population would not be made fight in a war the military had lost. There were no peoples army or home guard like in the UK or Germany in fact so your comment about civilains flying these things is unfounded.