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I'm quite unhappy with my Lindbergh WW2 Range video. I'm going to start it over from scratch for the third time. I thought I would share the problem to explain the video's delay.
Lindbergh did help extend the range of U.S. fighter planes in the Pacific. It wasn't because he had some secret technical knowledge. It was more because he was the right guy help convince front line pilots that the fuel saving techniques in the manual were perfectly safe. Not only was he a famous pilot and famous for long range flight, but part of his credibility with fighter pilots was the Lindbergh himself was a military fighter pilot in the reserves from 1924 until he resigned in 1941.
He tried to re enlist when the US entered the war but was blocked by FDR himself. This really has to be explained but it's a quagmire. I can't just do the usual thing I see on other channels and say Lindbergh was a "anti-this or that" "an appeaser" or any of the other insult often used for him without going into what he actually said, which is often quite different from what's commonly reported. The Lindbergh saga of the 1930s really explains why he was fighting as a civilian in 1944, but it's just such a long and complicated story that it takes up a full hour easily and takes away from the main subject, which is of course his contribution to aircraft range.
The short version is I have started the video over entirely. It's now going to begin on July Fourth 1944 in Brisbane Australia with Lindbergh and General Kenny and go from there. I'm just going to skip the incredible saga of Lindbergh even getting to Brisbane, let along the quagmire of political stuff before that.
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I just put up an 18 min preview of the upcoming Air Fuel Ratio video. It's Patreon only and can be found in the Patreon section. The full video should be done within the next couple days.
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The Lindbergh video has grown beyond manageable proportions. Thus I'm going to precede it with a video about Air:Fuel ratios and how they effect power, economy and emissions. In other words, I'm taking that stuff out of the Lindbergh video to make it a stand alone video, but one which will help when I explain Lindbergh's contributions to range in WW2.
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This should premier at 8am tomorrow. It's in high resolution so it's taking a long time to upload: https://youtu.be/qkos86NLNnE?feature=...
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Merry Christmas everyone. I'm spending it with my family and I hope you are as well. As for channel stuff the Lindbergh Fuel and Range video is coming along well. The biggest hold up is finding free to use drawings of the all the atoms and molecules involved, but I'm getting through it. It's turning into a really long video. In the meantime I'll release a quickie video about a DCS campaign I have really enjoyed playing and I'm also re recording my 1966 muscle car video.
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The next video will be about the Lindbergh range extension/fuel economy techniques. Not only the history of this but we are going to get technical literally down to the atomic level. Not only am I being asked about Lindbergh's contributions here, but I'm seeing so much confusion regarding Air:Fuel ratios that I'm going to have to go pretty deep in order to clear all this up. Spoiler alert, Lindbergh didn't discover or invent anything here, but he did boost pilot confidence in running what were at the time under utilized techniques that were literally in the pilot's manuals.
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I'll put up a short video today. I want to talk about the Corsair and Hellcat in Digital Combat Simulator. It's said that they are coming so it's worth looking at. I'll also talk about the island of Maug. I don't know how I got off on that tangent, probably because I have flown over it in real life and thought it looked interesting. Anyway, the German's actually used the location to resupply a surface Raider, the Orion. I couldn't find a picture of the Orion, but I put up a picture of a similar ship.
For the Corsair and Hellcat to be a part of a viable Pacific Theater Sim, they will have to add in Japanese airplanes. Just an A6M5 won't do it. In the European theater the only German bomber they have is the Ju-88, the only US bombers are the A-20 and B-17. It's just not enough. The only 109 in the sim is the K-4, even Erich Hartmann never flew that model. It was that rare. The DCS European theater just doesn't have a matched plane and map set, but it looks like they may be getting it right for the Pacific.
Enough rambling, the video should be up within the hour.
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I just put the first 22 mins of the Dual Stage Supercharger video up on Patreon. The entire video is over an hour, I'm not sure of the actual length and I'm still making changes.
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Update, the Dual Stage supercharger video is taking longer to finalize than I had thought. It's going to be another couple days before it's done. The hold up has to do with pictures. I need the normal airplane and automotive pictures but also tank stuff and I'm having to dig through my tank manuals to find exactly the right ones.
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With any luck the video on Dual Stage Supercharging will be up tomorrow. It might be Monday. Dual staging was used in the Spitfire Mk9, Ta-152, Hellcat and many more. That tech worked its way into the very early Formula 1 cars before it was essentially eliminated by rule changes. I'll be talking about those early F1 cars quite a bit, specifically the Alfa Romeo 159 and the British BRM Type 15, both of which use Dual Staging. The Alfa's system is easier in terms of math and charts so It will be the main focus. I think this series on forgotten tech, like overcompressed engines, turbo-compounding and now Dual Staging is important so I hope the video does well. I have have over done it on the tech side. Plus it's a long video.
Mug: www.zazzle.com/1951_alfa_romeo_159_alfetta_specs_m…
Mouse Pad: www.zazzle.com/1951_alfa_romeo_159_alfetta_mouse_p…
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If you are looking for technical information about historical Airplanes and Automobiles, this is the right channel for you.
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