If I ever use the term "Audacious" for something, it had better be really freaking good.

@defective6811

18 күн бұрын

Audaciously good, even

@buildmotosykletist1987

18 күн бұрын

In most cases it's just "insolent".

@liberty4all885

18 күн бұрын

😂

@danncorbit3623

18 күн бұрын

Audacious just means bold and unrestrained. Overused words might be awesome, wondrous, and things like that.

@DonMeaker

18 күн бұрын

Hypersonic means your aircraft has a heat problem, which means it has a reliability problem.

_"That damn Swede can _*_actually_*_ see air!"_ This is simultaneously the most hilarious AND awesome compliment I've ever heard! 🤣

@ThomasBestonso-zr4ko

13 күн бұрын

I always believed that we can see air, it kinda mimics another elements reaction when disturbed, I'll stop at that ? Who knows I ate a lot of LSD growing up ?

I’d bet my entire life savings that LM skunk works has stuff we can’t even dream of yet

@wyattdean5192

18 күн бұрын

Yeah me too LM skunk works is probably light years ahead

@xavierwilmerng6317

18 күн бұрын

LM may have stuff like that but the corporate leaders have forgotten what made them great

@andrewbrady3139

18 күн бұрын

Yep

@Hyposonic

18 күн бұрын

Like SpaceX, they aren't afraid to fail. They actually embrace it as a learning device.

@SanjaySingh-oh7hv

18 күн бұрын

We can only speculate about what the Skunk Works has under wraps. But I do want to offer some sobering thoughts based on my readings of various books, and it's simply this: Even the greatest engineers and scientists have limitations of psychology that prevent them from seeing new possibilities as they go through their careers. Kelly Johnson was extremely gifted in aerodynamics, and Hal Hibber was willing to listen to him, even though he was going against conventional wisdom of the time. So too Ben Rich listened to Denys Overholzer and supported the development of stealth technology. However Kelly Johnson was resistant to stealth design because he felt it could not be made to fly and apparently literally kicked Ben Rich in the ass too for even entertaining the idea. Another quick example: in the realm of supercomputers, Seymour Cray who was one of the greatest engineers ever, could not embrace massive parallelism in high performance computing. So anyway, the point is that sometimes the limitations to continued innovation are psychological more than they are technological, and even the Skunk Works is not immune to this, because innovative teams almost always become risk-averse, as they gain prominence.

The thing I like the most is the amount of in-house design and manufacturing. People the are building it ACTUALLY interact directly with designers in the same building, unlike almost everyone else . "RealEngineering" made a good KZread video about this project and is well worth watching.

@djannyuk

18 күн бұрын

Spot on, I feel this is why we are seeing poor quality in some parts of the aviation sector mainly commercial uhmmm Boeing, there's no direct interaction they're basically not working as a real team.

@dx-ek4vr

18 күн бұрын

The Commercial Hypersonic airliner idea of theirs is... something else to say the least. Like the Concorde, one issue that I imagine Hermeus would have to manage is the Sonic boom such an aircraft would create (if the sonic boom produced by Concorde was loud, I can't imagine how loud a Hypersonic boom would be). I could imagine that it would be less of an issue if they just flew Transatlantic or Trans-Pacific flights, like what Boom Supersonic wants to do. Still though, if they can get commercial hypersonic travel to be as safe and reliable as commercial air travel is now, it could be neat.

@darrengreen7906

18 күн бұрын

@@dx-ek4vr Lots of R&D has gone into this problem from other US agencies esp NASA’s X-59, only a matter of time until r they solve this or, at least, dramatically reduce the BOOM; which X-59 has done.

@MrYishaiShields

17 күн бұрын

Vertical integration has become more important for cutting edge tech

This is got to be one of the most fascinating channels for air power aircraft

@ADB-zf5zr

18 күн бұрын

I have watched every video released in they last year or so, I look at other channels as well but IMHO this channel is popular and well respected because Alex Hollings is very good at his job, which requires being a serious nerd and doing lots of research, gathering information from numerous sources both written and from people directly, historical and new, open source and no-doubt from leaks, then collating this information and reporting on it with the energy and enthusiasm that IMHO comes from his passion on the subjects that he deals with.

@nedkelly9688

18 күн бұрын

He is bad at journalism and research, saying this is the world first reuseable hypersonic drone is misleading as Australian company have one with a scramjet and these guys have world fastest scramjet at mach 12 and have real atmosphere tests of their scramjets during HIFIRE joint USA, AUS hypersonic tests. This company won USA defence contract to build USA hypersonic vehicles and won it over 63 other companies and i would say won it over Hermues also. and first flight of the drone is this or next year. So Alex will look bad if it beats Hermeus and it definitely will beat it in top speed as ramjets are limited in speed.

@nedkelly9688

18 күн бұрын

Also never mentions Australia involvement in USA hypersonics, Yes HACAM and HAWC scramjet missiles were developed through SCIFIRE joint USA, Australia hypersonics. Australia so far advanced in hypersonics China even stole Australian Ray Stalker hypersonic wind tunnel designs and say they improved it and now they have world fastest hypersonic wind tunnels. That is how bad China is and how far behind they are too.

@Th3Shrike

18 күн бұрын

I like him but hes by no means a subject matter expert, go watch real engineering if you want more indepth look at hermeus

@nedkelly9688

18 күн бұрын

@@Th3Shrike Yea don't mind their channel, Alex and i even had a argument on his tiktok over the Australian hypersonic drone, he said it was a Kratos drone buying the Australian scramjet engine for it. Whole thing is Australian only at one point Kratos was going to build the launch system and now i see Rocketdybe are launching it for them.

Kelly Johnsons skunk works didn't just change aviation, they changed every day life. They had to invent the entire titanium manufacturing process for their Mach 3 programs. That lead directly to everything from titanium rods used to surgically set broken bones to smoke pipes

@shovelhead108

17 күн бұрын

It doesn't matter what you can design and create if you can't bring it to public. Many of the most genius creators and their machines were confiscated or destroyed by our own government through the invention secrecy act of 1951.

@johnnyrocco3320

16 күн бұрын

Not really. The Skunk Works led the development of titanium in sheet form. That metal had been used in forgings and castings - the usual applications - since the mid 1950's. The A-3J used forged titanium in its engine frames.

@jj4791

11 күн бұрын

They co-developed the specific alloy for its improved fatigue and machining properties.

No one does it better than you, Alex. Thanks!

@yevgeniygorbachev5152

18 күн бұрын

Check out Real Engineering's take on this.

@O.Shawabkeh

17 күн бұрын

​@@yevgeniygorbachev5152 if they don't feature goofy faces on thumbnails and silly click bait titles, I might.

As a young aerospace engineer, the discussion about manufacturing at the beginning video was what sold me on the potential of this company. Being able to get up from your desk and talk with a machinist who will make your part or a technician who will handle it is what makes the difference between a project that goes from a blank sheet of paper to flight in 5 years and one that gets.

@BenGodot

12 күн бұрын

Me too, hope to work there someday.

I love his passion and how he allows his guests to talk without interruption, a rare feat nowadays.

@06colkurtz

17 күн бұрын

He presents himself as an analyst / reporter. People who have to yell at their audience are NOT analysts. His award went to his head. He needs to include a discussion about the difference between DARPA studies and building combat capable solutions. The US is NOT going to adopt rules of engagement that turn loose what are essentially R&D toys. Proof of concept. He knows that. Organizations like this bring in the BIG idea and the DoD procurement system takes the essential information and turns it into a viable, deployable military system. Companies like this get you Cyber trucks site bad designs and kill their owners. Try taking your “state is the art” Tesla truck through a car wash. Have a flat tow on speed dial and a big bank account cause you just bricked your penis enlarger and they will NOT warrantee it. America does not send out autonomous vehicles to kill other humans. Period. A human must be in the loop. I first was involved in studies of cooperative loitering unmanned aircraft in about 2001. It went nowhere because the use case failed to close. It’s fun to get a little stiffie thinking about how wonderful it is to have these paradigm changing geniuses out there creating but in the end it’s got to be militarized. It needs a full logistical tail. It needs to be operated by an Airman 3 or 4. These are a few of the reasons this whole story is crap. 40+ years in the business. Air breathers, UAVs. Satellites, launch vehicles, ICBMs. Armored vehicles ALCM. Been there. Done that. The whole pre is of this “story” is fatally flawed. Go do better

Thank you for letting him talk through his thoughts instead of cutting him off. Many KZreadrs need to learn this.

You're enthusiasm and passion for this really comes through here Alex .. (18:50 onwards) .. and that feeling is definitely shared by the many people who appreciate your journalistic work! ☮

Best episode ever! All teenagers and young 20s should watch this. The ultimate recruitment tool! Why do I need geometry? Algebra? Physics? In high school? To find those gifted minds!

Hello, again, Alex, and thank You for this marvelous tribute, to those heroes of aviation. I have autobiografic of Ben Rich. My favorite book of flight. "Kelly" Johnson, is the hero of all times. Two Colliers should prove that as a fact. And as said, he`s work has made many "innovations" possible today. May Quaterhorse grow, and get the air under the wings. from a Finn and engineer, in Diaspora

this channel is so dope. Has the right amount of Flare as well the right amount of technical info. You get channels where it’s all flare and either minor or inaccurate tech info, or you get channels where it’s all great info but it’s boring as hell. This is that perfect mix.

The Hermes team ought to be both proud and humbled by the fact that someone as credible as Alex is comparing them to the Skunk Works of the Kelly Johnson era.

I wish you hadn't underrepresented what happened with the instability of that aircraft. In order to have been sent back to the wind tunnel, he had to have first proven his concerns to the tenured personal. That in itself is an achievement especially when in effect it's saying we were wrong and this neophyte caught it

Alex, thanks for the history lesson on the Skunkworks, defining the shoulders that Hermeus is building upon. Whether they are successful or not (I expect many design changes on the way), their boldness is fascinating to watch!

Second time I hear he can see air. First I heard was in F1, Adrian Newey was said he could see air and now Kellie Johnsson who also is said could see air. Those two most be extraordinairy people. Thanks for the video.

"Audacious little Whipper-Snapper..." 👏🏼 I commend your work, sir! 👏🏼 Bravo!

What a great video, so glad I made time for it, thanks!

*_I'M ALEX HOLLINGS !!_*

@Isaacmantx

18 күн бұрын

AND THIS IS AIR POWER!!!

@AntiVaganza

18 күн бұрын

And I am here to talk and forget to ask questions relating to the very premise of what I want to talk about... Yes, that was harsh, maybe too harsh, but I find it strange that he didn't ask the Hermeus people about the comparison at all. It would have been a whole lot better journalistically to have them talk about what, if anything, they have chosen to adopt from the way Skunkworks was run early on. Maybe he asked, and maybe they think there aren't any similarities and he left it out. Or maybe he didn't ask for some reason or the other. Maybe this premise came later which can happen and they were too busy for a second or third interview or maybe he just likes to be the one talking the most. Which is kind of an American way to conduct "journalism" whereas in other countries that would be the last resort. Granted, he is both the researcher, interviewer, expert and presenter rolled into one so the roles are less clear. But on this particular occasion with this premise, he should ideally have let Hermeus do way more of the talking.

@PermanentExile

18 күн бұрын

His name is Robert Paulson.

@AntiVaganza

17 күн бұрын

@@PermanentExile Hehe, good one. Well, to nitpick, if you will allow me, Robert Paulson only had a name (and recognition?) in death. HOLLINGS makes sure we know who he is before getting to the story. Joke aside and trying to no shit on what Hollings is doing, it's a matter of personal preference and culture. I like the content, I just grew up in a place where journalists were never front and center of the subjects they reported on, so it irks me. But this very much how it's done in America where star reporters is a thing and I guess when you marry that with social media, then we get this. It's ok, it's free and I should stop complaining. Cheers.

I think the Skunk Words is the new skunk works. Hermeus is more... doing something which isn't really _commercially_ viable, but is interesting enough that the DoD bought in to keep tabs on it.

@PedroHenriquePS00000

19 күн бұрын

i disagree they shared their plan and it completely makes financial sense

@kathrynck

19 күн бұрын

@@PedroHenriquePS00000 Their cost per flight hour is gonna be somewhere north of a quarter million. Nobody needs same-day mail THAT badly. Concorde & Tu-144 were both much cheaper to develop & operate, and neither of those are still operating. A lot of their investment capital is through the DoD, which is "curious" about it, and at minimum wants 'dibs' on any tech developed in the R&D process, as well as enough investor leverage to veto some details of publishing info. Sure it's technically a civilian project, but it's been pretty heavily co-opted. In the 1950's if you designed something "militarily significant" and wanted to sell it (or details about it) to the public, humorless people with matching suits would come and take everything, and tell you to keep your mouth shut "or else". But over the years, it has become apparent that you get more flies with honey than vinegar. So DARPA has "bought in", rather than "shutting down".

@Yuki_Ika7

19 күн бұрын

agree more or less on the first sentence (at least for now), as for the second sentence i disagree, Hermeus' technology/aircraft/engines actually seem more affordable than other Hypersonic projects

@kathrynck

18 күн бұрын

@@Yuki_Ika7 "More commercially viable than other civilian hypersonic projects" That's a statement which is technically true, but it's a _very_ loaded statement.

@PedroHenriquePS00000

18 күн бұрын

@@kathrynck the USAF does tho

I like Lockheed too. Kelly Johnson is a personal hero, the engineers must have had the best jobs on the planet, and probably still do. An amazing company, a true American aviation giant, and I wish I had been onboard. Seems Hermeus has a similar environment going on, and I’ll bet the engineers and technicians will have many years of ‘the best jobs of their lives.’ Good for them; I wish them well and to have success.

Glad i can catch another awsome video from you great work as always

Genuine new tallent is delightfull to see. Thanks for featuring Hermeus.

Alex, you are absolutely at the top of the heap when it comes to telling us all about the newest aviation technologies out there and you make it so understandable, Keep up the awesome job that you do !

Gracias Alex .....youre a true patriot,,love youre enthusiasm...God Bless you

Nice work! One of your best so far. Keep up the good work

Thank you for this video about Hermeus, and the "Quarterhorse" prototype. Your narrative (especially the historical aspects, about Kelly Johnson and Skunk Works) is brilliant. This is some of your best work. Thank you!

I love your channel. You make me interested in stuff I didn't know I was interested in. Keep it up.

Excellent documentary, Alex. Thank you.

Thanks Alex Good work! All the best for the future in both Aviation and your roll in the force.

Mr. Alex - Just keep doing, what you have been doing so Successfully since I discovered your Sandboxx News. IT’S Awesome. Just keep on Truckin’!! DEWinit !!! God Bless!

More outstanding work! I’m very thankful for a credible source, comprehensive, low bias information combined with an effective, efficient communication style. Keep it up!

Wow!! Stunning presentation pal, respect from Manchester (UK) :)

Another great presentation, Alex. Thanks !

This was one of your most interesting vids! Thank you!!

Awesome Video Alex! Thank you.

BRAVO! Best take on this subject ever! Yes, I've read both books. Yes. Encore!

Once again absolute awesome reporting and insight to a possible future Powerhouse that will change the aircraft industry.Great job keep up the great work

Magnificent vid. I have great hopes for this company. Really like their way of thinking and working.

Don't forget the X-7 unmanned ramjet test plane, It was able to fly at mach 4.7 back in the early sixties ! Another remarkable and groundbreaking Skunkworks product.

I absolutely LOVE how genuinely passionate you are about Mr. Johnson. While I've never heard a bad word said about the Man (& I don't feel a bad word could be said about such a legend) I can relate to the passion & admiration you have regarding K.J. GET WELL SOON ALEX! You have carved out an awesome lane for both yourself & Air Power and I cannot get enough of it. Keep them coming! (Once you recover fully)

Thank you Alex!

One of your best videos yet.

Please keep us updated with this OMG

Awesome video Alex keep up the good work.

Very cool video! One of the best!

I'm rooting for them and hope they pull it off.

Thanks, Alex.

Another very interesting and well presented subject in airpower. Thanks.

The wings of the Halcyon concept are reminiscent of the XB-70 Valkyrie that I first read about…in the library of Saint Boniface grade school…almost sixty years ago. _Balls to the wall, Hermeus!_

@shadowgunner69

16 күн бұрын

Compression lift concept from Eggers & Syvertson. Let's ride the wave baby!

My favorite military tech channel Alex is the best. Anyone get a audacity word count? 😁😉

@Lyle-In-NO

18 күн бұрын

2 many

@nedkelly9688

18 күн бұрын

No he isn't he is pretty bad at it and is USA biased too much. does not tell truth of all projects and when other countries are further ahead then USA he will not mention it. Australia is a head in hypersonic drones and ahead of USA in scramjet technology. But will not mention it, Australia played a huge part in USA hypersonic missiles. HACAM and HAWC scramjet missiles were developed under SCIFIRE joint USA, AUS hypersonics, also HIFIRE helped a lot.

@MattHuey

18 күн бұрын

USA funded Australia and there research! since were allies...So You got the Audacity to say there ahead! when not really! we gave em planes!😂🤦‍♂️

@ADB-zf5zr

18 күн бұрын

@@nedkelly9688 You are a jealous 🤡

Great episode sir

Fantastic video, thanks!

Great work. I would love to see a deep dive into cockpits and what the future holds.

I absolutely love this channel… Alex you Rock! I can’t wait to see aviation in 10 years… tech is getting really impressive…

Great video again. You know your stuff.

Great coverage of a company I had never heard of.

I get goose bumps watching this channel!!!!

good stuff, thanks for the info...

Whatta great video! Inspiring

Fascinating evolution of the people, attitudes and aircraft

FWIW, If independent reporting is correct, Russia has lost 10% of it's military aircraft in the its war on Ukraine. According to the original Roman roots of the term, that means that Ukraine has 'decimated' Russian military aviation. Now you know.

@grider421

18 күн бұрын

Yeah do you really believe that? Nothing you see or hear is real. According to main stream media russia is getting its ass beat, except they haven’t lost a foot of ground and they are not grabbing guys off the street and their average age for the army isn’t 42!

@IndigoSeirra

18 күн бұрын

Technically correct is the best kind of correct 😂

brooooooooo i love youir vids they are so frequent

I believe that they have chosen the correct powerplant to build around. the J85 certainly has enough oomph to get Quarterhorse up to ramjet speed. Great episode, Alex. IMO, the SR-71 is THE most beautiful non-propeller plane ever to fly, and the story of Skunkworks is one of the most inspirational to date. Love this channel. Go Hermeus.

Great infomercial for Hermeus!

Wonderful, wonderful video

Thank you for fixing your very pink led lighting. I realise lighting is often a challenge but you’ve done a good job. And the content is of course great

Hermeus' staff are watching this, raising drinks and feeling good about their future, as they should.

I love passion. I respect it more than anything else.

Great Stuff !!

Most of us know how important Johnson was to the aviation industry but this video really puts it into perspective. Legend!

Best of luck to the Hermeus team!

16:34 That is an awesome view of some wind vortices.

totally exceptional

I love the XB-70 droopy wing design!

This video got me all excited

Real engineering on KZread did some very nice videos about them. Love their stuff, insane to see them going so fast

Great video

Alex, it is hard to put into words the Love I have for your channel. A channel where thanks are superfluous. I love Kelley Johnson's P-38 it is one of my top favorite planes of all time as is the SR-71. Whose retirement I still mourn even though I understand the reasons and probable logic. The description of him as the Audacious Swede seems certainly apt. If you know anything about the development of the JAS-39. Thank You as always...

Thanks!

Its insane how one of the rough sketches shown at 9:04 looks like an early prototype of the Northrop Grumman YF-23

Alex, absolutely perfect. God bless america! God bless freedom you have the best Channel keep it going buddy!

@jj4791

11 күн бұрын

All America needs to be blessed is less god.

They have taken a really smart way in developing this aircraft. I hope more copy it

u're contents is inspiring the least to say ✨👑🔥🔥🇺🇲🇺🇲

Nother awesome video

This video is audacious!

That is some serious juice you're able to cobble together. It was about 1970 when I became aware of the A12. Kelly's name became the most charged sound in any room.

I need to get those two books.

You must have stock in Hermes… Great video, thanks for sharing!

Love your vids! I bet there are a lot of people that wish some audacity had been employed before the Challenger Space Shuttle had launched.

There's a facet of this process management for lack of a better way to describe this, or maybe the best way to describe it, either than or project management, is something that comes up in other forms of project management, which is everyone matters. Every person's points should be considered. This is how you get an entire team to keep their minds engaged in what you're trying to achieve. Everyone matters. This is also why a smaller team can be so effective because the larger the team gets the more this point is forgotten.

@shadowgunner69

16 күн бұрын

I lead a small team of volunteers at my local Air Museum. This has been my guiding principle as we accomplish our preservation projects. I adopted the principle that I was not the source of all knowledge on processes. As you state above, everyone on the team has an equal voice in the projects. We have adapted and conquered every obstacle, together. Paraphrasing one of the directors, "...my team has completed more preservations in the last five years than the museum had accomplished in the previous 20 years."

At the time I had on clue who built what as far as aircraft went. I was finishing up the first grade when Gary Powers was shot down, 6th grade when me and the guy first read about the SR 71. Being from North Carolina we were into speed so both hot cars and jets went hand and hand.

This small add on drone to the SR-71 is probably fairly well know to kids of a certain age because of the Cobra Night Raven sp3 toy from the 80's.

@beyondrecall9446

2 күн бұрын

Well, or anyone who read anything about he Sr71 ... the thing is that the A12 was faster but due to it being lighter as it had to overfly the area.. the Viet Kong had Sa2 systems which were the first systems to ever down a plane, so it was old, outdated... after a lot of photos being blurred by incoming missiles and even having shrapnel from rockets next to the engine, the A12 ended its career less than a year after introduction.. So the Sr 71 was born, a second seat and heavy side-facing camera so it wouldn't need to ever entèr enemy airspace, which it didn't (to avoid the fate of the 7 downed U2s).. but, alas, more than a third crashed by itself so it was better to put it in a museum to preserve the American mythology

Putting both books in my Libby!

Great episode. Where will Hermeus be in ten years time 😮.

Kelly Johnson and the Skunk works achieved a great milestone with the A-12 / SR-71. However, Convair had similar programs going at the same time that were going to use RAM jet power to go even faster - Mach 4. I am sure there were many reasons why Lockheed might have won over Convair. The Skunk Works had a good track record for rapid and on budget success. Convair was working on producing B-58s and F-106s, and both programs became very costly and only limited numbers were produced. The Air Force is very cognizant of over reliance on a single contractor, especially if they have other obligations that would interfere with applying appropriate resources to a project. Also, the Air Force might have decided that Convair's proposal was at a lower technological readiness level than the Lockheed idea. Your main premise is correct though. A small group of extremely talented and self sufficient engineers, devoid of bureaucracy and enjoying direct lines of communication with each other can work faster and smarter than a huge behemoth of a division with massive bureaucracy and answering to committees of management and the government.

Yes Hermeus...have the 'AUDACITY' to do what your do,,,Great reporting

Expecting a video about the inner workings of Hermeus. Got a video that was pretty much all about Lockheed and Kelly Johnson. XD