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@TheRezro

Ай бұрын

Some plants do use similar affect like for example Tilia seeds. So those things on Chinese paintings, may not even by toys but people throwing some plants for fun. Of course later it was replicated as a toy.

@substrate001

20 күн бұрын

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I'm starting to worry that Simon isn't allowed out of the studio

@CrvrMb

Ай бұрын

That’s okay! He makes more money that way!

@SkyWolfPirate

Ай бұрын

Hey don’t worry he likes it

@diysecuritygear9594

Ай бұрын

Simons dream helicopter isn't going to purchase itself!!

@stevelee5724

Ай бұрын

Don't let him out ! 😅

@myaldeade

Ай бұрын

But that's only because it's Capitalist Simon keeping him there

My dad is a helicopter pilot, first in the army, then the national guard, and then medivac for our state. I don't have a point to make or anything to add I'm just really proud of my dad ❤

@tannergill8367

10 күн бұрын

I bet your dad says "GET TO ZE CHOPPAAAA" a lot

@theknifedude1881

7 күн бұрын

It’s really good to be able to feel that way about your father. I wonder how the trump kids feel?

@theknifedude1881

7 күн бұрын

I saw a helicopter fall out of the sky back in the’60’s and have never flown in one. And don’t intend to, unless I am “LifeFlighted.” I carry the necessary insurance.

Artillery would be a good one for this series, one of those things that everyone knows what it is but then when you think about it a bit more you realise how little we actually have as common knowledge

@drakemartes937

Ай бұрын

I’ve felt that exact way which has caused me to research early cannons and artillery

@Accounting4Cycling

Ай бұрын

@@johnnyfamoussame with the 105mm M119. Sure, there's 105mm mortars, but it's not even close to the same. As a former red leg, Arty is definitely King of Battle!

@zaco-km3su

Ай бұрын

Artillery tactics haven't evolved too much since WW1.

@Accounting4Cycling

Ай бұрын

@zaco-km3su that's a terrible take, and just outright wrong. Perfect reason to have a series like this!

@TrinityCore60

Ай бұрын

…so how early would he cover that from? Cannons were kinda early; they couldn’t have shown up too far after Gunpowder’s invention, which itself was around 1000 years ago.

Former OH-58D pilot here- mid-1980's tech, observation and light attack helicopter, if you're not familiar. The bit about early experimentation with arming them and the pilots having to eyeball it took me back and made me chuckle. You know what our "targeting system" in the 58 was? A grease pencil mark on the windscreen hahaha

@brianmurphie7501

Ай бұрын

😂 you're shitting me! ... you're shitting me? ... please tell me you are shitting me!🙏🏻

@stephenwilkens3101

Ай бұрын

@@brianmurphie7501 I shit you not, good sir! Haha I can't remember the exact count- 6 up and 4 over maybe?- but before we'd fly, we would count the bolts along the bottom and side of the windscreen to mark the initial sight point. Then, when you did your test fire, you made a mental note of where the rounds hit the ground in relation to that first point, gave the copilot the controls, added a new mark to show where you're actually hitting, erase the first mark, take the controls back, and boom, you're sighted in 😂

@Switcharoo12

17 күн бұрын

That's some kick ass DIY​@@stephenwilkens3101

@aarli

13 күн бұрын

Although I don't know what a grease pencil is, this sounds really interesting. Thanks :)

@stephenwilkens3101

13 күн бұрын

@@aarli Like a thick colored pencil, but the stuff that does the writing is a lot softer and a little sticky so you can write on smoothe surfaces like glass, but is also easy to clean off

This feature-length video is a Megaproject of its own. Bravo.

The number of multihour vid simon has put out this week has me struggling to keep up lol

@mattywanders

Ай бұрын

I've gotten absolutely nothing done yet this week thanks to Megaprojects. Not complaining, just observing. 🙃

This is why Arnold said “GET TO THE CHOPPER”

@dickiemcgeezacks9458

Ай бұрын

Choppa

@espn8-theocho383

Ай бұрын

RUNNN... GOOO...

@myaldeade

Ай бұрын

And why the beer brewer said "WET THROUGH A HOPPER!!!" and they barley made it.

@Matt.Thompson.1976

Ай бұрын

No, this is HOW Arnold was able to say, 'GIT TU DAH CHOPPA'!

Wow, in 2 days, 3 videos combines for 7 hours in the Whistlerverse.

@maxwirt921

Ай бұрын

Plus the 7+ hour compilation video on Today I Found Out.

@brianbishop4753

14 күн бұрын

Kinda live for this, not gonna lie!

This is my new favorite segment across the whistlerverse. I know these deeper dives are a significant undertaking to make, and not always the best return on investment. However, the result is fantastic and definitely appreciated.

@hamubice1551

Ай бұрын

This video is nearly a week old and has less than 100k views. Doesn't make me hopeful for more content like this unfortunately.

You had Da Vinci's Screw rotating the wrong way! ;p

@shanewallace1126

23 күн бұрын

😂Bugged me too.🙃

Another benefit of FADEC: Auto relight. It can detect an engine failure, kick on the igniters, and adjust the fuel flow to get the fire burning again as fast as possible. The OH-58D actually had a counter built into the avionics software to let you know if this happened, because FADEC could fix an engine failure so quickly, you literally might not know it happened

Served in the US Army with a deployment to Iraq from Oct 06 to Jan 08. I was with 1st Air Cav out of Taji. Just came to say I love the Chinook 2 were brought down during my deployment and everyone survived from those 2 instances.

And you didn't show Airwolf!!! Now that's the coolest chopper ;)

@darthtac

Ай бұрын

Lets not forget Blue Thunder. A very under rated film well worth a watch.

@JohnYoung77

Ай бұрын

@@darthtac Agreed, loved that show also, but I still think Airwolf just about edges it ;) :D

We are LOVING these longer form videos you guys (Simon & The People Under the Stairs)! They work so damn good for a good smoke sesh, or as background when wandering around in cyberspace... Ummmm...Wait, what were we talking about?

I sometimes wonder if Simon is human, or a biomechanical hybrid that doesn’t sleep or require rest of any sort. That’s why he can put out multiple videos nearly every day on so many channels! If he is indeed human, he has a work ethic that is exceedingly rare… One can’t help but admire him and his dedication to creating content that educates the world about numerous topics. Is there a type of award for KZread creators similar to the Oscars? If so, he deserves a lifetime achievement award! Thanks Simon for the great work you do and for keeping me entertained and informed and teaching me about things I never would have learned otherwise

@The_RC_Guru

Ай бұрын

He likely works less than 40hrs a week actually. He pays a team from his KZread income to create the content and to edit the videos. He’s the face and orator but they do all the actual work. He’s done well to create his persona and now is able to ride on it.

1:24:08 Loved this, but how can you forget Ingenuity?!! The only helicopter to take off, fly, and land on another planet! Plus, I'm pretty sure it broke the speed record on its way to Mars, even if it wasn't under its own power😂.

I thought I knew not a lot, but at least pretty much, about helicopter history. Turns out I was wrong. Thanks for this informative video! 👍

It's worth noting that the new tiltrotor, the Valor, is expected to be more reliable and safer than the Osprey. While the Osprey has it's engine rotate along with the rotor, the Valor has stationary engines, only rotating it's rotors. The helicopter's power plant not tilting greatly reduce the risk of having a fatal malfunction/failure.

@LatitudeSky

Ай бұрын

The Valor has not yet survived being canceled entirely. There are a lot of sore losers on the other side raising a huge stink. It's definitely not a done deal.

By far my favorite megaprojects! I have spent years and years working on,,with or around most of the birds used during the 70's 80's and early 90's. And this was spot on! Bravo big brain! I know your writer's put these podcast together, but your oratory abilities are spot on!👍👍

Helicopter ambulances are an amazingly epic invention and are saving so many lives that would have otherwise been lost. Long live the helicopter 🚁!

@zaco-km3su

Ай бұрын

@@ACME_Kinetics A van ambulance is probably going to cost over $30.000 also.

@LatitudeSky

Ай бұрын

Civilian medical helicopters spread during the late 70s in parallel with the dramatic rise in hospitals with trauma centers, which in turn owes much to the old TV show Emergency which compiled a whole bunch of EMS concepts and put them into a drama that people looked at for entertainment but it was in fact a blueprint for making emergency response a thing, in particular focusing on the Golden Hour to get an injured person to care. Helicopters were a major part of making that a reality.

@samuelgarrod8327

Ай бұрын

​@@LatitudeSkyMaybe in the US but definitely not worldwide.

@KaiserV-2

Ай бұрын

Hail helicopter! My it live long and prosperous.

Wait an hour and a half of Simon? Hell yes!!! Give me more!!!

Simon, nobody else reads as well as you. I enjoy your voice. An hour and a half ! I hope you take breaks, then the editor performs seamless magic to put you back together without a breath. I hope. Enjoyed the helicopter history.

Great video, would love to have a mega project on the iterations of spy satellites throughout the cold war and beyond 👍

Fabulous. But no mention of the Fairy Rotodyne (compound), the Cessna CH1 (highest piston helicopter record) and, nNO Bell Jet Ranger!? Guess ya just can't include everything 😊

They did forget the stealth helicopters. Not much information out there, but it is a revolutionary advance in helicopters.

These long-form joints are solid. Reference-level works that I hope stay evergreen. Cheers the team!

1:2:51 They don't count because of retreating blade stall. Great show as always, you guys make great content!

I see the videos themselves are megaprojects now. Megaprojects²

I'm working hard at getting my commercial helicopter license at the moment. I've always loved these machines

@turbolevo8703

Ай бұрын

Good luck.

the V-22 has the same failure rate if not better than the C-130 and UH-60 did when they had the same flight hours, sadly one of the most vocal online supporters of the V-22 did die in a crash in one, but the man loved the aircraft and it is just as safe as any other aircraft of such complexity with such low flight hours total

Love the heavy lift portion, I'm a former Marine Corps CH-53E mechanic and currently a CH-54/S-64E helicopter mechanic, heavy lift is in my blood!

I am appreciating this new form of video, and hope it continues in the future. Would like to see a similar one on artillery.

As a dual rated pilot, fixed wing and rotorcraft, I have to admit that for pure fun, you can’t beat landing next to a waterfall and fishing for native browns 45 minutes from your front yard. But if you need to go somewhere, you need 200 knots.

@samuelgarrod8327

Ай бұрын

Huh?

1:28:57 I don’t care how many times I register to it - the straightfaced delivery of that line, and the unique wording makes me laugh like mad Simon, you are a blessing to the world in so many ways.

BC & AD…… Has Simon and writers listened to us? Yippie.

@rogerpenske2411

Ай бұрын

No room for Christ rejecting reprobates in my life, either.

Great video Simon and the basement team. Am the only one who would like to see a video on the CL-84 Dynavert? I think the only thing wrong with it was like many good ideas it was too ahead of its time.

I served in Vietnam in 1970 with a combat engineer outfit in the central highlands. We had helicopters assigned to us, including gun ships and medivacs. One Sunday afternoon, the Huey gunship exercised its guns into a waste area next to our base. What you hear is a loud buzz and what you see is the copter being forced back by the accumulated recoil of its miniguns. We had a company out in the far boonies constructing some fortifications for Montagnard irregulars. They were resupplied entirely by air. The huge Chinooks would hover over our pad while we hooked a cargo net full of supplies out to Bu Prang where the cargo net would be unloosed and the Chinook would go on its way without having to land at either end of the delivery. They had a tremendous prop blast, hence the hovering. I happened to be at Bu Prang during a Chinook delivery. The prop blast stirred up a tremendous cloud of red dust. (Clark Gable starred in the movie Red Dust in the early 1930s about a rubber plantation. They had that right.) BTW, Helicopters are very loud, you have to communicate through the helmet radio.

Absolutely love the long form videos. I pop one on when I wake up in the morning and listen along as I gently boot for the day :)

The real megaproject is having every single channel on KZread

Dude, I've been high this entire time watching this mega project of a Megaproject. NGL, great episode fact boi. I forgot where I was, but your voice guides me through the trip

19:45 you didnt account for gyroscopic precession. fore/aft rotor pitch changes creates a side to side movement. this 90 degree offset is normally built into the swashplate. so the swashplate tilts fore/aft, but the effect is applied 90 degrees offset to the blades.

Love the content! I am always super excited when a new vid drops!

Superb. A really enjoyable deep dive into one of the coolest machines ever. I remember as a kid playing Top Trumps with my brothers and hoping that I had a Huey Cobra or Westland Lynx or Hind D in the hand. Fabulous memories...

i think my only regret in life at almost 50 is never flying helicopters. and will never have the money to do it.

@DarkKatzy013

Ай бұрын

Be nearing 40 myself and thus is one of my regrets too.

@JohnnyWednesday

Ай бұрын

Don't regret - you'll regret it

@DarkKatzy013

Ай бұрын

@@JohnnyWednesday too true. I'm still going to try though.

@nicholasbrown668

Ай бұрын

​@@DarkKatzy013I recommend trying out local flights schools, some of them will work with you on getting into classes if it's something you truly want to do

@nicholasbrown668

Ай бұрын

hey man, I'd recommend checking out local flight schools, most of them will work with you if you truly want to fly

I love the "TurboFab" engine! Nice slide @48:13

@zaco-km3su

Ай бұрын

Turbofan. He says turbofan.

@thebrokenengineer

Ай бұрын

@@zaco-km3suI was talking about the slide not what he said, it is just a typo but it is funny...at least IMHO.

Love the long form videos.

LOVE you in Philadelphia. Once again, Well Done!

Omg ilu Simon, I have been waiting for thisss

Love the video Simon and crew thanks. Gotta get back to it. ❤

Really enjoyed this one. Thank you!

Great video. Loved the long detailed format. A couple of observations. The FW 61 was built to be a proof of concept vehicle. The airframe, with its tractor engine, was a modification of an existing FW training airplane. Its resemblance to autogiros was only that. The "propeller" with is fixed pitch and limited diameter, was optimized for engine cooling and contributed no measurable thrust. If it did, the machine would not have been able to hover given the high power setting required to do so. One other detail, a turbo shaft engine is also considered an "internal combustion" engine. Both Reciprocating (piston) and Gas Turbine (turbo shaft/prop/fan/jet) engines are classified as "internal combustion". But I think we all knew what you meant. Anyway, nice work Simon, keep em' coming.

Simon is a man at the peak of his game. Well done sir!

love this guy. missed a bit in the future segment. drones and uses in planet exploring, like mars

The most cohesive and accessible explanation of the physics behind the helicopter I’m sat thinking “ohhhhh, that explains why I experienced what I did on DCS 😅 probably didn’t have the antitorque rotor running? Idk Love the work of yourself and your team! (Though while I’m here, I’ll mention the backing music of the “ the unknown “ channel could use a little variety. The memes however are top tier xoxo ) Drink whenever Simon mentions Stargate! 🤪😜

"Jury-rigged" is actually "jerry-rigged." British soldiers admired the ingenuity of the Germans in making repairs and adapting hardware and weapons in unorthodox ways, and so the term "jerry-rigged" entered the general vocabulary: similarly, Allied soldiers began collecting German "jerry cans" wherever and whenever they could find them and eventually started manufacturing their own copies.

Love the long form videos!

Not mentioned about the Mil V12 is that it was intended to ship ICBMs around, avoiding having railway lines giving away the location of launch facilities

Awesome video, Simon

Only about 20 minutes in but a fun fact for everyone; David Unaipon (Aboriginal elder on the aussie $50 note) was an inventor and tried to patent a design for a helicopter similar in design to modern ones towards the beginning of WWI. While it didn't go through, a relative of his recently worked with students from a university to recreate his intention by replacing the rotors on a drone with boomerangs to study his theory for early helicopter flight.

Excellent stuff bro

I enjoyed this!

Best get the popcorn in for this video! 🙂

Interesting video, thank you very much. Under the attack helicopter section, you forgot about the South African Rooivalk, which started development in 1984.

Helicopter! Helicopter!

My dad was a cobra mechanic during his time in the army. Stationed in Germany in the late 70s and early 80s

I enjoy this long video much more than the short 15 to 20 minute videos.

@megaprojects In regards to the Cheyenne, the US Air Force used the Key West Agreement to kill it. Under the Key West Agreement it divided roles between the branches and with the A-10 coming out, the USAF claimed that the Cheyenne would step on their feet since they had the Close Air Support role. Also, could you guys do a video on the ACH-47, a group of CH-47s that were heavily armed for close air support in Vietnam.

Saying helicopters development has stagnated, is to ignore drones and UAV, and even RC helicopters, because there has been massive leaps in the electronic that control vertical flight. While I wasn't really expecting anything about RC helis, the development of drones over the last 20 years has been phenomenal, so much so that they are now part of everyday life.

I could swear I saw this two days ago. Honestly 😮

@emas5306

Ай бұрын

Ahh was the top 10 helicopters 😂

I absolutely love these videos when the whole team can stretch their legs and really get to the meat and potatoes of the topic their covering.

last time i was this early, only birds could fly

@omarbaba9892

Ай бұрын

What about insects?🤓

@jackvos8047

Ай бұрын

So never?

Simon really missed out when describing the future blackhawk replacement. The real point of the V22 is that it goes 100 mph faster, and goes over 100 miles more than the public figures for the blackhawk, loaded for combat. and even further when shuttling from base to base. The blackhawk will be replaced, the V22 is the future, the Raider X is not as fast and cant go as far as the V22.... Also don't forget that the V22 and the osprey both have redundant gears so that if one engine cuts out, the engine on the opposite side can turn a gear all the way through the plane and keep the other propeller spinning. While the plane will have to slow down, the v22 can still make it home on one engine on a level flight. Which reminds me, you never addressed redundancy. Things like the blackhawk have two turbines just to make sure that even if one cuts out, the other can at minimum provide a controlled landing

@zaco-km3su

Ай бұрын

The V-22 won't replace the UH-60 Blackhawk, the V-280 will. The V-22 and V-280 are 2 different aircraft. They are not helicopters.

I've noticed none of Simon's channels do timestamps. I'm assuming it is to increase watch time, but on videos like this, I feel it is pretty necessary.

The toys came from them observing a two petal leaf with a cental stem that when falls drom the tree would spin and glide down to the ground like a helicopter propeller. You can find them in Canada as well.

Look at that Chinook. Look at it's introduction date. It's still flying. It's also still the fastest helicopter the US Army flies.

I played the Boffins drinking game and can’t stand up now. Thanks Simon

The amount of comments saying Simon is AI. On a video on helicopters. Good job

A quick correction on how lift is generated. NASA has proven that the Bernoulli Effect doesn't create lift on airfoils. That's an old myth that just so happens to (mostly) correlate to aerodynamic designs. There's no evidence that the high/low pressure created on the airfoils is what creates the lift. Source: "Incorrect Lift Theory #1" - NASA

@davemason6501

Ай бұрын

Totally agree. Watched several classroom videos given by Aeronautics professors. In short, lift is caused by the wing changing the direction of air fliow. In this case 'rotor wash'. So much air is beening blown down by the rotating blades that it lifts the helicopter up in reaction.

I've only listened for a minute or two, but how did this audio get past production? It's like SImon is speaking to me from two to three feet away in every direction at once. AHHHH! He's clear, but oh my God is it maddening. ninja edit: no; I do not mean like it is center-stage where center is between speakers on my head and the sound appears from nowhere. I mean it is like a reverb or delay.

Blink twice if you’re okay Simon!! lol love your dedication on your videos brother! Take a break once in a while for your health though!

Would a conventional drone be considered a helicopter? DJI type format, but there are some human-capable prototypes out there (Jetson One, HexaLift) that seem to be the next increment of heli tech

i got to see three v22 ospreys do a fly over in dublin last summer, i didnt realise there is only 400 of them in service

So my theory is that this man has a clone of 9 men! He reached enlightenment through conciousness and altruism! Kundalini, marijuana, meditation, lucid dreaming, fasting and cold showers!!! Ps mushrooms too...

I would love to see a video on the real-life Dune Ornithopter. It was an experimental plane France was working on before WWII.

You didn't even mention the Sky Crane (I think it was called that) that was used by power companies to install high voltage towers across hundreds of miles of forests & I believe was used by oil companies on their rigs at sea !

Guys, we need to organize to get Simon out of his slavitude. His captors messed up. In this video you can see the reflection of the gun in his glasses. Hang in there. Simon, we will rescue you!

My brother is a flight medic for an air rescue team in Texas. He was recently taken on as part of NASAs rescue team? Not sure what its title is but he is basically part of an medic team whenever they do crewed launches

If the main rotors break up in forward flight mode, They would Would sever the cockpit from the cabin.

You forgot about Airwolf, the most iconic stealth helicopter that could go mach II, sadly it crashed doing a rescue operation

I'm a helicopter junkie. Love everything about them.

Their idea for the helicopter came through observing seeds. . . At least in a roundabout way.

Can rockets be next? I enjoy these long episodes about specific vehicles.

@darthtac

Ай бұрын

Oh yes please.

Lotta good info. But did you write this before the Mars Copter?

excellent

Absolutely love the longer content!!!

One can only imagine what would have happened in WW2 if someone thought of combined arms. Just imagine if someone thought of a massive artillery barrage followed by a tank charge and a helicopter riding up the trenches with a couple of .50s blazing

The video itself is a megaproject👍

I think my Downey Unified Drafting Teacher Mr. Tuohy, was one of the 50's to 80's? pioneering disigner dudes, he pegged me for a job in the industries as a middle schooler or 9th grader, with school credit, and pay as a student in training? Duu "I said" no thanks.

I appreciate the low key addition of British slang