Pilot's Perspective: Fokker DVIII | Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2021
- Fly along with airshow pilot Brian Coughlin in his Fokker DVIII during our Sunday WW1 airshow! Read more about Brian's DVIII here: oldrhinebeck.org/fokker-e-v-d...
Video by Michelle Locke
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Love to see Cole Palin’s dream still lives on at Rhinebeck.
Great video!, went to the aerodrome every Sunday with my father who was friends with Cole Palen, Dave Fox , Dick King and all the guys back in the 70's
That was amazing! (Wouldn't like to pick a field for a forced landing there, though....!)
These videos are awesome thank you very much!
So glad you enjoy them!
@@OldRhinebeckAerodrome is that the original engine? Incredible sound!
It's the only thing on my bucket list! Or New Zealand!!
Great video.......Keep them coming !
We definitely have more on the way!
Thanks great video,, I see how incredibly brave those pioneering ancestors were,, to fly n fight in those aircraft in European skies in winter 🥶!! Wow 😮!! God bless all the ancient warriors!! Rest in peace ☮️ peace!!
This is so wild! What a treat to be able to share some history. Thank you
What an awesome video. Visited there in early October. Enjoyed 2 flights in the Bi Plane Ride. Can't wait til next spring to visit again.
We hope to see you again in the spring!
That, right there, is the most fun I’ve had in a long time without buying fuel!
Cool video. I didn't realize how low the wing is. I wish someone made full scale plans for this. The only one I see is from Aerodrome Aeroplanes 3/4 scale.
Is a 53 year old guy, I cannot even imagine the probability and danger of successful takeoffs and landings. And then, when you factor in that you're going to have to fly around and shoot at people who are shooting at you, I can't imagine these boys with smiles on their faces and scarves wrap around their neck getting a thrill from this.
Those damn rotaries are just so archaic PITA!!!
That was cool!
So damn cool! Thanks!
Great video! Lets tighten that inspection panel screw right in front of you...Lol
just wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my! I never realized how much the upper wing could block the pilot view. Must of been nerve wracking on a air to air combat 😮
To soar above the treetops, taking in all the scenery, must be exhilarating.
Awesome!😎👍
I'm curious about the fuel you put for these engines? Fantastic vid that show how dangerous these marvels were and what an adventure it is to fly them!
Thank you so much and fly safe
These rotary engines lacks an oil sump, therefore they must run on 2 cycle mix. At the time castrol oil was used
Wow!
Insane!! Almost gives you the feel of what is was to fly one of those "Flying Razors". Noisy as Hell, like riding a motorcycle with wings. I can't imagine what it must have been like to Dogfight fight in aircraft like Those though! Man those WW1 fighter pilots must had some hair on their balls!:)
That trailing edge is just screaming for a mirror....
In a replica is there any benefit when using modern materials as opposed to the original specs?
A very complicated question. Depends on the materials and their application. For example we cover with modern materials as they are not toxic and will not burn. Spruce spar is a spruce spar.
Nice video, that area around the airfield looks awfully wooded to do any kind of safe crash landing.
Please, can you tell us something about the engine?
What is the V NO (and cruise setting)?
how does he use the guns it looks like it goes into the propeller.
The guns are synchronized so that they do not fire when the propellor blades are in front of the muzzles-cams and levers.
I kno,staying out of the air space ha; I'd climb up n be comfortable....no transponder to worry about...
World War One's superplane.
During flight i See and hear an altering RPM and it appears like the engine is beeing turned on and off all time. Why is that?
Possibly a blip switch? It disconnects half the spark plugs the and allows the plane to glide uncovered in quick bursts before planes were equipped with throttles. For some it was 100% power or none at all.
The engine shouldn't die as long as the rpms of the radial don't get too low.
@@kaseyfreudenstein4970 in my flight sim it has a throttle and im sure that is correct cause its really authentic
@@sebastianbombasti7554 In reality, these engines did technically have a throttle, but it would take about 30 seconds to tune the engine properly to make sure that it runs without stalling at the right settings for that throttle. So in real life, the way that people flew them, was to use a mag switch that would shut off half of the mags or all of the mags and they would use the blip switch to basically throttle it by going on and off. For long distance cruises they did have a throttle but once you adjust the throttle you have to spend a lot of work and tuning and it was very finicky to get right, so when flying in formation you could adjust the throttle a very teeny teeny teeny tiny bit at a time in order to match your speed but in real world flying when making turns in maneuvers and when landing, you would just use the blip system at full throttle because then you only would have to tune it once. You couldn't just adjust the throttle and keep the engine running, just moving the throttle would pretty much instantly kill the engine or flood it