This Plane Is CURSED - The Forgotten Flying Wing…
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The XB-35 flying wing could have only existed thanks to one man, Jack Northrop, a brilliant engineer who realized that aircraft design had gone in the wrong direction. The sole purpose of a plane is to fly, and thus, all these extra areas like fulsage, tail and more don't really contribute to its main objective of generating lift.
So why not make a plane that was just the wing?
The XB-35 flying wing would have a total length of 53 feet (16.18m) and a wing span of 172 feet (52 meters). As the whole aircraft was a wing, it would have a huge wing area of 4,000 square feet, 370 meters squared, giving it an aspect ratio of 7.4 - nearly the same wing area as a beoing triple 7-300, a plane that easily dwafs this in size. the aircraft also had an impressivly small radar cross section - which would be very useful for stealth operations, which i'll get to later.
Inside it had very much the traditional cabin you would find on a normal plane, with even a tail cone protruding from the back with a little window. this would act as a remote sighting station, and a viewport for the tail gunner. In the middle of the cabin was a crew rest area with bunk beds for the long missions.
For the mission, the aircraft would have a crew of nine - a pilot captian, copilot, bombardier, navigator, engineer, radio operator and of course, three gunners to operate the twenty machine guns located in six nests around the fuslage - including a single tail stingers. Speaking of armument, this bomber aircraft could carry up to 52,200 pounds of bombs, or 23,678 kilos of explosives.
With four pusher propellers 15 feet across, 4 and a half meters, the aircraft would have a cruise speed of 240 mph (390 km/h, 210 kn) and a range of (12,100 km, 6,500 nmi) on a single fule tank. It had a goal cruise altitude of 39,700 ft (12,100 m) but that was actually restricted to 20,000 ft (6,096 m) due to APU problems - which i'll get to in a moment.
Things were looking up, and 200 bombers were ordered by the airforce with the first to enter the war in 1944.
Design took so long that the war came and went, and it finally took to the skies in 1946. While its inital test flights were without incident, it turns out that its propellers hadn't actually been investigated to see if they worked with the engines.
Because the relations had soured between the airforce and Northrop, the airforce refused to give the team a specail AC electrical alternator for the electrical systems. Thus the plane had to use its own onboard auxiliary power unit, limiting its ability to fly higher than 15,000 feet, or 4,600 meters -
Lastly, in an effort to put Northrop in a hard place, the air force demanded that the aircraft be able to carry the new atomic bomb or they would not buy it. However, it required a small modification of the bays - a plan that the airforce refused.
A solution to all these problems appeared with the arrival of the jet engine.
This new version of the plane, now dubbed the YB-49, would fly much faster and higher than the original, especially with its power supply problems. Initial tests in 1948 with eight jet engines allowed the airframe to reach 40,000 ft (12,000 m) and topped 520 mph (840 km/h), an impressive performance. However, the range was greatly reduced, and no longer could the plane fill the role of the grand-strategic bomber, a mission profile that had now switched to hitting russians factories in the USSR.
Of the 13 orders,, one crashed in 1948 during stall tests killing two famous test pilots, Major Daniel Forbes, of Forbes Air Force base fame, and Captian Glen Ewards, of Edwards Air Force base fame, as well as their three crew members.
The other 11 uncompleted prototypes were converted to other prototypes, such as a spy one called the YRB-49A. 30 had been ordered but cancelled without explanation around the same time.
As different people got promoted or moved around, the project landed on the desk of those unfamiliar with the drama and questioned all the back and forth, crashed tests and odd problems. Was it really worth all this effort?
In 1980, a now aged and wheelchair bound Jack Northrop was taken to the top secret design studio and show the underdevelopment prototype of the B-2 bomber. He recongised the same lines, and the same wing span of the flying wing he had championed nearly 40 years eariler and said "I know why God has kept me alive for the past 25 years." He would pass only 10 months later.
I bet the Ace Combat fans are real scared right now.
"Son of a-...they had the thing combat ready this whole time!"
*painting three white lines onto plane's tail
Yep ._.
You could say that they're..
**😎**
Triggered.
@@Leonidae I love you
Ace combat 7 was dope af..but the dialogue pissed me off just a little. 🤣
It all comes down to destroying rectena base
@@brecibros2469 is he really that good
@@phoenixleader1999 he has to be besides if he thought it was impossible he wouldn't have said anything
The center engines? Those aren't nearly as critical... aerodynamically, if you clip the engines on one side, the plane will have to kick in rudder and reduce thrust on the other engines to compensate... which will reduce power even further, increase drag, and so on, and result in a nearly crippled aircraft.
That's sweet to hear Northrop got to live to see the spirit of his legacy live on.
I work for Northrop Grumman. They told me that story my very first day on the job.
lol...I see what you did there....his spirit....the Northrop Grumman B2 Spirit lives on
yeah
They let his company die and be bought by his competitors, and rubbed it in by showing him the B-2.
Like the later F5 program, Northrop made a superior product but was denied by those with larger lobbying power.
@Glasspack40 F-14 deserved to go down
@steven anderson Too aggressive capitalism moment. Fortunately Northrop is a capitalism corporation that we can cheer for.
@Glasspack40 The 100 manhours of maintenance per flight hour, compressor stalls, no fly by wire, complicated swing wings which are not needed in modern aircraft since engine technology has advanced enough to make them obsolete and its airframe was created without computer assistance. Oh and did i mention the crazy per unit cost?
@Glasspack40 As for the other nations you are probably refering to IRAQI airforce when they had mirages and other outdated aircraft facing off against the tomcat which is not fair to compare since they are very very different machines
@@v0id683 your assessment of the F-14 is wrong on many levels. Granted it had significant issues. But it Created a far superior aircraft to the F-4 & F-8.
Jack Northrup was always about 20 years ahead of everybody else in aviation.
Seriously. Now stealth bombers, drones and maybe 6th gen fighters are all moving towards flying wings.
Not really. Parallel development by the Hortens shows that the idea was widespread.
They were all copying Junkers who patented an all-wing in 1910, designed them all through the interwar period.
Northrop and the Hortens were informed by Lippisch.
Many others had built "flying wings" as the media-hype terminology calls them.
Cheranovsky in the '20s and '30s, another Russian effort by Kharkov bureau called the KhAI-3 served as a small transport for a few years.
The Arup planes from Indiana in the '30s were the most well flown, well known and successful.
The problems with all of them including Northrop is that they violate every part of "if it looks right it'll fly right".
Fixes for any instability in the XB-35-49 were in use at the time, but it would require a commitment of time and $$, and the USAF CoS was corrupt, on the take from Convair, and they really didn't want to help Northrop build more factory floor space to make bombers.
@@JFrazer4303 Northrop was making powered aircraft in the 1920s, when the Horten brothers were in their teens, working with gliders. Fair point on Lippisch, in innovating many concepts, among others.
35 years
The Flying Wing concept wasn't viable until fly-by-wire controls became available
I think Kelly Johnson over at Lockheed was quite forward thinking too.
17:08 That made me tear up a bit. At least he got to see his work finally realized. Rest In Peace Mr. Northrop.
It's sad the last remaining flying wing wasn't saved for preservation .
Would have been great at an Aerospace Museum
Destroy all evidence then there's no comeback. Did the same with the TSR2 and a Rocket/Ramjet fighter that was favourite but killed to sell Germany the F104.
Boeing was not having that
@@huudielbo728 did that not happen in Canada also re: Avro Arrow ...Canadian government lobbied by U.S. arms suppliers such as Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas
@@scotttait2197 or you know because Canada Air Force is poor as fuck
I remember when the original Flying Wing suddenly disappeared from all the books. Only when the B2 Stealth Bomber suddenly arrived on the scene did I realize just why they were suppressing it... the B2 was a direct result of the Northrup Flying Wing, invented in 1929. They retooled it, added jet engines and made it out of carbon fiber, but it is essentially the same, exact design.
*"All units, take out Big Baby Huey!"*
SlyCooperFan1: What the f**k??? _DING_
ok
It wasn't cursed, it was ill timed. The instabilities of the flying wing were partially compensated for by the prop torque. But the skinny turbojets of the early jet age couldn't compensate, and it ended on the scrap heap.
Because simply Northrop was nobody at that time. Providing any funky design to seemingly stoneheaded organization is something you want to work way-way harder, to say the least
In reality a tailless aircraft can't fly for too long without fly-by-wire.
The B-2 for example uses both control surfaces in the wing that act as air brakes and independent variable thrust in each of the engines to control yaw and avoid a flat spin. Same for the X-36.
That technology was simply not there until the dawn of microchips. No matter how hard they tried, the project had to be suspended.
It flew well as per Testpilot statements! But some other Aircraft manufacturer may sabotaged it and some Parties or Politicians were corrupt and took money too...
The XB-49 was also nearly 90 mph slower than the B-47, too. It wasn’t until fly-by-wire became viable in the 1970’s that Northrop was finally able to make the flying wing bomber work with the B-2.
@@DonVigaDeFierro Not true, that issue has been solved, fly-by-wire is not required anymore, and flying wings are now superior to traditional designs in many ways. Depends on your application.
Innovation vs politics, including lobbying and power grabs. Politics wins.
GOVERNMENT SUCKS.
The only thing wrong with "politics" it's the politicians
Lobbying is a cool word to say corruption, reject democracy, return to tradition, long live the king
yes if it costs the taxpayers less or works much better than anything else it gets killed by US Industrial politics.
That's what happened to the Avro Arrow
So, is the B-2 spirit Jack Northrop's vindication?
@zanbrocal
RE: "So, is the B-2 spirit Jack Northrop's vindication?"
Exactly!
Definitely. And the aircraft dimensions was almost the same.
No. After they let his company go belly-up and be bought by his worst competitor, they showed him the B-2 to rub it in.
In the early 80s, jack was still alive. He was asked to come to Northrop offices, and shown a model of the B2. After seeing the model, he said, " now i know why I've lived so long." He died shortly thereafter.
Walter Johnson B2 is more like the German H2 concept
So the arsenal bird from
Ace combat 7 was REAL?!!?
Also this isn't cursed its cool
Edit: this real life Arsenal bird has less engines and no force fields no drones no missiles the
Ace combat arsenal bird had
Force fields missiles lasers drones
And ALOT More engines
Its really the Northrop B-2 but done in the 40's, the have nearly the same dimensions for probably obvious reasons.
Yeah I would agree. It never saw combat sadly
The Arsenal Bird merely borrowed design from some real prototypes, it isn't real in any sense even if you take out the ridiculous laser and force field.
The concept of Arsenal Plane does exist too, but has nothing to do with UAVs. Rather they are envisioned as a cargo plane with ability to air-launch a huge number of cruise missiles, but lack any sophisticated fire control of its own and must rely on friendlies to guide it.
@@UNSF yea
_>real life Arsenal bird has less engines and no force fields no drones no missiles_
That's what -Southern Belk...- Northrop Industries wants you to believe...
We got the arsenal bird and we got the drones, now we just need to combine them together and we are ready to bring ace combat 7 into real life
But still no super pilots that can take monstrously high G-forces.
@@marrqi7wini54 I mean even we got such pilot we still need the physics though kekw
People keep forgetting that these perpetually flying rocs are powered by a SPACE ELEVATOR. Built that first Harling.
Mwahahaha
@@marrqi7wini54 actually
We have some
Selective breeding or genetic harvesting
AC fans: Hey we've seen this one!
USAF: WHAT DO YOU MEAN SEEN THIS ONE?!
We uhhh don’t like to talk about it
Rip flying dorito lads
RIP
@@FoundAndExplained yeah rip
@@FoundAndExplained btw, for a suggestion for ww2 aircrafts, how about the Pe-2 or Tu-2?
@@foxgaming76yt24 or ho 229
It's a Boomerang! and if one engine stops it flies like a Boomerang.
What really got interesting, the AF General that cancelled the flying wing, retired, and went to work for Convair on the B-36 program.
Complete fabrication. Symington NEVER worked for Convair, and he did not cancel the B-35 production contract. All he did was approve the B-36 production contract, in accordance with the Air Force Source Selection Board recommendation.
@@daveciocchi851 The book I have, the history of Northrup, told it otherwise. That's my source.
How many drones can we fit in that
asking for a not belkan friend
why do you need drones when you have a v2
Why need V2 when you have Stonehenge?
@@AbsoluteZero6714 why I need a stonehenge when you got trigger
That sounds like something a Belkan would say.
@@dominicporter5100 I mean... the username does checkout =\
The FIx was In!
It was too good and it was slaughtered with Red Tape.
The XB-35/YB-49 are some of my favourite concept aircraft ever. But I just love the flying wing design so much...
And the backroom dealing continues to this day. How else can our elected "representatives" become multi-millionaires in such a short time ?!
Ted Bomba you hit it right on the head
I don't think that many of them are "multi-millionaires"
@@noco7243 Are you kidding? Nancy Pelosi is worth over $100m. Most Senators are worth more than $3m. They all gain huge wealth while in office. Insider stock trading scandals have been exposed over the past 2 years. Our political system is totally corrupted by money.
ahem, pfizer ahem
A pure wing concept. Jack nearly made it work. The Horten brothers did make it work. Computers made it definitely work with the B-2 bomber.
I mean, the YB-35/49 worked, it was just pure politics and corporate warfare that killed it. Considering the Horton didn't even fly under its own power I'd give more credit to Jack here.
Horten Brothers did not even make their plane fly
"I've gotta put it in the water"
I understood that reference
Captain Rogers? STEVE?
I have a print of this framed on my wall, had it since I was 10yo. Still amazing to look at considering how old the aircraft design was. Cant wait for the video :)
Harry Zain: We must be contemporaries because, while I'm not lucky enough to have a print of this amazing aircraft, I certainly remember being totally mesmerized by the concept of a
' flying wing ' aircraft. When I got a little older I enlisted in the Air Force and, lo and behold, was stationed at an airbase, which I will not name, that became known for its black hanger. That hanger allegedly housed a black aircraft which only flew well after sundown. Jack Northrop really got screwed...
I'm glad you mentioned the B-2 and how Jack Northrop was shown it less than a year before he died. He recognized his baby .
Yea i almost teared up when he was like "I know why I've been alive so long"
I remember first seeing the YB-49 jet Flying Wing bomber in the 1953 movie, “War of the Worlds” when I was a kid. That first viewing got me fascinated with it to this day. A very cool and unique aircraft.
Flak Jack Ed I remember that War Of The Worlds scene too.
I would trust Jack Northrop's word over the military any time
why?
@@barrybarnes96 Military had much more to gain from the offer and Northrop everything to lose, including the independence of the company that bears his name. The fact that Northrop never lost faith in the basic design (much later vindicated in the design of B-2 Spirit) means to me that he was not all about succeeding at all cost. It's possible I am a cynic of large organizations, but militaries all over the world have shown themselves to have many ulterior avenues for decision making.
It's worth mentioning that, circa 1979-80, Jack Northrop's health had deteriorated to such a degree that he could no longer speak. The accepted series of events is that Northrop was given clearance to take a look at, and handle, a scale model of what was to become the B-2 Spirit. The years of work on the original Flying Wing came back to him and he wrote, reportedly, "Now I know why God has kept me alive for 25 years." He would pass away less than a full year later, having finally seen the potential of what his life's work was capable of, but not what that potential could give.
Glad he was able to finally see his dream.
That at10:31 is not an extra fueltank, it is a other jetengine.. this Version had 4 Build in engine and two engine in pylons.
You noticed that error too concerning the six jet engine YRB-49A "flying wing."
Sweet vid as always. Please do a vid on the Horten Ho 229.
Also worth noting, the flying wing design while efficient has stability issues. It is hard to control, as there is a reason planes took on the shape they did.
This can (and has) been fixed with computer technology that can make thousands of micro adjustments every second. But such tech didn't exist, or even was conceptualized, in the 40s & 50s.
Put simply, Northrop was born in the wrong decade.
I think you mean generation or century. A LOT of people were born in the wrong time. But then again this world might not be here.
Hear Hear! "Fly-By-Wire" solved so much of the "Flying Wing" problem that the F-117 became feasible.
This Video: US Flying Wing Bomber
Me: Ah yes, the predecessor of the B-2 Stealth Bomber.
Comment Section: **
CL-1201 Airborne Aircraft Carrier Concept which was featured in this channel some time ago: *_Am I joke to you?_*
CL-1201 is more of an Aigaion.
Looks very close to the Avro Vulcan too
No it was the Ho 220 built by the Horton brothers in Germany,
Accurate
USA: I have stealth bombers
Some Serb dudes: Shame if something were to happen to them
I saw all the ace combat memes coming as soon as I saw this
why not? Ace combat is underrated game and had alot of potential in it
@@whathehellisthis I never said anything was wrong with it you are right
This is one of my favorite aircraft. Actually, most Northrop aircraft are my favorites
Ah I remembered the time when I destroyed the arsenal bird but then crashed into it which resulted in me having to re-do it again from a check point.
😆😆😆😆😆😆
Trigger is down, command
We are returning to base
@@kenbee1957 I was just trying to look at the Arsenal bird LOL
Those damn Belkans are at it again!
Thank you!!! I've been waiting for this video for a long time. You are the best making videos about planes 👏🏻👏🏻
I cannot miss this one. It starts at 6:30 PM
I'm surprised that this design isn't used more today. The biggest problem is stability which today is taken care of by computers running the SAS (stability augmentation systems)
Training pilots to fly the flying wing would be difficult. b2 pilots need separate training, as the b2 flies differently than every other plans on Earth. Every pilot would need to be re-trained, which is a financial and logistical nightmare. There are so few experienced flying wing pilots that the military couldn't train rookies fast enough.
The flying wing pushes the upper limits of what our tech can do. You’ll be seeing a lot more of the flying wing in the decades to come as the military gets used to the vast computing power of the 21st century.
"Took to the air in 1946". Also the time UFO sightings really took off. Coincidence?
This seems something that's out of some space movie ngl
Think you could make a space plane out of it by replacing the jets with SABREs or similar?
It looks similar with the plane that the red skull use in the captain America movie
It looks like something out of certain arcade flying game set in a strange real world
@@Monarch683 hmmmm
Kinda did.
The jet version had a starring role in War of the Worlds in 1953.
The reason it didn't take off was because the design was unstable to fly. Only with the advent of computers did flying wings became controllable so the B-2 was born.
I've seen so many (in this channel and others) vehicle projects that didn't get finished because were either to much ahead of their time, or just needed more investiment.
Recent history is paved with projects like this one, and the real shame is no one picked them up in the more recent years.
This was an icredible video mate, just the best👌
I love it
now I know where the Ace Combat 7 developers got their design for the Arsenal bird
Love the 3d model and the video! This plane was so ahead of its time but just could not make it through all the approvals and hurdles thrown in Northrop's way. I love that in the end Jack Northrop got to at least see the B-2 before his death.
6:41 i like the idea of military officals and engineers just casually bickering at mcdonalds lol
"Way longer ... " - I had no idea how almost 20mins passed.
Awesome work. Thank you!
I was aware of this topic and had done a volume of research on it.. You have DONE an amazing job on this truly AMAZING story!!
Normal people: damm that’s cool
Ace combat fans : I kinda seen that before
Id love to see more flying wings, I personally love the HO229 which was being developed at the same time.
Amazing story. Reminds me of the Avro Arrow. Remember, though, the B-2 flies well because of…computers.
Solved the instability problems.
The biggest issue with the early flying wing bombers was yaw stability. A strategic bomber needs to be able to hit it's target. It's hard to do that when you're plane keeps wandering left and right. The B2 uses spoilers and fly by wire for this but that technology wasn't there in the '50s.
Wait, I know that plane is the one that appeared in Captain America 1 that has mini planes
I think that was a german design
Yes that was a German design, similar idea tho
No, that was a completely fictional plane, its design was inspired by two German aircraft concepts from World War II. Its shape resembles the Horten Ho 229 flying wing night-fighter, while its intended function is closer to that of the Daimler-Benz Project C, which was also intended to launch suicide missiles.
Aight im calling the strider squadron
The interesting irony of the (in)famous Flying Wing's history, is that on both sides of the war, both 'Merican and Nazi engineers were having similar ideas, and getting a similar convoluted hell to ground their projects.
Northrup and Horten... damn. Reality can, at times, be weirder than fiction.
Shame that true visionaries have a high propensity to encounter dicey carriers. But rest in peace, Jack Northrup. At the very least, YOU got to see your wing take to the sky, you badass visionary.
And the B-36 turned out to be a flying dinosaur.
One pilot said it was like "flying your grandmother's house from the front porch"
sad this plane was not selected and was more developt, there would be amazing aircraft now flying.
Yes, the B2
i remember watching and reading in my books about how this plane 'had a curse'. Pretty funny how somethings that look so new and fantastical idea most shun away from as they cannot believe it will work. also he was alive to see the b2 bomber fly
Flies great as a model too
I'm so glad Northrop got to see the B2 under development. What a feeling that must have been. He must have smiled ear to ear.
Great video and CGI , excellent channel.
*starts painting three white lines onto plane*
*ac7 PTSD intensifies*
M I S S L E M I S S L E M I S S L E
Me: I’ve seen this one before, it’s a classic
"Its a flying fortress" the B-17: am I a joke to you
Awesome video as per usual. Your CGI graphics are top notch!
Thank you sir!
Actually the graphics had some fairly fundamental flaws, the YB35 had 'contra-rotating' props, which means the front prop turns in the opposite direction to the back one. All the CGI showed all the props turning the same way. Also the fins on the YB49 were above AND below the trailing edge, not on stubs above the trailing edge.
Good video overall, but typical little mistakes from non aviation doco makers.
The thumbnail is just awesome and so for the video
The plane was inherently unstable and pilots could not get out when it stalled. It tended to flip over and over when it stalled. Also in banking turns, It's side slip was so bad that it would slip right into the ground. My father did an analysis back the the fifties for a senator which in the end, killed the project
They could get out, it happened with a test pilot. But he also said that the aircraft was never to be stalled. They had solved the yaw stability issues with a gyro system, Bell would later reuse that idea with the AH-1 cobra see: czcams.com/video/EHsiBSTdjyA/video.html Gyro stability with no computer required. They didn't update that system until the mid 80's because it worked so well.
Man.. Your animations and explaination was pretty cool... 💙
My dad worked on the flying wing. He was adamant that it was junked way too soon. I, too, worked on aircraft (A mixture of fighters, B-52s and KC-135s), and got to talk to one of the pilots as to why it was junked. He said it was because it was really difficult to handle. Nothing of that sort is in this video. It makes me wonder what the entire true story is.
Good work on this documentary! I love the Flying Wing Bomber. Its outside the box eccentricity yet simplicity of design makes it, along with the Ho-229 my favorite aircraft of all time. I thought the animation you used illustrating the Wing was pretty amazing, in my opinion. Glad I found this documentary and it definitely stands as my favorite among all the 20-25 minute short docs on the YB-49.
First there was . . . the XB-35. (1946)
Then there was . . . the YB-49. (1947)
Finally, there was . . . the B-2. (1997)
References:
(1) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
(2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49
(3) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit
And before that, there was the Avion 1 (1929)
The N-1M (1940) and the N-9M (1942)
a number of Horten is missing
@@Dinitroflurbenzol nope, because Hortens had nothing to do with it
Long caster:
My mom was a cockpit instrument "tech" at North American Aviation (Now Northrup) after WW2 and she worked on the YB's. I have a YB lapel pin from her. I would at times, hang out with my Aerospace Engineer friends at Northrup, either via the AIAA or with the Ham Radio Club. Years ago, I acquired the Pilot's manual for a YB 49.
In 1953, I was in the Navy, stationed @ Adak, Alaska. I got a 30 day "leave" and went NORTH to my home in Fairbanks, Alaska. My Dad owned "The Elbow Room" bar on 2nd Ave in downtown. At the back of the bar was a big circle area where 6 to 8 could sit and see each other. Test pilots from different aircraft Cos. hung out there in the evenings. One night I'm sweeping peanut shells into my apron when one of the guys said, "Hey, would you like to see some airplanes tomorrow?" My answer was a loud "SURE!!!!!!!!" So at 8 AM I'm at the hangar check-in and get in like it's a movie theater, not a place where SECRET AIRCRAFT are testing. When I walked into the hangar, a big thing is blocking my view so I look under it and see an F-80 sitting on the other side of the hangar, then I looked up, and this monster, the XF-102 is what I'm under, and on the other side of it was the XF-101. I got to sit in both of'm. When I got back to Adak and told guys about them, they said something like, "Ray, you've got to change beers because the stuff you're drinking is screwing up your mind. I'd like to have seen their faces when those planes became public.
What a great story
What an excellent piece again! Great research work, excellent visuals and good delivery! You are only missing 4K production at this point and your channel is just perfect for aircraft enthusiasts. ;)
Thank you for adding metric conversion...much appreciated.
Excellent video with great content! I just LOVE the computer models!! AWESOME graphics!! Thank You and Happy Holidays🎄
Dang it USAF, why did you have to destroy this beauty
Just wondering could it prove to be more efficient after all if not all those "ifs".
Wonderful work as always
Fantastic video! Keep up the great work!
The US Air force: NOOOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD A FLYING WING THATS [insert reason here]
Also them a couple decades later: Haha stealth dorito
I put illegal
Lockheed was jelous of design
@@verden2323 Lockheed wasn't even competing with the design. It was Convair with the B-36 and Secretary of the Airforce Stuart Symington who want them to create a merger with Consolidated Vultee who became Convair or "be damned sorry if they didn’t."
I’m really happy that you did this plane, I wish that one of these was preserved.
Epic video and great format! Just subcribbed!
Thanks for sharing. 😎👌🏼
DON’T EVER SAY ITS CURSED AGAIN ITS BEAUTIFUL!
I’m getting some serious usea flashbacks right now
The B-36 was built to do that. The flight controls did not excise at the time to totally control a flying wing.
Actually, the biggest curse was Truman.
Airforce: "We need bigger bombs"
Northrop: "ok, we'll make some bigger bomb bays"
Airforce: "no"
Northrop: 👁👄👁
I love flying wing designs, it amazes me and looks cool in my opinion
Can't grasp the happiness that Jack Northrop had after seeing the B-2 schematics, seeing his idea that was shot down from the 50's finally being adapted and re- created in modern times
No shit. “You are so welcome, USAF, and thanks so much for wheeling me into your office so I could see how ripped off I was.” 🥸🤯
Great video thanks !
can your next video be about the XB-70 Valkyrie
It need a powerful energy shield & some air drones
Also lasers
...and a couple of missiles
you mean a volley of missiles?@@kenbee1957
Great video - super interesting!!!
Very hard to control back in the 50's but today with advanced computers aboard they are not a problem thanks to Lockheed Martin the B-2 bomber is just fine.
I'm glad that he lived to see his dream come true after all those years 🙏
Ohh! It's the Northrop Grumman YB-49! (Or something else) Because it kinda resembles the YB-49.
@Wilson Stone sometimes I forget about my ill-fated aviation projects.
@@satvikkrishna1593 you spelled B-2 wrong. 😎
@@rexmann1984 I agree with my B-2 Spelling!
@@satvikkrishna1593 Did you study up on the flying wing NASA recently developed? Dude, the next generation of fighters and bombers are gonna be crazy.
@@rexmann1984 that's the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider! Well recently China copied the Northrop B-2 Spirit.
Cool video! for the next one you could maybe do the lockheed martin Venturestar, would be cool
Ahhh, so that's where the inspiration for gigantic bombers in Sky Crawlers came from! Awesome video!