Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-1 Extreme Speed At High Altitudes.

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This video covers the Ta 152 H-1 which was the high altitude variant. Sadly there isn't a lot of original source materiel for this airplane, at least not as compared with Allied aircraft or even other German fighters. Thus, I had to interject a lot of my own opinions, more than I would have liked. Still, I do think I covered the key technical aspects reasonably well.

Another issue is the lack of photographs of the plane. There are so few pictures of Ta 152s that I had to use whatever I could find, many are grainy low resolution shots, and often I had to use a picture of the wrong variant.

Notes, One astute viewer (Admiral) has pointed out that the pressurization was also very important for physiological reasons. That's true. There are two factors here. First it reduces the pressure change on the body in a rapid dive. In other words, your body only goes from 26,000 feet down to 5000 or whatever, which is a much smaller pressure change than 45,000 feet down to 5000. Second, at higher altitudes it's more difficult to breath because of the low pressure. This starts to be a problem at about 40,000 feet and by 49,000 breathing is nearly impossible. So an oxygen mask alone, won't do it. The Ta 152 is made to operate in the region, thus the pressurization is super important.

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The picture at 9:59 is a Jumo 211, that snuck in there. Good job Paddy for spotting that one. Go check out his channel for awesome War Plane Footage:
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I've been a professional aviator for 42 years, and I congrat. you on your channel.
It's technically and seriously
THE BEST.!!!
(And thanks for the NO MUSIC.)
KUDOS TO YOU.

arodrigues
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Translation of the slide at 21:50 (very literal, not concerned about English style points here)
IX. High altitude flight
Rescue-safety device:
A. Start oxygen breathing at 4000m and keep always active above 4000m
1. Open oxygen remote control valve. Observe pressure gauge and O2 "guardian"
2. In case of shortness of breath, use oxygen shower (press with elbow)
B. At 8000m altitude, start pressurized operation
1. (Set) rotary dial for breathing air supply to position "pressurized operation"
2. Fill sealing hose. Press valve for 15-20 seconds
3. Occasionally, observe cabin pressure gauge. Internal pressure (should be) equal to 8km

mlehmannAZ
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I find myself coming back to watch these again due to the superior quality and information density. But, even if it's been a year or more, I still only get to like them once.

DCFusor
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I love this guy. He's just so straight up and logical. It's such a breath of fresh air. I wish there were more people like him. "Thank you, Greg!"

gideonsgate
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This is my favourite German plane from WW2. I had no idea that it was so complicated. I just liked the look.

DOGG
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"There were some issue with supply [of fuel]": you are the grand master of putting it mildly :-)

janrendek
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The Ta 152 is surely one of the most fascinating piston engined aircraft. Thanks Greg, your Channel is truly great.

jeromestern
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The 152H-1 when tested by the British was said to have similar flight characteristics to the Spitfire in that in turned extremely well. Kurt Tank was said to have outrun a flight of P-51's while test flying a TA 152. The P-51 pilots stated that the TA 152 pulled away at a relative speed of 30MPH.

LanceisLawson
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I'm 69 years old, born 1950, and interested in flying machines since 1957, retired member of the Royal Australian Air Force, A-G-A/G-G Comms, basically, just a Radio Operator, nothing special
. YOU, and this presentation, have opened my mind and eyes, this presentation was absolutely rivetting, excellently presented, and your vocal delivery is perfect. Your nuances of speech, tone, inflection, levels of spoken sound, are as close to perfect as I could imagine, I was lucky enough in High School to have a Science Teacher with your qualities of 'teaching', she, as you, enabled me to understand and most importantly, comprehend, what you were saying. I will seek out your posts. Brilliant presentation in every aspect, thank you so much.

stuartgarfatth
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There's something worth of mentioning too, Junkers had from the very beginning designed the Jumo 210 series as a direct swap in option to the DB600 series engines. The motormounts and all wiring, control- and fluidlines were at the same position between them so it was possible to change from DB 60x to Jumo 21x relatively easily. RLM took this later even further by issuing the krafteie pattern wich standardised the engine mounts, wiring, controllines and so forth between the airframe and engine. It was never widely adopted by anyone else but Junkers and Focke-Wulff, some Dornier designs adopted it too. The annular radiator of D-series and TA 152 variants was also a Junkers desing and propably worth of its own video, as it was aerodynamically suprisingly efficient way to cool the engine.

VaapeliRaka
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A great video as always! The page from the German manual at 28:00 min reads:

IV High altitude flight
Rescue safety device

A. Start breathing oxygen at 4000 meters and keep doing so above 4000 meters.
1. Open remote oxygen valve. Monitor pressure gauge and oxygen guard.
2. If shortness of breath occurs use oxygen shower (press with elbow)

B. At 8000 meters engage pressurisation
1. Turn rotary switch for air supply to "pressurised mode"
2. Fill gasket hose. Press valve for 15 to 20 seconds.
3. Check cabin pressure gauge from time to time. Cabin pressure equivalent to 8000 meters.

axelvetter
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Incredible video. I can't stress enough how many eye-opening things you said. And most important is that you made it fairly easy to understand!

ThorneyedWT
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Word for word:


IX High Altitude Flight
Rescue Safety Device:
A. Start breathing oxygen at 4000m and always stay on above 4000m.
1. Open oxygen remote control valve. Monitor pressure meter and oxygen watchdog/guard.
2. When breathlessness is experienced use oxygen shower (to be activated with the elbow).
B. In 8000m activate pressurized mode.
1. Rotary breathing dial to "pressure mode".
2. Fill sealed tube. (Push the valve 15 to 20 seconds.)
3. Regularly check cabin pressure gage. Inside pressure equals 8km.


Btw. 4000m is still commonly used in Germany as max. altitude to fly without oxygen by recreational flyers. Only when staying longer on 4000m you would start breathing oxygen.

unclewerner
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Remember seeing a full size (large book) with both pages together showing the cockpit of a Focke-Wulf it all it's glory and was struck at how modern the layout looked...comparing it to all the others, that I spent the `70's, `80's & `90's reading about and going over every picture I could get my hands on... it really hit me that what I was seeing then looked like a picture taken of any modern aircraft of today....less the LED or flat screen stuff of course...

moss
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It makes me so happy to see a video of my favorite aircraft of all time, being so rare.

abrahamlouw
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"Only 2 TA-152s were still intact at the end of the war. One was shipped off to the U.S.A. and the other was scrapped." That sentence really hurt me down low - like a cheap kick to the balls.

moistmike
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Kurt is my favorite designer of the period. Although Kelly is a close second. The ta-152 is by far the most beautiful aircraft of world war II.

MajorBorris
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While the Messerschmitt BF-109 and ME-109 had higher production numbers and gets more glory and recognition by the layman... the Focke-Wulf FW190 was a superior plane... especially the later models with improved armour, horsepower, range, guns, etc.

scottdunn
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TA 152!!!! Fantastic to see this on the channel! Its without a doutb my favorite plane an ive always has gard times finding info on it and this was just wonderfully made and very interesting to learn some things i never new about.

benjaminjohnson
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I wanted to thank you for putting out this video. I’ve been infatuated with the 152 for a long time. I’ve read many things about it, And seeing this video made me happy.

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