Will This Weird Museum Airplane Run & Fly After Decades?

look at that the wheels are part of the wing I mean I can kind of conceptually understand it but it's still just a weird uh yeah tell tell dragger back here and there's no if you notice something is missing right here there's no elevator on this they just have the rudder and those two Wings maybe they just took the elevator and moved it forward and took the wing and moved it for I have no idea but I do know that according to this article it says Tom Jewett Jewett not sure if I pronounced that correctly he was one of the test Engineers on the B1 bomber and he said their goal behind this airplane was to take everything off of it that doesn't help it fly or go faster and that's how apparently they get so much speed out of such a weird and low powered airplane this particular model 165 mile an hour top speed it's not bad four gallons an hour this whole thing weighs 582 pounds the way it sits right here 582 pounds most of it should be up there didn't weigh anything here can I get it with my pinky no point front finger front finger right there a REV Master 2100 D that produces are you sitting down 64 horsepower at one point this airplane was for sale for sixteen thousand dollars uh it said 250 hours total time toe breaks and three thousand dollars spent to get the aircraft into top shape has reflexor modification as well I don't know what that is put in the comments what the heck that is uh two Place intercom it says top speed 180 miles an hour here on the ad uh cloth good shape fiberglass repairs need built in 1981 in California been in Midwest in Georgia since the mid 80s this says it was from New York and then now it has been here at the Evergreen air and space museum since 2009 and they said we've got a stealth fighter coming in so the weird Canard thing needs to go out make it a quickie and get out of here dude do you know what that lid is right there [Laughter] that's a thermos lip please please tell me this is the gas cap oh please it's got blue on it that's that's hopeful that I think that's the gas tank it it's a Rubbermaid straw I guess you need a vintage gas cap I love experimentals so much for that reason and that reason alone oh oh my goodness and then you have like the little refrigerator cabinet door magnet right there this is my favorite plane ever all right let's see if this thing unlocked oh yes it is yes it is now that's a good idea that oh I kind of wish the Lance air would have something like that yeah I bought the Lance here and it sat for over 20 years and we were able to successfully get it started it kind of fought us there for a minute but she lit off and that One's Gonna Fly again I can't wait this reminds me of a motorhome like an old Dodge Motorhome little and the switches that are in it I just noticed Tu I think stands for trim up trim down and then I noticed if you look back on the ailerons watch that what the heck so let's get those let's kind of get those right there now that is the weirdest trim I've ever seen I mean it does make sense there's no elevator normally this trim would be on the elevator on the back but since this is the elevator and the wing it's a aerator normally when you pull back on the stick like this it moves the elevator in the back for the the pitch trim to make the airplane go up and down I just now realized as I was doing this these control surfaces these flap thingies are moving here take a take a look now the rudder is still in the normal place this is the elevator but the elevator is on the front of the airplane not the back of the airplane the ailerons are on the back of the airplane not on the front of the airplane I am thoroughly confused at this point everything's flip-flopped and backwards in every place that it ought not to be oh yeah this is the trim for our elevator aerons hello Ella bronze it's kind of that's semi-normal I don't oh oh she's got some water in it I know they they this airplane had been inside since 2009 and yeah it's not inside anymore that's great ew oh that is a lot gross let's go get the other one out okay there's that one this is the same Museum that has the Spruce Goose and an SR-71 and you don't see them just pushing the SR-71 out back to you and I would love to see if they'd let us do it will it start on napping that would be awesome all right watch out oh that's ready oh Splat okay we need to go stick all this in the Sun and dry out while we're on our way over here this is the lands air that I bought and if you go watch the other video uh this one has been in here since 2003 it had been 20 years since uh the last time it flew and we inspected everything and spoiler alert I literally just put gas in there it did have a fairly significant fuel leak we had to you know get that fixed uh and then hooked a battery up to it and just like that it fired up I'm selling my lance hair because I own an airplane very similar to this and I'm going to be keeping that one because this one is actually way better so okay okay oh wow oh that is that is a lot of water that is a huge amount of water what was I doing I have no idea oh we were just looking around at things I don't I can't tell if it's just a picture or if it's like supposed to do something that's the volume I I have absolutely no earthly idea what wait I feel a little micro switch you're just gentle or it could just be the sticker part coming off of that I don't know this does look like one of those like early 80s late 70s stereo equipment where they were trying to get real slick and have like the smooth Touch where you just barely touch the thing and then it would do the thing that's going to be interesting to see when we hook a battery up to it if that works hmm this back here is the ignition switch here because we were trying to figure out what to do for a key because I can't find a key and uh looks like somebody was ahead of us here and I I can't tell if they're trying to Hot Rod this thing or not next to a fuel line that's what this is that tells you how much fuel you have in there so a nice big spark next to the primary fuel line that's that's the top of it it's like gauge so the fuel tank must be up there what fuel selector push on what oh good lord oh I think I broke oh this thing right here has fuel what yeah cause that little tube right here is fuel comes over to this thing and it shows you fuel in here so that is the bottom of the gas tank and here's the fuel filter there a little dry that's good no potential issues whatsoever okay so I'm guessing then batteries probably behind door number one or door number two I did notice there's this little switch right here it's got cowl flaps so pull to open let's see if it opens all right let's see does it open really yep wow and by secure I mean old velcro oh that is a lot of water in there huh that's just okay now let's see what's behind door number two A little dab of chewing gum that's it that's a lot of water is that the battery in there yep that's where the battery goes there's like a chain link here's the elt for when you crash you know what this thing just needs a hole drilled in the bottom of it for it to drain out that would make it so much easier how mad do you think they'd be at me if I just took a drill you probably would not like that all right well let's go in let's hunt to see if we can't find if they have any key that may work and find something to bail wire water out of this thing so let's head inside and see what they got this is this is an SR-71 empty weight is about 65 000 pounds um it'll hold 80 000 pounds of fuel yeah so it'll hold more fuel than what it weighs yes absolutely that's awesome so operationally we would take off with about a half a load of fuel and then uh fly up and meet a tanker top the tanks off and then go fly what we call the hot Loop okay an Excursion out to Mach 3 fly for about an hour come back down refuel or if the mission was over with come back and land it's a single point design airplane so when Kelly Johnson designed this airplane back in the very early 60s he his need was to satisfy a requirement from the government that said we need something that can't be shot down number one and number two it needs to be fast enough to be able to evade anything known at the time as far as surface to air or air-to-air missiles were concerned and so that's what led to this design there were several iterations of this design never forget that this airplane is all about spying so every everything on the electromagnetic spectrum is what this thing was designed to capture this is Arnie he worked with Pratt and Whitney is that correct I worked for Pratt and Whitney for 33 years 23 of which was on this program they're still using some of the technology for said uh some of the reconnaissance viewing reconnaissance and stuff some of the reconnaissance systems some of the defense systems are still in use on other aircraft and those remain very highly classified so what are those I can't tell you you know this is a that's an infrared sensor we've we've got a blade antenna that's covered up by um hang on let me step across here so you get an idea of course oh Kelly Johnson excited come over here Daddy when you say blade you're not kidding that looks sharp no it's it's sharp from an aerodynamic standpoint certainly um Kelly Johnson did not like this antenna Kelly wanted absolute smooth surfaces on his airplanes this represents a radar signature return not good at cruise this airplane gets better gas mileage than a dc-9 flying at its Cruise Point gosh that is just crazy wow all right let's as we're walking back this is this is one of our defense system boxes here the airplane has got these air-conditioned Bays that the cameras and the defense gear sit up in and in the there was a an Interceptor version of the airplane built as an experiment it was called the yf-12 and instead of having this gear in there we had air-to-air missiles but you said this thing was built to basically outrun the missiles the the yf-12 was built as a prototype to demonstrate to the air force that this airframe family could indeed be an air-to-air device okay now interestingly um it became one of the primary subjects during the original salt talks with the Soviets the Soviets at that time had their backfire bombers and their plan of attacking the United States was to come in through the gap between Iceland and Greenland which is known as The guyuk Gap and this airplane the yf-12 would have been able to intercept them from 400 miles away a range that has yet to be equaled by any aircraft in the world yeah and this is back in the mid 60s this is a j-58 engine it was It was a the first time we looked at this design was for the Navy back in the 57-58 time frame 1957-1958 um for all you youngsters listening to this that was uh yeah so um the Navy quickly lost interest you got to remember the Navy's primary business is making ships their ships are their Primary Weapons aircraft on an aircraft carrier for example is an accessory that comes along with one of your ships that's the Navy guys yeah so this they lost interest in the project but the CIA stepped in and said you know we kind of like this idea of Mach 3. the C yeah yeah that makes sense well they were the ones tasked with trying not to lose another year too all right so this program's coming along there's a there's an engine that has got the basic design necessary as far as the guts of this thing is concerned and so they they fund us to continue development of this it's a it's a pretty simple engine minus the uh the plumbing aspect I mean that's a bit overwhelming when you look at it but when you get right down to it it's a straight Turbo Jet with an afterburner on the back all right so a single spool unlike your modern airplanes they've got twin spools or sometimes with Rolls Royce even has a three spool engine oh wow so the secret is these six black tubes three on this side three on the other big black tubes right all right okay okay so we accelerate we take off just like a normal subsonic fighter aircraft or whatever um because of our double Delta design we have no flaps no slats so you know pilot just pulls back on a stick the airplane goes up when we accelerate past Mach 1 where we're approaching Mach 2 um the shock wave now is creating a an inlet temperature of about 200 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees Centigrade at that point things happen in the front of the engine we've got variable Inlet guide vanes that's uh I mean I see these back yeah yeah right and they they'll they move there yeah they will these These are these veins are sitting in what we call the axial position right now and when we hit Mach 2 they shift and become cambered kind of like a aileron on a you you move it a little bit but the whole point of doing it is to help limit the amount of airflow going in the engine because we're starting to overload our compressor we're there because of the ram air coming out the front so you say to yourself well what happens to the air that it should be going there well it actually gets diverted around the outside of the engine so in this area here it goes through here no yeah on the outside and but inside the nacelle sure now we'll get to what happens to that air in just a minute okay so at the same time that we shifted the inlet guide veins uh to the cambered position here at the fourth stage of the compressor underneath this duct right here are a series of 24 doors that open up at Mach 2 and start diverting fourth stage compressor air through these tubes to be reintroduced at the AFT end of the turbine but in front of the afterburn as we go faster and faster the amount of air that's being diverted increases and ultimately when we hit about Mach 2.8 2.9 the whole back end of the engine has become a Ramjet [Music] oh wow and at about Mach 3.1 the gas turbine portion of this thing is not contributing any thrust at all all of our thrust is coming from the afterburner or the Ramjet so that's insane that's the magic of being able to fly at Mach 3 is to take out the gas guzzling portion of this thing and and and come into a Ramjet that is that is running at those conditions uh I don't even remember why we came over here oh we're trying to find keys for that little quickie that's right that's kind of depressing now if I'm honest with you to go back to that little airplane after being a major aspects of the program I've done it definitely awesome thank you sir you're welcome all right let's enjoy the rest of your day let's go see if we can find some keys well while you're bailing water I'm gonna take out the engine cow and see what see what powers this Beast see what a REV Master looks like all right homeschool lesson Silas let's learn about physics we got an arrow pointing that way so one end that you're put in the water needs to be higher than the other end and it will create a vacuum so once you get it pump it and once you get the flow going as long as the other end is lower it will suck out all of that water physics math science yeah there you go look now it's siphoning out now you just have to hold that in over there though make sure it doesn't get clogged on the uh with whatever's coming out with it and about two hours we should be good to go see what's under the hood okay looks kind of like an airplane engine slash Volkswagen engine it's a REV master Aviation out of Chino California the Chino Airport okay aviation spark plugs let's see is this going to have any compression whatsoever let's see and it turns that way not bad not bad and you hear the click that's the impulse coupling snapping for the points okay 64 horsepower so not expecting a lot but that that feels good three out of three all right here we go a little less uh okay here we got oil topped off look at that oh oh that's old oil smell that oil it does yeah it's I think it'll work just to see if it's got a little life in it but definitely would be changing that like honestly I'd probably change it if we had the had the ability to change it right now but unfortunately uh we don't these are definitely not normal spark plugs Champion something they're like dual fine wire plugs whoa that's crazy oh this is where I hit something and start bleeding oh there we go okay okay there you go uh I think this little wire right here see where it goes into the cylinder right there this is like JB welded or silicone into that rev Master 2000 I think that's what I'm going to start calling all my engines now rev master and that SR-71 in there that guy was one of the designers and the engineers for that engine slide rules 1960s early 60s at that rule number one when you're working around an airplane is be very cautious of where the propeller is at all times yeah because at any moment you could it could turn and that would be a bad day so it's all the way on the bottom and that air in that fuel has to come all the way out and then all the way up and all the way over and then down into the cylinders I don't know why they just didn't you know put them like right there oh yeah look there's none of them funky weird cool spark plugs okay spark plugs are out wires kind of close yeah and we got most of the water out so now let's throw a battery in it turn something on to see if anything turns on see if this thing the starter will engage who's this we're just gonna see where this thing goes so I think we found the battery back here behind this seat still don't know what the okay so it's just got those on there and it looks like it's I'm assuming a 12 volt so let's grab our battery and see what happens a bit of a oversized battery for this honestly I don't even know if it'll fit in there oh yeah no problem nice boat hey hey I mean it's got water in it bailing it out like a boat so fitting that we'd use a boat battery for this I'm touching the cable to the battery I don't see any smoke battery cable is not super hot you know I just kind of assume that red is positive white is negative but I guess it's not a safe assumption on these airplanes is it so I just looked the white cable comes over here to a relay and the red cable comes up and goes around that way so yeah let's just make sure that's not the ground I wonder if this is one of those British like Lucas positively grounded things where the positive is the ground and the negative is the hot side or whatever touch that red to the engine right there and let's see if we hear if it beeps sure enough the red is connected to that oh you got to be kidding me I have to figure out if this thing is a negative or positively grounded airplane you gotta be kidding it's like hooking a battery up backwards and I have no idea how if it's got like 12 volt Motors and you know for pumps and stuff like that nothing because it's just going to run backwards the starter would be a good way to find out oh wait here we go I got an electrical box of some sort hopefully it'll tell me more information well it says 10 to 32 volts something amps and but it doesn't say positive grounded so that's good they just used vinyl hose as a fuel line in here all right I think the red is a ground and that's the way we're going with it you got to be kidding okay so here we're gonna do the spark test okay let's see if I flip this on that's good it's not getting hot fuel pump making noises oh I see strobe something shrubs are working okay is everything clear around the propeller [Music] okay I'm gonna bump it to see if it even works all right okay clear bro all right the starter does feel stuck out Silas let's see if we're getting any spark clear prop I'm hearing some popping though ready let's see oil pressure okay get ready clear good sign we've got some Spark uh now we're gonna put some gas in it there's a hose over here that I think is the fuel line that is just totally disconnected because it shrunk because it's just nylon tubing so I'm going to disconnect the battery first and then we're going to put some fuel in it and see if it pours right out so you see that right there is supposed to connect to there right there so I'm hoping that this is not actually a fuel line and it's just some sort of vent but it is on the very bottom of the fuel tank and if I was putting a line on there that's where I would put it although seems a little sketchy that it would be clear vinyl tubing trust it I need to figure out where the fuel comes out of the tank and then I'll know because I I legitimately don't know if that's the vent which that could be but it's just in a really weird place for it to be a vent oh oh this is the fuel tank it's that tube right here is what connects to our thing and it comes in here sure enough that nothing about this airplane makes sense I'm going to put a little bit more fuel in it we're doing actual airplane stuff okay there's a little bit of fuel coming out of there now [Applause] do it for the YouTubes the views and all that they said we're gonna hit the fuel pump and just see what it does Master on fuel pump here we go it did have a primer bulb right here though I wonder oh that thing is hard as a brick we might have to go to plan B which is skip the fuel system altogether because those fuel lines were hard as a brick and I don't trust this header tank and the hose that connects it so I think we're just gonna skip all that hook a hose directly to the carburetor and see if we can just light it from there right there is where the fuel goes in so we need to go get us some quarter inch fuel line and then devise something to go up on top so we can get fuel to it and Skip all the fuel system on this thing huh off to the store welcome back to day number two of trying to get this weird spaceship thing airplane flying again Silas not here right now maybe you'll join us later you know the school what do you really learn there where we left off was all the fuel system from pretty much this point back is totally dry rotted all the hoses are super crunchy and stuff but I I have an idea and while I'm here I've got to say I have never seen a carburetor that look like that that is the weirdest little it looks like an RC remote control airplane carburetor funky weirdness thing I think we've got an electric fuel pump we've got some fuel hose we got a gas can we'll just use that as the gas tank and a battery you know Sparks and gas next to each other next to an airplane next to Priceless artifacts in a museum I don't see how this could go wrong at all fuel line goes to the fuel pump and that hose will come down into the gas tank and then we've got alligator clips because those are really safe two battery back here all right let's see if our pump works here oh that's good foreign yes that stupid thing throw it back there where it belongs hose down into there and uh Cooper I don't see any fuel leaking so far come on sweetie not even sure if we're getting fuel to this thing let's crack this line right here and we should have fuel uh uh okay oh or nothing else see what we got now we pump till we hear fuel on the ground oh there we go all right we got fuel fuel check spark check we gotta see if we've got compression and timing check and check and I vote we uh hooked battery up light the fire and see if we can't hear some noise out of this girl what do you guys think all right you know what to do in the comments how many tries do you think it's going to be before this thing fires up and runs on its own without a whole lot of uh uh external help just realized something yeah these things were uh oh blue pill stiff here so we got you know the old number two squirt it and now we gotta working back and forth ironically and these are locked so if you push it in you pull it out you just turn it do and now it's locked which is kind of weird to use on a mixture but okay whatever same with the throttle you have like cruise control oh oh this is such a terribly bad idea okay the key let's make sure everything is clear it may hit just a smidge but this one I've not added fuel not turn the fuel pump on or anything just trying to see make sure everything's working good so can I get a Cooper oh that starter is stuck I bought a brand new can of starter fluid just in case all right here's the first one here's try number one okay clear up no flipping way oil pressure is up RPM's right at a thousand no freaking way oh that propeller is really wobbly now on the plus side this one I am not buying this one is going to be for sale they're selling this one too and the uh contact info for the guy is going to be inside I don't think that propeller is very good because it's kind of doing that thing all right ready and die holy moly turn my fuel pump off is that what I mean [Applause] that was way too easy we got the Lancer back there that's headed back to Florida that did fire up definitely need some work but that one will fly again I bought that one and I'm pretty sure it may be replacing my current Lance air because if I'm awesome that one's a lot nicer and it has uh some different things on it that I really like but what I have over here let me let me just show you what we got here and then there's this glass there and I found some records that is a very high horsepower four-cylinder engine that I think can take my Lance air to a potential record so we're gonna see what that if we might be able to swap that engine that's in there put it in that airplane over there and because she's got quite a few more BTUs in it and see if we can't get that one to cruise 250 miles an hour all right well this is Jimmy's world that one was easy that was a quickie this is a quickie stay tuned we got more will it starts coming up and you haven't even seen what's in that building over there that I bought so that's going to be super cool all right I'm out [Music] foreign

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Length: 39min 42sec (2382 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 06 2023