New techniques in aerial torpedo attack, United States. An aircraft in flight over a sea. The aircraft releases torpedo in water. Torpedo moves. Men haul trolley loaded with the torpedo. The shroud ring or ring tail is in conjunction with the drag ring on nose of the torpedo. Using ring tail and drag ring with wooden stabilizer results in successful test drops. A man secures the stabilizer to ring tail with wooden dowels. The man covers the torpedo with a drag ring which helps to stabilize the torpedo during air travel, and seals the ring. The man adjusts the water trip delay valve which prevents the torpedo from burning up during long travels. Depth setting is done. (World War II period).
New techniques in aerial torpedo attack, United States. A Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft parked at an airfield. Men load torpedo onto the aircraft. The propellers start. A man signals as the aircraft taxis and takes off from the airfield. The aircraft in flight over a sea. The aircraft releases torpedo in water. (World War II period).
New Techniques in aerial torpedo attack, United States. A diagrammatic presentation shows the full range of entrance angle. The range for shallow water is18 to 22° and for open sea or deep water is 22 to 32°. Extreme angle to be avoided. A Grumman TBF aircraft in flight. The aircraft releases torpedo in water. Estimation of correct amount of lead depends on speed of target and target angle. Thumb rule explains the aiming allowance for ship vessels. The ship underway at sea takes a turn. (World War II period).
New dropping tactics in aerial torpedo attack,United States. An aircraft in flight releases torpedo in water. The release of torpedo depends on proper speed and altitude combination. A diagram shows the gliding of torpedo at target area. The aircraft in flight. Torpedo attack to be coordinated by dive bombing, strafing or rocket attack. (World War II period).
New dropping tactics in aerial torpedo attack, in the United States. A ship underway at sea. Attack using the high speed and high altitude combination and using evasive maneuvers. An aircraft in flight. The aircraft releases torpedoes at different angles in water simultaneously to attack the target area. Target ship maneuvers out of way. Torpedoes track in various directions through the water. (World War II period).
Momentary opening slate (in German) cites a new rocket car, the largest in the world, designed by German chief engineer Alfons Pietsch. Closeup of the liquid-fueled rocket car at the Heylandt factory in Berlin-Britz (Heylandt-Gesellschaft für Apparatebau mbH). The rocket engine is ignited and creates a huge flame behind the car. It travels for a while in the industrial yard of the Heylandt factory until the flame dies. (Note: At the beginning of 1930, rocket engineer Max Valier was given the opportunity to develop a liquid rocket engine at Heylandt in Britz. He was assisted by the Heylandt development engineers Alfons Pietsch, Walter Riedel and Arthur Rudolph, who built the rocket motor in a test vehicle called "hellhound" after Valier's accidental death in May, 1930.) Change of scene shows a rocket car of Max Dalier being refueled from a liquid oxygen tank. Next, the car, with "Heylandt" painted on its side, is seen with Max Valier at the controls, driving about the Heylandt factory grounds, propelled by a moderate thrust from its liquid fueled engine. It circles about the yard several times.
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