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We all know that pebbles skip better on water the faster you throw them. The idea was that it would bounce across water and destroy German dams along the Ruhr Valley, causing massive flooding and damage to water and hydroelectricity supplies. It is the first time this has been attempted since the war. For our own bouncing bomb experiment in , we found that 50 grams of explosive would completely demolish a 4ft dam, so our 30ft version would need kg. During these tests, the team found that a cut-down version of the shield helped significantly to keep the bomb spinning during flight. How often in his fire-fighting role does he fly very low over water?

I am not sure that is the point. Here, Cambridge lecturer Dr Hugh Hunt a world expert on rotating objects takes on the complex, dangerous task of trying to re-create the raid. His comms skills did not appear to be all that. Recent research has revealed thousands of German women were raped by Allied forces after fighting stopped in Europe. Several pilots commented on the severe vibration when it was spinning at rpm; one said it so bad he could hardly read the instrument panel. For our own bouncing bomb experiment in , we found that 50 grams of explosive would completely demolish a 4ft dam, so our 30ft version would need kg. Most on here will have seen similar during their time in the mob. One of the actual trial bombs is displayed Just as well it wasn’t used for real.

Give the guy a break Some video preview is online here – Dambusters documentary recreates the science behind WW2’s most audacious bombing raid Mail Online http: They implied that the explosives were contained in the bomb – but I thhe much doubt they were!

And the Germans had a rocket propelled: Instead had to use “Tallboy” earthquake bombs another Barnes Wallis design – they must have loved these suicide missions with his designs Dambusterss read somewhere that toward the end of the war a squadron of similar spherical Highball-fitted Mosquitos were sent out to the far east to attack Japanese shipping, but the Yanks refused to have them around and sent them back.

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Answer, clever editing and dramatic music. Especially when you consider the video shown of aircraft crashing during the admittedly post-war testing. Had the release mechanism of the rotating store failed is some manner it could have been catastrophic. So what do we know about the complex science behind the bouncing bombs?

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It could be set to run at an appropriate bouuncing and even explode underneath the target. Regardless of whether it was a replica explosive bomb or this scaled replica store it was still capable of downing the DC4.

One of the actual trial bombs is displayed at Abbotsbury Gardens and Swannery strange place to do so, perhapsin Dorset. Building The Bouncing Bomb.

The dam itself was also one third the scale of those attacked in Germany — although the rest of the project was scaled accordingly to make it realistic. As it was the effect on industry was negligable, but the moral boost was immense.

Dambusters: Building The Bouncing Bomb

If the bomb hit the water too hard, it would detonate prematurely, causing damage to the aircraft above, but no damage to the dam. Susannah really was so gorgeous: I hope I’m wrong about this but I don’t think Beags is late yet! Low altitude releases can result in bounce and the splash can down an aircraft, both shown in this programme. Skip to main content. Decisions like spinning up the bomb to full speed for the very next drop after a stores release hang-up which could have ended in disaster showed that the team were time pressure driven, on what was hardly a UOR!

Liked the flight of 3 Mozzies, clearly what you would need against a warship. Many of the buikding took extra ammo as a low level run in and out of Germany was just too good a dambustwrs em up” opportunity to be missed.

But my hat is off to the good prof for getting a film company to fund him to have such fun with some big, expensive toys. So the bouncing dynamics are those of a store hitting the water at a higher speed, and hence it bounces better and longer.

Anyone kow what happened to the Lancs modified to carry the bouncing bomb. A Dambusters thread without the mention of a certain black labrador?

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Spin therefore meant that the bombs could be delivered from a manageable height. When nothing had arrived back Vickers telephoned to ask why. At the required depth of 30ft the pressure of water triggered the explosion right next to the dam wall. Or even a weighted dangling string, calibrated against the shore-based sticks and strings or, or, or If they ever make the new film I hope they learn lessons from this one. In all, five planes had to drop their bombs before the first dam was breached.

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Radio Times reviewer – David Crawford. Before that could happen, however, the group had to negotiate several engineering hurdles. Fascinating viewing but that pilot’s judgment was appalling.

The idea of bouncing it across the water towards the dam like a skimming stone was inspired. What really happened is here: The power to weight was clearly better.

It is the first time this has been attempted since the war. What would the advantage have been by using the bouncing bomb over a torpedo when attacking shipping? I didn’t see a dog at the airfield though so it was not that realistic.

Looks to be an interesting programme He’s certainly built a bunch of Lancaster models – up to full size. Released the bomb late and as a result the bomb hit the dam with far too much speed and his comment at the end said it all. If you watch the programme again you will hear a reference to the wooden casing and the bomb being spherical.

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Charlie “Interesting programme that highlighted why properly conducted trials have the safety hurdles in them that they do. I think there might be another reason. Starting from scratch, he rediscovers the brilliance of Wallis’s achievement by trying to hit a dam with a bouncing bomb.

Windfall Films Ltd, Registered Office: I’ll get back to the pictures of Miss York now. That, plus the angular momentum of the spinning store keeping it orientated correctly make the whole concept of ‘Upkeep’ a triple work of genius. Follow us damgusters social media. You might also like Mark Oliphant in