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There are designs for various vehicles or aircraft that we look at, and then we turn on a science fiction film, and we get the impression that the production designers and special effects artists spent a considerable amount of time in engineering school, where they were clearly bored. And that's exactly the impression I had when, a few months ago, as a mental break from everything and everyone, I saw the famous Buntha race scene from Star Wars: Episode I, which generally hasn't aged as badly as Episode II or III, not to mention the latest, new trilogy created as part of the Star Wars saga initiated by George Lucas. Usually, in the context of vehicles, the podracers that appeared during the race on the desert planet Tatooine, it's said that the special effects and production designers were inspired by Formula 1 racing, but a glance at a certain German design – a "fast bomber" – reveals that this wasn't the only inspiration for the filmmakers at Lucas Film. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Blohm und Voss Bv P.170, the first aircraft design from a galaxy far, far away, created by the Germans during the greatest war in human history. During World War II, one of the most important projects from Germany's perspective was the creation of a fast bomber capable of engaging a variety of targets and then retreating from enemy-controlled territory without the need for prolonged combat with enemy fighters. The concept was appealing in theory, but the Germans had little idea how to implement it, especially since, with few exceptions, the construction of so-called fast bombers, a theory that had become widespread in aviation long before the outbreak of World War II, had not yielded the desired results. Influenced by their defeats in the Battle of Britain and the increasingly difficult situation on the Eastern Front, in 1942 the Germans decided to revisit the concept of building a similar aircraft. Given the new wartime circumstances, the German authorities believed that while the aircraft was needed quite quickly, the situation was still favorable enough to devote significant time to conducting tests and developing several experimental designs, which, even at the design stage, looked, to put it mildly, odd. One such design was the concept of a plane with three engines mounted on a long wing. Furthermore, the plane was to have several other additional features, making its appearance itself raise reasonable doubts as to whether the person responsible for its design had all their teeth in place. The cockpit was located relatively close to the tail, and the plane itself had a very unusual aerodynamic layout. However, its creator, Professor Richard Vogt, happened to be perfectly sane. While aviation history hasn't seen many three-engine bombers, if we remove the Ju-52 from that list, we're essentially left with only Italian bombers. Due to the Italian industry's limited capabilities in building high-power engines, they had to be equipped with three engines to match the performance of their Western counterparts. In Germany, however, this wasn't a problem. Engineer Vogt, however, decided that the use of three engines would be perfectly justified and would allow for high maximum speeds. Initially, the designers of the new design envisioned a more traditional arrangement, like the Ju-52, but ultimately the aircraft received two engines placed at the wing tip and one in the forward section of the fuselage, connected to the wing. This video uses excerpts from the channel:    / @publicresourceorg   I'm also here: https://odysee.com/@Balszoi:5?r=CmuKJ... Support the channel: Virtual Coffee https://buycoffee.to/balszoi Patronite: https://patronite.pl/Balszoi #aviation #planes #military #war #history #army #military #worldwar2 #ww2 #bomber