WW1 Aircraft Used Rotary Engines - Can You Identify Them?

Many aircraft types used rotary engines during the First World War -- are you able to identify them by sound alone? More WW1 aircraft: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5783AC5B8CC52FA6 This video features a replica of a First World War Fokker Dr.1 triplane, which is powered by a more modern 220 horse-power Continental radial engine, instead of the 110 horsepower rotary engine tat originally powered these aircraft. On the otherhand, the features Sopwith Camel replica is powered by an original 150 horsepower Gnome rotary aero engine, of the same design that powered the Camels during World War One. Each of these aero engines has a very distinctive sound - are you able to tell the difference between the two? Hit the Join button for access to exclusive Members-Only content. -------------------------------------------------- You can also sign up to be a Member of this Freeview channel to get access to exclusive Members-Only video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6odimYAtqsr0_7m8p2Dhiw/join Get 4 FREE full length doco movies from Historical Machines TV by logging in with your YouTube account using this offer link: https://historicalmachines.tv/yt/197-hmfreeviewoffer *** Historical Machines TV — Free 10-Day Trial *** : See much more video material like this, and more, on our premier video-on-demand streaming service (from US$2.99 per month) at http://www.historicalmachines.tv/pages/fuel-to-noise. -------------------------------------------------- Aviation, Motorsport, Military Vehicles, Vintage Machinery, Steam, History & More Historical Machines TV (https://www.historicalmachines.tv) is our premier advert-free video-on-demand streaming service. For less than the price of a cup of coffee per month you can access our ever-growing catalog of historical machinery videos. A Free Trial is available, so what are you waiting for?! Our on-going mission is to discover, record and preserve the audiovisual history of the machines and owner/operators that we come across, for the benefit of future generations. We hunt out and film all manner of aircraft, military vehicles, vintage cars, trains, boats, big machinery, and basically anything and anyone that interests us. The bulk of that material, and much of our archive footage is only be available on our premier Historical Machines TV service, so join up now. HMTV: https://www.historicalmachines.tv Website: https://www.aviationfilm.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAviationFilmUnit/ Merch: https://merch.aviationfilm.com -------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2025 Historical Aviation Film Unit All Rights Reserved Worldwide. This video material may not be reproduced in any form (except on other websites as an unedited embedded video which links back to to this YouTube master), without the written permission of the Historical Aviation Film Unit. This particularly applies to television broadcasters and other media outlets. #ww1warbirds #ww2warbirds #historicalmachinestv #vintagecars #vintageaircraft