1913 Etrich Taube Aeroplane

[EngineeringFun]

It is not pronounced Taub but Taube. The "e" at the end is heard just like the "e" in the word "men". Cool plane by the way.

[parafan]

Beautiful replica, but the modern engine with electric start is just wrong...

[academicusprecarius]

It was the most secure aeroplane before 1914 and it is still not understandable why the pilot of a replice from 2006 crashed with it. Perhaps todays pilots are unable to fly such oldtimers.

[kloakovalimonada]

My God! What' s the engine in it? It sounds very original, eh?

[OcotilloTom]

I built a RC model of this plane in the 80's. The kit was cheap with very bad instructions, took me a day to build one side of the wing, built the other side in two hours! It had a 60 inch wingspan and I powered it with a OS MAX.35 engine. The engine looked small for this size airplane but I used a 12 inch prop and it flew to scale. Worst kit I ever had but one of the most fun to fly airplanes I ever built!

[Rickinsf]

I like the "ETRICH" on the underwing surface. That's marketing!

[nerdelicious5]

it really does look like a bird from below

[r0bb3rt5]

i love this airplane , it has that classic "creepy" early airplane look that i just love!, im working on building my very own taube.

[chunk123123]

very cool

[jerrymail]

The "Taube" was used for the very first bombing mission in the Italo-Turkish War in Lybia, in 1911-1912. It was flown by Lieutnant Giulio Gavotti.

[ind347]

Stunning aircraft.

Thanks for posting!

[Striplight1980]

There is something about the Rumpler-Taube. I have always admired it.

[WASPTexas]

yeah me too, wasn't it used for the first bombing attack in 1914?...oops,I should have listened to the commentary before writin...

then again it proves I know my history

[neotubeman]

Thanks for this good video.

Iam from Germany and my father built this Etrichtaube in 2006 orginal  1:1.

By crashing it after the 4th fly the pilot died

by a human mistake.

A new Taube will be finished in 2009.