The A4 / V2 rocket in detail: Bringing a V2 rocket gyro back to life

German scientists who went to US and worked for NASA became hero or well known to the world. On the other side German scientist like Helmut Gröttrup who went to Russia as a rocket scientist who was a genius was forgotten or did not got any recognition. He later came back to Germany and invented the chip card which we today use in our smart cards.

Made me smile when the engineers started to disassemble parts.

Amazing ! Built to last for a few minutes and still working 70 yrs later

I've always been fascinated with Mr. Wernher von Braun and his work during WWII on the V2 rocket. Now I can finally get to see it in so much detail!!! Thank you!!!

These V2 rocket in detail videos are damn cool, under appreciated for sure.

I watched and understood more of my father's work. Started at Sperry Gyroscope in the 60s and worked worldwide as a military contractor hydraulics and electronics engineer. He wrote those white short sleeve shirts and a tie. And of course the requisite engineer horn rim glasses and pocket protector. Thanks for putting me in the middle of a part of his life his family wasn't privy to since his work was classified at the time. Miss you dad.

Love the Kearsley engineers--they really strutted their stuff with this. Interesting that they had a connector plug that fit perfectly.

Interesting demonstration- thank you for this series. I attended the US Army Ordnance Guided Missile School at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL in 1961. There was a fellow there that collected V2 parts. He regularly combed through the salvage yard and found various parts now and then. His collection was extensive since the V2 had been studied there much earlier and afterwards the parts were simply scrapped. The "crashed aircraft" scrap parts were sold for 20 cents per pound. I studied the Corporal Type IIB ground guidance system at OGMS and was retained as an instructor for that class until the Berlin Wall went up- then it was suddenly a move to Germany. Interesting, since our Corporal was a direct descendant of the V2.

That was brilliant. I smiled all through the section where the instrument tech was looking at the old gear, and could almost hear HIS gears turning as he went about absorbing the system functionality. It looks like he was not excited, but his eyes gave it away. What a great experience to tell - 'yeah, today I had to figure out the wiring on an old V2 gyro system... a bit of old kit, but no problem.' I am quickly becoming addicted to this series. The detail and breadth of knowledge is staggering.

As an engineer occasionally working with 60s technology, and a liking for space tech, I really like this.

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I was an Instrument Electrical Tech in the Canadian Forces for 27 years. Inverters & gyros were very much part of the trade so this triggered many fine memories for me. The high speed whine of these components is forever etched in my soul! Not to mention the deafening roar of high performance jet engines..... Surprised to see the company name Anschütz on the drawing! I'm familiar with a company of the same name that has a history of manufacturing firearms and they are also still in business today. Very prominent & well known for the quality of their .22 calibre rifles in the biathlon world! I wonder if they are the same??

I've been reading about the V2 for years, but seeing the technology close up on this and other videos has been fascinating. It just shows how advanced the German scientists were and what an advantage it was to be able read Enigma traffic and understand the dire threat that the V2 was for the allies.

Outstanding that the parts fired right up and worked. It is true "they don't build 'em like they used to."

Really useful video. My V2 has been sitting in my driveway for years registered as unlaunchable. My neighbor keeps saying you will never get that old sucker running. Thanks to this video series, I will be sending my satellite suborbital in no time.

Unbelievable this gear is now made 80 years ago, and still locks very modern! Even stuff made in the 80th looks more vintage than that!

80 Years and it's still running! with moving parts! Take that iPhone!!!

Aluminium is not influenced by magnetic fields unless it suddenly changes. As you handled the Inverter case, pressing the sides and casing that the sound emitted changed. I suspect the rapidly changing 500Hz magnetic field was causing the case to move and this is was the cause of a lot of the noise heard. Removing the case would reduce the noise for demo purposes, keeping it to understand the noise the launch engineers would have had to endure in setting and checking things over. Excellent video, thanks for producing it.

This is an outstanding video! Thank you for your hard work researching & presenting this!

14:07 "I think this really has exceeded our expectations" typical for German engineering :D

This is a great video! I’m sorry I hadn’t found your website earlier, there is much for me to catch up on. Thank you so much for doing these!