The Plane That Cut Off Your Arm If You Wanted To Land | CANT Z.501 Gabbiano [Aircraft Overview #65]

Another great production. Thanks for the very interesting trip back in time once again. I never get tired of aircraft history, and aviation and aerospace in general. Keep up the Great narratives. Beats A I anytime .lol

It should have been noted that Italy exported the Z.501. The Romanian Flotila de Hidroaviație operated CANT Z.501s throughout the war.

looks like a pby

Pilot: "I'd give an arm and limb to fly that plane"
Engineer: "Check"

Seems like a lot for that one engine

What a cant!

Apology not accepted on behalf the of Italian people by offending us by not pronouncing Italian tiltles, names, words and other terms properly as they should be pronounced. So, here is a hint, that you Brits properly either learn how to or something you couldn't think of, either get somebody that can pronunce Italian titles, names, words and other terms as they should be! or just get an Italian, Italian born, Italian citizen that can't offend his own.

I guess they tried a hands-off approach to flying… 😅

i wonder if they could have stuck a prop with more but shorter blades
the pilot's vision wouldn't be hindered by it anyway

CANT, as in "I CANT land this thing"

Rex....................any , do you have any idea of what you're talking about? we can all google the technical data, but where did you get the historical data? also why do non english poeple have to learn to speak english to deal with you english people, but you english people can't learn how to pronouce italian words? GO and learn the language you want to criticise first, then try to do this with proper data.

I wonder if there are any diagrams of how the propellor did its amputations, can’t quite make the picture work in my head.

This ride will cost a leg and an arm

Looks like a Ghibli design, in fact I'm sure they used a funked up version of this in Porcco Rosso

Strangely, it appears that the Savoia was piloted by ...a headless cow.

C A N T point on the Problem

Hold my beer. Wait….

Just buy a dornier Do J wal

If Walmart sold the Catalina... it would actually be a CANT Z.501.

i hope this gets added to war thunder eventually

Recent subscriber and enjoying your work, but I do have one piece of (hopefully) constructive criticism. When discussing things like the propensity of the plane to inflict injuries on its own crew, or that it was clearly vulnerable to enemy AC and AAA, please add some detail. So many WW2 historical sayings are not accurate, but have been carried on through the years as if they are fact. The Sherman tank myths, the “whole nine yards”, German Ju.390 flying within vision of NYC, and so on. Some statistics on crew injuries and losses to enemy action may be difficult to find, but are out there somewhere. It just lends credence to the video and helps ensure we don’t pass on erroneous assumptions.

Love the focus on a little known plane and all the great footage! Thanks.

Well, that's one way to say that you just CANT land without losing your arm.

Off brand pby

Great work Sir thank you

Great video! My grandpa worked in the factories that produced these, in the Monfalcone shipyards. He was 15 at the time and he told me they got bombed quite often by the americans.

Italian designer's style always Trumps performance or safety. Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Lamborghini continue the craft 2 this day...

A pilot no longer in need of gloves….. “Are you sure this thing is called a C.A.N.T. ?”

🙏🙏

"The pilot wont be flying this plane again... not anymore"

Of the six examples of the U.S.-made Fleetwings Seabird, one experienced an engine-mount failure resulting in the loss of the pilots' feet. Only one example was recently reported still flying, hopefully after having the engine-mount issue resolved. In fact besides two upright "V" struts on either side, the nacelle is secured to the top of the wing by a single rear strut projecting diagonally downward and back. The 300-hp Jacobs engine is held back solely by this steel strut.

Sir, i don t want to drive a seaplane, i have a fear of drowning!

Don’t worry boy! You won’t have the time to drow

you are like forgotten weapons for planes

Good thing Baloo from tailspin got the forerunner Z.506

It reminds me of the car that Homer Simpson designed.

It's Italian, they are experts at making planes that can break records but are completely useless at the best of times and quite literally inoperable at their worst.

This has to be a strong contender for the ugliest aircraft ever made.

Not sure what the glide capabilities of the aircraft are but I'd think the pilots that knew about the prop problem would cut their engine just before landing so as not to fail at the adage "any landing you can walk away from".

Remind’s me a lot of Germany’s Mistel program

Why did it have .303 machine guns??? That’s a British cartridge. Why not 6.5 carcano the Italian round???

Maybe it was the name CAN'T like the Chevy Nova which in Spanish means, NO GO!?

Italy's aircraft were often inadequate while several were outstanding. One fighter was inspected by the Germans but was declined as they might build some four BF109 for the effort of building one. One great performing twin engined civil plane was taken for conversion to military use. When loaded with sufficient fuel, radio gear, heavier landing gear guns, crew, and bombs, It needed to takeoff towards it's targets to perform it's mission.

0.53: The "substitute" float plane was the Caproni Ca.111 Idro.

"Trieste shit building and aviation"... nailed it!

Did anyone ever move the controls to the upper nacelle and remove the lower hull all together?

The machine gun nest on the engine must of been super hot. I imagine it vibrated pretty terribly as well.

ITALY N1 IN PLANE DESIGN!!!! WE MAKE BEST PLANE!!!!!!

Well, that doesn`t sound very practical.

That is sooo cool!!! A plane with automated weight reduction!