Extraordinary Patterns of a Pendulum Wave

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In this video I show my giant pendulum wave and talk about how it works. I built this as a physics demonstration for a kid's summer camp. This is a great project to show to large and small groups and provides lots of talking points about how math effects the real world.
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A special thanks to my top supporters on Patreon! TheBackyardScientist, Enzo Breda Lee & Kejie YU
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Link to my previous pendulum wave video where you can learn more about the math: • How To Make A Pendulum...
Pendulum measurements:
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[@Nighthawkinlight]

Hi everyone! Reminder that I now have a Community Video Response playlist featured on my channel homepage! If you make any of my projects film a video of it and send me a link to be featured in the playlist! Details of how to submit a link are in the playlist description: kzbin.info/aero/PL1a2HkcVbmAUhkDqaCxd1sXXQVvuOR-_H

[@abdelrahmanamer3946]

fantastic

[@youtube.commentator]

Thank you for your videos

[@youtube.commentator]

@Ix Suomi you're free to try and make something people would watch, but I doubt you have the creative ability

[@theaquarian5849]

That's cool!!! 👍

[@Ricardo-qe2qx]

Todo lo que hace NightHawkinLight, siempre es un buen trabajo que nos permite aprender algo. Sigue así, mi amigo!!

[@komradekat3557]

This is so good it hertz

[@2450logan]

You win

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Ye it's hertz so much I lost my period

[@lalski08]

That's it, I'm going Ohm

[@energybengt]

Hahahaha!!!! Love it!

[@timeless8]

Brilliant idea to play with a silly parrot during your sponsorship segment. I can never turn it off!

[@loverlei79]

Can I just say how much my life would have changed if this guy was my teacher in school? Seriously, Nighthawk, you make this world better just by being in it.

[@Nighthawkinlight]

Very kind of you to say

[@BrianCargill]

I would love to hear what it sounds like if each nut struck a note corresponding to the length of the string as it reached each apex. I imagine it coming together as the nuts sync up in groups of 2, then 3 then 4. Music is so mathmatical to begin with it might be pretty cool.... or it might just be a big mess!

[@Xpulsesamples]

That's a great idea! Since any contact and friction would interrupt them, they could pass over light sensors or lasers to trigger the notes.

[@sean..L]

That certainly would be interesting

[@Original-Phantom]

Do it and post a vid it might get views bro

[@rrrosecarbinela]

That is a cool thought! I'd love to see it built in bricks and mortar, but I think it could also be programmed, since this is so mathematical. :)

[@stanervin6108]

@@Xpulsesamples Can use hall effect sensors as triggers for a digital input transducer hooked to a synthesizer! 🎶🎹

[@unvergebeneid]

It's funny how when it first faded to the fluorescent bolts, my brain perceived them as fluorescent cubes instead of hexagons.

[@davidlatoche8751]

same

[@qislegit.donttrustthemedia6232]

And the wave pattern appeared to turn into a triple helix that was rotating in a 3D manner like a carousel! Blew my mind!

[@rustlebruxz0013]

I enjoy watching you and your bird as much as I enjoy the video you are presenting.

[@afswan]

it's the only reason i kept watching the sponsorship lmao

[@watchfordpilot]

I can't wait to get promoted to granddad. The things I'm going to enjoy showing the grand kids (when they arrive) is going to be so much fun. I'm starting building my pendulum rig tomorrow. Thanks.

[@Ecclesiasticus]

Weird that such fantasctically friendly channel has so few views per video. Obviously you can not re-invent Starlite every video, but i enjoy every single one you put out here if only for the attitude. Keep on rocking that smile, you are an inspiration to continue living our often times unbearable pain-filled lives.

[@kenhukushi1637]

A visual representation of math in the real world... not surprising, since math is a symbolic representation of what's happening in the real world.

[@mooncradlestide]

I Absolutely Love it!! Loved your bismuth/magnet levitation vid too 😊

[@cougar02000]

Fascinating and some how strangely hypnotic, brilliant display.

[@davesulphate4497]

Your enthusiasm is infectious. Great video as usual.

[@redcastlefan]

This Video is Just Nuts! whats even more NUts is the fact that we can build that.

[@Nighthawkinlight]

I'm glad you've enjoyed observing my nuts

[@doctorbobstone]

@@Nighthawkinlight But you didn't just show us how your nuts hang. You showed them swinging in the breeze. Though I have to say that, in other circumstance, glowing nuts would normally be a cause for concern...

[@sgibbons77]

Mesmerizing. Can't wait to show this to my wife and kids! Thank you!!

[@jason.cheong]

It'll be nice to know how you take care and train (?) or play with your birb! Birb vid thanks

[@dandowning6136]

So fascinating & mesmerizing to watch. Well done!

[@forrequu]

Hey just wanted tell ya your one of my favorite youtubers...i just realised how short life is so i’ll be going around appreciating people more

[@ZippyDoodah]

In remembrance of Grant.

[@hughaskew6550]

Fantastic demonstration! I love how the fluorescent version looks like CGI.

[@johnwisniewski8712]

Every time I see this demonstration I am more and more in awe!

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Good choice of sponsors! Love TGC. Awesome video of the pendulum, I love watching :)

[@grant133]

Ok that's really really cool.. Good job, NightHawk!!

[@thunderthunder6892]

No one: The thumbnail: Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@KnakuanaRka]

Thunder Thunder Why do people keep using the overdone joke that wasn’t even funny in the first place?

[@zoltan1953]

Can someone please explain the "No one:" thing? It seems like it should be indicating that "no one" is saying nothing, which would mean that everyone is saying something, which makes no sense at all.

[@stanervin6108]

@@zoltan1953 I totally agree....... To some extent.

[@MidnightBlackHawk]

From a Hawk to another, amazing job! KZbin creators that are driven by knowledge oriented content will always have a special place on my free time!

[@CrucialMuzic]

This is amazing, down right beautiful. Also, love the music you used in the background :) Definitely great idea spraying them down with fluorescent. I think more kids will be motivated to learn something new with videos like these :)

[@Nighthawkinlight]

I hope so, that's the goal.

[@Advoko]

Ben, fascinating and educational!! Additional thanks for your excellent shooting techniques...

[@i_fish6657]

Thanks but how did you know my name

[@methyumontgomery]

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[@Tevindolo]

Always amazing, and the best one yet. Keep up the good work!!!!👍👍

[@corner1197]

Incredible! Always look forward to these

[@joshuabry1281]

You're channel makes me so happy!

[@Ricardo-qe2qx]

Todo lo que hace NightHawkinLight, siempre es un buen trabajo que nos permite aprender algo. Sigue así, mi amigo!!

[@coolnegative]

Beautiful. For me personally, this just shows that whether it be nature or the nature of physics, that there is an underlying order and not just random chance.

[@Leonardokite]

Fascinating and beautiful representation of math.

[@cuumole2000]

Very nice! I've done ones with nuts, door knobs, Christmas bulbs, and 24 golf balls. The equations get you close, but a lot of small tweeking is needed to get them to all line up at the end.

[@I86282]

That is nuts gravy.! Fantastic.!

[@thesiq9764]

Ive waited a whole month for a video. And u bring me this. Im impressed

[@sean..L]

I have to say this is pretty mesmerizing. Well done.

[@TrollFaceTheMan]

Interesting, I didn't realize so much math went into this project. The florescent paint was a very cool touch. Just thinking a mix of other Phosphorescent coolers might of worked worked well too such as Green, Blue, Pink in an alternative pattern. In theory it would create new interesting patterns not only with waves but with colors. Anyways another very cool video, keep.up the great work!

[@louishorton6743]

Well played Sir !!! Riveting presentation.

[@sammaxmini]

Great video! love the patterns.

[@PPYTAO]

That was incredibly beautiful. Thank you. I was seeing 3D spirals evolving and changing.

[@agnosjr]

Thank you for sharing it! Much appreciated, Cheers!

[@a.m.7438]

I love how it starts out like a graceful slithering snake. Then it just starts dancing and morphing.

[@abdelrahmanamer3946]

i find these so mesmerizing

[@a.m.7438]

This just became my fav vid on KZbin.

[@shean7890]

Fantastic video, thank you 🙏. I love the color green as well .

[@swe-tv5657]

this is just too satisfying!!!

[@YosemiteWilliam]

Awesome job on the project!

[@ProPyroPower]

i love this!! you amazed me once more Ben

[@ultimafreak]

that eye focus on the bird at the end was cool

[@theedge5584]

Another great video never lets me down. Keep thw awesome projects and experiments conong please...

[@shonaoneill5151]

Visually stunning. Very nice scaled up science experiment 😀

[@RenzVC]

I have to say you're genious with the bird during the ad. it keeps people watching, not using their brains so they can take in the ad at the same time.

[@AlChemicalLife]

This is great ! The black light and fluorescent pain was an awesome idea ! I am now gonna try and build one but I think I'm gonna cast my own pendulums out of bismuth for the heavier weight but it also being non toxic so I can bring it with me to do demonstrations! Thanks for the inspiration !! I've been with your channel well before you started DIY projects and were focused on pyro like your sun and planets shell from a long time ago and than your old video on making the 1.5x3" can shell( that video is what got me into building fireworks) you're also the inspiration for the DIY videos on my channel, which aren't nearly as good as yours but I'm working on it ! :) Hope you're doing well ! ~Steven

[@marcus.guitarist]

sooo freakin cool man, good work.

[@rusinsr]

Awesomely presented sponsorship segment, going to check it out when I have some free time!

[@xfarsys]

Amazing! I may try a smaller one. Thanks for sharing

[@fishindude72]

That looked amazing I cant believe how convincing it was to me it looked like it was corkscrewing

[@theswirl7418]

Love this so much! 👍

[@dwaynewladyka577]

What a swinging video. Cheers!

[@6root91]

Make a 20 min video of the pendulums in motion; a lot of us will watch.

[@__mk_km__]

Now I'm tempted to write a visualization for this thing. That looks really cool

[@kengamble8595]

Very very cool ! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍

[@AlejandroFerrariMc]

I wish you had 1hr episodes on Netflix, your content is always great!

[@50kArchipelagos]

Outstanding in the truest sense.

[@Alexander_Sannikov]

i think this is the only channel where people actually enjoy watching the advertisement at the end. for obvious reasons. well, reason.

[@jjlpinct]

You never cease to amaze me

[@EclecticEssentric]

Thanks for this. Entertaining.

[@brianh.000]

How strange--some of the patterns make it look like a 3 dimensional object spinning around. Trippy! Think I'll need to stop at Home Depot to buy some big nuts and string now. :)

[@eduardopadilla5505]

You are right, extraordinary patterns!!

[@FtwXXgigady]

Great content as always

[@thedsbrothers]

To #Nighthawkinlight I truly am sorry for the loss of your good ol’ friend and one of our favorite content creators: Grant Thompson (The King of Random) 1980 - 2019 I remember watching him way back when I was small and I loved him instantly. I watched him everyday and loved seeing such great experiments and high power gadgets. Seeing such dire and grave news brings many a tears to not just my eyes, but all of ours. 😢 To think that someone as great as Grant Thompson to have passed so early in many of our lives and his own life, is just simply saddening. 😞 All of our hearts go out to Grant Thompson’s wife, children, and other family members and to his friends he made in his youtube career, including you, Nighthawkinlight. ❤️🙏

[@saptarshiroy2761]

Maybe you would not believe, I subscribe for your politeness.

[@truthpreppin7630]

Very cool and brilliant!

[@joonasfi]

Great video as usual. And good call on including the bird during the sponsorship - I wouldn't have watched it otherwise. I think you should end each video with the bird!! :)

[@melody3741]

I seriously can’t believe I used to just think of you as the gun KZbinr and was not interested. Your videos are really special on this platform. Whenever you do die, you can do it knowing you have changed the lives of a lot of people, and really added value to the world.

[@mspacone]

What an awesome video!

[@antonioestupinian2732]

Congrats for a great job, and a big form to reach mathematics...

[@ryancorbell9520]

R.I.P Grant Thompson

[@TealCheetah]

Pendulum wave AND bird?! What a treat!

[@Dan-qp1el]

It almost hypnotized me.

[@thegamerlamp1403]

This is so satisfying! :D

[@kurtlindner]

This was awesome! I'm _really_ glad I increased my patronage.

[@Nighthawkinlight]

Thank you very much!

Just great !!! 👍👍👍

[@gabewotton3506]

You look like the nicest human being possible

[@gabewotton3506]

@ThomasG10mtn ?

[@keppycs]

@ThomasG10mtn I'm gonna need you to fuck right off

[@TheSadButMadLad]

Mesmerising!

[@Arckivio]

Finally a video that gives us some lengths without having to do our own calculations!!! I will try & do some calculations to see if I can but I'd rather start building one first. Can you tell me what size nut you used? Thanks for the video.

[@JaymeVanAuken]

Great visuals

[@kulgan96]

uhhhhhh(hypnotizing) must tell NightHawkInLight to make more awesome videos:D

[@asilva781]

Great man!

[@miltonknowlestheinsanewitc4996]

Pets are indeed a good way to get viewers and your bird is cute

[@gumunduringigumundsson9344]

Excellent dude wow!

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Wow! Very interesting! 👍 The best dreamcatcher! :)

[@azlaw2001]

Great job on 5his. Thank you

[@MrPolecat]

That's nuts!

[@reggiep75]

I dunno about anyone else but after a period of time I no longer saw pendulous patterns but rotational patterns.

[@DPovey]

Awesome!

[@trywait1979]

0:33 when a laboratory grown spider bites you. 🕷

[@compactcow]

Wow! It really looks like they're spinning around each other.

[@ykjt91]

Watched on .5 speed. Simply gorgeous. Amazing how the brain tricks you into thinking it's a 3d pattern

[@randomnameifyful]

i thought it was kinda neat when the nuts were moving very slow, cool project!