How Does Lift Work? (How Airplanes Fly)

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Flight has a long and interesting history. At first, people thought it was the feathers on birds that gave them the ability to fly. People even tried sticking feathers onto their arms in order to fly! Needless to say that didn't work. There have been hundred of flying contraptions designed since, including Leonardo da Vinci's 'Ornithopter' in 1485. In 1905 the Wright brothers pioneered and manufactured the first motor powered aircraft - fast forward over 115 years later and we're able to sit in flying structures that travel at 85% the speed of sound and take us around the globe.
Lift is the key enabling force in flight. Lift is made up of two components. Angle of attack, and a pressure differential. The angle of attack is simply the angle between the wing and the horizontal. A large angle of attack will push air downwards, and consequently the air pushes back on the wing, moving it upwards. Too large an angle however can cause the wing to stall and lose lift.
A pressure differential is created by the wing having a highly curved surface on the top side. This squeezes the air and causes it to travel faster. Faster moves air has a lower pressure, meaning the wing is 'sucked' upwards, creating lift.
Wings are highly optimised for specific applications which is why there are hundreds of types of wings in nature and our industrial world!
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[@Arnostic]

I don’t care how many times I see an airplane takeoff, it’ll never cease to amaze me in every way possible.

[@matthewfergusson7117]

*Never

[@matthewfergusson7117]

As respectfully as possible

[@Arnostic]

@@matthewfergusson7117 oh my bad, thank you!!

[@indiea5588]

Same here. Fascinates me every time. Feel like it’s a miracle !

[@gengiz]

Every time I fly I am amazed at human engineering and technology

[@user-ng2kn3xt2b]

Likewise

[@mactherealestateman]

They studied birds.

[@stinger4712]

I live near an airport so ive seen thousands of planes taking off or coming in for a landing. Every single time im amazed.

[@theKhumbaguy]

That hair dryer example is amazing. Great video.

[@ravindupererawarnakulapata9246]

Really slick explanation (you had 6 mins to sum up a 4-year uni degree!). Also love the Dumbo reference haha!

[@BrodieMcClure-qd5lw]

bro did not laugh irl

[@BrodieMcClure-qd5lw]

bro went like “……” and bro said haha

[@BrodieMcClure-qd5lw]

fake laugh lookin ahh

[@BrodieMcClure-qd5lw]

bros the person who laughs when someone says “Rizz master!”

[@BrodieMcClure-qd5lw]

bro looks like a clock

[@AndrewCampbell-ut6jk]

Good basic explanation of how wings work, one of the best I have seen without getting too technichnical.

[@ririshow]

You are leaning towards A Bernoulli explanation. Some people would disagree and prefer Newton's explanation.

[@AL-jn2mn]

This is a great video in explaining aerodynamic concepts relating to lift, thank you! It was great to see all the diagrams and the visual representation of the airplane flying because it gave me a better understanding how lift works and how we have to apply the concepts such as the angle of attack and the pressure differential on how faster moving air applies less pressure which are crucial concepts in understanding how lift generates.

[@wanzilaabel2274]

How to change direction, because when the radar reacts, there's a sudden change in direction which may panic passengers.Hw do captains manage to change direction in a better and safer way.

[@user-pb4bc7tt4g]

Awesome video! I love people explaining aviation concepts! Keep it up

[@garrettmartin101]

When watching this video, I noticed that there was a lot of visual aid such as diagrams to help explain how lift is generated. To help support the claims you used real examples which helped me better understand how lift works. The mention of different wings and how the size and shape can change lift was very informative.

[@PaulStClair-or3gj]

A sailing yachts sail is a vertical wing. It uses exactly the same principal to create the driving forces.

[@brandontsivitse5277]

Great video with clear and concise explanations and diagrams of the use of lift by airplanes to fly. Great that it explains lift using both aspects of angle of attack and pressure differential, as well as describing lift using both the Newtonian approach and the Bernoulli approach. The video could have gone into more detail about the technicalities of lift with respect to aircraft wing design, such as the production of vortices from certain types of lift, in particular those that have highly volatile angle of attack changes, although this probably would not amply fit in the timeframe of this video.

[@natahx2787]

Awesome video! I love people explaining aviation concepts! Keep it up

[@pentogram23]

The elevators should have been talked about and how they helps point the nose up after 300 klm

[@louisacquah-baidoo4800]

I wish I could personally give you a 1K like. Your explanation is really indept and same time soo simple to understand

[@TheBondy2010]

Loved all those real life examples of the physics! I wish I was shown this in uni!!!

[@abelbarraza8422]

I agree this video did a good job of explaining many aerodynamic concepts that relate to lift and actually helping the viewers visualize them through experiments and visual representations. The use of equations to also explain why pressure decreases in certain areas for example is a great way to relate the mathematics into all of it. The only thing I would add to this video is addressing some of the misconceptions of lift and explaining why they're incorrect or incomplete.

[@xschematech4965]

This is insightful, I would like to know how weight distribution works on plane

[@syedghalib3158]

Flaps are not moved during run ups, they are set to a certain degree based on passenger/cargo load, the temp of the day, humidity and the runway length, prior to start of run during the take off procedure call. The pressure difference on upper & lower wings are due to the venturi effect. The air flowing past and over the wing does not stick till the end, it detaches itself before the trailing edge. The upper area of the wing near trailing edge which has no air contact is called "wake area". It is not a desirable condition though. So, vortex generators are installed on upper wing to have air in contact, no matter it is not as smooth as the air on front upper area of the wing. The lift formula has no place for wing (aerofoil) thickness. The aspect ratio or the length x width is the one that has significance. Modern jets have thicker wings for structural strength as they are also used as fuel storage. When flaps are deployed, it is the aspect ratio that increases, thus creating more lift. Venturi effect can be tested by holding two pages, an inch apart, near your face and blowing in the gap. You wil notice that the two pages do not expand apart as you may have guessed, instead they come close like sticking together. Same effect can be seen when a truck or high speed car crosses your motorcycle or car, you feel the magnetic effect of leaning or moving towards the other vehicle. Keep this in mind and be careful on highways.

[@baxterismyyoutubename5077]

Been waiting for this masterpiece

[@chongngitsin9097]

I like your explaination of theory of flight. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@JohnSmith-fd8zu]

Lift me up Scotty.

[@amuktadir1991]

ALWAYS CHECKLIST ENGINE,fuel,Weather before entering in Atlantic and pacific.2 more times.

[@50967A]

Still there is confusion on how lift is created, some people say lift is created as a result of "law of conservation of momentum", some say it Bernoulli principle.

[@ismailmahfoz9737]

In my understanding, there are two parts working together to lift the cockpit. 1: the flaps-located at the main L&R wings. 2: The elevator-located at the stabilizer (short wing at the rear plane). When the plane reach the enough speed against the gravity, the pilot will pull the elevator lever upwards; it’ll change the low pressure air flown at the top of elevator to high pressure, so these action will make the cockpit raise. At the same time, the plane speed + the high pressure air below the wing will lift up the plane to fly… I hope its correct…😊

[@henrivanbemmel]

It has not and will never be Bernoulli's Principle. Energy is always conserved ND Newtons laws are always followed in such situations. The action of the aircraft being rammed through the air by the engines,or even gravity as it descends must deflect air downward in order to deflect the plane upward (lift). No matter what else, this has be so as Newton's third law must be followed.

[@templeosigwe3545]

I understood nothing but enjoyed it. Thank you!

[@nativeson1559]

Lol! this is like your lecturer (professor) teaching you about linear regression analysis and you getting nothing.

[@loverofthelostnarc]

Does the distance play a vital role in lifting up the aircraft, means do the pilots have to pull the lever backwards within 400 mtrs for the liftoff ?

[@chrisshonga]

Great video, great information especially for those people who keep asking difficulty question of how possible such a massive flight can manage to lift up easily with almost 600 people on board plus luggages. Thank you for your knowledge which helped a lot of who love to fly with A380 but don't have a clue how things work to lift such a massive plane

[@aurorap4281]

Awesome video! Can't wait for the next one. Would love to know more about the history of flight (and how all this was discovered!) in a future video.

[@kakhaval]

Google "The Wright brothers first aeroplane flight (1903)". They used a funny catapult mechanism. Amazing how it developed so fast to modern planes.

[@asamapearl]

Love it! Where were you when I was doing my GCSES?

[@alexbowman7582]

The first human built “wing” was probably a boats sail but it could have been the boomerang. Both use wing principles. The boomerang was almost certainly the first human guided missile as well as it’s designed to change it’s trajectory to hit birds in flight.

[@AJLKS.]

Very informative! Perhaps one topic to discuss in the future would be "wing aspect ratio"?

[@HitMeWith]

Great suggestion!

[@Anthony-gq7dk]

The angle of attack on takeoff of the last 380 seems to defy all laws of physics. Looks as if it is about to stall , but doesn't . Great videos , well done, so informative .

[@davidjacobs6344]

Excellent video. One of the few that talks on angle of attack firstly rather than makes out lift is almost all to do with wing cross section. Yes .. a flat wing will fly happily due to aoa … it just flies even better with cross section shape. I know as I made model aircraft in my teens with flat wings and they flew fine. Unusually sensible video this . Many thanks .

[@lukecowley8258]

Why are wings swept back and how does the of it angle affect performance? How is the length ans profile of a wing also determined?

[@nicholasmccarthy8771]

Thank you for an excellent presentation. I understand the principle of the wings moving up to fill in the area of less pressure and thereby producing lift, but I would like to know more about the science of faster air producing less pressure. On the question of the aerofoil's shape causing this pressure difference, what happens when a plane is flown upside down, at an air display for example? The low pressure is now underneath the wings, 'lifting' the aircraft towards the ground. So ... how is flight now possible?

[@wolfie54321]

The shape of the wing alone doesn't create the low pressure, it's the shape of the wing + the angle of attack. As said in the video, even a flat plate will produce lift at an angle of attack, the shape just makes it more efficient (and allows it to push to a higher angle of attack without stalling). So when flying upside down, the aircraft reverses the angle of attack to produce low pressure on the other side of the wing. But if the aerofoil is cambered, it will be far more prone to stalling when upside down. If the wing isn't cambered (symmetrical aerofoil) it will work just as well upside down as right way up (e.g. if the wing needed 2 degrees of angle of attack when flying upright, it will need negative 2 degrees when flying upside down). The pilot creates this positive or negative angle of attack through use of the tail. If the aerofoil was cambered, maybe it only needs +1 degree to fly right side up, but might need -3 (for example) to fly upside down.

[@wolfie54321]

And in terms of faster air producing less pressure, it comes from the balance of kinetic energy in the fluid to potential energy of the pressure of the fluid (if the air speeds up, to maintain the same overall energy, pressure must drop, if air slows down, to maintain the same overall energy, the pressure must rise). This is described by Bernoulli's equation, which is effectively an energy-per-unit-volume of air.

[@cashnut08]

Thank you for this explanation on such a big topic in aerodynamics. I really found useful the many diagrams and visuals to aid in the explanation of lift. Both the angle of attack of the airfoil with respect to the flow as well as the pressure differential are both major concepts to understand in order to generate as much lift as possible.

[@nizamina]

Thank you. Always wondered how all this weight got up in the air.

[@captainjack003]

What a kind of delivery of learning... With Background music 🥳🥳🥳

[@waltervetri2476]

Absolutely clear explanation .Easily understandable .Thank you,Sir.Vetri South Africa .🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🙏

[@shizzyorleone09]

I understand it but it's still amazing to see everytime!

[@marcpeiron_studio]

Thanks for the video. I have a question: What are the mechanisms engaged by pulling the stick and that make the plane tilt up and achieve the angle of attack?

[@deu8894]

Very remarkable indeed. Especially for an aircraft as large as the airbus a380

[@jamesadcock5235]

Amazing aeroplane didn't think much of the a380 when it first came out. Now I think it's the best ever for long haul flights. It would be a shame if they went out of service

[@leonardgibney2997]

Leading edge flaps are crucial for producing lift. At take-off the air can't get out of the way quickly enough and gets bounced upwards but immediately comes down again with the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on it. This has the effect of creating a vacuum above the wing. The atmosphere all trillions of tons of it detects the vacuum and pushes it upwards to where vacuums belong to the top of the atmosphere (equilibrium law). But practically, it's just the air around the plane which does the job. At higher speeds say above 400 knots the vacuum (otherwise known as a shock wave) starts to have difficulty keeping up with the plane and tends to drag back on it so the designers angle the wing back into it eliminating much of the drag while maintaining lift. By this 'sweep' angle you can roughly estimate the operational speed of the plane sometimes. I've seen these shock waves on planes landing at airports as condensation formed along them. You can see it also on your video. The bang you hear when a plane breaks the sound barrier is the shock wave, no longer able to keep up with the plane, collapsing explosively.

[@jayeolaoluwasola697]

The most advanced tech is the jet/plane ,every other tech falls around it

[@dreada8814]

Yeah nicely explained with examples

[@nativeson1559]

Thank you professor. You make a very good teacher.

[@user-bc5qz3mt5h]

This is awesome! Love your content, can't wait for the next

[@deang5622]

I am impressed. You are the only KZbinr I have seen so far that correctly recognises the part played by Newton's Third Law of motion. All the other muppets believe the sole source of lift is Bernoulli's principle, until I ask them how the aircraft flies upside down where the lift force produced by the wing is in the same direction as gravity - downwards. Without exception, that shuts the muppets up that think they know it all.

[@ricbarker4829]

I feel your pain. I have been arguing with other pilot's for years that the main amount of lift is generated by the bottom surface of the wing directing the airflow downwards. They look at you as if you are an aviation heretic.

[@owenmoses7726]

Thanks for the explanation, it sure was very interesting, I always wonder as to how such a big object can take of, now I Know. Thanks again

[@Kebab4523]

Learning with you is fun thank you 👍

[@connortrask3224]

Nice video, one thing to note though is that the Coanda effect describes the tendency of powered jet flows to stay attached to convex surfaces. The air over the top surface of an airfoil stays attached due to a combination of the ambient atmospheric pressure deflecting the streamlines downwards and viscosity causing the flow to stick to the surface (which is also the main reason the water stays attached to the mug in your demo)

[@justing42]

negative. The air doesn't stick to anything.The air moving over the top of the wing is moving faster based on its shape, creating lower pressure. It is slower moving across the bottom of the wing, at a HIGHER pressure. Lift is the object moving from high to low. Its called physics. Bernoulli's principle.

[@deang5622]

​@@justing42Wrong. Explain the boundary layer effect and why aircraft have devices to break it up.

[@markdoepke4594]

Very well done. A small time pilot told me that sometimes the front of the wing is too smooth, making air (and water), pull into little streams instead of laying smoothly over the surface. Dealing with meniscus. Some wing fronts had to put on a very thin matte finish to break up the meniscus. Looking forward to your videos, thanks.

[@Matlock901]

the whole thing is just Amazin .for a air craft to weight 575 ton and just take off into tin air is mind blowing. thanks for the info

[@theecapricorn]

Very informative , with excellent explanation.👏👏👏

[@johnnypool2206]

Brother..extremely good video. Please explain HOW and WHAT the pilot does to land a jet like in the video.

[@ks.p3219]

Interesting information for layman. Although thousands of people are flying every Day throughout the world only handful among them know the intricacies involved in that operation. Ultimately it is the nature which is far superior .

[@franklinsimpson9357]

Does a plane require the same take off Speed to land or less. Also explain what prevent the plane from falling out of the sky when it cut it speed and slow down in the case of landing or going around before landing.

[@siamakalaei1148]

Thanks for the explanation ❤❤❤

[@callfourzero1931]

What's surprising is how a fully fueled 747 is carrying the equivalent of 120 Honda Accords. Add passengers and baggage for another 20 Honda Accords. This is equivalent to the cabin filled with Honda Accords and 40 more on each wing.

[@KennyTseraha-xg6gu]

Very interesting. Well explained video. Awesome.

[@captainpower3314]

And now for the average mind: How an aircraft really lift in real life?

[@reubengisawa4751]

Very detailed explanation. Better than some teachers.

[@MotivatedI]

This is what we call “explain to me like I’m a child. Great job

[@rogerrendzak8055]

In the beginning (@2:31), you said the air moving would be right, to left. You mean, left, to right, correct?? Very good short documentary, on lift. Very academic🧐!!!

[@erich930]

No, he meant right to left. Look at where the fat end of the airfoil is vs the sharp end

[@dilipkumarpatel8313]

Aienstein’s theory of relativity has been put into practice by humans, but still not been perfected yet. Long way to go.

[@thisisben3593]

Such an interesting video. Much appreciated how articulate, well thought and presented. Subscribed straight away

[@snuggles03]

I watched that video twice, and I still do not understand. But don’t worry I was never really good at maths and science.

[@paulweisensell8751]

Excellent explanation!

[@franciskt4171]

The inflated baloon is more related to the pressurised aircraft which augments the lift. Without pressurisation, lift is rather impossible.

[@daniels.deloso4181]

After viewing your presentation, I'm better informed. Muchicimas gracias.

[@alimozaffar6884]

it was incredible!! thanks

[@cesarcorreia7472]

Great vid! Keep up with the awesome work ;)

[@Observ45er]

But it has two serious errors I describe above.

[@KludgeMaker]

Anybody who has stuck their hand out the car window knows how lift works. In the Wright Brothers' day though, that wasn't the universal experience it is today. Only people who had done that from a train window would have known about it.

[@michaelhayden725]

How does lift work? Well May I suggest you examine those box keys developed by Lawrence Heargraves around 1896/7. His kytes upper surfaces were curved, conveyed. Thus creating a low pressure zone above the “wing”. Cheers.

[@S.E.O.S]

Thanks for this video

[@Genecardo]

What makes the turbine engine start

[@Cranston0]

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[@humungous09]

Excellent video bro! Thanks so much n love from India!

[@ashokhazra5708]

Watching from India . Kolkata. Thank you very much for nice video .🙏

[@robertjensen1048]

I understand how lift works with light things like small airplanes but how does it work with really big ones?

[@justinmiller2995]

Great to see a video that mentions angle of attack in the explanation of lift! most sources miss out on this. I also find a lot of sources that miss the reactive force of deflection of airflow. Most sources just focus on pressure differential. However, your explanation of the coanda effect was wrong as this only applies to jet streams. The use of the cup is also a very poor example, as this is not a result of the Coanda effect, rather an effect of surface tension between the water and the cup. Additionally implication of causation in a one way direction between pressure and velocity is risky, as these factors effect one another simultaneously. Finally, it is incorrect that the airfoil is "sucked" up. This may seem minor, but the increased pressure below the airfoil pushes it up, rather than it being sucked up.

[@RaulRodriguez-wr8lq]

Thanks impressed, what a great invention.

[@franklinsimpson9357]

Whenever a plane is miles or some distance in the air the sound from it seems to be almost a mile behind it, yet when the plane is lower descending for landing the sound is right there under the plane , please explain .

[@aklilulemma1546]

Amazing Video, I found it very useful. Thank You 🙂

[@Observ45er]

But it has two serious errors I describe above.

[@Ezeranol]

This is great.i would wish to have more .

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

Even as someone who has loved and studied aviation for 30 yrs i still have some basic questions like the Wings and Fuel...am i the only one that wonders how it's possible for the wings to hold a good 400,000 l bs of fuel plus 4 engines and withstand the forces on it while flying and somehow also push the rest of the plane forward without snapping off?..the fuel really gets me cuz it doesnt ever look like any plane can hold as much fuel as advertised and then to have wires and hydraulics running through them and numerous control surfaces attached to them and then maintain that strength while the plane is moving over 500 mph it really is literally mind boggling..im 37 so i dont know a world without planes but even with ally i know it doesnt make them any less amazing and borderline Magic so im sure even the most intelligent from the past lose their minds seeing a plane fly

[@HitMeWith]

This is a great question. I'll try and do a video on the structure of plane wings at some point!

[@shaneduff021]

Where do you get those balloons!?! Great video

[@jayp8798]

Thank you its ao nice to know the wonder of aero and how it works ❤😊❤

[@numismatric]

Fascinating, ty...

[@Astro78196]

Can you do a video on how oil tankers or ships float?

[@terrilhargrovejones]

Fascinating, always...😊

[@saruloherbert8083]

Very Good video it's a Remarkable Lesson.

[@henryimarhiagbe9151]

Thanks. I would like to know how commercial aircrafts manoeuvre in the air.

[@HydroInvalid]

good explanation

[@user-ii4bj9jt4f]

I worked with Loading aircraft and know that wings and engines are the main power but still wonder with all these weights and how the wind can left all those weight up.

[@jacksimpson-rogers1069]

I love the question about 200 African bull elephants! I also have amused myself that the mere force upon the wings of a fighter 'plane can be ten times gravity, whereas a race car on a steeply angled corner is maybe taking a force of two gravity, to round a corner at that speed.

[@mohanmenon446]

Good information 😊

[@vantamplin7574]

Very good explanation. Even simple minded, me, can understand your subject explained with your hair dryer balloon (pressure) and dyed water (grasp) demo. A hair dryer/ballon and ink/cup; just brilliant, creative video.

[@HitMeWith]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nadeemmustafa6450]

Wonderful video 👍👍👍

[@emanuelfarrugia4821]

Thanks for this video, I always been interested and amazed of how the hell they ever take off, Oh and staying up there too, I still do, BUT at least now I got an idea thanks to you, I travelled from UK to Australia six times in the past being one of those "fear of flying" so you could imagine how I felt each time, and that was only the Jambo 477 Hmmmm 😩, anyway thumbs up from me, 👍& goodluck ;

[@prabhakarkmv4135]

Aviation always a great thrill for me!👍🏏 ✈️

[@iplaylikeagodz5152]

The engine, does the main work, it must be strong enough to lift the plan vertically upwards only. For an object to fly it most posses both vertical and horizontal forces. The wing provides this vertical coefficient of force, using drag at the front point of the wings( the thick part of the wing) allowing the slim part of the wings to lift up in a semi circular manner(because there is less drag at this point) . The tail flaps enhance this process during takeoff