How Far Can An Aluminum Foil Airplane Fly If You Add a Motor?

[@pacman4521]

That was such a cool video. WE NEED MORE OF THIS

[@physicslab5787]

👍

[@chicom8157]

Reported and disliked.

[@ukrainegaming2167]

F L Y

[@solarbear7017]

This comment is probably made on every video he uploads at least 10 times

[@otfxclan8739]

@@chicom8157 ?

[@keepcalmandfarmon5401]

When I was about 8 years old my Dad told me ANYTHING will "fly" if it has enough power. That is still true 52 years later!!!

[@SubjektDelta]

its basic physics, unless we get some breakthrough this will stay true for a long time.

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

Basically how rockets work

[@isname55]

A black hole

[@tinwhiskerSC]

Putting excessive power on something to overcome design is at the heart of why the A-10 Warthog can fly.

[@jkgkjgkijk]

And the sr71 blackbird

[@bruhmingo]

@@jkgkjgkijk true, but for very different reason than the A-10.

[@rhuttrho88]

Even with a wing blown off!🤷🏿‍♂️😁

[@slingshot99]

and the MiG-25 aka the flying brick

[@cumunist2120]

There’s a plane with backwards wings and it’s so unstable that it only flies because it has computer to make constant tiny adjustments and if this computer were to break the plane would likely rip itself apart

[@IncroyablesExperiences]

What is the difference between a plane wind and the lowest Cx symmetrical profile tilted up? Is the first one is more efficient about drag?

[@JupiterKnight]

i am le chicken nugget

[@HerraTohtori]

Short answer - yes. For the long answer you need to know that aerofoils produce two kinds of drag. The first type of drag is called shape drag or parasitic drag which is caused just by the wing existing, being a certain shape and size, and having to push air away from its way to proceed through the air. The other type of drag is lift induced drag, or just induced drag for short. This drag is only produced if the aerofoil is actually causing lift. The amount of induced drag produced depends on how much lift is generated, and how efficient the wing is. As long as the wing doesn't need to generate any lift, the most aerodynamic shape is a symmetrical aerofoil which can just go straight through the air. The vertical stabilizer is usually a symmetrical aerofoil (though not always), and it's also common for horizontal stabilizers to have a symmetric aerofoil. However, if a symmetrical aerofoil needs to produce lift, it needs to have a non-zero angle of attack which means it's no longer flying straight through air. In this case the wing will not only produce a certain amount of induced drag, but the parasitic drag will also increase significantly because the wing is not presenting the least frontal area to the airflow (it's a bit more complicated than that but works for a simplified explanation). The solution to this is the cambered aerofoil, which has an asymmetric curve to it, with more curved side upwards and flatter (or even slightly concave) side down. This type of wing can produce lift even at zero angle of attack, which allows it to produce lift while minimizing the amount of parasitic drag it produces. Typically, this neutral angle of attack is where the wing gets its best lift-to-drag efficiency, and that usually corresponds to a certain airspeed which gives the aircraft best possible glide ratio. So yes, long story short - a cambered aerofoil is typically more efficient than a symmetrical aerofoil. However, the amount of camber depends on things like what the aircraft's typical airspeed is - if the plane is going to be flying slowly, the wing will probably be thicker and have more camber, while a very fast aircraft might have a thin wing with relatively small camber.

[@allofall9240]

@@HerraTohtori Holy moly

[@cadejust6777]

@@allofall9240 Holy Macaroni?.😎🐝😋😔😯😮?.

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

@@HerraTohtori thanks for the executive summary

[@CarolinaGunGuy]

I'm not sure if anyone has ever wondered *how far an aluminum foil airplane can fly* before this video. 🤔😆

[@PotatoMasterYT]

True

[@AxxLAfriku]

ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear caro

[@wolfgirlakawolfpack4379]

🤷‍♀️

[@wolfgirlakawolfpack4379]

True

[@devyanshkhanna9701]

i actually have. i was just waiting for a yt channel to make a video bout it. im lazy

[@flatbreadsub]

The Action Lab: The angle is more important than the wings *proceeds to make wings out of a plate and cannot fly*

[@vihaanpatel667]

>: ):

[@Aphrodite10]

Good one lol 😂

[@DenisLoubet]

I suspect there's an unaddressed issue of stability...

[@MrNepal8848]

how about you try to fly the *better winged plane* at 90 degrees?

[@ElInextricable]

It could fly but needs more power, evidently

[@ZRisyad]

Imagine his neighbors be like: "oh my god, what is he up to again?"

[@raymondgoubet]

And soon he will be using ... *antimatter* ... No worry: the neighbors won't have time to complain this time!

[@rhuttrho88]

Word!

[@raymondgoubet]

@@hoidailou Exactly! He will make 20 tonnes of it...

[@gleaming-story6262]

@@hoidailou i dont think so

[@loganwolv3393]

Tbh i'd really like to be one of his neighbors.

[@vishwasmalhotra3714]

The action lab host comes and ,Hey everybody today I’m gonna be showing...

[@RezaHadi_A2]

Love that intro XD

[@akashsunil7464]

before it used to be" hey everyone welcome to the action lab today i am going to ...."

[@rolirolster]

Watching you go higher and higher reminded me of the time I lost my drone in the sky. It went up to about 90 metres and the wind was so strong I couldn't get it to land. I then glanced at the controls for a second and when I looked back I had a wind-induced tear in my eye. By the time I recovered focus the drone was gone, never to be seen again. Hopefully it didn't hurt anyone when it crashed to the ground.

[@volvo09]

Oh no!

[@t5o7m]

The paper plate needed a vertical stabilizer (like the winglets on the paper and foil craft) ... if you're willing to tweek it, I'm willing to bet you can get the paper plate to fly well too

[@lordsnia2152]

i knew it was worth subbing after only watching 3 videos on a side note, i was hoping you keep flying until plane exited your control reach only for it to fall and then rise again. though that free fall was still very cool

[@Akshat_sharma111]

Once i start watching your videos i just can't can't resist clicking on the next video after i finish one!

[@Xxmo1221xX]

Same

[@samueloladosu4721]

But you missed the peak of plane design. The high-school ones folded from homework.

[@parth8863]

It's actually true. The paper with homework on it actually flies faster and higher 😂😂

[@patrickobaldo883]

Piss off your professor enough and you wouldn't even need to fold it in order for it to fly across the room.

[@shebarashid3696]

That man is one of the best science communicator of this century(just saying if you ever think of opening a guitar channel we will be happy to make your explaining skills help us rock

[@panchor]

Dude this video was amazing, I want that motor.

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

Just buy a $20 micro drone and put the motors on a paper plane. You need to think about what ones go where and how to position the motors but after that see how it glides and attach the movement sensor so it will be level when flying normally. it should have its own self stabilization with 2 motors on each wing, I think one pointed slightly up and the other slightly down to alter the angle of attack.

[@shamrock6427]

I didn't have to watch to answer the title of this video: as far as the motor will function. I have a bit of a habit of reading your thumbnails, and reaching conclusions before I even click, yet somehow, you always pull through to make it beyond worth it. Love your content, man. Keep it up.

[@justanotherfpv]

My children and I did this a couple years back. Use stick seal paper and coffee straws. It works amazing

[@gvantsasakaruli9900]

I think you are that one man who can come up with all these ideas, i love this channel!!

[@AdilMotiwala]

I feel like you're a really creative person. If I were you I would have no ideas for any videos. Keep up with the amazing content and see ya in another video

[@krisibarra2904]

This guy managed to make learning fun and entertaining! Hats off to you man you earned a sub

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I have a request for an experiment using magnets. What would happen if you glued 2 permanent magnets together, with the like poles touching each other? Also, can you magnetize a permanent magnet, after the magnetism was removed? Cheers!

[@5k37ch0]

Hey, could you do a video on how boomerangs work. Hopefully you could bring some light back to the dying sport

[@davidcovington901]

ActionLab changes topics and still hits home runs every time. Now I'm thinking about that guitar on your right .... if it were red, and electric .... Archimedes: Give me a lever long enough and I can move the world. ActionLab: Give me a motor strong enough and I can fly it.

[@abhirammadhu2973]

Wow, this is the most easiest way to make an RC plane. So cool.

[@jakemckee2005]

I made a similar thing where I tested different wing materials for gliders. What I would do for the tin foil wings is make a frame out of bamboo skewers, like long toothpicks, by making a two triangles for the wings and a rectangle for the body. Then you glue the triangles together and attach the rectangle to the spot where you glued the wings. Then I would add tinfoil by just wrapping it around the frame. That way you don’t bend it easily and also it’s less wrinkly so it’s more streamlined. I would also make smaller triangles and attach them it the back as fins for stability.

[@devarshdave]

Hey which product was that? Any amazon links?

[@69k_gold]

I can imagine James' wife just googling the mental hospital's number after seeing her husband playing all day with paper planes

[@bruhmoment5700]

LOL

[@OofHearted]

Wait, you think playing with planes is a mental health symptom?!

[@massey81]

shed be more likely to have folded the paper airplanes herself.

[@TomtheMagician21]

You mean the coolness club

[@DaP84]

"Hurry, and bring the straightjacket! My husband is having fun at his work"

[@Negentropy.]

My interdimensional spaceship is made out aluminum foil... I haven't had take off yet..I'll have to try these "PowerUp 4.0" motors...thanks for the tip👍

[@dzakytamir3048]

His Neighborhood be like : "Look outside, the are a crazy people that didnt have happy childhood playing paper plane"

[@NighthawkGliders]

Yay! POWERUP 4.0 is awesome! Our Tornado Updraft Balsa kit flies great with this! So much fun! 👍😊

[@radhevirani]

Action lab please try putting a pressure gauge in a vacuum chamber without any connections

[@silidox3440]

2:56 flexing his camera/ phone stabilization system

[@QVZ]

I can understand something I never understood (even easier) in School, now petition to make you my science teacher

[@smartfrenandromax6651]

Its 'crumpled wings' seemed to have created more lift by diverting more air downward in exchange of more resistant. The lift theory teached in school seemed to work mostly on hypersonic aircrafts (e.g. X-15). The wings' of subsonic aircrafts seemed to have created lift by moving a lot of air downward.

[@_multiverse_]

“The shape of an airplanes wing is much less important than the angle of attack” Sir, you just hurt my brain

[@samuelstuff4557]

So basically we have been lied to all our lives?

[@ondrejtyc7578]

@@samuelstuff4557 It is not lie entirely, but the angle of attack is often neglected in other videos like this. Another problem is that people use for explanation of lift easier Bernoulli Equation for incompressible fluids (not for air). Those who made simple paper planes know that complicated airfoil is not necessary.

[@samuelstuff4557]

@@ondrejtyc7578 The fact that people fail to mention the importance of the angle of attack is whats surprising to me.

[@tarkusmairingraziato]

Yeah, i would say: The shape of an airplane wing is much less important than the angle of attack *if you just want it to fly inefficiently and bad This video is not for people studying the subject in detail so i guess that what he said it's fine.

[@ondrejtyc7578]

@@tarkusmairingraziato Lol. Have you ever heard about wing flap or wind turbines with variable pitch control designed by "people studying the subject".

[@williamfraser]

That paper plate should be able to produce a huge amount of lift if you flip it upside down. Think of it as the leading edge of a Frisbee. Add some reflex tabs on the trailing edge to tame the vicious nose-down pitching moment. Carefully choose wing position relative to centre of gravity for pitch stability. A slight offset between the height of propeller thrust line and wing could be useful for pitch control in flight.

[@bhaskarhurkat7371]

Jlaser worked so hard to make yondu's arriw. Action lab made it easy lol

[@brentmagazine8496]

As a person who has flown airplanes, the shape of the wing matters dramatically when taking off and landing. Angle of attack doesn't help much to create lift at slow speeds because the tail will drag on the ground.. bruh, but go ahead..

[@jakistam1000]

Yes, of course the wing shape matters in general, there's a reason why designing airplanes takes time and money. But the idea is that if you want something that flies at all, not necessarily well, you don't need complicated wings; you just need large area to mass ratio.

[@FirstLast-gw5mg]

Shape matters a lot if you're trying to maximize lift while minimizing drag (because for a real airplane, thrust equals fuel equals money). But if you can just strap a big motor on it with no concern for how much energy you're using, it really doesn't matter much.

[@tonylampe9279]

You always make amazing videos one of the best youtubers of 2020 and most likely 2021

[@spacewad8745]

my favourite science channel on youtube.

[@MammaOVlogs]

wow way cool, you were having way too much fun!

[@Sparky-vj2dq]

Very good. Likely that the Al version offers lower air resistance and/or weight than the paper original to give that performance boost.

[@mjames7674]

Hah! That's awesome! Also, that looks like a nice neighborhood.

[@h7opolo]

5:10 obviously, your lift and response to air is greater if your material is impervious to air currents unlike paper.

[@etcetera9999]

What camera do you use? The way it handles the sunlight even if you hold it directly into the sun is awesome

[@chirathrathnayake2616]

Sir you are the best Science Teacher ever......

[@biko9824]

I’VE GOT THE POWERUP MODULE TOO! Love that thing :)

[@jackyvivid]

i want one of those! So cool this is!

[@s.b.o6150]

Where can I get the motor??

[@rockstar_coc2827]

Can i pls get the link of this RC receiver

[@mehedieval]

yes someone do it please

[@baikia777]

Look at the description.

[@ru2yaz33]

The lift is from the lower pressure on the top surface of the wing, so air pulls more than push the plane upwards.

[@NinjaBoyGM]

Nice videos and content. Keep it up man. We learn much from you

[@wordreet]

Angle of attack is as important as the other bits and pieces. When a kite flies, it's mostly about the AOA. That paper plane had some nice flat wings, but not much in the vertical "plane". Your aliminum plane had a lot more "boat" shape, which gave it better stability. And the crinkled ally foil was actually creating drag,that prevented it from flying quite so fast, so that probably helped with controllability too. Real plane wings have to compromise between things like lift, speed and efficiency. A big airliner needs to lift 200 or so people, but also needs to offer good journey times, while saving fuel in any way it can. Whereas a military jet fighter needs speed and manoeuvrability. So aircraft designers get to play on the swings AND the roundabouts!!

[@ar7_crtv706]

Atmosphere: you can’t just ignore air resistance Schools: haha airplanes go brrrrrrr

[@ukrainegaming2167]

Hi I'm a 10 warthog brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@vancemacd6315]

You might be on to something. The way the air shaped the tinfoil like natures air flow design. Very cool.

[@ramoth7333]

That recovery was 👌

[@JustDroneVids]

where do you buy this motor?

[@letsdo6071]

Please tell me about clear aluminium

[@aharonmathews7751]

You actually have good ideas, please do more videos.

[@espce5ob-experiencerpsychi216]

Great education for young ones, bless you

[@canadianpatriot9044]

The paper plate would likely have worked if the plate was upside down

[@ukrainegaming2167]

Yea

[@robertAGC]

Dude! You were recording that right by where I work (before COVID; now work from home). That's crazy. For some reason, I thought you were in CA.

[@U2fan24]

So I'm a big Back to the Future fan, and was wondering if this would work on a little model DeLorean made of paper?? You didn't explain why the paper plate didn't work, so can maybe try to make a paper time machine and see if that will fly??

[@radhevirani]

Action lab I have heard that air can conduct electricity so why don't you put a tesla coil in a vacuum chamber and try to light a CFL bulb from outside

[@FirstLast-gw5mg]

Air is actually a pretty good insulator in general, it takes a tremendous voltage (relative to the distance it has to travel) to ionize the air so it's conductive enough for current to flow (and the result is a spark, or a lightning bolt). Vacuum actually provides much less resistance to the flow of electricity, which is why things like vacuum tubes and CRT displays are filled with vacuum instead of some mixture of gases. The electrons thrown off by the cathode are able to move easily through the vacuum inside the tube because they're not being blocked by air.

[@radhevirani]

@@FirstLast-gw5mg thanks buddy 😇

[@jawadisfunny9076]

youtube has been trying to make me watch this for a week now. i suspect they wont stop till i watch it

[@profast786]

Underrated channel.

[@shivgoyal8967]

This was One of the best video of "action lab".

[@wh1plash7]

This is the war version of a paper airplane Wh1plash has spoken

[@nikoraasu6929]

what

[@santkumarjha6867]

What

[@tjgrembowski]

@@santkumarjha6867 WH1PLASH HAS SPOKEN

[@justascottishguyinscotland1167]

And who tf are you

[@ClaraCl2005]

You actually can get a paper plate to fly pretty easily, you just have to have it in a pulling configuration in a nutball plane. Of course having a tail and a bit of dihedral on the wings would help, but it still would fly without them.

[@hakrj12]

2:38 "Make a metal plane fly" ... I'm gonna guess that it's impossible

[@DaP84]

Def no planes made out of aluminium.. lol

[@samakshsethiya8594]

@@DaP84 It was sarcasm!

[@DaP84]

​@@samakshsethiya8594 you never know on the internet. Sarcasm/irony translates poorly in text

[@joekenorer]

@@DaP84 Everything translates poorly in text, that's why society is falling apart.

[@ColdOsburn]

I have a question if you were able to take a model rocket or a modified model rocket and attach a weather balloon to it and before it explodes you drop it launch it and then see how high it will get from there of course you will need to have a way to stabilize it and keep it away from the shrapnel of the weather balloon if it does pop of course you will need to have a way to catch up the speed first like a solid fuel rocket and then have its actual rocket and see how far that will go and if you put a camera to it it would be kind of cool to see that transition.

[@heyitsmejm4792]

wish i could afford to live in that neighborhood... every house is just wow

[@brianincanada148]

Wow....that was really cool 😄 looks like a lot of fun......you’re a credit to Orville and Wilbur 👍🏻😂 Thank you for the video.🇨🇦

[@VikingPontus]

YES

[@shivambulsara8509]

Cool as always, love from India 🇮🇳♥️ Please continue making vlogs on another channel and maybe play that guitar! We would love to see that!

[@elgalaxy9000]

Cool vid Req nxt:What happens when we make the aluminum flane fly into the black hole

[@malchar2]

so basically just a scaled down version of the modern commercial jetliner. pretty cool, and glad we aren't flying around in huge paper airplanes anymore.

[@Neceros]

What motor is that? Or which one should I buy for this sort of thing?

[@GB6__YT]

Will eggs cook if you boil water in a vacuum chamber? I imagine it is entirely a heat-based reaction, but I imagine it would be a cool video nonetheless.

[@DivyanshMMMUT]

That GoPro footage looks great 🔥

[@t5o7m]

If one searches " Easy Paper-Plate Airplane - Great Flyer! " one will learn a way to make a paper plate that flies well

[@atharvamete7917]

Amazing video!!! From where can I buy that motor?

[@simonbuhl6515]

Tortilla plane?

[@Anilasharma17]

Watching you videos from INDIA 🤠🤠 Satisfied with every video but still waits for the next one . . Cool

[@jer103]

Why wouldn't you compress sheets of aluminum together to create more stability? The airplane you made was comparable to the Japanese foil ball before you started hammering, then sanding it. It would have more durability, yet still be lightweight because of the density of aluminum.

[@grimchildish]

That was awesome, I really enjoyed that now I want one to mess with my own designs. I love it, keep it up

[@yusufjaihoon4618]

What a nice weather🌞 you guys have 😍

[@TheeneF]

I love this video and BTW, I live right where you did the demo of the plane. ;)

[@iAmTheOneAndOnlyE]

Amazing video but when I saw "Hawkings Middle School" I thought of Steven Hawkings then thought of Steven Hawkings Pro Skater and I can't stop laughing

[@trainyourbrain4420]

Awesome shirt man! Stranger things was amazing!

[@Aurelia_Reshias2810]

This guy really teach me more about sience than my sience teacher

[@jondo7680]

Your teacher didn't teach you that a plane flies better with a motor?

[@MuhammadDaudkhanTV100]

Very good work and cool looking

[@allanhanan]

Makes this and let it fly Plane: alight imma get outta here

[@ukrainegaming2167]

Makes a plane from a plate Plate plane:aight imma get outta here

[@16-fahimjaman13]

The name of that device is Power up 4.0 A FRIENDLY REMINDER ☺️

[@esecallum]

why does the lift only act on the top side of the symmetrical wing?

[@lgl_137noname6]

Would the paper plate have flown were it upside down ?

[@giannlourincen.handumon1546]

I learn so much in this channel😊😊

[@IntegralKing]

Was the aluminum foil aircraft easier to control because of the higher dihedral angle?

[@Leepiecheneef]

Make an aluminum foil boat pls

[@Xonk61]

I think the paper plate would have flown also, if the angle of the "wings" in relation to the direction of the forward force had been adjusted, to give you a better coefficient of lift