Can a Solid Wood Airplane Actually Fly???

[@marshallcarter6106]

The animations and explanations for aircraft stability were better than any actual private pilot curriculum I've ever seen. Well done.

[@RWJOwnsUsAll]

I came here to say the same thing. I didn't grasp aircraft stability to this level until the day of my CFI checkride. Awesome explanation Daniel!

[@AdrianMelia-0]

I'm also here to say the same thing! Excellent choice of words and pictures.

[@motionsic]

This explanation is better than most (concise and technical jargon free). A great intro to everyone that wants learn how a plane flies!

[@junkyardjimmyriversiderecy6722]

I agree you can now build your own plane

[@LukasFilms]

Was thinking the same thing lmao

[@redhelmet8]

Honestly, your explanation of basic aircraft fundamentals was better and more concise than a lot of the college classes I took for my AE degree. Would recommend your video to any entry level college students or anyone just interested in the basics of flight.

[@iTeerRex]

Yeah most professors are awful at teaching. They just passed the classes, got the degrees, and voila there to teach. People gotta be good students and teach themselves.

[@XfromDarkHorse]

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[@heyitsmejm4792]

@@iTeerRex everyone with a degree can teach, but not everyone is passionate about it...

[@iTeerRex]

@@heyitsmejm4792 Id say it takes other skills besides knowledge and passion to teach well.

[@bertkilborne6464]

I was checking out my dad's high school physics book from the early 40s and every one these principles were discussed . None of this interesting stuff was addressed in my own physics classes in the 70s

[@anselme9636]

You just made flight physics something understandable by everyone in a cool and concrete manner. Incredible video, I remember asking myself this same question. And you answered to it, you showed that anything no matter the wing loading can fly as long as you give it enough speed !

[@gimmeaford9454]

until you have to do the math associated with it. then it gets more fun.

[@Jila_Tana]

I tried it out with an ashtray, it worked ! Could also use that ashtray as a 'remote control' for the TV (to turn it off), just give it enough speed.

[@coriscotupi]

@@Jila_Tana Aim right at the center of the screen.

[@aarondavis8943]

Yeah you can pretty much make planes after watching this. Sweet.

[@QuantumRift]

If you strap a big enough engine to it, a BRICK can fly and break the sound barrier.

[@cappytheimmortal]

So thats where the random plane came from in my backyard

[@ZandromiguelGadiano]

Huh what airplane

[@jordisadventures3691]

Hi

[@JOEDAJERBOA]

@@ZandromiguelGadianodo you have dementia

[@dbdbgriggs]

You’ve now experienced the joys and disappointments of freeflight life! I do traditional stick and tissue rubber powered planes. KZbinr maxfliart does a great job of showcasing the majesty of our planes.

[@KiwiandPixel]

I should have learned most of this theory during my PPL but you’ve simplified it and visualized it better than any textbook I ever read.

[@Z3xtr0x]

Wow so kind

[@funkstrong]

I could watch different iterations of these designs dropped forever, really cool to see how they all respond.

[@mikelarin8037]

I agree, I'd watch this weekly if he released them

[@christopherdouglas2154]

Until you get drunk Karen That's Trying to get Back to New Jersey Shore and she Said she Just Cannot wait And She is going to Take a Big Fat Dump Out of the Emergency Exit!! 😮 Because you know that Big Girl+Drunk+Drugs ÷Jersey Shores= OMFG.. Could you imagine those Farts after eating that cereal? I'll try a magic spoon without that Drunk Teenager ! BTW ; WHY would you hire people like that?

[@aarondavis8943]

The space shuttle design was epic. I was surprised how well it flew.

[@sharedknowledge6640]

As an engineer It’s fun to watch you share your theories, iterate prototypes, and then test, test, test.

[@idkname]

hey

[@idkname]

glad to see your comment. have a nice time. i am searching job. but i also want to work on some projects. wish you good.

[@Georgi_Slavov]

And what kind of engineering do you do?

[@christo930]

I'm sure the FAA loves it too. Dropping lawndarts from hundreds of feet in the air. He lost many of the planes. Who knows how many houses or cars and other property were damaged.

[@foju9365]

Exactly what I was thinking too. I used to make cambered paper wings and rolled up paper for fuselages, and build my own gliders. Much like these but not 3D printed. This was 30 years ago. Gosh, I feel really old. Anyway I may have built some 200+ of these - all kinds of designs. I loved building them. They taught me everything about gliders and flying machines

[@HalftonJohnson]

Technically they are still paper airplanes, just pre-paper airplanes:)

[@mohammedazzan7529]

thats cz he pre-ordered

[@lukearts2954]

This channel is too well-documented for a PhD paper...

[@RapTapTap69]

​@@FilosophicalPharmer just leaf it be. We don't need to root around and force a joke

[@morgantisdale6928]

@@FilosophicalPharmer My dad hated puns. He would beat you to a pulp.

[@kimraudenbush615]

​​@@morgantisdale6928 and that would be very knotty. Master Splinter would not be pleased...

[@LtSpiteful]

Imagine being the poor dude half a mile away just randomly getting beaned in the side of the head by a errant printed plane

[@timsmith5449]

this whole video is dumb

[@thelogan4641]

Or even worse, a solid wood one!

[@johnhagemeyer8578]

That person would probably be me.😮

[@timmydigital]

😂😂😂

[@Averium]

man...how is this legal there? Where I live, you need freakin registration number for a 250g RC plane and you just drop kamikaze wood chunks from 200m altitude with buildings and parking cars around? Good for you.

[@miker8687]

I bet your real fun at parties

[@amansuniverseyt]

Same , it’s illegal

[@pearlcommodore4772]

⁠@@miker8687they're not hating on the video, they're just wishing they could do what he does

[@dragthis2006]

??

[@dhfth]

Got blesk america😂

[@terrafimeira]

For practical non-littering, maybe a slight roll bias to keep them in the field is desired. :|

[@ccccc1171]

Maybe use steel over lead just in case you leave it

[@peterlustig8021]

i always add brightly colored paracord sleeves. it doenst only look cool but also helps me find my shit

[@kadmow]

Do we now need a leftfield and rightfield wing option... (Left and Right wing don"t define the deviance adequately)

[@snuffying]

@@peterlustig8021 i fill them with TNT and iron nails so they self destruct exploding when they land somewhere and the nails flying away make whooshing sounds to better find the source of where it fell. it also helps if there are people around because you will hear screaming. nice little side bonus

[@RegularBiscuit]

@@snuffying i would add exposed lead and aim them at water sources

[@medivalone]

PrusaSlicer 2.6 has the ability to add pegs and holes to aid in aligning and glueing models that are printed in multiple pieces. This might help you with aligning the two halves of your models.

[@kadmow]

It is ultra convenient that this is automated, I and any other adequate designer have been doing this in large prints or assemblies for years (I tend to use small steel pins (we have basically unlimited supplies of -surplus- machined 1.5mm "dowels ) inserted into matching holes, they are incredible strong providing early alignment support at the bonding layer (better than printed dowels for fine detail)

[@JoseRodriguez-ey7ju]

exactly, the whole time i was wondering: why doesn't he just add some pegs on the inside to help with the alignment process

[@aqimjulayhi8798]

I haven’t gone past 4:42 but I just want to applaud how understandable the explanation for passive aircraft stability is. I fly model airplanes myself, I ‘know’ the things like dihedral, but I can never really understand why they work until I found this video. The visuals and the ‘pretend like we’re the oncoming wind’ really helped better understand the concept.

[@EchoSnaps-]

I wanted to say that the way you explained the way the wings are tilted etc and how it helps it lift off and stay stable was so much better than anything I’ve heard, absolutely amazing!! Thank you for expanding my knowledge 😅

[@thomasmaughan4798]

"Can a Solid Wood Airplane Actually Fly?" Yes; but it might more accurately be called "falling with style".

[@janeEriley]

Hee hee

[@aaronredbaron]

Solid wood slope sailplanes built for high wind are a thing. They fly fantastic!

[@marc_frank]

i'll search for some

[@SharphandXeno]

Yeah! Like the Thorn!

[@steve_beatty]

I have a all wood 1.5m slope glider I bought years ago called The Thorn......made out of poplar I think ? ..flew fine...still have it..

[@SharphandXeno]

@@steve_beatty yeah! it was even made the same way these wooden planes in the video were made. My boss has one in his office.

[@notanotherrcchannel]

They're out of production now, unfortunately! Super cool though. I'd love to get my hands on one. If you have a spare, lmk!

[@mikebergman1817]

Dude I could watch hours and hours of these. This would make killer "fan showdown" type of content.. Where people send in crazy/well thought out designs that are printed off and drop tested. Super cool content to watch!!

[@paradiselost9946]

yeah, i wanna see some smoke n wind tunnel tests... about the only bit of aforementioned channel i can stand watching ;)

[@nathanielnoodles4260]

Got to admit that this type of content at this level is hard to find, good job man I'm proud of you.

[@GunsAndAmmo3]

I'm pining for a pun thread. Wood you mind if we used your comment, OP? Let's try branching out and seeing where it leaves us.

[@jonathanchisholm3319]

​@GunsAndAmmo3 just make sure it's nothing plane

[@frisovandevijver8893]

​@@GunsAndAmmo3I saw some great puns in the logs of this video

[@MemesFromDucky]

Thank zou soooo much for the fyziks at the begging of video ❤🙂🙂

[@gabriellynch2764]

That was one of the best explained videos i have ever watched on any subject. I haven't studied fluid dynamics, I don't know much about aircraft engineering and i certainly am not involved in the flying community. This video taught me ALOT. And I was enthralled the whole time. I think it mostly just comes down to how well the video was made. I give you my thanks.

[@goddamn_i_love_flying]

"I gotta pick up some random trash to offset my litter!" 😂😂😂 19:00

[@hinglemccringle5897]

i love how you make your videos. they're informative and genuinely entertaining with how you actually craft projects to show real-world effects on the things you talk about.

[@ddddddddddd5354]

I was curious if Revell Models were able to fly, so I bought a few and tested them with a large rubber just like you did. They flew suprisingly well and very far, and I never expected how stable they flew considering how small they were. Maybe you could try that in a video too, it was a lot of fun. I had the most success with a 727, Buccanner and suprisingly a Su35

[@motionsic]

I would like to see that in a video!

[@robinbennett5994]

It's interesting that those were all jets, which are designed with the heavy engines in the middle, so the model probably has a fairly accurate CG. Prop planes are mostly designed for a heavy engine in the nose, and (as most kids discover) don't balance when you try to hang them from the ceiling by looping thread over the wings.

[@ddddddddddd5354]

Actually the CG was still very far in the back. I had to add quite a bit of weight. If you built them as a Kid and left the weight out they would always tip backwards with the gear out. Jets are still better since they have a longer nose and larger rudders and elevators compared to props. And I feel like the sweeped wings add flight stability aswell. Sth like a 190A or Biplane would likely be not possible to fly at that size due to all this, especially as a glider.

[@jojo-._.]

did they survive?

[@ddddddddddd5354]

Yes, still have them, tho the noses are very scratched. They can take a suprising Amount of damage.

[@Wise4HarvestTime]

This was extremely educational and interesting. You gave us the fundamentals we would need to design a plane

[@somewagyuenjoyer]

@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 gigachad

[@darcos7535]

You are a very gifted presenter. I could watch these videos all day. I'm very impressed how you take one concept and just keep working with it. At no time did I feel the desire to fast forward. Thanks

[@Greymatt3rr]

I never thought in my life I would see someone sponsored by a cereal company

[@janeEriley]

Ha ha!

[@K9_Seth]

even though I have not studied flight physics, (as I am still young) the hours I spent on designing and testing paper airplanes proved itself to help me understand this video, your explanations were straight to the point and easy to understand. Thank you for this video and the amount of effort you put in. (18:52 Look closely at those horses, they are reacting and you can see a small blob presumably your aerodynamical space shuttle fall into there haha)

[@Michael_Insects]

Lol same for the paper airplanes

[@no-name8553]

Have to say; been secretly creeping around your channel This last year without contributing to your comment sections. Have to say ‘thanks’ for all the entertainment plus education value you’ve produced for the world. I’m pretty lame in book smart section of life. Been real fun to watch someone so passionate for their craft. Great job on *everything* you’ve accomplished so far. 👍

[@Kozzado]

the explanations of passive stability on all axis are amazing

[@georgdrumpf2939]

Caution Terrain. Caution Terrain. Caution Terrain. Caution Terrain. Caution Terrain. Caution Terrain. Terrain, Terrain! Pull up! PULL UP! PULL UP! PU....

[@BonBeinCrisse]

and he’s dead

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[@MohamedSelim-k2n]

*XD* HELL NAH BRUH what the f*** the meat is a meat ball or meat box open the nour

[@NoPlaceForHate]

plot twist: the emergency system made a mistake for terrain and they only fell in water and survived

[@RobloxmitJAROmehr-ok9ei]

My brain: AIRSPEED LOW AIRSPEED LOW

[@Mas_Avgeek]

Whoop whoop pull up! Windshear ahead! Stall stall! Bank angle bank angle!

[@Dc-10guy]

​@@Mas_Avgeek To low gear, To low flaps, To low terrain

[@Mas_Avgeek]

@@Dc-10guy real

[@Atanar89]

27:20 That's not flying, that's just falling with style.

[@SteezyKyung]

My dad was a commercial 747 pilot for about 30 years, I feel like I’m back in childhood having people explain YAW to me again😂

[@Itsgeorge-s8p]

Thats sick

[@eamonnroblox]

Nice

[@acraigwest]

you need to use alignment holes and pegs to ensure that the two halves are properly aligned. I actually use spring loaded pins that I 3D print to hold the two halves together, if you use enough of them you don't need glue. The pins are originally from a fairly well-known 3D print, the gear cube

[@wolfparty4234]

When I was a kid back in the 70’s my dad would let us pick out a new toy in our way to the beach and my brothers and I would pick out a foamy glider that you shot with a rubber band. They looked the same as your delta winged plane.

[@endonde2007]

1940s Japanese engineers at 16:50 be like: congratulations, you made a successful plane.

[@T1000Rex]

Dark ASF 😮

[@gogotrololo]

Man... I put this on for 30 mins of background noise, and now I'm 30 mins behind on my work! You explained some concepts I've never heard about, and I've been a casual flight theory observer for my whole life, well done! Makes me want to get a 3d printer

[@RegisChapman]

It's so interesting to me how small creators have found ways to explain and test basic principles of almost everything these days, and this made me understand more about flight than I had previously known. Well done.

[@pharoah334]

Im the first person to like and reply to this comment

[@mytube001]

Given enough thrust, anything can fly! :D

[@outandabout259]

yep, at some point even wings are unnecessary!

[@kadmow]

@@outandabout259 - below critical airspeeds wings are pointless. Lol..

[@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN]

Wow! This video is almost 28 minutes long yet felt like it was around half of that, the immersion was very satisfying. Well done rctestflight.

[@ptichica7025]

Great video! Explanation for dihedral effect is the best that I have ever seen.

[@rallekralle11]

i'd quite like to see the shuttle design milled

[@Ritefita]

few small light shuttles from one piece. omg. they wood be more than brothers

[@kevintieman3616]

Or just made into an RC airplane. I might actually do this.

[@2552legoboy]

hes made alot of videos on shuttle like craft w delta wings and lifting bodies and such

[@marshmellow377]

I have been a professional pilot for many years, and you have just reminded me how fascinating aerodynamics actually are. The small things we take for granted on a day-to-day basis!

[@beaconofwierd1883]

You should print in PHA plastic, it's supposed to be biodegradable in nature (unlike PLA which is "biodegradable" at high temperatures in basically an industrial setting. Collorfab has a filament called AllPHA, which I've tried and it works very well, kind of prone to warping though.

[@jumpvelocity3953]

I’d wager that PLA miniature airplanes make for pretty good rocks, definitely better than say, a garbage bag.

[@beaconofwierd1883]

@@jumpvelocity3953 sure, they don’t run the risk of entangling animals or anything like that, but they will still be worn down into micro plastics and end up in the bodies of animals.

[@gregatkinson4039]

I haven’t even gotten to making the airplane yet - that explanation of the factors involved in flight was amazing!

[@TonewoodArtOne]

The Testor Corp. introduced the "Balsa Wood glider" in 1940. Since the answer to that question had been answered more than 80 years ago I naturally expected to see planes made from different woods. Where can I find those "WOOD" filaments? Just messing with you!

[@deliziosetiefkuhlkost2463]

I think a video where everyone can submit a custom design in on shape and you pick the most interesting ones and print them would be fun

[@mikebergman1817]

I was thinking that the whole time. Like the 3d printed fan showdowns!

[@coriscotupi]

@@mikebergman1817 A 21st century version of the high school paper airplane contest. As cool as it gets.

[@918Kustomz]

I'm normally a very big visual learner and your animations and explanations were so easy to understand! I actually understood everything you showed and said, I love it, please keep adding small sections like this in future vids!

[@KF99]

That reminds me my own experience with 3D printed shuttle glider. Stalls, lawn darts and flyaway.

[@timminter4434]

Clicked on the video and did not expect a whole new perspective on airplanes. Im subscribing

[@bungersinyourarea]

Finally, my aviation science class has allowed me to follow along with this and actually understand it

[@KaminKevCrew]

To avoid issues with misalignment in the glue up, you could put two or three holes for pins in both halves, and then print dowels that will fit snugly in the hole on both sides, to lock the halves in place in a similar way to the pins you used to hold the block of wood in place.

[@jannepeltonen2036]

That was cool! Also, I think a wooden plane resembling a DC3 is way cooler than a shuttle-shaped one :D

[@RobertHollander]

I'm a licensed pilot and even I learned more than I knew before about aerodynamics and stability. Great job. Also, a lot of great toys to play with.

[@PeterHeritage-y5k]

We were flying solid wood model aircraft fired from an improvised catapult back in the 1950s. The best results were from a pure delta similar to Avro Vulcan or the long delta design like a Concorde.

[@kylobear7991]

All the vocabulary is very confusing but proves its importance very obviously. Thanks for sharing this and hopefully you enjoyed your time making and experimenting with the planes as much as I enjoyed watching and learning about flight vocabulary

[@zachcombs6271]

The CRAZY amount of work that goes into these videos is insane. Great vids! Keep it up! 😊

[@timch5227]

So interesting! But i was constantly afraid that someone was gonna get hit by a plane. I think its quite dangerous since the planes randomly fly somewhere.

[@AHN1444]

Yeah I hope no one got hit by a flying wooden plane.

[@skussy69]

​@@AHN1444 can tell if that comment came from genuine concern or if you're referencing the Chilean air disaster back in '83 😮

[@AHN1444]

@@skussy69 which chilean air disaster? It was genuine consern

[@3333927]

If such a plane hits someone, it would cause severe injuries, because it's so heavy, solid and fast. It even may kill people. Just look how deep it's going into the ground. You don't want this going into your stomach.

[@joshuahedges4882]

Karen

[@leonardobonanno5115]

Your content is a goldmine because you clearly enjoy experimenting with your models and you explain very easily how aerodynamics work in real life, keep it up !!

[@benwetzler6912]

I study aerospace engineering and a major university in an airfoil theory class and learned more in this video than I have as a junior in college

[@GoatDirt]

The beauty of a dihedral wing is that the more side-slip you get the more the lateral air pushes down on the higher wing, leveling it out. But I always put a little elevator pitch in to keep that nose up.

[@whidzee]

i'd love to see a much larger RC version of that shuttle design. it looked awesome!

[@EversonBernardes]

Came here to say this. A larger, powered RC version of the shuttle looks like it would be a delight to pilot.

[@25nacesanleedaltrez58]

on 20:25 it was gliding so smoothly he thought it was a bird 😂😂😂

[@TheRogueBro]

Should have used Kerbal Space Program 2 to do the demonstration at the beginning. You can live move the wings and it will show you the center of lift and center of gravity.

[@cliffhatch5080]

Congrats you invented the space shuttle! Love this.

[@Jimmyrandy7]

16:53 I WANT TO SEE TORPEDOES!!

[@d_ho__]

It would be awesome to put a little board computer or microcontroller with some accelerometers in the hollow body of those 3D printed gliders and see what the actual flight profiles looked like. But then I guess having them explode on impact with the ground or getting lost would be much more expensive.

[@florianvahl5494]

A simple accelerometer and microcontroller are really cheap these days and they can be operated using really tiny batteries. It should be significantly below 10 bucks as long as you don't include Telemetry, GPS, a proper flight controller, etc.. but you probably need to do some simple coding, soldering etc..

[@MrJdsenior]

@@florianvahl5494 With a decent 6 total DOF accelerometer/gyro platform you can do a pretty good job of having it fly a path to a destination, and maintaining controlled flight, as long as the accuracy of the two are good and the gyros don't drift too much over the flight duration, meaning not much at all. I guess you would need a compass and an airspeed sensor to really have all the data to make it simple to do with a controller.

[@edpalomino3876]

Pretty much all the necessary components would be mostly solid state I believe so even if your plane met a tragic end as long as you can recover it most of your electronic components should be reusable I would think

[@kadmow]

That is the origin of this channel basically - any ardupilot-compatible flight control board simply does this in their log file or telemetry link (when they appeared on the market multiaxis (even hyper dimensional) telemetry became affordable for any application).

[@ebikecnx7239]

26:42 that's what she said

[@ShockeWulf190]

At 12:06, I believe that was just a simple accelerated stall. The way the aircraft tumbled likewise to its prior AOA makes it appear like just a stall. One of the things I noticed was the reaction of Adverse Yaw, in this case it appeared to be the affect of one of the wings at an abnormal AOA compared to the other wing, causing the other wing to have more airspeed, and the right wing holding the fuselage back, thus yanking the aircraft to the right. That, of course, seemed to be the result of an Accelerated stall.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Awesome video!!! Love it. So much educational value, and so much fun!!! P.S. I love my Varla soooo much!

[@gwheyduke]

The Estes ARV condor rocket boosted launch glider kit had 2 "air research vehicles" that flew pretty well when built carefully. Looked similar to your delta design, but they had drooped wing tips.🤓 Really enjoyed watching this video. We always carried a little ball of clay to adjust the CG and the turn. Wanted to have the models circle within the field, that way we didn't lose them if they caught a thermal.

[@christianblanco9311]

27:05 The wood plane wanted to go back to being what it used to be 😂

[@RichLin-bo6og]

Nah That’s crazy

[@AsAnimaçõesdeDavid]

11:06 Who saw Miata MX5 in the corner

[@bobdown8043]

23:44 Talk to me Goose.!

[@debraborrett3646]

This comment had me dying 💀💀💀💀

[@cucumber_sandwich4562]

Nahh💀😂

[@brbdn]

15:10 this was my favorite part I could probably watch an hour of these chaotic launches and be happy

[@Theavgeekiddo]

As a kid wanting to be a plane engineer this helped me a lot about how planes fly

[@macsound]

Could try using AirTags to affect your CG, and then it'll help with finding the plane when it flies off.

[@nic.h]

Or something like a simple tone generator with small battery.

[@kentslocum]

I think the real success here was the 3D printed shuttle. That was incredible!

[@johndoe920]

I think the real succes was not having a chunk of wood go through anyones window :D

[@mickmuzzmkmz1628]

​@@johndoe920lmao, or kill someone!😂

[@alan2here]

lead is an especially dangerous pollutant, another metal might be better to use instead, wood is not polluting at all :) the environment breaks it down nicely over time

[@rctestflight]

Tell that to the people who spend all day target shooting

[@m.junaidmahmood4209]

Great content. It was learning with experimentation. Excellent stuff.

[@NekitGeek]

Will the next plane be made of cast iron?

[@RubenKelevra]

Titanium. For better penetration on impact 😌

[@Ritefita]

with a higher velocity oh yeah probably wings will drag too much so they shoud be smaller. idk. still tough to get the speed. probably need to be launched with powder

[@RubenKelevra]

@@Ritefitametal doesn't need so thick wings, as the material can sustain the same load with less material.

[@ZDYEX]

I’m about to cry 💀26:02

[@jamesturncliff5960]

I had metal airplanes as a kid that I used to fly in the local swimming pool. It would go from the shallow and all the way to the deep end

[@MRblazedBEANS]

When i was a kid i used to build foam and buslawood gliders. I would have killed for all this technology and a drone. The best i had was when my dad and i would go camping at this one spot in the desert it was about a 40 min hike to a HUGE cliff. I would be excited all summer to bring the gliders i got working the best and then try them off the cliff. I made some gliders that made it all the way back and past my camp site. Thanks for unlocking that memory i hadnt thought about it in decades.

[@mark6302]

the drop from the copter is awesome

[@brianrigsby7900]

10:12 would your rail gun work to get it going?😂

[@stevemcdonald1033]

I'd like to see you mount a little .049 motor or maybe even a .019 and see how that works out. Then eventually, turn it into an RC plane. You'd get enough continued, level flight to observe better how the different designs and adjustment configurations are working. I suppose the current trend being to electric motors, you could do that, but the overall increased weight of an already heavy plane might not be so good.

[@metatechhd]

👍🛩🎓 "I must say, the animations and explanations in this video on aircraft stability were top-notch! It's impressive how clear and engaging they were, surpassing even some official private pilot curricula. Kudos to the creators for their excellent work in simplifying complex concepts. I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep up the great content! ✈📚👏"

[@snorttroll4379]

Whu do people have the assumption that pilots know much about aerodynamics. They are just driving a flying vehicke and only need to know some basics

[@j_taylor]

​​​​@@snorttroll4379s stuff is part of pilot training. You learn what the flight control surfaces are, how they work (and interact). You learn about CG and CP, flight dynamics, and stability. You have to do a Weight And Balance on an aircraft and explain what you did, what it means, and why. There's a lot more too. You do this because you have to inspect your aircraft before every flight and load it safely. You have to control it in some very dynamic conditions. For example, you have to demonstrate how to recover from a stall (and some instructors will include spins as well). If you don't understand dihedral and washout, you probably won't recognize an incipient stall. The people who assume pilots know these things probably have some pilot experience themselves.

[@fidgetlego9286]

I like that you actually show the clips of you failing, it makes a really interesting video, and it proves that you cant ever get something right the first time!

[@godfreytomlinson2282]

This video was way more interesting than I was expecting. Those gliders were FAST

[@donnanorth7324]

we're going to need a bigger wing, because it's a glider, not a powered plane

[@sharky07xy]

7:20 a face

[@betacrashrbx]

Lol I know

[@seankoons2023]

You should put air tags or some sort of trackers on them to see how far they really go. Great video

[@ICU10]

Just nice to see and hear blokes having real constructive fun.

[@Zeroscifer]

To deal with the slight glue shift, I would recommend adding pins to make sure you get the alignment and it should not shift while gluing.

[@cosmefulanito5933]

You're going to kill someone with such heavy planes coming down like that.

[@rctestflight]

DAMMIT TIMMY PUT YOUR HELMET ON

[@mincrafterzatplay2842]

@@rctestflight That's all you got?

[@wolf3515]

19:36 ofc its american so ofc its fat

[@derrickmoses1507]

Can a sub not implode?

[@SeagullVR_2024]

Depends, are you controlling it with a controller?

[@SpAm-AcCoUnT]

I know it’s late, but this kinda makes me wonder about the viability of finish machining 3D printed parts to get more aero/hydrodynamic surfaces.

[@KeithJBrett]

14:09 Double Rainbow 🌈 🌈 “Oh My God!” Exclamation of joy.

[@mikeebrady]

Shame about all the plastic and lead left behind in the environment :(

[@nic.h]

Should make these with molds and paper pulp. Be cheap as and biodegradable

[@stejer211]

Americans who are concerned about the environment, I'd never thought to see the day. Now stop buying oversized things!