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This is how zero-g flights actually work

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Tom Scott

Tom Scott

Күн бұрын

The European Space Agency offered me a seat on their zero-g plane: it's an Airbus A310 that flies parabolic maneuvers, pulling up into the sky and then arcing back down, giving its passengers about 20 seconds of weightlessness (or "microgravity") at a time. Here's how it works.
Some people would have filmed their script on the ground, and just messed about while floating. I decided to go for something a bit more challenging.
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If you're a masters or PhD student from an ESA member state, and zero-g sounds like your thing, have a look at the Fly Your Thesis program: www.esa.int/Edu... -- the 2017-18 submissions are closed, but that just gives you time to start planning for next year...
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FAQs:
Why isn't Neil floating around the cabin in zero-g?: Sometimes, his feet are under a safety strap, so he doesn't drift away. Sometimes, he's holding on with one hand, and he's just that good at zero-g maneuvers.
Why's my face so red?: During the 1.8g phase, my heart has to work extra hard to pump blood up to my head -- when I switch to 0g, it takes a few seconds for it to slow pumping, so my blood pressure spikes.
What stabilised camera did I use?: You're looking at footage from a GoPro Fusion, stabilised in post using Adobe After Effects and the telemetry from the plane's sensors.
What did it feel like?: There'll be a behind-the-scenes video on the Matt and Tom channel on Saturday, hopefully!
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Camera: Melanie Cowan
Thank you to everyone at ESA and Novespace who helped make this happen!
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@TomScottGo
@TomScottGo 6 жыл бұрын
Full subtitles are available if any of the audio's unclear - and pull down the description for links and FAQs. There'll be a behind-the-scenes video over on the Matt and Tom channel on Saturday if all goes well!
@ulriksteenandersen4215
@ulriksteenandersen4215 6 жыл бұрын
I LOVE YOUR VIDS, don't stop your channel
@MrBarakados
@MrBarakados 6 жыл бұрын
As a hard of hearing person, I appreciate the time and effort you put into making sure there are subtitles. Let me know if I can help with translating in any way!
@nowymail
@nowymail 6 жыл бұрын
There is a sound of the hammer hitting the ground on "the moon"!
@Jcdlf7
@Jcdlf7 6 жыл бұрын
Is available for people in canada/us?
@Gakulon
@Gakulon 6 жыл бұрын
Sean I always love how much effort Tom puts into his accessability options.
@roadrunner2324
@roadrunner2324 6 жыл бұрын
Of COURSE Tom would have a monologue during zero gravity. Pretty great.
@stefanozurich
@stefanozurich 6 жыл бұрын
Nick Klein the man is a one take wonder.
@SpamQGamers
@SpamQGamers 6 жыл бұрын
yea but no one can beat lindybeige, tom at least edits his videos lindy just doesn't.
@iamagi
@iamagi 6 жыл бұрын
Might not have been there are more ups and downs then was shown. Also tom usually mentions if it was one shoot.
@thelastcube.
@thelastcube. 5 жыл бұрын
Well he's a linguistic undergrad so he's got experience for once
@uzidayo
@uzidayo 4 жыл бұрын
Go big or go home
@MattGrayYES
@MattGrayYES 6 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell Tom!
@RossHudsonMambo
@RossHudsonMambo 6 жыл бұрын
My exact reaction seeing this in my sub feed...
@GrumpyTy34er
@GrumpyTy34er 6 жыл бұрын
I was wondering where Matt's comment about wanting to do this would be.
@blaster1185
@blaster1185 6 жыл бұрын
WOOT SCIENCE
@PantographMedia
@PantographMedia 6 жыл бұрын
Matt Gray Ding!
@Wordsnwood
@Wordsnwood 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah no surprise the space nerd is a teensy bit jealous!? ;-)
@murmurmerman
@murmurmerman 6 жыл бұрын
My favorite part: when Tom says "I got it, we're good" and Neil grimaces because he knows what's about to happen...
@jdubya7139
@jdubya7139 Жыл бұрын
I got it! *BAM* I don't got it.
@yungyono
@yungyono Жыл бұрын
5 years later I'm still looking for the grimace.
@aisysvideos1447
@aisysvideos1447 6 жыл бұрын
He's kicking so much because of the swimming reflex that most of you'll have if suddenly put in zero G. Even mice and other animals do that. I guess.
@carolynmmitchell2240
@carolynmmitchell2240 6 жыл бұрын
AISYS Videos it's the same thing that people do when free falling.. because you technically are.
@brokenwave6125
@brokenwave6125 6 жыл бұрын
Is a swimming reflex you think? Or just trying to counter all the sudden pitch and yaw you're experiencing. I would accept that it is a swimming reflex but I actually think its something a little different.
@bentton7311
@bentton7311 5 жыл бұрын
I cant swim will I do the swim reflex if I do this?
@coolguy284_2
@coolguy284_2 5 жыл бұрын
@@bentton7311 a reflex will work as long as you're a homo sapien. You're a homo sapien, right?
@DueySR
@DueySR 5 жыл бұрын
Is this the same reason that dogs do that mid-air paddle thing when you hold them above water?
@x9x9x9x9x9
@x9x9x9x9x9 6 жыл бұрын
1:05 the yellow sun visor makes it look like they are flying over the sun.
@soyitiel
@soyitiel 6 жыл бұрын
or into hell
@TanksExplosionsAnime
@TanksExplosionsAnime 6 жыл бұрын
true
@Outfrost
@Outfrost 6 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah, it's just slightly too dark in the flight deck.
@pgoconn
@pgoconn 6 жыл бұрын
Reminded me of scene from Independence Day where the helicopter gets blown up by aliens.
@deleted1665
@deleted1665 6 жыл бұрын
That demonstrate that earth is flat xd
@yimingmao
@yimingmao 6 жыл бұрын
I just realised how extremely accurately the pilots have to drive the plane in order to achieve this.
@GamerCo29
@GamerCo29 6 жыл бұрын
Yiming Mao fly this plane not drive but yea
@ragnarlothbrok222
@ragnarlothbrok222 5 жыл бұрын
*lovers*
@blademasta3650
@blademasta3650 4 жыл бұрын
ItzPicklez the definition of drive is to operate a vehicle, the definition of fly is to move through the air, if anything drive is more correct than fly
@Sp00kq
@Sp00kq 4 жыл бұрын
Pilots pilot planes not drive them
@Sp00kq
@Sp00kq 4 жыл бұрын
@@blademasta3650 a pilot pilots a plane.
@tim_berry
@tim_berry 6 жыл бұрын
Neil looks like a chap who's always got your back. Even outside of a zero-g environment.
@jon87386
@jon87386 6 жыл бұрын
Tom: "I want to do a video on zero-g" ESA "Sure here's some information on how it all works" Tom: "I was hoping I could just shoot myself talking about zero-g in zero-g" ESA: "K"
@yayeetmeoffacliff4708
@yayeetmeoffacliff4708 3 жыл бұрын
@Willow Hawley do you need 3 years to make a sandwich?
@bitchasshoe8719
@bitchasshoe8719 3 жыл бұрын
@@yayeetmeoffacliff4708 you cant rush making a sandwich
@kekkewezel4615
@kekkewezel4615 3 жыл бұрын
@Willow Hawley is it good :)
@gmtom19
@gmtom19 6 жыл бұрын
Ive seen dozens of similar videos and know very well how the plane works, but i still clicked just to see Tom turn into a giddy school child.
@pfeifenheini
@pfeifenheini 6 жыл бұрын
I have seen a couple of videos about it as well, but I actually didn't ever see anyone explaining the one pilot per axis thing. That shows how difficult that maneuver actually it.
@rhamph
@rhamph 6 жыл бұрын
The videos I've seen were about NASA's equivalent so maybe they don't use the 3 pilot system?
@slikrx
@slikrx 6 жыл бұрын
The Russian and US planes likely do it differently. I seem to recall video of US pilots doing it "solo", at least as far as the pitch/roll are concerned. The US outsources it now...
@Helveteshit
@Helveteshit 6 жыл бұрын
This is the European Agency and the US planes/software doesn't fly in Europe. Hence they mention, they do not care about changing the plane because it is hard to Re-qualify it. This also means, the US planes for Zero G falls in some prospects compared to the European standards.
@hellterminator
@hellterminator 6 жыл бұрын
And instead you saw him turn into a cat in 0g.
@sharg0
@sharg0 6 жыл бұрын
I've got it, I've got it.. Splat Ow
@marlonb1852
@marlonb1852 6 жыл бұрын
Haha
@law7147
@law7147 5 жыл бұрын
oof
@Manboy24683
@Manboy24683 5 жыл бұрын
Splat.......... whats that?
@shennyboi110
@shennyboi110 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@marycoleman8659
@marycoleman8659 3 жыл бұрын
XD
@mortyrosenstein4211
@mortyrosenstein4211 Жыл бұрын
I got to ride on the NASA version back in the day after winning a science fair raffle. I lived very very close to Cape Canaveral, and back then NASA was heavily involved in public school projects in the area. It’s called the vomit comet for a reason. No matter how iron a stomach you have, the fluid jostling around in your inner ear is very hard to overcome. I didn’t get sick, but I felt incredibly uneasy by the time it was done. It was fun 95% of the time until the very end. Hard to explain how it feels. It’s like trying to describe a color to a blind person. We have no frame of reference for what no gravity feels like. It kind of feels like jumping off a bridge, but not. You bump into something and just move in the opposite direction without effort. Very odd feeling.
@joakimberg7897
@joakimberg7897 Жыл бұрын
Okay
@TheNinjadog30
@TheNinjadog30 4 жыл бұрын
I managed to get on the Fly Your Thesis Program for last years parabolic flights after watching this video. Best experience of my life! I just wish I could do it again.
@BlazeStorm
@BlazeStorm 6 жыл бұрын
I'm just happy that you were able to experience this, it seems so awesome!
@admincomplex7974
@admincomplex7974 6 жыл бұрын
Dizzy
@paytondev
@paytondev 5 жыл бұрын
Dizzy
@teasipper5136
@teasipper5136 4 жыл бұрын
Dizzy
@FritsysCHANel
@FritsysCHANel 4 жыл бұрын
Dizzy
@dtp0119
@dtp0119 4 жыл бұрын
Dizzy
@VakuzaV47
@VakuzaV47 6 жыл бұрын
Those bits from a pilot were really quite interesting, never knew they used 3 pilots for all 3 axis. Funny about them not changing the alarms on the plane because of certification.
@martinhill7304
@martinhill7304 6 жыл бұрын
Just needing someone to pay attention to make sure none of the alarms are "hey your engine is actually about to explode now" or that sorta thing, fun times
@gasdive
@gasdive 6 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a more detailed look into the actual flight. This vid is the best so far, but I'm sure there are other things. For instance, how is the fuel flow managed so it's picking up fuel not air? Rockets don't run in zero G, they have a short burst of thrusters to settle the fuel and oxidizer onto the pickups.
@RobertSzasz
@RobertSzasz 6 жыл бұрын
gasdive it depends on the rocket actually. Ones designed for launching from the surface generally use the technique you mentioned if reignited in freefall, but there are other designs available for rockets designed to primarily work in microgravity.
@AbiGail-ok7fc
@AbiGail-ok7fc 6 жыл бұрын
gasdive If rockets don't work in zero-g, how did people get to the moon? The third stage of the Saturn-V reignited after spending a few hours in Earth orbit, to move the spacecraft from Earth orbit to a lunar approach trajectory.
@jetison333
@jetison333 6 жыл бұрын
At least two ways I know of, one is to give a short burst of your thrusters and 'push' the fuel to the back (push is in parathensis because your not really pushing it, your accelerating your craft forward, and the fuel lags behind and collects in the back) and the other is to shape your tank so the fuel gathers in the back due to surface tension.
@WhEE443
@WhEE443 4 жыл бұрын
That is amazing that three people can work together like that to control each axis of the plane. I have to imagine that would be like driving a car with one person steering, one on the gas, and one on the brake.
@elijahjohnston3172
@elijahjohnston3172 Жыл бұрын
Sheer focus combined with the right experience/personal ability. Cream of the crop
@jnawk83
@jnawk83 Жыл бұрын
and loads more space to work in.
@OcelotsFilms
@OcelotsFilms 5 ай бұрын
Tonight on top gear
@MiSchli
@MiSchli 2 жыл бұрын
Yesterday, I've been on one of Novespace's public flights and it absolutely blew me away. I was so happy and full of joy that I almost burst into tears afterwards. One of the defining experiences in my life at the moment. And you really can't compare it to anything else. Interestingly it was the moon gravity parabolas and the hypergravity that sticks with me most in my memory because you can relate it to other experiences...you have a point of reference. But the feeling of true weightlessness is so unlike anything else you can experience on earth, that I have to actively recall the feeling just go come close to remembering it.
@Lepong20
@Lepong20 6 жыл бұрын
I am so so unbelievably jealous of everyone who's been able to go on one of those. I wish it was easier for an everyday person to do cause it looks so fun
@bacon.cheesecake
@bacon.cheesecake 6 жыл бұрын
It's very easy, just expensive.
@Lepong20
@Lepong20 6 жыл бұрын
Bacon CheeseCake Yea, well considering I don't have much money it makes it not easy. If I had a lot more money I would do it.
@7ha7person65
@7ha7person65 6 жыл бұрын
How much does it cost?
@loryhoof
@loryhoof 6 жыл бұрын
starts at $6,000
@rjfaber1991
@rjfaber1991 6 жыл бұрын
+Loryhoof - Dollars? This is ESA we're talking about, surely that's €6000...
@epser5842
@epser5842 4 жыл бұрын
Q: What degree do you have? A: Theoretical Maths Q: What's your job? A: Pilot Q: um...
@jeremywong4235
@jeremywong4235 4 жыл бұрын
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how polite and nice Tom is to the guy holding him during Zero-G
@tCatMane
@tCatMane 6 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but i laughed out loud at your flailing, i'm sure i'd do the same but still looks hilarious
@TomScottGo
@TomScottGo 6 жыл бұрын
That's entirely fair. The footage from the first, not-so-successful attempt at the script will be on the Park Bench soon...
@kiro9291
@kiro9291 6 жыл бұрын
Tom Scott oh my lord I can't wait
@5hirtandtieler
@5hirtandtieler 6 жыл бұрын
Tom Scott I'm guessing that was totally unintentional? I got a kick out of it too (heh), but then it dawned on me that the only other time your brain knows you've "floated" is in the water…which would explain the flailing…that, or your subconscious is wigging out that the floor "disappeared" 😂
@Nalesh
@Nalesh 6 жыл бұрын
It was like watching a cat in 0g.
@route2070
@route2070 6 жыл бұрын
NaleshSA or watching him do the grab a branch maneuver from sky diving, which they should the fear park bench.
@OlanKenny
@OlanKenny 6 жыл бұрын
"This doesn't seem like a very good idea guys" I think they should change the alarms to actually say that. Awesome video Tom!
@makarabaduk1754
@makarabaduk1754 6 жыл бұрын
Good point. The last thing you want in an emergency is alarms and klaxons blaring at you & making you panicky.
@Sergeantmajormario
@Sergeantmajormario 4 жыл бұрын
"Guys.... G-guys! This pitch will stall it! What're you doing?!"
@enderan647
@enderan647 4 жыл бұрын
Tom: giggling like a child Neil: "*sigh* kid nowdays"
@tslj9126
@tslj9126 6 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 1 million subscribers! It was long overdue and very well deserved!
@nerolox8413
@nerolox8413 6 жыл бұрын
If to judge by other youtubers, the next million should arrive much faster.
@Ishimik
@Ishimik 3 жыл бұрын
4.21 million!
@articticcblu
@articticcblu 10 ай бұрын
6.17 million now
@OrigamiMarie
@OrigamiMarie 6 жыл бұрын
Oh, yeah I had always thought that those planes alternated between "climb really fast" and "fall like a stone", but of course that doesn't make any sense from an aerodynamics and control point of view. So instead it's "pretend you're a rock that was just thrown" and "catch yourself and wind up for the next throw". Cool :-)
@explodingsofa1563
@explodingsofa1563 6 жыл бұрын
I like the way you summarized it, helped me put it all in perspective. So thanks!
@wesleywilliams6971
@wesleywilliams6971 2 жыл бұрын
that was a very smart way to put it marie thank you!
@VivienneGucwa
@VivienneGucwa 6 жыл бұрын
That last thump looks like it hurt - ngl just watched this twice already because I always wondered about this + I am impressed that you were able to stick to explaining while experiencing all of that, hah (nice insertion of the 'how about that?' recording)
@RedmarKerkhof
@RedmarKerkhof 6 жыл бұрын
in the plums!
@JJRicks
@JJRicks 6 жыл бұрын
Hi there, can you please tell me how you got verified? :) Was it through Google plus?
@Namyts
@Namyts 6 жыл бұрын
The feather and the hammer hit the ground at the same time HOW BOW DAH?
@Corvid
@Corvid 6 жыл бұрын
Worse... pubic bone smacking into the floor... the bone you never knew existed until you bang it on the bottom of a swimming pool...
@oozly9291
@oozly9291 4 жыл бұрын
Vivienne Gucwa how are you verified?
@TheInselaffen
@TheInselaffen 6 жыл бұрын
"I'm a science educator," thought Tom, as he floated through the air.
@flockenlp1
@flockenlp1 4 жыл бұрын
3:58 "I got it, I got it, we're good." Pause... "OOOPH"
@Asummersdaydreamer14
@Asummersdaydreamer14 6 жыл бұрын
Interesting video as usual, Tom. Also, thank you, Neal, for keeping the flailing Tom safe.
@stefanozurich
@stefanozurich 6 жыл бұрын
You’re getting really good that that green screen stuff.
@invisi.
@invisi. 6 жыл бұрын
I was expecting some commenters going *”OH IT’S NOT A GREEN SCREEN YOU IDIOT”* but apparently miracles can happen.
@blindleader42
@blindleader42 6 жыл бұрын
Oh all right, invisi. OH IT’S NOT A GREEN SCREEN YOU IDIOT. Are you happy, now? You people are so demanding. 😂😂
@jazzymoth
@jazzymoth 6 жыл бұрын
I mean... Two comments out of four are hidden, so o.o'
@thewolfofthestars1847
@thewolfofthestars1847 6 жыл бұрын
Ooh, really? There are hidden comments? How can you tell?
@Inferryu
@Inferryu 6 жыл бұрын
"view all 6 replies" (7 now), only 4 show up.
@EtzEchad
@EtzEchad Жыл бұрын
When I was a pilot, I flew a zero G maneuver in a small plane. At a maximum speed of 140 kts, I could only get 10-15 seconds of weightlessness, but it was enough to get the experience. It's a lot of fun!
@TomPembertonFarmLife
@TomPembertonFarmLife 2 жыл бұрын
How have i only just found Tom! These video are amazing!
@theyeti6258
@theyeti6258 2 жыл бұрын
The mysterious KZbin algorithm also made him pop up in my homepage only last week. But I'm glad it did!
@FlatEarthKiller
@FlatEarthKiller 2 жыл бұрын
You found Thomas the train?
@LisaMiza
@LisaMiza 6 жыл бұрын
This Week on the bench: Matt to Tom: "Why is it always you that's doing cool stuff?"
@timothymclean
@timothymclean 6 жыл бұрын
"My name's on the channel."
@HassanSelim0
@HassanSelim0 6 жыл бұрын
Tom: Because you have a job, so suck it up :D
@dannypeck96
@dannypeck96 6 жыл бұрын
actually happened
@jony4real
@jony4real 6 жыл бұрын
Hey, Vsauce! Michael here. When the Apollo astronauts went to the moon, they tested Galileo's prediction that without any air to get in the way, a hammer and a feather would fall... [pause for dramatic effect while video plays] at exactly the same speed. It was weird. Almost... PARANORMAL. A PARAbola is a mathematical equation to describe an object in freefall, like a hammer, a feather, or a plane. [pause] THIS plane, to be exact. [image of the Zero-G plane]. [cut to Michael in plane] I'm currently sitting in the European Space Agency's Zero-G plane, about to experience zero gravity! [raises eyebrows] But HOW do you experience zero gravity... while you're still on Earth? [silly face] I mean, no matter what kind of plane we're in or which direction we're travelling, we're still bound by Earth's gravity, right? [serious face] Wrong. [Long ramble about Einstein and gravity]. The fact is, we only FEEL gravity if there's something stopping us from falling, and right now... [plane starts to enter freefall] there's about to be nothing. And as always, thanks for watching.
@rjfaber1991
@rjfaber1991 6 жыл бұрын
Not strictly speaking true, though. While the lunar atmosphere is so thin that it's basically negligible, it does still have an atmosphere, which means it does still have air resistance.
@wookidoo
@wookidoo 6 жыл бұрын
Ridiculously underrated comment.
@Johndoe-lx8sh
@Johndoe-lx8sh 6 жыл бұрын
I can hear him in my head saying this......
@TS_Mind_Swept
@TS_Mind_Swept 6 жыл бұрын
Posting the script from another video, good job
@hai-mel6815
@hai-mel6815 5 жыл бұрын
This deserves 1k likes
@TheDigileet
@TheDigileet Жыл бұрын
I love how they just let the software think this is an ordinary passenger airliner being flown by an absolute maniac.
@nerfshooter4216
@nerfshooter4216 3 жыл бұрын
0:01 Me during a school assembly waiting for the assembly to end so I can go to break
@trasher618
@trasher618 6 жыл бұрын
Didn't they have any red jumpsuits?
@U014B
@U014B 6 жыл бұрын
The last guy to wear one got shot up into space and forced to watch bad movies.
@timothymclean
@timothymclean 6 жыл бұрын
And the guy before him got eaten by a space monster.
@trasher618
@trasher618 6 жыл бұрын
Then I guess he doesn't need it anymore
@jbasoo
@jbasoo 6 жыл бұрын
DrDraescher bad things happen to red shirts on away missions
@Nyuu3
@Nyuu3 6 жыл бұрын
I knew something was off.
@TomDillon13
@TomDillon13 6 жыл бұрын
I love how it is considered on most of KZbin, that if Tom Scott doesn't understand it, it must be very complicated. Keep up the good work!
@kiyopawn
@kiyopawn 3 жыл бұрын
The guy holding tom must be having fun seeing a guy narrating himself freaking out while explaing wtf's going on
@leafyon
@leafyon 6 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Neil everyone
@3SC4P1ST
@3SC4P1ST 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this Tom - you're enthusiasm is contagious!
@alexwriter7955
@alexwriter7955 6 жыл бұрын
This is the same concept that you talked about at the Bremen drop tower. Cool to see it where people can experience extended 0-G as well.
@kairon156
@kairon156 6 жыл бұрын
I'm actually quite happy you were able to get on a 0G flight. And in fact it's something that's crossed my mind for you to do every now and than.
@parjitkhakh6970
@parjitkhakh6970 3 жыл бұрын
So it's literally just 2-D kinematics. The trajectory 'throws you' with an initial velocity causing the parabolic curve of free fall. Incredible.
@brentbraniff
@brentbraniff 6 жыл бұрын
You are so very good at this. I was half way waiting for you to get sick during one of those takes. You kept it together and made it look like loads of fun! Great job and thanks for the information on how all of this was done. I also loved the cockpit shots. Very cool!!! Also. hats off to your camera operator!! Great work!!
@swiszch7325
@swiszch7325 6 жыл бұрын
0:59 looks like they are flying into hell
@soyitiel
@soyitiel 6 жыл бұрын
or to the sun
@anononomous
@anononomous 6 жыл бұрын
It looks like the bit in Independence Day where the AWACS flies into the fireball.
@TheDopoqob
@TheDopoqob 6 жыл бұрын
Wendover Productions: I'll steal a Tom Scott video Tom Scott: I'll steal your whole identity around planes
@darrenr49
@darrenr49 6 жыл бұрын
I love how tom goes for explaining it as he is doing it. it makes it hard to follow and watch and the same time, but its great to watch. great video
@12345shipreck
@12345shipreck 6 жыл бұрын
I told my dad that zero-G is not just experienced because you fall, and you still go up for half of the zero g, but he didn't believe me :(
@acoustikangaroo
@acoustikangaroo 6 жыл бұрын
CondemnUntruth take him on a roller coaster! You can feel yourself lifting out of the seat on the tops of the big hills
@Ember-Rodriguez
@Ember-Rodriguez 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Neil.
@NeilMelvilleKenney
@NeilMelvilleKenney 6 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@Dschoanig
@Dschoanig 3 жыл бұрын
3:49 He's having so much fun
@st-ex8506
@st-ex8506 Жыл бұрын
With my relatively mundane GA airplane, I was able to give my 4 kids ca. 15 seconds of zero G experience at a time! It was fun to see them floating in mid-air. Sure, with an airliner, you get up to 1 mn worth of it! But the additional second is bloody expensive!
@moosepasshippie
@moosepasshippie Жыл бұрын
While flying sled dogs in Alaska they sometimes start fighting with one another in a 206. Give the zero G experience and they settle down fast.
@CraftsWithEllen
@CraftsWithEllen 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! Great explanation Tom, I learned something new despite having seen videos from other KZbinrs on this topic :D
@HassanSelim0
@HassanSelim0 6 жыл бұрын
I was going to say the same thing, I've already seen the zero-g videos by Veritassium and PhysicsGirl and Simon Giertz. I was surprised that I learned something new here (like 1 pilot per axis!).
@thegame2797
@thegame2797 4 жыл бұрын
Only Tom would teach a science lesson while flying around inside a free falling aircraft
@MrFernet07
@MrFernet07 6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love that you included technical info on the piloting!
@constantineketskalo-oldacc9932
@constantineketskalo-oldacc9932 5 жыл бұрын
Your positivity is very contagious. )
@cobregang
@cobregang 6 жыл бұрын
Tl;dw: they work by propelling undigested food from the passenger’s stomach into its surroundings
@rngwrldngnr
@rngwrldngnr 6 жыл бұрын
Calin Cristian that's why they're called pourabolas.
@Giffriend
@Giffriend 6 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the wonderful Vomit Comet.
@TomScottGo
@TomScottGo 6 жыл бұрын
On an ESA research flight like this one, you get offered scopolamine, a powerful (and intravenous) anti-emetic drug. Not everyone got away with it, but it helped a lot!
@bennylofgren3208
@bennylofgren3208 6 жыл бұрын
"Every digestive action has an equal and opposite reaction."
@blindleader42
@blindleader42 6 жыл бұрын
Giffreind, "Vomit Comet" is the unofficial nickname of the planes flown by NASA's Reduced Gravity program, not the European Space Agency.
@samuelalexander3306
@samuelalexander3306 2 жыл бұрын
Forex trading is all about win and loss, the chances of loss is much higher when you don't follow the right step... It's a very simple logic
@AbubakaCalo
@AbubakaCalo 2 жыл бұрын
Investing in stocks is a good idea, a good trading system would put you through many days of success.
@AbubakaCalo
@AbubakaCalo 2 жыл бұрын
It is possible to produce superior performance provided you do something different from the majority.
@giftgreen3046
@giftgreen3046 2 жыл бұрын
@Noemie Lemasson Do you trade on your own?
@mohammednasiru5969
@mohammednasiru5969 2 жыл бұрын
I will suggest you make your research properly before venturing into it but I will tell you that is a good investment everyone is thinking of right now
@giftgreen3046
@giftgreen3046 2 жыл бұрын
@Noemie Lemasson nice
@stevekelly5166
@stevekelly5166 3 жыл бұрын
Why is this the best video you have done? Not just the normal education, but you were a bit too excited and enjoying it a bit too much. Nice to see you being wide-eyed for a change and whilst knowing, not really knowing how it would exactly feel, so you smile automatically. And thanks for all of your other videos.
@mrb1naryy
@mrb1naryy 4 жыл бұрын
Nothing heals my soul more than a happy Tom in the thumbnail.
@hongkongdad928
@hongkongdad928 6 жыл бұрын
Hear that? Thats the sound of my sleep patterns shifting.
@caitthenerd7470
@caitthenerd7470 6 жыл бұрын
You know you don't have to watch videos the moment they're put up, right? It's not TV...
@hongkongdad928
@hongkongdad928 6 жыл бұрын
CrazyCashGaming that's a very good point. . . I don't know what else to say.
@Endothermia
@Endothermia 6 жыл бұрын
The Great Snekko I'm seeing Nichijou enthusiasts everywhere, all of a sudden.
@hongkongdad928
@hongkongdad928 6 жыл бұрын
Endothermia yeah, same. For some reason they’re everywhere I go too.
@comradegarrett1202
@comradegarrett1202 6 жыл бұрын
"I got it, we're good" >immediately slams crotch into floor
@jamesrbrindle
@jamesrbrindle 6 жыл бұрын
Slightly jealous as this is one of the things i would love to experience
@KWolf2013
@KWolf2013 5 жыл бұрын
Neil was having a hell of a time in this video.
@soup5344
@soup5344 3 жыл бұрын
Neil looks silently content with his role in this flight but at the same time extremely uncomfortable with everything that is going on.
@CamoflaugeDinosaue
@CamoflaugeDinosaue 3 жыл бұрын
Contempt? Or content
@soup5344
@soup5344 3 жыл бұрын
@@CamoflaugeDinosaue 3 AM Spelling moment
@xmlthegreat
@xmlthegreat 6 жыл бұрын
One thing I didn't get was why they need one pilot per axis... Even during normal flights, maneuvers like descents are performed while keeping the aircraft as stable as possible in the other two axes. A longer, more detailed/step-by-step of what the pilots do would be incredibly insightful. The guy who manages pitch basically has to go level at safe altitude, then pull back hard, wait for the aircraft to reach the apex ( an altitude and airspeed indication gives this) and then push the stick hard forward. Fighter pilots pull greater Gs and have higher workloads. But this is my ignorance speaking, so if you can explain why One Pilot per Axis is needed, I'd be grateful.
@rjfaber1991
@rjfaber1991 6 жыл бұрын
I'm willing to bet that an A320, A330, A340 or A350 could just do this whole maneuvre on its autopilot, but this is an A310, which is slightly less advanced...
@xmlthegreat
@xmlthegreat 6 жыл бұрын
Robert Faber maybe, but is that it? I'm not sure. I think there's a couple of other factors here, but I can't figure out what.
@rjfaber1991
@rjfaber1991 6 жыл бұрын
+Akshay Anand - I think you're right in saying that fighter pilots pull greater G-forces and have higher workloads, but it is worth remembering that an airliner is a big, heavy, lumbering beast; it's a lot more difficult to pull off precise maneuvres with something weighing (ironically) 80 tonnes than it is to do that with a jet fighter. I imagine that's why they want to have two pilots, to have one completely focus on getting his massive airplane to precisely follow a parabola.
@xmlthegreat
@xmlthegreat 6 жыл бұрын
Robert Faber you might be right. But I was hoping for some more explanation that's all.
@ScaredPilot
@ScaredPilot 6 жыл бұрын
If you push stick forward, you get negative Gs, keeping exactly 0 Gs is hard, also you have to adjust thrust to keep forward speed just right for exactly 0 Gs, it’s too hard to coordinate perfectly for one pilot.
@myrandomlife8881
@myrandomlife8881 Жыл бұрын
I like when you still explaining and didn't drown in excitement. Thankyou
@FloweyFanClub
@FloweyFanClub 6 жыл бұрын
This video made me so happy, Tom looks like he's having so much fun in zero g. I hope he didn't feel too nauseous at any point off camera
@irlmajorminor2991
@irlmajorminor2991 6 жыл бұрын
UPSIDE DOWN AND INSIDE OUT AND YOU CAN FEEL IT
@aloenix
@aloenix 4 жыл бұрын
I just noticed he’s still wearing that red t-shirt
@Machiones
@Machiones 6 жыл бұрын
Very well done Scotty 'ol Tom!! I know that was a tricky bit of floating and you held it together splendidly.
@frenchjr25
@frenchjr25 6 жыл бұрын
Loving this. I co-own a TV archive with a journalist that won an Emmy for taking a ride on a "vomit comet". And an interesting fact - the main set for 'Apollo 13' was inside of a "vomit comet".
@willoughbykrenzteinburg
@willoughbykrenzteinburg 6 жыл бұрын
It was a set, but the majority of the movie was shot on the ground. I wouldn't call it "the main set".
@rednas90
@rednas90 6 жыл бұрын
The pilots looks like they are controlling a AT-AT
@WouterDHaeseleer
@WouterDHaeseleer 6 жыл бұрын
I just realized that it is really hard to get control in 0G and it seems to take quite a lot of training to master the skill set!
@ianmacfarlane1241
@ianmacfarlane1241 4 жыл бұрын
Stunning shots from inside the cockpit.
@stevendetton2105
@stevendetton2105 6 жыл бұрын
I love how he flails around like a derp. and then shrieks.You're great entertainment, Tom!
@claymentv2199
@claymentv2199 4 жыл бұрын
3:30 The alarm you dont want to hear in a real flight: "Terrain" - "Pull up!"
@DaHaiZhu
@DaHaiZhu 6 жыл бұрын
So how many zero g flights has Neil been on? He seems pretty immune to it all...
@NeilMelvilleKenney
@NeilMelvilleKenney 6 жыл бұрын
607 parabolas and counting ;-)
@danielsjohnson
@danielsjohnson 6 жыл бұрын
Da Hai Zhu I saw one time he had his feet underneath straps and another time he was stabilizing himself using a handle grip on the wall.
@thatbluflame9458
@thatbluflame9458 5 жыл бұрын
@@NeilMelvilleKenney NEIL YOURE HERE
@MICROKNIGHT3000
@MICROKNIGHT3000 3 жыл бұрын
@@NeilMelvilleKenney nice :))
@NeilMelvilleKenney
@NeilMelvilleKenney 3 жыл бұрын
Still counting, a few years on. 1622 now. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it... :-D
@raviverma8479
@raviverma8479 6 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how you manage to talk in these conditions
@skoomasnorter
@skoomasnorter 3 жыл бұрын
I think tom is really enjoying that anti nausea medication they give you before you get in this plane. great vid.
@EnglishLearnersHere
@EnglishLearnersHere 3 жыл бұрын
That's so fascinating! I would love to try that myself!
@blaster1185
@blaster1185 6 жыл бұрын
"What do they mean it can't go past 2gs?" "YEAH THIS IS AWESOME WOOO" "oh I think we need those" The what?" "The wings."
@nunchakudude
@nunchakudude 5 жыл бұрын
What a once in a lifetime experience, amazing!
@Grzeroli1
@Grzeroli1 Жыл бұрын
Wow, many people struggle not to puke, and you manage to create a youtube video. Respect! 😂
@MatthewWalster
@MatthewWalster 6 жыл бұрын
I did one of these flights with Roscosmos a couple of years back. Would be interested to compare experiences sometime!
@QuincelSC
@QuincelSC 6 жыл бұрын
This video is secretly called 'How Tom managed to get to experience a zero G flight' isn't it?
@Maliceless100
@Maliceless100 10 ай бұрын
In a time when people try to discredit empirical facts to suit their personal preferences, this sort of video is so important - hope to see society moving back to reality. WELL DONE.
@petrnovak1964
@petrnovak1964 Жыл бұрын
this guy is all over the place. and i mean, plane, planet and my youtube homepage.
@aethelredtheready1739
@aethelredtheready1739 6 жыл бұрын
Those guys seem really nice
@ExEBoss
@ExEBoss 6 жыл бұрын
*+Scottish Baconator* Well, scientists tend to be nice, because statistically, the more knowledge a person and society has, the more peaceful and nice they tend to be. In fact, you will find that modern day European countries that are part of the EU are statistically some of the most peaceful and nice countries on Earth in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, that would be the continent of Antarctica, followed by the continent of Australia and New Zealand.
@kalebbruwer
@kalebbruwer 6 жыл бұрын
How could you be in a bad mood if this is your job?
@Jay-Niner
@Jay-Niner 6 жыл бұрын
Saw a live stream once without script and editing. The dude is a lot less nice than you would think. Came across as pretty arrogant.
@kalebbruwer
@kalebbruwer 6 жыл бұрын
Jan Fetzer He meant the crew on the plane.
@thesleppymexican
@thesleppymexican 6 жыл бұрын
Scottish Baconator yeee
@DayviSchuster
@DayviSchuster 6 жыл бұрын
I have to ask knowing full well this may never be answered, just HOW did you manage to film that, set aside the difficulties such as holding the camera steady and all the other details, a zero-g flight like this has got to be really expensive and not in your control how long you're up there, so I assume you had a very limited amount of takes. all in all impressive.
@poseidonmayleerun4824
@poseidonmayleerun4824 4 жыл бұрын
Happy to see Wilhuff Tarkin keeps flying spacecrafts!
@ddoogg88tdog79
@ddoogg88tdog79 6 жыл бұрын
I like that you sound calm when flailing about
@Adam-ru9vl
@Adam-ru9vl 6 жыл бұрын
I can't figure out if this fella is old or young
@wookidoo
@wookidoo 6 жыл бұрын
Tom was old when this world was young.
@shadowxxe
@shadowxxe 4 жыл бұрын
He's 35
@velvetcake5425
@velvetcake5425 6 жыл бұрын
that looks like so much fun, I wish there was an affordable way to go on one of those flights ;(
@daanwilmer
@daanwilmer 6 жыл бұрын
It's €6000 with Air Zero G in France. Not really cheap, but doable at the price of a good second hand car. Let's call it something you can save up for, even if it takes a long time.
@dakabaka4912
@dakabaka4912 3 жыл бұрын
This is going on my bucket list.
@AQDuck
@AQDuck 6 жыл бұрын
The look of Neil's face when Tom is having fun... Poor guy has never been on a joyride...
@palwadorsimms6081
@palwadorsimms6081 6 жыл бұрын
How did this go over with the not liking the feeling of falling?
@LostieTrekieTechie
@LostieTrekieTechie 6 жыл бұрын
Palwador Simms well, you saw the flailing.
@hehehepssst
@hehehepssst 6 жыл бұрын
+
@OrigamiMarie
@OrigamiMarie 6 жыл бұрын
I bet context matters a lot here. These planes don't have windows, so you can't see that you're rushing toward the ground.
@palwadorsimms6081
@palwadorsimms6081 6 жыл бұрын
Sure, but I remember he talking about the feeling of falling. Maybe it was the sudden drop, and the drop in the comet isnt that bad.
@fynnla.e
@fynnla.e 4 жыл бұрын
@@LostieTrekieTechie The flailing is the swimming reflex, your body thinks you're swimming because of the similarities and goes "hey, let's move by flailing about, good idea" and it happens.
@Pheatrix
@Pheatrix 6 жыл бұрын
Hmm I'm a master student in a country that is part of ESA. But I just can't come up with any meaningful stuff to test in zero g. I'm studying computer science and ones and zeros don't care about gravity... :(
@cmodyssey
@cmodyssey 5 ай бұрын
I did this the other day with the same company. Totally amazing!!
@spicyair710
@spicyair710 3 жыл бұрын
That was a one-take shot on the zero g plane. Tom nailed it, nice job.
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