Why The US Military Spends Millions Reverse Engineering Their Own Planes

[@phillupson8561]

I used to love taking stuff apart as a kid, my mum would give me broken things, she said she was amazed when one day she gave me a broken VCR and a few days later I gave it back to her working. When kids see enough items over time they'll begin to get an intuition at an age where they're a sponge.

[@JuniorJunison]

Exactly, I loved taking things apart as a kid too. I just loved figuring out how they worked, and like you said, give us enough broken things and we'll start handing you back fixed things.

[@DavidLee-cw6ci]

My mum used to do the same thing with my brother until he got electrocuted by a capacitor. I miss him.

[@nasonguy]

Dude my mom can attest to how much I loved taking apart every electronic thing in the house. As far as I remember I had a 100% success rate of getting it back together and it still worked. We were well off enough to have a VCR that my parents would let me touch, but I LOVED taking apart 4 track tape players and radios. So much mechanical and electronic complexity melded together.

[@shantanupawar3609]

​@@DavidLee-cw6ciwhat 😢

[@orderlyhippo1569]

You must have the knack

[@Toastmaster_5000]

As someone who also broke my toys and took everything apart as a child: I strongly relate to Jeremy and support his notion of letting your kids figure things out. I would even go as far as to say give them something broken with the challenge of fixing it or figuring out what's wrong with it.

[@Sikorsky66]

preferably with the capacitors pre-discharged

[@Perennial_Curiosity]

​@@Sikorsky66No need to bubblewrap their world. Just show them what a capacitor is and what it can do. Then they will be careful.

[@kkrobertson1]

@@Sikorsky66 LOL!!

[@conorstewart2214]

@@Perennial_Curiosity making sure they are relatively safe when handing them power electronics to poke about with is not bubble wrapping their world. It only takes one mistake to have life long consequences.

[@zenginellc]

@@Sikorsky66 Good god, what are you giving them?!... A microwave?!...

[@appliancedude63]

I been taking things apart and putting them back together for 48 years. Tinkering is my favorite thing to do.

[@ConnorHolland]

It's a great skill to have. Many of the 'Broken' electronics I've seen have just had one wire come loose, so when you solder it back on, everyone thinks you're a genius

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

Same here. Taking apart is good, but doing it non-destructively so it can be re-assembled is key. Today, I can take anything apart, usually without damage, and put it back together again; yesterday's project while I was cleaning it, was a Oticon Ruby2 rechargeable $2500 hearing aid, now clean AND still works 🙂. I was one of those kids: sewing machines, power tools, lawn mowers, bikes, boats, cars and now I am a design engineer.

[@oliverer3]

This is why I have a grudge against whoever invented ultrasonic welding. Ultrasonically welded plastic cases are the only thing I've yet to figure out a reliable way to take apart without damage.

[@simonilett998]

I was one of those kids, I was always curious how things worked so I'd pull things apart to find out. Consequently, a few things didn't go back together, but I learned a lot from it. Now nearly 48, I actually still have one or two those things I pulled apart as a kid, still in pieces in a box in the cupboard somewhere waiting to be put back together one day. Today I'm a self employed mechanical/electrical/electronic repair and dignostic tech covering many industries, and have several related trades under my belt. Definitely doesn't hurt to nurture their interest when the kids are young😁👍

[@edmarks688]

My dad was an electrician and used to bring home all kinds of things for me to take apart. I still enjoy it today and watch for anyone giving something away or things sitting by the curb.

[@NEW_INSITE]

Ever since I was a little kid I've enjoyed taking things apart. I used to take my toys apart and finally got to where I could put them back together. Even though I'm retired now, I still enjoy finding the odd bit of Machinery or electronics and taking them apart. I often Salvage them for electronic components such as transistors capacitors and potentiometers and save them for future projects. Thank you for your video take care bye

[@Just_Sara]

Seeing your shop tools made out of salvaged parts is RIGHT up my alley! I'm a gal who loves to make things out of things I already have. I don't have a very orderly memory, so taking things apart is about as far as I get with things and getting them back together would not be easy, but nevertheless I found myself in my parent's garage more often the older I got. Some of my best memories of my Dad are when I was working in there, and he would just end up in there with me, both of us quietly working away, or him showing me how something worked. Thanks for reminding me to remember him!

[@samTollefson]

That's great Jeremy! I was one of those kids, recently I bought a $2 broken electric pole saw at a garage sale it needed a new chain, and oil lines, and was missing the bar tensioner. I had a polished 6mm steel rod from an old printer I had scrounged that was the right diameter and was able to drill, tap, and make the new part. Yay, the saw works great now! $11 total cost.

[@simonilett998]

Electric pole saw, that needed fuel lines??😁

[@samTollefson]

Thank you for catching that! I meant the oil lines for the automatic oiler.@@simonilett998

[@Roy_Tellason]

@@simonilett998 Oil lines is what he wrote. Even an electric chain saw needs bar oil...

[@simonilett998]

@@Roy_Tellason Sure, oil lines makes sense, however 12 hours ago when I wrote my reply, it said fuel lines. Given that it now says (edited) at the top of the text, I assume he edited it before you read it😁👍

[@QuintBUILDs]

Excellent point about scans not being the same as a part model. So few people know this!

[@Orca_Blacksail]

After watching ur vids I was able to make a space ship from a treadmill. Dirt cheap. Thanks Jeremy!

[@beachboardfan9544]

First time I learned about capacitors, I was 12, and took apart my parents desktop monitor, it wasn't plugged in but I still got one hell of a shock! 😅

[@wrongtown]

Heh damn I just left a comment about discharging caps 😅

[@charlesmckinley29]

I work for a company that rebuilds mostly medium voltage breakers and switchgear. Taking LOTS of pictures is a must because most of the time drawings and wiring diagrams just aren’t available. Thankfully the company has been doing it for a long time and has built up a lot of information in house. It may be an interesting video for you.

[@ottodidakt3069]

As a sparkie, I'd like to see that !

[@checkedoutchris]

I've always appreciated your laid-back attitude and seemingly effortless communication style. You make it look easy while communicating complex and challenging concepts. I know that behind all that is years of education, training, and experience. Well done!

[@Leeoolan]

I agree, Jeremy is spectacular at communicating and the King of Chill!

[@sjsomething4936]

Also, his passion for the subject really comes through in how he speaks, and as a viewer you can tell that he really is into his subject. It makes his videos very engaging.

[@robinmorritt7493]

Me too! I took apart my toys, couldn't put them back together again and threw them behind the shed. I'm 72 years old now and I've been told my patent application is due to be approved on Nov 8th.

[@SirCarlosMusicBMI]

You’re an awesome person and it shows. I wish that I grew up with a father like you. Blessings to you and your family, Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸

[@harryhamilton298]

Great job explaining one of the major maintenance problems the military faces today. And great job relating it back to your own work. Keep it up.

[@just_saw_dust]

Taking things apart and breaking them is the how I learned to repair them. Once you can repair something, you can modify, improve or just make your own thing. I made my off grid home, workshop, tools and so much more from recycled, reclaimed, repurposed, re-invented, materials. If I hadn't been born 30 yrs too early I would have done so much more but the resources and information was so much harder to find in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Nowadays I can research, design, calculate, redesign, order and build without leaving my home. And if I get stuck on something there's literally thousands of people who can help me within a few hours of asking a question. When I was a kid, most questions I asked just annoyed people because they didn't understand what I was asking let alone have an answer.

[@kkuenzel56]

Great Video Jeremy! That's how I got started over 60 years ago. I got a tool belt with real metal tools for Christmas when I was in Kindergarten. I didn't become an Engineer but a Dealership technician for 30 years. I took a lot of things apart, repaired them , and put them back together.

[@jwhite1016aol]

Doesn't seem like it was that long ago when there was only 10k of us subbed to this channel now you're almost to 1 million subs. Much deserved my man.

[@georgedreisch2662]

Having worked on military aircraft, the biggest issue, is dealing with subsequent changes, MWO’s (modification work order), that deviate from original plans, schematics, and manuals, usually applied by civilian contractors, and resulting incontinuities in the installations, aircraft to aircraft. This resulted in daily conundrums maintaining military aircraft.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

Fact is, OEMs come and go and they don't always sell their data when they get bought out or go out of business. I've had a few contractors utterly abandon their product with no explanation. Honeywell has been doing this a lot lately, which tells me that their company might be in trouble (or at least their military division). I saw this happening with Goodrich, was told that I was crazy, and within two years they were gone.

[@arthurswanson3285]

@@Skank_and_Gutterboy Sounds like the government needs to start adding supplier contract clauses to provide revelant documentation in those circumstances.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

@@arthurswanson3285 For commodity items, that doesn't work. There's a lot of very complex components in mechanical systems. Even if you had drawings, just throwing them to a manufacturer and telling them, "Here, build this," would be a major nightmare because a new source isn't going to know its quirks, how to troubleshoot it, and would have to spend millions just to produce a test stand that will test it. Just building it isn't good enough, it has to pass acceptance testing before it can be sold to the government. If you just threw that to a random contractor, you'd be waiting years to get a decent product out of them and a good portion of your fleet would sit grounded-awaiting-parts. They would have to invest so much time and money to get anything out the door that it would quickly become cost-prohibitive to them, they'd walk away and say, "We're out, we'll take the penalty for defaulting on this contract. It's less headache and cost than producing this pig, this workload is bleeding our division dry."

[@Friedbrain11]

I used to take things apart too when I got the chance so I could see how they worked. Putting them back together was usually no big deal but it was boring. Once I figured out how something worked I didn't really want to have anything else to do with it unless I got an idea to try and make it work better. Glad your curiosity led you to Utube though. It is a joy to watch you do your thing.

[@nicholasyoungers2624]

It’s a cool place for sure! I’m an Engineer with Hyspeco and get to work with them on hydraulic systems

[@owenmayes2128]

Thank you Jeremy. Your love and enthusiasm for what you do is positively infectious. 👍🏾

[@joelance3327]

Wow, those hand drawing video. Definitely bring back memories…. You had to really love this profession to get into that doing my days of hand drawings

[@brianm.595]

My man Jeremy, you never let me down.

[@ferrelljohns545]

Love the channel. Very informative and easily understood. Keep up the excellent work.

[@margaretpollard2179]

Love your enthusiasm! It is incredibly infectious!

[@cloeducationtv]

Thats amazing how they scan large parts like that and informative video..

[@jonanderson5137]

My little brother would take things apart and I would put them back together. Encouraging curiosity is great, rewarding problem solving is important too. Both are very valuable skills.

[@Omri.Collects]

You’ve such great content. I learned so much from dissembling things when i was a child. My drive to know how something worked, helped to make me the engineer I am today.

[@PeterLee-zn3jl]

Curiosity and understanding...recycled , repaired and rehabbed...inspection for use , abuse and imorovement..ingenious construction from old...and use of component in a new way ...bravo

[@TinyMaths]

Yep, as a lot of people mention here; I was one of those 'take everything apart' kids. It's like an unstoppable curiosity. I didn't really grow up with purchased toys; we made our own when I was very young, and then in my teenage years I gravitated towards opening up old radios, VCR's etc. I didn't know what I was doing and was hardly ever able to fix stuff. Now, in my early 50's I'm getting into Arduino and basic mechatronics (after spending a couple of years learning to code), and am getting that child-like enthusiasm back again; but this time I'm gaining the knowledge to support the curiosity.

[@russellanderson3901]

This example problem with the plane is exacerbated by the gov't contracting process. Intellectual Property and data rights all cost extra since the company making the item has assigned a value to allowing the gov't to have the information tgat describes the parts and/or how the parts are produced. It is a fine line the gov't and the contractor try to strike between giving the gov't all the information and the contractor retaining as much as possible to ensure the company stays as profitable as possible. Great video, as always.

[@Roy_Tellason]

I too have been taking things apart since I was a kid, and yeah, that did start with toys, and progressed on from there. In those days you could pick up old TV sets on the street. I'm still at it, at 72. :-)

[@pibyte]

The B1 is one of my favorite aircrafts. Such an incredible piece of engineering.

[@rsc4peace971]

Just an incredibly interesting video for various reasons. We (I mean tinkerers like us) are curious to know how and why things work or eager to repurpose salvaged parts. I am like the many who broke just about every toy or gadget after only a few days of playing with them to find out what makes it tick. Certainly that helped me to be able to fix just about everything later in my life. Anyone can learn a lot from your videos as they are very thorough and interesting not to mention very useful

[@icepick_method3439]

I recently acquired a used cerac 2 dental cnc Mill from University surplus for $40 for the express purpose of taking it apart and seeing what was inside. German made, Japanese and Swiss stepper motors, American made coolant pump, a bunch of L298n motor drivers, etc. 95% of it was assembled using only 2 metric screws sizes, built like a brick, very impressive.

[@dalsbury1979]

Very interesting. Never knew this sort of facility existed, but it makes tons of sense that it would. My 4 year old son takes the wheels off all of his toys. Drives me crazy. I like your idea. I’ll start having him take broken things apart.

[@hejasverigeee]

The used 'window' in a washing machine is actually a salad bowl or an oven-safe bowl in disguise. 😎 Greetings from Stockholm Sweden Europe 🇺🇸🇸🇪❤️

[@kencobbley5548]

Recently removed, cleaned, reassembled, reinstalled the 4 carbs in a 1986 Honda Magna. If I had not taken a ton of pictures, it would still be in pieces today. Very complicated with a lot of parts and linkages. Photos are a must.

[@evanlane1690]

Honey!!! He dropped a new video!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jml_53]

Let then take it apart! Absolutely! You got my sub right there. I remember disassembling my dad's old lawn mower. No digital camera back then, so reassembly didn't go so well. But I sure learned a lot.

[@Raggzzaug11]

I wish I had had a father like you growing up. I have been taking things apart since childhood and most of the time getting them back together and fixed or working better. lol

[@hellzbellz1234]

super duper related to this, my dad bought me and my brother a whole are to take apart when we were 5, has definitely stayed an interest throughout my life

[@turnipsucks6416]

You're just fun to hear and watch as you explain your passion!

[@efeilaz]

This modeling is very important when working with planes defined by hand drawings. Hand drawings often have some issues such as drafters trying to use as few veiws as possible so they don't have to redraw the part too many times and thus craming in as many little details as possible into every view. This can lead to cluttered drawings, which are tolerable untill the drawings are later digitized into a resolution so bad that it makes hard to tell 5 from 6 in some places. Also, sometimes there are mistakes in complex parts, such as some features not getting drawn in every view they should be drawn in (this can cause quite the headache when trying to understand complex internal geometry). However, this is not to say modern computer drawings are necessarily better. Due to additional veiws being only a mouse click away, modern drawings tend to scatter numerous views and cross sections across multiple pages with little ryme, reason, or forethought. Oh that feature is dimensioned in veiw AJ on page 6, which is a cross section of view BB, which is on page 3, which is itself defined on page 2 as a ... (I've personally seen this go 5 veiw layers deep on a single part). With modern drawings it can be a guessing game as to where any particular detail is defined and where in the world the drafter decied to put a particular veiw. Ultimately both modern and older drawings tend to have flaws that make them harder to decipher due to the pressures to reducing the time and effort engineers spend making them.

[@christianmontagx8461]

After 60 Years there is often no hand drawing left anymore :) Rotten away over time.

[@Alacritous]

I used to work at an electronics recycling company. We used to tear down Xerox machines under contract and there are MASSIVE amounts of reusable parts in them. We'd do other stuff as well that came in from assorted asset management contracts. Machines of all sorts and sizes. I got very good at spotting how to take things apart. Motors, power supplies, steel rods from printers and scanners, electronic components and on and on. Just your average multifunction printer/scanner/fax has several stepper motors, position sensors, a power supply that may or may not be a seperate component. I have a 36 volt DC power supply that I pulled from an Epson multifunction printer that is running a variable power supply on my bench. There's SO much that can be reused in electronics and appliances these days if you know what to look for.

[@christinehill8326]

I totally love your channel ❤️ Your knowledge and presentation and overall totally awesomeness is always worth watching and subscribing to. I wish I could get my family to understand that parts are important enough to keep around 😂❤

[@thomaswilkerson9961]

You always inspire me to expand my abilities. Thank you

[@geraldstephens8791]

Yes,yes,yes! Now that's the content i have been missing.

[@Slotcarking]

Took son to junkyards at age 15 after buying him a wrecked 94 Integra in order to remove fenders, hood & front end to rebuild his 1st car. Took 6 months of sweat equity. Fast fwd a decade later & he’s designing stuff at SpaceX but interned at Tesla Design while in college. Lesson to other parents - Let them rebuild their first car. Don’t ever give them anything.

[@W1RMD]

Everything about aviation is SO secretive, right down to not disclosing ANY info on the location of RCAG sites!

[@999knives]

Loved this video, probably the best justification of digital twinning I've seen

[@CHAZAGE]

JF, this maybe one of your best Vids ever...or certainly in the Top 10! Mega interesting! You helped me to learn something today....and as my family will attest...that ain't easy!😀

[@thomaswilkerson9961]

Mom told me I started taking apart everything in the house around 6 years old. 53 years later I still haven't stopped. Burry me with a screwdriver just in case.

[@tyronefrielinghaus3467]

You're so enthusiastic.... Great....

[@colbertbd]

Awesome! At the beginning of the 'vid lock downs my youngest was climbing the walls. I had a non-functioning HP scanner/printer (wouldn't scan because it ran out of ink... talk about a lame business) that I decided wasn't worth purchasing ink for. I tasked my child to take the thing apart (to get the motors and anything else that might be fun). He loved it!

[@ArvinMistry-bs1jx]

Very excited I love challenging Electrical, Electronics,Software, and Macanical Practical work, Thank you Excellent explain

[@injoelsgarage3934]

Jeremy thanks for the ride brother that was very interesting!

[@grottyboots]

Yes indeed! Let the kids take anything apart. Show 'em how to be safe, how to use a few tools, and let them at it. Taking things apart is as fun as putting things together. Cheers!

[@slowerpicker]

What a treat! A great video, and a passionate subject for you.

[@TotallyGlitch]

I used to do this kind of work at a different base. It was one of my favorite jobs i ever had.

[@PhG1961]

Tearing apart, salvaging parts! That's exactely what I've been doing for several decades. You have no idea what valueable parts there are inside (large) laser printers/copiers, washing machines, cars, dish washers, etc... Excellent video!

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

It makes me SICK seeing the stuff that is thrown away, especially considering the cost of all the perfectly good components within if you had to buy them new.

[@PhG1961]

@@BrilliantDesignOnline Indeed! On the other hand... I've expanded my workshop already twice and have now reached them maximum which is legally admitted. If only I could afford a small wharehouse... ;-)

[@Roy_Tellason]

Actually I think he has a pretty good idea...

[@PhG1961]

@@Roy_Tellason I defenately need a (small) wharehouse...

[@StephenTack]

I recommend taking apart old projectors (both 3LCD and DLP), they have a lot of fun (magic looking) components inside, and lot's of fans. Cheers!

[@ericcox6764]

I remembered my mom cutting the power cord off of many old appliances and letting me disassemble them. I learned so much about how things work by doing that.

[@lowkey213]

4:24 that pinup is 🔥 death hand overhead

[@rogermccaslin5963]

My mom used to tell a story about me when I was 4 years old. I took apart her nearly new Mixmaster (something that was a real splurge for her because we didn't have a lot of money and it was fairly expensive). She was so mad and threatened me with extreme bodily harm if I didn't get it put back together. Well, long story short, I did get it put back together with only one leftover screw. Thing worked for another 30 years, even without that screw. In my adult life, I became a boat builder and designer and later, a composite product designer for a telecom company so maybe Jeremy is on to something.

[@G5Hohn]

I was stationed at Dyess in the 1990s and have wrenched on the aircraft in the thumbnail. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@TheGarrison89]

Love watching your videos Jeremy !

[@Leeoolan]

I want to share a funny story from my earliest days of tinkering. I got a nice RC car for Christmas from Radio Shack as a kid. I believe it was the year nineteen hundred eighty-eight. It seems so long ago spelling it out haha. I'm sure it was a significant purchase for my mom at that time. The first night I had it in my room alone, I took the engine out. My goal was to make a propeller engine, but I didn't make it to the propeller. I ended up breaking it by making long power leads and sticking them in the wall socket. It was over quick, with a blue flash, a loud pop, and the smell of burnt electronics in my dark room. Thankfully, the breaker tripped, and I learned a good lesson. The experiment earned me a good butt spanking from my mother using her go-to item, the fly swatter! The toy was not ruined for me; I enjoyed learning how things like the steering worked. I never got another engine for the car, but I had a lot of fun with it even without an engine. Fast-forward to today; I'm still disassembling things and enjoy collecting scrap electronics and components. I just got my first Raspberry Pi.

[@michaelmcallister3429]

I enjoy your videos. Thank you for making them.

[@ivangutowski]

never thought of that, all great till you got parts shot out... can't replicate something that does not exist anymore. Really interesting issues to come across. Also my goodness, very impressive to see how things used to be done

[@halfbubbleout]

I hope you enjoyed your visit to Wichita!

[@anditgoesneat11]

I'm watching your videos.. and as I age, I keep realizing how I have the basics to be an engineer, besides the knack to be an engineer. Wishing I took this route instead of business. Getting curious and trying to find answers more as I age.

[@mxcollin95]

Wow that’s a crazy, crazy way to document and repair old aircraft. By the way, did you ask them if they’ve gotten a chance to reverse any UFOs yet??? Lol! Please do a follow up video there when that happens! 👍

[@JOEZEP54]

Always an interesting visit. 👍# 64 Stay well, Joe Z

[@lukasethan6429]

Wow! Thats where I used to go. Thats awesome you went there.

[@carscoffee5263]

You should your subscribers how to tear down and harvest component's on PCB boards for recyclable precious metals like gold, copper, aluminum, titanium etc.. Not to mention all the high voltage start/run capacitors, fuses, transformers, transistor mosfets.

[@stevenhughes1254]

you are great. being able to design on your own terms is important.

[@RayMrRobert]

Undoubtedly you are brilliant. Kudos

[@hgbugalou]

I was also a disassembler as a kid (sometimes to my parents dismay). I still remember when I completely dissembled my bike down to individual components. My dad day it and just shook his head. 🤣 He never got on me too bad though because he knew I was learning things.

[@ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣΣΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΣ]

Very interesting and informative. Well done

[@VernonSwanepoel]

Wow, great channel. I love the educational slant you take.

[@magfal]

We have a policy in my house: anything big and/or repairable that's broken gets investigated together with the kids as long as it's safe enough. It's only disposed of if repair is not practically possible. If we can, the kids are involved in the repair work to hopefullly adopt a good perspective and some skills. We also design repair parts in openscad together and print them on my 3d printer.

[@shenoo4681]

Dear Jeremy, Can you please tell me the name of your first Solidworks book as beginner it would be helpful to start practice.

[@alexrains1893]

That was absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

this is a Cool video Jeremy and as a kid my folks allowed me to take stuff apart too. I still do as an adult .

[@BSGSV]

10:15 Such GREAT advice!

[@johnsharples6641]

To say "I was one of those kids" would be a gross understatement. At 84 I still am one of those kids. I still get to pull things apart and find out what's wrong with them. Most of my younger friends, don't have too many older ones, bring stuff to me to see if it can be resurrected. I love being one of those kids. I have watched a few of your videos and would like to thank you for telling it like it is. Thank you. John

[@RazorRoo1989]

I love doing what ur doing. As a Kid my Grandmom called me Tinker cause all i did was Tinkering. I fix her fan at 5rs old among anything i was alot to do and put it back. Im a mechanic today and like u i can fix almost anything. Kinda like a jack of all trades. I race RC cars as u can see on my profile i have to do alot what ur doing addind power making it faster with different spurs and pinions. I love doing that gotta be quick and mcGiver like. Lol keep putting this context out so informal. Thank Fielding.

[@NewNormac]

@Jeremy Fielding how to you deal with and adjust for lens distortion ? Thanks for all the great informative videos ~Smile oN

[@stevenbrowningsr1144]

Reminds me of the early '90's when I got my first introduction to 3D modeling. We were working with oilfield production xmas trees and production manifold equipment to be installed and operated at 2300 feet under the Gulf of Mexico. The tolerances were not nearly as accurate as they are today and we actually did a live surface test of some of the equipment to confirm the interfaces and manipulations of the installation. Good thing as we found a major issue with a flow line attachment that would not have cleared a flange on the manifold. Saved us several millions of dollars and paid fully for the surface test.

[@davidbrookes8470]

I used to love taking things apart also. I remember taking my small toolkit on-board a BOAC Trident ( before security checks in those day's). I don't know why some of the elderly passengers were nervous? Lol

[@erniecamhan]

Love your channel 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@wrongtown]

Maybe a minor caveat but I think it's important if anyone is going to take stuff apart which includes electronics; you've got to know how to recognise and safely discharge capacitors 😅

[@scottcates]

I use my tongue.

[@hughmaseko9780]

​@@scottcatesIf you did that with a fully-charged capacitors,you would not be commenting right now.

[@errollozgencil1116]

As soon as you started explaining what NIAR was doing, I thought of my old cars! I love keeping them running, but finding parts and repair manuals gets harder every year. Makes me want to be more meticulous about documenting my repairs ...

[@klrmoto]

Thanks for making this video. Very interesting.

[@anthonyortiz5479]

Man I wish you lived in Dallas and you were my neighbor I would have a lot of fun taking things apart as I did when I was a kid and still a kid heart heart