5 Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Creations

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  • @Unknown5tv
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    • @blackmist744
      @blackmist744 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol omg

    • @ijustworkhere1008
      @ijustworkhere1008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I heard someone once died of hypothermia during one of the earlier historic attempts to freeze a chicken

    • @Irobert1115HD
      @Irobert1115HD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      so you made a small error: the hunley didnt sink because of battle damage. it got stuck in the sinking enemy ship.

    • @jackcollins1851
      @jackcollins1851 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I can't believe that the guillotine didn't make the list the creator was exacuted on his own invention

    • @mattkaustickomments
      @mattkaustickomments 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Otto Lillianthal. Father of the glider, and inspiration for Wright Brothers. Sir Malcolm Campbell.

  • @midnightmosesuk
    @midnightmosesuk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I guess the guy with the parachute suit tested it on a dummy after all.

    • @supaa4512
      @supaa4512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

    • @Oddstories
      @Oddstories 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Too soon

    • @generalyellor2187
      @generalyellor2187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Meanwhile, you've likely done absolutely nothing with your life but leave destructive comments on TH-cam.

    • @midnightmosesuk
      @midnightmosesuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@generalyellor2187 I'm sorry, are you a relation?

    • @djp3819
      @djp3819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Oddstories hahaha you had me cracking up 😂

  • @rob28803
    @rob28803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1456

    Am I the only person who thinks that flying cars accessible to the masses is a completely stupid idea? There's enough badly driven, poorly maintained cars out there do we really need them falling from the sky as well?

    • @firsttimer2254
      @firsttimer2254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The early 1970's attempt in this video isn't the only one. The flying car remains a staple in Science Fiction, but there's certainly a laundry of reasons it hasn't enjoyed mainstream success. It's telling that driverless cars which remain rolling on the ground are being pioneered now when computing capabilities jave caught up to the idea.
      I believe current mass transit technology, from trains to skytrains and subways, even a humble effort at car pooling or your humble cab driver, already do a better job. The Hyperloop is going to break through as an interesting entry into the transport lexicon, whether people are killed or not during its development.

    • @samuelbiskin3416
      @samuelbiskin3416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I agree. Have you seen a lot of drivers these days? OMG

    • @johnbroomer3285
      @johnbroomer3285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      No kidding. Most drivers have enough trouble navigating on the confines of a road network. Can you imagine them having to operate in the sphere in which flying takes place.

    • @cocorosh7295
      @cocorosh7295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Plus what happens if u run out of gas in the middle of the air? Do u fall down and die?

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Self-flying air taxis look like they may be here pretty soon. If flying cars are automated they may become practical one day.

  • @brandenburg2388
    @brandenburg2388 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The latest entry would be Stockton Rush, the inventor of Titan, the first submersible with a carbon fibre hull......

  • @tenawilson2409
    @tenawilson2409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Engine knocking is caused by pre-detonation of the compressed gases igniting before the cylinder reaches top dead center which affects the timing in a sense. It is not trapped gases

    • @peeonu25
      @peeonu25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The gas that detonated... Was trapped... You're over thinking it.
      The important part was about the Bolsheviks that over threw the russian Tsar(king of englands first ciusin btw)
      Betcha wed be friends with russia if it was still under that 👪

    • @TheNYgolfer
      @TheNYgolfer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mr Wilson - There is no such thing as "pre-detonation". Engine knock, aka detonation, occurs when the fuel air mixture violently explodes instead of burning evenly. Fuel that is too low in octane can cause this. Lead was used in the past to prevent it and still is used in 100LL (100 octane Low Lead) aviation fuel.
      Also, under normal conditions an engine that is properly timed, will fire the spark plug BEFORE the piston reaches top dead center. Timing on engines is always set several degrees before top dead center (BTDC) because it takes time for the fuel/air mixture to start burning once the plug fires. It is not instantaneous.
      Pre-ignition is a condition where the fuel/air mixture in the cylinder is ignited before the spark plug even fires. That is caused by a hot spot inside the cylinder.

    • @herbertshallcross9775
      @herbertshallcross9775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheNYgolfer Pre-detonation is more commonly called pre-ignition. Yes, sometimes ignition timing is deliberately set to ignite the fuel-air charge before tdc, taking into account things like the rpms, and the time the wave front takes to propagate across the cylinder, but pre-ignition is the phenomenon of the fuel-air mixture igniting too soon, either because the compression is too high for the octane rating, or something like carbon on the cylinder head or piston is still glowing hot, creating an ignition point. This early ignition hammers on the rising piston, opposing the piston, wrist pin, connecting rod, crankshaft and flywheels inertia. Sometimes you can hear it on acceleration as a "pinging" or worse, a knocking sound. Allowed to continue, it will destroy an engine.
      People think higher octane gasoline will make their car which is designed for regular to produce more power. Higher octane fuels are designed to prevent engines that are designed to admit more fuel into the cylinder and compress it more to make more power from destroying themselves. If your engine wasn't designed to need the protection against pre-ignition high octane provides, you are wasting your money using it, and worse, the additives in high octane fuel actually have lower specific energy than the gasoline they are displacing in the blend, so higher octane fuels actually have slightly less energy per unit volume than regular. Your regular fuel car actually produces slightly more power on regular fuel than on premium.

  • @uio890138
    @uio890138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    "High Speed" and "Russian Train" are two terms that can never exist together in peace.

    • @saraw6446
      @saraw6446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love Russian trains ❤️🚂💙

    • @donkeyslayer4661
      @donkeyslayer4661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The aero car will transport you..to the afterlife.

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In Soviet Russia, train rides YOU! 😂

  • @realityquotient7699
    @realityquotient7699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    Flying cars. A combination of a poorly performing car fused with a poorly performing aircraft, intended to be operated by people who aren't qualified for either one.

    • @rubenscott3972
      @rubenscott3972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      digital trucker cars are not built to last there built to make money why do you think Tesla is not making money there to safe and it makes no sense money over safety anyday

    • @OnlyKaerius
      @OnlyKaerius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rubenscott3972 I wouldn't call Tesla cars safe exactly. While they've gotten high crash test ratings, the batteries would be an instant incendiary device if ruptured, and the power lines are a hazard for rescue crews that can delay extraction.

    • @mjouwbuis
      @mjouwbuis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@OnlyKaerius A fuel tank would be an instant inendiary device if ruptured, has been said for at least 100 years and proven many times over. Batteries, Diesel fuel and LPG, probably even hydrogen, are slightly safer than gasoline in most cases. Though I agree with you that high voltage would make it harder for rescue crews.

    • @OnlyKaerius
      @OnlyKaerius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mjouwbuis Gasoline fuel tank still needs a source of ignition. Li-ion batteries spontaneously combust when pierced, and like an incendiary device, rather than a pool of burning fuel.

    • @coleomo
      @coleomo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OnlyKaerius lol, look at the statistics from more then one source, ICE cars are by far more likely to catch fire in a accident then electrics, not just tesla's but almost all electric cars have proportionally better chances of saving your life or not combusing.... its facts.

  • @berserkerkonge8095
    @berserkerkonge8095 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    My grandfather patented the hole you see in pens for even gravity flowbetween 48 and 55. He invented the magic marker felt tip pen. the ink chemicals slowly killed him by age 73.
    A very cool grandfather.

    • @billm4108
      @billm4108 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No he didn’t. My grandfather did.

    • @berserkerkonge8095
      @berserkerkonge8095 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@billm4108 jealous?

  • @TheLambdaTeam
    @TheLambdaTeam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Well, Franz quickly understood the GRAVITY of the situation as he jumped off 😂

  • @dellrugby
    @dellrugby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A former coal miner, Heselden made his fortune manufacturing the Hesco bastion barrier system. In 2010, he bought Segway Inc., maker of the Segway personal transport system. Heselden died in 2010 from injuries apparently sustained falling from a cliff while riding his own product.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Leaded gasoline was in use till I was about 25 years old, and until lots of people began to worry about pollution in the early 1970s, nobody feared it or even thought about it. "Ethyl" gasoline was considered the better type. This means I was inhaling lead particles constantly till I was an adult. I'm still alive, though.

  • @marsattacks7071
    @marsattacks7071 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I appreciate this short video for a reason : it gives us the historical facts surrounding each invention. That's a great effort of research (I'm not used to that in current era...). Thank you and congratulation for that nice work !

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว

      You must be so old that you owe Jesus money. "In this current era" 🤣

    • @marsattacks7071
      @marsattacks7071 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@floridanews8786 Just think about it. I was born in '64. Not that old I know. But, from a time there was a big white telephone on the wall, a 12" b&w television (we had to hit sometimes), and libraries. That was it. I entered college at 16 and saw the first mini computers (not micro) that was linked to a bigger one with a telephone modem ..in a wood box. I entered in engineering and started working on IBM "XT" micro computers, and on and on. Look at where we are now... I can affirm that there's a serious glitch in evolution...

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marsattacks7071 Yes, My friend, I entirely agree. Technology is a double edged sword, It has some advantages, but kids growing up these days rely on Google for everything and use their brains for nothing, which I feel is causing this mental declination.

    • @DarthVader1977
      @DarthVader1977 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      in our* current era
      congratulations*

  • @mahatmacote6478
    @mahatmacote6478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm impressed with the narration, the clear diction and pronunciation. Despite the speed of delivery, everything was very clear and understandable.
    Well done!

  • @DominusLuna
    @DominusLuna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    These people were really determined to accomplish their projects.

  • @oakguard
    @oakguard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    To think that Franz Reichelt was so close to possibly the invention of the Wingsuit if only he had sewed that cloth between the arms, legs and torso.

  • @Virginia91
    @Virginia91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Hunley didn't sink on a mock attack. It was an actual attack that sank a union ship. The Hunley surfaced and notified the success to shore via light codes. Then the Hunley submerged to never make it to shore.

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว

      Karma can be a Real Beech sometimes

  • @anthonyf.3009
    @anthonyf.3009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally. A top 5 channel that doesn't use clickbait.

  • @MayimHastings
    @MayimHastings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congratulations, this is the first “killed by own invention” video ever to not contain the Segway Schmo! 🎊🎈👏

  • @cyclingbulgarian-london8643
    @cyclingbulgarian-london8643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Titanik: I am unsinkable.
    Hunley: Hold my beer.

  • @dr.skulhamr3220
    @dr.skulhamr3220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nicely done video. Thank you! So many inventors brought down by quality issues. Welds, fits, measurements.

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or destroyed by a HenWai Daddy probably.

  • @gigsandbusking8959
    @gigsandbusking8959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    The man who invented the traffic island stepped off the traffic island in London to admire his work, he was ran over and killed by a horse and carriage.

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gigsand Busking
      Was the horse color blind?

    • @gigsandbusking8959
      @gigsandbusking8959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MrJohnnyDistortion A traffic island is an island built in the middle of wide roads so pedestrians can cross part of a busy road to a safe area then proceed to cross when all is clear and safe to do so, what as that got to do with a horse being colour blind?

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@gigsandbusking8959
      Well, I was thinking that maybe the horse ran a red light.

    • @gigsandbusking8959
      @gigsandbusking8959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MrJohnnyDistortion Johnny have you been smoking something? in your mind traffic lights were invented before cars, the traffic island was invented before cars to help people cross safely from horse and carriages :)

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gigsandbusking8959
      Traffic island. Rotary/roundabout? Road median? Something else? Link describing your point?

  • @pabstb.ribbon2850
    @pabstb.ribbon2850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It really grinds my gears that TH-cam just started nonchalantly putting two adds back to back in before videos recently. 😒

    • @mikewalter1111
      @mikewalter1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Holden Mcgroine or watch tv and get 6 2minute commercials back to back

    • @codeblue2532
      @codeblue2532 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Holden Mcgroine : thank you, Holden. I knew there was a solution. Hostage No More !
      BTW: C.Crane Co. sold a device to mute the radio ads (hundreds on ART BELL:Coast to Coast) and re~activate when the ad was over. The $300 device monitored the 'difference' in signals between commercials and the scripted show.
      This is simplistic explanation. but deterred me from OAK ISLAND, FORENSIC FILES, .....and JUDGE JUDY.

    • @william2755
      @william2755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can pay for TH-cam premium then you will get no more ads or you can use adblocker with it's third parties or keep watching the free version with the ads

  • @Mr.TonyClifton
    @Mr.TonyClifton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Maybe the car should've been a Volkswagon?
    A flying Beetle?

    • @paraskaikessa597
      @paraskaikessa597 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Volkswagon 😂😂😂😂👏👏👏
      Im sorry ive nevee heard that before

    • @unserland6948
      @unserland6948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Handyboo!!!

    • @paulstovall3777
      @paulstovall3777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, what the hell. Nazi Germany tried to develop a flying tank.

    • @tracynation239
      @tracynation239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Herbie. ♡ T.E.N.

    • @jumpinjojo
      @jumpinjojo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mr. Tony Clifton Dodge Dart? Buick Skylark? Plymouth Superbird?

  • @henerymag
    @henerymag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dan Pawlak who invented Pyrodex was killed by an explosion in his powder plant. The flying Pinto was just as dangerous being used as a regular car.

  • @gowensbach2998
    @gowensbach2998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Another interesting inventer was Urban. Sorry, I dont know his first name, but he was a Belgian bell maker who created the largest cannon ever made at the time. It fired a 2 foot wide shot, and took so long to load, it could only shoot about 6 rounds a day. It was used in siege at Constantinople in which the cannon exploded killing Urban with it.

    • @obsoletevalues6209
      @obsoletevalues6209 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      His name is also spelled Orban, and he designed the Dardanelles Gun, which was cast by Munir Ali in 1464.

  • @TheDuke539
    @TheDuke539 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    3:55 - Engine knock - "A shockwave caused by small pockets of air trapped in the car's engine".
    'Engine knock' aka ping or detonation, is the air fuel mixture igniting too early in the piston's stroke. This can be caused by one or a combination of the following - excess heat (either intake or internal temps), lower octane fuel than needed (relating to ignition advance, compression ratio, forced induction, etc), too advanced ignition timing, or a lean air fuel mixture.

  • @urincalcake123
    @urincalcake123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Plane wings on a Ford Pinto. Great idea. If your back end touches a cloud in that thing it'll explode on impact.

  • @BASSNGRASS
    @BASSNGRASS 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Keep up the good work..you will be a big Channel in no time.👍👍

    • @death9541
      @death9541 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You weren't wrong

    • @BASSNGRASS
      @BASSNGRASS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@death9541 Dang I guess I was 😂😂

  • @benwallis1222
    @benwallis1222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:32 hey he may have failed the parachute idea but he did invent the t - pose.

  • @Whipslinger1
    @Whipslinger1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Umm....is it just me or does the flying Pinto Look like a bad idea on so many levels??

    • @RainyRunningRiver
      @RainyRunningRiver 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I mean it IS a Ford....

    • @ALSmith-zz4yy
      @ALSmith-zz4yy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      None of the flying version of the Pinto exploded so that's a step forward.

    • @GMANIM
      @GMANIM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What could possibly go wrong...?
      The suicide suit from the Eiffel Tower takes the cake for me, though. It was Wrong and Bad of me to laugh so much while I was watching that particular inevitable tragedy unfold...

    • @maxvauderk816
      @maxvauderk816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He could of picked a car that was not known to catch on fire .

    • @Dr_Do-Little
      @Dr_Do-Little 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Of all cars... A freakin' Pinto 🤦‍♂️

  • @demef758
    @demef758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The problem with most of the early failed inventions was a complete lack of testing PRIOR to a human getting involved in the invention. Even in WWII, the US pushed weapons out the door without having an idea if they would work, requiring unfortunate soldiers to man the damned things. The floating tank comes to mind, that almost all instantly sank during the D-Day invasion. They may as well have created a floating boat anchor for the Navy.

    • @derekflint123
      @derekflint123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Joe Kennedy Jr. died in such a WW2 experiment. Blown into tiny pieces.

    • @des_smith7658
      @des_smith7658 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tanks are so twentieth century, look at them in Ukraine

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@des_smith7658 Still, there is nothing better to take their place.

  • @GrrMeister
    @GrrMeister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Little did Franz know that he sure got media coverage over 100 years later ! (3:19)

  • @stephenmcdowell9210
    @stephenmcdowell9210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this sort of stuff well done very interesting

  • @kennylawlor2747
    @kennylawlor2747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    If you think there are bad drivers out there now just imagine if these same people also had the ability to fly

    • @jljl1398
      @jljl1398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Autopilot

    • @steadyc9277
      @steadyc9277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jljl1398 HAAAAAAA!!! That was so bad it was GOOD! You are funny!

    • @jljl1398
      @jljl1398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@steadyc9277 haha :)

    • @SuperExcedrin
      @SuperExcedrin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. I can see 5,000 flying cars overhead on my commute....no problems there.

  • @Chazii
    @Chazii 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    You're my favorite countdown youtuber and i have no idea how you haven't blew up yet 😭

    • @JDfabricacations
      @JDfabricacations 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chazii I know, the content on this channel is the best!

  • @scotte2815
    @scotte2815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Brazen bull invented by Perillos of Athens, who wanted to make a name for himself. The Brazen Bull was a torture/execution device. The victim would be placed inside the nearly air tight bronze bull statue and shut in. Then a fire would be lit under the bull and the resulting heat would kill and eventually boil off the bodies liquids, the expanding gases would escape through whistling spouts at the bull's nostrils thus signifying the completion of the process. Unfortunately for the inventor, it was demonstrated to the mad ruler Phalaris who wanted an immediate demonstration and commanded that the inventor himself should be the first victim.

  • @worldhaslosttheplot9735
    @worldhaslosttheplot9735 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Did you hear about the guy who lost his whole left side?
    He's all right now.

    • @jljl1398
      @jljl1398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Legend that made me smile

    • @mikewalter1111
      @mikewalter1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      i dont get it?

    • @jljl1398
      @jljl1398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mikewalter1111 by the look of your pic you never did get IT ;)

    • @bonniea3310
      @bonniea3310 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yay

    • @p70581
      @p70581 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smart ass!

  • @spydergs07
    @spydergs07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    He crashed the car/plane on Sept 11th.... note to self: Don't fly on Sept 11th of any year.

    • @IETCHX69
      @IETCHX69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Granted .

  • @clydecavalieri4511
    @clydecavalieri4511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Though not the inventor, you can add Brit Jim Heselden to to the list. Heselden bought the Segway Company from Dean Kamen, it's American inventor in 2009. Less than a year later Heselden died when he accidentally drove his personal Segway off a cliff on his English estate and onto a river bank.

  • @arnesahlen2704
    @arnesahlen2704 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have a terrific accent and clarity of speech. Ignore the silly comments below; thank you for taking the time and care to present this topic.

  • @robbiegarza8029
    @robbiegarza8029 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, unknown!

  • @donberry7657
    @donberry7657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Flying Pinto...unsafe at any altitude...

  • @michaelbuckers
    @michaelbuckers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Engine knocking is due to excessive compression for given fuel stability, resulting in explosive ignition, as opposed to normal gradual combustion. This haven't been a problem at the beginning of car industry due to tiny compression ratios of the engines at the time. Adding lead to the fuel increases stability, allowing greater compression without knocking. Refining gasoline to a higher purity achieves the same effect but is more costly than using lead, so leading the fuel dominated fuel markets for long time.

    • @KOSYOUNG
      @KOSYOUNG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mi 28 or lack of lubricant such as no oil causing wear on the mechanical parts

    • @ross1116
      @ross1116 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. Its called pre detonation.

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wrong!

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s magic

    • @samuelbiskin3416
      @samuelbiskin3416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks. Good explanation.

  • @Fitforacting
    @Fitforacting 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    These were great to learn about. Thank you

  • @tomsmith3045
    @tomsmith3045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ethanol isn't a substitute for lead in gasoline. It isn't an anti-knock agent, and the anti-knock agents used instead of lead are more toxic to groundwater than lead is.

  • @ALSmith-zz4yy
    @ALSmith-zz4yy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I believe the flying Pinto was used in the James Bond movie, The Man With the Golden Gun. If I remember correctly, there was only a brief shot of it actually flying. The rest of the airborne shots were simulated.

    • @WullieMammothWizard_1
      @WullieMammothWizard_1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was actually a 1974 AMC Matador used in that film but did indeed make a successful flight if only for a few minutes

    • @ALSmith-zz4yy
      @ALSmith-zz4yy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@WullieMammothWizard_1 Thanks for the correction. Now that you mentioned it, I recall laughing at how all the cars used in the movie were AMC and Bond got his chase car by stealing it from an AMC dealership and driving it through the showroom window. Going to have to get the DVD out and watch it again.

    • @WullieMammothWizard_1
      @WullieMammothWizard_1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ALSmith-zz4yy Lol! Yeah, all the cars in that movie were AMC's & Chevrolets - We now know who payed a lot for advertising the cars!! You can notice in almost all of the old Bond movies, a specific make of car is used in almost every scene especially in the old Roger Moore Bond films

  • @johnprendergast1338
    @johnprendergast1338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Olympics should Have an International Low Jumping competition ..Where the competitor jumping from highest perch and surviving wins the Gold Medal ….with hospital expenses as part of the prize ..of course.....Fan interest would be enormous !!! TODAY, this could happen ...

  • @mattheweburns
    @mattheweburns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watched and liked this last year, gotta love the algorithm...

  • @dennistedder3384
    @dennistedder3384 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    187' above ground. Outstanding!

  • @allenparker1448
    @allenparker1448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "pay-tents" it took me hearing this 7-8 times till I realized what he was talking about

    • @yorkshiregrump5248
      @yorkshiregrump5248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The problem for you, obviously is that he is speaking English rather than American.

    • @JettyBuilder
      @JettyBuilder 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      As Churchill said - two great nations separated by a common language

    • @agoogleuser4443
      @agoogleuser4443 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like how he said Mobile Alabama, lol!

  • @dallase1
    @dallase1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Well, the flying car was a Pinto so it was death trap even on the ground.

    • @steadyc9277
      @steadyc9277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Anything involving a Pinto automatically has 'Disaster' written all over it. My uncle actually had one of those, it was like a matte pea green color. He actually managed to keep it running until about the time I started college, which was about 1992. But none of us would go anywhere near it.

    • @Irishmule169
      @Irishmule169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Didn’t the gas tanks explode if it was hit in the rear end...I remember a 60 minutes about it back in the early 80s...

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Irishmule169 yes. BUT, don't think a large car is automatically safe. Or that bad car defects aren't STILL deliberately sold.
      The Ford Crown Vic had the SAME problem. The gas tank is BEHIND the rear axle, which means it's insanely vulnerable in a rear end impact. Sometimes, door locks and seat belts jam, and you literally burn to death.
      You have air bags: either not inflating when needed, or with enough force to decapitate smaller people.
      You have tire failures. (NEVER ignore a bubble on the side of a tire, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to have an egg in the sidewall!)
      Seat belts: sometimes, they don't lock or latch right when needed. Sometimes they rip in half. Someomes they unspool entirely.
      Gas pedal and brake issues.
      The list goes on and on.
      It's not terribly uncommon. Look up Brian Chase, still unsafe at any speed. Scariest book I ever read.

    • @thomasmorris4449
      @thomasmorris4449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      Thanks for the reminder on why I never leave the house.

    • @GTVAlfaMan
      @GTVAlfaMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, the Pinto was a reliable car but had a few bolts protruding from the rear differential that could puncture the fuel tank in a severe rear end collision.

  • @seanchristophersynthesizer6999
    @seanchristophersynthesizer6999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I love how the narrator says "pAYtent" but then uses the more familiar pronunciation when saying "patented". I love linguistics. :)

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's too bad that linguistics doesn't love Biden.

  • @Robert-xp4ii
    @Robert-xp4ii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those guys make me feel better about my own mistakes.

  • @ergogray3143
    @ergogray3143 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thomas Midgley Jr., an engineer that would have served the world better if he became a fry cook.

  • @Sabbathtage
    @Sabbathtage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Brazen Bull, built by Perillo of Athens for the amusement of the tyrant Phalaris, was eventually uses on Perillo himself. Not really an invention as much as a torture device though. Nasty way to go.
    If you mentioned this before I simple didn't know. I'm a new subscriber and just now enjoying your library.

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Doesn't count. The creator was removed from the bull before it would kill him. He was instead tossed off a steep hill to his death.

    • @clutch6383
      @clutch6383 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      foxymetroid Damn that's crazy

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@foxymetroid Phalaris ended up dying in it though.

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've heard of the Brazen Bull I think?..Thats when your making sweet love and you call your lover the wrong name and hold on for the ride. 😜

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@garethhanby Legend has it that right as Phalaris was getting baked he yelled out, "Gareth!! Garreeethh! Whoooo's Your Daddy?

  • @jennymisteqq695
    @jennymisteqq695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every now and then the background music sounds like that Phil Collins’ song “take, take me home”?

  • @badbobby656
    @badbobby656 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love history and this video is very good.

  • @ijustworkhere1008
    @ijustworkhere1008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    September the 11th is a bad day to fly planes, it seems

    • @Jamie-dw2jj
      @Jamie-dw2jj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Your mum is a hell of a plane too ride any day off the year 👉😂😂

    • @Jamie-dw2jj
      @Jamie-dw2jj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Wild Pack Of Family Dogs your mum's a female Kim Jong looking bitch 🙄

    • @RADIANTSLUDGE
      @RADIANTSLUDGE 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rudol Von Stroheim 🤣😂🤣😂

    • @worleyzack
      @worleyzack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I said to myself in my head that if flying cars were accessible to the public there would be a lot more 9/11’s then it gets further in the video and this fucker died on 9/11.

    • @RadioUgly
      @RadioUgly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @abortioncritical Always Remember! 'Never Forget' is a Programming Technique because it uses the word Forget, and regretfully many have forgotten. So Always Remember!

  • @firsttimer2254
    @firsttimer2254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    We're being pretty hard on the tailor who jumped off of the Eiffel Tower.
    None of these inventors had the benefit of hindsight, to have seen better designs or more advanced materials become available later in time. These pioneers become the reasons for others to try again.
    I admit it looked incredibly silly to have jumped from such a height with only dummy sporting his creation to have backed it up. He appears to have put all his eggs in one misguided basket due to pressure. What a shame!

    • @hitsounds
      @hitsounds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well said. if the world was only populated by people who got a kick out of watching people who pioneered progress dying then chances are noone would have been entrepreneurial enough to give the couch bound sugar feeders their source of distraction.

    • @anthonycrnkovich5241
      @anthonycrnkovich5241 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No -- common sense tells you to NEVER, NEVER, NEVER endanger yourself by being your own guinea pig for testing a design that has a track record of failure.

  • @bradymoore4831
    @bradymoore4831 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @jimbaily734
    @jimbaily734 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "here's to you, The Hunley"

  • @rolandofarrington8248
    @rolandofarrington8248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When horses ( and their excrement ), fly! Cheers RCF

  • @projectarma
    @projectarma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Hunley got top close during the attack and was in the explosion’s radius, shaking the rear propellor and causing some damage to the sub’s infrastructure, ultimately sinking it

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Basically, The feeling you get when you sneak over to a super hot friends house in the middle of the night..Only to realize their Step Dad is Chuck Norris and you just woke him up.

  • @turbojoe2
    @turbojoe2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man they were some crazy ideas back then.

  • @moncorp1
    @moncorp1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That background music is maddening. Cripes

  • @danor6812
    @danor6812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The flying car? His first mistake was using a Pinto.. They were known to burst into flams when hit from behind. When they said he died in a fiery crash, I had to laugh..

    • @peterk8909
      @peterk8909 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      dano r The funny thing is Ford knew the Pinto was a firebomb. If you remember Ford's ad campaign, "Ford has a better idea", you should probably also know that the "better idea" inspired by the Pinto was the "recall".

  • @diannebates2157
    @diannebates2157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What you failed to mention about the H L Hunley is that it was raised from the floor of Charleston Harbor in 2000. It now is at the Warren Lash Conservatory in North Charleston, SC It is with great care that the people of the conservatory have been working on the sub. The bodies of the crew have been recovered, identified and buried in Charleston. The conservatory is open to the public and more and more is being found out every day.

    • @floridanews8786
      @floridanews8786 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well..well..You failed to mention that sometimes you call your lover the wrong name just to see if you can hold on for the ride!! (JK obviously, don't go all Bobbitt on me pls)

  • @rodcrawford5547
    @rodcrawford5547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A couple of buddies of mine built a flying car, but forgot to put the wheels back on! So I guess their still flying around somewhere or maybe crashed, hadn't heard from them since they took off...

  • @Otokichi786
    @Otokichi786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5. Franz Reichelt's "Parachute Suit": SPLAT!
    4. Thomas Midgely Jr.'s "Rope and Pulley Lift": Breathtaking!
    3. Horace Lawson Hunley's "man-powered submarine": A killer device!
    2. Henry Smolinski's Car/Airplane: Heavier than Air...
    1. Valerian Abakovski's "Aerowagon": Flies...like a Turkey.

    • @dengamleidiot
      @dengamleidiot 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why are you here?

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      5: He really FELL for it! Rushing to get to the BOTTOM of this?
      4: Hang in there!
      3: Suffice to say that sub really hit CRUSH DEPTH!
      2: "I believe I can fly..."
      1: Now that's a properly TRAINED group of Bolsheviks!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @heartykuz1395
    @heartykuz1395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    My uncle...tryed to invent a meth lab....BOOM!

    • @marcocc2643
      @marcocc2643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      teke/eater 13 hahahahahahah) good one ...maybe u can try also once , to keep it in the family tradition

    • @mikhelBrown
      @mikhelBrown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *Heisenberg* 😁 😁

    • @d1agram4
      @d1agram4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      “Tryed”

    • @marcocc2643
      @marcocc2643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      D1agram BOOM ?)))

    • @maze2756
      @maze2756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao, mine as well

  • @renegadedragon9393
    @renegadedragon9393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    So? If your invention works? You become known as a famous inventor! But if it fails? Your labeled as a mad scientist on your tombstone and history books! That sucks! Dude!

    • @sydwest4965
      @sydwest4965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      THATS THE GLORY FOR A MAD SCIENTIST.

    • @krissmiley7519
      @krissmiley7519 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah normally humanity dosnt reward failures , ie if you got a headache and the aspirin substitute dosnt work your still going to have a headache and not going to be looking for something that works

  • @adrianlarkins7259
    @adrianlarkins7259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The photo at 1.19 is of Albert Ball VC, a hero WW1 pilot, He did not survive the war.

  • @osamarenegade1093
    @osamarenegade1093 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "WHEN I WAS 7YRS OLD, I BROKE THE HAND BARS OFF 2 UMBRELLA'S AS THEY WAS OPEN, THEN I PUT MY ARMS THROUGH & UNDER THE OPEN UMBRELLA BASE, I WAS WEARING THEM AS WINGS..I JUMPED OFF A HIGH PORCH & STARTED FLAPPING MY ARMS THINKING IT WOULD MAKE MY FLY..AND NOPE!!..I DIDN'T WORK😁 IM JUST GLAD I DIDN'T THINK OF JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE"..R.I.P TO THAT GUY!

  • @connorduke4619
    @connorduke4619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    @8:29: I'm no engineer but even I can see that car body is going to be way too heavy for those plane wings.

    • @risvegliato
      @risvegliato 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      exactly. you can see just looking at at that its wrong, and all the weight distribuion is wrong.

    • @hellfire1820
      @hellfire1820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Common sense

    • @lustrerommel3211
      @lustrerommel3211 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aero dynamics

    • @terrywestbrook-lienert2296
      @terrywestbrook-lienert2296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And using a Pinto was a sure fire way for the experiment to end badly.

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see what you did there Tez :)

  • @Tom.J.O
    @Tom.J.O 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    6:38 Did anyone else notice that there's actually 9 men in the submarine and not 8?

    • @StoneCoolds
      @StoneCoolds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You have 8 likes, and i can be the 9th, dont know what to do, it looks like some kind of conspiracy lol

  • @miz_pi3876
    @miz_pi3876 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely read. If only everyone read like this. Thank you. Some are robotic or just absolutely uneducated in their reading abilities.

  • @mrbloby15
    @mrbloby15 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff

  • @Chipchase780
    @Chipchase780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The retired bloke 4 doors up from me. He claimed to have built a time machine in his shed. Blew himself into the middle of next week, so I suppose it sort of worked. They never found all his body parts.

    • @Tsumami__
      @Tsumami__ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chipchase it was probably just a meth lab

    • @Leothelion357
      @Leothelion357 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kitana Kojima lmao 😂 🤣

    • @Chipchase780
      @Chipchase780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kitana Kojima
      Mmmm....actually that might explain the long queue of “time machine” enthusiasts at his shed door 24/7.

    • @peterk8909
      @peterk8909 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's funnier than hell. LMFAO

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We might find them in the future ;)

  • @mikesummers-smith4091
    @mikesummers-smith4091 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    There was a young man who averred,
    That he'd learnt how to fly like a bird -
    Watched by hundreds of people,
    He leapt from the steeple -
    This stone marks the place it occurred.

  • @MarkJackson-wc2xh
    @MarkJackson-wc2xh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Barneycopter took the life of the late great Barney Rubble.

  • @thomasconrow5980
    @thomasconrow5980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting ... the hole in the ozone lay above Antarctica. CFCs were released largely in the northern hemisphere. Weather patterns do not cross the equator.

  • @DodiTov
    @DodiTov 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Just one tiny complaint, one that is common between Brits and Americans. The city known as Mobile isn't pronounced as mobile, it's Mo BEAL. I know that the term looks the same, but the pronunciation is different. I suspect it is because the area was French dominated before the land fell in the War of 1812. The city is over 300 years old, and is a charming coastal city in the Gulf of Mexico.

    • @davidhatred1583
      @davidhatred1583 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dodi tov, head of the mobile tourist board! ;)

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Spanish actually, not French. The coastlines of Mississippi and Alabama, including Mobile Bay, were originally part of Spanish Florida. When we took Spanish Florida, Mississippi and Alabama were given a tiny corner of the territory so they could have seaports.

    • @Tsumami__
      @Tsumami__ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dodi Tov It may be pronounced that way, but its far from charming. Unless youre wearing a white hood.

    • @frankbradleyjr
      @frankbradleyjr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But the Big Question that's on Everyone's Mind is.... When did the War of 1812 Start???

    • @blakeusj5913
      @blakeusj5913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Frank Bradley Jr beats me

  • @michaelsaunders2118
    @michaelsaunders2118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'VE read stories about the ancient world. People were crush by Stones while erecting the pyramids.

    • @commonconservative7551
      @commonconservative7551 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      look it up[..... th-cam.com/video/k0nOw_ebmGk/w-d-xo.html ............the pyramid stones were cast.... homebrew cement into forms.....and they only carried buckets, not inhumane sized boulders.....everyone thinks they have such perfect seams...........LOL

  • @theressomethingonthewing1960
    @theressomethingonthewing1960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That sub was a truly deadly weapon

  • @GSXK4
    @GSXK4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The aero-train. An airplane. A train. Combine the two and you have an aerotrain. Sheer genius why didn't I think of that.

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Polar Express 😂

  • @boosters23
    @boosters23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:45 said 7 men turning the hand cranked propeller but sketch shows 8 men turning and 1 steering.

    • @frigoff2760
      @frigoff2760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man..who cares

    • @jackfrost2146
      @jackfrost2146 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Give him a break---he never claimed to be a mathematician!

    • @Preceptor-lf1ht
      @Preceptor-lf1ht 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      justin ripley Sketch is a high performance model.

  • @walshy2116
    @walshy2116 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    6:45 7 men turning the crank while the schematic shows 8?

    • @Preceptor-lf1ht
      @Preceptor-lf1ht 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      walshy That is the performance model.

    • @drugsbunny7081
      @drugsbunny7081 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seven working .one watching .

    • @raysillence4760
      @raysillence4760 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      walshy the number 8 man is driving. The statement said 7 turning crank the number 8 man driving

    • @gabrielleharrell6382
      @gabrielleharrell6382 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe they had an extra crew member on board? Like a backup, for if one of them got tired.

    • @elgpao4260
      @elgpao4260 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I counted 9

  • @mattkaustickomments
    @mattkaustickomments 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please Do an ep just on the aero-trains shown!

  • @scorchx3000
    @scorchx3000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Making a flying car out of a Ford Pinto? I pause the video to predict the thing exploded....it's a Pinto, it's gotta explode, it's the law.

  • @TheTerranscout
    @TheTerranscout 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So the flying car concept could work, just with a lighter vehicle, better material, and better welds?

    • @GoldenHellcat
      @GoldenHellcat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheTerranscout yes

    • @raywest3834
      @raywest3834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The problem will always be that you'll end up with a machine that performs poorly as a car and a plane.

    • @hellfire1820
      @hellfire1820 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fiberglass or aluminum best materials for flying cars. Maybe even plastic.

    • @muskokamike127
      @muskokamike127 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hellfire1820 actually carbon fibre is better. Lighter than fibreglass and as strong as steel. But the whole problem is weight. To enable enough wing area to lift the weight of the car, engine, and passengers, the wings have to be so large as to be impractical in real life.
      See, a cessna on the ground is basically no different than a car. 4 seats, engine, steerable wheels.....
      The best concept to date is a hover bike.....basically a large 4 rotor drone large enough to carry people. The issue now is to make it practical, you have to have longer flight times and that can't be achieved with the latest tech in batteries. Once that hurdle is overcome, they will be mass produced. I personally thing a hydrogen fusion generator will be the power source. (kind of like a small nuclear reactor that directly generates the energy needed as opposed to making steam to power a turbine).
      Another method is anti-gravity systems. They are theoretically possible, they've created them, but again, the energy required to generate an anti-gravity field is enormous.

    • @leedoughty4497
      @leedoughty4497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Carbon fibre has a terrible impact resistance. If it crashed from too high or would shatter

  • @killerboy99100
    @killerboy99100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    what about the guy that invented the guillotine?

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is another list of people who were executed by there own inventions. Quite a large list.

    • @Bubbles99718
      @Bubbles99718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that true?

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Bubbles99718 In a way. The Scottish Maiden was a device that was an early form of guillotine, taken from the English. Far predates the French Revolution. Beheading machines were not a new idea,they go back at least to the 16th century.

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bubbles99718 Deacon William Brodie was hanged on a gallows he himself designed. History has long ironic stories about people who ended up a victim of their own, if not discoveries, at least their import of such devices. Sometimes truth is more crazy than fiction.

    • @ewaf88
      @ewaf88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He didn't quite cut it

  • @tonypatrizzio4180
    @tonypatrizzio4180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I too worry about flying car. That’s all I need someone crashing into my second story bedroom.

  • @lindaeasley4336
    @lindaeasley4336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    People who thought they were inventing something that would change the world,instead inventing their own means of death

  • @elmospasco5558
    @elmospasco5558 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ford Pinto? I think I may have spotted the problem.

    • @paulstovall3777
      @paulstovall3777 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol. Ya think? 'Ford' anything.....

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The car wasn't the problem. Where the gas tank was IS.
      Don't think EVERY carmaker hasn't been sued for something similar. Look up Brian Chase, car defects lawyer, Still Unsafe at Any Speed. These are flaws they KNEW about beforehand, too.

  • @bigbeezus1335
    @bigbeezus1335 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Where's Skynet?

    • @Bubbles99718
      @Bubbles99718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You mean Boston Dynamics?

    • @sergeantsavage1988
      @sergeantsavage1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's coming don't worrie...

    • @paraskaikessa597
      @paraskaikessa597 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @medic8377
      @medic8377 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's several. One in Canada, one in California, another commenter here mention Boston dynamics....they're everywhere. Just a question of which one is going to go critical.

    • @codeblue2532
      @codeblue2532 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big Beezus : also MOLLER SKY~CAR has been a work in progress for decades...

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

  • @timcampbell4132
    @timcampbell4132 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:55 Wow, you would think, that large mustache would have broke his fall...

  • @marvinsteve6458
    @marvinsteve6458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Soviets did not succeed on their plan to have the worlds fastest train but japan succeeded and that is their bullet train

  • @Kohdok
    @Kohdok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Really? Nothing on the guy who invented the Guillotine?

    • @larryhileman1698
      @larryhileman1698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He was killed by it not long after the king and queen of France.

    • @austindurrant3205
      @austindurrant3205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Maxamillien Robespierre who helped initiate the revolution did not invent the guillotine, a feller with the last name
      guillotine did. Max was pretty blood thirsty and had lots of people decapitated, only to be himself sentenced to die by the device.

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@austindurrant3205 I think the misunderstanding comes from James Douglas, who imported (from England) a particular early type of guillotine called the Halifax Gibbet and modified it into what became know as the Scottish Maiden and was eventually executed by it. The french version was invented by Joseph-Ignace Guillotin who lived a long and happy life.

    • @boidamm6186
      @boidamm6186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or the iorn bull

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@boidamm6186 Do you mean the Brazen bull? It's inventor was not killed by it, just a bit roasted.

  • @azdieseltech6361
    @azdieseltech6361 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun video. You are confusing engine knock with cavitation. Engine knock is the pre-ignition or fuel, before the desired point pf ignition. Caused by heat, directly and indirectly related to pressure. Hot spots cause the ignition of fuel before spark is introduced. In extreme situations this can cause dieseling in a gasoline engine, and extensive damage. Early gasoline used lead as both a lubricant and an octane booster. It was excellent. By raising the octane rating you actually make the fuel more difficult to ignite. Cavitaion is when a fluid under vacuum creates a 'bubble' or void. When that void collapses it's like a very tiny depth charge that can cause pitting and damage to pumps, valves, hydraulic surfaces.