I hear you completely. But the sad part is nobody really learned anything because they are trying to reinvent the wheel, or in this case the airplane. If they keep going, soon they will learn how to die for their passion and that is something that has already been done. I wish these designers could get professional guidance before they meet their demise. But we know that won't happen. But the right aeronautical engineer could have themselves a very cool idea for a channel. Helping these guys get in the air safely.
It is a huge dream to fly but living in a third world country, you don't get the chance to live it. Great respect for those people who put this much effort in it, even if they fail.
I think we should all have admiration for all these individuals who have made attempts to fulfil their dreams of flying under really difficult economic circumstances despite the inherent risks. Good for them, let’s cheer them on rather than mocking them !
The Wright Bros. didn't "build from nothing"! They spent years studying prior attempts, studying aerodynamics, and building flying models, learning what they needed. Lots of testing.
Its like if you explained to someone what an airplane looked like, but they used angle iron for everything, got the proportions wrong, and powered it with a lawnmower engine with ceiling fan prop.
That's EXACTLY what it's like but even the worst of those contraptions is better than anything I could build from scratch and I've been flying for over 30 years.
It looks like a few of those planes could have flown, except they had too short of a wingspan and not enough thrust. Not sure if the airframe was good, but in all cases, there was no flight training. Disaster waiting to happen.
Center of gravity, load capacity, power plant requirements, prop pitch, light materials. Just because it looks like a plane does not mean it will fly. The prerequisites of a design must be incorporated otherwise you have nothing but a go-cart made of junk with wings.
The first one only needed a little dihedral built into the wing and I think it would be a flying aircraft. Also some right and down thrust to counteract the rotational forces.
It was rigged backwards when you see him testing the stick, that would probably be why he couldn't correct the roll. It was going to fly by the looks of it.
The first plane looks like it could fly . But the builder operater may not have any time in learning to fly . The operater stalled the plane from ether low airspeed or just no power .
I appreciate the thirst for flight as I have also learnt to fly. The truth is that most of these machines never saw their creation in model form first to understand the principals. Because you learn very quickly from models that mass, COG and dihedral are big players. I think these days its far to easy for someone to copy without understanding the basics or what led up to that point. Clearly these guys managed to pool enough materials and knowledge together to form an aircraft-shaped thing, but they need to ask themselves why they are failing when others were having success 115 years previous.
Forget all the modeling and testing. These people do not even understand the most basic principles of flight. For example, any pilot watching that first video knew from the start exactly what was going to happen and why. When a plane is rolling down the runway the wing’s angle of attack should be pretty close to zero (except on tail draggers before they are up to speed) but on this airplane it was about 15 degrees (close to the angle that a wing would stall at). If he had just shortened the nose gear by 6 inches or lengthened the rear gear by the same amount the thing may have lifted off normally. But the way it was set up it was bound to lift off the ground before attaining enough speed to maintain normal flight and then drop back to the ground. And the fact that the “pilot” made none of the correct control movements to try and bring the situation back under control tells me that he has absolutely not flight training or experience whatsoever - not even in a simulator. Anyway, if he does not even know that the aircraft should not be in a nose up attitude while going down the runway then he probably did not get the CG right either. And just eyeballing it, it looks to me like the CG is definitely too far back - something which would only accentuate the other issue.
A plane will fly without dihedral, warbirds of world war 2 were this way, like the p51 mustang, but you better be a top pilot as the plane will be touchy as hell. Dihedral makes the plane want to be upright, which is what these guys sorely need, along with several hundred pounds less weight. Lol
The most amusing part is the commentator says " his 10 previous planes have all failed, lets hope this one is good" & it immediately plummets to the ground. I think these Nigerians should start with making a bicycle or a skateboard first & go from there 😂
Really didn’t see a wing that resembled an airfoil capable of producing lift, and all the engines appeared to be low HP with inefficient props. But to even build things that look like an airplane is impressive, but it’s good none of them were really capable of getting off the ground because then they would be more dangerous with an unstable design not capable of sustained controlled flight.
I don't think these videos are funny... I actually feel really sad for them. It shows the poverty & lack of education of those places. They do however show the human spirit.
I built a Challenger II back in the 90s and was very happy it flew well, when I was a kid I built airplane models and would always have parts left over because I never read the directions LOL
The 3rd to last plane seems the most promising. It was interesting being a "twin engine" design, just needed more power and perhaps a larger propeller.
These are not aeroplanes, these are things that look like aeroplanes. Instead of reading up on things like aerodynamics, weight and balance, or thrust, they have just thrown things together.
Wow. It's so much easier and safer to buy a Quicksilver MX and that way all the experimentation and testing has been done! It's one of the safest ultralights out there.
The average annual income in South Africa is just over $1300. The cost of a new Quicksilver MX is $17,300, 12 and a half years salary in SA. The average salary in the US is $75,000. Let's see you spend $900,000 on a barely airworthy agglomeration of parts from a hang glider, clothes dryer and lawn mower.
@Failzoid You're right! Duh, I didn't take into account where most of this footage was taken! In that case, given the same situation, I'd be doing the same these people are doing. Even now, there's no way I would spend 12 years salary on something that isn't necessary. Thanks for pointing that out to me. That was kind of a stupid comment I made.
@Failzoid I just now saw your last reply. No, I wasn't beating myself up. In fact, I'm looking for a good woman who'll tie me up and beat the Holy crap outta me every night! For decades I've been carrying around some guilt that I shouldn't be and that's probably the only way I'll get rid of it. Too personal? No, not really, just way off topic. I'm almost always honest, I'm not afraid to admit when I make a mistake. After all, we're all humans, we all make mistakes. I took your advice though, I took a bow and ended up smacking my head on the countertop. Ok, that was a lie. Honest! Lol. Seriously, honestly, I appreciated your reply. Compliments can sometimes be hard to come by these days. Besides, the way you broke down the cost of a Quicksilver based upon the salaries of a person working in South Africa and in the US, it would've been impossible for me to come up with any other excuse, if I'd wanted to, other than I made a mistake. Which is exactly what I did, I made a mistake. So again, many thanks. Be safe.
@@xMRPx I'd buy you a beer but that seems unlikely. Next time you're in a bar add your drink on someone else's tab and if they give you any grief send them my way. What could possibly go wrong? 😁
No es tan importante el resultado !!!!! El mayor éxito haber intentado volar con mínimos recursos técnicos !!! Solo la voluntad de hacerlos !!!! Felicitaciones a todos !!!!😮😊😊😊
Actually getting one of these airbourne wouldn't be my biggest concern. I'd be more worried about the damn thing staying intact long enough to attempt landing.
flying requires balance and efficiency of strength and extreme weight discipline ... when it takes off from the ground, it needs plenty of horsepower. the Wright Brothers did it with 12.
12hp but loads of torque as the engine had a long stroke. I had a Radne Raket engine powered paraglider when I first flew a paramotor about 20 years ago it was about 12hp but not much torque & it took me a lot of running to get off the ground. Climb rate was very low as well.
To the madness of the brave, we sing a song .... But someday, one of them will take off ... into eternity. They should first learn at school, learn to read, and after reading at least one book of the classics of aeronautics, they finally understand that there are no bullets from shit
Gee whiz the balloon came way before the plane 1783 that was hot air . Someone should tell them ! Remember the guy with the helium balloons and lawn char with BB gun 😂
Darn few of thes folks know anything about aerodynamics if they did they would not be building the airplanes out water pipe. The pipe is too heavy. The propellers might look like a prop but the pitch in not correct so many variables that have to be spot on not a guess. Some are innovative but not airworthy or practical😀🛫
As long as it looks like an airplane, it will surely fly 🤣
Cargo Cult aircraft.
The Wright brother vs. The Wrong brothers.
🤣🤣🤣
These guys should be made to realize just how lucky they are that their contraptions didn't fly.
👍👍👍
I admire these dreamers for their courage & dedication
As an aircraft homebuilder myself, I can say that even the most pathetic examples shown here took hundreds of hours of dedicated effort.
I hear you completely. But the sad part is nobody really learned anything because they are trying to reinvent the wheel, or in this case the airplane. If they keep going, soon they will learn how to die for their passion and that is something that has already been done. I wish these designers could get professional guidance before they meet their demise. But we know that won't happen. But the right aeronautical engineer could have themselves a very cool idea for a channel. Helping these guys get in the air safely.
It is a huge dream to fly but living in a third world country, you don't get the chance to live it. Great respect for those people who put this much effort in it, even if they fail.
I guess its hundreds of WASTED HOURS creating garbage after garbage... 😅
Trying to fly three tons of welded together dumpsters with a lawnmower engine and actually believing it’ll work.
Crowd didn't show up for a "historic moment" but a rare comedy event.
Those magnificent men in their non flying machines.
I think we should all have admiration for all these individuals who have made attempts to fulfil their dreams of flying under really difficult economic circumstances despite the inherent risks. Good for them, let’s cheer them on rather than mocking them !
If your airplane won't take off, a ramp is not the answer.
You don’t know that
@@BullFrog96 Maybe you should show us ?
I like that lawn chair, but where's the yoke stick ?
@@jeffreyhagelin3672 th-cam.com/users/shortsi-MNMvgZRps?feature=share3
Didn’t look like he needed a rudder 😂
This video should be called 20 taxi tests.
"a few glorious seconds" overstatement of the year
The Wright Bros. didn't "build from nothing"! They spent years studying prior attempts, studying aerodynamics, and building flying models, learning what they needed. Lots of testing.
They were kite flyers
@@hadleymanmusic As Lord Flasheart says, "Treat your kite like you treat your women" 🤣
th-cam.com/video/3noZ3v9kEyM/w-d-xo.html
Kite flyers
Bicycle mechanics
They are true history.
I can't believe they actually think those pieces of junk will fly, i appreciate their efforts but those things are death traps.
They seriously need to build/fly rc planes first for some basic understanding.
Yes, I do that and it made me cringe at the lack of knowledge in their designs. R/C planes are a good start.
My RC group has tried sending boats, planes, and cars to a few African countries and they get picked up at customs
RCs
Amazing. These people likely have little to eat but nearly everyone has a cell phone. ????????
Pretty sure the plane at 3:50 is actually an old very beat up Cessna 206 or 210 not a homemade plane.
Its like if you explained to someone what an airplane looked like, but they used angle iron for everything, got the proportions wrong, and powered it with a lawnmower engine with ceiling fan prop.
just proves the argument against the tuskegee experiment, "black africans are simply too stupid to fly!"
That's EXACTLY what it's like but even the worst of those contraptions is better than anything I could build from scratch and I've been flying for over 30 years.
10/10 for giving it a go, you got to start some where.
These pilots have a dream and have spent hundreds of hours constructing their craft, most people have a difficult time making breakfast.
If local kids can run as fast as your plane, it aint gonna take off...
These are Nigerian kids...
0:32 His ailerons are rigged backwards. He pushes stick to his left, the right wing aileron should go DOWN not up
Wow, I didn't notice that until you mentioned it -- holy crap 😮
Good thing there’s no high cliffs around 😂
It flew! Once...
if they had a cliff they would have flown...
It looks like a few of those planes could have flown, except they had too short of a wingspan and not enough thrust. Not sure if the airframe was good, but in all cases, there was no flight training. Disaster waiting to happen.
Fear the Nigerian Air Force...for a few glorious seconds.
All of these contraptions seem grossly underpowered.
That's why the "pilots" are still alive, so lucky for them.
Center of gravity, load capacity, power plant requirements, prop pitch, light materials. Just because it looks like a plane does not mean it will fly. The prerequisites of a design must be incorporated otherwise you have nothing but a go-cart made of junk with wings.
The first one only needed a little dihedral built into the wing and I think it would be a flying aircraft. Also some right and down thrust to counteract the rotational forces.
I agree , it was airborne briefly but the wing stalled not enough airspeed for the wing profile
It was rigged backwards when you see him testing the stick, that would probably be why he couldn't correct the roll. It was going to fly by the looks of it.
The words "homemade" and "airplane" should never appear in the same sentence.
When you build your air plane out of steel water pipe and oil drums
Those are Wiley Coyote/Acme Aircraft specials!
Flight is an all powerful elixir, and i wish all these men and their dreams the best.
The first plane looks like it could fly . But the builder operater may not have any time in learning to fly . The operater stalled the plane from ether low airspeed or just no power .
If the entire village is following you down the runway laughing at you, the plane probably doesnt fly.
I appreciate the thirst for flight as I have also learnt to fly. The truth is that most of these machines never saw their creation in model form first to understand the principals. Because you learn very quickly from models that mass, COG and dihedral are big players. I think these days its far to easy for someone to copy without understanding the basics or what led up to that point. Clearly these guys managed to pool enough materials and knowledge together to form an aircraft-shaped thing, but they need to ask themselves why they are failing when others were having success 115 years previous.
Forget all the modeling and testing. These people do not even understand the most basic principles of flight. For example, any pilot watching that first video knew from the start exactly what was going to happen and why. When a plane is rolling down the runway the wing’s angle of attack should be pretty close to zero (except on tail draggers before they are up to speed) but on this airplane it was about 15 degrees (close to the angle that a wing would stall at). If he had just shortened the nose gear by 6 inches or lengthened the rear gear by the same amount the thing may have lifted off normally. But the way it was set up it was bound to lift off the ground before attaining enough speed to maintain normal flight and then drop back to the ground. And the fact that the “pilot” made none of the correct control movements to try and bring the situation back under control tells me that he has absolutely not flight training or experience whatsoever - not even in a simulator. Anyway, if he does not even know that the aircraft should not be in a nose up attitude while going down the runway then he probably did not get the CG right either. And just eyeballing it, it looks to me like the CG is definitely too far back - something which would only accentuate the other issue.
Have none of these "Engineers" heard of Dihedral?
Or even center of gravity?
A plane will fly without dihedral, warbirds of world war 2 were this way, like the p51 mustang, but you better be a top pilot as the plane will be touchy as hell. Dihedral makes the plane want to be upright, which is what these guys sorely need, along with several hundred pounds less weight. Lol
The most amusing part is the commentator says " his 10 previous planes have all failed, lets hope this one is good" & it immediately plummets to the ground.
I think these Nigerians should start with making a bicycle or a skateboard first & go from there 😂
well if that prince would quit stealing their money and sending it to americans, they could afford planes.
Hmmmm yeah, a 'plane' built out of old oil drums, rope and angle iron is definitely prime aviation technology. Wakanda Airways forever!
They say it is an >>unidentified
There's no secret to flight. These people just need do 30 minutes of research on the internet.
Some of these people feels like they did not even read up on basic aircraft principles .
Really didn’t see a wing that resembled an airfoil capable of producing lift, and all the engines appeared to be low HP with inefficient props. But to even build things that look like an airplane is impressive, but it’s good none of them were really capable of getting off the ground because then they would be more dangerous with an unstable design not capable of sustained controlled flight.
Someday they will have enough power to lift one of these planes, and someone will die.
proof that Dunning Kruger is real ;) ... as Mavis used to say "a little bit of education can be quite dangerous"
Yup.
Low understanding = high confidence
Give these determined people scholarships to aeronautical engineering school
1:34 the planes name set it all.
I don't think these videos are funny... I actually feel really sad for them.
It shows the poverty & lack of education of those places.
They do however show the human spirit.
I love the Cessna looks alike the kids are keeping up with it trying to tell them that the throttle cable is dragging on the ground
Underpowered, overweight, or incorrect airfoil. I do love their diligence though.
I built a Challenger II back in the 90s and was very happy it flew well, when I was a kid I built airplane models and would always have parts left over because I never read the directions LOL
0:46 his aircraft flies after some design correction. There's some video on youtube where he test it at the beach
Yikes! Buddy at 6:48 should be hand propping it from the front! 0.o
The 3rd to last plane seems the most promising. It was interesting being a "twin engine" design, just needed more power and perhaps a larger propeller.
RESPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN PLANES
That happens when you want to build an airplane without any knowledge of the subject, with engines without enough power, with excess weight.
These are not aeroplanes, these are things that look like aeroplanes. Instead of reading up on things like aerodynamics, weight and balance, or thrust, they have just thrown things together.
7:00 was i the only guy waiting for the pilots head to come off?
They're actually very lucky that these contraptions didn't take off. ✈️
All of these “aviators” were very fortunate that they did not become airborne.
Third World Airlines "when you need an excuse for not being there" !
If you look out your cockpit and see someone running along side of you, it’s probably not a good sign
some did not even have to run.
Fortunately most to them either didn’t take off at all or crashed immediately after thus limiting the damage to the pilot
the second one🤣 1:43
I'd like to see them all race.
I wouldn't get in a car that looked like these...never mind an airplane!!!!
The cargo cult is alive and well! :'-(
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Wow. It's so much easier and safer to buy a Quicksilver MX and that way all the experimentation and testing has been done! It's one of the safest ultralights out there.
The average annual income in South Africa is just over $1300.
The cost of a new Quicksilver MX is $17,300, 12 and a half years salary in SA.
The average salary in the US is $75,000.
Let's see you spend $900,000 on a barely airworthy agglomeration of parts from a hang glider, clothes dryer and lawn mower.
@Failzoid
You're right! Duh, I didn't take into account where most of this footage was taken! In that case, given the same situation, I'd be doing the same these people are doing. Even now, there's no way I would spend 12 years salary on something that isn't necessary.
Thanks for pointing that out to me. That was kind of a stupid comment I made.
@@xMRPx No need to beat yourself up. In fact you should take a bow for your open and honest response. 😉
@Failzoid
I just now saw your last reply. No, I wasn't beating myself up. In fact, I'm looking for a good woman who'll tie me up and beat the Holy crap outta me every night! For decades I've been carrying around some guilt that I shouldn't be and that's probably the only way I'll get rid of it. Too personal? No, not really, just way off topic.
I'm almost always honest, I'm not afraid to admit when I make a mistake. After all, we're all humans, we all make mistakes. I took your advice though, I took a bow and ended up smacking my head on the countertop. Ok, that was a lie. Honest! Lol. Seriously, honestly, I appreciated your reply. Compliments can sometimes be hard to come by these days. Besides, the way you broke down the cost of a Quicksilver based upon the salaries of a person working in South Africa and in the US, it would've been impossible for me to come up with any other excuse, if I'd wanted to, other than I made a mistake. Which is exactly what I did, I made a mistake. So again, many thanks. Be safe.
@@xMRPx I'd buy you a beer but that seems unlikely. Next time you're in a bar add your drink on someone else's tab and if they give you any grief send them my way.
What could possibly go wrong? 😁
I was on a flight to Newark on a plane like that once
No es tan importante el resultado !!!!! El mayor éxito haber intentado volar con mínimos recursos técnicos !!! Solo la voluntad de hacerlos !!!! Felicitaciones a todos !!!!😮😊😊😊
Well, they tried. And we did nothing but watch them try. Good on 'em.
They may not fly, but you have to give them credit for trying.
You better keep stay on the groud in your sandals !
Actually getting one of these airbourne wouldn't be my biggest concern. I'd be more worried about the damn thing staying intact long enough to attempt landing.
Ugandan knuckles approved 👌
It’s clear non of them are pilots to any degree.
flying requires balance and efficiency of strength and extreme weight discipline ... when it takes off from the ground, it needs plenty of horsepower. the Wright Brothers did it with 12.
12hp but loads of torque as the engine had a long stroke. I had a Radne Raket engine powered paraglider when I first flew a paramotor about 20 years ago it was about 12hp but not much torque & it took me a lot of running to get off the ground. Climb rate was very low as well.
@@calthorp yep.. torque is key to an engine doing work.
RC pilots would blame all these crashes on “tip stalls”.
I wish youtube would require a tag for AI bot vids
A for effort. Some of them were simply divine intervention though 😂
That first plane was decent effort i think that with more airspeed and better controls it would have flown
To the madness of the brave, we sing a song ....
But someday, one of them will take off ... into eternity.
They should first learn at school, learn to read, and after reading at least one book of the classics of aeronautics, they finally understand that there are no bullets from shit
LOL, you never heard of Santos dumont, the real airplane inventor...
the first 10/10
Hadir nyimak belajar mas Bro..👍
Looks like all need more power?
The best luck they had was that they didn't fly!
Under powered engine, short wings, made of cinder blocks yep it should work!
What do you do when the riding lawnmower frame is no good, but the engine runs great???? Build an ultralight airplane I guess!!!!!!
How do you think the pioneers of flight started?
At least they had a go.
Look up Otto Lilienthal, the true first inventor of a glider 😊
nice
11:30. Twin engined?
These aren't failed airplanes. They are successful ground planes.
Center of gravity and power to weight people, center of gravity and power-to-weight. The end.
For the most part they had to small of engines or could not get them up to speed
Thank God it didn't, or all these people would be dead 🤣
They couldn't even get a real and airworthy plane to fly.
Maybe they should try balloons.
Gee whiz the balloon came way before the plane 1783 that was hot air . Someone should tell them ! Remember the guy with the helium balloons and lawn char with BB gun 😂
All suffer from the same general problems. Too much wing AOA and not enough speed.
painful to watch. Why don't they start with models to understand the principles of aircraft design first?
Darn few of thes folks know anything about aerodynamics if they did they would not be building the airplanes out water pipe.
The pipe is too heavy. The propellers might look like a prop but the pitch in not correct so many variables that have to be spot on not a guess. Some are innovative but not airworthy or practical😀🛫