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  • @integza
    @integza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3922

    That's why I like you Tom! You don't shy away from impossible projects!

    • @Marco-yk8kp
      @Marco-yk8kp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yes

    • @TSAR2010
      @TSAR2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Hi integza

    • @cristiancroes4889
      @cristiancroes4889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      i watch all youre videos integza! keep up with the good work and succes on youre next turbo jet engine !

    • @utkuulasguler6335
      @utkuulasguler6335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Collab when???

    • @ignis6701
      @ignis6701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes

  • @lastnamefirstname6700
    @lastnamefirstname6700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +901

    “hopefully we can put together some of these parts to make some thing that sort of does some thing“ that’s just all of engineering

  • @DAlphaKu
    @DAlphaKu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Propellers smash into pieces * calmly continues to explain the physics behind why and carries on *

    • @aloharay
      @aloharay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      rapid prototyping is a wonderful and powerful thing to keep a project's momentum

  • @tubularap
    @tubularap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    12:12 - The propellor on its own seemed to be doing fine :-) Great work, Tom. Enjoying the journey to air-pressured flight.

    • @themercerguy
      @themercerguy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's still spinning to this day, and although Tom doesn't know where it's gone, it still maintains correspondence.

  • @evanmorrison9228
    @evanmorrison9228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    Everyone is discussing the helicopter and I'm still here amazed that you just up and built a functional Schlieren imaging setup to look at your nozzle flows. Way cool!

    • @derekmitchell209
      @derekmitchell209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I agree. That Schlieren imaging setup was awesome!

    • @tulsatrash
      @tulsatrash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah that was cool!

    • @nathanjohnson83
      @nathanjohnson83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah that was worth it's own video the shock cones were gorgeous

  • @PeterSripol
    @PeterSripol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1255

    niceeeeee, thanks for the shoutout tom, you'll def get it in the next video

    • @SteveEh
      @SteveEh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Before the shoutout, I was thinking; this seems like a thing @PeterSripol would do

    • @eh2239
      @eh2239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      woah, didn't expect you here

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How do you pronounce a word where the repeated vowel is the silent one???

    • @ArchiWorldRuS
      @ArchiWorldRuS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Anvilshock like "naissssss"

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArchiWorldRuS So why not repeat the c then?
      r/whoosh

  • @NoahWenzel
    @NoahWenzel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I absolutely love how you aren't afraid to show your failures as well as your success. You tried a path and showed us the results and that's amazingly valuable!

  • @Ikbeneengeit
    @Ikbeneengeit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    I love how you always use data to back up your decisions. Even many professional engineers skip this too often. When I saw you even built the schlieren imager I was hella impressed!

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2007

    I’ve been waiting patiently for this video. I was not disappointed! I’m excited for the next video in this series.

  • @wsshambaugh
    @wsshambaugh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    “Not only does everything look better in slow-mo, but it also makes the flight time seem longer” - love it!

    • @GeekRedux
      @GeekRedux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The music is a nice touch.

    • @themeek351
      @themeek351 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We can also analyze what's going on better to offer up our solutions!

    • @ddegn
      @ddegn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The way the rotor continued with spin without the rest of the helicopter was really really cool.

    • @briand8090
      @briand8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Failure and destruction. Two events that benefit from slow-mo!

  • @nathanjohnson83
    @nathanjohnson83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Honestly I love seeing projects like this. I think so often creators want to have something that is totally functional and works perfectly to show instead of showing the design process. It is really helpful to follow your thinking and the process you go through to solve problems. Thanks for sharing this!

  • @Matmamtmamtmamtmamtm
    @Matmamtmamtmamtmamtm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    To counter the torque, without needing an additional rotor, you could attempt what the likes of the MD-902 helicopter uses; It still has the rear boom, but along one side it has a rib to reduce the airflow down that side, whilst allowing free-flow along the other side. This creates a difference in pressure, producing a moment; it might be worth a shot, but difficult to see if it'll produce enough of a difference

  • @PurpleTT99
    @PurpleTT99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    6:32
    Toaster: "mate, it's only a matter of time before he tries to convert us into something"
    Blender: "I know I'm bloody terrified, I've got a motor & blades!"

    • @redsquirrelftw
      @redsquirrelftw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Toaster powered hot air balloon! Wait this does not seem all that crazy... I kind of want to see that happen lol.

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@redsquirrelftw Powered by compressed bread.

    • @PurpleTT99
      @PurpleTT99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@redsquirrelftw Oooh yes, with a LiPo power source. Genius sir!

  • @danyalag3366
    @danyalag3366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    @12:17 Its really amazing how the gyroscopic effect of the sway bar kept the propeller stable and producing lift even when it was completely detached from the helicopter.

    • @woutmoerman711
      @woutmoerman711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It reminded me of the bottle as a booster rocket lifting that rotor as a separate module.

    • @XTR_NEELAN
      @XTR_NEELAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤️

    • @codehawkofficial
      @codehawkofficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      💋

  • @wowman142
    @wowman142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way you showed the individual data points of the thrust to energy chart prior to fading to the trendline was brilliant! I will definitely start using that in my research!

  • @paulmoffett8707
    @paulmoffett8707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love this sort of stuff, splendid work! My immediate idea was the same, to reuse the exhaust from the turbo to counteract rotary action. Humble suggestions; 1. Place the bottle upright to maximise effective rotary thrust. 2. Shorten the turbo exhaust to a minimum and give it a tail. (The tail could be inverted). 3. Chill the bottle whilst pressurising to maximise available air mass over time. (Short launch time required, as the bottle warms from ambient air). 4. Upright launch mechanism would be simpler, in a number of good ways.

  • @tafsirnahian669
    @tafsirnahian669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    It's gonna be a great day. Colinfurze & Tom Stanton uploaded video in the same day.

    • @jamesjenkins9480
      @jamesjenkins9480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right?! My thoughts exactly.

    • @LuckyX0182
      @LuckyX0182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      the holy trinity will be when wintergatan joins the two on same day

    • @Jasonoid
      @Jasonoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watched both of them, great projects!

    • @mark675
      @mark675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best of British 🇬🇧🇬🇧😂

    • @GameChanger77
      @GameChanger77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the hacksmith!!

  • @NicholasRehm
    @NicholasRehm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Helicopters aren't easy, that's for sure. I'm currently working on a helicopter project...with counter rotating rotors about 1.3m in diameter and a square fuselage... and I'm giving it a 30% chance of success at this point. Was considering scrapping it but I love how you've presented your progress regardless of results. Thanks for the motivation!

    • @kendarr
      @kendarr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For me helicopters and bikes are physycial bugs in the matrix lol

    • @rjrfletcher2355
      @rjrfletcher2355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There's something not disimilar to that description that just flew on Mars !

    • @nolanwaldner
      @nolanwaldner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, an air-powered 'bicopter' (like the RC Chinook) seems a lot easier to engineer than a dynamically-adjusting tail rotor.

    • @briand8090
      @briand8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nolanwaldner Jet tip helicopter could be a better solution than a tandem set-up like a Chinook. No anti-torque needed. Tandem would need equal lift at both rotors to hover. Counter-rotating might work because there's an increase in efficiency on the lower rotor. Still, jet tip rotors are were I would place my money when it comes to a compressed air system.

    • @MrBlackHawk888
      @MrBlackHawk888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You definitely shall already know it by now, but anyway I just would like to remind about possible difficulties with swashplate mechanism. So is your team planning to buy one, order it on some factory or produce yourselves?
      Just was waiting to hear about swashplate in the video, but now I assume aircraft controls are not discussed in these videos yet.

  • @boredgrass
    @boredgrass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A successful engineer shows young people how one learns from and deals with failures in a productive and positive manner. I call this a pretty successful project! Keep up the excellent work!

  • @AirCicilia
    @AirCicilia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome experiment. Amazing stability of the rotor at the final section. I'm anxious to see this project succeed!

  • @spodefollower
    @spodefollower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    In Tom’s ideal society we wouldn’t use fossil fuels. The world would run on compressed air, truly the most glorious power source

    • @gibbous_silver
      @gibbous_silver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Modern Steampunk

    • @makoado6010
      @makoado6010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      lol... and u will pump the air tanks manualy?

    • @Rhynome
      @Rhynome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@heaawk And how do you compress that air?

    • @lifeononeweel3008
      @lifeononeweel3008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@Rhynome more comprest air

    • @ErtugrulOzdemir-mf1gl
      @ErtugrulOzdemir-mf1gl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      compressed air fixes everything

  • @Sciencish
    @Sciencish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    That Schlieren set up looks awesome and... Holyyy cow, that’s me! Thanks for the shout out!

  • @vitorbortolin6810
    @vitorbortolin6810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You need a convergent-divergent nozzle to have a fully hyper-sonic flow, otherwise it will be blockage at mach 1

  • @calebdoner
    @calebdoner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Takes guts to put up a "failed" project. This is what real science and engineering is all about. Not everything is an instant success. Thanks for keeping it real, Tom!

  • @DenisShiryaev
    @DenisShiryaev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    Few years more and Tom will build an air powered spaceship 🚀
    Great job Tom, thank you for your channel

    • @IdtSo2
      @IdtSo2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well considering that he made impossible possible, he might do it

    • @willowtv802
      @willowtv802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If it went to space it couldn’t couldn’t get air😳

    • @bobasaursquared1633
      @bobasaursquared1633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think a flat earther tried that recently. Last I checked he impacted the ground doing between 200 and 500 mph.

    • @mistermoee
      @mistermoee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We already have that
      Coke and mentos upside down

    • @nnelg8139
      @nnelg8139 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like Mark Watney?

  • @grovermatic
    @grovermatic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    4:29 The tyrrany of the air bottle equation! :-P

  • @arunlaljayaraman1554
    @arunlaljayaraman1554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can say that this was never a failure. It's just a stepping stone to something great. Hats off to your attempt mate...

  • @mathewchrist46
    @mathewchrist46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd watch that slow-mo flight with relaxing music for hours.

  • @seegurkekiller
    @seegurkekiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I like also seeing projects that don't work as planned, because that's just how reality is sometimes. Only seeing the social-media survivorship bias can make one feel incompetent if any project fails, but seeing other people fail too is a nice balance.

  • @Kombivar
    @Kombivar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What about dry Ice? - If you can get, 44g gives 22,4 litres of volume, N2 likes to expand as well. - Great Stuff, looking forward for next episodes!

    • @martindinner3621
      @martindinner3621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Biggest problem with those will be embrittlement. Not saying it's not solvable, just that it is going to be a factor.

  • @kmostachov
    @kmostachov 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really respect you for telling not only the success stories, but stories of failure (and learning) as well.

  • @danielcartis9011
    @danielcartis9011 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Completed project, partial projects, failed projects...post them all man. It is very enjoyable to watch the engineering process and be along for the ride. Great video

  • @WisdomVendor1
    @WisdomVendor1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Formula 1 cars with tractor wheels is definitely a race I would watch.

    • @briand8090
      @briand8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bono, my tires are plowing

    • @jmace5964
      @jmace5964 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kimi your tires are wearing quickly
      Shut up I know what I'm doing

  • @ibeauf
    @ibeauf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    You should try using those little CO2 canisters as a source of air, they have about 800 psi so if it’s regulated it could last a while as well as being light and small

    • @generalfishcake
      @generalfishcake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think they would be quite heavy. And the problem is, you can't refill them.

    • @joegroom3195
      @joegroom3195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@generalfishcake There's CO2 canisters for paintball that are refillable. Some are even made of carbon fiber to reduce weight. The issue is that they're pricey and bulky. They'd require a larger helicopter.

    • @professortrog7742
      @professortrog7742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another issue is that the pressure they can contain is very high, not unlikely to grenade the turbine on the first run. And if you run it at a lower pressure, why use it at all?

    • @ibeauf
      @ibeauf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@professortrog7742 I was figuring that when the pressure is regulated it would be able to sustain itself longer, rather than releasing all of the pressure at once or in a very short burst

    • @yucannthahvitt251
      @yucannthahvitt251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@professortrog7742 There's this thing called a pressure regulator

  • @ScientistCat
    @ScientistCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Main rotor: "YEAH FREEDOM"

  • @sergegostoli9524
    @sergegostoli9524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That rotor head flying off on it's own in slow mo was utterly priceless

  • @AmorDeae
    @AmorDeae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    that blade flying on it's own was magnifiscent. high speed 3d arena beyblades?

    • @food.poison
      @food.poison 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I died laughing when it popped off

    • @gabedarrett1301
      @gabedarrett1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aerial beyblades! I'd buy that

  • @escape209
    @escape209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "The clever folks over on Twitter"
    Words I never thought I'd hear in my life

  • @canulker
    @canulker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my god the slow mo had me there watching as if we were landing on moon again. Well done!

  • @jerryjohnson5545
    @jerryjohnson5545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That wasn’t a failure. You managed to make a helicopter that runs on compressed air. Great job.

  • @charlesrichard4370
    @charlesrichard4370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    LMAO, I'm just dying over here. My man Tom just made a bluetooth propeller at 12:15 hahaha

  • @AnweshAdhikari
    @AnweshAdhikari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Although I don't personally know him, this person sounds so friendly in every video!
    Much love!♥️🇳🇵

  • @theovannieuwenhuizen5756
    @theovannieuwenhuizen5756 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Massive Tom!
    Great effort and really interesting to see your design and test process.

  • @cambrown5633
    @cambrown5633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All of Tom's ideas:
    "Yo dawg, I heard you like air..."

  • @Al_Bx
    @Al_Bx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love how it's not about the end result, but about the journey.

  • @kennethsizer6217
    @kennethsizer6217 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The stability of the rotor+stabilizer weights alone really surprised me. It just hovered peacefully for a (milli)moment there.

  • @icxicle5498
    @icxicle5498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:25, I love how the propeller keeps spinning as if the bottle is still attached lol

  • @Sir_ClickALot
    @Sir_ClickALot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is one of those rare videos where I press the like button before watching the entire video. It's such a great thing to hear someone say something was hard and it didn't work. We're being shown so many success stories on the internet without seeing the failures, that it makes you feel worthless when you try something yourself. Showing a failure and then explaining why it failed teaches the same if not more than a success story. Thanks for sharing this and confirming why I subscribed to your channel.

  • @charliehastings4191
    @charliehastings4191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    1:19 hugely underrated shot

  • @pkonneker
    @pkonneker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are fun. Thanks for sharing your wins and setbacks with us.

  • @prime1971
    @prime1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the blades in slowmo flying toward the camera

  • @Avetho
    @Avetho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    12:15 when your car in BeamNG multiplayer near-misses something and the server desyncs at the same time so the other players see your car split in two but you're driving just fine on your screen

  • @louissinge8772
    @louissinge8772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Tom: "As you can see it doesn't resemble anything in the title of the video"
    Air: >:-(

  • @nickdonovan1447
    @nickdonovan1447 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a VertyBird when I was a child and had so much fun with that toy ....Thanks for the entertainment and memories.

  • @RossDog
    @RossDog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you're here watching Tom and feeling inspired then keep going grinding away! We are all in the same boat here looking for ways to help all our channels. keep up the good work and Never Give Up!

  • @bueymb
    @bueymb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Yay!! You're back. We all missed you.

  • @iheart3dprinting951
    @iheart3dprinting951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I would like you power some of your previous projects using liquid nitrogen as a fuel source. Pour it into a mini tank. The air flowing over the tank can boil the liquid or paint it super dark black using special paints.

    • @vikeshbubbles205
      @vikeshbubbles205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is a cool idea. A cheaper and easier alternative could be liquid propane

  • @sowdenbrits1417
    @sowdenbrits1417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Waited 2 months for this... and even though it didn’t work... your vids always teach me something well done Tom!

  • @quilleymemory
    @quilleymemory 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as per usual. Also great sponsor. As a father of a six-year-old I can tell you these boxes are amazing. Not cheap but well worth it.

  • @bikerdude923
    @bikerdude923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I get to nerd out twice on theirs vid!!
    1. I worked on the Mars Heli solar panel, and I have touched the panel that is currently powering it ON MARS!!
    2. Now I work at a national lab and we use schlieren imaging all the time!

    • @hellelujahh
      @hellelujahh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You wonderful lucky bastard! 😄

  • @caleblower1982
    @caleblower1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Air Hogs Sky Commander was an air powered toy helicopter that claimed to get 50ft high, it just had a large fin on the tail to help keep it from rotating, maybe something like that would work for you, and maybe some of their other design features could help too. I love your work and it has been so much fun seeing you try and make things move and fly with air!

  • @ioplop2943
    @ioplop2943 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to have a little helicopter that worked on air pressure. The thing is it had a small plastic capsule that was filled up to pretty high pressure using a hand pump. I feel like all you need is a bottle that can hold more pressure.

  • @achintyaagrawal
    @achintyaagrawal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My heart when the propeller decides to take control of its destiny

  • @hauroche4510
    @hauroche4510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Legend is back again

  • @opasquali5937
    @opasquali5937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks tom, this ones a banger

  • @Skyentific
    @Skyentific 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idea: build a kite with control surfaces moved by servos. No propellers, fly just on the wind. You attached it with a single string to the ground, and it should fly by itself (moving these control surfaces).
    After you can attached small propeller to generate electricity, and either send this power through cable to ground, or to use this power for servos.
    Btw, great video!!!

  • @coleeolee
    @coleeolee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really dig these videos man. Keep em up

  • @Marco-yk8kp
    @Marco-yk8kp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Good video Integza!

    • @integza
      @integza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you!

  • @brewcityboatclub8299
    @brewcityboatclub8299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I feel like we're about 2 years away from a "1:1 scale fully operational sherman tank powered by compressed air" video

  • @stejer211
    @stejer211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In 100 years, when we're flying our personal compressed air helicopters, we'll be able to say we watched the pioneer making baby steps in this revolutionary part of aviation.

  • @andreabadalassi
    @andreabadalassi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The moment the prop comes off in slow motion makes me feel free. 😁

  • @PRAWNSISNOTAVAILABLE
    @PRAWNSISNOTAVAILABLE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The blades staying where they are when they snapped off had a looney tunes vibe to me.

  • @randomgoogler1398
    @randomgoogler1398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Perhaps a pressurized rubber balloon inside of the plastic bottle could be used as an air bladdler to give your nozzles a little longer high pressure output time. Rather than the fixed volume of the bottle just resulting in a steady pressure drop. Cool videos btw.

  • @Stoneman06660
    @Stoneman06660 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear Tom,
    This is one great project and your blow-by-blow account of how it progressed and ran to it's end is incredibly valuable. Educating people as to how the engineering and development process works, methodically and carefully, but still may end in failure, is not something you'll often get presented. If more people came to appreciate R&D from this perspective, maybe they'd be more keen to support government policy that benefitted education, R&D and exploration, as these are the key components of our success as a technological species and will ensure we survive in this vast, empty universe for as long as it will have us.
    Many thanks, Geordie.

  • @aerospacengineer1
    @aerospacengineer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing to note is that you can create a helicopter setup like the CH-47. This was not the first heli with this setup, but it is one of the more successful ones. Why go to this setup. The first reason is that as opposed to having stacked coaxial rotors the dual rotors in this setup will allow you to increase your effective rotor disk area as well as canceling torque. Weight will go up, but you can also carry a larger volume of air. If the bottle size were increased to a 3L bottle, the volume will increase faster than the weight increase. I also have taken these bottles over 120psi over a few cycles and they have worked, so you may be able to increase the stored energy as well, though may need to change the fill method to accommodate the higher pressure.
    Just some thoughts. It was a really fantastic video to watch, and awesome to see the shock diamonds.

  • @florpdorp7190
    @florpdorp7190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Who else honestly wants to see tractor tires on a formula One car because that would be freaking awesome 😂🤣😂

    • @Todd_Gerhardt
      @Todd_Gerhardt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean why not lol

    • @dontnubblemebro
      @dontnubblemebro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd rather drag cars! Hang on, that's tractor pulling!

    • @shardul9197
      @shardul9197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup .. that’s what Ferraris are designed for 👍

  • @CasperBang
    @CasperBang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If you don't fail sometimes, you're not trying trying hard enough!

  • @ramongildore6473
    @ramongildore6473 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The project is Awesome, most especially because of the Air pressure motor
    I think the stability can be achieved by adding some equally distributed weight to the bottle

  • @cobraslikecorn
    @cobraslikecorn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy took a water bottle and made it actually useful. I can’t even think of doing that. You always have outstanding ideas EVERY week or day

  • @ryzenryne8747
    @ryzenryne8747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:40 look how stable the camera is in mid flight.

    • @eszethomas
      @eszethomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      3 axle gimbal

  • @williamwalters3796
    @williamwalters3796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I just checked your channel 20 minutes ago wondering “I haven’t seen a video from here in awhile”.

  • @rakr9334
    @rakr9334 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ideas for improvement:
    - use some pliers-like printed arms to lock the whole heli around the bottle. You could avoid uneven upwards momentum.
    - insert a tiny valve to stop the rotors running (and vibrating) while pressurizing the air tank. Open the valve remotely with a line.
    - change the filling valve so that the levers presses the valve away from the heli.
    ->
    1. Start up rotor
    2. Stop pressurizing and drop the filling valve
    3. Unlock heli

  • @Daniel-pv4yb
    @Daniel-pv4yb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:15 i love how the rotor is spinning even its not conected to anything anymore hahaha

  • @CMBProjects
    @CMBProjects 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    12:20 that's awesome

  • @Jameel_Ali
    @Jameel_Ali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am simple man, I see Tom Stanton Video, I click on it

  • @greywolf2809
    @greywolf2809 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That slow moe was epic. Like the opening to black hawk down.

  • @MGPL_
    @MGPL_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    really like your scientific approach. Keep it up! Remember, you're not really failing since you're succeeding in teaching us at the same time!

  • @clunkonester4884
    @clunkonester4884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He finally took my suggestion, yessssssss!!!!!!! Thank you so much tom!!

  • @Crazylrishguy
    @Crazylrishguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Never be ashamed of your failures!! Engineering is hard, it's easy to find what you did wrong, but it's really hard to find what you're missing. Keep looking at the math!

  • @omardjperez
    @omardjperez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re an absolute genius. Amazing content, you’re simply brilliant !

  • @chungyeungvideo
    @chungyeungvideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job Tom, you have inspired many peoples from this project.

  • @CuervoRC
    @CuervoRC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tom, I think I know how you could make a helicopter powered by a bottle of air. I won't tell you how and if it works I'll tell you 😉😉
    In my head it all sounds great until I put it into practice. 🤣

  • @morphman86
    @morphman86 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know, man. Looks like a success to me.
    Maybe not the result you wanted, but definitely the most amazing result I've seen in a long time.
    And a beautiful ending shot there. Everything aligned perfectly to give the most artistic catastrophic failure possible.

  • @mashedpotatoes6362
    @mashedpotatoes6362 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have never seen this man finish a project

  • @taattataattataattata
    @taattataattataattata 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    higher pressure with a regulator i believe would be the only way. but your awesome this is awesome good work man. keep it up!

  • @trashtrash2169
    @trashtrash2169 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The propellors flying towards the camera on their own was quite humorous.

  • @agarianofficial
    @agarianofficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i would recommend a one-way valve, as soon as the air supply is disconnected it closes itself making the turbine spin longer and keeping its pressure for longer. making the overall more efficient

  • @minecraftawesomeness
    @minecraftawesomeness 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I will be trying this Schlieren setup today.

  • @brittanylyles8285
    @brittanylyles8285 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sun, a window and a wall is an easy way to see air flows in real time. No camera required

  • @federico1414
    @federico1414 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The slowmo it’s beautiful!