Fred Rash's electric circle plane

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  • @robinbeckford
    @robinbeckford 2 ปีที่แล้ว +725

    I have had a Simplex airfoil generator program on my computers for years that was written by Fred Rash. Smart man, and it's great to see him still doing neat stuff.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Fred is a genius and a gentleman. He's made a lot of great contributions to our hobby and was one of the early adopters of capacitor powered freeflight planes.

    • @rdaystrom4540
      @rdaystrom4540 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Very nice model. Well done. Build something else cool. I know you can.

    • @jameslynch8738
      @jameslynch8738 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Slow and steady, this reminds me of the penny planes!

    • @DVS65
      @DVS65 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He's a pretty good chemist, too. I went to grad school with Fred at Duke. @@joshuawfinn

    • @VasilisPapageorgiou-el6fo
      @VasilisPapageorgiou-el6fo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jameslynch8738 what r the penny planes
      Could u expand a bit for us the ignorant ? Thank u

  • @kengruz669
    @kengruz669 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +858

    What a graceful, gentle flyer. The plane and the man.

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Perfect comment! 🤗

    • @gpaj-l5n
      @gpaj-l5n 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed :) @@harriehausenman8623

    • @gillesguillaumin6603
      @gillesguillaumin6603 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Science is simply magic. ❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

    • @Herperof1000derps
      @Herperof1000derps 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus Sweet lies, bro

    • @ZERO_O7X
      @ZERO_O7X 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I love his Tennessee accent too, it reminds me of my Papaw. He would have loved this crazy little plane since he was a pilot in WWII and always fueled my passion for aviation.

  • @peterweicker77
    @peterweicker77 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +647

    Very creative work. People who build flying machines lift all of us up.

    • @youvebeenspooked
      @youvebeenspooked 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      haha get lifted bro

    • @marsbase3729
      @marsbase3729 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      literally and figuratively
      😝

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And people who build elevators… and escalators… and some other stuff.

    • @dumbdems
      @dumbdems 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Punny one

    • @chrismooneyham5279
      @chrismooneyham5279 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Man who stands on toilet,
      Is high on pot.
      -Confuscious

  • @mr.hanger
    @mr.hanger 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +214

    I have no idea how I got here, but that was FUN! The gentleman reminds me of a junior high science teacher I had. He always had a way of making learning fun. R.I.P., Mr. McCleary.

  • @mattski1979
    @mattski1979 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Super impressive. Sweet plane.

  • @williamogilvie6909
    @williamogilvie6909 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +824

    Amazing design. It's has stable flight properties, comes out of a stall by itself, and knows how to fly in circles.

    • @tyson9419
      @tyson9419 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Also a very very old design.

    • @ibeetellingya5683
      @ibeetellingya5683 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      None of which I can do when out drinking with friends.

    • @StixFerryMan
      @StixFerryMan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

      I think the circling property is due to the propeller twisting the centerline so the stick is wanting to be on one side, then the weight of the stick pulling back down, so it has a natural curve to it’s flight.

    • @williamogilvie6909
      @williamogilvie6909 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      @@StixFerryMan Yes, I was being facetious when I said it knew how to fly in circles. Every vehicle, when left to its own, will travel in circles.

    • @1islam1
      @1islam1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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  • @davidluftig4644
    @davidluftig4644 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    Lovely and it's amazing that the slight upward tilt made each of the landing perfect...no damage..remarkable.

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +679

    Very fun!

    • @gktawusy
      @gktawusy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yea

    • @JaydenLawson
      @JaydenLawson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Fun how it's suggesting this to us a year later :D

    • @opticFPV
      @opticFPV 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Funny seeing you here, and funny that we all got recommended this at the same time lol

    • @kekw9716
      @kekw9716 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I guess smart people will have similar algorithm

    • @theoriginaltimetraveller7597
      @theoriginaltimetraveller7597 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes its very interesting, would love to see it on a larger scale, if thats something you could figure out with your dad. Your dad knows all about light weight materials and aircraft from the JWT project he worked on.

  • @jamesthoma5939
    @jamesthoma5939 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Dr Fred Rash chemist, teacher, gentle man with a smile. Fred, I enjoyed working with you all those years. B267 is bleak without you.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He's such a great guy! Did a lot for indoor flying over the years too.

  • @sionbarzad5371
    @sionbarzad5371 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I found this video incredibly well rounded and uplifting at the same time!

    • @vikr4m
      @vikr4m 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know what you food there 😂.

  • @heckYEAHman.
    @heckYEAHman. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +171

    3:09 the simple serenity of watching the plane float through the sky as a child’s cry echoes throughout the enclosure

    • @melchiordelaunay2539
      @melchiordelaunay2539 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That was very cinematic indeed.

    • @macmccune21
      @macmccune21 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I do not miss my bedroom being near the apartment complex playground...

    • @pappapappi9177
      @pappapappi9177 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You got that quote from where..😅

  • @lindabryant4292
    @lindabryant4292 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    This is epic, and I think this gentleman has exactly the right amount of time on his hands. Wonderous.

    • @homemsolteiro8038
      @homemsolteiro8038 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "the right amount of time on his hands" So... Have you implied hes a bum, laybone just because he's elderly?

    • @ToeKneebleau
      @ToeKneebleau หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's your problem dude❓ Looks like you've accumulated loads of spermatozoa in your brain😂
      Zero sex makes you Grumpy elf😡

  • @wwjoesr
    @wwjoesr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I love the plane, and the “young” man who built it! His smile and enthusiasm says so much about the joys of this hobby!

    • @Selfmade-1x
      @Selfmade-1x 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well said ❤

  • @CthuluSpecialK
    @CthuluSpecialK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    What a great little flyer, and charming man who was willing to share it with us.

    • @Selfmade-1x
      @Selfmade-1x 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good job& good gentleman ❤
      Мужик сказал,мужик сделал😂

  • @tobieeck9676
    @tobieeck9676 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    This made me so happy and calm, watching it fly like that.

    • @RobBob555
      @RobBob555 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Delighted bivalve mollusk

  • @richardstill1875
    @richardstill1875 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I went to ETSU and walked into the sport center (on the way to a class on the other side) and saw these beautiful fragile planes gently flying around inside. This was in 92 or 93. Still think about that and I am glad they are still doing these :)

  • @soviksrimany4103
    @soviksrimany4103 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Amazing model. It was flying in a perfect path without hitting anything, as if it was being remote controlled. Also what a perfect landing. It was also perfectly maneuvering and gaining attitude whenever it was coming to stall. Amazing feat.

  • @PlasmaChannel
    @PlasmaChannel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +317

    This is remarkable. Ultralight doesn't even begin to describe this craft.

    • @benmcreynolds8581
      @benmcreynolds8581 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I saw this & my first thought was: i wonder if something like this could work with ionic thrust? *I'm sure the weight would be too much but i thought of your channel and all the awesome work you do with plasma & that ionic thrusters. Keep up the amazing work. It's always fascinating to see

    • @TheBlargMarg
      @TheBlargMarg 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@benmcreynolds8581 Maybe if it used a lighter material than the wood structure, it might be able to fly with an ion engine.

    • @ShowemRight
      @ShowemRight 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@TheBlargMarg Imagine using a plastic straw instead of that wood dowel.

    • @jgbelmont
      @jgbelmont 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Or your Mom.

    • @AdolphHymler
      @AdolphHymler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Fishing for some likes ehh?

  • @psychedelicpython
    @psychedelicpython 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    Fred: “It’s been dyed with a Rit dye over a long period of time. It takes forever”.
    Narrator: “How much is forever?”
    Fred: “A half of day!”
    I love it!

  • @davidredfern836
    @davidredfern836 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    That such a humble contraption can achieve flight says a lot about Fred the engineer. Very cool 👍

    • @RMBlake007
      @RMBlake007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fred ascribes to the "K.I.S.S. principle."

    • @FredScuttle456
      @FredScuttle456 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Boeing should hire him.

  • @thedoc9062
    @thedoc9062 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +228

    This guy would be a blast to hang out with and learn interesting things such as his plane. I’m certain he has more up his sleeve.

    • @tacticalsapper
      @tacticalsapper 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Quote: "I have had a Simplex airfoil generator program on my computers for years that was written by Fred Rash. Smart man, and it's great to see him still doing neat stuff."

    • @SlickArmor
      @SlickArmor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That is if he doesn't forget everything that you ask from him.

    • @danstennis1817
      @danstennis1817 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I bet he has some amazing machines!

    • @haywoodyoudome
      @haywoodyoudome 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@SlickArmor What? Who are you and how did you get in here?

    • @SlickArmor
      @SlickArmor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@haywoodyoudome The dude said he wanted to learn things from him but every question the guy asked him he forgot. I came in through the door and no, I won't do you.

  • @nashrust
    @nashrust 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    The first time I saw the general glider design was in the 'Great International Paper Airplane Book' published in 1967. It really is lovely.

    • @twill9278
      @twill9278 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I got a copy for Christmas back then.
      Very interesting and enjoyable times.

    • @Tippet76
      @Tippet76 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had a 90s version of that as a kid. Loved that book.

  • @Bettinasisrg
    @Bettinasisrg 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    I love seeing older folks lives doing things like this, it shows they are still valuable and we should learn from them and care for them!

    • @rodelbunag9823
      @rodelbunag9823 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True !

    • @jpenneymrcoin6851
      @jpenneymrcoin6851 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      i'm still waiting for younger folks to do something valuable.

    • @am_I_or_am_I_not
      @am_I_or_am_I_not 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jpenneymrcoin6851stay bitter

    • @PandaRants
      @PandaRants 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jpenneymrcoin6851 sorry too busy trying to unfuck the country after your generation led us here

    • @tmac9938
      @tmac9938 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jpenneymrcoin6851 hahahaha

  • @douglaswhite2382
    @douglaswhite2382 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That was sweet, and props to the cameraman for steady seamless filming

  • @SINNER666-v3d
    @SINNER666-v3d 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'm 55 yrs old and remember making these when I was a kid but we used a hollow straw & would just throw it instead of using a motor... it would fly for ages 👍👍👍

  • @todwest
    @todwest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    I used to make a paper plane almost exactly like this when I was a kid. The design is in the The Great International Paper Airplane Book. This and the origami one were my favorites.

    • @98f5
      @98f5 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Omg i had that! Have it i mean lol got it as an adult 😅

    • @kennethkowalchuk7868
      @kennethkowalchuk7868 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Me too! Wish I still had that book.

    • @todwest
      @todwest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kennethkowalchuk7868 There are used editions available for under $10 if you search around.

    • @johnking6252
      @johnking6252 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The paper tube glider? I'd almost forgot about them. Thx. 👍

    • @subspaceanomaly
      @subspaceanomaly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I thought it looked familiar

  • @jamesa5720
    @jamesa5720 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    Awesome, I love your passion for this great sport. My father had an actual glider (Schweizer 1-26) in the 60's in the Dallas area and as a kid, I built my own sailplanes out of balsa and basic kitchen cellophane wrap, long before RC radios. I set the rudder to a slight turn and enough elevator to keep it from stalling. When conditions were right (calm and hot) some would soar right up to the cloud base. But that was my goal, a flight out of sight, ha. I eventually bought my own 1-26 and then a beautiful Std. Libelle 201b and flew for many years. And now as I age, I have returned to my roots, RC sailplanes and I am still like a kid when it finds a thermal.

    • @mixz9929
      @mixz9929 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ewww I hope you were able to take care of that std never had one myself but i heard its the gift that keeps on giving😆

    • @crlguitar1
      @crlguitar1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also flew rental 1-26 in Fremont California in the early 70's. It was the most fun I could have with my clothes on! LOL
      Being only 22 or 23 I didn't have the money to pursue the sport but sure loved flying!

    • @babucibabuci1985
      @babucibabuci1985 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. I read your article with great pleasure. Amazing. Good luck, buddy

    • @jamesa5720
      @jamesa5720 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mixz9929 Well, I sold it in 1992, ha. But, boy it was fun and easy to fly.

  • @daveOnYouTube
    @daveOnYouTube 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I got this in my recommendations and it was delightful. A small window into a fascinating hobby that I would have never known about. Something that takes smarts and the appreciation of simple, fun, and inventive work. Just lovely.

  • @jimgilbert9984
    @jimgilbert9984 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I found a circular paper airplane design that works great. No propeller, just one piece of paper.
    I used to amaze my elementary school students when I would demonstrate how easy it was to fold and then walk around the classroom helping them fold their first one.
    🙂

    • @jpenneymrcoin6851
      @jpenneymrcoin6851 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yeah, the tube airfoil - I love that thing, make them all the time.

    • @jimgilbert9984
      @jimgilbert9984 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jpenneymrcoin6851
      They also liked them because they could put them on their heads to wear as crowns.
      Plus, they were so unexpected - a circular paper airplane, when they'd only ever seen pointy, triangular or rectangular airplanes. Being circular made them more fun.

    • @synupps877
      @synupps877 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can I find it?

    • @jimgilbert9984
      @jimgilbert9984 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@synupps877
      I found the design by accident online. You could try a search. I'll try to explain...
      Take one corner of a regular piece of paper and fold it to its opposite corner. Do not have the corners touch each other. You want them to look like when kids draw mountains - two peaks near each other. The whole thing should be roughly triangular.
      At the fold along the "bottom" of the nearly triangle you made, fold up the bottom about an inch to an inch and a half. Repeat this two more times. You should now have a strip sticking out on both sides of the bottom of the triangle.
      Holding those strips (which are actually flattened tubes), roll up the folded strip so that the ends touch, making a circle.
      Fit the end of one strip inside the other end. To make sure they stay attached, you can staple them.
      You then play with it so that the whole thing is in as close to a circle as you can get it. If you set it down on a table with the folded strip on the bottom, it might appear to be a crown, with two points up.
      To make it fly, you slide the space between the two points (the mountain peaks) into the area between your thumb and the rest of your hand, with your thumb inside the plane, with your fingers curled under the main body of the plane and the multi-folded strip pointed away from you.
      Now here's the tricky bit. You don't want to throw it hard, like you normally do with the triangular planes. You give it a kind of gentle throw-and-push. If you do it right, it doesn't really so much fly as it floats through the air. The first time I did it, it went all the way across my classroom, from my desk in the corner to the door at the other side. It's pretty cool.
      Even though I described it as best I can here, it's better if you find the directions with illustrations to show you how to do it properly. Do a search online.
      I hope this helped.

    • @DouglasMcLaughlin-kq7hk
      @DouglasMcLaughlin-kq7hk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It is instructors, teachers, methodologists, whatever you like that fire up the imaginations of kids, who then go home and show their parents what they have learned. Be a parent who engages this process and not one to dismiss it. It means the World !

  • @CrockFlops
    @CrockFlops หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm glad I stumbled across this video. Liked Subscribed and now shopping for something simple to build from your website. I'm 51 and haven't built a paper covered rubber powered plane since I was 10 in boy scouts. I can't wait to reclaim an awesome part of my childhood, thanks to you.

  • @Lukeduke7773
    @Lukeduke7773 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    The lateral stability is absolutely rock solid and the stall recovery is incredibly benign wonder if that holds true outside of zero wind conditions

  • @minibuns6220
    @minibuns6220 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Mr. Rash is the very best. Great to see him fly. Best Wishes to All

  • @N95787
    @N95787 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    FANTASTIC airplane!! I love the flight control system: stall, recover, repeat. Love it!! Thanks for sharing.

  • @victoryfirst2878
    @victoryfirst2878 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had the same idea except it was forty year ago. Thanks for the memory Josh.

  • @VedaSay
    @VedaSay 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is the most precious plane and flyer I have ever seen. Such a calming feel to watch.

  • @fuzexi
    @fuzexi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I loved that plane! One of the most interesting things I’ve seen on TH-cam. I’d like to hear about the science of it!

  • @spencer963
    @spencer963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Fred seems like a real outstanding guy, it isn't all about competition, it's about the satisfaction. And if that was my build I'd be very satisfied

  • @okgo8315
    @okgo8315 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Would never have thought that could fly, it's amazing.👍✌️🇬🇧

  • @noobdernoobder6707
    @noobdernoobder6707 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A lovely niche engineering hobby i never knew existed and never knew I would need to watch until now. Glad I did land here while gliding through the interweb. Awesome craftmanship.

  • @beshkodiak
    @beshkodiak หลายเดือนก่อน

    A pleasure to watch. About 40 years ago i built a cannon that shot cylindrical projectiles. Slow but very accurate to 200 yards.

  • @karthikthayyil7664
    @karthikthayyil7664 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    That's so neat and graceful. Even the landing, was so smooth.

  • @bobmillerick300
    @bobmillerick300 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks for the share. This was awesome. I'm a SuperTigre 60 pipe guy, but I still enjoy watching these super lightweights fly indoors. 😎

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      OS 61 VR is more my style but yeah I like nitro fumes too. We have to fly them open exhaust in freeflight so usually down a bit on power except for the Nelson 65s which were timed for open. Still a ton of fun.

  • @1laflyer535
    @1laflyer535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Fred was always very friendly and helpful to me during the 5 or 6 years I was at the indoor champs in Johnson City. Looking Good Fred!

  • @voster77hh
    @voster77hh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Awesome. As aerospace engineer this is mind blowing to get a grip on the physics behind it.

  • @raydunakin
    @raydunakin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's cool! I'm guessing that one or both of the tubes are angled slightly to make it fly in a circle?

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Correct!

  • @ForestToFarm
    @ForestToFarm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Way to go Fred!! It’s all about the fun not competition! Awesome plane.
    Terry

  • @h.s.thompsonduke8105
    @h.s.thompsonduke8105 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    The forever wonder of being a child , especially at 80 years of childhood.

    • @kaudsiz
      @kaudsiz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s the only way to be
      ✌️☮️🖤

    • @philtucker1224
      @philtucker1224 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As people in the aircraft industry often say: “Once a renowned aeronautical aerodynamicist always a renowned aeronautical aerodynamicist!” 😁

  • @stuartshaul9601
    @stuartshaul9601 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That's an awesome build. I like the idea of it and also notice the perfect landing

  • @ControlledWrinkles
    @ControlledWrinkles 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The tubular style paper airplane was always my go to for amazing and astounding kids and adults who have never read the earlier versions of The Great Paper Airplane books. So thrilled to see a powered version.

  • @rickstephens1130
    @rickstephens1130 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I thought for sure that it was going to get stuck up in the raftes or on some of the buildings monitoring devices or something else that. Pretty cool plane

  • @maneki9neko
    @maneki9neko ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Newby Question: What makes these planes circle around the building without running into the walls? These planes have not internal control yet they never seem to crash into the walls.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Well, they do hit the walls sometimes, but we spend a lot of time trying to keep them away. Using a combination of wing warps, thrustline offsets, and rudder adjustments, the planes are all set up to make nice happy circles.

    • @rc70ys
      @rc70ys 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly My Thoughts

  • @ariannasv22
    @ariannasv22 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It looks like it's swimming in the air, so gracefully

  • @MegumiZero
    @MegumiZero 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    People forget how amazing it is that we can just go and get materials at walmart and make something that flies! 😮

    • @fluchterschoen
      @fluchterschoen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      There's a guy in my neighbourhood that zooms around on an electric bike selling little packets of stuff to extremely thin people with no teeth. I'm told that for 20 bucks you can experience what it is to fly while lying in a muddy puddle in a cemetery.

    • @batmandeltaforce
      @batmandeltaforce 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@fluchterschoen Do NOT believe them! That isn't mud... but I got an extra packet:)

    • @oTamusima
      @oTamusima 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i've got a couple ideas for a backpack lightning rod that would use copper thread with either a small hot air balloon and rockets or some helium ballons and rockets.. the real trick will be to avoid winning a Darwin.. but yes it really is amazing..
      was -2F for some days and i was a little warm without a fireplace.. while chatting and gaming and watching videos in real time with people across the globe..
      there is an app called "Radio Garden" that lets you spin a globe to choose radio stations by locations..
      radioactive steam powered vehicles aren't so far off, too..
      good days :)

    • @kengruz669
      @kengruz669 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@fluchterschoen which begs the question: Who is really flying, the guy on the electric bike, or the person lying in the puddle of mud at the cemetary.

    • @AzaIndustries
      @AzaIndustries 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@kengruz669were all flying through space ~30 km/s relative to our sun.
      Our galaxy is flying towards the great tractor at 1000km/s

  • @Echo5Mike
    @Echo5Mike 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i remember as a boy scout doing a plane project like this with just 2 different sized loops of paper and a drinking straw. what they soon found out was my straw had a bend in it that allowed the tops of the two different sized loops to be lined up. it flew twice as far as the straight straws.

  • @jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171
    @jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a paperback book titled ‘Super Flyers’. If I remember there was one that was a soda straw or two end to end, or maybe a dowel. In that book those hoops were made of paper and they were both fastened to the body directly. I tried making the thing a few times but never had any luck, maybe once, but they were all pretty hurried efforts. Thanks for sharing! It’s great to finally see something based on that design that can fly so well!

  • @tanagra2
    @tanagra2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Just amazing, I thought it would fly forever. Can’t understand why the camera man did not help Fred when he was struggling to attach the wire. A great video thank you

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      I figured it was better to let him struggle than try helping and potentially break a wire. Everything on that plane is small and fragile. I knew he'd get it eventually as he's a very skilled flier, and I wanted to get all the commentary he was providing too.

    • @tanagra2
      @tanagra2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@joshuawfinn thank you, yep sorry understand now. Again great video, will subscribe

    • @paullucas3
      @paullucas3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Age betrays us all.

    • @Maxim.Teleguz
      @Maxim.Teleguz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Once you get older there a few things you still want to struggle with and people being patient and polite around you is them showing you that they can still be your friend.

    • @Maxim.Teleguz
      @Maxim.Teleguz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Once you get older there a few things you still want to struggle with and people being patient and polite around you is them showing you that they can still be your friend.

  • @erikreber3695
    @erikreber3695 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +469

    Does this plane run on the soul of a child? For a moment every time that kid in the background cried it gained altitude. 😂

    • @salguodrolyat2594
      @salguodrolyat2594 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Maybe the sound waves of the echoes had something to do with it.🤔

    • @agentcodydanks
      @agentcodydanks 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@salguodrolyat2594🙄

    • @matthewstone1362
      @matthewstone1362 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂😂

    • @rl8571
      @rl8571 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Super natural powered. The greenest energy possible.

    • @SirPano85
      @SirPano85 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Imagine what it can do with an innocent's tear....

  • @microbuilder
    @microbuilder 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ring Wing! I tried building a larger version of one of these several years ago...needless to say, it didnt work anywhere near as good as this one lol Great build!!

  • @gcorriveau6864
    @gcorriveau6864 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating. I immediately begin wondering about how the trim/control features would work on this design... and how the efficiencies etc. compare to a 'flat' wing... Thanks for sharing.

  • @akkephalos
    @akkephalos 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    0:22 he is briefly distracted by a nearby banshee, but resumes his dialogue promptly. nerves of steel

  • @waynemetevia7983
    @waynemetevia7983 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Amazing little plane. How is it able to maneuver like that? Or does it just go along with the air current?

    • @kevinross8038
      @kevinross8038 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What air current?

    • @waynemetevia7983
      @waynemetevia7983 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kevinross8038 Possible air flow from the HVAC in the facility since it is indoors. Was just guessing.

  • @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor
    @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Norway here, I bet that guy is the worlds most awesome granddad! Imagine the gadgets he would make you!

    • @SaRkAsMuSoNe-
      @SaRkAsMuSoNe- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh hi Norway, Germany here. How’s the weather up there? How is Auntie Denmark?

    • @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor
      @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SaRkAsMuSoNe- Hi there, its snowing HEAVILY and its about -8 Celcius❄️🎅 (Western Norwegian coast)
      I think the Danes are more lucky with the weather than us🤗

    • @SaRkAsMuSoNe-
      @SaRkAsMuSoNe- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor glad to hear it. As I currently reside with England, I have not had the luck of snow right by the coast. Thank you for your reply, it put a smile on my face

    • @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor
      @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SaRkAsMuSoNe- Have a great day🤗

    • @SaRkAsMuSoNe-
      @SaRkAsMuSoNe- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor and you Sir

  • @deangiacopassi1951
    @deangiacopassi1951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fred had many interesting and colorful models at this contest.

  • @jca245
    @jca245 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live about 25 minutes away from the ETSU Mini Dome where they have the indoor fly every year. I do not have any of these aircraft, but I spend hours just marveling at them both on the ground and in the air.

  • @evanownerofthefriends2495
    @evanownerofthefriends2495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These videos are amazing! Keep making them!

  • @danko6582
    @danko6582 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    You should make that with Ionic propulsion. It would have to be tethered, but it would fly with no moving parts.

    • @justinkase1360
      @justinkase1360 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I don't know anything about ionic propulsion, but let me ask a question. it would need to be tethered because of power requirements? It would be really cool to see.

    • @joedingo7022
      @joedingo7022 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@justinkase1360 yeah, ionic thrusters are horribly inefficient for powering planes

    • @taylorwestmore4664
      @taylorwestmore4664 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@joedingo7022Have you seen the ion thruster of Ethan Krauss?

    • @mtrest4
      @mtrest4 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joedingo7022
      what if the power was "beamed up" to the craft.

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nice video. Nice plane. Gotta love Fred, I believe his name was. He had a don't give a sh-t attitude about what the interviewer thought, without being rude, and let nothing bother him. Enthusiastic about his creation and cool as could be.

    • @toddjones1480
      @toddjones1480 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did we watch the same video?

  • @sudintechnology
    @sudintechnology 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The amazing simple design with outstanding performance can be a future flight ❤

  • @acbenepe
    @acbenepe 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful. I remember that design from a fancy paper airplane book my dad gave me as a kid in the late sixties.

  • @xavierpaquin
    @xavierpaquin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2:40 The suspense is killing me...

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think what's nice about this is that however well you can see it, the planform remains a bit mysterious looking. The upward tendency really comes into its own at the (apparently) higher charge time. Really good fun, this! 🌟🌟🌟👍

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah it's cool as heck in the air. I just can't stop watching it.

  • @jonbaker326
    @jonbaker326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Well done Fred!

  • @baraskparas9559
    @baraskparas9559 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Being placed behind and below the first cylinder the propeller draws/ pushes air through the rear cylinder. Air drawn through the forward cylinder is " encouraged " downwards through the rear cylinder by a vacuum effect of the Bernoulli principle. By diverting downwards the air provides a lift to the model

  • @rav3n595
    @rav3n595 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had fun building and flying annular ring gliders out of paper, in the early 1970's. Both single and double ring types worked equally well. Didn't bother trying to power them in those days, as motor and battery tech wasn't quite there yet.

  • @Colin399
    @Colin399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a nice bloke and plane

  • @ODISMAGOTIS
    @ODISMAGOTIS 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    surprise visit from Jeff Bezos @1:19 lol

    • @MikeScottAnimation
      @MikeScottAnimation 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Loooooololol

    • @ODISMAGOTIS
      @ODISMAGOTIS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MikeScottAnimation 😆😆

    • @micahfoley9572
      @micahfoley9572 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jeff bezos in the video, and beef Jesus in your pfp. That's some kind of cursed serendipity.

    • @AbbasOveysi
      @AbbasOveysi 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      😂

  • @buckfiden2988
    @buckfiden2988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice fellow Kingsportians.

  • @psidvicious
    @psidvicious 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don’t know how old that design is but I remember seeing it 50 years ago in a magazine or something (no motor, just a conventional gliding, paper airplane). My brother and I made one and it worked very well.

  • @humanonearth1
    @humanonearth1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It flew a perfect circle and almost made 2 laps right back to the takeoff position with zero attitude control! Ghost flyer! Awesome!

  • @TinyHouseHomestead
    @TinyHouseHomestead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    BAM! THERE IT IS! 😁👍🇺🇸

  • @SMurphy-m8r
    @SMurphy-m8r 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like the clip so much, the fact I wondered how it managed to fly around like that, /seemingly/ with no steering just made it more sort of Mr.Magic Emporiom, like.

  • @zovoth
    @zovoth หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very cool little machine… the pilot really seemed to enjoying the simple beauty of its design

  • @michaeld.mcclish
    @michaeld.mcclish 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There was a book back in the 80's that had plans for different gliders, and this, or similar, was one of the plans. I made it out of two pieces of paper, fun.

  • @ltgood
    @ltgood หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was absolutely brilliant. I was on edge with every lap of the venue.

  • @geoben9801
    @geoben9801 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jeez, he's like a mad scientist in disguise! I mean In the sense that he created such a thing that defies the common concept of an aircraft. And he's so unassuming about it.
    I for one am enthusiastically impressed!!! 😃👍👍👍

  • @madhabitz
    @madhabitz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved this so much -- my dad would have gotten such a kick out of it. For what it's worth, next time, try using an alcohol ink (purchase from craft stores) to stain any kind of plastic like the poly sheeting. A tiny amount will go a long way and will instantly bond with all sorts of materials. It's permanent, and transparent, but it's very concentrated. To dilute it, you can add a drop at a time into a bit of isopropyl alcohol.

  • @battano
    @battano 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice Hula-Hoops!! You can get a a lipo and pager motors darn near anywhere these days, just may have to break something. When the matchbox sized RC cars came out in the late 90's first thing I did was gut one and turn it into a micro rc airplane. I cut wings with airfoils out of foam grocery store meat packing trays and it turned into a great flyer. Where there is a will there is a way!

  • @EthanHowells-h1g
    @EthanHowells-h1g 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome
    great move forward ..showing that ionization does work..
    Bearing the difference upon weight.

  • @OpenScienceTeam
    @OpenScienceTeam 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A perfectly stable design, two straight ducts, the front duct above the rear duct to avoid loss and maintain the nose is up, causing the fluid to pass slowly on the straight surfaces of the duct. A great aerodynamic principle.👌🏻

  • @jonneysmooth
    @jonneysmooth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Add a few grams to the nose to balance it out and it’ll glide a bit nicer. I’ve always made the circle paper airplanes but never thought to combine 2. I love this!

  • @fafafafa5399
    @fafafafa5399 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would have liked some information, other than a video clip that is fun to look at, that explains the following:
    - How is is made to go in circles?
    - How can it go upwards first then start gradually sinking deeper and deeper?
    - Why is the slight bobbing motion?

  • @artseidner2427
    @artseidner2427 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enlightening glad I saw this wish I had a few thank you shows how simple flying truly is

  • @tamibell4325
    @tamibell4325 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is fantastic!💥💫 My precious Dad would have loved a little project like this.❤

  • @The_Gallowglass
    @The_Gallowglass 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like how it lands itself so well.

  • @georgemichaels2325
    @georgemichaels2325 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We used to make these with a si gle coil when I was in junior high. They would fly for quite a while. We made them from a rolled sheet of paper with the half inch was rolled up girst for some weight.

  • @danielmoose1273
    @danielmoose1273 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's the coolest thing I've seen this year (2024) ... I think it covers last year too. Nice Job, Sir 🙂.

  • @fluxcapacitor
    @fluxcapacitor 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder if it is possible to replace the tiny rotating propeller with HV lifter foils looped around themselves in a circle, propelling the plane with electrohydrodynamics, using ion wind. The circular wing becoming the propeller too.

  • @edwardmclaughlin7935
    @edwardmclaughlin7935 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's wonderful. How come it doesn't go into a wall or something?

  • @Slithey7433
    @Slithey7433 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was good for some smiles. 😊 Thank you, Mr. Rash.

  • @nannesoar
    @nannesoar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In elementery school I used to sneak into the gym to fly paper airplanes with my friends, it was amazing, this has the same feel.