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that syringe throttle control has got to be one of the most simple and ingenious solutions to a problem I've ever seen.
@ Tom Stanton The pressure siringe flow control MUST BE APPLIED to a water bottle rocket. So... Did you read that MUST? So it means you agree? OK enough for now.
So true
Dude my jaw literally dropped. I was thinking off all these complex, and heavy ways he would have to use special circuits and sensors and then all he needed to accomplish it was a syringe. A FREAKING SYRINGE! brilliant.
Brilliantly simple, and simply brilliant.
Absolutely ingenious
Need to bring this out to the salt flats where there are fewer things to run into.
I didn't expect to see you here
And higher temperatures.
Just casually pop to the salt flats
Haha much better then the weather here in the UK
Wow. It's so nice to see more and more youtubers that I enjoy watching in each others' comment section.
Honestly my favorite part of all this is how realistic this engine sounds. It makes it sounds like a classic style prop plane and I really like that! Well done!
That's what I love about all piston engines. No matter the power source, like compressed air, it sounds a lot like it's petrol powered counterpart :)
And it's even started up like a classic propeller plane.
Someone gave me one of these when I was a kid. Even when the plane itself broke, I was so obsessed that I took the internal parts out, and was always trying to make different air crafts using the tank, motor, and a lot of paper.
Was it this one? I freaking loved that plane. kzhead.info/sun/pJakcqxljoJvdIk/bejne.html
This is amazing
Should sell it as a child’s toy! So simple and cool
hi Destin
Good to see you here Dustin. Maybe you should do a collaborative project together, knowing that you like to collaborate with other teachers, you should definitely get together for a video.
Are you going to try that??
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This kind of projects is what makes people buy 3D printers, just amazing!
Another one of my favorite KZheadrs. Your comment is 100 percent correct. Because just yesterday I bought an ender 3 v2
Yes Integza 👍
Inegzta is awesome
Is this a free energy system he just made..?
Integza loves tomatoes!!!!
I always see your projects, they are so interesting and fun. I recommend you design in the front of your plane where the engine is located a part that can absorb shocks and prevent engine breakdowns.
Use the exhaust ports as a form of propulsion, force the air in the opposite backwards and narrow the tube to increase the amount of force it produces. This may help the craft to fly faster and for longer
It would probably cause the engine to run slower, since it would take longer to exhaust
@@ergile172 nah, the actual exhaust ports would be the same size as they are currently, meaning the same volume of air would be expelled at the same rate, just a different direction
There is no way you could get any substantial thrust from a nozzle with that tiny bit of air the engine uses. Plus, using compressed air for thrust is just incredibly inefficient.
@@derrick4804 I know, but marginal gains is all you can hope for with an engine like this. It is never going to be efficient at all, just trying to suggest some potential changes that make it function better and look cooler 😎
@@ScalarKZhead If by marginal you mean like 1-2% of thrust the engine provides, then go ahead.
the pressure thing is just genius you are fantastic
I feel like that's "just" a pressure regulator, but the simplicity of the design and usage of random parts like the syringe is great. In general, I did not think it's possible to 3d print air engine due to things like inaccuracy and friction, yet here we are!
Fantastic work as always, Tom - it's so cool to see you squeeze more and more efficiency out of these engines. Over 3 years I've yet to see a video of your's that isn't interesting and engaging. Here's to many more!
You gotta get yourself one of those fancy check marks.
Hi bro bps space
that goes for both of you!
agreed but i just finished "landing model rockets" hope you continue it lol
And they said Infinity War was the best crossover ever...
You're clearly getting enough out of the engine to sustain its flight far longer than a glide, so I'd say you've been quite successful so far. I'm astounded at how good a plastic drink bottle is as an air reservoir and I love your syringe-based air regulator... that's just bloody _inspired_
The drink bottle working under pressure actually makes a lot of sense. Initially you think "oh it's just a drink bottle" but it's been designed to hold gas pressurized into a liquid and hold that pressure when being shipped across the world. Considering it can do all that while costing likely less than a cent in materials is quite a feat of engineering.
Keep going fella, the world needs more people like you
I have seen a lot of 3D printed things... but your pneumatic engine might have actually convinced me to buy one!
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ITS GABRIEL BROWN ( or Black Gryph0n)
I'm a tech in physics and the syringe regulator made my day!
Would you consider an electric turbofan regulator? Pistons are quite common, nowadays. What would be the future generation common thing to copy?
Ace a large tail plane/rear rudder duck tail@@voornaam3191
Agreed. So simple yet effective.
The world needs more creators like you Tom!
Really smart ideas and quick, practical test modeling. An office light tube storage container may be a good candidate for another low pressure model with higher volume. Long skinny fuselage. Might require a girdle if you have strong seals though.
Just got my 3d printer up and running, I might have to give this design a try. You've been doing great stuff here recently. Very impressive.
Thanks man! Look forward to see what you produce with the printer!
I wanna see this
Plenty of explorations from NightBatInLight coming :)
@@TomStantonEngineering My ender 3 v2 arrived yesterday cant wait to build one of your engines. You are such an inspiration.
@@TomStantonEngineering do more (please and thank you)
“If it doesn’t fly I don’t know what will” *crashes* *looks at camera*
fly away my viewer
The story of every engineer
Reminds me of my AirHogs toy from when I was a kid :) Came with a hand-pump and worked like yours.
I believe that if you closed the main wing from the down side, it would create that tear shape (from the side view) and greatly increase lift on the front-middle part of your plane. At 3:35 if you put something like a thin carton on the down side of the wing ribs, to "seal" them from air outside, it would help a lot.
I like how this engine still sounds like a combustion engine.
No combustion engine makes u deaf
That plane just keeps looking for the hard place to stop!
Cause in some regards its similar to a combustion engine. Using a piston and a gas with valves. It's not a combustion engine but similar.
That's because it is the same basic idea as a combustion engine, minus the BANG in the cylinder. Anything like this is going to rely on the movement of air, whether there is combustion or not.
It sound like generator starting
“Who would’ve thought” Not NASA apparently
ooof
Uuuh that challenger reference
Too soon...
The idea for regulating the pressure change is really intelligent. Congrats!
I still have one of my son's old Air Hogs pneumatic powered planes. I'll have to take a look at it's engine design. If I remember, it was made of clear plastic, so should be easy to see. We had a lot of fun with that plane!
that motor has such a satisfying sound. Looking forward to seeing more of it on the channel
Would be awesome to hear an V8 version
"Rubber diaphragms don't like low temperatures" Pretty sure we learned that on the space shuttle
That was a nitrile I-ring, but yeah, nice reference.
They knew the risk of failure was serious back then but some people don't care about the risks
Silicone rubber may fare better IIRC...
maybe try a different synthetic material, one that doesnt matter what temperature it is, it would still work.
@@MF175mp it was a risk but it could've been avoided by waiting until warmer climate and even warming the o rings themselves. They launched it in a very cold climate it wasn't really a risk but more of a guarantee. This was an unnecessary and humiliating failure costing several lives and lots of money.
Thats one of the cooler projects I have seen on KZhead, the engine is super impressive
My dad was born in 1913 and fell in love with model airplanes and later aeronautical engineering. He got to see aviation grow from Jennys to SR71's. He was temporarily crippled as a kid & spent a lot of his time building models that included a hand built a thin copper foil air tank spiral wrapped with a very thin wire and dome ends. He built a 3 cylinder engine to go with it. I never saw any of his planes or the plane this power plant was in but it still had the propeller so I could pump it up and spin the prop. Unfortunately he threw all of his old models & related things away except for a silver first place cup he won in a contest where his rubber powered plane "flew out of sight". "Yesterday's junk is today's treasures". For sure!
4:38 i like how after that gentle glide helped by the engine, it still exploded on the landing XD
Fill the bottle with smoke so that we can see the process better
A lot of KZheadrs treat their channel like a hobby, but Tom treats it like a job that he really likes and is passionate about, I admire that
I played this kind of aircraft toy when I was a kid. It was also a plastic bottle with pumped pressure air inside as the potential energy souse. I am glad to see this been made again on and on my KZhead recommend page .
"A few days to spare, so I decided to completely re-design the engine" .............. as you do .... good work tom
A couple of videos after: Tom learns to change weather
...but it veers off to the doldrums 42 times before he cracks it...love Toms dedicaton and perseverance...far too many of us just give up when the going gets only slightly tough.
"I 3D printed this weather changer, that I designed over night." *hands out a super complex, perfectly engineered, plastic part*
/weather clear
Dude, your videos are awesome! it is super cool to see the work you do, thanks for sharing!
thats such a clever little motor ... all run off compressed air wow... good job bro xx
Hello Tom! As mechanical engineer (in aeronautics and drones), I am fascinated by your design of a compressed air thruster (with printed parts). I would like to say you "Congratulations!". Did you try to move back the air tank + compressed air thruster? I have the feeling that the mass center (or center of gravity) is too much ahead. That is probably why the nose dives (maybe also because of the thrust). Concerning the thrust : did you try with a transmission ratio different to 1:1? The diameter of the pinion and the wheel seems equal (then the ratio =1:1). Try with a ratio 3:2 or 2:1. Your screw propeller will turn faster (you may loose torque. You may have to find a trade-off. Is "trade-off" the correct english word to be between 2 stresses or 2 situations?). How fast is your propeller? Did you gauge the torque? To finish, you maybe need to make higher wings. It will be a pleasure to follow this project. All the bests! :)
Hey there bro. I'm a student in the field of aviation and my career goal is to become an engineer in aeronautics. Do you have any tips or headers or anything you would share in order to get a successful opportunity during and after graduation. If so, please provide me with the necessary information, and it would be greatly appreciated.
what u say about the wings ?
Hello,@@alexandrerouleau9971 I would use the word "compromise" instead of trade-off. while trade-off is a similar word, it is used more in situations like: "you will loose some torque but in exchange for double the speed I think that's a good trade-off" (now you are referencing an actual "trade" here being torque traded for speed. Furthermore the word trade-off also implies a certain "benefit" for one side. Here speed being more crucial for a propeller than strength hence the speed is a larger benefit.) Compromise means exactly what you ask; to find a middle ground between two situations. Note that compromise can also be used instead of trade-off in the situation above. People will understand what you mean though, and there was no part in your messages that was unclear to me. I hope this was clear for you! disclaimer: English is not my first language either, but I did grow up _almost_ bilingually.
I will be willing to help in any software engineering related fields in this project as this project is a game changer if it can be scaled to real size air busses
@@MortonPNZ you are probably right, we have to find a compromize of the mass center position : - Too much moved back : it will pitch up, and loose energy to fly - Too much moved ahead : the nose dives to much - Correctly positionned : it will fly longer I absolutely agree with you concerning the thrust angle regarding te fuselage. I didn't think about it for a model which its construction is "simple". But when you think about your solution, he can actually improve its angle by using corner spacers. In every cases, he needs to compare its behavior depending on the different physical characteristics. I'm pretty sure that your solution and mine will improve its flight.
3:00, and that kids, is how I independently invented the dome loaded back pressure regulator
Equilibar left him a message....
I'm not an (aeronautical/mechanical) engineer, and I'd never seen this design before - and I've already got a possible idea that might improve it. I suspect that idea has likely also been independently done by someone in the distant past.😂
Bruh what? Haha, I don’t understand anything the dude says, but I love the ideas he has, they’re so elegant.
How great! A self-contained electromagnetic compressor and storage compartment to power a super light and efficient pneumatic system!! It's the future of aviation! Congratulations my friend!
*Anything goes wrong* Tom: "So I redesigned the whole engine"
The cat sneezed in the other room so I redesigned the engine to save 4% weight. Then I ate spaghetti for dinner so I redesigned the engine to make 3% more power.
@@JaredConnell 😂😂
Is an engineer thing. Sometimes, even your own design restricts your design freedom too much to bother. XD
"It keeps hitting stuff in this small space." "A shame there's not a wide open field right there next to my house."
That big giant, weedy field with soft, lumpy dirt looks like it requires a bit more forethought and different footwear on chilly December mornings
I had the same thought. I figured it took too long to run back and forth to the house for all the adjustments and recharges.
I don't know why this was "recommended" to me, but I couldn't stop watching once it started! Amazing design and effort! :D
Same, this guy is now the smartest stupid guy i know.
Fascinating work! Maybe this will inspire future designs in passenger airplanes? Which would come with its own set of challenges but your example would be a start!
Nothing better than a community of engineers checking out other engineer's videos. Cheers Tom!
"I think with a little more weight saving and some normal weather, this plane might actually be able to fly a full circuit".... how about some more space??
He used a field but because of the cold weather he had to pressurize inside and fly in the garden... with warmer weather he could use the field without the engine underperforming
In higher altitude there is not much air to lift the plane
11/10 for inventiveness, effort and persistence Keep it up!
How have I not found this channel already. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to sleep before I watch every video 🥲
I had an old airhogs air-powered helicopter back in the day... Any plans for vertical flight with this design?
+1 verticle flight would be sick
Didn't Airhogs have ones that would fly horizontal like in this video? Do they work on a similar principle with the engine? If so what allows them to fly so well?
Vertical flight requires a much higher power-to-weight ratio than horizontal flight. If it's this difficult to make this engine fly level, it would probably need some major improvements for vertical flight.
I've considered it... but a 1:1 thrust to weight ratio isn't going to be easy!
@@TomStantonEngineering Very true, i think if you were to increase the size of the engine, you may be able to get more thrust per gram
The cold air's denser, too. What can you do with a co2 cannister?
In the "olden days" we had CO2 engines :-)
You can Feed a plant with the canister
Good question...
Concept is Superb...Hats off
That one shot of you in the frost and fog-covered field with the roar of your air-powered engine hammering along really feels like a war doc scene on Spitfires or something
When you do the 3D animations do you need to time all of the moving parts or does it use some type of physics engine to compute the mechanical motion? I have been trying to figure how to make gears self animate based on physics in fusion but no dice.
Try using a motion link between the two gears. It should work as long as the gears are components and lined up correctly. If the gears are different sizes you might have to adjust the ratio in the motion link to match the gear ratio. Hope this helps!
Note that Aaron Luke's solution, which is a good way to animate a mechanism, does not require any rigid body simulation. It's simply synchronised animation, very light to calculate
@@Aaron-sh1vq I'll give it a go!
@@rpyrat True, the motion link is a just a simple simulation that will display how the gears interact
It looks like Blender (which allows each subassembly to be animated along a path or axis)
Holy sh*t, the way you casually came up with this genius syringe idea, what the heck?! Absolute mad lad
Every so often I see amazing ideas like this that may eventually help lead to a invention I want to construct
your efforts are really admirable 👍👍
Bro, you have come up with some of the most elegant designs I ever seen
This is my favorite channel on KZhead so far, thank you for what you’re doing
*Very cool but your wasting time on RC models. Go solve world hunger or make a production hover bike with Colin Furze!*
would u marry him?
@@1nvisible14 Yeah, replying to youtube comments for senseless videos is a much better use of time. Lead by example. Screw hover bikes, terrible waste of energy for no reason.
challenging work! don´t ever stop creating.
I don't know but, this guy is really the only youtuber that i sit quietly like a child waiting for the next video, so enjoyable.
I can't imagine how hard the animation was probably harder than the engineering! (;
I think he uses a program for that though?
yeah I think he uses the same software he uses to model the engine to 3d print
Fusion 360 + Blender
@@Iarlen naw pretty sure the animation is all done w/ pen and paper
@@amicloud_yt That's definitely not pen & paper.
I suggest looking into the re-melting method of 3d printed parts in grounded salt --> CNC kitchen made a video about this
Agreed, this might be a great application for that, providing he can keep the internal surface smooth/accurate enough to work, this is a bit of a high tolerance use case. Non PLA plastics might help too, PETG, Polycarbonate, or even a high durability resin print might be interesting tests too
Nice content! Also you have an amazing plot of land, very beautiful countryside.
Intelligent, and interesting at the same time 😊!!! I've learned, a new science of motors!!!
I actually cheered at the syringe solution. Genius!
Everybody: “Wow that’s really cool. Great work.” Me: *Nice Garden*
Looks like such a nice house
that's all i was thinking about lol
@@benjones7848 ikr
@@bensmith3306 lol
Me: Can't you just type normal? Xavier: I'm a sheep
Hands down, this is some of the most interesting content on KZhead.
The look at the camera after the first crash was absolutely gold.
I'm loving the layer lines on the 'cutaway' model explanations
Oh dude Yes!
I had an Air Hog toy as a kid that was exactly this. That thing flew like crazy. The sound of yours brings back memories
i have a pneumatic Air Hog still in the box. wonder why they quit making them in the early ought's.......
Had one of these as a kid, super fun and used a bike pump to fill it up.
Nice invention good luck with flying I would like to see him fly
4:15 that is the saddest thing i have ever seen
Yeah
@TS screaming hacker wai-
@TS screaming hacker *kracks knuckles*
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Glad to still be here 3 years later. Happy holidays!
love the sound it makes.
🤣🤣 this is the best sponsor scene i ever seen in a yt video with the cat aggressively snugging the product
Love how he stands still when it crashes He also has that tree from Harry Potter
What's it called again? A Whomping Willow?
@@MrJJandJim pollarding
@@zogworth Cool, it's been many years since I last saw Harry Potter.
@@MrJJandJim haha the whomping willow is correct. Pollarding is what you do to them to make them look like that
@@zogworth oh, ok! That's cool to know!
Reminds me of the Air Hogs back in the 90's, cool project
I was getting worried no one was going to mention them
@@pattysekac Yup, I thought of one of those when he said "If this doesn't fly, I don't know what will".. Those little air hogs planes were great!
I loved my air hogs. It would fly so high and far. Here's a commercial for it kzhead.info/sun/pJakcqxljoJvdIk/bejne.html
I had just seen this video and was about to comment the same thing.
I got that exact model for my 5th birthday back in 1999 lmao. Damn that commercial has caused an avalanche of nostalgic childhood memories haha. Thanks for sharing!
Incredible.... Absolutely incredible and inspiring
I've always wondered, to strengthen the layering process, could you heat up a thin needle and push it through from one end to the other, leaving enough spare metal/needle showing at either end to then be hammered down or bent over? Creating a kind of metal staple which holds together all the printed layers? In addition, couldn't the part be "baked" or even hit with a small heat torch, to basically re-melt the layers into one another?
10:07 Tom: I honestly loves the design of this wallets... Cat: I love it more!
It's a wallet, AND a cat scratcher.
as a mechanical engineer and teacher/researcher at university, I look for students with the most imagination, not the highest grades. you certainly impressed me, keep it up!
thats SO cool, you're incredible man great job!
The way his cat look at the wallet when he threw it at 10:32 lol.
covering the underwing will improve lift by reducing drag
Yeah your right I thought the same thing
Also moving the wing closer to center of weight
I'm a cfd engineer, I bet that this is the worst design for a lift. The under wing has to be covered to reduce drag and to increase lift
This is very cool, but I'm certain the wing needs a bottom surface to be an effective low-speed airfoil. I hope this helps.
I was looking for someone answering you with this, you NEED to COVER the underwing to increase lift and reduce turbulence. The concept looks stunning! keep on it :)
4:17 That is a noise comparable to the pain of a broken back.
4:16
@@bigstinkers359 4:15
Inspirational video about a pneumatic motor driving a propeller to move a lightweight aircraft-like object. The focus is on weight minimization and increased engine efficiency. Time and again I see a crashing plane, even before the engine has stopped. I didn't study for this, I'm just fascinated. I myself have been experimenting with building paper gliders, that was a short whim, I did not continue with it. However, my first planes did exactly what your creations do. Then I changed the position of the large wing and the tail wing, I also made the tail somewhat heavier, after which my paper plane floated down nicely flat, almost fell silent, then made a dive and again at speed flat, climbing slightly climbing further floating to land flat... Maybe an idea to first perfect your engine in efficiency, test it by mounting it on a wheel/mill. Once the engine is working as desired, want to perfect your aircraft efficiency as a glider, and finally put together your creations into a functionally working propeller plane? Good luck with your inventions and videos.
4:45 the head turn was perfect🤣
7:18 that **sigh** tho, i feel you man,,
i love how honest you explain the finding and results. something that is ' very expensive' nowadays
Because he loves what he does he doesn't do these things for just getting money :0
That engine startup is so satisfying🎉😮
Very inspiring content. Thank you
6:34 This is the lightest airplane I've ever made (Sad paper airplane noises)
10:32 The cat was like: i liked That wallet
Hahaha yes, I thought that too, it looked past it for ten minutes ;-DD
No he marks the object with pheromone glands
beautiful engine sound there mate!
this guy is a genius, genuinely worth the sub.
This has a prime example of how here in England even if it gets below 0 Celsius we will never get snow
Our weather sucks.
@@timehunter9467 I think its great, not too hot (mostly) and not too cold
We got snow in the south, about a week ago. My snowman's still kind of standing!
The newer technology being added to this engine is incredible, i love this channel and id love to invent myself
Dude you need magnets 🧲 , a top gear and a a left gear ⚙️. Props on the aero dynamics. When designing think fractals!
That sound is just beatiful
The development has been thrilling to watch! Love the animations btw, they look incredibly professional and are very insightful.