Optimising an Air Engine
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Published 2023-06-29
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All Comments (21)
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This series is an internet treasure. I can't wait to see where it ends up. Please never stop having ridiculous ideas about using compressed air for propulsion.
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Awesome to see the clear piston/chamber! Also, the methodology of using the syringe to pour the silicone was a really smart fix!
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First rule of thumb. If you’re going to launch your model airplane into a field with only one branch, the plane will always gravitate to that branch. It’s a law.
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Crazy to think how little thrust you’d get by simply letting the air shoot out of the bottle through a jet nozzle, but through the miracle of science, it’ll make a ton of thrust for minutes on end. Very amazing! I’m impressed.
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Would be interesting to replace the metal pin with a screw and see how adjusting the length of the pin affects the performance
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I am a British gen x engineer. I have to say you are great. Your content is great generally. Your delivery, editing, choice of project... every detail... but mostly it's your infectious tenacity and dilligence. Thank you for being a highlight in my youtube playlist. More power to your elbow!
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I flew the original airhog in a field in Pennsylvania USA. The kids I wowed are now adults. I kept the carcass of that plane to showcase energy storage and transfer in my science classes. You really have done us a huge service dissecting and improving what you’ve uncovered! Thank you so much for your persistence!
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Engineering is so freaking cool 🙌
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There is a lot to learn from this video. I especially liked the silicone moulding process and the R&D of the seal. Very rewarding to see it work better and better with each iteration.
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An aircraft motor factory and aviation research center combined into one person. Impressive dedication and ingenuity. Wish you the best Tom, never stop!
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I have been watching your videos for quite some time, and it's amazing to see your persistency and how far you've gone, great job!! Excited to see a plane working with it!
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This is now one of my favorite videos on YouTube. It scratched that itch of designing and refining so perfectly. I loved watching this process. Keep up the great work!
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3d printing is good for a lot of things, but a low friction piston cylinder is not one of them. You should design a piston and housing that fits a standard diameter glass or acrylic tube for the cylinder.
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Dude... I love the way you break things down, show your process, analyze your "failures" (more like steps along the path forward,) and diagram things along the way. It's truly inspiring stuff.
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That slow-mo footage is incredibly high quality, always a good day when Tom uploads another compressed air video.
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Wow i was not expecting the first jump in performance and then the second jump also blew me away. Love the use of resin printing as well, amazing what a $200 machine can produce these days.
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I'd love to see the original engineers of the toy plane react to this vid and see if they had the same issues or discoveries as you did!
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Absolutely LOVING these research and development episodes.. I absolutely love that you got hold of the original designs from decades ago, and then smashed the record of it using lessons from their own design.. It does make me wonder if the seal inside the 25 year old box has over-hardened over all that time so is not working as well as it did new.
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I had one of the early air hog planes similar to the one in the video. I think your video, research & development are really superb, I haven’t seen 3D printing in a “hobby” sense used to such exacting measures. God bless, Bill.
