How Good Are Stepped (KF) Airfoils Actually?

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

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  • @_BL4CKB1RD_
    @_BL4CKB1RD_  Год назад +8

    Remember, I’m not an expert on this subject so I probably got some facts wrong in this video.

    • @ZapTeam
      @ZapTeam 5 месяцев назад

      Please make some rc models

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  5 месяцев назад

      @@ZapTeamis this not remote control?

    • @ZapTeam
      @ZapTeam 5 месяцев назад

      @@_BL4CKB1RD_ Issa glider

    • @ZapTeam
      @ZapTeam 5 месяцев назад

      @@_BL4CKB1RD_ no radio controlling

    • @ZapTeam
      @ZapTeam 5 месяцев назад

      @@_BL4CKB1RD_ nm I saw ur flying wing build

  • @ryderphillips4464
    @ryderphillips4464 Год назад +13

    My dad showed me this airfoil in the70's. It was thought to be stall proof in a canard way. The rolling air in the gap would push the nose down just before stall speed.

  • @realreal3070
    @realreal3070 Год назад +6

    THIS GUY IS SO UNDERRATED BRO

  • @rowgler1
    @rowgler1 Месяц назад +2

    I have a book in my library on some unusual airfoil design. It is called The Ultimate Paper Airplane by Richard Kline and Floyd Fogleman. Paperback published in 1985 by Simon and Schuster. They called their design the Kline -Fogleman airfoil.

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Месяц назад +2

      @@rowgler1 oh that’s neat, from the inventors themselves.

  • @ralphbronzin9721
    @ralphbronzin9721 Год назад +3

    Great little experiment, definately something nobody has ever thought of. Maybe for more consistancy, you could simply run wind tunnel tests on the two standalone wings and compare the lift and drag data. If you don't have that, then it's always a great idea to find an excuse to build another airplane. Good work!

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Год назад +2

      Originally, I meant to use a bungee launching system to help with consistency, but it never worked, so this was my Plan B.

  • @pacificWebsurfer
    @pacificWebsurfer Год назад +3

    good work
    for consistent air, best to try in dead calm (often best early morning or dusk), and possibly more effective to tow the glider and release by flying off a tow ring on a consistent length of line, on a big field, and timing the flight from release - preferably in a straight line, because turns induce drag
    that supposes equal speed for both if max distance is the comparison, otherwise you will be comparing "hang time" as the measurement
    fwiw, v tails look good, but they don't steer as well as rudder / elevator

  • @Elnufo
    @Elnufo Год назад +2

    The Duck is on the leftmost edge of the Screen, sitting in a plant. Can be seen from 3:44 to 3:48. And thank you for 8:39 i havent been franced in a while 😂

  • @dudermcgavin
    @dudermcgavin Год назад +1

    This Guy could make The D.M.V. Exciting!

  • @BrainDeadEngineering
    @BrainDeadEngineering Год назад +2

    I very enjoyed this ! rock on !

  • @emily36130
    @emily36130 3 месяца назад

    Interesting video. Afaik KF airfoils have lower performance than regular airfoils, but compared to an airfoil made from bent foamboard the difference should be minimal. The main advantage of them for RC planes is that they're incredibly easy to build by just glueing two or three sheets of foam on top of each other and then sanding the leading edge into an airfoil shape. At least for the depron we get here in Europe that doesn't have paper on it, I don't have experience with dollar tree foamboard.

  • @alexanderzohrens2945
    @alexanderzohrens2945 Месяц назад

    The Stepped profiles have its Advantage at very Low Reynolds-numbers. This means that the slower the glider is flying the better perform the stepped profiles. In other words: the lighter and smaller the glider is makes stepped profiles more powerful.

  • @richardfalconer1959
    @richardfalconer1959 Месяц назад

    Couldn’t help thinking that exercise would be better conducted with well constructed glider in balsa and without interference from radio control. Consistent launch system inside large hangar would be better still.

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Месяц назад

      @@richardfalconer1959 this other RUclipsr @DesignYourOwnAirplanes-xd6lz performed a much better designed experiment than i did. He uses a gym and and a consistent launch system (which I was unable to make).

  • @AerialWaviator
    @AerialWaviator Год назад

    Great experiment, with an entertaining presentation.
    Really like how you designed the fuselage using foldable facets that mated triangular tail boom. Simple, but very effective design.
    Environmental conditions likely the biggest variable (ie: wind, turbulence)
    While inconclusive, your two data sets have many similarities. Plotting the data on a graph (two colours) could help show that data is evenly distributed. Being similar can be a very valid result. Nothing wrong with this.
    Would have like to have seen similar data on the higher aspect ratio wing (assuming it has the same wing area).

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Год назад +1

      I appreciate the feedback. The high aspect ratio wing doesn’t have the same wing area, I just made it so i can fly it as an actual glider. If I do another experiment, I will keep graphing in mind.

  • @SvenGray-hx5to
    @SvenGray-hx5to 7 месяцев назад

    I think KF airfoils are great in the RC field as a static wing shape. Modern commercial aircraft can modify wing shape via slates and flaps. Great video!

  • @Silvan-re1og
    @Silvan-re1og 5 месяцев назад

    This could be a great slope glider or if the Wings are bigger it would be a probably good thermal glider

  • @ninehunnerdriver
    @ninehunnerdriver Год назад

    Thanks new to RC and KF's now I know thank you

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Год назад

      Glad to help. This hobby is very fun and cool, hope you the best.

  • @scottriddell7893
    @scottriddell7893 Год назад

    Nice video. Don't forget to add weight for the KF airfoil so that you are testing at the same flying weight. 👍

  • @tommypaget2294
    @tommypaget2294 5 месяцев назад +1

    Won’t there be a lot of laminar flow separation just behind the drop, causing excessive drag?

  • @torri7062
    @torri7062 5 месяцев назад

    Hi! It's the pressure diferential which accelerates air above, and not the opposite (as you said). With some angle of attack is more intuitive. The air coming towards the wing is forced to go downwards (downwash) so more air is concentrated. In the upper part there is much less air, so pressure decreases. A consecuence of this is the acceleration of the fluid, but the acceleration of the fluid IS NOT THE CAUSE. There are NASA documents you can easily search proving wrong the Bernoulli's theory for airfoils, which is logical, cause Bernoulli made his theory for uncopressible fluids like water, not air. Great video, awesome

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  5 месяцев назад

      Alright thank you for letting me know. I know I’m no expert on this subject, but how does the pressure differential arise in the first place then? (Also, air is compressible only past 0.3 Mach, at these extremely slow speeds, we can follow Bernoulli’s principle)

    • @torri7062
      @torri7062 5 месяцев назад

      It is easy to see when there is some angle of attack. In the underside the air accumulates (more pressure) and it is forced to go downwards, while in the upper part, there is much less air, therefore less pressure and the air above is sucked

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  5 месяцев назад

      @@torri7062 that wouldn’t make total sense for no angle of attack, since all the air is streamlined. I believe you are thinking of Newton’s third law, where each action has an equal and opposite reaction. When the air hits the bottom surface of a wing, and deflects downwards, the resulting force of that contributes to the wing lifting upwards. There is no one way a wing produces lift, but a combination of various principles.

  • @Barmaley80x
    @Barmaley80x Месяц назад

    С кромки уступа должна порождаться завихренность. Не совсем понятно, по идее завихренность вредна, однако на позиции крыла иметь завихренность, это не ясно, хорошо или плохо. А еще лучше знать в каких пределах хорошо и в каких плохо.

  • @patrickradcliffe3837
    @patrickradcliffe3837 9 месяцев назад

    So a few things that will make things easier and more consistant. A bungee launcher will give consistant launches. Also measure your steps and pace off the distance instead of the tape measure dance. In your next test try the Klein-Foggel airfoil with the step on the bottom I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how much better ot does then the step on the top.

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for your tips! I originally tried to do a bungee launch but couldn’t get it to work so hand launching was Plan B. I guess feet measurement would be more accurate and quicker(wouldn’t need to suffer as much through summer heat and barraging mosquitoes).

  • @wrekced
    @wrekced Месяц назад

    This is a good video! I think you might find the yt channel "design your own airplanes" helpful. He has a simple launcher for his gliders that I think you could copy for more consistent launches. He also did a video about KF airfoils. You have put some very good ideas into this video! I hope you will be making more soon. I will watch some of your other vids now that I know you pick interesting topics. I see that you have not been doing this very long, you have a good start here! Keep this up and you'll have tons of subs.

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Месяц назад

      @@wrekced Coincidentally, I just watched his video! His explanation and experiment was totally more well done than mine. Thx for your support.

  • @ethanbarnes3973
    @ethanbarnes3973 Год назад

    Damn man thanks! Amazing video!

  • @ArnasSigmaMale
    @ArnasSigmaMale 5 месяцев назад

    quite interesting video, great job

  • @Thehamster12
    @Thehamster12 4 месяца назад

    Bro is the goat

  • @basemandog
    @basemandog 7 месяцев назад

    Great job!
    Was very informative.
    Would you mind sharing your dimensions for the high aspect ratio wing?

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  7 месяцев назад +1

      As of now, I have put the dimensions in the “Tielo Full” Google drawings file linked in the description. It can be found under the reference images section to the right. It is just a screenshot of the dimensions from the Onshape CAD file. Let me know if any part is unclear or if you would need any more help. Thanks for your time.

  • @VikashSingh-th9ez
    @VikashSingh-th9ez Год назад

    Nice & simple 👍

  • @夏沫清风
    @夏沫清风 Год назад

    Great video with potential

  • @ililit-z5s
    @ililit-z5s 5 месяцев назад

    Please make more videos

  • @miguelectronic
    @miguelectronic Месяц назад

    cmon mate keep on uploading stuff please

  • @ayyhmed
    @ayyhmed 8 месяцев назад

    underrated channel. im gonna build the tileo plane u built. do u have a build video?

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  8 месяцев назад

      Oh nice, but umm I don’t plan on doing a build video. I like to showcase an extended build montage which shows most of the build process. I’d recommend some basic knowledge with working with foam board, and it uses the same build techniques as flitetest kits do. Maybe I could write some instructions, but most of it takes some intuition. I’m glad you found my plane design worthy enough to build.
      Edit: also, I found that one drawback to the Tielo is that it requires a heavy nose weight in the front, you could modify the design to have an extended nose in order to need less nose weight.

    • @ayyhmed
      @ayyhmed 8 месяцев назад

      @@_BL4CKB1RD_ alright! Thats perfect i have built a few flitetest planes before so im familiar with those building techniques. I’ll modify the nose just like you suggested. Im always on the lookout for neat pdf plans and your plane is just that. Neat, elegant and also extremely simple to build. Thank you for this video man, subbed🙂

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  8 месяцев назад

      That’s great to hear. One thing I forgot to mention is that on the Google Drawings “Tielo Printable” file, make a copy. Then, drag any part into the checkered area (which is sized for a 11x8.5in printer paper). The design is meant to be printed to allow slightly more faster and accurate cutting of the parts, but if you would prefer, I could also list the dimensions and angles of each piece. If printed on paper, I’d recommend using pins to poke holes where corners are or hold the papers in place, you can also use them to trace straight lines. For the curves on the nose pieces, I poked a lot of holes following the path of the curve and used my trusty dusty pencil to connect the dots. I appreciate you asking.
      Let me know how it goes!

  • @miguelectronic
    @miguelectronic Месяц назад

    very accurate measuring haahahsahshasasafseff

  • @sidariell6762
    @sidariell6762 Год назад +1

    Im the 101 sub! And does the foamboard have paper cuz mine dont

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Год назад

      Yes, it has paper. This is foamboard from my local Dollar Tree. Are you using depron foam?

    • @sidariell6762
      @sidariell6762 Год назад

      @@_BL4CKB1RD_ no my country's foam board doesn't have paper but it's still foam board though

  • @杵渕亮子
    @杵渕亮子 Месяц назад

    Interessiert mich auch...Hatte aehnliche Idee unabhaengig von dem Video...

  • @willwill5595
    @willwill5595 2 месяца назад

    Volume is much to low

  • @IndraKurniawan-vk2qb
    @IndraKurniawan-vk2qb 5 месяцев назад

    I like this editing style, hmmm, Need better mic tho

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yep, just my phone mic

  • @ralphjohnson4041
    @ralphjohnson4041 Год назад

    Can’t cope with anyone talking to me through a mask.

  • @raypeery6317
    @raypeery6317 Год назад +2

    Why are you wearing a mask?

  • @miguelectronic
    @miguelectronic Месяц назад

    Why would you use a copyrighted song maaaaaann a very good video could go away cuz of a copyrighted songgggg raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Месяц назад

      @@miguelectronic which one?

    • @miguelectronic
      @miguelectronic Месяц назад

      @@_BL4CKB1RD_ Nice Boys, temporex Care

  • @planker
    @planker 8 месяцев назад

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    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  8 месяцев назад +1

      I respect your opinion. I don’t have anything else to hide my face tho.

  • @chrismineburg1163
    @chrismineburg1163 Месяц назад

    good video, whats up with the mask? thought this was a science video! Are you scared of giving the camera covid?

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Месяц назад +1

      @@chrismineburg1163 nah, just wanna hide my identity. I had a bunch of medical masks on hand and wanted to make use of them. Would rather my appearance be the main form of criticism, than the content of the video itself.

  • @thetwogardens6048
    @thetwogardens6048 5 месяцев назад +1

    Why you wearing a nappy on your Face. ?????????

    • @flexairz
      @flexairz Месяц назад

      Yeah, thats just stupid.

  • @cristianx9581
    @cristianx9581 Месяц назад

    The backround music sucks.

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Месяц назад

      @@cristianx9581 can you recommend me some sound tracks, that are royalty-free?

  • @GigaBit-i2j
    @GigaBit-i2j Месяц назад

    I can't stand looking videos with people using masks.
    Specially when it is FAR AWAY from other people, ALONE inside an ISOLATED room.

  • @woowooNeedsFaith
    @woowooNeedsFaith Месяц назад

    Your sound levels are horrible. They are all over.

  • @grim4this
    @grim4this Год назад

    nobody wearing a mask should be listened too.

    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Год назад +2

      Then don’t. If you don’t like this content, don’t watch it. Simple, now go work on your grammar.

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      @grim4this Год назад

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    • @_BL4CKB1RD_
      @_BL4CKB1RD_  Год назад +2

      Hey, you are wearing a mask too. Your anonymous online identity acts like a mask where you can rattle on mean things to people. Like you stated, no one should listen to you. Have a nice day!

  • @Sandokans
    @Sandokans 8 месяцев назад

    Please ware the mask, it's very dangerous..

  • @danielcockerspaniel
    @danielcockerspaniel Год назад

    Everything in this video is wrong

  • @NeilGaede1
    @NeilGaede1 7 месяцев назад

    Why are you wearing a mask?