It's why origami type paper airplanes work so well compared to just cutting and gluing flat panels, all that extra paper up front. Also, the double walls of the wings mage great lift due to the curved surface.
He also knew it would fly better with rounded edges, instead he left it the way it was. Also strapped a gopro to it. 🤦🏻♂️ This makes me want to do my own project and do it right. For science, not for views.
This is the answer right here. It would fly a lot better with some nose weight and a little up elevator (the same as reflex, an upturned trailing edge, as this is a delta wing). With those modifications it will start to dive until the reflex causes the nose to rise a bit, and it will settle at a stable speed and attitude.
Thank you! Just a little CG adjustment and that thing would have flown without the "airfoil" just fine. Just clip off a little of the stabilizer at the back of the wing and bob's your uncle!
That's exactly what I thought. Just a couple extra grams on the nose and a bit trimmed off the tail would make a world of difference. It's the dihedral of the wings that causes it to glide well.
The extra foam you added as an “airfoil” was simply adding additional nose weight to the plane. That made it fly better it really didn’t have anything to do with aerodynamics / the air flow over the top of the wing.
Lol, I was totally thinking the same thing! "Wait, this construction crew just has the time and resources to be screwing around with some kids and a giant paper airplane experiment? Was that spent on the company's dollar, or the customer's?"
kaylor87 Nah, just a well deserved celebratory lunch break while waiting for the inspector to sign off on our job. We worked every weekend, extremely long days, and all of Christmas to get the job done. Everyone was so happy to be finally done with it and let off some steam by throwing crap out of the boom lifts we had been so sick of being in.
What matters is balance. It should be slightly nose-heavy. This will prevent it from nosing up and stalling. Your "airfoil" is adding weight forward, and that's why it works. By the way, if you want it to travel slower but go farther, put a small upward fold into the trailing edges of the wings.
The “airfoil” just added the needed nose weight to get the CG (center of gravity) in the correct place. Try ditching the airfoil and adding weight to the nose so it doesn’t stall
That construction crew showed how fast adults can turn into kids ready to play. I love that sometimes all it takes is a toy to take us away if only for a few minutes. Great job.
When you removed the airfoil you changed the center of gravity. You need to move the center of gravity more forward of the lift to maintain stable flight. The center of gravity and the center of lift need to be at the same point. Or the center of gravity needs to be forward of the center of lift. So when you remove the air foil you could have added weight to the craft, and gotten a better result. Like a big GIANT paper clip!
I think that's it exactly. A folded paper airplane has a lot of folded paper in the nose so the CG is farther forward than you get by attaching three triangles together. Their "airfoil" may have served more as 'turbulators' to spoil a stall. I'd like to see this done with RC to try some slope soaring.
A True Wisconsinite Lead tower climber. Just using boom lifts instead of climbing this time because it was more efficient for the type of work we were doing (adding steel) You can see the tower in the background with the new shiny pieces on the angles :)
thanks! yea it really gave it the proper balance (can be seen from that long profile shot) where the plane goes almost perfectly straight without losing much altitude at all!!
Never has a title ever hit me in such a seductive fashion. The words, giant, paper airplane and cliff, stirred the congealed hard baked goodness from the very bottom of the pan, which us my soul.
It stalled without the airfoil because the airfoil added nose weight. removing it made the plane too nose heavy. It is Center of gravity that needs to be adjusted
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No, it wasn't. Just google delta wing aerodynamics and look for the pictures. You will see that delta wings dont produce lift in the same way as normal airfoils. The delta wings creates a vortex around the leading edge and because of this creates low pressure on top and this gives you your lift. The reason it made the plane fly better was because it shifted the centre of gravaty forward so it was in front of the centre of lift. Without it would enter a deep stall. To make it even fly better is to make sure it has a bit of elevator up force so it will fly at a stable speed. So when the plane slowes down, the centre of gravaty pulls the nose down and give it more speed. And when it goes faster the elevator will point the nose back up.
@@Warkip do you have a link to what you're talking about? All the pictures I'm finding look like pretty normal airfoil shapes. And your second paragraph sounds a lot like what I said?
@@nateolmsted22 yeah, true, the second part is what you said, i just always get excited when talking about aerodynamic subjects XD, and wanted to explaine it a little more to other people.
Nick message the guys over at flight test their foam board would work significantly better, strength, elasticity and you can round it off so you get a better curve on your wings. It also really helps to measure the center of gravity that would help you balance its flight characteristics so it keeps just a little bit nose down that way you don't stall out. Good luck keep flying!!
The KF1 airfoil you used is simple and effective. It changes the center of lift while in motion which can be different than the center of gravity. The airfoil should not exceed the first third of the wing. If it's nosing up, then you need more nose weight or a little down elevator. It should settle into a nice glide at the right speed. I'm a hang glider pilot, and can tell you that when you launch off a mountain, it's good to wait for the right cycle of updraft to launch into. Your end product was great. Loved my visit! If it only caught a thermal before the next ridge. LOL
dude this is great! I really appreciate it! I went hang gliding once with a guy named Wolfi (he's from Switzerland) and it was so incredible... learned so much about thermals and how to achieve flight without a motor or jet... thanks again for the info!
@@NickUhas Wolfi is fricken AWESOME!!!!!! I think I saw that video. It was at Andy Jackson Airpark in Ca. Great stuff. My brother and I got our foot launch training there last October.
When you take the airfoil section OFF, it changes the centre of gravity (CofG) and that's why it's stalling (stopping and goes backwards) mate. Also, put some small elevators on it, that way it you can "Trim it for straight flight.
Does Mark Rober hold the world record for the largest Elephant toothpaste fountain? Didn't think so. ps just to be clear Mark is an amazing guy as well who deserves our love :D
This video really need a sequel... I mean in the correct conditions vertical rudder, and elevator... proper CG would have reach the Ocean...... I really love the simplicity.... great job...
The “Weird Stall” thing is because the glider is tail-heavy. More weight in the back (or lack thereof in the front) makes it nose-up like that so it stalls and lawn-darts. Having the air-foil both gives it a bit of lift, and balances it better! Welcome to the world of scratch-building aircraft!!
If it’s tail-heavy, not so much. A good saying to remember is “A Nose-Heavy plane flies poorly, a Tail-Heavy plane flies once!” You can find an easy balance by making it a touch front heavy so it noses down, then bending the back-end up to give a little upward flight control. The dude that made the Guinness Book record flight for longest paper airplane flight on a single throw did exactly that. the plane slightly stalls, then finds it own balance between speed and lift
Exactly this. The airfoil isn't really doing much as far as lift goes, it's simply adding more weight and a fair bit of drag. You'd me amazed how much a small step on a win slows down an aircraft. Full scale gliders use air brakes only about 5 inches high and they slow the aircraft very well. The main issue though is that traditional paper planes are made from folded paper thus there are more folds near the front and so more paper and more weight. You foam is the same thickness all the way around and so the centre of gravity is way too close to the rear of the air craft. If you round off your airfoil and add a little weight in the nose til you get the CoG right, your glider will go a lot further. Also you can fine tune the speed it glides at by adjusting the nose weight. To calculate where your CoG or 'balance point' should be you can use this calculator. fwcg.3dzone.dk/
Phoenyx Ashes18 I don’t mean to mess up the vibe but those flying car comments are old, over used, and weren’t even funny in the first place. I’m starting to think that these comments are getting generated by an AI.
40 years ago last month, during the summer, I spent weeks working meticulously on a balsa wood airplane with an 18” wingspan. On it’s maiden flight from my high school football field it picked up a thermal updraft immediately and continued to soar...and soar. I ran after it and after running several blocks into the neighborhood I watched as it disappeared in the sky never to return.
Should have started smaller to see what works. As a kid we would make 2'x3' paper airplanes from old blueprints. Paperclips on the nose made the plane fly the longest and flatest. Lose some of the deep V in the back and add some quarters to the nose until it flys flat and far.
Nick, Your living the dream for us. Those of us who have built (smaller) paper airplanes. Who hasn't wanted to climb to the highest point (usually mom & dad's house) and throw your best built paper airplane. What you did was next level, thank you.
5:03 You don't need and airfoil. The plane is just tail heavy thats why it stalled. The airfoil design you had just added weight to the nose, not lift. That is why it worked better with the "airfoil" on there.
Lol it’s a harness we use for tower climbing. It’s got to be huge because we are up on towers for up to 12hrs at a time. It has a lot of extras like butt pads and pouches. We are usually climbing, not boom lifting around.
Wow. This comment has given me a great idea to use in my business.. I am currently devising ways to use drones in new hotel construction applications. Was fiddling with a grapple hook idea, but the magnets will definitely work. It's all about saving the walk from ground level to the 20th floor. Thank you
I would suggest adding curves upwards at the end of the plane. This would tip the nose of the plane up and allow it to fly longer distances. Just like the world record paper airplane.
Funny thing is that if you had put a reciever and some servoes on it so you could control the descent... that thing would have been the most dangerous thing in the eyes of FAA!!!
A paper airplane has a natural airfoil that results from the bending of the paper into a curved surface. Also in a paper airplane lift is produced by the wedge formed under the wing. Your vertical section under the wing wasn't wedge shaped. And as everyone seems to have noticed you had issues with the cg. To keep it from pitching up and stalling it just needs more weight in the nose. You could give it a real airfoil by carving the foam with a hot wire.
Small flaps on the trailing edge of the wings , pressure over the wings still need to be directed //diverted flaps up goes up ,flaps down go down , even a paper plane with a fold on the back of wing works !
When I was making paper planes I always added a bit of weight at the front, maybe a paperclip or something. The weight is good, I'm sure with a bit more weight your plane would have flown further.
Lessons: -optimising or just knowing about the center of gravity -adding fixed adjustable elevator for optimising self-stabilising flight (you learn that though experimenting with paper airplanes that actually fly like a plane, not like a dart as a kid) only then maybe things like: -weightreduction -wingshape -etc.
Whenever you remove the airfoil it makes the plane tail heavy, that’s why it falls backwards and stalls. Seen it 100 times in the rc world. The saying goes “a nose heavy plane flies bad, a tail heavy plane flies once.”
3:04 that clicking noise, with earbuds, is very "surround soundy"! I turned around and looked at the wall beside me, paused the video, and listened carefully to see what was making that noise until I realized it was the video!
It stalled because it was tail heavy. The airfoil added weight to the front. Add weight to the front if it stalls, add weight to toe tail if it dives. It was a little nose heavy off the lift gadget the 1st time, tail-heavy the second time because it stalled. It's a balance problem more than airfoil.
Nick I don't know if anyone else said this but, when you fly a paper air plane it flips upside down and the place where you hold it to throw, separates. I think it catches the air and, creates a low pressure area under the bottom and the wings just stabilize the whole plane. I don't know all the tech. terms but, I think it would fly a lot longer if you made it like how a real paper air plane flies. Good Luck : )
It really isn’t the shape of the airfoil that’s keeping the plane from stalling; it’s the weight on the nose keeping the plane from pitching up.
EXACTLY! Jesus, that's why we put paper clips on the nose!
Yup. Would've gotten better distance out of it by leaving the airfoil mod off and putting a small lead weight in the nose.
some dihedral also would've helped with keeping it straight
It's why origami type paper airplanes work so well compared to just cutting and gluing flat panels, all that extra paper up front. Also, the double walls of the wings mage great lift due to the curved surface.
Yep, it's called center of gravity. They had no calculation for any of that in this build I'm pretty sure.
That's not the "air foil" adding lift, it's extra weight front of the CG that's benefiting the glide ratio.
Yeahhhhh it's stalling from CG issues for sure. He's not keeping all the variables constant (at least not the most important variable)
@@slink4956 it amazes me that it still flew with an issue like this!🤯
He also knew it would fly better with rounded edges, instead he left it the way it was. Also strapped a gopro to it. 🤦🏻♂️ This makes me want to do my own project and do it right. For science, not for views.
Exactly what this guy said.
Very cool! Nice work!
It is tail heavy the foam just made it heavy in the nose it was not the airfoil
This is the answer right here.
It would fly a lot better with some nose weight and a little up elevator (the same as reflex, an upturned trailing edge, as this is a delta wing). With those modifications it will start to dive until the reflex causes the nose to rise a bit, and it will settle at a stable speed and attitude.
You're right..
I was looking for someone in the comments who knew the answer :)
@@JMMC1005 it is easier to cut some of the vertical tail to reduce tail weight.
Thank you! Just a little CG adjustment and that thing would have flown without the "airfoil" just fine. Just clip off a little of the stabilizer at the back of the wing and bob's your uncle!
That's exactly what I thought. Just a couple extra grams on the nose and a bit trimmed off the tail would make a world of difference. It's the dihedral of the wings that causes it to glide well.
The extra foam you added as an “airfoil” was simply adding additional nose weight to the plane. That made it fly better it really didn’t have anything to do with aerodynamics / the air flow over the top of the wing.
Lol and this is why construction never gets finished on time.
But I think this one was for a good cause. 😁
What I would give to see the foreman randomly come across this video.
Lol, I was totally thinking the same thing!
"Wait, this construction crew just has the time and resources to be screwing around with some kids and a giant paper airplane experiment? Was that spent on the company's dollar, or the customer's?"
We were waiting for the inspector to check our welds 😂 Best lunch break ever
kaylor87 Nah, just a well deserved celebratory lunch break while waiting for the inspector to sign off on our job. We worked every weekend, extremely long days, and all of Christmas to get the job done. Everyone was so happy to be finally done with it and let off some steam by throwing crap out of the boom lifts we had been so sick of being in.
What matters is balance. It should be slightly nose-heavy. This will prevent it from nosing up and stalling. Your "airfoil" is adding weight forward, and that's why it works. By the way, if you want it to travel slower but go farther, put a small upward fold into the trailing edges of the wings.
Construction woman: just aim for that tower over there
*awkward silence*
🤣
When it’s for science it’s okay.
I didn’t think about it until now haha
Omfg bruh that's not even right xD
2:39 for anyone who curious,
Teacher: No paper airplanes in the classroom!
The kids in the back:
The “airfoil” just added the needed nose weight to get the CG (center of gravity) in the correct place. Try ditching the airfoil and adding weight to the nose so it doesn’t stall
why make an abbreviation then say it in full 🤷♂️
@@notdwarfy8085 shut up nerd
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Where did you learn this
I guess you never learned to use trim tabs back in middle school.
You definitely lucked out with its final landing spot lol
1000% like such an insanely lucky flight all around!
Yeah, but on the other hand, if it had just another 20 feet of alt it would have made it over that ridge and gone who knows how much farther
@@lovejetfuel4071 Gotta admit, I was hoping for it to make it past. LoL
yes hahahahah
Wish that he threw it again . all that work for one test flight. Also its right there why not
That construction crew showed how fast adults can turn into kids ready to play. I love that sometimes all it takes is a toy to take us away if only for a few minutes. Great job.
When you removed the airfoil you changed the center of gravity. You need to move the center of gravity more forward of the lift to maintain stable flight. The center of gravity and the center of lift need to be at the same point. Or the center of gravity needs to be forward of the center of lift.
So when you remove the air foil you could have added weight to the craft, and gotten a better result. Like a big GIANT paper clip!
Easiest solution would be to trim a little of the rudder at the very back of the airplane. A few inches removed would have done it!
I think that's it exactly. A folded paper airplane has a lot of folded paper in the nose so the CG is farther forward than you get by attaching three triangles together. Their "airfoil" may have served more as 'turbulators' to spoil a stall. I'd like to see this done with RC to try some slope soaring.
I’m trying to find who asked
So cool off the mountain though
Who else was cheering for it to clear that ridge?
I was thinking "watch it peg someone on the trail." 😆
Wish I coulda thrown that at my teacher in high school.
Roberto Diaz lel
Teachers will enjoy that
Talk about poking a head out!
Yeet!
Do it
If the nose isn't heavy enough, then the front lifts up too much and stalls. The reason why the foil helped so much was because it added nose weight
Thanks for repeating what he said
The CG was further forward with the airfoils that’s why it worked
7:47 Am I the only one who was hoping for it to go over those branches so it could keep on flying?
Dope experiment :)
Yeee that’s me in the boom lift!
Thanks for your help!
What kinda job do you have? I am interested in it.
A True Wisconsinite
Lead tower climber. Just using boom lifts instead of climbing this time because it was more efficient for the type of work we were doing (adding steel)
You can see the tower in the background with the new shiny pieces on the angles :)
Lol that’s cool random act of kindness 🤣
he need little winglet for stability fly
Your "airfoil" isn't doing anything. You are dealing with a severely tail heavy aircraft
Great Idea adding a gopro to the plane, the view is amazing. Great job guys.
thanks! yea it really gave it the proper balance (can be seen from that long profile shot) where the plane goes almost perfectly straight without losing much altitude at all!!
Never has a title ever hit me in such a seductive fashion. The words, giant, paper airplane and cliff, stirred the congealed hard baked goodness from the very bottom of the pan, which us my soul.
You should get int touch with Peter sripol. He s another youtuber that does a lot of airplanes stuff!
Or flitetest
copy that and thanks for the suggestion!
@@alm.5972 I love them
Imagine throwing a plane with the size of their star destroyer atop of santa monica, imagine that insanity.
Didier Dupont hi
It stalled without the airfoil because the airfoil added nose weight. removing it made the plane too nose heavy. It is Center of gravity that needs to be adjusted
Drinking game: Every time he says airfoil take a drink
Airfoil
Ran out of liquor before I ran out of video
God bless
Yo we heard you like airfoils so we put an airfoil on your airfoil!
I gotta go buy more milk
Big props to the construction crew!
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Decent result though 👍🏼 your "airfoil" was just correcting the center of gravity. I don't think it was really doing much foiling lol
No, it wasn't. Just google delta wing aerodynamics and look for the pictures. You will see that delta wings dont produce lift in the same way as normal airfoils. The delta wings creates a vortex around the leading edge and because of this creates low pressure on top and this gives you your lift.
The reason it made the plane fly better was because it shifted the centre of gravaty forward so it was in front of the centre of lift. Without it would enter a deep stall.
To make it even fly better is to make sure it has a bit of elevator up force so it will fly at a stable speed. So when the plane slowes down, the centre of gravaty pulls the nose down and give it more speed. And when it goes faster the elevator will point the nose back up.
@@Warkip do you have a link to what you're talking about? All the pictures I'm finding look like pretty normal airfoil shapes. And your second paragraph sounds a lot like what I said?
Aside from adding an elevator for reflex
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@@nateolmsted22 yeah, true, the second part is what you said, i just always get excited when talking about aerodynamic subjects XD, and wanted to explaine it a little more to other people.
Nick message the guys over at flight test their foam board would work significantly better, strength, elasticity and you can round it off so you get a better curve on your wings. It also really helps to measure the center of gravity that would help you balance its flight characteristics so it keeps just a little bit nose down that way you don't stall out. Good luck keep flying!!
The KF1 airfoil you used is simple and effective. It changes the center of lift while in motion which can be different than the center of gravity. The airfoil should not exceed the first third of the wing. If it's nosing up, then you need more nose weight or a little down elevator. It should settle into a nice glide at the right speed. I'm a hang glider pilot, and can tell you that when you launch off a mountain, it's good to wait for the right cycle of updraft to launch into. Your end product was great. Loved my visit! If it only caught a thermal before the next ridge. LOL
dude this is great! I really appreciate it! I went hang gliding once with a guy named Wolfi (he's from Switzerland) and it was so incredible... learned so much about thermals and how to achieve flight without a motor or jet... thanks again for the info!
@@NickUhas Wolfi is fricken AWESOME!!!!!! I think I saw that video. It was at Andy Jackson Airpark in Ca. Great stuff. My brother and I got our foot launch training there last October.
🤩🤩😘😘😘💋💋💋💟💟
When you take the airfoil section OFF, it changes the centre of gravity (CofG) and that's why it's stalling (stopping and goes backwards) mate. Also, put some small elevators on it, that way it you can "Trim it for straight flight.
“Nick is the new Mark Rober”
A quote by the child of the meme god.
Mark rober is more of an engineer nick is more of a chemist, machine and chemicals, doofenzmirtz and proffesor from powerpuff girls
That's a huge honor actually... I love Mark's vids
@@Virajio pretty accurate : )
Nick Uhas I love your videos even more😂
Does Mark Rober hold the world record for the largest Elephant toothpaste fountain? Didn't think so.
ps just to be clear Mark is an amazing guy as well who deserves our love :D
This video really need a sequel... I mean in the correct conditions vertical rudder, and elevator... proper CG would have reach the Ocean...... I really love the simplicity.... great job...
I think we will do one then! Thanks btw
The “Weird Stall” thing is because the glider is tail-heavy. More weight in the back (or lack thereof in the front) makes it nose-up like that so it stalls and lawn-darts. Having the air-foil both gives it a bit of lift, and balances it better! Welcome to the world of scratch-building aircraft!!
Would somehow bending the wings upward or downward as needed at the tail-end have helped?
If it’s tail-heavy, not so much. A good saying to remember is “A Nose-Heavy plane flies poorly, a Tail-Heavy plane flies once!” You can find an easy balance by making it a touch front heavy so it noses down, then bending the back-end up to give a little upward flight control. The dude that made the Guinness Book record flight for longest paper airplane flight on a single throw did exactly that. the plane slightly stalls, then finds it own balance between speed and lift
thank you so much for this!
Exactly this. The airfoil isn't really doing much as far as lift goes, it's simply adding more weight and a fair bit of drag. You'd me amazed how much a small step on a win slows down an aircraft. Full scale gliders use air brakes only about 5 inches high and they slow the aircraft very well. The main issue though is that traditional paper planes are made from folded paper thus there are more folds near the front and so more paper and more weight. You foam is the same thickness all the way around and so the centre of gravity is way too close to the rear of the air craft. If you round off your airfoil and add a little weight in the nose til you get the CoG right, your glider will go a lot further. Also you can fine tune the speed it glides at by adjusting the nose weight. To calculate where your CoG or 'balance point' should be you can use this calculator. fwcg.3dzone.dk/
@@c.youngberg9511 this is fantastic... much-appreciated man!
6:52 Nick: What are you ladies doing later tonight?
Ladies: Hanging out with adults.
I think she was the one asking. She just acted like she was interested in the plane
@@c50ge Or she was interested or at least curious.
People in 1950: We'll have flying cars in the future for sure
*2020:𝙂𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙋𝘼𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝘼𝙄𝙍𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙀*
Phoenyx Ashes18 I don’t mean to mess up the vibe but those flying car comments are old, over used, and weren’t even funny in the first place. I’m starting to think that these comments are getting generated by an AI.
2 years later and this still makes me happy thank you
“There’s literally like, no wind,” is a whole bunch like: “There’s no wind.”
Cool drone shot.
Yeah but it's literally ... like ... so dope.
40 years ago last month, during the summer, I spent weeks working meticulously on a balsa wood airplane with an 18” wingspan. On it’s maiden flight from my high school football field it picked up a thermal updraft immediately and continued to soar...and soar. I ran after it and after running several blocks into the neighborhood I watched as it disappeared in the sky never to return.
Amazing
Construction workers on the job. How do they react ... "Do you wanna throw it off our machine?" Machinery safety at it's finest.
Should have started smaller to see what works. As a kid we would make 2'x3' paper airplanes from old blueprints. Paperclips on the nose made the plane fly the longest and flatest. Lose some of the deep V in the back and add some quarters to the nose until it flys flat and far.
There was a real airplane in the background as the big paper airplane was flying, lol
edit: ty Nick Uhas for seeing this! :D
I saw that... kinda inception-y
I love construction workers can be stupid because the coolest things come out of it.
I guess “huge mountain” is a relative term.
Ooff. That reminds me one of my worst memories. Guys, be careful what you call "huge", the expectations often work against us.
Beautiful
Me: airplane hits my eye
Mom: “Ven aca, te voy a dar algo para que llores de a de veras”
can you translate to english please
Come here, i am going to give you something to really cry about
Lol cause everyone speaks Spanish.
Well this is just a fun little thing for bilingual people, im here for translation though!
ATAwarrior SS thank you!
I LOVE❤IT
The biggest diffrent was the cg.. (center of gravity).. When you remove the airfoil the plane got tail heavy..
Talk about freaking out some commercial airline pilot flying overhead, looking down, and freaking out thinking he's too low!
A big Thanks to Liz and the guys!
That is some wholesome content, the constructions works really made me smile
I vwryuch enjoy the fact that other adults are like sick dude giant paper airplane dude we've gotta help this guy get a sick throw
Attaching a gopro to it would have been pretty cool
I want a heart❤️
you got it
@@NickUhas lol, i want a heart in the comment of you giving a heart!
@@jonah3226 Don't push your luck 😂
Wow, that's a great video.
"It's a really good view from up here."
Stares at blonde construction woman.
Subtle bro. Real subtle. Lol
Nick, Your living the dream for us. Those of us who have built (smaller) paper airplanes. Who hasn't wanted to climb to the highest point (usually mom & dad's house) and throw your best built paper airplane. What you did was next level, thank you.
8:03 Pirate Mode On
Inner child of mine...😂
That boom crew was really cool.
I think it is so dreamy!!!
3:45 - LIZ - First cute construction woman I have ever seen.
5:03 You don't need and airfoil. The plane is just tail heavy thats why it stalled. The airfoil design you had just added weight to the nose, not lift. That is why it worked better with the "airfoil" on there.
Not the airfoil stabilizing the plane, you need weight to establish a balanced C of G.. the airfoil adds that weight forward of the wing.
that COMPLETELY UNNECESSARILY HUGE ASS HARNESS.... wow but cool ass video
Lol it’s a harness we use for tower climbing. It’s got to be huge because we are up on towers for up to 12hrs at a time. It has a lot of extras like butt pads and pouches. We are usually climbing, not boom lifting around.
Physics majors: Assemble.
Some great camera work 👌
Add a little electric motor with solar power panels on wings
we're gonna need a bigger engineering brain (paging RUclipsr engineers!)
nice job dude
Put Magnets on it and use the drone to bring it back.
Wow. This comment has given me a great idea to use in my business.. I am currently devising ways to use drones in new hotel construction applications. Was fiddling with a grapple hook idea, but the magnets will definitely work. It's all about saving the walk from ground level to the 20th floor. Thank you
Aside from my own self-advantaged excitement, using a drone to retrieve your plane is a really good idea.
I would suggest adding curves upwards at the end of the plane. This would tip the nose of the plane up and allow it to fly longer distances. Just like the world record paper airplane.
I wonder how many watching this are correcting him in their minds by saying “aeroplane”! Lol
Music is my aeroplane...it's my aeroplane.
Putting motorized propulsion on this thing would be really epic, keep the momentum going!
Counterweight, not airfoil at the front prevents stalling.
Funny thing is that if you had put a reciever and some servoes on it so you could control the descent... that thing would have been the most dangerous thing in the eyes of FAA!!!
We should encourage Mark Rober to make one of these, but slightly more engineering put to. Just a little. 😏
He would probably do it better because he would figure out the plane is tail heavy.
7:20 is when it flies
I was expecting a "paper" airplane
A paper airplane has a natural airfoil that results from the bending of the paper into a curved surface. Also in a paper airplane lift is produced by the wedge formed under the wing. Your vertical section under the wing wasn't wedge shaped. And as everyone seems to have noticed you had issues with the cg. To keep it from pitching up and stalling it just needs more weight in the nose. You could give it a real airfoil by carving the foam with a hot wire.
Who discovered nick from the vlog squad ?
me
@@NickUhas i discovered you from smosh
been here ever since... i even stopped watching smosh after a while lol
2:16 “your tax dollars at work”
Who is here from David’s vlogs?
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with fighter jets, especially the F-22. I used to make super crazy planes out of paper that resembled fighter jets.
"I found this video on tiktok"
Everyone disliked that
Small flaps on the trailing edge of the wings , pressure over the wings still need to be directed //diverted flaps up goes up ,flaps down go down , even a paper plane with a fold on the back of wing works !
Good but he said “airfoil” like 100 times
When I was making paper planes I always added a bit of weight at the front, maybe a paperclip or something. The weight is good, I'm sure with a bit more weight your plane would have flown further.
Fly a human in it, or maybe a rat, or something cool like AirPods
I love the AirPods concept! maybe we could even keep the blue tooth going and play some Red Barron old school music!?
Nick Uhas That’d be awesome
Epic! Congrats!
Lessons:
-optimising or just knowing about the center of gravity
-adding fixed adjustable elevator for optimising self-stabilising flight (you learn that though experimenting with paper airplanes that actually fly like a plane, not like a dart as a kid)
only then maybe things like:
-weightreduction
-wingshape
-etc.
Whenever you remove the airfoil it makes the plane tail heavy, that’s why it falls backwards and stalls. Seen it 100 times in the rc world. The saying goes “a nose heavy plane flies bad, a tail heavy plane flies once.”
3:04 that clicking noise, with earbuds, is very "surround soundy"! I turned around and looked at the wall beside me, paused the video, and listened carefully to see what was making that noise until I realized it was the video!
For this kind uf videos, the Media is GREAT....!
Awesome initiative by you Nick 👌 Appreciate it 👍
its not about the airfoil perfesser- its about center-of-gravity. if it was paper, I’d try a paper clip on the nose
Correct, the idea of "airfoil" is overrated and "angle of attack" is ignored.
It stalled because it was tail heavy. The airfoil added weight to the front. Add weight to the front if it stalls, add weight to toe tail if it dives. It was a little nose heavy off the lift gadget the 1st time, tail-heavy the second time because it stalled. It's a balance problem more than airfoil.
Liz is the cutest construction worker I've ever seen.
That was fun to watch. Thanks.
Landed standing straight up. The SpaceX of foam airplanes.
Nick I don't know if anyone else said this but, when you fly a paper air plane it flips upside down and the place where you hold it to throw, separates. I think it catches the air and, creates a low pressure area under the bottom and the wings just stabilize the whole plane. I don't know all the tech. terms but, I think it would fly a lot longer if you made it like how a real paper air plane flies. Good Luck : )
The last one's so cool 🤣😂😅
You've done a great job from the mountain or top of the hill maybe