F-0056 Flight of the Gossamer Condor

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024

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  • @thecam0073
    @thecam0073 9 лет назад +22

    Watching this in person at 5 yrs old provided me lifelong inspiration.

    • @lilithe69
      @lilithe69 8 лет назад

      I was there, too! I was 7. Amazing to have gotten to witness this bit of history.

    • @1islam1
      @1islam1 Год назад

      @@lilithe69 ⚠️ God has said in the Quran:
      🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 )
      🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 )
      🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 )
      🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 )
      🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 )
      ⚠️ Quran

  • @tartanhandbag
    @tartanhandbag 5 лет назад +12

    much better than the $50,000 prize, i cant imagine a bigger achievement than being showcased next to the wright brothers' plane and the Apollo 11 moon capsule

    • @scyz2807
      @scyz2807 5 лет назад +1

      The prize was 50,000 British pounds not US dollars. The British pound was (I think) close to twice the value of a US dollar at that time. So the prize was closer to $100,000.

    • @nothanks8368
      @nothanks8368 4 года назад +1

      I just did the math, 50,000 pounds in 1977 is equal to around 350,000 uusd. That seems pretty worth it to me.

    • @1978garfield
      @1978garfield 2 года назад

      The same team later flew a human powered plane across the English Channel.
      There is a documentary about that on YT as well.
      Search Gossamer Albatross.
      The back up plane (Gossamer Albatross II) is in a museum in Seattle.
      I don't know what happened to the actual one that crossed the channel.

  • @saltojod
    @saltojod 9 лет назад +7

    YES! Thanks. To open source I was never so grateful like now! Thousands of thanks for the video from Romania.

  • @trackie1957
    @trackie1957 5 лет назад +6

    I watched the progress of this team during my early college years with great interest because I was (am) both a cyclist and model aircraft enthusiast.

  • @mattcolver1
    @mattcolver1 7 лет назад +7

    I remember getting up at 3:00 A.M or so to make the 3 hour drive out to Shafter to watch it fly when I was a teen.

  • @ZemplinTemplar
    @ZemplinTemplar 3 года назад +1

    It feels like a real honour watching this older documentary, on how history was made. I used to read a lot about these efforts at modern man-powered and solar-powered aircraft when I was a child, and it's something that's stuck with me ever since. (When I first read about these efforts, it was barely twenty years since they became a huge success.) Thank you for sharing the film. :-)
    For turning, they basically rediscovered wing-warping, something used already in the early days of aviation. ;-)

  • @Real.Texas.Out1aw
    @Real.Texas.Out1aw 7 лет назад +103

    Anybody else here for an assignment/homework ??? 🤔🤔🤔

  • @malakiblunt
    @malakiblunt 10 лет назад +6

    fabulous film :-) its ironic that the soultion to the control problem was wing warping- just like the Wright brothers used!!

    • @scyz2807
      @scyz2807 5 лет назад +1

      The way a hang glider works includes the "sail" shifting and billowing more on the side to which the pilot has shifted his weight. Weight shift and the resulting "wing warping" cause a hang glider to turn. Dr. MacCready was very familiar with hang gliders. So he may have gotten his idea from both the Wrights wing warping and a hang glider's sail shifting.

  • @tertommy
    @tertommy 3 года назад +1

    With a slide rule and a legal pad the genius engineers of the past did a lot.

  • @Chaparro7153
    @Chaparro7153 4 года назад +9

    Let me guess, you thought the answers were in the comments didn't you?

  • @SEPPERLLL0
    @SEPPERLLL0 3 года назад +1

    amazing plane!

  • @jsallen1946
    @jsallen1946 8 лет назад +2

    Too bad this film is faded but it probalby isn't so far gone that it can't be restored.

  • @ey366
    @ey366 4 года назад +2

    Who at fairchild?

  • @TrashToScratch
    @TrashToScratch 11 лет назад +2

    STOP PEDALING, STOP PEDALING! TURN LEFT! at 19:20 lol

    • @trackie1957
      @trackie1957 5 лет назад +1

      Matthew Sendecki my guess is that they wanted to eliminate the torque from the propeller in an attempt to straighten the plane out.

    • @braeeee_
      @braeeee_ 5 лет назад

      @@trackie1957 however, the propellor is rotating clockwise, meaning the torque would bank the aircraft to the left, but the problem was that it was banking to the right, so I mean you may be right but I'm not sure.

  • @FallenAngelTsuki
    @FallenAngelTsuki 4 года назад +4

    who else is in capstone?

  • @gringagarbo7508
    @gringagarbo7508 4 года назад

    Technical Problem Solving class...

  • @papaxsmurf7678
    @papaxsmurf7678 Год назад +2

    Activity 1.5 Gossamer Condor Design Brief
    1. Who was responsible for the design of the Gossamer Condor? Write your answer
    on the line next to the word “Designer” in the design brief.
    a. Paul MacCready
    2. What was the problem that the designer and his team were trying to solve? Be
    advised, the problem was not to design an aircraft. The design of an aircraft was
    part of the solution to the problem. Write your answer as a complete sentence(s)
    on the lines next to the words “Problem Statement” in the design brief.
    a. No human-powered aircraft has ever been
    developed that could truly fly or win the Kremer
    Prize.
    3. To what degree was the solution to be realized? Was the designer’s intention to
    merely sketch an idea and be done? Was the intention to come up with an idea,
    build it, and stop there? Or, was it the designer’s intention to design, build, and
    test an idea?
    a. Design, build, and test a controlled, sustainable
    human-powered aircraft that meets the criteria set
    forth by the Royal Aeronautical Society for the
    Kremer prize.
    4. What expectation(s) did the design have to meet before it would be considered a
    successful solution to the problem? In other words, what did the solution have to
    do? Combine your answer with the answer from question three, and write it as a
    complete sentence(s) on the lines next to the words “Design Statement” in the
    design brief.
    a. 1. Maximum 1/3 horsepower human engine output
    2. Unassisted take-off
    3. Able to ascend to a height of at least 10 feet
    4. Must fly a continuous distance of at least one
    mile around two pylons placed ½ mile apart
    5. Capable of making complete left and right turns
    6. After a full mile-long flight, must ascend again to
    a height of at least 10 feet
    Conclusion Qs
    1. Aside from being the first to solve the problem, what was the major motivating
    factor for the designer of the Gossamer Condor?
    a. The winner of the Kremer prize was awarded 50,000 £ (approximately
    $100,000).
    2. Where did the idea for the Gossamer Condor come from, and what did it have to
    do with the power output of a bicyclist?
    a. MacCready was daydreaming about hang gliding. He knew that a hang glider
    required 1 horsepower to function. So, MacCready rationalized that by tripling
    the dimensions of the wing and keeping the overall weight the same, the
    resulting aircraft would require only 1/3 horsepower. 1/3 horsepower is
    approximately the maximum output of a bicyclist pedaling at full speed.
    3. What was the major natural element that caused the most problems to the
    Gossamer Condor?
    a. Wind was the major natural element that caused the most problems.
    4. What were three major differences between the first generation design and the
    final generation design of the Gossamer Condor?
    a. The final generation Gossamer Condor had swept back wings, the wings
    undersides were covered with mylar, and there was an enclosed space for the
    pilot. All of these changes increased the airplane’s performance.
    5. How long did it take the design team to accomplish their goal? Was this the
    amount of time that the design team expected?
    a. The design team thought they would have the problem solved in a matter of a
    few months. However, to solve the problem and win the Kremer prize took
    approximately one year.

    • @feelingdank
      @feelingdank Год назад +2

      TYSM I GOT 2 OTHER PROJECTS IN DDP AND THIS SAVED SO MUCH TIME.

  • @ayaanhammad6391
    @ayaanhammad6391 4 года назад +2

    Awww the answers aren't here 😭

    • @mihrias
      @mihrias 3 года назад

      I need em

  • @rossumanzor2738
    @rossumanzor2738 7 лет назад

    Was the designer’s intention to design build and test an idea

    • @scyz2807
      @scyz2807 5 лет назад +1

      I think the idea was to win the Kremer Prize. Dr MacCready had the knowledge and motivation to do it. Lots of hard work too.

  • @idropyuu6906
    @idropyuu6906 7 лет назад

    Who was responsible for the design of the gossamer condor

    • @mattcolver1
      @mattcolver1 7 лет назад +4

      Paul MacCready

    • @scyz2807
      @scyz2807 5 лет назад

      @@mattcolver1, With help from others. Oh, and I'm wondering are you related to Frank Colver - father maybe?

    • @mattcolver1
      @mattcolver1 5 лет назад

      S C Yz Yes, He’s my father.

    • @scyz2807
      @scyz2807 5 лет назад

      @@mattcolver1, Hi Matt. Your Father is a member of the US Hawks, as I am. I've never heard him tell the story about being there when the Gossamer Condor flew. What an historic event to witness! But I was lucky to have a conversation with Dr. MacCready after a presentation he gave in Elmira, NY some time in the 90s as best I recall.

  • @thebond5166
    @thebond5166 4 года назад

    same

  • @clounish8373
    @clounish8373 7 лет назад +1

    R i v e r s i d e- - -

  • @1978garfield
    @1978garfield 2 года назад

    You know what the designer of this later wound up developing?
    Drones.
    From human powered flight to extrajudicial executions via remote control in less than 40 years.

  • @chirpy2889
    @chirpy2889 7 лет назад +2

    OwO

  • @MK-qu7qu
    @MK-qu7qu 5 лет назад +1

    Mr sonnier anyone?

  • @Qx5630gUgB
    @Qx5630gUgB 7 лет назад +1

    logan paul stole the beat from a migos song search 2pac and biggie migos

  • @dragonfire013
    @dragonfire013 8 лет назад

    +Pyrocynical
    "This cringe, it needs to be contained because it's just going to kill us all at this rate"

  • @sariabenta5478
    @sariabenta5478 9 лет назад

    p

  • @caplain6235
    @caplain6235 7 лет назад +3

    Sorry to bother you.But will it be permitted to share this movie to the site bilibili.com?It's not for commercial use,and I will make it clear where the movie is from.Hope you can reply.

    • @sdasmarchives
      @sdasmarchives  7 лет назад +2

      Yes, thank you for asking. Please give us credit

    • @sdasmarchives
      @sdasmarchives  7 лет назад +2

      By credit, I just mean say it came from the SDASM RUclips Channel

    • @caplain6235
      @caplain6235 7 лет назад +3

      Well....I really speak poor English... Forgive me,please.
      Thank you very much for your kindness.I'm sorry for bothering you with the previous words.And I'm getting down to uploading the video.

  • @sariabenta5478
    @sariabenta5478 9 лет назад +1

    p