How Does Lift Work? (How Airplanes Fly)

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @Arnostic
    @Arnostic 9 месяцев назад +101

    I don’t care how many times I see an airplane takeoff, it’ll never cease to amaze me in every way possible.

    • @IcePhergYT
      @IcePhergYT 8 месяцев назад +1

      *Never

    • @IcePhergYT
      @IcePhergYT 8 месяцев назад +1

      As respectfully as possible

    • @Arnostic
      @Arnostic 8 месяцев назад

      @@IcePhergYT oh my bad, thank you!!

    • @AlexIndus
      @AlexIndus 8 месяцев назад +4

      Same here. Fascinates me every time. Feel like it’s a miracle !

    • @pjcandelaria1
      @pjcandelaria1 15 дней назад

      You need to lift a bird . Big one I mean. Specially props.

  • @stinger4712
    @stinger4712 7 месяцев назад +20

    I live near an airport so ive seen thousands of planes taking off or coming in for a landing. Every single time im amazed.

  • @gengiz
    @gengiz Год назад +53

    Every time I fly I am amazed at human engineering and technology

    • @KingG-d4h
      @KingG-d4h 9 месяцев назад

      Likewise

    • @mactherealestateman
      @mactherealestateman 7 месяцев назад +1

      They studied birds.

    • @vok7584
      @vok7584 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@mactherealestateman, it wasn't just a study. It was several years of reasoning, trials, errors and results. Hence, it's still amazing.

  • @AndrewCampbell-ut6jk
    @AndrewCampbell-ut6jk 9 месяцев назад +10

    Good basic explanation of how wings work, one of the best I have seen without getting too technichnical.

  • @Anthony-gq7dk
    @Anthony-gq7dk 7 месяцев назад +14

    The angle of attack on takeoff of the last 380 seems to defy all laws of physics. Looks as if it is about to stall , but doesn't . Great videos , well done, so informative .

  • @theKhumbaguy
    @theKhumbaguy 10 месяцев назад +16

    That hair dryer example is amazing.
    Great video.

  • @syedghalib3158
    @syedghalib3158 8 месяцев назад +7

    Flaps are not moved during run ups, they are set to a certain degree based on passenger/cargo load, the temp of the day, humidity and the runway length, prior to start of run during the take off procedure call. The pressure difference on upper & lower wings are due to the venturi effect. The air flowing past and over the wing does not stick till the end, it detaches itself before the trailing edge. The upper area of the wing near trailing edge which has no air contact is called "wake area". It is not a desirable condition though. So, vortex generators are installed on upper wing to have air in contact, no matter it is not as smooth as the air on front upper area of the wing. The lift formula has no place for wing (aerofoil) thickness. The aspect ratio or the length x width is the one that has significance. Modern jets have thicker wings for structural strength as they are also used as fuel storage. When flaps are deployed, it is the aspect ratio that increases, thus creating more lift.
    Venturi effect can be tested by holding two pages, an inch apart, near your face and blowing in the gap. You wil notice that the two pages do not expand apart as you may have guessed, instead they come close like sticking together. Same effect can be seen when a truck or high speed car crosses your motorcycle or car, you feel the magnetic effect of leaning or moving towards the other vehicle. Keep this in mind and be careful on highways.

  • @AL-jn2mn
    @AL-jn2mn Год назад +29

    This is a great video in explaining aerodynamic concepts relating to lift, thank you! It was great to see all the diagrams and the visual representation of the airplane flying because it gave me a better understanding how lift works and how we have to apply the concepts such as the angle of attack and the pressure differential on how faster moving air applies less pressure which are crucial concepts in understanding how lift generates.

    • @wanzilaabel2274
      @wanzilaabel2274 11 месяцев назад

      How to change direction, because when the radar reacts, there's a sudden change in direction which may panic passengers.Hw do captains manage to change direction in a better and safer way.

  • @asomaskanda
    @asomaskanda 5 месяцев назад +3

    I think you are wrong. It works according to Bernoulli's principle that states that in fluid dynamics an increase in the speed of fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or decrease in the fluid's potential energy1 This is what creates the lift for the plane!

  • @melchizedekoumamakora6271
    @melchizedekoumamakora6271 Месяц назад +2

    You are truly a wonderful teacher

  • @ravindupererawarnakulapata9246
    @ravindupererawarnakulapata9246 3 года назад +117

    Really slick explanation (you had 6 mins to sum up a 4-year uni degree!). Also love the Dumbo reference haha!

  • @avinashpatil6920
    @avinashpatil6920 4 месяца назад +5

    I am 63 now today as on August-2024 still have curiosity to see how planes taking off or lands. Every single time I m amazed. Like child, I took window seat to look down the earth surface and observe the wings movements carefully.

  • @TheBondy2010
    @TheBondy2010 3 года назад +17

    Loved all those real life examples of the physics! I wish I was shown this in uni!!!

    • @abelbarraza8422
      @abelbarraza8422 Год назад

      I agree this video did a good job of explaining many aerodynamic concepts that relate to lift and actually helping the viewers visualize them through experiments and visual representations. The use of equations to also explain why pressure decreases in certain areas for example is a great way to relate the mathematics into all of it. The only thing I would add to this video is addressing some of the misconceptions of lift and explaining why they're incorrect or incomplete.

  • @louisacquah-baidoo4800
    @louisacquah-baidoo4800 Год назад +13

    I wish I could personally give you a 1K like. Your explanation is really indept and same time soo simple to understand

  • @snuggles03
    @snuggles03 Год назад +17

    I watched that video twice, and I still do not understand. But don’t worry I was never really good at maths and science.

    • @edhorton2766
      @edhorton2766 4 месяца назад +4

      That's all right. Just fasten your seat belt, say a prayer, and everything will probably be OK.

    • @asarerebird8480
      @asarerebird8480 Месяц назад

      😢😮😂😅

    • @gundyhajcman2188
      @gundyhajcman2188 12 дней назад

      Ditto☺️

    • @Rocketman88002
      @Rocketman88002 14 часов назад +1

      ​@@edhorton2766So true!

  • @pentogram23
    @pentogram23 2 года назад +9

    The elevators should have been talked about and how they helps point the nose up after 300 klm

  • @aurorap4281
    @aurorap4281 3 года назад +33

    Awesome video! Can't wait for the next one. Would love to know more about the history of flight (and how all this was discovered!) in a future video.

    • @kakhaval
      @kakhaval Год назад +2

      Google "The Wright brothers first aeroplane flight (1903)". They used a funny catapult mechanism. Amazing how it developed so fast to modern planes.

  • @natahx2787
    @natahx2787 3 года назад +10

    Awesome video! I love people explaining aviation concepts! Keep it up

  • @asamapearl
    @asamapearl 3 года назад +5

    Love it! Where were you when I was doing my GCSES?

  • @deang5622
    @deang5622 Год назад +2

    I am impressed. You are the only RUclipsr I have seen so far that correctly recognises the part played by Newton's Third Law of motion.
    All the other muppets believe the sole source of lift is Bernoulli's principle, until I ask them how the aircraft flies upside down where the lift force produced by the wing is in the same direction as gravity - downwards.
    Without exception, that shuts the muppets up that think they know it all.

    • @ricbarker4829
      @ricbarker4829 Год назад

      I feel your pain. I have been arguing with other pilot's for years that the main amount of lift is generated by the bottom surface of the wing directing the airflow downwards. They look at you as if you are an aviation heretic.

  • @robert.ehrlich8942
    @robert.ehrlich8942 2 месяца назад +1

    Angle of attack and pressure differential are not two different independant factors contributing to lift, they are two aspects of the same global process. Pressure differential is responsible of the total lift, since no other force than pressure forces can create lift. Of course if the wing pushes the air in some direction, the air pushes the wing in the opposite direction, but this can happen only via the pressure forces.

  • @brandontsivitse5277
    @brandontsivitse5277 Год назад +6

    Great video with clear and concise explanations and diagrams of the use of lift by airplanes to fly. Great that it explains lift using both aspects of angle of attack and pressure differential, as well as describing lift using both the Newtonian approach and the Bernoulli approach. The video could have gone into more detail about the technicalities of lift with respect to aircraft wing design, such as the production of vortices from certain types of lift, in particular those that have highly volatile angle of attack changes, although this probably would not amply fit in the timeframe of this video.

  • @emmittcornelius1188
    @emmittcornelius1188 3 месяца назад

    Best explanation of flight aerodynamics ever!!!!!

  • @h2opiays753
    @h2opiays753 9 дней назад

    Solid explanations and external analogies/examples man! This truly helped me understand it better. Im not physician or anything just interested in planes.
    This truly helped me understand better!!

  • @ririshow
    @ririshow Год назад +2

    You are leaning towards A Bernoulli explanation. Some people would disagree and prefer Newton's explanation.

  • @AJLKS.
    @AJLKS. 3 года назад +12

    Very informative! Perhaps one topic to discuss in the future would be "wing aspect ratio"?

  • @chrisshonga
    @chrisshonga Год назад +4

    Great video, great information especially for those people who keep asking difficulty question of how possible such a massive flight can manage to lift up easily with almost 600 people on board plus luggages.
    Thank you for your knowledge which helped a lot of who love to fly with A380 but don't have a clue how things work to lift such a massive plane

  • @darryldias8414
    @darryldias8414 5 месяцев назад +2

    The presenters accent is so so cool 😎 plus the amazing explanation has got me reverted

  • @templeosigwe3545
    @templeosigwe3545 Год назад +5

    I understood nothing but enjoyed it. Thank you!

    • @nativeson1559
      @nativeson1559 6 месяцев назад +2

      Lol!
      this is like your lecturer (professor) teaching you about linear regression analysis and you getting nothing.

    • @elchanclascocina
      @elchanclascocina 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@nativeson1559I got linear regression all right, but not this! 😂

    • @nativeson1559
      @nativeson1559 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@elchanclascocina
      LOl!
      You have a sharp mind.

  • @nativeson1559
    @nativeson1559 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you professor. You make a very good teacher.

  • @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617
    @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 Год назад +1

    Even as someone who has loved and studied aviation for 30 yrs i still have some basic questions like the Wings and Fuel...am i the only one that wonders how it's possible for the wings to hold a good 400,000 l bs of fuel plus 4 engines and withstand the forces on it while flying and somehow also push the rest of the plane forward without snapping off?..the fuel really gets me cuz it doesnt ever look like any plane can hold as much fuel as advertised and then to have wires and hydraulics running through them and numerous control surfaces attached to them and then maintain that strength while the plane is moving over 500 mph it really is literally mind boggling..im 37 so i dont know a world without planes but even with ally i know it doesnt make them any less amazing and borderline Magic so im sure even the most intelligent from the past lose their minds seeing a plane fly

    • @HitMeWith
      @HitMeWith  Год назад

      This is a great question. I'll try and do a video on the structure of plane wings at some point!

  • @Kebab4523
    @Kebab4523 3 года назад +2

    Learning with you is fun thank you 👍

  • @JohnSmith-fd8zu
    @JohnSmith-fd8zu 3 года назад +5

    Lift me up Scotty.

  • @reubengisawa4751
    @reubengisawa4751 11 месяцев назад

    Very detailed explanation. Better than some teachers.

  • @captainjack003
    @captainjack003 Год назад

    What a kind of delivery of learning...
    With Background music 🥳🥳🥳

  • @garrettmartin101
    @garrettmartin101 Год назад +7

    When watching this video, I noticed that there was a lot of visual aid such as diagrams to help explain how lift is generated. To help support the claims you used real examples which helped me better understand how lift works. The mention of different wings and how the size and shape can change lift was very informative.

  • @PaulStClair-or3gj
    @PaulStClair-or3gj Год назад +1

    A sailing yachts sail is a vertical wing. It uses exactly the same principal to create the driving forces.

  • @Matlock901
    @Matlock901 Год назад +1

    the whole thing is just Amazin .for a air craft to weight 575 ton and just take off into tin air is mind blowing. thanks for the info

  • @alexbowman7582
    @alexbowman7582 6 месяцев назад +1

    The first human built “wing” was probably a boats sail but it could have been the boomerang. Both use wing principles. The boomerang was almost certainly the first human guided missile as well as it’s designed to change it’s trajectory to hit birds in flight.

  • @gr637
    @gr637 5 месяцев назад

    Italian Leonardo da Vinci had already found answers to many of these questions over 500 years ago.

  • @AliNaqviLife
    @AliNaqviLife Год назад +2

    6:28 scary!!!

  • @deu8894
    @deu8894 Год назад +3

    Very remarkable indeed. Especially for an aircraft as large as the airbus a380

  • @rogerrendzak8055
    @rogerrendzak8055 Год назад +1

    In the beginning (@2:31), you said the air moving would be right, to left. You mean, left, to right, correct?? Very good short documentary, on lift. Very academic🧐!!!

    • @erich930
      @erich930 11 месяцев назад

      No, he meant right to left. Look at where the fat end of the airfoil is vs the sharp end

  • @nizamina
    @nizamina Год назад +1

    Thank you. Always wondered how all this weight got up in the air.

  • @MotivatedI
    @MotivatedI Год назад

    This is what we call “explain to me like I’m a child.
    Great job

  • @SebastianCrosby-f7h
    @SebastianCrosby-f7h Год назад +1

    Awesome video! I love people explaining aviation concepts! Keep it up

  • @alimozaffar6884
    @alimozaffar6884 Год назад +1

    it was incredible!! thanks

  • @shizzyorleone09
    @shizzyorleone09 Год назад

    I understand it but it's still amazing to see everytime!

  • @EarlMotley
    @EarlMotley 3 месяца назад

    I think the reason lift fascinates us is we can't see the air as it sweeps over the wing....only the result of it sweeping over the wings. We just see this massive heavy object suddenly being lifted into the air as if it's magic. Absolutely fascinating indeed !!

  • @SabuJoseph-o6e
    @SabuJoseph-o6e 3 месяца назад

    GOOD EXPLANATION

  • @RebeccaJackson-w2v
    @RebeccaJackson-w2v 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is awesome! Love your content, can't wait for the next

  • @ITBusValueSuccessROI
    @ITBusValueSuccessROI Год назад +1

    Excellent video. One of the few that talks on angle of attack firstly rather than makes out lift is almost all to do with wing cross section. Yes .. a flat wing will fly happily due to aoa … it just flies even better with cross section shape. I know as I made model aircraft in my teens with flat wings and they flew fine. Unusually sensible video this . Many thanks .

  • @waltervetri2476
    @waltervetri2476 Год назад +1

    Absolutely clear explanation .Easily understandable .Thank you,Sir.Vetri South Africa .🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🙏

  • @avinashpatil6920
    @avinashpatil6920 4 месяца назад

    Nice explanation about takeoff

  • @baxterismyyoutubename5077
    @baxterismyyoutubename5077 Год назад

    Been waiting for this masterpiece

  • @daniels.deloso4181
    @daniels.deloso4181 Год назад

    After viewing your presentation, I'm better informed. Muchicimas gracias.

  • @Genecardo
    @Genecardo 3 года назад +3

    What makes the turbine engine start

    • @Cranston0
      @Cranston0 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/AdCcbBhondA/видео.html

  • @MrSmi31093
    @MrSmi31093 Месяц назад +1

    Well, If Orvil and Wilber figured it out, I'm sure you can too!!!! You did Gradjuate 6th grade right? I think it has something to do with applied force overcoming the force of gravity!

  • @dreada8814
    @dreada8814 Год назад

    Yeah nicely explained with examples

  • @RaulRodriguez-wr8lq
    @RaulRodriguez-wr8lq Год назад

    Thanks impressed, what a great invention.

  • @julitosnijders3623
    @julitosnijders3623 28 дней назад

    Nice presentation

  • @cashnut08
    @cashnut08 Год назад +7

    Thank you for this explanation on such a big topic in aerodynamics. I really found useful the many diagrams and visuals to aid in the explanation of lift. Both the angle of attack of the airfoil with respect to the flow as well as the pressure differential are both major concepts to understand in order to generate as much lift as possible.

  • @50967A
    @50967A Год назад +4

    Still there is confusion on how lift is created, some people say lift is created as a result of "law of conservation of momentum", some say it Bernoulli principle.

    • @ismailmahfoz9737
      @ismailmahfoz9737 7 месяцев назад

      In my understanding, there are two parts working together to lift the cockpit. 1: the flaps-located at the main L&R wings. 2: The elevator-located at the stabilizer (short wing at the rear plane). When the plane reach the enough speed against the gravity, the pilot will pull the elevator lever upwards; it’ll change the low pressure air flown at the top of elevator to high pressure, so these action will make the cockpit raise. At the same time, the plane speed + the high pressure air below the wing will lift up the plane to fly… I hope its correct…😊

    • @henrivanbemmel
      @henrivanbemmel 7 месяцев назад

      It has not and will never be Bernoulli's Principle. Energy is always conserved ND Newtons laws are always followed in such situations. The action of the aircraft being rammed through the air by the engines,or even gravity as it descends must deflect air downward in order to deflect the plane upward (lift). No matter what else, this has be so as Newton's third law must be followed.

  • @lukecowley8258
    @lukecowley8258 3 года назад +1

    Why are wings swept back and how does the of it angle affect performance? How is the length ans profile of a wing also determined?

  • @nileshrane280
    @nileshrane280 8 месяцев назад +1

    Sweet and short nicely explained. Got atleast 30% knowledge. That's big % to me even not being an engineer or physicist.

  • @Ezeranol
    @Ezeranol Год назад

    This is great.i would wish to have more .

  • @Pontiacman1964
    @Pontiacman1964 Месяц назад

    It's wonderful that people finally got the sense to copy what nature had already figured out. The wing isn't a technological marvel, it's a copy.

  • @jayeolaoluwasola697
    @jayeolaoluwasola697 8 месяцев назад +1

    The most advanced tech is the jet/plane ,every other tech falls around it

  • @chongngitsin9097
    @chongngitsin9097 Год назад

    I like your explaination of theory of flight. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @genercampana7416
    @genercampana7416 Год назад

    Tnxs for the video. God bless you...

  • @siamakalaei1148
    @siamakalaei1148 Год назад

    Thanks for the explanation ❤❤❤

  • @mohmoudfarah1897
    @mohmoudfarah1897 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you! 🎩

  • @b.k.leelaratne7277
    @b.k.leelaratne7277 6 месяцев назад

    Very informative . Thanks.❤

  • @ks.p3219
    @ks.p3219 Год назад

    Interesting information for layman. Although thousands of people are flying every Day throughout the world only handful among them know the intricacies involved in that operation. Ultimately it is the nature which is far superior .

  • @S.E.O.S
    @S.E.O.S 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this video

  • @asabir141
    @asabir141 Год назад +1

    When in a moving car at speed and you it your arm out the window, the air is pushing your arm up. That's what is happening with the wing of a plane.

  • @dhanrajmohan701
    @dhanrajmohan701 Год назад

    Public comment. God bless the investor of this aircraft. So amazing. I really love this plain. ❤

  • @paulweisensell8751
    @paulweisensell8751 Год назад

    Excellent explanation!

  • @connortrask3224
    @connortrask3224 Год назад +2

    Nice video, one thing to note though is that the Coanda effect describes the tendency of powered jet flows to stay attached to convex surfaces. The air over the top surface of an airfoil stays attached due to a combination of the ambient atmospheric pressure deflecting the streamlines downwards and viscosity causing the flow to stick to the surface (which is also the main reason the water stays attached to the mug in your demo)

    • @justing42
      @justing42 Год назад +2

      negative. The air doesn't stick to anything.The air moving over the top of the wing is moving faster based on its shape, creating lower pressure. It is slower moving across the bottom of the wing, at a HIGHER pressure. Lift is the object moving from high to low. Its called physics. Bernoulli's principle.

    • @deang5622
      @deang5622 Год назад

      ​@@justing42Wrong. Explain the boundary layer effect and why aircraft have devices to break it up.

    • @markdoepke4594
      @markdoepke4594 11 месяцев назад

      Very well done. A small time pilot told me that sometimes the front of the wing is too smooth, making air (and water), pull into little streams instead of laying smoothly over the surface. Dealing with meniscus. Some wing fronts had to put on a very thin matte finish to break up the meniscus.
      Looking forward to your videos, thanks.

  • @justinmiller2995
    @justinmiller2995 Год назад +2

    Great to see a video that mentions angle of attack in the explanation of lift! most sources miss out on this. I also find a lot of sources that miss the reactive force of deflection of airflow. Most sources just focus on pressure differential. However, your explanation of the coanda effect was wrong as this only applies to jet streams. The use of the cup is also a very poor example, as this is not a result of the Coanda effect, rather an effect of surface tension between the water and the cup. Additionally implication of causation in a one way direction between pressure and velocity is risky, as these factors effect one another simultaneously. Finally, it is incorrect that the airfoil is "sucked" up. This may seem minor, but the increased pressure below the airfoil pushes it up, rather than it being sucked up.

  • @jayp8798
    @jayp8798 Год назад

    Thank you its ao nice to know the wonder of aero and how it works ❤😊❤

  • @HydroInvalid
    @HydroInvalid 9 месяцев назад

    good explanation

  • @leonardgibney2997
    @leonardgibney2997 Год назад

    Leading edge flaps are crucial for producing lift. At take-off the air can't get out of the way quickly enough and gets bounced upwards but immediately comes down again with the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on it. This has the effect of creating a vacuum above the wing. The atmosphere all trillions of tons of it detects the vacuum and pushes it upwards to where vacuums belong to the top of the atmosphere (equilibrium law). But practically, it's just the air around the plane which does the job. At higher speeds say above 400 knots the vacuum (otherwise known as a shock wave) starts to have difficulty keeping up with the plane and tends to drag back on it so the designers angle the wing back into it eliminating much of the drag while maintaining lift. By this 'sweep' angle you can roughly estimate the operational speed of the plane sometimes. I've seen these shock waves on planes landing at airports as condensation formed along them. You can see it also on your video. The bang you hear when a plane breaks the sound barrier is the shock wave, no longer able to keep up with the plane, collapsing explosively. He's wrong about the 'angle of attack'.

  • @prabhakarkmv4135
    @prabhakarkmv4135 Год назад +1

    Aviation always a great thrill for me!👍🏏 ✈️

  • @theecapricorn
    @theecapricorn Год назад

    Very informative , with excellent explanation.👏👏👏

  • @humungous09
    @humungous09 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent video bro! Thanks so much n love from India!

  • @ashokhazra5708
    @ashokhazra5708 Год назад

    Watching from India . Kolkata. Thank you very much for nice video .🙏

  • @numismatric
    @numismatric 10 месяцев назад

    Fascinating, ty...

  • @saruloherbert8083
    @saruloherbert8083 Год назад

    Very Good video it's a Remarkable Lesson.

  • @KennyTseraha-xg6gu
    @KennyTseraha-xg6gu Год назад

    Very interesting. Well explained video. Awesome.

  • @johnnypool2206
    @johnnypool2206 Год назад

    Brother..extremely good video. Please explain HOW and WHAT the pilot does to land a jet like in the video.

  • @vantamplin7574
    @vantamplin7574 Год назад +2

    Very good explanation. Even simple minded, me, can understand your subject explained with your hair dryer balloon (pressure) and dyed water (grasp) demo. A hair dryer/ballon and ink/cup; just brilliant, creative video.

  • @KludgeMaker
    @KludgeMaker Год назад +1

    Anybody who has stuck their hand out the car window knows how lift works.
    In the Wright Brothers' day though, that wasn't the universal experience it is today. Only people who had done that from a train window would have known about it.

  • @francisolojo1351
    @francisolojo1351 Год назад

    This defys logic and gravity dynamics.... Im reluctant to digest all these

  • @terrilhargrovejones
    @terrilhargrovejones Год назад

    Fascinating, always...😊

  • @mohanmenon446
    @mohanmenon446 Год назад

    Good information 😊

  • @deepumohandas8071
    @deepumohandas8071 Год назад

    Thank you very much ❤

  • @timothypharmd
    @timothypharmd Год назад

    Thank you 🙏

  • @xschematech4965
    @xschematech4965 Год назад

    This is insightful, I would like to know how weight distribution works on plane

  • @ikhlaquechan7463
    @ikhlaquechan7463 Год назад

    Good job!