These Planes Are Propelled With Ionic Thrust
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Published 2021-03-07
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All Comments (21)
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Hey everyone! Thanks for 3M subs!
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Literally no Youtube video has ever started with a more compelling intro than "today I'm going to show you how to make an ion propulsion jet".
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If you were my physics professor, I wouldn’t ever leave class.
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That explanation was incredible. Concise, but very easy to follow. I understood it right away. What a cool concept! It’s crazy to think that you can propel something with just electricity and no moving parts.
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You just explained ion propulsion in 2 minutes. I've spent hours watching probably boring space engineering videos and never understood. Legend
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Love that you have the SparKit Wimshurst! That's a cool little powersource, designed by a 14 year old in New Zealand.
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"I'm out of content" -Words never came out of this guy's mouth.
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I'm really into aviation. Planes using cheap and effective methods of propulsion sounds just awesome.
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This is the kind of technology I’ve been talking about for years now, this will change the evaluation of aircraft flight. This is the future.
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For some more infos on the ion thrusters on spacecrafts: In comparison to chemical rockets the exhaust speed can be way higher (exhaust speed correlates to efficiency). They are already used on satellites. They have a low TWR meaning they produce very little thrust in comparison to their mass. The gas used is mainly xenon and doesn’t contain any energy that is used for propulsion, it’s just used as mass that can be thrown away(to create thrust ). The energy comes from solar arrays / batteries.
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That's a whole new engine race. Ion engines, size, thrust, speed records, the whole game. Usage ideas like secondary engines, or stage related concepts. This is exactly what we need to focus on for any and all aspects of travel. Make it happen.
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I assumed the thumbnail was an exaggerated illustration. But Prof. Orgill NEVER disappoints. And 3...2...1... The glowy, purple ion thrust was simply wonderful! Another great episode from Action Lab :(
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What a great introduction! Went straight to the basement to get my diy-stuff ready. Can you please show us how to make or own fusion reactor next time? This would be dope!
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I love the fact you 3D printed some no mans sky spaceships to use as planes, great little Easter egg there lol. (They also use ionic propulsion in the game, for those that dont already know)
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"Hi everyone, today I'm going to be showing you how to make an ion propulsion jet." He said as if we had the same level of equipments to follow along.
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I've seen things like this before, THANK YOU for a down to Earth explanation of what ionic thrust can and can not do.......
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Just found this and am amazed, thanks so much for teaching/sharing!
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Congrats on 3 million dude! Your content is very informative and I like the short videos! Keep it up. <3
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Those two little aircraft chasing each other is the most badass thing I’ve seen today.
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amazing, thank you so much for explaining this so clearly and practically
