How Many Wings is too Many???

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[Sumaleth]

Next time: a transparent plane. Made with perspex or something so it just looks like some electronics flying around.

[jak]

"We are gunna use this ratchet" cool, some kind of system that adjusts where a weight sits, probably on a long bolt throughout the body. Wait, no, he just taped it to the front. I forgot who I was watching.

[ECHOAircraft]

I'm sorry for taking you down Peter, that combat was a blast! 😁 I was flying the red striped plane that stuck in your wing. Got some good footage from the onboard camera too!

[JohnJaggerJack]

Yes the Cg is at the center of the air craft, but the Center of Lift, Cl, is not, its all the way in the front.
Im a Msc mechanical engineer with a Bsc in aerospace and my guess of what is happening is: the rear most wings are not generating as much lift as the front ones because as the air passes through each wing set it becomes more turbulent, which causes less lift being generated.
Another explanation using continuity theorems is: the delta speed between the air and the wings decreases as the air passes through each wing set, in order to keep the Center of lift near the Cg, in equilibrium, the air would need to be increased after each set of wings in order to maintain the same air speed through the whole of the plane.
Another solution would be to increase each wing set length in order increase surface area and get more energy from the "spent air". In a delta configuration.

[yashizuko]

Fun fact in italian Ca 60 can be roughly translated to "cago" wich is "im shitting", that caproni was a master troll

[brianhiles]

_“More wings is more lift!“_

Ah, the aviation the twenties -- the pantheistic era of aviation science!

My favorite illustrative example of naive aspiration of the time was the shaping of _everything_ into an airfoil section. In some models, even the _door handles_ were shaped like airfoils.

Adorable...

[ryano.]

“Airplanes are beautiful, cursed dreams, waiting for the sky to swallow them up…”

[ryamirider]

Hows the boat coming along? We need an update video

[KestreIGaming]

Regular plane model makers: I like to build jets and regular planes
Peter:

[RaccoonRevolution]

The absolute behemoth sent multiple other planes bouncing off of it to the ground, made a sick recovery, and only went down when two other planes got stuck to it. Only Peter could intend to end up with a wreck but instead accidentally create the flying gigachad.

[janeenschultz]

My kids recognized the plane design right away because The Wind Rises is one of their favorite movies.

[jacklewis]

Part of this plane now sits on my shelf.

[ronboe]

Some planes can absorb damage. Yours absorbed airplanes!

[elementneon]

When Peter mentioned the "giant demolition derby in the sky" I half wondered if he was describing his own personal heaven.

[davetremaine]

There's a lot of future engineers in that field

[crispy_]

Would love to see a series where you make scale RC models of failed experimental planes

[gabedarrett]

I have a few experimental ideas:
1) omnidirectional aircraft similar to ADIFO (can fly in any direction, even side to side)
2) A quadcopter that's as quiet as possible
3) A plane that maximizes payload while minimizing thrust (blended wing body?)

Also, that landing at 10:42 was beautiful

[ITSHIMTransPort]

Due to the amount of sticks holding up the wind the sticks cause a lot of drag reducing the speed of the aircraft. This is a real factor of old time fighter air craft in ww1 planes, the planes didn’t fly as fast as intended because of the bar holding up the upper wing/wings on the plane.

[Wake_offical]

I don’t want this guy to go down or anything like most YouTubers I’m glad to see he’s ok !

[DudeOnASkateboard]

It's been something like five or six years since I last visited the channel, and while I certainly miss the excess of wood and brass steampunk shenanigans, I'm glad to see that this is still the place to come for engineering and electro swing with a side of homebrew aviation.

You guys were part of the reason I opted to pursue a career in engineering myself, so it's good to see you're still going strong.