How Do Airplanes Fly?

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[ScienceAsylum]

I really appreciate the care you took in this video to discuss the molecules rather than just Bernoulli's principle. It always drives me crazy when teachers use that and dismiss the follow-up questions. Thank you :-)

[surendrashenoy]

Bigger planes be like:

"Hey little plane, do you even lift bro?"

[MrDuckemy]

I thought the title was "Do Airplanes fly" and had myself braced to question everything I currently know

[davidhubbard]

Planes are an urban legend. They're really just giant metal birds that the government doesn't tell us about because it would cause mass hysteria

[Harlequin]

But planes can fly upside-down! I was hoping you addressed this seemingly contradictory fact.

[MeLoonn]

Bwaah ! Humbug ! Everyone knows airplanes don't fly, they move the universe around them !

[Kristronuovo]

Quick! Someone send this video to Arthur Weasely! ;)

[Marcara]

Obviously it's pixie dust. You find it all over the counters in airplane bathrooms.

[Trash_prince]

Don't forget that if you want the plane to stay up, the pilot must not be suicidal

[verdiss]

Thank you for doing a video on this and enlightening thousands who got the "air goes faster over the top" explanation.

[FogFe]

Were the air particles simulated and drawn by hand? If so, that is very impressive.

[vaisakhvm]

Thanks for explaining this concept in a very simple but interesting and understandable way. Appreciate your efforts :)❤

[nothingmancer]

Years of ignorance and it was fixed in less than 3 minutes, thank you

[drmaudio]

As a pilot by profession, none of this is new to me, but I can still appreciate the simplicity and entertainment in your explanation.  Well done.

[josh]

Great explanation! It's interesting to think of fans as just small rotating wings... :D

[rheikoyap]

Thanks! @MinutePhysics Im Gonna use this video on my class presentation thanks alot :D

[scottycatman]

Henry, please have a kid named Henry and have him have a kid named Henry... I'd love to see a third Reich.

[SirTranquilizator]

Gawd. It's the first easily understandable explanation EVER!! Will show it to my wife. thank you!

[ChrisSmp]

Inception is placing a thought in someones head via a dream state, the correct term is recursion, or wingcursion 

[brlinrainf]

0:57 finally a explanation that is correct and doesn't miss anything