Engineered Mini Flying Wing

This video is about the time when I ventured into the dangerous waters of engineering. It was pretty neat I guess.

This video has been on the back burner for almost a year now, I just spent a solid several days working on this. Now to catch up on my homework.

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[gaddirafaelalfonsoco]

It's been 6 years since I've watched this video (I was an incoming freshmen back then), I'm now a graduating student in Aeronautical Engineering in the Philippines (I'm an irregular student), you've been my inspiration since I've pursued my engineering degree. RIP Samm.

[PracticalEngineeringChannel]

Very cool, and well done. 22 mins is insane.

[boosted]

This was the first Sam Shepard video I saw.. rip god bless Sam

[rossclark]

Being a mechatronic engineering student and rc hobbiest of 5+ years, your video explaining your design process is an incredible inspiration for those who want to take aircraft design to the next level! I've become increasingly curious how one would go about finding the most efficient wing for a variety parameters and behold your video explains the process well. Job bloody well done!

[timobensch]

prof: Dude the class is gonna be hard for you with no engineeri h backround
him: wins the competition

[TomStantonEngineering]

Really like your videos Sam! This one is especially interesting to me as I am currently studying in my final year of aerospace engineering in the UK. But like you, I have experimented with aerodynamics and control system before learning the theory behind it. Keep up the excellent videos!

[MrChangCJ]

i've watched this several times on different occasions to remind myself what true passion is. RIP Samm.

[RussulMusic]

the process of deducing the most efficient wing dimensions was fascinating

[brendendas]

I watch this every couple of months for motivation when going through build slumps. RIP Samm!

[pyroboy]

Even back then, I wanted to build and fly, and I would watch Samms videos a lot. I recently bought all the electronics that Ill need to make a foamie.
Thank you Samm and Rest in peace.

[hunterjohnson]

3:56 It is really quite incredible that Samm stumbled upon what NASA had been working on at the same time, the PRANDTL-D solution to eliminate the need for winglets on aircraft and the introduction of upwash from introducing a negative wing twist. NASA was trying to solve for the bell-shaped lift distribution curve that didn't result in a discontinuity in the lift curve across the span. It also explains why sailing birds overlap their wing tips in flight when following each other. Samm apparently simply thought it logical to put a negative angle of attack at the wingtip to generate additional downforce to pitch the vehicle up. Of course, the PRANDTL-D is exceptionally efficient and much different than the HS522 and MH60 airfoils, and uses -8.6 degrees of twist, but Samm was clearly on to something. Fascinating.

[MCsCreations]

The last few days have been painful, Samm... Times like this I really would love to believe in something else, some... After life. 😔
I never met you guy... But you were - and still is - a HUGE inspiration for me. You definitely had a fan here. 😔
Rest in peace, Samm... And, who knows... If there's something... Maybe we can talk some day. 😔

[ProtoG]

Great job! As an engineer, I really appreciate the effort you put into this video!

[ezrarichardson]

This is one of my favorite YouTube videos. It really illustrates the aircraft design process really well! I’ve built five versions of this flying wing so far out of depron and foam board. They all flew amazing and are incredibly efficient and light. I get 20-40 minutes out of a 550mah and a 1000mah batterie. It’s Alsace so stable it’s crazy! It’s really to bad he’s no longer with us because he was an inspiration to me early on in my RC plane obsession.

[IncroyablesExperiences]

Great work, congrats ! I love to see true Engineering like that, you really know what your are talking about, it change from what we can found elsewhere in YouTube 😉

[Q_Channel]

Samm: you were an engineer's engineer. I come back and watch this video at least once a year for inspiration. I wish you were around for the Golden Age of Youtube aero channels; you were sure to have been one of the best. RIP

[songojune]

RIP Samm...through the window of your videos we could see the unmistakeable light of your brilliance and humanity...we will miss you

[esmith]

You had such a bright future Samm. I am soo sorry for you and your family.
You left all of us too soon.
You WERE a true engineer. A true pioneer on the forefront of DIY RC vehicles.
Too soon Samm.
To Samm Sr.;
Again, so sorry for the loss. I am much older than Samm, but he was living my dream, and I looked up to him immensely.

[agrxdrowflow]

I used to size aircraft at Northrop. You pretty much did what the big corporate companies do. Now add a pilot, structure, inlet duct, LO treatments, etc. That's where it gets tedious and expensive. The sizing is the fun part. Did you know a lot of flying wings have PROVERSE yaw (too much yaw in a turn)?

[MisterBuckDancer]

Very well done video. Thanks for taking the time to share it with a bunch of strangers! I particularly enjoyed the "But... we totally won" portion.