TESLA TURBINE | What happened?

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Not everyone knows this, but Tesla had a lifelong dream of being the first man to fly, of course, with an electric airplane. Little did he know that it would take decades for electric powered airplanes to come true and no, he was not the first man to fly.
But the dream was there, and he even patented schematics for an eclectically powered aerial transportation system to which I did my best to make this 3D model, so you my dear viewer can see it in detail.
Now, today we can spot many problems with his designs, but this was an idea that started taking shape back in 1886 which sort of justifies it.
Nevertheless, he got the patent in 1921 where he goes into detail describing this mode of transportation. The cool thing about it is that his machine allowed for vertical and horizontal takeoff except that vertical takeoff would most likely not work, but the again helicopters would only become a thing in 1936.

Ok, cool but what does this have anything to do with his turbine?
How on to your lunch my dear viewer cause things are about to get interesting.

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NOTE: The animations in my videos take a substantial amount of time to make, so please be patient. I am trying to get a video per week, but some times it takes longer.

[nathanp]

Well I never heard of your channel until now, so YouTube recommendations haven't let you down yet

[Gnoccy]

Sorry to hear that your channel isn't doing so well. I think the greatest strength of your channel are the sleek looking, detailed animations of machinery. What I'd like to see are more in-depth technical explanations of how these things work, utilizing those animations.

[ghipsandrew]

A bit of feedback: at theend of the video, please make sure the sound doesn't overlap so loudly over what you're saying.

[ianowens]

That’s actually a really cool engine, I’d love to see this tuned, refined, and perfected with modern engineering. I bet this could get some pretty nice power output with all the technological advancements we’ve made over the century

[horseshoe_nc]

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[PushedInsanityYT]

*Quality* > *Quantity*

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[TechNextLetsGo]

Dont start out with product placement, do it like half way through the video or at the end. When people see that they click away, better after they watch some.

[integza]

Did I hear someone talk about the Tesla turbine?
Your 3D models are amazing (Blender right?) and you did a good amount of research. Great video!
The Tesla turbine has some flaws and still lacks a well-defined application but I'm convinced that with some research it will find it's purpose in modern days.
Also, I think you just gave me an idea for a video!

[amossoko]

Invention is like art, if left incomplete by the author, others will be quick to judge wrongly. Tesla was genius

[ShifuCareaga]

"Just not physically possible"
Birkeland: hold my beer

[NuclearTopSpot]

The production quality on this channel is through the frickin roof!
It always amazes me what one man using mostly free 3D software can achieve nowadays.
That's some professional documentary level renderings and graphics.
Youtube needs to push more quality content like this!

[asadpuppy]

"Best known for his contributions to the band AC/DC"

[scocassovegetus]

As I remember it from books I've read about Tesla, he came up with the idea, or part of the idea, when he was a kid and swimming in a lake with his friends. There was a dam and he noticed that when he got into the flow of the water, it wanted to push him and take him over the edge of the dam, he panicked and tried to swim away, but the current was far too powerful. He managed to get his body pressed up against the damn to the side of where the water flows over and found that the water no longer affected him at all, it merely flowed around him. Yet, when he tried to move it body away from the dam, he could feel the force of the water was very powerful. He inched his way away from the flow of water keeping his body pressed up against the dam. This effect of the water really made him think. He thought there was something very curious about the principles of water and came up with the theory that when water pushed the turbines which generate power, they can only turn the turbine as fast as the flow of water because the water will also slow the turbine down as the turbine comes back around hitting the water, thus the turbine would never be able to speed up. But, since a smooth surface created less resistance when it comes back around, it might be possible to speed up the turbine in the same way a you can push a person on a swing and keep adding more energy to that person with each push until it becomes quite easy to push the person.

[swampsox]

Wow, the fonts, animations, kerning, line spacing… just EVERYTHING is insane in this video. What a great presentation. Top quality design work. You are a very rare talent. Great work

[TheTrock]

I think the turbine could be very effective if run by a waterfall and connected to a generator to produce free electricity. The gear reduction to reduce the speed to become compatible w/ the generator would produce incredible torque, and the mechanical drag necessary to spin the generator could maintain a safe operating speed.

[TheYxxy]

Sad to hear about your channel not doing so well :/ must be the algorithm at play, since your content is spot-on perfect!

[dew]

Insane production quality! This is one of the few channels that actually goes into depth on the subjects and the production quality is insane. One of the best channels I've found this year.

[rakinkazi]

Seriously, science channels like yours, Nurdrage, etc. are just so damn interesting. Shame that the algorithm doesn't promote science channels as much.

[crossleymichael]

I love the guy who does the narration is so funny

[Psiberzerker]

That first draft for a VTOL flying machine also predated the tail sitters like the XFY, and XFV testbeds. (Also, the Treibflugel, Coleoptere...) The main problem from an aeronautical standpoint was the diameter of the air-screw. As the diameter increases, the Area effected goes up by the Square. Double the length of the wings, and you quadruple their lift surface. In this model you had a 4 blade propeller. That doubles the lift surface, and doubles the Weight of the rotor. This is why most early helicopters, and autogyros had long 2 blade rotors. Modern quad-rotors get around this with the Square/cube-root law. Effectively, if you make the drone 1/10 scale, it's got 1/100th the lifting area, but 1/1000th the Mass.