Building a rocket bird (ornithopter)
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Published 2023-11-11
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Building a DIY ornithopter that flies like a hummingbird. It took over 4 months to design this mechanical bird, and with no knowledge about drone or rocket design, I was in over my head. One step closer to a real Dune Ornithopter.
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Link to the research paper:
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00:00 Intro
00:47 The Plan
01:05 Bird Watching
02:10 Wing Mechanism
03:20 Power Source
05:49 Motor Design
08:31 Wing Design
10:42 Testing
13:30 Motor Re-Design
15:10 Testing round 2
16:28 Final Show
18:44 Onshape
20:17 Outro
Software Used:
Onshape
Photoshop
Blender
DaVinci Resolve
Tools and Materials:
SLS Nylon 12
MJF Nylon 12
6061 Aluminum
POM (Delrin)
Ripstop fabric
Files
a Vice
hot glue gun
All Comments (21)
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Compressed air and oscillating wings has to be the most inefficient combination ever, but it's mighty impressive you got it to fly!!
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Came for the engineering, stayed for the storytelling. Killer work man, stoked to follow this project.
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Dude, the production value of this video is nuts. All the animations, the editing, the script, the music... Damn, son. Congratulations on 1,000,000 subscribers in advance. *Subscribing right now.
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From idea, to research, to design, consultation, implementation, testing, re testing ..re- everything, bro this project was a huge success in my opinion.. Great work
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You fell victim to the rocket pendulum fallacy. Still an extraordinary project. Awsome.
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As a former Turbofan Test Engineer for Lockheed and Rolls-Royce at Stennis Space Center, I have one suggestion when working with turbines. You need stationary inlet guide vanes that direct the flow onto the rotar blades at an appropriate angle to produce the best entropy and enthalpy.
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That glasses cad shot might be the coldest bit of sfx I've ever seen in a diy video, all your production is awesome with super cool visualisations, great work
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The editing, the animation, the creativity, and the determination are out of this world. The best science experimental/designing channel, no doubt. I would appreciate a video of how you got here... the skills, the tools, the researching methodology...
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It is so refreshing to see someone else who is "not electrically inclined", making machines.
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This should be shown in schools to show the real meaning behind research, measurement, trial, failure and rework as essential parts of success. Congratulations on a great presentation, and thanks for sharing it.
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This video shows some weird dude building a completely useless contraption that doesn't even work, but at the same time, this perfectly shows the spirit of curiosity, engineering and using both fail and success in order to learn and improve. This was very interesting to watch and you also did a great job with filming and narrating it. Thank you very much!
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Back in the '90's when I was into paintball, the guns would freeze up when using CO2 unless you added an expansion chamber inline between the gun and the cartridge. The expansion chamber is basically just a thick aluminum tube to let the CO2 expand and absorb the temperature shock before it gets into the moving parts, sort of like a heatsink I suppose.
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That compressed air engine looks very sexy
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Man, I am BLOWN away by the amount of work, thought and sheer dedication you put into this project! Also, the editing in your videos is incredibly good and shows your attention to even such details. Simply, hats off. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
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This is what youtube needs to be
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This is one of the best engineering videos I've ever seen, point blank period. Huge props to you man. Between the production quality, the transitions, showing the actual engineering processes with flawlessly simple explanations of complex topics. Like dude, this awesome. I subscribed and recommend everybody else that likes engineering do the same
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The statement at 15:18 is known as the "pendulum fallacy". You can't stabilize a hover by placing a mass under the lifting rotor, because as the plane tilts the vector of thrust tilts with it, and there's no restoring force. Tom Stanton has a good demonstration video of this.
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If this guy is editing his own videos… he’s gotta be one of the most all around skilled creators on YouTube. The technical ability, narrative quality, and production quality are unparalleled. I will watch every video you make in your career. I can tell you that right now.
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Man, I can't get over how well this video was done. Concept, presentation, explanation, engagement. ... just superb.
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This channel is going to explode. Your presentation and the work you're doing is truly excellent. Can't wait to see you hit a million subs, I doubt it will be long.
