Air Bottle Helicopter

“hopefully we can put together some of these parts to make some thing that sort of does some thing“ that’s just all of engineering

That's why I like you Tom! You don't shy away from impossible projects!

Propellers smash into pieces * calmly continues to explain the physics behind why and carries on *

12:12 - The propellor on its own seemed to be doing fine :-) Great work, Tom. Enjoying the journey to air-pressured flight.

niceeeeee, thanks for the shoutout tom, you'll def get it in the next video

Everyone is discussing the helicopter and I'm still here amazed that you just up and built a functional Schlieren imaging setup to look at your nozzle flows. Way cool!

I absolutely love how you aren't afraid to show your failures as well as your success. You tried a path and showed us the results and that's amazingly valuable!

I love how you always use data to back up your decisions. Even many professional engineers skip this too often. When I saw you even built the schlieren imager I was hella impressed!

I’ve been waiting patiently for this video. I was not disappointed! I’m excited for the next video in this series.

“Not only does everything look better in slow-mo, but it also makes the flight time seem longer” - love it!

To counter the torque, without needing an additional rotor, you could attempt what the likes of the MD-902 helicopter uses; It still has the rear boom, but along one side it has a rib to reduce the airflow down that side, whilst allowing free-flow along the other side. This creates a difference in pressure, producing a moment; it might be worth a shot, but difficult to see if it'll produce enough of a difference

Honestly I love seeing projects like this. I think so often creators want to have something that is totally functional and works perfectly to show instead of showing the design process. It is really helpful to follow your thinking and the process you go through to solve problems. Thanks for sharing this!

@12:17 Its really amazing how the gyroscopic effect of the sway bar kept the propeller stable and producing lift even when it was completely detached from the helicopter.

It's gonna be a great day. Colinfurze & Tom Stanton uploaded video in the same day.

12:26 i like how the rotor flew better freewhelling by itself than when attached to the rest of the helicopter xD

You need a convergent-divergent nozzle to have a fully hyper-sonic flow, otherwise it will be blockage at mach 1

6:32 Toaster: "mate, it's only a matter of time before he tries to convert us into something" Blender: "I know I'm bloody terrified, I've got a motor & blades!"

In Tom’s ideal society we wouldn’t use fossil fuels. The world would run on compressed air, truly the most glorious power source

I love this sort of stuff, splendid work! My immediate idea was the same, to reuse the exhaust from the turbo to counteract rotary action. Humble suggestions; 1. Place the bottle upright to maximise effective rotary thrust. 2. Shorten the turbo exhaust to a minimum and give it a tail. (The tail could be inverted). 3. Chill the bottle whilst pressurising to maximise available air mass over time. (Short launch time required, as the bottle warms from ambient air). 4. Upright launch mechanism would be simpler, in a number of good ways.

Main rotor: "YEAH FREEDOM"