TESLA TURBINE | What happened?
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Published 2020-03-30
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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.
References
wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Tesla_Turbine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscosity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine
www.timetoast.com/timelines/119674
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All Comments (21)
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A bit of feedback: at theend of the video, please make sure the sound doesn't overlap so loudly over what you're saying.
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Well I never heard of your channel until now, so YouTube recommendations haven't let you down yet
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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
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YouTube algorithms just brought me to this video. The quality of the video and subject matter, earned a subscription from me.
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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.
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"Best known for his contributions to the band AC/DC"
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Invention is like art, if left incomplete by the author , others will be quick to judge wrongly. Tesla was genius
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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
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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.
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Quality > Quantity Superb videos, keep it up.👍
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Subject Zero. Installation00. Just found your channel. Very glad I did. You're my kind of content creator! Love the technical animations and deep looks into the various aspects of machinery and the like. Great stuff. Subbed. Looking forward to more.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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When I first discovered this channel, I was attracted to the thumbnails. Then when the animations were better than I had even hoped, I subscribed. That is all excellent. My one criticism is that the dialogue meanders. You begin to finally talk again about the Tesla turbine at around 7 minutes. Honestly I'm not discontented with your videos, I'm just trying to make suggestions so you keep making videos. They're always so well done.
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"Just not physically possible" Birkeland: hold my beer
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Sad to hear about your channel not doing so well :/ must be the algorithm at play, since your content is spot-on perfect!
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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.
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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.
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This turbine seems perfect to turn a generator and create small-scale electric power. Anyone who could create pressurised steam via, for example, wood scraps, solar reflectors or process waste heat, could generate a portion of their own electricity needs. It works with water as well, so hydro is also an option. Turning it on its side, wind could possibly be channelled in via several fixed funnels it to create an efficient and nearly silent wind turbine.
