In this video we look at shape transformation technologies for Aircraft. Some useful links: NASA's flexible wing concept • NASA flexible wing con... arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/20... Video by Ziroth • Metamorphic Wings: The...
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@Kefoo_9 ай бұрын
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@johnsteiner341711 ай бұрын
Folding rotors just means that engine is dead weight and still adds drag. In the long term it won't be used.
@malachiteofmethuselah971311 ай бұрын
You mean similar to how landing gear is only used during the landing phase of flight, and so it will be phased out for weight efficiency?
@ustanik992111 ай бұрын
There isn't any alternative for landing gear. There is an alternative for folding rotors: rotors that will be used for the whole duration of flight.
@luarbiasawaras870011 ай бұрын
@@ustanik9921so directive rotor is more eficient
@johnsteiner341711 ай бұрын
@@malachiteofmethuselah9713 False analogy.
@user-dd3lx9tt5v11 ай бұрын
Hmm. Do I build an airstrip, or bear the cost of a little dead weight and be able to land in a small clearing?
@bakkerem196711 ай бұрын
Thanks for putting this together ! Very interesting stuff !
@ElectricAviation11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@deldridg11 ай бұрын
Thank you for another wonderful introduction into a fascinating topic. It's an exciting time for aeronautical engineering, especially with the development of memory materials, AI and so on, finding new ways to remove the limitations inherent in traditional design. Yet another master class on information presentation! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
@ElectricAviation11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@prakadox11 ай бұрын
Good video! Keep up the good work!
@concordegaming50376 ай бұрын
4:22 As an Airwolf fan myself, I got so excited when the video got to this part. So good to see The Lady in a video like this.
@ElectricAviation6 ай бұрын
Yeah I needed the tiniest of excuse to put Airwolf in the video
@knowledgeiswealth.6 ай бұрын
If we can scale up Transwings it will change the whole industry you will no longer need runway And the military application is huge The logistical fleet will become unstoppable
@charlesblithfield618211 ай бұрын
Another excellent video. The XP-4 is an intriguing design and I wonder why it has not been used before. Do you know if it is because of dynamic control challenges or purely mechanical ones, a combination, or something else? One thing this video has got me thinking about is how airframe/wing shape and shape transformation changes energy needs in different flight regimes.
@davincisghost922811 ай бұрын
Fascinating....
@MyMikey889 ай бұрын
by far the most efficient is the disc rotor with retractable blades.DARPA is not a bad type at all..
@rjung_ch11 ай бұрын
This looks very interesting, folding wings could be the future. Foldable propellers also make a lot of sense. Telescopic rotors does look like it is service prone.
@SilvaDreams11 ай бұрын
THey said the same thing like 40 years ago... Adding more points of failure just means you made a new weak spot where reality is going prove you wrong.
@carbonEYE00711 ай бұрын
Thank you for this expansive and thorough explanation
@ElectricAviation11 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@abvmoose875 ай бұрын
One of the good channels
@freightshayker11 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@martingarrish408211 ай бұрын
For low induced drag there really is no substitute for high aspect ratio, like a glider wing, but the challenge is then wing weight fraction of airframe. With increasing battery life and safety the possibility of using structural batteries in at least the wing root begins to look favourable. The challenge is access the structural battery in the wing without introducing features that trip laminar to turbulent transition. The latest gas sampling sensors can also significantly reduce the risk of thermal runaway causing structural concerns. Hopefully certification regulations, like CAP 482, will soon give designers clear guidance on what is required for aircraft propulsion batteries. As battery energy density improves then higher altitudes will allow higher speeds for a given wing design. Glider design full span flaperons is definitely the way to minimise drag over the largest speed range for a given altitude. I'd like to see a move from propellers to rear ducted fans as this means landing gear length can be reduced, with a whole heap of weight & usability advantages. We're all waiting to see whether X57 Maxwell distributed propulsion still allows low drag laminar flow aerofoils.
@zlm00111 ай бұрын
Nice.
@kajpaget318011 ай бұрын
❤great vid!
@clarencehopkins783211 ай бұрын
Excellent stuff bro
@ElectricAviation11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit
@phillip608311 ай бұрын
In the 80s i remember reading an article in popular science about shape changing wings.i was an aviation nerd at the time.i dreamt of a neutral buoyant variable geometry aircraft with fanwing lifters. In my mind it was a thing of beauty.
@alexprost750511 ай бұрын
Coming in 2080
@SilvaDreams11 ай бұрын
Yup it's not a new technology but a new generation is hearing about it and thinking it is going to some how change the world... Too bad what looks like will work on paper or small scale doesn't work out at large scale specially when some of them just add more points off failure.
@amitaimedan11 ай бұрын
Very nice summary.
@ElectricAviation11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@GuyIncognito76411 ай бұрын
Nice video as always. Thanks!
@ElectricAviation11 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@josega63387 ай бұрын
Yeah! A California thesis candidate has shown a variable swept canard foreplane could greatly improve an Space Shuttle at hypersonic speeds. A flat fuselage, closer to an Airfoil in global shape, will improve lift to drag ratio in any passenger or transport aircraft.
@ElectricAviation7 ай бұрын
Interesting!
@ioanbota939711 ай бұрын
Realy I like this powerful new aircraft
@wildhareonthegulfofmexico353911 ай бұрын
The more variable a program can be, the more successful it will be, going forward.
@zhubajie69405 ай бұрын
Reflecting on the experience with the V-22 Osprey, I am concerned about the safety, maintenance, and reliability of said aircraft with such complex designs.
@woodarddarren11 ай бұрын
What Nasa concept flat wing is on the KZfaq cover ?
@ElectricAviation11 ай бұрын
That is the ultimate form of MADCAT project that was mentioned in the video
@gtvishal252111 ай бұрын
Regarding transformium - Raja loha mentioned in vamanika shastra is a metal which have Ai there own mind and programmed to change the shape make a chair for passengers and also increased aircraft size and shape I feel very proud that this knowledge from vedas are re discovered and humanity benefits from it😊
@WiltonSilveira11 ай бұрын
Confia...
@gtvishal252111 ай бұрын
@@WiltonSilveira I read this book in pdf it has vast knowledge how to operate aircraft make mine finding chemicals or machines with chemistry 🧪 book name - Vamanika shastra read it self you believe it
@Corvaire11 ай бұрын
Chemical and Thermal based transforming should be more prominent in the future as electronic based manipulation has to many failure points and is subject to electro magnetic interference.
@cedriceric973011 ай бұрын
Good point but that leap is bigger than it appears
@Corvaire11 ай бұрын
@@cedriceric9730 They are utilizing thermal materials now on a multitude of manufacturing. - Not a leap at all. ;O)-
@joseveintegenario-nisu192811 ай бұрын
An 'A' shaped tail unit will generate a nose up force, always undesirable. But a Canard foreplane, 'A' shaped, won't put nose up
@josega63387 ай бұрын
Putting engines and propellers in wingtips puts a higher structural load on wings under things as wind gusts, any failure will build a difficult to handle assimetry. I would not do this. Blessings +
@MADMAX-rj3uw11 ай бұрын
this is old.. skunkwerks did this like.. in the 70s.
@wolframzirngibl11476 ай бұрын
When it comes to efficiency, a fixed wing concept beats a rotary wing design by far. Building a hybrid concept is even worse. It is a matter of physics. So why those hybrid or transforming concepts are under discussion that much? Because they suggest new business cases. Dream on. BTW. What the heck does a swarm of bots have to do with flexible wing design?
@GudieveNing11 ай бұрын
:)
@imanashkani855111 ай бұрын
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@rjung_ch11 ай бұрын
👍💪✌️
@trong-tinnguyen196211 ай бұрын
Inventive concept for drones. Imaginative designs. Look too fragile for transformers in mid Air.
@SilvaDreams11 ай бұрын
Overly complex, they are good idea on paper but in reality it will just more points of failure or just not realistically effective
@GraczPierwszy11 ай бұрын
@INDIA-zb3vy11 ай бұрын
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@jurajchobot11 ай бұрын
What are the reasons air limits free motion of planes? Direct force engagement (drag) and chaos. Drag is experienced when a vehicle has to travel at high speeds and it is minimized by reducing the contact area with air (aerodynamic design). The problem with this approach is that air molecules are swept into an uncontrolled movement (chaos) once they hit the vehicle in motion and it creates many different vortexes around the airplane, that prevent it from maneuvering at high speeds. what if we instead carved ridges into airplanes, that guide those air molecules all the way behind the airplane, where the chaotic movement is not a problem anymore? Imagine a modest Y shape ridged into top and the bottom of an airplane wing as well as the body. Instead of cycling around the front of the plane, the air would be guided by those ridges, which after first half split in two at a slight angle, that would force the molecules left or right based upon the airplane's movement. Imagine if we used a supercomputer to approximate optimal shape of ridges for the best air guidance at every possible angle and speed. Such plane could be made of lighter, less durable material as it would experience less mechanical stress and it would be way more maneuverable even at high speed, while saving the fuel at the same time, further reducing its weight.
@gtvishal252111 ай бұрын
It is also mentioned in Ancient vimanas and vamanika shastra about shakuna vimana how they got wings like birds showing movement while flights 😅 and now re invention of this technology is done😂
@WiltonSilveira11 ай бұрын
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@Jkauppa11 ай бұрын
design issue, not valid truth always, if it so seems to be often, you can do a design that is optimal in all cases
@Jkauppa11 ай бұрын
transformers have many more breaking systems, by automation theory, bad bad bad
@Jkauppa11 ай бұрын
more moving parts means less robust, less is more, k.i.s.s. also by systems theory standpoint
@Jkauppa11 ай бұрын
also typical human design are "expensive" with complex tech required, not simple enough