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Flight

What really generates lift, how aircraft are designed and how air networks move things.

8 entries, about 3 hours of single videos. Bloom scroll this shelf

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48 min Doug McLean | Common Misconceptions in AerodynamicsMichigan Engineering

DeGrasse Tyson is still promoting the equal transit time explanation for lift in his podcast. I listened to it and wanted to scream "no!" I know this is a hotly debated topic, but I found this video from Boeing aerodynamicist Doug McLean quite interesting. He is giving a lecture to University of…

Mentioned in r/flying

11 min How Overnight Shipping WorksWendover Productions

…is fantastic for the business side of things. I suggest starting with How Overnight Shipping Works and The Most Valuable Airspace in the World. For the engineering side of things, Real Engineering is

Mentioned in r/aviation

1 h 12 min Lecture 2: Airplane AerodynamicsMIT OpenCourseWare

…watched an MIT course on ground school knowledge. They said they know it’s not different flows of air at different speeds but they know air gets directed down so it must push something up (the wing). They then admitted to not know exactly what causes it but it doesn’t matter as we can model wing…

Mentioned in r/flying

10 min Lift and Wings - Sixty SymbolsSixty Symbols

…is what I'd consider the best video you'll find on lift. Tldw; physics says: Conservation of momentum - deflection argument Conservation of energy - Bernoulli argument Conservation of mass - equal time argum

Mentioned in r/flying

28 min The Plane That Will Change Travel ForeverReal Engineering

…side of things. I suggest starting with How Overnight Shipping Works and The Most Valuable Airspace in the World. For the engineering side of things, Real Engineering is my pick. The Plane That will Change Travel Forever is a recent video I liked, and a classic is The Insane Engineering of the…

Mentioned in r/aviation

11 min The Most Valuable Airspace in the WorldWendover Productions

…is fantastic for the business side of things. I suggest starting with How Overnight Shipping Works and The Most Valuable Airspace in the World. For the engineering side of things, Real Engineering is my pick. The Plane That will Change Travel Forever is

Mentioned in r/aviation

Questions about flight videos

Where should I start with flight videos?

The entries on this shelf that came up in the most Reddit threads are Doug McLean | Common Misconceptions in Aerodynamics (48 min), How Overnight Shipping Works (11 min) and Lecture 2: Airplane Aerodynamics (1 h 12 min).

Are there short flight videos?

Yes. 4 run under 15 minutes, including How Overnight Shipping Works (11 min) and Lift and Wings - Sixty Symbols (10 min).

Are there full flight courses or lecture series?

2 entries are full course, lecture or playlist, such as Doug McLean | Common Misconceptions in Aerodynamics (48 min) and Lecture 2: Airplane Aerodynamics (1 h 12 min).

Where on Reddit were these flight videos shared?

Most came up in r/flying (4) and r/aviation (4). A mention can be a recommendation, a question or an argument, and each video’s page says which it was.

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