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Ayden Wardell Aerospace
United States
Приєднався 24 чер 2018
Building propulsion systems, electric vehicles, and more!
This channel showcases some of my best and most complex engineering projects, and will hopefully inspire fellow makers out there to build something awesome.
This channel showcases some of my best and most complex engineering projects, and will hopefully inspire fellow makers out there to build something awesome.
Homemade Lathe Machine - Is it any good?
This is the Lathe upgrade I've been needing for several years, and with its achievable price point, this project will hopefully go on to inspire more makers to build their own machining tools. This much more powerful machine will be able to make parts faster and more accurately in a wide variety of materials. From rocket engines to turbines, there are many applications for lathes such as this one.
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Building an R/C Plane From Scratch - Will It Fly?
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Building a remote control plane can be extremely difficult, but with enough iterations and persistence, It is possible to take flight. The final version of the plane was able to fly reasonably well and most importantly, came back in one piece.
I made an electric rocket engine - how is this possible?
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This project explores electrothermal propulsion mechanism known as an ArcJet. I was able to build three ArcJet prototypes of increasing efficiency using various power sources and nozzle designs. Although no match for commercial propulsion alternatives, my home made thrusters were still able to improve their efficiency by using an electrical arc for electrothermal heating. Be sure to comment, li...
I built a rocket engine in my garage - it makes shock diamonds!!!
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This rocket engine is by far my most advanced propulsion project to date, being the first to consistently achieve supersonic exhaust. This project has been a great educational process as I learned about basic rocket science. I hope you can also learn something new as you follow me in this adventure of engineering and discovery! Be sure to comment, like, and subscribe if you would like to see mo...
Turbojet Engine From Basic Materials - how hard can it be?
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After nearly a dozen tests of this fire-spewing contraption, this video offers a glimpse into the challenges of building a turbojet from readily available materials. Intended as a supposed improvement over my last successful prototype, These versions of my home-made turbojet do not use any scrap refurbished turbine components or machined superalloys. Even with my best efforts, it still does not...
Blowing people away at the Los Angeles Maker Faire
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This is a video about my experiences hosting a very popular booth at the Los Angeles Maker Faire. From load-in to packing out, This video shares some highlights of this exciting event. From thruster testing and project demos, to watching a rocket launch, this maker faire was definitely one to remember.
Building a turbojet engine from scratch - was it worth it?
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Building a turbojet engine from scratch - was it worth it?
My Most Exciting Day and Night Rocket Launches
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My Most Exciting Day and Night Rocket Launches
Building my own Jet Engine - Does it Make Any Thrust?
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Building my own Jet Engine - Does it Make Any Thrust?
Rocket Impact at 200mph (a lessons learned experience)
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Rocket Impact at 200mph (a lessons learned experience)
My Worst RC Plane Crashes Compilation
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My Worst RC Plane Crashes Compilation
ELECTRIC JET POWERED GO-KART - (Green Lightning 2.0)
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ELECTRIC JET POWERED GO-KART - (Green Lightning 2.0)
Building, Flying, and Crashing The STEM Club R/C Airplane
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Building, Flying, and Crashing The STEM Club R/C Airplane
Ayden Wardell Aerospace rocket launch - Rocstock 2023
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Ayden Wardell Aerospace rocket launch - Rocstock 2023
Green Lightning - Electric Propeller Go-Kart
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Green Lightning - Electric Propeller Go-Kart
Building And Testing a Rotating Detonation Engine
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Building And Testing a Rotating Detonation Engine
first test of a rotating detonation engine
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first test of a rotating detonation engine
Pyroflask 2.0 development and testing
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Pyroflask 2.0 development and testing
AWAspace Rocket Launch at ROC, Lucerne Dry Lake
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AWAspace Rocket Launch at ROC, Lucerne Dry Lake
experimental propeller powered go-kart
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experimental propeller powered go-kart
I think if you allowed more bypass air it would help with your heat issue maybe?
It is very simple, if it works for intended purposes, then it is not stupid. Nice work...
bravo 👏
hello! question, why didn't you try with automotive diesel?
this particular engine was set up for gaseous fuel only, but some of my other prototypes have been able to use liquid fuel such as diesel.
bro how about u melt metal make moulds using these 3d printed parts and mould them with moulten metal like steel ?
Well done for 300 bucks !!!
You should keep refining a design that improves reliability, functionality, power output and focus on simplicity and as few pieces as possible so that you can start making and selling them. You'd make good money undercutting the other RC turbine engines on the market currently with your abilities.
This is incredible
Your mom taught me in 2nd grade
Perhaps I'll give this a try thanks
You should go to harbor freight and get a plasma cutter. Everything you’ll need is there. You’ll just have to use that brain to reconfigure it to work as you’d like.
So it's powered by graphite?then it's like graphite jet engine not electric.
I’m building a go kart very similar to that and I’m trying to figure out what battery to get. What battery did you use for this project?
I used a simple lead acid agm battery that is 4x 12v 20Ah batteries wired together in series
I loved the video! The intro was very well done. How fast did you get it going?
As far as top speed goes, it was able to reach about 35 mph in a couple of seconds and would slowly increase until about 40ish
Nice... You need fix the shaky tripod 😅
the biggest problem is that not all combustion are happening in the combustion chamber which is NOT good. you should enlarge the holes on your combustion chamber and also use a stainless steel nozzle which should not melt if the fuel combusts in the right place.
i love the shot at the end where you get fed up with moving it by hand and just use a drill lol. very creative, keep up the good work!
Hi can you pls make a vid where you make a liquid fuelded rocket engine under 100 dollars or at the max 200 dollars, pls
I’m making a turbojet and I was just wondering what metal you used for the flame tube, I have chosen 0.5 or 1mm mild steel. Also idk whether steel can be used for the turbine or whether I need to invest in some titanium sheets.
Perhaps I can get a titanium part cnc machined.
For a flame tube, you really want to use stainless steel because it is more temperature resistant than titanium and easier to work with. Inconel or some nickel alloy would be best for the turbine wheel but a high grade stainless will also work
inconel. a metal that was primarily designed for high temperature operation. what almost all turbine wheels are made from. molybdenum... can be bought in sheet. tube. solid bar. melts at 2500C or so. tungsten. 3500C... also available in sheet, tube, and bar. mild steel? one or two burns at red hot and its delaminating and flaking away and oxidising... stainless... after a few high temperature runs, it starts losing its properties, gets carbon precipitation, then work hardens and fractures... theres special types but for the price... find better. titanium is an over rated metal...
What grade stainless are we talking? I’m guessing not 304
Thanks for the response, I’m really limited in terms of machinery so I’m trying to find a balance. I’ll investigate further into molybdenum for the dlame tube as it looks malleable enough.
I noticed you don't have any rulers on the machine, so I suggest attaching some cheap electric calipers to the axis as electric readouts, they're precise enough for this application, can read out in mm and inches as well as have built-in zeroing
Very nice, how’s the turbojet project going?
The turbojet is in progress but having lots of issues. Trying to get some of them worked out before making another video about it
@@AydenWardellAerospace Have you tried using the Inconel hot end turbine from your first turbo jet. If that works maybe you can try getting multiple thin discs of steel and try to approximate its geometry.
Awesome project! How long from the very first step to the first functional part out of the lathe? Are steelyards generally happy to service small orders?
It took about three weeks from the steel yard to the functional lathe. With my local steel supplier, they had a minimum order of 5ft of whatever material with precut sheets and chunks sold separately in the showroom
Is that the laythe wobbling or the camera mount? 😅
The camera is on a kind of wobbly tripod...
1st view
bro you are better than integza
Почитайте книгу - "Иностранные авиационные и ракетные двигатели", 1964 года. Там есть краткие описания электрических и плазменных двигателей. Но эта книга на русском языке.
The voice between Styropyro and Mr Greenguy and this.. Subscribed
Dude, I love your work, but man, can you cut the music out from your videos? I want to be able to hear what’s going on. Other than that, bravo 👏🏼
You earned my subscription gentelman
Please check out amazingdiyprojects' video on his 3d printed jet engine if you haven't already. Its based on the FD3/64 jet engine. That compressordesign would work much better in your application.
still uses a fuel source so not really electric
I have a 240v 85a plasma cutter that uses 90 psi compressed air and cuts for hrs before needing to replace consumables. I wonder if any of those parts would be helpful to you? I buy the replacements on Amazon 40 sets @ a time. If you want to look up the parts to see search hypertherm 85max consumables. The electrode has a tungsten core, inserted in a thick copper rod
I love how meticulously you approached this and steadily the eliminated/mitigated variables & problems as they became known. Excellent engineering form 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Bravo
Thanks for sharing, science is fun :)
Love your vision. Keep going. It's people like you that change the world. Don't let anyone's criticism put you off your dream.
Tungsten Electrodes?
you will want a ring magnet around the exit cone as close to where the nozzle tip as possible. this will cause the arc to travel in a rotary manner around the inside surface area of the cone making an even plasma path and ignition.
as a cnc plasma technician I could probably give you some pointers on those consumables
3:00 oh man, that was unfortunate
I build I scratch build f-15 twin edf should I make a video or smth?
Would have thought someone building jet engines at home would have a DIY-Plane in the air in no time.
Loved seeing your progression with different designs, trial and error is the way to go, great design! Good luck with your future projects, love to see it
next video: Plane with homemade thruster
I beg
If you could swap out any components with titanium, what would you swap out?
If it was possible to manufacture, I would have the chamber nozzle together as a single piece of titanium to withstand prolonged operation and not have any gasket failures.
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This is awesome dude
So why not use a tig torch tungsten rod for an electrode, or a bundle of them. And venturi is the proper word for your propellant orifice I believe, not throat. Try propane oxygen lol. A diesel fuel injector with liquid propellant with pure oxygen added between the venturi and the electrode. High pressure directional vapor jet plasma.
For the bearings, you might want to look into needle bearings instead of ball bearings. The book I referenced in a prior post used, basically, small steel rods around a steel shaft and sleeve to create a bearing. You will also want to inject a paraffin based lubricant into them (something like wd-40) - it is going to burn off and be sacrificial. Silicon nitride ball bearings might work, but I think you have an application mismatch between the types of bearings out there. I will get the book out and find your most recent video on the subject and comment with a title and reference number. I will even post a book review going over it if you want.
I have a book from the 80s from the guy who more or less started the home made turbine phenomenon. It was a radial compressor design using balsa and carbon fiber tow to reinforce it and the combustor was basically a glorified coffee can. Good work, by the way.