This paper airplane launching robot is one thing, while YouTuber Think Flight’s 16-foot rubber band-powered airplane just might be the world’s largest. Yes, this is the same toy plane that some grew up with boasting a propeller powered by a rubber band that you wind up, but just one a massive scale.
Its 16-foot wingspan was made possible with carbon fiber, fiberglass, foam, as well as lots of trial and error over 7-months. Since a rubber band motor produces its maximum torque when fully wound, it drops rapidly at first before ‘plateauing’, after which the plane stops. This meant that Think Flight’s creation was only able to stay in forward motion for approximately 12-seconds. Scientifically speaking, the initial burst efficiently is crucial, and automatic variable-pitch propellers definitely help, combined with timer-operated changes of wing and tailplane incidence.
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