Can a microwave power a plane? - Bang Goes The Theory - BBC One

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Jem Stansfield builds a microwave death ray to prove the existence of invisible and untapped energy.
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@bobert4him 11 лет назад

This is the first time I've ever seen the actual transmission and use of microwave power over any significant distance.

@pineapple2703 9 лет назад

5:20 into this, Jem is standing next to where the helicopter was. even though he is not in direct line of sight of that 'Death ray' surely you wouldn't even take that risk if it was on...

@luislongoria6621 10 месяцев назад

That has to be the most ignoble AC/DC capacitive charger in existence which also does a fine job dispelling the notion that motorways could enable capacitive charging on the go without cooking anything that touched it like the 3rd rail on the tube

@geiorgy360 12 лет назад

this is extremely dangerous and we needed several special permits, and heres the small child who is helping us :')

@ThePeoplesGuru 12 лет назад

Imagine trying to get a patent permit for that. "Could you repeat that?" "Yes, it's a microwave death ray."

@denni98 Год назад

Imagine flying a spaceship to the moon using microwaves?

@GenkiDamaSSJ 10 лет назад

How much energy is lost through the air? what would happen to someone if they stood infront of the beam?

@zahariburgess3660 2 года назад

about 20% depending, the main problem is concentrating the beam, and is someone stood in front their organs would fry

@madjimms Год назад

Exactly how UAP's work.... but with MASERS in the megawatt range.

@Afrotechmods 13 лет назад

Amazing video. Well done BBC.

@arbit3r 8 лет назад

This idea came from an old patent from the 1960's. Interesting to see it was explored.

@thenerdyouknowabout 10 лет назад

Bearing in mind that this TOY helicopter barely uses a tenth of the power used by proper MODEL helicopters... Make it power a multicopter though... Then I'd be impressed!

@zahariburgess3660 3 года назад

if you had a higher frequency like (10 GHz) compared to the 2.4 GHz that it puts out then yea it would be better, keep in mind that the low-frequency waves of the magnetron spread out that's why they have the metal horn antenna also a fraction of the power is getting captured due to the beam spreading out it would take a massive horn to concentrate the radiation that's why high frequency does better like a laser, a laser is a much higher frequency so it is easy to concentrate the problem is safety and cost and either way they did power a bigger helicopter back in the day with one

@harjeetrawat3638 2 года назад

Its so really imaging are you working on it, how i connect you?

@gokulraja9555 2 года назад

What antenna you used to receive microwaves

@pheppi 15 лет назад

I love these vids.

@BrainyLuke111 12 лет назад

HOW AWESOME I HAVE THE SAME PHONE AND MICROWAVE AS THIS GUY!

@beefcakeandgravy 8 лет назад

1.) That's NOT a plane. 2.) This is probably the most inefficient and wasteful way to power that small *helecopter* No wonder Tesla died penniless and alone.

@benbubeck1305 8 лет назад

but it is right now the only way to accuratly transmit power through the air. And tesla died penniless because he was a humatinarian, he did not belive in being paid for example.

@sathishpadmanaban8945 6 лет назад

Could you please explain the antenna circuit diagram?

@zahariburgess3660 2 года назад

its called a horn antenna basically just a metal horn or smth

@BigMacOrange 3 года назад

So I learned today that basically anyone can easily make a awesome death ray. Giggity.

@xxwookey 13 лет назад

@Frostydean15. It looks like the funnel intercepted the microwave channel built into the machine that normally channels the microwaves fro the magnetron to the space with your food in it.

@TeamYankee2 13 лет назад

oh yeah.. that looks really safe!!

@MrHeyho112 12 лет назад

Im firing my microwave cannon!

@XDFreakLP 11 лет назад

I once got a shock from a charged Microwave capacitor xD oh and my comment to the "never take this things apart" Screw this! i took apart 7 microwaves, and have 6 of those parts each lying around :DD

@RadagonTheRed 12 лет назад

Can a microwave power a plane? No it can't. Thanks.

@asshatnowhere159 14 лет назад

im setting my microwwave from stun to kill

@candr 13 лет назад

Back in 87" there was a test useing a real aircraft (unmanned) with a 4.5 meter wingspan was tested jointly by U.S. and Canada. The idea was to place an aircraft at a constant 10 mile height to be used as a relay for communications in a limited area. You might find it under the title of "SHARP" (Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform) seemed to work pretty good.

@changeagent228 3 года назад

Good info 👍

@MultiAwsome8 12 лет назад

If there is X ray and Gamma ray is there RayWilliamJohnson?

@hughesy94333 13 лет назад

And this is how chernoble was created kids :P

@titaniumdiveknife 11 лет назад

Can i haz raygun?

@jurasofish 14 лет назад

I want to as well :)

@NFS28300 8 лет назад

He used electricity to power the oven right? So, he used electricity to produce electricity. That's not profitable.

@benbubeck1305 8 лет назад

but it's wireless electricity. Wifi is also worse than Cable, but you still use it.

@DarkoMFS 12 лет назад

@GOGORyanZZXX yeah.. wireless power, but now nearly efficient to be considered practical :) .. you're putting out 1KW to power a little heli which uses much less ..

@psycholunatic213 13 лет назад

cool now i can fly my plane wit a microwave i mean who doesnt right?

@MelvinBartoo Год назад

Melvin Bartoo I belive milky way black hole is puttng out lots of micro wave and we can some day power ships to fly around our galaxy

@ryan-tabar 12 лет назад

so is this wireless power?

@BriskAxe 13 лет назад

Why does the BBC not allow certain videos to be viewed in the U.S.? =(

@Mydtys 11 лет назад

1kw to power 1w helicopter, GJ.

@1995klein 10 лет назад

All I can think of is Tesla was right all along...

@tw34k3d 10 лет назад

something tells me that the output of the battery normally used on that rc chopper is substantially less than the 1000w the microwave is outputting, what will he be doing next, making a nuclear reactor with an output of 1000 megawatts to power a full sized chopper... possible, but pointless... maybe one day when we can make effective microwave-lasers it may be more efficient and therefore useful.

@ShawtyDaDrPepper 12 лет назад

It was a toy helicopter. they never said it was going to be a plane.

@HandyAndy4612 13 лет назад

i thought it was going to be like an f16 or something that would have been cool...

@stupidintellect90 13 лет назад

I want to know if anyone has ever successfully made a corn pop into popcorn by cornering it with 3 mobiles calling each other, I tried it but failed.

@stupidintellect90 13 лет назад

@MrGabriel70 haha...it does sound a bit put on, but I'm guessing he grew up somewhere up north then moved away and started travelling, hence the subtle northern accent he has now. No need to thank me for my theory ;) I've got it....it's slightly Brummie, isn't it?

@bestthealan 12 лет назад

You hook a Tesla Coil To the Antena ...you have the car he was said to have made

@rocket3989 13 лет назад

its called a herf gun....

@The1234cadillac 13 лет назад

Didn't Nikola Tesla do this when he was alive. Wireless electcity

@mynameisdarthtater 13 лет назад

So you've got electricity making microwaves making electricity. Sounds a bit counter-intuitive to me.

@paulbottomley42 14 лет назад

@hurculepoirot2 Heh, I wonder how many people were actually deterred from wanting to build one by that warning. I know I wasn't >_>

@Saitothesushi 12 лет назад

The only problem is if there is a blackout then your fucked.

@daobagua 13 лет назад

The theory stands though. If you could convert heat into light (electromagnetic waves) efficiently and receive the light back into heat with reasonable efficiency. Then you could beam power into space. That would be cool. But I think if I were in space I would use the sun as a source lol.

@denni98 Год назад

Yes great idea, imagine if U could fly to Mars using microwaves?

@TheRaizen33 11 лет назад

I wonder if the Pyramid of Giza was used to power a ship of some sort?

@Kj16V Год назад

No! Plus, broadcast power, like this, is super inefficient.

@TheMaskedGoth 13 лет назад

i want to eat the pilot

@Ilikeporkpie 13 лет назад

@BGDPPL Yes.

@xXIornManiacXx 13 лет назад

That's a helicoper not a plane.

@boxa888 14 лет назад

CMON GIVE NIKOLA TESLA CREDIT! HIS system would have given us wireless power 100 years ago, and more better than microwaves, i put up info if you have not heard of tesla, resonance is key!

@Designandrew 13 лет назад

mobile phones dont use microwaves they use radio waves wtf

@repapips2004 13 лет назад

@kramcas2 Thats the reason why he got assassinated. Oil companies will gonna cry, and there goes their business.

@Stryker9799 13 лет назад

@hughesy94333 not even close. chernoble was created by a nuclear power plant. this isn't even close to chernoble.

@MartinWillett 13 лет назад

@The1234cadillac This is incredibly wasteful. A kilowatt went into the air and a few milliwatts were extracted just a few metres away, despite using two really sophisticated antenna arrays. In comparison getting nutrition by inhaling the smell of meat roasting would be quite efficient.

@NicholasLeung_nktleung 13 лет назад

U LEARNT DT RIGHT???

@grandexandi 12 лет назад

boy thats a misleading title

@medoo400 12 лет назад

@GOGORyanZZXX yes and that's waht tesla harnesed from the sun and cosmic waves but he was killed for that...

@thenerdyouknowabout 12 лет назад

Can microwave power a plane, no! But it can power a helicopter! Unfortunately that type of hell only draws about 3 amps. Proper rc planes and helps draw around 40 yes 40 amps!!!

@jwilliams575 13 лет назад

like the mythbusters

@TheBlaze4000 11 лет назад

by plane i thought he meant a proper man sized one. dont i feel stupid -_-

@thenerdyouknowabout 11 лет назад

That's rubbish, proper rc copters draw up to 50/60 amps! Not the 2 that this thing puts out!

@MrEngineeer Год назад

Ummm, what’s the point of the helicopter if it’s not receiving the power wirelessly. You’ve achieved nothing other than just simply demonstrating the same thing you did with the LED. Wasted my time thinking you’re actually going to show a helicopter receiving energy wirelessly