Atmosphere Powered Car

To those who disagree that this is atmosphere powered, and instead human powered because I wind it up by hand, what about when I use the drill to wind it up? Is it now electrical powered? Or because that electrical power most likely came from a fossil fuel power station , is it now fossil fuel powered? Or because the energy in fossil fuels originally came from the sun, is it now solar powered? Do you also classify rubber band powered cars/planes as human powered? It's an endless circle of debate due to one simple law, the first law of thermodynamics, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. Thanks for watching!

‘Sorry, boss I can’t come to work today....car won’t start....atmospheric pressure too low.

Send me one: i'll test it out in my big vacuum chamber. I already know what's going to happen but it'd be a quick demonstration.

Nick Tesla: "My car has 250 horse power" Me: "Mine has 250 syringe power"

Your a very clever young man, talk about inspiration to young kids, everyone bangs on about footballers being roll models when it should be people like you, superb job.

Fun fact, you are about 80 grams heavier than a scale would measure you, due to the buoyant force of the air you displace.

“The diameter of the shaft has increased by a lot!” -Tom Stanton

"Tom Learns about Understeer"

its not just wheel spin. its drifting

13:18 Tom turned into his "spirit animal" for a second there

I love that you don't shy away from maths. This is how you learn something with practical use. Not videos that skim over the details for a nugget of information for the sake of not scaring off people who are averse to maths. Never change that about your channel.

8:53 - maybe using gears instead of strings on the 2 wheels could eliminate the increase in diameter.

That gave me so many ideas!! Very cool seeing that working so well!!

Your parallel steering geometry is causing the front tires to fight each other in the corners (inside tire follows a tighter radius curve so it needs to turn more) which is really slowing it down. That's why the rear started spinning out initially. Look up "Ackerman steering geometry". This is a fundamental requirement of all vehicles with two front wheels/tires that turn independently (unlike the classic wagon where front tires are attached to a common axle).

Arguably, the string being thicker at the start is a good think because it reduces the gear ratio, making the car accelerate faster, but then later on when the car's going fast, the gear ratio is lower and the car can go overall faster. Like how in your real car, you would start accelerating in gear 1, not 5 because you have more acceleration, but you'd go down the motorway in gear 5, not 1 because you can go faster.

That's a fantastic demonstration of physics, engineering, and innovation! I'm glad I subscribed and can't wait to see more. :)

Next day on facebook: "Will future cars be powered by atmospheric energy?"

Always look forward to your projects. Looking forward to whatever you get up to in the new year. Enjoy the hols!

I waited for your videos every week this year! Wonderful channel! Thanks a lot Tom

I would recommend using a rubber band instead of string for the transfer from the middle wheel to the rear wheel