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Bernoulli’s Principle

Four forces acting on an aircraft

Four Forces of Flight

Learn about the four forces of flight.

Scale aircraft in a wind tunnel

Pre-flight Testing

Learn about some of the ways Aerospace engineers test new designs.

Otto Lilienthal's flying machine

A History of How Humans Learned to Fly

Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!

Eric makes art with a straw, thanks to the Bernoulli principle

ScienceXplosion - Painting at the Bernoulli

On this episode of ScienceXplosion, Eric makes his own airbrush and learns more about the Bernoulli Principle. It's not magic, it's science!

AeroVelo's winning flight

The Hovering Human

Learn how a team of Canadian engineers used Bernoulli’s Principle to design a human-powered helicopter. It set a world record for human-powered hovering flight!

How can I make a Vortex Cannon?

How can I make a Vortex Cannon?

Build a vortex cannon and discover how fluids (liquids and gases) can move in unique ways due to their physical properties.