Comments on: Weigh a flying plane from the ground

By: Steve Kurt

Steve Kurt — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:27:30 +0000

I watched this video too! He does such great and extensive work to explain science to viewers! To his credit, he also explains the shortcomings in his test set-up. I noticed that in the video description, he does say that a proper pressure sensor would be a better way to measure the change in air pressure, but a good one costs too much. He’s one of the best general science YT folks, imho, etc.

By: DB

DB — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:12:10 +0000

Some years ago I was chatting to the inventor of the vibrating beam load cell (used in some of the Avery FX series scales, like you see in the Post Office). At one point we drifted off into the possibility of using the load cell to weigh the moon, although it never got past casual conversation. It is capable of a lot more than it was ever used for in commercial and industrial products.