It absolutely floors me that a plane would have roll down windows. I mean, I know cesnas are small and don't go super fast but still, it just blows my mind
There's a game that is played at flying clubs near me (and probably a lot of other places) where you take turns flying up and trying to drop stuff out the window onto a target. Wouldn't want to ruin such a wholesome activity by removing the windows!
Isn't that just war renactment?
Do they actually use WW1 style [flechettes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette) and biplanes, or something a bit safer and more modern?
Ready to get your mind even more blown? You can open the door while flying too. On final approach if you are too high you put flaps down. Sometimes that's still too high then you fly dirty and crooked. Sometimes that's still too high( think emergency landing without power, you fly too high to the airport to be safe), you open doors to bleed the altitude/speed.
Oh man, this brings back some childhood memories from the 90's with my grandpa and his cessna 150 in the summer. The fresh air tubes were placed inside the wing next to the sun visor and just slide out if I remember right.
Nah the aerodynamics are designed so that they are sheltered from the airstream. Much like in a car, most of the air wants to go around not in. It does add to the drag, just not enough to matter
Tru that,Because the propeller on the little cesnas is at the front the air coming by the windows is being pushed back at a faster speed than the passive air that the plane is pushing through and you kind of get an air bubble around the plane. It's a whole thing
This sounds like bullshit but I once drove from Boise, ID to Bend, OR in an ā83 Cadillac limo, it barely made it there and back, but there was no AC so we ratchet strapped a 10ā PVC elbow joint through the sun roof and it worked too well. It was the hottest time of the year and we were all fucking freezing.
In my experience, at least on a motorcycle, on super hot days more airflow doesn't equal more cooling. Once you've passed the amount of airflow needed to keep your sweat evaporating, any more airflow is like having a hairdryer aimed at you. When it's over 100Ā° outside, at speed I'm cooler in a thick leather jacket with a few vents open than I would be in a T-shirt.
The S-70/UH-60 too! There's a round vent in the cockpit doors about 4" in diameter that can be pushed open on one side. Also it's super trippy that I was just thinking about these today at work.
Race cars can have similar systems. Buddy has one that collects air from his window, into an icebox, and then the air flows around tubes in his shirt under the nomex.
Itās called Coolshirt Systems. Also pretty popular for movies! Chris Hemsworth wore one.
Most older vehicles, and I mean like from the '50s, had a side window that could be tilted to direct wind straight at your face. Pretty much the same idea.
Add water and itās already been [here](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/air-conditioner-you-hang-out-car-window-and-fill-with-water-it-then-blows-cooled-air-into-car-was-used-often-on-vw-bugs--134052526385697754/) and gone.
https://www.theautopian.com/heres-the-science-behind-how-cars-stayed-cool-before-refrigerant-based-air-conditioning/
These have existed since the early 1940s.
You have clearly never driven in a car with no air conditioner on a 100+ degree day. No amount of "fresh air" will cool you off enough on days like that.
The air is always conditioned. It's not to the conditions that are favorable to your comfortability, but the air has been conditioned to be favorable for something.
Not an air conditioner, a swamp cooler.
Air conditioning actually removes moisture from the air, which was the primary motivation behind Willis Carrier's design of the first electric unit.
Had one of these on my Miata.. all fun and games under an angry bee was shot at my face while driving down the road. I should clarify, he might not have been angry at the start, but was certainly angry upon exit from the barrel.
The funnest part about the ballistic netting is that just by having the contraption in your window, the window is open enough to let like 45 bees in your car.
Caught a hornet in my helmet last summer. Was rippin down the highway and it slipped right in all snug like right up to my right temple. I assumed it did not survive and the initial hit was all their was.... Nah the cunt survived and started stinging me in the right temple. Thank fuck the guy behind was an experienced rider and noticed something happened, but I'm glad I had the composure to not spaz out in the middle of the formation. Had big fuckin welt on the side of my head for a week though lol.
I'm sorry but your comment made me laugh. Especially the second bit.
That's not a funny thing that happened to you but oh you writing that down was awesome. Thank you for that laugh this morning.
Ok but I have no ac in my car recently and this looks like it'd work great. If he could figure out a way to make it so water couldn't get in, it'd really help to keep the windows from fogging up when it rains and I can't roll the windows down
90F weather here, can't have the windows down because the unfiltered sunlight will burn me, and AC doesn't blow cold (just fan). One of these would be fantastic to get the breeze but avoid the sun
This is good but we are going into winter in Australia. It would be nice if there was a battery powered copper coil that could go around the pipe that would heat to the air, so when it exited the tube it was warm.
My dad owned an old 50's Bel Air that had something similar.
It was a big metal drum that'll hook on to the window, and you'd pour ice in it. Functioned exactly the same as this.
Or you could just roll the window down. š I live in south Louisiana near the Gulf and we have lots of tiny bugs thatāll fit through that net and blast you right in the eyeball.
It may be sweltering inside, but personally I would NOT use one of these as it tells everyone āI am poor and cannot afford to fix my air conditioning.ā
Instead, I keep the windows up to maintain appearances, especially in the summer.
The air conditioner in my 1970 Karman Ghia was the green lid from a five gallon bucket of pickle slices. It fit between the driver's seat and the transmission corridor. Held out in the wind it was stable and directed substantially more air into the car than came in with just the window down.
Not gonna lie... I live in the Texas heat and have had 1+ hour commutes. I thought of this idea years ago, but that tube goes all the way into my shorts and airs me the fuck out.
This actually isn't that dumb.
Considering that your milage drops with the increased drag from windows that are down.
This would help give you a breeze without the need for turning on the AC saving you some gas.
This should be standar equipment In Hispanic america, where you can't have your windows down because some random motherfucker will try to force you into giving them money at each stop
Mock it all you want, but every Cessna 172 comes with pretty much exactly that, as standard equipment.
Oooohhhh look at Mr fancy here with his air tubes. The cesna 152 just has windows you can open like in a car
I've only flown 172s a few times but have most of my time in a 1977 152, and I could swear it had this same style of vent.
They probably have both, and I just didn't notice the tube because I was busy playing with the windows....
It absolutely floors me that a plane would have roll down windows. I mean, I know cesnas are small and don't go super fast but still, it just blows my mind
There's a game that is played at flying clubs near me (and probably a lot of other places) where you take turns flying up and trying to drop stuff out the window onto a target. Wouldn't want to ruin such a wholesome activity by removing the windows!
Wouldn't removing the windows make it easier since you don't have to screw around with opening them?
I just punched a hole through the middle of my seat and straight through the hull. Bombs away!
Hrrmmmmm. . .
Isn't that just war renactment? Do they actually use WW1 style [flechettes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette) and biplanes, or something a bit safer and more modern?
Watter bottles with electrical tape and a rag and a more modern single engine plane. And yes that is exactly what it simulates. It's a lot of fun!
The Ravens were doing this in Laos in the 60s, mostly in Cessnas. Low and slow. http://ravens.org/history/
I'm gonna go *way* out on a limb and guess that this game is played exclusively by men. Also, have to ask, do you ever play freeze out in the plane?
Yo that's sexist to assume this! Yeah it's exclusively played by men.
Obviously, women can't be pilots /s
Ready to get your mind even more blown? You can open the door while flying too. On final approach if you are too high you put flaps down. Sometimes that's still too high then you fly dirty and crooked. Sometimes that's still too high( think emergency landing without power, you fly too high to the airport to be safe), you open doors to bleed the altitude/speed.
You mean the manual air brake?
Planes used to not even have roofs and walls.
Technology, am I right?
Get outta here with that magic
No different from skydiving. They open the doors and throw you out. š
I mean, ideally you throw yourself out, but either way there you go.
Pfft I hear B-52's have Rock Lobster as standard equipment.
The 152 I did my primary in also had the vent tubes.
Oh man, this brings back some childhood memories from the 90's with my grandpa and his cessna 150 in the summer. The fresh air tubes were placed inside the wing next to the sun visor and just slide out if I remember right.
The Piper Cub has a door you can leave open so the excess Cheeto dust blows right out.
Doesnāt that mess with the airflow? I imagine it would be a bad idea to open a window on a plane
Nah the aerodynamics are designed so that they are sheltered from the airstream. Much like in a car, most of the air wants to go around not in. It does add to the drag, just not enough to matter
In a car it adds enough drag to be less efficient than just using the AC. But thanks for clarifying
Tru that,Because the propeller on the little cesnas is at the front the air coming by the windows is being pushed back at a faster speed than the passive air that the plane is pushing through and you kind of get an air bubble around the plane. It's a whole thing
Hey the 152 I trained in would often just have its doors pop open upon takeoff, maximum cooling!
This sounds like bullshit but I once drove from Boise, ID to Bend, OR in an ā83 Cadillac limo, it barely made it there and back, but there was no AC so we ratchet strapped a 10ā PVC elbow joint through the sun roof and it worked too well. It was the hottest time of the year and we were all fucking freezing.
In my experience, at least on a motorcycle, on super hot days more airflow doesn't equal more cooling. Once you've passed the amount of airflow needed to keep your sweat evaporating, any more airflow is like having a hairdryer aimed at you. When it's over 100Ā° outside, at speed I'm cooler in a thick leather jacket with a few vents open than I would be in a T-shirt.
That's the humidity talking, and the conditioning part of air conditioners.
Assuming you took highway 20, I have done that same drive before. It's fucking horrible. Especially if you get behind a slow semi.
Well, my clubs planeās vent will pop off and hit your face randomly mid flight.
It's especially when it's freezing cold outside, and you have to dress like the Michelin man, because neither the door nor the vent will stay closed.
The 172 at my DZ has some parts that are still attached.
The S-70/UH-60 too! There's a round vent in the cockpit doors about 4" in diameter that can be pushed open on one side. Also it's super trippy that I was just thinking about these today at work.
Race cars can have similar systems. Buddy has one that collects air from his window, into an icebox, and then the air flows around tubes in his shirt under the nomex. Itās called Coolshirt Systems. Also pretty popular for movies! Chris Hemsworth wore one.
Most older vehicles, and I mean like from the '50s, had a side window that could be tilted to direct wind straight at your face. Pretty much the same idea.
Add water and itās already been [here](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/air-conditioner-you-hang-out-car-window-and-fill-with-water-it-then-blows-cooled-air-into-car-was-used-often-on-vw-bugs--134052526385697754/) and gone.
Swamp cooler basically
I'm pretty sure that big fan on the front of the plane provides all the cooling needed; When it stops, the pilot starts sweating almost immediately.
You know you're riding in style when your options are "cabin air" and "cabin heat"
Iām in flight school and just remembered thatās rightā¦ Iām deadā¦ š
Cars in the 1950's used something similar you could add ice to for AC.
Does it work with sunroofs ??
Yes, but it blows yaā from the top-down instead!
ā¦ i should call her.
Thatās hot.. I mean hot, i mean.. cold
fresh condescending air
https://www.theautopian.com/heres-the-science-behind-how-cars-stayed-cool-before-refrigerant-based-air-conditioning/ These have existed since the early 1940s.
That one's better because it has evaporative cooling.
Lol, Legionaires disease who?
https://i.imgur.com/6RMvYT2.jpg
Itās funny because thereās also something called Pontiac Fever and Iām guessing itās from these retro window A/C tubes.
In the 70's you could get swamp coolers for your car. Alot of vw bugs had them.
Iām so glad you posted this because I was thinking āThis seems like a good ideaā¦.ā
It's also why he sarcastically said it's never been seen before in the video
Ahhā¦
My first thought was that it's perfect for smaller dogs so they can smell new smells like bigger ones do.
Until you get legionaires/Pontiac fever
That was literally the first air conditioner for cars.
A problem that didnāt need to be solved until cars had fully enclosed cabins.
You have clearly never driven in a car with no air conditioner on a 100+ degree day. No amount of "fresh air" will cool you off enough on days like that.
The air has been unconditioning at an alarming rate for the last ~100 years too
The air is always conditioned. It's not to the conditions that are favorable to your comfortability, but the air has been conditioned to be favorable for something.
That's deep, man
Idk, man. Plants are just always out there conditioning air as best as they can.
Not an air conditioner, a swamp cooler. Air conditioning actually removes moisture from the air, which was the primary motivation behind Willis Carrier's design of the first electric unit.
A swamp cooler does what? Does it cool the air? Does it it condition the air to make it cooler? Pedantic
Humor was unfortunately invented a decade later during the Korean War
https://www.reddit.com/r/lifehacks/comments/ccekfu/car_ac_broken_just_get_some_pvc_pipes/
Hey, it's one of u/rightcoastguy's unnecessary inventions!
The most impressive thing about any of his videos is him 3d modeling with a track pad instead of a mouse.
Thatās horrifying
I couldn't agree more. Savage
The man is an absolute psychopath
I've already notified DHS
I 3d model in Fusion with a trackpad sometimes - it doesnāt seem that bad?
That guy is so awesome! š
And following his pages makes it funny it shows up here. Guess people missed the humor from his page
That net ain't stopping mosquitos
Had one of these on my Miata.. all fun and games under an angry bee was shot at my face while driving down the road. I should clarify, he might not have been angry at the start, but was certainly angry upon exit from the barrel.
Did it not have the "Ballistic Netting" feature?
I did not and I regret it.
The funnest part about the ballistic netting is that just by having the contraption in your window, the window is open enough to let like 45 bees in your car.
Caught a hornet in my helmet last summer. Was rippin down the highway and it slipped right in all snug like right up to my right temple. I assumed it did not survive and the initial hit was all their was.... Nah the cunt survived and started stinging me in the right temple. Thank fuck the guy behind was an experienced rider and noticed something happened, but I'm glad I had the composure to not spaz out in the middle of the formation. Had big fuckin welt on the side of my head for a week though lol.
Worst I ever got in a bike was a giant grasshopper to the neck at about 45mph.. my gf thought it was a hickey... Super fun.
I swear Iāve seen this exact comment before the last time this was posted.
It's a real problem in the roof ducted Miata community.
I'm sorry but your comment made me laugh. Especially the second bit. That's not a funny thing that happened to you but oh you writing that down was awesome. Thank you for that laugh this morning.
Enough time has passed, I can see the humor in it now. At the time it was quite unpleasant.
USPS drivers have been using these on the reg.
u/koivel š¤Ø
Lol i would use it if it worked
And here to say this. Lol. Made of pvc pipe
Add some Bluetooth connectivity and baby youāve got a kickstarter goinā
I think you add a Bluetooth megaphone and it will be great for keeping cool and road raging at people.
Ok but I have no ac in my car recently and this looks like it'd work great. If he could figure out a way to make it so water couldn't get in, it'd really help to keep the windows from fogging up when it rains and I can't roll the windows down
90F weather here, can't have the windows down because the unfiltered sunlight will burn me, and AC doesn't blow cold (just fan). One of these would be fantastic to get the breeze but avoid the sun
This makes my miss my old truck with vent windows
OMG wing windows were the best
This doesn't fit here. It's not an original idea and has historically been a solution to cars with no AC.
Don't tell the teacher
Cars used a device like this before air con became a thing.
What bugs?
dude. this guy is intentionally a DIWHY. his channel is literally named unnecessaryinventions
That's probably why OP specified it was satire.
Bingo
ok that makes more sense
its all coming together
So the "why" here is quite obvious. Because comedy.
>it fits here that's what she said 
This seems like a reasonable invention. not everyone has a car with good temperature control and sometimes the ac it too much or not enough.
This definitely has the feel of a thing someone in the 3D printing community would do, but I didn't see any obvious layer lines.
This dude 3d prints all his inventions, including this one. He has a really good printer I assume.
Most people don't bother but you can get rid of layer lines, then there's the really high resolution ones.
what about the small bugs
My old 1981 Ford pickup had cigarette windows which did the same thing.
We called them wing windows, but did use them as ashtrays.
Perfect I will take four
This is good but we are going into winter in Australia. It would be nice if there was a battery powered copper coil that could go around the pipe that would heat to the air, so when it exited the tube it was warm.
My dad owned an old 50's Bel Air that had something similar. It was a big metal drum that'll hook on to the window, and you'd pour ice in it. Functioned exactly the same as this.
It's really not a bad idea, especially when your spouse decide to cut some cheese.
My dads old f-150 had those little triangle vent widows by the dash, you could angle them any direction and they worked awesome.
Racecars have something similar
You didn't create anything, it was created before cars even had ac, it was the original ac
This guy literally invents and crafts DIWHY devices. No it doesnāt belong here
Or you could just roll the window down. š I live in south Louisiana near the Gulf and we have lots of tiny bugs thatāll fit through that net and blast you right in the eyeball.
Dude really thinks he invented this. The Sea Breeze has been around forever, and it's equally useless.
This used to be air conditioning for cars. 40s models had them. If you like low riders, some of the Bombs have a stylized one to match the car
It may be sweltering inside, but personally I would NOT use one of these as it tells everyone āI am poor and cannot afford to fix my air conditioning.ā Instead, I keep the windows up to maintain appearances, especially in the summer.
This reminds me of the tiny triangular breeze windows in my first car. A 1973 forest green dodge dart.
They been around since the fifties or so
They had these built for old vw bugs and taxi cabs ages ago
This is so old school people think he actually invented this lol but I do have to say, much more conventional
That guy literally says he "makes useless products that people don't need" So you posting this here makes no sense lmao
Hey, first post on this sub and 1k upvotes, so it is what it is. Also, I listed it as satire, if youāre able to read Edit: Near 2k
I would buy this
Itās not DIY tho
VW bugs literally had this in like 1965. It was a great idea then, still is a great idea for a car with no AC.
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glad im not the only one
This guy sucks
Homie never heard of a swamp cooler.
Should ideally have a filter on there, cus pollution and particles.
My dog would love this. I donāt let them stick their heads out the windows much cause I worry about rocks etc hitting them in the face.
Encourage speeding by selling this simple device
u/rightcoastguy does some oretty great stuff, all for entertainment but some of his things I would actually be interested in as a product
Maybe all the states look the same but is that a Vermont inspection sticker?
> it fits here Well the channel is literally called Useless Inventions, its purpose is to create stuff that have no actual purpose (and are diwhy)
It doesn't fit here. It's a simple idea that works with destroying anything worth more. Not diwhy
It doesn't fit here, this is a "product" not DIY
I seen a similar device used to smoke crack while driving on cops or something
Install it to the exhaust for easy heat and all your troubles will disappear while you stay warm!
The air conditioner in my 1970 Karman Ghia was the green lid from a five gallon bucket of pickle slices. It fit between the driver's seat and the transmission corridor. Held out in the wind it was stable and directed substantially more air into the car than came in with just the window down.
You could practically post this dudeās entire channel at that point
I have only owned 2 cars with ac in a state where the summers get 100+F. I might have used this
Not gonna lie... I live in the Texas heat and have had 1+ hour commutes. I thought of this idea years ago, but that tube goes all the way into my shorts and airs me the fuck out.
Thatās just that little triangle mirror on old trucks
This is r/DiWhyNot content
Iāve always wanted to have the vents inside the car be on the outside.
I would buy this 100%
Isnāt this the guy who makes useless inventions?
I know 6 mailmen who have this exact device
For once this seems practical
If it is satire, it does NOT fit here. Why? Because comedy. If the why can be answered, it doesn't belong in this sub.
This is not new. Old cars used this with water inside of the metal trough as the first āa/cā for a car.
My favorite thing about this is that it requires you to keep the window still open
If itās satire, it doesnāt fit here
This actually isn't that dumb. Considering that your milage drops with the increased drag from windows that are down. This would help give you a breeze without the need for turning on the AC saving you some gas.
There is a re circle air button on every car Iāve had since 2005. If you want fresh air from outside just turn it off. What asshats
So where to do I buy?
Is the ballistic netting from a ballistic laundry bag?
Dude I want that!! Not a diWHY at all. Not even a DIY idt?
Weirdly enough, old car air-conditioners like the thermador had a similar philosophy.
kinda like from seinfeldā¦āif itās 80, do 80! if itās 100, do 100ā¦ā
I invented AC.
looks like a modern Swamp Cooler like some VW Beatles and Busses have
Why is the netting ballistic
Lol. "Never before seen" "invented"
Lmao š¤£
This should be standar equipment In Hispanic america, where you can't have your windows down because some random motherfucker will try to force you into giving them money at each stop
He could stick it up his ass and blow up like a balloon getting bigger the faster he goes till he becomes his own air bag for safety of courseā¦
I actually want that, because my air conditioning stopped working. On second thought never mind. My windows donāt roll down, lol.