Trending · Flying Roadster Part 2: How can a car fly with just air?

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// WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Air pushed out one way pushes the car the other way (Newton's 3rd law); about 10 nozzles, nothing burns.

// LESSON NOTES

How can a car fly with just AIR? 💨🚗

1️⃣ PUSH AIR OUT: squeeze air into a tank, then let it rush out of a nozzle. The air goes one way — the car is pushed the other way.

2️⃣ NEWTON'S 3RD LAW: every push has an equal and opposite push back. Just like a balloon you let go! Nothing burns — it's "cold gas". SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets steer with cold-gas thrusters too.

3️⃣ THE ROADSTER: Tesla says about 10 nozzles push 4–5 times harder than the tyres can grip.

Push air back, go forward!

Read the voiceover (transcript)

How can a car fly with just air?
Squeeze air into a tank. Let it rush out of a nozzle, and the car is pushed the other way!
That's Newton's third law, like a balloon you let go. Nothing burns: it's cold gas.
Tesla says about ten nozzles push four to five times harder than the tyres can grip!
Push air back, go forward!
Next: the air tanks! Follow for part three!