A41 - Nero fiddled, I built an Active-Aero wing. Arete supercar project

[@SteveBueche1027]

Only guy I know who can work fiberglass without gloves.

[@bigspintantien]

Once again... there's not enough views on this series. Great work. Super happy to have found your channel. Impressive all around.

[@nikolaip4947]

Agreed 100%

[@alanv3185]

This channel is a gold mine. When car enthusiasts find out about this channel, it will take off so quick.

[@BuilderCreator]

Thanks, I'm glad your enjoying the videos. Hoping to see the day when we get another surge in subscribers.

[@Anoneom]

How is this channel not blowing up yet, this deserves millions of views

[@PaulyRenzeth]

My god, this series is much much better than expected, At first i thought you have atleast 50-100k. but wow.

[@DanielleMoren]

As a person studying to be come a designer, this is really my dream! Being able to create and prototype all day

[@BuilderCreator]

Don't let to much school interfere with your education Danielle . . Get some clay!

[@kwbalance108]

@@BuilderCreator Ironic and accurate! I hope more people see this and get inspired to get their hands-on!

[@michaelblankley5399]

Will someone get this guy more Ice cream! Blue Bunny, The Ice Cream for Amazing people! Product Placement! You should call them. Seriously This is awesome, You are living one of my dreams, If you want to do a boat next, I'm in! the 1jz is an awesome choice, a friend of mine and I started planning to do a car years ago, Life kept getting in the way, then he passed away, If there's KZbin in the afterlife, I am sure you just got another subscriber.

[@BuilderCreator]

Yes! Ice cream! Or, will I fit if I eat much more? Ha! For sure, first brand deal 'Blue Bunny. Ha! Sorry about your loss, but don't worry about him he's probably getting around on light beams!

[@williamr1499]

You are amazing . I wish I had someone like you to show me through the complexities of building and life.

[@parmvirgrewal6145]

Yo this this is the Bob Ross of the car world

[@DoughnutBoardingBros]

I found your channel yesterday. I'm catching up on all your videos! Which is a bittersweet moment because I like not having to wait for new content but I'm also excited for this project.

[@Xaltar_]

Great series, loving every bit of it!

[@BuilderCreator]

Thanks, We're loving putting it together for you!

[@bobdavis3389]

That would be terrible for a fire to take out all your work . Glad it missed you .

[@DavidGuyton]

Oregon! Well drat. Some of the scenes you showed looked a bit like rural Maryland. If you were on this side of the country I would love to volunteer to help in your shop. I would be happy just to sweep floors and soak in some of this knowledge! Excellent video as always.

[@BuilderCreator]

Free shop slave? Maybe I'll fly you here!

[@DavidGuyton]

@@BuilderCreator hahaha

[@mr2ferrari]

Agreed... I'm in Nashville, just stumbled across your amazing channel... if you were hours away you'd have to run me off haha!

[@bobdavis3389]

@@mr2ferrari I'm in Ohio and was thinking the same thing !

[@alangilman6711]

Just found your channel. Great content! Surprised you didn't vacuum bag this.... but as they say "There are many ways to skin a cat"

[@koonings1]

You make it look sooooo easy, by the way Happy New Year from Peter in Holland

[@BuilderCreator]

Funny, We have a singer here in the US named Peter Holland and at first glance I thought . . . then realized you are from Holland. Ha! Thanks for following the channel- I have ancestors from Holland (Vandenakker) farmers turned engineer. Ha!

[@jonnyreverb]

@9:50 That's odd. My spoiler goes UP over 75 mph... but it's a Porsche, and they are known to leave the track at high speed. ;-)

[@bennytuazon11]

I love the faces you make when you work! =D

[@robertcook4215]

... but I had things to do! That rocks!

[@davecooper5951]

Interesting process. How will you balance front aero with the extra rear downforce - moveable splitter ? I used aluminium tube spars - one on the centre-of-pressure and one to stabilise the trailing edge. I also used my 10% wind tunnel model (all home-made) to measure drag and chassis pitch stability at 4 degrees nose up. (I was at Le Mans in 1999 when they were taking off and flying up into the trees - Scary !!).

[@BuilderCreator]

A front splitter is in the works. Exposed carbon fiber, so with the mold and all, it is taking some time. I should have a video out fairly soon though. Stay tuned

[@maxthedog8483]

it looks like you have a lot of air bubbles. you should get a roller

[@jayinmi3706]

That 2 part foam is great, but you never have any idea how much it's going to expand. lol

[@BuilderCreator]

Yeah, temperature humidity and the mood of God all contribute to the reaction. Ha!

[@MrPlanecaptain]

Great channel! You can develop an allergy to epoxy. Don't know if you have exhaust fan running with make up air. Or maybe a respirator.

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

Recommend wax over clay in that method.

[@BuilderCreator]

The clay I use is about 60% paraffin wax, does that count? Ha! Thanks for watching.

[@bewernia]

For the wing, have you thought of adding a condition in the software that would incorporate steering wheel angle? I'm thinking there could be high speed conditions where there'd be turns but obviously not as short a radius as lower speed.

[@BuilderCreator]

Going to depend upon the actuators and sensors I end up using.

[@ianskinner1619]

Please tell me you consulted the NACA airfoil catalouge for a complimentary profile.

[@christoffer1973]

Would air bubbles in the glasfiber weaken the product?

[@herbhall3830]

Yes it does

[@maxime99991]

Very nice, congrats. But why don't you use carbon fiber in addition to fiberglass? This is stiffer

[@BuilderCreator]

$45 per yard vs $7 per yard! $17,000 savings.

[@digimon916]

Wow. I want to see how you work the arduino in with it! So once its in range/extended out, do you plan to do different angles for each mph, or have it hold one angle within a range of mph?

[@BuilderCreator]

Probably going to have to be "deployed" at certain speed ranges, tucked in for low and high speed and secondary actuators deployed on breaking.

[@richardanderson5109]

@@BuilderCreator What,it's going to break ???? ♿ 🇺🇸

[@TG22222]

You don't happen to live near the 140 do you? I'm from Australia but my ex lived in Klamath Falls, driven to Medford many times and those mountains look familiar.

[@BuilderCreator]

I lived in Klamath for 11 years, in the Medford area now. Astute eye.

[@johnxzx9139]

Nice job.. Now can you make me one for my Jaguar XJ?

[@marcusdelamarter9881]

Looks like Medford/Phoenix area? I’m down in Klamath Falls for college for mechanical engineering and I would love to maybe be able to help out or learn something!

[@divyanshsrivastava7312]

Phew... At last, after 2 weeks, I have watched all the videos. Time to go back and watch all the videos again 😂. Really sad to see the forest fires in Oregon 😢. By the way, how are you thinking of actuating the wing, are you thinking of using hydraulics pistons? And how would you extract the speed data from the ECU to actuate the extension of the wing? Thank you, great work as usual 😊👍...

[@BuilderCreator]

Actuating- pneumatic cylinders with lock positioning. I will have onboard air, but don't want to deal with added hydraulics. I will only have 3 positions; parked, deployed and braking. An Arduino sketch will read a CAN (ground speed) signal and deploy if the speed is between say 30- 120 mph (48 - 123 kph) and the active aero switch is ON.

[@divyanshsrivastava7312]

@@BuilderCreator Nice, I was going to ask the number of positions as well, thanks for mentioning it here itself 👍

[@richardanderson5109]

@@BuilderCreator That wing looks kind of like a "Clark Y" that ought to lighten up the rear end !!!!!! You are going to mount it upside down,right ??????? ♿ 🇺🇸

[@BuilderCreator]

@@richardanderson5109 Variation of a Clark Y, inverted of course

[@mysterymete]

What cloth and resin do you use?

[@guillo88]

Awesome vid Jay! i have another question today if you dont mind. I see the wing planty strong. But what about the mounting points? arent they just sitting on foam? wouldnt the force of the wing pushing down crush the mounting points into the foam and fail?

[@BuilderCreator]

Mounting points are sitting on the "Spar" that crosses through the center of the wing.

[@guillo88]

@@BuilderCreator ho i guess didnt noticed, i saw you cutting the foam and putting them in and though thats odd! thx for clarifying

[@jones604]

Have you designed this wing using CFD or are (excuse the pun) you just winging it?

[@BuilderCreator]

It is a variation of a NACA 6512. Slightly more drag than I would have liked, but it fits nicely into the spoiler shape in the retracted position. I do have tabs built on to my control arms that I hope one day to fit load sensors to, then I can tune the position/angle of attack, at the track. So the dream goes!

[@jones604]

@@BuilderCreator the plan sounds brilliant. I'm glad I subscribed. Thanks for the reply.

[@randylogan3801]

Why does everyone use brush for fiberglass not a skinny Minnie roller or sprayer

[@BuilderCreator]

It is hard to apply the right amount of resin with a sprayer (plus the problem of over-spray control). A roller tends to pick up the fiberglass cloth and move it. Regular brushing will also move the glass fabric, but you can develop a technique called "Stippling" (a sort of rolling-twist of the brush) to actually press the fabric in place as you apply resin.

[@randylogan3801]

I know stippling I'm painter by birth well family business very good explanation thank you for your time ..love the car and in depth build

[@SteveBueche1027]

Why not use vacuum bags?

[@BuilderCreator]

I use them when I can, but these prototype molds do not have a flange on them to seal for a vacuum. . . One day production molds?

[@billybutcher9912]

Maybe the rest of you, here...are too busy enjoying the content, to notice this builder has a serious problem.! I realize he makes use of the buckets. But we all may need to step in and form some type of intervention on his behalf. The amount of "blue bunny" he consumes is troubling, to say the least. I'll be fielding suggestions... Hahahaha

[@BuilderCreator]

You can't sneak anything past the people on social media . . . For the sake of the channel I have entered into an addiction recovery program!