For anyone who doesn’t already know, Emma is the first full-time hire at Project Air 🙌 She’s an incredibly capable engineer and actually much more qualified than myself, who basically self-learned everything. Over the years I’ve had many friends appearing in my videos, including Sam, Mike and Hannah, who were always keen to lend a hand with building and filming when they were available. 🎥 What a really needed, though, was someone to help design, build and test things full-time. Emma originally worked in the same engineering company as Sam, who recommended her. I saw she was the ideal sort of engineer to come and help out with Project Air operations day-to-day. I’m really excited about all of the more complicated projects we’ll now be able to take on with her versatile skill set in electronics, CAD and other areas, and I’m also very pleased to highlight a woman in STEM through this channel, something that is still lacking on KZbin (and in general). I’d like Emma to be treated with respect as it’s hard enough to appear on camera without inappropriate comments about her appearance or relationship to myself. She is a valued member of the team and I’m very much looking forward to all the future projects she is going to be helping with. Looking forward to the next project! James
@legoflightturtleperson24320 күн бұрын
absolutely love your videos, I have been watching your channel for a long time and your creations never disappoint. here is an idea of something you should make. one of those car plane boats you sometimes see in movies or games were you can design your own planes. maybe a buggy with floats and wings on the side or just an evolved sea plane with bigger wheels. Make sure to strap rockets to the back! I have never seen someone make it so it would make for great content. thanks for making great inspirational videos.
@drmachinewerke118 күн бұрын
What is the jeep ' white' type vechile you are driving
@quantum894517 күн бұрын
@@drmachinewerke1 it might be s a Suzuki Jimny, very cool little jeep
@bsod4144Ай бұрын
Im so glad u dont have to do these things alone anymore...shes a keeper
@Project-AirАй бұрын
Thanks! Yes I love having more people in these videos. Emma and Sam really helped a lot with this one.
@paulinavictoriagonzalezgon991Ай бұрын
We love you
@mstreichАй бұрын
Note to self: Find build partner taller than me.
@philipbraileyАй бұрын
Lots of fun.
@GiBBO5700Ай бұрын
@@Project-Air too many simps
@DIYPerksАй бұрын
What a result!!! Well done James and Emma!
@An1me_v1b3rАй бұрын
That glider was basically a me 163 in disguise
@sumesh-kumarАй бұрын
hi Matt. waiting for your next video.
@Kozworth28 күн бұрын
DIY submarines 2.0
@PurpleTT99Ай бұрын
As a 60yr old I really appreciated seeing you take Jetex & balsa structures to the limit. I had many, and if fact although you mentioned the 50s my last was in 1985, although Jetex parts were a little hard to find by then. It was a tissue & dope plane that immediately burst into flames. Dope was still off-gassing! I dropped it immediately and it sat on the ground leaving, within 30s, a black skeleton of failure. Gutted.
@NickOakleyАй бұрын
70 year old here. I can probably still find the burns from my brief tinkerings with Jetex. And yes, the smell of off-gassing dope in my bedroom!
@robertstark3326Ай бұрын
Sounds like a mini Hindenburg. Too bad there wasn't KZbin, it would have been great to film that. I'm 65 so I too remember Jetex. Great memories, even when or maybe especially when things didn't go the way you expected.
@iandennis7836Ай бұрын
Yes, mine did exactly the same......sigh
@RichardIresonMusicianАй бұрын
66 here, fond memories of Jetex motors. I remember them being all metal with a spring latch you'd flip to separate the two parts. 2x orangy red fuel pellets, a bit of gauze, an asbestos gasket and Jetex fuse wire. Glowed red hot if memory serves! Many a burn was had along with a huge amount of fun!!!
@PurpleTT99Ай бұрын
@@RichardIresonMusician Yes the gauze, the gasket and a tin of pellets. I also recall the small maybe 1.5" normal one and a larger one, 2.5" and fatter? The fuse wire would crack quite easily I recall. Ahhhh fond memories.
@dejongdonАй бұрын
16:25 How satisfying was it to see it gently rise when the first rocket was ignited!?! Well done!
@jimbos5.7x28Ай бұрын
It was pretty cool when the plane gently arose as well.
@GniggaaaАй бұрын
Looks soo cool makes Any one want to make one good thing I’ve been making rockets recently
@HanZie82Ай бұрын
That ended up being one beautiful plane. I would NOT be upset to see it again with maybe another form of propulsion. It flies so nice.
@jimbos5.7x28Ай бұрын
Yeah the rocket-plane they built was cool too.
@OzAndyifyАй бұрын
Yeah, that pane deserves something like flappy paddle propulsion.
@rjung_chАй бұрын
Emma's the MVP of this project!
@loddude5706Ай бұрын
Magnificent Variable Propulsion? : )
@rjung_chАй бұрын
@@loddude5706 🙂
@mytube001Ай бұрын
I know Americans use MVP to mean "Most Valuable Player", but do understand that it means "Minimum Viable Product" to a ton of people!
@GerinoMornАй бұрын
props for Emma, but this is begging for a catapult launcher xDDD
@loddude5706Ай бұрын
@@GerinoMorn - Emma on a bungee! . . . Pure genius . . . discarding trolley? : )
@MeriaDuckАй бұрын
10:30 the quite hard edge of the field entering the view is quite scary... The efficiency of such a glider with ground effect makes that they can get pretty far 😂
@kadhir5738Ай бұрын
Bro honestly, Emma is a keeper.
@allendarby1578Ай бұрын
No, I heard that she's a defender
@sirfer6969Ай бұрын
bro honestly,. let it go, stop simping...enough about Emma already
@kadhir573829 күн бұрын
@@sirfer6969 just a compliment :))
@spaceskipster441222 күн бұрын
@@kadhir5738 maybe just read the video notes, and you'll have an accurate idea of why she's here.
@kadhir573822 күн бұрын
@@spaceskipster4412 Dude its just a compliment relax
@BrettMontgomery-yg8cd29 күн бұрын
Great job to both James and Emma. Nice that you mentioned Jetex. I'm 70 and it brings back good memories.
@noamm5503Ай бұрын
Bro I just love your videos
@thefantasyforge5015Ай бұрын
Nice to see you revisit retro planes with modern tech. I'd love to seem more of these. Emma is also absolutely right about it looking like a kid's drawing, but it glides nicely.
@raymondborkowski4290Ай бұрын
Emma makes a great addition to the channel 😜
@BikingVikingHHАй бұрын
lol No. stop simping guy, it’s a bad look. 9:00 literally pulls plane off track and causes a worse crash. 🤦🏼♂️
@user-yf6gr9vv1yАй бұрын
@@BikingVikingHH bro what💀 it's a simple mistake?
@jimbos5.7x28Ай бұрын
@@BikingVikingHH Leave it to an alpha-simp to reach out and shame someone else to make the everyday sting of being a simp more bareable.
@jimbos5.7x28Ай бұрын
By the way @raymondborkowski4290 you said nothing in the least bit "simpish" it's all this dude projecting his simp-aura on to you.
@L4ftyOneАй бұрын
@@BikingVikingHHweirdo incel too
@magicaardvark1Ай бұрын
More Emma please. She is a legend! Also: who's in the Dalek?
@KX36Ай бұрын
Maybe Emma was a Dalek all along
@elifguveneristek1216Ай бұрын
who is emma?
@iquecanseco8876Ай бұрын
.@@elifguveneristek1216
@MeriaDuck29 күн бұрын
@@elifguveneristek1216 lol, why comment of you don't even watch the video
@brsrc75927 күн бұрын
What is a dalek??
@lowtecMachinaАй бұрын
Such a cool project. After seeing the table go whoosh i had my doubts but the first testflight with the smaller rocket motor had me smiling. Good job 👍
@johntate5284Ай бұрын
Super impressive engineering skills and glad you finally went with the box frame. I have seen some larger motors that have about 20 seconds of lower thrust, which may be more suitable for a longer flight (Apogee Components, Aero Tech G18+, 19.8seconds). You have a nice looking Dalek in your workshop!
@zecretw7272Ай бұрын
That was my thought aswell, lower force and longer time. Please revisit with that type of engine. ❤
@TricksterJ9728 күн бұрын
Yes, it gets going fast enough for the wing tips to start fluttering. Less thrust for longer would be better. Maybe two smaller rockets?
@bravelyHomoSapien24 күн бұрын
@@TricksterJ97 In for a penny, in for a pound… Let’s go for 10 smaller rockets along the wing 😊
@kennethcameron740119 күн бұрын
Pish with the G18, let's go with an Aerotech H13ST-P! Burn time of 15 seconds, but a much higher total thrust of 211 newtons and a max thrust of 43!
@firstmkb27 күн бұрын
Emma is amazing, and I’ll leave it at that! Great design, build, and testing. My only suggestion is to get a motor with a longer burn time. Aereotech makes a 38mm diameter single-use motor with 320 N-s of total thrust and a 6 second burn time. It doesn’t sound that long, but their similar sizes burn from 0.6s to 2.3s. I used one on a LOC Precision model for my Level 1 certification and it was a crowd-pleaser!
@cedhome7945Ай бұрын
Tip - as the rocket will get lighter as it burns putting it as close to the centre of gravity as possible will help.so above or below the wing would be better. Great fun all the same 👍
@SilvaDreamsАй бұрын
The engines themselves aren't very big or heavy, he just kind of stuck a model rocket on the nose.
@BramBiesiekierskiАй бұрын
Having the rocket above the CoG will cause pitching forwards
@craigegdell7913Ай бұрын
Loved the stealth Dalek flex 🙂
@bravelyHomoSapien24 күн бұрын
19:04 “With many ups and downs”… Well played, sir😂
@wjgoh65320 күн бұрын
Yea I was paying close attention to his assistants' up's and downs too.....
@Jetstreamer0Ай бұрын
Cool!! I like you and Emma's dynamic❤
@jimbos5.7x28Ай бұрын
I like Emma's test launch dynamics.
@Lord.KiltridgeАй бұрын
Well done. Seriously interesting. Horizontal acceleration can be mitigated by converting the excess energy into altitude. If the airframe is not strong enough to manage the thrust in the horizontal, pitch up and climb. You can go higher instead of faster.
@musiqtee28 күн бұрын
Yes, I had the same idea - although from a _very_ theoretical experience with procedural energy management in flight sim airliners… 😅
@Skinflaps_Meatslapper28 күн бұрын
That's the standard procedure for when you have more thrust than your airframe can handle in level flight, you point it up and gain altitude instead of speed. It's a ultra high lift glider, not a high speed hotliner, the point of the rocket should've been to get as much altitude as possible for longer glide time...not see how fast you can make it go in level flight. If you're hitting flutter speeds, you're too fast and wasting the thrust on hand with drag.
@fouzaialaa7962Ай бұрын
im curious why didnt you use fishing line to stabilize the first plane ,you could brace the tail against the pegs that hold the main wing and brace the wing against the end of the tail ,i think it would've been strong enagh to handle not crumbling under its own weight fishing line is extremely strong and you can use it to eliminate any unwanted twisting forces by tying things to fixed hard-points on the plane
@JustSomeVideos0Ай бұрын
That's precisely what I was going to write! Great plane but sad seeing those wings and tail flexing when some line would have resolved most of the issues!!!
@Arthur-9542 күн бұрын
The onboard shots on plane gave interstellar vibes!!!!!!!!!!!🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
@YonConrealАй бұрын
Bro wake up Projectair uploaded
@sycc-rf4npАй бұрын
Ight
@pdubs787Ай бұрын
*air raid sirens turn on* everyone it’s here!
@hgyuqir07nhq349Ай бұрын
Ight bruv thx😂
@Sniperboof-of1yjАй бұрын
IM UP IM UP
@PoeDameron-ql1ntАй бұрын
But it’s so earlyyyy (9am)
@AlexOnABoatАй бұрын
That was fun, but here's the challenge for you before you tuck this plane away for a happy retirement. Multiple rocket motors triggered one after the other. I feel we need more height.
@raysun2beАй бұрын
I was thinking along the same lines, a couple of the less powerful engines, then a couple of the powerful ones triggered one after the other. It would be great to see how high it could get for longer glide time!
@jimparsons680329 күн бұрын
Liked that the motor was set up to pull the aircraft through the air and not push it. Well done.
@krispewkrem34 күн бұрын
I know absolutely nothing about airplanes and flying but I hydrofoil surf every day. It’s so awesome to hear you talk about wing designs. My favorite wing to surf nowadays is fairly wide like a glider but fairly thing overall and very high camber. It carves wonderfully, has loads of low speed lift, and it absolutely refuses to stall even at very low speed. Now I wanna get into rc planes.
@domramseyАй бұрын
Something tells me Emma is the brains and the braun of this operation Seriously great job guys!
@DS-xg9kfАй бұрын
And also gorgeous
@BikingVikingHHАй бұрын
Damn I’ve never seen so many simps
@sirfer6969Ай бұрын
Please stop simping, it's embarrassing
@BikingVikingHHАй бұрын
Simp alert
@DS-xg9kfАй бұрын
@@BikingVikingHH and proud of it ❤️
@SeaWasp8 күн бұрын
I had two copies of this book from the 60s when I was a kid (in the 90s) called Building and Flying Model Airplanes. It talked about adhesives, safe ways to spin propellers that could fire up when the glow plug was heated, and instructions to keep ballpoint pens because they contains useful springs! In addition to that it covered power systems which included Jetex! I've tried looking them up in action, but there hasn't really been anything that was worth reading about or watching on youtube. Thank you guys!
@toastedguns5047Ай бұрын
love this guy
@daviniusb6798Ай бұрын
And Emma!
@dudmanjohn23 күн бұрын
Loved the video. Back in the late 1960s a friend and I designed and built a wide wingspan glider - it was probably only 6 feet but considerably bigger than other sailplanes we built, sadly no pictures. Balsa wood with dope covering and duralumin joints between the two halves the main wing to allow for transportation. Free flight launched using a tow line. It didn't survive many flights before structural failure. Happy days. We're now in our mid 70s.
@JinKeeАй бұрын
Get this man some surplus RPG rocket motors
@banalpedant4124 күн бұрын
As you can see high aspect ratio wings have pretty good performance. Having the Center of gravity proper is likely the most important aspect. Love your assistance's hair. She is gorgeous. Lol
@air-headedaviator1805Ай бұрын
Foam board truly is a miracle material. Any time we wish to step away, it draws us right back in.
@MRTOMBO24 күн бұрын
I'd say a good 1/2 the fun in watching this video is the two of you together as a team. Having fun. Good vibes. Lots of smiles. Thanks for the video.
@nidhu595Ай бұрын
14:25 wait, tom stanton is a patreon supporter???
@shogunemperor27 күн бұрын
GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!!’ That was some hardwork! Glad it all worked out perfect!!
@liammorantz413Ай бұрын
8:09 : still better than Boeing though
@moegamatabrahams677327 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@spaceskipster441222 күн бұрын
@@liammorantz413 🤫👌🏻🤣
@Bob_Adkins27 күн бұрын
Lots of fun, very interesting, and a little terrifying (for the plane's safety)! I have found that nothing beats very lightweight, built-up balsa squares or rectangles for stiffness of long fuselages and wing spars.
@FotoschikiАй бұрын
The fate of the 3D-printed tail part reminds me of something an expert from a plastic manufacturer told my dad on an industrial fair a few years ago: "If you know enough about plastics, you use metals". Someone should have told Stockton Rush ...
@douglascaskey730225 күн бұрын
And in some cases if you know enough about metals you use lightweight, high temp reinforced carbon composites (RCC). Metals such as titanium and Iconel are not easy to work with compared to carbon composites. Think SR-71 vs the SST. In the case of the Titan... it wasn't neccessarily the material choice per se - it was the design for the material in that case. If it was a spherical shape... it might have been a different story. It's why God didn't make eggs tube shaped. 😏 That being said... it's not well understood yet how composites fair under repeated flexing in deepwater applications, when compared to metals such as steel, titanium, or aluminum. As proved by the Russian's titanium is not a good choice as it's too expensive and hard to work with for subs. Aluminum.... ah, I don't know - you going to have the same issues with flexing and fatigue, along with corrosion from exposure to sea water. IMO steel is probably the better choice - at this time.
@ashleysmith310627 күн бұрын
I actually built and flew a Jetex Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 (a model of the S/R flying boat, with auto-rudder), in the late 50s ! It was my first model aircraft, and it worked so well, it just flew and flew - right out of sight ! I was devastated, and thereafter stuck to control-line flying, until r/c models became a thing
@fromp2uАй бұрын
You 2 are just AWESOME !!
@Engineezy28 күн бұрын
This turned out SO well! Much respect
@Tacticticalaircraft-wl7rj29 күн бұрын
I really loved your video. In the next one, could you please re-fly it again but with two or more engines? You could also try to break a speed record
@emaniacgames8391Ай бұрын
Those final shots with the sunset and the quiet wind flutter were indeed absolutely brilliant
@christopherleveck6835Ай бұрын
Im only half way through..... Carbon fiber square tube on tail would work..... Need larger servos. It may turn ok but it would do better with a little dihedral in the center section. Not sure where you got your airfoil.... The idea of using an under cambered wing is solid. But usually the camber is behind the wing spar which should be close to the center of gravity.
@SpacemanFPV1Ай бұрын
i agree larger servos, as well as a wing thats not the same width all the way througgh
@kadmow29 күн бұрын
Even triangular foam board -simple, cheap and rigid geometry - beats cute and expensive (where there is no optimisation nor competition at the bleeding edge)..
@moepow816024 күн бұрын
It's cool, but nothing new, even in size. Back in the 80s, we had to make our own rocket motors and did the samething. I'm really not trying to poo, poo your success it looks far better than what we made. You did a great job. There was very little out there to help build these planes, gliders, rocket motor, and rockets. With no internet, computers, and very few hobby stores, we had to make most of what we needed. But it was fun, we failed many times, but in the end we met our goal...it's too bad we didn't have cell phones to document our adventures, laughter, failures, and achievements. I'm almost 70, and it's great seeing what the young people are coming up with. It's truly innovative !
@mikesaler103822 күн бұрын
How did you make your own rocket motors without blowing yourselves up?
@simonabunkerАй бұрын
Really nice project! That worked really well. Have you thought about having Emma doing some presenting? It would be great to have an extra perspective? Or is she mainly interested in the engineering. It would be great if you could convince her to do a few behind the scenes shorts at least (and give you more content).
@ericseidel494029 күн бұрын
An horizontal stabiliser is NOT a lifting device, but rather pushing the tail DOWN to counteract the tilting moment of the main wing. So should have, if any profile, a symetrical one.
@domowysurvivalАй бұрын
A great project, James, both thumbs up! It seems, though, that if one's aiming for distance it's better to launch a rocket on a ballistic trajectory, than to power a glider, even though the latter has a great lift-to-drag ratio?
@Brandon_SoMDАй бұрын
I love the ground effect lift at 10:30 - it gets low and just floats along the ground.
@DroneMeeАй бұрын
She's a gem and that last drone shot was $$$
@sirfer6969Ай бұрын
@10:21...whaaat!!? Awesome =) The glider on its own was epic
@ninja_vibes552Ай бұрын
Did I just stare at the sky instead of the plane for the whole entire video
@davidgay279222 күн бұрын
The rocket glider I watched take off around 1967. The guy launching the glider, launched it like a rocket to get as much height before the rocket stopped and the glider took almost 30 minutes to come down. The glider circled around as us kids kept track of it running all around the park where it was launched, we wanted to be their when it touched down. That is just about all I remember of the glider. I do believe the glider reached around 125 feet on a worm day with lots of up drafts. Watching your video brought back memories. thanks.
@denyscpoyner24 күн бұрын
I once walked into a hobby store and saw a rocket powered twin tail glider already pre built and hanging from the ceiling. Long story short, I bought it and a pack of rocket motors, took it to the park the next day and 3. 2. 1. 💥🔥 Exploded on ignition. 😢 I should have sued Estes for the motor failure, 150 bucks right out the window.
@enderbutter9297Ай бұрын
I love your dalek just casually moving around in the background, beautiful thing
@VIJAYzkАй бұрын
06:08 you should use forged carbon part instead of that 3d print. its not hard to make and it'll be stronger and lighter. and instead of using a single tube use 2 tubes to increase the torsional stiffness of tail
@user-ql4oz4nn2qАй бұрын
Exactly . 3d printed compression mold stuffed with fibers and resin . Did a fair share of them . Mold is one time use only but results are more then worth the effort
@VIJAYzkАй бұрын
@@user-ql4oz4nn2q Yeah! I've managed to reuse the molds 3-4 times though.
@user-ql4oz4nn2qАй бұрын
@@VIJAYzk OK depends on design I think . I made mine with simple pla no demolding angles nothing .just a coat of PVA and after drying I would temper the part to full hardness . After that I simply broke away the mold.
@Ragnar42Ай бұрын
This dude is just the real life equivalent of Wile E. Coyote lately. Just strapping rockets to everything and hoping for the best.
@YeahJuliusАй бұрын
Rc planes again👍
@keefardin61223 күн бұрын
A PERSON WHO NEVER MADE A MISTAKE,,, NEVER MADE ANYTHING, WELL DONE AND GOOD PERSEVERANCE
@sycc-rf4npАй бұрын
I woke up and project air posted
@ponyoteАй бұрын
This is absolutely crazy, in the best way. Glad you've got a team now. Keep up the great work.
@Ryan_LikesVRTrainsАй бұрын
"babe wake up project air posted"
@JaySmithKiawah20 күн бұрын
I flew Jetex in the 50s and early 60s. Had a few burnt fingers but experimenting with rocket powered, Balsa-built aerodynamic configurations was a blast! Thanks for building on that modeling legacy!
@Anirudh99pАй бұрын
Fireee plane
@alexanderg-p3zАй бұрын
You're first!
@user-kk2ik1dk8tАй бұрын
This was one of the best videos of yours that I’ve ever seen
@ultimatekill82Ай бұрын
Yoo new upload!🎉
@richardwakelin84326 күн бұрын
What a great couple of intelligent, fun-loving buddies. Excellent, great fun to watch .
@spacedino1199Ай бұрын
Who else saw the dalek moving during the sponsor? 👇
@DrTubeman28 күн бұрын
That was wicked, swish build James and Emma, cheers for the reel...
@mrmegamer6029Ай бұрын
You are my biggest inspiration
@wolpumba409916 күн бұрын
*Title: Building the World's Largest RC Rocket Plane* * *0:01* - Intro and inspiration behind the project (Jetex rocket planes from the 1950s). * *0:59* - Discussing the configuration and design of the glider. * *1:11* - Building and testing balsa wood prototypes. * *3:24* - Lessons learned from the prototypes and scaling up the design. * *3:32* - Construction of the giant 19ft wingspan using carbon fiber tubes. * *4:43* - Concerns about the wing's flexibility. * *5:48* - Building the tail surfaces in a v-tail configuration. * *6:11* - Construction of the fuselage. * *6:22* - First test flight and initial observations. * *8:17* - Fixing the tail's flexibility issues. * *8:52* - First radio-controlled glide test. * *9:32* - Rebuilding the fuselage with a stronger box-style design. * *10:01* - Final test flight with the new fuselage. * *10:46* - Practicing launch techniques. * *12:06* - Building a heavy-duty rocket mount. * *12:53* - Sponsor message: PCBWay. * *14:01* - Preparing for the first rocket-powered test flight. * *15:00* - First rocket-powered flight with a smaller engine. * *17:11* - Second rocket-powered flight with a larger, more powerful engine. * *18:36* - Success and reflection on the project. * *19:13* - Outro and call to action. I used gemini-1.5-pro-exp-0801 to summarize the transcript. Cost (if I didn't use the free tier): $0.07 Input tokens: 19072 Output tokens: 413
@Lux158Ай бұрын
Really cool but since you are now a company of some sort you should say „we“ instead of „I“ :)
@richardm.newlands2417Ай бұрын
ProjectAir, you've excelled yourselves! That was a beautiful piece of Aeronautics. Nail-biting flutter on the larger motor, but it held together. Perhaps a steeper climb angle, and a tiny bit of leading-edge sweepback? Others have suggested multiple motors firing one after another; seems worth a go.
@DaithiKidney-ph2srАй бұрын
When does it become excessive to put rocket engines on things
@CharlMarais247Ай бұрын
I dont know but very excited to find out.
@simtalkayakАй бұрын
... Dose it ever become excessive?
@StickyWheelsRcАй бұрын
never
@oversecus833Ай бұрын
Never.
@olivierduivestein6541Ай бұрын
When viewers stop being interested in watching content creators mess around with them :D
@pezpengy930827 күн бұрын
nicely done! shade tree engineering always deserves much laughter and smiles!
@cloudpandarism2627Ай бұрын
7:17min i love how jiggly everything is. ☺
@MaNNeRz91Ай бұрын
Beat me to it 😂😂😂😂😂
@juliusweil9464Ай бұрын
That is seriously AWESOME~! Bigger is better! Give us more!
@lovrohrg3086Ай бұрын
First
@leokimvideo25 күн бұрын
real Jetex model plane motors are awesome, a real trip back in time thinking of the fun with those
@Project-Air25 күн бұрын
Your original rocketry video was what got me into model rockets as a kid ☺️
@ThePowerofMusic-yl9kzАй бұрын
If you look closely at the wing camera footage, on the second flight, after the motor burns out, you can kind of see the air flowing over the wing with the little bit of smoke coming off the engine. Really cool.
@timbacchus22 күн бұрын
Gosh I wish I had a field like that to fly off of. Good work. So glad she wore eye protection.
@lrtc9919 күн бұрын
Bloody brilliant! That plane has a most satisfying, graceful flight. How about gliding it to the stratosphere? I bet you could do it!
@christianm1396Ай бұрын
Watching you launch this plane made me think of how atlatal darts are thrown. If you tied a string with two loops on either end and looped one end onto a nail on the back of the plane, you could use the other end on your finger to extend your launch with one hand. Maybe not necessary for this project, but it would be cool to see a atlatal style glider launcher or something similar. Great video!
@davidkettell5726Ай бұрын
I remember my older brother building Jetex planes in the late fifties early sixties ,they had an unfortunate habit of going down in flames ? Emma definitely must stay and launch all your aircraft in the future ,what a sweetheart.
@politecactus8842Ай бұрын
bro you have a dalek thats awesome
@dkjens070527 күн бұрын
Wow, that right wing tip almost departed during rocket burn ha ha. Well done James and Emma, looking forward to seeing more positive energy from you in the future.
@IteKLF27 күн бұрын
I built a 1.6m wingspan glider with diy rocket motor approx 10 yrs ago. This is fun! good memories. I bungee launched the glider, then activated the rocket with a short circuited carbon based resistor(they will glow red).
@viccie21128 күн бұрын
Congratulations on a great result to a cool project James! Thanks for making these entertaining videos :)
@josephmaughan163529 күн бұрын
Awesome project thanks for sharing. One thought I had while watching, if you replaced the square tube with triangle tubing the weight is reduced by a third and the triangle shape is actually the strongest.
@cypvh7410 күн бұрын
I built a few rocket powered gliders, but they launched straight up and then the rocket motor was designed to blow off and float down on its own with a parachute and then the glider would circle down. Built up a larger RC glider with a similar launch concept and much bigger engine, but was too scared to ever try it. Didn’t have a nice big field like you found!
@egmontnicolas216023 күн бұрын
« …no actual sheep were harmed during the shooting of this experiment… » 😂
@razvanbutiac768425 күн бұрын
Wonderfull works guys... to stabilise the wings I advice you to use dinema fishig cords, a .2 mm dinema can hold up more than 10 kilograms pulling force, you cand configure some diagonals between the tips os the wings and back to the tail and give more rigidity to your frame without adding any air drag.
@Kozworth28 күн бұрын
Carbon fibre saved you're ass in the wing structure. Godly material and it just shows what the right material at the right time can do. Well done, absolute legend
@justincase527227 күн бұрын
In modern airplane design, the center of gravity is NOT aligned with the center of lift! In fact, the CG is usually 1/4 to 1/3 of the MAC (mean aerodynamic chord) ahead of the CL. That moment is countered by the horizontal stabilizer producing negative lift. In order to reduce or eliminate porpoising, you adjust the moment arm of the horizontal stabilizer as well as the distributed mass forward and aft of the CG.
@StarChasershere26 күн бұрын
In America we make Combat planes. Cheap wings and a 31.75mm aluminum square box tube fuselage. No twisting square box, unlike rounds. I would use Polyhedral wings, are used in aircraft for various reasons, mainly to improve roll stability without significant change in the overall wing ..
@95lovi27 күн бұрын
What I don’t understand is that even with all the virtues of social media like KZbin and the internet people trying to reinvent the wheel?! Without taking the blinders off and looking over the edge of the plate. Making mistakes that are not necessary. The Ukrainians are quite inspirational in drone craft building and developing on the fly.😊
@wallypizza32328 күн бұрын
I absolutely loved everything about this video! It reminds me of early KZbin...