CARBON FIBER CRI CRI SIZE SMALLEST AIRPLANE PROJECT -- MAGICRAFT

updated and modified cricri size plane, 100% carbon fiber with 2 electric motors , 80kg empty weight .
we used electric motors for this prototype because they are simple ,reliable and gives us enough range for checkride .

[@TheBobhyp]

I had to turn the "music" off as well. annoying is a good description of it. A really good-looking plane. I was wondering how well it flew. Thanks for sharing your build information!

[@kittyhawk3831]

That is certainly one of the coolest looking Cri Cris out there! Amazing work! Looking forward to seeing her fly! :D

[@RipsterSA]

If you can build can aircraft you can select better music. Well done on the build.

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

This makes no sense

[@RipsterSA]

@@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife. Really? No sense? Ah well sorry eh! Try reading my comment again!

[@arttafil6792]

Jurgen Ruppel, true genius is usually eccentric in its tastes!

[@Rckau]

Mike passed away RIP. He was trying different lipo battery packs, when one lipo cell started to swell he shut down the engines and tried to make a emergency landing. He left behind 5 children and a beautiful wife.

[@SwissMadeMax]

@@Rckau 😯😳

[@ideasintoactioncanada]

Wow I had the privilege of flying the most unique Cri Cri kits ever built. My friend built one of the original Chris Heinz kits produced by Zeniar In Canada with two 28 Hp Rotax engines. I was one of only four people to ever fly the aircraft. The fourth crashed the aircraft and destroyed it on the first flight after purchasing the aircraft and shipping it to the Netherlands. Your project looks fantastic and I wish you all the best with it. Looking forward to updates.

[@majid1848]

thanks . it feels good to hear it from a cri cri expert.. cheers

[@daveking4229]

Is that the Super CriCri ? Did he ever cure the excess vibration problems from the 185's? Mine was a copy of his but with a differant wing structure which was closer to Micheals original

[@ideasintoactioncanada]

Dave King : Thanks yes it was the only one ever built and only three pilots flew the aircraft in North America. The fourth purchased the aircraft and took it to the Netherlands, unfortunately he crashed the aircraft on the first flight and destroyed it. Very sad it was an amazing machine.

[@ideasintoactioncanada]

mike1976: Mike I never considered myself an expert but honestly flying that Aircraft was the most intense experience of my life. I was 26 years old when I first flew it and had two flights on the same day. The first flight was the most terrifying experience I ever had and the second flight was the most exhilarating experience I have ever had.

[@louisvanrijn3964]

Where did it crash? Was it in north France on a former airforce base?

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Great looking build So sorry to hear he passed away.

[@theosalt1]

Read Comments. He did not.

[@newtechomes9272]

Cool bit of engineering and design, great colour by the way 👍

[@pfcpdh]

I disagree with all three.

[@louisvanrijn3964]

Colours donot fly, they dream only.

[@Varue]

What a beautiful plane! I haven't seen Cri Cri news in a while. Love the old bird :)

[@Barskor1]

Partial lift with a lighter than air gas is a game changer for small electric aircraft with a wing in body design very efficient.

[@pfcpdh]

Total nonsense.

[@myotherusername9224]

@@pfcpdh why wouldn't it work ? Look at the empty volume of the Facetmobile

[@garymitchell9859]

Please show flying. Thanks.

[@majid1848]

i will update the flying video soon.. december hopefully .

[@Aviator168]

Congrads. Waiting for the flying video.

[@mohamadks68]

Nice work waiting your flight vedio..thanks

[@TheKsipartners]

Does it fly ? I'd like getting news ! Great building

[@user-vm6po4lq2b]

Electrical motor air plane ?!?!it will not fly

[@kenweivele2376]

Legend has it that until now it never left the ground.

[@Rckau]

Mike passed away RIP. He was trying different lipo battery packs, when one lipo cell started to swell he shut down the engines and tried to make a emergency landing. He left behind 5 children and a beautiful wife.

[@Khiladi_99]

@@Rckau that's so sad to hear. I hope they are doing well. RIP Mike.

[@user-uh5qy4yj3l]

Молодец!!!! Самолет -- великолепный , красивый и видимо очень легкий ..., успехов в испытании!!!!!!!!!!!

[@yourmeister]

80 килограмм, пёрышко

[@luizmattos9031]

Show! Muito bom. Gostei com motores elétricos ainda não tinha visto.

[@ashleyfroud5015]

I estimate 18 -20 lb. per square foot of wing loading for this plane. A light Piper or Cessna has between 10 to 14 lbs. per square foot. And 100 plus horse power. An ultralight has about 4 lbs. per square foot. And 28 to 40 horse power. This will make a nice RC model though. That would still be 7 plus lbs. per square foot of wing loading.

[@Soaraza_Enterprises]

More wingloading is not always a bad thing. It will have a fast cruise. And with the slotted flaps to/ldg shouldn't be that scary.

[@Alex-Rocks]

At 1:31 I was thinking: "What the hell are you planning with that thing?!" XD

[@brucemiller8109]

Looks like the stuff folks flew from USSR/East Germany in the 1960's to fly to freedom.

[@robertgoldbornatyout]

Awsome plane/ glider. Self launch electric - way to go.

[@SooperToober]

Mike: I read all the comments with great interest...at the end of the day, YOUR PROJECT IS A HANGAR QUEEN! Stop playing us for lackeys by saying you're too busy and oh it's but a month away. You sound like someone phishing for investors .... fly it or shut up. The flying community has tolerated many of your type who have taken advantage of our passion. ENOUGH!

[@matsgustavsson665]

Try a seance, " Carl K : Mike passed away RIP. He was trying different lipo battery packs, when one lipo cell started to swell he shut down the engines and tried to make a emergency landing. He left behind 5 children and a beautiful wife."

[@marcusgarvey8668]

Mats Gustavsson sorry to hear that, his project was beautiful and gave me some hope of safely building my own.

[@jag1963]

Great video with the sound off

[@jvlsgames4446]

very handsome friend, congratulations for your efforts!

[@g.o.a.t9804]

Already.. so far so good.. now do us a favor and get in and fly it.. we're waiting..

[@TDCflyer]

And thats it. Never flew. Actually, I'm not surprised. Many errors were made in the design and building. One obvious example: 0:33 bonding wing spar and ribs in the lower shell. Thats not how you do it. You start bonding stuff into the upper shell, so you can actually see what you bonded. Upper shell = low pressure area in flight, might be ripped off of the structure in flight if not properly bonded. Lowr shell = high pressure area, will be pressed towards the structure in flight, thus will not separate even if poorly bonded.

[@michaelcarniel9086]

apparently it did, and it crashed due to battery issues, not the wing

[@MineMentor]

Yeah he died in the crash RIP@@michaelcarniel9086

[@Justwantahover]

A copy of the Cri Cri that maybe flies or maybe it doesn't. Evidence that it does: Resembles a successful plane. Looks well made. Evidence that it doesn't: No demo flight.

[@maxch08]

You should install jet engines and fly it on video!

[@GlasairS2-RG]

Music was brutal but, cool project. Nice work

[@siluc415]

Fantastic, did you engineered for RC version or for personal flight? Did you test it?

[@DannyCreech]

I have been following the Cri Cri and always wished someone would build a carbon fiber version. That was until I realized that it would probably end up a good bit heavier. I see you posted 80kg but you have two light weight electric motors. As for the aircraft itself, I think you missed the mark. First that paint job will not attract any want to be pilot over 15 years old. Neon Green!? The canopy with those big black lines in the way of seeing other aircraft tell me your not a pilot or else you would not have put them in. That nose wheel is going to add a good bit of drag besides being ugly. I saw that you want to sell this as kits to people and that's great. But as an aircraft designer and builder of several aircraft I would recommend you clean up the items I mentioned above and then make another video and take this one with the bad music down. One thing I did like a lot was how sleek you made the beginning part of the vertical stabilizer. That looked cool.

[@OverlandOne]

Very nice updated Cri-Cri. I just wish you used gas engines though. You pay a great weight penalty and loose range with electric. But, no matter, be safe and I look forward to seeing this fly. Now that you have the molds, you might think about selling partial kits or something maybe.

[@davidotis6766]

Pirate Labs u

[@aceman0000099]

That's practically a flying kayak

[@agripower_store]

Which motors use in this project and where we can buy?

[@43sq]

Just an awesome work , well done

[@billb.5887]

The video was interesting, but the music was the lousy. Please get/have better music on the next video.

[@andreasgrunenthal2512]

Would like to know more about performance and registration process

[@thomasabraham7695]

Music Info please. Thank you. By the way the aircraft looks good. Keep up the good work.

[@dean3188]

How the fuck can you like that music? Oh please no

[@user-76122]

Color- green and black so good! ⚓

[@simflying]

You should build with bigger wing of Luciole - then could be flown much safely as UL - get landing and stall lower to reasonable speeds.

[@Justwantahover]

The original Cri Cri has the same sort of tiny wings and is fine. It's fast cos of the small wing. No less safe than other fast planes (all deadly). lol Some small wing planes have larger wings as well for slow flight and gliding and small wings for extra speed and range.

[@TheOneLifeRider]

looking forward to an update. best of luck!

[@Rckau]

Mike passed away RIP. He was trying different lipo battery packs, when one lipo cell started to swell he shut down the engines and tried to make a emergency landing. He left behind 5 children and a beautiful wife.

[@TheOneLifeRider]

@@Rckau oh, no! thank you for taking the time to let me know. My condolences to the family. what a terrible loss! Aircraft can be built, replaced, but we still can't do it with people. I'm very sorry to hear this news!

[@vinugvalentine230]

My opinion is the canopy should open backwards, so that during an emergency, one can easily bail out. Forward opening canopy will not open easily when the plane is moving forward.

[@jakemrcool]

vinu g valentine if it unlatched while flying it would catch so much wind it wouldn't​ fly.

[@vinugvalentine230]

Jake Schnur Sir I understand the problem very well. You can have a front opening canopy by having a suitable hinge in the front, which during an emergency will release and allow the canopy to get blown away, so that the pilot has room to safely eject.Safety should always be given priority.The front hinge may be so designed.

[@jimpike7445]

As a CriCri owner I would be interested in your motors, battery and controller system for possible retrofit. The noise, vibration and unreliability of the JPX's has killed my interest in flying it now that I have a Silent 2 Electro motorglider. The empty weight of your CF version is only slightly less than mine. I would consider mounting the battery externally to the belly at the CG with a jettison capability in case of fire. What endurance do you expect to achieve? I'm looking forward to your flight reports.

[@majid1848]

hi jim the motors are 12090 with 25hp each and with a battery pack of 25kg you could get around 15 to 18 min depends on the thrust you pull out of them.

[@jimpike7445]

@@majid1848 15hp each was plenty for my CriCri. 15-18 minutes would be too short for a non-glider electric, I'm afraid.

[@Aviator_Spoekyventus]

Looks interesting. I have flown the F-PYVQ cricri mc15. once of most fun airplanes every flown (out of 76 types). JPX where not the best engines, but I always got back with one engine. Electric solves this engine issue. But why not using one engine infront? Also why engine wing mounted? Makes the wings heavier to hold during mounting. CriCiri original wing only 7kg Piece. Anyway good luck with this project. Bob

[@louisvanrijn3964]

The engine mounting on the wing has nastly areodynamics. Fairings have to be fitted.

[@berniemccann8935]

When does an aileron become a flap, or is it using the flaperon, shared, principle?

[@wpw4508]

The original cri-cri has twin engines up front, but mounted on a v-structure so thrust is centered (mostly?) on the aircraft longitudinal axis. That seems good for yaw control on an engine failure. But perhaps electrics are reliable enough that engine failure is much less likely? Anyway, best of luck -- minimal weight is the future! What's the max gross weight? Weight of batteries? Weight of engines?

[@majid1848]

the take off weight is 200 kg.. gross weight 80kg .. 25kg battery pack and ..motors are 4kg each with prop and controller .. cheers

[@Lulu_Jax]

WTF this is exactly what i was about to create from the basic cricri. exept landing gear .. you made exactly the progress in aerodynamic things about a longer pilots housing and round up the body and a few other things i was thinking about. Love this. what about landing gear changeing. this plane must be a fast beast if the landing gear could be moved inside. empty weight of your fiber cricri. could you save some kg ? where is this baby can i see it Live ?

[@stanleydenning]

This was posted three years ago. Makes me wonder if the worst has happened.

[@MineMentor]

Yeah he died in a crash

[@kennethwallace5168]

Cool, cri cri inspired...not a cri cri.

[@dennisherreid5393]

Saw several CRI CRI at Oshkosh in '96. Wonderful plane!

[@leneanderthalien]

Nice, but the position from the engines is wrong: on the real cricri was the engines installed on the fuselage, with a small distance between the engines, so in case of a engine fail, the negative influence from the lateral pull on flight caracteristics was minimal...

[@pedromota5062]

Nice song!

[@hackprine5691]

What the hell is with that annoying score.. it certainly is not music... ruins an otherwise excellent build vid... I'll turn the sound off.

[@imapseudonym1403]

@jet guy I think Experimental is as good as something like that will get. I can't see such a plane ever being granted a CofA...

[@mccc4559]

@jet guy yuk foo, another poopy faced old dinosaur coming to ruin the party of the young. Or is that the same excuse all show off pilots use? In this and I'm that. Why don't you connect with the younger guy and propose a manner to guide him?

[@TarDevil50]

Had to turn the sound off to finish that video.

[@codetech5598]

@jet guy The Cri-Cri design has been flying for decades. But yes, the music is annoying, and as soon as I realized there is no narration, I hit the mute button.

[@codetech5598]

@jet guy The *shape is* what makes an airplane fly, as long as the engine power is adequate and the weight distribution is correct.

[@hans2637]

Hey nice job, by any chance you could share some thoughts on your carbon fibre cost for the whole structure? Looking forward to build a carbon fibre single seat cub style specially trying to get it for part 103

[@rolling180]

Wondering what you considered to keep galvanic corrosion within limits, where metalic bolts or fasteners are touching carbon. Are you aware of thisproblem?

[@dansw0rkshop]

The original Cri Cri had the engines close together on the nose. Why does this one have the motors on the wings? This would change the thrust angle quite a bit if one engine went out. The original Cri Cri partially solved this with the engines so close together.

[@eduardobatista846]

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[@gebord]

The question is : Does it fly ????

[@farmers2630]

Are you running off a bunch of 10,000 mah lipos? Awesome plane.

[@GrantOakes]

Please, post an update!

[@Doctorbasss]

great project, very annoying music!

[@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS]

Insane!!

[@olivergarrow233]

nice job !!

[@sergeys7384]

Шикарный планер вышел ! Какой его вес ? Почему моторы на крылья перенесли ? How much does a kit kit cost without motors for sending to Russia?

[@wkg_projects9859]

mike you are my hero

[@thenoobletlego]

Still no flight video? Hope all is well, great build.

[@MineMentor]

He died.

[@AmpAbuser]

Did this ever get in the air?

[@fofopads4450]

I really hope he just puased it and not tested it half way done. Because I would like an electric cri-cri design whose maker is still alive

[@michaelcarniel9086]

So did this thing go anywhere, or was it justt a cool model?

[@dirkiedebeer175]

Hi Mike. I am from South Africa and would like to get in contact with you. I am planning to build the cri cri from carbon fiber but with 23kg thrust jet engines.

[@joejia1410]

Looks great! its a good example of a good designed and built cri cri, im looking to build my own except 40 percent of it is 3D printed (wings and some panels)

[@MasboyRC]

This is awesome, how much kv of electric motor brushless btw?

[@waitemc]

Well I guess it dident fly seeing how there had been a follow up

[@quieromicubita]

After you finish with the airplane project, see if you can improve the music of the video

[@roger-louistexier9626]

Great!! and what about the flight? my thermic cricri is 83kgs empty wheight in flight order, with a range of 320Kms + the safety time of 30mn!! Say your performances! Salut mon gars!

[@jayashreedhone7692]

Nice bro

[@teenagerinsac]

Your horiz stab is lopsided. dont fly it until you fix that, buddy :)

[@reidarmstrong8917]

I want to see it flying

[@MineMentor]

Well uhm, he died bro. In that exact plane I think too

[@SuperEightball1]

The noise. OMGawd

[@josephdupont]

How much weight did you save any on this type of construction that's what your original one use full knee wrap the phone with aluminum it seemed very very lightweight when the course they had the engines on the fuselage rather than the wings so

[@Teleutefero]

small aircraft should be have a better geometry, i don't say to build an elliptical wing but neither a rectangle wing the difference is an increase of the efficiency of the wing if was like the p51 mustang for example and not particular difficult to build... the engine should be collocate under the wing not up... the important thing is the distribution of pressure like the ekranoplane where the air was accelarate under the wing to permit them to push airplane up... in complex you do a good job but is possible to make a better design to have an incredible efficiency and long range of the veichle.

[@NChambernator]

no way that thing flies

[@user-pc2ng8hx1k]

What engines does the plane have?

[@jamesgraham8386]

Cool plane, but the music sucks.

[@apacheone3643]

The real question does it fly or is it a giant paperweight?

[@DrStoooopid]

That's not quite a Cri Cri...that's a new design all together, though the fuselage might be based off the Cri Cri..

[@jowojanjirock]

Muzium display

[@IR088Y]

It looks nice and everything but are you sure those little ass motors will work

[@valderja]

That looks lethal.

[@davidpatterson8782]

frick holy birch

[@brsrc759]

LOVE IT!!!

[@mrfester42]

Great, EXCEPT for the absolutely maddening music. I almost couldn't finish the video because of the torture music.

[@smoke5272]

Nice job done 😍❤️👍 can u plz guide me i realy want start this project my teenage dream to fly. Can u plz tell which material to use better? Thanx

[@Winniethepopo]

Sadly He can not help you, other comments say that he died in a test flight due to a battery failure ... RIP

[@khiemluong4591]

One day single seater airplanes will be used everywhere to commute

[@teenagerinsac]

Not if the FAA has anything to say about it. Forget the Jetsons stuff. :)

[@florianN132]

My first doubts about the build came up whe I saw the sloppy carbon layup on the wing spar, and it didn't get better following that... Overall manufacturing quality, fit and finish is quite concerning - you just need to look at those Landing gear fairings! Definitely doesn't look airworthy, not even close.

[@keith2964]

There's no room for a case of Beer🍺🤣

[@martinalfredoburcherivoet6454]

Pensar que las dimensiones del Cri Cri se decidieron por el tamaño normal de una chapa de aluminio aeronáutico.

[@asi_o1592]

Hello, I have a question, would you please note the length of the wings and fuselage of this plane here ?!

[@andrewmcanulty3018]

I was thinking of the smallest pusher aircraft. Motor,electric,jet turbine or whatever.

[@davebar2017]

Not UL cause 2 engine but must be close on weight ...huh very interesting / cool

[@pfcpdh]

In the US it qualifies as an ultralight even with multiple engines.

[@Rico11b]

So it never flew any???

[@skyboys9814]

Got building plans ?

[@user-mi6ts8gf8q]

hi there, what engine do you use? and do you have a website about this plane? thx

[@ze_german2921]

Incredibly

[@adrianwilliams763]

What happened to the “sound” ? Nice plane though

[@oldschoolamerican714]

It never left the ground

[@rameshkrish111]

Did.it.fly ??? It coudnt..the wingspan is not adequate and moreover the motors cannot develop enough thrust