Equator P2 Xcursion seaplane World Premiere in Friedrichshafen

[@professordanfurmanek3732]

So where is this wonderful sea plane today 3 years later? It has remarkable potential!

[@Godkey1]

The reality is that most of these projects never make it into production and/or fail. This aircraft has actually been tested and flown a few times. The last activity on their channel was 8 months ago. That could be normal because of the pandemic; many projects are seriously delayed because they can't get essential parts or people to test. kzbin.infovideos

[@lokinsea]

How long can you stay up in the air?

[@ataturk277]

well done guys ,please try to keep the range as high 1000 nm or more would be very good number ,its important for the people who lives around the pacific

[@bartofilms]

Prop wash directly over the horizontal stabilizer. How's the elevator authority during t/o and landing?

[@samaipata4756]

I would be more concerned about the hydrodynamics and the glass canopy not opening if submerged!

[@drampadreg1386]

Interesting plane, there are a couple that get 18-19 liters per hour though, like the Super Petrel LS. The Seamax is another one, but I'm not sure if it's the same mileage or a little less but I believe yours has a better cruise speed. Still, I do love the room in your plane, and if you can sleep in it I can see it being a big seller as well for those who travel long distances. I live in Canada, it's 3000 miles to Vancouver from Toronto, a few hops but with no navgas you can just go to a marina and gas up then off you go. The hybrid is nice, you can get more efficient, maybe talk to Elon Musk about that, he loves to help and allows the use of many patents for free as well. Love the appearance of the fuselage. So yes, just send me one and I"ll give you my honest opinion as long as I can keep the plane...deal?

[@lotharvonrichthofen4474]

Wonderful!! Love the brushless powerplant

[@Jorge81354]

Hello Matt. Can we see it flying?

[@iforce2d]

Does it actually fly? What take off speed? Have they put it in water yet? I can't see how it would be able to rotate more than a few degrees, even on wheels... the thrust line of the motor pushes the nose down, and the wings are positioned just right to dig into the water. Yikes...

[@UAPJedi]

I'm utterly convinced that electric seaplanes are the future especially for large airlines, no runways, much less problems with noise complaints, more flexibility, just needs a total rethink from governments and the big aircraft manufacturers. Going down the route they are at he moment is unsustainable!

[@paullangford8179]

And very, very short range.

[@bennylofgren3208]

Paul Langford This is a hybrid though with a Rotax engine generating the electric power.

[@MikhailKolesnikov]

What about wave height?

[@alexcourrier1918]

What kind of wave tolerances are they thinking this plane can handle? Seems like with a float wing concept one of my main concerns would be striking a rogue wave on a wingtip during high speed taxi or take off and landing.

[@alabastardmasterson]

Alex Courrier because rouge waves are very common in the calm waters where one would be TOL. Mid wing=No waves ever

[@DeanHarringtonimages]

OK ... interesting design but does it fly and if so, how does it handle?

[@peterk2455]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3inlXaVZ7mVqpY

[@heatherdeanchurch8083]

I live in Washington State lots of Puget Sound I love Sea Planes

[@user-sf9pq5ox7w]

so let's see it fly

[@paxwallacejazz]

How do electric motors fare in wet weather conditions?

[@cartmanrlsusall]

They can be sealed watertight so water is no issue.

[@lukewarmwater6412]

well, they use electric motors under water all the time so I would assume they do very well when sealed properly. if you get your water from a well you have a submersed pump and it does fine for twenty years at a time.

[@JesseGyger]

Water has no affect on my brushless motors. ESC's however...

[@briandstone1able]

For a minute there I thought this was going to be a cool video! I thought I was going to see something cool like the plane actually fucking flying!

can it fly or just be a mock?

[@georgeserrano8354]

What kind of range vs charging time? How will an electric motor due in a salt water environment? The height of the wings are a concern for me, as a sea plane, sometimes the waves can be a little rough or higher than anticipated. How will it handle in rough seas.

[@bennylofgren3208]

George Serrano No charging, it's a hybrid with what I understood was a Rotax engine providing the electric power.

[@paullangford8179]

Does it fly?

[@risingbridge]

Is has been airborne kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmOtaJqAlJyWatk

[@coldcoldrain13]

In theory, with the hybrid system, you could have a temporary excess of power over the amount of the ability to generate.

[@phamhuong1866]

I like your plane , it's so beautiful

[@cartmanrlsusall]

Does it fly?seawind got it right so a low price knockoff should do well.

[@louiswager2629]

nice concept

[@heatherdeanchurch8083]

I want one please

[@douglasgault2578]

A simple plane for those looking to get in over their head is not so simple. There's this new school of thought that electric is easier as if flight rules don't apply and anyone can do this. First off weight, it's definitely over built and they admit that an electric hybrid is not avaliable and with two passengers aboard there is no room for any additional weight just midsized individuals only no baggage. Even though they imagine it being a versatile suv type vehicle with extra capacity. But what good is that if you've exceeded take off weight without have loaded a damned thing. They even admit in this presentation that is 80-90 kilos over weight from not using proper composite construction methods. Also further reading and it exceeds weight with only 1/2 the batteries required for 1hr of flight. So any kind of flying was just cut to really short distances under 15min or 35 miles distance. Once airborne you'll have to start planing your landing and if a tower were to put you on a holding pattern, you had better make a reservation with your creator. This whole light amateur experiment aircraft craze isn't what it appears to be, it's number of fatalities is through the roof after such a long clean record of low fatalities for years. A George Jetson type aircraft has never been developed yet, and hopefully never will be. Because when your instruments go down, and it will happen, the only thing that you have left is experience and and visual flight rules. Another thing is that the airports already have way to many idiots that think the radio is to complicated and can't understand the towers instructions. Your never as free as you would like to believe, even when your up in the air.

[@douglasgault2578]

Properly installed fine, the problem is your weight limitations for battery capacity. It will be the future of aviation but it's still in its infancy. The biggest broblems I can imagine are outside electrical interferences, electric storms and solar flares knocking out glass high-tech instrument panels. The biggest limitation is battery capacity, the best batteries are all cost prohibitive unless you have cash to burn, and a lot of it.

[@ДжоДжо-ь1г]

Очень красиво. А это летает? )))

[@jesterflight8593]

Were you a bare knuckles street fighter, before you became an aeronautical engineer?

[@jesterflight8593]

It would be extremely productive for traffickers?

[@johngreenwood1972]

Jester Flight Hopefully I’m running out.

[@Erin-Thor]

It takes a LOT of power to get a plane airborne, even more in water due to increased resistance. That’s a small airplane, I assume the batteries are under the body. So... the flight time is what? Five minutes? And the guy keeps bouncing between electric and fuel... huh? So is there a generator?

Hopefully it has a ballistic parachute -- you're going to need one .

[@elonbaartar9468]

if the pilot of this aircraft were ever so little tilted on finals right before touching water, that one of the wings touched water before the other, it would send the plane into a spin-around then the drag would plunge its nose into the waves, potentially causing a capsize. this can happen due to how low the wings are in relations to waterline. then think about there are WAVES in the real world, and gusting winds on landing..... lets say you successfully landed in waves, now what happens when you open the giant window and a wave hit? then second wave hit? and third? does the thing have a bilge pump? aren't the high voltage batteries sitting down the bilge? im a private pilot and I would not want to count my life to this craft.

[@drampadreg1386]

Oh oh, I like your plane but you need to increase the mileage, you have competition with the Lisa Akoya that gets better than 14liters/hr at 126 mph! That's with the Rotax 912. Just so you can improve your efficiency, they had those specs in 2012 so get movin'! I need great mileage and a place to sleep, I'm cheap!

[@fletcherco2003]

I would be absolute surprised if anyone who has actually landed or take off on a lake would buy a plane with wings placed less than 1 foot above water line. Good luck with this company I see a scam and if not many crashes and lawsuits in your future.

[@imthefuckinglizardking4590]

Matt Fletcher definitely would have been better off with a gullwing setup

[@shadowphysics7502]

I think the wings are actually in the water

[@imthefuckinglizardking4590]

The icon a5s wings are on top in a gullwing set up and hasn't there still been a bunch of deaths?

[@cartmanrlsusall]

I kinda agree,especially with no flying examples, and only this hand built mockup

[@rosswhittle1910]

@@cartmanrlsusall They have flown a prototype. I'm also sceptical of the wing set-up, but they have at least built and flown one, unlike many proposed start-up aircraft companies.

[@josephpaaccio43]

great

[@JoseRodriguez-rh2wq]

Where's the PARACHUTER......⛱⛱⛱....

[@thefpvlife7785]

No a seaplane .. more like a lake plane.

[@johngreenwood1972]

The FPV Life Ultimately there’s no such thing as a seaplane. Name me one that could touch down in anything other than very light sea conditions.

[@peterk2455]

@@johngreenwood1972 ShinMeiwa

[@__Accordion__]

I've never seen a propeller at the back of the plane like that. It almost looks like it would just tip over. Also I don't think those wings would hold up well on a water landing, being so low. I'd expect them to snap right off. Maybe this is less of a seaplane and more like an expensive show piece.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

Look up the seawind 2000,

[@mattwalsh9278]

20-22 l/Hr is LOW consumption.. and its Electric?? seriously you guys need to go back to the drawing board.

[@bipolatelly9806]

love it! I'd love one with a petrol motor tho'... to increase my "carbon footprint" during the grand solar minimum... (tho' i doubt that would help warm the planet much... if at all.) ohhh! it is a "gasper"! NOOOO.... a HYBRID!

[@cartmanrlsusall]

No a joking matter isn t there a Trump inspired hate group you can hangout with

[@anderskandersson4613]

Cool, Impressive,

[@happyfox711]

Great little seaplane, but the idea to get people in the air that are scared of too many instruments ?? Those really should not be flying in the first place. Until flight is totally automated, flying should not be for the general public scared of instruments, even though that would make a good amount of money(but not for the insurance companies) this is a sales gimmick being used in many segments of the marked today, just like when they started making drones that "anyone" can fly(so DJI could cash in) - the accidents and regulations also went through the roof. Not a development everyone is pleased with. But with real planes, this is in my mind at least, absurd, because accidents then means a pretty certain death. Something nobody is pleased with. If I was a flight instructor, the people you're fishing for here is the exact type I'd like to stay on the ground, unable to turn on the stereo because it has too many buttons on it. It just doesn't fly.

[@jetsetter8541]

BeBeBeautiful! LOL!ovely.

[@Frank-ue6eg]

These creeps are simply trying to take your money - they'll never deliver this

[@Dedess11]

Seaplane with low wings ! Doesn’t look safe at all

[@edwardlee501]

calm waters only. like the be-103

[@Princemidi]

This video is meaningless unless we can see it actually fly and land on water

[@sadekathboudjemaa9961]

It is not fleying...!

[@mixter7x7]

after seeing only about a million aircraft designs - this is not going to work for a lot of different reasons. if you actually fly the aircraft - the range will be practically inefficient.

[@mixter7x7]

electric is too inefficient. 4-5 x as long to recharge and recover as operational usage time. weight is a more serious considering when attempting to fly. until light weight , mega efficient batteries and motors are developed - this idea will not get off the ground.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

It's a Lsa,so1 hour of flight duration would be ok.just enough for a fun flight or training session not long cross-country trips

[@cartmanrlsusall]

@@mixter7x7 there are several flying already

[@bennylofgren3208]

mixter7x7 Didn't *anyone* pay attention?? This is a hybrid aircraft, not battery powered.

[@มดดํา-ภ5ต]

คือฉันว่ามันมีอนาคตมันยังไม่เต็มระบบเครื่องบินจะสามารถรับพลังงานร้านสะท้อนพลังงานไฟฟ้าไปให้เครื่องบินลำอื่นผ่านคลื่นสนามแม่เหล็ก

[@Iknowaguyds]

Bye Felicia

[@hannsschwarz340]

I think the Icon A5 has a better design.....this plane seems too big

[@donaldclifford5763]

And looks like an egg shell.

[@Skippyboys10]

I don’t think so.. too many uncertainties in fact and figs. Plane will flip when landing... wings low!... sorry good idea and good space.... death trap ! Sorry !

[@MeyersCTR]

To my uneducated eye, it looks a bit heavy on pretty and a little light on engineering.

[@richystar2001]

Not convinced.

[@ZenJenZ]

🤓

[@johnszafarczyk]

yalls math is a lil off.

[@franklucientes6885]

Wings too close to the water at things that death trap a little chop and you die

[@billyboblillybob344]

mhm...mhm...mhm...mhm...mhm...mhm....mhm....mhm... The interviewer needs to learn not to do that every second and a half...

[@Mike-t2d8x]

It is abeautifull aircraft , beautifull , beautifull , but no , your only half way there . I design and build seaplane cars to go in your garage from your driveway / street . I've worked in / with hydroplanes ( 370 mph ) for thirty years . I started with a A/I craft in 1965 . Misure Santo's Dumont was the first successful pilot with his " bliss 14". Then came the Wright bro's , who mother told them how to build the. " Wright flyer " and their sister then worked and her money paid for it . They made a contract with the Smithsonian to tell everyone they were the first , but records / document demonstrait this was false . Mom figured it out but died of turbuculosls , without any credit . Misure Dumont was covered up . But not in the records . Hls familys made coffee's. Secrets of the most advanced air craft on this earth . The space shuttle wing does 15,000 mph at rentry . Another secret , a truck with a hypersonic wing with a maximum heat tolerance . But the Equater is beautiful , and you spent a hell of a lot of franc's on it . Keep the cabin , then put the other technologies on from there. Changes dramatically. An aircraft that floats , goes up to 15,000 mph . Goes to Safeway , parks in the garge all by its self , and talks with you . -------‐--‐---‐‐---Hello , Micheal Knight .

[@Mike-t2d8x]

Do have the step , no stall wings ? And ballistic parachute ?

[@Mike-t2d8x]

Then there was the nutron car , made a movie out of it , it's pretty close . But if you can , give momma Wright the credit , she figured it out for the boys , befor she died . Read th data !

[@acgvirtual]

Que bosta muito blá-blá-blá e nada de voar

[@victoriaralph882]

L

[@Frank-ue6eg]

Completely unnecessary and unsustainable item - should be banned

[@carstenhansen5757]

No one is forcing you to buy it.

[@bennylofgren3208]

Frank And you know that?

[@icepl4net]

This interviewer says hmhmm to much...

[@มดดํา-ภ5ต]

มันจะมีระยะที่ไกลมากมันเหมือนจานเรดาร์ภาคพื้นดินที่ส่งสัญญาณไปหาเครื่องบินให้พลังงานแล้วเครื่องบิน ส่งสัญญาณต่อไปให้อีกเครื่องบินลำอื่นที่อยู่ในระยะ