Huge R/C Seaplane

[@28th_St_Air]

The edit alone is so impressive on its own. The drone shots following the plane were so good it was easy to forget that it was a separate camera following along. Awesome!!!

[@thenatedog]

its been 6 months since your last sloping video man, get out their! :)

[@calebmortensen7747]

Ok

[@bensacheri]

I came here to say the same thing. The airplane is cool but the filmography is epic. #PraiseTheCameraMan

[@Project-Air]

This is art.

[@upmanyubhati]

Ikr! Btw love your video's

[@GhostOfDamned]

I would like to see a model of the soviet version with the micro jets

[@calebmortensen7747]

Ok brit

[@truebark3329]

Your vids are art toooo👍🏼👍🏼👌

[@GiffysChannel]

You got that right!

[@grim-upnorth]

The evolution of this thing, from your early days with that dollar tree foam board ground effect vehicle, and now to this.... it's astonishing. Great work to all involved. ThinkFlight is an amazing aircraft builder!

[@calebmortensen7747]

Ok

[@MatsNorway]

I think by removing a tad from the rear end of the middle wing you can reduce the nose down tendency during ground effect flying. I love it.

[@mrcat5508]

And now back to dollar tree foam board

[@aswells3]

Between the lighting and the perfectly steady camera, a lot of your shots look like a render from a flight simulator. Really amazing stuff.

[@halfeld]

I'm going to venture a guess here and say this was made with an omnidirectional camera. They oriented the shot afterwards. Having offered that option, it may very well be that they just killed it and that's it. Great shots anyway!

[@brianmaloney9784]

Fantastic camera work all around.....bravo!

[@chonk1221]

@@halfeld you can see in one of the shots that it is a mavic

[@halfeld]

@@chonk1221, I don't doubt their ability for a second!

[@kislaytanwar9222]

Ik right

[@CarlosChavez-gs1ld]

I am 56 years old and have been into R/C models since I was in Jr. High School. The video here, when this thing is kissing, but NOT actually touching the water- yet leaving visible trails in the water due to aerodynamics alone- is about the coolest thing I have ever seen in the hobby.... well, second only to $35,000 Turbines being turned into vapor as the hit they hit the ground vertically at +200MPH. ;-) NICE VIDEO!!!!!

[@schmutztimo8952]

Damn Daniel, the B-Roll at the start is next level epic🔥

[@webfraek12]

The footage looks like it is intended to attract venture capital - because is is.

[@jensmeier8452]

Deutscher

[@schmutztimo8952]

@@jensmeier8452 Schweizer😁👍

[@flight-appeal4046]

That intro is just amazing. So stunned by that nice footage of that majestic aircraft. That glassy mirrow like water. Awesome. Thanks for those nice videos and the afford you put into. 🥰

[@Jjmmll]

Epic how far this has come. This is so inspiring!

[@TwitchingHour]

I was just going to say the same thing. Amazing work!

[@mrnameyt1014]

@Ahmed Shah just like u

[@PD_Swag]

These are some of the best drone shots I’ve ever seen 🤯

[@saqibsultantemuri2437]

This Beauty hovering and gliding above the smooth waters surface made my day! Awesome! Thanks Daniel. Edit: who else took their headphones off to check if the alarm was going ? 10:54

[@grim-upnorth]

yes, I paused the video thinking it was mine 🙂 haha

[@saqibsultantemuri2437]

@@grim-upnorth haha me to!

[@SeanHodgins]

Totally mesmerizing.

[@calebmortensen7747]

Ok Sean

[@nuarius]

I love seeing different members of communities come together to share skills for crazy projects like this. Some of the best content on KZbin is skill-sharing colabs.

[@morkovija]

Im still hoping for a human-carrying version colab with Peter Sirpol

[@andymuzzo8568]

Awesome. Been looking forward to an update on this project

[@ristomatti]

The intro footage together with the atmospheric music gave me goosebumps. Overall, another unique video in a row with perfect combination of technical details, beautiful footage and great editing.

[@FarmerFpv]

It really is the best RC ever, not just a ground effect vehicle. I hope the major corporations see his and mass produce something similar. It would be so fun to have an FPV ground effect vehicle. You guys outdid yourselves with this one. It's also not only functional, it's a work of art! Watching it fly in the ground effect, is the most relaxing thing ever. Game changer!

[@motionsic]

Beautiful plane and cinematography! The collaboration in concept, building, code and presentation is exceptional!

[@DerKlappspaten]

Man, GEVs have to be the coolest airborn vehicles ever! So efficient, as grateful as an owl flying just inches above the ground, the streaks on the water without the plane touching the water... God, I love it!

[@alexp9303]

The next logical step now seems to be having it fly circles around the autonomous tugboat/canoe on an all-day mission

[@frosty6960]

Cant get over how good the whole first minute montage is... reallly wow.

[@Failedprodegy42]

My favorite scent is the Charcoal. Native products are pretty good! 👍

[@spencer963]

I love a collaboration that results in a finely engineered vehicle, the end product is beautiful. Well done guys

[@ۥٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴۥ]

I have never seen so cinematic shots of RC model before Respect man

[@libertyauto]

I am only 2 minutes into this video and i had to stop and praise the camera work and editing on this video. Just stunning. Now back to the rest of the video to learn about the craft itself.

[@canamcarpenter]

This has to be my most favourite project to product video on KZbin. This craft is amazing! Thank YOU and Kevin for putting this together.

[@rohanoreilly6384]

Congratulations, this is the most professional rc GE craft that i have seen. The combination of your teams skill sets has set a new standard!.

[@jamesbrett9537]

That is one of the coolest looking RC vehicles I've ever seen. So smooth and graceful. Well done!

[@Cinebon]

This is absolutely hypnotizing

[@alexandermiller5034]

Yup.. indeed ground effect vehicles are some of the most efficient vehicles out there (when engineered properly)

[@DiamondBackDivision]

Stellar! Amazing ship, awesome cinematography, excellent editing, hell of a video gentlemen! Bonus points for nipple blur. 🤣

[@SolaLupus]

I think it may further benefit from moving the existing LiDAR to the center and adding two more to the ends of the wings so it can automatically avoid hitting the water when turning.

[@casinivan]

Next step ... Making it solar, and performing a 10h waypoint autonomous mission 😁😁

[@Bleeto]

yesssss

[@csomyy]

Pulling the kayak behind.

[@johnsmith-yj2cn]

will take to much time to recharge the battery using solar power

[@Bleeto]

@@johnsmith-yj2cn no it'll actively use the sun's energy while it's flying

[@Mr18031967]

@@Bleeto i think if you cover the plane in solar panals itll fuck up the ground effect no sure but to my mind the extra weight would cause problems but maybe you could adjust the settings in the lidar not sure and fc ect

[@LittleScientist2011]

It's been incredible following this project, insane how far we've come since that first lidar altitude control video from ages ago.

[@mcanderson0]

That opening sequence is killer! ...And I REALLY love these ground-effect (and related phenomena) based videos! AWESOME content guys

[@KevinBein]

What an absolutely beautiful project. Your friend is a true artist and craftsman. Your bit was pretty good too.

[@z_actual]

The anhedral reverse delta allows the centre of effort to move aft as the machine descends, but recovers some pressure toward the tips as the wing gets closer to the surface, keeping the machine in trim. Mostly these hybrid shapes of Alexander Lippisch's design exist to get around the patent it isnt usual to have flaps on the mainplane

[@rmdcade1717]

That thing is on rails! It's so smooth it looks like it's CG. Hell of a job with the chase photography and the edit.

[@henryatkinson1479]

I've always been obsessed with Ekranoplans. Really cool to see how well yours turned out. Out of curiosity, why did you not opt for scale ducted fans? I would think the greater static pressure would be something desirable for your tiltrotor configuration.

[@rctestflight]

They are less efficient, have slower acceleration for the ground effect control loop, and just blow a hole in the water

[@henryatkinson1479]

@@rctestflight Thanks for the info! I've got no experience myself, so its all guesswork on my part. Good to know!

[@qrisemrc]

I thought it was computer graphics, not an rc plane. The screen is so enchanting and beautiful. I am amazed at how you filmed it so beautifully. stared at it It's really great.💯👍👍👍

[@matc87]

good on ya for taking promotion from and actual ethical and useful company

[@THESLlCK]

it's only the best because this is the V1!!! Been following your channel for YEARS bro. YEARS. God bless.

[@sethrunge9741]

Bro as someone who’s getting into video and been doing some photography, I have mad respect for the way this was all filmed, idk how you did it but it’s so good!💯

[@uzidore]

This is a great series, loved the improvements that have been done. And the general ideas that came together to make this (:

[@Hyprmtr]

The float plane on the cover of RCM magazine September 1992 looks similar to your plane. I believe the plans were published in that magazine also.

[@lasersbee]

That thing is spectacular... Looks like it flies great.. Love the colour scheme. Amazing footage flying over the Glass lake..

[@nanskate]

Love it when a plan comes together.

[@ZenoFromTheElea]

I am glad that similar projects exist on KZbin

[@mortwastaken]

Awesome work! The drone shots following it are insane, too. you almost forget its a separate aircraft.

[@soniclab-cnc]

Some really beautiful shots on that still water... it almost doesn't even look real. Well done.

[@RCRitterFPV]

How is efficiency to payload ? Design goals achieved? love watching it skim over the surface. that is the premiss right? much more load capacity and efficiency when in ground effect? love the tilting motors to get the air under the wing, what if instead of rotating motor, you diverted it with a Flap that dropped in or had it permanently pushing under the wing. ?

[@brucebaxter6923]

Airspeed sensor for throttle and lidar for elevator. The total energy control loop doesn’t work in ground effect, it reverses. Please please please put on an airspeed sensor and close that loop, you need it to run on the back edge of the drag/speed curve to gain the ground effect gains.

[@rubiconnn]

I'm no flight control expert, but I feel like using vertical speed data would be better for stability than using absolute altitude data. That way it can try to predict when the aircraft is going to get too close to the ground before it happens so you get less oscillation from the props needing time to spin up.

[@brucebaxter6923]

@@rubiconnn After I just explained why you don’t use thrust to control altitude. How do you measure vertical velocity without measuring absolute height? How do you hold an absolute height by measuring vertical velocity?

[@thejourneyproduction2753]

You can see the effort that went into this work of art. Bravo

[@thecatat7]

Wow! Such skill and talent. Keep on going, you have a bright future ahead.

[@mallermedia]

Daniel, it’s truly amazing that you throw in all this technical content around some of the most beautiful air to air cinematography I’ve ever seen. Well done! And thank you…

[@JL-cy1ks]

Its great to follow entire progress of this project and see such great result

[@overdosed51]

The production quality of these videos has increased dramatically but the channel maintains it character. I love it!

[@slimsqde7397]

theres something really beutiful about how this plane flys. Great work you guys and awsome b-roll

[@abruptlyblunt]

you know what strikes me as being even more amazing them the ekranpplan, the videography of the flying footage, i don't know who was flying the camera drone but whoever it was has absolutely remarkable flying skills, that footage looked like something you would see on one of those high dollar discovery channel documentary's. i can't believe that some high tech aviation company hasn't come offered you an insane amount of money to come work for them.....

[@Zane65205]

Daniel's videos just get better and better, I am so here for it

[@Latchfpv]

That machine is a work of art, I gotta say. Amazing collab, and some great modeling skills by ThinkFlight.

[@billysgeo]

Why not put winglets on the hor. stabilizer ?

[@Milkman7777]

Impressive drone shots and crisp flying of the Ekranoplan, it actually looked like a 3d render it was so good

[@davehayes8812]

I freekin' love your work. So good. Well done Daniel, Kevin and Sebastian. I did my Aero Eng final year thesis on ground effect craft in 1994. The data you collect on any given flight surpasses my whole year of work in the wind tunnel.

[@antonrekun]

Daniel is probably the only KZbinr whos ad sections I enjoy watching as much as watching the main video lol

[@SoftCreamyMilk]

Ground effect vehicles can hold large amounts of weight compared to conventional aircraft. I think it would be so cool if you were able to test how much weight it can carry

[@alisioardiona727]

The build process is so over the top !

[@hoagy_ytfc]

The video of it flying over water is utterly beautiful, great work there!

[@crsuperman1]

Those drone shots on that glassy smooth water amazing nice job cameraman drone pilot and the ground effect pilot amazing amazing doesn't even look real half the time and then you start skimming the water and totally it's alive. Love it keep up great content

[@oadka]

The production quality is mindblowing! Awesome video!

[@peterg6953]

Omg that intro is insane! This drone footage is immaculate!!

[@gpz6063]

SO HYPE 10/10 the start was soo cool

[@fpstina]

Your cinematography is on point

[@MM-io4kd]

This looks beautiful. Fantastic design physically and aesthetically.

[@gregkieser1157]

Very nice looking plane. The LIDAR is next level……..great work.

[@Markfps]

The actual level of the videos is insane, a remarkable work. Very impressive

[@wearemany73]

Great engineering Daniel. Love it 🥰

[@danturismo]

So cool! Love the build process, fibreglass over foam seems like a great idea for structure / lightness/ strength

[@MrCurt500]

Awesome. Is there a chance that you make an in-depth video of the Ardupilot side of the project? We are currently trying to make a 8 meter solar boat hydrofoiling with Ardupilot and the Lidar sensor and it could really help with this.

[@phillxor]

Woah, that sounds like a project we need to see.

[@JorgeLausell]

One leaving from that park on SLU near the airport, to 125th in Lake City or Kenmore. Another to the Bellevue side of 520.

[@raheeljessa]

@rctestflight I think if you coat the pontoons and underside with a hydrophobic paint you might have a much easier time taking off as there will be less friction from the water.

[@michaelwhinnery164]

Daniel, That is some amazing videography. I have watched this channel since you were an awkward teenage boy and your work on you tube has gotten better and better all the time. Keep up the good work and I always look forward to the next notification from your channel.

[@cjjohnson3939]

Such a cool vehicle 👌🏼 add some long range FPV on a nice warm day and you got epic goodness. Well done lads 🔥

[@nickazg]

Loving the production quality on this one! both on the video and the plane

[@andrewsisson962]

So awesome Daniel. What a great colaboration and the drone shots are top notch.

[@jack00scarecrow]

you guys knocked it out of the park with this one... epic video shoots too

[@amitsekhon]

Wow!! Brilliant design!! Flight was so so cool.Great work!!!

[@djSpinege]

The only YT channel where I don't skip the ad placement. 👍

[@el9206]

This has to be one of the most graceful, beautiful things I've ever seen. Simply majestic.

[@mastertantoo]

Wow, what a beautiful rc model! Like everyone else is saying, great edit, great drone footage, everything was a+

[@Rcschim]

Amazing looking shots! Cool to see different experts combine their workforce to create something unique!

[@biddinge8898]

I love how this culmination of work has become. I want to see it actually become apart of our every day life.

[@Thunderbyrd.]

Impressive and cool to watch, start to finish. Wouldn't be surprised for you guys to be asked to head up a rapid prototyping department at a aircraft design company.

[@wcracing696]

Dude this drone footage is incredible!! I can’t stand drone footage when they door rolls loops etc thinking it looks cool when it really doesn’t this is literally incredible.

[@johnorbea3257]

Some stunning photography in this video.

[@jorgeaura2890]

Those drone shots at beginning are so sick.

[@s109apache7]

This is so cool so nice some of the videos are so cinematic and looks so perfect it looks like it’s from a video game

[@chrisslky7018]

That is so awesome. The wingtip turns were my fav!

[@XLessThanZ]

3:05 was impressive to see a prop version of thrust vectoring with only two props.

[@rorymacbeth4017]

Woah, genuinely blown away at the progress of this project!

[@ianmorrow679]

Cinematography on point!!🎯

[@alwayscensored6871]

That footage is so cool. What a great project.