Building a High Power Rocket Plane (V2)

[@BPSspace]

Stoked to see this fly, great work as always, James!

[@Project-Air]

Cheers Joe!

[@sanaboinalakshmibalaji4780]

Great guys

[@harryithink5336]

@@sanaboinalakshmibalaji4780 your like an awkward third wheel

[@gourav925]

@@Project-Air wow

[@tuga_ace]

@@Project-Air you should do a colab

[@benisjammin8926]

‘Who doesn’t want to see flames and a smoke trail?’ An airline pilot, that’s who

[@DeanMilan]

OOOOOF true

[@spamcan9208]

😂😂😂

[@TheWorstBridger]

Concorde pilot's specifically

[@erikverhoeven2853]

Hahaha, nice!

[@Ty40x]

Trueeeee

[@marclikespigeons8240]

dude.. the paint and design job on the finishing of this plane is incredible.. that yellow is kickass!

[@Project-Air]

Thanks!

[@volantcomet9143]

@@Project-Air why do you only have about90 k subs u deserve at least 500 k subs ;)

[@JoeOvercoat]

@@Project-Air Serendipity!

[@Packless1]

...X1-inspired...! :D ...R.i.P. Chuck Yeager...! :-(

[@NicholasRehm]

That weather situation you've got is such a bummer. We gotta see ProjectAir: US in the future to keep up with your flight testing schedule ;)

[@francecastro8966]

This man has a lot of passion and money

[@archie2842]

Someone posted the same exact comment last video

[@francecastro8966]

@@archie2842 sorry didn’t see the last vid

[@francecastro8966]

@@archie2842 sorry

[@jimmynoname4089]

Im lost on the money part.

[@_Piers_]

@@jimmynoname4089 Thick card doesn't grow on trees Jimmy! :)

[@Shreyam_io]

Grown-up paper mache, can't be better analogy than this

[@kingofexcellent5450]

Here is an Cruise missile coming..... For tea delivery, sure.

[@michiganengineer8621]

Actually that airframe design is very similar to air to air combat drone targets from the 1980's. Although those were air-breathers, not rocket powered if I remember correctly.

[@kingofexcellent5450]

@@michiganengineer8621 it seems like israeli harop kamikaze drone

[@judeackland-patel6646]

At this point, your channel is like this perfect mix of Peter Sripol, Tom Stanton and BPS Space, keep it up :)

[@tyche8800]

if this guy didn't have to deal with British weather he would be sending himself into the mesosphere by now

[@Project-Air]

It’s the one reason why we have no space program

[@samspeed6271]

Well, the weather has been rather unpleasant over the last few days... No, weeks, I mean weeks. Even after the snow cleared, the English weather was blasting us with howling gales. Can't wait to see that thing launch. Looks cool with the bright yellow paint job.

[@jong4321]

Yellow & Black - combined to standout as highly visible colors warning of danger, excitement, & a cool flying plane...!

[@simonl7784]

Good job, keep it up. looking forward to seeing your test flights. Little tip: For putting servos in foam board, I like to print a sticker with the outline of the servo, apply it to the model, then cutout the outline through the sticker with a hobby knife before inserting the servo. It makes neat holes and reinforces the surface.

[@robertdodd2087]

ever thought of putting a bubble canophy over the camera, bit less drag?

[@eastoforion]

very hard to find a plastic that wont distort the view

[@syyi8407]

Me: fails math Also me: I love aerodinámics

[@jamesedington7903]

The biggest problem with canards is at high speed they easily become dynamically unstable

[@darkmann12]

thought you said canada

[@JoeOvercoat]

Canard designs are inherently unstable across the speed range. Also, intentionally stalling the canard before the main wing stalls can lead to some interesting flight characteristics.

[@OzAndyify]

Yeah. I would have gone for a slightly longer delta and no canard. I'd also ditch the wingtip verticals and either have one larger one vertical on the fuselage, or two at about 40 degrees. I *reckon* this would be faster and better, but it ain't my camel and this guy's designs do seem to work. My experience with EDF deltas may not apply to friggin rocket planes!

[@JoeOvercoat]

@@OzAndyify Yes - delta wings want vortices to align with the leading edge of high angles of attack to keep the flow attached to achieve that high angle of attack before stalling. Arguably the wing tip verticals foil that flow, no pun intended.

[@OzAndyify]

@@JoeOvercoat Yeah, but tip winglets are tricky buggers to optimize at the best of times. Airliners only use them due to wingspan restrictions. Highly swept, low-aspect deltas have more spanwise stuff going on than "normal" wings, with the relative wind angle increasing towards the tips. The Leading Edge vortex effect, which only works for highly swept deltas with sharp LE, allows surprising high AOA by generating a stable vortex that effectively increases camber. It's almost a virtual top surface...similar to turbulators on STOL planes. (see Facetmobile for extreme delta lift.) They are rather gnarly to control at slow speeds and have dangerous "corners" if low, slow and underpowered. Having said that, I don't think he is aiming for minimum drag, especially on landing approach, where high AOA is likely. Looking a little bit cooler and being more draggy is probably better for this project.

[@tejussonics2323]

Woah Man you really stand out in the rc community Great great channel

[@mickeyfilmer5551]

Little tip to keep your hands warm, and be able to do fiddly things - Fingerless gloves, preferably 3m Thinsulate ones, I used them on the outdoor markets for years handling cash and doing small repair jobs. You will not be disappointed- they are excellent. Your hands are covered and your fingers free to work without getting cold.

[@acomingextinction]

Gotta say, that was a very clever pivot from using a carbon tube as the body of the rocket itself, to using a carbon tube as internal support to a wood & paper rocket body.

[@_PixelVoid]

When using fibreglass or carbon fibre for strengthening. You should apply the resin first, lay down the fibre layer and then gently push the resin up through the layer. This reduces the damage to the stitching, thus making the layer stronger, and also reducing inclusions and other defects caused when adhering these layers. Doing this method over the method you used can greatly increase the strength of the fuselage. Hope this helps in future 😁

[@ayrtonthompson750]

Apply a coat of resin before you lay the cloth, it makes it easier to saturate the cloth and should require less resin

[@JoeOvercoat]

And minimize bubbles under the threads.

[@kevinshort3943]

It's a very heavy way of reinforcing, maybe some carbon stringers would be better? Glass is normally used with polyester resin rather than epoxy. Maybe you could consider Diolin instead of grp? It doesn't shatter. Am I the only person who thinks it looks like Fireball XL5?

[@rowanrix5589]

I don’t understand how this channel has less then 100k subs?? His video quality is gorgeous, his projects are absolutely fantastic... I seriously don’t understand

[@thurmar111]

I appreciate the quality of the paint job. Well done

[@justsomemincedgarlic]

Wow. Watching the build process, i wasnt expecting much, but when you revealed it fully painted i was blown away! What an incredible job.

[@mike_oe]

Nice project! Most canard planes have zero or very little elevator mix into the ailerons/elevons, I suggest you to reduce the mix to 10% elevator and 90% aileron. As for CoG, you should aim for slightly higher wing area load for the canard than for the main wing. You no NOT want the main wing to stall before the canard wing.

[@melcrose]

canards are INCREDIBLY twitchy. IF (IF IF IF IF IF IF IF) you actually nail the initial setup (it would have to be spot-on-perfect) the second you introduce movement that plane is going to do flips.

[@contrastej]

I think I enjoy the construction phase better than the flying...it really is scary to see all the hard work been destroyed in few seconds. Nice video!

[@OzAndyify]

Keep building and crashing! Every crash means another build, and RC and FPV components *usually* survive for the next one. The worst thing to do IMO is to build so pretty that flying becomes stressful. "If you live, you will die, if you fly RC, you will crash" - such is life.

[@oscarmeyrick3140]

I feel your pain with the British weather! I hadn't flown all week till today. Hopefully the nice clear weather is heading north.

[@geepersoilyrag1884]

Theres a few people chasing a 200mph RC car record, but real Land speed cars arent driven wheel. Cant wait for you to smash some RC records with turbines and rockets!! Keep up the good work!

[@hunterairplane6405]

your vids are awsome Project air

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

I like the 'no prodding' on the canard controls. Fingers crossed for the weather.

[@TheWirksworthGunroom]

I can't be the only one thinking that the small one, mounted on the nose of the large one as a two stage ship with a return to earth, flyable booster would be truly epic! Looking forward to the flights.

[@BeefIngot]

Holy god, stereos marketing budget must be gigantic. All sorts of tubers are jumping on.

[@OrionAerospace]

Looking at the design of this thing I just realized you must be an insanely good pilot! I can’t imagine these things are intuitive to fly! Good luck with the tests🚀

[@dennisperkinson3756]

Another interesting video. You are conducting the same kinds of airplane and rocket experiments I did when I was your age back in the 1960’s and 70’s, except that with today’s technology, you have achieved a much higher level of sophistication. Good job!

[@abhiramreddy4849]

Nice video James,looking forward for the flite test

[@TDREXrx9]

hey I'm a certified autobody tech in Canada, A tip for painting yellow is start with a grey/green base coat yellows pigments tend to have poor coverage and is extremely expensive when mixing your own paint so i would save some green and and it to a dark grey shade primer, it cuts the coats needed of the yellow in half. just for future and same goes for orange for your next time.

[@RCnerd74]

Exciting build😍 You cannot have too much power😂

[@davidpayne4315]

You don't have any idea how inspiring to me your builds are

[@MateyBoy82]

that is a nice paint job!! and easier to find the parts after it blows up

[@skateerdud]

I think seeing an RC JATO would be CRAZY

[@tofilofi7650]

My guy is underrated

[@mattdumbrill8324]

That rocket plane looks amazing

[@jimmynoname4089]

Ive always loved the jay hawk design! I was thinking about throwing rc components in one, but went a different route with my rc rocket. Hopefully it will be ready this spring!

[@dylanhealy4473]

Very cool build I'm excited to see the virgin flight

[@JoeOvercoat]

Excellent work on this build, especially V2.

[@charlesyoung8600]

The yellow looks better than the orange.

[@LightsCameraandLego]

Your videos are so inspiring! I am considering making my own model rocket.

[@Project-Air]

Go for it!

[@pierauspitz]

Damn dude! That looks quite a lot like model of the 1950's Franch Matra R511 air-air missile. :D

[@rickyquinteros7100]

That looks exactly like the spaceplane I built in KSP, pretty cool

[@5alm0n]

Can’t wait to see these planes take flight !! You are doing a great job. Just a shame that our British weather is being very well British !!

[@upscwithbabaji]

Hay I'm Indian. Very knowledgeable your all videos. I like this channel 🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@freshice785]

This guy is very underrated

[@yxhankun]

excellent fabrication!

[@dirtaction6183]

so cool man. I like the production quality

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Can't wait for this baby to fly!

[@HMMR03]

This thing looks like a RB 14, a Swedish anti ship missile from the Cold War

[@mooselarson5009]

You should think about adding a boat tail to future iterations of your rockets and rocket plains. I am excited to see this one fly, keep up the awesome content!

[@tawanamatewe2860]

stereo be sponsoring every UK youtuber

[@WeatherWorld]

I stg this is just too inspiring to see. Honestly outstanding job, can't wait to see what the future holds for this project. Also, you deserve FARR more subscribers and support, this is just marvelous. :)

[@vinayakk2745]

I'm second, cause everyone else is first😂

[@poltergeist9972]

Im First To comment unser this comment

[@C4rnee]

You're first, King

[@samernajia]

You might consider birch ply wings and adding slots to mount the wings to glue directly to the engine mount. Love the 'glassing of the ship. Definitely consider clustering for some extra flame too on your next version!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Beautiful model...👍👍

[@TheEviling]

"when the sun comes out" but you're in England, the sun doesnt do that there :)

[@crocogile2352]

Can confirm

[@Quefelsees]

You´re friends with Diy Perks? That´s amazing!

[@HeliosPlaysYT]

i like how you make DIY Aircrafts keep it up

[@fox3missilevr965]

Flames + smoke Trail = awesome

[@miredquadrangle3963]

Great video! Looking forward to see the flight

[@dariodalcin5177]

If you're serious about going fast, make the fuselage just large enough to fit the motor

[@Project-Air]

I didn't really touch on this in the video, but this particular plane is purposely large and draggy so it doesn't fly too fast!

[@pieman12345678987654]

A minimum diameter rocket would be hard to fit all the electric bits into and also it would fly incredibly fast and you wouldn't really be able to control it as a human 😉

[@JoeOvercoat]

@@Project-Air interesting. A larger cross section will generate more lift in a yaw, as well.

[@dariodalcin5177]

@@pieman12345678987654 that would be the fun part!

[@zachgenc8467]

If you ever come to Chicago we should race, just made a 3D printed carbon fiber hybrid rocket jet using dual Edfs one 5000kv 12 blade and a 20,000 kv 5 blade, with two G engines in the tail activated via pica switches. Runs on two 120A esc and 12s Currently working on V2 witch will be all carbon fiber utilizing a similar delta wing configuration!

[@hank6477]

never once have i considered subscribing to a content creator's patreon.... until now

[@MichaelNelsonYT]

it looks like a sweedish Rb-04 air-to-ship missile.... kinda epic

[@alisioardiona727]

This is exciting !

[@arfyness]

It's always exciting to see a new video from you, but this one has me pre-excited for your next one too. Come on sunshine, give this guy a launch day!

[@rithvikabinav7585]

I hope the weather clears

[@martinmark6520]

Well done you are genius. 👏👏💥

[@tuxpl6611]

YOUR SO TALLENTED That looks amazing best of luck when it launches 👍

[@richardlong3615]

I thought your plane looked familiar - Fireball XL5 from my childhood in the 60s Looking forward to the maiden

[@DIYwithBatteries]

Dude that was awesome 😃👍

[@linecraftman3907]

Aw hell yeah, a new project air video to start off my day! I'm sure you can't wait for the flight day as well

[@Visiting_Price]

Definitely worth it staying up late!

[@mrsmith4662]

Looking forward to the flight. It looks just like Fireball XL5 or it's copy: NEBULA-75. Great stuff!

[@OzAndyify]

Nice job. Can't wait to see it fly.

[@rafiaslam1768]

This man has allot of glue

[@ibeauf]

At 0:18 is that... is that his desk?

[@warlord6935]

ProjectAir : Makes a new aircraft. Weather: So my time has come......

[@tannerhadra803]

FUTURE TIP FOR FIBERGLASS: If you have a sharp corner fiberglass will not bend around it and it must be rounded, a light sanding will also help it stick better if you ever have any peel off after applying it :) (I build fiberglass boats so I'd thought I'd throw you some helpful knowledge!)

[@tracytron7162]

Am I the only one getting Fireball XL5 vibes from this thing? The smaller text on the left vertical stabilizer even ends in XL5!

[@raykewin3608]

DaftBollocks. Nice😉

[@scotar1nb146]

Great stuff. Looks fab. 👍🏻

[@typxxilps]

I have the same soldering station - just in black. ... first time that I see someone using that same tool. I like it so far for all the stuff on the bench and all the tasks that really need heat, a lot of heat like powerwalls and its conncetions.

[@DaveBoatBuilder]

Best of luck on the flight

[@israelshero9125]

Just an FYI hot glue is generally frowned upon when you get to high powered rocketry. It's less of an issue the farther from the motor you are, but we generally prefer epoxy, 5 minute or 30 minute if you have the patience and are flying up to level 2 motors (J-L). The fiberglass helps a lot, but you might not even need it with the right adhesive.

[@pontuswendt2486]

AMAZINGNES!!!! So well done!!!!

[@icannotfly]

spraypainting with white shoes? you're a brave man

[@albatross8868]

lets goooo! V3 mini! Edit: good ole England weather always throws you for a loop ;')

[@TheDumbSpace]

Love You 3000 Man! You are Awesome!

[@aleksander.s8312]

Today is gonna be better weather.

[@joshcurry6976]

Can’t wait for the flight!

[@lucacianchette9570]

Thank you for keeping it around 10 minutes it’s the perfect amount of time.

[@joemulkerins5250]

The combination of the rod and cardboard is a composite 😊