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@RoboTekno9 жыл бұрын
I think adding a 'V' bottom hull shape to your floats/sponsons should stop the hopping tendencies. Maybe 30º-45º angles on each side of the 'V' shape. Increasing the length of the rear's flat portion of the floats may also reduce bouncing.
@rpurdey9 жыл бұрын
RoboTekno Having the bottom of the "V" (the keel as it were) on the inboard edge of the sponsons (like a bent "L") would help turning as well but a skeg of sheet brass or aluminum could be added to the inbd edge if needed. The centerline float could be extended considerable for flotation and "V" bottomed for ride and the motor placed on the front of the fin.
@colstace25605 жыл бұрын
Study real hydroplanes, a longer body will stop nose plants
@backcountry_pete4 жыл бұрын
When I finally make one of these I will make sure to follow the rudder dimensions exactly because I know that was the secret to the success of his project.
@ezrarichardson2792 жыл бұрын
That rudder makes me crack up!
@thenatedog9 жыл бұрын
Almost choked on my pancakes at the last frame lol
@IT-sq5rj4 жыл бұрын
That's gold.
@NOLAMarathon20109 жыл бұрын
Part art, part science. And thanks for including Quinn and Lawson. They always add to the enjoyment of the videos.
@beaglemanzzz8 жыл бұрын
I imagine the ducks on this lake are used to these weird contraptions by now.
@fifatirtle34738 жыл бұрын
Lol jus imagine it XD
@elinehemiah81563 жыл бұрын
dont know if anyone gives a damn but if you are stoned like me during the covid times you can stream all the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been watching with my gf for the last couple of months :)
@armandoameer13613 жыл бұрын
@Eli Nehemiah Definitely, have been using Instaflixxer for since december myself =)
@stuartclark46997 жыл бұрын
A great example of pure Engineering R&D (plan try fail change fail change fail change fail change fail change fail ....change fail SUCESS!!!) Congratulations!
@mlentsch9 жыл бұрын
"That duck doesn't even care" - I was thinking the same thing
@supergreg728 жыл бұрын
LOL your last drawing is pure engineering delight! Good work!
@antrigen14809 жыл бұрын
Great job! I like your minimalistic approach. To all the people that are saying what needs to be done for improvement I say: Build one yourself and show us! If you think you can do better please do so because I enjoy watching new and innovative ideas. With that being said I have to go to my shop, I have a couple of outrunner motors in my parts bin and I think there is some foam under the bench....
@pMustangw9 жыл бұрын
most accurate measurements ever ROTFL. love it
@mmmasterscross79159 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks for sharing your trials and your finished project. Great Job. Keep them coming.
@AlexReiter19888 жыл бұрын
love the recovery bot
@dirtyhooker63174 жыл бұрын
Boat* and yeah it's pretty cool
@salmansaleem5054 жыл бұрын
@@dirtyhooker6317 bot*
@AussieRCPlayground9 жыл бұрын
That was great! The finished product looked a little crude and messy, but very cool nonetheless. I think adding a rudder extension that would stretched into the water would help with turning and cutting the floats into a "V" shape (like boats) might help with stability. Would love to see a follow up video if you've experimented with this platform any further. Great video. 👍🏼
@briansmobile19 жыл бұрын
HYDROFOIL THAT!
@recommit9 жыл бұрын
Get rid of the huge rudder & put a small rudder on the tail in the water. Some drag from a water rudder will also assist in anchoring the tail from flipping forward.
@beyondfossil9 жыл бұрын
***** I agree. After watching this video, it seems rear pusher prop would be better. Because a rear propeller would push the hull of the craft down into the water for more stability without requiring the high angle of the front propeller design. Also, if accidentally hitting a duck in the water at high speed, a rear propeller won't cause the feathers to fly like it would with a front propeller! ;-)
@nickvledder7 жыл бұрын
True. Add a turn-fin on the inside of one of the front-floats and it corners like on rails!
@HCarota9 жыл бұрын
6:56 XD
@Georgehanes-GJH1057759 жыл бұрын
Julian Suse Tux!
@qapter9 жыл бұрын
HCarota wtf dimensions
@callme960ericdanelon9 жыл бұрын
HCarota WINNING
@ThomasGreenhill9 жыл бұрын
Daniel, you should put hydroplanes underwater, below the existing floats; the way the America's cup boats have it. You will be able to go much faster and it will look a lot cooler without any of the bounciness you see here.
@frost2739 жыл бұрын
That duck certainly got used to the craft after many days testing it on the lake :)
@thejoshmoss9 жыл бұрын
These are my favorite videos from you, just playing around with a concept until it works. Feels like we are there with you learning stuff. Also, the way you cut your footage is always making me laugh. Thanks for your work and Please, never stop experimenting.
@Subwaterfilm9 жыл бұрын
Well done... a really nice idea!! Well done,.. and thanks for showing us.... best wishes and good flight; Holger from Subwaterfilm
@miguelsalami4 жыл бұрын
The front & rear sponsons are several inches too short they should have been continued towards rear and shaped flat for the last few inches. This would be the boats hydroplaning surface & it would then run smoothly without any of the hop you were experiencing.Turning radius is always wide on air boats. Very entertaining vid Thanks for sharing👍👍💛
@vintagehobbies19 жыл бұрын
Looks fun! +1 on the skeg for the front sponson and that should allow for better turning with less rudder area.
@vintagehobbies19 жыл бұрын
A skeg with the square area of maybe a dime would be a good starting point
@pafff_3d5 жыл бұрын
It's really cool! Thank you for the video and for sharing your trials!
@birdseyeview15439 жыл бұрын
Cool Skitter Bug, awesome rudder measurements.
@kwokwing8 жыл бұрын
Nice pond to test with. Good boat.
@ein999999 жыл бұрын
My reccomendadtion is to put two small little fins in the two front skids like glue two pens together right at the very end lip to keep it from bouncing and skidding and then you can make it track a little better. SO instead of a skid it a v shape but only at the very end where the two front skids make contact.
@air-headedaviator18055 жыл бұрын
Its neat seeing this quick spouts of building amidst the crazy equip you work with on the daily. I bet that turning radius of the foil would of been helped by a dedicated keel/rudder for the water
@slysparkane8088 жыл бұрын
Great vid.. I do not know if you went on to more of this, but if you put a simple vertical fin on each of the front skids (above water not below) similar to a rudder but static (no control) your craft will turn much better.
@grantsimon57789 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome invention you should make the rudder long enough to go all the way down to the water and use that as your rear skid.
@kallealatupa26906 жыл бұрын
If you are still into this project, i suggest that you try putting a hydrophobic coating on the floaters
@ladraode9dedos4095 жыл бұрын
Having fun with your best buddy is always great!
@AndreasPelonis8 жыл бұрын
Did you try making the rudder go under water?
@beyondfossil9 жыл бұрын
Cool RC project. Thanks for documenting it. I like hydroplaning effect at 5:28.
@Designandrew9 жыл бұрын
It almost seems like it would have been better to make the rudder sit slightly in the water for turning. It might ad a tiny bit of drag but you wouldn't need much below the water to make a huge impact on the turning capability of the rudder.
@2prophets5417 жыл бұрын
Try adding a Skeg board just a little aft of the traiKing edge of the motor. That should vastly improve the turning ability without compromising the Speed. It should work the same as a sailboat's Skeg. I hope this helps. Great Idea, and looks like a lot of fun. 😉
@TheJohanJonker9 жыл бұрын
Once again, an awesome video, looks like a lot of fun...
@oliverg989 жыл бұрын
Love this channel.
@cine_motard9 жыл бұрын
Wo doesn't? :P
@flying-oyvinator9 жыл бұрын
matthijs jordense Wo is a terrible person :-P
@scottwatson57679 жыл бұрын
Look at a sailboat, add small keels to the front skis and a small one to the rudder sticking down into the water just a little bit. Tail does not need to be all that big. I bet this thing will turn on a dime with these mods. cool little build
@GraemeRobinson9 жыл бұрын
Nice. If you put part of the rudder under water surely it would turn better. If you also included a submerged transverse foil (like an airfoil but underwater) that would lock the tail down for sharper turns. Fun project, thanks for sharing.
@thedocdodge9 жыл бұрын
You could try attaching a water rudder to the main rudder, that'll help your water turns... My foamie water plane uses a small piece of plastic card attached to the bottom of the rudder that goes into the water to help with turning in the water
@COREYEIB19699 жыл бұрын
Fun post, perhaps controllable rudders in the water at the front pontoons, static rear end? Keep innovating
@ty86269 жыл бұрын
U have successfully created a boat!
@crezzlin9 жыл бұрын
Cool, try cutting a V shape in them from legs, maybe stop it from skipping :)
@shanks_19089 жыл бұрын
Nice design! I think setting the front floats forward a little, or setting the prop back will give it greater stability with the water. The bouncing is happening as the weight is taken off the back due to the rolling moment caused by the propeller thrust. I believe this is why it was flipping over for your initial trials as well. Given that that the device rises up on the foil as it increases speed means that the point in contact with the water (and therefore creating a drag force at velocity) moves further and further back. As this drag point is almost in line with where the prop is mounted the only thing stopping it from flipping over in the water is the weight of he tail, hence the skipping as some of the weight is lifted. You could also try a dragging rudder that operates under the waters surface if you wanted :) This might give it a more locked in feeling on the turns.
@bob21619 жыл бұрын
I'll bet if you add some small 'skegs' to the inboard edges of the front sponsons it would turn a bunch better. I've used the clear plastic from blister pacs and cut them into shark fin shape with scissors. I cut a slit in the foam and stick the fin in the slot with a little bit of hot glue. Just don't 'go overboard' on the size of the fins. it doesn't take much. Good Luck. I always enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.
@hankrawlings65059 жыл бұрын
That is so cool!! I really liked the trial and error. You didn't just walk out there with the completed model. Great Job. Thanks for posting.
@MrJdsenior5 жыл бұрын
Looks like fun. Your flying boat is really cool.
@fonwoolridge3 жыл бұрын
Really really good - Ill keep at it!
@gilbertsedo9 жыл бұрын
Love your 100w LED idea, I will be making one for my UAV I'm building.
@toshayonguard42534 жыл бұрын
Holly Shit i recognize that voice it’s the OUTSIDER 🤘🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸
@michaelmarne9 жыл бұрын
If you would add a vertical piece of foam on each skid, extending into the water you might get a better turn radius :)
@burkey1569 жыл бұрын
To improve the turning try adding two small keels to the forward hydroplanes and a small submerged rudder
@javiermorton71704 жыл бұрын
A general comment to this video and all your others. Heaps good. Thank you.
@lucywucyyy4 жыл бұрын
i think it might be smoother if it had more contact with the water, maybe two long pieces of foam instead of the 3 small pieces
@emi92949 жыл бұрын
For your next project, make a skycrane with pontoons to retrieve your 'lost' watercraft! Mi-10 + Floats? :3
@EnglishTurbines9 жыл бұрын
When Lawson gets older....hes going to remember the fun times he had with you Daniel....Great chop it and try clip though...:)
@akujiwar9 жыл бұрын
Maybe adding small fins to the front floats would help with the steering. Reducing sideslip so the rudder got something to push against. Thinking credit card or similar matherial
@defakosgr5 жыл бұрын
Very nice project. It might lose the bounce if you try to make the floaters a little bit pointy at the back and front. Like a canoe... Or (if you wish) like hydroplane's wing floaters. They are very stiff angled as they are now... Still, it's gr8!!! Good job! For better turning, try double rudder. You have a huge amount of air pushed back from the motor and the single rudder is not enough. (like swamp boat)
@hasidavid29 жыл бұрын
It looks like while turning the front floats keep sliding sideways. Try to something like a fin to the front floats. Like from a piece of plastic cards or so.
@crgintx7 жыл бұрын
Your rudder should be in the water not in the air.
@TrashPanda28017 жыл бұрын
crgintx he's an airplane guy, what can you expect :p
@alphaxard17 жыл бұрын
it would be amazing if you two geniuses showed us your mad skills.i wonder what we'd expect
@TrashPanda28017 жыл бұрын
alphaxard1 I'm not trying to bash him dude chill out, it's still more than I could do to make something like that, I don't have patience to do stuff like this, and what I said was purely a friendly dig, nothing to be taken seriously at all.
@Raycefan5 жыл бұрын
I’m no engineer, but it seems like you need more friction, i.e. more contact with the water, more drag, to turn sharper. It has very little contact with the water, which is good for speed, but to turn, it needs at least some drag to low one side of it down.
@16BitTerror9 жыл бұрын
You should try making some hydrofoils so it glides through the water rather than on top of it. It does look really cool skipping across the water at full speed though.
@charleslambert33685 жыл бұрын
Maybe little ailerons of some kind would help one front float to 'dig in' and make it turn faster.
@Bravo-5-K96 жыл бұрын
If you add a single fin to one of the sponsors then you would get a better turning radius and less slide out
@billhill8973 жыл бұрын
For better turning lengthen the body a little and add a rudder up behind the motor that angles opposite to the rear rudder or put a short running board under the front floats.
@nathanshao61616 жыл бұрын
that deja vu though
@kflo11117 жыл бұрын
I think if the front pontoons gradually tapered down to a point below the water line that would help with the bouncing problem and dampen the craft at higher speeds. More speed=less surface area required to lift out it of water?
@jjrotogeek5 жыл бұрын
Dude. That’s awesome. Great thinking 🤘🤘
@hotliner9 жыл бұрын
... nice vehicle :-)... not a boot and not a plane but it swims and fly over the water ;-)
@upcycle7 жыл бұрын
it wud be interesting to build a suspension system for the front pontoons to dampen the bounce. Perhaps that might even allow for more speed??
@upcycle7 жыл бұрын
wondering if you put a slight ridge on the front pontoon to give it something to bite down on the water when making turns?
@rscarawa7 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. Either that or have the bottom of the pontoon cut at an angle so the center side of the float is not as deep to allow the outside to bite in. This will require lowering the cg too as you will get more flips. I think having the bottom angled might yield a smoother ride as less foam will be in the water too.
@bdcoller9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, as usual. Fun video.
@arrowstheorem18817 жыл бұрын
Very Interesting video!
@sofamannj34349 жыл бұрын
I would add a rudder under the rear float.....this would be in the water. Does not have to be large.....but I believe that it would help your turning problems.
@Erik740t9 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Subbed
@zoomie91349 жыл бұрын
Why is the engine mount not centered over the main wooden dowel? Is this to overcome torque?
@RavenRaven-se6lr5 жыл бұрын
Home made contraptions love it. At least your game to post👍
@ShaneHerald7 жыл бұрын
what would happen if you also turned your motor and propeller with the prop?
@Ultrarc9 жыл бұрын
Cool! Love the ending
@Raptorofwarbbc8 жыл бұрын
its not turning because you have the foam blocking the airflow to the rudder
@francoisBonin-phils8 жыл бұрын
nice, i think you have to put a pusher motor on the back instead of the front...
@milesabove52596 жыл бұрын
the first version seemed to run on the water a lot smoother, if you were able to control the angle of the front skids i think it might have worked and ran really smooth across the water.
@Vape_Master699 жыл бұрын
It would be so cool if you made a TV hydrofoil
@UnfinishedProduction9 жыл бұрын
You should add hydro foils to the bottom, so it gets up on the foils, much like the sailing boat called a "moth"
@UnfinishedProduction9 жыл бұрын
awesome video btw
@johnnyllooddte34158 жыл бұрын
you need a little keel in the water for turning even an inch wide would do
@brianrydzeski61089 жыл бұрын
Love the tail diagram.
@reversemotozuki9 жыл бұрын
What if you extended the rudder so some of it was in the water as well???
@weyounginventors99579 жыл бұрын
Hello, plz make another video about how you waterproofing all of your electronics!
@guilhem37398 жыл бұрын
Did you try to put the rudder in the water instead?
@Cilvaa6 жыл бұрын
Stick a GoPro on it, I'd love to see a first-person perspective from it.
@nikolai5028 жыл бұрын
i want to know why you have the propeller that high up, it gives more momentum to flip over
@raymondo1628 жыл бұрын
+nikolai502 .........or that far forward....??
@boomfiziks6 жыл бұрын
Nice work. I’m wondering, instead of an air-rudder, what about a water-rudder (under water) for steering? Keep up the great work!
@MrSilverback629 жыл бұрын
Cool as usual. Any thoughts about extending the rudder into the water to help your turns? BTW, I still use the tips that you shared when you were in high school, i.e. your two stage method of applying heat shrink to battery leads and using nail clippers to avoid snags on zipties. Thanks.
@louiealdred23868 жыл бұрын
+rctestflight Have you thought of connecting he motor to a servo in order to give it a smaller turning radius?
@ardmovies8 жыл бұрын
aripa aripa andre andre yeeehaaaa
@bungo72118 жыл бұрын
The first design seemed to be very efficient when leaning forwards, maybe revisit that but try to devise a way to balance or control the lean like a gyro or balancer, idk.
@SimplyDudeFace6 жыл бұрын
Has it occurred to you to try a version with an under water wing? A large number of hydro foils are actually flying under the water.
@lllllsp1d3rlllll7 жыл бұрын
if u put a small piece of metal from the tail fin going down into the water then water and air would turn it .then it would turn on a dime maybe to much
@matthewkomitsky64199 жыл бұрын
That's neat! I need to try that!
@monoculosofficial99346 жыл бұрын
I think if you curved the sides of the ski at the back it would turn better...