Thrust Vectoring 'Canard' Jet - FLIGHT

BUILD: • Thrust Vectoring 'Cana...
Project featuring Tom Stanton. Make sure to watch the 'Build' part of this project found on Tom's channel! This week on Project Air, we test fly a thrust vectoring RC airplane that uses a tilt rotor servo to direct the motors.
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[@TomStantonEngineering]

Not enough tea was consumed towards the end of the day, but I won't spoil what happens ;)

[@razor7177]

Tom Stanton , hey man good build. So it on flitetest then came here. Instead of props, try using edf. Might be better, more thrust.

[@DeadlyDiddly]

I think it's begging for a 120mm EDF in the tail so the canard props are mainly just for manoeuvring, but they're rather expensive...

[@123ashleystone321]

Tom Stanton always love the vids Tom, thanks for recommending this channel too, looking forward to more quality content

[@pdjames1729]

01:55 yay Aerolon (how I spose to spell that? :o)

[@pdjames1729]

and yay more. You have made 3-mode aeroplane :) Vtol, wing & cronoplan - ground effect. Bit of V angle on the wings for up-right forgiveness (or 2 n a half wings cos fat rudder good ;n) and you have a prototype parcel drone xx

[@FliteTest]

Super fun video and GREAT project! Nicely done

[@biko9824]

@Nicholas Schnee Yes he is.

[@DrathVader]

For a channel with 1.3k subs the production quality is incredible.

[@Project-Air]

Thanks Vader :P

[@MCsCreations]

Agreed, my Lord. 😊

[@matthiasvanhecke1283]

1k subs in 10 hours

[@clonkex]

ikr that's impressive

[@learningtocrash4030]

2497ish here. Good stuff.

[@RamyRC]

that was fun to watch, great job guys.

[@ShaneRichds]

Shane ❤

[@alexfoster1032]

Get Tom on flight test - they're missing some ginger 😊.

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

A bit... 💖

[@mithrandir6283]

Alex is ginger.... kinda

[@jamesbruton]

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!!!!!

[@DeadlyDiddly]

...LIZARD SPOCK?

[@MCsCreations]

🖖

[@nutrox84]

DeadlyDiddly beat me to it :D

[@pdjames1729]

What are you doing here Mr Bruton? :oP

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

He achieved better with the Red Baron (Tom) than you with the Red Mad Fan (Ivan). But at the end, still Let's go out and *break* something. Hope to watch you with Ivan 🌞

[@ColtonCampbell]

Love your channel, thanks Tom for sending us over here

[@pingu99991]

I think that you should make a plane launcher... something like a large crossbow/ballista that has a foot operated trigger so both your hands are on the controller as it launches. It would also look cool next to your trebuchet.

[@joshuarosen6242]

How about a trebuchet plane launcher?

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

A big crossbow ???!?

[@malloott]

@@joshuarosen6242 This would be awesome

[@darkkevind]

You pretty much created a VTOL aircraft 👍

[@simplymax2125]

Nah, DTOL

[@Ju4n3n3]

This is amazing, I love how much tea you fellas drink

[@joshuarosen6242]

Tea goes perfectly with engineering. It's a match made in heaven. I don't know if you are a fan of Colin Furze but he makes a lot of amusing (and frequently downright dangerous) contraptions and also drinks a lot of tea while he is doing it. Guy Martin is also a devotee. It's the true image of British engineering to see a chap in his shed tinkering with stuff with a mug of tea in his hand.

[@jonipaananen9304]

@@joshuarosen6242 I think project binky would agree as well :)

[@joshuarosen6242]

I'd never seen Project Binky before but now I have. Thank you and you are right.

[@Trexpass]

GOOODD! finally a new channel that tries to be itself!

[@James.O]

Hello from Dubai, Tom linked me in here, great work guys.

[@Project-Air]

Thanks for coming over!

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic, guys! 😃 One idea for the next project: 2 EDF motors on the back with individual tilting mechanisms. 😉

[@TheCommandertux]

Great collab with Tom. Love the video. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@Barwell999]

Excellent job guys!! Wonderful collaboration.

[@gracklefpv8811]

Dave B how did you comment 1 day ago? It was uploaded like 20 minutes ago

[@colinjohnson5515]

Dave is from the future and came back to comment

[@gracklefpv8811]

Colin Johnson hahaha

[@CuervoRC]

Very good plane. I had once made a delta plane with vector thrust and flew just as strange. Especially at low speed.

[@MoiraOBrien]

I am amazed that it took you so long to crash this amazing plane! Well done to both

[@NortHeed]

Nice Build, I was linked here from Tom's channel.

[@BenBelanger4]

Hello from Hamilton Ontario Canada, just starting first year of engineering at university. Good video bro.

[@berkekutlu4552]

Greetings from Turkey where is drink the most tea :) I like all Tom`s Projects and now I`m happy to meet with you.Good collaboration,keep going

[@nicholassiminson1825]

I'm a retired Electronics Engineer from "Airbus" now permanently resident in Northern Germany. You might find yourselves on the Threshold of some innovative aviation technology. Look out for the Cloak and Dagger Guys from the "Military". I will be watching, with interest, for developments in your future Projects. Good Luck and success.

[@lysanderheath210]

you should put an edf in it and just have the canards for pitch control

[@SunriseKnight]

It's nice to see someone with real RC piloting skills. Great flying.

[@clipvue222]

I was curious what cameras you use in your videos. Also was curious about the on board camera how do uou boost signal so video don't cut out.

[@woody3dp436]

Awesome ! Greetings from Reunion island !! That was very fun to watch !

[@MCsCreations]

BTW, I'm from Brazil. And your channel's name remembered me of Project Blue Falcon, JC's channel... R.I.P. So, keep the great work!

[@crddrones3457]

I Had no idea you guys are brothers ! I should’ve known , both of your channels are awesome. God bless take care stay safe.

[@didierneeferc]

From the Netherlands and flying rc planes since i was 7

[@BillMrWild]

Great fun to watch, the best RC video i've seen in a long time, thanks for posting.

[@randywingo171]

i bet it would be fun with an EDF. you could even give it VTOL.

[@andrewwebb7238]

A very entertaining and enjoyable video, would love to see more of these hybrid aircraft designs particularly with Tom and his experience/technical know how. Suggestion: a spitfire body with a EDF power! Keep up the good work, From Australia

[@sacredinclinations]

I am teaching physics in the middle east, you boys definitely make me feel proud to be British. Great job and I also loved the Dam busters project, beautiful scenery too. Thanks

[@warlikelaughter6230]

Hola, Nee How Ma, Con Itchy Waa, Sok Savai, Savai Dee, G'day Je suis from Australia!!

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

Epic partnership with the Red Baron designer 💘

[@haydeninch]

Can you make a video on how to program a plane like this.

[@DmanRC]

Came from Tom's channel but I am a long time FliteTest fan so to see the correlation was really fun. You plane is similar in flight characteristics to the FT Viggen but on steroids. I am happy to be a new sub and look forward to future content. I'm from Utah in the U.S. and love flying everything from tiny RC to large Boeings.

[@redsquirrelftw]

That was awesome, and looks like you guys had fun doing it haha. I really want to get into this kind of stuff. Maybe once I'm done all my other projects.

[@VineethMuthanna]

Hi, Electric Engineers from India. We love what you guys do. Tom Stanton is really inspiring.

[@jonathanrabbitt]

Awesome. Gyro stabilized differential thrust please. And; did the differential thrust work to support or counteract the aileron control?

[@youniles]

Hi from the Caribbean St.Lucia

[@q300SBB]

Hi from Australia, this is cool. I think the nose looks like the English super sonic plane the Miles M52

[@KATBIRD1026]

And the scale passenger said "Excuse me while I BARF!!"......

[@nelsonphillips]

I thought this was going to suuuuck. It didn't, which is nice. I think the reason was the delta wings, as these did not stall at low velocity, high angle of attack, for a number of reasons........ The characteristic of "lack of aileron" response at low speed meant that there was separation on the upper surface, but the vorticies created by the leading edge helped with a 'type' of flow attachment.

[@aussiercflyer5586]

Great collaboration. Look forward to the next one. Thumbs up from Australia

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

Let's go out and *Break* something (Ivan if you read this 💘)

[@ethanhermsey]

hey, a miranda fan ;p

[@jusb1066]

a entry for ivan miranda's vertical rocket...

[@pauljs75]

You might like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH7IdptrhLqUetU

[@sUASNews]

What a great collab, I left the comment on Toms video, Ardupilot has a mix for just this sort of airframe, allowing flying wings to take off flat with vectored motors.

[@thedave7760]

"Hold my Tea" This isn't America I assume.

[@air-headedaviator1805]

6 cups of tea went into the making if these video; Caleb from Texas, US.

[@Project-Air]

Probably more like 10 or 12 ;)

[@aljensen7779]

Ask requested, saying 'Hi' from Ontario, Canada.. I enjoy your shit. I mean, projects - well done, lads.

[@fredraketfpv]

nice to so you guys make videos together love it 😜

[@Sifizero]

reminds me of the ekranoplan. nice job. from mel, aus

[@USWaterRockets]

The plan flew so much better than I ever guessed. What a great idea for a project!!! I'm subbing!

[@zombiewoof50]

LOVE the aerial footage - hello from Minnesota USA

[@VTOLKits]

Try it with KK2 stabilisation and add vector-roll-control, greets from switzerland...

[@avelkm]

Well, you just have made VTOL Jet. Not a usual thing to see in a plane! Subscribed!

[@davidm7824]

#1- add a fan unit inside the fuselage with air inlet ducts forward of it. #2- make the fuselage smaller in diameter (less drag). #3- make the canards wing shaped. It seems to be underpowered. Great first design. I am from Rockford, IL. USA. GOOD LUCK

[@boredgrass]

I'd love to see that getting another go. Especially because of the behaviour in the slow takeoffs from the ground. Watching it *reminded me of the Soviet attempts to create their own version of the Harrier VTOL. *I don't compare them directly, of cause. I think about the way the Sowjet engineers had to compensate lacking hardware with simpler practicle alternatives. Your design just seems to me to be onto something that could achieve not 90° but perhaps between 45° and 67° takeoff angle. So to speak a cheep and extreme simple alternative to VTOL.

[@awatt]

It looks like some sort of experimental aircraft from the 1950's.....in a good way.

[@AeroCraftAviation]

1:45 Doesn't it need some reflex so that it has decalage? Or do the 'canards' have positive incidence?

[@pauljs75]

Version 2 coming up? Squared off fuselage at the tail is a bit high drag, so perhaps a third motor with EDF or just taper it to a point too. Low speed roll stability seems a bit squirrelly. Not sure what you can do about that with flat wings? Maybe make it a dual-delta/LERX type airfoil? If done right that can also help with high alpha. I think there's more to get out of it, considering how well that one worked until it finally crashed. Would it be any better using a gyro and programming some PID logic stuff into it? Wonder what it'd do if you could set it to try holding a given pitch angle from your input, and let it pick the thrust angle that's appropriate for the throttle.

[@stevecurtis1088]

Yes gyro on the pitch to make it effectively fly by wire. Would need a minimum forward element to the thrust vector to keep the elevons control authority. Better still put a third much more powerful motor on the rear for forward thrust- my mind boggles trying to think of how you could set up the mixing/gyro/channel allocation possible on that...

[@TheHarberHangar]

In true Flite Test fashion: A few good flights and an even better crash to end it on. Nice job guys! BTW: James & Tom: I wish I had the commitment to editing and production you do .... I love to build/fly/share, but I LOATHE the editing and post (as is probably painfully evident on MY channel) XD :P Well done, all 'round.

[@JoeBee999]

After 10 Liters of tea, Job done. ;) Greetings from Germany. Here you would call it: After 10 Liters of beer and butchering the English language, we are finally drunk... ;)

[@Sharklops]

Just came over from Tom's channel and am a big FliteTest fan as well. Just subscribed and looking forward to checking out more of your videos! edit: I'm from South Carolina, USA

[@stephescobar575]

Flight test for beauty starts at 9:09

[@Andrew-lx4mh]

I know I am late to the party, and I am sure this plane is long gone, but the oscillations from the wings are due to the center of gravity being in a neutrally-stable/unstable position. Any perturbations from turbulence and control inputs would cause oscillations with very little damping. To add to the lateral stability, the CG needs to be moved downward and add dihedral. This can be done by mounting the battery in a lower position or shifting the wings up (this is why high-wing configurations are so stable) There's always a drawback, and this case it would be roll speed. But since you're trying a new design, I would prefer stability over maneuverability until the flight controller is tuned. Great video and awesome idea!

[@michaelbuchholz992]

This flying device falls into the cathegory: With sufficiend thrust, even pigs can fly. :-) The props are simply dragging this thing through the air... I would suggestlarger wings. But it was fun, viewing this.

[@boredgrass]

Could this translate into large scale, i.e. people and goods transporting planes? ! know, VTOL planes already exist. But I am intrigued by this slow takeoff!

[@ytbillybob]

Well done! Greetings from Daytona Beach, Florida (USA) home of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (erau.edu).

[@vladtheinhaler93]

Suggestion; use an old FC to for gyro stabilisation and channel mixing, basically make it 'fly by wire', that way you won't need to manually coordinate pitch and thrust to maintain level flight...

[@mrdebug6581]

funny thing.😅 bring this flying thing to the absolute bare minimum concerning mechanics. would be a cheap-fun-fly machine for everyone. greetings from south-west germany

[@ZeroFlame007]

Hello Also, loved the collab video, some good stuff!

[@geoffburrill9850]

Great project guys, used to crash model planes back in late 80's, things have changed since then. Does anyone still use balsa to build planes, is foam board lighter and stronger?

[@smp1990]

ive never been more excited to see a collab. great job guys

[@macrumpton]

I think you would have been better off using an existing canard design (Im thinking the flitetest viggen) and then adding the thrust vectoring which would reduce the unknown variables. The viggen already can stably fly very slow at high angle.

[@peaps]

The birth of Flitetest UK..

[@GglSux]

I was actually more impressed by the flying skills than the plane... And that doesn't mean that I wasn't impressed by the plane. Good job !

[@DavidHender-cj7vm]

Hello James, just found your channel. You are an expert pilot. Would love to see more hovercraft adventures. David from the Isle of Wight

[@ianb4801]

I always wonder about battery eliminators. I know having power for motors is important, but losing control is a worry. I know it works safely by in large, but I always think having power for receiver and servos so they always outlast the motors is better

[@sedunois08]

Honestly this was the most enjoyable youtube series I have ever watched. More thrust vectoring team-ups please!

[@jessedupreez]

Hi my name Jesse ,i am 14 years old live in South Africa and I love your videos P.S. I would love to have a channel like yours

[@mainerockflour3462]

I have watched Tom's work on his channel, which is rather impressive. He seems to be a better mate then the two other guys you had with you when you're testing out your pontoon plane. Downers

[@Mikelectric]

passing the fast moving air from the props under the wing will create a low pressure under the wing killing your lift! it would be better to have the canards positioned above the wings!!!

[@Hfil66]

I would have thought that with the relatively large wing cord combined with the thrust vectoring ahead of the wing would raise the possibility of significant ground effect when flying close to the ground.

[@eagleyes121290]

I have an absolutely crazy idea. Two extra rudders that fold flat into the wings. No idea what they will do but it's my crazy idea

[@WayneMiller1110]

I think it was a drone in the sky when you very first started testing the plane around 3 minutes and 5 seconds maybe but maybe it was a UFO because it looks weird as fuck

[@AngryArmadillo]

“Flying”

[@axfpvalex1944]

Hi there that was a awesome project I'm planning to copy your idea I'm from Staten Island New York

[@fonwoolridge]

Fab! Followed you both for years - great to see you working together like that!

[@saeedgnu]

Hey from Iran. I know very little about planes but I enjoy your videos, specially collabarative ones.

[@Del350K4]

Like many viewers of this excellent video, I´m new to this channel and would like to commend the very high (almost Project Binky - high) degree of acknowledgement of the importance of regular tea consumption which we witnessed here. The idea of compensating for the downthrust generated by the flaps was a long way out of the box, as there´d be little correlation between airflow over (or rather under) the wing and throttle setting. I salute you both for the sheer audacity you displayed in building this model. It does have some astonishing flight characteristics as well as looking absolutely tremendous.

[@jborcz1014]

Posting from Canada 🇨🇦. Interesting build, I enjoyed these videos.

[@wideyxyz2271]

You know when tea is consumed at this level/rate good things are going to happen its only when tea consumption drops off do things start to go wrong and that is a fact! Its a British thing!

[@anonanonkiewicz1921]

I bet the end of the fuselage makes a lot of drag and it makes this airplane much slower. But maybe that's intended?

[@joeyagosto3063]

hI GUYS, COOL PROJECT , i ENJOYED TO WATCH IT, gRTX FROM hOLLAND cIAO :P : )

[@spaceskipster4412]

Great to find true Brits consuming plenty of Tea ☕🇬🇧👌🏼😄🙌🏼

[@mjproebstle]

hello from indiana! great vid! great concept flyer turned practical! brilliant! all that and time for tea as well. cheers!

[@mysticpointwatersports204]

the whole nose cone could suck in air ... aided by a special turbine inlet and the winglets at the front have linear blowersz

[@System32F]

the sukhoi thing i guess you was looking for the cobra manoeuvre haha

[@blue_leader_5756]

Hello from Mississippi