The most important tool is passion, everything else is just a hill waiting to be climbed. I actually believe you will get this done. Very motivating presentation.
@Hatwox Thanks. I totally get the "don't have a lot of extra money". This is why as of right now I am planing on using BMW motorcycle engines. Because I am not using a real aircraft engine is why I decided to put two of them on the aircraft. Also, if I find that these 120hp BMW engines are not enough power, I could always upgrade to UL engines. I want to make this aircraft as affordable as I can. I want the build time to be less than 1,000 hours.
@@BrightStarAssemblies call me bloody crazy but I've always always wanted to put together a single seat 1/2 scale'ish f14 inspired aircraft, any tips? 😂🥴
@@KjllShot I designed a tandem winged seaplane from a jetski hull. One passenger with autonomous capability. Concept was a rapid response SAR lifeboat/rescue plane. But a dozen in a race over the bay or harbor would be a blast.
I think it's also important and informative to make R/C models and iterate for efficiency, structure, aerodynamics, etc. Lots of possible problems will rear their ugly heads in flying models, where you can analyze and correct them far cheaper.
Wow really inspirational story. This makes me grateful for the CAD classes that was offered to me in high school. Can't wait to see what's next for you!
Im an old Skunkworks guy , Navy Aircraft Vet, A&P and I had all but given up on ever building my own plane. Im also an EAA member and I am very grateful for your video and I may just give it a shot.
As they say, you are never too old to learn something new. Just look at me. I'm 57 and just starting out with a totally new design. Fallow your passion.
@Will Swift Something FAST, something thats where we SHOULD be in 2022, not stuck in 1972. And I really dont care about all the futuristic building materials and what not. Its far beyond time that experimental aviation at a civilian level was center stage and the wow factor should be through the roof. Instead, everyone is once again stuck on some ludicrous idea like electric aircraft, which will eventually fail. It was talked about decades ago at Skunkworks and decided to be a silly notion. In short, we should be in the George Jetson era, lol
@@c.w.miles-cowboycookstoryt1528 So what have you contributed to the advancement of general aviation? Or is your contribution to complain about the state of the art?
Anyone working in the industry has probably contributed much more than you have. Miles is right about electric aircraft. They will never have the endurance or efficiency of fuel powered aircraft and that is a basic constraint of physics. Just like solar powered roadways they are just a politically motivated dream. The main area of innovation in aircraft today is in small unmanned vehicles, which are much more suited to battery power. Anything with room for a combustion engine should use it.@@PDZ1122
This video almost Made me Cry with Passion. I am an artist and designer who had design ideas for payload and cargo drones... Bottom line a friend half around the world just like Sir Danny's put my vision and ideas to a light at the end of the tunnel. The project is still on going but this Video as GIVEN ME THE FORTITUDE to Never GIVE UP! Thank You Sir Danny!
Wow, That really touched me. Thank you so much for your comment. I have found in life that if you fallow your dream/passion, others will get onboard and want to be a part of it. Thank you for watching and I hope you Subscribed.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Yes Sir. I subscribed right away! I love what you doing here. I might need your help in general advice on my model. The drone is to mission flights to deliver medical supplies. Especially diabetic medication to the aging in some parts of West Africa where I was born and after about 3 decades I’ll be giving back this way. Blessings
SUCH A NICE VIDEO I AM FROM INDIA AND I WANTED TO DESIGN A UAV AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY VIDEOS ON CZcams ABOUT HOW TO BUILD OR DESIGN THE AIRCRAFT BUT FINALY I FOUND YOUR VIDEO, IT REALY HEPLED ME. AND HATS OFF TO YOUR PATIENCE YOU WANT FOR ALMOST 7 YEARS. THANKU KEEP UPLOADING VIDEOS.
You are very welcome. Good things take time. My project when complete will be a very safe and fun plane to fly. Go for your UAV project. Your passion is the key that will make your UAV come true. Do not listen to those that tell you you can not do it. Just keep pushing forward.
I'm researching how to design an aircraft I've had conceptualised for some time. This is the first video I found. It was perfect! I wish you success, Sir.
Today I was out with a friend (I'm eighteen and so is him) and we decided it would be cool to design our own aircraft. At first we were just talking about a jet-powered small drone, but at the end we decided to try and make it full size, but we didn't know where to start, or were to try our stuff, or what to build it from! We also don't have a aeronautical degree, I'm a chemistry student and he's a electric and electronics student, so we ended up kinda sad thinking that we would not be able to acomplish that dream. Thanks to your video, hope has returned, and I think we will try learning how to use solidworks and settling for a model. Thanks for this video!
Thank you for your comment Pau. There is of course much more to know when designing and building an aircraft. But to help you out, the two most common materials that are used in aircraft construction is Aircraft Grade aluminum and composite material like fiberglass or carbon fiber. I am glad my video helped to point you in the right direction. You can not go wrong learning how to use a CAD program. Once you know it you know it for life. You will be surprised just how many things over your life you will want to build and if you know CAD you can design it in a CAD program before building it. I wish you all the best.
Thank you for your inspiration. I have been working on my aircraft design here in Kenya for quite a number of years but now you cleared a mental pathway in the bush of aircraft design.
Thank you Njoroge! I am glad to my video inspired you and helped to move you forward with your design. In life it is easy to give up. To fall down and keep getting back up again takes tremendous courage. Stay courageous my friend.
Thank you, we have actually done both of those. We will be continuing to change things on the design up until we are ready for an Engineering company to look over the design.
Amazing video sir!! Hats off to your never give up spirit, its really apprciating, i was actually looking for an idea where i can design an aircraft of my own without spending hell lot of money over it and that's where i found your video. Thanks for the guidance sir .. 👍😊
Also, I don't know if this helps, but, I RC models, Ev'ry thang comes off the wings...That determines the numbers of the fuse, engine selection, moments, gear placement, and tail section size and shape....As you know, The wing is doing all the "Heavy lifting " Ev'ry thang else is just along for the ride....Cheers !!!
I can't help thinking that professional level design tools are overkill. They are impressive for sure, but like a lot of information technology tools they don't really save you any time over old school methods. The best resource I have discovered in a lot of research is the Evans Lightplane Designers Handbook.
I really admire and identify with your passion as a fellow designer currently going through the process of making my design a reality but I have to say your credibility would have been greatly improved by actually having created a viable flying aircraft. There are many challenges you don't cover at all, and I suspect you haven't encountered yet. One of the biggest challenges and one that ultimately kills many dreams like this is one of the economics of it all. To get the much-needed backing and funding required to develop something like this requires that your concept is at the very least marketable and viable economically, that's very hard to prove unless you can confidently project performance specs that are market-beating and offer something that makes it a sound investment. Many designers/dreamers think they'll go through the process and worry about that later but it is my firm belief that it is as critical a design factor and foundation as something like the airfoil choice or engine choice. To give you an example, my concept was designed to meet a specific requirement, catering to a specific need in the market in a specific region, it was designed around a proven and reliable new engine technology which adds to its appeal but also defines the design criteria from the start. Things like, size, weight, performance, economy, roles, and safety are all figures that come from calculation and are all factors that help to sell the concept, tbh they have to be good and they have to be realistic... it's one thing to draw an airplane on paper and then throw money and time and resources at it but if it is not a marketable concept it will have to be entirely self-funded and the reality is that funding your own design is most often more costly (certainly in time and effort but often monetarily) than better-performing kits or even fully built airworthy experimental! As a fellow dreamer whose whole existence centers around aeronautics with a lifelong passion, I really do appreciate your passion but if you are going to tell others how to build their own man-carrying flying machine I feel you should at the very least be realistic. I have built several kit aircraft and worked in aviation all my life, I studied aircraft engineering in college and am an illustrator and conceptual artist so I have a head start but it's taken my whole life to get to this point and a long way to go yet before what's in concept is actually flying in full size. On the aerodynamic side, I would recommend once you have the design on paper build a scaled model and test the concept in the air, in addition to the CFD testing, things like stall, stability, etc are incredibly important factors to test and perfect before throwing money at actually building the thing.
Thank you for the novel. :-) I hope you find the courage to continue your pursuit towards your dreams. Life can be hard at times and makes us want to give up on our dreams vrs finding ways to resolve the issues at hand and continue forward. All of your points are well taken and as an overly analytical man myself, I have thought about every single point you pointed out. I have found ways around or over them. In order for a man to do great things he must constantly push forward and NEVER give up. He should surround himself with other men who can help him. He must remain humble and focused on his goal. That is me. One should always look for ways to resolve issues but do not ever let those issues become stumbling blocks. If one issue does cause me to stumble, I get back up, dust myself off, and get back to work finding a way to resolve that issue. You are right, there are a lot of people with big dreams and ideas who will never build or make those dreams come true. Those who turn their dream into a reality are the ones who do not focus on the problems but instead focus on finding solutions. As for funding.... I will never need to look for someone to help fund this project. As for designing something which is "Marketable", that is not my goal. I am designing this plane for myself. Later on if others want a kit of my aircraft, then I will probably sell them one. But the mere fact that I am designing a twin engine amphibious aircraft should tell you I am not focused on "Marketing a kit". If I was doing that I would focus on a single engine LSA. Again, thanks for the message and I hope you never give up on your dream. Cheers.
I am an engineer working in avaition business. My current Project is to design a 3D Printable RC-Airplane. so our interests kinda match. I'am also working with solid works btw. Keep going with your work :)
I chose the college path as I am only 20 and have a general love for aircrafts. : ) learned solid works, MATLAB, Maya, photoshop, unreal engine, ext. in my high schools modeling and simulation program. Just need to know the physics and gain connections and friends to help start my venture.
"Hi? Danny! I looked at the model and I think it is a good design. The wings and engine are all mounted high from water engagement, and the floaters are stable for an easy wave ride during docking, departure and landings. Although it is only preliminary, I liked your honesty today. I like honest people. I think honesty is cool." 👍
Thanks for watching and the kind words. If you like the honesty, there is a lot more of it in my third video. I talk about the challenges we are facing. Here is a link to that video. czcams.com/video/X3C8_p0_iqs/video.html
Nice design Danny. However, I'd suggest that you put the engines to the front of the wings for 2 reasons: 1-To prevent tipping over on water; 2-To have less water splash into the propellers & engines. Lastly, I hope it's an Electric amphibious LSA :-)
Thank you for the complement Al. This will not be electric as battery technologies are just not where they need to be at this time. The battery industry has made fantastic strides over the past 20 years and I am excited about the future of batteries. Once they are where they need to be then I am sure one of our customers will build one with electric engines.
I don't want to so much design *new* aircraft, I want to bring back extinct old designs. I hope to get in touch with some proper museums and see if I can get ahold of some old blueprints and plans, then replicate those aircraft *exactly.* The frustrating thing in the way of this is the FAA. They ruin fun
Don't know what solid works can do. But there many aspects of aircraft design. 1 Aerodynamics 2. Stress analysis 3 Stability and control 4 Aeroelsticity. 5. Vibration 6. Fatigue is structures I just worked on a few areas. You picked up a Mega project. I don't think your aircraft will have flutter issues if you designed it right. But you may be overweight. The best way is to distribute the weight based on your aerodynamic loads. Solidworks could probably take aerodynamic loads and calculate stresses for you. You could optimize the weight, this means running optimizers. The optimization would size your bean sections based on loading for minimum weight and target Frequencies. You probably would have to get hold of the Doubke lattice program from the airforce to do aerelastic analysis. You could make small scale models and test it in wind tunnels. These are the few of the ideas based on my experience. There are packages like Nastran also that can do stress , and optimization, and Aeroelasticity for you. Nastran student version is cheaper. The Nastran package uses same double lattice method. I believe they have aircraft loads module as well. Aircraft loads is also very extensive. Gosh if you learned all this the might as well make you the CEO of Boeing. I learned about 60 percent of all this. Did not do aircraft loads or stability and control. So much knowledge has humbled me. I quit because I got disgusted with so much reading. You know I did not work on
I'm very impressed. Well done video. I would have guessed that you had scripted it and used a story board for planning your video shots. Like you, I have dreamed of designing and building an airplane since I was about 10 years old. My brother is an aeronautical engineer, a graduate of Embry-Riddle in Daytona. I, however, wound up in IT, still dreaming of designing and building an airplane.
Thanks Bob. I was at ERAU from 2001-2003. I use to be in IT as you could probably tell by the CAD workstation I built that was next to me in the video. Thanks for watching. More videos to come soon.
I love the looks of your plane. Making a part in solid works should be easy, it is just like catia. Draw your curves , lines, etc. Then extrude the sections to make solids. For example draw a I section. Then extrude I section to make a beam. To make wing draw airfoil sections at different locations. Make solid using these section say by using glide along curves . Can do same for fuselage . Draw sections . Then connect sections to make solid. Hope this helps. If solid works calculates your aerodynamics. You can use it to calculate aircraft loads. There are many loads condition, say for example wind up turn, cruise, landing loads etc.
You are so welcome Soumita. I am working on my next video now. In that video I will be thanking you and all engineers for their comments on my design. My next video will be on the history of my own design and then the fallowing video will be on where we are today with the design.
I'm a "Wet" flyer. I like the engines. Single cylinder, cast aluminum, Alcohol oil fuel mix. 2 cycle, little screamers. I Design and build primarily with Balsa Wood. "Build-up" ribs and wings. Flat sided Fuselage. Been flying R/C since 1976. Lastest.... 48x36 Blended Body Delta, this is build-up. Flown with 4 channels using Ail & elv mixed. Tri gear for the wheels. Engines used, .25 BB with a 9x6 prop, .46 BB with a 10x6. This thing is crazy fast. Hammerhead stall drop it's nose back flying in a heartbeat. Other planes, used or broke. 56 - 60 in Trainers, 40 sized engine 4 -6 channel radios. Look thru the dumpsters at flying fields salvage any airplane part (s) broken planes. Bring them all home and fix them. It's a hobby. I something new every day.
Great quality, especially for your first video! I'm planning on designing an ultralight, and your methods are very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to explain!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your kind words. I am watching a lot of other CZcamsrs to get ideas of how I want to make my videos to look. I am sure they will continue to get better. I don't know that the music will because CZcams is very strict on that. So, I have to end up using their really bad music. Still, I am sure the videos will get better. I'm just sorry I can't get them out faster. I know a lot of people want them once a week like the big CZcams monetized channels. But the progress is slow and I am working full time. So I have to do the videos in my spare time. Thanks again for your kind words.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Incompetech (Kevin MacLeod) and TeknoAxe both have lots of music that is completely copyright/royalty free that you can use in your videos. The only issue is that you might end up taking a while going through it to find stuff you think will fit your videos because there's so much available.
I need this kick up the XXX to get my ideas moving. Note I am an engineer but got absorbed in the corporate world. I would rather, have my skills be used to make something that flies than fix problems every day. I hope in a few months I kick-start with my passion that is deep in my soul.
So good to hear Savio. I am glad you found my video and that it has helped to inspire you to get your design going. Please subscribe so you can fallow our progress.
Thank you for making this video. I'm on the road to create my own aircraft and this was very helpful... I'll be keeping an eye out on your future development!
Thank you for watching J.S. I have already started the script for the next video which will cover how we got from those original 3D images to where we are today.
Man thanks so much for making this video, I don’t want to design a full scale aircraft just yet, but designing an RC aircraft would be awesome! I’m going to dedicate time to learning about design, aerodynamics, and electrics to design a good RC aircraft!
Thank you for watching. I am currently working on the next video which will give a lot more information about my design and talk about some of the struggles we have overcome and some we still have to work through.
I'm also working on a design it's a 3 man flying boat , I use Q-cad for rough drawing , it works for me (I come from using a drafting machine). I had a teacher in a course in Aircraft composites who had made a amphibian and he told me the hardest part was making the amphibian plane well , it would porpoise and do other things . Based upon his advice I plan to make a RC model to test it , especially it's behavior on the water. By the way the break even point on the amphibian was 99 sales and he sold 97 but every sale was a huge amount of work so he finally quit , he mostly sold them in the Philippines they seem to be more open to new ideas in aircraft , but it was a lot of traveling to air shows and talking to people . Now he just does military contracts.
Funny you mention the Philippines. As I write this reply to you I am sitting on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. If you watch my second video you will hear me talk about how I came up with this design. It was because I was living in the Philippines at that time. Now I am here just for vacation. I believe it is Cebu where the Lancair aircraft kits were being built. I met the man (Dan) who ran the shop there/here.
Omg . Our situation is like same I also have designs but not on computer I also require the same computer skill ao just started , should see where it leads to , keep it up I like the design.👍👍
You are very welcome. I realized that my dream is like many other people out there. So, I am sharing my dream so that it might inspire others. Thanks again for watching.
Thanks! I am really excited about it. It is actually my second design but the first one which is a STOL aircraft I have put on the back burner until I finish this one and have it for sale. We are making good progress on the design and new videos will be coming soon. So be sure to Subscribe if you haven't already so you can stay up to date with the progress. Thanks
@@BrightStarAssemblies I can't wait for the next video! I'm actually trying to design an aircraft by myself and would be really glad if you showed which steps to follow, how to test aerodynamics and make/test other stuff, because there's not much information on the internet for people, who want to build a plane. Your channel was a really precious find
Amazing, I am on the same path. I am finishing my master of science in the field of Ocean engineering Naval Architektur. I had been studing in Lisbone (member of Erasmus+ for best students). Still I have the same dificulties with using CAD software. In my proffesion seferal of those are used to design and produce any vessel or off shore unit or platform, like: Catia, Forran, Ansys, and many others. Huge respect for you, like your passion and how you overcome your weaknesses. Gain your knoldge and completed your vision. I know for sure that in the future I will see your design in operation.
Thank you so much for the comment. It is nice to hear such things. The design is moving forward but at a slower pace because I have gone through two jobs since the last video and my CAD guy has move to another country and gotten married. I have moved three times and spent countless hours looking for land large enough for a runway. I finally foundnit and purchased it. These days I am back to training at the airlines. Once I get finished with my training, I will get an update video out.
If we met some time before, I would have helped you with pleasure, as i am a professionnal designer using Solidworks and others softwares and have myself already designed light airplane. And even now living in France, I am from Tunisia as your friend who helped you. Keep going !
Thanks for checking out my video. We are still moving forward with the design. Feel free to email me at brightstarassemblies@yahoo.com I could always use the help. Especially now as we are having challenges with the pontoons.
Really an excellent first video! Well done! You taught me a few things. I am not an engineer but I have a son who is and he might enjoy learning about this. Thank you, so much!!
Yea, don't worry about aerodynamics, structure, safety, manufacturability, function. Just get something "sexy" down on paper, then into a computer. Yea, that's the ticket. Function follows forum right or something like that. If you 'identify' as an aeronautical engineer, then you are one. I mean, after all, what's the point of surviving a trip, if you can't look "sexy" doing it. Good for all you commenters for validating his truth. Speak truth to power✊, what could possibly go wrong.
Hahaha Jeff, your sarcasm is not lost on me. I am the same way with my humor. I think if you watch all my videos and subscribe to this channel for future videos, you will see that this design will have all the components that you mentioned it is lacking. I never said I was an Aeronautical Engineer. I am sure Elon Musk never said he was a rocket builder, yet, he is putting them into space. I am not an Aeronautical Engineer and that is why I hired one. I am not a composite (structural) engineer either that is why I hired one of those. I am not a CAD 3D guy, that is why I have one of them working with me. You see, what I bring to the table is my dream and unwavering desire to get this product to market. This video you commented on is just a quick video to help inspire other out there who want to get their dreams off the ground. This is why so many positive comments. I offer hope and a little guidance. What did your comment offer? Was it constructive or helpful in anyway?
Fair enough,. Let me try and be a little more constructive. My concern is that your idea amounts to little more than a form. At least from the way it was presented here, it seems your primary design consideration is aesthetics. It seems you're trying to get the look of the product nailed down and have your engineers shoehorn their work into that envelope. This reminds me of the mini 500 project. So concerned was that guy, that his aircraft look like a scaled down version of the MD500, that the result was an aircraft with severely compromised performance and safety. Still, the aesthetic was sufficient to generate both sales and fatalities. Best case scenario with this approach is you create an aircraft that appeals to some because they think it looks cool, but is far to expensive to actually sell in any quantity. Think I'm being to critical? Fine, it's just one guys two cents on the Internet, freely given, and worth at least what you paid for it.
Roaring Aero, if you are trying to contact Russ you can email him at russ@odysseydevelopmetgroup.com If you are trying to contact me you can do so at brightstarassemblies@yahoo.com
A single seat of SolidWorks with analysis package is going to be several thousand dollars, and paying me for a year is also going to be very expensive. Solidworks is the easiest and best 3-D CAD software I have used. I really admire your persistence. It looks sexy but I would be building a balsa wood model to to see if the thing will even glide well. Also it looks like you are putting a lot of work into the way it looks, I would have probably started by picking a prop and a powerplant and building an electric scale model.
Thanks for the comment Anthony. I agree that Solidworks is a great program. It does have a learning curve but it is great. Thank you for seeing the passion I have for this design. As for the glide, that is a factor of the wing. The video you are making this comment on has the older smaller wing design. As you will see in future videos, we have increased the wing and all of the tail. I don't think it will glide as well as a C-172 but it will glide as well as an RV-6. As for picking the prop and power plant, that was chosen even before the first video which you are commenting on. I talk about that in the last video. I just got back from Oshkosh and I was speaking to the guys at UL Engines. When I build the prototype, I will probably build it with the UL Engines as they are much more powerful. There will be scaled models built and flown before the prototype is built. I have several builders that have already lined up to build it.
You probably already know by now but you need more wing, either in length or in width and profile. Wings for this end of the aviation design work has pretty thick wings because lower speeds require lots more wing lift
pretty darn good for a first video ... perhaps the going from drawing to first sketch would be a good place to do some other videos ... and like you said ... if it isnt shown it doesnt happen ...
Wow, thank you for the complement. I tried to do my best. I am sure in many years I will look back at it and say how cheesy it was. But as long as you and others get some good information out of it, I am happy. The next video will be me talking about how we got from those first drawings to where we are today. Then everyone will be caught to where the project stands today. Then over the next year as we make progress I will release videos. Because both me and my CAD guy has full time jobs the progress will be slow. But in a year and five months when I retire, I will go full time. Thanks again for the comment.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Well it took yutube 7 months to send this back to my recommended list ... I imagine there should now be a few updates ... I will be heading over to look for them after this comment ... and yes IF i like what I see I will subscribe for sure ... Like you mention in the video most if not all of the people who show 3d cad drawings and design of planes skip the MOST important part of a plane ... will it hold together in flight . I do plan on creating my own design BUT i wont be using Solid works ... I found it to be to top end oriented and not enough bottom end ... I plan on using Fusion 360 as it is more mid level oriented in it's tutorials and does cater to those who dont have a PHD in aeronautical engineering ... with all the reading and video's I have done over the years I might be able to pass the course for it though LOL . the design does look sexy ... kind of James Bondish ... . my design fyi will be to resurrect a sexy lady now 63 years dead ... and the best production fighter interceptor jet ever made to date .... Feb 20 1959 she died ... kind of like how feb 21 2022 our freedom died here in Canada ... the true north strong dictatorship.
SolidWorks is tough however CATIA V5 is a lot tough are 5 times more expensive. Fusion 360 is pretty easy to learn. KeyShot is a software I cannot recommend enough. It really communicates your ideas to people like your team and investors if your are using any.
You didn't mention making a scale model. That has and still is a good way of making a concept if you can see it in your mind. Your design looks nice, but the front area between the pontoons looks like it would cause instability such as flutter or when you use the elevator it would go nose up rapidly and stall.
I do address this in my second and again in my third video. Check them out. I also talk about how there will be scaled down models made before we build the prototype.
Thank you so much! It took a lot of work. Now, I am much faster at editing videos. I have a second CZcams channel called Retired Dream Life. Feel free to check it out.
Wow Raven, I don't know what to say. I promise you this was my very first video for CZcams. I'm still learning a lot. The editing part is the most painful part. It takes me a full week to do it working on it for hours on end. Sometimes I have to make a photo in Photoshop that takes me an hour and is only on the screen for three seconds. I have just started on my fourth video for this channel. I hope it turns out better than the ones before it.
AWESOME video. COOOOOL Design. I'm planning on doing the same but going to design it in "Plane Maker" in XPlane 12. I'll be able to "test fly" the design in the program. Look forward to future videos. THANK YOU for sharing your vision. From CYQT 👍🇨🇦👍
Yeah, we are going to port this design over into Xplane once we have the design locked in. This way we can test fly it before we build it. More videos will be coming. There are at least two more videos after this one that you can watch. Be sure to subscribe.
Thank you for your comment Rayan. Yes there are. The EAA is the true friend to the pilot community unlike AOPA. AOPA seams to care more about corporate jets and making advertising dollars than providing a decent magazine to their pilot base. The good part about AOPA is that they do still fight for our rights a pilots. So I back them for that. Thank you for your kind comments.
It does look that way but it is because what you see is very thin and long. But this is currently being changed. We are still in the development phase of this design. The shape and length has already been changed. I will be talking about this in my next video.
Wow, thank you for the compliment. There has been much progress since my last video titled "Pontus: Then and Now". I will be posting an other update video in about a month.
Very nice video. Very informative. Thank you for sharing. I choose to build a 6+ seater experimental aircraft myself. But don’t know where to begin. This video gave me some prospective. 🙏🏽
Thank you Unmesh dighe. It is for people like yourself who I made the video for. I am glad I was able to point you in the right direction. Best of luck to you on your design.
The most important tool is passion, everything else is just a hill waiting to be climbed. I actually believe you will get this done. Very motivating presentation.
George, you are 100% correct. Passion is what it takes to do anything worth doing in life. Those who make things happen are those who have a passion.
@Hatwox Thanks. I totally get the "don't have a lot of extra money". This is why as of right now I am planing on using BMW motorcycle engines. Because I am not using a real aircraft engine is why I decided to put two of them on the aircraft. Also, if I find that these 120hp BMW engines are not enough power, I could always upgrade to UL engines. I want to make this aircraft as affordable as I can. I want the build time to be less than 1,000 hours.
Thats not true. You need a large repertoire of swear words also to fight past your CAD stage knocking every line in and out of symmetry.
@@BrightStarAssemblies call me bloody crazy but I've always always wanted to put together a single seat 1/2 scale'ish f14 inspired aircraft, any tips? 😂🥴
@@KjllShot I designed a tandem winged seaplane from a jetski hull. One passenger with autonomous capability. Concept was a rapid response SAR lifeboat/rescue plane. But a dozen in a race over the bay or harbor would be a blast.
I think it's also important and informative to make R/C models and iterate for efficiency, structure, aerodynamics, etc. Lots of possible problems will rear their ugly heads in flying models, where you can analyze and correct them far cheaper.
Thanks for the comment. In the next video I will be addressing this topic.
Lift doesn’t scale 1 to 1 so one always needs to be mindful that things will change as you go from model to real life
I'm not planning on designing anything but it was still interesting to watch.
Thanks for watching Bryant. lease be sure to Subscribe if you haven't done so already so you can stay up with the progress of the design. Thanks!
@@BrightStarAssemblies i subscribed
@@turbogamer3230 Thank you Turbo. .. Now I just need about 400 more. hahaha
Wow really inspirational story. This makes me grateful for the CAD classes that was offered to me in high school. Can't wait to see what's next for you!
Thanks Alan, just check out my next two videos and you will have an idea of what was next. ;-)
Im an old Skunkworks guy , Navy Aircraft Vet, A&P and I had all but given up on ever building my own plane. Im also an EAA member and I am very grateful for your video and I may just give it a shot.
As they say, you are never too old to learn something new. Just look at me. I'm 57 and just starting out with a totally new design. Fallow your passion.
@Will Swift Something FAST, something thats where we SHOULD be in 2022, not stuck in 1972. And I really dont care about all the futuristic building materials and what not. Its far beyond time that experimental aviation at a civilian level was center stage and the wow factor should be through the roof. Instead, everyone is once again stuck on some ludicrous idea like electric aircraft, which will eventually fail. It was talked about decades ago at Skunkworks and decided to be a silly notion. In short, we should be in the George Jetson era, lol
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So what have you contributed to the advancement of general aviation? Or is your contribution to complain about the state of the art?
Anyone working in the industry has probably contributed much more than you have. Miles is right about electric aircraft. They will never have the endurance or efficiency of fuel powered aircraft and that is a basic constraint of physics. Just like solar powered roadways they are just a politically motivated dream. The main area of innovation in aircraft today is in small unmanned vehicles, which are much more suited to battery power. Anything with room for a combustion engine should use it.@@PDZ1122
This video almost Made me Cry with Passion. I am an artist and designer who had design ideas for payload and cargo drones... Bottom line a friend half around the world just like Sir Danny's put my vision and ideas to a light at the end of the tunnel. The project is still on going but this Video as GIVEN ME THE FORTITUDE to Never GIVE UP! Thank You Sir Danny!
Wow, That really touched me. Thank you so much for your comment. I have found in life that if you fallow your dream/passion, others will get onboard and want to be a part of it. Thank you for watching and I hope you Subscribed.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Yes Sir. I subscribed right away! I love what you doing here. I might need your help in general advice on my model. The drone is to mission flights to deliver medical supplies. Especially diabetic medication to the aging in some parts of West Africa where I was born and after about 3 decades I’ll be giving back this way. Blessings
SUCH A NICE VIDEO I AM FROM INDIA AND I WANTED TO DESIGN A UAV AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY VIDEOS ON CZcams ABOUT HOW TO BUILD OR DESIGN THE AIRCRAFT BUT FINALY I FOUND YOUR VIDEO, IT REALY HEPLED ME. AND HATS OFF TO YOUR PATIENCE YOU WANT FOR ALMOST 7 YEARS. THANKU KEEP UPLOADING VIDEOS.
You are very welcome. Good things take time. My project when complete will be a very safe and fun plane to fly. Go for your UAV project. Your passion is the key that will make your UAV come true. Do not listen to those that tell you you can not do it. Just keep pushing forward.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Thanks
@@artivenkar9420 You are so very welcome. We will continue to produce videos over the next five year or so.
I'm researching how to design an aircraft I've had conceptualised for some time. This is the first video I found. It was perfect! I wish you success, Sir.
Thank you. I hope one day you will post a completed version of your concept on CZcams.
Today I was out with a friend (I'm eighteen and so is him) and we decided it would be cool to design our own aircraft. At first we were just talking about a jet-powered small drone, but at the end we decided to try and make it full size, but we didn't know where to start, or were to try our stuff, or what to build it from! We also don't have a aeronautical degree, I'm a chemistry student and he's a electric and electronics student, so we ended up kinda sad thinking that we would not be able to acomplish that dream. Thanks to your video, hope has returned, and I think we will try learning how to use solidworks and settling for a model. Thanks for this video!
Thank you for your comment Pau. There is of course much more to know when designing and building an aircraft. But to help you out, the two most common materials that are used in aircraft construction is Aircraft Grade aluminum and composite material like fiberglass or carbon fiber. I am glad my video helped to point you in the right direction. You can not go wrong learning how to use a CAD program. Once you know it you know it for life. You will be surprised just how many things over your life you will want to build and if you know CAD you can design it in a CAD program before building it. I wish you all the best.
Thank you for your inspiration. I have been working on my aircraft design here in Kenya for quite a number of years but now you cleared a mental pathway in the bush of aircraft design.
Thank you Njoroge! I am glad to my video inspired you and helped to move you forward with your design. In life it is easy to give up. To fall down and keep getting back up again takes tremendous courage. Stay courageous my friend.
Awesome design! I suggest you parametrize certain critical dimensions (like span or chord length) and run CFD to verify the performance sensitivity.
Thank you, we have actually done both of those. We will be continuing to change things on the design up until we are ready for an Engineering company to look over the design.
Amazing video sir!! Hats off to your never give up spirit, its really apprciating, i was actually looking for an idea where i can design an aircraft of my own without spending hell lot of money over it and that's where i found your video. Thanks for the guidance sir .. 👍😊
Thanks a ton
Also, I don't know if this helps, but, I RC models, Ev'ry thang comes off the wings...That determines the numbers of the fuse, engine selection, moments, gear placement, and tail section size and shape....As you know, The wing is doing all the "Heavy lifting " Ev'ry thang else is just along for the ride....Cheers !!!
Thanks for the comment sir.
I can't help thinking that professional level design tools are overkill. They are impressive for sure, but like a lot of information technology tools they don't really save you any time over old school methods. The best resource I have discovered in a lot of research is the Evans Lightplane Designers Handbook.
Great point!
I really admire and identify with your passion as a fellow designer currently going through the process of making my design a reality but I have to say your credibility would have been greatly improved by actually having created a viable flying aircraft.
There are many challenges you don't cover at all, and I suspect you haven't encountered yet. One of the biggest challenges and one that ultimately kills many dreams like this is one of the economics of it all. To get the much-needed backing and funding required to develop something like this requires that your concept is at the very least marketable and viable economically, that's very hard to prove unless you can confidently project performance specs that are market-beating and offer something that makes it a sound investment. Many designers/dreamers think they'll go through the process and worry about that later but it is my firm belief that it is as critical a design factor and foundation as something like the airfoil choice or engine choice. To give you an example, my concept was designed to meet a specific requirement, catering to a specific need in the market in a specific region, it was designed around a proven and reliable new engine technology which adds to its appeal but also defines the design criteria from the start. Things like, size, weight, performance, economy, roles, and safety are all figures that come from calculation and are all factors that help to sell the concept, tbh they have to be good and they have to be realistic... it's one thing to draw an airplane on paper and then throw money and time and resources at it but if it is not a marketable concept it will have to be entirely self-funded and the reality is that funding your own design is most often more costly (certainly in time and effort but often monetarily) than better-performing kits or even fully built airworthy experimental! As a fellow dreamer whose whole existence centers around aeronautics with a lifelong passion, I really do appreciate your passion but if you are going to tell others how to build their own man-carrying flying machine I feel you should at the very least be realistic. I have built several kit aircraft and worked in aviation all my life, I studied aircraft engineering in college and am an illustrator and conceptual artist so I have a head start but it's taken my whole life to get to this point and a long way to go yet before what's in concept is actually flying in full size. On the aerodynamic side, I would recommend once you have the design on paper build a scaled model and test the concept in the air, in addition to the CFD testing, things like stall, stability, etc are incredibly important factors to test and perfect before throwing money at actually building the thing.
Thank you for the novel. :-) I hope you find the courage to continue your pursuit towards your dreams. Life can be hard at times and makes us want to give up on our dreams vrs finding ways to resolve the issues at hand and continue forward. All of your points are well taken and as an overly analytical man myself, I have thought about every single point you pointed out. I have found ways around or over them. In order for a man to do great things he must constantly push forward and NEVER give up. He should surround himself with other men who can help him. He must remain humble and focused on his goal. That is me. One should always look for ways to resolve issues but do not ever let those issues become stumbling blocks. If one issue does cause me to stumble, I get back up, dust myself off, and get back to work finding a way to resolve that issue. You are right, there are a lot of people with big dreams and ideas who will never build or make those dreams come true. Those who turn their dream into a reality are the ones who do not focus on the problems but instead focus on finding solutions. As for funding.... I will never need to look for someone to help fund this project. As for designing something which is "Marketable", that is not my goal. I am designing this plane for myself. Later on if others want a kit of my aircraft, then I will probably sell them one. But the mere fact that I am designing a twin engine amphibious aircraft should tell you I am not focused on "Marketing a kit". If I was doing that I would focus on a single engine LSA. Again, thanks for the message and I hope you never give up on your dream. Cheers.
love this am going to follow up to the end. am also about to start ab aircraft project thanks for your advice
Glad you liked it Isaac. Thanks for fallowing us through this process.
I am an engineer working in avaition business. My current Project is to design a 3D Printable RC-Airplane. so our interests kinda match. I'am also working with solid works btw. Keep going with your work :)
Thank you Parasonic2ooo. We will continue to work on this project and see it fly. Thanks for watching.
I chose the college path as I am only 20 and have a general love for aircrafts. : ) learned solid works, MATLAB, Maya, photoshop, unreal engine, ext. in my high schools modeling and simulation program. Just need to know the physics and gain connections and friends to help start my venture.
Thanks for your comment.
"Hi? Danny! I looked at the model and I think it is a good design. The wings and engine are all mounted high from water engagement, and the floaters are stable for an easy wave ride during docking, departure and landings. Although it is only preliminary, I liked your honesty today. I like honest people. I think honesty is cool." 👍
Thanks for watching and the kind words. If you like the honesty, there is a lot more of it in my third video. I talk about the challenges we are facing. Here is a link to that video. czcams.com/video/X3C8_p0_iqs/video.html
i from india this video for more help to analysis my project thanks MR.FRIEND
Thank you for the comment. I am glad it helped.
Nice design Danny. However, I'd suggest that you put the engines to the front of the wings for 2 reasons: 1-To prevent tipping over on water; 2-To have less water splash into the propellers & engines. Lastly, I hope it's an Electric amphibious LSA :-)
Thank you for the complement Al. This will not be electric as battery technologies are just not where they need to be at this time. The battery industry has made fantastic strides over the past 20 years and I am excited about the future of batteries. Once they are where they need to be then I am sure one of our customers will build one with electric engines.
I don't want to so much design *new* aircraft, I want to bring back extinct old designs.
I hope to get in touch with some proper museums and see if I can get ahold of some old blueprints and plans, then replicate those aircraft *exactly.*
The frustrating thing in the way of this is the FAA.
They ruin fun
you have to find me as designer
They are out there. Just do a search for one. Best of luck with your design.
the urge to see a SU 47 Berkut design is truly tremendous
Awesome start, great video I will be waiting for the next upload :D Proud to be a part of this project.
Welcome aboard!
me too I'm looking to design UAV, can you help me please ?
Cool to you for having found someone who could help you!
I thought you already had built the aircraft
Don't know what solid works can do. But there many aspects of aircraft design.
1 Aerodynamics
2. Stress analysis
3 Stability and control
4 Aeroelsticity.
5. Vibration
6. Fatigue is structures
I just worked on a few areas. You picked up a Mega project. I don't think your aircraft will have flutter issues if you designed it right. But you may be overweight. The best way is to distribute the weight based on your aerodynamic loads.
Solidworks could probably take aerodynamic loads and calculate stresses for you. You could optimize the weight, this means running optimizers. The optimization would size your bean sections based on loading for minimum weight and target Frequencies.
You probably would have to get hold of the Doubke lattice program from the airforce to do aerelastic analysis.
You could make small scale models and test it in wind tunnels.
These are the few of the ideas based on my experience. There are packages like Nastran also that can do stress , and optimization, and Aeroelasticity for you. Nastran student version is cheaper. The Nastran package uses same double lattice method. I believe they have aircraft loads module as well.
Aircraft loads is also very extensive. Gosh if you learned all this the might as well make you the CEO of Boeing. I learned about 60 percent of all this. Did not do aircraft loads or stability and control. So much knowledge has humbled me. I quit because I got disgusted with so much reading.
You know I did not work on
Thanks for your comments.
I'm very impressed. Well done video. I would have guessed that you had scripted it and used a story board for planning your video shots. Like you, I have dreamed of designing and building an airplane since I was about 10 years old. My brother is an aeronautical engineer, a graduate of Embry-Riddle in Daytona. I, however, wound up in IT, still dreaming of designing and building an airplane.
Thanks Bob. I was at ERAU from 2001-2003. I use to be in IT as you could probably tell by the CAD workstation I built that was next to me in the video. Thanks for watching. More videos to come soon.
I find individuals like you truly inspirational.
Even I want to design my fly machine hope to start soon.
Thank you Saurav. I have a passion for this and that is the real key one needs to see a big project like this all the way through.
Loved it ❤️ I was planning to build the pik-26 but your content inspired me to build my own design.
I love the looks of your plane. Making a part in solid works should be easy, it is just like catia. Draw your curves , lines, etc. Then extrude the sections to make solids. For example draw a I section. Then extrude I section to make a beam.
To make wing draw airfoil sections at different locations. Make solid using these section say by using glide along curves .
Can do same for fuselage . Draw sections . Then connect sections to make solid.
Hope this helps.
If solid works calculates your aerodynamics. You can use it to calculate aircraft loads. There are many loads condition, say for example wind up turn, cruise, landing loads etc.
Thanks for your comments.
I am a aeronautical engineer.... thank you sir🙏🙏
You are so welcome Soumita. I am working on my next video now. In that video I will be thanking you and all engineers for their comments on my design. My next video will be on the history of my own design and then the fallowing video will be on where we are today with the design.
Love the video Danny! Cant wait to see what you upload next.
Thanks Ben for the support. A lot more to come.
Please be sure to Subscribe if you haven't done so already so you can stay up with the progress of the design. Thanks!
I'm a "Wet" flyer. I like the engines. Single cylinder, cast aluminum, Alcohol oil fuel mix. 2 cycle, little screamers.
I Design and build primarily with Balsa Wood. "Build-up" ribs and wings. Flat sided Fuselage. Been flying R/C since 1976.
Lastest.... 48x36 Blended Body Delta, this is build-up. Flown with 4 channels using Ail & elv mixed. Tri gear for the wheels.
Engines used, .25 BB with a 9x6 prop, .46 BB with a 10x6. This thing is crazy fast. Hammerhead stall drop it's nose back flying in a heartbeat. Other planes, used or broke. 56 - 60 in Trainers, 40 sized engine 4 -6 channel radios.
Look thru the dumpsters at flying fields salvage any airplane part (s) broken planes. Bring them all home and fix them.
It's a hobby. I something new every day.
This is such a great video. Thanks for sharing your experiences
This was really inspirational, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching. I hope you subscribed as we will have more videos coming.
I am finally home!!
Thank you!!
Am also a graduate of aircraft maintenance looking for the job currently, any references will be of great help!!!!
Patrick, thank you for subscribing and watching the video. I think you will really like the next video which I am editing now.
Great quality, especially for your first video! I'm planning on designing an ultralight, and your methods are very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to explain!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your kind words. I am watching a lot of other CZcamsrs to get ideas of how I want to make my videos to look. I am sure they will continue to get better. I don't know that the music will because CZcams is very strict on that. So, I have to end up using their really bad music. Still, I am sure the videos will get better. I'm just sorry I can't get them out faster. I know a lot of people want them once a week like the big CZcams monetized channels. But the progress is slow and I am working full time. So I have to do the videos in my spare time. Thanks again for your kind words.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Incompetech (Kevin MacLeod) and TeknoAxe both have lots of music that is completely copyright/royalty free that you can use in your videos. The only issue is that you might end up taking a while going through it to find stuff you think will fit your videos because there's so much available.
I need this kick up the XXX to get my ideas moving. Note I am an engineer but got absorbed in the corporate world. I would rather, have my skills be used to make something that flies than fix problems every day. I hope in a few months I kick-start with my passion that is deep in my soul.
So good to hear Savio. I am glad you found my video and that it has helped to inspire you to get your design going. Please subscribe so you can fallow our progress.
I appreciate your program i am also running round the clock to come up with one and very soon with my own design.
Wonderful! Best of luck.
Thank you for making this video. I'm on the road to create my own aircraft and this was very helpful... I'll be keeping an eye out on your future development!
Really excellent video.
I will look forward to your next.
Best.
Thank you for watching J.S. I have already started the script for the next video which will cover how we got from those original 3D images to where we are today.
Interesting. I always thought it would be neat to come up with a modern iteration of the "Flying Flounder".
Thanks for your comment.
Hi Danny. Thank you very much for this great information. I am starting the design of our own manned airplanes.
Glad it was helpful!
Man thanks so much for making this video, I don’t want to design a full scale aircraft just yet, but designing an RC aircraft would be awesome! I’m going to dedicate time to learning about design, aerodynamics, and electrics to design a good RC aircraft!
You can do it!
Thanks for taking the time to post this. I'll join EAA and download Solidworks. My journey through headaches begins. lol.
Hahaha Welcome to my world Rico.
Very intriguing video and design. Waiting to watch more of your work.
Thank you for watching. I am currently working on the next video which will give a lot more information about my design and talk about some of the struggles we have overcome and some we still have to work through.
This was quite inspirational! Also very well produced for a first video! Good luck with your endevours!
Thank you. I'm trying. I want to put out good video content.
I'm also working on a design it's a 3 man flying boat , I use Q-cad for rough drawing , it works for me (I come from using a drafting machine).
I had a teacher in a course in Aircraft composites who had made a amphibian and he told me the hardest part was making the amphibian plane well , it would porpoise and do other things . Based upon his advice I plan to make a RC model to test it , especially it's behavior on the water.
By the way the break even point on the amphibian was 99 sales and he sold 97 but every sale was a huge amount of work so he finally quit , he mostly sold them in the Philippines they seem to be more open to new ideas in aircraft , but it was a lot of traveling to air shows and talking to people . Now he just does military contracts.
Funny you mention the Philippines. As I write this reply to you I am sitting on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. If you watch my second video you will hear me talk about how I came up with this design. It was because I was living in the Philippines at that time. Now I am here just for vacation. I believe it is Cebu where the Lancair aircraft kits were being built. I met the man (Dan) who ran the shop there/here.
It was wanderfull, thank you for encoraging...
You are so welcome!
Thanks Danny . One of best video on youtube
Wow, thank you. It is only my very first. So, hopefully they will keep getting better.
tremendous content. Thank you for sharing
I am really glad you like it. There will be more to come. Please check out my most recent video on the history of how my aircraft came into existence.
Omg . Our situation is like same I also have designs but not on computer I also require the same computer skill ao just started , should see where it leads to , keep it up I like the design.👍👍
Thank you Tech, one way or another this aircraft will get built. I wish you all the best of luck with your design.
Fusion 360 is free for personal use, and there is also an extension to sketch NACA profiles. When I'm done it's easy to export to my 3d printer.
Thanks for the comment
Thanks sir , seeing a guy like you in the industry gives inspiration and motivation to turn ideas into reality , thanks so much once again
You are very welcome. I realized that my dream is like many other people out there. So, I am sharing my dream so that it might inspire others. Thanks again for watching.
Interesting video! I was amazed when I heard that's your first one!
Thanks! I am really excited about it. It is actually my second design but the first one which is a STOL aircraft I have put on the back burner until I finish this one and have it for sale. We are making good progress on the design and new videos will be coming soon. So be sure to Subscribe if you haven't already so you can stay up to date with the progress. Thanks
@@BrightStarAssemblies I can't wait for the next video! I'm actually trying to design an aircraft by myself and would be really glad if you showed which steps to follow, how to test aerodynamics and make/test other stuff, because there's not much information on the internet for people, who want to build a plane. Your channel was a really precious find
@@def7782 That is a really great idea. I will see if I can work that into a future video. I am glad you found this video useful.
This video was a great help please upload some more and I would love a solidworks turtorial
More videos are coming soon. Thank you for your comment.
you are a cool guy thanks for the explanation
I appreciate that!
Great Video, looking forward to the next one.
Thanks Vic. I should be posting a new one in about a week.
Thanks to you I 3d printed a lightweight plane with passive stabilization on all 3 axis!
That is awesome!
Amazing, I am on the same path. I am finishing my master of science in the field of Ocean engineering Naval Architektur. I had been studing in Lisbone (member of Erasmus+ for best students). Still I have the same dificulties with using CAD software. In my proffesion seferal of those are used to design and produce any vessel or off shore unit or platform, like: Catia, Forran, Ansys, and many others. Huge respect for you, like your passion and how you overcome your weaknesses. Gain your knoldge and completed your vision. I know for sure that in the future I will see your design in operation.
Thank you so much for the comment. It is nice to hear such things. The design is moving forward but at a slower pace because I have gone through two jobs since the last video and my CAD guy has move to another country and gotten married. I have moved three times and spent countless hours looking for land large enough for a runway. I finally foundnit and purchased it. These days I am back to training at the airlines. Once I get finished with my training, I will get an update video out.
If we met some time before, I would have helped you with pleasure, as i am a professionnal designer using Solidworks and others softwares and have myself already designed light airplane. And even now living in France, I am from Tunisia as your friend who helped you. Keep going !
Thanks for checking out my video. We are still moving forward with the design. Feel free to email me at brightstarassemblies@yahoo.com I could always use the help. Especially now as we are having challenges with the pontoons.
Can you help me?
@@abhilashm6711 Please contact me at brightstarassemblies@yahoo.com and I will see what I can do for you.
This was amazing 👏 I've been looking for something like this makes me want to start drawing
This actually helps me a lot, thank you for sharing your experience
You're so welcome!
Wow.. Congratulations Danny🎈🎈🎈 🎉🎉❤❤great information and data about aircraft..proud of u..
Thanks for the kind words. Lots more to come.
Really an excellent first video! Well done! You taught me a few things. I am not an engineer but I have a son who is and he might enjoy learning about this. Thank you, so much!!
Awesome, thank you for your comment.
Yea, don't worry about aerodynamics, structure, safety, manufacturability, function. Just get something "sexy" down on paper, then into a computer. Yea, that's the ticket. Function follows forum right or something like that. If you 'identify' as an aeronautical engineer, then you are one. I mean, after all, what's the point of surviving a trip, if you can't look "sexy" doing it. Good for all you commenters for validating his truth. Speak truth to power✊, what could possibly go wrong.
Hahaha Jeff, your sarcasm is not lost on me. I am the same way with my humor. I think if you watch all my videos and subscribe to this channel for future videos, you will see that this design will have all the components that you mentioned it is lacking. I never said I was an Aeronautical Engineer. I am sure Elon Musk never said he was a rocket builder, yet, he is putting them into space. I am not an Aeronautical Engineer and that is why I hired one. I am not a composite (structural) engineer either that is why I hired one of those. I am not a CAD 3D guy, that is why I have one of them working with me. You see, what I bring to the table is my dream and unwavering desire to get this product to market. This video you commented on is just a quick video to help inspire other out there who want to get their dreams off the ground. This is why so many positive comments. I offer hope and a little guidance. What did your comment offer? Was it constructive or helpful in anyway?
Fair enough,. Let me try and be a little more constructive. My concern is that your idea amounts to little more than a form. At least from the way it was presented here, it seems your primary design consideration is aesthetics. It seems you're trying to get the look of the product nailed down and have your engineers shoehorn their work into that envelope. This reminds me of the mini 500 project. So concerned was that guy, that his aircraft look like a scaled down version of the MD500, that the result was an aircraft with severely compromised performance and safety. Still, the aesthetic was sufficient to generate both sales and fatalities. Best case scenario with this approach is you create an aircraft that appeals to some because they think it looks cool, but is far to expensive to actually sell in any quantity. Think I'm being to critical? Fine, it's just one guys two cents on the Internet, freely given, and worth at least what you paid for it.
Russ is a composite Guru! He worked with me on a UAV project. Super nice guy.
Do you have contact info?
Roaring Aero, if you are trying to contact Russ you can email him at russ@odysseydevelopmetgroup.com If you are trying to contact me you can do so at brightstarassemblies@yahoo.com
A single seat of SolidWorks with analysis package is going to be several thousand dollars, and paying me for a year is also going to be very expensive. Solidworks is the easiest and best 3-D CAD software I have used. I really admire your persistence. It looks sexy but I would be building a balsa wood model to to see if the thing will even glide well. Also it looks like you are putting a lot of work into the way it looks, I would have probably started by picking a prop and a powerplant and building an electric scale model.
Thanks for the comment Anthony. I agree that Solidworks is a great program. It does have a learning curve but it is great. Thank you for seeing the passion I have for this design. As for the glide, that is a factor of the wing. The video you are making this comment on has the older smaller wing design. As you will see in future videos, we have increased the wing and all of the tail. I don't think it will glide as well as a C-172 but it will glide as well as an RV-6. As for picking the prop and power plant, that was chosen even before the first video which you are commenting on. I talk about that in the last video. I just got back from Oshkosh and I was speaking to the guys at UL Engines. When I build the prototype, I will probably build it with the UL Engines as they are much more powerful. There will be scaled models built and flown before the prototype is built. I have several builders that have already lined up to build it.
Amazing first video. Aircraft design is so interesting. I wish I could learn these things. Keep up the good work !
Thanks a lot!
You probably already know by now but you need more wing, either in length or in width and profile. Wings for this end of the aviation design work has pretty thick wings because lower speeds require lots more wing lift
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Great job. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Love the video Dan keep going like this!
Thanks! Will do! Please be sure to Subscribe so you can keep up with us when we post new videos.
pretty darn good for a first video ... perhaps the going from drawing to first sketch would be a good place to do some other videos ... and like you said ... if it isnt shown it doesnt happen ...
Wow, thank you for the complement. I tried to do my best. I am sure in many years I will look back at it and say how cheesy it was. But as long as you and others get some good information out of it, I am happy. The next video will be me talking about how we got from those first drawings to where we are today. Then everyone will be caught to where the project stands today. Then over the next year as we make progress I will release videos. Because both me and my CAD guy has full time jobs the progress will be slow. But in a year and five months when I retire, I will go full time. Thanks again for the comment.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Well it took yutube 7 months to send this back to my recommended list ... I imagine there should now be a few updates ... I will be heading over to look for them after this comment ... and yes IF i like what I see I will subscribe for sure ... Like you mention in the video most if not all of the people who show 3d cad drawings and design of planes skip the MOST important part of a plane ... will it hold together in flight
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I do plan on creating my own design BUT i wont be using Solid works ... I found it to be to top end oriented and not enough bottom end ... I plan on using Fusion 360 as it is more mid level oriented in it's tutorials and does cater to those who dont have a PHD in aeronautical engineering ... with all the reading and video's I have done over the years I might be able to pass the course for it though LOL
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the design does look sexy ... kind of James Bondish ...
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my design fyi will be to resurrect a sexy lady now 63 years dead ... and the best production fighter interceptor jet ever made to date .... Feb 20 1959 she died ... kind of like how feb 21 2022 our freedom died here in Canada ... the true north strong dictatorship.
i am curious to see what happen next , i wish i could have been part of this
There are a couple more videos after this video about my own design. Check them out if you get a chance.
Thank God for the wealth of information you’ve provided in this video man, very useful and much appreciated
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your kind words and for watching.
SolidWorks is tough however CATIA V5 is a lot tough are 5 times more expensive. Fusion 360 is pretty easy to learn. KeyShot is a software I cannot recommend enough. It really communicates your ideas to people like your team and investors if your are using any.
You are correct. All the images of my design that show a photo realistic image was made in KeyShot.
You didn't mention making a scale model. That has and still is a good way of making a concept if you can see it in your mind. Your design looks nice, but the front area between the pontoons looks like it would cause instability such as flutter or when you use the elevator it would go nose up rapidly and stall.
I do address this in my second and again in my third video. Check them out. I also talk about how there will be scaled down models made before we build the prototype.
thanks for sharing! very interesting
Glad you enjoyed it!
For a first video, extremely well done!
Thank you so much! It took a lot of work. Now, I am much faster at editing videos. I have a second CZcams channel called Retired Dream Life. Feel free to check it out.
how is this this guys FIRST video. The quality and editing is amazing.
Wow Raven, I don't know what to say. I promise you this was my very first video for CZcams. I'm still learning a lot. The editing part is the most painful part. It takes me a full week to do it working on it for hours on end. Sometimes I have to make a photo in Photoshop that takes me an hour and is only on the screen for three seconds. I have just started on my fourth video for this channel. I hope it turns out better than the ones before it.
Appreciate your journey and am looking to do something similar. Thanks for your inspiration and vlogging the process.
Dan, Thanks for checking out my video and I look forward to talking to you soon.
Congrats! Solid Works is a very advanced tool, knowing it can only help you more! Good luck!! 8)
Thank you! Yes it is very advanced. It is also hard to learn. This is why I am thankful for my CAD guy.
Interesting project; Nice video.
Thank you. It was my first CZcams video. They will get better.
wonderful design plus i am trying to come up with my own plane concept
Thanks for the comment James. I wish you all the luck with your design.
AWESOME video. COOOOOL Design.
I'm planning on doing the same but going to design it in "Plane Maker" in XPlane 12.
I'll be able to "test fly" the design in the program.
Look forward to future videos.
THANK YOU for sharing your vision.
From CYQT 👍🇨🇦👍
Yeah, we are going to port this design over into Xplane once we have the design locked in. This way we can test fly it before we build it. More videos will be coming. There are at least two more videos after this one that you can watch. Be sure to subscribe.
Thanks Btw. I got a lot of information here. Especially EAA, Iam a member rightnow. Woah A lot of benefit
Thank you for your comment Rayan. Yes there are. The EAA is the true friend to the pilot community unlike AOPA. AOPA seams to care more about corporate jets and making advertising dollars than providing a decent magazine to their pilot base. The good part about AOPA is that they do still fight for our rights a pilots. So I back them for that. Thank you for your kind comments.
The wetted surface of this plane is enormous.
It does look that way but it is because what you see is very thin and long. But this is currently being changed. We are still in the development phase of this design. The shape and length has already been changed. I will be talking about this in my next video.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us
You are very welcome. I am glad you got something out of it.
Great information! Thank you. :)
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Extremely exciting, can’t wait to see where this takes you, and us I suppose.
Great video, is certainly infectious!!
Wow, thank you for the compliment. There has been much progress since my last video titled "Pontus: Then and Now". I will be posting an other update video in about a month.
Great video, I'm inspired, I'm just like you trying to learn SOLIDWORKS, Matlab,Simulink
You can do it!
I want that !! Building a plane from scratch.
Great first Video Danny!
Thanks You. There is more to come.
Great presentation. Thanks for sharing!!
You are very welcome. Thank you for posting a comment. I hope you will subscribe.
Great video, I want to see your design flying.
I'm working on it. It will for sure happen. It just takes time since I work full time (for now).
@@BrightStarAssemblies Godspeed !!!
lol i wasnt expevting such a good sense of humor, great video
Thanks, I am glad I could make you smile.
I do have a design for A jet aircraft, designed way long ago back in college days 2011.
Thank you for a spark,
want to know more.
Thank you for your comment. Once you get your jet built, let me know. I would love to go fly in it.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Will for sure, can u suggest any free app to start learning from 0th level.
@@BrightStarAssemblies Sie, I have a Blueprint for the jet I always dreamed, could you please help me with ur email add so I can share?
Very nice video. Very informative. Thank you for sharing. I choose to build a 6+ seater experimental aircraft myself. But don’t know where to begin. This video gave me some prospective. 🙏🏽
Thank you Unmesh dighe. It is for people like yourself who I made the video for. I am glad I was able to point you in the right direction. Best of luck to you on your design.
I loved the video absolutely brilliant! Thank you for sharing the information, and keep up the good work.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for commenting.
Hi Sir, really enjoyed your video. Very great sense of human and nice presentation!
Thanks for watching.