Please keep going with this project. I like helis but fixed wing is what I enjoy the most. I've wanted to build me a flying boat for decades so I picked me up a used quicksilver gt400 for aircraft parts. But I'm going 4 stroke maybe a Subaru motor I've got laying around. I love the mudskipper but I'm thinking along the lines of hydroplane hull for stability and less bank to keep the wings up and out the water. I'm not a boat person at all. But size and weight are interconnected so I'm still looking for the right hull size and shape. Until then I can't wait to see your next video on this. The suspense is killing me.😂
Sounds interesting. I don't know anything about planing hulls could be a good choice. I know that stepped hulls are used to reduced water drag which is what mine has.
nice project ! The best wing for that will be a 19 meter mustang North wing. Fold the wing up with out removing it from the boat. You'll have to be careful with cross winds on take off and landing.
Hi JP. Good to hear from you, did you sell the coax ? This boat is actually from a Polaris fib and I've got the rest of it, including the wing. This machine is going to be a Wige boat so low wings required.
I still have the coaxial for sale.I very familiar with the fib I used to build amphibious trikes. Good luck with your project looks like fun. Wing in ground effect @@Ben-Dixey
Thanks. 👍 Are you the guy who I've had contact through email? If so I forgot to reply to you. A general bit of advice with making helicopter components is to make all the rotating parts as accurate as you can. They have to mirror each other, and be the same. Make sure that matching parts weigh the same. Vibration is a big problem with homebuilts but it doesn't have to be if care is taken. That's partly why helicopters are so expensive there are a massive amount of accurately machined parts required. Spend the time and get the components accurate. Ben
@@Ben-Dixey yes sir .... Please it me the guy who have contacting you through email... Am still working on it.. you are a big inspiration to me. And thank you very much for the information, it worth the wait and so grateful I will send you a personal email.
As usual a brilliant video seeing the progress of this machine - completely get the 'it doesn't work on paper' bit and can easily see how actually building it enables you to picture the form it will end up in. Very welcome on the mug - enjoy - love the hat! Looking forward to the next you 'inventor lunatic' - Thank you for the video.
Looks good. Stretching the wing material over the tubes with a top brace in the way could be a challenge. Its a wide span for a wing in ground effect, can you reduce the span a little and remove the need for a brace entirely? Maybe double up on the wing spar tube. maybe 1/3 and single wall further out. Same as a boat mast.
Absolutely right, struts will cause problems with the fabric. It is a possibility to get rid of the struts by having stronger spars, the question is at what weight penalty. I would love to reduce the span of the wings but I'm afraid it won't reach the required takeoff speed with only 65hp if I do. Trying to keep wing loading to below 30kg/m2 , but that depends on the finished weight. I need to weigh it so far to give an idea of how things are going, fingers crossed its lighter than predicted. There will definitely be some doubling up of spar thickness either way. 👍👍
Some good TIG welding there, Ben. Obviously do a preflight inspection (daily or more) to make sure welds are not subject to metal fatigue. I find a good shake of the structure i'm inspecting, to get an idea of modal frequencies and looking for any flexural discontinuity, gives me the best idea about whether the structure has changed since last time the aircraft flew. You actually saw me doing something like that on the tail boom. We'll figure out a way to keep the spar stress under Aluminuium 6063-T6 fatigue stress of 68.9MPa...
Appreciate your feedback. 👍it's actually nice to hear people prefer the narration. I think the trying of something different was just to see if it was more popular, It wasn't. 😆
Thanks, the tail will be in and out of ground effect, it won't be high enough to escape those effects. I'm not sure what that will mean but as martingrimmittt3992 said the tail needs to be in the prop wash. You need tail control at zero/low speed. I've read info online about the tail on wig vehicles needing to be out of ground effect but I'm not sure why that is, my horizontal stabiliser will have a negative angle of incidence. It will be pushing down were as other wig vehicles might have a positive angle of incidence. I can understand a positive incidence tail varying in lift close to the ground but a negative incidence tail ?
Great work so far! Looking good. Did you think about making it a WIG craft so you're only dealing with coast guard regulations? You gonna have a ballistic parachute? Looking forward to your next video.
@@Ben-Dixey I am excited for it! I love when people make their own aircraft! Just be careful. There is a lot that can go wrong that you might not even think of. I see it every day at my job!
@@burtmcgurt3584 nice 👌, that's an unlikely combination where you see lots of commercial aircraft failures but like when people attempt to make their own. You would imagine someone like yourself would be against such activity. I'm glad you're not. 👍
Excellent, I like your quirky presentation style and at least you'll be able to fly this untethered!
Thanks. Yes, no tethers this time! 😊
Sir, you are the best of British!
Thanks very much 😊
Please keep going with this project. I like helis but fixed wing is what I enjoy the most. I've wanted to build me a flying boat for decades so I picked me up a used quicksilver gt400 for aircraft parts. But I'm going 4 stroke maybe a Subaru motor I've got laying around. I love the mudskipper but I'm thinking along the lines of hydroplane hull for stability and less bank to keep the wings up and out the water. I'm not a boat person at all. But size and weight are interconnected so I'm still looking for the right hull size and shape. Until then I can't wait to see your next video on this. The suspense is killing me.😂
Sounds interesting. I don't know anything about planing hulls could be a good choice. I know that stepped hulls are used to reduced water drag which is what mine has.
nice project ! The best wing for that will be a 19 meter mustang North wing. Fold the wing up with out removing it from the boat. You'll have to be careful with cross winds on take off and landing.
Hi JP. Good to hear from you, did you sell the coax ?
This boat is actually from a Polaris fib and I've got the rest of it, including the wing. This machine is going to be a Wige boat so low wings required.
I still have the coaxial for sale.I very familiar with the fib I used to build amphibious trikes. Good luck with your project looks like fun. Wing in ground effect @@Ben-Dixey
@@jpkrucker Thank you and keep posting your videos. 👍👍 always interesting
Woow nice to see you are still moving forward... More grace to do more . Great work done 👍
Thanks. 👍
Are you the guy who I've had contact through email?
If so I forgot to reply to you. A general bit of advice with making helicopter components is to make all the rotating parts as accurate as you can. They have to mirror each other, and be the same. Make sure that matching parts weigh the same. Vibration is a big problem with homebuilts but it doesn't have to be if care is taken. That's partly why helicopters are so expensive there are a massive amount of accurately machined parts required. Spend the time and get the components accurate.
Ben
@@Ben-Dixey yes sir .... Please it me the guy who have contacting you through email... Am still working on it.. you are a big inspiration to me. And thank you very much for the information, it worth the wait and so grateful I will send you a personal email.
Amazing design brother.
Congratulations on another project
As usual a brilliant video seeing the progress of this machine - completely get the 'it doesn't work on paper' bit and can easily see how actually building it enables you to picture the form it will end up in. Very welcome on the mug - enjoy - love the hat! Looking forward to the next you 'inventor lunatic' - Thank you for the video.
Love watching your work! And please, more of your witty comments rather than music. 🙂
Appreciate the feedback👍👍the lack of chit chat was an experiment to see what people preferred.
Looks good. Stretching the wing material over the tubes with a top brace in the way could be a challenge. Its a wide span for a wing in ground effect, can you reduce the span a little and remove the need for a brace entirely? Maybe double up on the wing spar tube. maybe 1/3 and single wall further out. Same as a boat mast.
Absolutely right, struts will cause problems with the fabric. It is a possibility to get rid of the struts by having stronger spars, the question is at what weight penalty. I would love to reduce the span of the wings but I'm afraid it won't reach the required takeoff speed with only 65hp if I do. Trying to keep wing loading to below 30kg/m2 , but that depends on the finished weight. I need to weigh it so far to give an idea of how things are going, fingers crossed its lighter than predicted. There will definitely be some doubling up of spar thickness either way. 👍👍
keep the top braces they r good i may do the same
the common top point of the braces is most excellent countering the wing pull and lift forces of the wing fabric
Fantastic to see an update on this project
Great work, great fabrication, great humor. 👌👌
Much appreciated 😊
Loved the exaggerated mime! (But please keep talking to us too 🙂).
Will do. Thanks for the feedback 👍
Great job 👏
👍
Hey this is really neat! just be careful. There isn't much more dangerous than flying and boating when it comes to vehicles.
👍 I'll be careful .
Some good TIG welding there, Ben. Obviously do a preflight inspection (daily or more) to make sure welds are not subject to metal fatigue. I find a good shake of the structure i'm inspecting, to get an idea of modal frequencies and looking for any flexural discontinuity, gives me the best idea about whether the structure has changed since last time the aircraft flew. You actually saw me doing something like that on the tail boom.
We'll figure out a way to keep the spar stress under Aluminuium 6063-T6 fatigue stress of 68.9MPa...
Music is ok, but I much prefer to hear you narrate your work explaing whats important
Appreciate your feedback. 👍it's actually nice to hear people prefer the narration. I think the trying of something different was just to see if it was more popular, It wasn't. 😆
Looking good! You need the tail out of ground affect right? That’s why it’s so high?
Also it will be in the prop wash and the greater airspeed should improve control input response
Thanks, the tail will be in and out of ground effect, it won't be high enough to escape those effects. I'm not sure what that will mean but as martingrimmittt3992 said the tail needs to be in the prop wash. You need tail control at zero/low speed.
I've read info online about the tail on wig vehicles needing to be out of ground effect but I'm not sure why that is, my horizontal stabiliser will have a negative angle of incidence. It will be pushing down were as other wig vehicles might have a positive angle of incidence. I can understand a positive incidence tail varying in lift close to the ground but a negative incidence tail ?
Great work so far! Looking good. Did you think about making it a WIG craft so you're only dealing with coast guard regulations? You gonna have a ballistic parachute? Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks👍 yes it is going to be a wig craft, power is going to be marginal so it will need the ground effect efficiency to fly.
@@Ben-Dixey excellent choice. Looking forward to it
center of lift for your wing will be 1/3 to 1/2 the cord length
That's what is said on the internet. I've planned for a 1/4 chord centre of lift. Worried about the consequences of a tail heavy condition.
ask james @@Ben-Dixey
Will do 👍
Comin' along!
It's getting there. Was hoping for a summer test but will see if that happens.
@@Ben-Dixey I am excited for it! I love when people make their own aircraft! Just be careful. There is a lot that can go wrong that you might not even think of. I see it every day at my job!
@@burtmcgurt3584👍 What is your job, if I may ask ?
@@Ben-Dixey I deal with aircraft failures. So I get to see all the ways planes and jets break. It's pretty interesting :)
@@burtmcgurt3584 nice 👌, that's an unlikely combination where you see lots of commercial aircraft failures but like when people attempt to make their own. You would imagine someone like yourself would be against such activity.
I'm glad you're not. 👍
Ben couldn't you have acquired a wieghtshift microlight with floats ?
Possibly Peter, would have been lighter.
I plan to make my own floats at a later date.
Is this going to be a wig ( wing in ground effect) craft ?
Hi, yes it is, operational height will be around 6ft and cruise speed I'm hoping to be around 50mph.
Well done and your welds not too shabby either