Our Bird Spreads its Wings - Building the Raptor Prototype
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2024
- Some good progress so far this week with the fore plane test fitted, the autopilot servos installed and linkages connected and the inside cabin brake lines underway. The antenna cables for the various antennas are also completed minus one connector for the nav antenna.
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Peter, this is coming along beautifully! I bet you and almost taste the first taxi tests, not to mention the first flight!
Thumbnail image litterally took my breath away!
Peter,
Years ago you mentioned that Raptor will answer quite a few issues GA pilots felt were negative aspects about their aircraft, fuel, ergonomics, comfort, safety and last but not least cost. Well done Peter and team. As the milestones are occurring daily. Even the biggest GA skeptic is second guessing why he or she didn't jump on the 1500 pre sold band wagon! We applaud you and your team for what is soon to be the most successfully crafted single engine aircraft built in the last century!! Bravo to your creation of aerodynamic ART!
It is great!!! Following you to see your flight with this beautiful bird!
Absolutely gorgeous. I can't wait to see her stroll out of the hanger and taxi for the first time. Gives me goosebumps. Great job on getting her together, and I'm on pins and needles for the next one!
This is such a detailed endeavor, done professionally!
UFB!! This project is sooo exciting - seen every video and can't wait to see it fly!
Amazing progress and attention to detail. Not only looking like a magnificent bird on the outside, (out of this world), but will be a piece of art with everything on the inside as well. Can't wait to go up in it for the 1st time.
Very well done Bro. 👍🛸
I hope your plane changed GA in a big way. If it sparks a revival as I think it will, things are looking good for everyone. The plane looks so solid. Just looking at it tells you this design has safety in mind. Thank you, Peter. It’s been a joy to follow you. If I may add one comment to production value; would you be able to reduce the dynamic range of your voice overdubs please? It’s a small thing but intelligibility would increase for those of us with hearing issues. Thanks again for producing this plane and letting people like me follow along.
Amazing Peter! Very exciting to see your baby come together like this!
Yes.. it looks great , counting down to see it flying , all the best.
That thing looks beautiful!! Looks like a dream come true! Wow how inspiring! THANKS FOR POSTING!!
Looks "pretty good?"
Are you kidding me?
It looks like LOVE!
It looks like a sci-fi space ship.
I can't wait build, own and fly mine. If memory serves correctly, I believe I am #99.
What you've done (and are doing) is amazing, Peter.
Looks breathtaking. Mother does know a few things. Glad my suggestion got a thumbs up.
And a big acknowledgment. 👍
I had lost track of this channel for a while. It's amazing how far it's come in that time. It's going to be exciting when this beautiful machine gets airborne!
So subscribe and hit the bell.
Perfect job, i don’t understand who dislike such a great job, its peace of art. Wish you the best.
That's like Shocking Beautiful! It not only stands out as an engineering progression but has that sexy sleek look to it that will make people scream out "Shut Up and Take My Money!"
Beautiful bird - I bet it will be efficient as hell.
Looking good.Excellent work and progress!
WOW, Loving the way this looks, she'll be a real head turner on the ramp!!!
It looks great! The proportions, scale, lines, transitions all look wonderful. I can just imagine what it would look like with the prop and blue paint like in the original rendering.
I wonder if there is still a question about a dark colour on fibreglass?
I absolutely love it! To watch this come together from pretty much the beginning has been an experience in itself. You dont know how bad i have wanted to be a part of this build lol. When you were lookin for someone i would have been more than happy to join the team if i had somewhere to stay out that way! I really cant wait for the flight! And when you go into production if you need someone ill definitely be available! Again, Thanks for sharing this experience! Im looking forward to that first flight! I know its gonna fly smooth as silk!
It looks awesome. Great job all you fellows. If I was just 20 years younger.
HONESTLY SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS! 3 YEAR PROJECT! YOU GUYS DID WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO!
Super excited to see more!
I do some Lab Graphene synthesis, This will give your composites 30% overall strength increases. I worked with Enviate Hypercar with his Graphene composites.
-Andrew
Coming along very nicely!!
That is one gorgeous plane and I can't wait to see it fly.
Such a gorgeous plane. I am loving it.
Echoing what everyone else has been saying, FANTASTIC work!! Can't wait to see the video of it being driven to the airport! The comment about designing with CAD doesn't mean much if you don't know what you're doing had me ROFL!!
Love watching the process!
She looks beautiful; great job all of you.
That plane is beautiful
Absolutely brilliant. What an achievement!
Oh, she is such a beauty! Congrats!
She a real good looking ship peter keep up the great work
Thanks a lot,beautiful. Great narrative.
Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.
Awesome!! It looks like your rendering. Bigtime progress. Good job all. It seems down hill from here.
@ 19:00 in the video, I had a flashback to the R/C Raptor you built years ago for testing. Is it still around?? Next time can you put them side by side? Kinda silly, but pretty cool!!!
Red, White, and Blue. Nice.
Good workmanship.
It's shaping up!
Looks Great!
Amazing little plane.
The surface area of the wings when viewed from above looks massive... :)
Brian Garrett unfortunately a swept wing produces much less lift than a straight wing so you have to make it oversize to compensate. One of the negatives of a canard design.
About 180 square feet wing and fore plane combined.
Wow, so beautiful. The first flight will be amazing.
This is great work. I've been watching these videos from day one. I always look forward to your updates. Congratulations on a great piece. Very well done sir
It's looking great.
Beautiful proportions looks like space craft
the design is amazing
As good as it looks now it is going to look 100 times better flying and the first production Raptor rolling off the production line is going to look eyewateringly good.
there wont be a production line
afaik this will only be available as a kit
and if they decide to produce it it wont get FAA certification before 2030 or so
it takes forever to get an aircraft certified
@@Crushonius Crushonious you sure do speak with 100% authority about something you clearly know very little about.
@@Crushonius The plan for production of this aircraft is one of the most compelling innovations for this project. Having the courage to put 'real transparency' in place by building the whole thing on youtube (and opening your every business decision up to know nothing trolls) is another. But I guess the latter does have its downsides.
Looks great! Great work.
Awesome progress Peter, truly inspirational your project. Cheers
Looks great! Excellent progress
looking brilliant
Looks great mate
greeting from Aerospace Composite Malaysia..nice video 🤗
looking good !
I can't believe we are getting a plane so beautiful and revolutionary for only $130k.
you're not........it will cost 500
@@101xaplax101 to hell with that. I'd go with the velocity at that kind of insane prices for a kit lol
Edited to add: another reason I'd go for the velocity is when people raised legitimate concerns about the position of retract switches and indicators the response from raptor was less than satisfactory given the intended price tag.
Its nice they're building a nice aircraft but if its for general sale you need to listen to warnings about people being busy on ifr approaches and easily losing orientation
@@Th3_Gael - all the negative Nancy's need to look up the word prototype.
Don't mind the trolls, They clearly do not know how prototyping works. Now once it into production the prices will go drastically down. They are designing a plane that the idea is if you can buy a new car why not buy a small plane. Which i applaud. So the first models will start at 130k maybe a little more but eventually i think Peter said once "that it should be around 80k per plane" which is fantastic. The idea of a Prototype is to give a person a taste and feel of what they want and then figure out how to make it amass which will take your 130k price even lower. Peter can correct me in parts i get wrong it his project. I just happen to fully see the project and the vision behind it.
If it comes out at $500K (and if it flies even half as well as it looks), that will still be bargain. I'll pay it in a heartbeat.
Peter, the alcantra fabric you got from Joanne’s looks like the same I tried to use on a bimmer headliner project. It seemed like it would work great but it ended up not being stretchable enough to work around complex curves and corner areas. I think most of your panels are fairly simple but just might want to check and see that it will lay out nicely on all the pieces you plan on covering before committing to it. As usual the project is looking fantastic!
It's just going on the roof panels. They are fairly flat.
Great progress aircraft looking real good.
Overhead view wow she’s beautiful ! 👍 any choices in colours ?
I think silver to high light body lines and make it look bigger with blue wing tips
Maybe Raptor name in black
Looks amazing
That looks fantastic, you should be really proud!
Been watching since day one, looking good.
Looks so good!
I am speechless & that is rare.
Thanks for sharing!!
You might want to check out TS Flightlines for custom lines, hoses etc. They're in Georgia and incredibly responsive. I've found them to be a wonderful resource with my RV project.
That’s very, very tidy.
Congrats for the great progress !!!
Well done
Awesome
It looks like the aileron-race/pocket/groove could be shaped to the leading edge of the aileron to make a sort of bushing. There is too much risk of buffeting. It could be a grease point, too.
Do we have to see all nuts and bolts in every video?
I would like to see some investers and production plans - if that ever will arrive!
I have been watching from the beginning and you have excellent workmanship but I was wondering if you Can you give a comparison to a velocity aircraft that is close to your design other than a cirrus
Looks great ! :)
this is amazing!!
Unless excessive force is applied BNC are more long time reliable than screwed ones. They need a rather high force to move from locked position, no matter how long they have been tightened, while screwed once can go loose over time with a comparable small force, and once loose they will disconnect soon.
Fantastic. You mentioned the co-pilot seat view - one thing that strikes me about the design is that rear-seat passengers will not get much of a view of anything (except maybe sky). Is that right or are they further forward than I'm thinking? Not much you can do about it I know, but just wondering if it was considered during the journey.
I've shown that view before when we had the rear seats test fitted. It's great out the sides and front.
Ah yes, just found the videos on the website. It looks much better than I would have imagined, good to see. It almost looks like there is enough room in the back that you could leave out the seats and put a bed in there - this could be a flying motor home! :-)
Nice
Truly a gorgeous looking aircraft! Are there any static wicks / static discharges on the aircraft? To prevent static buildup that might interfere with the radio?
They're coming. Just need to be installed.
@@RaptorAircraft Awesome! Wishing you all the best :)
Once wings are fixed, do you prop them up underneath halfway and raise the under-carriage to test the Load and strain gauges ?
Possibly.
The just announced Boeing Uber air taxi prototype, looks remarkably like a Raptor with pontoons for the vertical lift engines.
Do I get this right that the elevator only extends down but not up with a similar mechanism as conventional flaps? If so can you explain the aerodynamics?
It goes down and slightly up but it also extends out and tucks in thereby reducing area and subsequent lift.
Raptor Aircraft Did the flight test model use the same details then?
Very exciting!!!
An honest question for you; Looking at the way you construct stuff, I can't help but wonder what kind of total empty weight you are aiming at?
It's all the little things that add up. You construct beautiful large parts from carbon which is light and strong. That's all good. But then at 1:57 I see how you construct the GPS brackets and you are throwing in all this excess aluminium and hardware. My guess is the bracket and their supports weigh several times more than the GPS antenna, or the entire door for that matter. Also the hydraulic door spring system seems over the top and adds a lot of weight. Might as well have made that entire front door from regular fibre glass as you just gave away the gain of carbon. Do you keep track of what the parts weigh?
scsirob prototypes are always heavier than production aircraft. Once they go into production you should see a reduction in total weight, particularly with regard to the doors I think.
It's a prototype!
@@RaptorAircraft That's fine. But even a prototype will need to prove itself and should be representative for the final product. If it climbs like a dog and needs 2 miles of runway because you never considered weight then that's not good. I'm not criticizing your project, just trying to understand why you do what you do.
I just noticed that there is a 👎, why?
To that person: What did you see that caused such concern that you left a Thumbs down without the courtesy to Peter and team of a written comment?
Danny Georgeson was thinking the same damn thing????
@@micjbaron Every week there are just a couple of them. Not sure what the problem is or why they continue to watch.
Must be the jealous competitors. Screw them. :)
Just no worries : those are from Bulgaria - means quite opposite gesture : You should be careful when nodding to mean "yes" and shaking your head when you mean "no" in Bulgaria, as this is one of the places where the meanings of these gestures are the opposite. ;-)
@@anvegger Hi Andrey, I'm left wondering now if I should give you a 👍or a 👎 for your comment. It makes sense, I just hope that it was a Bulgarian making a positive reply who left it. - Danny
Not too early to start thinking about livery... maybe? Looking great though.
Looks awesome. When can I buy one!?
i like
The Raptor is absolutely beautiful.
The foreplane is still bouncing around my brain though.
How much do you depend on it for lift in straight level flight? If it were a much smaller cross section so that you could pivot the whole thing without control being too sensitive, could it still provide sufficient lift?
Bluuplanet see my below comment reply to Rick Hearn.
Yea I went back and figured some of my questions out
How long before it flys
I'm very excited on the progress, Big question-will it be painted the electric blue like in the promotional images? it would look fantastic!
How does the elevator trim work
I've explained it earlier. Will try to show again soon.
Once you have the bugs out of your beauty, do you anticipate selling them as certified aircraft, or will they be available as kits? If certified, in what countries?
Most likely not certified. Read the website for details.
here www.raptor-aircraft.com/
Hi, i notice you used a cutting wheel to cut the break lines before terminating the end fitting. How did you clean the fine cutting wheel dust from the inside of the lines to prevent eventual blockage inside the hydraulic spool valves and / or damaging the spool valve o-ring seals. ?
Put a small screwdriver in there and twisted it around several times and removed it and cleaned it off and then repeated the process till no more dust was on the screwdriver. Then I blew it out with high pressure air.
Ok there at the end of video you showed more prospective
How long before it flys
I wonder why you are using oil bushings for the ReDrive instead of ball bearings? Wouldn't bearings last much longer? (Not that I'd know, I just always thought bearings are better.)
Ball bearings aren't better in all applications.
Think about the bearings used in an engine on the crankshaft and connecting rods. No ball bearings there 🙂
Well idk. I watch a bunch of AvE if you know that channel and he's always pissed when he sees bushings instead of bearings in a product. I have no deep knowledge of mechanical engineering. So I began thinking of bushings as poor mans bearings. But obviously, different methods for different applications.
@@attitudeadjuster793 -- and it's a prototype.
@@attitudeadjuster793 , I watch a good bit of AvE as well. Insofar as I have heard and seen and that he has mentioned in his videos he is not an Engineer and much of what he takes apart and shows is "garbage". That's not a disparagement but accurate assessment. Rolling element bearings are nice when you have the space, weight, etc. allocation for them as well as a relatively clean placement. If one expects fine particles from brushes, environment, or material being removed then bearings will, often, get destroyed quicker than a bushing (presuming open vs. open or sealed vs. sealed). If the area expects the bearing may be an electrical path then metallic/metallic bearings are out of the question and one must (should) use a metallic/ceramic bearing. How much is the part going to cost, who is going to buy it? All things to consider and more. At times a person putting something together backs themselves into a corner and must use an "inferior" solution because that is all that will fit the need; a compromise. For projects in industry the phrase often used is "buying its way on". For example, say you need to save every ounce so the case will be made small and since the area is readily inspectable and serviceable an oil impregnated bearing surface will be used.
@@hahahano2796 That was very informative, thank you.
Looks fantastic !!! Do you need to blow out the brake
lines after cutting them?
Yes, I blow them out before final fitment.
So what is the benefit of the Raptor's wing arrangement (with the canard), compared to a conventional arrangement?
Try Google.
The canard stalls before the wings, making the stall a no brainer, plus they just look cool. The wright brothers knew what they were doing.
@@russelllowry1061 Ok, thank you.
The anti-stall part, as @Russel Lowry said is one of the main benefits. The downside is that you can't have flaps without balancing flaps on both lifting surfaces (see overweight Beechcraft Starship), which means you need a lot of runway (higher speeds) for both takeoff and landing.
Canards are more efficient fliers. In a conventional plane the horizontal stabilizer pushes down to balance out the aircraft. This downward force needs to be counter-acted by lift on the wings. This means extra drag as the wings are being asked to carry more weight than the mass of the aircraft in cruise. Canards lift from both the canard and main wing, so the amount of lift being created is equivalent to the mass of the aircraft in cruise.
The downside to that is balance. Cargo and passengers need to be carefully (weighed &) balanced to ensure the canard always stalls before the main wing (back to that anti-stall thing). Letting the main wing stall in flight would mean entering a deep stall, which means a long slow (yet not safe) descent to the ground unless your plane is equipped with a surplus of power (to overcome the drag of a high angle of attack and accelerate enough to get the main wing flying again). Load up the nose too heavily and you may find it very difficult to take off (and maintain trim at higher speeds). Many canard pilots fly with a ballast in the nose to keep the plane balanced during solo flights. In a conventional aircraft, you can still screw up the weight & balance, but the effects won't be quite as pronounced. _Usually_ the rear seat area (and fuel tanks) on these composite canards is the CoG for flight, so you can basically fill up the back seats (or fuel tanks) without worrying, as long as your front seats weights are calculated, and the great efficiency means these planes can haul a lot of cargo and/or fuel.
@@EUC-lid Thank you.