Big rubber powered seaplanes!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @douglasslayback3441
    @douglasslayback3441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Grats on all the wins and records…a true aviation family 😃

  • @wwjoesr
    @wwjoesr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That second flight was: Wow!!! Wow!!! I agree :)

  • @johnharen9921
    @johnharen9921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys certainly know how to have fun! Great results for Hope and Caleb.😀

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! This one was a ton of fun!

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congratulations to Hope on the award! R.O.W. planes are so graceful. Maybe the aerodynamic profile of these foam floats actually helps to turn that early tendency to stall into that 'sit up and beg for lift' attitude.. I mean, the drag they provide may prevent the full blown stall developing, when the power is ramped up a bit.. Hoping y'all enjoyed the rest of the competition. 👍

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I think the main factor for Hope's plane has been the great airfoil and very high powered, large propeller. The floats do add some lift and as such make the trim setup rather interesting. I suspect next year with some minor trim changes, this model will have an extremely strong climb pattern. We need to get the glide circle sorted first though because it's tending to wander out of thermals.

  • @Tom-wl9sx
    @Tom-wl9sx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed watching, great flying 👍

  • @ariamperez6823
    @ariamperez6823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They fly so well!

  • @GrandadIsAnOldMan
    @GrandadIsAnOldMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating subject 👍👍

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've been wanting to do this for a while and we had a lot of fun flying off the water. It had been almost 12 years since I had last flown off the water.

  • @bobwebber8521
    @bobwebber8521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Look forward to your videos. Love it the whole family is involved. Am looking for a source of rubber (and props because not too flash at building) here in New Zealand. Thanks once again.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bob, if you're on Facebook I can connect you with a freeflighter in NZ who should be able to help you get supplies. If not on FB, send me an email at joshuawfinn@gmail.com and I'll see what I can do about getting you connected with the right people.

  • @jeffmurphree2937
    @jeffmurphree2937 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!!! Love it!!!

  • @johnnydavidcreative
    @johnnydavidcreative 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the ROW element - never seen that done before! Great stuff, guys, very inspirational 👏 Brightest Blessings; Johnny David 🙏

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! ROW is a ton of fun!

  • @shop970
    @shop970 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really great flyers! Wow!

  • @cannedcheese4189
    @cannedcheese4189 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like lots of fun

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love those dissipating Cb anvils as a backdrop.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah we get some awesome sunsets thanks to the convective activity here.

  • @chrisgilpin3403
    @chrisgilpin3403 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome to see a family learning together giving the children a life skill that will benefit them long into there future

  • @InferMel
    @InferMel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolute beauty

  • @HobiCerdas
    @HobiCerdas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, that is big 😃😃😃. And a good rise of water. Did you polish with something so the water will not sticky

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! We skinned the floats with 0.6mil bopp laminating film. Very light, and impervious to water.

  • @Glicksman1
    @Glicksman1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Josh, how freakin' cool is that!

  • @robertkummings6829
    @robertkummings6829 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most relaxing thing I've ever witnessed 😅👍🏽 guess I'm going to have to try free flights Rubber power 👍🏽🇺🇲

  • @James-gz4oj
    @James-gz4oj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    absolutely brilliant you guys love it thank you

  • @widyasutomo
    @widyasutomo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Asyik...sambil ngadem😍

  • @rishurathaur3609
    @rishurathaur3609 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys work such as beautiful

  • @MORCOPOLO0817
    @MORCOPOLO0817 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lucky kids to have a Dad who is all about Model airplanes!

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lucky dad to have kids that love flying. 😀

  • @oneand-only3815
    @oneand-only3815 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Will you be at the thermal thumpers event at the sod farm this weekend? I'd love to see your Smoothie. I have dreams of building one of those and trying to add some newer building techniques / high tech materials.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately I usually only make it to one meet a year at Whitesburg, but we do fly fairly regularly at the Perry fairgrounds, which frankly is a better field with better retrieval options. Unfortunately the Smoothie is out of service. The motor blew up in flight a number of years ago and trashed the fuselage.

    • @oneand-only3815
      @oneand-only3815 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuawfinn I ended up not making it out to the sod farm either. Have 4 planes that I could fly but nothing is trimmed well yet

  • @av8153
    @av8153 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool!

  • @arneldobumatay3702
    @arneldobumatay3702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This may sound obvious, and crazy, but everything you or your family builds flys! I can't believe the all flight successes your family has had. Please send some good flight karma to me. Thanks in advance.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! We work hard at it and there are quite a few failures that don't make it onto the camera!

  • @razzodjo9055
    @razzodjo9055 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    very nice,
    Respekt

  • @Faustj515
    @Faustj515 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a kit or plans available for Hope’s model, I would like to build it.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's a link in the description to an RC version which is what we used as the basis for her plane. I'm going to try to get rights to produce it as a kit.

  • @thebalsaboy
    @thebalsaboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been wanting to ask this question for a while. How do you do it? How do you get such great looking and flying models right off the bat and almost no trimming needed? (for most of them). Is it more of a patience or skill thing? I’ve always wondered.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I spend a fair bit of time making sure the planes are built (and covered) straight, smooth, and with the correct warps. I also set my CG based on Don Deloach's tail volume method so that I can focus on a specific strategy of adjusting the plane without having to juggle both CG and incidence adjustments. For indoor flying, it's mainly about warp control since the planes are usually able to operate over a wide CG range.

    • @thebalsaboy
      @thebalsaboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuawfinn Ok, thank you.

  • @me262a1
    @me262a1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great builds and congrats on the success. Too bad the wind came up for Hope's flight.

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't get much video of the flight ops at Muncie, but Hope had several extremely nice flights that I didn't get on video. She came very close to winning 1st place.

  • @bearshield7138
    @bearshield7138 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    very nice

  • @chilly7261
    @chilly7261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stunning video Joshuaw! You and your family are making it look easy! It's not btw...

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Sam! Hope you're getting in some good flying this summer!

  • @sablatnic8030
    @sablatnic8030 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe I should build water boots for the free flight Hangar Rat in my flight simulator

  • @bradle1354
    @bradle1354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is your best video ever !!! In the beggining of the video you are wearing a red indoor shirt, do you sell them?

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Unfortunately the red shirts aren't available that I know of. Mine is from the 2016 world champs in Romania to commemorate their annual Otto Hints F1D contest.

    • @bradle1354
      @bradle1354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuawfinn Thank you.

  • @imaginedragons1662
    @imaginedragons1662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where you bought rubber band
    And what is the name of rubberband
    Please reply
    Btw nice plane keep it up

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      FAI Tan Supersport from faimodelsupply.com

  • @aidanwelly
    @aidanwelly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Luar biasa.. 👍👍👍🥰🥰

  • @netraclear3923
    @netraclear3923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My Like ia cheaper than your effort and your plane. So i give you a like.

  • @dr.jonathane.beaugez7870
    @dr.jonathane.beaugez7870 ปีที่แล้ว

    😊😊

  • @stanburdick9708
    @stanburdick9708 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They got the date wrong

    • @joshuawfinn
      @joshuawfinn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which date? I was probably going from memory.

  • @JohnStenborg
    @JohnStenborg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    …lots of kite eating trees…