and yay more. You have made 3-mode aeroplane :) Vtol, wing & cronoplan - ground effect. Bit of V angle on the wings for up-right forgiveness (or 2 n a half wings cos fat rudder good ;n) and you have a prototype parcel drone xx
I'm a retired Electronics Engineer from "Airbus" now permanently resident in Northern Germany. You might find yourselves on the Threshold of some innovative aviation technology. Look out for the Cloak and Dagger Guys from the "Military". I will be watching, with interest, for developments in your future Projects. Good Luck and success.
Gentlemen: As a retired aerospace engineer from the U.S. now living in Thailand, I cannot adequately express how satisfying it is to see two young men who are doing something better in life than simply hanging about social media hunting for something to be offended by. I came across Tom's channel while cruising videos on e-bikes, and his stuff directed me here. The short version is that I am sure your families are proud of both of you and you make me feel a little less pessimistic about the future of the species. Keep up the learning and exploring. You obviously enjoy it and it sure beats marathon sessions of GTA5 or WOWC. Great projects and great videos! Frank Freeman
I am teaching physics in the middle east, you boys definitely make me feel proud to be British. Great job and I also loved the Dam busters project, beautiful scenery too. Thanks
He achieved better with the Red Baron (Tom) than you with the Red Mad Fan (Ivan). But at the end, still Let's go out and *break* something. Hope to watch you with Ivan 🌞
This was the first time that I had seen Tom and James collaborating. I had no idea that these inventive characters knew one another. The potentiating boost of their mutual madness should produce spectacular creations if they can only avoid injury or incarceration. Best of luck to you blokes!
Like many viewers of this excellent video, I´m new to this channel and would like to commend the very high (almost Project Binky - high) degree of acknowledgement of the importance of regular tea consumption which we witnessed here. The idea of compensating for the downthrust generated by the flaps was a long way out of the box, as there´d be little correlation between airflow over (or rather under) the wing and throttle setting. I salute you both for the sheer audacity you displayed in building this model. It does have some astonishing flight characteristics as well as looking absolutely tremendous.
I think that you should make a plane launcher... something like a large crossbow/ballista that has a foot operated trigger so both your hands are on the controller as it launches. It would also look cool next to your trebuchet.
I have watched Tom's work on his channel, which is rather impressive. He seems to be a better mate then the two other guys you had with you when you're testing out your pontoon plane. Downers
What a great collab, I left the comment on Toms video, Ardupilot has a mix for just this sort of airframe, allowing flying wings to take off flat with vectored motors.
A very entertaining and enjoyable video, would love to see more of these hybrid aircraft designs particularly with Tom and his experience/technical know how. Suggestion: a spitfire body with a EDF power! Keep up the good work, From Australia
Tea goes perfectly with engineering. It's a match made in heaven. I don't know if you are a fan of Colin Furze but he makes a lot of amusing (and frequently downright dangerous) contraptions and also drinks a lot of tea while he is doing it. Guy Martin is also a devotee. It's the true image of British engineering to see a chap in his shed tinkering with stuff with a mug of tea in his hand.
Came from Tom's channel but I am a long time FliteTest fan so to see the correlation was really fun. You plane is similar in flight characteristics to the FT Viggen but on steroids. I am happy to be a new sub and look forward to future content. I'm from Utah in the U.S. and love flying everything from tiny RC to large Boeings.
Love the video! Love the collab! Glad Tom sent us over here to your channel. You two are fun to watch collaborate! Good stuff gents! Oh, and I am from Unalakleet Alaska! Been a FliteTest fan since day 1 and am enjoying all the branch off channels of people involved! Plus people like Tom are just stellar to keep up with. Never a dull moment with people like you guys. Good work!!
I know I am late to the party, and I am sure this plane is long gone, but the oscillations from the wings are due to the center of gravity being in a neutrally-stable/unstable position. Any perturbations from turbulence and control inputs would cause oscillations with very little damping. To add to the lateral stability, the CG needs to be moved downward and add dihedral. This can be done by mounting the battery in a lower position or shifting the wings up (this is why high-wing configurations are so stable) There's always a drawback, and this case it would be roll speed. But since you're trying a new design, I would prefer stability over maneuverability until the flight controller is tuned. Great video and awesome idea!
Just came over from Tom's channel and am a big FliteTest fan as well. Just subscribed and looking forward to checking out more of your videos! edit: I'm from South Carolina, USA
What a strange airplane. That said, this was a thoroughly enjoyable episode, watched while drinking tea, I might add. I've subscribed to both your channels for some time, so it's a real treat to see you working together! Best regards from Missouri, USA.
Well... it looked a lot better in the air than on the bench, and flew a lot better than I expected it to after the "teaser" at the end of the build video on Tom's channel. 😁👍🏼👍🏼 Subscribed 👍🏼
#1- add a fan unit inside the fuselage with air inlet ducts forward of it. #2- make the fuselage smaller in diameter (less drag). #3- make the canards wing shaped. It seems to be underpowered. Great first design. I am from Rockford, IL. USA. GOOD LUCK
Version 2 coming up? Squared off fuselage at the tail is a bit high drag, so perhaps a third motor with EDF or just taper it to a point too. Low speed roll stability seems a bit squirrelly. Not sure what you can do about that with flat wings? Maybe make it a dual-delta/LERX type airfoil? If done right that can also help with high alpha. I think there's more to get out of it, considering how well that one worked until it finally crashed. Would it be any better using a gyro and programming some PID logic stuff into it? Wonder what it'd do if you could set it to try holding a given pitch angle from your input, and let it pick the thrust angle that's appropriate for the throttle.
Yes gyro on the pitch to make it effectively fly by wire. Would need a minimum forward element to the thrust vector to keep the elevons control authority. Better still put a third much more powerful motor on the rear for forward thrust- my mind boggles trying to think of how you could set up the mixing/gyro/channel allocation possible on that...
Found this channel thanks to Tom. Awesome video. Really enjoyed it! Hope you guys keep doing this more often. Subscribed and greetings from the Netherlands!
That was awesome, and looks like you guys had fun doing it haha. I really want to get into this kind of stuff. Maybe once I'm done all my other projects.
Not enough tea was consumed towards the end of the day, but I won't spoil what happens ;)
Tom Stanton , hey man good build. So it on flitetest then came here. Instead of props, try using edf. Might be better, more thrust.
I think it's begging for a 120mm EDF in the tail so the canard props are mainly just for manoeuvring, but they're rather expensive...
Tom Stanton always love the vids Tom, thanks for recommending this channel too, looking forward to more quality content
01:55 yay Aerolon (how I spose to spell that? :o)
and yay more. You have made 3-mode aeroplane :) Vtol, wing & cronoplan - ground effect. Bit of V angle on the wings for up-right forgiveness (or 2 n a half wings cos fat rudder good ;n) and you have a prototype parcel drone xx
Super fun video and GREAT project! Nicely done
@Nicholas Schnee Yes he is.
For a channel with 1.3k subs the production quality is incredible.
Thanks Vader :P
Agreed, my Lord. 😊
1k subs in 10 hours
ikr that's impressive
2497ish here. Good stuff.
that was fun to watch, great job guys.
Shane ❤
I'm a retired Electronics Engineer from "Airbus" now permanently resident in Northern Germany. You might find yourselves on the Threshold of some innovative aviation technology. Look out for the Cloak and Dagger Guys from the "Military". I will be watching, with interest, for developments in your future Projects. Good Luck and success.
It's nice to see someone with real RC piloting skills. Great flying.
Gentlemen:
As a retired aerospace engineer from the U.S. now living in Thailand, I cannot adequately express how satisfying it is to see two young men who are doing something better in life than simply hanging about social media hunting for something to be offended by. I came across Tom's channel while cruising videos on e-bikes, and his stuff directed me here.
The short version is that I am sure your families are proud of both of you and you make me feel a little less pessimistic about the future of the species. Keep up the learning and exploring. You obviously enjoy it and it sure beats marathon sessions of GTA5 or WOWC.
Great projects and great videos!
Frank Freeman
I am teaching physics in the middle east, you boys definitely make me feel proud to be British. Great job and I also loved the Dam busters project, beautiful scenery too. Thanks
Honestly this was the most enjoyable youtube series I have ever watched. More thrust vectoring team-ups please!
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!!!!!
...LIZARD SPOCK?
🖖
DeadlyDiddly beat me to it :D
What are you doing here Mr Bruton? :oP
He achieved better with the Red Baron (Tom) than you with the Red Mad Fan (Ivan). But at the end, still Let's go out and *break* something. Hope to watch you with Ivan 🌞
Love your channel, thanks Tom for sending us over here
Hi, Electric Engineers from India. We love what you guys do. Tom Stanton is really inspiring.
This was the first time that I had seen Tom and James collaborating. I had no idea that these inventive characters knew one another. The potentiating boost of their mutual madness should produce spectacular creations if they can only avoid injury or incarceration. Best of luck to you blokes!
Like many viewers of this excellent video, I´m new to this channel and would like to commend the very high (almost Project Binky - high) degree of acknowledgement of the importance of regular tea consumption which we witnessed here.
The idea of compensating for the downthrust generated by the flaps was a long way out of the box, as there´d be little correlation between airflow over (or rather under) the wing and throttle setting. I salute you both for the sheer audacity you displayed in building this model. It does have some astonishing flight characteristics as well as looking absolutely tremendous.
Great collab with Tom. Love the video. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Greetings from Turkey where is drink the most tea :) I like all Tom`s Projects and now I`m happy to meet with you.Good collaboration,keep going
Excellent job guys!! Wonderful collaboration.
Dave B how did you comment 1 day ago? It was uploaded like 20 minutes ago
Dave is from the future and came back to comment
Colin Johnson hahaha
I think that you should make a plane launcher... something like a large crossbow/ballista that has a foot operated trigger so both your hands are on the controller as it launches. It would also look cool next to your trebuchet.
How about a trebuchet plane launcher?
A big crossbow ???!?
@@joshuarosen6242 This would be awesome
I Had no idea you guys are brothers ! I should’ve known , both of your channels are awesome.
God bless take care stay safe.
Hello from Hamilton Ontario Canada, just starting first year of engineering at university. Good video bro.
Cool to see the transition from first flights to slow flying and sad to see the last landing
Enjoyed this episode.
Cheers from New Zealand
I have watched Tom's work on his channel, which is rather impressive. He seems to be a better mate then the two other guys you had with you when you're testing out your pontoon plane. Downers
Great collaboration. Look forward to the next one. Thumbs up from Australia
Get Tom on flight test - they're missing some ginger 😊.
A bit... 💖
Alex is ginger.... kinda
What a great collab, I left the comment on Toms video, Ardupilot has a mix for just this sort of airframe, allowing flying wings to take off flat with vectored motors.
A very entertaining and enjoyable video, would love to see more of these hybrid aircraft designs particularly with Tom and his experience/technical know how. Suggestion: a spitfire body with a EDF power!
Keep up the good work, From Australia
I am amazed that it took you so long to crash this amazing plane! Well done to both
Hey James, Bob from Virginia. We met at FliteFest - good seeing you on here! Thanks Tom for sharing this fantastic channel!
Bob Alexander thanks Bob! Good meeting you there. 😊
Hey from Iran. I know very little about planes but I enjoy your videos, specially collabarative ones.
To use a typical English description, BRILLIANT!
ive never been more excited to see a collab. great job guys
This is amazing, I love how much tea you fellas drink
Tea goes perfectly with engineering. It's a match made in heaven. I don't know if you are a fan of Colin Furze but he makes a lot of amusing (and frequently downright dangerous) contraptions and also drinks a lot of tea while he is doing it. Guy Martin is also a devotee.
It's the true image of British engineering to see a chap in his shed tinkering with stuff with a mug of tea in his hand.
@@joshuarosen6242 I think project binky would agree as well :)
I'd never seen Project Binky before but now I have. Thank you and you are right.
Came from Tom's channel but I am a long time FliteTest fan so to see the correlation was really fun. You plane is similar in flight characteristics to the FT Viggen but on steroids. I am happy to be a new sub and look forward to future content.
I'm from Utah in the U.S. and love flying everything from tiny RC to large Boeings.
Hello from Dubai, Tom linked me in here, great work guys.
Thanks for coming over!
Love the video! Love the collab! Glad Tom sent us over here to your channel. You two are fun to watch collaborate! Good stuff gents! Oh, and I am from Unalakleet Alaska! Been a FliteTest fan since day 1 and am enjoying all the branch off channels of people involved! Plus people like Tom are just stellar to keep up with. Never a dull moment with people like you guys. Good work!!
Great team effort!!! Looking forward to your next collaboration with Tom
Great fun to watch, the best RC video i've seen in a long time, thanks for posting.
Fab! Followed you both for years - great to see you working together like that!
Fantastic, guys! 😃
One idea for the next project: 2 EDF motors on the back with individual tilting mechanisms. 😉
What a great build,... enjoyed seeing it all come together. I enjoyed watching all the technology being used to make the plane and then making it fly.
More of that coming soon :)
Epic partnership with the Red Baron designer 💘
I know I am late to the party, and I am sure this plane is long gone, but the oscillations from the wings are due to the center of gravity being in a neutrally-stable/unstable position. Any perturbations from turbulence and control inputs would cause oscillations with very little damping. To add to the lateral stability, the CG needs to be moved downward and add dihedral. This can be done by mounting the battery in a lower position or shifting the wings up (this is why high-wing configurations are so stable) There's always a drawback, and this case it would be roll speed. But since you're trying a new design, I would prefer stability over maneuverability until the flight controller is tuned. Great video and awesome idea!
LOVE the aerial footage - hello from Minnesota USA
The plan flew so much better than I ever guessed. What a great idea for a project!!! I'm subbing!
Just came over from Tom's channel and am a big FliteTest fan as well. Just subscribed and looking forward to checking out more of your videos!
edit: I'm from South Carolina, USA
i did not expect that to fly. Well done! from western USA.
What a strange airplane. That said, this was a thoroughly enjoyable episode, watched while drinking tea, I might add. I've subscribed to both your channels for some time, so it's a real treat to see you working together! Best regards from Missouri, USA.
Very good plane. I had once made a delta plane with vector thrust and flew just as strange. Especially at low speed.
Great stuff. That looked fun and for what was a knocked up plane, it flew very nicely. Props on the neat landings too.
Posting from Canada 🇨🇦. Interesting build, I enjoyed these videos.
Great project in the true spirit of FliteTest. From West Virginia USA
1:45 Doesn't it need some reflex so that it has decalage? Or do the 'canards' have positive incidence?
You guys should collab more often. You have a great chemistry
Well... it looked a lot better in the air than on the bench, and flew a lot better than I expected it to after the "teaser" at the end of the build video on Tom's channel. 😁👍🏼👍🏼
Subscribed 👍🏼
EXCELLENT footage at the end!
Awesome ! Greetings from Reunion island !! That was very fun to watch !
I was actually more impressed by the flying skills than the plane... And that doesn't mean that I wasn't impressed by the plane.
Good job !
GOOODD! finally a new channel that tries to be itself!
Good to see you two together
Well, you just have made VTOL Jet. Not a usual thing to see in a plane! Subscribed!
Another great channel with people making cool projects discovered 😎 Great video!
Nice! This looked very cool in the air. Some of the landings reminded me of the space shuttle.
Nice Build, I was linked here from Tom's channel.
That. Is. AWESOME! Love the drone footage of the flight too, so cool!
Looks like a lot of fun,more projects please
Reminds me of a really old RCPowers video! Great job.
I've been a fan of Tom's almost from his start (and saw you there before) so I'll be watching your's now also.
*Dance the Skies*
Hello James, just found your channel. You are an expert pilot. Would love to see more hovercraft adventures. David from the Isle of Wight
This is still such a cool channel 2 years on
Hi from Denmark.
Very nice production and cool concept with the cross channel collaboration.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Great to find true Brits consuming plenty of Tea ☕🇬🇧👌🏼😄🙌🏼
#1- add a fan unit inside the fuselage with air inlet ducts forward of it. #2- make the fuselage smaller in diameter (less drag). #3- make the canards wing shaped. It seems to be underpowered. Great first design. I am from Rockford, IL. USA. GOOD LUCK
You pretty much created a VTOL aircraft 👍
Nah, DTOL
Nice work!! From California USA.
That was the greatest thing I've ever seen
I was curious what cameras you use in your videos. Also was curious about the on board camera how do uou boost signal so video don't cut out.
6 cups of tea went into the making if these video; Caleb from Texas, US.
Probably more like 10 or 12 ;)
Hi from Australia, this is cool. I think the nose looks like the English super sonic plane the Miles M52
Version 2 coming up?
Squared off fuselage at the tail is a bit high drag, so perhaps a third motor with EDF or just taper it to a point too. Low speed roll stability seems a bit squirrelly. Not sure what you can do about that with flat wings? Maybe make it a dual-delta/LERX type airfoil? If done right that can also help with high alpha.
I think there's more to get out of it, considering how well that one worked until it finally crashed. Would it be any better using a gyro and programming some PID logic stuff into it? Wonder what it'd do if you could set it to try holding a given pitch angle from your input, and let it pick the thrust angle that's appropriate for the throttle.
Yes gyro on the pitch to make it effectively fly by wire. Would need a minimum forward element to the thrust vector to keep the elevons control authority. Better still put a third much more powerful motor on the rear for forward thrust- my mind boggles trying to think of how you could set up the mixing/gyro/channel allocation possible on that...
Found this channel thanks to Tom. Awesome video. Really enjoyed it! Hope you guys keep doing this more often. Subscribed and greetings from the Netherlands!
Thanks! Greetings back. :)
That was awesome, and looks like you guys had fun doing it haha. I really want to get into this kind of stuff. Maybe once I'm done all my other projects.
hello from indiana! great vid! great concept flyer turned practical! brilliant! all that and time for tea as well. cheers!
Great flyer ! Nice to see something different....
Nice project and interesting design & good collaboration!
Awesome. Gyro stabilized differential thrust please.
And; did the differential thrust work to support or counteract the aileron control?
You guys make a good team. Keep up the good work.
Very cool plane guys, regards from Mexico.
Great vid! Watching from Canada
fun to watch this adventure - nice build!
Nice work guys! 👍
This is great guys! I love seeing you're innovation!
Well done chaps!! What fun video
Quite nice drone footage
One of the most British video i saw
BTW, I'm from Brazil. And your channel's name remembered me of Project Blue Falcon, JC's channel... R.I.P.
So, keep the great work!
That was so sick Loved the back flips - loops That was awesome Great job mates 🔥👍✌️
Cool to find a new interesting channel this way. Cheers from Holland
This video was so sick
Hi, from Australia :)
Loving the original and high quality content! Great work!
Just subbed
Hey guys am from India Mumbai and love your work..