As somebody who has built boats, and cycling contraptions, traveled along the Great Glen, and towed canoes by bike, I'm hugely impressed by your engineering, resourcefulness and bushcraft skills but also by your audacity and confidence to think such a challenge was possible! Also can't get over how beautiful that axe looks and how your hair kept it's condition!
When I started browsing TH-cam tonight I had no idea I was about to watch a bloke build and use a canoe bicycle to cross Scotland and back with duck feet plapp plapping through the water, but I'm here for it.
And here I thought I was quite inventive and creative…holy smokes, brother, you’re at an Orville & Wilbur Wright level of inventiveness! Keep it up! You’re fun to watch!
Those duck feet do an amazing job and dont seem to struggle at all with the weight of the water they are pushing. Your efforts paid off. I l9ved watching you craft them and love seeing them in action
This is nice. I was watching for about 7 minutes, the morning montage at start of day two and that's when I noticed the subscriber count was less than 20,000. Your videography is top notch, your sound design is quality work and the story you're telling is unique and engaging, you deserve more subs. Honoured to be here so early in your career. Thanks for your art.
Amazing series, craftsmanship and thank you for sharing. Seeing you pedal these paddles reminds me so much of da vincis mechanical drawings for ariel vehicles.
This is the most fantastic invention I've ever seen. The peddle paddle propolsion is amazing and the benevolent cause most worthy. Congratulations on this amazing achievment.❤🎉😊😊
Wonderful proposal! Congratulations. There's a little bit of my country on your feet, Hawaiian flip-flops. Thank you for sharing the experience of your invention.
What an absolutely amazing contraption!! I’ve had lots of adventures with my sit-on kayak and dinghy around Dorset, Poole Harbour and the River Stour, but for sheer inventiveness and skill you are top of the world! Subscribed.
You're definitely moving the sport or whatever, the thing where people try and enjoy their bicycle and their kayak on the same journey, you're moving that forward so much with this project! Of course your build looks like something that Frodo's fantasy elves would use. Incredible stuff way to go!
THAT looks like proper FUN! As a lifelong engineer I ADORE your 'Peddleoe' machines - I LOVE the duck paddles! what an amazing invention! NOW THAT is living! Im suprised 'Nessie' didnt pop her head out to see what was going over her................
What a great adventure you've had. Wonderfully presented. I've only once been to Scotland, but now I know there's a lot more to see and experience. My warmest thanks! 👌
I started following the workshop project and stumbled on this amazing trip through Scotland! You're definitely a jack of all trades! The scenery, the fiddle music, amazing! Ah, and nice havaianas hahaha Best regards from Brazil!
This is an awesome video. I stumbled across your channel. I watched the build of the mechanical parts. I love the engineering. The scenery is beautiful. I will watch the rest of the series and the canoe build then check out the rest of your channel.
WOW! You were incredibly fortunate with the weather. Other than that windy, rocky stretch at the beginning, the water was practically like glass! What a fun adventure.
Mad respect for taking a moment to raise awareness for a cause you value. We all should be doing more to leverage the attention we receive from our endeavors to places beyond ourself that could greatly benefit from the support.
Incredible! A suggestion for the front wheel would be a semi-rigid, removable cover that would add some hydrodynamics. It would also make the wheel serve as a rudder at the front.
🤓👌 I have a sneaking suspicion that a front rudder would create an undesirable rotational moment counter to the natural tenancy to lean into a turn. I think it would be great in still water but could get squiffy in rough conditions. I’ll see if can get some testing in 👍
@@ben-kilnerrudder with cross section below the chord line of the boat, from the front, will counter rotate the boat at the moment of turn initiation. If you were to make it only above the chord line, it would stay out of the water, making it irrelevant. This is my nerd understanding of it.
Good idea if you decide to move the bike steering to the back like a traditional rudder... Rear steering would take some getting used to. The compromises needed to optimize a human powered amphibious vehicle Show just that: this beautiful contraption is neither an ideal tricycle nor an ideal boat It's a compromise Next contraption: human powered duck: land sea and air modes
As a keen kayaker covering most of your journey in stages at various points in my life this brought back some fond memories ❤ you’re very easy and enjoyable to listen too ….. can’t wait for your next adventure…. 👏
That recumbent has got to be the best build on the internet I went on and hit that subscribe button and I believe I'll go ahead and share the video damn dude that's just amazing
14:04 "What bird is this?" First, it's beautiful. Thanks. Most likely a Red Kite or Common Buzzard. Both live over Loch Ness. The tail is the way to identify them. Hard to see their tail in this brief shot. Red Kite has a long forked tail. Buzzard has a short rounded tail. Less likely, Loch Ness has Golden Eagles. But they are much larger and have short round tails. All are beautiful and you are so fortunate to have seen it. ☺ Thanks for sharing it with us. You are amazing.
Absolutely brilliant, this is quite a unique adventure rig you conjured up. While it seems to have had its moments, the performance overall appeared very impressive!
Nice share ! Two cents that may be useful : for such trips a combo hammock + tarp is way better than tents : - Lighter - More comfortable - Allows to camp no matter how rocky the ground can be - Easier to DIY if that's our thing It takes quiet some time to learn how to make one, but once done there's nothing better than a custom hammock kit.
An amphibious canoe is a fascinating idea! Some improvements you could consider making in the future are a way to lift the front wheel out of the water when not in use, but to be able to swing it down and lock in place (spring activated? Ratchet system?) on command for when you need it to roll onto shore. You could secure it further with clevis pins or whatever once out of the water for actual riding. Another idea is to see about the possibility of making a weather-proof cover to go over the rim of the gunnels to keep yourself and your stuff dry, sort of like those tent-like jackets some cyclists use in bad weather to completely cover themselves and the handlebars while riding. It might be possible to make something similar and can accommodate whatever structures might be in the way by making appropriate cuts and wrapping around them. You could keep the flaps in place with Velcro straps or something. Some creative design might be necessary to allow to use of the sail while wearing the cover, but I imagine with some overlapping flaps in the front, you could make that work out fine if you attached a control lever across the sail mast (to be steered beneath the cover). It could have a bungie sewn into the edge with a toggle to cinch down onto the boat and keep out the wind. You could even integrate a hood on top to stay as dry as possible and a vent to prevent too much humidity inside the cover. Even just a small tarp across your lap would be better than nothing. Is that sail good enough to tack upwind with? If not, it might be worth looking into a sail shape that would allow for that. Some way to secure the sail control rope would also be nice (even just a series of small cleats on each side, which double as convenient tie-off points for stuff) so you don't have to hold it all the time. You could probably find ways to cut the weight back a good bit to help make hill climbs a bit easier and reduce stain on the components. Finding areas that are over-engineered, finding lighter materials, packing lighter, etc. will all add up. It could get expensive if you went with an all-aluminum frame or something, though. I don't know if your setup has gears, but perhaps you could also find a way to gear-down for steep sections? Maybe it would pay to simply take a little more care to with your route setting lol. In any case, a ratcheting system you can activate to prevent accidental roll-back on hills would also be a good idea. 400 pounds of gear jackknifing, tossing you backwards down a steep slope, and tumbling over you would be a very bad day. Maybe if you could figure out telescoping wheel posts, you could get a bit of extra ground clearance when needed, too, but maybe they wouldn't be strong enough.
What an amazing and beautiful video. Well done. I absolutley loved every minute of this presentation and to be honest I am totally jealous. You have inspired me to get a kayak and do the journey with B & B along the way. Thankyou do much.
you are a craftsmen through and through i admire your gaul to just go and do such a thing and the skill cultivated to beable to make a contraption like the boat
Complimenti per tutto il tuo progetto, mi è piaciuto tantissimo. Hai fatto un grandissimo lavoro tecnologico in tutti i sensi... Rispecchi molto Leonardo da Vinci ❤❤❤
Great video, Ben, t hanks for sharing! As a long-time recumbent trike rider, I've learned that when the toes are tingling - as was your right foot near the end of the Loch Ness segment - one thing to check is whether the underside of your thighs are not being compressed/pinched against the front edge of the seat then you need to either lower the edge (probably rotating the seat forward a bit), or raise your butt a bit buy using something like a folded towel or cushion. If that is not the problem, then often it's a foot position issue - just adjust the foot position around the pedal surface periodically. Also, flipflops/shower sandals are the worst cycling shoes. 😋 They provide uneven pressure which might cause nerve or vein squeezing when you pedal.
Perfect advice. Looking at the video at 16:56 it seems to me that the pedals could be a bit too far away also. Which would add to the underside of the thighs pressing down on the front edge of the seat. But for some reason I think it seems like the right leg/foot show more signs of this than the left? The right foot seem more extended than the left at the end of the stroke. It could be just the way it looks, with the camera angle or something. But do you (Ben) know if perhaps your right leg is a little shorter than the other? Nice videos, very inspiring! Thanks!
Freaking awesome. I put a Falcon sail on my kayak, absolutely love it. Tried to make an Aerosani from an adult tricycle. Never finished it, had to relocate to warmer climes. Cheers
I'm truly baffled by your videos, your skills and the will to make this happen! from scratch to the lakes, you've done such an amazing job. thats amazing!!
Your sponsorship with lomo has worked! Had no idea they existed, looked at their website and was thrilled with their range of reasonably priced gear! Great work btw.
That''s a real piece of brilliant piece of engineering Ben. 😅😅👌👍👏👏👏👏👏I built one of those canvas covered Canadians back in 1975 and fitted it with an out rigger and sail and it was great for fishing in Moreton bay, when I lived up there. Good luck on your endeavour mate. Cheers from Downunda!
Nice adventure, genius invention! The bird is a bird of pray, a common buzzard. You recognize them on the brownish black colour and white "Nike" markings on the underside of middle/wings.
This is just wonderful. Not just your ingenious device and determination - the photography is gorgeous. Your boat would roll less underway if you adjusted the paddles so that the paddle strokes back at the same time as the leg on that side pushes forward. At the moment it seems to be the opposite, meaning the paddle stroke and leg movement are acting together to cause a roll and yawing motion. Your little sail is not doing nothing as you go in calm weather, it is slightly reducing roll. Fishing boats often used to carry a little sail like this for that purpose, it's called a stay sail.
A wonderful adventure. I have a pedal drive sailing Hobie and made out riggers after a surprise capsize. You could just remove the front wheel before sailing.
Been here since day 1 of the build beautiful can't wait for our trip back she's got it. I hope you don't mind but I've named her Jessica after my daughter
What a wonderful adventurfe in a mad machine. It reminded me a bit of Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang in the old movie. It just needs a steam engine! A worthy cause too. Good on you.
Ben, I am impressed with your ingenuity but - I suggest a small, folding electric bicycle, with spare batteries, and a +-18ft. canoe with trailer. Maybe a sail rig with outriggers, and or, an electric trolling motor with connection to the spare batteries. Maybe not as steam-punk but probably more practical. This is a proper adventure.
I love the project brother! One thing i was thinking is maybe make a cover for each side of the front wheel to make each side flat and make it better to steer with while in the water
I am sure you have found the return journey much more up hill. Remember watching some of your videos quite a while ago and thinking WoW, Bonkers but GOOD Bonkers. The World needs loads more folks like you Ben. Oh yes, should add you have proved you don't mind hard work and your skills seem boundless. The beauty of this canoe compared to the blunt functionality of the ply wood one are miles apart.
This is spectacular. The effort. Such engineering, so beautiful the scenery. Your camera work and audio and editting... the improv PONTOON was genius... (did you anticipate that? Where did the pontoons come from?). Seen Academy award documentaries with less quality. Thank you. This is as good as any
As somebody who has built boats, and cycling contraptions, traveled along the Great Glen, and towed canoes by bike, I'm hugely impressed by your engineering, resourcefulness and bushcraft skills but also by your audacity and confidence to think such a challenge was possible! Also can't get over how beautiful that axe looks and how your hair kept it's condition!
😄🙏 thank you! Very pretty axe - made in Sheffield 👌 sold by Woodland Craft Supplies. The hair has a mind of its own 😅
😂🤣😂🤣
When I had hair, I also told people that it had a mind of its own.
Ooooooooo you should get married ggggrrrrwwwllll
In dieser Haarpracht nistet vielleicht ein seltenes Kolibripärchen 😂😇😍
When I started browsing TH-cam tonight I had no idea I was about to watch a bloke build and use a canoe bicycle to cross Scotland and back with duck feet plapp plapping through the water, but I'm here for it.
😄 welcome!
Hail the algorithm.
New subscriber here. This girl loves your ingenuity! ❤ ontario 🇨🇦
You, sir, are the best kind of nutty inventor.
What a mode of transport, and what an incredible adventure.
I salute you.
😄 thank you!
And here I thought I was quite inventive and creative…holy smokes, brother, you’re at an Orville & Wilbur Wright level of inventiveness! Keep it up! You’re fun to watch!
Thank you 😄🤓🙏
The indomitable spirit of the true inventive, eccentric Brit. lives on in you Sir !
Well done !
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Don't forget the true !courage! Brave as he is, must be inherited from the soil!
A surreal experience for any tourist especially on a misty day on the loch, fantastic practical steampunk type project.
Those duck feet do an amazing job and dont seem to struggle at all with the weight of the water they are pushing.
Your efforts paid off. I l9ved watching you craft them and love seeing them in action
They did surprisingly well 😄 I thought they may be a bit too delicate but they kept paddling on 🦆🚀🤩
This is nice. I was watching for about 7 minutes, the morning montage at start of day two and that's when I noticed the subscriber count was less than 20,000. Your videography is top notch, your sound design is quality work and the story you're telling is unique and engaging, you deserve more subs. Honoured to be here so early in your career. Thanks for your art.
😄🙏 thank you! Good to have you along for the ride (working on the follower count 👀🤞)
A Heath Robinson machine brought to life, and it works, and beautifully! I am in awe of your creation and your adventure. Bravo!
Amazing series, craftsmanship and thank you for sharing. Seeing you pedal these paddles reminds me so much of da vincis mechanical drawings for ariel vehicles.
You are hovering right at the line between the lightness you need and the strength you need. Good call.
😬🤞🤞
This is the type of craft I only have seen in my dreams until now, well done!
Thank you 🙏 sounds like we have similar dreams 🤣
I love the idea that you brought all the tools required to build your own wooden spoon, instead of just bringing a wooden spoon.
literally whittling a spoon in the middle of nowhere to eat dinner with is the ultimate power move.
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Fantastic, eccentric and wonderfully creative. With a huge dash of skill and perserverance. ☺
Maravilha!!! Super criativo!!!
Parabéns, gratidão por compartilhar!!!
Saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🤝🤝🤝👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Well done!! Great craftsmanship and ingenuity. Stunning scenery to boot!
What a remarkable adventure, thank you for sharing it with us.
This is the most fantastic invention I've ever seen. The peddle paddle propolsion is amazing and the benevolent cause most worthy. Congratulations on this amazing achievment.❤🎉😊😊
Thank you 😄🙏 is ate up those miles! Lots of kind support has raised £4.4k so far for ALTSO.
Go Ben ! What a wonderful adventure and amazing scenery ! Great filming too ! Thankyou for taking us along ! ♥️😉🙃😎 NZ
Glad you enjoyed it 😄🤩
Wonderful proposal! Congratulations.
There's a little bit of my country on your feet, Hawaiian flip-flops.
Thank you for sharing the experience of your invention.
The market in Florida with our paved bike trails and flat water rivers would be off the charts! I want one!
😄🚴♂️🛶🚀🚀 there is a waiting list at www.benkilner.com I’ll be taking a small number of commissions for custom builds 👍
What an absolutely amazing contraption!! I’ve had lots of adventures with my sit-on kayak and dinghy around Dorset, Poole Harbour and the River Stour, but for sheer inventiveness and skill you are top of the world! Subscribed.
Welcome to the channel 🤩🤩
Stunning scenery. As others have already said, your boat creation and bushcraft skills are awesome. Thanks for the video mate!
Thank you 😄🙏
Absolutely preposterous. I loved it.
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You're definitely moving the sport or whatever, the thing where people try and enjoy their bicycle and their kayak on the same journey, you're moving that forward so much with this project! Of course your build looks like something that Frodo's fantasy elves would use. Incredible stuff way to go!
I am really impressed on how well this creative contraption has fared on this adventure.
Likewise 😄 it gets ‘challenged’ in the next episode 😬👀
THAT looks like proper FUN! As a lifelong engineer I ADORE your 'Peddleoe' machines - I LOVE the duck paddles! what an amazing invention! NOW THAT is living! Im suprised 'Nessie' didnt pop her head out to see what was going over her................
What a great adventure you've had. Wonderfully presented. I've only once been to Scotland, but now I know there's a lot more to see and experience. My warmest thanks! 👌
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it ❤️
What a positive and ingenious young lad . A beautifully produced video with lovely music. An inspiration for adventurous youngster. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏❤️
I started following the workshop project and stumbled on this amazing trip through Scotland!
You're definitely a jack of all trades!
The scenery, the fiddle music, amazing!
Ah, and nice havaianas hahaha
Best regards from Brazil!
Greetings from Canada, the land of canoes!
I can't imagine how much work has gone into this piece of art 😮
Excellent mission, cool contraption and some of the most beautiful locations in the world.
This is peak TH-cam.
Well done sir.
Thank you 🙏🙏
This is an awesome video. I stumbled across your channel. I watched the build of the mechanical parts. I love the engineering. The scenery is beautiful. I will watch the rest of the series and the canoe build then check out the rest of your channel.
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WOW! You were incredibly fortunate with the weather. Other than that windy, rocky stretch at the beginning, the water was practically like glass! What a fun adventure.
Positively silly and I’m here for it
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What an amazing journey and what an incredible vehicle! Looking forward to the rest of the trip.
😄🙏 thank you! Next episode out this Saturday at 9am BST.
Mad respect for taking a moment to raise awareness for a cause you value. We all should be doing more to leverage the attention we receive from our endeavors to places beyond ourself that could greatly benefit from the support.
🙏❤️
Incredible! A suggestion for the front wheel would be a semi-rigid, removable cover that would add some hydrodynamics. It would also make the wheel serve as a rudder at the front.
🤓👌 I have a sneaking suspicion that a front rudder would create an undesirable rotational moment counter to the natural tenancy to lean into a turn. I think it would be great in still water but could get squiffy in rough conditions. I’ll see if can get some testing in 👍
As a river guide, I agree. Don't do that. @@ben-kilner
@@ben-kilnerrudder with cross section below the chord line of the boat, from the front, will counter rotate the boat at the moment of turn initiation. If you were to make it only above the chord line, it would stay out of the water, making it irrelevant. This is my nerd understanding of it.
Good idea if you decide to move the bike steering to the back like a traditional rudder...
Rear steering would take some getting used to.
The compromises needed to optimize a human powered amphibious vehicle
Show just that: this beautiful contraption is neither an ideal tricycle nor an ideal boat
It's a compromise
Next contraption: human powered duck: land sea and air modes
@@Wise4HarvestTime You know, some rotax powered canopy dreams of carrying this into the sky!
You're an incredible man. I wish I had an ounce of your motivation. Excellent videos. 👍
As a keen kayaker covering most of your journey in stages at various points in my life this brought back some fond memories ❤ you’re very easy and enjoyable to listen too ….. can’t wait for your next adventure….
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Welcome to the channel! Glad you enjoyed the adventure 🤓 currently brewing MK4 👀
That recumbent has got to be the best build on the internet I went on and hit that subscribe button and I believe I'll go ahead and share the video damn dude that's just amazing
Thank you 😄🙏🙏
Man i came after watching some of your shorts about your pedal paddle canoe, great work for greater cause, thank you
14:04 "What bird is this?"
First, it's beautiful. Thanks.
Most likely a Red Kite or Common Buzzard. Both live over Loch Ness. The tail is the way to identify them.
Hard to see their tail in this brief shot. Red Kite has a long forked tail. Buzzard has a short rounded tail.
Less likely, Loch Ness has Golden Eagles. But they are much larger and have short round tails.
All are beautiful and you are so fortunate to have seen it. ☺
Thanks for sharing it with us. You are amazing.
Absolutely brilliant, this is quite a unique adventure rig you conjured up. While it seems to have had its moments, the performance overall appeared very impressive!
Thank you! I was amazed with how well it fared 😅 got away lightly!
Nice share !
Two cents that may be useful : for such trips a combo hammock + tarp is way better than tents :
- Lighter
- More comfortable
- Allows to camp no matter how rocky the ground can be
- Easier to DIY if that's our thing
It takes quiet some time to learn how to make one, but once done there's nothing better than a custom hammock kit.
4:51 the carving of this spoon was oddly satisfying 😊👌
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This is fantastic - I love it all, right down to the webbing on it's "feet".
I love the paddles moving when cycling.
An amphibious canoe is a fascinating idea! Some improvements you could consider making in the future are a way to lift the front wheel out of the water when not in use, but to be able to swing it down and lock in place (spring activated? Ratchet system?) on command for when you need it to roll onto shore. You could secure it further with clevis pins or whatever once out of the water for actual riding.
Another idea is to see about the possibility of making a weather-proof cover to go over the rim of the gunnels to keep yourself and your stuff dry, sort of like those tent-like jackets some cyclists use in bad weather to completely cover themselves and the handlebars while riding. It might be possible to make something similar and can accommodate whatever structures might be in the way by making appropriate cuts and wrapping around them. You could keep the flaps in place with Velcro straps or something. Some creative design might be necessary to allow to use of the sail while wearing the cover, but I imagine with some overlapping flaps in the front, you could make that work out fine if you attached a control lever across the sail mast (to be steered beneath the cover). It could have a bungie sewn into the edge with a toggle to cinch down onto the boat and keep out the wind. You could even integrate a hood on top to stay as dry as possible and a vent to prevent too much humidity inside the cover. Even just a small tarp across your lap would be better than nothing.
Is that sail good enough to tack upwind with? If not, it might be worth looking into a sail shape that would allow for that. Some way to secure the sail control rope would also be nice (even just a series of small cleats on each side, which double as convenient tie-off points for stuff) so you don't have to hold it all the time.
You could probably find ways to cut the weight back a good bit to help make hill climbs a bit easier and reduce stain on the components. Finding areas that are over-engineered, finding lighter materials, packing lighter, etc. will all add up. It could get expensive if you went with an all-aluminum frame or something, though. I don't know if your setup has gears, but perhaps you could also find a way to gear-down for steep sections? Maybe it would pay to simply take a little more care to with your route setting lol.
In any case, a ratcheting system you can activate to prevent accidental roll-back on hills would also be a good idea. 400 pounds of gear jackknifing, tossing you backwards down a steep slope, and tumbling over you would be a very bad day.
Maybe if you could figure out telescoping wheel posts, you could get a bit of extra ground clearance when needed, too, but maybe they wouldn't be strong enough.
I love this, it's utterly absurd in the best of ways. New subscriber from Scotland
😄🙏 welcome to the channel!!!
Fantastic, thank you for documenting! Excited to see the return journey
Glad you enjoyed it 🤩 episode 4 will be out on the 26th October at 9am BST🚴♂️🛶🚀🚀🚀
For takeing on water, put a small, or medium, sized pump in line with the drive chain so that a thrown leaver ingages it to pump out your ' BILGES '.
What an amazing and beautiful video. Well done. I absolutley loved every minute of this presentation and to be honest I am totally jealous. You have inspired me to get a kayak and do the journey with B & B along the way. Thankyou do much.
My pleasure! Best of luck with your journey 🤩
Marvelous contraption, stunning locations! Bravo!
Thank you 🤩🙏
Awesome what you’re doing.
Lower your seat in the boat.
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you are a craftsmen through and through i admire your gaul to just go and do such a thing and the skill cultivated to beable to make a contraption like the boat
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Great adventure, great invention, great video and music. Thank you sir.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏😄
That's quite a bold contraption. The oars are kind of steampunk.
Fun watching you ride it. I'm going to get a creative project going soon.
Complimenti per tutto il tuo progetto, mi è piaciuto tantissimo. Hai fatto un grandissimo lavoro tecnologico in tutti i sensi... Rispecchi molto Leonardo da Vinci ❤❤❤
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@@ben-kilner non mollare mai, vai avanti per la tua strada, potrai fare cose sempre più meravigliose , perché sei un'animo nobile. Grande Ben-Kilner .
@@GiovanniLentini-y5zwell said sir
Great video, Ben, t hanks for sharing! As a long-time recumbent trike rider, I've learned that when the toes are tingling - as was your right foot near the end of the Loch Ness segment - one thing to check is whether the underside of your thighs are not being compressed/pinched against the front edge of the seat then you need to either lower the edge (probably rotating the seat forward a bit), or raise your butt a bit buy using something like a folded towel or cushion. If that is not the problem, then often it's a foot position issue - just adjust the foot position around the pedal surface periodically. Also, flipflops/shower sandals are the worst cycling shoes. 😋 They provide uneven pressure which might cause nerve or vein squeezing when you pedal.
Top tips thank you 🙏🙏
Perfect advice. Looking at the video at 16:56 it seems to me that the pedals could be a bit too far away also. Which would add to the underside of the thighs pressing down on the front edge of the seat. But for some reason I think it seems like the right leg/foot show more signs of this than the left? The right foot seem more extended than the left at the end of the stroke. It could be just the way it looks, with the camera angle or something. But do you (Ben) know if perhaps your right leg is a little shorter than the other?
Nice videos, very inspiring! Thanks!
Freaking awesome.
I put a Falcon sail on my kayak, absolutely love it.
Tried to make an Aerosani from an adult tricycle. Never finished it, had to relocate to warmer climes.
Cheers
I'm truly baffled by your videos, your skills and the will to make this happen! from scratch to the lakes, you've done such an amazing job. thats amazing!!
Thank you 😄🙏
What a journey! A backup hammock might help if you cannot find any good tent sites. Nicely done!
Good idea!! 🙏
Your sponsorship with lomo has worked! Had no idea they existed, looked at their website and was thrilled with their range of reasonably priced gear! Great work btw.
Excellent 🥳🥳 love their gear!
Very ingenious - congratulations ! You were incredibly lucky with the weather on Ness. Could have been a very didfferent outcome.
Very lucky indeed 😅
Wow. Your boat/bike looks amazing 👏🏼👌
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I think it is called a Boake!
That''s a real piece of brilliant piece of engineering Ben. 😅😅👌👍👏👏👏👏👏I built one of those canvas covered Canadians back in 1975 and fitted it with an out rigger and sail and it was great for fishing in Moreton bay, when I lived up there. Good luck on your endeavour mate. Cheers from Downunda!
Thank you 😄🙏 greetings from 🇬🇧
Love the duck feet. Hobie mirage drive eat your heart out 😅
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Epoxy is mans best friend when building boats.
Nice adventure, genius invention! The bird is a bird of pray, a common buzzard. You recognize them on the brownish black colour and white "Nike" markings on the underside of middle/wings.
From one crazy man to another, I can say, excellent work!
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Amazing episode there fantastic work. I really like the soundtrack especially Dan brown. Well done for raising money for a good cause.
Thank you 🙏🙏
So funky and so cool! I would rent one if it was available at my local lakes.
Gosh, what a leg end
What a wonderful journey! ❤️
Pedal On Ben!!
Cheers from Dallas🍸✨😎
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Really enjoyed this ! Thank you for the amazing upload❤
Very pleased you enjoyed it 🤩
Just found your channel I'm loving it thank you for sharing
Welcome to the channel 🤩
I'm loving your adventures...... thanks from London
Glad to have you along for the ride 🤩 next episode will be out on the 26th 🚴♂️🛶🚀🚀
Great video, super inspiring construction. Thanks.
This is just wonderful. Not just your ingenious device and determination - the photography is gorgeous.
Your boat would roll less underway if you adjusted the paddles so that the paddle strokes back at the same time as the leg on that side pushes forward. At the moment it seems to be the opposite, meaning the paddle stroke and leg movement are acting together to cause a roll and yawing motion.
Your little sail is not doing nothing as you go in calm weather, it is slightly reducing roll. Fishing boats often used to carry a little sail like this for that purpose, it's called a stay sail.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. Well spotted re. Pedal and paddle phase. Would just need to back pedal by half a turn to fix while in motion 👍
I really injoyed your video and I am look forward to the next one
A wonderful adventure. I have a pedal drive sailing Hobie and made out riggers after a surprise capsize.
You could just remove the front wheel before sailing.
Thank you! Definitely should be popped off when in the water. I’ll think of a neat solution 🤓
Wow truly awesome, wish I'd done this kind of thing when I was younger 😊
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Been here since day 1 of the build beautiful can't wait for our trip back she's got it. I hope you don't mind but I've named her Jessica after my daughter
😄😍 next episode out will be out this Saturday 26th at 9am BST 🚴♂️🛶🚀🚀
What a wonderful adventurfe in a mad machine. It reminded me a bit of Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang in the old movie. It just needs a steam engine! A worthy cause too. Good on you.
Thank you 🙏🙏
Ben, I am impressed with your ingenuity but - I suggest a small, folding electric bicycle, with spare batteries, and a +-18ft. canoe with trailer. Maybe a sail rig with outriggers, and or, an electric trolling motor with connection to the spare batteries. Maybe not as steam-punk but probably more practical. This is a proper adventure.
He could also take a plastic spoon rather than carving wooden ones, but that would be missing the point.
I love the project brother! One thing i was thinking is maybe make a cover for each side of the front wheel to make each side flat and make it better to steer with while in the water
Amazing engineering job man, thanks for that
I am sure you have found the return journey much more up hill. Remember watching some of your videos quite a while ago and thinking WoW, Bonkers but GOOD Bonkers. The World needs loads more folks like you Ben.
Oh yes, should add you have proved you don't mind hard work and your skills seem boundless. The beauty of this canoe compared to the blunt functionality of the ply wood one are miles apart.
Oooh yes 😅 definitely more of a challenge on land. Next episode is out this Saturday at 9am BST 🚴♂️🛶🏞️
your a total maverick Ben , hope you made it
I build King size beds on water rafts with a outboard and extendable ski legs. Nice work
Really impressive and enjoyable Ben. It's a big thumbs-up and a sub from me. 😄😄👍👍
Thank you! Welcome to the channel 🙏
Amazing!!!!
Brazilian greetings! - Havaianas ;)
🤩🙏 greeting from the UK! Love those Havaianas. My local fox ran off with one of my previous pair 🦊😄
The amphibious is absolutely fantastic
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You should have a million subscribers Ben. Loved it 🙏
Working on it 😄🙏
This is spectacular.
The effort. Such engineering, so beautiful the scenery.
Your camera work and audio and editting... the improv PONTOON was genius... (did you anticipate that? Where did the pontoons come from?).
Seen Academy award documentaries with less quality.
Thank you.
This is as good as any
That's so cool very interesting and a great video mate 😊
Amazing beautiful adventure👍
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