A brand new giveaway starts today! This time, I am giving away a brand new Macfly paramotor powered by a Moster 185. We also just came out with three new designs and two new hats at Risky Biscuits Co. Every $5 spent on the webstore gets you one entry to win! - tuckergott.com/collections/new-arrivals
That was nice, a bit unbalanced, but you both did it. I wonder how" big bertha" and a big wing would act on water must be a more stable "boat", Maybe it would be the first Hydro Paramotor. Only take-off with the Wing staying dry would need paved pier......👍😊🇫🇷
theres a bunch of makers that use composites for things like boats, I wonder what a more custom designed "kayak" would do on the water, and how fast it would go, also you could add a couple pontoons for stability
@Wolvmarine yes, and he was going to give it away to someone until he did so and realized it wasn’t safe and he didn’t feel comfortable giving it away and getting someone killed. Yes, hypothetically it CAN fly, but it’s safer for everyone to make these kayak and mountain bike videos.
This video is both awesome on its own, but is a great example for anyone learning about the performance of various hull shapes. That "sinking in the back" problem is something called "hull speed" which is basically the speed at which any given hull creates a bow wave that's exactly the same length as the hull. It means the hull is always trying to climb up out of a hole of its own making. Once you hit hull speed the amount of energy required to increase speed spikes exponentially. As other commenters have pointed out certain hull types (like those that can get up on a plane) work around the issue a bit, but it's amazing to watch it in action so clearly. Thanks!
+1 for stand up paddle board. Might get 30-35mph out of it. Of course catching the nose in the side of a wake at 30mph could be sketchy. Probably best ridden by someone who can surf that is willing to stand on it. Would maximize the chance of the motor coming home dry.
v-shaped straight bottom with sharp end would plane. Round and curvy bottoms will suck themselves into water. It can be seen how they rise water from sides. A flat bottom can plane but not as well as V-shaped. Flat can be unstable
Your hull is the wrong shape. The straps going around the whole boat creates way more drag than you think. You also don’t have the proper angled optimally. Super cool vid though!
The hull design on that kayak is the limiting factor. You’d have to absorb a big learning curve but a whitewater style has planing bottom, and a sea kayak will have other advantages and drawbacks. The little lake tugboat is not the best option imo. Still, it shows it works!
@@daniell1869 it would take quite a commitment to learn how to rodeo a whitewater kayak. They are specific about angles and weight shifts. I’m not a big fan of them or especially good at it. The roll and braces would have to be learned, it’s probably too big of a learning curve for his level of water sports interest… does that sound less pretentious?
This is a great video for those who do not understand hull speed and a displacement hull. It was never really able to plain, which limited how fast it would go. Hull speed on that length boat is probably around 5 to 6 mph. You stretched that about as much as you could. You had ample power to go significantly faster, but the bow wave prevented it. Great demonstration of science.
Not bad for a small "play boat." These short, low volume boats are designed to play in rapids, to turn on a dime and be able to handle large waves with a very short frequency like you see on big white water rapids. They're designed for maneuverability not speed. A general rule for boat hulls is that the longer the water line, the faster it will go. Put that fan on a 16' sea kayak with larger volume and greater buoyancy and a slightly wider beam for better stability and you'd be on to something. Also, water is 75% more dense than air so unless you're putting a jet or rocket on there, you're not going to hit 50 MPH.
Tucker, I’m 42. I am beyond impressed with your articulable knowledge and the fact you have been this way ever since you started producing this content years ago. Stay safe young man, and never stop the adventures brother
I have a couple of 15' sit on top Ocean Kayaks that would work great on! They are really stable, have a nice flat recessed area behind the seat for an ice chest that would probably mount in. The length would probably help prevent so much wheelie action.
I thought the same thing. It would definitely have to go a lot faster to keep a wing overhead, much less, take off. Maybe with a flat bottom jon boat and a full sized paramotor?
Your thrust line is off angled for the position of the paramotor. You can see as you hit the power, it wants to push the rear of the boat down into the water. Try putting the paramotor on a 10-15 degree upward thrust line (point the travel direction of the paramotor upwards). This should help put the boat on plane and give you more speed.
I love how sketchy it is but also how fun it looks. Not a boating expert but I feel like your boat needs to be flat bottomed and long enough so that the engine can sit somewhere near the middle. But the important thing is Ali Express must be so proud of you lmao
As kids, my cousin and I put a 5 hp outboard on a canoe. We actually had to use big pieces of metal in the front of the canoe to balance out the weight. That thing flew across the water, this reminds me of those good times. 👍
I put a 24 pound thrust trolling motor on the back of a flat bottom aluminum canoe and I just mounted it about a foot from the very back and the battery out of my truck to run it and I was amazed at how much speed it had. I had two other friends in a Colman canoe and if they both paddled as fast as they could they still could go not even close to the speed I was going so I bet you were rolling across the water with the 5h/p motor I’d say 25 mph or faster
@user-yn1kx2mn9i 2 30lb motors got my canoe to almost 6mph, 1 30lb 4mph. Definitely wasn't planing. Skinny super light 14ft jonboat 14mph(planing perfectly) with a Yamaha 5hp that is couple more hp than that. It takes power to go fast on water
I had an"American Fiberlite" canoe back in the 70's we tied it on behind a jet-boat on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky and 10 feet became fiber-splat at about 60 knots !!! That was one of my worst days on the water !
I think the drag was from the ratchet straps going under the kayak, you'd have to try to smoothen the bottom by tying it down from the top of the kayak, and it probably wouldn't sink as much, aside from the fact that you're also heavy in the rear.
The back end sinks because it's not a planing hull. It's a displacement hull. The more power you put into it, the more water you have to push out of the way.
I think sticking a 2x4 under the front of the motor base to tip it back some would help. It's really stuffing the kayak down into the water at that angle. A bigger canoe or a sea kayak would be neat to see too!
Next evolution is a longer boat. Speed of “displacement” hulls like kayaks is limited by length. Longer the water line, the faster the speed. Cool vid.
Thought Dan was going in the drink for sure!😂😂😂 Glad he was able to recover. I feel like with more power and a different vessel you may be onto some wacky new sport though.
That thing kicks. I have a trolling motor on my yak. Turns out there is all kinds of rocks and logs that my motor seems to have a almost magical way of finding. Not a problem for your little micro airboat. Don't show that to the Warden. Its considered to be a motorized watercraft. Needs tags.
You can get these small flotation tubes that are mounted on a frame that fastens to the kayak and they will be about 2 or 3 feet off each side of the kayak and they act somewhat like training wheels cause they keep you from turning over I have no idea what they are called but I can see that they are a must have in this situation They will take away all the worry and you can actually enjoy the ride while going faster
It went faster than you could paddle it, it didn't capsize, and the fact you had to fasten the motor to the kayak rather than yourself likely made operating it safer in case it did go over. So it seemed like a win for what it is.
Back in the 1960’s there was a show called Flipper on TV. Fan driven boats were featured often, used to navigate the shallow Everglades. I think they were called air boats.
It's been a looong time since I watched your videos, I just couldn't get used to that old haircut. I now see you have a new haircut! AWESOME! I can watch your videos again!
So weird, I'm the opposite, put me in water, but you won't catch me in the sky. Large PVC tube pontoons may have helped the stability. Remove the prop, extend a shaft into the water and attach a water prop and you will be flying! Haha. In all seriousness, the hull is a displacement hull where the length of the hull will determine the max speed (theoretically). You either need a very long and narrow kayak, or a boat designed to plane.
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Love all your videos. Very entertaining. This one made me nervous. The instability was not worth the risk in my opinion. We don't want to lose you Tucker!
They have these things called airboats down here in Florida, that actually use old aircraft engines. Next time you're down here you should check them out!
As an avid ocean kayak guy, and custom sail-yak, I wholeheartedly approve of this. Just make sure you've got tags on your yak, otherwise fish and game will try to get you for "having a motorboat without proper tags and registration". Of course they gotta catch you first, and if you don't stop they can't catch you lol
Connect 2 of the kayaks to form a catamaran. Place the motor in the middle and yourself slightly in front of it. Make sure that you can change your seating position slightly forwards or backwards. This should solve the stability problem and the "sinking" of the stern at different speeds. You will certainly be much faster and safer on the water.
That was frickin' amazing. Your own miniature swampboat. Maybe an aluminum flat bottom fishing boat (much like a swamboat would have) would be more stable and safer. But it wouldn't be as awesome. The matching red made it look.......almost factory-installed. Big thumbs up to you and your more reckless friend, taking to the max!
Good fun, great effort. Displacement boat hulls speed is proportional to the wave length of the hull bow wave to stern wave, The longer the hull the faster the speed. On fishing boats you can put in 4 times the power to get a third extra speed, or add a third to you hull length use less fuel and have more workspace. Or as you mentioned flat hull to get up on the plane. Regardless you did it, congratulations 🍺😎👍
James Bond would be proud! That's funny as heck! This video also reminded me of when Metallica got a haircut. I have an idea for your next video: You know those merry-go-rounds in playgrounds......... Now I'm not saying you try it...... But I am suggesting: A video showing how much G-force and how many RPM 's your buddy can take before he passes out or flies off would be quite entertaining!
The kayak is getting on plane it’s just that it is exceeding hull speed. It isn't great at that as it's designed for playing about below hull speed only, so its heavy for its planning area. Every planning that is heavy for its planning area has a significant transition phase where it drops the stern & lifts the bow high before reaching true planning speed. The transition phase has very high drag, but as speed increased into true planning, the hull levels off & the drag reduces again. The kayak behaves consistently with this. Light weight planning hulls with a large planning surface, such as high-performance sailing skiffs have almost no transition phase. This is a well-known behaviour in marine hull dynamics. Awsome thing to try, so glad you all survived.
That was fun to watch. +1 to all who suggested a planing hull. SUP, windsurfer, or surf board for sure would move out. Even a canoe would likely do ok as it’s long.
Add a set of steerable articulating outriggers for lateral stability and you’ll be in business! If you had a wakeboard strapped to your feet I feel like there’s some crazy new sport here. Like powered kite boarding or something to that effect. If you can figure out how to water takeoff, fly from one body of water to another and land back in the water you’ll be an absolute legend!🎉
I was more concerned if you capsize and what the plan was to get out safely. In the meantime I love it, wish they had something like this for real, I have no ego who paddles the kayak. Suggestions: Have air bags that will help it float when capsized. A kayak thats has steering pedals for your feet. Also you use your knees to help steerIf you kayak in the ocean you would surely capsize. Be safe my friend. Love the video.
All I came here to see was a flying kayak. This has been my idea for so long. Minus I don't care about propelling a kayak through the water I can do that my self. I want to see it fly!!! Make it fly! Do it for the views.
Only the Lifetime Wave children’s kayak would have been a worse choice to try this. So many decent options available with just a little R&D. Still a fun watch. Thanks!
Yeah, guys, a kayak is a displacement hull, not a planing one, as you said at the end. It is not REMOTELY designed to have that kind of power on it. A displacement hull will just get more and more draggy with speed, as you found out here, until something bad happens. If you did so grossly overpower it that it did somehow possibly manage to climb up on a plane, it would likely be completely unstable/uncontrollable. And if you want to pursue that further (I wouldn't), you could just offset the thrust line like you do on an RC plane if the propulsion is off the centerline, unbalanced. in other words, orient the thrust more toward the water...downward. You could also cut the boat up and move the CG (you) further forward. Or move the GG forward, as you said. If you put it on a small aluminum boat that is designed to operate in a planing mode, it might be more interesting, at least from the standpoint of having something that would work. From the standpoint of possibly being the 'crash and burn' disaster many are hoping for in these videos, not so much. At least in this one, short of drowning or getting tangled up in the prop somehow, or hit with a piece of one trying to operate at speed half in air and half in water, it isn't that dangerous. No skull to toe road rash, anyway. If you really want to go for it, how about a pair of inline skates, ice skates, or something like a skateboard or Segway. Or a kids tricycle or wagon, or better yet, a wheelbarrow. That last one is a guaranteed spill, because a wheelbarrow is CP/CG directionally unstable, just what you are looking for. :-/ Oh, and you need either air rudders in the prop wash or a water rudder in the case of the airboat...I would recommend the air version. And I don't think that I would define 10 mph on the water as 'sending it". What you really need is an airboat configuration, a small scale one, because after all, that is what you are essentially making here. This was silly, I just skipped to the chase, which was predictably boring, frankly. Nice try though.
the reason it digs down the rear end is because a kayak is a diplacement hull, its ment to move water aside, to reach its displacement speed without much force, but then it hits a wall in speed, if it would be a planing hull, im not sure you would have enough power, but it wouldnt dig as much in the back
Looks like fun but most kayaks are displacement hulls, not planing hulls so it limits speed. Try it on a micro skiff for less plowing, better stability, more hydroplaning and can still be paddled too!
Flying man is afraid of water! Too funny! I love your videos. I think this will be a lot safer than the bike trick! You should evaluate which one you think is safer, flying that motor, running it on a bike or "speed" boating.
The kayak has a displacement hull design, like a ship, so with speed it will create a lot of turbulence and will tend to sink more in the water, reducing speed. The ideal is to look for a vessel with a planing hull, like a speedboat, then you will have speed without any problems.
I think you should put one big longer kayak in the middle and strap or glue 2 extra small kayaks, one on each side for like a triple kayak setup! It wont flip and I think you got enough power there to bring 2 passengers or gear in them. Just need a double rudder on the back if you can't thrust vector enough to turn.
so the back sinking thing is a boating phenomenon that happens right before you get the boat "on a plane". If you had a bit more horsepower you could push it up over that "hump" and you'd be planing over the water instead of pushing through the water. You'd be moving way faster due to the lower drag. Part of the issue is the kayak itself, kayak hulls aren't at all designed to plane properly. Sometimes you can overcome this by shifting the center of gravity of the whole boat forward, by leaning out and pushing down on the bow.
Paramotor is fixed at the base, but flexing forward at the top so the thrust is pushing downward. More thrust = more resistance to plane. If you can keep the thrust angle level and consistent, say with a strap or ridged support from the top of the prop surround to the back of the boat......you might have a chance.
Put some wings on the ski, and have it come out the water. You would need a rudder of sorts for some directional control. Just a thought. Thank you for posting.
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Pivoting hydrofoil blades that rotate down the faster you go. They have struts that lock vertical at max speed. The foils maintain a parallelogram profile flat to the water at all times.
Hey tucker, you could just use a ton of fiberglass and resin to change the shape of the hull, or maybe you could use a heatgun and try to shape it as you want and use a stabilizer bar with a drop shape styrofoam at the end of them, put it right behind you under the gas tank, and another thing is that you could put a rudder at front part of the kayak bc otherwise if it’s in the back it will make you drift instead of pointing at a direction that the rudder AND the propellor are pointing at. Higher propellor pitch angle would help with acceleration and maybe because of all these mods it will get on a plane an be stable there, Hope you’ll read this and get smth from it! Tknks
a sit on rather than sit in kayak would help a ton too, sit in kayaks are designed to sink more than a sit on fishing kayak, more stable do to width and length
Watched you since about 2018. Loved your stuff. Today I contacted a flight academy for lessons. In my country, I first have to get paragliding lessons and a license and log 50 flight hours on a paraglider before I can start paramotor training. The nearest good academy is 3 hours away in a mountain resort town, so I guess I will have to make a few trips :)
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That was Ca*RAZZY Dude
Woooooohooooo!
That was nice, a bit unbalanced, but you both did it. I wonder how" big bertha" and a big wing would act on water must be a more stable "boat", Maybe it would be the first Hydro Paramotor. Only take-off with the Wing staying dry would need paved pier......👍😊🇫🇷
Tuck...
That was fantastically insane...
theres a bunch of makers that use composites for things like boats, I wonder what a more custom designed "kayak" would do on the water, and how fast it would go, also you could add a couple pontoons for stability
I love that this motor seems to be useful for everything except its intended purpose.
Put it in your bedroom in the corner with the exhaust pointing outside and you have a steampunk fan lol
It gets up in the air too! Just loud af lol
@Wolvmarine yes, and he was going to give it away to someone until he did so and realized it wasn’t safe and he didn’t feel comfortable giving it away and getting someone killed. Yes, hypothetically it CAN fly, but it’s safer for everyone to make these kayak and mountain bike videos.
Add some outrigger floats to stabilize it .
@@shannonwhitaker9630 arent you just reinventing florida swamp fan boats with cheaper shit?
This video is both awesome on its own, but is a great example for anyone learning about the performance of various hull shapes. That "sinking in the back" problem is something called "hull speed" which is basically the speed at which any given hull creates a bow wave that's exactly the same length as the hull. It means the hull is always trying to climb up out of a hole of its own making. Once you hit hull speed the amount of energy required to increase speed spikes exponentially. As other commenters have pointed out certain hull types (like those that can get up on a plane) work around the issue a bit, but it's amazing to watch it in action so clearly. Thanks!
Use your normal setup on a kayak, like a seaplane :D
No big Bertha just the Motor and wing
Lets make it a petition
He can go fly fishing!
Call it a skyack
Too funny : )@@justinill2705
Do it on a planing hull! A SUP or big windsurfer board with a seat and foot straps etc attached. That thing will absolutely rocket!
+1 for stand up paddle board. Might get 30-35mph out of it. Of course catching the nose in the side of a wake at 30mph could be sketchy. Probably best ridden by someone who can surf that is willing to stand on it. Would maximize the chance of the motor coming home dry.
@@kleinbottled79 Doubt it. Will suck to the water.
v-shaped straight bottom with sharp end would plane. Round and curvy bottoms will suck themselves into water. It can be seen how they rise water from sides.
A flat bottom can plane but not as well as V-shaped. Flat can be unstable
Or some hydrofoils
Your hull is the wrong shape. The straps going around the whole boat creates way more drag than you think. You also don’t have the proper angled optimally. Super cool vid though!
The hull design on that kayak is the limiting factor. You’d have to absorb a big learning curve but a whitewater style has planing bottom, and a sea kayak will have other advantages and drawbacks. The little lake tugboat is not the best option imo. Still, it shows it works!
"you'd have to absorb a big learning curve" lol yeah sure bud. i think we all got it, big brain XD
@@daniell1869 it would take quite a commitment to learn how to rodeo a whitewater kayak. They are specific about angles and weight shifts. I’m not a big fan of them or especially good at it. The roll and braces would have to be learned, it’s probably too big of a learning curve for his level of water sports interest… does that sound less pretentious?
Yeah he needs something small that has a hull that can get up on plane and is more stable than a kayak.
Ratchets straps were the reason.
Try it on a small version of an Australian dinghy boat
This is a great video for those who do not understand hull speed and a displacement hull. It was never really able to plain, which limited how fast it would go. Hull speed on that length boat is probably around 5 to 6 mph. You stretched that about as much as you could. You had ample power to go significantly faster, but the bow wave prevented it. Great demonstration of science.
Just add hydrofoils!! :D
@@aTuWittythis is what I wondered...would a fin or fins in the water stabilize this setup?
Well, you've done it on land, in the air, and now the water (sea-ish). I guess that makes you an Ali Express SEAL. You already have the hair. 😁
one place left to go ... outer space 🚀
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@@bren42069 gotta go underwater too!
Now snow lol
Not bad for a small "play boat." These short, low volume boats are designed to play in rapids, to turn on a dime and be able to handle large waves with a very short frequency like you see on big white water rapids. They're designed for maneuverability not speed. A general rule for boat hulls is that the longer the water line, the faster it will go. Put that fan on a 16' sea kayak with larger volume and greater buoyancy and a slightly wider beam for better stability and you'd be on to something. Also, water is 75% more dense than air so unless you're putting a jet or rocket on there, you're not going to hit 50 MPH.
A couple small outriggers wouldn't hurt either.
Freshwater is about 1000x more dense than air.
Tucker, I’m 42. I am beyond impressed with your articulable knowledge and the fact you have been this way ever since you started producing this content years ago. Stay safe young man, and never stop the adventures brother
He's got a gf, bro. I don't think he's like that.
I have a couple of 15' sit on top Ocean Kayaks that would work great on! They are really stable, have a nice flat recessed area behind the seat for an ice chest that would probably mount in. The length would probably help prevent so much wheelie action.
Totally agree, that kayak is too short and your 15 footers would be perfect.
Whaler 15 v beter
You definitely need to try this on a 10 or 12 ft sit in or fishing kayak with the seat
exactly what I was thinking
plus then you would not have to worry about the stability as much
You have had so much fun from this motor, no matter how much you pick faults with it, it keeps on giving lots of fun at low cost.
Nice! What I'd like to see is if y'all could strap a wing to it and get it flying. 👍
OMG! Yes!
Put a hydrofoil on it then he would have a wing flying in the water.
I thought the same thing. It would definitely have to go a lot faster to keep a wing overhead, much less, take off. Maybe with a flat bottom jon boat and a full sized paramotor?
@@TuckerGotttrike conversion time?
i like this idea bro i wana see how it works maybe even two@@TuckerGott
Your thrust line is off angled for the position of the paramotor. You can see as you hit the power, it wants to push the rear of the boat down into the water. Try putting the paramotor on a 10-15 degree upward thrust line (point the travel direction of the paramotor upwards). This should help put the boat on plane and give you more speed.
Two windsurfing boards with an arch between them for a seat and the motor, like a catamaran. Rudder pedals for steering.
I love how sketchy it is but also how fun it looks. Not a boating expert but I feel like your boat needs to be flat bottomed and long enough so that the engine can sit somewhere near the middle. But the important thing is Ali Express must be so proud of you lmao
Wow! A single seat airboat! Very cool! Thanks for sharing this! :)
As kids, my cousin and I put a 5 hp outboard on a canoe. We actually had to use big pieces of metal in the front of the canoe to balance out the weight. That thing flew across the water, this reminds me of those good times. 👍
I put a 24 pound thrust trolling motor on the back of a flat bottom aluminum canoe and I just mounted it about a foot from the very back and the battery out of my truck to run it and I was amazed at how much speed it had.
I had two other friends in a Colman canoe and if they both paddled as fast as they could they still could go not even close to the speed I was going so I bet you were rolling across the water with the 5h/p motor
I’d say 25 mph or faster
@user-yn1kx2mn9i 2 30lb motors got my canoe to almost 6mph, 1 30lb 4mph. Definitely wasn't planing. Skinny super light 14ft jonboat 14mph(planing perfectly) with a Yamaha 5hp that is couple more hp than that. It takes power to go fast on water
I had an"American Fiberlite" canoe back in the 70's we tied it on behind a jet-boat on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky and 10 feet became fiber-splat at about 60 knots !!! That was one of my worst days on the water !
You found the smallest kayak in the world.
Your mom's the smallest kayak in the world
😅😅😅@@El-Dorado930
Nope, a "Squirt boat" for whitewater stunts is a lot smaller.
The Titus Macro is 4.23mm shorter in length.
Thats a compliment also who still says this in 2024 are u a 4y old buddy @El-Dorado930
now on a paddle board
canoe
50 miles per is insane on bike
Pretty much like a suron e bike, if you upgrade the bike it can reach speeds of 70mph
You didn't have many steep hills around huh lol. I've been over 50 on a ten speed with pine straw covering the road. Live a little.
Tucker is basically the AliExpress paramotor SEAL operator.
I have a odd feeling Tucker mighta just invented a new Sport. 😂😂😂
I think you should watch again
@@djb5320i think you should reconsider, this is awesome
Awesome!! All you need is some kayak outriggers and a rudder! Well, just the outriggers will do wonders for you.. Great job!
I think the drag was from the ratchet straps going under the kayak, you'd have to try to smoothen the bottom by tying it down from the top of the kayak, and it probably wouldn't sink as much, aside from the fact that you're also heavy in the rear.
Yeah, I'd bet lunch its the straps dragging like crazy.
The back end sinks because it's not a planing hull. It's a displacement hull. The more power you put into it, the more water you have to push out of the way.
I think sticking a 2x4 under the front of the motor base to tip it back some would help. It's really stuffing the kayak down into the water at that angle. A bigger canoe or a sea kayak would be neat to see too!
Next evolution is a longer boat. Speed of “displacement” hulls like kayaks is limited by length. Longer the water line, the faster the speed. Cool vid.
Thought Dan was going in the drink for sure!😂😂😂 Glad he was able to recover. I feel like with more power and a different vessel you may be onto some wacky new sport though.
That'd probably be fun in the Everglades or the swampy areas of Louisiana where it all spreads out around the Mississippi Delta.
You need a bigger kayak. It would make it a lot more stable! Great video! Love the content!
Next challenge? Pull a water skier with it!! 😂😂😂
Or just be a water skier wearing it.
That thing kicks. I have a trolling motor on my yak. Turns out there is all kinds of rocks and logs that my motor seems to have a almost magical way of finding. Not a problem for your little micro airboat. Don't show that to the Warden. Its considered to be a motorized watercraft. Needs tags.
This was hilarious. Very creative video man, this has to be a world first.
You can get these small flotation tubes that are mounted on a frame that fastens to the kayak and they will be about 2 or 3 feet off each side of the kayak and they act somewhat like training wheels cause they keep you from turning over
I have no idea what they are called but I can see that they are a must have in this situation
They will take away all the worry and you can actually enjoy the ride while going faster
2 outriggers, and you will never dunk the motor
Was just typing that when I saw your post....great minds....
It went faster than you could paddle it, it didn't capsize, and the fact you had to fasten the motor to the kayak rather than yourself likely made operating it safer in case it did go over. So it seemed like a win for what it is.
So cool would love to see some more dumb things with the SSAliExpress
Back in the 1960’s there was a show called Flipper on TV. Fan driven boats were featured often, used to navigate the shallow Everglades. I think they were called air boats.
Still very popular in the Everglades
1:10 to skip the begging and get to the content
I could see a cool ground effect vehicle come from this.
It's been a looong time since I watched your videos, I just couldn't get used to that old haircut. I now see you have a new haircut! AWESOME! I can watch your videos again!
So weird, I'm the opposite, put me in water, but you won't catch me in the sky. Large PVC tube pontoons may have helped the stability. Remove the prop, extend a shaft into the water and attach a water prop and you will be flying! Haha.
In all seriousness, the hull is a displacement hull where the length of the hull will determine the max speed (theoretically). You either need a very long and narrow kayak, or a boat designed to plane.
You need a gyro, outriggers or a heavy keel on that thing. The torque and rotational velocity of the props are twisting the boat
The Cajun Navy is really upping the ante on their pond-skipper tech!
Coming up next: The Cajun Navy pencils in future experiments with turbo-fan pond-skippers!
Love all your videos. Very entertaining. This one made me nervous. The instability was not worth the risk in my opinion. We don't want to lose you Tucker!
U should use those balance floats on both sides of the kayak for more stability
it would be sweet to see this on an ocean kayak that has rudders for steering!
Now I'm thinking of what could be accomplished with a folding bicycle, a collapsible bike trailer, a kayak, and the paraglider motor.
I found your channel 7 years ago, and now you have your own merch!
That’s character development for you lol
I would love to try it on a windsurfing surfboard. The motor should be strong enough and those boards are meant for planning.
They have these things called airboats down here in Florida, that actually use old aircraft engines. Next time you're down here you should check them out!
As an avid ocean kayak guy, and custom sail-yak, I wholeheartedly approve of this. Just make sure you've got tags on your yak, otherwise fish and game will try to get you for "having a motorboat without proper tags and registration". Of course they gotta catch you first, and if you don't stop they can't catch you lol
Connect 2 of the kayaks to form a catamaran. Place the motor in the middle and yourself slightly in front of it. Make sure that you can change your seating position slightly forwards or backwards. This should solve the stability problem and the "sinking" of the stern at different speeds. You will certainly be much faster and safer on the water.
That was frickin' amazing. Your own miniature swampboat. Maybe an aluminum flat bottom fishing boat (much like a swamboat would have) would be more stable and safer. But it wouldn't be as awesome. The matching red made it look.......almost factory-installed. Big thumbs up to you and your more reckless friend, taking to the max!
And there I thought the bicycle was awesome. This totally tops that.
Good fun, great effort. Displacement boat hulls speed is proportional to the wave length of the hull bow wave to stern wave,
The longer the hull the faster the speed. On fishing boats you can put in 4 times the power to get a third extra speed, or add a third to you hull length use less fuel and have more workspace. Or as you mentioned flat hull to get up on the plane.
Regardless you did it, congratulations 🍺😎👍
I felt that almost capsizing at 7:30 LMAO I was rolling in my office chair!
Would be sweet on a mini hydroplane 😎you could rip through really shallow water
James Bond would be proud! That's funny as heck! This video also reminded me of when Metallica got a haircut. I have an idea for your next video: You know those merry-go-rounds in playgrounds......... Now I'm not saying you try it...... But I am suggesting: A video showing how much G-force and how many RPM 's your buddy can take before he passes out or flies off would be quite entertaining!
The kayak is getting on plane it’s just that it is exceeding hull speed. It isn't great at that as it's designed for playing about below hull speed only, so its heavy for its planning area. Every planning that is heavy for its planning area has a significant transition phase where it drops the stern & lifts the bow high before reaching true planning speed. The transition phase has very high drag, but as speed increased into true planning, the hull levels off & the drag reduces again. The kayak behaves consistently with this. Light weight planning hulls with a large planning surface, such as high-performance sailing skiffs have almost no transition phase. This is a well-known behaviour in marine hull dynamics.
Awsome thing to try, so glad you all survived.
That was fun to watch. +1 to all who suggested a planing hull. SUP, windsurfer, or surf board for sure would move out. Even a canoe would likely do ok as it’s long.
Or even a bigger kayak that isn't made for rapids. Get one that is made for the ocean.
Add a set of steerable articulating outriggers for lateral stability and you’ll be in business! If you had a wakeboard strapped to your feet I feel like there’s some crazy new sport here. Like powered kite boarding or something to that effect. If you can figure out how to water takeoff, fly from one body of water to another and land back in the water you’ll be an absolute legend!🎉
06:01 Tucker looking as happy as he can in water lol
I love that you are all about adventure, fun, and most importantly safety!
After seeing the SS Ali express kayak, I had an “Emotion”!😊 The motor matched the kayak. What more could one want??👌✌🏻👌
Another GREAT vid!!!!!!
I was more concerned if you capsize and what the plan was to get out safely. In the meantime I love it, wish they had something like this for real, I have no ego who paddles the kayak. Suggestions: Have air bags that will help it float when capsized. A kayak thats has steering pedals for your feet. Also you use your knees to help steerIf you kayak in the ocean you would surely capsize. Be safe my friend. Love the video.
All I came here to see was a flying kayak. This has been my idea for so long. Minus I don't care about propelling a kayak through the water I can do that my self. I want to see it fly!!! Make it fly! Do it for the views.
Only the Lifetime Wave children’s kayak would have been a worse choice to try this. So many decent options available with just a little R&D. Still a fun watch. Thanks!
You need a longer kayak with a bit of a keel and a steering rudder on the rear end.
Should work fine!
Mount hydrofoil under kayak, then try it again
Ok I'm sure you are getting ideas about a paramotor seaplane bike mutation. You can be a Centurion that operates on land, sea, and air!
Yeah, guys, a kayak is a displacement hull, not a planing one, as you said at the end. It is not REMOTELY designed to have that kind of power on it. A displacement hull will just get more and more draggy with speed, as you found out here, until something bad happens. If you did so grossly overpower it that it did somehow possibly manage to climb up on a plane, it would likely be completely unstable/uncontrollable. And if you want to pursue that further (I wouldn't), you could just offset the thrust line like you do on an RC plane if the propulsion is off the centerline, unbalanced. in other words, orient the thrust more toward the water...downward. You could also cut the boat up and move the CG (you) further forward. Or move the GG forward, as you said.
If you put it on a small aluminum boat that is designed to operate in a planing mode, it might be more interesting, at least from the standpoint of having something that would work. From the standpoint of possibly being the 'crash and burn' disaster many are hoping for in these videos, not so much. At least in this one, short of drowning or getting tangled up in the prop somehow, or hit with a piece of one trying to operate at speed half in air and half in water, it isn't that dangerous. No skull to toe road rash, anyway. If you really want to go for it, how about a pair of inline skates, ice skates, or something like a skateboard or Segway. Or a kids tricycle or wagon, or better yet, a wheelbarrow. That last one is a guaranteed spill, because a wheelbarrow is CP/CG directionally unstable, just what you are looking for. :-/ Oh, and you need either air rudders in the prop wash or a water rudder in the case of the airboat...I would recommend the air version.
And I don't think that I would define 10 mph on the water as 'sending it". What you really need is an airboat configuration, a small scale one, because after all, that is what you are essentially making here. This was silly, I just skipped to the chase, which was predictably boring, frankly. Nice try though.
Being A Professional Airboat Operator From Single engine 350 Chevy V8 to Airboat with 3 - V8 engines I loved that idea
the reason it digs down the rear end is because a kayak is a diplacement hull, its ment to move water aside, to reach its displacement speed without much force, but then it hits a wall in speed, if it would be a planing hull, im not sure you would have enough power, but it wouldnt dig as much in the back
Looks like fun but most kayaks are displacement hulls, not planing hulls so it limits speed. Try it on a micro skiff for less plowing, better stability, more hydroplaning and can still be paddled too!
Dude, i believe you just created a whole new sport, mini air boating!
You actually want the rear to sink down so the nose doesn't plow into the water and you can get up on plane. Cool video! You need a planing hull.
Flying man is afraid of water! Too funny! I love your videos. I think this will be a lot safer than the bike trick! You should evaluate which one you think is safer, flying that motor, running it on a bike or "speed" boating.
The kayak has a displacement hull design, like a ship, so with speed it will create a lot of turbulence and will tend to sink more in the water, reducing speed. The ideal is to look for a vessel with a planing hull, like a speedboat, then you will have speed without any problems.
"I don't even own a swim suit" cracked me up!
Hint, you needed more WATERLINE, get a LONGER Kyak and mount the thing at about one third up from the stern.
Would love to try this in my bigger 16ft canoe where you can kneel and get up a bit higher in a boat that sits higher in the water. Fun concept!
You can hear hear the fear and hate for the water. Best video yet.
I think you should put one big longer kayak in the middle and strap or glue 2 extra small kayaks, one on each side for like a triple kayak setup! It wont flip and I think you got enough power there to bring 2 passengers or gear in them. Just need a double rudder on the back if you can't thrust vector enough to turn.
Just buy a boat at that point.
1990 I built such a prop for my paraglider. Nice recollection! Thank you!
Hell yeah brother ! 😂now call up ole cleeter and head to Florida!
I could definitely see this becoming a race series. Better motors, a differently shaped boat/kayak.
Next video, let's see Tucker on those standup jet skis in the beginning of the video. Grab those board shorts and full send it buddy!
Perhaps work out how to fix a outrigger for stabilization? Love this crazy❤
so the back sinking thing is a boating phenomenon that happens right before you get the boat "on a plane". If you had a bit more horsepower you could push it up over that "hump" and you'd be planing over the water instead of pushing through the water. You'd be moving way faster due to the lower drag. Part of the issue is the kayak itself, kayak hulls aren't at all designed to plane properly.
Sometimes you can overcome this by shifting the center of gravity of the whole boat forward, by leaning out and pushing down on the bow.
It's baffling to me that you fly these things soo high and then are scared in a kayak 😂
Kayaks roll. that would waste the motor.
At least if the thing quit in the air, you are strapped to a parachute. 🤣 If it buried you in the water that's no good...
@@bobbyduke777 not to mention it would try to drag you to the bottom.
Paramotor is fixed at the base, but flexing forward at the top so the thrust is pushing downward. More thrust = more resistance to plane. If you can keep the thrust angle level and consistent, say with a strap or ridged support from the top of the prop surround to the back of the boat......you might have a chance.
dude says he doesnt like water, clerarly doesnt understand the planing effect, aggravating to watch all that resistance on a bad design
I have an idea, when we get our first snow in Jersey try using the Ali Express motor on a snow tube!
Put some wings on the ski, and have it come out the water. You would need a rudder of sorts for some directional control. Just a thought. Thank you for posting.
That’s the Lambertville Boat Launch… I wish I’d known. We are only 1:10 minutes from the there. We would have been you safety team. ( Dejay & Troy from Walleylife!) GOOD STUFF
That looks like so much fun. Keep up the great videos and have a blast
Pivoting hydrofoil blades that rotate down the faster you go. They have struts that lock vertical at max speed. The foils maintain a parallelogram profile flat to the water at all times.
Hey tucker, you could just use a ton of fiberglass and resin to change the shape of the hull, or maybe you could use a heatgun and try to shape it as you want and use a stabilizer bar with a drop shape styrofoam at the end of them, put it right behind you under the gas tank, and another thing is that you could put a rudder at front part of the kayak bc otherwise if it’s in the back it will make you drift instead of pointing at a direction that the rudder AND the propellor are pointing at. Higher propellor pitch angle would help with acceleration and maybe because of all these mods it will get on a plane an be stable there, Hope you’ll read this and get smth from it! Tknks
a sit on rather than sit in kayak would help a ton too, sit in kayaks are designed to sink more than a sit on fishing kayak, more stable do to width and length
Or he could just get an air-boat.
Watched you since about 2018. Loved your stuff. Today I contacted a flight academy for lessons. In my country, I first have to get paragliding lessons and a license and log 50 flight hours on a paraglider before I can start paramotor training. The nearest good academy is 3 hours away in a mountain resort town, so I guess I will have to make a few trips :)
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I've always wanted to try uphill skiing with a paramotor.