Building an ELECTRIC hovercraft

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I built a 12000w electric hovercraft I can drive! Check out PCBWay at www.pcbway.com for your one-stop solution for PCB prototype services and more.
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@Project-Air Год назад

Here's the model hovercraft plans you can buy and support me through. 😀Thanks for watching! store.projectair.co.uk/products/rc-hovercraft

@johnnyrocket3200 Год назад

Awesome! Hey, is your hot glue gun powered by battery? Which one is it? Mine from Bosch is pretty crappy. It's more for warm glue not hot...

@SutherlandBoswell Год назад

I think it'd be great if these plans were part of the patreon perks! I'm not sure if I have the time to build any but if I could take a look at all of them out of curiosity it would make me more likely to join the patreon

@Project-Air Год назад

@@SutherlandBoswell thanks for the suggestion, I think I’ll do that!

@Project-Air Год назад

@@johnnyrocket3200 mine is an amtech one which has a detachable charger

@Blutankalpha Год назад

@@Project-Air Why are people disliking this? It's really cool and interesting!

@kasroa Год назад

The best thing about everything being hot glued together is that nothing ever breaks it just fall off 😂

@abdullahbawadi8188 Год назад

Just like old cartoons

@uberchipmonk2568 Год назад

Haha, I'm rebuilding my rc seaplane with polyurethane glue for the same reason.

@quinnfoster1234 Год назад

Except if it breaks after it goes flying off

@ashleyreid7260 Год назад

This is true 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@RGOR30 Год назад

Hot glue is strong when used right

@RonDennisMum Год назад

ProjectAir + DIY Perks = Dream Team. Brilliant work!

@gerryfalke Год назад

Tom Stanton as a bonus would be awesome.

@Craftlngo Год назад

@@gerryfalke like in the Damm Buster Video, a couple of years back?

@gerryfalke Год назад

@@Craftlngo exactly

@backgammonbacon Год назад

The whole other famous youtuber just lurking in the background thing comes across as creepy. Normally its just done in the hope of sharing subscribers or business trip tax dodge.

@SingleTrackMind207 Год назад

Came here for this comment!

@L1mJahey Год назад

Your dad shouting "BANG!" was a classic dad move 😂

@cyphercollider2824 Год назад

5:35

@historythyme Год назад

When I was a teenager my dad bought a hovercraft that was 13ft long. It was an old fan boat that had been repurposed into a large hovercraft. The thing was a beast and fun to drive around. We brought it out on a lake several times. Good memories.

@Runoratsu Год назад

Very cool. I only rode a hovercraft once, but that was one of the massive English Channel Hoverspeed ferries from Calais to Dover, in the early nineties, when my parents and me went to Britain for vacation. Good memories there too, I was over the moon getting to ride that even once as a kid! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverspeed

@OfficiallySnek Год назад

Your dad has only spoken a few sentences, but I already really like him

@muirjs Год назад

Your dad is a legend. He needs to be in more videos. Such dad energy, clearly an absolute 1st class chap. Also DIY perks!!! Best collaboration on RU-vid. Incredible scenes.

@PCBWay Год назад

Brilliant as always👍!! We are sooooo proud to partner with you, James!

@Project-Air Год назад

Let’s do it again!

@PCBWay Год назад

@@Project-Air Terrific! 🥳🥳

@thetobyg Год назад

@@Project-Air Can you lend me a trillion billion Dollars? I need to fuck some shit up!

@davesendit1348 Год назад

@@PCBWay I think it’s great you guys help out and support project air! Great stuff 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@dandeve 5 месяцев назад

As a man about the same age as your dad, I remember the hovercraft plans that they used to sell in the back of comic books and kids magazines. The expression on his face truly tells that story. I have driven 180 miles per hour, flown airplanes, repelled out of helicopters and other cool stuff; but I known I would grin ears wide on that DIY hovercraft!

@dominicmillerca Год назад

Having a dad looks so fun! This is the part that got me. 🥰

@marcovw6415 Год назад

I'd love to see more of this. Maybe get a sponsor and create a bigger one which has more stability so you can sit more comfortable

@andymuzzo8568 Год назад

Takes me back to my year 11 at high school days. Was doing a project on hovercrafts for physics. I made a 8x4 ft hovercraft from 3mm plywood. I spent a lot of time on the plenum chamber design. I used a 2 stroke lawnmower motor for the lift motor. Awesome build mate.

@claudiamiranda2630 6 месяцев назад

wow my school would probably just make me write an essay

@nothing-ue8fb Год назад

ok that was perfect timing for refreshing youtube main page

@SvdSinner Год назад

I love it! I grew up drooling over the hovercraft plans advertised in the back of Boy's Life magazine. I bought them and built one, but the 1980's requirement of using a vacuum cleaner motor plugged into a wall outlet made me dream of making a cordless one.

@steprockmedia Год назад

Gas-powered blowers work great. I assume the battery-powered ones would also be good.

@Blender3DProjects Год назад

What is this trend of youtube RC makers colabbing to make ride on vehicles?? First RCTestflight and Think Flight, now you guys. It's awesome!

@unusualfabrication9937 Год назад

I had done a lot of stuff with hovercrafts and have learned that using impellers for the plenum are better as they generate far more static pressure.

@katbutnohat_ Год назад

Another brilliant colab with DIY Perks done and dusted. Am I the only one now desperately awaiting another colab with Tim Station?

@user-wm5ku4vv7g 7 месяцев назад

i really like the way you solve problems so quickly and fix it fast

@WoodsPrecisionArms 7 месяцев назад

Your dad is AWESOME. I too had a really wonderful father. We are lucky people. Damn lucky.

@rogerrabbit80 Год назад

The small racing hovercraft also use rudders, but at least some of the steering comes from the driver shifting their weight from side to side. That may give you a little more control.

@pauldent3059 15 дней назад

Great proof of concept model

@themerseybore8875 Год назад

Christopher Cockerell will be smiling down. I’m old enough to remember the mighty SRN4 Super 4s and the ill-fated French N500. With an east wind, you could hear them coming from Calais/Boulogne long before seeing them. Happy memories of visiting my great aunt in 70s Dover. Keep up the good work.

@badad0166 8 месяцев назад

I saw where someone had great success with a full under bag setup with strategic silver dollar sized holes. Appeared to have better lift with similar motors. Of course, comparing apples and oranges, but, also easy to try! I'm like your dad with the "always wanted to build a hovercraft" dream.

@motor_misc 3 месяца назад

This video inspired me to build my own RC hovercraft and I have to say they are by far the coolest vehicle except maybe ekranoplans

@monkeyman1406 Год назад

The best thing about ProjectAir, they still care about family, and family wants for a long time.

@randybobandy9208 Год назад

Maybe centrifugal blowers would work better to create the pressure underneath? Although they are probably heavier. Awesome work!

@chimee1237 Год назад

My dad has always wanted one of these finally he can have one!

@JoseCarlosSgdf Год назад

DIY Perks is life.

@feebster11 Год назад

I always love it when James says "What's the worst that could happen?" Great build.

@vitowizard4867 Год назад

I like that I am noticing content creators that started with rc are slowly just making vehicles they can get in. No complaints because it's cool, let's be real

@Simonize41 Год назад

Absolutely brilliant!! Well done, be proud of yourself.👊🏻😎

@theoriginalpauly Год назад

This video demonstrates (over and over) the benefit of weak attachment points. Parts fall off, but they don't break.

@RetinaBurner Год назад

Corner thrusters will help to keep the vehicle on track, and will also help to compensate for terrain that isn't completely level. Also some sturdy fan guards and corner bumpers will help to protect the vehicle and nearby personnel. Nicely done job of "hot gluing your way to a better tomorrow." (Yes, you can use that if you like, with attribution) :)

@user-om6ci5lv8t 4 месяца назад

Man you make things that might become revolutionary to the world I’m not joking at all

@davesendit1348 Год назад

Those throttles are BEAUTIFUL

@martinfairweather700 Год назад

This chap sounds exactly like ‘diy perks’. Well spoken and we’ll explained. Well done.

@parkerk3599 Год назад

That is amazing how little power was needed to get it to work so well and RC plane parts even though it broke quite a bit

@OrenTirosh Год назад

Great! Now fill it with eels.

@timnook73 Год назад

That's so cool, amazing work!

@SunnyOst Год назад

I used to daydream about making this while on a bus in middle-school 15+ years ago, glad to see you making my dreams come true 😁

@definitelybored Год назад

Your videos are so awesome!! They are so entertaining and fun to watch! It also teaches me things!

@fonwoolridge Год назад

Fantastic! Love it James and Co!

@WindCatcherRC Год назад

This is fantastic! I've always wanted a hovercraft.

@NPC5273 Год назад

This is gonna be more amazing if you make this a series. About making some vehicles from scratch

@randomyoutubeuser3918 Год назад

Nice

@THY.. Год назад

At 4:49 that was the most quickest advertisement that my whole life saw

@kevo1163 Год назад

This guy deserves more subs 😍😍

@MrGridStrom Год назад

Such a fun project. Really neat seeing how they're made, I might have to try building a small scale RC one at some point.

@rctestflight Год назад

Great video! And nice Park City sweatshirt. Thats where I grew up!

@Project-Air Год назад

No way! Didn’t realise that but knew you were a Utah resident. Visited last summer and it was great!

@brrp8407 Год назад

I'm really amazed at your designs - they're mostly capable and work really well! keep up the effort :)

@_spartan11796 Год назад

Awesome video!

@sffpv9671 Год назад

Really cool fun project. Would love to see a more refined version of this in the future

@astro_che Год назад

Awesome video. Id love to see another video trying to go as fast as possible with beefed up rear motors

@MCsCreations Год назад

Fantastic work, James! Amazing hovercraft!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@csf6614 Год назад

That was brilliant man .... thank you

@rickibaron4816 Год назад

Great job! When I was much younger I wanted to build a hovercraft but at that time with internal combustion engines the cost was way too high. Keep up the good work and tweak the machine to get it even better.

@RazShifrin Год назад

Brilliant as always!! Extremely entertaining "big you-tuber style" well edited videos. Thank you, it was a great watch:)

@mrsmith4662 Год назад

Incredible, possibly needs a little more development to be a 'practical means of transport', but Christopher Cockerell would be proud.

@Hoch134 Год назад

So when is your hoverboard coming out? These turbines should be powerful enough?

@dan725 Год назад

lol your dad is awesome!

@olivander65 4 месяца назад

really cool project!

@stormtastic7083 Год назад

this is so impressive

@ThLDQ Год назад

That's crazy ! I like this !!!!!

@bennickerson9581 Год назад

awesome project!

@steprockmedia Год назад

Good work! I've built a few basic disc hovercrafts out of a vacuum cleaner (indoor, extension cabled) and a leaf blower (gas-powered, outdoor) That type is fun for kids and you kind of play a giant game of air hockey pushing them across tennis courts and that sort of area. Yours is much more of a vehicle and seems to have good lift. Way to go.

@0789-Sid Год назад

A wonderful invention. You are very well. I follow you from Algeria

@Louis_Roper Год назад

This is so cool!

@johnymodem1326 Год назад

Another great video. Keep up the good work.

@needmoreboost6369 Год назад

Great build! I love the duct tape engineering! And Thanks for not just 3D printing everything! and actually saying how it’s faster just making it yourself! I still want a printer though lol I highly suggest a gyro it makes hovercraft builds so much easier to fly

@chrisbarnes8887 Год назад

Very nice work.

@Sebza_Tshabalala Год назад

Well I'm impressed 😁 This is fabulous 🤞☝️

@Xander_Wiersma Год назад

Bro you are so underrated!!!

@ronaldbundaybunday Год назад

I love you're videos.

@elihennessy Год назад

That was awesome

@cswrighty Год назад

You did my suggestion. Nice.

@themrwinston9570 Год назад

i get so happy when i see a new upload here c:

@TriviaChallenge Год назад

Li-ion and brushless motor make almost anything possible!

@JacobKrizan Год назад

Great video! Looks like you all had ton of fun building and riding it together. I wonder if you could use thrust vectoring with your dual prop setup? Do you know about how much thrust they each can produce?

@motosk8er2 Год назад

Differential thrust*. But yes, this. Would have been easier to just use a rc transmitter and receiver to control it. Then rudder and differential could just be tied together on the TX.

@tepvang7889 Год назад

It's awesome

@Shayaankahn Год назад

Love this bro, super cool 👌

@Spiros219 Год назад

That's great I am jealous

@TheHandyAndy Год назад

I love hovercraft. I build an RC one from scratch it did not work well but it was fun.

@rocketgamer411 Год назад

Bro you're a legend

@sandofpv9719 Год назад

diferencial thrust XD nice proyect

@michaelkoelbl4004 Год назад

Amazing project! I think the only thing that it really needs is directional thrust, meaning you steer by changing the direction of the motors rather than moving the rudders.

@davidkettell5726 Год назад

What fun, i built an r/c one and as you have found out they are almost impossible to steer and seem to love goin sideways , but boy are they fun on snow.

@eduardschreder1623 Год назад

pretty cool, imagine it could go even fast if you just installed 2 more propellers!

@skylermecray Год назад

Love your vids

@EJ-74 Год назад

Very cool 😎👍🏻

@ruffriki3264 Год назад

Awesome!

@thepianoaddict Год назад

It would be cool to see a hovercraft / car (or bike) hybrid. Use the fans and skirt to reduce the friction of the wheels when cruising, and drop down onto the wheels for sharper turns.

@suryakamalnd9888 Год назад

Amazing video bro

@user-vt8kz1ll7b Год назад

To quote Anakin, “It’s working! It’s working!”

@cupidzsnakes6865 Год назад

I actually watched the ad because I hadn’t seen it before and it was relevant ish to the video and it’s something I’m interested in

@sidecarbod1441 Год назад

VERY GOOD! 🙂

@LITTLEEXPERIMENTCHANNEL1 Год назад

The youtubers are all making boats. Its like they are competing content against each other. No complaints, its all brilliant material to watch.

@thinkflight Год назад

This is AWESOME!

@Project-Air Год назад

I recommend building one!

@thinkflight Год назад

@@Project-Air This is very tempting if I can think of a spin on your idea for originality

@bASICMiner Год назад

really fun video :)

@SAHarry Год назад

My dad has also pulled the bang move on me, seems it’s universal🤣

@changbeerbeer Год назад

Must be great growing up in the age of social channels and more advanced/available tech, building projects with friends and family and, learning whilst having such a laugh! You have my sub and bell! Looking forward to seeing more. 👍