Human Carrying 6 Meter R/C Ekranoplan (RCTestFlight Collaboration) 

which lake were you guys testing at?

How did I end up here

why code "thinkfight" not thinkflight?

All fun and games until you finally pitch or roll into the lake and find yourself tossed forward and diced up a bit. But that's OK if you're Ok with that, right?

Great work. Perhaps you should try a height control wand, as foiling moths etc, but linked to the rear aèrerons

Loving this series. Does a third wing or a differential wingspan between forward and aft wing seem like it might help with pitch stability?

So it begins ... planning next summers manned creation. 🤔💭

Manned rocket to the moon everything else would be a dissappointment. Jokes aside, GREAT WORK!!

You guys sound exactly the same! I was confused as to which channel I was actually watching... Just watched your RC Outboard Motor video... I guess you found a doppelganger.. For your voice at least.. 😄

@@Matthews_Media yeah its pretty weird also it seems like they also steal video ideas from each other

W peter

Also when is your next vid bro💀

THIS this and more this! Dont landfill it! Please! Ill come and get it lol!! new collab channel THINK/TEST FLIGHT creations

How well do things like lidar work on water surfaces? I'm not really familiar with the tech other than base principles.

@@Thaccus I think an ultrasonic sensor might be better

Add more fore wing

Yep. Now they have to try it with two more motors, to get the step up out of the water.

I would like to honourably volunteer myself

This comment became more funny the longer I thought about it

Technically yes. Not sure about the ethics however lol.

Never saw a flying goat before!

They could use the kitten. Kittens like to fly and they always land on their feet.

I agree

Yes.

👏👏I agree

Это творение из СССР. Экраноплан. Создатель. Алексеев Ростислав Евгеньевич. Экраноплан лунь, ракета на подводных крыльях, и многое другое.

More horsepower’s.

I did some additional reading on the Russian ekranoplans and picked up a few more tidbits. The ekranoplan did indeed deflect the jet thrust under its main wing, but this was due to the design where the wing was part of its floating hull and this thrust was only present to help get this wing out of the water and into the airstream, then the deflectors would be retracted to thrust perpendicular to its chord line. Also only the main lifting wing was in ground effect and this makes sense. With the stabilizing wing being outside of ground effect its lift would have a linear relationship to velocity, where the main wing has a dual relationship with velocity and ground effect. Thus as the ekranoplan got out of ground effect the main wing loses lift while the stabilizing wing does not causing it to descend. Conversely if you deep inside of ground effect the main wing lift increased but the stabilizing wing remains unchanged causing the ekranoplan to ascend. These effects caused a build in stability so that velocity would be the determining factor to stabilize at an altitude at a given trim and balance. The ingenuity of Russian designers never ceases to amaze me.

EDIT: that was my idea screw daniel lol! 🤣 daniel i love you 😋

i also love how you casually saved that kitten. THANK YOU so much for that! 😢🥺🥺🥺🙌🙏

The fuck? Ground effect vehicles are as old as the airplane itself imao........

@@SMGJohn building ground effect vehicles in your garage that can carry a human using revolutionary light weight and powerful batteries and electric motors to power the machine is 'as old as the airplane itself' ???

@@SMGJohn Yeah, I keep tripping over 100s of them every time I go to the beach...Tfuck Rolmfao..t-fuck

@@donaldstewart6538 You can build an airplane in your garage with some plywood and an motorcycle engine, if Soviet pioneer kids used to do this in the 1950s, I am sure you can manage with modern tools from a brickstore.

@@donaldstewart6538 its still not "revolutionary"

I'm getting Ghostbusters vibes too..

@@proinseasokiellig4388 "What did you DO Ray? Aw, shit!"

me too

Yes please do!

Daniel(rctestflight) tried adding a hydrofoil to one of his smaller scale GEVs and determined that it caused more problems than it solved.

@@tomcadero9875 I seen that and was rather disappointed in the shape and poor quality of it. I think with a better design they could be rather beneficial

Just a full face motorcycle helmet and maybe a light leather jacket to protect the torso.

A light-weight fabric tonneau cover and windshield might save you enough drag to get airborne. Next try reducing thrust angle, then end plates on each side of the fuselage extending a few inches into the water in the step area, and finally end plates at the four wingtips. The wingtip plates may increase the risk of instability in turns, but its not my neck:)

YES. You have water to seal to--what better way to kill wingtip vortices? Isn't that one of the main advantages of ground effect--to "squash" vortices? Can't be that hard to try it!

More power alone could turn it into a conventional airplane, which isn't what they want