RC Plane Ejection Seat - Part 2

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • This is the second part of my RC Ejection Seat series. Thanks to Martin Baker for sponsoring this video. Click here to learn more about Martin baker apprenticeships: www.martin-bake...
    I've already started to develop an ejection seat powered by solid fuel model rocket motors, but now it's time to stick it into an RC plane (a very large RC plane too!). Will Action Man survive? Watch to find out!
    Enjoy my videos? I'm able to make them thanks to my Patreon supporters. Consider contributing here: / jameswhomsley
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 323

  • @45bang
    @45bang 3 роки тому +228

    First YT sponsor I haven’t immediately skipped through in months if not years lol

    • @themadscientest
      @themadscientest 2 роки тому +2

      huge same, wish a company in the US had a program like that!

    • @the_shadow_11
      @the_shadow_11 2 роки тому +1

      Same here- they really hit their target audience

    • @rifle_goober
      @rifle_goober 2 роки тому

      yeah all same might look into working with them here in the near future

    • @josha6118
      @josha6118 2 роки тому

      same

  • @ryanjenkins2446
    @ryanjenkins2446 3 роки тому +392

    This has to be the coolest and most relevant sponsorship ever. Someone finally figured out what we might actually be interested in!

    • @LUIZ-vc3hg
      @LUIZ-vc3hg 3 роки тому +13

      10000 times better than raid shadow legends

    • @CircsC
      @CircsC 2 роки тому +2

      @@LUIZ-vc3hg I think all those memes were astroturf to get people repeating the name of their game for free.

  • @NicholasRehm
    @NicholasRehm 3 роки тому +159

    Actually laughed out loud at that first failed ejection test. Something about G.I. Joe just chilling there in the rocket flames, and then your casual “oh dear” just sent me

    • @patricko-h9105
      @patricko-h9105 3 роки тому +3

      O dea
      and the little oofs when he gets a hard landing

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 2 роки тому +1

      Action Man, not GI Joe.

  • @inventiveowl395
    @inventiveowl395 3 роки тому +136

    Now that's a sponsorship :D

  • @gflaig9131
    @gflaig9131 3 роки тому +233

    HOW DID YOU GET SPONSORED BY MARTIN BAKER.
    THIS IS AWESOME!!!

    • @andie_pants
      @andie_pants 3 роки тому +16

      I think someone's getting a *_sweet_* internship. 😃 Love watching worthy people succeed!

    • @Project-Air
      @Project-Air  3 роки тому +39

      They're an awesome company!

    • @vinayakk2745
      @vinayakk2745 3 роки тому +4

      @@Project-Air no cap

    • @gflaig9131
      @gflaig9131 3 роки тому +4

      @@Project-Air yeah, i have been designing a mini edge table seat like this one and i have taken a lot of inspiration from their designs. They make awesome stuff!

    • @spaceskipster4412
      @spaceskipster4412 3 роки тому

      @@Project-Air they have an extraordinary history... 👍🏼 🇬🇧
      ua-cam.com/video/bMdv7UBdWw4/v-deo.html

  • @leemiles3995
    @leemiles3995 Рік тому +15

    what happened to this project?

  • @burntorangeak
    @burntorangeak 3 роки тому +33

    Hands down the coolest integrated advertisement I have ever seen on UA-cam.

  • @lesliefoster9027
    @lesliefoster9027 3 роки тому +33

    I hope to see the Action Man is awarded a medal for bravery in the future video.

    • @stephenbirks6458
      @stephenbirks6458 3 роки тому +1

      After landing on his nogging a few times - Cannot be good for the grey matter !
      He certainly deserves that medal !

  • @Project-Air
    @Project-Air  3 роки тому +5

    A big shout out to my Patreons for all of the rocket motors used in this video www.patreon.com/jameswhomsley

  • @TheVanessaUk
    @TheVanessaUk 2 роки тому +4

    Please make Part 3. My son has autism and loves ejection seats. He would love to make one like this.

  • @nefariousyawn
    @nefariousyawn 3 роки тому +12

    Awesome! I'm glad you got sponsored by Martin Baker - they are my first choice in aircraft ejection seats.

    • @nefariousyawn
      @nefariousyawn 3 роки тому +10

      Okay, I finished the video and I see now that the sponsorship was about education and job opportunities, not selling ejection seats to the general public.

  • @abhignay
    @abhignay 3 роки тому +21

    Always a good day when James uploads a ProjectAir video, especially when it's sponsored by Martin Baker

  • @rileysowner
    @rileysowner 2 роки тому +2

    I am eagerly awaiting the third video in this series.

  • @danway60
    @danway60 3 роки тому +2

    I normally skip sponsored segments, but I highly approve of this one. I did an engineering apprenticeship over a decade ago and I can't recommend it highly enough! You get paid to learn and don't have any debt at the end of it, plus the added benefit of a qualification and a ladder to progress through a company. Also, most companies will put you with different departments for a time so you can decide whilst doing a particular job if you want to carry on with it afterwards as a career.

  • @ParaglidingManiac
    @ParaglidingManiac 3 роки тому +37

    Why are the leading edges of jet engine hubs so...... have the aerodynamics of a brick?:)

    • @milkhbox
      @milkhbox 3 роки тому +4

      Ikr...makes the aerodynamist in me shrivel like a frozen scrotum.

    • @andie_pants
      @andie_pants 3 роки тому +2

      I imagine on that scale it's not of much consequence.

    • @richards7909
      @richards7909 3 роки тому +4

      I'm sure he could make it more aerodynamic if he wanted to. However, the ejection seat is the "star" of this video and not the plane. Why waste his limited resources if it flies? :-)

    • @Project-Air
      @Project-Air  3 роки тому +23

      Because it isn't finished yet

  • @billiherington2544
    @billiherington2544 3 роки тому +14

    Try using the rods like on Soviet ejection seats for stabilization

  • @Laplagaable
    @Laplagaable 3 роки тому +1

    Ok that has to be the first time I have been actually interested in a sponsored ad, I mean! ID LOVE TO APPLY!

  • @xavermaier9625
    @xavermaier9625 3 роки тому +11

    Martin-Baker Ad be like: IF U EVER NEED AN EJECTION SEAT...

    • @rickhowe5082
      @rickhowe5082 3 роки тому

      Maybe they can hook me up with a passenger seat.

  • @joelhavinga8366
    @joelhavinga8366 3 роки тому +7

    THE VIDEO IS HERE YAAAY MAKES MY DAY!!

  • @ARlELATOM
    @ARlELATOM 3 роки тому

    Loved the Martin Baker sponsorship

  • @TheMemeDynamics
    @TheMemeDynamics 3 роки тому

    Oh my god, a real ejection seat company Marin-Baker for the sponsor in this video! THIS IS AWESOME!!!

  • @russellrobson7632
    @russellrobson7632 3 роки тому

    I have flown many RC aircraft, but I've never contemplated fitting them with an ejection seat! Good on Martin-Baker for their apprenticeship scheme too. If only they did that 30 years ago... Very cool!

  • @thedolt9215
    @thedolt9215 2 роки тому

    Martin Baker… Saving lives for… A really long time!

  • @deadeyeduncan5022
    @deadeyeduncan5022 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, what a cool sponsor. I'm fuckin' happy for you man, and it's great to see Martin Baker recognizing your talents. People like you are going to make a difference simply by having fun.

  • @jouhannaudjeanfrancois891
    @jouhannaudjeanfrancois891 Рік тому

    In my aerospace afficionados eyes, Martin Baker sponsoring is a f...g holy grail of sponsorships!

  • @guamflyer1
    @guamflyer1 2 роки тому

    VERY..VERY..COOL. Nice to hear what Martin Baker does too... Great Sponsorship

  • @gryfandjane
    @gryfandjane 3 роки тому

    It is so cool that you got Martin-Baker’s attention with this project! Years ago, when I was a training developer at McDonnell Douglas, I got to put together a bunch of stuff on the MB seat used in our T-45... basically, the Navy version of the BAE Hawk. Those seats are quite fascinating.

  • @JoeOvercoat
    @JoeOvercoat 2 роки тому

    Shoutout to Martin Baker. If you told me you work for Martin Baker I would think first and foremost, ‘respect’.

  • @danieljohnston4076
    @danieljohnston4076 3 роки тому +1

    You should build a solid rocket motor powered x-15 that could be dropped from a RC plane or drone. That would be so cool!!

  • @thescienceysworkshop5368
    @thescienceysworkshop5368 3 роки тому +1

    there is something special in you james! you make your project , then you make us laugh by cracking jokes on the faliure , you make it again , and you make us laugh out loud by the amazing results

  • @Akidsperspective1
    @Akidsperspective1 3 роки тому +2

    Wow this is like a NASA project! Cool 👍

  • @joeemenaker
    @joeemenaker 3 роки тому +3

    Although the rockets have a "cool" factor, I think I'd go for a compression spring under the seat (held in compression with a catch that can be retracted via servo). Solves a lot of problems at once (like thermal protection, latency in the rockets getting up to max thrust, imbalance in thrust between the rocket motors, the need for so _many_ rocket motors)

  • @InterFelix
    @InterFelix 3 роки тому

    Oh. Martin-Baker have discovered something that is essentially a hybrid of the German "Duales Studium" and "Ausbildung" (being university studies integrated with practical experience in a company respectively an apprenticeship). Interesting and quite pleasing. I'm sure it's a great opportunity!

  • @stayawakestudios
    @stayawakestudios 3 роки тому

    What a kickass sponsor

  • @roar6692
    @roar6692 3 роки тому +1

    now that landing gear retraction was the greatest thing ive seen on this channel

  • @neemaborji9993
    @neemaborji9993 3 роки тому

    Stan the Action Man back again!

  • @proudbirther1998
    @proudbirther1998 Рік тому

    Great to hear Martin Baker got involved.

  • @xavermaier9625
    @xavermaier9625 3 роки тому +5

    Also love how the Meteor came out

  • @northdakoda
    @northdakoda 2 роки тому +4

    Guy is CEO of not finishing projects lol

  • @komitadjie
    @komitadjie Рік тому

    Man, this is by far the coolest and most relevant sponsorship ever!

  • @davidbalfour3390
    @davidbalfour3390 3 роки тому

    Nice you highlight the ad clearly.

  • @TristamMayes
    @TristamMayes 3 роки тому

    What I love about this lad is there’s no click bait lol brilliant video and also fair play to Martin baker for getting involved.

  • @Hustler9g
    @Hustler9g 3 роки тому

    Litteraly the coolest youtybe sponsor ever

  • @csntb6822
    @csntb6822 3 роки тому

    Props to Martin Baker for being so cool and sponsoring this video

  • @Hangar11RC
    @Hangar11RC 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome! This is on my list of project ideas. So hard to come up with an original idea on youtube. I'm glad it is you who stole my idea! LOL 2nd part of my plans.. Make a basic 2nd airframe to produce a video of the craft going down in flames. After a successful ejection sequence of course. Cheers

  • @56Seeker
    @56Seeker 3 роки тому

    Great sponsorship.

  • @stephenbirks6458
    @stephenbirks6458 3 роки тому

    Loving your Action Mans 'Airmans Tash' !
    Dressed for the part I see ! 👍 Chocks away !

  • @vinayakk2745
    @vinayakk2745 3 роки тому

    Martin Baker sure is a big name in this industry, I'm happy that you got sponsored by them❤️😁

  • @TheWirksworthGunroom
    @TheWirksworthGunroom 3 роки тому

    Great stuff. Awesome that Martin-Baker picked up on your project and supported it!

  • @crocogile2352
    @crocogile2352 3 роки тому

    Damn, sick sponsorship.

  • @OliversAviationvideo
    @OliversAviationvideo 3 роки тому

    Thats seriously cool to be sponsored by them.

  • @lcarus42
    @lcarus42 3 роки тому +1

    This is freakin amazing!!!
    Now imagine an fpv with head tracker.

  • @Cringe34R
    @Cringe34R 3 роки тому +1

    Yes! I’ve been waiting patiently for this!

  • @AeroStuffFPV
    @AeroStuffFPV 3 роки тому

    What a sponsor! Who's next? Lockheed Martin?

  • @daleanderson1727
    @daleanderson1727 2 роки тому

    Oh no! Poor ol' Action Man got turned into bacon! This was cool, thanks for sharing it. Glad to be your subscriber.

  • @MN-ly5qs
    @MN-ly5qs 3 роки тому +1

    That gear gave me a nerdgasm

  • @O.L.D_RC
    @O.L.D_RC 3 роки тому +1

    Sweet, good one James! This is a fun project, can't wait to see it in flight. The Meteor is almost the perfect test bed for this. Cheers mate, stay well!

  • @jakebrang
    @jakebrang 2 роки тому

    That's crazy, my dad works for Martin Baker America, has been since around '99 or 2000.

  • @ensaraliu3981
    @ensaraliu3981 3 роки тому

    the only ad
    that i might be intrested

  • @Lucas_652-p9m
    @Lucas_652-p9m Рік тому +2

    CAN WE SEE A PART 3 PLEASE?

  • @rmdcade1717
    @rmdcade1717 3 роки тому

    What a wild sponsorship. That's awesome.

  • @petergrahammer1493
    @petergrahammer1493 2 роки тому

    Such a great builder and inspiring young engineer...

  • @marineboy6033
    @marineboy6033 3 роки тому

    I love your innovative thinking and ‘can do’ approach!

  • @qwertyuiop8334
    @qwertyuiop8334 3 роки тому

    Wow ! That is a lot of motors

  • @nateolmsted22
    @nateolmsted22 3 роки тому

    The best "This video is sponsored by" ever 👌🏼👌🏼

    • @SolarWebsite
      @SolarWebsite 3 роки тому +1

      I did see a review video of a robot lawn mower once that was sponsored by Manscaped. That was pretty good, too!

    • @nateolmsted22
      @nateolmsted22 3 роки тому

      @@SolarWebsite 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Termuellinator
    @Termuellinator 3 роки тому

    Gratz for the cool sponsorship!
    I think the rockets should be mounted further back to align them better wit the CG of the seat/actionman system ^^

  • @Nick50036
    @Nick50036 3 роки тому

    Really pleased to see your thoughtful projects united with the industry pioneers/ leaders in this field. Power to all your elbows and here’s to the future,

  • @RTatBstoke
    @RTatBstoke 3 роки тому

    Great Video James, The fact that MB reached out to you is a wonderful indictment of both, your work on here & MB's intent to inspire & train the next generation of engineers. If you need a wingman for the big test, more than happy to bring my EDF Meteor WL419 out to play. Only wish I could have fitted a working seat to it. Been wanting to take it to Chalgrove & see it next to the real thing for years, Plus the rest of my MB fleet, the MB5 & DC3 G-APML.

  • @mb2k100
    @mb2k100 3 роки тому

    The new skin graft Action Man looks fun.. And educational!

  • @brucebaxter6923
    @brucebaxter6923 3 роки тому

    personally with multiple motor ignitions and an ejection or stores, rockets or seats i would place each motor into a interconnected tube system so they all feed a common pressure into the pipes and they all operate like air pistons with only the top connected to the seat.
    this balances the ejection forces as pistons to low pressure and dont rely on the motors getting up to full thrust at different times.

  • @mrsmith4662
    @mrsmith4662 3 роки тому

    Terrific! That's one big project just the ejector seat, but to put it into a flying Gloster meteor plane is going to be something else. Just as well Action Man was wearing a crash helmet & no doubt he'll need that & fire proof clothing in the future. Looking forward to the next step with this & great that Martin Baker are involved.

  • @kenm8376
    @kenm8376 3 роки тому

    Looking forward to seeing the end result of your hard work. Thanks for letting us in.

  • @qwertyuiop8334
    @qwertyuiop8334 3 роки тому +1

    Happy to be one of the first viewers. Watching literally one minute after you uploaded. Nice work

  • @garyslentzii2796
    @garyslentzii2796 3 роки тому

    Congrats on Martin-Baker sponsoring you, what a kick! I love you ingenuity on this project, we use a foil heat tape that weighs nothing here in the US, Auto Parts stores sell it. Tally Ho!

  • @ausytimetraveller
    @ausytimetraveller 9 місяців тому +1

    Where is part 3 btw great video mate

  • @wolfaviator0112
    @wolfaviator0112 3 роки тому +12

    Fun fact: pilots after ejection can be up to 2 inches shorter due to excess of 14 Gs

  • @paulgoldsmith4693
    @paulgoldsmith4693 3 роки тому +1

    glad to see action man was wearing a crash helmet, perhaps he needs some fireproof clothing as well. looking forward to seeing the flying ejection.

  • @daleanderson1727
    @daleanderson1727 2 роки тому

    Happy to be your new subscriber. FYI I came to your channel via Nicholas Rehm's channel.

  • @keithbrown2458
    @keithbrown2458 3 роки тому

    Very nicely done

  • @MATTB-rd1us
    @MATTB-rd1us 3 роки тому

    Coolest sponsor ever, way to go...

  • @andie_pants
    @andie_pants 3 роки тому +1

    Not often you see a tinkerer channel get sponsored by a big-time defense contractor. Impressive!

    • @andie_pants
      @andie_pants 3 роки тому +1

      (or, should I say _defence..._ pardon my Yankee-ness. :-P )

    • @pipess7064
      @pipess7064 3 роки тому

      @@andie_pants MB pulled it off better than the USN, I will say

  • @fooman2108
    @fooman2108 3 роки тому

    Legend has it when they wanted to test the first ejection seat (which was done full scale in Meteor for the first time), they wanted to use a chimpanzee for a test subject. The RSPCA stepped in a told them NO! So they found an enlisted man (fitter) who was 'volunteered' for the tests, since there was not Royal Society for Protection of Enlisted Men, (the original seat used a 3" (76mm) cannon shell to blast the seat from the aircraft, so they were NOT gentle! Nearly every United States Navy hangar where they work of the ejection systems for USN aircraft has a sign that reads; 'if you cannot fly United, Fly Martin-Baker!'

  • @goupil331
    @goupil331 3 роки тому +1

    Nice video. But you have to be careful with one very important point. The ejection of the miniature could greatly modify your centre of gravity once in flight, which could lead to the crash of the plane

  • @DaniilPetrikin
    @DaniilPetrikin 8 місяців тому

    I love your video’s and every video is better! Project air is the best!

  • @TheKRU251
    @TheKRU251 3 роки тому +1

    Entertaining as always.
    Keep the 'stuff' coming.
    One thing. Superb laser cutter, fancy equipment etc then you use needle nose pliers to tighten those nuts.
    Oh no. Please use a correct size socket or a spanner (that's the ex aircraft engineer in me talking).
    Keep up the superb content. : )

  • @Sam-nf7ql
    @Sam-nf7ql 3 роки тому +1

    Epic my dude, Keep It Up! I get super exited when you post a new vid

  • @PavloLukashuk
    @PavloLukashuk 3 роки тому

    Very interesting project, please don't stop.Thanks.

  • @emielvanhaverbeke3342
    @emielvanhaverbeke3342 3 роки тому +1

    awesome vid

  • @jesusday87
    @jesusday87 2 роки тому

    You should try buying extra ignitors, I think the serious rocket guys double them up for better reliability.

  • @Jhill035
    @Jhill035 2 роки тому

    You're 90° away from making an airplane capable of firing unguided rockets nice work

  • @puppy_cat_meowz1896
    @puppy_cat_meowz1896 3 роки тому

    This guy is so much like Bob Gilruth. Like Bob, he does aerospace engineering. Also like him, he's done hydrofoils.

  • @trentbauman8483
    @trentbauman8483 3 роки тому

    Thank you James for inspiring me to do Aerospace Engineering for college. all of your videos are amazing and i hope you keep up the amazing work

  • @thirtythreeeyes8624
    @thirtythreeeyes8624 3 роки тому

    Such a cool project man you deserve them as a sponsor.

  • @TodayFreedom
    @TodayFreedom 2 роки тому

    Found your channel via DIYPerks and I’m glad I did. Great content, great production. Subscribed 👍🏻

  • @ryanrenolds
    @ryanrenolds 2 роки тому +1

    Waiting for pt3

  • @ah4quadssake885
    @ah4quadssake885 3 роки тому

    Two magnetic tracks that hold the seat unit tight in the aircraft.
    As soon as the ejector seat button is pressed ,one set of the magnetic track has reversed polarity and then the seat unit would be ejected at what could be a controlled accleration such as fairground rides use.
    No need then for complicated seat units.

  • @repsak_DK
    @repsak_DK Рік тому +3

    still waiting for part 3 :/

  • @vibhav1319
    @vibhav1319 3 роки тому

    Your videos are really cool big bro...
    Wanna be like you ...
    Always excited for your new video

  • @TheBeast-qm4de
    @TheBeast-qm4de 3 роки тому

    Love Your Videos

  • @CodyDockerty
    @CodyDockerty 3 роки тому

    Well then, an ad I didn't skip.