It could even avoid flying over populated areas by flying over the lake. (Even if it's directly above the boat, the signal will be better due to its altitude.)
Man, I wish more youtubers made content like this! No fancy sets or begs for subscriptions, just an individual casually doing cool stuff! Very wholesome.
👍 I've been subbed to this guy for 11 years. You know, that time when we could give eight thumbs ups to a video? Were they thumbs ups? Maybe they were stars, like merits.
Also, big appreciation for the editing that went into the collage views where you had your car fpv, the boat fpv, the telemetry stats, and the gps readout in the same screen. Great stuff!
Its weird that we have gone from "cameras dont work well in lowlight" to "This camera works better than my eyes in this low light" in not a long amount of time...
@@paddlesaddlelad1881 The good ones are photo multiplier tubes and not cameras. Most also use an illuminator that emits infrared light... So not quite the same thing at all since this would be monochrome and infrared is not even a human visible spectrum.
But the eye is often still better in mixed environment. Cameras are very good in low light or bright light environment, but the eye tend to have better performance in low light situations with a few bright lights or vice versa. But you still can see sth better on a bright screen than next to a bright screen.
From an engineering perspective I would say it's solving problems bounded by constraints, given you clearly stated the objectives in the first video and the problems you had to solve to get there, feels like real engineering to me. The best part was the storytelling which was fantastic. You are a creator, maker, and storyteller. You have a lot of skills man.
Flat bottom boats are better for carrying more stuff in them but they are horrible for efficiency and speed. There some films on UA-cam about hull design and their advantages.
The flat bottom is mainly due to repairs in the dock. Imagine how difficult it would be to subject e.g. 75 thousand-ton ship. And the second reason is that the ship has as little draft as possible.
Also I think flat bottoms are needed sometimes to sail in water where there's risk of scraping the bottom of the boat on the seabed or rocks or whatever. They are more sea sickness inducing though (I have first hand knowledge of that)
There are also authoritative works like 18th C Swedish book Architectura navalis mercatoria. Of course you can also look at line drawings for actual boats. Digitalt museum is a good resource for this.
If your boats are airtight, you might want to consider putting a humidity sensor inside. It could give you a good idea of any possible leaks long before they present a huge issue. Great video by the way!
12:45 you know youre following your dream in life when the rest of the world is driving in one direction and you are driving in the opposite direction. Awesome vid. all the best mate.
Bird avoidance might be an issue if operating in twilight/darkness; model ekranoplans operate extremely close to the surface. Even during the day other water users might not be able to avoid a speedy surface skimmer. An autonomous ekranoplan is something I'd love to see, but adding speed and spinning blades to the mix complicates matters considerably. Of course it depends on where and when it's flown.
I’d really like to see how you’d do building a more endurance-focused boat that can handle rougher conditions. I think it’d be really neat if you could build something like this but with being able to, for example, go long distances in the ocean. A durable endurance vessel like this could be REALLY cool.
One week from now: Breaking news! Yellow boat drone caught by police attempting to smuggle Airsoft gun's into Canada in exchange for quality maple syrup.
The long lake in E. Washington is a man-made dam reservoir on the Columbia River. The Columbia River starts in Canada, so Canada could be the destination. However, the banana slug is going to have a hard time going up the fish ladder
There actually are autonomous sailing drones that are capable of that. Sadly they focus on research instead of youtube shenanigans :/ I would love for him to replicate something like that though, would be an awesome project
I would drive to see that in person. It's pretty cool that regular people like us are able to basically achieve these projects by ourselves. Imagine what we would be able to achieve collaborating.
Loved the video, When you were trying to hook it, the bow wave stops the boat from increasing speed regardless of how much power, due to it being a displacement hull. Truly inspiring video mate
@@Nono-dk5hl no it wouldn't you could make a small boat with a closed roof, make it sturdy enough too withstand waves and also plan the route according to the forcast, you probably couldn't have cameras and stuff on top but if it was designed like a u boat or a modern life boat it could survive
it's always funny when "experts" judge DIY projects like this... at the end it worked perfectly and most people couldn't even build a boat that's one tenth as good as this one. i'm very excited for future missions and will definitely stay tuned for more videos :D
The problem with an ekranoplan is that the scale starts to matter alot. The full size version could comfortably sit in ground effect at 20+ft off the water, but when you scale that down, it'd have to stay no more than a few inches, which puts it in danger of hitting even the slightest ripple.
@@jttech44, I need to recommend this video I found of a fully working Ekranoplan: GIANT RC Ekranoplan (Secret Russian aircraft?) PeterSripol. Will this change your mind?
@@jttech44 You said it. I think half the wingspan is the optimum flying height. The one model ekronoplan I've seen kicked up quite a spray, left a wake and me unsure of whether or not it was truly flying.
A smaller repeater boat (or a mesh network of them) might be an even more effective approach because their batteries last way longer and they are much more stable and way easier to build.
@@unmountablebootvolume Way easier to build? He had more issues with his boats than he did with the planes, the last video was just him struggling to get it to float right lol
Congratulations on a successful mission skipper, that was something really different and great fun to watch. Thanks for sharing. A flattened V shape bottom and longer hull would improve your speed and stability. Looking forward to your next venture 👍
That was cool. I actually found myself getting a little excited when it appeared on the horizon. Keep up the good work. Really enjoying your experiments. Still miss the old days when you were flying your early flights. Cool stuff
I paused it on the 1 million comments and all I have to say is dude I love it I love what you have done I really wish I could do that as well keep your boat RC dream whatever going I'll keep watching personally let's turn this into a sporting event
Cartels down in Mexico are like hey let’s send this kid some free vouchers for a five-star resort and ask him if he would like to do some humanitarian work for us
the boat haul idea whould be awesome, and it would be cool if you did some "let's build" videos for us novices to build along to, but please design it for heavy water.
To anyone that complains about his build quality or ideas, post YOUR video link of a better build below and show us all how its done! Cant wait to see how many links are posted. Love the content! Keep it up!
@@userAndix basically it's a large mass spinning inside the ship to keep it upright. it's used in large container ships, which probably also allows them to use a flat bottom, but since he doesn't have a stabilizer in here, the boat sometimes rolls from side to side. heres a video explaining it ua-cam.com/video/KNDpsBlxUIY/v-deo.html
@@nob0dy27_ Container ships dont typically use them, mainly for the reason is that they just arent effective for a ship that size. On that scale you'll typically use fin stabilisers, but its mostly ocean liners that will use this. As they are ultimately for passenger comfort they arent used on cargo ships. The stability in cargo ships comes from the laterally shift in buoyance when it rolls.
@@kinghainesy ah ok, thanks for clearing me up, i'm not an expert in that matter :) i feel like a stabilizer might help on the scale of an rc model, so i thought i'd suggest it.
How about an autonomous ground effect vehicle, carrying an autonomous drone to its mission site. Bonus points if the drone can land on the ship after its mission.
I love these videos so much. they have these special feeling it’s hard to explain. it feels like going on an exciting mission with you 😄 looking forward to an even longer challenge!
Really nice job. Easy for haters to hate when they don’t have to engineer it and build it and test it themselves. Love to know more details about the ground effect vehicle...
FYI the raw_temp data is more likely a millivolt or microvolt reading from the sensor, you would need to convert that using whatever volts-degrees ratio is needed for that specific sensor.
Haven't even watched the video yet but I already smashed the like button, the amount of effort this man puts into his projects and videos is unparalleled!
Love your videos. Amazed with your talent. In this vid, you asked Siri to convert from C to F. Wanted to share quick trick if Siri unavailable - double C and add 32 for quick temp conversion. For example, 31 C dirty conversion is 94. Some commercial Pilots use this method for a quick way to convert. 👍🏼
I would like to suggest not to say ampere hours but use watt hours, because, different system voltages make your data bit irrelevant, but when you talk about how much watts ar pulling and how much it will last in term of watt hours - that is pretty universal no matter what system voltage you have. Cool project tho! :)
Totally agree on principal, but sometimes you're stuck with the systems that are present. If the software is capable of calculating Wh in real time then it should be configured to do that.
Recently subscribed - would love to see more autonomous long range boat video's - loved this one as well as the hyperlapse one (great ideas). Think this is my favorite channel to watch lately - great work, keep them coming please!
Now that you have succeeded in making a autonomous long range boat, you should make a autonomous submarine that stays underwater for the whole mission (except for the telemetry)
I’ve been following for a long time and it’s always fun to see what you’re up to with these crazy projects of yours. Really making me want to try out making long range autonomous RC planes. Thank you for inspiring!
The voyage of the USS" Banana Slug " and its owner is completely outstanding. Your accomplishments are truly astounding. Video is fantastic with wildlife nearby. I Really enjoyed this voyage and look forward to more when possible. Thats an early start in the morning and being well prepared with all your gear and backup internet on board. I say mate ...well done!!!
if you end up doing a lake or river in Eastern Washington you would post a channel update on when and where because i have property by the Yakama river and would love to see the banana slug in person! i would suggest the Columbia river but i think the current might be a challenge if you go upstream but downstream it would do just fine. love the vids mate keep up the good work! so cool to see someone from Washington making some dope ass autonomous RC vehicles.
Much respect. Well done. I watched the last video... as soon as I saw this, had to watch! We have a lot of interest that overlap. If you ever want to start a project that needs some extra effort, please get in touch.
Would be awesome to see a bigger mission with the ss Banana, with like a constant gopro footage on the corner of the screen, its very cool to see its perspective anytime you feel like, thanks for the cool content man!
I have watched pretty much every video you have uploaded and this ranks right up at the top of them. It is absolutely interesting and I would tune in for the long haul trek you talk about being a possibility. Would make a great live stream.
Love your content. I think there is a big difference between making something within your ability (and tools/materials etc.), making something "properly" (with experience and ideal materials) and not making anything at all (except for maybe a few youtube comments). I find your experiments quite inspiring, as they tell me that if I have an idea I can try it with what I have access to and learn from it.
A keel board or strakes wouldn't have to be ridiculous to improve the handling of this boat. The simplest would be a 1/2" x 1/2" square strip of board glued down the middle of the bottom (tapered to the hull fore and aft to avoid weed of coarse). The water rudder would be an order of magnitude more efficient if it reached out into the slip stream more (get out of the suck zone). Easiest way to do this would be to extend it down till about an inch is below the hull (again tapered to avoid weed collecting). And for goodness sakes, put some z bends in that control linkage! You're seriously doing very cool things with these, good work.
I subscribed. Your videos are just too cool - love this kinda fun, really enjoyable to watch! Brilliant stuff, good luck on all future projects - which I cant wait to see!
@@realdbcooper3423 the ekranoplan is both a bad boat and a bad airplane, and it doesn't do well at a small scale, since even the smallest waves and wind will absolutely fuck it up.
The thing that container boats, with a nearly flat bottom, let be stable are the proportions.. your vessel is around two times as high as it is wide.. you can see that the containervessles are usually as wide as tall or a bit wider.. that results in other problems (that they can’t drive along a side wave without rolling).. So if you build a second one, and I think you should.. it looks cool and I bet you can build a better boat next time! Look at directions of these container boats, since it is a pretty simple shape, if it has to less buoyancy make it longer (that also could help with your speed, and these weird jumping)
You're right, it is majestic. If you do this again, use the same hull design but add a "bow bulb". This will cut down on the bow wake your hull is pushing now. 👍🏼
@@KofiAsare0 I understand everybody‘s gotta make a living and Ad Revenue ain‘t cuttin it. But I think there are other awesome sponsors like PCBWay (GreatScott get‘s sponsored by them), the battery manufacturers, maybe solar panel manufacturers or other companies in the model building industry. I don‘t mind sponsor announcements at all, I just hate Raid. And Raid is not even relevant to the channels content...
This is oddly enjoyable, there's an endearing craft, a dramatic mission and brilliant narration.
LOL! I wish we had done something for your hand launch free flight Chris... :)
That's why I subscribed. Honest, amazing feats for home made stuff and great ideas...
Exactly! This should be a boring topic but I end up sitting here for a full 30 minutes every time
Totally enjoyed the ride! I’m thinking “Let’s dig in to breakfast” at the end of the video..wow, this video is immersive in a unique way.
For giggles, you should have a drone airplane flying around, acting as an aerial relay between you and your boat.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
It could even avoid flying over populated areas by flying over the lake. (Even if it's directly above the boat, the signal will be better due to its altitude.)
Yes.
Man, I wish more youtubers made content like this! No fancy sets or begs for subscriptions, just an individual casually doing cool stuff! Very wholesome.
👍 I've been subbed to this guy for 11 years. You know, that time when we could give eight thumbs ups to a video? Were they thumbs ups? Maybe they were stars, like merits.
YES
Also, big appreciation for the editing that went into the collage views where you had your car fpv, the boat fpv, the telemetry stats, and the gps readout in the same screen. Great stuff!
could you publish the raw footage of the boat going across the lake as a unlisted video or something
I think it would be relaxing to watch
he did this a while back
@@joedafpv6770 doesn't mean he deleted the footage
I think it'd be cool for a timelapses channel
@@shrek6887 he did this on the foam hyperlapse air boat he had a gimbal and everything. The vid is on his channel.
I’d do a side by side or pnp with the waypoints video with it.
It's snow coincidence that his autonomous drone boat requires a 1kg bag of strong white flour as ballast to sit right in the water.
Its a long seafaring tradition. 😏
Next waypoint mission is gonna take place in the gulf of Mexico, no doubt.
Its weird that we have gone from "cameras dont work well in lowlight" to "This camera works better than my eyes in this low light" in not a long amount of time...
Improving tech
night vision goggles?
@@paddlesaddlelad1881 The good ones are photo multiplier tubes and not cameras. Most also use an illuminator that emits infrared light... So not quite the same thing at all since this would be monochrome and infrared is not even a human visible spectrum.
I know right? Crazy.
But the eye is often still better in mixed environment. Cameras are very good in low light or bright light environment, but the eye tend to have better performance in low light situations with a few bright lights or vice versa. But you still can see sth better on a bright screen than next to a bright screen.
From an engineering perspective I would say it's solving problems bounded by constraints, given you clearly stated the objectives in the first video and the problems you had to solve to get there, feels like real engineering to me. The best part was the storytelling which was fantastic. You are a creator, maker, and storyteller. You have a lot of skills man.
I have been waiting for this forever.
same
The ad from Raid Shadow Legends yes....
same 😅👍🏼
Same here, I’m building something similar
Same
A clear boat hull that you can see through into the water? That sound amazing! Also please do a 100km 24+ hr trip
That would be great to see
I really need to see the 100km trip!
Flat bottom boats are better for carrying more stuff in them but they are horrible for efficiency and speed. There some films on UA-cam about hull design and their advantages.
Sound interesting, any channel you could recommend?
The flat bottom is mainly due to repairs in the dock. Imagine how difficult it would be to subject e.g. 75 thousand-ton ship. And the second reason is that the ship has as little draft as possible.
Also I think flat bottoms are needed sometimes to sail in water where there's risk of scraping the bottom of the boat on the seabed or rocks or whatever. They are more sea sickness inducing though (I have first hand knowledge of that)
@@pingwingugu5 "Datawave Marine Solutions" is a good channel for this.
There are also authoritative works like 18th C Swedish book Architectura navalis mercatoria. Of course you can also look at line drawings for actual boats. Digitalt museum is a good resource for this.
when he said he was getting hungry and taco bell popped up on his google maps thats when i knew the machines have won
The mashines won because he realised he is hungry after taco bells popped up ;-)
If your boats are airtight, you might want to consider putting a humidity sensor inside. It could give you a good idea of any possible leaks long before they present a huge issue. Great video by the way!
humidity and temperature would be nice to see in the boat
“Well, well, well, if it isn’t, probably, the boat...” 😂
This was by far my most favorite comment too!
Read it at the time I herdit
I would be interested in a clear polycarbonate boat hull to be molded.
Go ahead. It's not hard.
I want to see one too
You can build a home vacuum forming table for 50 bucks in materials provided you have a shop vac
You can DIY a vacume table.
A 3d printed hull would be better. U can add interior bracing and ballast points.
12:45 you know youre following your dream in life when the rest of the world is driving in one direction and you are driving in the opposite direction.
Awesome vid.
all the best mate.
autonomous ground effect plane would be hella cool.
It wood also be hella hard.
I REALLY Want to see one
I agree and yeah it will be hard but also so awesome to see the process he goes thru. Even if he fails, I think it'll be super interesting to watch.
Mini ekranoplan 👀
Bird avoidance might be an issue if operating in twilight/darkness; model ekranoplans operate extremely close to the surface. Even during the day other water users might not be able to avoid a speedy surface skimmer.
An autonomous ekranoplan is something I'd love to see, but adding speed and spinning blades to the mix complicates matters considerably. Of course it depends on where and when it's flown.
I'd back that Kickstarter. Cool vid Daniel, always a treat.
I’d really like to see how you’d do building a more endurance-focused boat that can handle rougher conditions. I think it’d be really neat if you could build something like this but with being able to, for example, go long distances in the ocean. A durable endurance vessel like this could be REALLY cool.
Agreed. I like tough stuff.
So it can travel från south America to North America with drugs in its hull?
@@BagheeraTube that's quite rude.
@@kurakensama No no its a business idea
I agree would be cool maybe even with solar... not much speed ... endurance-focused with high efficiency
“Oh, It’s just gooses” lol.
GEESE lol
@@ThisIsInput GEESES lollol
fssss, correct plural is _gi_ obviously
One week from now: Breaking news! Yellow boat drone caught by police attempting to smuggle Airsoft gun's into Canada in exchange for quality maple syrup.
can't beat the Swayze express though
They are seeming to be the direct suppliers of the house airsoft channel aswell as many others.
A boat smuggling stuff would not be yellow, and would likely spend most of its time underwater!
The long lake in E. Washington is a man-made dam reservoir on the Columbia River. The Columbia River starts in Canada, so Canada could be the destination. However, the banana slug is going to have a hard time going up the fish ladder
funny comment, like given
I dont know why but his autonomous boat videos are my favorite ones.
Next project: Solar autonomous boat across the Atlantic
There actually are autonomous sailing drones that are capable of that. Sadly they focus on research instead of youtube shenanigans :/ I would love for him to replicate something like that though, would be an awesome project
I would drive to see that in person. It's pretty cool that regular people like us are able to basically achieve these projects by ourselves. Imagine what we would be able to achieve collaborating.
@@gus8378 Collaborating? Fully automatic HD communism here we come!
I wanted that too
Elon migt get jelly
Loved the video,
When you were trying to hook it, the bow wave stops the boat from increasing speed regardless of how much power, due to it being a displacement hull.
Truly inspiring video mate
Imagine if this man made a boat designed to go across the ocean that would be INSANE
That is the realistic future for nautical shipping and transport :p its a very real near future tech.
@@tylerwright6006 solar panel boats for commercial use already exist and make a lot of cash.
@@tylerwright6006 it'd still probably have to be manned for security, especially in more dangerous waters and also engineers incase of problems
it'd be impossible because weather.
@@Nono-dk5hl no it wouldn't you could make a small boat with a closed roof, make it sturdy enough too withstand waves and also plan the route according to the forcast, you probably couldn't have cameras and stuff on top but if it was designed like a u boat or a modern life boat it could survive
When I saw there was a new video I ran into the kitchen, made a tea and sat down smiling in front of my pc. I can not wait to see the next one.
YES! I'm so excited. This project inspired me to make a fiberglass model of my own boat!
Brilliant! Brings back memories of sailing my r/c boat in the sea once many years ago - I was so afraid of losing it!
Your autonomous boat is awesome
it's always funny when "experts" judge DIY projects like this... at the end it worked perfectly and most people couldn't even build a boat that's one tenth as good as this one.
i'm very excited for future missions and will definitely stay tuned for more videos :D
please do autonomous ground effect ekranoplan!
that thing would fly until the first little wave or gust of wind. Its already hard enough to build a proper autonomous boat/plane.
or why not a autonomous flying unicorn?
The problem with an ekranoplan is that the scale starts to matter alot. The full size version could comfortably sit in ground effect at 20+ft off the water, but when you scale that down, it'd have to stay no more than a few inches, which puts it in danger of hitting even the slightest ripple.
@@jttech44, I need to recommend this video I found of a fully working Ekranoplan: GIANT RC Ekranoplan (Secret Russian aircraft?) PeterSripol. Will this change your mind?
@@jttech44 You said it. I think half the wingspan is the optimum flying height. The one model ekronoplan I've seen kicked up quite a spray, left a wake and me unsure of whether or not it was truly flying.
The banana slug reigns supreme! Sometimes garbage does more than people think, lmao
I really love these videos, a build, a mission, adventure, nice cinematography all in one.
Make an airplane that flies over and near the boat wich transmitts the boats signal to you.
Yes, or drone
Yes, and maybe ad solar cells to both so you could go for even longer duration missions.
A smaller repeater boat (or a mesh network of them) might be an even more effective approach because their batteries last way longer and they are much more stable and way easier to build.
I'd rather go for a zeppelin
@@unmountablebootvolume Way easier to build? He had more issues with his boats than he did with the planes, the last video was just him struggling to get it to float right lol
Congratulations on a successful mission skipper, that was something really different and great fun to watch. Thanks for sharing. A flattened V shape bottom and longer hull would improve your speed and stability. Looking forward to your next venture 👍
Throw a handwarmer in there before you start? Like when you're driving to the lake so things have time to warm up
I thought exactly that!
haters said no? how can anyone hate a project like this... awesome work :)
Dude, an autonomous ground effect vehicle would be amazing!
That was cool. I actually found myself getting a little excited when it appeared on the horizon. Keep up the good work. Really enjoying your experiments. Still miss the old days when you were flying your early flights. Cool stuff
I honestly thought the Raid ad was going to be your dry humor. You could have easily pulled of a belly laugh like that.
Sponsors don't like to be made fun of, generally.
flat-bottomed boats: they make the rockin' world go round.
Whoa, banana slug, bam-ba-lam
Huh... round bottom boat?
Hehehe!
@@wordreet , se tivesse tradução seria bom, esses 13, 5 kms foi o alcance em linha reta?
@@humanidadeparalela4572 Hehe, don't ask me, I was just laughing! 😅
I would LOVE to see a (relatively) high speed autonomous ground effect water skimmer!
Man I just found you today and you are the kinda smart we need right now in the world. Like the rover?!? Amazing!
ground efect vehicle would be awsome , doesnt even need to be autonomous
I paused it on the 1 million comments and all I have to say is dude I love it I love what you have done I really wish I could do that as well keep your boat RC dream whatever going I'll keep watching personally let's turn this into a sporting event
You should have a plane or drone up so the boat can send the signal to the plane, then back to you so you can get a better signal.
There are probably bylaws about sending satellites into the air :p
That's a really cool idea!
Well it would be more easy if he just install a big antenna on his car.
Cartels down in Mexico are like hey let’s send this kid some free vouchers for a five-star resort and ask him if he would like to do some humanitarian work for us
🤣🤣👍🏻
Exactly...
the boat haul idea whould be awesome, and it would be cool if you did some "let's build" videos for us novices to build along to, but please design it for heavy water.
To anyone that complains about his build quality or ideas, post YOUR video link of a better build below and show us all how its done! Cant wait to see how many links are posted. Love the content! Keep it up!
i think a boat with a scale-gyrostabilizer would be really cool to see!
yes it will be awasome
Can you explain what that is, sounds quite interesting.
@@userAndix basically it's a large mass spinning inside the ship to keep it upright. it's used in large container ships, which probably also allows them to use a flat bottom, but since he doesn't have a stabilizer in here, the boat sometimes rolls from side to side. heres a video explaining it ua-cam.com/video/KNDpsBlxUIY/v-deo.html
@@nob0dy27_ Container ships dont typically use them, mainly for the reason is that they just arent effective for a ship that size. On that scale you'll typically use fin stabilisers, but its mostly ocean liners that will use this. As they are ultimately for passenger comfort they arent used on cargo ships. The stability in cargo ships comes from the laterally shift in buoyance when it rolls.
@@kinghainesy ah ok, thanks for clearing me up, i'm not an expert in that matter :) i feel like a stabilizer might help on the scale of an rc model, so i thought i'd suggest it.
How about an autonomous ground effect vehicle, carrying an autonomous drone to its mission site. Bonus points if the drone can land on the ship after its mission.
go full elon musk and launch rockets into orbit and back down onto the boat
Nothing makes my day as much as a new rctestflight vid
As someone who grew up in Shoreline and has moved elsewhere I throughly enjoy your autonomous boat videos. They are both nostalgic and fascinating.
Your that weird guy that hangs out at the parks in the morning
And your the weird guy with “rivine” as his prof pic lol. Classic
Laundries Hanging whatch it Lahey
The clear polycarbonate hull sounds really cool. The footage of underwater things alone makes it worth doing.
I love these videos so much. they have these special feeling it’s hard to explain. it feels like going on an exciting mission with you 😄 looking forward to an even longer challenge!
I know exactly what you mean. That feeling, that something you made is out on the open waters and is autonomously navigating a long distance...
Greetings from a fellow PNW’er. Love these projects and the videos documenting them. Thanks for making them and sharing. 👍🏻
welcome to another episode of RAID SHADOW LEGENDSSS!!!
Really nice job. Easy for haters to hate when they don’t have to engineer it and build it and test it themselves. Love to know more details about the ground effect vehicle...
FYI the raw_temp data is more likely a millivolt or microvolt reading from the sensor, you would need to convert that using whatever volts-degrees ratio is needed for that specific sensor.
I can't believe how much I enjoyed this content. Well played sir!
Haven't even watched the video yet but I already smashed the like button, the amount of effort this man puts into his projects and videos is unparalleled!
Love your videos. Amazed with your talent. In this vid, you asked Siri to convert from C to F. Wanted to share quick trick if Siri unavailable - double C and add 32 for quick temp conversion. For example, 31 C dirty conversion is 94. Some commercial Pilots use this method for a quick way to convert. 👍🏼
Like some others have already said, *please* post the entire boat voyage, I'd love to see someone turn it into the background video of a music mix.
This is brilliant 👍🏻. I have been daydreaming about doing a waypoint mission using an RC boat for years. This was fun to watch.
I would like to suggest not to say ampere hours but use watt hours, because, different system voltages make your data bit irrelevant, but when you talk about how much watts ar pulling and how much it will last in term of watt hours - that is pretty universal no matter what system voltage you have. Cool project tho! :)
Totally agree on principal, but sometimes you're stuck with the systems that are present.
If the software is capable of calculating Wh in real time then it should be configured to do that.
Recently subscribed - would love to see more autonomous long range boat video's - loved this one as well as the hyperlapse one (great ideas). Think this is my favorite channel to watch lately - great work, keep them coming please!
Now that you have succeeded in making a autonomous long range boat, you should make a autonomous submarine that stays underwater for the whole mission (except for the telemetry)
agreed
partially under water, antenna.
@@paddington1670 or a dipole oe loop antenna
hell of a mission. nice work. really enjoyed it. You must have felt so proud when she steamed towards you at dawn.
hey man, i'm proud of you getting sponsored. i hope that lets you fund more of these awesome videos! :)
Fantastic! Congratulations on a successful mission.
You could also look into hydrofoil boat designs, for both efficiency and performance. Cool project man.
He mentioned weeds which will muck up a hydrofoil.
@@FindingClock4 Yep.
I’ve been following for a long time and it’s always fun to see what you’re up to with these crazy projects of yours. Really making me want to try out making long range autonomous RC planes. Thank you for inspiring!
I heard "autonomous ground effect vehicle" and the first thing I thought of was the KM
“RC ekranoplan delivers grenade across lake undetected” would certainly be an interesting watch
I really want to see this
The voyage of the USS" Banana Slug " and its owner is completely outstanding.
Your accomplishments are truly astounding.
Video is fantastic with wildlife nearby.
I Really enjoyed this voyage and look forward to more when possible.
Thats an early start in the morning and being well prepared with all your gear and backup internet on board.
I say mate ...well done!!!
if you end up doing a lake or river in Eastern Washington you would post a channel update on when and where because i have property by the Yakama river and would love to see the banana slug in person! i would suggest the Columbia river but i think the current might be a challenge if you go upstream but downstream it would do just fine. love the vids mate keep up the good work! so cool to see someone from Washington making some dope ass autonomous RC vehicles.
Extremely enjoyable video, Just shows what you can do with determination and balls, looking forward to the next one.
I’d love the autonomous ground effect vehicle please do!
Much respect. Well done. I watched the last video... as soon as I saw this, had to watch! We have a lot of interest that overlap. If you ever want to start a project that needs some extra effort, please get in touch.
I'm waiting for an Autonomous Ekranoplan next
That would be difficult because of wind and waves but good idea
SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY... Well worth the time spent watching!
Could you post the full un-cut footage from the boat?
Would be awesome to see a bigger mission with the ss Banana, with like a constant gopro footage on the corner of the screen, its very cool to see its perspective anytime you feel like, thanks for the cool content man!
"well well well if it isn't probably the boat" 😂
I have watched pretty much every video you have uploaded and this ranks right up at the top of them. It is absolutely interesting and I would tune in for the long haul trek you talk about being a possibility. Would make a great live stream.
"Welcome to raid...."
ME: nooooooo
Love your content. I think there is a big difference between making something within your ability (and tools/materials etc.), making something "properly" (with experience and ideal materials) and not making anything at all (except for maybe a few youtube comments). I find your experiments quite inspiring, as they tell me that if I have an idea I can try it with what I have access to and learn from it.
This autonomous driving and steering could be extremely useful in farming and agriculture.
Now your staring to think like an engineer
There's an autonomous vehicle that kills weeds using a lazer
A keel board or strakes wouldn't have to be ridiculous to improve the handling of this boat. The simplest would be a 1/2" x 1/2" square strip of board glued down the middle of the bottom (tapered to the hull fore and aft to avoid weed of coarse). The water rudder would be an order of magnitude more efficient if it reached out into the slip stream more (get out of the suck zone). Easiest way to do this would be to extend it down till about an inch is below the hull (again tapered to avoid weed collecting). And for goodness sakes, put some z bends in that control linkage! You're seriously doing very cool things with these, good work.
0:18 - I've heard of USS and HMS, but HSS is a new one on me... His Solo Ship? 😜
Perhaps his boat is made of high speed steel
HSS is an actual thing though? High Speed Ship?
I subscribed. Your videos are just too cool - love this kinda fun, really enjoyable to watch! Brilliant stuff, good luck on all future projects - which I cant wait to see!
How about making a ground effects Caspian sea monster to do this 🤔
its original content , nobody has made it autonomous and its fricken sick, the ekranoplan
@@realdbcooper3423 the ekranoplan is both a bad boat and a bad airplane, and it doesn't do well at a small scale, since even the smallest waves and wind will absolutely fuck it up.
@@imbalos Its something new, it has no success I agree but the man can get flat water in the mornin
Awesome! This was a lot of fun to watch. I look forward to your next project.
The thing that container boats, with a nearly flat bottom, let be stable are the proportions.. your vessel is around two times as high as it is wide.. you can see that the containervessles are usually as wide as tall or a bit wider.. that results in other problems (that they can’t drive along a side wave without rolling)..
So if you build a second one, and I think you should.. it looks cool and I bet you can build a better boat next time!
Look at directions of these container boats, since it is a pretty simple shape, if it has to less buoyancy make it longer (that also could help with your speed, and these weird jumping)
Great fun, Daniel!! The boat is fine constructed! Keep it up!
"Ahhh. Well, well, well if it isn't... Probably the boat." Lol
This is awesome. A little boat going on an adventure all by itself
"I'm getting hungry!" *Drives past taco bell*
Imagine a taco at 5 in the morning though :(
@@snoo1296 haha.. god i hope this bathroom is open!!
Hey Siri, where is the closest bathroom?
taco bell isnt exactly food :P
You're right, it is majestic. If you do this again, use the same hull design but add a "bow bulb". This will cut down on the bow wake your hull is pushing now. 👍🏼
Please stop with raid. They‘re a terrible, hated sponsor and their game is shit to pull money form kids‘ pockets
I absolutely agree but he's gotta make that bread somehow.
@@KofiAsare0 I understand everybody‘s gotta make a living and Ad Revenue ain‘t cuttin it. But I think there are other awesome sponsors like PCBWay (GreatScott get‘s sponsored by them), the battery manufacturers, maybe solar panel manufacturers or other companies in the model building industry. I don‘t mind sponsor announcements at all, I just hate Raid. And Raid is not even relevant to the channels content...
@@KofiAsare0 Raid is on the level of selling drugs to kids. It hurts my heart that such a good channel needs to sell drugs to kids to survive :-(