General Atomics design is so flawed .. i cant imagine how it even passed as submission... DARPA/real-world say 90-Tons requirement ... say each fuselage in GA's design carry 45-Tons (being modest) .. now suppose it is traveling through but rough sea (nothing dramatic) ... now part of a wave lifts one of the fuselages (which is obvious for ships too)... now what will happen is the 45-Tons in other fuselage will act an fulcrum between the other fuselage (on higher wave) now acting as force arm and farther wing-tip of fulcrum fuselage taking all the brute force/weight of twisting forces caused by higher fuselage. not only this but the 45-Tons in fulcrum fuselage will act a tightly anchoring down force... hence destroying and snapping this plane in 2 ... the point of snap could most likely be right shoulder joint of fulcrum fuselage and where it meets the wing...
I reckon Ekranoplans could work in the Mediterranean, giving the long coast line, huge population and plenty of tourist hubs. And mostly less stormy seas. The only major issue would be the noise.
General Atomics design is so flawed .. i cant imagine how it even passed as submission... DARPA/real-world say 90-Tons requirement ... say each fuselage in GA's design carry 45-Tons (being modest) .. now suppose it is traveling through but rough sea (nothing dramatic) ... now part of a wave lifts one of the fuselages (which is obvious for ships too)... now what will happen is the 45-Tons in other fuselage will act an fulcrum between the other fuselage (on higher wave) now acting as force arm and farther wing-tip of fulcrum fuselage taking all the brute force/weight of twisting forces caused by higher fuselage. not only this but the 45-Tons in fulcrum fuselage will act a tightly anchoring down force... hence destroying and snapping this plane in 2 ... the point of snap could most likely be right shoulder joint of fulcrum fuselage and where it meets the wing...
exactly. FAE is a high quality channel that makes informative videos. yet his sponsor is a shitty AI tool that lets brain dead people to spew out content and hopes something sticks. AI should be advancing medical, astronomical, and materials science. not generating videos.
Seriously! A few other channels I watch have been doing this too. A small channel looking to make some money is fine but this is a huge channel that could definitely find other sponsors.
I could see the Liberty Lifter being adapted into a commercial freighter. It could take off and land in shipping ports and move cargo across the ocean quickly
For real. Some people would pay top dollar to move things that don’t fit on an aircraft and to get it there quickly. It wouldn’t be a huge market but it could be a lucrative one.
I'm a USAF vet and an old F-4 electronics tech. At 4:10 I see Spooky the Phantom in the bottom right corner of the note pad if Im not mistaken. Thats funny!
If flying boats are coming back, can we please get a modern turbofan powered PBY Catalina? Just picture it guys, old school looks but with modern turbofans in place of the propellers. It’s not like it’s not possible, they can just use the same engines as the A-10’s for ease of maintenance,cost effectiveness, and range. They proved their use in WW2 as great hunters so why not maybe update the plane with modern hardware/software and put ‘em back in the fight?👀
PLEASE 🙏 don’t let this program die im some future budget cut Such a cool concept, and once the first one is made and planners have access to it’s unique capability it would be easier to make more new GEVs That upping the requirements bit has me spooked though 💀
The main reason is that jet engines have less power at low speeds so they need large heavy engines which greatly increase cost, and remove the advantages at least in regular jet seaplanes. If an ekranoplan goes far enough, the efficiency will pay off. But you need automated systems to fly the planes as reaction time can be very limited flying at 100' and maintaining the requisite attention for hour after hour is a lot to ask of pilots. If we use electric motors or jets with large blades that extend beyond the housing, we can make it work commercially.
@@heytherebato It's not true that they're any more vulnerable to weather than aircraft and small watercraft. You didn't watch the video where it said it can fly, and operate in rough conditions.
I've seen this inaccurate explanation of ground effect in more than one place recently. It is not a "bubble of air" under the wing. As the wing encounters ground effect and is maintained at a constant lift coefficient, there is a reduction in the upwash, downwash, and the tip vortices. As a result of the reduced tip vortices, the wing in the presence of ground effect will behave as if it were of a greater aspect ratio, resulting in less induced drag. For the wing in ground effect, a lower angle of attack is necessary to produce the same lift coefficient or, if a constant angle of attack is maintained, an increase in lift coefficient will result.
@@dmitry4c996 Inductive resistance? Sounds like an electrical thingy, not an aerodynamic thingy. You guys are amazing. I copied and pasted that from the section on ground effect in "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators", an accepted reference text on aerodynamics.
@@kingblob17 You guys are amazing. I copied and pasted that from the section on ground effect in "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators", an accepted reference text on aerodynamics.
@@steffenschiller3189yes it absolutely is a problem and they will have to find a way to cope with that. Seawater is vicious, even with modern materials.
Seems like it uses all engines to get started then will turn off some to conserve fuel, since you don't need all going to stay aloft. The Soviet Ekranoplan had the same set up (front 8 engines to help take off, the rear 2 to keep it aloft while moving)
1:48 As Promised, someone with aerodynamics knowledge will now debunk that the “cushion of air” is why ground effect is more efficient. Its just less drag. Helicopters, planes, or Ekranoplans benefit from less drag while close to the ground, the reason is wing tip vortices. A wing tip vortex develops when the wing is developing lift. Its like a little tornado forming on your wingtip. The ground breaks up these wing tip vortices, meaning less drag, and higher efficiency. Ta da! (that wasn’t so bad, was it?)
Another example of how advanced they were with designs back in the Cold War. It was just the lack of modern materials that hold them back from some kooky vehicles on land, sea and air. How long until we see the comeback of trains with aircraft engines powering them?
The original purpose of flying boats was more places to land than airports available. Many major cities throughout the world are near large bodies of water, and not just cities by oceans (Chicago for example)
The Spruce Goose is back by the looks of things (it didn't appear to leave ground effect, I reckon it was an ekranoplan 🙂) Will this be called the Pacific Sea Monster (or the Atlantic Sea Monster)?
There are good reasons why ground effect vehicles didn't became widespread. If oversimplified, they just lose competition to aircraft or ships (depending on use case). It doesn't mean they can't be practical, rather they are quite niche.
I hope those weren't renders of what they plan to build. Ekranoplans want a low wing, not an overhead one. They also need a wing that is short in the side to side direction but long in the front-back direction. A big square with skirts along both wingtips is most efficient. The one thing they got right is that it needs to be gigantically big because the biggest waves you can fly over are related to how long the wing extends front to back (also why the wing needs to be large front to back instead of a large span side to side)
Tuvalu has a very small airport in poor condition. Can’t sustain a commercial market on traffic to Tuvalu, but could imagine more time sensitive inter-island traffic in the Pacific: Guam, Australia, or New Zealand as the hub, and then these going out to FSM, RMI, etc.
Yeah, jet aircraft use significantly less fuel at altitude, so operating at 50-100 ft has gotta waste all the fuel saved by taking advantage of ground effect. The possible advantage is increased heavy lift from less wing stress.
What we try not to remember, the growing danger of the enemies. They are not the adversaries. They are just nations with the desire to be like someone, who they think are better. So there is a need of a whole fleet of cargo planes like this.
I could see one use for it in the commercial aspect in particular in locations like the Philippines, currently speaking since the Philippines are a archipelago with numerous islands and next to no land routes between them, with the only option being air travel (of which most islands don't have a airport) or sea ferries, this concept would bridge the gap between the two by allowing for fast high capacity travel between the islands, most of whom have at least some marginal port facilities. I believe a place like Indonesia would make good use of it as well being in a similar situation as the Philippines, likewise it could be a good high capacity puddle jumper in the Caribbean as well. Additionally, I think it would make a excellent SAR aircraft, since currently (I'll use the USCG as a example) there is currently a gap in range, speed and rescue potential in the USCG existing fleet. To elaborate the rotary aircraft have high rescue potential being able to get to locations at sea quicker than a boat/ship could, but has a rather low personnel capacity and being only able to rescue a handful at a time, which in large SAR ops require multiple aircraft or a vessel to be on station to effect a timely rescue. They also have the C-130 in inventory which has excellent range and time on station, but can do very little to effect a rescue beyond searching for victims and dropping equipment to them. Conversely this aircraft could do both, if its able to launch and recover a MLB or RB-M out the rear ramp, while having the range and speed of a C-130 and the ability to remain on station almost indefinitely by landing on the water, it could maybe also pack some of the medical aid capabilities found in the C-130 currently, plus with its ability to withstand tempestuous sea states it would come in particularly useful for locations like Alaska and or the Great Lakes, especially when it comes to the former for range, speed and time on station given the massive distances that location entails.
beautiful name for an unique machine. The Russian also look towards transport for WIG-effect vessels, and they have designs for every kind of job, including commercial ekranoplans.
So if the Americans want over the horizon amphibious I feel like this would be a part of it. I wonder if you could actually keep the armour and tracks and have a single unit all the way up to, on to and out of the coastal areas?
While I'm aware that it needs to be capable of flying outside of the ground effect, I'm still surprised by how small the hull is, and how thin the wings are. You'd think that they would incorporate a bit more of a wider lifting body in order to take better advantage of the ground effect, or have wings with a longer/wider root. To me, this design seems dated before it's even been made, not to mention that it looks like it would be fairly unstable, and with all the advancements we've made in aeronautics nowadays, I feel like they could've come up with a design that would be both more efficient, less prone to mechanical and material stress, and more cost effective. But, the first prototype hasn't even been built yet, so 🤷♂
While I doubt it will ever go beyond a prototype I will point out they did fly larger passenger seaplanes out of Sydney harbour into the 70's so bussiness travellers able to catch flights from almost the CBD might work. But I forgot we're not allowed cool things
Or Boeing could look for the various island nations / destinations which do not have space or money for large airport infrastructure. Maybe they could be used as a sort of bus-line of the air between the various islands of Hawaii, the Philippines, Indonesia, the various island nations in the Pacific or in the Caribean. It would be easier for these planes to just land a bit offshore and dock to a swimming plattform from where passengers can then get on land, than have these places build a big and probably expensive to maintain airport / big runway.
Those props are far to near the water to avoid contact in rough sea state also being so low under the wing the prop is not washing over the upper wing which would give more lift, this is very much a flying boat rather than an Ekranoplan. Still it would be nice to flying boats back in service.
Compressed air pictured as bouncing between ground and wing... I think you should ask invideo AI sponsor to come up with something more sophisticated. And accurate.
Most of the seaports for seaplanes are still there that were there in the 1930s. No reason passenger flights could not be done. And if regulations were more lax, and there were not all the screenings and whatnot, or a more accelerated version, there would be no shortage of people that would choose these. There are lots of people who don't want to be at 30,000 ft, and would rather fly at 100 feet. Chances of surviving an accident should also be much better.
10:00 Modern Boeing would struggle to make a reliable cigarette lighter on time and on budget. Seems like the defence force is in for a long drawn out over priced aircraft here.
No hate. No disrespect. I'm not unsubscribing, but just letting you know. When I see "let AI make youtube videos for you" sponsors, I don't even watch the video. Companies like that are going to be the worst thing for youtube docu-series like yours. And I'm actually kind of shocked you took their sponsor money.
General Atomics design is so flawed .. i cant imagine how it even passed as submission... DARPA/real-world say 90-Tons requirement ... say each fuselage in GA's design carry 45-Tons (being modest) .. now suppose it is traveling through but rough sea (nothing dramatic) ... now part of a wave lifts one of the fuselages (which is obvious for ships too)... now what will happen is the 45-Tons in other fuselage will act an fulcrum between the other fuselage (on higher wave) now acting as force arm and farther wing-tip of fulcrum fuselage taking all the brute force/weight of twisting forces caused by higher fuselage. not only this but the 45-Tons in fulcrum fuselage will act a tightly anchoring down force... hence destroying and snapping this plane in 2 ... the point of snap could most likely be right shoulder joint of fulcrum fuselage and where it meets the wing...
That is absolutely the most American name I've ever heard for any thing.
For freedom and liberty 🗽 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🦅
For war crimes against humanity @@vighneshjr5547
They could call it the Hoorah!
@@annoyed707 l actually agree
General Atomics design is so flawed .. i cant imagine how it even passed as submission... DARPA/real-world say 90-Tons requirement ... say each fuselage in GA's design carry 45-Tons (being modest) .. now suppose it is traveling through but rough sea (nothing dramatic) ... now part of a wave lifts one of the fuselages (which is obvious for ships too)... now what will happen is the 45-Tons in other fuselage will act an fulcrum between the other fuselage (on higher wave) now acting as force arm and farther wing-tip of fulcrum fuselage taking all the brute force/weight of twisting forces caused by higher fuselage. not only this but the 45-Tons in fulcrum fuselage will act a tightly anchoring down force... hence destroying and snapping this plane in 2 ... the point of snap could most likely be right shoulder joint of fulcrum fuselage and where it meets the wing...
I reckon Ekranoplans could work in the Mediterranean, giving the long coast line, huge population and plenty of tourist hubs. And mostly less stormy seas.
The only major issue would be the noise.
Were american, the more noise, the better.
@@paisis123fuck yea!!!💥💥🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸💥🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸☢️☢️🇺🇸🦅
It's beautiful how Flying Boats are making a comeback.
ayyy
Flying boats are one of the futures WWII stole from us at least we get some now
General Atomics design is so flawed .. i cant imagine how it even passed as submission... DARPA/real-world say 90-Tons requirement ... say each fuselage in GA's design carry 45-Tons (being modest) .. now suppose it is traveling through but rough sea (nothing dramatic) ... now part of a wave lifts one of the fuselages (which is obvious for ships too)... now what will happen is the 45-Tons in other fuselage will act an fulcrum between the other fuselage (on higher wave) now acting as force arm and farther wing-tip of fulcrum fuselage taking all the brute force/weight of twisting forces caused by higher fuselage. not only this but the 45-Tons in fulcrum fuselage will act a tightly anchoring down force... hence destroying and snapping this plane in 2 ... the point of snap could most likely be right shoulder joint of fulcrum fuselage and where it meets the wing...
howard hughes' legacy truly powerful
But these aren’t “flying boats.”
Well we got the spruce goose 2 now
Get in, Smithers!
stop selling out to ai, you are a good enugh channel to not have to bend over to this
exactly. FAE is a high quality channel that makes informative videos. yet his sponsor is a shitty AI tool that lets brain dead people to spew out content and hopes something sticks. AI should be advancing medical, astronomical, and materials science. not generating videos.
Seriously! A few other channels I watch have been doing this too. A small channel looking to make some money is fine but this is a huge channel that could definitely find other sponsors.
Been getting into Helldivers 2 recently, so seeing the word "Liberty" in the title perked up my freedom-loving eyes and ears.
I could see the Liberty Lifter being adapted into a commercial freighter. It could take off and land in shipping ports and move cargo across the ocean quickly
For real. Some people would pay top dollar to move things that don’t fit on an aircraft and to get it there quickly. It wouldn’t be a huge market but it could be a lucrative one.
I'm a USAF vet and an old F-4 electronics tech. At 4:10 I see Spooky the Phantom in the bottom right corner of the note pad if Im not mistaken. Thats funny!
It's the logo of Boeing Phantom Works, their spooky projects division.
If flying boats are coming back, can we please get a modern turbofan powered PBY Catalina? Just picture it guys, old school looks but with modern turbofans in place of the propellers. It’s not like it’s not possible, they can just use the same engines as the A-10’s for ease of maintenance,cost effectiveness, and range. They proved their use in WW2 as great hunters so why not maybe update the plane with modern hardware/software and put ‘em back in the fight?👀
There is already a company that wants to do exactly that
@@HalNordmann really no way!
@@Super_Canadian Look up the "Catalina Aircraft" company - it is even mentioned on the PBY Catalina Wikipedia page
There's a turboprop Catalina in development
@@ManOfManyAccents90 I had no idea I gotta see it
PLEASE 🙏 don’t let this program die im some future budget cut
Such a cool concept, and once the first one is made and planners have access to it’s unique capability it would be easier to make more new GEVs
That upping the requirements bit has me spooked though 💀
It's really a necessity, but the way the economy is heading...
Gotta say it doesn't look as impressive as the caspian monster but if it works, maaaaybe we'll see something similar in the future
That's the spruce goose
I was wandering for years of why airplane companies keep struggling for mere percents of fuel efficiency and not look in this direction
Because you’re at the mercy of sea conditions
@@heytherebato unless the aircraft has liberty in its name :)
I too have wondered why the US wasn’t exploring these aircraft.
The main reason is that jet engines have less power at low speeds so they need large heavy engines which greatly increase cost, and remove the advantages at least in regular jet seaplanes. If an ekranoplan goes far enough, the efficiency will pay off. But you need automated systems to fly the planes as reaction time can be very limited flying at 100' and maintaining the requisite attention for hour after hour is a lot to ask of pilots. If we use electric motors or jets with large blades that extend beyond the housing, we can make it work commercially.
@@heytherebato
It's not true that they're any more vulnerable to weather than aircraft and small watercraft.
You didn't watch the video where it said it can fly, and operate in rough conditions.
I've seen this inaccurate explanation of ground effect in more than one place recently. It is not a "bubble of air" under the wing.
As the wing encounters ground effect and is maintained at a constant lift coefficient, there is a reduction in the upwash, downwash, and the tip vortices. As a result of the reduced tip vortices, the wing in the presence of ground effect will behave as if it were of a greater aspect ratio, resulting in less induced drag. For the wing in ground effect, a lower angle of attack is necessary to produce the same lift coefficient or, if a constant angle of attack is
maintained, an increase in lift coefficient will result.
Did you understand yourself, what you wrote? How can reducing the inductive resistance increase the lifting force?
aaaaaaannnd you're the guy he was talking about in the video.
what are you even talking about
@@dmitry4c996 Inductive resistance? Sounds like an electrical thingy, not an aerodynamic thingy.
You guys are amazing. I copied and pasted that from the section on ground effect in "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators", an accepted reference text on aerodynamics.
@@kingblob17 You guys are amazing. I copied and pasted that from the section on ground effect in "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators", an accepted reference text on aerodynamics.
Couldn't the salt water spray a maintenance issue?
Think some new ship building material is doing well resisting that. May be why it’s more practical now than the 60’s
@@KhaoticKalm It's not the hull material I am worried about, it's the engine. Salt water in the engine does not sound good.
@@steffenschiller3189yes it absolutely is a problem and they will have to find a way to cope with that. Seawater is vicious, even with modern materials.
@@steffenschiller3189 hmm valid point. but then again this is uncle sam. they built the bomb
0:37 What's up with the propellers?
Advanced rotation-free turboprops
less power needed for landing, so the outer 2 on each wing are turned off
Seems like it uses all engines to get started then will turn off some to conserve fuel, since you don't need all going to stay aloft. The Soviet Ekranoplan had the same set up (front 8 engines to help take off, the rear 2 to keep it aloft while moving)
OK! You try that contraption on a wild and stormy north Atlantic in the winter! Then you have the answer, why it was cancelled!
1:48 As Promised, someone with aerodynamics knowledge will now debunk that the “cushion of air” is why ground effect is more efficient. Its just less drag. Helicopters, planes, or Ekranoplans benefit from less drag while close to the ground, the reason is wing tip vortices. A wing tip vortex develops when the wing is developing lift. Its like a little tornado forming on your wingtip. The ground breaks up these wing tip vortices, meaning less drag, and higher efficiency. Ta da! (that wasn’t so bad, was it?)
Another example of how advanced they were with designs back in the Cold War. It was just the lack of modern materials that hold them back from some kooky vehicles on land, sea and air. How long until we see the comeback of trains with aircraft engines powering them?
The original purpose of flying boats was more places to land than airports available. Many major cities throughout the world are near large bodies of water, and not just cities by oceans (Chicago for example)
So basically, they are reinventing the Spruce Goose.
As a C-17 sized aircraft I have trouble picturing it as a commercial success. I mostly picture it flying routes between islands in the South Pacific.
The Spruce Goose is back by the looks of things (it didn't appear to leave ground effect, I reckon it was an ekranoplan 🙂)
Will this be called the Pacific Sea Monster (or the Atlantic Sea Monster)?
There are good reasons why ground effect vehicles didn't became widespread. If oversimplified, they just lose competition to aircraft or ships (depending on use case). It doesn't mean they can't be practical, rather they are quite niche.
That's a lot of eggs in one basket.
I hope those weren't renders of what they plan to build. Ekranoplans want a low wing, not an overhead one. They also need a wing that is short in the side to side direction but long in the front-back direction. A big square with skirts along both wingtips is most efficient. The one thing they got right is that it needs to be gigantically big because the biggest waves you can fly over are related to how long the wing extends front to back (also why the wing needs to be large front to back instead of a large span side to side)
Essentially it isn't an Ekranoplane , it's just a huge flying boat which maybe can use ground effect
Yeah if it can make 10k feet it’s too tall to ride the ekranoplane ride, needs to go stand in line with the planes with a boat hull nerds.
What do you think that the Spruce Goose was?
It only ever flew in ground effect.
Tuvalu has a very small airport in poor condition. Can’t sustain a commercial market on traffic to Tuvalu, but could imagine more time sensitive inter-island traffic in the Pacific: Guam, Australia, or New Zealand as the hub, and then these going out to FSM, RMI, etc.
Now we have the Super Goose! Or Spruce Goose 2 any of those 2 work i guess
Yeah, jet aircraft use significantly less fuel at altitude, so operating at 50-100 ft has gotta waste all the fuel saved by taking advantage of ground effect. The possible advantage is increased heavy lift from less wing stress.
What we try not to remember, the growing danger of the enemies. They are not the adversaries. They are just nations with the desire to be like someone, who they think are better.
So there is a need of a whole fleet of cargo planes like this.
Imagine, if all of the aircraft on this channel would be aviable for 3d printing as models
I could see one use for it in the commercial aspect in particular in locations like the Philippines, currently speaking since the Philippines are a archipelago with numerous islands and next to no land routes between them, with the only option being air travel (of which most islands don't have a airport) or sea ferries, this concept would bridge the gap between the two by allowing for fast high capacity travel between the islands, most of whom have at least some marginal port facilities. I believe a place like Indonesia would make good use of it as well being in a similar situation as the Philippines, likewise it could be a good high capacity puddle jumper in the Caribbean as well.
Additionally, I think it would make a excellent SAR aircraft, since currently (I'll use the USCG as a example) there is currently a gap in range, speed and rescue potential in the USCG existing fleet. To elaborate the rotary aircraft have high rescue potential being able to get to locations at sea quicker than a boat/ship could, but has a rather low personnel capacity and being only able to rescue a handful at a time, which in large SAR ops require multiple aircraft or a vessel to be on station to effect a timely rescue. They also have the C-130 in inventory which has excellent range and time on station, but can do very little to effect a rescue beyond searching for victims and dropping equipment to them.
Conversely this aircraft could do both, if its able to launch and recover a MLB or RB-M out the rear ramp, while having the range and speed of a C-130 and the ability to remain on station almost indefinitely by landing on the water, it could maybe also pack some of the medical aid capabilities found in the C-130 currently, plus with its ability to withstand tempestuous sea states it would come in particularly useful for locations like Alaska and or the Great Lakes, especially when it comes to the former for range, speed and time on station given the massive distances that location entails.
They just seem like an extremely large target. Ships are big and slow, but if they are hit they don't automatically sink.
The requirements are absolutely insane, basically they want a plane, a boat and a hovership (I forgot what it’s called)
beautiful name for an unique machine.
The Russian also look towards transport for WIG-effect vessels, and they have designs for every kind of job, including commercial ekranoplans.
A modern spruce goose but without the spruce.
For anyone wondering about the amazing scifi intro check out the artist Maciej Kuciara
So if the Americans want over the horizon amphibious I feel like this would be a part of it. I wonder if you could actually keep the armour and tracks and have a single unit all the way up to, on to and out of the coastal areas?
i love this type of content
Im so glad that this video doesnt have a mildly unsatisfying ending of why it was never built, because this could be a real thing :o
Might work for port city to port city (LA to SF \ Hawaii, NY to Miami \ London) - Faster than a train or boat with less need for infrastructure.
While I'm aware that it needs to be capable of flying outside of the ground effect, I'm still surprised by how small the hull is, and how thin the wings are. You'd think that they would incorporate a bit more of a wider lifting body in order to take better advantage of the ground effect, or have wings with a longer/wider root. To me, this design seems dated before it's even been made, not to mention that it looks like it would be fairly unstable, and with all the advancements we've made in aeronautics nowadays, I feel like they could've come up with a design that would be both more efficient, less prone to mechanical and material stress, and more cost effective. But, the first prototype hasn't even been built yet, so 🤷♂
5:00 I like the size comparison to the A380
Spruce goose remade with composites and turbo fans would be cool.
Could you make a video on the Lockheed S-3B Viking?
i wonder if something on this idea could be used for search and rescue at sea.
It's the Spuce Goose, 21st Century style. I'll believe it when I see it.
I'm a big ekranoplan fan and even I doubt it'll result in significant production.
Yep, more AI generated content is exactly what UA-cam needs.
While I doubt it will ever go beyond a prototype I will point out they did fly larger passenger seaplanes out of Sydney harbour into the 70's so bussiness travellers able to catch flights from almost the CBD might work. But I forgot we're not allowed cool things
Or Boeing could look for the various island nations / destinations which do not have space or money for large airport infrastructure. Maybe they could be used as a sort of bus-line of the air between the various islands of Hawaii, the Philippines, Indonesia, the various island nations in the Pacific or in the Caribean. It would be easier for these planes to just land a bit offshore and dock to a swimming plattform from where passengers can then get on land, than have these places build a big and probably expensive to maintain airport / big runway.
Being in the north, where all communities are near the sea, runways are mostly dirt strips and there are no roads, I can see a use.
Those props are far to near the water to avoid contact in rough sea state also being so low under the wing the prop is not washing over the upper wing which would give more lift, this is very much a flying boat rather than an Ekranoplan. Still it would be nice to flying boats back in service.
2:50 his hand lmao
first thing that came to my mind after reading the title was the caspian sea monster
Are you from Australia?
yes!
@@FoundAndExplained are you playing more UA-cam channels? Do you have more plans for your space UA-cam channel?
@@AddisonSmith-f7y if you are interested F&E has two other YT channels Aviation Station and Escape Velocity
1:52 I thought I've inadvertably opened another window or having a call or something. But it just the background music.
The Caspian Sea was designed to be a land craft
Can I get one with compound propellers?
General atomics looks giant f-82 twin mustang and Boeing’s took inspiration from the spruce goose.
I’m surprised this is real lol
How do you know it is?
@@northernblue1093I did a 3 second search lol
😂 1:18 looks like something that a 6 year old kid made. 😂
Even since I saw XC-1 Nachzehrer in Eightysix anime, I have my soft spot on Ekranoplan. I hope they build it real this time and not just a concept.
Compressed air pictured as bouncing between ground and wing... I think you should ask invideo AI sponsor to come up with something more sophisticated. And accurate.
I smell Helldivers
Ekranoplan / Spruce Goose / Bartini T-200
"C-130 size" with a 213 foot wingspan? Um, no. The massive B-36 of the 1950s had a 230-foot wingspan. A C-130 has a 132-foot span.
Hairbrained, but it might be a solution... Move supplies in volume, fast and cheap, while being hard to spot from over the horizon.
Now we’re talking
Keep Boeing away from this thing.
Boeing military planes are more solidly build then their commercial ones wdym?
Most of the seaports for seaplanes are still there that were there in the 1930s. No reason passenger flights could not be done. And if regulations were more lax, and there were not all the screenings and whatnot, or a more accelerated version, there would be no shortage of people that would choose these. There are lots of people who don't want to be at 30,000 ft, and would rather fly at 100 feet. Chances of surviving an accident should also be much better.
You are the real game changer.
...the "Spruce Goose" returns...
Some guy of the past send salutations for you
10k ft makes it a plane, lads
Make a video on the jf17 thunder
Ekranoplan ❤
If it can fly as high as 10000 feet then wont it be an amphibious plane
It'll never happen, I just know it
Boeing. No wonder this hasn't gotten off the ground.
HYPED!
You should make a UA-cam channel on buildings and land vehicles and ships
Why?
@@northernblue1093 because he has done animations on buildings ships and land vehicle
Why the west hasnt developed our own version of the akranoplan for Military logistics years ago I dobt know
10:00 Modern Boeing would struggle to make a reliable cigarette lighter on time and on budget.
Seems like the defence force is in for a long drawn out over priced aircraft here.
yes finally
I'll believe it when I see it
SWEET LIBERTY!!
I LOVE Found and Explain's videos, but it's a bit of shame that he is advertising Ai toools. IDK if he wanted it or not, but still....
Spruce Goose 2.0 Not going to work. Ekranoplans have already failed, this brings nothing new
love the concept but I really hated your sponsor
Haha, you're doing it wrong! You forgot one important detail, without which the ekranoplan will not work, lol.
No hate. No disrespect. I'm not unsubscribing, but just letting you know. When I see "let AI make youtube videos for you" sponsors, I don't even watch the video.
Companies like that are going to be the worst thing for youtube docu-series like yours. And I'm actually kind of shocked you took their sponsor money.
DOD Looking at Pacific ocean....
YAY
H-4’s Russian brother
This will never happen, especially with Boeings continuing issues.
General Atomics design is so flawed .. i cant imagine how it even passed as submission... DARPA/real-world say 90-Tons requirement ... say each fuselage in GA's design carry 45-Tons (being modest) .. now suppose it is traveling through but rough sea (nothing dramatic) ... now part of a wave lifts one of the fuselages (which is obvious for ships too)... now what will happen is the 45-Tons in other fuselage will act an fulcrum between the other fuselage (on higher wave) now acting as force arm and farther wing-tip of fulcrum fuselage taking all the brute force/weight of twisting forces caused by higher fuselage. not only this but the 45-Tons in fulcrum fuselage will act a tightly anchoring down force... hence destroying and snapping this plane in 2 ... the point of snap could most likely be right shoulder joint of fulcrum fuselage and where it meets the wing...
Gawd I love the anime mechanical intro
In English?
@@northernblue1093 ohhh I guess you missed the premiere intro.....
Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm @@CJFreeza
Let's goooo!!