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.
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.
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!
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.
Flat bottom boats are better for carrying more stuff in them but they are horrible for efficiency and speed. There some films on RUclips 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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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
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.
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 👍
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!
@@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
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.
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 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.
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’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 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.
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.
@@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 ruclips.net/video/KNDpsBlxUIY/видео.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.
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
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.
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.
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 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
I'm no naval architect (though I did consider becoming one at some point), but I have spent a fair bit of time studying the mechanics of stability for boats, and how different hull shapes affect their properties. The design you ended up with, I would say is actually quite suitable for this mission. I would not at all be surprised if it is self righting. The reason being a very low CG combined with narrow beam and tall sides. I think it would be interesting to see you test how far over you can heel the boat before it capsizes (and how much effort it takes). Now as to why your Initial iterations failed. Your boat has a very narrow beam compared to its height, and I suspect the weight of the hull it self was a significant part of the mass. Thus you had a CG far above a very narrow waterline. What containerships do is have a much wider waterline compared to the height of the CG, and in fact the nearly rectangular crossection is what gives the most stability for a given beam. The reason being that they have much of their buoyancy located far from the centerline, much like a catamaran. As the boat heels, therefore tha center of buoyancy (CB) shifts quickly towards the low side to compensate. Also consider container ship CG isn't as high as it may appear, considering containers are filled with lots of low density materials, and many actually float quite well. While the heavy bits like engines, hull and tanks are located low in the hull. Rounded and V-shaped hulls are also popular, but have less stability for a given beam. This may sometimes be desirable, as a very stable vessel will heel quite aggressively with the waves from the side, while a less stable vessel will sway more gently. If you are to make an improved version that doesn't need ballast, I suggest you do some napkin-math to figure out what displacement you need, and make sure the beam if your vessel is at least twice the draft, and make sure it doesn't have unnecessary amounts of freeboard, probably not more than the beam. Also make the hull as long as you can practically make it. That back and forth bobbing would be greatly reduced that way, and both the speed and efficiency should go up a good bit, while also creating smaller waves.
Please don't take this as criticism in any way. I really enjoy watching your videos and I've been subbed since the early days of your depron scratch builds such as your micro drone FPV video... when I watch these videos I feel invested in the project and always wish you well... I'd love to see another autonomous boat series after this one. May I suggest a catamaran design for the next one? This could be either 2x long hulls joined in the middle, or a single moulded catamaran design where the centre section is actually part of the mould design. either way, I think the catamaran would be a lot more stable and having a footprint similar to a square/rectangle with effectively 4 points of contact (the bow and stern of each hull) keeping it super stable in almost all conditions. you could have a motor/prop coming out the stern of each hull, and if they're far enough apart they would provide more turning capability with less relative power (relative to each other) in order to turn the boat. Thinking about all of this is making me want to do it myself but I just don't have the resources and ardu knowledge that you do... I genuinely wish you luck on your next boat project, keep up the good work. Thanks for reading, bye.
Great job! I love watching this series. Now next challenge make a autonomous boat that can go in the actual ocean go out 10 mi and circle back. I would imagine you would want the boat to be self righting and water tight. Also may want some solar panels on it like you're plane. Also add some type of sonar system so you can potentially map the bottom as it drives.
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!!!
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!
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!
"Redemption": translation - "Middle finger to all you snarky boat people." I believe I was one of those who made a humorous comment, but I consider myself royally flipped off. BTW, don't forget to set aside the first 10 bucks of your sponsorship money for your 520 tolls. Personally, I would have set the boat off from Mercer Island. But, you are the man!...
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
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.
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)
Love the project in general, the sense of adventure and doing crazy unusual things. Some of my best memories are of big experiemnts super early in the morning, something so exciting about it
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)
Dude, this is fantastic and satisfying. I think you should definitely create a clear boat hull and attempt a longer mission. I enjoy the details of your videos, plus the time and effort you take with each one. Keep up the good work.
This is the sickest thing I’ve seen on RUclips EVER. The amount of features including the crazy strobe are amazing. I wanna make one now! If I can make one 1/5 as good I will be so friggin happy.
Thanks for another entertaining Vid! As a boat skipper/owner who has sailed round the UK, let me mention: Yes a keel would give directional (yaw) stability-BUT who needs that when the direction is under successful, active control? There's massive roll stability due to all the batteries low down in the hull. Are those strapped down? if so it will always come back up no matter what. otherwise a big wave could turn is over and it would get stuck upside down. BTW look around the market, the next hull you mentioned at the end already exists somewhere I think.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
“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’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
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.
Flat bottom boats are better for carrying more stuff in them but they are horrible for efficiency and speed. There some films on RUclips 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 ;-)
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.
“Oh, It’s just gooses” lol.
GEESE lol
@@ThisIsInput GEESES lollol
fssss, correct plural is _gi_ obviously
I have been waiting for this forever.
same
The ad from Raid Shadow Legends yes....
same 😅👍🏼
Same here, I’m building something similar
Same
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.
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
Brilliant! Brings back memories of sailing my r/c boat in the sea once many years ago - I was so afraid of losing it!
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
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 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.
I really love these videos, a build, a mission, adventure, nice cinematography all in one.
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
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 👍
The banana slug reigns supreme! Sometimes garbage does more than people think, lmao
I dont know why but his autonomous boat videos are my favorite ones.
Your autonomous boat is awesome
YES! I'm so excited. This project inspired me to make a fiberglass model of my own boat!
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!
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
I'd back that Kickstarter. Cool vid Daniel, always a treat.
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.
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.
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!
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...
I would LOVE to see a (relatively) high speed autonomous ground effect water skimmer!
The clear polycarbonate hull sounds really cool. The footage of underwater things alone makes it worth doing.
Dude, an autonomous ground effect vehicle would be amazing!
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.
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! 😅
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.
ground efect vehicle would be awsome , doesnt even need to be autonomous
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 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.
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.
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.
As someone who grew up in Shoreline and has moved elsewhere I throughly enjoy your autonomous boat videos. They are both nostalgic and fascinating.
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 ruclips.net/video/KNDpsBlxUIY/видео.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.
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
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.
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
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...
This is brilliant 👍🏻. I have been daydreaming about doing a waypoint mission using an RC boat for years. This was fun to watch.
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.
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.
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.
It looked like a great boat to me!! Great job I say! Just stumbled onto your channel and I will be watching more.
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
I'm no naval architect (though I did consider becoming one at some point), but I have spent a fair bit of time studying the mechanics of stability for boats, and how different hull shapes affect their properties.
The design you ended up with, I would say is actually quite suitable for this mission. I would not at all be surprised if it is self righting. The reason being a very low CG combined with narrow beam and tall sides. I think it would be interesting to see you test how far over you can heel the boat before it capsizes (and how much effort it takes).
Now as to why your Initial iterations failed. Your boat has a very narrow beam compared to its height, and I suspect the weight of the hull it self was a significant part of the mass. Thus you had a CG far above a very narrow waterline. What containerships do is have a much wider waterline compared to the height of the CG, and in fact the nearly rectangular crossection is what gives the most stability for a given beam. The reason being that they have much of their buoyancy located far from the centerline, much like a catamaran. As the boat heels, therefore tha center of buoyancy (CB) shifts quickly towards the low side to compensate. Also consider container ship CG isn't as high as it may appear, considering containers are filled with lots of low density materials, and many actually float quite well. While the heavy bits like engines, hull and tanks are located low in the hull.
Rounded and V-shaped hulls are also popular, but have less stability for a given beam. This may sometimes be desirable, as a very stable vessel will heel quite aggressively with the waves from the side, while a less stable vessel will sway more gently.
If you are to make an improved version that doesn't need ballast, I suggest you do some napkin-math to figure out what displacement you need, and make sure the beam if your vessel is at least twice the draft, and make sure it doesn't have unnecessary amounts of freeboard, probably not more than the beam. Also make the hull as long as you can practically make it. That back and forth bobbing would be greatly reduced that way, and both the speed and efficiency should go up a good bit, while also creating smaller waves.
Nothing makes my day as much as a new rctestflight vid
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!!!
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! :)
Please don't take this as criticism in any way. I really enjoy watching your videos and I've been subbed since the early days of your depron scratch builds such as your micro drone FPV video...
when I watch these videos I feel invested in the project and always wish you well... I'd love to see another autonomous boat series after this one. May I suggest a catamaran design for the next one? This could be either 2x long hulls joined in the middle, or a single moulded catamaran design where the centre section is actually part of the mould design.
either way, I think the catamaran would be a lot more stable and having a footprint similar to a square/rectangle with effectively 4 points of contact (the bow and stern of each hull) keeping it super stable in almost all conditions.
you could have a motor/prop coming out the stern of each hull, and if they're far enough apart they would provide more turning capability with less relative power (relative to each other) in order to turn the boat.
Thinking about all of this is making me want to do it myself but I just don't have the resources and ardu knowledge that you do...
I genuinely wish you luck on your next boat project, keep up the good work.
Thanks for reading, bye.
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
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Great job! I love watching this series. Now next challenge make a autonomous boat that can go in the actual ocean go out 10 mi and circle back. I would imagine you would want the boat to be self righting and water tight. Also may want some solar panels on it like you're plane.
Also add some type of sonar system so you can potentially map the bottom as it drives.
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!!!
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!
Man I just found you today and you are the kinda smart we need right now in the world. Like the rover?!? Amazing!
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.
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!
"Redemption": translation - "Middle finger to all you snarky boat people." I believe I was one of those who made a humorous comment, but I consider myself royally flipped off. BTW, don't forget to set aside the first 10 bucks of your sponsorship money for your 520 tolls. Personally, I would have set the boat off from Mercer Island. But, you are the man!...
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
I’d love the autonomous ground effect vehicle please do!
I can't believe how much I enjoyed this content. Well played sir!
"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
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.
I'm waiting for an Autonomous Ekranoplan next
That would be difficult because of wind and waves but good idea
I like how you're doing the long range way point missions.
And i quite like the Hull design of the banana slug.
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
Pleas make more videoes about this, really enjoying it! And the new hull you where tanking about sounded interesting!
"Ahhh. Well, well, well if it isn't... Probably the boat." Lol
Love the project in general, the sense of adventure and doing crazy unusual things. Some of my best memories are of big experiemnts super early in the morning, something so exciting about it
would love to see some extremely long missions as well
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?
The hull project sounds intriguing. I feel sure no more flat bottoms will slip past your physics filters, so I look forward to this.
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)
Hi, for some time now I've been wanting to do the same thing but with a sonar to make automated lake maps.
Have you used a PixHawk 2.4.8 ?
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ME: nooooooo
Dude, this is fantastic and satisfying. I think you should definitely create a clear boat hull and attempt a longer mission. I enjoy the details of your videos, plus the time and effort you take with each one. Keep up the good work.
Could you post the full un-cut footage from the boat?
This is the sickest thing I’ve seen on RUclips EVER. The amount of features including the crazy strobe are amazing. I wanna make one now! If I can make one 1/5 as good I will be so friggin happy.
Thanks for another entertaining Vid!
As a boat skipper/owner who has sailed round the UK, let me mention: Yes a keel would give directional (yaw) stability-BUT who needs that when the direction is under successful, active control? There's massive roll stability due to all the batteries low down in the hull. Are those strapped down? if so it will always come back up no matter what. otherwise a big wave could turn is over and it would get stuck upside down.
BTW look around the market, the next hull you mentioned at the end already exists somewhere I think.
"well well well if it isn't probably the boat" 😂
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.
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
Nice one! That trip was pretty damn flawless.
I might be interested in a polycarb boat hull. If you're looking for ways to make it water tight, I'd look at modern port hole designs.
Awesome mission! Glad this one worked out much better for you. 70 mile mission coming up?? Very enjoyable as always.