#rctestflight — Public Fediverse posts

What Do You Call an Ekranoplan With an Outboard Motor? https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/what-do-you-call-an-ekranoplan-with-an-outboard-motor/ #outboardmotor #groundeffect #rctestflight #ekranoplan #MiscHacks

What Do You Call an Ekranoplan With an Outboard Motor? https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/what-do-you-call-an-ekranoplan-with-an-outboard-motor/ #outboardmotor #groundeffect #rctestflight #ekranoplan #MiscHacks

IDK if I had that video before (probably)

but it's still one of the best short intros to aerodynamics and how airplanes work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oy3jXu_DmY

#rctestflight - "Can a Solid Wood Airplane Actually Fly?"

3D Printed Hydrofoil Goes From Model Scale To Human Scale With Flight Controller https://hackaday.com/2024/10/06/3d-printed-hydrofoil-goes-from-model-scale-to-human-scale-with-flight-controller/ #TransportationHacks #rctestflight #dRehmFlight #3dprinted #hydrofoil #e-foil

3D Printed Hydrofoil Goes From Model Scale To Human Scale With Flight Controller https://hackaday.com/2024/10/06/3d-printed-hydrofoil-goes-from-model-scale-to-human-scale-with-flight-controller/ #TransportationHacks #rctestflight #dRehmFlight #3dprinted #hydrofoil #e-foil

3D Printed Hydrofoil Goes From Model Scale To Human Scale With Flight Controller - Hydrofoils have been around for several decades, but watching a craft slice throug... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/06/3d-printed-hydrofoil-goes-from-model-scale-to-human-scale-with-flight-controller/ #transportationhacks #rctestflight #drehmflight #3dprinted #hydrofoil #e-foil

3D Printed Hydrofoil Goes From Model Scale To Human Scale With Flight Controller - Hydrofoils have been around for several decades, but watching a craft slice throug... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/06/3d-printed-hydrofoil-goes-from-model-scale-to-human-scale-with-flight-controller/ #transportationhacks #rctestflight #drehmflight #3dprinted #hydrofoil #e-foil

A Paddle Wheel Ground Effect Vehicle - Who said paddle wheels were just for leisurely riverboat cruises? [rctestflight] i... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/25/a-paddle-wheel-ground-effect-vehicle/ #groundeffect #rctestflight #ekranoplan #mischacks

A Paddle Wheel Ground Effect Vehicle - Who said paddle wheels were just for leisurely riverboat cruises? [rctestflight] i... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/25/a-paddle-wheel-ground-effect-vehicle/ #groundeffect #rctestflight #ekranoplan #mischacks

I like to imagine someone somewhere using all those videos from #rctestflight for reference, when designing a large, non-rc #hovercraft or #groundeffect vehicle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxhJ9T_VkEc

sadly there don't seem to be any passenger/cargo-planes of that kind around anymore.

Testing Futuristic Propeller Designs With a 3D Printer and a Solar-Powered Boat - The toroidal boat propeller pair installed. (Credit: rctestflight)
As boring as pr... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/02/testing-futuristic-propeller-designs-with-a-3d-printer-and-a-solar-powered-boat/ #transportationhacks #toroidalpropeller #rctestflight #3dprinting

Testing Futuristic Propeller Designs With a 3D Printer and a Solar-Powered Boat - The toroidal boat propeller pair installed. (Credit: rctestflight)
As boring as pr... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/02/testing-futuristic-propeller-designs-with-a-3d-printer-and-a-solar-powered-boat/ #transportationhacks #toroidalpropeller #rctestflight #3dprinting

Autonomous Ground Effect Vehicle Demonstrator Aims To Speed Up Maritime Shipping - Ground effect vehicles, or ekranoplans, have the advantage of being more efficient... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/10/autonomous-ground-effect-vehicle-demonstrator-aims-to-speed-up-maritime-shipping/ #transportationhacks #groundeffect #rctestflight #thinkflight #ekranoplan #ardupilot #lidar

Solar Powered Autonomous Tugboat For Rescuing Autonomous Vessels - [rctestflight] has built several autonomous boats, and with missions becoming lo... - https://hackaday.com/2021/09/18/solar-powered-autonomous-tugboat-for-rescuing-autonomous-vessels/ #transportationhacks #autonomousboat #rctestflight #dronehacks #ardupilot #drone

ArduRover Boat Uses Tupperware To Float - There’s nothing quite like the sight of a plastic box merrily sailing its way around a lake to symbo... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/18/ardurover-boat-uses-tupperware-to-float/ #rctestflight #robotshacks #autonomous #ardupilot #ardurover #boat