Building an Advanced Magnus Effect Plane

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/projectair - Enter promo code PROJECTAIR for 83% off and 3 extra months for FREE! Enjoy my videos? I'm able to make them thanks to my Patreon supporters. Consider contributing here:   / jameswhomsley   This is an RC Magnus Effect Plane! Magnus effect aircraft use a wierd aerodynamic effect to create lift. I wanted to build a plane with a cylindrical rotor driven by an electric motor. Underneath there would be a boom with a second motor for forward propulsion along with a rudder for turning. It would be similar to a paramotor. It's not a concept I came up with but there is hardly any info out there on the proportions of a plane like this, how fast the rotors should spin, and where its centre of gravity should be, so I thought I'd learn how to do it and share it with you. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:46 Ad 02:05 V1 Build 03:46 First Test Flights 05:29 Improvements 05:48 Second Test Flights 07:27 Iterative Development 09:30 Final Attempt 12:26 Conclusion ---------------/----------------/--------------- ▶ Follow me on Instagram to see what I'm working on:   / jameswhomsley   ---------------/----------------/--------------- Music by Andrew Applepie http://www.andrewapplepie.com    / andrewapplepie   https://andrewapplepie.bandcamp.com/