Gonna build a jet canoe, you need two things:
A jet
And a canoe
I got both
Throttle 100%!
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Things get a little stressful at Hacksmith Industries sometimes
so I need a way to relax, unwind, I like to come out here outside in nature
Enjoy the peace, but you know what?
It's not fast enough, so let's fix that
let's put a jet engine on this thing
Alright I'm gonna build a jet canoe you need two things:
A jet
And a canoe
I got both let's get started
Okay so last year we did a one day build
of a jetpack and it was pretty awesome you should check that video out
but now we need the jet engines for the canoe so i'm gonna take it apart
Okay great I've got the jet engine but once not enough let's do two
Okay...
Now, let's see where we can mount these
Okay so there's a few things that we
want to consider here
First: they need to be high enough out of the
canoe that the exhaust doesn't hit the back of
the canoe and melt it
because the exhaust is about 800 degrees celsius
Second: they need to be far enough forwards in
the canoe that any kind of spray from the wake
doesn't get into the inlet because that could hurt the jet engine
We also want to be able to steer
I want to be able to do some thrust vectoring
and steer the canoe
Somewhere around here
Okay so fortunately I think I can reuse this pillow block bearing
which makes my job pretty easy I just need to find a way to mount it to the canoe
My plan is to tie them together so they
move in unison
And I just need a single
handle with the throttle
Okay so there's a slot just on the other side of this lip and it'll be perfect
for mounting to
The next step is to design
a plate that sits on here and a clamp that fits into that slot
Alright designs all done, let's go make it
This is a cam lock
A quick and easy way to tighten something
It's the same mechanism used in bicycles for quick releases
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Okay the next step is to join them so they move in unison
just like James' drift trike
Alright so the next step is to get a bar
to hold on to and steer
And I need to figure
out how long that is so, Dave? If you wouldn't mind
32 inches and we're gonna have the handle
on there, okay
I want this one
While I was working on mounting the jet engines Dave was working on the fuel
system and the electronics he got a 20 liter
tank and that'll last us maybe 10 minutes
That's hooked into this
pelican case housing all of the electronics
that goes to the handle with the controls
Let's do a test fire!
I need a safety crop top
Power!
- Okay they're both ready
Throttle 100%
- Starting!
Ignition
Stage one
[BEEP]
Oh boy!
That is an adventure
There are some...
...some difficulties
Steering is not really a thing
it gets a little scary
Ian actually left for a canoe trip and he forgot the jet engines
but that's okay because that means I have a chance to upgrade this jet canoe
before we do our next test
Because the canoe was very back heavy it
was going out of the water and if he went any faster he would
actually submerge the rear end and kill the jet engines which we don't
want to do so what we're planning on doing is adding some outriggers
basically we're going to take these rc plane
pontoons and spread them out maybe with a 2x4 or something
across the boat so basically you can't tip the canoe left to right
But in addition to that I'm actually going to design and 3d print
a...
...what's it called?
A keel, it's called a keel!
Alright so I'm going to 3d print well I'm going to design and then 3d print
a set of keels for the canoe
Just to note I have no experience in designing anything for aerodynamics
or water dynamics so
who knows if this is gonna work?
Before I print the keels let's make sure it actually works and do some flow simulation
I think I should do it like this
Alright, yeah, that looks like flow is going around it so
Let's print it!
Alright let's add these to the boat so let's start by transferring the holes
onto the wood so we can drill it and attach these on
We're just going to
take this pencil fully made of lead
19th century problems require 19th century solutions
Was lead invented then?
How old is pencil?
Look at that
Ta-dah!
It's like a little weird boat
Alright we've got our two pontoons for the boat now we just have to mount them
to canoe, re-add the jet engines and take it
back to lake but first I think we need to show our Canadian pride
Dave?
These don't work
they just need to come off
- Just to note I have no experience in designing anything for aerodynamics
or water dynamics so, who knows this is gonna work?
- What engineering lesson can you take out of
these new additions?
Don't go on vacation
Alright that was freaking awesome I actually managed to hydroplane the canoe
has that been done before?
I don't know but we're going to try
again and i'm going to try to pull James
I think that was the most fun I've ever had in a canoe
- It looked like it I had a ton of fun just being towed in the kayak
I think this is the first of many water projects now that...
...we dipped our feet in the water so to speak
- Comment below what you want
to see and if you want to see me ride a
motorcycle with these you can because we already did that
check out that video
So this is my friend Alex, we just spent the last
five days canoeing together and we're gonna see what he thinks of this
-Is it jet powered? - Yup
Oh my god! Hahahaha