My DIY R/C Boat Pulled me 20 Miles!!!

IG: danielriley_

[orphidian]

34:40 "as he passed the nice big yachts, the bikini babes were looking hot, he started to feel like a dork, his confidence did waver" 😂😂😂😂

[adamlark]

Never thought I'd see my old ship again! That old boat, the "Vulcan" (19:56) that's docked at there Seattle Maritime Academy, was my first duty assignment in the Army! She was originally the "FMS Vulcan" or Floating Machine Shop! A great find!

[gianlucabrambilla]

Timestamps of all the chanties
0:00: GPS will lead the way
10:01: full speed across lake Union
14:41: course set in stone
27:51: draw bridges tilting up
34:32: hulls slicing thru the sea

[AntithesisDCLXVI]

Bro this seriously looks like a life-saving piece of equipment. With a few minor modifications this could be designed to be rigged up to lifeboats for at-sea emergencies. It would turn the situation from "hope you get rescued before eating each other" into "be bored and uncomfortable for a few days."

[chez]

"Are you rctestflight?"
"Yeah, I'm about to be run over by a fucking yacht"
Comedy gold

[boardsort]

"rich people trying to flex but their boats cant self direct" - the soundtrack is as entertaining as the content!

[Superwoodputtie]

"How is the robotic slave galley doing?" Hahaha

[doctorkayak]

Been a recreational mariner for 30 plus years and for the life of me I will never understand how disrespectful other jack-wads on the water can be regardless if they are on a wave runner or a yacht. Mindboggling! That is why I live in the hinterlands of Northern Michigan, still cannot escape them here but there certainly is a lot less of them... and the season is much shorter! :(

[doublerpix]

*Daniel at the grocery store later that day*
Stranger: Excuse me sir do you know where the bathroom is?
Daniel: Yeah it's solar powered
Stranger: *visibly confused*
Daniel: It's autonomous

[sophiebas]

The irony of people yelling “lazy” at him when he spent so long designing and building the tugboat XD

[dusting]

"we got metal boats" a true master of words. also the Bering Leader is one of a fleet of four fishing vessels in the Northwest/Alaskan region.

[thepersonwhocomentz]

The passerby asking "How's the Robotic Slave Galley doing?" made me laugh my ass off. If you were to ever market this as some kind of commercial product, you should definitely make RSG the serial number prefix. It could "officially" stand for something else, but we'd all know the truth.

[BuH]

DAMN I'm not sure what's more crazy, the fact you managed to complete the mission and spend 8 hours on the water or me watching your 36min video of it and loving every second of it. well done

[nfast]

This video:
"It's solar powered"
"What a cool (insert naval thing)"
"This must have not been here when I planned the mission"

[synthyawylder]

Some suggestions, if you decide to update your project: 1. If you can't completely seal your SolarCat Tug hulls, then at least, equip them with a min-bilge pump in each hull to automatically pump any water out. 2. Move your solar panel aft; it looks like it's bow-heavy, especially when encountering waves. 3. Consider using ducted props; not only do they resist fouling from things like seaweed, but they're also more efficient when using them in a low-speed high-thrust application. The ducts might also add to the directional control, like rudders. 4. Oh, yeah, final recommendation, consider a new(er) laptop? Have you considered making a full-size version of your SolarCat Tug, one in which you can actually sit inside, like a solar-powered autonomous boat? It seems like you already have all you'd need, just up-scale it. Great project!

[terran_tom]

What a diverse water way Seattle has. There is so much going from heavy industry to small boats and peoples houses and then planes landing and taking off, all with Seattle in the background. Totally, completely beautiful. Seriously dope video man, awesome solar powered robot boat too

[Project-Air]

This is why rctestflight is the best channel on YouTube.

[FrederickDunn]

Ok, this was a random recommendation on the right margin of my YouTube page. I wasn't going to watch but then decided to pause and see what it's all about. I am very happy that I did, very interesting and entertaining. Thank you for an excellent video diversion. Solar-powered propulsion? Yes Please!!!! Would love to see that scaled up! Thumbs up! Figuring out an efficient consumption to speed ratio is something the Navy also does :)

[greythompson]

I know you probably won't see this, but what a great idea and hope you have lots of fun with future inventions! Good luck! The video was super fun to watch! Thank you.

[Andy-rkkz]

why has no one commented about how amazing the intro song and harmonies were! holy cow that was great