The very idea of 9000W motor/battery power in a product that small is just absurd. Amazing work!

@harzerhexenmeister2709

Ай бұрын

Its absolutely insane. I built fast drones myself but never Had anything over 4500W

So you decided to take on Red Bull and crush them, what a badass the both of you are!

@grampafpv

Ай бұрын

It's a totally different system. This drone can not stay flying as long as red bulls drone.

@TinyBearTim

Ай бұрын

@@grampafpvthe speed record has nothing to do with flight time

@timmieskills

Ай бұрын

Redbulls drone was never about getting a top speed world record? 2 different drones for 2 different purposes

@grampafpv

Ай бұрын

@TinyBearTim read the comment I replied to.. keep up bro..🙅‍♂️

@TheMrMikeo

Ай бұрын

@@grampafpv I think it can fly 7km at 350phh so it could in theory track the red bull car although the camera probably isn’t as good

What a beautiful video - Incredible engineering, clear explanations, and a father son project. Doesn't get much better than that! Great work both of you, a well deserved record.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

... love your channel 👌

@ahmedmani1051

29 күн бұрын

what a amazing project, and this being done by a father and son just adds to how awesome it's wish you best of luck on your future projects

The amp draw and ability of those batteries to discharge that fast is insane.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Sure is. Next version 200c batteries straight from the factory.

Think i found my new favorite channel. Having in depth technical description and great prodcution is rare nowadays, great to see the design process, would never have thought to test aerodynamics out of a window haha. Keep making videos this good, and analysis this engaging.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks! 🤩 more good stuff to come

@kay834

Ай бұрын

@@Mike-Bell what is that 3d software? great video !

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

@@kay834 I use Blender. Open source and free

@sUASNews

Ай бұрын

@@Mike-Bell My mind is bent at just how skillful you are with Blender, that alone is award worthy.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

@@sUASNews thanks 🤩

Been slightly obsessing about this cool thing so here's some calcs for interest's sake: If we look at the power consumption at 360km/h (100m/s) which is 5091We, assuming about 85% motor efficiency and 55% propeller efficiency we arrive at drag force of 23.8N. This can be reduced to a CdA figure of around 0.00396. Eyeballing the design section area of 150mm x 120mm gives us an A of 0.018m^2 yielding a drag coefficient (Cd) of about 0.22 or approximately that of a Tesla Model 3. This is kind of impressive except that it has no wheels, wheel arches or tyres which are one of the dominant forms of drag on a road vehicle so it suggests that there's at least some room and probably plenty for improvement. Also, at max speed of 510km/h we're starting to see compressibility effects being over Mach 0.4 in linear speed so there's no doubt that the propeller blades are well into the transonic flow regime so the 55% propeller efficiency above may be an overestimate. To make any appreciable gains in the record speed these problems will only be exacerbated. Time to get busy with area ruling and possibly ducted fans to improve the total aero efficiency. I also note there is appreciable voltage sag at the high speed run dropping down to 34V. This means that, for an assumed 12S system voltage of 44.4V nominal, there's about 2kW of power disappearing into the wiring as heat. (235A at 10V sag > 2kW). While motors are to some extent immune from increasing voltage from an efficiency perspective, the rest of the electrical system surely isn't, so bumping the voltage higher is only going to be a win, albeit with safety complications.

I had a very uncomforable laugh at 12 hp in a 10" frame. The US Department of Defense is going to be giving this video a good number of views i think

@AndrewShaidurov

Ай бұрын

Ukraine is here first 😏

@wiltse0

Ай бұрын

That was my first thought, The military application is very obvious.

@ehjones

Ай бұрын

Small drones are practically undetectable and inescapable at much more conservative speeds anyway. Being cheap, easy, high range and having resilience to jamming would be more important than 500kph+ speed.

@2MeterLP

Ай бұрын

@@ehjones Against stationary targets, yes. However, this high velocity drone could also be effective against helicopters and some planes.

@pongmaster123

Ай бұрын

@@2MeterLP no, because you forgot the payload.

Congrats to you and your son on breaking the record!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks!! 😃

The left handed guy who uses a shorty pencil is the guy you should worry about.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

😂

@mokoepa

Ай бұрын

😂 😂

The fastest father/son duo on KZread! And in the world! Congrats! Love your work.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃

This is AMAZING! Congrats on the accomplishment… a good thing that you documented everything, which is a great thing to do in engineering. Great job once again!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 😃

From someone who can barely make a paper aeroplane, this is fascinating. Watching the design evolve to optimise the aerodynamics, airflow, and centre of gravity is amazing. It must have been so rewarding seeing it achieve such crazy speeds 😄

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😃

i’m confused? just 24k views and 61.2k subscribers? for this level of production? truly underrated!!!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks I value the concern 😊 and your comment. It more case of with youtube getting 3.7mill new videos uploaded each day that it really takes a lot to stand out above all that noise. But after a couple of years doing this I think this video is going to give me the catapult boost I have been waiting for. The subscribe rate on this video and type of story has gone nuts and is super high which is fantastic recognition for my efforts.

@hektoram

Ай бұрын

Totally agree!!!

@goober-ey7mx

26 күн бұрын

This aged like milk

I feel almost vindicated seeing someone else do their rapid drone prototyping in Blender, and especially your line that; "Success is achieving both excellence in performance, and esthetics" is something I've cought a lot of heat over from the pure CAD guys. Amazing work all-round!

@manob2594

Ай бұрын

This is a very interesting take! I feel like engineering/product design is to often teached to go from a sketched based 2D straight into hard and traditionel software such as solidworks/ siemens NX surfacing tool of what ever is used. Blender could be this perfect in the middel. It's abusrd to think about the hours i've seen friends, colleageas including myself put into interrating very complex surface models just modifying splines and addapting surfacecontinuity. The best thing is I have blender installed a couple of months ago exact for this reason but do not seem to find the time or motivaction tot get into it. I this video shows exactly why I should.

@davidaugustofc2574

Ай бұрын

That's more of an argument to CAD designers needing a background in graphic design than it is for Blender being the better tool.

congratulations To you and your Son

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks ☺️ always nice to get a comment from you

Amazing video, Mike. So insightful!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

I loved your previous video's but this is something else. Love it, you are amazing.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

The shot in the dark with the LED on made it all so much cooler, that is quite beautiful.

Thank you for sharing your family project. Great video. I hope it inspires more father/son projects.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

More to come!

This reminds me of the passion I had when I was a child about aviation! Working together with your son on a project like this not only is super cool, but then to achieve what you did in the speed record is fantastic! The LEDs in the tail is brilliant! I am definitely looking forward to seeing what else you dream up, design, test, tweak, get to its best version as engineers and a father and son duo? Just lovely!

@Mike-Bell

13 күн бұрын

That is awesome! We have improvements up our sleeve that should give another big speed improvement. You won’t be disappointed with Peregreen 3 😁

Learning breakdowns from you is awesome, please keep making more!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

We will!

This has absolutely blown me away in terms of how effective your designing and surfacing was of v2 without doing aero computation. Eagerly awaiting v3!

This is an amazing video, thanks very much for creating it. Comgratulations to you both from KZN

10/10 Stunning achievement for both of you , and being able to keep it "in the family" and have FUN together as well as keep on learning , innovating and supporting is Mega Brilliant, Well Done

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

As an FPV pilot for many years, this gave me chills. Inspired!

What a tremendous accomplishment, Mike and Luke! Congratulations to you both on this amazing feat! You’ve created a thing of beauty, and I can’t wait to see the next iteration. Although I am not a trained engineer, I was able to follow your clear descriptions and appreciate the problems and how you were solving them. Simply remarkable. I am so happy for you both!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks Maud. I always look forward and enjoy your comments and loyalty.

Fantastic video, thanks for documenting your work!

Wow. Amazing entineering and really well presented. Congratulations and thank you for sharing.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

This is so neat to see the wonderful engineering behind this. You guys are so cool. 😊

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

Awesome video! I particularly enjoy the animations. Well done Luke and Mike - dream team 💪

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

absolutely amazing. loved the use of Blender, this has so much in it... look forward to seeing more!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

The fact that you bring the world along your journey of inspiration, design, iteration, testing, failure, etc., is such a gift to humanity.

Wonderful design, explanation and experience. So well deserved.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Amazing work Mike and good video. You need to do more works like this. Keep it up❤

Great film, and great teamwork and perseverance... Well done on the record!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Beautiful explanation, thanks for taking the time.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome father and son collaboration 🇿🇦🇿🇦

That’s so cool that you instilled this kind of work ethic and ingenuity into your son! My dad talk me how to drink and drive

Now that's what's engineering is all about. 🎉❤

Mike and Luke, I'm sitting here in Joburg and so proud that you guys from my hometown have achieved this incredible milestone. Great videos from you both and have already shared the links with other drone enthusiasts. Also must add that I love the fact that you designed the drone with Blender. 👍👍👍. When I saw Blender I figured you'd move over to FreeCad but I was wrong.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Hi Jerome thanks for sharing the video. We are both ex Joburg. Blender has proven excellent for this project and is a must for animations. Blender is awesome. What is your filed/software used?

Great stuff, Mike. Excellent

Thank you for sharing this detailed and impressive video. It gives such a beautiful insight into the whole project & engineering that went into it.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Tanks in Ukraine watching nervously 🫣

@zhabiboss

23 күн бұрын

You are actually digusting

@tedarcher9120

14 күн бұрын

Helicopters too

Masterclass! I’m your newest subscriber and bravo! Excellence of art, spirit and intuitive innovative engineering! 👍🏻✌🏻

@Mike-Bell

28 күн бұрын

Thanks. Welcome aboard

I just built my first vertical frame and it flew away on me, it might be because my props are so close together as you were saying. Fascinating to hear more construction detail and the problems you had with your escs. also how you made your camera/nosecone and airshaper fascinating thanks a lot!

You are the luckiest father alive. What a blessing to work together with the son.

@elias4214

Ай бұрын

And a son! Living their best live moments:)

What an amazing project. I love the father and son team. I'm looking forward to use some of the things I learned from both of you in my next project. Congratulations

Incredible work, you guys pulled off something really impressive here! Im very excited to see your next iteration

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Us too!

Well done guys, this is awesome to have local guys pushing the limits like this, very inspiring! Did you ever consider running CFD on the model, and do you think that would have helped the design direction?

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks Mike. Up till this point the level of technology is such that big gains have been possible through iterative exploration. But from here on the gains will become smaller and harder to achieve and require more sophisticated optimisations and we are running wind tunnel simulations for further speed improvements. And we have product manufacturers who are interested in supplying us with optimised components to go faster. If you have CFD skills I would be interested to know how you would approach this.

This is amazing! It's great to know, that you have used Blender to 3d model this incredible creation 😆

Truly phenomenal! Bravo to you and your son, very inspiring video, beautiful work, and completely bonkers! Just WOW!!!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Amazing video, this was a joy to watch!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

So glad! and your comment is a joy to see 😊

impresive and smart guy! Keep the good workgoing!

I can see Ratheon taking notes... Brilliant execution, spooky possibilities on the budget 🫡

This is just incredible on an engineering scale and on many other levels.

Great video and many congratulations on this incredible achievement

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

This is fantastic. Please do more breakdowns of future Peregrine development processes!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Certainly will be making more …

@tsungxu

Ай бұрын

great to hear it. The need to distribute the PDB/motor controllers is something I've never seen on a hobbyist drone before. Also, you guys have the same heat gun as me, and good to see your solid Blender skills!

Awesome design, execution and performance, Mike Your Bambu printer may be able to print STEP files, which will behave like very fine mesh STL files, although that depends on the slicer. Great to see South Africans setting records. Netjies gedaan.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Dankie. Flippin lekker om SA bietjie te showcase. Blender doesnt work with STEP files unfortunately but it is perfect for the animation I make and it makes fantastic drone designs too.

@pseudotasuki

Ай бұрын

Yup, Bambu Studio does support STEP. That's my go-to format when working with designs that have tight tolerances. Plus they're much easier for others to reverse-engineer.

@pseudotasuki

Ай бұрын

​@@Mike-BellYeah, Blender works exclusively with meshes. STEP is for CAD.

@cs9260

Ай бұрын

What CAD program do you use in addition to Blender? Great work and dankie for sharing.@@pseudotasuki

@pseudotasuki

Ай бұрын

@@cs9260 Autodesk Fusion.

Amazing achievement! Tks for sharing!

@Mike-Bell

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nothing better than a father and son venture 🎉

Besides your world record and your engineering skills … your storytelling is marvellous! Thank you for sharing your design process.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Wow thanks 😀

This is incredible Mike well done

What in the world? I somehow stumbled upon the coolest and best-presented KZread channel I have seen in years. Well done!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Wow, this thing looks marvelous. Good job

@Mike-Bell

16 күн бұрын

Glad you like it!

absolutely incredible engineering

Excellent video! The animations were awesome and that definitely covered everything I would have liked to pick your brain about. It's always nice to hear about others design philosophy. Also I just have to mention some funny coincidences. I'm currently getting my mechatronics degree too, nice job Luke! The other one is that I had originally named my speed record project the peregrine falcon back in 2019. What are the chances?

Bravo and thank u very much for tech details

@user-uu1ko7oi8z

6 күн бұрын

Can we get a blender file for some payment?

Just scribed! Thank you, for sharing your knowledge! Well Done!

Beautiful engineering 👍🏼

This video made remember you should never give up on your dreams! Epic engineering

wow, really amazing engineering.

Thank you for such a well spoken and informative video. I am not the sharpest crayon in the pack but I was able to follow along well. Congratulations on your world record!

I look forward to the day you reach Mach 1. Keep up the great work!

Here before this blows up. What am amazing feat of engineering, so glad to be here!

Great explanation. Love the iterative design approach.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Great to hear!

In general, the idea of ​​such a device is not new,🤷‍♂️ it was already there, but you guys have brought the project to a really working fast state!👍 Thanks !

@redacted1946

Ай бұрын

nobody said this was a new idea

Recently joined the SA fpv community, half-way through UCT mechatronics, I guess what's left is Guinness Record to match Luke hahaha. Amazing video💯😂

such a humble choice of title! I mean you can never know if there isn't a faster drone on another planet

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

😂

Incredible. The headaches and cost of prototyping and manufacturing on a cnc machine twenty years ago vs. the options of today has mind blowing potential.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

That is so true. The power and capabilities of software and tools available today to anyone with drive and initiative is staggering.

Well done! Well done! Absolute mind blown!

Good job! Very cool project!!

@bdfybdfy100

Ай бұрын

I asked you a question on Quora. Please read. Sorry, I sent a message. I did not find any of your other contacts.

Love your content !

@Mike-Bell

2 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it! Always nice to know it is appreciated

bro took away wings from redbull, without the millions of dollars redbull has you guys still did it

Truly amazing video! Tanks for that!

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Awesome project! Looks like a fun one. Curious if you have done the math for what impact a carbon fiber exterior (or any alternative) could have on weight. The shell sure looks pretty light already.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

The low hanging fruit development areas are still batteries and aerodynamics so thats the next version. And interestingly induced drag is near negligible at 500. You pay the price of weight in battery drain and manoeuvring. The angle of attack of 1 degree is all you need for body lift. It’s basically a wingless VTOL. I’ll be explaining this in the next video. So weight savings will increase speed because of a longer speed boost but not induced drag savings. Weight will get serious attention in version 4🤣 And when we get serious competition. 🤙🏻

Awesome work and i love the visuals

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Im glad you enjoyed it ⏩

Beautiful! Congratulations

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

I am in the process of designing a drone and quadcopter for atmospheric measurements, I am intrigued on how you designed the latching mechanism to connect the top piece to the bottom!

Awesome! Amazing to see the use of Blender for design! Open Source FTW! What OS you are using? Just curious...

Congratulations on building such a beautiful machine! Would be interesting to explore how durable your design/build is with the goal of characterizing operational lifespan and maintenance/repair costs. I'd expect optimizing these would present a entirely new set of engineering challenges. Of course, understandably, you and your son might instead prefer to focus efforts on just going faster.

Your video is so much better, nice explaination. Insane skills

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Guinness book record awarded! Defense contractors must be absolutely extatic.

Absolutely amazing! Congratulations!

@Mike-Bell

22 күн бұрын

Glad you like it!

😮 that is amazing

Amazing determination, skills and engineering. I'm so impressed! Congratulations from near the other pole :)

@Mike-Bell

22 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it! Where more specifically are you? Svalbard? Northern Canada?

My university drone team may be attempting this record next fall. Been doing some research, and I want to commend your component selection! It's been really hard finding any configuration that performs higher in thrust simulations.

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Luke and I will follow your progress if you post the outcome online

Incredible achievement!!!

Congrats. Cool, great design. Could I ask, why have you used Blender for CAD modeling and not smth. specific?

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks. I am a retired architect and have an Autocad Sketchup Revit Lumion background so Blender is a natural follow on. My primary need is animation so Blender is a must. Besides Blender is fantastic software. It can do pretty much all things 3d. What is your field/ software?

Nicely done, congratulations! :)

@Mike-Bell

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Maybe tow steered composites and custom aerostructurally optimized geometry of frame and motors for v4? In my experience, ADFLOW is a lot faster and more accurate than airshaper and it can do shape optimization