I Can Do It

08/07/2021

I wish i can fly from the water to sky 🐬
Try your best ❤️ all my friends

07/06/2021

The project moves fast and we improved the concepts with breakthrough ideas. Please check our new web site www.tripleX.world .

25/05/2021

So much to talk about ... but too busy. Let me come back soon.

28/03/2021

While we are building a flying boat my dear friends of Tropical Houzz are building boats for the kids. Come and see ...

28/03/2021

This is the result making the molds ... 😁😂

28/03/2021

My dear friends and followers,
long time no see. It doesn't mean we had a break. No, it was the opposite – we were too busy to share all good and bad news. Instead writing one post today I will split the content with pictures by event. And guess what – there were some crazy events. First week we were still fighting with the mold. The epoxy we got on the island has too high viscosity and was very hard to use with the glass fiber. So after the first half of the mold we changed to polyester. In fact I thought it would be even smart to compare epoxy and polyester building big molds. The Vietnamese guy who sold me the polyester knew my project well and he uses this material for boat construction himself every day. When I asked him about a data sheet he lifted up his eyebrows and answered "chút chút" – a little. And he gave me a small bottle hardener. Of course I was testing the pot time, how long it takes to harden. But I didn't check the interactions between the polyester and acrylic 2K paint. To make a long story short: the polyester dissolved all the paint and big bubbles showed up. In the pictures you see the result. It took us one more week to fix this. Believe me I was about to cry. And we started again with polyester since the resin was really easy to use. Nevertheless when we tried the remove the polyester mold from the plug, the plug came out from the epoxy very easy but not from the polyester half. Four guys were hammering, pulling and pressing hard. No way. Next we used hydraulic pumps. No way. Finally we cut out the body piece by piece and still had to use hydraulic pumps. All is well that ends well. The two molds are looking good and we dump the rest. Now we wait for the new (thinner) epoxy and start with the carbon fiber fuselage.
Some other good news I want to share with you folks is our new design. It is not a design only it is a total new concept you will not find in aviation yet. We will fly above the water with one wing only and without any control surfaces like empennage, rudders or flaps. The advantage is very low resistance, means high efficiency. Also you don't see any floats since the wings will work in water and in the air. How cool is that? Ask me more about if you are interested in. By the way - Nick Tsiota was a great help to bring my ideas into the digital world. He did the 3D modeling. Thanks Nick.
We will have a small 1 meter model ready soon to test all the new ideas and new flight maneuvers on water. Be excited to see our first videos. If you like this project please visit us at Tropical Houzz in Duong D**g and drink a coffee. Tropical Houzz is a fantastic location for the whole family. The kids have a special pool, many activities and art schools while the parents can rest and eat pizza. Tropical Houzz is supporting this project. So if you want to support us, come and drink a coffee and watch the project growing.

21/02/2021

Did you asked yourself: why don't we see WIG crafts in commercial operation, if they are so powerful? Let me name the facts.

1. WIG crafts could not prove sufficient stability and controllability. In fact they demonstrate weird flight behavior (pitching nose up) on rough water.

2. Cannot turn fast and easy.

3. Therefore high speed crafts on water don't fit into usual slow traffic pattern of fishing boats and container ships.

4. With large control surfaces for safe flight the craft will decrease its lift to drag ratio and therefor its efficiency.

5. They demonstrated no satisfactory seaworthiness.

6. High power requirement to overcome hydrodynamic drag at takeoff. Long takeoff distance or extra power to carry.

7. Cannot use regular port infrastructure.

8. Cannot fly up the rivers to the port areas.

9. Cannot load and unload at a regular beach easy.

We have all the answers for the new generation of WIG craft. Shall we start a discussion here?

You want to know more about Wig crafts? Give me a note and I start some posts about.

20/02/2021

18/02/2021

Tell me what high tec device is that?

Every time I see it I am smiling. It reminds me that a solution is a solution no matter what it looks like.

18/02/2021

Again this week was not easy. We started the mould and I was fighting with the epoxy during lamination. The viscosity was too high and the glass fiber did not get wet in all areas. Simple as that you don't get the proper material in Vietnam. You have to import or take what you get.
But I had some new ideas for the project. It could be great innovations nobody did before. I will try this with smaller scale model and invite you to watch. I hope I can show you more next week already. For sure it will be great fun to see the model flying or … crashing. Cross your fingers.
I was about to introduce the team members. Nevertheless we are building our website and we will give credits to all these people when we launch the first content.

31/01/2021

Hello my friends and followers,
This week is nothing much to talk about … just painting and sanding and painting and sanding again after a few bubbles came up from the deep and reminded me about the legacy of a wrong mixture - epoxy and acrylate. Thanks again to the smart guy who did that. I had to remove the paint again all down to the first primer. It would be very boring to tell you more details.
But a few developments warmed up my mood. The Chinese company producing the electric motors is interested in my electric turbine and will support this project. Also, a battery manufacturer in China will support us. Good to know since both parts are major items and the costs are very high. Each motor costs 700$ and we need 14 – yes, that is 8,400 US$. And the batteries for 30 kw cost 4,000 US$. Let see how these companies will reduce the price.
Last week the foam for the wings arrived. After the dirty part last weeks it will get more exciting and hopefully the progress faster.
Stay tunned and support me and share … thanks.