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Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code PROJECTAIR at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/projectair Checkout https://projectair.co.uk/ for plans, materials, kits, and Project Air merch. Support these projects by becoming a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jameswhomsley Subscribe to my second channel for more in-depth videos https://www.youtube.com/@Project-Air-2 Thank you to my matereals sponsor Easy Composites https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/ Many thanks also to Rudyard Lake for their cooperation with this project - well worth a visit https://www.rudyardlake.com/ Music Credit Evening Melodrama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Mechanolith by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ I built a giant RC airplane and took it to Rudyard Lake to see if it could fly like the Caspian Sea Monster, the world’s largest ground effect aircraft. This experimental RC ekranoplan is part RC seaplane, part RC flying boat. It uses ground effect instead of flying high like a normal RC plane. The maiden test flight shows the challenges of RC plane water takeoff, stability, and speed as this unusual radio-controlled aircraft tries to lift off the lake surface.