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so the inspiration for today's video is twofold one we wanted to build a PC for Luke at his new job at floatplane Media Inc that really reflects the values of that company which is fly or float so we obtained this literal actual flow plane and then source of inspiration number two was actually a video that I did a little while ago building a PC inside one of Lee and Lee's cases that looks like a boat the only problem with that case was that when I tried to actually quote it the thing sank and I was like you know what no no no - Media Group can do better than Lee and Lee - Media Group's airplane PC is actually gonna freakin fly so I tasked Alex here resident engineering wizard who I never give enough time money or tools to with coming up with a flyable floatplane PC and that's exactly what he theoretically did we're about to find out coño is excited to introduce the hex gears x1 keyboard a low-profile Bluetooth mechanical keyboard with multi device connectivity and a beautifully machined aluminum case check it out at the link below inside my beaver you're gonna find my cockpit and then there's actually two passenger seats back there so we're gonna rip that out and throw in it's got to be at least probably like a pound worth of heat saying can Ram m2 SSD I think this is probably a core i7 processor should be good before installing the computer in it we needed to assemble and fly the plane this would allow for us to make sure that there were no issues with the aircraft before we modified it but also meant that Linus would need to take off and land without destroying it like it's been years since I've flown a model airplane at all I have never flown anything that's big and I have never even spent any sim time with a water plane do you want to that probably wouldn't be a terrible idea but let's let's get it given this is a ready to fly kit assembly should be a pretty simple case of following the instructions although it quickly became clear that there were two problems one bad instructions is this diagram clear to you how exactly these little wire doodads go in here no it goes crop up no it goes it goes straight to the big hole but then I can't tell how you fastened it and two people not reading those bad instructions you have to go through the wood on this okay this has removed plate so probably not oh very clearly labeled actual all right landing gear wheels on seems pretty legit boom let's see if it'll be able to handle coming down about as hard as it's going to it seems pretty strong I'm ready for insertion whenever you are I've got I've got three fingers in it now but it doesn't let me get my fingers into okay oh there we go here we go perfect where what do you mean we're shown where's the picture of the velcro right there as our lack of both RC knowledge and building ability became more clear so did the realization that this plane may not survive its maiden voyage this is gonna be such a waste of money if we just like plow it into the car we soldiered on though completing the build and what thanks to the beauty of video editing was record time maybe we could Lube it up a little bit cool so here you push it in I'll line it up okay there we go I'm excited we're getting closer to our first flight yeah before flying though Linus wanted to try his hand in the flight sim to brush up on his RC skills okay whoa that was sketchy okay coming in we're coming in Dennis get the hell out of the way no no we're not coming in we're not coming in get that propeller going there no no just wait his weight it's not gonna stop I got this I got this No we lost a wheel we sheared off a bolt here and so all we got to do is find a new a new mount for this wheel holy crap we lived through it Oh chapter two before putting the PC in the plane it needed a good coating of acrylic conformal coating from mg chemicals this would prevent the PC from getting damaged by small drops of water that might end up on it during water takeoffs and landings with that said it doesn't make the PC completely waterproof this is like not even it's more conformal coating than PCB now it's like swimming in it I mean you can't swim in a solid but you get my point I said you do three coats that's three coats look at these they look so beautiful shiny it's like plastic Ram and they still smell like nail-polish yeah we got to test it with the system in it that's what we're doing right now yeah we got to get the oh wait right test the system does the system work testing the system gave me the opportunity I've been waiting for so you can see here my friends the test Kart 9000 has a convenient keyboard and mouse right in an ergonomic keyboarding mousing location it's got a HDMI and VGA monitor so you cover all your bases there yeah it's got a mouse pad for your comfort it's got one of these little uh who makes these again Moss cable it's got one of these little magnetic cable holders see that test cart technology grab your USBs because they're conveniently magnetically cable managed i don't know i thought from lewis rossmann all you need to know is that the fan spins no then the fan isn't spinning so let's go ahead and press the power button there did you break the knock oh wait no I think it just lit up okay cool now that we knew that nothing crucial got covered in conformal coating we were ready to put the PC in the plane how do we get our PC in there so in the backseat yeah it's like in the back that's really gonna hurt our center of gravity there yeah we need to put some like weights or something up in here now we're putting weights in the thing yeah this thing was hard enough to fly in the first place although we were technically able to get the PC in through the front window it was very difficult to access so we needed to create a bigger opening scalpel thank you for not putting the blade into my finger oh this is much sharper because the blade is thin it's actually harder to cut in a straight line though I guess when you're cutting bodies it's less of a concern that you go in a straight line maybe oh no problem oh oh it's so beautiful good news is our system fits bad news is the IO does not stick out the door the PC fit in surprisingly well meaning we could skip having any IO extensions and instead just drill some holes in the side of the plane for USB Ethernet and Thunderbolt oh not bad not bad at all ooh okay yeah came out clean nice oh crap so there's the pontoon now I was trying to widen the hole slowly and just rip the whole thing out shoot to keep the PC in one place we decided that the best option was to put zip ties down through the PCB attach a washer on the other side then use another zip tie to tighten it down after installation in its super cool new case we just needed to make sure that the PC had survives the operation what could we have possibly broken over the last little bit here yes oh okay have me freaking out a little bit there let's see if the Wi-Fi still works Wi-Fi still working so we managed to not unplug that crap okay all right okay all right the first black computer other than all the other flying computers can you can you see it in there yeah whoa it's coming for you through the computer in there well you can see the i/o app it's kind of hard to see trust me okay hold that gust let's just go for it we run away oh my god the weight the weight the balance is uh is look way off wha fly by oh you're gonna fly back you know what I was actually probably wrong to make those adjustments to the elevator nevermind I was right to make those adjustments to the elevator that just saved us no oh crap okay well - I was trying to bring it over to the road and the wind is good this was actually my backup plan in case I lost confidence and I didn't want but I was going to do it on that side where they're kind of taller so Wow seems totally fine yeah I don't think we took any damage coming into the grass there cuz like I said I had already cut the power you see that flies hell yeah brother they said it couldn't be done wait who was the one who said it couldn't be done that with us wasn't it Luke seems to be on to us I called him and said we needed to meet tomorrow for a video thing and maybe it was I said the fact I said it was floatplane related maybe he put two and two together but he's like oh is it that plane that's in the office so I lied to him I said no it's not so we're gonna be like haha yes it was got you so it's last-minute preparation time we have finally mounted the pontoons making it properly a float plane can I hold it up for a second and we're doing some last-minute prep well Luke waits for us upstairs so we're trying to get a GoPro mounted inside the cockpit which would be super cool like actually looking out through the cockpit and then alex is trying to figure out the the servos and rubber bands and what not that we need to hook up here we lied to you sergeant Cole haha yes it was shut up we made a working flow plane it flies of course it flies this is latest tech tips and there is a full quad-core machine with MDOT two SSD 32 gigs of ram and Thunderbolt 3 inside functioning computer functioning plane want to go fly it yes alright let's go so he went into the warehouse to borrow a speaker for a wedding yeah like a Bluetooth speaker and he saw the plane after all those it was like whoa that's cool and the stupid thing is that I thought I was being so clever telling you it's floatplane related I know we just gave this to you but there's a very good chance that it will not survive the day I have never done a water takeoff or landing and I have only even successfully landed a plane sort of once should we just go for it or what the waters really still it's nice that all these trees are around here yeah there's one duck that's kind of in the way they're shy kind of wait for him to probably turn that way yeah I want to take off directly you're away from me though just because it's a little easier to control sure actually hold on hold on yeah oh yeah he's got it run know what let's just do it okay all righty then oh wow this is actually this is a very small pond this is a much smaller Park than I had last time it is gusty it is gusty today if there was any doubt that it's gusty let me set your mind at ease about that there's some chalk there's some chopping here no no I'm not that low it's okay the wind just picked me right up there did you guys see that that was not me on the elevator oh wow not the smoothest landing at all the mass drop XA k g:k 7-xx read addition open-back headphones feature its predecessors legendary sound and build quality which made it a big hit with the audiophile community and some improvements so the highs are getting boosted by an innovative flat wire voice coil mids are getting brought up to better balance the range and the lows were raised by three decibels for a more immersive sound this was a collaborative design with mass drop and AKG and includes a custom ruby red color way to help the aesthetic really pop from the competition it features a 10-foot detachable cable and you can check it out now at the link in the video description so there you have it the world's first flow plate no no it's the world's first flow plane PC for a cooi flow plane now let's make sure the computer still works at some point but I'm sure it's fine in first fine we just we just tested where we came over yeah you think so yeah we've got that I'm glad we put the tape on though I'm really glad to put the tape on so guys if you dislike this video you go right go subscribe over on floatplane go go support Linus tech tips or actually we've got tech deals and bit wit over there as well if you guys just like this video you can hit that button if you liked it hit like get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description like a floatplane membership one week early access linus media group content also those other 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