Floppy Helicopter Blade Experiments

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  • Опубліковано 30 бер 2024
  • Welcome to another episode of Trailmakers! Today I am using power couplers to build a floppy helicopter to see what happens!
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    Trailmakers is about building very awesome vehicles and machines, but you don’t need an engineering degree to get started. The intuitive builder will get you going in no time. Everything you build is made from physical building blocks. Each block has unique features like shape, weight and functionality. They can be broken off, refitted and used to build something new. Individually the blocks are fairly simple, but combined the possibilities are endless.
    Expedition Mode is the challenging campaign mode of Trailmakers. You are competing in an off-world rally expedition with only a few building blocks to get you started. You must build, tinker with and rebuild your machine to progress. Journey through a big world, overcome deep gorges, angry wildlife and dangerous weather to progress and find new parts that will juice up your machine. The world in Expedition Mode will test your survival skills and ingenuity.
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    Trailmakers is even more fun if you play it with other people. Build cool vehicles and compete in mini-game modes with your friends or other Trailmakers online. Build a helicopter, send it to your friend, and shoot them out of the sky. Put two seats on a tank, and let your friend control the turret. As we get further in Early Access development Expedition Mode will also be adapted to multiplayer.
    Learn more about the game on www.playtrailmakers.com #scrapman #trailmakers
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 495

  • @joakashama1508
    @joakashama1508 Місяць тому +242

    Now do a dog fight

  • @Imreallynotthatguy
    @Imreallynotthatguy Місяць тому +193

    the detailed editing explanations really makes the videos feel more interesting

    • @StephenHall-zz2ym
      @StephenHall-zz2ym Місяць тому +5

      THAT WAS SO AMAZING

    • @dragongamerandart
      @dragongamerandart Місяць тому

      Yeah, I really like what the editor here is doing. The editor explains what is happening or what Scrapman is talking about, and you don't even have to google anything. You get information on the fly!

  • @robertthebatman5086
    @robertthebatman5086 Місяць тому +40

    The delayed annihilation reference was everything

  • @Peanut_BreadGX
    @Peanut_BreadGX Місяць тому +130

    its so funny the fact that trailmakers isn't completely realistic but you still learn real things, with just using ropes

  • @DarktideVtuber
    @DarktideVtuber Місяць тому +22

    9:53 the music panning to the left with the blades was a nice touch.
    props to whoever edited this!

  • @changjared2600
    @changjared2600 Місяць тому +56

    in case anyone doesn’t know, irl helicopter’s blades are allowed to flop around slightly, this helps reduce the rolling force subject to the rotor from the helicopter moving forward due to a difference in the speed of the air flowing over the blades on either sides of the helicopter

    • @dylandebruyn356
      @dylandebruyn356 Місяць тому +1

      Isn't this also the case for planes? I know plane wings bend a little too but i'm unsure if it's for the same reason.

    • @bungeetoons
      @bungeetoons Місяць тому +1

      Yes, some plane wings bend(or really flex). I dont know if theres an engineering reason like the one for helicopters. If I had to guess, in some designs, having the wings flex upward slightly, may have been within the acceptable range of structural support, rigidity and flexibility, while also, maybe, adding some minor stability in flight.

    • @changjared2600
      @changjared2600 Місяць тому

      @@dylandebruyn356 yes, plane wings flex, for different reasons for different types of plane. earliest planes bend their wings to achieve aerial control while modern airliners allow their wings to bend to dampen turbulence and other vibrations. modern airliner’s wings can actually bend quite a lot.

    • @irrelEvant5352
      @irrelEvant5352 Місяць тому

      ik that wings on a plane flop for a reason but im not sure if its the same

    • @changjared2600
      @changjared2600 Місяць тому

      @@irrelEvant5352 your question was answered above

  • @Solious
    @Solious Місяць тому +25

    I would like to say thank you to both ScrapMan and his team, for putting in the effort to explain the forces and principals in effect here in a way that makes it easier for most to understand.

  • @zocorzwiftshot
    @zocorzwiftshot Місяць тому +30

    9:53 the sound of metal music shifting to the left is such a cool detail, nice job editing

  • @Loop_Kat
    @Loop_Kat Місяць тому +18

    It's only a matter of time until Scrapman tries to break the sound barrier with a power coupler plane. And, lemme tell you, trying to do so gets real weird real quick, lol

    • @Echo_the_half_glitch
      @Echo_the_half_glitch Місяць тому

      He's already broken the sound barrier with power couplers because of it spaghettifying itself.

    • @Echo_the_half_glitch
      @Echo_the_half_glitch Місяць тому

      But I agree, and that would be pretty cool to see.

    • @Loop_Kat
      @Loop_Kat Місяць тому

      @@Echo_the_half_glitch Yeah, spaghettification is an easy means of accidentally doing so, but I meant breaking the sound barrier with a vehicle intentionally designed for it. I tried it myself before posting a comment and, while it's definitely possible, it presents some interesting design challenges if you want to keep the coupling-joined wings from spazzing out at those speeds

  • @DL_Eclipse
    @DL_Eclipse Місяць тому +27

    PRAISE THE EDITOR!!!! ✨

  • @asp-ian
    @asp-ian Місяць тому +7

    i love how when the ropes go crazy it just starts playing some mad metal

  • @benschiller8735
    @benschiller8735 Місяць тому +12

    I had this idea recently, which I thought could turn out pretty cool. You could build some arresting wires, set them up on the aircraft carrier and try landing a plane with a hook into them

    • @alialbattat958
      @alialbattat958 Місяць тому

      My idea if u check previous vids

    • @benschiller8735
      @benschiller8735 Місяць тому +1

      @@alialbattat958 if you check the previous vids you'll see that on the last like 10 I've already commented this idea

    • @SuprSBG
      @SuprSBG Місяць тому +3

      @@alialbattat958or yk multiple people can have the same idea

    • @benschiller8735
      @benschiller8735 Місяць тому

      @@SuprSBG either way, the more people comment this idea the higher the chance he'll do it

  • @DeusExMamiya
    @DeusExMamiya Місяць тому +4

    That delayed annihilation clip brought back so many memories

  • @bemad4games71
    @bemad4games71 Місяць тому +13

    i love the newer editing style, it really makes the video a lot more interesting to watch

  • @ameerzuher5347
    @ameerzuher5347 Місяць тому +30

    Video Idea:
    Make a plane with power couplers and make it so that the only way to control it is to bend the body parts of the plane using hinges that attached to the power couplers. So it looks like a chinese dragon

  • @AlrenClan
    @AlrenClan Місяць тому +4

    I’d love to see some dogfights where instead of being limited functionally, the limits are aesthetic. Such as, you have to build a chinook ( with a basic power core / block limit ) or you have to build a tri-plane, it would be really interesting to see how different people build these different vehicles differently.
    ( I explained this in a lot more detail in the video ideas discord channel )

  • @Hadeks_Marow
    @Hadeks_Marow Місяць тому +2

    Hi scrapman, here to explain game physics again:
    When parts are welded/glued together, they are treated as a single physics object. HOWEVER, when they are detached via a rope-like joint, they are a separate physics object (similar in nature to the tractor beam thing). Because of this, when you detach wing parts, the force those wing parts isn't being applied to the whole creation, rather just everything that it's directly attached to (where in this case, the laser string is considered "indirect attachment")
    This explains why you spun out when you detached the top blades from the bottom. This is because the counter torque does not apply between separate physics instances, even when indirectly linked. It also would explain why the wings went up when you slowed the engines down. . . because the upforce of the wings. . . were only being applied to the wings themselves and not the main body. Where wings, by their very nature of being wings, are very light and don't need alot of speed to lift up, if the only thing they have to lift is just the weight of it's own wing'ed self.
    You can test this analysis by reproducing the top/bottom separation. . . but putting laser string between the bottom blade and the helicopter rotatee part.

  • @coreytaggart128
    @coreytaggart128 Місяць тому +5

    Challenge idea: functional parts and couplers only. must have a coupler between any functional blocks. Then after each round the stiffness is decreases. could be a race challenge or combat.

  • @plaindumbvariety8403
    @plaindumbvariety8403 Місяць тому +2

    I really appreciate the new editor. They've been here for a while, and its been great. They obviously care for scrap man and his audience. They go out of their way to explain complex concepts in simple ways to make content more engaging. Past that they provide a wonderful viewing experience, all the little things they do stand out. We love you, editor.

  • @cordelllush8133
    @cordelllush8133 Місяць тому +2

    I am so glad that "delayed annihilation" returned

  • @AnthonyantARBY
    @AnthonyantARBY Місяць тому

    I love the explanations the editor gives on why things happen. as well as the brief few seconds of metal music when the power couplers go crazy. makes me chuckle every time. Great job, Editor!

  • @Hen3349
    @Hen3349 Місяць тому +1

    Having the blades droop like that is actually really realistic since helicopter blades do flex and droop irl

  • @guts60
    @guts60 Місяць тому +1

    Let me just say… 10/10 editing this entire video, man. Though this channel never disappoints, this was exceedingly expectations

  • @jessegeigerjr.7498
    @jessegeigerjr.7498 Місяць тому +1

    4:25 I love the background music for this bit, whomever edited it is awesome👍
    Edit: there are a lot more moments like this, so I just wanna say, I love the editing

  • @gamerreaperplayes_roblox7474
    @gamerreaperplayes_roblox7474 Місяць тому +1

    person: man i lost my keys and the door is locked
    locksmith: have you tried to turn it off and on again?

  • @kingofspaghetti5539
    @kingofspaghetti5539 Місяць тому +2

    I don't know if it would work but tensegrity sculpture would be cool to see!

  • @feldamar2
    @feldamar2 Місяць тому +2

    Editor is doing so much here. The addition of music when the helicopter goes berzerk. That procession explanation. Upping the game there man! Upping the game!

  • @danoobarmy
    @danoobarmy Місяць тому +3

    4:43 Trail makers physics at its best

  • @user-qo3yj1vk6v
    @user-qo3yj1vk6v 27 днів тому

    HIS FACE AT 10:35 REMINDS ME OF THE "No ___?" MEME XDDD

  • @outer_spacedgames5048
    @outer_spacedgames5048 Місяць тому

    I love how Trailmakers is becoming more and more of a real life physics simulator, showing all the tiny problems you would have (except for collision and passing through each other) if you made this into a real thing.
    Trailmakers #1

  • @jason_flash7356
    @jason_flash7356 Місяць тому +1

    editor made a whole 3D animation, bro needs a raise

  • @Layow.
    @Layow. Місяць тому +1

    Would love to see the devs add a switch to the power coupler.
    Imagine the endless possibilities for multiplayer mayhem!

  • @ThatOneHeather
    @ThatOneHeather Місяць тому +1

    The detailed explanations were very cool, it could be a fun segment in future videos

  • @sprained5
    @sprained5 Місяць тому +1

    That moment when the editor could give an entry-level class in Mechanical Engineering. 😍

  • @matthiassannino7629
    @matthiassannino7629 Місяць тому +1

    Scrapman: Intangled
    coming in theatres near you 200 BC.

  • @justalilguy64
    @justalilguy64 Місяць тому +2

    theoretically you could to the traditional opposing stacked blades with flappy bits if you alternate which segments are power couplers, like the top set of blades could go blade + coupling + blade , and the bottom set of blades could go coupling + blade + coupling, since power coupling don't have collision on their body this might fix the whole spaget issue.

  • @joelsmall8471
    @joelsmall8471 Місяць тому +4

    make the interior couplings more stiff than the outside ones to make a more natural bend

  • @Alpha.Phenix
    @Alpha.Phenix 29 днів тому

    Look at it this way: You may have ''failed'' at creating a helicopter, but you did succeed at creating a new type of ''land''mine which cuts everything to ribbons.

  • @jacksonstarky8288
    @jacksonstarky8288 Місяць тому

    I was expecting significantly different complications from the planes... but nothing quite like these. Very interesting.

  • @pauljames4694
    @pauljames4694 Місяць тому +3

    Do a land battle when you can only be in first person in a armoured seat so your only guide to where Yzuei is is auto aim!

  • @ferininemailestrom5219
    @ferininemailestrom5219 Місяць тому +1

    Scrapman. You may or may not be aware of this, wings in trailmakers only apply down force when flipped. Reversing the direction so the down edge is forward still gives lift for some reason, i believe that is part of why pitching forward was so bad, the closer blade to the center of mass is momentarily getting more lift as its closer to the center of rotation

  • @JossOwX
    @JossOwX Місяць тому +1

    This is the scariest scrapman video for some reason

  • @wybewestra7050
    @wybewestra7050 Місяць тому

    4:30, the spy theme tune doing the sting just as the blades self destruct 😄

  • @zerrierslizer1
    @zerrierslizer1 Місяць тому

    i like how when the couplers freak out, they just turn into fire'y noodles of doom lol.

  • @apersunthathasaridiculousl1890
    @apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 Місяць тому +1

    A new era of transportation… *floppy vehicles*

  • @Aussie_Man
    @Aussie_Man Місяць тому +1

    I have to commend the editor on doing the research on all of these things to inform us on why things happen

  • @richardkeith9498
    @richardkeith9498 Місяць тому +1

    I really liked the diagrams and information in this one!

  • @Redinator
    @Redinator Місяць тому

    The classic jump scare helicopter 4:27 never gets old.

  • @buckduane1991
    @buckduane1991 Місяць тому

    I think an ornithopter dogfight using the power couplings to make the wings would be new and interesting.

  • @AWATIQ
    @AWATIQ Місяць тому +1

    0:00 to 19:23 best vid in existence
    4:26 surprised scrap man
    5:52 scrap man disgusted
    6:06 intellect scrap man
    6:41 super experienced pilot scrap man
    9:11 floppy test ???
    9:26 supportive scrap man
    9:59 it wurks
    16:39 🤓

  • @DracoJ
    @DracoJ Місяць тому

    More power coupling stuff:
    - spaceships
    - submarines
    - high seas oriented ships. (Sailboats with floppy masts?)
    - something supersonic
    - floppy dogfights/battles
    - floppy weapons?

  • @beargrzlr
    @beargrzlr Місяць тому +1

    You should give your editor a raise. Dude's awesome!

  • @ImPhen0n
    @ImPhen0n Місяць тому

    So all a dev needs to do is to add something with wonky physics and watch the content creation scene blow up... got it.

  • @ramrod1290
    @ramrod1290 Місяць тому +1

    Dude the editing and explanation is awesome! Your my go to morning YT video lol nothing like scrap man and coffee

  • @jd19826
    @jd19826 Місяць тому

    7:52 A froglike swimmer/boat thing, using how a frog would swim with its back lags as propulsion would be neat to try

  • @dustinlackey4250
    @dustinlackey4250 Місяць тому +1

    The editor has been killing it lately

  • @HarrisonBennett-ps4pd
    @HarrisonBennett-ps4pd Місяць тому

    new battle idea.
    Floppy Guns: A tank battle but all the guns are mounted to power couplings.

  • @Aussie_Man
    @Aussie_Man Місяць тому +2

    It would’ve been so much smoother, if you transformed the plane into a helicopter as you Sid it in the intro

  • @setevn11
    @setevn11 Місяць тому +1

    The music edit during the spaghetti is my favorite part.

  • @user-md7mg3jw5y
    @user-md7mg3jw5y Місяць тому +2

    You should make an aircraft carrier arresting wire with the power couplings

  • @BunMoony
    @BunMoony Місяць тому

    "It's working, it's working, and yah shouldn't be a proble..." *Helecopter goes BRBRBRBRBRBRBRRBRBRBR*
    I spat out my chips seeing it.

  • @final_catalyst
    @final_catalyst Місяць тому +1

    So with power couplers, you can put them side by side or on top of each other to make the bend mostly in only one direction.
    Side by side and they mostly can only flex up and down.
    Stacked on top of each other and it mostly only does right and left.
    If you make a difference in strength you can effect the motion to be twisting or greater in one direction and less in the other

    • @final_catalyst
      @final_catalyst Місяць тому

      The effect is great the longer(more) couplers

  • @unfadingtoast1
    @unfadingtoast1 Місяць тому +2

    I was not expecting gyroscopic precession to show up in my UA-cam videos again

  • @theonetralewolf
    @theonetralewolf Місяць тому +1

    This vid was hilarious! Thanks for making me laugh!

  • @ShawnF6FHellcat
    @ShawnF6FHellcat Місяць тому

    You guys should do a dogfight where the weapons are attached to power couplers, then decrease their stiffness each round.

  • @ClipThat69
    @ClipThat69 Місяць тому +2

    If you've ever seen those 3D screens that use a rotating blade with LED's. The LED's constantly change colour forming a picture as it spins. You could potentially create patterns with the power couplings with a lot of logic and syncing. Could be an interesting idea if it could work.

  • @snackgangsmokey
    @snackgangsmokey Місяць тому +3

    We need more crash landers…love u

  • @dylanhobbs372
    @dylanhobbs372 Місяць тому

    Multi-player challenge: to build drag cars and after each race extend areas of the cars by one powercopling, placement and stiffness chosen by the previous race winner.

  • @NoodleIDK13
    @NoodleIDK13 Місяць тому

    I learnt more science in this video then a I do in my actual science classes

  • @mewiome5878
    @mewiome5878 Місяць тому +2

    i was never this fast lmao

  • @RadiantCataclysm
    @RadiantCataclysm Місяць тому +1

    Man, the editor is doing so much, great job editor.

  • @Jack_Wolfe
    @Jack_Wolfe Місяць тому

    11:55 you also have to remember the couplings are increasing the length of the parts, which will mess with the stability.

  • @chickenlp2149
    @chickenlp2149 Місяць тому +1

    The 3d animations in your latest videos just looks so professional 👍

  • @Nex-SCorp
    @Nex-SCorp Місяць тому +1

    scrapman, mate, if you see this: can we bring back delayed annihilation?

  • @enderdargon164lv8
    @enderdargon164lv8 Місяць тому +1

    Ah yes, the Heliflopter.

  • @RamadaArtist
    @RamadaArtist Місяць тому

    Okay so after your floppy plane video I went and immediately built a floppy helicopter.
    And the part at 7:11 didn't make ANY sense to me, because I didn't run into any of the problems you're having with the blades flexing into each other during pitch and roll maneuvers.
    And I couldn't figure out why until I realized that we built our flight mechanisms entirely differently. I used a swashplate under the main pair of helicopter rotors, (made simply out of a pair of large driving hinges and then another pair of large driving hinges immediately above it and rotated 90°.) I added a couple of gyro stabilizers to keep the body of the helicopter mostly upright, and then added a pair of horizontal gyros right next to the main rotor assembly to give some extra yaw control.
    With this arrangement, the moment of precession seemingly doesn't cause nearly as much interaction between the flexing blades. I haven't slept enough in the past few days to be able to sort out why right now, but I think it has to do with how and in what direction and everything that the forces are being transferred from the stator body of the helicopter itself to the rotating bodies of the blades.

  • @zompigeon6608
    @zompigeon6608 Місяць тому

    Awesome video, thank you for making trailmakers content scrapman!

  • @Rocket-xm9oy
    @Rocket-xm9oy Місяць тому

    The way whenever it malfunctioned he added heavy metal music in the background!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Nevir202
    @Nevir202 Місяць тому

    Nice to see this, was one of the first things I thought of when these came out lol

  • @distracted...
    @distracted... Місяць тому +1

    good to see delayed annihilation back, its been too long lol

  • @jordanspurou8821
    @jordanspurou8821 Місяць тому +1

    I want a multiplayer fight with this

  • @davidbaca2066
    @davidbaca2066 Місяць тому +1

    You should make a tensegrity table with the power coupler

  • @thesleepingone
    @thesleepingone Місяць тому +1

    Increase distance from bottom set of blades to the body as well. Less likely for blades to catch on the body. Then if you put power couplers there too it might absorb the torque a little in the others direction equaling it out.

  • @gibler1698
    @gibler1698 Місяць тому +1

    this is soo fun and eucational at the same time

  • @rycudas
    @rycudas Місяць тому

    First up, your editor is amazing. Props to them! Second: Can you weaponise the extreme spaghetti mode?

  • @saucep3747
    @saucep3747 Місяць тому

    A floppy submarine would probably look like a normal sea creature with the power couplings

  • @SuprSBG
    @SuprSBG Місяць тому +1

    7:52 when these locked together they looked like a muscle kinda, I wonder if this could be expanded on?

  • @justinpatterson5291
    @justinpatterson5291 Місяць тому +2

    Gimbal jet parachutes with kinda floppy cords.

  • @deon5729
    @deon5729 Місяць тому

    idk why but when the power couplers were like in the middle it was very funny for me

  • @GOLDFOX2001
    @GOLDFOX2001 Місяць тому

    " Delayed annihilation!"😂😂😂 lmao

  • @drewlucas6266
    @drewlucas6266 Місяць тому

    When the not rope glitch kicks in, it sounds like the most insane heavy metal song is playing. Look out, Metallica!

  • @HardeepSingh-mp5oh
    @HardeepSingh-mp5oh Місяць тому +1

    Day idk i lost track of asking ScrapMan to ask ChatGPT for the next spleef challenge.

  • @Awww_geeez_Matt
    @Awww_geeez_Matt Місяць тому

    Using the power couplers make a mono wheel motorcycle, using building blocks that form a circle around your set

  • @thundergamergd
    @thundergamergd Місяць тому +1

    The editor Is becoming a graphic designer

  • @JayShady84
    @JayShady84 Місяць тому

    Use power couplers to create Bolas, the thrown weapon with weights on end used to tie up or hit targets

  • @SGWlYT
    @SGWlYT Місяць тому

    Aw man he missed a joke about full tilt

  • @user-so4ns1ut9y
    @user-so4ns1ut9y Місяць тому

    Even more silly idea, helicopter battle, 2 vs 2, one player drives, one player has a turret that must be connected by minimum stiffness power coupling

  • @frimi01
    @frimi01 Місяць тому +1

    A normal person would be mad- but I know I’m brilliant and that my idea was so innovative as to approach perfection, so I’m going to overlook this attempt to imitate my genius.

    • @themagmaboytmb6420
      @themagmaboytmb6420 Місяць тому

      COPYCAT! >:(
      how dare he? And be mad!

    • @frimi01
      @frimi01 Місяць тому

      @@themagmaboytmb6420 The smart follow the smarter, it is the natural way of the world. Perhaps he may learn and grow from my actions. Such should be a goal for any at my level. Do not worry, as being intimidated by someone’s curiosity is more a betrayal towards your own strength than it is a willingness to further train our souls.

  • @vaulz_
    @vaulz_ Місяць тому

    i would love to see overpowered helicopter vs 2 fighter jets

  • @trevorgreenough6141
    @trevorgreenough6141 Місяць тому

    It seems like a real possibility of making a pod racer. Power couple a some jet engines with a cockpit dragged behind it.