The Tragic Story of the WORST Plane Design in History, and My Recreation of It.
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2022
- Welcome to another episode of Trailmakers! Today I am attempting to recreate what many sources call the worst plane design in history, known as the Christmas Bullet. It is a plane that was so bad, that it killed everyone who tried to fly it. The story of how that happened is tragic and bothersome.
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This is like, the first ScrapMan has shown genuine distress at a real person's existence. And also, the first time he has shown major negative tones to such a person (Obviously talking about him on camera). Not saying that I blame him.
Very fair considering the fact of what happened in the story.
I mean, that guy was actually evil :/
Scrapman's dark arc
Yea, scrapman is always happy and full of energy
Just got to say this guy pulled a Mojang and made a bug a feature
The thing Dr Christmas forgot to say was that the claimed max speed (200 mph) only happens when the plane has lost it's wings and in the middle of falling nose first towards land.
technically he wasnt wrong for that part
Yeah... most planes at that time were struggling to go over only 100mph
Should've had detachers on the wings that activate once it reaches a certain height/speed to make it accurate
I'm just glad the mechanic can't die in creative mode rn
Legit thought this was a scrap mechanic vid either way pilot can't die
Exactly what I was thinking
I thought the same thing. Similar to the plane afraid of heights video.
@@johnweber80Which one is that?
When you said "the worst plane ever made" I KNEW it was going to be the Christmas Bullet. I first came across it in Bill Yenne's "The World's Worst Aircraft". Yenne expressed a wish that Dr Christmas had been tarred and feathered. After that I suppose someone could have pushed him off a bridge to see if he could fly.
He ego probably would've kept him afloat
He best get to flappin
His ego would make hi. Float
my favourite thing about the aircraft is the STRUTS between the front landing gear
It's so sad how the guy that died felt so happy and proud, even inviting his mother to watch the test flight because of which the mother had to witness her own son's death😭
Who would doubt such a man? I'm not seeing anyone else increasing the safety by 700.
That's what I'm saying
Of what?
…
Thousand.
yeah i agree *chuckles *
:)
I mean 0 * 700 is still zero
I love these videos. The history segment at the beginning is really interesting, and having them recreated in a 90 degree build grid is very cool
You should consider adding detachment blocks on the wings for extra historical accuracy
There’s not a single word to describe how much I love these videos, as soon as I see a scrapman video, no matter how #### my day had been it automatically gets 100 (add more zeros) times better :)
100 what? 100 hundred?
@@nvcbl 100 thousand
Missed an opportunity to insult the "inventor" by calling him The Grinch
you know this story is ptettymuch all Cringe so it would be quite fitting here
True that
Even the Grinch wasn't that evil
I think you should add dynamite to the wings to simulate the snapping of wings to make it much more accurate
The concept of re-bulding planes from history is awesome! Keep on going! I Love your content!
That plane is like making a building without a foundation.
Mr. Christmas sounds like a *great* dude to be around.
Good work building it, looks great.
-He seems like a great guy-
Excuse me, it's *_Dr._* Christmas!!
@@aeolus3145 yurp
@@limonlx7182 oops
Challenge:
Build a working plane with 0 hinges strengh.
Easy. Use struts to brace the parts so the hinges don't move.
@@Spott07 And steering? Hmm. Heli engines. But if we wanna actual plane, no heli engines allowed.
@@moroblizniak4457 mini thrusters.
yes, it actually is a considered technology.
"Actually it will increase the safety factor by 7," Dr. Chirstmas stated "7 what?" The aeronautical engineer asked, "Hundred...?" Dr. Christmas answered "No that's not what I mean-" *cuts*
aaaaand.. its baack!!! these historically accurate failures are great!
These strange creations from history are such a different idea and I have truly enjoyed each and every video. Great job Scrapman!
love the work and effort u put into these vids, its awesome hearing the back stories of the builds
It’s crazy to imagine People like Christmas were even able to be trusted as far as he had
A good conman can easily live their entire life suffering few consequences for their actions. Make the right friends, say the right things, know the right laws and nobody with any power would ever think to stop you.
From what I have read, Christmas made so many powerful people money that the victims of his many schemes were powerless to do anything to them, in fact many of them were tricked into thinking Christmas was just as much a victim of the situation as them so few even walked away hating the guy. It was only after his death that his life story was compiled enough for anyone to realize all the crazy stuff he did.
Part of it was because he had connections in high places. The only real reason he even got as far as he did was because he knew a senator in New York by the name of James Wolcott Wadsworth, who probably twisted the Army's arm into letting him have a Liberty L-6 engine. The Army eventually only agreed to lend him the engine on the condition that he would only test it on the ground, because I believe it was actually a prototype L-6, the war was still going on, and they understandably didn't want it destroyed in a crash. Christmas, of course, ignored this and the engine was destroyed with the rest of the airplane in the first crash. The Army eventually did find out about what happened to both of their engines, of course, but by that time Christmas had used his influence to escape the consequences of all the awful things he had done.
I love the video of rebuilding historical invention, not just focus building but to give an insight about its historical story. I love this kind of video concept
My day gets 700 times better when you upload
I Love these historic rebuild videos. Keep up the fantastic content!
1:05
Scrapman: Look at the second set of wings.
Me, reading "the first Bullet killed its pilot": Yes...this will be a fun video.
I just want to say you make my sleepless nights better (6 in the morning) Scrapman I just want to thank you for making content for so many to enjoy
One of my favorite things in the recreation videos are the short history lessons
So glad scrapman is back to trail makers! Love these videos :)
Hey, thank you. Words cant describe how ive been feeling lately but your videos have been helping
The wing warping thing is a legitimate control method used by many early planes. It wasn't folding like in this build, but rather a twist. It would be better modeled in Trailmakers by having servos between every segment of the wings and introducing progressively greater or lesser pitch along the length.
I feel like it worked so well because the wind didn't flex in itself. Add a steering hinge in the middle of the wing, or between all wings, and see how that goes
I really love your actor scenes and your humor in this video !
Thx for your emotions talking about Dr. Christmas. I don't think i could have stand an ironical tone here. Good content as always.
This is really something that this channel is teaching me more about the early days of aviation than anything else has
Loving these historical videos, gotta trick the youngins into learning somehow lmao
Ey ScrapMan! ThatDomGuy recently made a map mod that adds a freakin huge castle to Treasure Island. We'd all love to see a video of you reviewing that. Or even maybe a multiplayer game with the boys? Please!
I think the best way to simulate the bending would be to add a low strength hinge separating each wing segment, allowing each section to bend and flex independently
love thease recreations hope to see more of them!
This is the best series in the channel!
7:06 i love how even the article itself humiliates the design, calling it "the thing" and not a plane like Scrapman said
Hi scrap im loving the videos- oh and how could I forget, last video was awesooooooommme please ceep it I up mate I also love these types of videos I love them! Cya In the next video!😄😀😄😀
You should recreate the Christmas's bullet plane in main assembly to see if it works in that game also.
18:11 You can't roll right becouse hinges in this game are very unreilable. Some of them are stronger than the others even tho strengh is set on the same value. I dont know how to fix that.
Definately this time it's the "Task Failed Successfully" situation. Good job on that one, man.
these decals are going to be a game changer, would it be possible for you to do more trailmakers?
I love how scrapman is always calm in every video hes never angry
Even in this vid
I would love to see ScrapMan tackle a monobike in future episodes of recreating odd/bad inventions from history.
I will watch as many adverts as needed to support your awesome channel
Hi SrapMan you should add a detachable block with angel sensor on wings or something to create a snap. I don't know if it could work though.
Can you try to build an ekranoplan in trailmakers? Seems like a very fun challenge!
I think the weird wobbling bumblebee-like flight pattern on your recreation is kind of cute, it adds a lot of character for a video game vehicle
It's terrifying to imagine a plane moving like that in real life, but it's cute in the video game
How well-connected was Mr. Chirstmas? Dude must have been close to quite a few "higher ups" to get away with all that nonsense...and two counts of murder.
I just realized this, the intro music and animation with the channel logo has been gone for a few months. Was there a liscensing issue with the intro music or something like that?
this literally the irl version of "its not a bug, its a feature"
Do i remember right that Trailmakers has wind in some parts of the map? Would love to see how that thing works in weather conditions.
I love the historical creations videos
You should do a walker/mech evolution challenge based on combat. Haven't seen it done before.
You are my favorite UA-camr I never miss your videos😇😇😇
>>He's called "Dr Christmas", but trust me: there's nothing jolly about this...
These kinds of videos are my favorite from Scrapman.
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a Christmas bullet should be able to fly.
Scrapman think u could try to make some tutorials for trailmakers? Like how to make jets and such
i don't think schooling is in the same path of creativity as scrapman visions
@@beaclaster yeah, the only teaching he does is explaining what he is building, I think other youtubers have made tutorials though
Plzzz continue this series!
I love these videos
I think the problem was that unlike the "real" craft, Trailmaker's wings aren't heavy enough to prove to be the vehicle's downfall.
Are you going to play cosmoteer again when it comes out on steam? I would love to see that.
Christmas killed Jolly, ironic
If anyone's grave deserved to be constantly watered by the spit of every passerby then Dr. Christmas would be eternally lush.
To make the wings even more unstable, you could try making them a separate creation and attatch them using the ANCHOR BLOCKS. That could be interesting to try.
Dear Sir scrapman, I highly advise you to re-visit Terratech I loved the series and I really would want more -By yours truly, Cubed00…
Day 14 (I think)
If your reading this scrap man you should try to recreate bevel gears and gear trains in scrap mechanic for your recreation series :)
I was harmed in the making of this version of the Christmas Bullet... My faith in some forms of humanity is substantially decreased.
Your description of ‘Dr.’ Christmas sounds like a certain crazy ex-president.
It looks like Mr. Christmas had to audacity to put struts on the elevators...
There have been strutless aircraft built by Cessna and other companies that have flown very successfully. But, that does not excuse this man and what he did.
Scrapman you should have added detachable blocks to the wings to make it more realistic
What a horrible horrid sad excuse for a person this Christmas is, I hope his victims may rest in peace whilst he does not
i am here again to visit the legend, LONG TIME NO SEE SCRAPMAN! i am now a grown man thank you for the memories
Me: 7
Teacher: 7 what? Bananas? Potatoes?
Me: 7 hundred
Thumbs up if you want scrapman to do videos where he just talks about weird and badly designed things. He narrates really well
I'd like to believe he's forced to fly his own plane in hell crashing into the blazing pits. Every crash is more painful then the last.
he should have put speed sensor hooked up to detachable blocks connected to the wings so they fall off when he starts to fly
6:20 7… 700… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good one man!
Petition for Trailmakers devs to add more realistic aerodynamics and aerodynamic strain on parts
I just want a whole set of one block mechanical pieces
Hi Scrapman, can you try to make a simple paperplane model plane? which you can fly it or glide it?
Even in a non-realistic simulation, it sucks.
The strutless part of the plane actually makes some sense in theory if you ignore the good Dr.s reasoning.
The struts on a biplane do ad a significant amount of drag so getting rid of them would improve the planes performance. The issue would be that you would need much stronger wing boxes in the fuselage to take the load since you don't have that nice big box geometry formed by the struts to work with any more and your wings would need to be much much stiffer, probably not something possible with the technology of the time and probably prohibitively heavy.
At that point it would also basically be a stacked monoplane with double the drag, better to just go full monoplane and use a larger wing to make up the difference in lift.
Somehow, Scrapman has made history far more interesting than any of my teachers throughout my whole life. I love the history segments at the start of each if these re-creation videos.
Already apologizing to your misses I didn’t stop you from testing that death trap. Rip scrap dude
hey scrapman i suggest for your next vid try to build the An 1 or 2 variants (its a submarine aircraft carrier) and go to Found and Explained channel for mire detail
"it will increase the safety factor by 7"
"7 what?"
"Hundred"
Jolly Christmas isnt so jolly anymore
It's interesting to see that the flexing of the wings counteract the roll of the plane if your not level.
Scrapman teaches me more about history then my history teachers
Let’s go new video!!
scrapman i know your probably not gonna see this but at 10:45 you say the plane turns by having its wings flex and you said you didn't know how you would do that but now with the latest power coupling update you could definitely do that
It would be cool if you put sensors to detect if the wing bent alot then it would detach
broo not only the dude that designed is named christmas but the second test pilot is called jolly
wat is this a christmas miracle?
Allen jolly as in Tim Allen an American actor who plays Santa clause 🤯
if the second pilot had a wife named Holly, and afterwards she had married the Doctor...
she'd be a _Holly Jolly Christmas_
this story reminds me of the history of the cresent hotel
I'm going to assume that the plane in question probably flew just fine until it either A surpassed a particular speed, or B the pilot attempted to turn, rise or pitch too much, considering the fact that both points were high enough up or moving fast enough to cause death.