I Built a Catapult for Launching Fruit Straight at the Trader! (Scrap Mechanic Survival Ep.25)

Hey everyone back with more Scrap Mechanic Survival! Today we are back with a ridiculous build that has really no purpose in survival... building a catapult that launches fruit crates directly from the packing station to the trader in a single shot.
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[@iBallisticSquid]

kAN: Can I copy your homework? Me: Yeah just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious you copied. kAN: Ok. xD

[@bust4010]

l o l

[@samueltheblonde]

Hey! Squiddy!

[@bust4010]

Oh no here come the barrage of comments trying to get Squiddies attention

[@alancook1703]

I watch you both haha

[@repulbic_steve]

LOL soo funny

[@badhomework]

scrap man, squiddy, j0hnbane: "I am going to make the best survival base" Kan: (Yeeting fruit crates) "ok..."

[@bf109g14]

me using unlimited inventory to build survival base: guys, youre all doing it wrong.

[@RestartedRio]

YYYEYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT!!!!! Lol

[@datboi9316]

Squiddy base is just a glorified garage

[@creativenametxt2960]

Fun survival fact: You can fully automatically farm and gather plants, pack them and deliver them to the trader. Then you can press the suction button using a spudgun, which gets ammo from automatic framing. So, you can technically fully automate trading material delivery. This could be usefull for some mod ideas...

[@tingcraft3920]

Another Fun Fact: You can plant 9 tier 1 crops without starting a raid, meaning using the method above, you could be constantly packaging crops without a raid! Now if we got blocks that could activate when a chest got low on storage for example, we could automatically shut off the crop farm and turn on a potato farm. However potatoes are a higher value and thus you can only plant 6 potatoes without spawning a raid. Tier one crops have a value of 1 and potatoes have a value of 1.5, other crops have higher values

[@Firebuck]

Pretty sure the packing plant and trader aren't spawned when you're not there. The need to be there in person to load each grid makes the automation less useful IMO.

[@gabrieldeoliveiraribeiro8464]

@@Firebuck Yes thats true. :\ This is a little sad. It all depends on the amount of chunks you load. But I was thinking ... You can put a chair that follows the whole process. And although it is not 100% non-dependent on the player, automation can be 100% automatic. And you can keep your system running and working while the dwarf sits in the chair and with a press of one switch... And you let the system run for some time. :D

[@RogueAero]

There's a guy that's done it already I saw it on reddit he has a rail system that he just sits on and rides along to each stage the only thing he has to do is eat occasionally. Can't remember the dude name though I'll try to post a link if I find him

[@excitedbox5705]

@@gabrieldeoliveiraribeiro8464 multiplayer with an afk player that just stands at the trader? A spinning arm on a bearing can push the button at the trader without spuds.

[@tylermcginnis6916]

viewers: no you can't just launch crates Kan: ha-ha, crate goes Y E E T

[@jamberrytastic]

Kan: ha-ha, Catapult goes brrr

[@soulfire3D]

Tyler McGinnis: ha-ha dani joke go brrrrrrrrr

[@taraithran1386]

Squiddy: builds gaint conveyor belt that uses hundreds of component kits Kan: activates a script

[@kalifack]

Yeah Squiddy has Friends :D ( Kappa ) he said that in his video.

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

I think Squiddy knows about the script but doesn't want to use it on the fact that it destroys the survival aspect

[@asianrice2790]

Timothy Rose-Richardson kans just testing it hes not being like well now we dont have to worry about component kits ahaha

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

@@asianrice2790 I rest my point

[@nateryning8056]

kAN: I bet ya i can throw a fruit crate over them mountains over there.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Yes, yes he kAN.

[@rosubogdan7876]

I have never seen anyone yeet something so hard in my entire life... and he did it accurately.... i am impressed

[@xshadowhandx]

Saw a conveyor belt. Looked like a lot of work. Launching food at the trader seems way more scrap mechanic. 10/10

[@rhyoiite_1392]

Squiddy: No! You can't just make a catapult to throw your crates, you need to make a sophisticated conveyer belt system to transport it! Kan: ha ha, crate go FLING.

[@Vraimorte]

I saw a guy launching boss bots with spinning wheels on the front of his car. Maybe that would work with fruit crates as well?

[@handsomejack4947]

dont quote me on this but that is probably because the physics of bosses are different than builds

[@jickhertz4124]

it would use fuel though

[@vincentproulx5527]

I saw it too

[@bmxmacx3579]

That sounds like a great idea

[@bmxmacx3579]

Handsome Jack well done for supporting him ur really nice!

[@flamebl1287]

finally YT send me a vid really fast Edit part: kan, you didn't paint your bearing!

[@Norbal.]

:O

[@zarnox3071]

@Computer Boy Are you insane? Painting bearings is of the utmost importance.

[@isaiahscouten8171]

Its basically Kan´s #1 Rule! AND HE BROKE IT

[@waddlez3589]

Computer Boy you never watched one of his vids

[@skystrike_01]

Who else wanted him to launch his car

[@bmxmacx3579]

No

[@mhnaskaraiskos8364]

Μe

[@adamchmielewski6162]

While in it

[@superiorrv6222]

Me

[@superiorrv6222]

@@jesusfreak1680 yeah

[@taraithran1386]

The beet's crate was the one to BEET it

[@hue_man4493]

*Sarcastically laughs*

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

Nice

[@isaiahscouten8171]

Comedy...

[@techgamer6875]

Just Beat it, Beat it, Beat it, Beat it

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

@@techgamer6875 👍👍👍👍👍

[@thomas33y80]

2:00 just what i said in an earlier episode you're taking my advice without knowing it xD

[@clownmastery8619]

Now you need to make a catcher for crates to make sure they make it in the traders giant vacuum hopper and not go everywhere.

[@12Skidoo]

New title: “Taking “Above and Beyond” to unreasonable extremes...”

[@wolfe8631]

T sounds like something letsgameitout would do lmao

[@lucas_e3094]

this is the scrap mechanic survival i want to see XD

[@Retrodogo]

You can if you have a gaming computer

[@FireBallT073]

It's kinda not really sort of actual survival.

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

@@Retrodogo true that true that

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

@@FireBallT073 true but I'd like to think about it as creative testing in a survival world

[@MadMikael]

I was hoping that there'd be a vid on this effort, especially after seeing how much lag can be caused by a conveyor (love ya squiddy!) I still think this idea could be tweaked (sans fuel) to something functional... like for example, think of how basketball works with a backboard... but ultimately something on rails would probably be most efficient for fully auto. P.S. I love watching all of you guys play Scrap Mechanic and trying different things. Thanks kAN.

[@ledocteur7701]

tu as oublié de mettre "sans fuel" en anglais You have forgotten to translate "sans fuel"

[@MadMikael]

Not exactly. Sans is one of those words "borrowed" by the English language, just like "deja vu". But you are right, some English readers may not get it.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

I think the best way to get this done without fuel and thrusters is the bearing resistance method. But you'd have to use about 2, maybe 3 catapults in that case with some how managing to catch a crate and have it load and fire onto the next one in a series. Not to mention to make it truly useful it would have to be caught and loaded from the packing machine directly. I you have to place and weld each crate it's way too time consuming.

[@Silvyya]

kan: teir 5 thrusters robocraft veterans: yep we remember that

[@efeozkal4452]

kan in ep.50: 'Alright guys! Today we are gonna be building the thing I talked about in ep.25!'

[@danielbeyler4330]

Aren't we gonna talk about if he just moved the whole god dang catapult closer so loading it would actually be where they come out?

[@rbtvirya4386]

Squiddy: lets make a giant conveyor to transport the crates kAN: YEET

[@minecraftmum3436]

Fun is rarely efficient but laughter is priceless! Thanks for making me laugh :D

[@genocidal_clip_dump]

Hey Kan!! At 7:22 you started talking about how you can create a cannon to fire the crates with spud gun's, I have created a cannon with spud guns, and bearings! Continue if you want instruction's: All you have to do is get some blocks, get 2 or more spud guns, and the item you are going to fire Place the blocks so you can put bearing in front of the barrel of the spud guns and place your cardboard on the bearings, (Make sure the cardboard is all one piece) Place the crate on the cardboard and only the cardboard, and Fire! The crate should launch depending on the angle and the amount of spud gun's! Hope this was helpful, and Kan, if you're reading this, Keep up the good work!

[@genocidal_clip_dump]

An unfortunate side affect is if you put too many spud gun's it can pierce and go into the map and never be seen again, Or go through the mountain making your job easier.

[@justarandomhuman312]

I like how he says it’s now ridiculous, as if it wasn’t. Also, “At this point the catapult is kind of large”. That was the edit for anyone wondering

[@kalibisaboss7232]

You can put bearings in a way that makes them go faster... bearing attached to an arm, arm has bearing, bearing attached to arm.... speeeed.

[@freyamassey9624]

Squiddy: conveyor to Larry! Kan: Yeet machine

[@chaoz_2k185]

Could've just built a catcher plate at the trader

[@adamchmielewski6162]

It would be practical

[@beanjams4071]

@@adamchmielewski6162 too practical

[@TellCookie]

@@beanjams4071 practicality is bad because Why not

[@AgentWest]

Cardboard does not work in survival, but bubble wrap blocks do. With 40 spuds i was able to get about same distance for player in a seat as you got for the second crate. Support the bubble wrap platform on a single block, shoot that block first, then fire a volley about 0.1 seconds later after platform/payload have released. That way you can aim the contraption without having to worry about the payload sliding off. One of the best catapults i got was an arm on bearings that's flipped by the lift itself near the base. Cheap to build, free to run, and worked fairly well for launching wocs into a lake :D

[@KrawllUnchained]

I think you're right that this isn't a good way of transporting veggies to the trader but, you just demonstrated how much potential the concept of catapults has in SM. They may not be the right thing for transporting produce but you could use one to catapult yourself up onto the roof of a warehouse or, build a smaller version directly on the roof of the warehouse to catapult all the stuff down, closer to your vehicle. There's gotta be some other things you can do that would be useful, i just can't think of anything else right now.

[@segavas9315]

Lol!! Wasn't even looking for this particular build but after talking about building a train track, this seems to be more fun.. Plus I can launch myself. 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheNosoul4evr]

Haha! Kan coming in with the biggest of big brain creations!

[@MrOverfloater]

At this point, a giant crane/robot arm starts to sound like a very sensible idea 🤪

[@papaiurso5860]

Kan, those bearings arent welded together, notice only one of them is lighting green when you place the cube.

[@Baer1990]

you weld them with the weldtool when you connect the little arms together

[@papaiurso5860]

@@Baer1990 I mean the bearings that are facing each other, on the two sides of each block, they are not both attached to the block, it doesnt work, and you can't use the weld tool there.

[@alteregold4814]

"There's a Gawd dang tree" -kAN

[@datboi9316]

Mechanic quote kAn: dont scared to try new stuff Scrapman: it doesn't have to work great, its just have to work great Squiddy: use what u need not use what u want

[@mewosh_]

This fruit box yeeter is awesome. 👍

[@caizer8372]

I found a piston mortar on the workshop like a year ago. It fires explosives really far and accurate. I reckon I could be modified to fit the fruit crates.

[@bf109g14]

i made a tank with an explosives launcher in survival mode and the explosives didn't even go that far. but its a great short range anti-boss weapon! one small explosive canister does ~20 damage for the cost of only 4 spuds (and the unreasonable amount of resources to make explosive canisters)

[@TailcoatGames]

If only Xbox could be blessed with this game

[@xxanamoxx6554]

Ikkkk u want it sooo badddd

[@Deltuscrub]

Seems like an Xboxy kind of game

[@AjarTadpole7202]

Funny thing is I got it on my moms computer then it wouldn't work because my moms computer sucks so we got a Xbox and then you know the rest of the story "/

[@BriarWeston44]

Dude same :(

[@3verstorm]

Consoles in general yeah

[@jacksonhorwedel3193]

You could do a bunch of little catapults that use your original design with no fuel used. You could use sensors to detect when the package lands on the next pad

[@timberrc2290]

hiiii kannnnnnnn love the vids kan is the best you get to watch the whole vid without any ads spoiling the vids none of his vids have ads love it 😍

[@2bplayerrytwo38]

Bruh this is the best idea/creation i ever heard (in scrap mechanic)

[@alanboee]

@kAN Gaming I suggest you make 2 catapult, the first one on the packing station with only the bearings. And you make another one to throw it to the trader. MAYBE you can calculate so it catches it and throws it. By connecting it with blocks and a timer or sensor or idk, figure it out hahaha

[@the_car_guy5915]

kAN: "I built a catapult to get veggies to the trader!" Me: **sets up base next to the trader**

[@zinguplord4671]

My brain hurted 2 minutes into the video, you are 1000iq

[@bulilitco2286]

It's amazing that when you check the orange crate, it is balancing on it's corner.

[@samb4678]

Nice build kAN! Very interesting 👍

[@Wheagg]

"the trader seems to always be behind the first packing station." Same here, that's probably hardcoded to be like that Edit: Piston catapult?

[@Raghav759]

I have a trader opposite to the packing station in my world

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

@@Raghav759 the trader still seems to be hard-coded to be near said packing station

[@TheGoldenTNT]

Timothy Rose-Richardson Well that just makes sense

[@toni7575]

this video looks like an idea for multiplayer monday. collect baskets of fruits arround the map. build an amphibious vehicle, boxes will be on water and islands. different crops have different points.

[@KleptoCON9820]

"Let's take the car" A piece of wood: *I'm gonna stop you right there.*

[@mikebrush7963]

I love it!

[@aydenalexander7185]

Maybe you could make something like a ski lift and it can use tires to propel it forwards and have a trap door that opens and a claw that grabs it and lifts it up

[@hime4659]

And I though a convayorbelt was impressive

[@MattyO2019]

Hi Me XD LOL

[@Wasbever_14]

Yes same

[@nishaanplays7782]

A convayor could ve cool and than there comes the catapult

[@3verstorm]

Squiddy viewer!

[@hime4659]

3verstorm1572 actually no I made a very bad version of suiddys in my own world

[@steeljawX]

You need to both have the catapult welded to the ground or have it be so massive it's immovable and put a stopper for the arm swing. Energy is being wasted when the whole rig is being tossed on the ground and also because you're relying on the luck that it will slide of at the correct moment, you're getting a lot more variable in your result. A stopper arm would make it so that at whatever angle you put it at for the arm would be respectively the inverse within 90 degrees for the launch angle for the crate (20 degree stopping angle will launch the package at a 70 degree angle). 45 degrees is the optimal angle for distance, so if you had those two things, you might be able to get away with less, but you'd still need thrusters and the BP Oil Spill's worth of gas to run them.

[@patricksawyer9779]

I think that a timed release mechanism for your payload may be in order, just so you can release the crate at the right angle for maximum range. The aforementioned spud gun and cardboard might be the best option...

[@randomcassette5554]

Scrap mechanic: You have to build a vehicle to transport Fruit crates. Kan: hmm I'm going to build a catapult.

[@slickrick8279]

I would only aim for the trader pond and add a sweeper like thing to put the crates on a short conveyor The pont is the perfect landing spot

[@Beastly-zc5ze]

I have an idea for multiplayer munday: So build a big box, an then flying machines and try not to hit the wall while trying not to hit the wall.

[@tztz7114]

10/10 for the effort

[@Mranferneehardaway]

loved it

[@limonlx7182]

I have an idea on how to transport crates safely and without lag. You could make a monorail train-like thing that transports crates to the trader. Render distance is a big problem though, and the only solution that I see is to be on that train-like thing and loading everything around it. I think it's the biggest problem with SM automation - it's possible to make AI vehicles that wanders around the world mining and chopping, but you have to be around it to make it work.

[@jickhertz4124]

Loved the vid!! Few suggestions: maybe try with more bearings, the catapult less long so it doesn't sag and start at angle, like not 0 degrees 20?

[@spawnface3493]

Great video. I was hoping to see the player launched too.

[@coconutspeed1212]

The thrusters have high diminishing returns where with enough bearing the arm length would be a lot less

[@fireblow6842]

This vid is what creative should be. Have all the features of the survival world but also have all the parts in the game in your inventory and be able to load and save stuff via lift

[@wintermichelsen1718]

if you want to reduce the material cost of launching these crates then instead of using the jets you could try putting a second one of those bearing tension devices halfway down the length of the catapult so it has 2 pivot points and increase the speed that way without thrusters. You could also build a large funnel around the target area so that the crates still get in even if its not perfectly accurate and it could catch the crates that try to bounce out ant let them fall back into the delivery area

[@final_catalyst]

A fun co-op either multiplayer Monday or noob vs pro idea [ teams of 2 have to build half the car without them being able to talk/see or coordinate aside from what side they are making (if you want to make it easier). Then after build time is up teams show their creations and weld them together and you can rewire but no other alterations before race or deathmatch etc. ]

[@DogmaticMage228]

When you build a boat you should park it 1 block over the water then it should be able to move on the surface and into the water. :)

[@tacklessstone0369]

thrusters do nothing on land

[@DogmaticMage228]

Maybe use pistons to move the boat or the platform

[@norsktorsk8982]

Who would win? The time he uses to reload the catapult and driving to the Dealer / The time he uses to move some crates a few meters

[@cubu1946]

all you got to do is move your thrusters up higher... remember torque? yea that applies here too... move them thrusters higher... or is it down, so they have less of a distance to travel then the rest of the arm making it faster? well one of the two... try it out lol. also the angle you have... make that a 90 so it stops launching up, pay attention to wear it releases and make a hard angle to hold it longer... you can always clamp it too and have it release when it gets to a certain point.

[@TopekomzZGaming]

hahaha "i encourage you to question yourself"

[@plasmabolts4077]

Use the spudling gun when your in creative because you have unlimited potat-spuds!

[@Danarieel]

kAN, you should do an experiment with some friends. One of you stay in a tile and the other in a far away tile (like 3 or 4 away). Then, launch a crate/rocket/car without a pilot from the starting tile to the destination and see if the object reaches it. Should be interesting to see if the game handles the object without loading the tiles in between. Nice catapult!

[@RAZ3.0]

Good job

[@brandongrunwaldt7979]

When I watched squid’s video I had a similar idea. But instead using a railgun method. Bearing powered tires because the more bearings you add the faster they will go. And it will be more Controllable. Accuracy isn’t as big of a problem because you can build a backboard on the receiving end to direct things

[@Wasbever_14]

Cool bro everytime

[@rocksfire4390]

pistons would be a much better option then thrusters, far cheaper also. also making the back of the catapult a higher angle would give you much better results. a lot of wasted energy is being used to throw them so high up, instead that energy could be used to push it forward faster. resulting in using a lot less energy. 2 towers of pistons connected to 2 bearings connected to the farthest part of the catapult. you can use the same glitch as the bearings for pistons. however pistons will be able to accelerate A LOT faster based on the number you have. how long the arm is and what speed they are set too. this gives very fine control over the launch speed. oh and 2 rows of 15 bearings is vastly stronger then a single row of 30 bearings. while 30 bearings can handle more weight, that's not really the problem. launch velocity is the problem. using two sets of bearings in series pretty much doubles the launch speed. 3 rows of 10 bearings would be 1 x 2 x 2 = 4 times the launch speed. it's pretty much the same thing with controller cars. the more bearings in series, the faster it goes. however controller powered bearings don't seem to care about torque too much so that's really not a concern. pistons would help not only help lift it but they would also keep it more stable and keep it from flipping into the ground... xD

[@Galaxy-oy4nj]

Impressive, and i will try this one day for sure. No matter how idiotic and wasteful it is, its cool and fun

[@Lyumia.]

@Kan build a monorail-freight train that drives on a couple layers of wood so it can’t fall off and you control it’s size

[@thomaskessler7114]

Maybe make it work better by building a giant wall/catcher behind the delivery pad, so that any crates that end up near it are redirected to land on it.

[@matejmencl1404]

i wonder if instead of thrusters you could divide the distal part of the arm into segments with bearings that would use controllers as well, further propelling the projectile.

[@darkwarrior1588]

Kan, the cardboard glitch does work however theres a certain corner the crosshairs have to be on the cardboard block when placing the object. Click and drag still works for better placement

[@imstoopidright]

so cool!

[@TheDistur]

Right into the trader zone!

[@robertfisher2470]

Love it buddy. Can you build a backboard at the trader to bounce them off of?

[@ScrapMechanicLabs]

Try lighter material for your catapult also use your lift at the base of the catapult to force it up instead of thrusters.. If the bearings can handle the stress you may be onto something.

[@DarthVader-pi1kp]

Hey, I just want to really really like your. Content because I've watched it for really long time and I really hope that you see this and you never stop doing what you're doing

[@oswynfaux]

Should make a bunch of big hands that pivot and pass the crate from hand to hand with sensors to automate the loading and passing

[@darwinsteenburgh6535]

Me sees thumbnail my brain: YEET!

[@gmot.v722]

This should be top comments

[@timothyrose-richardson8990]

Yeet yeet yeet YEET... meme

[@paliandras9627]

Maybe you could fence the target around a bit so the crates can bounce to the right position a bit better.

[@Nikzor.]

You can build a wall that stops them from bouncing over

[@tonygamer4310]

all of the survival maps have similar locations of their points of interest, generally being within a few tiles of eachother.

[@jaunusender6166]

When you sent the pineapple, and even kind of the beats before it, it looked like it left the catapult's bucket early.

[@jkuser0official]

7:55 unlimited inventory moment

[@getoffmedamnit]

Most of the issue was the lack of a backing on the cup of the catapault, the force of the thrust was allowing the crate to slip up the ramp you had on the back and prematurely launch.

[@tauron4051]

Kan you guys need to use this script option for your multiplayer Monday !! Thx for the video, keep it up 😁

[@joshkirkfield]

250k subs! Nice job!

[@jaredburr2686]

You could try a backboard to the intake for the crates.

[@DanielLCarrier]

I wonder if you could make some kind of train track type thing so you can send out an automated vehicle. Though you'd have to follow it anyway. At least you could be AFK.