I built a rocket that launches AROUND CORNERS in Kerbal Space Program 2!

[@WolfClant]

throughout the entire video i had to keep reminding myself "this guy is an engineer with 10 years of experience..."

[@NobleGas_54]

Highways don't tend to reach orbit

[@albuquerquepioy7071]

@@NobleGas_54 Bro is betwack

[@nihlify]

today I learned civil engineers aren't rocket scientists

[@BeepBopBoop303]

Civil doesn't really count as engineering

[@YourDadsBoyfriend]

Has more architect skiils...

[@ВикторФирсов-е9ф]

Having seen some ksp 2 footage, I now truly admire this man's monster of a PC.

[@chugjugman6833]

ive got a 2080ti and a i9 9900 and im doing allright in the game, i think alot of the issue is recording software or problems with amd

[@Casey093]

Now I know why KSP2 has a negative timewarp.

[@albuquerquepioy7071]

@@chugjugman6833 bro has money

[@Oregontrains24]

@@chugjugman6833 I have 2060 and amd 7 5800x and doing alright as well, some shading issues.

[@jujuu1339]

@@Oregontrains24 isnt 2060 minimum requirements lol

[@Mike__B]

6:64 "Things went well..." highest g-force experienced 553.3g I think we all know why old Bill wasn't looking out the window

[@TobiasKryze]

Made me laugh so damn hard lol

[@curtiswfranks]

Kerbal soup!

[@THEbiggestbadestperson]

"6:64"

[@andrewstrain5635]

I loved 7:04

[@Pickle_guy-74]

Do you mean 7:04

[@kmyau_2583]

The only reason why devs make the game can zoom out so far is that RCE can build a even longer rocket then

[@SegoMelOk]

"Let's turn SAS on" *Turns SAS off*

[@Jazzyo7]

@RBCO Not really, I think the UI Is quite nice. One of the main feature it's missing though is no TWR ratio per stage. But it's pretty obvious SAS is on with the big green circle in the bottom left. I for one love that it starts you with SAS on by default lol, less things for me to remember.

[@MrByped]

12:50 great example of what a arrow does in slow motion when shot from a bow

[@giantryan660]

That was so great lmao. Laughed almost constantly through the second half. Also, heat is currently turned *off* in KSP2. If you can get a big enough rocket into orbit, you should launch yourself into the Sun to see what happens with no heat.

[@takumi2023]

Is heat coming back to ksp in the future?

[@hstochla]

You don’t need a huge rocket to get to the sun if you’re clever, using a Jool gravity assist you can go to the far reaches of the solar system, way beyond Eeloo, and when you reach perihelion, you can burn retrograde and plunge into the depths below. It may take over 50 years, but it’s more efficient than manually deorbiting from Kerbin’s orbital distance.

[@Julio_Tortillia]

@@hstochla Or you can just add more boosters and make it 10x simpler

[@amppari_234]

@@takumi2023 Of course it is, it's a core feature of a space simulator.

[@adora_was_taken]

@@takumi2023 they said there will be "a brief window" where you can fly without heating so probably in the next big-ish update

[@warrenhess7982]

Impressive, he used the strongest shape and still didn’t succeed, I wonder if he needs a different shape

[@looweeg4229]

Math prroving that space exploration and moon landing were hoaxes by debunking even the strongest rocket possble.

[@pranavghantasala6808]

His apoapsis was really high up, so I'd say he needed to turn sooner and faster. The strongest shape may yet work!

[@ARockyRock]

just a thicker, shorter one.

[@takumi2023]

What he needs is an architect

[@DMarsh1394]

Maybe a truss bridge?

[@BLINDING_Red_STAR]

Engineering at its finest. Civil Engineer is truly ahead of this time.

[@GinjaLeviathan]

Matt: *Has no rocket* Game: You might not make it. Matt: So you're saying there's a chance

[@mystifoxtech]

Well, with cosmic rays it could flip a bit in the ram and teleport the kerbal into space

[@autumn-is-a-silly]

​@@mystifoxtech ah yes, cosmic rays. I'm sure that's what it means and that it's not just a general use message for when you do not have the necessary DeltaV to get to your destination.

[@Jazzyo7]

4:43 Hey FYI, Kerbin's atmosphere stops at 70,000 meters and that's when you're considered "in space" and can actually form an orbit, as long as it's above 70,000 meters on both the AP and PE you're good to go :) 5:55 also they have reheating disabled due to issues currently, not sure exactly what said issues are but, it's turned off for now which sucks.

[@Jazzyo7]

@RBCO Probably adds to it yeah, but I don't think they've fully developed reheating yet either.

[@brennanruiz1803]

"Why am I leaning so much?" - Man with no aerodynamic control surfaces on his rocket, 2023

[@TheNeilBlack]

To be fair control surfaces probably would have made his noodle rocket even worse.

[@karlmarx9255]

thats ksp 2 badly programmed joint rigidity

[@daniwalmsley611]

If anybody was in doubt, ksp 2 definitely retains the kerbal experience

[@bensundermann6553]

This was not the channel I thought would have ksp2 content. I was very surprised and extremely happy when I saw this. Edit after watching: RCE makes my day, from The Needle, UK space agency, (safety first!), to the overall antics of his videos, this is why I am subscribed.

[@Archgeek0]

The Needle, or the Noodle?

[@BrennonIsMilak]

KSP 1 has an engineers report too, and you can check your thrust to weight for each stage by clicking on that stage

[@Walker_96365]

13:25 I love how when a catastrophic failure occurs, killing the crew and destroying the entire rocket, the tutorials response is “You can always be better!” I’m not sure you could be much worse.

[@valecasini]

wow RCE immediately bought (edit: actually given by devs) KSP2 only to bring us a good video even tho it's in early access 🤩 bite what are your specs? 5:52 yeah in the future they will add heat too

[@GimbleOnDew]

Nope was given it by the devs. But no one who is not a die hard ksp fan should be shown the game on thos state of development

[@GimbleOnDew]

Devs f#&$ up hard giving Matt this game. It is not the right audience. They are just going to get more angry people asking for refunds

[@valecasini]

​@@GimbleOnDew yeah it said it like 1 minute later and was lazy to modify my comment 😅

[@valecasini]

​@@GimbleOnDew rip

[@ReneSchickbauer]

To paraphrase the Spiffing Brit: "Some Kerbals might die, but that's a sacrifice i'm willing to make"

[@HB-Gamer-YT693]

Haha😂😂😂

[@someoneudontknow3709]

Matt's probably never gonna see this but maybe adding some girth will stop the tallest spaceship from twisting itself into the ground Rather then making spaghetti we make a really long fat iron hard strongest shape as we all know that the strongest shape is highly aerodynamic

[@Lumiria]

All that flopping will now be part of KSP2 history. A magnificent accomplishment of the UK Space Agency! Seriously, awesome job Matt.

[@JacobBaker-tn6nv]

how do you put a ROCKET into a flatspin?? Matt, you are truly one-of-a-kind

[@JacobBaker-tn6nv]

of all things a bloody rocket

[@JacobBaker-tn6nv]

it,'s hard enough to put an f-15 into one

[@tylerwright6006]

Matt: im more of learn through trial and error. Other engineers: ..... that sounds like something an archetect would say!

[@CodysCatches]

You have to play space engineers, I feel like you’d love the amount of a usable chaos

[@Bigfluffydragongaming]

When I was in high school we had a program that was a space sim/aerospace class where part of our "space program" required pilots to fly "pre-built simulated shuttles" to the "space station" using what was basically KSP with a Thrustmaster joystick and a really nice (for 2012) gaming chair in a plywood box on some chains built to look like a ship, with a huge chain to lift it to simulate docking to the ship. (The ship being its own thing btw, all student built! ). All that fancy stuff aside I was lucky enough to be a pilot, so I was basically assinged to play with KSP all day! We had convinced our Aerospace teacher that it was "an advanced aerospace simulator." And we pitched that along with Universe Sandbox 2! Anyway, always nice to see KSP back.

[@sodaaccount]

0:12 Without seeing anything else I say: No this is certainly not where you will end up, hes neither dead nor on fire🤣 Looking forward to the chaos.

[@Khevor]

Now that you have mastered creating rockets and putting them into space, you need to create a space station of the most efficient shape. I have complete faith in your ability to pull that off without issue.

[@lassenielsen3383]

at 12:20 and later aswell you saying you build a snake, gotta be honest it was a snake a sad snake tho, but that reminds me of ''simon the snake'' and ''kraken'' and for you making a plane aswell i wonder if the game physics gone better or being the same, seeing if the devs engineering it or being architect's again, so it all gone completely mental like it used to do in kerbal space program 1 (or the first kerbal space program game) and its actually lovely to see you playing kerbal again.

[@davidchidester5463]

I love how in every game Matt's main feature he wants is to zoom out as far as he can.

[@FunkThompson]

Reminds me of the Door Monster KSP skits; Jeb: "Everything outside is blue." "Good, you're pointing up." "Now green... blue... green..." *facepalm*

[@ssilverleopard]

Day 11 of asking RCE to play Machinarium. It’s a 2011 puzzle game with great characters and gameplay, an amazing soundtrack and some very detailed puzzles. It’s available (though not free) on Steam.

[@MeltEmber]

17:55 as a fellow engineer I will tell you why it's leaning: A noodly noodle is still a noodly noodle, no matter where it thrusts, and if the noodle noodles, the center of mass is still off the thrust vector, and therefor only making the leaning more bendy. Thrusting the front therefor doesn't stiffen the noodle, it only stretches the noodle and makes it even less controllable. This is why engineers only thrust from the back, because they know that solid girth is superior to stretchy length. The real reason though, the one that explains everything: The balls are missing. It is simply a very inefficient design.

[@War-Thunder-Nerd]

i love the deign of the first one, very strong and very good. but i also think tailfins are something to look into for your longer snake-ier biulds

[@characolt]

Hey RCE! Next time you make "the strongest shape" rocket, use the TBD fuel sphere. It is a giant ball ;)

[@JEggi97]

At the launch of the needle: SpinLaunch *taking notes*

[@BaulSDA]

I wonder: can you do a slingshot maneuver? Not like an actual, real life slingshot that uses the planet gravity, i mean "can you use the floppyness of your rocket extremely efficient design to launch the capsule into space?".

[@takumi2023]

I just though of a vehicle. Launch the spinning vehicle up then release the spinning part using rockets to spin the capsule and time it right to release the capsule

[@BaulSDA]

@@takumi2023 That's even better!

[@sadlavalamp]

Probably as that was possible in ksp 1 if you made a device on minmus that would dock a rocket then throw it by swinging in a circle then undocking. I would assume it’s the same here

[@SmokeandSpirit]

There have been many unsettling reports of sky noodles falling from space near the Kerbal launch site. The UKSA has refused to comment. People are rumoring about intergalactic spaghetti monsters. Society is crumbling.

[@Walker_96365]

11:53 While your engines are pointing up, because the center of mass is to the side the engines will do nothing but cause the ship to spin. You must keep the center of mass in line with the thrust if you want to go straight. I would have expected an engineer to understand that.

[@louieberg2942]

That was a little bit of the mechanics underlying the Archer's Paradox going on. Except... the tip went where you wanted it do go and got weirdly stabilised by the flaining tail end.

[@The_Box_King]

Day 28 of asking Matt to play SpaceFlight Simulator.

[@anthonycatino3367]

So, I got an ad for this game a day or two ago on another one of RCEs videos. I made a comment about it, and now bam, he has a KSP2 video. I couldn't be happier

[@smarty265]

This guy has a monster pc damn. With the current state of optimisation in this game it will lag anyones computer.

[@TamTam2411]

You can color your rockets and planes in Kerbal Space Program 2. I think you should try to build a boat that can launch to space.

[@pitanpainter2140]

That was well worth watching ... the funniest thing I've seen on KZbin Thank-you.

[@elishmittywerminghanjensen1264]

I wouldn't be surprised if this video does extra good with KSP2 early access being released now.

[@quartzar]

What? How do you think he played it?

[@Syllaren]

​@@quartzar they gave him a copy before the official public early access

[@IzaCasualty]

I could see that Tremendous engineering skills. You could tell by the consistency. LOL.

[@eyceguy]

Thank you, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Looking forward to more videos!

[@senorspahrtan]

You’ve done the bendiest rocket, now do the squarest rocket! Just a giant cube rising from the ashes of the great noodle rockets.

[@simonkeller4767]

“You can’t push spaghetti” you got that right sir

[@chrissugg968]

It's great watching this after watching the other KSP KZbinrs' Very Serious Reviews.

[@SephirothRyu]

Danny: I find ways to destroy the planet itself! While sacrificing dozens of Kerbals to the Kraken to do so, or as just a happy side effect. Matt: I find ways to make rockets do dumb that would disappoint even Danny, a guy who purposefully makes dumb things to look for bugs and glitches to use. Even architects would make better rockets than I, for they could at least design a Warhammer 40k Orkish warship that works as long as they play by Orkish asthetics. Who let Matt of all people get early access?

[@MidnightDoom777]

There were no flames on reentry because in the early access release there’s no reentry heating

[@Glegh]

Hes a bit nervous because you took a picture of him, he's just a bit flaccid

[@awvee]

i got the trailer as the ad before this video. I watched the whole thing

[@tnexus13]

2:38 to strongest shape. Impressed by your restraint.

[@meemumeem1913]

Finally I have time to watch this!!! Snacks included! Lets go! Thanks for awesome videos!!

[@RhombonianKnight]

Poor Motorway Matt, maybe eventually he'll learn that the strongest shape isn't necessarily the strongest for aerospace engineering. That would be the asparagus.

[@Bahcorp]

😍 Kerbal Space Program Too, Engineer with Space Helmet and Hard Hat for extra protection.

[@jarjab2games]

Manned military weapons of mass destruction. Truly a mad scientist this engineer has become.

[@bobogus7559]

The sun flare actually shines through mountains and similar obstructions as long as it's above the sea level horizon.

[@somethingclever7180]

I think the ICBM (In-Credibly Bendy Missile) is showing real promise. Pity there's no option for a submarine launch. The water pressure might keep things a bit more vertical for the initial stages of flight.

[@inertproductionsalternate9114]

Due to recent events road closers and evacuation of a 10km radius is required before launch at UK Space Agency flights. Also a reimbursement will be issued to Carl for replacement of his car that was crushed. Have a nice day.

[@CatsDontBark]

Unintentional building Rayquaza in KSP2. 👏🏼

[@gandu181]

I think you should make a bomber that can actually drope the nuke from it that will be awesome

[@YenzQu]

8:57 Oh nooo, it's noodeling. I thought they wanted to solve that. 😨😭😩😤

[@marsrocket]

For noodle rocket, try putting something at the top that spins around the horizontal plane and acts as a gyroscope to stabilize things.

[@smokephb991]

so happy you picked this up

[@CallumPRobertson]

Matt, make sure to check out the "pendulum rocket fallacy!" - its part of why your snakey things keep falling over ;) Plus its fun!

[@Virus-ng1lh]

I spent MONTHS of time in KSP1 and the mods kept it endlessly fun. I cannot WAIT to dump even more time into KSP2.

[@sirog7116]

Next mission for Engineer Matt : Learn the whole tutorial to prove you're not a rocket architect . Then you can forget it again and go back to spaghetti snakes.

[@RK-wz4cc]

ksp2 early access doesn’t have thermal system so u don’t need heat shield

[@TotallyRiffed]

Should make a spaghetti rocket but with the cockpit near the bottom (if possible) and then do a hard turn and sling shot the cockpit. Would be fun to see where it goes!

[@Walker_96365]

12:42 Why did it seem like turning on the engine started to straighten the rocket out? What are the physics behind that?

[@virtualengineer]

the reason there were no flames is because reentry heating disabled for the early access, you can view the roadmap for early access on the asp KZbin channel

[@johngrund2567]

Could you try support struts from the top boosters down to the main engine & turn the engine on at launch (maybe not 100%) to see if the main engine can help get it into orbit?

[@RealAndySkibba]

Been anxiously awaiting RCE KSP2 content! So happy it's here.

[@Griffins998]

"If it doesn't have a t/w of one it won't take off" Every single aircraft in existence ever:

[@5reasonstoedge]

Day 159:Dear Matt, I have a very good video idea Gather all your editors and make them all have a fight on like a PvP game (e.g. Minecraft,Rust,Ect,ect...) And see who is the best editor and is worthy of the rank of a classified engineering. From me.

[@joepeck2942]

Out of all the recent gameplay footage I've seen, RCE's has been by far the most Kerbal. It's reassuring to know KSP2 is still KSP

[@YMandarin]

yeah and somehow he got a decent framerate

[@junovzla]

EY the devs have disabled atmospheric heating for the time being, I'm assuming that feature is not complete, that's why you didn't see plasma upon reentering. They'll prolly add the feature on a later release meguesses. As for space, in Kerbin that begins over 70km, so when you said "we're in space" you weren't in space quite yet.

[@kokoshadowstryder9020]

Great job on the Peyronie's Rocket build!

[@HungarianWarHorse]

Best episode yet

[@TimbavatiLion]

Y'know, the rocket at 12:50 almost worked like an arrow. Wobbling exactly around the center of mass kept it going straight.

[@FunkyWombat]

The icon for the VAB looked awfully efficient!

[@Dangerwiggles]

Hi, 2nd one failed not just because it was wiggly af. The COG (gravity) was below the COP (pressure). Good rule of thumb for rockets- you need weight in the nose and lots of surface area (ie. Fins) towards the rear. Legit basics of rocket science. If the COG is below COP the rocket will want to fly backwards.. which is impossible because of the thrust.

[@notNIKITAzed]

Those Warriors From Hammerfell? They've Got Curved Swords. Curved Swords!

[@CubeAtlantic]

That rocket looks legit bizzare yet fascinating.

[@SaiakuNaSenshu]

By the way the heating systems aren't implemented yet because they're not just slapping on the Kerbal Space Program they're actually rebuilding the entire game engine

[@spatrk6634]

i was so sad when i realized they didnt yet implement atmospheric reentry effect. but then figured it will be better than before.

[@jansenart0]

In 1, Advanced Tweakables and then autostrut.

[@BornDepressed]

Seeing a space rocket fly like a classic arrow was pretty funny, not going to lie!

[@Julio_Tortillia]

Damn, they basically took all the quality of life mods of the first game and implemented them into the core game. Really excited to see where this game goes!

[@jimmymcgoochie5363]

Having seen a number of KSP content creators really struggling and generally having a bad time with KSP2, I’m surprised that you managed to build that utter monstrosity and fly it without the game crashing and with pretty reasonable performance too. I remain hopeful that the most egregious bugs and issues can be ironed out quickly and KSP2 will be able to live up to the hype and promises, but only time will tell…

[@timkoehler]

As an engineer he can afford a PC with enough performance to run this game :D

[@mateusfccp]

What is the name of the song that plays when you cite the UK Space Agency?

[@Oli_Guy]

rule brittania

[@mateusfccp]

@@Oli_Guy Thank you!

[@bitkarek]

:D those soft body physics are awesome!

[@maclee5381]

The next thing we know, there would be another leak of King Charles III wanting to be a flaming tampon living on RCE's computer

[@maxwibert]

Mind sharing your machine specs? Curious what kind of computer produced this level of performance

[@jarjarpfeil]

i think he mentioned a 3090 a while ago, don't know if he's since upgraded

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

5950x and 3090

[@czens5311]

So happy this came out

[@kavyon]

As soon as I saw that there's a boat launch now, I was expecting a bridge. I'm disappointed, Matt. Next video, perhaps?

[@Zero_Narrative]

Love this channel. Ksp2 will be cool when we mod its pants off. Currently half baked, the game not me.

[@Kartaal]

Civil engineering is not rocket engineering as clearly demonstrated. RCE's progression leaves me questioning if civil engineers can even learn rocket engineering. The physics involved in a long chain of segments that can to any extent bend without being kept rigid does seem to elude our resident architect. That rocket was not a work of functionality but an obsession with a specific form.

[@ericmiltner3604]

Impressive that you could get the game to run.