I tried to build the smallest ship I could

Here's the workshop link for the ship:
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[@Kanken-jl7oe]

damn... that tiny ship is a marvel of miniaturisation, usually making something look good in SE takes quite a bit more blocks, but this little guys looks straight out of a sci-fi city...

[@cougotgames-theoldies2687]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIbbaat-ZpKCha8 look at this drone pretty cool

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

a little trick that helps me compact things down is put in the key blocks I want (assemblers storage tanks etc) in a pattern like a H or T or whatever then conveyor them up and fill it out with walkways, airlocks, seats whatever you're planning to put in it and colour to your style (I prefer either black and yellow/purple or white and light green/blue personally)

[@spacemanspiff7283]

I always have a hard time getting the first shape down, and you make it seem so easy! I’m gonna start yelling witchcraft soon if you keep up this magic

[@MajorJon]

I've had a few thousand hours of practice lol

[@AysaMetric]

I already am yelling witchcraft.

[@tnb_command4937]

This, much so

[@gigabone3832]

do random stuff, you might make something you like

[@blazeelvirafirehoof7844]

I will join you in yelling witchcraft, cause that it truly is.

[@ZeroAtlas]

The amount of work you're able to do with so few blocks is awesome. Pretty sure I'd spend 10x the amount of time just scrolling through the menus to find the right shaped blocks and feebly trying to rotate them to the correct orientation only to get something that looks only a 1/4 as good, not to mention would explode upon use. Keep up the great work!

[@Anubis1101]

his skills at designing ships and finding physics exploits are exceptional, to be sure, but his true claim to fame is being able to rotate the blocks to exactly the position he needs in a single motion, instead of the wrong way around

[@trevorgoretski]

Is it possible to learn this power?

[@AsrielDreemurYT653]

@@trevorgoretski not with the jedi

[@Liquid_Architecture]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Jon the Major?

[@turtleguy123r3]

The true plight of space engineers, it's even worse when the game changes the buttons as your rotate your character haha

[@maxwellfujs6124]

I read your comment in the Shaggy voice and I added a “like” in the proper places

[@hoshyro]

Honestly, this has to be one of the coolest looking small flyers I've seen, its simplicity is its own character, and even despite being simple it has so much care and detail into it

[@konakg8174]

I remember trying to make an agile speeder with hydrogen thrusters inspired by the Vanships in Last Exile. The problem is, small hydrogen tanks hold barely anything. I've been too busy recently, but the new weapons make me want to try it again.

[@kerbalairforce8802]

2-3 small H2 tanks and an H2/O2 generator. Store the ice in your cockpit.

[@MrBlackdragon1230]

The clips of your flights were spectacular! As always really enjoy watching your build videos.

[@alvin41712]

A idea for charging, u can place a small merger-block for charging the battery in survival.

[@marcus757fugaming7]

Yea

[@popinmo]

thats how its alway been done???

[@godofchips6288]

Me with a ugly ass connector: FUCK

[@konakg8174]

Another option is to use a hinge

[@kerbalairforce8802]

Slap a solar panel on it, and wait several days

[@ViniciusNegrao_]

I guess there are two types of builders. The functionality first type and the shape first type. Me, I lay out every single functional block I want the ship to have and then slap the shape on top, but the shape is usualy weird. You did an awesome job with the design of the ship, Next time I'll try laying out the shape first!

[@cupman7326]

I find that when doing the shape, adding some of the bigger functional blocks (connectors, antenna, ect) can help you figure out the shape better, at least when it comes to small ships

[@AysaMetric]

Three quick questions: 1) Are you playing with thruster damage off, or are the 2x1 tips in front of your reverse thrusters small enough to avoid thruster damage? 2) How do you recharge the ship? It doesn't have a merge block or connector anywhere on it, so would you need to build new batteries every time it dies? 3) Could one theoretically replace the folding cockpit shield armor blocks with glass so that it's flyable in first person?

[@ngikjegjangbiuea]

Obviously I'm not the guy who made the ship, but I can answer some of this. 1) Not sure, looking at 4:38 it doesn't look like there's tips there? Might be me going crazy, I dunno 2) In that ship's current state, it'd need new batteries every time. You'd be able to use a 1x1 merge block on the bottom or a small reactor for easy docking/refueling though, I reckon 3) Yes, panels and windows (iirc) have the same hitbox. It wouldn't have the same depth as the final build, obviously, but you could recreate the 5:41 build.

[@csx5882]

You're getting sooo good with planets, I wonder if it will ever be possible to create a tool that utilizes voxelhands to generate caves :D I'd love to see jungles someday, but I'm happy with anything. At the end of the day it's just one big inspiration.

[@tnb_command4937]

This makes me wanna play SE again, dang it! Love the design and how compact it is, amazingly done🙏🏽

[@user-ve5ei2xe8h]

I'd love to see you building the smallest large grid ship you can make (without sacrificing aesthetics).

[@catthewondahokulea6515]

You make the best ships to have fun in! Thank you for the hard work.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

Watching this made me realize there’s a mirror mode… and that all of my suffering was unnecessary… I built a capital ship by hand in survival mode block by block because I didn’t know how projectors worked or how to use mirror mode so yeah, I built a ship that could all of our other ships inside Granted it wasn’t a very pretty ship, it kinda looked like a ship from warhammer at the front with a big ass icebreaker ram on it, and it had weak spots in bad places but to be fair I was the least experienced ship builder in the group and yet I was tasked with building the ship that we would leave the planet in and live

[@addenugraha3878]

a blueprint would be nice

[@qbert5109]

It looks really awesome!!! You've inspired me to use some of the mods I have installed to make a really compact ship.

[@fangmindalas6040]

I would either add a connector on the bottom with maybe a small reactor, or a 1x1 merge block for docking to recharge, and use the 1x1 magnetic pads for landing gears if you want to keep the sleeker look

[@codybuchanan6466]

i love it, this is such a neat lil planet hopper

[@Josh_For]

Really cool. It’s hard making a small ship look good but you’ve nailed it!

[@elijahgrimm8052]

It's kind of like a sports car of ships. Not bad at all. Maybe with some glass panels it could look even better, or with some of the DLC blocks like the carbon fiber. All in all, I'm impressed.

[@Richy0326]

Lots of character in a small ship. Looks cool, flies well. Nicely done.

[@TalosCreations]

It’s all about achieving a balance between flight time and maneuverability.

[@mworld]

Cool ship. You could also add glass into the door mechanism.

[@Total_DuDe]

I have over 100 hours in this game, but that's only me fumbling around in survival. I designed a handful of ships only after watching TONS of videos on almost EXACTLY what to do. I just spent the last 4 hours designing my first large ship in the game. Not only does he get the mirror tool to work, but he actually has a line up of all the blocks he wants to use, instead of having to go back; again and again. This man makes me cry.

[@darkdruidsvale]

i like how this is small yet doesnt look like crap and isnt also very minimalist to go for a smaller build

[@Jodah175]

just came across this ship on the workshop. cant wait to use it!!

[@TwoHorndUnicorn]

cool ship, looks like a personal space hot rod

[@remielpollard787]

I modified this with a clear glass canopy that works and I can see through, because I can't stand flying with cameras or in 3rd person, removed the hinges on the side and just filled the fuselage on the sides, because I think those hinges were causing a bit of clang, made flying it a bit wobbly, and added a small reactor and ore detector. It's now actually useful in survival for fast atmospheric ore scouting. The reactor makes it not an early game thing, though, so it's probably not practical due to having something even more useful much earlier anyway. I only put a reactor on due to a lack of connector. That being said, even just as a fast air car, for getting from one place to another, it's still quite useful, even without the ore detector.

[@joelmulder]

Awesome looking little ship, great to see it made it to the #1 highlighted spot on the workshop! By the way, what planet is that?

[@clownofwar]

nice one seater explorer ship for short range exploration looks clean and proffesional nicely done.

[@chase-2-2]

Gotta say quite an engineering marvel. It's designed for one thing and it archives that thing really well

[@Nemoticon]

I like building small ships, it makes you really think about packaging and how to efficiently cram everything and resulting in something that is efficient and effective. When I find a design I like, I rebuild it over nad over until I have something that really works. Then when you move to making larger ships, you have no excess and you can really get the shapes you want.

[@stevenbryant3055]

You have inspired me to build a convertible small grid ship today, thank you for that

[@N3Corp]

I also try to make pretty small ships, like light transports, and is quite hard to fit everything, i have some decent models but still working on them :), nice video

[@DrummClem]

I love it ! Very inspiring. That gave me some ideas on how to implement something I wanted to try !

[@townwitchdoctor5538]

Super cool. My D: drive died the other day and I haven't been able to play anything, waiting on a new one and looking forward to getting back into SE with the new update coming. Making things as compact as possible is always hard, usually you have to use rotors and hinges to make stuff use the same block space. I had a small mech I was working on with a 1x2 modded seat and a cockpit that folded top and bottom with displays built in, sensors too so it opened up for you as you approched and closed after you got in.

[@justinpatterson5291]

That's small enough to fit as a "scab" escape pod. If you had access to the pilot seat from below. You could hide that in a thruster bay or under the lip of someones bridge undetected.

[@Neuroscratch]

Beautiful design and superb pedagogy, excellent video!

[@kottadragon]

My man out here making the sports car of space ships.

[@corgikentros9617]

Great Build! Looks like a commercially available starship for civilian use.

[@loweffort303]

You sir, are a master of your craft. I tip my hat.

[@bropil7545]

you just destroyed every compact ship desight I ever made, I loved your ship

[@darth_dan8886]

Wonderful little ship. My only gripe with it is that the cockpit cover isn't transparent. I get that it has a camera, but seriously, this isn't a drone craft! Xd

[@Generalkavo]

If you would use remote control you could build it smaller, but actually, it's amazing to see how small it is

[@meomeo-ue7qd]

What planet is that is so so cool And I don't know your videos have a certain aesthetic to them that's really nice almost laid back

[@Alex-nz6et]

Nice dude, I think it's fair to say that we are all very impressed.

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

Damn, small, compact, and stilish. They look like some sort of top of the line sci fi sports car... but a plane!

[@lordtent3476]

Nice cinematics at end bit of video.👍

[@silasglam2452]

You're magician mate :)

[@Comicsluvr]

The nices part about this (other than its great look and economy of parts) is that you can replace the Atmo thrusters with Ions for a space runner!

[@GrasshopperKelly]

Let's be honest.... you only need like 2 thrusters, gyro, powerplant, the required storage and if you're being picky.... a weapon... :D All easily strapped directly to a cockpit ^^

[@ShimaVillain]

0:40 Yeah, you already left me behind.

[@4rtanx]

Nice Speeder! Great work with such low block count. Though I prefer the panorama windshield on my iteration of your Acela. btw What planet are you scooting on? looks stunning, too!

[@shanekashtan8363]

Thanks to your video, I found an awesome song, pretty interesting video as well, seems like an interesting game, new subscriber as well.

[@marcusinfestus1333]

I am inspired. I always learn something from your vids.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

I think you could’ve made it even smaller by making it a drone. I really like drones

[@Runescope]

I would have replaced those front blocks on the hinges with windows, so the pilot can look out and it wouldn’t go into the model. And the flat block right behind them would look better slanted down. The bottom needs work too, lots of unfinished and exposed systems there.

[@qaker3]

First time seeing your videos, my opinion is of little value but a tip is try to minimize mouse movement so the image isnt as flickery. Itll make it easier for more to watch your content.

[@qaker3]

Anyhow, very cool design.

[@endeyfire]

im just trying to figure out how THIS is the smallest ship you could build... when mine are just boxes with a gyro and 6 thrusters in every direction.

[@skyrimaster1885]

Yes but his actually look like a ship and have full usability

[@KrKesomackan]

love it, what about a pressurized ship for space assults?

[@tackytrooper]

Dat depth of field though, so cinematic

[@npelolli]

Basically a nice Shuttle-Class ship for small range travel

[@truenord9400]

Beautiful ship dude!

[@kasiahmura2816]

I'd replace the two slabs where the cockpit closes with a wedge kind block to make the shape more dynamic as a whole

[@xiphosura413]

Was suprised he didn't do this, considering the slopes elsewhere! Still looks quite cool

[@Ming1975]

Yeah, making functional micro ships that has looks are a challenge.

[@QsPracticalNonsense]

Your world looks so good! Are there any specific mods you would recommend?

[@linuswulff03]

I love the look of that thing!

[@iamasquidinspace]

Your video make me want to immediately play this game and also never play it ever again because I am just not _this_ good at designing. Most of the time, the desire to try again wins though, and that's what makes your videos so special!

[@pjolex5896]

Really Cool Video, How many hours do you have in space egineers?

[@GravitWry]

Christ, these are one of the many reasons why I want to get Space Engineers, the only thing that's limiting my is money and garbage hardware :/

[@JamesAlexanderMartin]

very nice little ship! What planet mod is that?

[@robertmoe2937]

The smart car of the future. Great job as always lol.

[@TheDenofBadgers]

Pretty easy to make something smaller, but not so easy making something as nice as that tiny.

[@zerogrey3798]

Building a small functional ship is easy, but making it actually useful on the other hand....Little to no fuel, power, thrust etc.

[@bradleyhopper3002]

You should color it like Slave 1, Boba Fett's ship from the prequels, the shape looks similar!

[@planetbob4709]

That crater looking land feature looks cool. Was it part of the world generation?

[@murkorus7147]

I always have trouble with painting. How do you decide what parts of the ship should be what colours? Do you have a palette that you use or something? Also how exactly do you paint, I always end up having to delete half the blocks to get it all painted, which adds a good hour or so when painting even for small ships.

[@MajorJon]

I don't have any fixed palettes, but some ground rules. Typically I use a dominant color (often white), a contrasting color for grooves/greeble (almost always dark grey) and a colorful highlight, which you can use to give it some pattern (like stripes or so). I always paint with the spectator cam, you can move into blocks and paint them from the inside, kinda weird, but it works. A lot of people also seem to like the paint gun mod, I only sometimes use the color replacer block mod for big ships.

[@BayAreaUAV]

Aerodynamic wings would be perfect for your build.

[@Capygato]

I love the hinge idea

[@maxi-9922]

i will kneel before you if u want to or if i need to but pls pls do more "ship progress" or whatever its called i need more inspiration i already watched the playlist 4 times i need more pls. edit: SHIP EVOLUTION thats the playlist

[@csx5882]

I just noticed this today, I can't fly this ship in survival mode very long, I don't know if you noticed but there's no way of recharging it. I put a small rotorhead below but that's looking ugly so I grind it right off when I am done charging it.

[@deadchemist7585]

You are an incredible inspiration sir. I am trying to implement a similar cockpit design for a first person fighter. Do you have any recommendations?

[@korxalg3833]

Идея с открывающимся кокпитом офигенна!

[@Константин-ч5б9э]

Отличный дизайн, молодец !

[@DrunkenPilotVideos]

that's such an awesome little design. I wanna now build one similar to it but with a connector on the bottom so it can be recharged and parked in a carrier filled with them!

[@krakenpots5693]

moar dakka

[@wolfrunner_2269]

Such an amazing build, reminds me of destiny which I love

[@harozuken]

smallest ship I made was about the size of 3 small ship connectors, a third of that design size was the connector itself. luckily drones help trim down on size.

[@Guapter]

I think it could be much smaller if you use small reactors instead of batteries (and probably infinite lifetime as long as you have nuggets). Also why not change cockpit door to glass so you can fly it in 1st person. Also why dont use standard cockpit (fighter for example) it pretty small and grant you enclosed volume(to maybe have oxygen in it to breathe)

[@talinpeacy7222]

I feel like you could have reduced the bulk in the middle a bit with small batteries and compacted the rear a bit to reduce weight, allowing for fewer thrusters to perform the same manuvers.

[@abe881]

I found this yesterday and added some wings from the aerodynamics mod 10/10 I love this ship

[@pironiero]

Also smallest hydro powered ship would be nice that using only small tanks and no h2 generator

[@jojoskunk]

COOL

[@bluecrystal_7843]

the ultimate scout ship

[@ZarHakkar]

Looks like one of those little ships from Interstellar

[@shade7367]

Meanwhile most of my ships are smaller than this on accident... Albeit none of them look this good

[@MrPablosek]

I think you could go even smaller with the Vector Thrust mod

[@MiquShiro]

It has a star wars feel to it ngl

[@simonaarekol3336]

Tried to replicate/build one of my own, and i have to say... How have you managed to tame the allmighty clang? The front hatch freaks out on me whenever i try to move an inch.

[@xymaryai8283]

"building smallest ship" *places standard block* M I S S I O N F A I L E D , W E ' L L G E T E M N E X T T I M E

[@xymaryai8283]

it sure does look amazing though, if only there were glass panels that would fit that hatch

[@bobbobinson7788]

Did you get any inspiration from elite dangerous? Some of the ship silouettes reminded me of the Federal Dropship and then the Python. Very cool design in any case.