Making a Glitch Powered Helicopter in Scrap Mechanic

It's a "helicopter", but at least we got to take a look at some cool glitches along the way!
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[@ReidCaptain]

I feel like I don't get to do these experimentation videos very often anymore, they are definitely very fun though! Do you guys have any other games in mind that I should try to use bugs to my advantage?

[@war_master_]

Crash a super unreasonable game

[@wildwyatxbox]

Still scrap mechanic, but make a speed boat uses glitches. The water physics in this game are.. interesting. A tip for it, a chunk of a single block will be weird in the water, use paint to divide it up for more buoyancy

[@someguy2965]

stormworks has intersting physics but its nowhere near as glitchy as scrap mechanic

[@detaal2332]

Instruments of destruction, the glitches may be hard to find, but some can be very interesting! Edit: the game has changed a lot since the last time you played it, with a whole lot of more interesting parts too

[@dimazkamaz]

I have an idea: make something with wedge engine. If you dont know, to do this glitch you push wedgy part of the wedge int wheel and it starts rotating. But it is unstable and not always spinning well. Scrapman made a whole video about this

[@yami_the_witch]

In this video: Reid tries to figure out how the suspension glitch works in Scrap Mechanic on his own

[@newtybot]

It’s like watching a child try to figure out how to use a remote

[@aivarsgraudins8423]

@@newtybot yea

[@raeplaysval]

@@newtybot didnt have to do him like that man ☠️

[@newtybot]

@@raeplaysval it’s ok, I love his content haha

[@scarletobergh4157]

The 100x smaller one that stays stable+ gives steering: what is wrong with you...

[@TheUnholy_]

You have to remember this is with physics on high. Imagine how this *helicopter* would run with physics at low?

[@wildwyatxbox]

It wouldn't. this thing would just flop and die

[@brick_boy0891]

DO NOT DO THIS

[@badlanding0529]

@@brick_boy0891 why not? It should just stop working.

[@samuelrudy1697]

@@badlanding0529 I can say as a person with a lot of time in this game it’s lag lots of lag

[@brickcat5342]

*helicopter

[@mr_pigman1013]

I love how his method to make some sort of glitch is putting suspension and bearings and stuff on things and seeing what happens

[@hakermanreal]

I mean it's scrap mechanic that's how 90 percent of the glitches in that game are made

[@TonyMacarroni4]

If he collabed with "Let's game it out" they could do anything in sandbox video games 😂

[@michaellatten7914]

"I worked with Reid Captain, and we ended the universe!"

[@TramvayValera]

"just give me a minut-"

[@GHOST-GOD]

Honestly

[@trulers8713]

@@TramvayValera **so, so many hours later** So we're back and as you can see after a couple minutes of placing suspensions we've collapsed the very fabric of reality!

[@imabellwoo]

Yesss I want to see that

[@1crusty]

scrap mechanic has been out for almost 7 years and is still not in a full release, its incredibly unoptimized, and is still so fun. I wanna see Reid mess around with some mods, like the Wings Mod.

[@Roaxial]

it's not a bug, it's a feature™

[@Garebanaan]

Facts

[@oversecus833]

13 hours ago, excuse you?!

[@randomdude1rd1]

W h a t

[@Ze_Techno]

wait 13h ago

[@astron800]

Yup! The suspension stabilization glitch is considered a feature. A lot of flying builds use this glitch.

[@serialkiller1139]

When you started adding a lot of bearing you had made a suspension glitch the hard way. Its existed for quite a long time now, and everyone's using it so its more or less a feature. Whats more, you can use it as stabilisation or gyroscope. Basically a lot if not all flying creation use it for one of these purposes.

[@NSG-kc6zl]

Not only that you can also use it to rotate your creations

[@FoxSock]

i hate the dependency on this glitch, whenever its finally purged from the game i will be at peace

[@lucasjacobsen4920]

They are pretty strong as stabilisers but they can be tilted

[@KSP_Aviation]

@@FoxSockits not getting removed its now a game mechanic

[@PepperKatt]

@@FoxSock how can you hate it

[@thomasprice995]

There is a well known glitch in Scrap Mechanic called the ''suspension glitch''. I personally don't know how it works or how to build one, but I have seen it do some pretty weird things.

[@vhaelen326]

technically theres SEVERAL suspension glitches, the infinite stabilisation and the steering on being the most important ones

[@thomasprice995]

@@vhaelen326 True

[@someczechguy4261]

As someone who has over 450 hours in this game, watching him play Scrap Mechanic can be painful at times, but he very slowly seems to be learning...

[@lucasjacobsen4920]

Yes i have a 1000h in this game and you have not truly mastered it untill you can utilize all the glitches (and shoot faster than a tape bot)

[@BlitzTDM]

almost 300 hours here, and I agree since I have played the game for years now (just low hours)

[@totallynormalcat1]

I have almost 6000 hours in the game,

[@badlanding0529]

I love powering things with bugs! Such a fun challenge!

[@serketenglish5963]

There used to be a very exploitable glitch in the early access that allowed you to make things extremely stable and even fly. It's been years now, but I'm pretty sure you just put a piece of suspension on a block, and put that block on a bearing. Then, you just turn the bearing so the suspension piece gets pushed against a block sideways. Looking at what glitchiness you managed to get, it has pretty similar effects to the first floating thing you made, but I remember it being much more stable. Definitely not so jittery.

[@thekinge4734]

still exists

[@thecheesecakeoverlord4319]

still effective as of now

[@serketenglish5963]

@@thekinge4734 10/10

[@nacl4988]

Suspension in Scrap-mechanic is a cursed abomination. We do not question why it does what it does. We simply accept that it did afterwards

[@fuzz1252]

Also never try to connect 2 of them with our a block

[@sandromariamidze7036]

every person:*knows suspension glitches* Reid:*doesn't know any suspention glitches* also Reid:im going to invent a new one everyone:nooo thats not how you use them😥

[@boldituzvillam2318]

Tip for Reid; don't use those hollow 1x1x1 blocks. They are slippery.

[@cocochen5745]

the developers are crying for mercy now

[@cocochen5745]

@@bagietka_ not if the kraken appears

[@blue-raptor4017]

8:07 I’m glad all scrap mechanic players have the same naming scheme

[@randomguy7144]

If u add the suspension on a bearing on on of its vetical side n then surround it by blocks which aren't connected to the suspension then it will create an infinite supply of rotation Power in the direction u turn the bearing

[@spankstergangster2916]

The engine never caused lift, only rotation. The contact point with the ground was the reason it went upwards. It also caused stabalization, which only resists rotation around its axis. These are the only things a suspension glitch can do

[@demonslayer1335]

i just love how he creates every problem e person has trying to create complex/gud suspension and i just love how he class suspension stabilizers and suspension steering engines

[@wytheanderson]

Normal players: wow cool glitch Reid Captain: *science mode activated*

[@wildwyatxbox]

The suspension in this game is like Lord Clang from Space Engineers. It will do as it pleases.

[@Live-Paradox]

im so glad your back into scrap mechanic, thank you!

[@vorteI192]

Reid Captain: "I may not have a brain gentlemen, but I have an idea"

[@Vekkizunt]

who needs a motor when you have glitches lol

[@HugeRacc]

It's been about five years since I've seen a video on Scrap Mechanic it's cool to see all the new stuff they've added.

[@nokodev]

3:13 - You discovered what we call "Suspension Glitch". (I cant spell that good) In the community its really useful such as tank steering.

[@brick_boy0891]

I love to see you building interesting stuff while all me and my friend do is break all of scrap mechanic

[@mixer2.0]

I don't think suspension glitch has any lifting power, it's more like rotating power.

[@NotEvenARealAnimation]

You made a very simple glitch into something very complicated. But fun to watch anyways

[@Zekiraeth]

Medieval engineers trying to invent a flying machine with zero understanding of aerodynamics. Italy, 1487 (colorized)

[@rockco-iv8es]

my guy decided to try and figure out suspension glitches on his own with no prior knowledge of them.

[@dwhackychicken6149]

This works really good in real life! Thx for the tutorial👍

[@datboi3939]

huh?

[@lucasjacobsen4920]

The suspension is a lot more buggy when you add sideways force

[@Ze_Techno]

It's cool you play SM!

[@brandonsquest6440]

I'm curious why you didn't try to use the glitchy hover ones in the shape of the blades to see if they would all work on a single point. Then if you needed more you could do another 4 just above it in a different degree like a more heavy duty helicopter and then spun all of them to create the turning

[@tri99er_]

This is basically clang drives from Space Engineers. But way more complicated it seems. It probably needs a lot of testing and refining to get right.

[@AxlePlaysGames]

Scrap’s physics are so good me and my friend tried to make a flyer in survival. We removed a button that wasn’t connected to anything and the whole base of probably 200,000+ blocks (not even kidding) turned into a slideshow-it was always framey but I’m talking 0.5-1 fps. Every creation glitches into the walls or floors and after extracting them everything welded to the ground including a few vehicles and lots of chests, vanished. We checked Reddit and people had similar, but ours wasn’t even under the world, it was simply gone. Over a year of progress gone

[@Damian-cilr1]

this is why ya make backups for your survival worlds.

[@AxlePlaysGames]

@@Damian-cilr1 we did have backups (or rather, he did) but we decided to stay where we were because it was a lot less laggy and honestly the new base is already better just not quite as overly huge

[@userunfriendly9304]

that back and forth motion on those pistons could be used to power a drive train

[@FoxSock]

its almost as though theyre pistons...

[@userunfriendly9304]

@@FoxSock Indeed

[@NabbyLloyd]

Finally... Theoretical Physics

[@tvnker]

i really like these type of videos. keep up the good work man 👍

[@gazdenroolay]

5:59 "it did sorta seem to work" meanwhile the game is holding onto it's last gasping breath as this mechanism tried to escape the mortal realm

[@Teddymcfartson]

“This is the glitchest game” Gmod: “am I a joke to you?”

[@OverRide100]

He leteraly found out the suspension glich, the most know glich in all of scrap mechanic, ut is used for ato stabilization, tank stearing. But he did it teribly, a proper suspension gilch that can do, what ge wants and sterling is like 6 by 2 by 2. Like it's almost impossible to beat a suspension glich, if your vehicle is in the, It's in the air, nothing u can do about it.

[@gregotox]

he is harnessing the power of the glitches. intended mechanic

[@winterfoxx9851]

Great video, I love the content! I just have one question, what in the hecc happened to your voice?

[@Atomicitalia]

theres a park game called indoorlands that has a full ride builder in it. you can make pretty much whatever you want. letsgameitout played it and i bet you could have a lot of fun with the ride builder. could make or break a lot of stuff. if youre interested def look into it or even watch his vid (posted as a standalone comment just for a better chance of seeing it)

[@rudyplayz20]

You should do a video with @kan gaming

[@colinhuber5903]

Or compete in a multiplayer Monday with @scrapman

[@alessiomarchetti4423]

his line of reasoning sounds an awful lot like mine: doesn't work? try adding more!

[@vectorpacer2063]

in todays episode reid learns sus glitch

[@Jkauppa]

congrats, you made a suspension glitch bro

[@magenta5547]

i love how the devs intentionally kept the suspension glitches for this long

[@michaelcheal6310]

Can you imagine the backlash if they patched it?

[@kaiserwilhelm121]

Talking about something reliable is very unusual in SM

[@marcoowskyy]

Add passive gyroscope. You can find it on workshop.

[@luckylmj]

A suggestion: build an orion drive, in a game of your choice. I feel like that would be really interesting

[@rodrigolefever2426]

He did somethong similar in besiege

[@Garebanaan]

Dayum nice

[@incrediblebat]

harness the chaos

[@SprinterWasNotTaken]

You should try using brick rigs!

[@qubek9116]

Pls we need more scrap mechanic

[@TheVerySleepyCalmGuy]

Imagine using this as a propulsion in the air as an orbital laser:

[@Indrakrn]

It just works

[@flapjack279]

"Today guys we will be figuring out how to make a glitch helicopter, in real life."

[@RizterMeast]

Discovery made: Suspension Glitch

[@BlitzTDM]

A big one though (there are much smaller ones that are as effective)

[@RizterMeast]

@@BlitzTDM yeah

[@leoberbom6817]

Goofy ahhh glitch game💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@ytmysterygames789]

Hi I’m a big fan watching u for 1 year

[@jackr0101]

you should try to make a glitch powered engine in besiege

[@u238productions]

Ima give you a tip. DONT BUILD WITH CONCRETE. Seriously, just dont. The lvl 1 concrete is heavy aswell. You should build with the spaceship block or metal.

[@cablecar3683]

6:04 "Wreird" 💀

[@shidqy0003]

It Seem you discovered the suspension glitch Reid captain

[@aquaticlobster5028]

Good video would again🤝

[@ReidCaptain]

Thanks 💯

[@user-uc8zh5me5u]

It looks like some some scp thing

[@kmo556]

I've tried doing this but it didn't work. I'm surprised it worked!

[@kmo556]

It worked for you I guess?

[@karvast5726]

I refuse to believe reid captain and nile red are not the same person

[@heitorrauberscussiato1110]

Imagine something like this in real life lol

[@kanomanMortal]

Have you ever thought about trying out Garrys Mod with Wire Mod? I think it could have a huge potential

[@creepyhyatt3175]

Yaaaaaaaa

[@HorilkaConsumer]

5:12 "smdbtskh"

[@Tacojohns123]

Pog

[@andrewwilliams1908]

haha funny suspension glitch go brrr

[@dompan9169]

Try bending suspensions.

[@misterdot6923]

yes

[@dumbass2613]

You should try to make a combustion engine in people playground

[@hatandtincup8971]

Horizontal Compression

[@novaenricarter705]

You sound like nile red almost EXACTLY

[@brycegier]

What if you made a walking robot with muscles that contract n stuff 💡💡💡

[@Robonoob_per]

Try stormworks glitches please

[@OctoCubee]

If Reid can Build a helicopter in scrap mechanic I can in Roblox build a boat 😂

[@ahuman5592]

“Thrusters are overrated”

[@idonthaveaname4283]

trying to make it glitch makes it feel less like the 'edutainment' that i normally like about your vids and more like a speedrunning challenge

[@roalif]

the uptalking was a little heavy in this video, kinda hard to listen to

[@zackfnaf7739]

are reid captain and nile red the same person 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@biggernitch]

MORE BESIEGE

[@ragingre4per242]

Is this game glitchy inna fun way or annoying way?

[@dompan9169]

Don’t try to make complex moving mechanisms and you’ll be fine.

[@vuk-1972]

make a hover craft

[@ilovehumongoushonkers]

Gamies

[@kaz49]

:)

[@Charcoal_Champion]

:D

[@joshualischy5713]

kraken drive

[@Mein_zweiter_Kanal]

Hm. Vietnam

[@ArthurMorgan....]

i am groot