This Real VTOL Concept Was So Bad They Gave Up... SO I MADE ONE!

Welcome to another episode of Trailmakers! Today I am attempting to recreate a failed VTOL concept known as the Grumman G-674 Nutcracker. It was a plane that had a folding fuselage allowing the tail to fold down 90 degrees from the cockpit, along with the engines. It was then intended to be able to hover in the position to vertically take off and land. Even at face value, it's questionable how good of an idea this was, but it's even worse than I had imagined.
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[@anthonystahl8996]

You , going through this, with the scrapman comb, is honestly, the best.

[@sirpanda5962]

the nutcracker is embodiment of how childishly creative grown ups can be xD

[@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132]

I feel like if a bird and a plane merged into one . . . this seriosly messed up aircaft could be it

[@jimmymaxz]

well it was probably made for aircraft carriers to save space on it keep in mind that back then vtol was a new concept

[@brrrrrr]

W- well y- you see it would fold like a nut cracker. what? W- well it's gonna land on a folding landing pad This was probably how it went

[@thatguy5699]

I have a request scrapman, it's the 'praying mantis' tank, I think it was supposed to raise it's turret up so it can shoot from behind a wall,you can do more research for clear info

[@locke_ytb]

After some researching, I think it's worthy for Scrapman's attention. Not too overcomplicated, simple in concept, could be upgraded by Scrapman.

[@roningaming8238]

@@locke_ytb lol, I literally saw this after I posted a comment about this same tank. great minds think alike.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

simple yet practical, my favorite

[@anzion1037]

It got heartEd, it's getting made

[@PNPPLPRSMPLS]

GET THIS TO THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

quality content + history lesson + interesting creations + scrapman = yes

[@nixyndixy9431]

nah, I think you just wrote the equation for entertainment

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

@@nixyndixy9431 any can be entertaining, but scrapman is the most (imo)

[@kosuuqwk]

Quality content + history lesson + interesting creation = ScrapMan

[@ayushkumar-dh7ef]

Trailmakers+Scarp machine+quality content+history lesson +interesting creations +Scarp man=Ultimate Scarp man videos

[@Racetta]

Yes

[@arthurting1857]

Imagin manning the AA turret, you're told something is being picked up from the east, you look over, and you see a squadron of T-posing jets approaching, you freeze up unsure if it's the ridiculousness of the situation or the dominance asserted by the plane

[@glauberglousger6643]

I’d end up thinking they’re giant insects... That would be quite effective paintjob

[@brrrrrr]

@@glauberglousger6643 that's terrifying

[@buggy730]

I would shoot myself if I saw this

[@Silverauren]

All of them parking in a bridge like bats sleeping

[@chettiarsirusraj9501]

Hey, Scrapman this creation reminds me of a Humming trying to use its long beak to drink nectar from flowers and it feels more like it when you count in the boom arm and the special landing pad made for it altogether.

[@xkagamex1064]

When the landing mechanism is acalled a “boom arm” things are guaranteed to go wrong

[@manmeh4r]

hehe plane go boom boom

[@RedFissionStudios]

ScrapMan's videos are just the best, he has a really good production quality, he has a great personality and there is so much more but I am not here to write an essay. I just want to congratulate ScrapMan on becoming one of the best youtubers of all time, if not the best youtuber of all time. In my opinion he deserves to have over 10 million subscribers.

[@armarm4504]

True

[@jadenrhys_4987]

YES, i’ve been waiting for this!!

[@Dxniel09]

you play plane crazy?

[@jadenrhys_4987]

@@Dxniel09 yes

[@Dxniel09]

@@jadenrhys_4987 cnxrw.

[@filippachta1201]

I love the "failed inventions" videos!

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

petitions for scrap to get his own gaming history TV show XD

[@m.l.pointless9903]

Thank you for starting to make videos in trailmakers - i love it!

[@Pluspython]

Hey scrap man, thank you for choosing my idea, I didn’t really expect you to choose my idea, I also thank found and explained for giving me the inspiration to ask you that.

[@devastation2005]

I’ve got three ideas. All of them have been built but never got past the testing phase. They are called tail sitters, rotodyne, and ekronoplan. You can find some good sources of it, including on a KZbin channel named “Mustard” which was how I found them. It should be fun to see.

[@omegafalconoriginal]

actually if looked at from the aircraft carrier view it makes perfect sense as you could land launch these off the sides of ships not just carriers. could also hug buildings most ships and buildings could be adapted by adding 3 small platforms specifically for the lander gear instead of having full Heli pads installed i can see the money saving aspect if it hat actually flown and worked.

[@tropicalvikingcreations]

Wow impressive. I honestly was already starting to give up on this being viable after seeing the model version. This is very interesting that you were able to get this to react so stably as well as the control method they chose. Personally I feel like with some central venting ports facing forwards and backwards from a turbine, this could be somewhat viable for a drone with current technology and calculation speed. However idk about on a boat, any sort of strong gusts to contend with and this wouldn't be able to launch or land / dock. VTOL would present way too unstable a surface for any sort of flight. Easy way to test or show an example of this would be to take it into the high seas, and put it in Vtol, you don't even need to try any manoeuvres, it's just going to flip all over the place probably. Love this sort of technical engineering from the past series of videos and creations.

[@shwellava]

You could make a Cyclocopter?

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

*Cyclotech VTOL*

[@rox2225]

Or a skatopticor

[@xkagamex1064]

I love it when you research these things and build them in trailmakers or scrap mechanic its very entertaining to see you keep essentially saying BUT WAIT THERES MORE since you now have become the most knowledgeable person in the world on some random failure XD

[@Sh00ming]

Super enjoying this series. Really inte1resting concept and rather well executed. Good effort, good sir

[@kingofbento64j.h.20]

Love your videos man! I work 6 days a week 11 hours a day no cap, you get me thru it most of the time! So thank you for making such awesome content!

[@foxracerdrew]

A build suggestion, the "Aerotrain". It's supposed to hover but not like the Japanese maglev trains.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

:o

[@Jengamouse]

you should try making the christmas bullet - a biplane which was supposed to flap it's wings like a bird

[@lavaleopard2961]

M270 MLRS rocket artillery. You may even be able to make it in instruments of destruction, though it would be easier in trailmakers or heck even scrap mechanic

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

yes

[@DistantWaterFarms]

Doesn't he only build interesting and quirky stuff? At least for now he does so i don't think he'll build it.

[@DistantWaterFarms]

@@nikkiofthevalley it's cool but it doesn't have any quirky ideas like the thing that is shown in this video

[@Demon_Eradicator]

Inspector: how are you supposed to land Creater: Haven’t ever thought about that Best advise ever to receive

[@Shadeslayer432]

i had a feeling this one was only a matter of time to be made since i learned about it last week lol

[@dantheveganman]

it so neat to see these machines recrated, and learn about them and why it failed

[@vex3488]

This made me wanna rewatch Planes for some reason.

[@darealkosmo]

damn, I was building this for tomorrow lol, guess I’ll throw that one in the trash as well xD

[@wyrdean_9649]

Would still love to see your take on it :)

[@Ivan.A.Churlyuski]

4:38 the V-22 Osprey is kind of an airliner.. not civilian, but it’s a transport VTOL of troops and equipment.

[@TheKamiBunny]

If you think about it, the rotating exhaust hood thing of a F35 is similar in concept, although it'd got a secondary lift fan in its mid section to help its stability and lift.

[@anthonystahl8996]

It's a bird, it's a plane, nope it's scrapman, DUCK, loving it brother lol

[@Ivantober]

scrapman sead it wrong scrapman should say i will tank this creator for giving me a good content

[@pjamestx]

Wonder if this inspired Robotech/Macross... 🤔 Great job on another build!!

[@hawkeye2b715]

Amazing series, love the content You should build the Lockheed flatbed, its a plane that is "pickup truck"

[@Masafu2000]

This thing reminds me of the Dragonflies in Black Panther… maybe that’s where they got the inspiration for their vertical takeoff sequence

[@lepels]

The music when you finally managed was epic.

[@AresEverett]

I really enjoy watching these historical failures!

[@JustanOlGuy]

How different a world it would be. Thanks fer the link, My Dad had subscriptions to the Popular(Science, Mechanics) series of magazines.

[@shiny4984]

Failed war creations are cool and all, but it would be really cool for you to try to build the arctic snow cruiser, a HUGE truck that was made to... Well... Cruise trough the arctic and it have a mini bi-plane to aid in recon or help stranded expeditioners, if failed for so many reason, it was abandoned somewhere for so long, it got covered in snow and NOBODY KNOWS WHERE IT ENDED UP, so that's a pretty good title too: "This arctic snow cruiser was so flawed, it got abandoned and nobody know where it ended up"

[@thenight8796-c2j]

16:50 Scrapman getting "historically" streesed

[@josefranco7186]

And in this day we have the V 22 Osprey, An aircraft that accomplish this by combining a helicopter with a plane, of course by only moving its propellers.

[@nunya5352]

Looks more like a hummingbird than a nutcracker. I'm wonder why Son of Nutcracker wasn't build since it's basically a V-22 Osprey.

[@FoundAndExplained]

I did a full video on it on my channel

[@RexxyBooy]

Scrap man the best Channel for history of machines

[@sheep7930]

If you're looking for more unique aircrafts to replicate you should look at the VZ-9AV Avrocar or the LTV XC-142, both are experimental VTOLs

[@sparking023]

More 8 minutes of Scrapman dissing the ingenious naivety of the engineers of old. Loving the historical rebuilds

[@nonyabissniss7526]

I learned more about practical engineering in this channel than in uni.

[@wyrdean_9649]

Honestly, considering you're not a fighter jet pilot, this seems very practical for all that you bashed it, it seems to work great

[@lightningjzr]

Hey scrapman if you use the liner chrome extension it will make your life much easier for searching things.

[@adventlegofan1611]

You should try to make another failed vtol called the pogo aircraft

[@Person-xl6bj]

can you do a make a car challenge that has assistance features built-in with your multiplayer friends? You can go for any assistance feature but i suggest you go for a mid-air assistance that allows for smooth and no-damage landing

[@mystlcgreatness]

You can check out the KZbin channel found and explained because he provides quite a lot of information about old plane designs that were weird or couldn’t be built and u could get a bunch of ideas

[@BLKBRDSR71]

Son of Nutcracker: Concept ScrapMan: "This never made it past the design stage". V-22 Osprey: Am I a joke to you?

[@bestmeme8902]

you should revisit this one but build a platform that folds flat or 90 degrees to take off with

[@nehemiahsstuff]

Thank you for making this video! 🙂

[@Kronholio]

This would be a rather cool albeit still nonsensical concept for some kind of alien (star)fighter. I imagine huge carrier vessels with entire swarms of those fighters perching on rows of those 90° racks like giant insects....

[@syndican_]

WOOO MORE FALIURES AND WEIRD STUFF FROM HISTORY IN VIDEOGAMES!!!!

[@bballplayer5555]

Just totally ignored the whole torque imbalance lol. There is no way the thrust lines up with the center of mass in the hinged position.

[@Turquoised]

In my opinion as shown on 7:29 that the jet/engine/thruster is right in front of the wing and tail so I think that’s why scrap man ignored it? Edit I just finished watching the vid and he did exactly what you said in the comment

[@QuirkyView]

What I've gathered from this is that for military this thing would be awful but for stunt flying this thing would be incredible

[@brianshea2515]

After seeing this, I'd love to see a build of a 1980s Starscream toy.

[@DeadBread.]

This video got me thinking. Could you make a tiltrotor aircraft, like the Boeing V 22 Osprey, Bell V 247 or XV3? I think it'd be cool to see those aircraft in Trailmakers

[@seeker1795]

He's already built a v-22 a while back

[@murdermystery7039]

Ideas:build a Lun(project 903) it's a military sea plane that never use it on wars .It might be harder to build it bc the thrusters has to put on the cockpit.

[@Firebuck]

Thrusters on the cockpit? What could go wrong!? 😆

[@MikeyJay69]

4:33 I googled Ben Kocivar and he was born on the 13th April 1916 so would be almost 106 years old if he's still alive.

[@devonp4057]

If it took that many tries, imagine they are testing this with people, how many lives just fly away

[@kamrokosz1600]

i never even realized this is what the dragon fly plane that was in black panther!!

[@nonexistenthuman2251]

Someone probably already said this but if just the engines were on a gimbal (like the v22 osprey) i feel like it would have had a much better chance at success Edit: oh look scrapman himself said it Edit 2: oh look the engineers said it too

[@hfpewe7872]

Oh hey scrapman never gives up and never lets down

[@benlabuda3640]

I just played the song in the background at 4:20 at a concert 2 days ago. Funny coincidence!

[@FruitJuice92]

Hi Scrapman I really love this serie... But as real ingineer I have to say that I struggle every time you bring us one more wierd failure project 😣 how can a man imagine such complex and crazy ideas 😂 I mean my purpose everytime I start a new blueprint is make it simple

[@whizkidbricks9740]

Can you do a screw drive vehicle in trailmakers?

[@PainApple96]

you should upload those to the workshop and make a viewer contest to make them better!!! YOU SHOULD ALSO CHECK OUT THE "Cierva C.4"

[@BoneKrusher]

You should try the old concepts and planes like this with the new updated airborn parts and tweaks. See if it is easier or harder to make/controll.

[@Mr_chopp_chopp]

That’s exactly what I was just thinking, I went to newest comments to find this, too (scrap man should pin)

[@loudstone9193]

Son: Mom can we get an Osprey Mom: No we have an Osprey at home The Osprey at home

[@boxsterpontus]

It's similar to a tail-sitter. A drone/plane with rotors and wings that lands on it's tail. The tail-sitter is an actual good idea and they work very well.

[@endertgyjvcvcdfg]

The magazine looks like something you would see in Fallout.

[@nathanbarraud4349]

You should try to build the Parnall Peto and the HMS M2, it was a aircraft carrier submarine !

[@ianbrooksher1371]

I just realized that the one where only the thrusters turn was the inspiration for the V22 Osprey

[@xxkingbravoxx7684]

That second plane you showed looked really close to the Osprey so that's probably what lead into it I'm guessing

[@eframvass1060]

This just looks like a semi-normal plane T-posing to assert dominance

[@Twisted1409]

I believe the Harrier is the first capable VTOL but was replaced by the joint strike force!.

[@Seeker_903]

Lol you should’ve added that interstellar docking song when you were trying to get it up onto the bridge on the last try.

[@eidolor]

Son of Nut became the harrier, they’re perfect for ships without runways but the powerful jets damage the deck

[@daytopotato8613]

I heard the blunderbirds intro, im ready

[@coreymorse1347]

Matching the thruster position when folded to the model probably would have gone a long way toward fixing the center of thrust issue. Notice how they are mostly ahead of the wings while yours is behind the wings.

[@somerandomkid4088]

This guy should do a satisfactory playthrough

[@waltzerboi00]

Can you try and make the Hawker Siddeley V/STOL

[@Ender_M4n_]

The plane when folded has the posture of COME AT ME BRO

[@willbgm5x5]

I just realized that your intro song reminds me of DanTDM's intro song I mean this in the BEST way!

[@petersage5157]

I'd love to see you attempt to build any successful VTOL aircraft (Osprey, Harrier, whatever) in one of your vijeos. See if a gamer can overcome game physics challenges that have actually been solved in the real world.

[@sowophlia]

I think he did make an osprey, saying that i believe it was about 2yrs ago when the physics were far different, but it would be interesting to see him make a harrier or f35

[@boltgaming5582]

you should do the son of nutcraker as well, that would be cool too

[@tbuk8350]

Honestly, with modern technology, I think this could work. Using gyroscopes and accelerometers, you could make the tail auto-control in VTOL mode so you can stay level without having to do anything, and then you can potentially use cameras and vision systems (reflective tape on landing pad probably), to detect where the landing pad is and how far away it is, and then make the landing.

[@Travminer123]

Tbh its a cool concept, imagine seeing a jet just hover there in that position looking at you

[@zalto5619]

Could you try building an AD-1 Oblique Wing or a Convair XFY-1 Pogo? I think both would be very interesting and I would like to see you would make them work. Great video as always, keep it like that!

[@DeadBread.]

I just looked it up, and yeah, the Pogo would be pretty funny to see scrap try and land it. Also the Oblique Wing looks like a crash waiting to happen

[@lechking941]

i hope to god its on the workshop because i WANT IT!

[@TypeZeta2]

I recommend the Heinkel Wespe and Lerche WW2 VTOL Concepts another is the focke-Wulf VTOL called the Focke Rochen

[@Dnh-Bear]

Bruh I just watched a video about this v tol thing last night, and now your building it 😀

[@marluna_x]

it looks like a gun where you can rotate the barrel down to reload, but as a plane

[@redpug5042]

i tried making this in Stormworks but ended up realizing that it was basically impossible for it to fly with the wonkyness of hinges and stuff

[@turnedwheat2013]

Good job Scrap Man you made it on there

[@exon0644]

I wonder if modern designers of unique vehicle concepts use simulation games to test out vehicles and see if they are total failures or not. Maybe ones with more... advanced physics than Trailmakers, shall we say.

[@CaptainBara]

Hey Scrapman, you should try to make a Blackbird Vehicle in Trailmakers: High Seas. I would love to see you try that… day 3

[@Null_IMP]

cant wait when i see video 100 of failed inventions and guess what, ill watch em all