The Panjandrum Was An Irredeemable FAILURE of History... SO I BUILT ONE

Welcome to another episode of Scrap Mechanic! Today I am recreating another historical failure. This one is called the Great Panjandrum. It was not great. It was basically a bunch of fireworks strapped to a drum of explosives intended to roll across the battlefield and directly into the enemy fortifications. The only problem is it couldn't reliably roll straight or stay upright. And the fireworks would break off and shoot in all directions.
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[@samsharples2286]

Scrapman: Laughs at the fact they had to draw arrows on the side. Also scrapman: Sends it in the wrong direction.

[@icefirepython]

I think that might actually be the joke.

[@danatoysandjourney]

Yeah

[@a_arthur1293]

these are getting weirder and weirder, and i love it!

[@Pogoed]

Yeah

[@25rupayanbala.2-b8]

Yeah

[@cjslime8847]

Considering I know this failed build I think they are getting more normal

[@a_arthur1293]

@@cjslime8847 tru, but i still think a bomb on wheels is pretty weird

[@glauberglousger6643]

This is relatively mild... Seriously, some of the historical designs were so weird

[@krzysztofkozakiewicz3920]

5:55 this gave me an idea. What about making a challenge course with obstacles like spinning wheels (maybe not that fast) and the first person that crosses the water (falling into water means you have to start from the beginning or eventually checkpoint in the middle) wins? Each of you would make part of the track and at the end you would combine them. Or each of you could make his own track and you would have 3 rounds. With enough obstacles and good difficupty level it could be a cool multiplayer monday video.

[@a_arthur1293]

So like a wipeout style challenge? Sounds amazing!

[@panziemnior9549]

Czemu nie?

[@a_arthur1293]

@@panziemnior9549 co?

[@BoredPenguin539]

What are you doing step panjandrum?

[@Krokmaniak]

10:40 He should have painted arrows showing which way it goes

[@Steve-sp4rx]

If this is the type of stuff Humans were coming up with during WW2, I am 100% convinced that at some point between WW2 and now Aliens shared tech with us. 10:44 ... now we know why they added rotating arrows on the wheels.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

hmmm, not i wanna see alien technology history, how’d they come up with the classic UFO?

[@steeljawX]

I mean, WW2 was the war where the USSR experimented with trying to strap explosives to dogs and train them to "attack" german tanks (yes they tried to make suicide dog bombers.) Only problem was they trained them on Russian tanks so guess where they dogs ran when they felt it was time to get a treat? Also, the US officially, it's in the nation's archives, tested a (I really wish I was joking) "Anti-Tank Rock". . . . It was a rock that was shoved into a tank tread to see if rocks could be used to disable tanks. . . . It didn't work, but it was recorded and archived. This was also the era where something as crazy as skip bombing became a thing. Instead of dive bombing (dropping a bomb from a higher altitude generally down onto a target) the idea was on a body of water to come in at a low angle and the correct speed, drop your specially shaped bomb so that it'll skip across the surface of the water like a rock until it hits a ship or a dam or something else off yonder. We've REALLY come a long way from some really weird ideas.

[@Milamberinx]

A lot of people trying anything they thought of to try to gain some advantage for their countries' war efforts.

[@uelzgeheim6490]

@@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 the nazis build one... the Reichsflugscheibe just couldn't fly, only hover, as it needed a power source heavier than what it can carry XD A problem for future humanity to solve as we can build less heavy powersources now...

[@seanandaya4597]

I like when scrapman builds historical machines, keep it up!

[@dylangardener]

Oh my gosh I actually built a vehicle like this in trail makers, I never knew it was an actual design that I turned into a vehicle, that's really awesome, thank you Scrap man, I'm really enjoying learning some new history🙂👍

[@lanedegener8]

Isn't it basically one of those hoverboards?

[@AgentWest]

I feel that if this was one wheel it would do a lot better. With two any bump knocks it off it's path, but with one it would just jump while staying straight since it is basically a gyroscope. It might also move in an arc instead of straight line because of that, but if it reliably doing so then who cares, it can still be aimed.

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

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[@AgentWest]

@@gengarisnotinsmash... HA! wow Thanks for the like :) By the way, i built this thing as a monowheel and it worked very well.

[@saipranavpalla1467]

I subscribed to you

[@AgentWest]

@John A cylinder would be fairly unstable when spun up, even at high speed. However a disc of the same weight, but larger diameter would have a tendency to self-stabilize. With that said, however, look up dam busters. It was an operation in WW2 that used cylindrical bombs that skipped over the water to their target. They were in fact spun up before being dropped for both stability and to help them skip the water.

[@AgentWest]

@John I suspect that because that cylinder was on water it did not have any hard obstacles that could mess it up. However there is only one true way to see if this works in SM. BRB, testing theory :)

[@TiernanHousman]

Build failure Improve failure. Make failure success. This is a series. And I'm here for it.

[@krzysztofkozakiewicz3920]

2:02 Seems like they made multiplayer monday challenges into reality

[@MrTomato_CZ]

I feel like you should build the Tsar tank since you're getting into the weird stuff

[@nighthawk5120]

hey Scrapman, If you are thinking of continuing with these weird failed weapons then try the VZ-1 Pawnee

[@i_forgor7268]

Its too simple, i wanted scrapman make this too but he willnjust put a seat and hover or maybe put thrusters

[@lechking941]

@@i_forgor7268 its simple BUT the fun is accaly desiging it to LOOK good.

[@i_forgor7268]

@@lechking941 its just like a hover craft

[@nighthawk5120]

@@i_forgor7268 he could figure smthin out but I agree

[@i_forgor7268]

@@nighthawk5120 sorry bro, cuz i do the same as your doing, im suggesting vehicles too, but like when i drop a comment about a suggestion, many ppl always replying to me rejecting my suggestions, im just telling you, you need to find like more bizarre and unique vehicles I alr got rejected like 3 times in a row.......

[@TheChillinCloud]

When that wheel was about to fall on him, I got a video idea for a multiplayer video-- Somome makes shapes in a wall and let it fall on the other 3 people, whoever does not get hit. Wins that round.

[@redman7775]

Build the Tsar Tank next. It's main draw is that it's center of mass is way off and it got stuck in the mud

[@kevinmalhotra4164]

15:00 such a good opportunity for " delayed anilation " missed

[@sdrawkcab.tub.xosehtxoN]

You should turn this into an Olympics Multiplayer Monday. You each design an unmanned explosive weapon, and then see which one is the best in a series of challenges. The Explosive Olympics II. There should be some rules, like no more than 10 explosives, no wheels, no glitches, etc. (Thrusters should be allowed, just not for flight) The challenges should be stuff like: Ten pin bowling, thick wall destruction, long distance hits, uneven terrain / obstacles, explosive radius, reliability, etc.

[@sdrawkcab.tub.xosehtxoN]

I imagine if you didn't make it historically accurate like in this video, it could work.

[@xiChann]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your historical builds, absolutely rad

[@BenjaminGlatt]

"Whatcha doin', Panjandrum?" *SPINNING FURIOUSLY.*

[@jordanverlinden6278]

You should try and make the "strandbeest" in Trailmakers on the new map with the wind physics

[@Hadeks_Marow]

How did he miss the simple solution. . . . ? REDUCE THRUST! This thing wants to go in the air because the upwards thrust is more than weight of the creation. Because it's bumpy it's going to bounce. Due to that, you get wheel slip. What this means is reducing turning speed won't actually reduce the speed it moves by.

[@dakota48]

Really enjoying this historical series.

[@KnutKungen]

I love when you build weird real life machines in Scrap Mechanic. You should build a tsar tank

[@Trailmaker.]

So cool to see one of my favorite KZbinrs making my favorite historical weapon. I haven't seen anything about major this since the Mythbusters made one

[@jaunusender6166]

Your hypothetical at almost a minute in happened a few times; mistimed fuses, improperly packed powders, and catching on the rails come to mind.

[@viscous8909]

Scrapman: makes a joke about them putting arrows on it Also Scrapman: puts it backwards several times

[@casketrace6087]

Loving the new “learning with scrapman” series

[@theturtlegoat1827]

If you want failed flying machines, then the W.Pitts Sky Car is the funniest thing ever lol.

[@dericknewton9552]

Dear scrapman, I noticed that you are going with a cool and interesting military weapons style so far and I would love to see you make a bouncing bomb dambuster. This was a very interesting invention made in Britain where they spun a explosive Barrel at rapid speeds from an airplane and dropped it into a river were it bounced into a german dam and exploded.

[@dericknewton9552]

This was know as Operation Chastise kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHrNfHyljL-ZjJo

[@B1G.H]

It's funny, The only KZbinr that In his videos I go back at least 10 times to see a scene and im laughing all the 10 times.

[@onixbomb3611]

If you are going for spherical wepons You should try the kugelpanzer spherical tank created in ww2 for scouting

[@imahotdog1000]

so happy when i start the days new video... so sad when its over... so excited for tomorrows

[@wybewestra7050]

The comedic timing with the music is well done :D

[@ThatDomGuy]

Maybe someone has suggested this already but, you could put the suspension on the outside of the wheels on a 45 degree angle, with a smaller wheel or weight on the end. To prevent it from being able to lean left or right. Training wheels basically:) Nice work:)

[@mr.alienman23]

Thank you for building this

[@SentinelOfficial141]

Stuff to make: 1.Kettenkrad 2.Antinov A-40 Flying tank 3.The Gustav 4.Zveno-SPB 5.Focke-Achgelis Fa-223 Drache

[@cinderblocktreehouse]

Yesss!

[@SentinelOfficial141]

@@cinderblocktreehouse Yes Indeed.

[@Fantaman900]

It will probably work better with a single wheel in the middle. Because wheels on the outside have lot's of leverage to turn it.

[@michaloskyyy]

2:57 the dog was not chasing this, that thing chase the dog 😅😂😂

[@notonlyhuman6073]

Loving this series! XD

[@Space_Mann21]

I have an idea for a video. How about you try to recreate a robot from generation zero, but in scrap mechanic? Awesome job on this new series, by the way👍

[@FastForwardPlans]

Its actually kind of amazing how many of these concepts work about as well as they did in real life.

[@itstalon2939]

Already on the first image that gets shown I can see at the top “and generals running for their lives” this is going to be epic already

[@gamersgottogame6839]

This is great this should be a series I think

[@NerdyZerk]

i’ve been watching since 2017, loving your content

[@gijsvandenberghe8580]

please start another series like the Futuristic Military base, The Suspended Mountain base or the Medival Fantasy World!!!

[@ILEFTCAPS0N]

You could have added "training wheels" to keep it oriented right and sensors to a thingy so it explodes when it detects a certain color?

[@adamkalwasinski7130]

They actually used a form of training wheels on the original at some point

[@user-zj8iq5ch3i]

Scrapman- That was a goood one!!!!! That was a good one!!! Me- That was the only one that worked out of 999999999 attempts. 10:10

[@Pystro]

I think the problem with it tilting up onto its side is that it's too wide. I remember form my basic mechanics class that there's basically only 2 ways to have something spin and stay stable. Around the "longest" dimension and around the "shortest" dimension. And one of those ways is not stable if you can loose rotational energy. I think spinning around the shortest axis is the way that is stable against energy loss. I'm not 100% sure that the types of energy loss applicable to this theory include contact with the ground, but it could be worth a try. (I remember that there was some sausage-shaped satellite that was supposed to spin around its long axis, but they put flexible antennas on it which dissipated energy. That thing started tumbling around and was unusable.)

[@leoo3oo768]

I really enjoy this New type of videos

[@2vectors708]

I think adding cabre to the wheels would have helped it stay level, part of the problem is that it has no top or bottom

[@blackoak4978]

There's a thing with spinning objects to do with their dimensions that gives them a preferred alignment. I think that's the problem here. I don't remember the specifics, but Matt on Stand Up Maths does an episode on it. I think you should try playing around with the diameter to width ratio to see if it makes a difference to the stability of the wheel

[@Bentheredonethat-uu8ry]

I recomended he do the panjandrum a few weeks ago Im so happy he reads the comments!

[@WungerPlays]

Next video for SM Workshop Hunters "We searched "bird" on the workshop for feathers and flight!"

[@NovaAge]

idea: put a wheelie bar on the back in order to let it jump, make pointless beeping sounds, be able to scan the enemy and draw a 3d marker into your retina and strafe using only 2 omnidirectional wheels.

[@sirglitch9537]

I just got a idea for this thing so use a senser and a piston so when it hits the wall, the piston pushes and/or contracts in some way in order to make it explode easier on empact

[@con6545]

Love dis typa content!

[@SecureGM]

To keep the explosives leveled you do not need suspension glitches, you can just use a heavy disc spinning in the plane parallel to the ground.

[@jeimasuta_v598]

Yes keep giving history lessons

[@Ceres_5]

Yay! My build idea came to life!

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

it’s not a failing, it’s just adding to the historical testing accuracy

[@lanky3]

Hi persun

[@rebel6301]

REST IN PEACE: Scrapman Killed by a falling Pandandrum wheel. He is expected to be back in action within 2-3 business days.

[@unclem4626]

So much gyroscope action! John from a comment below mentioned a mono-wheel worked much better. Or, try some cantilevered weights extending away from the hubs.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

14:55 *two panjandrums give up on their purpose and break dance while a depressed one is walking into wall all while a showoff panjandrum by doing tricks*

[@jadesaber99]

You could make a stand that will let it spin up and give it a small push to get it started it could help it make it more stable as it rolls

[@bjorn-e.t.6198]

Maybe make the thrusters a bit less powefull so the lift they Provide as they are Pointen sthraigt down is less so it does not want to get up onto one side Super nice Video i love this series

[@nukeduke7018]

Thx srapman to make my day better.

[@nukeduke7018]

All so im sick

[@Taloth1969]

In the historical footage that you showed, they had legs hanging backwards behind it. I assume to try and help stabalize it. Maybe if you added the legs but put more weight on them to drag behind, it might add more stability to it?? Worth trying anyway :)

[@anonymouscoward7559]

Yea i noticed that to. a couple anchors would slow it and improve it's control. Then it would be only very unsafe.

[@StudiousFerret]

i love the previos one is spinning like a top at 13:05

[@Zacian2.0]

Scrapman's new motto? "Fix history's mistakes in videogames"

[@tamihannaway5518]

If you look at the old testing videos you will see that it had little things on the side to stabilize it but it tilted on the water because the stabilizers couldn't push against the ground to stabilize it.

[@chastethompson1086]

This was beautiful.

[@toast3111]

I'm thinking that a realistic improvement might be reducing the thruster power. From the horn experiment, it looked like the payload was experiencing a lot of torque. Especially since you're using wheels that aren't exactly round, and made out a material that lacks the same kind of grip that tires have, the reduced power might give it the traction it needs.

[@qwertymcenglish4825]

You should try to make a sailboat that stabilizes using a hiking system in Trail Makers. #38

[@Electrodoc1968]

Yes, Indeed. If they had Scrap Mechanic to help design and test their Physically built contraptions.. I imagine some guy running out of the design tent waving a recent Technical drawing printout and shouting.. "Guys we haven't added the two opposing suspension pieces welded together for stability and control to the centre of the build, As clearly stated on this CAD print out.. LOL.

[@Why253]

Scrap man i was impressed with this build and so I built it in trailmakers I am 70 percent sure it’s better but you well decide that

[@mko7904]

Like this series keep it up

[@IAmToyflish]

i love that new style of video with the hystorical analysis of useless inventions :D

[@ramanagrawal1183]

Making the wheels heavier and the explosives lighter would work much better I think.

[@DreadEnder]

YEEESSSSSSSSS THANKS FOR DOING MY SUGGESTION

[@supportwaifu]

I think one thing was missed to try; In the historical videos there seemed to be a version that had poles that dragged along the ground to prevent it from spinning onto its side(?)

[@Bigdumo714]

you should make the Blackburn Botha which apparently was pressed into service in three different roles and failed in every one.

[@ProtoHadron]

1:49 The Spectacular Panjandrum: hits small rock. also The Spectacular Panjandrum: SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED

[@superiorband07]

I don't remember what it was called, but in ww2 there was a Parachute Replacement that had the payload on a platform that had thrusters on all four corners so that it could be dropped and it would turn on the thrusters just before it hit the ground. (It didn't work very well in case you were wondering)

[@superiorband07]

It was pretty explosive, if memory serves

[@-user_redacted-]

"I don't know how incompetent these people were" Incompetent enough to make this deathmachine, clearly.

[@adventlegofan1611]

This thing walked so missiles could run

[@mr_ufks1634]

Hey scrapman u need to try building Voith-Schneider-Flieger 24 in trail makers

[@mimomusic9558]

Scrapman haw about making a multiplayer Monday from this... Create your own susidal drones and send it to destroy your opponent's wall and may be a flag.

[@PHLY_MojoGOLD]

Love these

[@Dhaiwon]

You should try a single-centered-wheel version and see if that makes it more stable

[@0desumilde11]

I think you should put a wheely bar at it, an some sensors at the front, so it explodes when it sees the wall, and maybe the wheely bar would keep it straightish?

[@TheBananaMan4321]

Multuplayer Monday idea: you build walkers in scrap mechanic (just use the plantigrade machine) and see who can make the best one

[@ThatOneTechy]

0:34 Also known as "One of the first things you would probably build in scrap mechanic"

[@CraftingCat_IX]

@Scrapman you could use color detecting sensors to detonate the thing

[@ExaltedDuck]

idea: use logic gates so that the rockets are off until the main switch is flipped, but then always on once they lose contact with the main switch

[@complexcanvas3825]

Saw this and went heck yeah

[@elspiderxdo6794]

Hey Scrapman you should create a category for this kind of videos, something like "Scraping History"

[@argus2244]

If you find a way to have both wheels connected to each other and still rotate without disturbing the bombs. Instead of the wheels being 2 separate pieces, it might stabilize the creation more. I noticed that while the wheels were rotating at the same speed they were not rotating in unison. That could be part of the problem. I don't really know I am not an engineer.

[@wayworner]

8:13 I originally heard this as “ o no wat doing!”

[@lyo6200]

MAKE THIS IN TRAILMAKERS!!! That way it will actually destroy the wheels and have more chance of hitting the target!

[@Glizzy_Gobbler549]

I love the old failed designs

[@RobiBue]

@SM, instead of igniting all the thrusters at the same time, how about only using the ones at the top (using a sensor opposite checking the distance to the ground…)that way, the wheel only has “forward momentum” instead of also powering it towards the back… I know, it makes the wheel turn, but it destabilizes it at the same time… at least that’s what I think…