This Failed Flying Car Was Supposed To Be Our Future... SO I BUILT ONE!

[@markjacobson4248]

I actually do have some minor aerospace engineering experience, and to be honest... this seems like an actually fairly sensible design. There definitely could be something I'm missing, but it seems like it would be something that, with some computer automation, would actually be relatively easy to control. It's effectively a quadcopter during take-off, and then transitions to have some vertical lift which allows more efficient use of the thrust than staying in a quadcopter configuration. It seems pretty feasible to me. Still impractical though just on the fact that actually flying a plane is sort of the easy part of the things involved in flying a plane, so a somewhat easier to fly plane would not really make things a lot more regular consumer-accessible. They would still need a lot of training.

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

Yep, the problem of flying cars is not that we don't have the technology, is that we don't have the Ai to drive them, because if we let humans do it, "car" crashes will skyrocket

[@jadenterry183]

your verry smart

[@missilemadness6833]

To be honest I was more interested in this comment than the video

[@DeadBread.]

@@alessiobenvenuto5159 "SKYrocket"

[@schnorrichs3044]

Thank you very much, as I've heard what he said I was quite irritated and frustrated. In the Original you btw also see that the front propellers are angled more upwards than the back propellers.

[@1mariomaniac]

I noticed in the animation that the SkyCar seemed to use VTOL mode until it's at proper altitude, after which it transitions to horizontal flight for cruising at THAT altitude, I don't think it was really meant to gain too much altitude in that mode.

[@gizmo557]

I just remembered your channel and i am absolutely obsessed with it! i hope you make more multiplayer videos with your awesome friends, man, you're lucky for having them! I will support you from now on mate!

[@Tekapeel]

I don't know how or why I arrived here working from home and getting excited like a small boy to see SMs daily upload, but here we are. The thumbnail for this one looks so good!

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

lol yea

[@ioi88]

I remember reading that the ducts themselves provided most of the lift during forward flight. The wing was mostly for control and did not provide much of the lift during forward flight. It used elevons for control like a flying wing. You should have added small wing pieces to the ducts.

[@codygaming181]

I was gonna say, in the irl video it shows that the intake are not 90 degrees when taking off, and at a part of the animation it shows that the rear of the duct is not horizontal, but slightly angled showing it still used the thrust to have lift.

[@jjrneptune]

I think this whole series would be great to revisit after the airborne update, like seeing jets on this instead of props

[@thesailsguy]

i was about to comment that i was watching him as usual and i realized that i missed a bunch of his vids from this series wtich was my fav so i watched the "1920 sky car" one and saw this one and i was like wow he should really redo

[@krumm7917]

Do Stridsvagn 103. This is a tank without a turret, and the gun is fixed in the body and does not move. Hydraulic suspension is used for vertical aiming.

[@altpanic6794]

a tank that is truly wedge gang approved

[@jasonmyboi8792]

Ohhh yasssss , I'm a world of tank player

[@krumm7917]

@@jasonmyboi8792, Strv 103 It's not a tank destroyer, it's a main battle tank, just without turret.

[@flak8857]

and he also played with it in teardown

[@wol_x]

Stridsvagn 103* Also im swedish and its a really intressting tank

[@Hlebuw3k]

this is the problem with the old "Future" stuff, they expected it to look cool, but since they didnt know how it would work, they left no space for actual functuanality. i bet this thing would not have enough fuel to fly for an hour.

[@daanoffline5716]

4 combustion turbojet engines take metric tons of fuel, you really only need 1 or 2 and direct thrust downwards, even STOL is much more efficient.

[@markjacobson4248]

I actually suspect that, if it were completed, it could go a lot longer than that. It would certainly be less efficient than a regular light airplane, but it's pretty typical for a 4-seat general aviation plane to be able to fly for 3-5 hours with full cargo weight limit, and get a range of 300+ miles. Nicer ones can exceed 500 miles on a tank with about 500-600 pound total carrying capacity while fully fueled. Of course, these planes run a cool $250,000+ price tag. Back of the envelope type calculations, but I think it would be reasonable for this concept to get at least half that range with the same carrying capacity. Edit: Removed incorrect musings about engine type and all.

[@markjacobson4248]

@@daanoffline5716 the original design isn't for turbojets. They're just ducted propellers. This is actually a perfect choice for this type of system, as they're more efficient at lower speeds and lower altitude than turbojets or turbofans are. It's why still to this day brand new planes with only a few passenger capacity are propeller planes.

[@discoadri633]

skycar m400 was apparently supposed to be able to fly for 6 hours tho

[@DeadBread.]

@@discoadri633 that is still shorter than a school day for kids in the US, which is 8-9 hours Source: Me (still in middle school)

[@BLKBRDSR71]

You should check out the VZ-9 Avrocar. The worlds first (and only) "official" flying saucer.

[@CoPoint]

First, probably yes. But the predecessor of this one, the original Moller M200 (now named Neuera 200, according to their homepage), looked just like the cliché of a flying saucer, too: pilot (+ passenger, if any) in the center, under a 'fish bowl' canopy, eight props in a circle blowing their air flow downwards through the 'saucer'... Only concession to reality: a fin sticking up behind the pilot, to keep it flying somewhat straight ahead in forward mode...

[@vonknorring09]

Flying sauce

[@BLKBRDSR71]

@@CoPoint I forgot all about that one. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@CoPoint]

@@BLKBRDSR71 No problem - was just wondering a bit why the 'little brother' didn't get at least a short mention in the video, as it looked so much like the proverbial saucer... seemed like a missed opportunity 😁...

[@ja60123]

@@CoPoint I believe he built this to test his idea of using compound fans driven by Wankel type rotary engines

[@Shadow850l.]

Inventions back in the day were hilarious

[@matthewanderson6546]

Except the medical one's

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

the expectations were just never met

[@hgd_hanylovely7544]

Only just because we back in the day were more creative

[@florencejohn7630]

The enventions In the 80s and 90s Is a good idea but bad at the same time. Overall are hilarious to

[@Sh00ming]

I am loving this series. "Scrapman finds and fixes obscure designs". It is proving to be a genius decision

[@hraefn1821]

I remember when this thing was hot news and everyone was hyped thinking it was gonna be available in a couple years, replacing ALL cars...even as a child I took one look at it and said, "that thing's gonna fail..." and like you my first thought was, "this is a private aircraft but WORSE..."

[@whiskersthespy]

The airborne update would be really good for this creation

[@thesailsguy]

yes

[@YF-Waifu]

Another real life recreation you should make is the Me P1109. This was a success design but had a very interesting design... you'll see why. It was a jet powered bi-plane that angle its wings oppositely to reduce drag at high speeds.

[@peterpanDK]

The control of the aircraft is coming from the engines tilting, I've actually planned to make something alike this plane/car in stormworks

[@humblehumbug]

Hi Scrapman, have you ever tried Kerbal Space Program? I think it could become a staple of the channel!

[@shinyguy3766]

Bump

[@flak8857]

im not that sure if all the viewers would like it, but amazing idea and im not sure if he can do it that easily

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

“we should be in the future by now” and i should be done with 200 more things

[@Vessekx]

If you watch the takeoff/landing videos again, I’m fairly certain the front fans were ducted with redirection of thrust to counteract the lack of forward lifting surfaces. You could probably get this to work without the added wing segments between the engine pods and the ‘car’.

[@keevagrace8695]

Scrap man I have amazing idea for videos that go along with recreating historic vehicles. My idea is picking successful or failed vehicles and recreate them and make them modern or futuristic.

[@Steamboat72]

I watched one of your videos a couple years back after watching Neebs Gaming play scrap mechanic, you came back into my feed and I am so glad you did. Your videos are top tier. I love the videos where you recreate old machines the most, but all your content is consistent and good. Also, your problem solving skills are insane.

[@Steamboat72]

You my friend made an incredible machine. I am awestruck at both the looks and the fact it functions perfectly.

[@finnmarsh3956]

When building propellor thongs like these, use pistons to pull the propellor down into the tube thing. It doesn't have collision on the blades, just the 2 by 1 block at the bottom. Using this you can also kinda merge more than one propellor , when before you couldn't because of the hitbox

[@luca-bk5sg]

You should buld the Klein Vision Flying Car it trasforms from a plane to a car

[@duskblau486]

The concept art reminds me of the Raptor Electric Private Aircraft by Peter Muller in the Raptor Aircraft concept project.(it's a chonk blue plane with 3 ducted propellers) and I think that would be a fun one to build in Scrap Mechanic or Trailmakers.

[@ja60123]

The front engines had a ducting apparatus that split the thrust for elevon/aileron roll control. I can only explain it as a sort of bendy Venetian blind slats that were to be fly by wire type controlled. But during vertical and hover the nacelles tilted then transitioned to horizontal flight

[@nick1591reynolds]

I used to live the dry creek bed behind the facility. When i was homeless. I meet Doc.Moller once. If want more information I'd be happy to share.

[@ArsFortuna]

I'd love to see you play some Space Engineers and Nimbatus Scrapman! Your videos always make my day!

[@Adecker100]

I've seen people recommend he play Space Engineers before. I also think it would be a great fit for him

[@jurrasicraptor6285]

You should do some drawn up tank designs that were never made like the P. 1000 Ratte or some tanks that never saw combat like the Maus, or maybe something that actually worked but would be hard to make, the Mark IV

[@aircraftcarrierwo-class]

Might be fun to build something inspired by the VF-1 from Macross. Obviously the actual Valkyrie wouldn''t be possible, but some sort of vehicle that can transform between Jet and Humanoid form, with the optional in-between "jet with legs" mode, could be a cool challenge.

[@jairusswint6703]

If you like weird VTOL vehicles you should look at the Garrow Verticopter. I think it is a really cool concept and a good looking one at that. I'd be curious how you'd recreate it in trailmakers.

[@caydoncargill3989]

my theory is that the jets had thrust vectoring, because when it shows the aircraft taking off the jets are at an angle instead of being completely perpendicular to the ground. that also explains the lack of control surfaces on the wings.

[@kingcobrayt714]

There are several planes without elevators One example is the “euro fighter” and “avro Vulcan” they combine the functions of elevators and ailerons into one control surface They are very common on fighter jets and the f22 is very reliant on them

[@derincattelane43]

If you want an even better flying car, I would recommend the AVE Mizar, which killed its own inventor

[@josemacncheese]

The car probably didn't like existing if it killed its inventor

[@riccardopetrina4212]

Ah yes the vehicle I used to pilot in Flight Simulator X back in 2012. As soon as I saw the image of the 400 version I immediately had flashbacks of FSX. Glad to see it back. Also, that demonstration video was FSX, pretty sure.

[@the_mayne]

ye you right

[@Peekofwar]

You should program a condition that enforces the wings to be unfolded when not in VTOL mode. Probably a simple logical OR gate would suffice.

[@twifightsparkill]

In reality, it isn't that we're unable to build a flying car? It's that nobody can figure out how to police and organise the same idiots we deal with on the roads if God forbid they ever started flying - it's impossible, thus no future plans.

[@DanielMether]

Yeah buiding a SAFE infrastructure for personal flyers is functionally impossible. even if you AI'ed the snot out of traffic logistics you have the constant danger of vehicles malfunctioning and falling/crushing people and property. if you have "air roads" with no property underneath its just the same but worse.

[@sevadamihranian]

Why not use Main Assembly for this kind of projects? I mean projects will come out more aesthetically pleasing, and also with lot more complex functionality.

[@SapioiT]

You're assuming the wing is used for lift, instead of for controlling the pitch. It's easier to fine-tune the pitch using wings, than it is using the engines' thrust.

[@Ghost.vfx700]

The new update recreate this pls

[@austin111gaming]

There is something that is being worked on. It's like a VTOL car for getting people to places faster, like an Uber. If things go smoothly, we might have some flying cars in about 6 years!

[@Jkauppa]

just move the wings forward, in the middle, but you also have body lift, for what that amounts to, as percentage, a drone does not have wings

[@Jkauppa]

t-tail for vertical control

[@Jkauppa]

keep it simple engineers

[@Jkauppa]

are you in some hurry

[@Jkauppa]

all possible, use electric motors with metal-air fuel cells, for real

[@Jkauppa]

if you cant, you are a failure, not the goal

[@isaiahcozza7048]

Hi Scrapman! Love your vids!!

[@franciskurian9392]

Scrapman, I got an idea. Make a beyblade and surround it with magnets facing outwards and use thrusters to rotate it. Use a swivel to cancel out the beys rotation and place another swivel on top of it and place some thrusters to use for changing directions (in instruments of destruction)

[@FourDISGuy]

Hey, ScrapMan, I know how to make tank controls in Trailmakers: you just need 2 engines 1(or more) for each set of wheels, they need to be programmed for A/D keys. Then add logic gate, connect to every engine and program it for W/S and signal strength 0,90. And just like that you have a tank :З

[@poot.0]

What is did for my tank is I made six raw engines, (three for each side) connect the wheels to the engines, made three of them up/down keys and the other ones w/s

[@FourDISGuy]

@@poot.0 I tried this too, but my method has better turning while in motion

[@poot.0]

@@FourDISGuy yeah, mine kinda sucks. 😂

[@meismagiic4779]

Aircraft with wings rear of the center of gravity are actually pretty viable efficiency and stability wise provided that your control surfaces can provide enough torque to rotate the aircraft, given that this plane uses engines as canard control surfaces it seems pretty viable to me

[@ahalfsesameseedbun7472]

1:49 I thought it looked familiar. They featured this on discovery Channel on a show called 2057 when I wad younger.

[@Epicgamrdude]

You should build the 200. It is much more flawed and as a result would be much more interesting to build.

[@ResistanceLion]

Looks cool, kudos to ScrapMan for making it work!

[@Bobbyg2018]

Cool vehicle. Would definitely need a barf bag dispenser!

[@Playa_in]

Overengineering idea for SM - to build a spud gun radar action vehicle that breaks burned trees into ember with spuds so you could vacuum it

[@newnamepending7084]

With our current technology, a personal flying vehicle is very easy to achieve, the biggest setback to it becoming a public mainstay, is the logistics behind developing an entire new traffic system. Edit: This thing did become a success, this project most likely was some form of inspiration for the V-22 Osprey.

[@notyetyeet6325]

Once he started doing this I’ve been thinking “HURRY MAKE AS MUCH FAILED STUPID INVENTIONS QUICKLY SO SCRAP MAN CAN FIX THEM!!!!”

[@deepeshvirmani8178]

Plz can you make a The Welte-Mignon: "The master himself...his own fingers at your keyboard"  The Welte-Mignon was a twist on the player pianos that existed in the early 1900s - pianos that played pre-recorded music using automated cylinders. While most player pianos emphasized the music, Welte-Mignons emphasized the actual performance. Famous pianists could sit down at a Welte-Mignon and play songs, and then the piano would "record" their performance on rolls. People could then take the rolls, put them in their home Welte-Mignon, and listen to the exact same performance.

[@ParasocksTV]

I imagine if you did more quad steering (slowing CCW motors to spin CW and vice versa) in VTL mode, and using differential in forward flight would fix the issues with yaw. Though I have no idea if that's possible in this game, so *shrug*, but awesome video nonetheless!

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

so close to 700K! a housewarming gift maybe?

[@Adecker100]

I think it would be cool if you tried to create a synchronization gear mechanism, the invention that allowed WWI planes to shoot through their own propellers!

[@i_forgor7268]

The wings on the vehicle looks like its trying to form a heart shape lol

[@jordanvienneau9178]

lol what is this timing, this is the earliest I've ever been to watch a video just under 5 minutes after being uploaded LOL

[@lenttiessies4922]

I think you should play Main Assembly for some of this builds.

[@danser_theplayer01]

Personal flying "cars" are extremely costly and inefficient for both manufacturer and buyer, because constantly fighting gravity whilst trying to stabilise the vehicle is an engineering pain in the 4ss. It's easy in the big planes with high speed and big wings and also more efficient because you can build it once and use it for 20 years, and one flight brings a lot of people.

[@predur4136]

I see people doing the worst trouble every day by driving in 2D, I have a sense of dread (and horror) at the thought of what would happen by moving vehicular traffic to the third dimension

[@Comfy_Bed]

Jupiter is primarily composed of hydrogen, but helium constitutes one-quarter of its mass and one-tenth of its volume. It likely has a rocky core of heavier elements,[16] but, like the other giant planets, Jupiter lacks a well-defined solid surface. The ongoing contraction of its interior generates heat greater than the amount received from the Sun. Because of its rapid rotation, the planet's shape is an oblate spheroid; it has a slight but noticeable bulge around the equator. The outer atmosphere is visibly segregated into several bands at different latitudes, with turbulence and storms along their interacting boundaries. A prominent result of this is the Great Red Spot, a giant storm known to have existed since at least the 17th century when telescopes first saw it. Surrounding Jupiter is a faint planetary ring system and a powerful magnetosphere. Jupiter's magnetic tail is nearly 800 million km (5.3 AU; 500 million mi) long, covering nearly the entire distance to Saturn's orbit. Jupiter has 80 known moons and possibly many more,[6] including the four large Galilean moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Io and Europa are about the size of Earth's Moon; Callisto is almost the size of the planet Mercury, and Ganymede is even larger. Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter, making its closest approach to the planet in December 1973.[17] Jupiter has since been explored on several occasions by robotic spacecraft, beginning with the Pioneer and Voyager flyby missions from 1973 to 1979, and later by the Galileo orbiter, which arrived at Jupiter in 1995.[18] In 2007, the New Horizons visited Jupiter using its gravity to increase its speed, bending its trajectory en route to Pluto. The latest probe to visit the planet, Juno, entered orbit around Jupiter in July 2016.[19][20] Future targets for exploration in the Jupiter system include the probable ice-covered liquid ocean of Europa.[21].

[@charlesrockafellor4200]

@Bedmundus -- I think that you might've meant the Jupiter comment for another video; this one's on VTOL in a video game.

[@beaclaster]

are you getting the unaligned comment section bug again? could be found when switching to another video too fast or clicking on community tab while miniplayer is on (i only find this on pc)

[@charlesrockafellor4200]

@@beaclaster Ooh, I hadn't heard of that one! (And I'll have to keep it in mind, since I'm on a PC.)

[@hanktheheybot673]

This look very interesting

[@ahumancalledalex2230]

Lmao scrapman saying " I'm not going to put the wings at the back" then saying he needs more lift at the back 😂

[@SL4TER76]

You know there's a WORKING flying car out right now!!!

[@ludvigarstrand9666]

it has a lifting body effect to help with the lift in the back

[@JustanOlGuy]

At the age of 59, I am giving up on flying individual transport, at least for me, lol. You do wake a person up though! Danger is better than Caffeine!

[@avicennaren1053]

why was this not done is main assembly? probably would've fixed some stuff and have its own set of issues but a little price to pay for everything am i right?

[@infinityxero4510]

day one of trying to get scrapman to make The Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte

[@Ace612]

ima remake this with the airbourne update thanks for the idea

[@Varjokissa]

there was some kind of flaps in engines to crontrol engine flow a bit down. Thats why engines was more like 45-50 degrees.. Maybe. Regardless they wasnt 90 degrees when landing. And flying forward engines gives some lift force as forward too. And engines was for direction of movement for get air in to engines.

[@Hobz79]

This made me laugh :D "I'm no aerodynamics expert, but based on my experience in Trailmakers...."

[@gobling8649]

4:00 ScrepMan I think that the curved wings gives the stability. I mean the wings at the top of the curve

[@dimoichi5841]

You should revisit this concept with the new spacebound parts

[@exodicdorito946]

Keep Up the good work Billy (scrapman)

[@Juno_Shack]

Hey scrap man I love your Vids! please carry on with this series cause I love when you recreate Irl stuff ~ Me

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

same

[@Nevir202]

TBH, I think the really weak way it was flying before he doubled the engines is probably fairly accurate to what you could have expected IRL lol.

[@rusrad74]

Imagine how many idiots there are on the roads currently.... Then imagine those same idiots in the sky!! I sincerely hope they never release 'Sky cars' on the public! Great video's man,, keep the content coming.

[@shwellava]

You should try and make a Cyclocopter

[@CHUCKLEHOUSEYT]

Bartini Beriev VVA-14

[@Chosen1Creator]

I noticed the jets were angled forward in VTOL mode so I'm guessing the lift in horizontal mode comes from the thrust being redirected.

[@majesticlynxx3067]

Haven’t watched but I bet this will be a good video as always! Cheers

[@elytris9034snake]

Cheer him for his career

[@baconcool898]

Make a survival series in mulitplayer in scrapmechanic. Love Your videos.

[@zutai1]

last i heard, one of the "flying cars" were on the production line, ready to start being sent off, but then someone ran a plane into a sky scraper... studently, no one wanted to hand out flying cars, to random people.

[@DanB-0]

Flying cars still require a pilots license in order to operate them so random people getting them isn't a concern, the KleinVision Aircar is a flying car that had been in the news back in January about coming to market and it too requires a pilots license.

[@zutai1]

@@DanB-0 there are many small aircraft pilots, already. having a duel license was already in the planning, i assume.

[@galacticgamercat6637]

You should revisit this with the new tail propellers

[@Kimberleyjanetoure]

I would like too see another video of this but with the new blocks

[@jakez5362]

3:57 you just freaking ignore the tail wing that built in with the Delta wing

[@whizkidbricks9740]

Can you build the Rutan Boomerang?

[@Jort_Shesus]

It looked like the front props stayed slightly up as if to give the lacked lift

[@lucamega1212]

Just imagine an engine fail, the pilot jumps out with the parachute and this thing comes rocketting down into a crowded city...... that doesnt seem safe

[@ownedpilot4324]

Day 22 of asking Scrapman to make Main Assembly content. It would be cool if you make this sky car in Main Assembly because most of the curves can be more accurately made. The automated features and stabilization would be pain to implement due to the way programming works in Main Assembly. But the resulting programming would be amazingly powerful.

[@redneck_cowboy7826]

Hello scrapman love your vids and would you say it flys like a paper plate because there is no vertical stabilizer

[@CaptainTeeth]

when the wings are folded they look like a bird flexsing its musels

[@JustAWarper]

Scrapman, you made a mistake, the wings on the Skycar are supposed to be below the back propellers, there was enough room for them under there.

[@hikat1710]

me: oh,that ting is slower than the go kart i drive next when he add more props: aw man, fine you beat me.

[@THESLlCK]

lol try to recreate the famous porsche flip at road atlanta, where the porsche GT1 car flew 20+ feet into the air and backflipped a few times

[@darealxmaster9700]

It would be hilarious if the next actual prototype was this

[@Josh-oc7ib]

You should totally make an octopus vehicle.

[@darkstar6150]

Can you do the Robert Bartini's ground effect aircraft carrier.

[@alexander8708]

Make it with the new blocks maybe is different