We Used Evolution to Create the Best Gliders! [Trailmakers]

Welcome to another episode of Trailmakers! Today we are revisiting the glider evolution challenge where we all have 2 minutes to build a glider and see who can glide farthest. Everyone then takes the winning vehicle and gets to make changes for the next generation and so on. Who will glide the farthest?
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About Trailmakers:
In the toughest motoring expedition in the universe, you and your friends will build your own vehicles to cross a dangerous wasteland. Explore, crash horribly, use your wits to build a better rig, and get as far as you can with whatever spare parts you find on your way.
Welcome to the Ultimate Expedition!
Journey over grueling mountains, hazardous swamps, and bone-dry deserts on a distant world far from civilization - it is just you, your fellow adventurers and the amazing, jet-powered hover-buggy you built yourself. Explore, crash your vehicle, build a better one, and get as far as you can with whatever spare parts you find along your way.
Trailmakers is about building very awesome vehicles and machines, but you don’t need an engineering degree to get started. The intuitive builder will get you going in no time. Everything you build is made from physical building blocks. Each block has unique features like shape, weight and functionality. They can be broken off, refitted and used to build something new. Individually the blocks are fairly simple, but combined the possibilities are endless.
Expedition Mode is the challenging campaign mode of Trailmakers. You are competing in an off-world rally expedition with only a few building blocks to get you started. You must build, tinker with and rebuild your machine to progress. Journey through a big world, overcome deep gorges, angry wildlife and dangerous weather to progress and find new parts that will juice up your machine. The world in Expedition Mode will test your survival skills and ingenuity.
Sandbox Mode is where you want to head for an unrestricted, sandbox, vehicle-building experience. Here you can build anything you can dream of, and play around with it in the world of Trailmakers. It is a great place to test out crazy machines, and experiment with the physics engine. With tons of different blocks, hinges, thrusters and interactive vehicle parts - the skybox is the limit.
Trailmakers is even more fun if you play it with other people. Build cool vehicles and compete in mini-game modes with your friends or other Trailmakers online. Build a helicopter, send it to your friend, and shoot them out of the sky. Put two seats on a tank, and let your friend control the turret. As we get further in Early Access development Expedition Mode will also be adapted to multiplayer.
Learn more about the game on www.playtrailmakers.com #scrapman #trailmakers

[@xja_on]

Finally another evolution!

[@RPM5_]

The memories start flowing back when you hear the timer

[@oversecus833]

I dislike the addition of RNG, as the quality of their builds matters less when there's the risk of just getting shot down.

[@kdejong4962]

Yes

[@cezarui7443]

69 th like tho

[@wadebrown8772]

​@Oversecus but it's spicy my dude

[@Chris-ok4zo]

Actually, I want Scraps to revisit the wingless plane idea from some time ago. Thought maybe it can still be an interesting idea to do some sort of challenge in multiplayer.

[@zocorzwiftshot]

maybe a wingless gyrocopter challenge?

[@ThatRandomNeonGuy]

Never heard someone to call Scrapman Scraps....that's cute :>

[@Raydennix]

i have wondered / wanted more evolution videos

[@T0jiFushigur01]

@@ThatRandomNeonGuy🤨

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

@@T0jiFushigur01 what?

[@oriontherealironman]

You know they are OGs because they don't use mirror mode to speed up construction 🤣

[@Neon64913]

😂

[@gogglesgogs]

True 😂

[@simplycookie3315]

Could slow down construction with glitches like a glitch unattached piece. Quick tip from a newbie, if you see the glitch piece before you place it, place the piece on the mirror line to form into one piece and it'll delete the glitch one

[@beaconblaster33]

@@simplycookie3315 i would just Z it until it's fine enough

[@davidaugustofc2574]

And you know he hasn't built planes in a long time because he never worries about wings first.

[@mw8308]

Missed evolution so much, it's what got me into your channel!

[@W0B0N]

Love to hear how people found the channel.

[@PettenVeevo]

Same! This and scrap mechanic olympics

[@dallasmason5995]

I know right!

[@yuvrajbanerjee8578]

Same, I though that evolution with vehicles was an interesting concept and now I'm a consistent viewer of his channel.

[@wiggles._.]

Evolution videos are great but they aren’t the same without Kosmo and moonbo

[@child_of_madnessgaming667]

I'm loving seeing Evolution Build Battles coming back! With the new blocks and all, I'd love to see a 3/4-player free for all VTOL Evolution Build Battle, or an Airship Evolution Battle, both sound fun!

[@snelake]

26:26 “Oh, I’m front heavy” Yeah, I wish there was some sort of mechanism in the game that could tell you about your weight distribution without needing to test it or something like that.

[@thatguygamer9150]

YES, that annoyed me so much. Everytime he would rebuild, he would move the center of lift behind the center of mass, wich would make him nose down, forcing him to constantly adjust.

[@horizionactual]

Yet there is an option to show forces, which really angers me how he doesn't use it

[@Blivvy_]

YES! evolutioins is back! I've been waiting for this. Last week I watched through all the challenges you guys have done over the past years. Quality content

[@ObsidianDragon2008]

I love evolution videos and have been waiting for another one for a while

[@Burgo361]

It would be awesome if you could revisit all of the evolutions, I'm sure everyone would come up with different stuff by now. It's definitely my favourite format.

[@czerwony1420]

glad this series is back it's definitely my top 2 favorite series of yours along with breaking the sound barrier

[@JointFury]

I am so glad you're doing another evolution, it was one of my favourite parts of your channel, having watched most of them multiple times!

[@moroblizniak4457]

Fun fact: Wings need at least one block of free space above and below to work as intended. By stacking two wings on top of each other, you just carrying dead weight, Kan.

[@rubbertoes_3764]

Source?

[@moroblizniak4457]

@@rubbertoes_3764 Source, trust me bro aka, i checked. I like to put some pieces on the wings if i have too much lift.

[@rubbertoes_3764]

@@moroblizniak4457 cool, do shields affect them as well?

[@moroblizniak4457]

@@rubbertoes_3764 As far as i know everything does, even decorative pieces that dont have any aerodynamics.

[@rubbertoes_3764]

@@moroblizniak4457 huh weird, i had no idea thx

[@michiel6634]

First, scrap man can you make a flying airport? Like make a large plane with a runway on its roof?

[@youknowwhat3563]

That sounds fun

[@loganroman5306]

Landing on creations is always iffy. A runway made of blocks is possible to destroy with wheels.

[@ezekielsarte3035]

congratulations 🎉

[@ezekielsarte3035]

a video from your idea!

[@ulfurkjalkur5165]

I could watch this format for hours 😂 Love evolution

[@Warrior_G_Gamez]

Yes! Thank you for another glider evolution I’ve been asking n waiting soo long for this!!

[@thereaper7795]

Love your videos scrapman. Please can you do a fighter jet evolution.

[@evilpotpie8356]

So happy to see evolution vids. They are my absolute favorite and I've been sad that they are so few now days.

[@andromeda5939]

Evolution 2 concept: its like normal evolution with increases in power core amount but the catch is, that you are only allowed to work on certain areas of the vehicle. Thats up to choice though, so one person might evolve the wing while the other is working on the aero on the front part

[@randomtrainboy]

and they will have 20 seconds for each section

[@NovelBurger]

Yay i loved the evolution concept

[@ZetaInfinite]

I love and miss these videos so much, cannot wait for more

[@mattmays9063]

Scrapman, I gotta hand it to ya for the "hold my beer" moment with the detachable weights. lmao

[@leviathan1082]

I love how your final designs always seem to be your downfall. 😄

[@LlewBvZ]

I've been waiting since the update this has made my day thank you scrap man

[@RuFFlesGaming]

These evolutions are brilliant, hope you do more!

[@nueuan]

The evolution videos are what got me to your channel. I've missed them terribly

[@gamingperson2526]

I love the evolution content! keep up the good work!

[@averageb21enthusiast-ex5gk]

Yes! Loved the Evolution videos!

[@Keenu6121]

FINALLY MORE EVOLUTION VIDEO!!!

[@Mazapine]

Love the evolution series, it's great to watch

[@realrane]

Yessssss evolution of gliders was the first video I ever watched of yours!!!

[@zerorpex8866]

Great video. Seeing your video, made me wonder what would happen if you fuse some of your challenges together. One idea is to do an cooperative evolution challenge. In team of two each teammate design a part of the vehicule. Ex: A tank. One player create the body of the tank the other the turret, after the timer is over both teammate merge their build. Then after the winner is decided the player that design the body modify the turret, vice-versa. If you want you could also evolve (or sabotage) the opponent build to see if you can defeat the evolve form of your creation created by you opponent.

[@sirsapphire3499]

I think evolution of steep angle climbers would be fun. No jets, wings, or other air parts but you compete for who can reach the highest up a cliff face with vehicles.

[@reesetaylor3197]

I love these videos so much! Thank you!

[@Erosin]

finally i've ben waiting for this moment for ever

[@thywhoknows7276]

I've been waiting for this moment my entire life.

[@DaysofKnight]

Let's gooooo. I kept asking for this for like a week. Need to do more of the old school game modes with the boys. DLC blocksssss

[@OmegaCarrot]

Yzuei is a great addition. Competent, funny, and generally good. Would love to see more of him.

[@turnedwheat2013]

I am so glad that these challenges are coming back! 😁

[@CrimKangaroo]

Recently found the channel and really enjoying it. Especially the evolution videos. Have you thought about doing a "helicopter vs tank" challenge?

[@slangartang]

First scrapman evolution over seen I watched them other guys evolution but you got in first, loved the vid

[@graylinbeaudry4651]

kinda weird no one did the big swoop. awesome that you guys redid a previous challenge with the new parts. would like to see more.

[@Graytail]

How about this for a crazy challenge : POGO STICKS. You cannot have wheels, wings, anything like that. All propulsion must be provided by a pogo-stick like device. Simple start-end distance, or possibly a simple course?

[@bbittercoffee]

Yessssss I've been waiting for this ever since the update launched

[@lilbaby4514]

THE VIDEO WEVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR

[@danielbiesdorf]

Evolution again! That's amazing.

[@huzaifahahmedqureshi5214]

lets go, been waiting for this!

[@Phoenix-uy9jl]

I think a drone quadcopter evolution would be fun! it could be cool if the final evolution was a battle to the death with cannons and guns.

[@KAMIKAZE557]

Yeah this is a really good idea

[@maximes2613]

I love the evolution series ! my favorite of your channel !

[@felipew101]

Glad the evolution series is back 😤

[@xap95]

YESSSS AN EVOLUTION VIDEO IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!!

[@Minehero-si5of]

Yes

[@mytop3]

Day 8 of asking for you to build a large plane with a runaway on top, and take off and land on it with a smaller plane, but you're not allowed to use anchor pins or tractor beams

[@KSAW00]

YAY for evolution with the BOIS! (EARLY GANG + NOTIF GANG)

[@ricardojr.guzman464]

Yay

[@Candychaplain]

Glider battle would be interesting. Shooting forward would reduce speed and time in the air. And shooting rearward would push you forward but limit your hit probability.

[@rockerravn]

yeeeeeees the evolution series is back

[@GrimResper19]

Let's gooooo another evolution video

[@loganbellas1457]

There could be an evolution video where you change the vehicles from each type then race or battle. It could also go where it adds a type after every round and it has to work as all types of vehicles by the end.

[@ArticDiamond]

Gotta love the evolution videos

[@SuprSBG]

Yessssss more evolutions!!

[@FUGP72]

Cool Evolution/Devolution idea...take BOTH the best and the worst from that round, and you have to incorporate parts of each into your next design. They get to decide which part of their build has to be included. It would be both Evolution and Devolution a the same time.

[@Aeki329]

i really enjoy yzuei being a part of the videos now

[@Ivan.A.Trulyuski]

The three most important rules to not crashing into the ground is airspeed, airspeed and airspeed. I’d like to see you experiment with pistons, weight and logic blocks, changing your center of gravity automatically to dip gain airspeed and level. I believe this is how you’ll maximize distance.

[@TlalocTemporal]

Airspeed isn't everything. A stubby winged glider going 200 off the runway won't even make it to the oasis for lack of lift. Unless there's quirks in the aero model, any dynamic strategy will have a static strategy that will outperform it using the same vehicle. Instead of trading elevation for airspeed and then leveling off, there will be a fixed glide slope with a smaller overall drop rate.

[@sebairways]

I love evolution videos and now adding yzuei into the mix makes it really interesting now

[@voidbolt]

yes finaly a new evelution video there so much fun!!!

[@Chexmix6]

0:40 I love how he just keeps talking!

[@BoyHalo27]

More evolutions would be amazing it’s the fist vid I watched of scrap man

[@Anothe_random_guy]

Yeees finally another evolution video

[@Endelin]

I've been having fun making car/planes with upside down flap wings. When the flaps are activated it adds lots of downforce for driving, with unactivated flaps the upside down wings still give enough lift to fly. That really could have helped you guys get speed on takeoff, not sure if the glide would have been as good, though.

[@Numberskull531]

Let's go another evolution FINALLY

[@Chihuaha]

i like how you can see what changes they made with the different colors

[@shadow8050]

Neat revamped glider evolution

[@seanward9779]

I love that yzuei is just the new trail makers friend. I would love to see scrap and yzuei play scrap mechanic in preparation of the update..... eventually

[@redkingracer6]

Scrap man needs to rap the intro once! It’d be hilarious

[@Silverwing2112]

Finally, this is that *gooood* stuff.

[@wiggles._.]

I love evolution videos i would love to see you do one with battleships

[@toddabbott781]

I like Kan's idea about breakaway weights. He could have done the engines and wheels that way too and used wheels with better grip.

[@Noxiisam]

the evolution is back once again

[@craigthomas3521]

Evolution builds are what got me into this channel

[@khalifizikriazzam834]

I watched this nonstop back then!

[@steeljawX]

Idea, 15-20 minute initial build, because you're going to need to take part count into consideration. Goal, you know those physics experiments/competitions with the egg drop? Yeah, go up to the Cloud Kingdom, find somewhere you can drop and drop to the group. See if you can't survive. Limit the number of pieces you can use initially and how many suspensions you can use. Winner is the one who survives with the most of their contraption intact, meaning if everyone dies on impact, if someone has a surviving chunk with more pieces attached, they win. Then you have 5 minutes to evolve for 5 evolutions. Each evolution you get to add 1-2 suspensions, depending on your own discretion, and some 15-30 more pieces, again at your own discretion. Limit yourself to no more than 5 power cores, no lift thrust at all meaning thrusters, propellers, helicopter props, gimble jets, hover pads, or full body prop (as in making your whole build a giant screw and using a gyro set up to spin you to generate lift.) No using sails or wings to create lift either, just poor aerodynamics and crumple zone. Trailmaker Drop Contest commence!!!! If everyone dies and there's really no contest, then add a limit to small wings to the limit. PS, to make things fair, the other two should take out any near by threats. You're testing your build's drop impact survival capability as a complete build, not a broken one. It's not fair if you get shredded in mid-drop and your entire build kerplodes.

[@fares_games]

evolution, except every player can choose any of the contestants and not just the winner, for example in the 2nd round if you think your first design had the right idea but just needed more time you can risk it high risk high reward high entertainment

[@kal-ElTheGoat]

This needs to fully return

[@shxde-emokid2442]

qe need this series back it was one of the best ones

[@biggycheese_ben]

YES THE LAST GLIDER VID WAS ONE OF MY FAVS!

[@Chipmunn]

I gotta sleep so.... I'll watch this tommorow

[@zalebplaysyoutube751]

Damn

[@-aid4084]

Hey we got an early episode! Can't wait to watch this episode!

[@jonnybrown1717]

It would be cool to see you do this but you have to pick the worst of each evolution or randomly pick from one of them and still try to fly the furthest to win/ get points. Like a mutation rather than evolution so it’s not always a better machine each round!

[@Justabasicman]

YAY ANOTHER EVOLUTION

[@the_rick4360]

didn't expect that but i did the challenge and made it to the "Bone's end" village going straight :O with only 4 dragon engines!

[@ricardojr.guzman464]

Yessssssss more evolution

[@Satel_II]

THE EVOLUTION IS BACK

[@callandulyea]

Yes! And on the airborne map with pirates too!

[@lukasvanparys1425]

You know what should be a good idea? Evolution of helicopters!

[@WubbleDubble1]

I’m not trying to be rude but most of these evolutions I knew exactly what to do and my evolutions would look like and work the same as the actual versions in real life. But great vids! Keep the evolutions evolving!

[@townpoem]

I love the evolution concept. Have ya'll considered doing a longer form with a week for each evolution build?

[@shiyian]

Great video! Maybe try tanks or smth next time!

[@ZanderStrom10]

Or maybe helicopters

[@shiyian]

​@@ZanderStrom10 works too

[@ZanderStrom10]

@@shiyian or what about tank helicopters

[@shiyian]

@@ZanderStrom10 an40

[@randomnessatitsfinest6089]

Evolutions was my favorite I'm glad its back

[@ShawnHCorey]

GG. I would have build a separate launcher with detachable blocks so the engines and wheels could be left behind.

[@indigo_ok]

Thank you scrapman for another evolution

[@MarginallyAddicted]

honestly the amount of times THE CENTRE OF MASS!!!! apart from that it was very good very nice

[@marshalldaum4819]

Have you messed around with the mirror mode building? I could see it coming in super handy for competitions like this!