The Tragic Story of the WORST Plane Design in History, and My Recreation of It.

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Жыл бұрын

Welcome to another episode of Trailmakers! Today I am attempting to recreate what many sources call the worst plane design in history, known as the Christmas Bullet. It is a plane that was so bad, that it killed everyone who tried to fly it. The story of how that happened is tragic and bothersome.
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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.
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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.
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@willsafran8855 Жыл бұрын

The thing Dr Christmas forgot to say was that the claimed max speed (200 mph) only happens when the plane has lost it's wings and in the middle of falling nose first towards land.

@UBAT128 Жыл бұрын

technically he wasnt wrong for that part

@bjboss1119 Жыл бұрын

Yeah... most planes at that time were struggling to go over only 100mph

@DistantWaterFarms Жыл бұрын

This is like, the first ScrapMan has shown genuine distress at a real person's existence. And also, the first time he has shown major negative tones to such a person (Obviously talking about him on camera). Not saying that I blame him.

@locke_ytb Жыл бұрын

Very fair considering the fact of what happened in the story.

@moomoomine8974 Жыл бұрын

I mean, that guy was actually evil :/

@noir4762 Жыл бұрын

Scrapman's dark arc

@F0X1F Жыл бұрын

Yea, scrapman is always happy and full of energy

@paulkanja Жыл бұрын

Just got to say this guy pulled a Mojang and made a bug a feature

@v022 Жыл бұрын

Should've had detachers on the wings that activate once it reaches a certain height/speed to make it accurate

@lunar_moth777 Жыл бұрын

I'm just glad the mechanic can't die in creative mode rn

@lunar_moth777 Жыл бұрын

Legit thought this was a scrap mechanic vid either way pilot can't die

@onixbomb3611 Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking

@johnweber80 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Similar to the plane afraid of heights video.

@Echo_the_half_glitch Жыл бұрын

@@johnweber80Which one is that?

@superiorsalmon9237 Жыл бұрын

my favourite thing about the aircraft is the STRUTS between the front landing gear

@jjas4988 Жыл бұрын

It's so sad how the guy that died felt so happy and proud, even inviting his mother to watch the test flight because of which the mother had to witness her own son's death😭

@zh84 Жыл бұрын

When you said "the worst plane ever made" I KNEW it was going to be the Christmas Bullet. I first came across it in Bill Yenne's "The World's Worst Aircraft". Yenne expressed a wish that Dr Christmas had been tarred and feathered. After that I suppose someone could have pushed him off a bridge to see if he could fly.

@lunar_moth777 Жыл бұрын

He ego probably would've kept him afloat

@doo_lissdu_lighost6133 Жыл бұрын

He best get to flappin

@aeolus3145 Жыл бұрын

His ego would make hi. Float

@thevidimator Жыл бұрын

Who would doubt such a man? I'm not seeing anyone else increasing the safety by 700.

@user-ni2rs9zu1h Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm saying

@mr.creeper6836 Жыл бұрын

Of what? … Thousand.

@Warjacqui Жыл бұрын

yeah i agree *chuckles *

@qlphexe Жыл бұрын

@ritviksreeram2639 Жыл бұрын

I mean 0 * 700 is still zero

@thereddalek7282 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos. The history segment at the beginning is really interesting, and having them recreated in a 90 degree build grid is very cool

@max_wuz_here6031 Жыл бұрын

You should consider adding detachment blocks on the wings for extra historical accuracy

@AsPlayBox Жыл бұрын

I think you should add dynamite to the wings to simulate the snapping of wings to make it much more accurate

@plaguetpk5403 Жыл бұрын

There’s not a single word to describe how much I love these videos, as soon as I see a scrapman video, no matter how #### my day had been it automatically gets 100 (add more zeros) times better :)

@nvcbl Жыл бұрын

100 what? 100 hundred?

@peracality7648 Жыл бұрын

@@nvcbl 100 thousand

@tacklesmackle4690 Жыл бұрын

Missed an opportunity to insult the "inventor" by calling him The Grinch

@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132 Жыл бұрын

you know this story is ptettymuch all Cringe so it would be quite fitting here

@felipew101 Жыл бұрын

True that

@Echo_the_half_glitch Жыл бұрын

Even the Grinch wasn't that evil

@crazybird199 Жыл бұрын

That plane is like making a building without a foundation. Mr. Christmas sounds like a *great* dude to be around. Good work building it, looks great.

@aeolus3145 Жыл бұрын

-He seems like a great guy-

@limonlx7182 Жыл бұрын

Excuse me, it's *_Dr._* Christmas!!

@crazybird199 Жыл бұрын

@@aeolus3145 yurp

@crazybird199 Жыл бұрын

@@limonlx7182 oops

@jessely3403 Жыл бұрын

"Actually it will increase the safety factor by 7," Dr. Chirstmas stated "7 what?" The aeronautical engineer asked, "Hundred...?" Dr. Christmas answered "No that's not what I mean-" *cuts*

@moroblizniak4457 Жыл бұрын

Challenge: Build a working plane with 0 hinges strengh.

@Spott07 Жыл бұрын

Easy. Use struts to brace the parts so the hinges don't move.

@moroblizniak4457 Жыл бұрын

@@Spott07 And steering? Hmm. Heli engines. But if we wanna actual plane, no heli engines allowed.

@beaconblaster33 Жыл бұрын

@@moroblizniak4457 mini thrusters. yes, it actually is a considered technology.

@kiriyaneko5837 Жыл бұрын

aaaaand.. its baack!!! these historically accurate failures are great!

@short0811 Жыл бұрын

These strange creations from history are such a different idea and I have truly enjoyed each and every video. Great job Scrapman!

@musicinoldstyle9492 Жыл бұрын

The concept of re-bulding planes from history is awesome! Keep on going! I Love your content!

@nul1fe Жыл бұрын

love the work and effort u put into these vids, its awesome hearing the back stories of the builds

@thomblueart8448 Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy to imagine People like Christmas were even able to be trusted as far as he had

@FastForwardPlans Жыл бұрын

A good conman can easily live their entire life suffering few consequences for their actions. Make the right friends, say the right things, know the right laws and nobody with any power would ever think to stop you. From what I have read, Christmas made so many powerful people money that the victims of his many schemes were powerless to do anything to them, in fact many of them were tricked into thinking Christmas was just as much a victim of the situation as them so few even walked away hating the guy. It was only after his death that his life story was compiled enough for anyone to realize all the crazy stuff he did.

@harrisongrant8558 Жыл бұрын

Part of it was because he had connections in high places. The only real reason he even got as far as he did was because he knew a senator in New York by the name of James Wolcott Wadsworth, who probably twisted the Army's arm into letting him have a Liberty L-6 engine. The Army eventually only agreed to lend him the engine on the condition that he would only test it on the ground, because I believe it was actually a prototype L-6, the war was still going on, and they understandably didn't want it destroyed in a crash. Christmas, of course, ignored this and the engine was destroyed with the rest of the airplane in the first crash. The Army eventually did find out about what happened to both of their engines, of course, but by that time Christmas had used his influence to escape the consequences of all the awful things he had done.

@daneleventsixti Жыл бұрын

I love the video of rebuilding historical invention, not just focus building but to give an insight about its historical story. I love this kind of video concept

@mr.foogle3004 Жыл бұрын

I Love these historic rebuild videos. Keep up the fantastic content!

@onlygaming69 Жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you. Words cant describe how ive been feeling lately but your videos have been helping

@DarthZ01 Жыл бұрын

1:05 Scrapman: Look at the second set of wings. Me, reading "the first Bullet killed its pilot": Yes...this will be a fun video.

@markjacobson4248 Жыл бұрын

The wing warping thing is a legitimate control method used by many early planes. It wasn't folding like in this build, but rather a twist. It would be better modeled in Trailmakers by having servos between every segment of the wings and introducing progressively greater or lesser pitch along the length.

@AquaVamp Жыл бұрын

I just want to say you make my sleepless nights better (6 in the morning) Scrapman I just want to thank you for making content for so many to enjoy

@chillnees7938 Жыл бұрын

So glad scrapman is back to trail makers! Love these videos :)

@alexandretherrien1234 Жыл бұрын

My day gets 700 times better when you upload

@mightygreen3364 Жыл бұрын

I feel like it worked so well because the wind didn't flex in itself. Add a steering hinge in the middle of the wing, or between all wings, and see how that goes

@elTT91 Жыл бұрын

I really love your actor scenes and your humor in this video !

@idioticed4379 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite things in the recreation videos are the short history lessons

@NeneExists Жыл бұрын

This is really something that this channel is teaching me more about the early days of aviation than anything else has

@errorerror8700 Жыл бұрын

Thx for your emotions talking about Dr. Christmas. I don't think i could have stand an ironical tone here. Good content as always.

@sapphyreumbra7426 Жыл бұрын

I think the best way to simulate the bending would be to add a low strength hinge separating each wing segment, allowing each section to bend and flex independently

@vrsbrazil Жыл бұрын

This is the best series in the channel!

@metalburger1117 Жыл бұрын

Ey ScrapMan! ThatDomGuy recently made a map mod that adds a freakin huge castle to Treasure Island. We'd all love to see a video of you reviewing that. Or even maybe a multiplayer game with the boys? Please!

@wandrappel Жыл бұрын

love thease recreations hope to see more of them!

@damonknight2494 Жыл бұрын

these decals are going to be a game changer, would it be possible for you to do more trailmakers?

@backemupkenny Жыл бұрын

Loving these historical videos, gotta trick the youngins into learning somehow lmao

@senseiplay8290 5 ай бұрын

7:06 i love how even the article itself humiliates the design, calling it "the thing" and not a plane like Scrapman said

@matthawthorne5671 Жыл бұрын

Definately this time it's the "Task Failed Successfully" situation. Good job on that one, man.

@samuellasky7771 Жыл бұрын

I think the weird wobbling bumblebee-like flight pattern on your recreation is kind of cute, it adds a lot of character for a video game vehicle It's terrifying to imagine a plane moving like that in real life, but it's cute in the video game

@Kazarijyanainoyonamidawa Жыл бұрын

Can you try to build an ekranoplan in trailmakers? Seems like a very fun challenge!

@Vironain Жыл бұрын

You should recreate the Christmas's bullet plane in main assembly to see if it works in that game also.

@F0X1F Жыл бұрын

I love how scrapman is always calm in every video hes never angry Even in this vid

@Avlaren Жыл бұрын

Hi SrapMan you should add a detachable block with angel sensor on wings or something to create a snap. I don't know if it could work though.

@sfsgamertipsandtricks1138 Жыл бұрын

Hi scrap im loving the videos- oh and how could I forget, last video was awesooooooommme please ceep it I up mate I also love these types of videos I love them! Cya In the next video!😄😀😄😀

@moroblizniak4457 Жыл бұрын

18:11 You can't roll right becouse hinges in this game are very unreilable. Some of them are stronger than the others even tho strengh is set on the same value. I dont know how to fix that.

@Steve-sp4rx Жыл бұрын

How well-connected was Mr. Chirstmas? Dude must have been close to quite a few "higher ups" to get away with all that nonsense...and two counts of murder.

@villekorhonen824 Жыл бұрын

Do i remember right that Trailmakers has wind in some parts of the map? Would love to see how that thing works in weather conditions.

@retsujou Жыл бұрын

I would love to see ScrapMan tackle a monobike in future episodes of recreating odd/bad inventions from history.

@mach5406 Жыл бұрын

I will watch as many adverts as needed to support your awesome channel

@polishane8837 Жыл бұрын

I love the historical creations videos

@lunaburr2061 Жыл бұрын

You should do a walker/mech evolution challenge based on combat. Haven't seen it done before.

@MahBor Жыл бұрын

Plzzz continue this series!

@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын

Are you going to play cosmoteer again when it comes out on steam? I would love to see that.

@TheHunterGaming01 Жыл бұрын

Scrapman think u could try to make some tutorials for trailmakers? Like how to make jets and such

@beaconblaster33 Жыл бұрын

i don't think schooling is in the same path of creativity as scrapman visions

@HeiressIzana Жыл бұрын

@@beaconblaster33 yeah, the only teaching he does is explaining what he is building, I think other youtubers have made tutorials though

@Esodilla Жыл бұрын

These kinds of videos are my favorite from Scrapman.

@cl4655 Жыл бұрын

I just realized this, the intro music and animation with the channel logo has been gone for a few months. Was there a liscensing issue with the intro music or something like that?

@ladywallenstein Жыл бұрын

Hi Scrapman, can you try to make a simple paperplane model plane? which you can fly it or glide it?

@Pay-tatochip Жыл бұрын

I love these videos

@ultra158 Жыл бұрын

If your reading this scrap man you should try to recreate bevel gears and gear trains in scrap mechanic for your recreation series :)

@Xodabeef Жыл бұрын

>>He's called "Dr Christmas", but trust me: there's nothing jolly about this...

@shinobi6497 Жыл бұрын

Christmas killed Jolly, ironic

@demondaviee1005 Жыл бұрын

To make the wings even more unstable, you could try making them a separate creation and attatch them using the ANCHOR BLOCKS. That could be interesting to try.

@5h4k80 Жыл бұрын

this literally the irl version of "its not a bug, its a feature"

@user-jq7zz8kj5e Жыл бұрын

You are my favorite KZfaqr I never miss your videos😇😇😇

@l0bst3r87 Жыл бұрын

Scrapman you should have added detachable blocks to the wings to make it more realistic

@Slytalion Жыл бұрын

What a horrible horrid sad excuse for a person this Christmas is, I hope his victims may rest in peace whilst he does not

@Zequax Жыл бұрын

you could use detachments blocks and angle blocks so if the wings over flex they break off

@neiljesseeperalta2868 Жыл бұрын

i am here again to visit the legend, LONG TIME NO SEE SCRAPMAN! i am now a grown man thank you for the memories

@steveg4jan Жыл бұрын

It's interesting to see that the flexing of the wings counteract the roll of the plane if your not level.

@user-lk9ck7lk3s 2 ай бұрын

he should have put speed sensor hooked up to detachable blocks connected to the wings so they fall off when he starts to fly

@bryanswartz7924 Жыл бұрын

If anyone's grave deserved to be constantly watered by the spit of every passerby then Dr. Christmas would be eternally lush.

@DBKimber Жыл бұрын

It looks like Mr. Christmas had to audacity to put struts on the elevators...

@casual_time_machine6536 Жыл бұрын

There have been strutless aircraft built by Cessna and other companies that have flown very successfully. But, that does not excuse this man and what he did.

@rayzone_0092 Жыл бұрын

Petition for Trailmakers devs to add more realistic aerodynamics and aerodynamic strain on parts

@mach5406 Жыл бұрын

I just want a whole set of one block mechanical pieces

@Unorthodox_kidd Жыл бұрын

Jolly Christmas isnt so jolly anymore

@Helix142 Жыл бұрын

i wonder if it would be possible but i wonder if someone could make a like idk realistic destruction mod for trailmakers stuff could like snap off your vehicles and all that other stuff bound to real life physics

@elijahwillmon1785 Жыл бұрын

It would be cool if you put sensors to detect if the wing bent alot then it would detach

@benboulder3899 Жыл бұрын

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a Christmas bullet should be able to fly.

@qrackedrealyti3814 Жыл бұрын

I was harmed in the making of this version of the Christmas Bullet... My faith in some forms of humanity is substantially decreased.

@teresacenni2218 Жыл бұрын

Let’s go new video!!

@simplemusings-mh Жыл бұрын

hey scrapman i suggest for your next vid try to build the An 1 or 2 variants (its a submarine aircraft carrier) and go to Found and Explained channel for mire detail

@The_Lunar_Wolvez Жыл бұрын

You should try making the Hydro-Pneumatic suspension system from the old Citroën vehicles (it could drive on 3 out of 4 wheels and be fine)

@ToaDrakua Жыл бұрын

I think the problem was that unlike the "real" craft, Trailmaker's wings aren't heavy enough to prove to be the vehicle's downfall.

@Electratic00 Жыл бұрын

Dear Sir scrapman, I highly advise you to re-visit Terratech I loved the series and I really would want more -By yours truly, Cubed00… Day 14 (I think)

@Netherbreachfilms Жыл бұрын

I'm going to assume that the plane in question probably flew just fine until it either A surpassed a particular speed, or B the pilot attempted to turn, rise or pitch too much, considering the fact that both points were high enough up or moving fast enough to cause death.

@fillingmachine7559 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to believe he's forced to fly his own plane in hell crashing into the blazing pits. Every crash is more painful then the last.

@Very_Grumpy_Cat Жыл бұрын

Me: 7 Teacher: 7 what? Bananas? Potatoes? Me: 7 hundred

@articuno3448 Жыл бұрын

You could use an altitude sensor with detachable blocks to replicate the wings falling off

@lhebn 3 ай бұрын

scrapman i know your probably not gonna see this but at 10:45 you say the plane turns by having its wings flex and you said you didn't know how you would do that but now with the latest power coupling update you could definitely do that

@the_noice_man Жыл бұрын

I think it would be a good idea that scrap man makes a channel about history about planes tanks and other veacles and other maoustrositis

@warrenelsea4625 Жыл бұрын

The strutless part of the plane actually makes some sense in theory if you ignore the good Dr.s reasoning. The struts on a biplane do ad a significant amount of drag so getting rid of them would improve the planes performance. The issue would be that you would need much stronger wing boxes in the fuselage to take the load since you don't have that nice big box geometry formed by the struts to work with any more and your wings would need to be much much stiffer, probably not something possible with the technology of the time and probably prohibitively heavy. At that point it would also basically be a stacked monoplane with double the drag, better to just go full monoplane and use a larger wing to make up the difference in lift.