The last one using the 3D printed thing is the same thing as some sea slugs use to move around! I might be wrong, but it's also the same concept used by cuttlefish, some squids, sting rays and many more "membrane-ish" animals. Note that the other side must be alternating to completely match these animals (the efficiency goes to the roof and mother nature already figured it out)
I went to the patretta center last January and went down their bullet slide. I had just bought new swimming trunks which were VERY slick. When I made it to the bottom of the slide the life guard told me that it was the fastest he had seen anyone go. he said my time was 7.43 seconds which was the second fastest time on record. My cousin Lucas told me that he didn't believe me though which was really frustrating because I know he was just jealous.
I don't know why I laughed so much at the land boat part as it walked away with that tapping sound 😂. My personal favorite is the paddle wheel one. Though they are too much wider because of the wheels, but they look lovely 😂
There are so many little things in this video that make it so good. The testing phases, the comparisons between older models to show why changes were made .and the land boat
For the turbine, a keel is usually what protects boats from tipping. Sailboats run into that all the time. It might not be enough to resist the torque this thing is generating, but it would have been worth a try.
But this Video is so well, don t understand why you are so aggressiv! Every Video in this shape and this kind of knowledge is nice and welcone, so i think! Sorry for the bad english, i m german nativ!🦝
Honestly, probably would've been free. There was already an offset rotation bit in the design, just pick different attachment points to create a phase offset... although, maybe then the attachment points might collide with one another?
9:48 There once was a ship t'was made of bricks We sailed her forw'd with a bevvy of tricks A wave machine did toss her 'bout On oar and screw and fin (HUAH!) Soon may the Legoman come With motors smaller than his thumb One day when the testin' is done We'll go back in the bin
If the undulating fins were phase-shifted so that they worked in symmetry, you would have less energy wasted due to wiggling side to side. I don't know how much extra engineering that would need. The land boat was my favourite. Great video!
The marine biologist in me is happy to see the different fish movement styles (oscillation from the tail fin and undulation from the TPU material that was yellow).
I think it's fair to 3D print certain pieces like that, after all, Lego includes SAILS in some kits, and the sails don't feel very Lego. I think you're good with the undulating fins :3
It's a scale thing. Paddles get inefficient with size. Also, he used quite an inefficient propeller. A better one would've beaten the paddles even at this small scale.
5:33 Careful with that. Some will say the only reason this video is so interesting, brilliant and successful is because of Tommy Tallarico's sound contribution
the undulating fins were dope af! i bet they'd be much more efficient if the movement was opposed, like swallowing...that's way there'd be no side-to-side movement induced, and the coordinated pulse of water would act like a jet.
1:29 There’s one other way. You could use contra-rotating propellers to resolve this issue. While LEGO does not actively produce mirrored versions of the blade piece you are using (89509) at this time, you could offset the opposite rotor’s blades using modified technic pins with holes to build a mirrored propeller that is suitable for this purpose.
This has done more to show me how different sea creatures travel underwater than any nature documentary. Also loved seeing the ships in the waves at the end.
They aren't *that* expensive, it's just a lot of pieces, which makes sets expensive. Like it's a few cents per piece, but when you have 300-5000 pieces it racks up quick. Probably the cheapest solution is to get lego from thrift stores or garage sales, there you can get a lot of bulk, and then order specific parts you need.
@@satibel Well, I would buy more if they weren't so expensive. And I had bad experiences with used parts. They're not generally bad but you don't know what you get, except if you're there of course.
In the wavepool test, most boats can make forward movement if given time, as the waves will bounce off the back of the tub, countering the waves from the front.
the net force on the boats from the wave machine will push them backwards because the further the waves travel, the more energy is converted to other stuff like the sound of the water moving, by the time it bounces back the bounced waves will have less energy than the oncoming waves or something idk i failed physics too xD
I see some Lego vessel MOCs with Voith-Schneider propellers. It is possible, especially with new Technic micro panels. It will be nice to see your variant.
Down the Mississippi came the Whippoorwill Commanded by that pilot, Mr. Steamboat Bill The owners gave him orders on the strict QT To try and beat the record of the Robert E. Lee
Some of these were both unsettlingly organic and extremely fascinating. (Looking at you paddleboat on land)
Mother Nature is the Ultimate Engineer by dint of having done it the longest!
The last one using the 3D printed thing is the same thing as some sea slugs use to move around! I might be wrong, but it's also the same concept used by cuttlefish, some squids, sting rays and many more "membrane-ish" animals.
Note that the other side must be alternating to completely match these animals (the efficiency goes to the roof and mother nature already figured it out)
Made me think about strandbeests.
Gives new meaning to the phrase "The boat scuttled"
kinda reminded me of the Boston Dynamics dog
Perfectly good missed opportunity to make a "boat" that had wheels that reached the bottom of the test container.
I went to the patretta center last January and went down their bullet slide. I had just bought new swimming trunks which were VERY slick. When I made it to the bottom of the slide the life guard told me that it was the fastest he had seen anyone go. he said my time was 7.43 seconds which was the second fastest time on record. My cousin Lucas told me that he didn't believe me though which was really frustrating because I know he was just jealous.
@@tombane5950dude what does this have to do with anything at all
@@the_parasitesits most likely a bot
@@zathegame doesn't seem like it. bots mostly post links and/or advertise their channel, and spam on many comments at a time.
@@zathegame that's not what bots behave like ususally
"I ran out of ideas so I made this"
*proves that, in fact, he did have an idea by making that.*
yes bro
Why 1k likes for this dude and no replying pretty much
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what this comment means: 8:03
3:00 if dogs made their own boats
YOO TD BRICKS!!
should have called it dogboat
Yup
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Kinda want to see the smaller, "too slow" paddles multiplied - like a Viking longboat with 50 of them, to see if it can go anywhere ;)
YOUR OLDED
Probly to heavy per area unit therefore no gain.
I guess we all wanted exactly that
I thought the exact same, if nothing else it would look cool.
I wanted to see the jet with more pistons
I don't know why I laughed so much at the land boat part as it walked away with that tapping sound 😂.
My personal favorite is the paddle wheel one.
Though they are too much wider because of the wheels, but they look lovely 😂
especially when it sped up suddenly
boat move, me happy
Im Happy
Same
Damn
that's deep
That's deep ...
Remarkable ingenuity!
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You waisted your money . Send me your bank account I'll give you candy 🍭
indeed
Indeed
The Undulating Fins Boat feels straight out of a Studio Ghibli film. Amazing Content as always!
The Airships from Howl's Moving Castle come to mind
There are so many little things in this video that make it so good. The testing phases, the comparisons between older models to show why changes were made
.and the land boat
Using the Bohrok Weapons as Paddles is genius, maybe try to see which out of all them is best for paddles?
Very fitting that it was the water one too!
yes i noticed that too!
we were hunting these bionicle boxes like crazy back in childhood
I feel so nostalgic just from seeing those pieces. Memories from 20 years ago...
I thought they looked familiar!
Genius LEGO built 😍
Making the waves at the end was the best part! Epic video
2:47 big respect to the blue borak bionicle paddles
It warms my heart to finally see them actually paddle
For the turbine, a keel is usually what protects boats from tipping. Sailboats run into that all the time. It might not be enough to resist the torque this thing is generating, but it would have been worth a try.
or counterrotating turbines
@@9peppe what if one falls off?
You would be, as we say... "In deep shit"
Maybe place three turbines at a lower height?
@@railfanmusicboi you'll need a lot of math to cancel out angular momentum with three turbines.
1:13 concept successful (falls off table)
Honey, wake up. Brick Technology uploaded a video.
2nd video of 2024
lol
Honey, I'm bricked up
J'ai crié ça chez moi, personne m'a répondu. Après j'ai vu mes lego et j'ai compris!
La réponse était là.
But this Video is so well, don t understand why you are so aggressiv! Every Video in this shape and this kind of knowledge is nice and welcone, so i think! Sorry for the bad english, i m german nativ!🦝
3:16 my dog the moment he smells peanut butter
The undulating one should have undulated opposite directions, I know it would be more complex but it would like double the efficiency
Probably doable if you use a crankshaft-like design as you would use in opposed piston engines
Honestly, probably would've been free. There was already an offset rotation bit in the design, just pick different attachment points to create a phase offset... although, maybe then the attachment points might collide with one another?
I think just using 2 gears instead of one and attaching each side to a gear should do the trick
You're right, it would need a more complex crankshaft.
@@BrickTechnologywe really want to see that!
9:48
There once was a ship t'was made of bricks
We sailed her forw'd with a bevvy of tricks
A wave machine did toss her 'bout
On oar and screw and fin
(HUAH!)
Soon may the Legoman come
With motors smaller than his thumb
One day when the testin' is done
We'll go back in the bin
Nice!
The air propeller (or turbine) is a PERFECT demonstration of how moments of spinning objects work!! Absolutely fascinating
If the undulating fins were phase-shifted so that they worked in symmetry, you would have less energy wasted due to wiggling side to side. I don't know how much extra engineering that would need.
The land boat was my favourite. Great video!
The jet bobbing up and down in the wave was so funny, made me giggle
The marine biologist in me is happy to see the different fish movement styles (oscillation from the tail fin and undulation from the TPU material that was yellow).
Land boat is peak engineering, and you can't change my mind!
Peak. There, changed it
Cant run from a boat that can W A L K
@@kastoridesbobur well you can run but you can’t escape
everybody gangsta till you hear the thunk thunk thunk thunk of land boat crawling under your bed
the ondulating fins is so cool!
would be better if left and right undulators were mirroring each other
Researchers actually made an ATV with those
Some fish actually use these fins to propel themselves through the water.
@@railfanmusicboi That's where humans "stole" the technology...
One thing I love about engineering videos is seeing how designs that replicate nature tend to be more successful.
Ah yes, my favorite classic Bionicle set, the Boatrok.
FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD!!!
@@DonaldWWitt I see a man of culture as well
The undulating fins were really cool and a neat use of TPU printing for Lego. They’d work better mirrored than in sync though
I think it's fair to 3D print certain pieces like that, after all, Lego includes SAILS in some kits, and the sails don't feel very Lego. I think you're good with the undulating fins :3
Not to mention that the little red duck you could get from the Lego House is an actual, authentic, 3D printed Lego piece.
Technically you can do it officially with the lego Muji punch and some thick plastic cover stock.
:3
10:39 HES DOING HIS BEST OKAY?!
Congrats on the sponsorship, you deserve that
thank you :)
Impressed how the hand paddles is actually a workable design, even in turbulent waters
That land boat segue is the reason why I love engineering so much lol. You get to make wacky looking ideas that work with a bit of tinkering.
3:31 that boat belike "Nwo Nwo Nwo Nwo Nwo Nwo! I dwont want it!"
It sound so cute idk why
Best Lego channel on youtube
The "paddling" boat was surprisingly fast and wave resilient
10:31 one must imagine Lego boat happy
As someone who loves paddleships I was pleasantly surprised to see it be the winner
It's a scale thing. Paddles get inefficient with size. Also, he used quite an inefficient propeller. A better one would've beaten the paddles even at this small scale.
The comparison in waves was a great addition
*_It turned out very cool! Great video!_*
some of the ways you were building them I was saying " No way.." then " oh it worked"..over and over...so cool
The water legs was funny AF. Like me trying to move with the ski's on. 😂😂😂
Landboat amazing, you have made a creature
that is insane, I can't think of another way to move a boat. Maybe like some pump that would actually suck the whole boat through the other side
Thats the second video in a row with a brilliant sponsor
9:10 - Ayo who called in the Covenant?
Concept successful!
"sound of crashing"
Always an entertaining video 😎
Glad you enjoyed it
Seeing the Gahlok fins made me so happy. Damn you, Bionicle-brain.
The paddle boat is actually so cute 😂
This is awesome! Now I'd love to see you try and make a working hydrofoil out of Legos!
5:33 Careful with that. Some will say the only reason this video is so interesting, brilliant and successful is because of Tommy Tallarico's sound contribution
His mother's very proud.
the undulating fins were dope af! i bet they'd be much more efficient if the movement was opposed, like swallowing...that's way there'd be no side-to-side movement induced, and the coordinated pulse of water would act like a jet.
I genuinely think you are the first one to do that. Great job on everything!
7:57 This is a old-Disney cartoon style of swimming xDDD
Fantastic! This also explains why, with all these mind-bending alternatives around, boring old props and sails still reign supreme:
efficiency.
1:29 There’s one other way. You could use contra-rotating propellers to resolve this issue. While LEGO does not actively produce mirrored versions of the blade piece you are using (89509) at this time, you could offset the opposite rotor’s blades using modified technic pins with holes to build a mirrored propeller that is suitable for this purpose.
I really want to see that blue 4 dog paddle boat exist IRL. It would be an absolute menace on the water
Why is this guy so much cooler than all of us?
i love how you show the development of your designs, a true engineer. never stop doing what you love
3:18 He just made a walker at this point xD
This has done more to show me how different sea creatures travel underwater than any nature documentary.
Also loved seeing the ships in the waves at the end.
I would buy much more Legos if they weren't so expensive. Thank you for these awesome projects, its like watching daydreams come true.
They aren't *that* expensive, it's just a lot of pieces, which makes sets expensive.
Like it's a few cents per piece, but when you have 300-5000 pieces it racks up quick.
Probably the cheapest solution is to get lego from thrift stores or garage sales, there you can get a lot of bulk, and then order specific parts you need.
@@satibel Well, I would buy more if they weren't so expensive.
And I had bad experiences with used parts. They're not generally bad but you don't know what you get, except if you're there of course.
I find your "ran out of ideas" one of the most interesting. Not because it is fast, but because it is slow
It's a good idea to add waves👍
that paddle boat looks like something straight out of my nightmares
Now combine all of the best ideas to make it super fast
I think see some of your builds shot cinematically at the end of these would be a cherry on top. Love this channel 🤌🏾
3:16 i want one as a pet
Me too
Land boat
Yup, me too pal
A PET BOAT? actually that can be useful if has a ai on it even tho things that move and has a lively look can be a pet I guess
Same
What impresses me most, apart from your creativity, is the sheer amount of lego technic you must have to build all this.
Amazing how efficient the paddle wheels are! By the way you forgot the good ol flagellum lol!
3:10 - crawling ship 😂 Land boat 🤣🤣 Amazing!
was gonna say it 😂
In the wavepool test, most boats can make forward movement if given time, as the waves will bounce off the back of the tub, countering the waves from the front.
I see you failed Physics.
the net force on the boats from the wave machine will push them backwards because the further the waves travel, the more energy is converted to other stuff like the sound of the water moving, by the time it bounces back the bounced waves will have less energy than the oncoming waves or something idk i failed physics too xD
@@doggosuki I figured that, hence why I said most boats can make it.
@@astron800 no they will never make it because the force from the front will always be higher than from the back
@@doggosuki I know the force froze the back is diminished, but many boats still appear to make forward progress, albeit slowly.
This is fascinating how most of these ways to moove in water are inspired by animals
3:46 ahhhhh, jumpscare! They talk!
Ahhhh!
This double paddle design is moving in a very elegant way.
Boat crawler made me laugh like a goon.
Every time you upload my 3 year old get stoked and we watch it about twice a day for a week. So good!
You forgot about the Voith-Schneider thingy, but it's a pain in the A to recreate in Lego, I guess ^^
Also some tank tracks ? ^^
I see some Lego vessel MOCs with Voith-Schneider propellers. It is possible, especially with new Technic micro panels. It will be nice to see your variant.
The sail boat worked surprisingly well to be honest
10:58 The reason why airboats are not seen at sea.
The editing in these videos is really impressive.
3:06 can it reverse?
Not really
Well, I think it can, but it would be significantly slower
the tide pool bit at the end was great!
Down the Mississippi came the Whippoorwill
Commanded by that pilot, Mr. Steamboat Bill
The owners gave him orders on the strict QT
To try and beat the record of the Robert E. Lee
I love your sense of humour in these.
10:09 just looks like a struggling animal XD
The jet one was definitely the cutest
Paddle looked like a dog in water swimming
These videos are always so much fun to watch with my grandpa who loves engineering.
2:50 the boat is r u n n i n g
Logo boats moving through the waves in slow motion is something extremely epic
i’m surprised every time i hear your voice…
It is quite surprising
This is such a clear and beautiful showcase of water wading in lego, probably the best video of this type i've seen!
8:07 this is land boat
Sails, jets, props, and paddles, we really just found like, 4 really good ways to move boats and haven't found better since.
1:15 lmao 🤣🤣
the design for the paddle boat was genius