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Building and testing diverse methods to propel a Lego boat.
Chapters:
00:00 Propeller
00:37 Paddle Wheel
01:02 Turbine
02:15 Paddle
03:18 Fin
05:17 Rope
05:49 Jet
07:08 Sail
07:39 Legs
08:25 Undulating Fins
09:48 Wave
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Music:
Searching For You - White Hex
Kazoom - Quincas Moreira
The End - Coyote Hearing
OvO - Jeremy Black
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boat move, me happy
Im Happy
Same
Damn
that's deep
That's deep ...
"I ran out of ideas so I made this" *proves that, in fact, he did have an idea by making that.*
The Land Boat was delightfully cursed.
Like baba yaga
I was excited that they used Bionicle pieces for it, specifically Gahlok's weapons, the water element of the Bohrok
are lego power ups water proof
w land boat
I spent 30 minutes trying to find why this icon of yours is so familiar. It finally hit me
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
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
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.
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!🦝
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!
Ah yes, my favorite classic Bionicle set, the Boatrok.
FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD!!!
@@DonaldWWitt I see a man of culture as well
Congrats on the sponsorship, you deserve that
thank you :)
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?
@@themusicandstarwarsaddict you'll need a lot of math to cancel out angular momentum with three turbines.
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.
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
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
Making the waves at the end was the best part! Epic video
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.
@@themusicandstarwarsaddict That's where humans "stole" the technology...
Land boat is peak engineering, and you can't change my mind!
Peak. There, changed it
The air propeller (or turbine) is a PERFECT demonstration of how moments of spinning objects work!! Absolutely fascinating
The jet bobbing up and down in the wave was so funny, made me giggle
3:00 if dogs made their own boats
YOO TD BRICKS!!
should have called it dogboat
Genius LEGO built 😍
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.
Landboat amazing, you have made a creature
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
3:46 ahhhhh, jumpscare! They talk!
Thats the second video in a row with a brilliant sponsor
The comparison in waves was a great addition
some of the ways you were building them I was saying " No way.." then " oh it worked"..over and over...so cool
Best Lego channel on youtube
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.
Not gonna Lie, I like the Jet Propulsion method. Putting less mechanical parts in the water. And since I'd like to build an RC boat for an actual lake, I might try that and placing serveral of those in sequance.
Concept successful! "sound of crashing"
Every time you upload my 3 year old get stoked and we watch it about twice a day for a week. So good!
2:39 seeing those bohrok’s (I had to google their name) “hands” is so nostalgic
Now combine all of the best ideas to make it super fast
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.
This is such a clear and beautiful showcase of water wading in lego, probably the best video of this type i've seen!
*_It turned out very cool! Great video!_*
Seeing the Gahlok fins made me so happy. Damn you, Bionicle-brain.
Why is this guy so much cooler than all of us?
I'm amazed the jet propulsion worked as good as it did!
the way you articulate your thoughts is so powerful!
I think that if the "jet ski" one had a constant flow it would maybe work better? And I really like the last one because it reminds me of an eel or a snake. You're engineering solutions are always so cool!
It's a good idea to add waves👍
This is awesome! Now I'd love to see you try and make a working hydrofoil out of Legos!
the paddle wheel boat is my favourite. it's such a stylish design. plus it leaves room in the back for some way to steer, without adding tank controls to your paddle wheels
I genuinely think you are the first one to do that. Great job on everything!
would really love to see a multi-cylinder version of that jet propulsion engine with something that can crank out more revs per minute.
I Recon a CO2 Bottle from a Soda Syphon would make a Better JetBoat (Just needs something to stop it Breaking the Glass at the End)
one thing i love about videos like this is that they show us that there really are hundreds of ways to accomplish a task, there is no 1 magic right way that you have to figure out.
The last shots with the waves are awesome! You have really high production quality!
I find your "ran out of ideas" one of the most interesting. Not because it is fast, but because it is slow
I love the „legs“ concept 😻
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.
Paddle boat unfazed by waves or lack of water, while having one of the best speed ❤ I want a life-sized version to roam the world. More seriously, I'm interested in a future video about engineering the most versatile vehicle.
Great Lego ship design! The fin was much better then the rest.
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.
That walker paddleboat was really smooth
This video will be very useful when the new Besiege water expansion comes out next month.
So happy to see you getting sponsors! Great video as always.
That wave montage! love it.
I like your creativity, your ideas, how you realise them, how you fix your problems and how you put all these things into a video. Big props and best greetings from germany. 🙂👍
The paddle boat is my favorite
You know it’s going to be a good day when Brick Technology uploads
That was awesome. Some very insane boat variants. Very cool
Nice X1/X1C and nice TPU print settings
Everything on this channel is such a joy.
These videos are always so much fun to watch with my grandpa who loves engineering.
I love your sense of humour in these.
you always make complex subjects so digestible, thanks! ️
Logo boats moving through the waves in slow motion is something extremely epic
The wave simulation in the end 🤩
The little paddle arms were pretty dang cute.
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.
Would love to see a video of how stabilise boats in the midst of strong waves, kinda like wheel suspension, but in the water!
I love the paddles mechanism. Gotta be my favorite even if its probably inefficient
I'm completely fine with you using 3D prints in your Lego videos as long as its mostly Legos 😁👍
My favorite was the one with the wavy fins that was super creative!
Undulating fins was ingenious and surprisingly effective.
the boats were great. But the effort for that Brilliant ad... respect.
Best Lego content there is, always worth the wait
Cool paddle design for the paddle wheels in this vid
The articulated legs boat was awesome to see. Reminded me of the sea monkeys we had as kids. I’d be curious to see if more legs or tighter spacing would improve efficiency.
The sail is still amazing.
Love how you used the Gahlok shield pieces as paddles. I bet the Nuhvok-Kal pieces would be the best out of all of them though...
DUDE! I had no idea you have a great voice and are capable or writing scripts until you did the brilliant ad! Please release some content with a voice over explaining the mechanical principles and the type of parts used for the mechanisms!
1:15 AMAZING FOLEY WORK!
Amazing how efficient the paddle wheels are! By the way you forgot the good ol flagellum lol!
Every one of these videos is better than the last. I love watching your channel and skill grow👍
Brick technology never disappoints
The quality of production is constantly rising and the content is superb! Love your channel! The wave footage was awesome!!!
Would love to see a more involved jet propulsion one, perhaps with several pumps with spread out timings?
I like the rails added to keep the boats moving in one dimension
Awesome and funny video! Thoroughly enjoyed it! The land boat was my favourite!
I would love to see more of the jet propulsion
This is fascinating how most of these ways to moove in water are inspired by animals
Really awesome, especially with waves!!!
This is such a cool video, it's so interesting relating the various methods of movement and relating them to various things in nature and different types of boats. Great stuff as always :D
Awesome seeing them fight the waves
So glad you tried it with Bohrok flippers
The paddler looks amazing on the waves, like some strange creature