I'm a fraud. In this Minecraft redstone video, we take a look at how to build giant Minecraft flying machines. Minecraft slimeblock flying machines have been a hobby of mine for years, and now I'm doing a Minecraft tutorial on how to build Minecraft flying machines. From simple minecraft flying machines, to adding complexities, to creating walking minecraft machines. This covers how to build a walking house in Minecraft, walking Minecraft robots, and more!
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As another comment pointed out, you now need to have scar and grian try to watch this and build their own giant walking machines
YES!
Yurg, do you want an apocalypse? Because that's how you get an apocalypse. Imagine Grian making giga prank-O-tron machines, or Scar making server breaking because of lag moving mountains!
I want an apocalypse!
Y E S! All I have to say is YES!! I think it would both be great content and some fun for them yk
*his own
From now on, every time Mumbo states that something is simple, we need grian to attempt and replicate it to verify that statement.
Scar needs to test it with grian
It needs to be Grian proof verified
Nah they’d lose it at rule 1…
Yup lol
after that, most people (like me) fail
11:32 I really appreciate Mumbo explaining the concept of walking
Ong, before this I was completely clueless, Mumbo saved my life fr🔥😔🙏💯
I've never really gotten that into redstone, so I'm genuinely amazed that you explained it in such a way that it was easy to follow along! Flying machines always mystified me, but them being a loop of pushes and pulls makes *so* much sense! Kinda like a caterpillar when you think about it!
A caterpillar does not fly
@@baconheadhair6938throw it
@@baconheadhair6938i mean… jus wait a lil longer
@@baconheadhair6938 And planes don't scrunch and stretch to achieve propulsion. You're just being silly.
@@Gyovali That’s because a plane is not a caterpillar
if it is soo simple, Get Grian and Scar to watch this video and watch them making flying machines
Scar would still find a way to blow it up and Grian would get distracted by pressing the first button he puts down
@@dr._.baldwynhe would do that to scar’s making it ready to explode
😂
Yeah! Make that Volcano fly!
That would be an amazing video lol
I like Mumbo’s concept of a basic loop, and a “jumbled” loop. However, instead of jumbled loop, I think it should be called a Jumbo loop.
Yes. This comment deserves an award or something.
Jumbol'd loop
What about a jumboed loop?
*Yes.*
Mumbo loop
Hands down the best explanation!
Nah i lost him at rule 1…
Nyc
@@McQuistignah you just don't pay attention
@@derpcodm4733not all ppl can pay attention. Atleast hes trying his best to pay attention but hes still can't get it don't u tryna accuse him why hes can't understand abt it.
Reminds me of clockwork. Certainly gears are simple at their core, but when combining them in large geartrains, the complexity increases. A lot of it is down to timing (speed) and torque. Fascinating.
I thought the same thing simple when broken down but complex when combined
true
same as circuitry that's composed of a few logic gates but when combined, you suddenly have an endless amount of combinations and functions
The diagonal wall made me think of how funny it would be to have a staircase that runs away from you when you try to use it
I mean it wouldn't be impossible to build
Go for it
What about a staircase that chases you when you finish going down it? Sort of like one of those crushing wall traps.
This sounds like an existing Mumbo video
@ThatMumboJumbo please make this
It is kinda funny to see how closely Mumbo’s three design rules parallel the design principles I’m learning as an engineering undergrad
If you didn't know you can straight up build computers inside Minecraft. Someone Developed minecraft within minecraft
@@borttorbbq2556 I suck at moving things like this, but I really love building computers The copper lamp they added was REVOLUTIONARY for computing in minecraft. I wish they hadnt nerfed it, though.
What's the similiarities when it comes to 'counting 12'?
@@auh4806 underflows & overflows, off by 1 errors
Having attempted to build a genuine 16bit architecture with associated memory and a x86 Never again Also most example of computer from 2 years ago weren't really computer and lacked ton of instruction Maybe some people made genuine computer But if you wanna learn more stuff just use real design tool
you should use the new 1.20.3 /tick rate & /tick step commands to decrease the ticks and show a slowmotion of the flying machines in the video, would probably help alot
Or fast motion for those big and slow machines
This is really taking "It's really quite simple" to another level.
I loved this kind of redstone tutorial, its not a block by block manual, It actually explains the logic behind it
Right? I hate redstone videos that just say "here's how to build the thing" but not why it works. Also makes it impossible to fix if anything breaks because you don't understand what needs to be happening
YESS i want the _theory_ so i can learn how to do things on my own!! its like being told that 20/5 is 4. but i dont know what 20/5 means. so then when im given 20/2 idk what to do. however if division is explained, i would know what to do. "teach a person to fish" and all that
lol
The WHY is so much more important than the HOW. It's the same with coding. Sure, there might be an Indian explaining how you code a programm like that. But understanding WHY you do it is so much more worth
@@WhitedevilEE theres also plenty of fellow Indians explaining HOW to code. there are some good channels out there!
I feel like every time I watch one of your redstone videos Im just like “yes mumbo whatever you say mumbo” and absorb nothing 💀
Just like some teachers at my school. I always try to move along with it by saying yep, i know. While at the end of the day i remember nothing
😢 com on people mumbo made thus video for us to understand more of his Redstone videos and get in a mindset where can watch knowing what to do is like watching soccer match but you don't understand soccer you won't much enjoyment as some who know tricks and stuff of the game
@@309electronics5 Its very true, but at the same time, at the end of the day whether you learn something or not is up to you. If you're genuinely invested in figuring something out, you're more likely to actually retain that information.
@@maxmore1911😂
Not to undermine your very well organized and articulated video, but this stuff will never be simple for me. For one thing, too much visual stuff going on just throws me off eventually and I get a headache from squinting so hard through all the little blocks and pistons to find either the problem I’ve created or the next area to work off of😅
Even though the basic systems of a flying machine are simple. Compiling all these things together into something that is both functional and looks like an actual build, is still very impressive.
Incredibly informative. Grian and Scar can now fix Doc's giant tunnelbore just in time for the end of the season 😄
Mumbo, you should make a machine that retracts fence posts, Just in case you’re being chased down by a warden 😂
That was so hilarious
Naurrrrr 😭💀
Ouch 💀
OOOOH! Waaaow! xD
Too soon
tell that to us bedrock players
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FRRR
We only play *real* minecraft on this channel
LOL
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For Bedrock players, sticky pistons dont let go of the block when given 1 tick of power, so to make it work, you must use non-sticky pistons.
*Pistons never push and retract in just 1 tick in Bedrock Edition.*
@@scmbgoogle7790 bruh i was just trying to help people don't be super annoying
@@friedbacon5095 okay
The fact you can take something this crazy and simplify it down to a succinct video is honestly as impressive or more impressive than the original massive flying machine that your tank build was
My reaction to this is "it's really quite simple." Honestly this kind of makes me want to rewatch Mumbo's old videos and see if I can spot those smaller components.
You can recognize an expert of his craft (pun intended) when he is able to explain his work and make it's audience understand a very complex subject as if it was simple.
This is generally what most high-level skill education teaches you: If you cannot explain it briefly and concisely, you do not understand it well enough.
It’s really quite simply ! 😂
Girl I didn't understand anything
It's quite simple, really. Not flying machines in general, if you look at something like a quarry, it can get quite complicated but this really is simple.
@@forderdrek8757 flying machines are simple. What they do usually is not lol. The majority of people who "didn't understand" this video went in with the wrong mindset. Pistons push and pull, observers cause sticky pistons to "let go" of blocks. That's literally all there is to it, and Mumbo provided a fantastic more specific explanation.
I think this makes the whole process so much cooler, even if in total it's fairly simple
Honestly I never expected the video to have been structured so well with explanations and approaches that fully define and build upon what has already been taught in a constructive and efficient manner. Truly an outstanding example of a masterclass taught by a professional. Ps. Love your vids keep it up mumbo lol
But you see Mumbo I don't come to see an awesome robot, I come to see YOU make an awesome robot The principles that you're using to make the robot may be simple, but the principles combined with your many many video making skills becomes a much more complex form of entertainment than any walking machine you could ever design
uh... what he said. I know words I promise.
This is exactly what I had in mind. Thank you for wording it
@@landostar25 do you? prove it. say "mumbo is cool" right now
@@pvic6959 looc si obmum
yes
What i learned: make engine, attach bits to engine, legs are legs, legs have legs, legs are made of legs, still big impressive machine
The one thing that makes the big machines hard is getting them to not stick to themselves. Other than that, you are exactly correct
5:53 I actually recreated this on my own, simply by going back and watching your video. It was a bit of a challenge, but it took no more than like 30 mins I wanna say and once I did it, I was super proud of myself
Mumbo after saying "it's really quite simple" and showing you the most complicated thing you've ever seen.
I love when we get Mumbo videos like these - feels like the balance between Theory and Tutorial that makes it really easy (for me personally) to synthesize understanding of how the circuitry works while still having a grand reference to work towards. It doesn't ruin the magic of how you make them; far from it, it brings that magic within a range of knowledge that we can actually understand HOW COOL YOUR STUFF IS.
THIS
In Mumbo's brain, Everything is Really Quite Simple. Actually, these machines are really quite simple, but I play on Bedrock edition... sadly.
@@Human..Being...same lol
@@Human..Being...I play bedrock and it isn't too different! The only differences between them are: Java has a weird way of powering something, ex: 🟥(Redstone block) ⬜(Piston or other activatables) The redstone block has the ability to somehow power the piston despite not making contact with it. Bedrock doesn't do that. Bedrock can push storage blocks like furnaces, chests, shulker box, hoppers while java can't, which is a cool thing. Other than these (and nerdy redstone mechanics that needs a deep diving to learn) there's not much difference when it comes to building flying slime machines in Minecraft java and bedrock
Im surprised but it actually ended up 'really quite simple'
Meanwhile me over here being completely lost by the time he was half way through showing the first basic motor.
@@CyarSkirata Same here, bud.
@@CyarSkirata piston1 pull, piston2 push, which causes piston1 to pull, which causes piston2 to push etc. Its not that hard.
But the observers don't seem to be pointing at any of the blocks?
@@CyarSkirata the space above a piston will activate the piston as well. It’s called quasi connectivity and was originally a bug in the game that has since been kept as a feature.
I could watch a solid wall move in segments like that for hours
I’ve always looked around for an explanation on these things. This is the best video I’ve seen on the topic.
For Mumbo, giant redstone machines are easy ...it's avoiding the Warden that's a challenge. 😂
To be fair everyone struggles avoiding that horror game like mob
I'd argue avoiding fence posts was the hidden boss finally.
With how you explained this, it makes me understand why you always say "it's really quite simple." Because for you, it is! I definitely understand the basic principles of it now-- even if I don't think I could implement them without a whole lot of practice. But I feel like I finally have a place to start if I want to make something, now that I have a grasp of the logic behind the mechanics, when before they seemed like magic as a result of magic. Awesome video, it was very informative!!!
Just because we learn how the sausage is made, doesn't mean nobody buys sausages anymore xD We're not going anywhere Mumbo - it's like you said, knowledge of the inner workings just lets us appreciate your slimeblock contraptions all the more!
Dear Mojang, Please give Bedrock players one-tick Sticky Piston block dropping as a parity feature. The best way to do this would be to add another Sticky Piston variant to the game (call it a Honey Piston for example) that behaves like a Java Sticky Piston. It is a travesty that one of the best redstoners on KZhead puts out a terrific video like this that only works for half the people watching it.
Besides all other streamers, there is nobody like Mumbo who makes me feel authentically like listening to a friend. Like someone I know for ages. Such a warm atmosphere even whilst teaching us slimestone basics. Love you, mate. Thanks for your content
Mumbo is great, but diving head-first into parasocial relationships is not healthy...
@@eleanorchase3653 who is diving here into a parasocial relationship? Apologies, if I wasn’t clear. I meant that I authentically feel like that. I’m well aware that there ain’t no friendship behind. Wanted to point out mumbos natural talent of creating a warm and friendly atmosphere with whatever he is doing in his videos and that no other streamer comes close to that level of him (for me personally)
The new /tick command can make understanding these machines a lot easier!
OOOh that's a really good idea! I found myself playing Mumbo's video in like 0.5 speed to see exactly what was going on with the simple flying machines to get the intuition, but /tick can do that in-game too! Nice!
I can't wait to see mumbo using the the tick command in 1.21 but knowing him he wouldn't realize is actually there
I love the cinematic shots of the armadillo at the end. I think it looks much better than the standard fly-around
12:26 Hey Mumbo , you can use the new command to slow down time , will make understanding stuff easier
As someone who doesn't know much about redstone I absolutely loved this video Mumbo! I learnt a lot and cant wait to build a flying machine
I literally tell people the my big pistons and BIGston doors are just flying walls lol Slimestone is a rly fun area to learn if you haven't already
hi
lol only 2 replys to a Crafty Crafter Counter 2.0 inventor's comment
That armadillo is built differen- No, wait, it's just a bunch of legs stacked up and next to each other!
this was one of the best tutorials ive ever seen, not only for Minecraft. you explain the principles, how they work together and even the way how bricking them together works. wonderfully made!!
Finally this needed to be said. Most big machines are the same bits repeatedly pasted. The real difficulty is in the smaller advanced contraptions contained within. For example on the SBRT 3 bot A-10 it's a lot of copy pasted contraptions. The difficulty isn't in tiling it's in making the individual components. A-10s roof cannons are small compared to the bot as a whole but they are really complex.
I mean, yeah. Well and then there's TMC with it's quarries and other kinds of witchcraft.
I had no clue how they worked before, thank you Mumbo! This will definitely help when building farms!
Don't wanna be the one to question your methods, but.. A literal flying machine seems to be extremely impractical for farms.
@@thefireman17492 Many farms use flying machines. Namely, larger sugar cane and bamboo farms pretty simply have a flying machine that shaves the tops off of the respective crops
@@thefireman17492look up the sugae cane
@@thefireman17492But very cool
to me, the most impressive part of a giant build isn't the complicated redstone, it's figuring out how you can fit components together to achieve the results you want
My brain just automatically turns off when hearing the phrase "really quite simple".
This was actually really informative. I've built flying machines before and understood the basic ideas, but seeing it broken down and explained like this really helped me connect all the dots. Thank you, Mumbo :) P.S. Cool Armadillo. I love the eyebrows.
I still only remember a small plane and it's engine (no observer) So watching this is like watching cubehamster and magmamusen again
15:20 It's just 26 legs in a trenchcoat!
Ok, mumbo; 1. You are really good at explaining everything. You're fantastic not just because you figured this stuff out but because you were able to teach it in such a concise way 2. That being said, this stuff still takes incredible skill. This is very difficult stuff, even if you've explained it so well! You're really just amazing at this lol 3. Even if everybody figures it out, I'm sure they'll keep watching your videos. Because you're also very entertaining. Keep strong, guy! 💪
I'd love to see a follow up to this that goes into some of the more complicated aspects of flying machines. Built-in piston feedtapes for timed circuits are powerful for more advanced machines, and I'm working on a walker design that lifts the feet higher than 1 block (It's slow and complicated because I suck at this).
'It's really quite simple' - Just about the most mumbo thing to say. Amazing vid as always.
"It's actually surprisingly simple" -Ceave, the mumbo of mario maker??
The iconic quote coming from the same guy that made walking houses and giant tanks.
MUMBO You are not a fraud (for the people who didn't understand, he wrote "I'm a fraud")
alternative title : mumbo has 17 minutes of impostor syndrome. Let me tell you, as someone who makes video's about programming, just because something is built up out of things you might see as simple and you can easily grasp how separate pieces fit together to make something greater, in no means will mean that someone watching will now instantly be an expert. it takes a lot of practice and a certain type of brain to grasp these things on a level where it's actually understood. So, while simleblock components might be pretty simple, the things you build with it are still impressive AF!
I think he's returning to the good old "it's just some simple redstone" and then builds a whatchamacallit inside of a doodledoo next to a whatsit and then everything goes laggy
yknow, for tight timing things like this, i would actually recommend getting either carpet mod - or recording in the 1.20 snapshots. That way you'd have access to tick freeze and tick step, which would make these explanations even better imo!
The /tick command was added in 1.20.3!
Thats vanilla now!
That's why he added "or recording in the 1.20 snapshots"
I'll be honest, this is one of the first times I've actually started to understand flying machines (granted I wasn't trying very hard before this). The armadillo at the end was just a cherry on top.
This was by far my favorite of your redstone videos and ive watched your videos since 2014 so ive watched a lot. I loved the breaking down of each segment and the way it was put together. Keep up the good work and i would love to see more videoes like this one.
Wait this actually makes sense. Thank you for describing why everything works in detail and working up to the expanded concept!
Hands down the best explanation! I feel like I could actually design something rather than just copying a design. This will help me be able to experiment more.
I love how Mumbo still has the proximity chat mod from Secret Life active lol. You can see cause of the mic icon in the lower left
Ah yes because they only exclusively use it for the Life Series. I has no other uses except for the Life Series.
🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓@@Akniy
Great video as always! Not sure if you've had a look at all the new snapshot features yet (besides the crafting bench), but the variable tick speed is really useful for showing/seeing block movement sequences and other tricky redstone stuff which can be hard to figure out when it happens so quickly.
I love that Mumbo thinks people won't be impressed by his giant machines once they realize it's all just looping, linking parts. Like, knitting is just looping and linking yarn, but I'm still impressed when someone knits a sweater!
I was just thinking Mumbo isn’t releasing videos after SecretLife, he must be building some giant redstone machine
I’m so glad that Mumbo is returning to his roots…. Sparking a Redstonaissance.
This is exactly what it feels like to walk into the wrong class in school, having absolutely no idea what's going on.
Lmao
This really shows engineering in a nutshell: break it down into understandable modules that do things, use techniques to combine the modules, and test the daylights out of it. Redstone really can be a great intro to (and a form of) engineering - not because "it's complicated", but because you can see (in 3D space) how it works, it makes more sense than abstract stuff. Thanks for the video!
This is the most Mumbo Jumbo video title to ever exist
Ah, but it really is quite simple really.
Loved this video. Very good and clear instructional training video. But do want to also say that I would also watch a video from you titled "I built a giant armadillo in Minecraft!" And I don't think that I am alone in that.
I was thinking the same thing.
This has been pretty eye-opening! Knowing the fact that the basic motion of a flying machine boils down to a looping sequence of push-retract-push-retract... makes them pretty easy to understand and build!
Yeah, I've found that flying machines are honestly quite simple.
What makes it "NOT quite simple" is trying to make sure each individual flying machine doesn't crash into each other and getting them to move in unison.
true lol that’s the hardest part
which is why you dont have individual flying machines and instead attach a bunch of stuff to one flying machine!
@@MUI_Noam12 did you even watch the video? There's a piston push limit. The large flying machines like the armadillo Mumbo made in the video are literally made up of smaller flying machines.
@@lasercraft32 by stuff I meant the extensions mungo mentioned. Which aren’t quite flying machines on their own. And you don’t have to worry about timing really since all of the extensions movements are based of the movement of the source anyway. You made it sound like multiple separate “motors” so to speak.
What you said at the end about flying machines being smaller principles all put together applies to so many things that you learn. Programming for example is just a bunch of different components put together. When you look at it from the top view you see all the smaller components but where it becomes tricky is putting them together to make something cool and unique. A person could make those smaller components by them self but it would take a lot more work and creativity to make a functioning, and cool looking, final product
Wow! The most informative redstone video I have seen in a very long time. I always wanted to understand flying machines so thank you Mumbo! The engineer in me loves when you explain how things work instead of just being like '6 hours of head scratching later, I've done it'.
important note honey blocks are transparent blocks which means you cant power pistons through them but you can with slime blocks
this just adds to the memes of mumbo saying "Its quite simple really" while showing off a build that most people wouldn't understand.
This was one of your best videos to date, very entertaining yet clear and 100% redstone. I love it
Made one of these and showed my mum to show her because I thought she’d be impressed. Instead I just got hit with the ‘who are you‘ and ‘why are you in my house’ like cmon mum just tryna brighten your life a little bit jeez
I must say this is the greatest video with a giant Redstone armidilo I have seen in my life
Mumbo: It's simple guys!
I've only watched as far at the fourth green rectangle, and I've already learned so much about these flying machines. Thank you so much, Mumbo!
Mumbo, your ability to explain redstone/slimeblock contraptions so clearly amazes me. I think I understood everything in this video. Great job!
Mumbo: It’s really simple Me:What’s an observer again
I think that there are a few things that are really being downplayed here to make it seem as simple as it is. Yes the base mechanics are actually rather understandable, but actually designing the segments with the push limits to fit together and visually look how you want is essentially an art form. When you reduce it to it's base concepts it can seem quite easy, but the amount of practice most people need to get to the point where they can do complex things with it shouldn't be understated. I'm not making this distinction to scare people away, but to set expectations. Often when people think things are much easier than they are it can lead to frustration and giving up.
Mumbo, you fail to realise that *I* am embarrassingly simple
Mumbo: Giant redstone machines are really quite simple. Me: How tf do you make a 3×3 piston door?
Mumbo, you need to make more videos like this. It was really fun watching an explanation for how these redstone systems work, from a seasoned redstone user no less. I would LOVE to see deconstructions of other types of circuits like piston doors.
Thank you so much. I was really into slime block machines when they were first introduced, watching lots of cubehamster back in the day. I fell off after a while and observers and honey blocks quickly confused me. This helped a lot.
“It’s actually quite simple” -mumbo jumbo, while building something i will never understand in my whole life.
Thanks Mumbo, i searched up some tutorials on Yt, reddit but didn't find anything about how to make a little more advanced slimestoning. Maybe you are not the best at redstone, maybe you have one of the most toxic communities but you are such a good teacher.
This is one of my favorite youtube videos ever, I have seen it so many times learning something new.
Wonderful, thanks mumbo. I kinda felt in a way where I could watch the other normal redstone you do and be like "Yep that makes sense" (mostly) but I could never recreate it, but the flying machines I could never get my head around. Though now I'm in the same boat and probably could make some simple ones if I wanted too. Great video!
Mumbo jumbo made me rethink the meaning of the word simple
I’ve officially seen it all. Mumbo “it’s really quite simple” Jumbo actually making something seem simple 🤯
This was very illuminating. You did a great job of breaking the components down in a way that the final armadillo really did start to make sense.
You’re a very good teacher tbh
The carpet mod (or even in vanilla since 1.20.3) adds the /tick command This is extremely useful for testing since you can freeze the game, and then go one tick at a time and see exactly what's happening and when.
So glad you've got back into explaining redstone. I knew the first 10 minutes, and now I have a fundamental understanding of the rest of it. Thank you
I mean this in the nicest way. But this video made me understand people who use videos to fall asleep. It's not that the video is boring or anything Mumbo's voice is just calming