Overclocking... Pistons? - Kerbal Space Program

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @Danny2462
    @Danny2462  3 года назад +227

    Come, why don't you, and achieve peak piston with me!
    At one point I gotta find time for editing the next Messing Around in KSP, dammit

    • @TTARM
      @TTARM 3 года назад +1

      First :) actually did it?

    • @SharkyKSP
      @SharkyKSP 3 года назад

      :o

    • @jezzdogslayer
      @jezzdogslayer 3 года назад

      what happens if you hugely overclock the motor for a propeller plane or for a car? how fast could you make it go? could the car do a new land speed record?

    • @jezzdogslayer
      @jezzdogslayer 3 года назад

      @@SharkyKSP let me know how it goes

    • @jezzdogslayer
      @jezzdogslayer 3 года назад

      @@SharkyKSP was it the car or plane?

  • @kevinstrout630
    @kevinstrout630 3 года назад +500

    quick back of the hand calculations show that danny was traveling at about 158,000,000 c in that last test, or just over warp 9 for you Trek fans.

    • @philippey4918
      @philippey4918 3 года назад +30

      so sad that it isn't warp 10 ;(

    • @wafflesnep
      @wafflesnep 3 года назад +35

      @@philippey4918 sadly kerbals have yet to discover teleportation

    • @isaiahjacobson2089
      @isaiahjacobson2089 3 года назад +27

      @@philippey4918 tryna turn jeb into a salamander?

    • @NoNameAtAll2
      @NoNameAtAll2 3 года назад +9

      old warp 9 or new warp 9?

    • @kevinstrout630
      @kevinstrout630 3 года назад +13

      @@NoNameAtAll2 8^(WF) = velocity in c, not sure which system that is, just the one I remembered off the top of my head. Crazy fast regardless.

  • @edward9487
    @edward9487 3 года назад +97

    REMEMBER: A Parachute is the only thing a piston on overclock can't be normal with.
    It's also how you summon Cthulhu, without a spaghetti sacrifice.

  • @Fixxate
    @Fixxate 3 года назад +176

    Whether through finesse or brute force, humanity would've always found a way to fly. The same is true for kerbals.

    • @edward9487
      @edward9487 3 года назад +8

      *observing a piston going brr*
      Hmm.

  • @kaseymathew1893
    @kaseymathew1893 3 года назад +55

    Ah, yes. [INTERGER OVERFLOW]C.
    A perfectly reasonable speed at which to travel.

  • @peter4210
    @peter4210 3 года назад +197

    The flapping is not too slow, you have to invert the lift direction on the way back so the pull is not canceling the push

    • @maxi4251
      @maxi4251 3 года назад +22

      Newton's Third Law intensifies.

    • @peter4210
      @peter4210 3 года назад +38

      @@maxi4251 Conservation of energy can eat dirt but respect Newton's
      A U T H O R I T Y

    • @zuthalsoraniz6764
      @zuthalsoraniz6764 3 года назад +10

      Or make it a lot faster on the downstroke than on the upstroke. Since aero forces scale as v^2, that'd make the downstroke generate a larger impulse than the upstroke.

    • @maxi4251
      @maxi4251 3 года назад +1

      @@zuthalsoraniz6764 Ye just like jellyfish XD

    • @peter4210
      @peter4210 3 года назад

      @@zuthalsoraniz6764 ok so for you it either my solution to generate force on both stroke or your solution of generating force on one stroke then somewhat canceling part of that stroke on the second one, not to mention that as the vehicle speed increases the force cancellation will increase too and the overall efficiency will decrease with reduced atmosphere

  • @Saturn_57
    @Saturn_57 3 года назад +133

    Everybody gangsta until danny overlocks a kerbal

    • @dimitar4y
      @dimitar4y 3 года назад +13

      he *will* find a way to overclock kerbals and overclock their spaghettification

    • @boyvol6428
      @boyvol6428 3 года назад +11

      @@dimitar4y and then he will overclock kraken.

    • @ayoutubechannel921
      @ayoutubechannel921 3 года назад +1

      @@dimitar4y they didn’t patch that, a few weeks ago I sent a kerbal at incredibly high speed then eva’d them and they turned into a glitchy, sphaghettified mess

    • @dimitar4y
      @dimitar4y 3 года назад +4

      @@ayoutubechannel921 i never said or implied it was patched, donno why you started with that. You vaccinated btw? I feel like the vaccine is making people dumber. I said I hope for overclocked spaghetti.

    • @ayoutubechannel921
      @ayoutubechannel921 3 года назад

      @@dimitar4y I just said that *IN CASE* you thought it was patched

  • @Heating56
    @Heating56 3 года назад +64

    “But what about pistons!”
    *Immediately finds a way to generate thrust by breaking the piston.*
    I think Danny is actually a KSP dev and isn’t telling us

    • @infinity9646
      @infinity9646 3 года назад +9

      That makes more sense than I'm comfortable with

    • @onerxowns2202
      @onerxowns2202 3 года назад +1

      More like "reality warping SCP"

    • @sneed2600
      @sneed2600 3 года назад +1

      @@onerxowns2202 xk class scenario intensifies

  • @josephhenderson2538
    @josephhenderson2538 3 года назад +71

    I feel like that pogo platform has potential for a Mun base orbital launcher/escape system/Kerbal juicer.

  • @TheAziz
    @TheAziz 3 года назад +40

    OC rotors next. 5000000 RPM, let's see what those can do.

    • @thatguybrody4819
      @thatguybrody4819 3 года назад +1

      instant torque.

    • @ryanspence5831
      @ryanspence5831 3 года назад +3

      Doesn't work, game has a limit of 50 radians per second that cannot be exceeded (if even slightly exceeded by an unstable equilibrium things break and it cannot be exceeded at all in normal circumstances)

    • @notfeedynotlazy
      @notfeedynotlazy 3 года назад +2

      @@ryanspence5831 Yes, that's that devs thought, no doubt

    • @ryanspence5831
      @ryanspence5831 3 года назад +1

      @@notfeedynotlazy it's an aspect of the unity engine, not KSP

    • @notfeedynotlazy
      @notfeedynotlazy 3 года назад

      @@ryanspence5831 >implying that engines can not be abused to get results their devs thought impossible

  • @Yakovlev_Norris
    @Yakovlev_Norris 3 года назад +3

    If we ever stop having the need for "Epilepsy Warning", I am afraid the time has come where Danny has been kidnapped by the Kraken

  • @tranchedecake3897
    @tranchedecake3897 3 года назад +2

    I love the "Physics easing in progress" lol

  • @PeterBarnes2
    @PeterBarnes2 3 года назад +10

    You know, I've seen things fly off out of the Kerbol system at ludicrous speed enough times, I want to know why it happens. More than that, I want to replicate it consistently. I want a Ludicrous Speed Drive, and I want to control it.
    This would call for science, but I'm lazy.

    • @ayoutubechannel921
      @ayoutubechannel921 3 года назад +1

      When I want warp speed I usually just build some long bendy thing with lots of wings, mk1 fusulages and enable invincibility and then I just use maxed object thrower on it and it usually does the trick

  • @clouds314
    @clouds314 3 года назад +19

    Who needs Space-X when we have pistons!

  • @frogmouth07
    @frogmouth07 3 года назад +5

    Danny constantly finds new ways to either destroy the planet or create a warp drive and I'm all for it

  • @derpmanaveragegamer7791
    @derpmanaveragegamer7791 3 года назад +1

    Piston: *Defys the laws of physics for a split second*
    Danny2462: "at first you had my curiosity, now you have my attention."

  • @cameroncook6643
    @cameroncook6643 3 года назад +11

    Danny you always surprise me with your supreme ability of breaking ksp

  • @gillbates4213
    @gillbates4213 3 года назад +3

    piston realy just be out there travelling faster than light

  • @MMedic23
    @MMedic23 3 года назад

    2:53 Hey that's the curb your enthusiasm music!

  • @Pitachips22
    @Pitachips22 2 года назад +1

    4:13 he achieved 2000c right there. kerbal warp program

  • @aIexwiththetv
    @aIexwiththetv 3 года назад

    Glad to see you're still breaking literally every law of physics you can

  • @periodificationateifierscandal
    @periodificationateifierscandal 3 года назад +4

    This... is amazing... I don't think there's something more perfect! *Also, if you went back to the KSC and loaded in a craft, I think you and the KSC should be underwater, if I am correct as I had a similar encounter before..*

  • @Leet-iz2fz
    @Leet-iz2fz 3 года назад

    Mans just popped back into my recommended after like 2 years and I subscribed immediately before even watching.

  • @weegee2567
    @weegee2567 3 года назад

    Damn, I watched this channel since I was like, 10. Glad to see it’s still up!

  • @alexisauld7781
    @alexisauld7781 3 года назад

    "Alright, so everything's running smoothly, our game's going well, nothing at all is--"
    *Alarm starts blaring*
    "...DAAAAAANNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!"

  • @TheSkyRender
    @TheSkyRender 3 года назад +4

    What, you've never overclocked a piston to travel at 139,257,947 times the speed of light? It's a ton of fun! It takes about 6 1/2 hours to cross the Milky Way and it tends to collapse reality into a point singularity, but you can't have everything, right?

  • @tyttuut
    @tyttuut 3 года назад +9

    The wings need to be angled up on the return stroke, it's just canceling out the lift. Something like that.

  • @Jonassoe
    @Jonassoe 3 года назад

    4:14 Ah yes, a normal Danny video

  • @Rawdin0323
    @Rawdin0323 3 года назад

    When adding those fins for flapping this was an actually idea for flying when it was becoming a thing in the early 1900 and did something very similar

  • @evanm6739
    @evanm6739 3 года назад

    This is a beautiful work of art

  • @arandoonline5102
    @arandoonline5102 3 года назад +1

    NEVER in my life have I ever heard a the words Kerbal Space Program and Overclocking in the same sentence in my life
    Also thought this was an LTT video for a moment

  • @AncroKT
    @AncroKT 3 года назад +1

    Ah, the Warp 10 Piston, as Nostradamus predicted.

  • @Michukp
    @Michukp 3 года назад

    Overklocking: exists
    Me: WE GONNA WARP TO JOOL

  • @ladyellen7993
    @ladyellen7993 3 года назад +2

    Only in KSP can you make a stick with some funny towels attached to it go at very fastfast speeds and launch you out of the solar system

    • @gsquared8730
      @gsquared8730 2 года назад

      Martincitopants:lots of hothot gas

  • @Garryck-1
    @Garryck-1 3 года назад

    Thank you Danny, for once again enabling me to OD on my daily dose of laughter!

  • @Immortalcheese
    @Immortalcheese 3 года назад +3

    Danny always has to calculate his trajectory in units of C

  • @ha_quang_minh_45
    @ha_quang_minh_45 3 года назад

    people: OC's CPUs
    Danny: OC's f*king KSP parts

  • @theairispure4314
    @theairispure4314 5 месяцев назад +2

    4:14
    Edit:
    That's over *2,000 c*

  • @Infinite_Maelstrom
    @Infinite_Maelstrom 3 года назад

    I love that it is still accelerating as the screen fades to black

  • @eekee6034
    @eekee6034 2 года назад

    4:33 139 million times the speed of light and still accelerating. Maybe we can use this for reaction control on the landing legs drive.

  • @recurvestickerdragon
    @recurvestickerdragon 3 года назад

    you must make a flapping mechanism that extends up, deploys parachutes, flaps down with them, retracts the parachutes, and so on. So your wingbeat would go downward with high drag, and low-drag when it would push you the wrong way~

  • @krow1551
    @krow1551 3 года назад

    I just find the idea of someone forcing themselves into space really funny

  • @Hailfire08
    @Hailfire08 3 года назад +1

    Next gen kraken drives

  • @Strike2-9245
    @Strike2-9245 3 года назад

    This is amazing, I will forever try to overclock everything

  • @kerbodynamicx472
    @kerbodynamicx472 3 года назад

    Overclocked Pistons
    Expectation: Agile mecha
    Reality: Warp drive !?!

  • @pewpew4545
    @pewpew4545 3 года назад

    I think any epileptic's still watching your channel after all these years have a self-harm complex lol...

  • @ThePCguy17
    @ThePCguy17 3 года назад +1

    Gigahertz speeds, Danny? You were exceeding the speed of light by nearly a dozen orders of magnitude. That's a bit beyond gigahertz.

  • @poptre67
    @poptre67 3 года назад

    damn danny glad to the funny ksp content hasnt degraded

  • @Leifdoe
    @Leifdoe 3 года назад +1

    Fun fact: you can toggle SRB's through right clicking on them and clicking "activate" or "shut down" or whatever it says there

    • @ayoutubechannel921
      @ayoutubechannel921 3 года назад

      You can also throttle them too with the kal-1000, just use their thrustlimiter or something

  • @anonymous-rb2sr
    @anonymous-rb2sr 3 года назад

    This is like one of these Leonardo da Vinci "flying" machines

  • @Marxon1134
    @Marxon1134 3 года назад

    I see you're finally overclocking pistons, took ya long enough.

  • @Alex2Buzz
    @Alex2Buzz 3 года назад

    I said "oh no" several times in this video. Excellent.

  • @DerKopfsammler666
    @DerKopfsammler666 3 года назад

    Danny McGyver creates an instant warp drive using pistons xD

  • @verruxlunox8438
    @verruxlunox8438 3 года назад

    Ah, the power of THRUST
    this is the weirdest helicopter i've ever seen

  • @AaronShenghao
    @AaronShenghao 3 года назад

    This reminds me that car with a huge umbrella like thing on top trying to “fly”

  • @Marxon1134
    @Marxon1134 3 года назад

    Aww, no kerbals were spaghettified in the making of this video.

  • @IntrepidHam
    @IntrepidHam 3 года назад

    Imagine what that looks like from a kerbal's perspective

  • @Hlebuw3k
    @Hlebuw3k 3 года назад

    next time he will overclock freaking cockpits and find a way to fly with just the cockpit and a kerbal inside

  • @zebraro2852
    @zebraro2852 3 года назад

    Thank you for appearing on my recommended

  • @lockheedx33
    @lockheedx33 3 года назад

    Overclocking control surfaces, maybe? Or maybe cargo doors? Or heck: MAXIMUM OVERCLOCKED PISTONS

  • @distraughtcat
    @distraughtcat 2 года назад

    I took 1 year a break from this channel, and MAN did i miss out on a lot

  • @dimitar4y
    @dimitar4y 3 года назад

    and you made a gmod prop spaz contraption. As gmod props don't explode on impact with stuff.

  • @SamWinters
    @SamWinters 3 года назад

    It's not a proper physics exploit until you've launched yourself out of the solar system at several times the speed of light

  • @davidj.3441
    @davidj.3441 3 года назад

    Best interstellar propulsion system discovered

  • @blockstacker5614
    @blockstacker5614 3 года назад +1

    140 million times the speed of light, is this a new record?

  • @gubgubgub
    @gubgubgub 3 года назад

    YES NEW VIDEO

  • @revilixjohnsen9496
    @revilixjohnsen9496 Год назад

    What if you set the wings up as the piston goes up.
    and horizontal as the piston goes in.
    I would wounder if you can flap like this

  • @dimitar4y
    @dimitar4y 3 года назад

    But what happens if you make multiple pistons push against eachother, or make them "stretch" a joint or strut. What can you make if you deploy struts on them after launch?

  • @snigwithasword1284
    @snigwithasword1284 3 года назад

    Haven't played in ages but are there parts with drag in only one direction..? I really want to see a flapping saucer work!!

  • @Im.bad.at.naming
    @Im.bad.at.naming 3 года назад

    One of the only good kerbal RUclipsrs closely followed by lowne and martincityopants

  • @DemonXeron
    @DemonXeron 3 года назад

    Piston space program progress:
    PoC
    Exploring options
    Many failures
    Some success in flight, but blows up usually
    DEEP SPACE FURTHER THAN A KERBAL HAS EVER BEEN

  • @millionaireno1382
    @millionaireno1382 3 года назад

    Can't wait til he overclocks decouplers

  • @gosoccerboy5
    @gosoccerboy5 3 года назад

    Launch a Kerbal with the pistons!!

  • @nikkiofthevalley
    @nikkiofthevalley 3 года назад

    Note to self: Parachutes + OC'd pistons = FTL drive, but is completely uncontrollable

  • @JeoWilson
    @JeoWilson 3 года назад

    Flap Harder! LMAO

  • @tiny_desk_engineer
    @tiny_desk_engineer Год назад

    Genius

  • @WrecklessSandwich
    @WrecklessSandwich 3 года назад

    If you overclock the spring/damper settings, could you safely lithobrake at high speeds?

  • @chrischase2508
    @chrischase2508 3 года назад

    danny, you could make 10 of em, link em together and create the one true kraken!

  • @jamesmchenry4708
    @jamesmchenry4708 3 года назад

    I am interested in the application of this in fictional '60s Japanese racing cars.

  • @dagamer5t3w57
    @dagamer5t3w57 3 года назад

    Forget rocket fuel
    embrace *piston*

  • @Foreststrike
    @Foreststrike 3 года назад

    Are ya being Da Vinci, son?

  • @elszrvee5238
    @elszrvee5238 3 года назад

    this is the new orbit drive...

  • @polarbear4620
    @polarbear4620 3 года назад

    should be called "pistons did this"

  • @CptManny
    @CptManny 3 года назад

    Good job danny, video was way better with some fries

  • @mxPoth
    @mxPoth 3 года назад

    Fun fact! Doing this on Eve would generate more extreme results

  • @VspaceKSP
    @VspaceKSP 2 года назад

    Kerbal Pogo Stick!!!

  • @billyguess0627
    @billyguess0627 2 года назад

    Reminds me of bad piggies and the umbrella propeller thing

  • @peterpanDK
    @peterpanDK 3 года назад

    If only he knew bird aerodynamics...

  • @Xenro66
    @Xenro66 3 года назад

    Considering 1.12 is the final release, is it safe to assume that this overclocking "bug" will remain? Seems like a nice quirk to have tbh

  • @TheReaverOfDarkness
    @TheReaverOfDarkness 3 года назад

    I hate to say it, but if Danny2462 hates Kerbal Space Program 2, that will be a success! I suspect that KSP1 will have a special place in his heart and in our feeds for years to come...

  • @gen2mediainc.577
    @gen2mediainc.577 3 года назад

    Can you overclock gimbal range?

  • @lechimiste5135
    @lechimiste5135 3 года назад

    And with SAS in radial out ?

  • @rockets_everywhere7543
    @rockets_everywhere7543 3 года назад

    You should make a spacecraft cannon with this glitch, if it can be done

  • @AD_SPACE_2024_...Aditya...
    @AD_SPACE_2024_...Aditya... 3 года назад +1

    I have heard that a guy named idk scott manley is secretly @Danny2462

  • @quittessa1409
    @quittessa1409 3 года назад

    Holy 154! 20 Million X the speed of light!

  • @nightrous3026
    @nightrous3026 3 года назад

    This device needs an exorcism.

  • @MLAM518
    @MLAM518 3 года назад

    you should try the pogo stick with overclocked force limit

  • @gooberuploadsinc
    @gooberuploadsinc 2 года назад

    bird speedrun
    speedrun making a craft that flaps wings 100% no tool assists (robotics is allowed)

  • @MMedic23
    @MMedic23 3 года назад

    So I haven't played KSP in a while and you're telling me there's pistons and overclocking and overclockable pistons and valves and other stuff??? Damn!

  • @handy-capoutdoors4063
    @handy-capoutdoors4063 3 года назад

    Lol nice video. Kinda makes me think of DaVinci's ornathoptor and other flapping wing designs... 🤔