Building and Testing a Lego-powered Submarine
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- Making a radio-controlled submarine with Lego and other materials.
At the end I test it in a lake. Enjoy!
The submarine specs:
Length: 22 cm (8.7 in)
Displacement: 1880 grams (66 oz)
Speed: 0.2 knots (10 cm/s)
Operating depth: 3 m (10 ft) - ballast tank will fail after that
Hull: 1.5 liter lemonade pitcher (Orthex)
Forward: Lego m-motor runs two 9-length propellers (2952)
Turn: Lego m-motor runs a geared-up (0.67:1) small 3-blade propeller (6041)
Ballast tank: Lego m-motor runs a Lego linear actuator connected to a 60 ml syringe (Eotia marinade injector). Active range 20 ml
Radio control: 27 MHz controller dissembled from a toy submarine (Zantec Mini RC U Boot). L298 H-bridge to drive motors
Power supply: 9V Lego battery box for the motors, 3.7V battery for the radio controller
The yellow toy submarine at 6:00 is this one: www.amazon.de/Zantec-Schiff-F... - Věda a technologie
Seriously, thank you for not putting obnoxious music over this video. The sounds of your work are enough. Great project.
Ikr? I hate it when there is annoying music at the background that goes again and again. Just kills the spirit.
ImmaSnarl Play it yourself? where is the problem?
I'm Agree
> A wild No copyright music channel appears!
> Erik Hansen used casual comment!
> It's super effective!
> The wild No copyright music channel fainted.
> Erik Hansen gained 114 exp!
@@immasnarl292 If there is no music and you play it yourself you still hear the sounds of the video, if you mute the video if there is music playing in the background, you can't hear the music and neither the video sounds. Does that make sense?
I love your methodical approach to your projects. There's something super satisfying about it. "Oh the first thing didn't work? How about this? No? Then this?... Yay!"
its called trial and error. Its very rare for something to work perfect the first time unless the calculations are very thought out.
Scientific method works wonders
@@Naevak. Alright Stephen Hawking
put your catheter back on were all just happy to be here.
@@OM-ig4fj Didn't realize I came back to life :)
Now that´s what i call a COMEBACK haha.. ha.. ok i go home now xD
The syringe piston struggling on the deep dive test is a cool demonstration of water pressure
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@@charlieblades4703 a4
Dave
I like that instead of taking that small plastic submarine and just transferring all the internals to a Lego shell, he actually built a fully functional one out of a jug. He takes pride in his work, and it's cool.
Imagine being a cheery little submarine happy to be played with, and then one day this dude comes along, rips you open, and uses your nervous system to build a even bigger submarine
*survival of the fittest*
Imagine being a frustrated little circuit board frustrated to be stuck in such a tiny toy, and then one day this dude comes along, frees you from your prison, and uses you as the control center for A Hefty Boi
I mean if someone rips your brain and puts it into gundam or something wouldn't it be cool af
@@kokoseij there’s a difference between your brain in a gundam, or your brain in a pitcher
@@nottoddhoward2034 eh still, being able to directly control gundam is co-
I just noticed something, Your brain will not be used, only your nervous system.
Fuckin' hell.
This taught me more about how submarines work than any trip to the museum, while being more enjoyable.
Was going to like but it's at 69 so I wont
@@therealsteel449 now you can
@@marcroelse9517 did you...?
Same here
I call that “ CZcams magic”
2022: Building and Testing a Lego-powered Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Gone wrong japan exploded
😂
Well look forward for that this year
@@williamlastname lmao
Nope
This guy could build a time machine, but he builds with LEGO instead
The chances of him building a time machine with Lego aren't too low.
@@ryan-levy it is 99,99999999999999 percent
Hmm thats gonna be awesome
Building a time machine kills you he needs to play
ok
It's a shame the ballast syringe couldn't overcome the pressure difference at the lake bottom. I hope you revisit this project. It was really cool
Yeah those syringes can be hard to push even at STP
Yeah, I'm wondering if bigger holes or more engines/more (but smaller) syringes would help.
@@MrGlennJohnsen smaller piston, increased stroke. trouble is the lego actuator bottomed out so you'd need to double it up or so. possibly another motor and actuator on the other side of the syringe like you said would help.
Probably should have used normal gears and a toothed bar
At least make the plunger straight.
Imagine being a fish, swimming around in your lake, then all of a sudden a jug starts lurching towards you sounding like a T-Rex enjoying a vasectomy
David Bray what the hell kinda comment is that?!?
@@evanstark4823 sory
@@arson8265 what is a vasectomy
ima diver and I've had freshwater fish come up to me like little dogs and let me handle them a little bit. Was doing my safety stop and lifting up rocks where the crawfish would float up and these fish sat there and waited for it to happen and eat em up.
@@davidbray5982 thank you for my new descriptive phrase
We must never forget the true hero of this tale. Tiny sub gave every fiber of its being so this lego submarine might possibly set sail. Godspeed tiny sub
if only oceangate had this guy on the engineering team
*Tons of brilliant electronics applications being installed*
Me: Whoa, look at that wax paper on the soldering iron trick!!!
That soldering iron trick is cool indeed. Will come in handy for sure.
What trick?
@@L29Ah Wrapping baking paper around your solderyng iron when melting hot glue or other stuff with it. Baking paper avoids stuff sticking to it. Even if it sticks you can just throw it away and don't have to clean your iron.
Glad it wasn't just me! I'm an arduino type of guy, but that... really blew my mind. Clever stuff.
Lmao same
I love how this works without music or hysterical talking. So relaxing!
Called asmr
@@NavilNDG well no because the difference between this and asmr is that this is actually good
Need more content like this
aww, you're discrediting other content creators because you idiots are jealous, that's cute.
@@sillygoose635 shut the fuck up
Honestly, something about building things so compactly looks pretty cool, especially if you remove the outer casing so you can see the inside
One drop gets through
Him: aggressively reseals
I get the joke and its funny but if he didnt seal it better im pretty sure the submarine would have just filled up with water
"Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a submarine using only some legos, a water pitcher, and a submarine!"
...and a submarine.... LOL that killed me...
Arka Das the electronics from the other submarine I think
Changing one word from a quote from a literal copy smh
@@gstellar96 ngl i didn't actually see that one i just remembered the quote from dave the barbarian lmao
Good thing I had that submarine laying around to help me build a submarine.
"Thinking quickly, BEC assembled a functional submarine using only some legos, some hot glue, and a submarine."
Lmao
that quote was my exact thought when he pulled out the other submarine, although I can't blame him not wanting to make his own remote control system for this project. The syringe ballast system is so cool that I'm not even mad though
It’s a simple remote control chip so it doesn’t bother me much.
They’re really easy to make if you know how, so it’s not that big a deal to me.
watch the new vid some redemption for this
*LEGO plural
12:40 Outside water pressure is to large for engine to pump out off the balast water, so its stalled.
exactly what i was going to say
Yeah, also a real life sub would have stores compressed air and hydroplanes to help with depth changes. Just pumping out water is only one part of the equation.
was searching for exactly this
I totally knew that
Yeah, but he realized as well, hence he pulled it up and then tried pushing out again
So interesting to see the development stages. I used to love working this kind of (much simpler) stuff out with lego as a kid. I need to get back into it. Thanks for the inspiration.
Best 13 minutes and 30 seconds I've ever spend on youtube
If this is the best watch his/hers other videos.
Didnt even realise it was 13 min video, felt like under 5 min
True
666th like
Wife: Have you seen my new pitcher, I swear I put it in here?
Him: Dive, Dive ,Dive!!!!!
Wife: Omae wa mou shindeiru
Nani?!
Schnell, Schnell, Schnell!!!
**aroooga sounds in the distance**
Imagine the Legomariners aboard the boat when wife wades into the lake to retrieve her pitcher..
"Con, sonar contact bearing 60 degrees! She's enormous and gaining fast!"
"20 degrees down bubble and launch the countermeasures!"
95% of people: Making jokes about Lego cars and missles.
4% of people: "Woah this video is great!"
1% of people: *Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN*
0.01 %: you and others
@Shaurya Sinha youtube: yes it is
@@Enderia2lol, that's true
Feds: "WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!"
1:01 I call this one “5-minute craft solution”
Your style is like that Japanese knife sharpening guy as you both demonstrate a lot of enthusiasm towards your hobby and also creativity. It's really inspiring.
Are you talking about Burrfection?
I love that guy
@@Tome4kkkk No, I know Burrfection he is not mentioning him, so I think he talks rather about Kiwami Japan.
@@fractalphilosophorum9405 hell yeah Kiwami
@@Tome4kkkk no he's talking about the prison shank channel
Dude the motor's too loud! The other submarines are gonna hear you!
trynna do deep sea diving but I'm dummy thick and the clap of my motors keep alerting the submarines
@@arielsproul8811 you forgot to put in the *hnnngngggggg*
Inb4 its size is small enough to not really register on sonar
@@ShadowHunter120 While a ping wouldn't return much of a signal, if any, the engine noise would be extremely audible to a modern submarine's passive sonar. Submarine passive sonar can hear things that aren't even in the water.
johnny gangsta till a guy criticises his comment
Наконец-то я нашел канал,который полностью удволетворяет мои "информационные" потребности
The lake you are filming in is actually pretty beautiful
We have literally thousands of them here in Finland
Suggestions for next time:
Make much larger pistons
Put a lego guy inside
^ under rated comment.
69 likes
Nice
@@drizztdourden6687 *underWATER rated comment
Someone correct me if im wrong but wouldnt larger pistons require more force to push ? In theory multiple smaller pistons would be more effective at depth as the motor will need to push less water per piston meaning less resistance
@@Migguls611 True, but that means the ballast can fill up with more water, thus able to dive deeper
I like the lack of music. Gives this a sense of genuine interest and authenticity.
Yeah but the water in the background is kind of like music on its own
The sound of nature is music to some, too
Most added music on CZcams videos is unnecessary, usually very annoying, and quite likely of a genre that makes me wonder "what the fuck?"
Me to
Ikr I hate it when some you tubers put those ear blasting annoying royalty free “background” music over their videos, it just makes the entire experience feel off.
Those bright orange propellors really made me smile. It made me remember my favourite kit as a kid
Small thing: I like the transition screens being in murky water. Gives the video a nice vibe.
Edit: The one under the dock is SO cool...
Him being quiet somehow makes him seem more genius imo.
Corvus Morve MORGZ
Better to have people think you a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
His video has no language barriers
@@BlackKnight-ll8qh Exactly the quote I thought of.
Net Yaroze basically
I see a pitcher and think "ice tea!"
He sees a pitcher and thinks "submarine."
When I see a pitcher I think of beer.
I think Kool-Aid, MERICA!!!!!!!!!!
When I see a pitcher I think of pitchers
I see a pitcher & think "Bong"..
@HACKKER *:「￥
3:08 when your computer randomly blue screens
Imagine having such confidence in your submarine you show up to the lake not even bothering to wear a swimsuit
Making a remote-controlled submarine parts list:
-Some Lego
-A pitcher
-one remote-controlled submarine
I mean, his sub is bigger, transparent, and can fit cameras inside. Worth it imo.
I mean, submarine parts only used for controls. Lego controlling assembly won't fit, it's bulky as hell.
You could make your own RC controls without needing another sub. I expect he couldn't be bothered to, or didn't have the time/skills to do so
@@jasper2624 It's a recursive submarine
Actually, putting a remote controlled submarine inside another submarine sounds pretty awesome to me
This is the type of guy to walk into a junkyard and come out with a fully operational Lamborghini
Or a knockoff Lamborghini that functions better.
@@epicdude3659 Probably this.
made of junk scraps...
Or a cybertruck
All you need is some Lego blocks, a bit of duct tape, 4 tires, an old lawnmower and a Lamborghini :-)
When life gives you an empty pitcher you make a lego powered submarine
Brick Experiment Channel
When life gives you lemons (and sugar, and water), make lemonade.
And when you run out of lemonade, use the pitcher to make a Lego submarine!
@@Living_Murphys_Law alright i've been thinking... when life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back, get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Do you know who i am? I'm the man who's gonna Burn your house down! With the lemons! I'll let my engineers make combustible lemons and burn your house down!
-Cave Johnson, Head of Aperture Science.
@@STA-3 Yes.
8:32 It needs: MO POWA BABY
Bruh when he put it in the water on the deep dive fest I didn’t know he had the damn rope tied I had a mini heart attack xD
Same
I thought he was gonna get a fishing pole and fish for it
How did he get the fotage then :D
This ain't your average fortnite CZcamsr, he has a plan.
Same here, I was like "there goes his GoPro!"
My recommendations have really changed since Quarantine began.
Luis Acevedo ... should I laugh?
for the better, it should seem, if you ended up here
@Luis Acevedo same
Same
CONFIRMED MI PANA
Hands down. This man would be the coolest dad ever
Soon this guy will make the entire universe
Has working submarine. Takes it apart to make lego submarine.
NICE
What do the toy submarines use for ballast, I wonder?
@@KOTYAR0 *M A G I C*
@@KOTYAR0 It looked like there was a propeller in the bottom so I guess it had neutral buoyancy and used water flow to move vertically.
But I'm not an expert on toy submarines.
lol
@@AnttiBrax First i used to think the same. But. Here 6:15. I think that clear plastic thing somehow reacts to water and change buoyancy. It's location just on the top of toy.
Wax paper over a soldering iron. Never would have thought of that.
parchment paper*
Wax paper*
@@c_holding8564 whoever gets more likes is correct.
@@viporal7898 Agreed. Wax paper isn't heat resistant. Parchment paper is.
Wax would burn against the soldering iron and wax could interfere with the way the hot glue behaves.
Ok, just googled it haha- 'While parchment paper can do anything wax paper can, it's more expensive. The maindifference between papers is their respective coatings. Parchment paper is coated with silicone to give it a nonstick, heat-resistant surface, and waxed paper is coated with asoybean or paraffin wax.'
I am about to be 40. I never understood how a submarine can increase and decrease it's buoyancy till now. Thank you. That made so much sense. Fill the volume with water, note the weight. Make your system wee bit lighter so it floats, suck in water to sink. Push it back out of the volume to rise back up.
I love how you can clearly see the pressure pushing back the syringe in deep test
Give this man time and he can make a nuclear generator out of legos
By fission of lego bricks? :D
2x1 brick -> 2 1x1 bricks + energy
He could build a whole planet
Step 1: buy MORE legos
Step 2: buy nuclear reactor
If there's man that can go to outerspace with lego, he must be the one
Therm bomb
He's explored land and now the oceans, now the only thing left is space, the final frontier.
Next year: "Entering hyperspace with legos"
The sky is next if its land and sea already done
LEGO warp drive when?
Next the lego cubesat !
air.
The ballast rig was pretty awesome touch
I feel like this guys dream is just to lego-ify everything in the world
Why does the U.S. spend billions on actual submarines when they can just do this.
bruh THE BEST spy weapon is LITERALLY in this video, it will SNEAK RIGHT PAST EVERYTHING, XD just connect it to satellite
cause they don't want to give the money to the danes.
The LEGO™ ICBM has yet to be perfected.
Sami SAADI why dont they wanna give it to us?
You could put an explosive inside to create a mini controllable torpedo
I love these creative projects, first I saw the quadcopter now this submarine, love it!
The smartest plastic model man I ever seen
I'd love to see a second attempt, maybe with a bit more oomph and a some headlights to see better underwater with.
headlights would be really cool!
"Hey, let's make a LEGO submarine"
"How?"
"From some LEGO and a submarine"
this has the same energy as "we will win with the power of friendship and this gun I found!"
@@sewpkan1297 maybe the real treasure was this gun I found along the way
Lego POWERED submarine. Not the whole submarine made of legos....
He only took the radio controller parts from the submarine though. Lego probably manufactures similar parts too but maybe they were not so easily available or more expensive?
Lego sells Rc-Parts aswell, however they're shit and overpriced. I dont think it matters if the rc-module has a "lego" on it, it has the same functionality. There's nothing special going on with the parts from the toy submarine.
Oceangate could really use this guy.
I prefer this version over the redesign. While the magnet propellers are cool, a part of me loves the time put into a proper sealant shown here.
Coming back to this comment after the release of 3.0, a part of me still agrees. However, magnets are certainly more effective, and leave far less room for error.
Game warden: "So what are you fishing for?"
Him "My submarine"
Even better "working lego submarine"
I have to say I've always loved this channel it's so satisfying and quiet
"Quiet". Try watching at full volume.
It’s such a pleasant change to not have someone yelling at you excitedly for the whole video.
No bleeding ears here.
I like hearing the bricks snap together
It’s the brick version of primitive technology
When the lid fell off the jar I was like “lol”
10:51 He can create amazing unintentional comedy and drama scenes
“Are you making a submarine with a submarine.....?”
“Got a better way?”
It's kinda like upgrading a lesser submarine into a proper war machine ready to serve brave russian mice sailors.
They would've pushed that syringe with ease, блат!
Блать*
@@karifurai8479 Блять*
My bad that's what I meant
@@glidershower Except he tore apart a working submarine to build a shittier one that doesn't work.
*Rare footage of germany testing u boats 1938 colorized*
CH0ZEN OH BLOODY HELL ITS A GIANT FISH OR SOMETHIN WOT IS THAT?
😂😂😂😂😂
Good sir, change it to 1905
Wrong Reich but the joke still checks out
@Aden hui World War 1 was 1914-1918
When you lifted the submarine slightly and then you were able to empty the ballast it was a sudden *click* moment for me like "ohh of course, the pressure at the bottom is too much for the syringe motor"
This dude could probably conquer the world with a lego army, but he uses his powers for good.
We all live in a LEGO-submarine, LEGO-submarine, LEGO-submarine.
Came here for this comment
@@bobandiara SwiftKey
@@chest0 what
Lol
This is actually why i came here... we have same brain
the fish be like: "that's timmy, we don't talk about him"
XD
Lol
Lmao
Pin this
@@mr.derpyface558 you cant get pinned in here lmao
make one that implodes if your batteries disconnect
and controlled by f710
The asmr and your skills and everything makes me come back everytime , favorite channel by far
"We all live in a Lego submarine"
We all live in a lego submarine
god this comment and everyone who replies is aids
To Yo no u
Saahil Robinson oh well, u didnt get the joke
To Yo well eeeexxxxxuuuuuuuccccccceeeesssss..... me princess
12:37
this is incredibly awesome and at the same time I can't forgive you for not putting a mini figure in a chair on that perfect 2x2 red spot in the middle
The most reason i really like your video is, that there is just information and no dumb video commentary! The video says all itself and is enjoyable on its own! More of that! :)
Finnish people mostly converse via grunts and weird looks so I think this is pretty normal
eletronic look so waterproof on this awesome video!
12:18 is the perfect example of "If it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape"
That wasnt the issue. The problem was at that depth there was too much external pressure so the syringe couldn't eject water
@@ari90i I know that, the duct tape is helping it stay in place. it's literally held down with duct-tape, otherwise it would've moved. I know the problem was the pressure was too high at the bottom of the lake, the single piston couldn't handle that, so that's why a 2nd one was needed. Guess what? to keep this rig in place, I'll say it again, duct-tape was used.
@@thanosattorneyatlaw4062 Im not sure, and im no physics man, but how would a second piston helped/worked in that case?
Kamilohbk A second piston is needed to help empty the ballast syringe of water while at a depth where the pressure of the surrounding water is too much for a single piston to force the ballast syringe empty. As Thanos said, duck tape is needed to help secure this second piston to the ballast syringe.
@@jacobwetherington2654 ty
Using the soldering iron + wax paper to melt/form the hot glue is genius
It was likely parchment paper. Parchment paper is used with hot stuff, wax paper is generally only used with cold items.
@@ddegn That makes sense; good point!
This guy made a DIY submarine, and guess what? HE HAD A GOD DAMN WORKING MINI SUBMARINE TOY AND HE TOOK THE RADIO RECIEVER OFF THAT THING... Absolute madlads
The water pressure's so great comparatively at the bottom of the lake on the pump it can barely empty the ballast tank!! 😮
This dude as a kid:
“Mom, what’s at the bottom of the lake?”
His mom:
“Oh, I don’t know. Just go play with your legos.”
Him:
Ok
@-Umut Deniz- That's the point
And that's why this is a video
-Umut Deniz- but she said HIS legos
the backstory of this channel
Wait why are we assuming genders here
3 years later: testing a thruster that can move earth powered by legos
*yes*
After the raid on area 51 this happens
Well, any thruster can move the Earth if you think about it.
@@Deus0tiosus yes actually but it only moves it by a little
This is an excellent channel for interest and education. Well done. A superb visual representation of each task. Should be compulsory viewing for all physics students.
This was a a GREAT video. Nice editing, great camera angles and an amazing project!
If you put some silicon grease on the shaft they should be more waterproof AND have less friction
Got it! Lubricate the Shaft!
Needs a bigger hull, and the ballast tank should use a geared screw drive to move the piston back and forth. Gearing the props and using ones with more pitch would also get better movement results, so if you ever do a v2 there's some things to look at.
Yeah, and not using Legos would help too but then again this guy is insane and if he has managed this I'm sure he can do those suggestions with nothing but legos
so that is what I will be looking forward to from you in the next few days, right? Go and buy thousands of $'s worth of those legos, and make a sub no one elses' can compare to! You can do it, I have faith in your abilities! I will be the first to press ...like.
So that's how simple submarines work... Fascinating
I love these videos you only see at 1am and never again
Completely seals hole with glue
Water drips through
NANI
OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU
*OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU*
Meredathia Studios lol lol
Hot glue is hard to get watertight
I mean that was a lot of glue...
Who needs to have kids rescue lego city, just use this guy!
nonsence he is the rescue helicopter
@@dave6968 His gender is attack helicopter.
Ikr
@@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML If the attack helicopter’s genders is an attack helicopter, why’d you say “his”
@@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML its a weaponized assault toaster
Great location, great staff
The pressure of the water in a lake to a small tub must be enormous, it's astounding the ballast even responded on the deep dive; and against moving water in the first test - honestly fascinating stuff. Guess you could say I'm hooked. 😁
_(I'll just sea myself out now)_
Making lego-powered exo-suit for the raid on area 51.
Add a drill arm so you can drill through the walls and make it like the prawn from subnautica.
Good luck with that!
He's a Lego builder, not a engineer
Making an Area 51 with Lego (possibly in the future it will be sold in stores)
Make Legos out of Area 51.
Mumbo Jumbo:
"Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary."
Lol
Ilmango*
Yes
battle will be legogendary
Indeed
When he first started his Channel: boss music starts playing, a master has appeared
…
Props well earned, frickin genius man
How to build a submarine:
Step 1: buy a submarine
its already build
@@racelkatyusha403 r/wooosh
@Mikayel Flynn step 2 could be make it out of lego and other stuff and then step 3 could be profit
Step 2: make millions XD
I mean step 3: Make millions XD
Should've put a minifigure in there.
Little did Pengluin know that he would do that in the next version
Little did Pengulin know that he would do that in the next version
Little did pengulin know that he would do that in the next version
Little did Pengulin know that he would do that in the next version
Little did Pengulin know that he would do that in the next version
This is what we call lego addiction
Fine ! I allways thought the radio-command would not work underwater for a submarine. But this works for sure ! Did you try how deep ? I know I could not build same as you, but that temptated me some time ago
Not only is this actually freaking awesome, but I genuinely learned a thing or two about the functionality of a submarine.
Always great to see what you're working on next! ^-^
That seems to be the case with most technic sets
I think the thing he's working on next is a 1:1 of the mars opportunity rocket