Giant Minecraft machines are embarrassingly simple 

From now on, every time Mumbo states that something is simple, we need grian to attempt and replicate it to verify that statement.

As another comment pointed out, you now need to have scar and grian try to watch this and build their own giant walking machines

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="692">11:32</a> I really appreciate Mumbo explaining the concept of walking

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!

if it is soo simple, Get Grian and Scar to watch this video and watch them making flying machines

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.

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.

Hands down the best explanation!

I loved this kind of redstone tutorial, its not a block by block manual, It actually explains the logic behind it

It is kinda funny to see how closely Mumbo’s three design rules parallel the design principles I’m learning as an engineering undergrad

This is really taking "It's really quite simple" to another level.

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

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 feel like every time I watch one of your redstone videos Im just like “yes mumbo whatever you say mumbo” and absorb nothing 💀

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 😂

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.

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.

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

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.

What i learned: make engine, attach bits to engine, legs are legs, legs have legs, legs are made of legs, still big impressive machine

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

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.

For Mumbo, giant redstone machines are easy ...it's avoiding the Warden that's a challenge. 😂

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="353">5:53</a> 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

I could watch a solid wall move in segments like that for hours

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

tell that to us bedrock players

I’ve always looked around for an explanation on these things. This is the best video I’ve seen on the topic.

I love the cinematic shots of the armadillo at the end. I think it looks much better than the standard fly-around

Im surprised but it actually ended up 'really quite simple'

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!!!

Mumbo after saying "it's really quite simple" and showing you the most complicated thing you've ever seen.

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!

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

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.

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! 💪

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!!

I had no clue how they worked before, thank you Mumbo! This will definitely help when building farms!

The new /tick command can make understanding these machines a lot easier!

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'.

Mumbo: It’s really simple Me:What’s an observer again

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

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

My brain just automatically turns off when hearing the phrase "really quite simple".

I must say this is the greatest video with a giant Redstone armidilo I have seen in my life

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.

'It's really quite simple' - Just about the most mumbo thing to say. Amazing vid as always.

"It is actually really quite simple." - Mumbo

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.

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.

MUMBO You are not a fraud (for the people who didn't understand, he wrote "I'm a fraud")

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.

Wait this actually makes sense. Thank you for describing why everything works in detail and working up to the expanded concept!

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!

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.

"It's really quite simple" - Mumbo

That armadillo is built differen- No, wait, it's just a bunch of legs stacked up and next to each other!

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

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="920">15:20</a> It's just 26 legs in a trenchcoat!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="746">12:26</a> Hey Mumbo , you can use the new command to slow down time , will make understanding stuff easier

I’m so glad that Mumbo is returning to his roots…. Sparking a Redstonaissance.

This is the most Mumbo Jumbo video title to ever exist

“It’s quite simple really”-Mumbo

Mumbo: Giant redstone machines are really quite simple. Me: How tf do you make a 3×3 piston door?

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 just thinking Mumbo isn’t releasing videos after SecretLife, he must be building some giant redstone machine

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).

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.

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

Mumbo: It's simple guys!

I’ve officially seen it all. Mumbo “it’s really quite simple” Jumbo actually making something seem simple 🤯

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 RU-vid puts out a terrific video like this that only works for half the people watching it.

This was one of your best videos to date, very entertaining yet clear and 100% redstone. I love it

this just adds to the memes of mumbo saying "Its quite simple really" while showing off a build that most people wouldn't understand.

Mumbo: “Quite simple actually!” Me: “What the f-“

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

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!

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.

I love when mumbo says “we all understand [insert redstone concept here] now” cause i so infrequently do lol. I’m just here for the vibes, man 😅

Mumbo: flying machines are so simple Also Mumbo: ok so I've spent like a few hours on this flying machine

Mumbo, you fail to realise that *I* am embarrassingly simple

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!

"Look how simple this is! I'm ruined!" *does full on rocket science.*

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

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.

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.

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!

Mumbo, your ability to explain redstone/slimeblock contraptions so clearly amazes me. I think I understood everything in this video. Great job!

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.

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 video explaining how everything works is so good and is one of my Favorited videos. It is so nice to see you do a video like this. Keep going Mumbo

Mumbos redstone machinations so complex my brain hurts

“It’s actually quite simple” -mumbo jumbo, while building something i will never understand in my whole life.

Wow, i don't play minecraft that often, but i love watching all the hermits. I like redstone too but never really got into it very deeply. This explains so much in such simple terms. I will never stop watching your videos. All your videos are either fun to watch, or informative(and still fun). Also weirdly this applies to a lot of games as well. There is a core loop, all the functionality are just attachments to that loop. If you create a loop, its just that, a loop. If you add an attachment say like "Move a red pixel" it will move every time it gets to that section in the loop. A game loop can go from moving a pixel to an actual playable game by continuously adding more attachments. (note there is the pistons in this game example can move a lot more than 12 blocks if that makes sense, but in basic terms the idea works)

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!

Very cool and I actually learned a lot. Thanks Mumbo! Great work!