Kerbal Bridge Program... 

RCE learning where to put fins to make them work is truly kerbal moment

Matt: Develops an understanding of aerodynamics. Jeb: I'm not going to be trapped on a giant bridge in the vacuum of space forever, right? Right?

RCE - "I want to get high, but still stable" Story of my life...

It's funny how RCE struggled to make a plane fly, yet he figures out how to make a bridge fly in no time at all. That is some real engineering!! Great job

Jeb just flying around in the start menu cracks me up every time

"I think we are technically in to space" AP - 24 000m ALT - 16 000m SPD - 380 m/s

Actually really impressed with the flying bridge.

So... after setting a bridge altitude record, is it time to revisit the bridge aerial speed record? I believe there was a flying bridge video in KSP1 by RCE.

The genuine excitement of the first test bridge being successful is priceless

Matt: "like a normal rocket" Launches a brige to space

I laughed so hard just reading the title, god I like this guy's humour.

I'm surprised it took him this long to send a bridge to space in KSP2

The runway 2 reveal was everything I expected!

When you sang "we're flying through the air" it unlocked the core memory for me of the snowman - walking through the air

We are here outside the Kerbal Space Program Center talking to RCE! So Elon sent a Tesla in space, and you're sending a bridge up, why is this so? RCE: Yes.

The fact that Matt didn't consider turning the bridge vertical for it's flight out of the atmosphere killed me. It would have been so much simpler to make the bridge have a single huge Thuster strapped to the underside and then he could add fins and boosters much more easily

the peak of engneering bridge plus space

Mats video's are a blessing, just the right lenght and just tge right amount of knob

"my mom is so proud of me" hits harder than his voice 😂😂

The random "quick maths!" always comes at the perfect time, great job editor

"Main thing here: I just want to get really high but also stay stable." If I had a nickel...

I have enjoyed every one of your videos, Thankyou so much for making them every day!

well, I am legit impressed by this bridge. It definitely earned that score Bravo you absolute mad lad

Reduce weight earlier by decoupling, get a planned encounter add monoboosters for landing vs chutes. Maybe add more fuel or a hydrogen engine. Dont forget the space decoupler so it lands flat. Also PUT A ROVER ON THE BRIDGE! Maybe use a ladder to drive up?

8:30 That's one massive, throbbing bridge you have there.

Hacktually, the web of the steel exists just to connect the flanges when you calculate the moment of deflection of a given profile, the most important factor is the profile volume and the distance from the centroid of said volume. So essentially a UB or UC works by having the most mass supported as geometrically far as possible from the centroid without spending more money on material like you might with a square or rectangular section. Basically have lots of material far from the centre to stiffen a profile in a specific direction.

RCE is so talented he can make bendy planes after the bend-fix patch lmao

"yes I'm an engineer" *confidently puts wheels the wrong way around* 7:12

The man can't build a plane that can fly but wang some wings on a bridge and sure...he can fly and land it.

“I just wana get really high” -Real Civil Engineer 14:24

I feel like every single video I click on from Real Civil Engineer was uploaded less than 2 hours ago! Thank you for the frequent uploads!

You should try to build a ship using the cloning tool. Just add a lot of struts to keep the work of art together

released on the day Artemis 2 crew was announced - master plan @ Real Civil Engineer

So glad you have finally come around to placing your rocket fins aft of your c.g.

Worlds 1st? 17:00 you did this in kerbal space 1 like a few years ago and i still remeber it. Anyway keep up the good content!

there is a hole on the mun that is an easter egg. Planning missions to build a bridge across in multiple segments, and then driving a rover across would be the single greatest thing to happen in ksp history

Space Bridge! Need the lego movie space guy to shout it

Thank you so much for uploading daily! I've recently been having trouble with my depression and seeing your videos every day really help me not very all day long. Thanks Matt. Edit: StrutHUB! 😂

I was NOT expecting the Truss Me song to play here, but I'm so glad it did.

Tells us how the I beams works and what way to position them. Proceeds to place the rest of the I beams the other way. Classic.

I love how you call it "technical issues with the game" rather than "I've done the most ridiculous stuff anyone could have imagined and broke the game, so it's really my fault that they didn't realize I, being the crazy person that I am, would try this kind of stuff."

4:27 that's some modern art right there

This proves we really should have civil engineers design aerospace vehicles.

When you landed, I just had my jaw dropped the entire time. Holy wow that was amazing!!!!!

No flashes of a studio background during the live stream in _this_ space flight :D

Now I want polybridge mixed with kerbals

How is a flying bridge the only thing Matt managed to take off and land in one go? The power of engineering.

What's that nursery rhyme?..."London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down....." LOL

Con you make a plane bridge? With very wide wings using struts instead of beams? I wonder if it’s possible 🤔

only a true engineer can take a bridge to a distant planet in KSP 1 or 2

"Were going on a trip, in our favorite rocket-bridge..."

4:26 it looks like when homer tries to build a barbeque

That "safety first" killed me 😂😂

okay Matt, when will you release your album? that song at 4:37 slaps okay i think i have to say this at some point. i love your dry, ironic humor, where one sometimes isnt sure to think "oh he is actually trying to convey knowledge" or "is he talking utter bullcrap?". and probs to the editors. they really pick up the theme and improve the vibe. i am glad the yt algorithm recommended me that one mini motorways vid back then also something a bit more technical. have you ever asked yourself, why new years firework rockets have these little sticks reaching down? one reason, of course, is to make it easier to launch them. but more importantly, its to make them stable in the air. any surface, no matter if stick, wing or parachute, will create drag, turning the side with more drag to the opposite of the direction the object is moving. or in other words: if it comes down, you want the drag-force above. if it goes up, you want the drag below. that is why rockets usually have wings at the bottom(as they drag the bottom down, to stabilize it going up), or why the spacex boosters have their grid fins at the top(which deploy on descend, to drag the on the top, stabilizing it coming down) fun fact: if you get 2 new tires for your car, you should put the "new and good ones" at the back for the same reason. in the case you start to skid, the better friction on the back wheels will tend to point you forwards, which in turn gives you much more chance to regain control when i first heard of this i was like "oooh that makes so much sense", i knew it intuitively, but hadnt actually thought about it. i hope pointing this out helps some people in some way

A UK Space Bridge Agency sounds awesome, and like it would be for building a space elevator

14:42 you need reaction wheels or something else to control orientation when the air is not thick enough for control surfaces to work.

A truss bridge with pinned connections loaded at a joint only had axial forces, therefore no bending or shear forces are applied to a given member. A I beam would not be appropriate as it is cross sectional area that is relevant, not the second moment of inertia and so a square or corner beam would have been a better choice

“First space bridge!” …should we tell him someone made a multi-mile long modular bridge across the Dres Canyon in KSP1? Nah, don’t spoil his fun.

I agree that before launch, it's a bridge, but once in space, the pylons aren't anchored anymore, so is it really a bridge in space? *insert doubtful meme*

When you go to the moon , remember to use the map mode , I think that is what it is caled

The crooked nose cones, make me laugfh out loud every time I notice them! LMAO

FYI: Space starts at 70,000 m above ground, and when the little PE number below the navigation ball goes above 70,000 m, you are officially in orbit! Just a little hint in case you ever do make it.

Hey RCE, don't be an architect and put your fins behind the center of mass, you will gain a lot of stability. This applies to most things moving through a fluid. I see you often putting them ahead of the COM and that is pretty much why those planes/rockets flip backwards when they get some speed. The idea is that the center of mass always flies first, and the center of lift follows it. If a plane/rocket flies with the center of lift ahead of its COM it will absolutely want to flip and fly backwards. I absolutely love these videos, but hate to see some of the best ideas fail because of an unintentional canard fin that just makes the bridge unflyable.

Aerodynamic fins require air friction to work, so as you get higher and higher in the atmosphere they start to work less effectively.

I wonder if a cable stay bridge, using struts as cables, would have worked better than a truss bridge?

10:20 the nose cones pointing down killed me 🤣🤣 15:35 WOW first time that here I see a nosecone attached right to the top! 🤯 RCE is one of a few RU-vidr that change the Title of the video 😬😂 (I saw the "old" title😅 did RU-vid said something and you had to change it?)

Should make a VTOL bridge 😅 So that way your Kerbals can put a bridge anywhere on kerbin!

Use the truss bridge to connect segments/parts of a space station

Highest we see the bridge is at an altitude of 56km. Hate to be a stickler, but "space" begins at 70km. So I think you've got a bit to go there, mate. Also minimum orbital velocity is something like 8km/s, and the max we see is like 1.5km/s (probably got up to about 2 or 3km/s by the looks of it). Still, as a long time KSP player and RCE viewer I love to see the progress here. I want to see a bridge in orbit and on Mun! LETS GO RCE!!!!!!!

Matt should be a music artist with all the songs he makes

Matt finally lands a plane. It's a bridge.

At least nasa does not crash a rocket almost every test.😂

While other folks are busy fighting the game and using realistic rockets to do the Kerbin Konga Line with the surface of the planet, RCE is buiding a near perfect bridge with such robustness that it can be launched into space. Shocked? No. Entertained? Absolutely! That plane was a hilarious abomination, "flapping" its wings to come in for a landing! Copy/Paste/D20 Roll = 1. The devs should name a Kerbal "Picasso" in honor of that bug. Anyway, thanks for a fun KSP2 video while we await major development progression on this mess of a game.

Hey thanks for Beta testing this for everybody. I wish they would add something like a glue or weld function when working with struts and structural objects.

"bridge, bridge, back to the bridge" A song could be made out of this

The bridge plane is the literally the best plane you’ve built 😂

Now you need to build a Space Ring station around Kerbin made out of bridge pieces

As an Aerospace engineer it was nice to watch a civil try and build something other than a target, but failing.

4:50 This shit bumpin

This is truly some of the best engineering I've ever seen in my entire life.

5:22 Some movement is expected. You need roller supports on your bridge, otherwise, you'll have unnecessary and potentially failure-inducing compressive stress

4:14 Well Matt, you may have not noticed but you built one part of the bridge in mirror symmetry mode and then when you alt+clicked to copy it, it made your copy in radial symmetry mode. Which is why it messed up. If you had switched backed to mirror , it probably would have worked 🤓

Matt, I gotta say, I really love the fact that you've embraced your musical... talents. It's all not great, but I bet you have a lot of fun doing it.

You missed the opportunity with the name of the agency. Half bridge and half space, so you should of called it the UK Brace Agency. Also I only just discovered your channel yesterday and I've been binge watching them on my two days off, worth it imo.

Centre of mass needs to be at the front. The engines are heavy, and the fuel runs out.

The best flying plane RCE has ever made. All he had to do was.... build a bridge

You must make bridges that allow any ground vehicle to travel anywhere in KSP2.

RCE, the only person that can make a bridge fly better then any of his own planes

4:00 It’s a Trusception Trusception T-Shirt comming soon!😂

16:55 -- Thanks, now I want to watch Kung Fury.

The UK Space Agency has done it again!

Technically, it's also the world's tallest bridge too yeah? I can't think of a single bridge here on Earth that is tall enough to reach space. UK Space Agency has broken a lot of records lately!

Meanwhile, I can't fly normally (especially landing) with my designed airplanes in this game.. You came and made a flapping bird bridge which can be controlled "perfectly" well. It's not fair! :)

I build a like 5 part rocket all the same medium size and itll still tip over. Civil here throws a mother lovin bridge on a couple of rockets and it goes up fine? The youtube gods do not favor me lmao XD

The copying was very correct, I don’t know how you didn’t use the square root of something or another to figure out Bill was a developer and was sabotaging you so he didn’t die on a blimin bridge car thing.

I started cheering when he gave the bridge a 9.9

this has gone suprisingly well for what this is . . . so I am wondering . what about a long range rocket that is made out of spaced boosters and trusses for extra stability ??? there's also the idea of bridging canyons on other planets but that seems too precise for someone who's not a rocket scientist

Wow the bridge acctualy works in ksp 2

Long day today, Got home alot later than normal.... Me watching this at half 9 at night will probably throw off my whole daily routine....

Teacher: you can’t hear images. Me: 3:49