NO ONE Has Done This Before | Fan Showdown S4E10

Summary

In this Fan Showdown episode, Major Hardware returns after recovering from being sick and kicks off a fun lineup of custom 3D-printed fan designs. Kyle’s Endothermic fan impresses with a simple, solid build inspired by the radioactive symbol. Ian’s aggressively named Finger Remover 9000, based on EDF-style blades, looks standard at first but performs well in testing. Aaron’s Yang Blade stands out as a one-blade fan that doubles as art, though balance could be a challenge. The biggest surprise is Andrew’s Neater Cheater Beater, a cleverly reversed fan setup designed to streamline airflow around the motor supports. After noise and airflow testing, the Neater Cheater Beater performs best overall, though the host notes that future refinements could make this unconventional design even stronger.

Highlights

• Major Hardware is back after recovering from the Rona and ready to test some wild fan designs 💪
• Kyle’s Endothermic fan gets a big thumbs-up for being easy to print and surprisingly strong 🌡️
• Ian’s Finger Remover 9000 sounds dangerous, but it moves air like a champ 😅
• Aaron’s Yang Blade looks awesome and wobbles just enough to keep things interesting 🌀
• Andrew’s Neater Cheater Beater tackles turbulence in a totally different way and grabs the best result of the batch 🚀

Key Takeaways

• Kyle’s Endothermic fan is simple, stylish, and way more capable than expected 😎
• The Finger Remover 9000 uses EDF-inspired blades and posts strong airflow numbers 🔥
• The Yang Blade is equal parts fan and art piece, but balance is its big test 🎨
• Andrew’s Neater Cheater Beater flips the usual fan layout and gets very creative with airflow ⚙️
• The Neater Cheater Beater comes out on top of the group in airflow testing 🏆

Overview

This episode starts with a welcome-back vibe as Major Hardware returns to the Fan Showdown after some time off and dives right into a fresh set of viewer-submitted fan designs. The lineup includes a radioactive-symbol-inspired fan, a blade design built from EDF ideas, a stylish one-blade art piece, and one of the most unusual builds the series has seen so far.

The middle of the video focuses on testing and design discussion, especially around balance, vibration, printability, and whether the fans can actually move useful air. The Yang Blade draws attention for its visual flair but struggles with vibration, while the Neater Cheater Beater gets extra attention because its airflow path is intentionally reversed to reduce turbulence.

In the end, airflow numbers decide the rankings, and the Neater Cheater Beater comes out ahead of the group. Even though it doesn’t beat the legendary Cheater, the host sees real potential in the concept and hints that a refined version could be a future breakthrough. The episode closes with a call for more fan submissions and a hopeful note about returning sooner with more testing.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:15: Return of Fan Showdown and Contest Intro The creator returns after being sick and announces that this is season 4, episode 10 of the fan showdown. The intro also revisits the series format and sets up the first few fan submissions, beginning with Kyle from Queensland, Australia and his endothermic fan inspired by the radioactive symbol.
• 01:15 - 03:00: Kyle's Radioactive-Symbol Fan Concept Kyle’s radioactive-symbol-inspired fan looks simple, prints easily, and is presented as a surprisingly strong contender despite Kyle’s modest expectations; the host thinks it could place in the top 10.
• 03:00 - 05:00: Aaron's One-Blade Art Fan Design Aaron's fan design rethinks the usual PC fan layout by mounting the fan and shrouding the motor supports in a reversed configuration to reduce turbulence and improve airflow. The presenter notes that the idea is very interesting because it could be a novel approach that manufacturers may have overlooked, though some minor modifications were needed for wiring clearance and assembly.
• 05:00 - 06:30: Design Tweaks and Fit Modifications The speaker discusses making minor fit and design adjustments instead of skipping them, saying small changes are preferable if they help a fan work better and can be tested later. They then move into testing and sound measurements for several fan versions, noting their dBA levels and observing that the Yang blade performed with significant vibration and an erratic sound profile at certain RPMs, though it still seemed to move air effectively.
• 06:30 - 08:30: Testing the Fans and Sound Check The testing phase begins with a comparison of several fan designs, including their sound levels in dBA. The speaker notes that minor on-the-fly adjustments to a fan are acceptable if they improve testing rather than skipping the test entirely. Initial noise measurements are shared for each fan, and the Yang blade is called out for having significant vibration and an erratic sound profile, though it still appears to move air effectively.
• 08:30 - 10:00: Performance Results and Final Rankings The chapter reports the final airflow performance results for the competing fan designs: the Yang blade reached 523 ft/min, the Finger Remover 9000 reached 639 ft/min, the Endothermic reached 616 ft/min, and the Neer Cheater Beater reached 665 ft/min. These results placed them overall 5th, 7th, 11th, and 23rd, respectively, with the Neer Cheater Beater performing especially well despite not defeating the legendary Cheater. The speaker expresses optimism that further refinement to assembly or blade angle could eventually produce a fan that beats the Cheater, and closes by encouraging viewers to submit designs for the fan showdown and subscribe for future updates.

NO ONE Has Done This Before | Fan Showdown S4E10 Transcription

• Segment 1: 00:00 - 02:30 oh it's been a minute both since I made a video and since we've seen an episode of the fan showdown and good news today I'm back I'm over the Rona I'm feeling pretty good and today is episode 4 oh no it's season 4 episode 10 now first up we have Kyle from Queensland Australia and his fan endothermic Kyle said that after binge watching a lot of the fan show on he decided it was time to make a fan after one of his favorite symbols the radioactive symbol sus now Kyle did go on to say they didn't have the high hopes for this fan he was hoping that would maybe just finish towards the top but I think you're selling yourself short Kyle I think this fan is pretty solid I think it maybe top 10 uh yeah and it was really easy to print so in that in my book you're already ahead now this next one has a pretty aggressive name this is the finger remover 9000 Ian said his design was inspired by 3D printed EDF blades he's been working on you know some EDF blades or turban designs for his EDF motor and uh decided that one of his design that he liked he was going to configure it to work for the fan showdown setup and here we go also I think I think I need an EDF I think we can get in some some pretty beefy trouble with an EDF if we had like one of them big boys now for the most part this is a pretty standard looking fan I think it'll do pretty well uh it's got a lot of blades they print it very easily again support material came off easy always a big fan of that and I think Ian's got a good shot of placing towards the top as well however given the fan name is finger remover 900 000 I thought I couldn't resist you know adding in another test to just see if it held true you're not off to a good St in now from this point things get a little a little more interesting you could say this next one is called the Yang blade and it was created by Aaron now this fan just in it in and of itself made me
• Segment 2: 00:00 - 02:30 laugh it reminded me of like sitting in grade school drawing yin-yang on my Trapper Keeper while I wasn't paying attention in class also it reminds me of like a more refined version of the the Tulip you remember that fan Aaron said that he had been creeping around the fan showdown for some time and decided you know what it was time to throw his hat in the ring and what he wanted to do was create a fan that was one blade but also kind of like a piece of art and I think so far two for two Aaron definitely one blade and definitely looks like a yinyang which is what you were going for now Aaron like us knows that the biggest issue with these really tall fans is the balance they they're really hard to get get perfectly balanced and then they
• Segment 3: 02:30 - 05:00 start wiggling and then it's just all over from there he did run a Mass properties in solid works and it does show the CG at being in the center but given that way you 3D print this and not you know mold it out of plastic there's going to be a little bit of a iffy iffy space if that's actually going to hold true as long as it moves air and looks as good as it does I think it's a win in my book we'll have to see how well how well it how well it's balanced but either way appearance 10 out of 10 now this last last one is probably in my opinion one of the most interesting fans I've ever seen on the series it's it's it's set up in a way that we've never seen before and the fact that it's made of multiple pieces isn't what really makes it special it's how these pieces are configured into the final product this series of Parts is called the neater cheater beater and it was created by Andrew and the thing about this fan that I was talking about is it's set up backwards from what we normally think of in a fan where where do I have a fan fan fan fan all right so here is an a12 x25 the fan that we use for all the testing here and most fans literally every fan that I know of that's ever been created for PC cooling is set up kind of like this the fan is mounted on top of the motor behind the motor you have a support structure that supports the motor and the air flow moves from this side to this side and as it passes across the the frame of the fan it has to go around these different supports and it creates a little bit of turbulence in the the whole setup and Andrew says that's unacceptable and he set out to fix it in Aaron's design the exhaust of the fan is this way around so the the fan itself is mounted here and then he's got some clever shrouding that goes around all of the different support structures for the motor to try to streamline everything as
• Segment 4: 02:30 - 05:00 much as possible to remove any turbulence and just Pro provide nice straight awesome air flow and uh I I really do think this is interesting maybe Aaron has stumbled onto something that every single manufa facturer of fans or PC fans has kind of just overlooked this could be this could be something special now full disclosure I did have to make some minor modifications to his uh setup I had to cut a little bit of plastic out to give it some clearance for these uh the wiring here and then also this rear Stater kind of goes around the motor like so then mates up with the uh the support structure to give a nice streamlined airf flow and it doesn't really connect anything so I I had to you know first screw everything down and then use a little bit of tape to kind of
• Segment 5: 05:00 - 07:30 hold this in place I hope you don't mind I know in the past I've seen the comments where people are like you know if you got to make minor changes to a fan go ahead and do it it's better to do that and test it than to just skip it all together so let me know in the comments section down below if this bothers you and if it doesn't if I see stuff like this in the future we'll just make the little changes needed and send it anyway on to the testing let's first let's first have a listen the neater cheater beater came in around 54.5 DBA the finger remover 9000 came in around 50.8 DBA the endothermic came in around 50 DBA and the Yang blade came in around 58.8 now the Yang blade as we expected suffer for some pretty extensive vibration for the most part once it started spinning up it was good up until it got to like a certain RPM and then everything just kind of started shaking shaking all over the place so the sound profile was pretty erratic to say the least now it did feel like it was moving some air so I do have hopes that it will function as designed [Music] [Music] a [Music]
• Segment 6: 07:30 - 10:00 so how did they all finish the Yang blade produced 523 feet per minute of air flow the finger remover 9000 produced 639 fet per minute of air flow the endothermic produced 616 fet per minute of air flow and the Neer cheater beater produced 665 ft per minute of airfi placing them overall 5ifth 7th 11th and 23rd now although the Neer cheater beater didn't beat the legendary cheater it by no means did poorly it actually did very well placed on the board fifth overall and I think somebody out there watching is going to see this type of setup and be like I get it this is this is what I was looking for and I maybe a little bit of refinement in the the the assembly itself or the blade angle will produce a fan that can actually beat the cheater which would be pretty crazy since we've been after the cheater since well this whole season and last season but I think it can be done I know it can be done and somebody out there will do it and if you want to get in on the fan showdown head down to the description below all the information you need on where to send your designs what dimensions to make sure you hit to fit on the a12 x25 fan body is all down there thank you all for watching I hope you get subscribed I hope to see you sooner than uh it took for this uh the span between two videos now that I'm feeling a little better thank you all for watching see you next time