Archimedes Heat Ray vs. Honda Archimedes death Ray vs. Honda

[Realmasterorder]

You blew up the mythbusters they don't have a clue when they tried to do something like this that is what Archimedes did



[xXxchipperchopperxXx]

fuck it i would have left it alone to see how long it takes the sun to burn a honda

[kdc43]

272'--------that's one hot car.

[garand]

this only proves two things- 1 solar radiation is powerful, 2 you are a crazy mad scientist that rocks!

[Revan3893]

My Mum once took a mini apple pie out of the freezer a couple of years ago when we had a really hot summer here in Australia (temperatures ranging from 40 degrees Celcius to 50), to de-frost it, she put it out in the sun. It not only thawed the pie, it actually cooked it all the way through. Mum didn't even need to put in the microwave or anything XD

[rvbshard1]

hell yeah now i can make cookies on the roof of my car great

[Jdlifsey]

Try burning a 4'x8' piece of plywood

[SimpleWindSolutions]

Right on. I have found $7.00 wall mirrors that are 12 x 48 " deflect easily and are capable of collecting about 350 watts of energy. That is 50 watts per dollar or about $0.02 / watt for solar energy. Caution all viewers to wear safety goggles for protection from very strong UV reflections that can damage their vision.

[Nomoreidsleft]

Don't let your car insurance broker see this video. Oh, wait too late, I AM your insurance broker.

[doldei]

... to protect the car ? wtf dude , it's a Honda !

[Engineer245]

I did some work in Mexicali Mexico but stayed in El Centro Ca. back in 1997. The outside temp was 127 degrees on a thermometer where I parked the rental car. I had ABS plactic part warp to the poitn of almost melting in the trunk. The soft dashboard of older (1960's) autos would warp and pop off the mounting screws. Solar heat can be very powerfull. There is a solar thermal ammonia type a/c unit in use in a California Technology Center. OF course this is coupled to passive building design.

[BlueRice]

i wonder what it be like if the whole world go green with their energy saving weapon?

we shall light beam the american with 1 million mirrors. 500 super charge solar panel laser for back up if necessary

[tbyte]

Put the numbers in C too , 90% of the world uses C not F :)

[Bertziethegreat]

@tbyte Yea, but who really cares about the rest of the world?

[tbyte]

@Bertziethegreat 5 billion people ? Compared to 200 mil americans it's like no one uses F at all :)

[Bertziethegreat]

@tbyte Yea, but like half of those are chinese communists.

[tbyte]

@Bertziethegreat Have in mind that 80% of the things You use are made by chinese communists including the computer that You use to write those comments ;)

[Bertziethegreat]

@tbyte Please. My computer components are made in Japan.

[tbyte]

@Bertziethegreat Hahaha reaaally ? Care to actually check before writing bull crap ? :)

[Bertziethegreat]

@tbyte Unlike the rest of you terrorists, I do check before I buy.

[tbyte]

@Bertziethegreat I'm sure You do ... I just have doubts that You know actually what and where to check. I'm pretty sure that You don't know. Judging by your blabbing about terrorists and communist I'm sure your brain capacity is sub average american which means that it's closer to a chimp than to a human :)

[Bertziethegreat]

@tbyte Or I'm just having fun you capitalist pig! FUN IS FREE. WHY DO YOU HATE FREEDOM?!?!?!

[tbyte]

@Bertziethegreat You've got to change your drug dealer. He is putting something bad in your doses :)

[Bertziethegreat]

@tbyte ATTICA ATTICA!!!!

[tbyte]

@Bertziethegreat Ah and from 200mil americans 2/3 cant even read. So ... kind of just 70 mil ... It's about the population of Turkey ;)

[canamm]

Try using seven fresnel lens' (spot, not linear) next time....on the neighbors car.

[anyonefindAMERICA]

OK I get it! I'll stop parking on your lawn. Geezz.

[micrisc]

If you set you car on fire with the sun, does it still fall under act of god? lol

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@micrisc LOL:-) Excellent!

[mobius1ace5]

@micrisc technically yes... but try explaining how it happened, as long as it wasn't intentional and everything you should be fine... its like cutting down trees and one falls the wrong way... and smash, no more car... happens all the time, I would just like to see the face of your insurance adjuster when they see the damage ha ha :)

[TheNeoSwoosh]

@micrisc Im not sure if that would be an act of God but your moms vgna might count as one.

[OrganicDrew]

@micrisc very interesting Legal question, to answer that quickly "NO because it isnʻt within the normal operating conditions of the car" but for purposes of Humor i suggest listening to this guy George Gordon dot com in this legal story about a Lawyer who sues for fire damage covered under his insurance policy for some cigars...

[2LateIWon]

Can't wait to see the actual video.....

[ceranko]

Im surprised you guys havent burned your house down yet!

[EdgeRetro]

Well, at least you didn't put Denise in there this time.

[IceFritzLanger]

We have the same car my friend ( mine is red =)

[theprimalcore]

Duuuuuude! LOL! As much as you use "old" stuff to test on, I am surprised you used your car! AND! You above most people should know "the true power of the sun"! hahaha ;-) Good Stuff though as always ;-)

[Abigsky]

I'm glad you stopped the experiment before the car combusted. Archimedes was no fool.

[agentofx]

oil barrel filled with water next time. see how many mirrows it will take to boil it (ifboiling point can be reached)

[ShadowRayzzz]

Try using ur cat xD jks

[jlw62469]

that is nuts....... cant wait to see it. hehehe

[edstar83]

lol I love your experiments Dan.

[pvampire]

Wow! Thats incredible really! There truly is some amazing untapped power in the sun!

[youngn420]

not sure if it can be done to be a complete "death ray" Mythbusters and some MIT students tried to burn a wooden boat and could only produce a little bit of smoke. but if you can pull it off that would amazing. =)

[ieldanth]

@youngn420 I think they also noted that the ship would have to be stationary for it to work...

...although, I wonder how fast it would work vs sails...

[kekikamiller]

For gosh sakes don't use a car next time, lol.

[pubtor]

can i say you got a hot car?

[shartne]

wow did the paint bubble? thats hot.

[ProgressiveTV]

If anybody can do it, you two can!

Remember, the ships were a bow shot away from the shore. That was 200-600 feet depending on the type of bow used. The ships were probably made of Pine or Fir. AKA soft woods. Archimedes used one main octagonal mirror linked and hinged somehow, then many square mirrors on top of that. Was the main mirror able to adjust its focal length? Can you get over 800F for auto ignition? Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

[killzpwnz0red]

Yes Dan I know people have the first impression that these are toys! What people do not realize is that these solar thermal is far more powerful then anything we humans could produce. I setup in my back yard a small 2' x 3' themal pop can heater and placed an oven thermometer into it behind the glass. The inside of the box recorded temps of 350 deg. F! No shit! Much hotter then I could ever have imagined. And keep in mind this was a very, very small heater! The power of the sun is awsome!

[TheBetterGame]

Where do you live Dan? You seem to often use a mix of metric and old world measurments, which would imply canadian, but it's very very hot wherever you are, too hot infact for canada (at least where I am in Canada)

[Intransitman]

@TheBetterGame He's in Florida, though I'm in Canada.

[DawnShereeJoe]

hot stuff..keep it up. BTW I am using old Cable Satellite dishes covered with mylar,  i scorched an old tree stump in my first test at a distance of about 2 feet, took 8 minutes but the adhesive i used melted and the mylar slid off the dish. didnt do a vid because i didnt think it would work, now working on a 3-dish array that will give a longer burn without having to adjust. dont know much about the math but it works well for a possible solar oven or water heater. just need a better adhesive.

[Thunderdahl]

You wimp ,light the rice grinder!

[kami3233]

YOU USED A HONDA!!!????? shoulda used a ford. or chevy. now your car will have to go 400k miles with a huge blanched out passenger side door.... not very good planning.... :P

[philipx2]

Mythbusters have tired this too. They had trouble getting it too work. Got very hot but would not start a fire. Good luck

[TheBetterGame]

@philipx2 True, but mythbusters used a MUCH longer distance. They said that it was feasible, but not at a distance that would be usable against ships. This was only 100 feet.

[KyprosNighthawk]

@TheBetterGame

They also used Bronze, mirrors have a lot more things that contributes to higher heat output like Glass and silver. I don't think they had the mirrors we have today, so this example isn't a true Archimedes' death ray ;) Bit like comparing a stick of dynamite with a HE warhead :B

[Winst0nOBoogie]

Try this with a book about a car and more mirrors and see if you go up to 454F...

:-)

[kmg501]

oh boy, the wife must be pissed... :p

[ricochetVendetta]

lucky the car didnt blow up

[gm4ulkill]

focus the light on a large cube of butter hanging above denise and watch how it melts all over her hot smoking young tight body

thumbs up if you agree

[trailkeeper]

Excluding the Sun, I guess each of the 7 mirrors will add 1/7 of the energy to that spot, and I'm assuming 1/7 of the total combined temperature (its understood some is wicked away by the surrounding metal). Does any of you green energy guys think this is about right or close or are you not sure?

[lodevijk]

@trailkeeper I'd say, 1/7th of the total combined RISE of temperature. The 104F were there before the test.

[trailkeeper]

@lodevijk Ok, I mentioned excluding the Sun, so its implied I didnt want its heat/energy included into this. Your right though. I guess there needs to be more controlled experiments with this, maby in shade, but then the air temp would have to be included just the same. Any net rise or increase in temp. would be due to the mirrors, and if there is n mirrors, then the energy from each mirror, excluding losses will be, 1/n of the total energy gain due to the mirrors. More thought is needed.

[lodevijk]

@trailkeeper Well technically if you want to calculate heat you first need to define the object absorbing it - namely the metal surface of the car. The sunlight was distrubuted on an oval shape.One needs to take note of the method of measuring the temperature - some pirometers calculate the average heat on an angle. Also, the type of surface makes a huge difference - a shiny surface would reflect a lot of the radiation. And, as you mentioned, the temperature of the air is an important factor.

[lodevijk]

@trailkeeper When we include all those factors we get a damn nonlinear equation. What's important in such cases is to study examples and learn which factors are insignificant in certain conditions. That requires some engineering literature.

Another thing comes to mind- if the mirrors are close to each other, then most of the reflected rays are pointed at the same angle. But if you want a really large structure, then the rays coming from the sides would be distributed on a larger surface.

[trailkeeper]

@lodevijk Ok, I guess I was assuming perfect conditions where the surface of each mirror is perpendicular to the sunlight. Heliostats run into this problem alot, unless the receiver can be moved.

[trailkeeper]

@lodevijk In perfect conditions (each mirror collecting and reflecting the same amount of solar energy, and the mirrors are the same size) then, each mirror in my theory will give an energy increase per unit area at the receiver of 1/n, where n is the number of mirrors.

[trailkeeper]

@lodevijk I guess once you consider losses of energy from the surface reflecting some of it, and radiating it to its surrounding, then the equations become more involved and the max value of 1/n becomes reduced. With big formulas people loose interest, and even with the formula its only at an instant in time since the Sun appears to change position and then the values and angles for the formulas will change. I think its easier to understand by using ideal conditions first.

[s28400]

whats the song?

[lostburro]

Focus the light on the glass and have Denise bake something in the car. Or get someone elses car (probably a better idea), but same girl.

[cdltpx]

We have a doctors office here that faces west the windows are all mirrored when you return to your car it is baked. The parking lot is on the west side of the office and they have hardly any trees only thing they have going for them is the lot is concrete it would be even hotter had they black topped.

[spooky1000]

use a piece of black colored metal sheet, don't risc the paint job on the car :)

[danz409]

that poor car

[pgm98387]

WOW!

Next time don't stop. With PPE & fire extinguishers!!!!

I tried this once at the beach in the sand with mirrors. I'm impressed how you were able to keep the beam from moving? Did you do a juggleing act to track the target re aranging the mirrors on the stands while the earth turns??

[hughtub]

This is why cars should have chrome mirror paint, to reflect the heat and serve as external mirrors for seeing other cars in traffic. I've seen lamborghinis, mercedes and bugatti veyron with mirror paint.

[LightningX151]

You should try cooking on a car.

[robertwgardner]

This is why I did not buy the Mythbusters test of the legend.

[anchor425]

arrrgh bro your onto it....couldnt beleive it either...now let the steam power start...thats alot of energy...so lets capture it !...one way or another i know you will !

[d3adp001]

umm yes, even with the not so good mirrors they had at the time, enough of them in a controlled directed fashion work great.

[HonKyTanKMaN]

Hahahahaha Nice !

[imatelly]

lol nice,screw the boat,just hit the people in the chest with that,they will turn the boat around,i could see this working back then