Bullwhip Cracking - The Overhead Crack!

I was introduced to whip cracking when I went to my brother's house for the Easter Holidays. My Sister-in-law's younger brother is dating a young woman who does whip cracking for fun and brought over a 10 ft long nylon cow whip. I said "Let me get a crack at that..." and discovered its a lot of fun and it can be a good workout. I decided to buy a whip and do a little crackin myself. I also decided to research here on Youtube and found a few good videos of whip cracking demonstrations. I will recommend for those who are planning to get into whip cracking, to check out a person who was featured on Discovery Channel's "Time Warp" and search for Adam Winrich. He can be found here on Youtube as well. He demonstrates many different ways to crack a whip with all different types of whips.

The whip I used is an 8 ft Cow Hyde 8 plait Bullwhip bought from a local Western Store.

Little known fact about a whip crack. That signature whip sound that you hear is the tip of the whip exceeding the speed of sound. The tip of the whip known as a cracker or also known as a popper travels at these speeds when a whip is cracked. The tip of the whip creates a small sonic boom that is exactly like the soncic boom created when Chuck Yeager, the famus Air Force Test Pilot who flew the legendary rocket plane called the Belle X - 1 faster than the speed of sound over the Desert in the western U.S. on October 14, 1947. Now sound is a compressional wave which travels at different speeds with different altitudes. This critical speed is known as Mach 1 and is approximately 1,225 kilometers per hour (761 mph) at sea level when the temperature is about 75 degrees.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Bullwhips
• Whip Cracking
• Whips
• Overhead Crack
• Sound Barrier
• Sonic Boom
• Mach 1.

[gumdo666]

at first I was gonna post "dude u fu*king suck!!", but seeing as this video is 2 yrs old now, I'm assuming u improved. Certainly didn't know how to oerhead crack back then did u, but we all have to learn :)

[djluna96]

@gumdo666 Yes.. I did suck here.... This video was filmed on the same day I bought that whip... It was also a product of maybe all the best of 30 minutes of practice there...lol and Yes I have gotten better...I am not forcing the whip like I was here in this video...Thank you for being understanding here...

[michodemar]

hi Djluna.how many db make that noise?

[djluna96]

@michodemar The actual sound made from the whip crack is very directional ... IF you are using a whip and make a good solid crack ...from where you are standing in perspective of where the cracker and fall of the whip is placed... one can experience a decibel level of about 100 to 110 DB... If you stand in line from where the whip crack is directed.... it can easily exceed 130 db.

[jeffdenny1]

He DJ i cant belive i came across this cool vid and then i said i know this guy

lol awesome presentation dude

[djluna96]

This would not be the same Jeff Denny that I remember from Mastic NY whom I remember as a kick ass guitar musician?@jeffdenny1

[odynhros]

oh your neighbours must love you,,,

[zakoblivioa]

did you hit a cam with a bullwhip going the speed of sound THUMBS UP

[florinakastoria]

Hey you should post some more bullwhip cracking vids! You sure know how to crack them loud!

[soSpecialkay]

@BooyaaPwned wait say that again, why u puttin so much emphasis on the "h"?

[elm1com]

I need you to come to my office when we are on deadline.

[damonkat26]

i would hate to be your neighbor.

[UpcomingJedi]

show us your scars where you crack yourself? I gotta get me one of those.

[Laudan08]

Nice Cleavage!