Shooting Circular Sawblades With The Slingshot

Circular sawblades are about as dangerous to be shot from a slingshot as it gets. Heavy. Sharp. Unpredictable in flight.

Seems like the perfect challenge for us here at The Slingshot Channel!

It turned out quickly that rotational speed is needed in order to stabilize the flight of the blade. Otherwise it will tumble and loose speed quickly, as shown in two slow motion scenes. So a special weapon was devised that adds this rotation to the saw blade, and the effect is quite impressive.

A shot of the blade into a watermelon demonstrates the destructional potential of this slingshot invention.

A "The Slingshot Channel" production!

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  Science & Technology

[Joshlul]

We don't go to Ravenholm..

[TheIncredibleD1701]

I would love to see a video game featuring some of his slinshot and crossbow designs as weapons. Put that shit on Kickstarter!

[notbroadcasting1]

you make them! im not your slave.

[Echo Xane]

Make them out of Sodium and they will. Or if you really want fireworks, Cesium.

[notbroadcasting1]

the blades should explode.

[Echo Xane]

The simple truth is that a spinning disk is just not an effective weaponized projectile. The nature of a spinning disk is to just roll off of hard targets, which would look like a ricochet, compared to a crossbow bolt which just goes strait in..

I still stand by my belief that an electrical motor could accheive a much higher rotational speed, but the truth is that spinning blades just don't make good weapons...maybe if you were launcing it from a magnetic rail system...

[notbroadcasting1]

but the blade is losing rotation speed in air.

[Echo Xane]

I do not see why.. The purpose is to create rotation which is what keeps the blade flying relatively strait. The blade doesn't have to be spinning at the rate of a buzz saw, it just needs to maintain it's rotation.

[notbroadcasting1]

that motor would need to be really powerful. the blade would lose lots of strenght in air all the time.

[lowwdoggy]

*Turns around looking extremely intimidating*

-"Works like a charm" :)

nice!

[Echo Xane]

What exactly are you taking exception to? And I do not use or endorse mind altering substances.

[Ian Beattie]

Don't smoke so much weed