As big as a car: Huge Slingshot Cannon in Action

On December 30th, 2010, The Slingshot Channel presented a functional "desktop size" slingshot cannon. It fires 8 mm steel balls.

Finally, the model was turned into reality! 10 times bigger than the model, it fires 80 mm steel balls now... with impressive force.

The huge amount of rubber (6 full Thera Band Gold stripes per side, 72 times stronger than "hunterbands" for conventional slingshots) propels a steel boule/petanque ball fast enough so it flies 200 meters (220 yards).

See how it smashes beer barrels and even a car... lots of slow motion is included.

The winch allows insane draw weights. Here, more than 200 kg was employed. In combination with the "barrel length" of 3 meters (10 ft), it achieves firearm like energy levels and the momentum of a giant sledge hammer.

This may be the strongest rubber based weapon presented on youtube ever.!

A "The Slingshot Channel" production.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Slingshot
• Cannon
• Joerg
• Sprave

[SephCat74]

What's your favorite slingshot? and the strongest? is this the strongest?

[JoergSprave]

@SephCat74 So far, yes.

[AZNjimmyKID]

get a bad ass camera and make better slow mos like the slow mo dudes that ll be epic instead of normal quality but just slowed.

[JoergSprave]

@AZNjimmyKID I'd love to, but these babies are expensive. Really expensive.

[outdoorandairsoft]

wenn die unter 200 lbs hat kannste ja mal das speargun rubber nehmen ;)

[JoergSprave]

@outdoorandairsoft Hat 500 lbs.

[armyperror1]

Is this slingshot powerfull enough to do some rabbit hunt?

[adamsalas2009]

That's awesome

[hunterking14]

allright, at first well.. mir fällt grad auf das du ja deutscher bist- also als erstes fand ich das etwas langweilig da ja fast alle deiner modelle nur geschweist waren und das ding aus holz auf einmal mmh Ó.ò aber dann gucke ich mir das vd an und denke aaalter geil :D

[monstertrucker1]

coincidence, that a group of german people shot at a french car? oÔ

[cholorecio732]

dude that's an awesome machine, but you're wasting beer!!!!

[bobsamurai]

oh man can you imagine shooting a steel spike from that LOL

[vinzbrain]

Take home lesson: never park you car there...

[Vladimoskov]

Absolutely beautiful. My hat off to you sir, a true feat of engineering

[my1dea]

if only the Germans had this in WWII

[TheGenesis20000]

Nooo the good Beer :(