8/12/2023 0 Comments Automatic crossbow mythbusters![]() ![]() Joerg Sprave is a man whose work you might have seen online - he’s the dude whose DIY contraptions consist of things like knife launchers and Coke bottle Gatling guns. The latter won’t be used to build the crossbow, but rather, to freaking power the thing: All you need are some badass carpentry skills and a power drill. Which is kind of stupid, because a cool, full-auto crossbow is actually easy as hell to make once you figure out how. They’re invariably presented as ridiculous contraptions that are so far removed from actual physics that they might as well be magic. Full-Auto Crossbowįully automatic crossbows are a staple of a certain happy-go-lucky type of historical fantasy, from the ridiculous gas-powered drum magazine bow in Van Helsing to the twin pistol crossbows of Jonah Hex. While we’re not inclined to argue with the man holding a thunder gun, we’ll just say that “probably safe” is a less than comforting sentence, particularly in the field of weapon design. Oh, Prince does say that regardless of the setting, the current is probably too low to wreck anyone’s vital functions too badly. There’s also a cool built-in display and control panel, giving the user various power settings one can use to better rain electric doom upon the unwary world. Prince’s contraption is essentially a Tesla coil modified into a cool hand cannon, and it’s powered by an amazing-looking, water-cooled backpack that would make the Ghostbusters hang up their proton packs in shame. But we still can’t help but mentally call him “Sir,” just in case there are increasing power settings and he feels like conquering the world. We know that the current is not lethal because everyone making that video survived to tell the tale and upload the clip on YouTube. Holy crap! The dude is literally shooting lightning from a cannon. It’s a very real DIY Tesla gun, cobbled together by Tesla enthusiast Cameron Prince. That last one is not actually a video game weapon. ![]() Look! Tesla-themed electricity weapons, a mainstay in video games that enjoy their enemies extra crispy! Remember the amazing Tesla gun in the zombie mode of Call of Duty: WWII? Or the Tesla rifle in Fallout 4’s Automatron DLC? Or the famed Tesla Claw in the Ratchet & Clank games? Or the handheld Tesla Coil Gun from Smarter Every Day? Oh, and just in case the flamethrower sword is not enough, the crossguard is made from two smaller blades for the rare instances when something needs to be stabbed without an accompanying stream of fire. The basic sword is a neat rainbow chrome blade, with the hilt jerry-rigged to fit two butane canisters and a switch to release the fuel and provide the ignition. That-frankly insane-design by JLaservideois actually even better than just a sword with its blade on fire. Fire sword! Fire sword fire sword FIRE SWOOOOOORD!!! There’s no way you can get a proper, sustained fire on your sw. In reality, flaming swords can only be briefly achieved if you sadly dunk a blade in some flammable liquid and fumble for your Zippo, hoping like hell that you won’t singe your eyebrows off this time. Even the Balrog of Moria in The Lord of The Rings, a towering demonic entity that single-handedly threw the Fellowship in disarray, felt the need to whip out a big-ass fire weapon to really underline the danger.īut that’s fiction for you. Fire Swordįrom the Shishkebab in the Fallout games to the fiery blade wielded by Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones, a flaming sword has always been a surefire way to show that the person wielding it is not, under any circumstances, to be trifled with. Just take a look at these ridiculous do-it-yourself tools of destruction, that take concepts you might know from movies and video games, and turn them into strange reality. Still, it’s not like we’re the only ones. At the Modern Rogue, we have a keen academic interest in fascinating weaponry-after all, our video department plays around with shuriken slingshots and razor blade flails on a worryingly dangerous and regular basis. ![]()
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