To everyone asking what it feels like, imagine belly flopping into a pool, but the water turns to air right when you hit it, or someone slams a door in your face but it turns to wind as it hits you. It slaps your clothes against your body with enough force it kind of stings. Overall it’s not that bad, it’s actually fun! I explained all this in the video… but the first shot knocked my mic off and I was stepping on it when I talked about it haha.

@multiarray2320

22 күн бұрын

i nevergot hit by one but i can somehow feel it just by looking this video.

@FlopgamingOne

21 күн бұрын

banan

@Liljericho

21 күн бұрын

I bet it feels very similar to standing next to Top Fuel Dragsters when they take off

@FasutonemuMyoji

21 күн бұрын

This was an oddly specific childhood wish come true...

@charagender

21 күн бұрын

the belly flop thing makes sense to me given the explanation that air is like a liquid yea

Yo! That video editing trick amplifying motion was pretty cool!!! The vortex gun was cool too I guess !!!😁

@828_Nate

23 күн бұрын

😂

@ProSureStrings

23 күн бұрын

lmao

@tomclanys

23 күн бұрын

Check out Posy's tutorial on it :)

@ProSureStrings

23 күн бұрын

@@tomclanys when next video? ive been waiting 8 years

@brycenorth9892

23 күн бұрын

Posy has a great video describing his process of using the effect

Sir, this is not your backyard.

@spaszek195362

23 күн бұрын

alienating his audience with this one

@Pegmamane

23 күн бұрын

Not in my back yard !?

@mrwood4557

23 күн бұрын

It’s somebody backyard

@ovoid_ovvie

23 күн бұрын

How do you know that?

@Amocat_253

22 күн бұрын

Put sum respek on him

adding "vortex cannon" to my christmas list this year

@Adammsaaid

4 күн бұрын

Lol

@ThickWalrus

4 күн бұрын

i’m getting the one piece for my christmas present 🥱

@jilianbaroi2467

2 күн бұрын

Wow

@k.r.99

19 сағат бұрын

Adding you to our watch list BEFORE christmas this year - FBI

VRAD is such an appropriate name, because that is indeed very rad.

This man is creating new lists to be on.

@aufoslab

23 күн бұрын

linus styropyro colinfrozen elecetroboom backwardscience i love all those!!!

@ShawnF6FHellcat

23 күн бұрын

It's funny you say that, because the Nazis actually tried developing an anti-aircraft air cannon that was supposed to send blasts of air that would cause planes to go into an uncontrollable spin and crash, but as usual, it didn't work out before WWII ended.

@SuperStruct

23 күн бұрын

@@ShawnF6FHellcat That sounds like it would work against drones

@slimpickens7822

23 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@TheAdequateMedia

23 күн бұрын

he clearly didn't cobble this thing together

I want to see this on a foggy morning

@Sanguiris

19 күн бұрын

YES

@HalvardSkurve

18 күн бұрын

or put inward pointing fog-machines around the barrel

@KingSpartan95

12 күн бұрын

No​@@Sanguiris

@lifeisasimulation1671

12 күн бұрын

@@KingSpartan95 Maybe

@axiomrootff7223

12 күн бұрын

And in rain

Seeing a shockwave like this is so awesome. You’ve turned a concept into something visibly real.

I want to see this thing shot at: A pond/pool, a large patch of chalk dust, a roaring bonfire (can it actually feed it if the fire is big enough?) a filming drone, a paper airplane in flight, a kite, and, of course, a pile of flour near an ignition source.

That 'tearing' sound sounds a LOT like artillery. Or at least what artillery sounds like in every movie and game I've seen.

@dakotareid1566

23 күн бұрын

Watch Ukraine war videos it sounds pretty similar

@UkSapyy

21 күн бұрын

Because that's what happens around a shell or a bullet as it accelerates. This cannon has no round it is accelerating air.

@Vindolin

20 күн бұрын

Search for "dutch carbide canon! 😄

@twaffleproductions

17 күн бұрын

sounds like an f-16

@Gruntgrowz

10 күн бұрын

this is the most cringe comment/response ive seen lmaoooo artillery shells are soo loud you cant hear for like 10-30 min after.

Definitely a cool canon. Glad to have you back

Excellent CrunchLabs embedded ad. You and Colin Furze own the high ground.

Kevin is building quite the arsenal; A car mounted megawatt laser cannon, the focused laser cleaner, a liquid metal squirtgun, and now a freaking air cannon. I probably missed a few implements of destruction but you get the idea

@DontReadMyProfilePicture_

23 күн бұрын

*don’t read my name,.* 🌛

@TheOriginalJphyper

23 күн бұрын

He's a legitimate real-life mad scientist.

@ThePupPack

23 күн бұрын

He didn’t build this one

@LincDN

23 күн бұрын

Don't forget the table saw machine gun

@isostrike1667

23 күн бұрын

@@LincDN I knew I missed a few

The sound that thing makes is absolutely wild!

@aufoslab

23 күн бұрын

That ring of air transmits some power, interesting, i can develop it for my army.👑

@Pauly421

13 күн бұрын

Shame is was used in possibly the dumbest scene in all of star wars lol

love to see you use the motion amplification technique it's so cool. I wanna see that thing in schlieren imaging

your video style is incredibly unique and refreshing! ️

7:12 you sir have extremely specific childhood dreams

@WellSwole

15 күн бұрын

This could prove crucial for anti drone technology by blasting drones out of the air, with minimal visibility

@picklerick7953

15 күн бұрын

They recover extremely quickly with the flight controllers and esc I build them

@mzerv00

12 күн бұрын

An Obama basketball says it all

Those vortex hits look like way too much fun to be legal! I love it! I would totally pay for this at a carnival to be hit by such a vortex cannon a couple of times haha.

@PrestigePotato

23 күн бұрын

​​@@Speed001lol yeah right try probably under a dollar

@Speed001

23 күн бұрын

@@PrestigePotato maybe, but that's a large area to fill up

@B-Nice

22 күн бұрын

Vortex Dunk Tanks Need to be a Thing!!!!!!

@SlavicUnionGaming

19 күн бұрын

im surprised it didn't shatter his bones when it hit him

@geo3106

7 күн бұрын

@@SlavicUnionGamingWhy would it? Earthquakes can shatter mountains but at most jiggle humans around.

Thank you sir, since the days of Mythbusters I wanted to see a giant vortex cannon. I imagined them making one out of a full size garbage can, so this is even better!

You always share fun videos with us and I appreciate every minute of it. I always look forward to watching your new videos

That air visualization editing trick was phenomenal.

@durururururururu

12 күн бұрын

its popularized by creator Posy on KZread. from a video called motion extraction. He did way more on the trick and has a video on how to do it. check him out!

@-_.._._--_.-.-_-_-_-...-.-

7 күн бұрын

I can see EVERYTHING!!!

Good sir you can’t buy all of Nevada as your backyard!

@jnellie1970

23 күн бұрын

And 10000x more expensive.

@DontReadMyProfilePicture_

23 күн бұрын

*don’t read my name,.* 🌛

@Grey-The-Skeleton

23 күн бұрын

​@@DontReadMyProfilePicture_Don't worry, we don't want to.

@TheGoodCrusader

23 күн бұрын

Plasma ring blaster

@PlasmaFreak

23 күн бұрын

Look up MARAUDER its been done

The name "vortex cannon" unironically goes so hard even though the actual device isn't that destructive. Sounds like something you'd hear and see in a transformers movie.

@captain-poppleton

13 күн бұрын

This is the kind of weapon you need if you want to mildly inconvenience the enemy.

@cyansorcerer6491

12 күн бұрын

@@captain-poppleton true. Still looks and sounds cool though.

@PoIarisPrime

2 күн бұрын

Agreed

This video put a smile on my face! Happy Friday America!

That sound is WILD!! Sometimes you hear something and you’re just like “someone needs to use that in a movie.” Alright. I’m back to say I just got to the part where it’s explained that it’s already been used as a movie sound effect so… good for them haha!

@MrDevintcoleman

23 күн бұрын

It also reminds me of the planetary defense gun from Subnautica in its physical appearance lol

@FukaiKokoro

23 күн бұрын

They took the cool sound away in the movie clip. It would've been cooler if it was the actual sound

This would be an AMAZING practical "special effect" in all sorts of things, like when they have those minor shockwaves in DBZ or some of the more modern superhero movies. All of the fabrics suddenly whipping and the minor stance change from the actor would make it look super neat.

That editing trick to show motion was insanely cool. Wow.

You should really post a couple clips of the vortex cannon firing with no commentary or music, that sound is magnificent

I'm in love with this

@Deontjie

17 күн бұрын

What, an expensive machine, 10% more powerful than a nerd?

@ummulhafsa2655

11 күн бұрын

Makin the jet version of this?!

@DudeRandom

3 күн бұрын

Next video about vortex cannons being turned into some kind of jet engine perhaps

I was JUST watching videos of hail cannons and literally thought “What would happen if that vortex ring hit you?”, and then this was uploaded as I was thinking that.

@HumanPerson_final

23 күн бұрын

This feels like as close as we will get to watching a Floridaman fight God.

@mrseriousv1

21 күн бұрын

you are the chosen one. the universe caters to you and you alone.

This cannon is FREAKING AWESOME :D one of the best thing ive ever seen !!!!

Had an idea for a while. Using multiple of these or even larger vortex cannons installed above the structures around it in cities and areas that are prone to tornado activity. Would be interesting to test the theory if multiple cannons could break up a funnel cloud or even an active tornado.

@VoltisArt

17 күн бұрын

Weather formations are very large. According to the U.S. NIH, a typical tornado clocks in with a total kinetic energy (TKE) of 62.1 GJ, or the power to move more than 62 _billion_ kilograms by one meter, or smaller amounts much farther, if that power was directed into one vector. One giant VRAD cannon did not knock over a skinny KZreadr weighing perhaps 65kg. When you're talking "multiple" cannons....imagine typical Nerf dart guns versus an angry hippo or elephant. There is a point at which it would absolutely overwhelm the target. That point is _absurdly_ high. 65 is pretty close to 62, so let's just estimate a little further and divide that first number. One billion cannons _might_ knock tornado Kevin out of the sky, if he's an average or smaller tornado. It probably would not do anything to the weather in the area that spawned the tornado and may spawn more. You also have to factor in recoil at the base, which wasn't featured in either video but is equal and opposite to the force of the blast, short though it was. The truck trailer moved by some measurable amount. Horizontal rocket engines atop tall buildings might not be good for keeping those buildings intact before the tornado hits (or misses) them.

@itsdarke1054

10 күн бұрын

Something really crazy to think about is the reality that every nuke in the entire world detonated on a tornado or hurricane wouldn't stop it. Natural disasters are incredibly powerful.

How many doomsday weapons do you need to have before you legally become a "Mad" backyard scientist?

One of my all time favourite pieces of videography is the slow motion of explosion and the visible pressure waves they create and seeing the vortex cannon showing its messing around with air did not dissapoint either, the rest is pretty cool and impressive but seeing air manipulated to me is just stunning

I love how the sound of the vortex just gently stopped when it hit the tree love it! 😂

One of the coolest videos I’ve seen on KZread in a long time 👍

I don't think I've seen you any happier in a video 😂

That cutaway bit at 0:26 absolutely killed me

I love how upbeat your video is about a cannon

That's an impressive vortex gun. But it's interesting that the air comes from the outside, yet it have almost no airflow related design around the outside. It would be cool if it had some sort of sloping taper to bring in more air. Maybe it could be even more powerful.

5:50 - How it feels to be held hostage while doing a commercial for hack pack.

6:07 "prank em John"

I did not expect to hear you say the word "nuts" 😅. That was great.

He nailed me that time is a wild statement. You gotta say no diddy after such statements bro 😂

@noahleach7690

2 күн бұрын

Go outside

@telo712

2 күн бұрын

@@noahleach7690 no diddy

i have to admit, the "effect" of you being shot by an invisible forcefield... Its hilarious

@SlavicUnionGaming

19 күн бұрын

that can be damgerous because it could possibly cause him internal damage on his own organs

@dimitar4y

19 күн бұрын

@@SlavicUnionGaming to say the least, ruptured ear drums, and microscopic damage to blood vessels similar to vibration disease that can cause blood clots and stroke :> ... But man it looks so.. Movie-like! Force push!!

Somehow this man survives yet another recording process.

It's actually pretty interesting to watch if the vortex is disrupted by something. If it can continue its same ring shape after it gets interrupted

I really wanted to go to open sauce but I’m going somewhere else during that time. I’m so saddd but I love your videos😢🥺

This video is going to go off. No pun intended. It’s full of “whoa!” moments.

I love that motion visualisation with the difference. Thanks fot showing that!

The editing is what sold me. Vortex gun yada yada, but software can effing do that? Omfg?

You could blow candles from a birthday cake with this. The design is very human.

i really should start my homework...

@melsvankippersluis2005

23 күн бұрын

Same

@alternate5108

21 күн бұрын

Bro same 💀

@adameverythinggames

20 күн бұрын

Same

@andresfelipemurciavelez8061

17 күн бұрын

Did you finish it?

@Snowsea-gs4wu

16 күн бұрын

Don’t worry you will still find yet more distractions to keep avoiding it 😂

So cool! Actually seemed like a seriously good drone disposal option, in Marks video

We did that with industrial air ducting made from cardboard 3 meters long 25 cm wide and balloons filled with “stuff”and would drop a firework down them to fast pressure. It would eject whistling rings for about 50 m in the air. They were so neat. Was my favorite thing at those Fourth of July beach days.

So this is what it feels like when Saitama throws a punch at you from a distance...

6:30 Imagine if the portapotty was full.

Okay this has been one of the coolest videos I've seen in a long time.

Good to know that there are people out there making vortex cannons with their free time. And he's me tryna make rent lol.

Bro go one of the oddest childhood dreams of all time…. I tip my hat time to come up with the next

that was the coolest thing i've seen in a good while

This looked like a fun time..! Great video.! Thanks for sharing your awesome creativity.!

Dude, that vortex gun could be a good anti-riot weapon. Loud, dealt something to your body, but basically 'harmless'.

If you modified this to essentially be a (Combustion) Light Gas Gun, would it be more powerful? Also adding Colorant Injection like a Fog Generator or maybe add in extra fuel (of different types too) may air in visibility. Also aiming tech? Either way absolutely stellar build, I’ll take 6 of em plz!

Kevin, the most florida-man of all the florida-men! Loved this vid!

Hi im TheBackyardScientist, welcome to Jackass 6:15

Next time you get to play with the vortex cannon you should see what the effects are on remote control planes or drones since the idea was tossed around, during WWII, of using a vortex cannon to disrupt allied bombers over Europe. Cool to see if it was even possible or not.

Good sir, that vortex cannon KILLED the fire.

You should have won the drone challenge with this, but still glad the boys got together to make a 10min commercial 😅. Of course William finished his device at deadline.

Thank God you are back! You are my favorite youtuber

so glad you had ear protection on :D

I DO have a functional Mattel "Agent Zero-M" Sonic Blaster. As well as a couple of broken ones. It's not the *same* one I played with as a kid, but about ten years ago I got one working, anyway. I'm about the same age as the well known actor who did those Mattel commercials in (I think) 1963. It's almost the same principle, but it uses a hand-pumped air pressure chamber to start. So I was hit with a vortex cannon many times (by my older brother) before the end of 1964. I'd guess that's about when your parents were born. Our parents took it away when the potential for hearing damage was understood.

Oh my lord 6:51 looked terrifying

He finally posts a video

@Pauly421

13 күн бұрын

Too busy spending his millions lol

Now imagine that vortex cannon to be really advanced and powerful = weapon of the future, no ammo, just pure unstoppable obliteration!

That is the coolest thumbnail I've ever seen.

The air sweepers in clash of clans when you deploy the dragons

@confusingcrux1947

23 күн бұрын

L

1:32 this is epic

It should be feasible to design a configuration that creates two concentric toroidal vortices. By aligning a smaller ring within the larger one in just the right way, it might be possible to form a vortex within a vortex. Additionally, I’m curious about the extent of experimentation done with a smaller exit diameter to focus the force into a more confined area.

Our airport uses "propane sound cannons" and they operate on a similar principle, but instead of generating a vortex they generate sound. Very good at keeping birds and small animals out of harms way relatively harmlessly (as in they save far more wildlife lives than they put at risk). Neat so se that a cannon operating in a more "dangerous" capacity has little effect on the human body same as the sound cannons on wildlife.

At 1:58 you can see the reflection of the vortex refracting the view of the ground to the right of the boxes. Glad to see you take direct hits to show people that it doesn’t hurt the birds it’s meant to scare. That is one of the coolest gizmos I’ve ever seen. I assume you’re going to have to build one to see how small you can make one and still get a decent effect?

id like to see this connon in heavy rain

@jdriver1419

22 күн бұрын

great idea ! and fog.

You should have a tv show. Great entertainment

Wouldn’t the pressure change mess up your ears?

@VoltisArt

17 күн бұрын

If you're close enough. That's what the ear protection (sometimes just hands over ears) is for. You can induce ringing in ears (temporary damage) just by clapping your hands by them.

2:14 - it sounded like the arrival of an artillery shell, only without the explosion. Some people are lucky, they can have fun and do all sorts of cool things for a ton of bucks...

@Kemmin984

5 күн бұрын

It like super sonic boom

@user-ql8vy4se1i

5 күн бұрын

@@Kemmin984 Maybe. I personally judge from my “observations”.

@Kemmin984

5 күн бұрын

@@user-ql8vy4se1i lol

Right around 1:45 as youre talking about it being like a tornado. it looks like a small one passes you slowly in the background, it looks like a column of dust blowing by.

@TheBackyardScientist

20 күн бұрын

There were a lot of dust devils in the fields that day!

0:22 this looks like the hail cannons that were used at the Nissan facility in Mississippi to prevent hail damage on the vehicles stored on their property in the early 2000’s. When the weather got bad they fired the two of them up and it was a sight to be heard and felt.

It’s been 5 months!! 😂 it’s cool that you’ve been filming with Mark Rober tho!

7:37 im sorry what??!!?!

@Pongovideos

16 күн бұрын

🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

Ayooo this man is crazy AF talkin bout "FIRE, FIRE, FIRE" while he and his crew still in the line of fire, bruh

This just jumped in the top ten of the man list

You won that mark competiton dont care what anyone one says.

guys this is a literal banger 💀

The owner of the VRAD even have a military camouflage seat cover how cool .

This was actually really cool 😎👍

The return of the king

Bill Nye hands down his gilded scepter of scientific tomfoolery to you.

I had a fun like that as a little kid and have never seen one or could find it online. It was like a gorilla and when you shot it, the air came out of its mouth. It really was a cool toy. I would love to find one or someone that remembers it.

"ive worked up the courage to get hit by this thing" hearing loss and tinnitus: i guess you wonder where ive been

That putting out the fire was so cool!