It seems a lot of you missed seeing my last two videos, check them out! How To Make Grass Rope [Improved Method]: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z3h7lJiRdLPWcps.html and an Infrared Action Cam Mod: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKSk0M-eXZzAf6Q.html

@MREnderman1234

6 жыл бұрын

NightHawkInLight you made it on Reddit!

@niklas9496

6 жыл бұрын

NightHawkInLight, is it possible for you to make a bottle launcher that looks like an german Panzerfaust and shoots projectiles that have the same look? I think it would look pretty cool. It woukd be amazing if you can make it true. Gretings from germany.

@LightningEagle14

6 жыл бұрын

What’s the range for the launcher? How far do the bottles fly? Super neat vid btw.

@sathancat

6 жыл бұрын

I love the original video and this one quite a lot! I want to make a miniature one

@larrycoleman7604

6 жыл бұрын

You should find a way to make the bottles have a stable flight

Thank you!!!

@leafish9572

5 жыл бұрын

oof

@quinnmaulding7736

5 жыл бұрын

Daily Dose Of Internet I FOUND YOU

@goldking-he8fw

5 жыл бұрын

Hi

@Dave_0115

5 жыл бұрын

Hi

@TBL7133

5 жыл бұрын

Heyy thats pretty good

Beautiful shots man! I like watching the flame front propagate. It's fun to think about the chemistry on each side of that flame.

@DigitalPyro

6 жыл бұрын

very fun yes

@WPCRpranks

6 жыл бұрын

You need to colab with him his experiments would be extra amazing with your camera filming

@WitchieNL

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps some High speed footage and Schlieren imaging might be cool?

@IchMacheAlles2x

6 жыл бұрын

oh dang its destiny whatsup hello :)

@greatones1481

6 жыл бұрын

I'll just say SLOW... ...wait for it... ...MOTION!!

Imagine robbing this guys house and he comes at you armed only with this weapon

@whatgametoplay8016

4 жыл бұрын

If it wasnt a bottle but a metal ball in the tube then that would be a weapon

@cheesers9314

4 жыл бұрын

my face: *oh sh*t*

@adurr3510

3 жыл бұрын

“Ya know maybe he won’t shoot me if I give him my stuff instead”

@After_Tech_Industries

3 жыл бұрын

Throw some nails into the bottom of the bottle and then you go hunting

That's so cool! I have seen those bottles pressurized to over 200 psi!

@iroquoisplissken3583

6 жыл бұрын

Haha you and SmarterEveryday commented, KZread is a small world I guess. Love your guy's channels.

@OwnedEpicStyle

5 жыл бұрын

I love you

@WUTANG-CLAN

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, i had a friend who had a kit that he bought, and used a 2L coke bottle, and used it as a bicycle horn at 200psi.

The slow mo footage of this thing firing is just the coolest thing! Nice job!

@tmoneytechnic

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, I've never seen you anywhere else KZread!

you're a born teacher, calm, succinct, intelligent. This was my first time watching you and it was totally relaxing. I guess I've watched too many other DIY videos with kids or hyperactive adults trying to show me something totally not worth building or insulting my intelligence. Keep up the good work!

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@zach3096

Жыл бұрын

Well said Joe

So glad KZread recommended this,even if it's 5 years later

Wow! Excellent tutorial! Anyone should be able to make one after watching this video.

@TheNocturnalAlchemist

6 жыл бұрын

We have a time traveler on our hands

@MREnderman1234

6 жыл бұрын

It says your comment was posted 3 days ago

@Makebuildmodify

6 жыл бұрын

yup, it does. Patreon patrons get an early showing of the videos. www.patreon.com/NightHawkProjects

@Howtard

6 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed, you even linked the Patreon. You're living up to your title of Patron!

@AlexA-cj5my

6 жыл бұрын

haha dude I was thinking the same thing

Great project! Saw something similar on fb a while back, and wondered how to make it. So this came out with perfect timing.

"Hey Kids, be sure to wear Hearing and Eye protection." Never once wears Hearing or Eye Protection.

@jameswolf5513

4 жыл бұрын

"Do as I say, not as I do" Someone from somewhere

@wayne02058

4 жыл бұрын

Kids*

@user-tb4sl4ex2q

4 жыл бұрын

I made this and wore eye protection but not ear and it was so LOUD. I couldn’t hear for 2 minutes.

@astronichols1900

2 жыл бұрын

0:03 It's ok, he's got his safety squints. Srsly tho that blink reflex is on point. I'd consider some eye protection anyway tho.

@MrJackHagan

2 жыл бұрын

@@astronichols1900 Yeah, I mean, eyelids are neat and all, but they don't offer much protection for anything more than a stiff breeze...

Really love how your videos are consistent and concise, none of that fluff and bs other similar DIY channels do.

This might be on the dangerous side, but I'd like to see different kind of ammunition you can load this launcher with. I was thinking of a bottle that's rigged up to hold some lit steel wool. Like I said, it's on the dangerous side because that's firing a flaming projectile, but seeing it in slow motion would be amazing.

@timmccormack3930

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if this would impede the thrust, with the expanding gas not being able to escape as quickly. And it might just spray you with flaming steel wool. :-X

The idea of carving out the PVC pipe is simple and brilliant! Great job on the final launcher design!

@disorganizedorg

6 жыл бұрын

I'd have approached the problem by cutting several length-wise slots almost all the way thru the PVC pipe wall (or all the way through, then use PVC pipe glue and some rolled up thin plastic inserted inside the pipe to seal it there.

I came up with this concept (or rather, your mortar one, as a launcher) many years ago, and found that a length of plastic streamer tied to the neck of the bottle acts well as a stabiliser. I tried making rocket fins, but I damaged too many, and so settled for something simpler!

props on the ingenuity of the pvc grinding to allow the gas to flow. As you were describing the issue I got excited about the challenge. Genius is in the simple but effective solutions!

The last three Slow mo after the explications are pretty sick !

you need at least 10 million subs one of the best channel on youtube,no clickbait,no loud music,clear tutorial *clapping*

@biblebot3947

5 жыл бұрын

No clickbait? The title says plasma, when the gun is using fire

I'm here via HaD. The flame travelling through the tubing is memorizing. Beautiful project and great video.

Dude, this is one of the simplest, coolest, eligant bottle launchers I've ever seen. Thank you so much! I see many "kits" as Christmas presents this year.

I think the launcher design is brilliant. I think next you should work on the projectiles. Could fins be added to keep them from tumbling?

@DigitalPyro

6 жыл бұрын

schel sullivan hello there :)

@JoshuaHerbison_this_is_my_URL

6 жыл бұрын

Like WeX T said, weight in the tip, and 3-4 small fins near the back would probably suffice. I'd be careful with the weight though, be sure it's not free to move at all, otherwise that acceleration will likely mess up the end of the bottle. At camp I was in charge of launching bottle rockets, similar idea but much lower power, we'd fill the bottles half full with water and pressurize them to 100-120 psi. Even that, without combustion, led to some messy catastrophic failures on weakened bottles.

@t76d777f6d

6 жыл бұрын

Go with fins to keep the projectile weight down.

@JoshuaHerbison_this_is_my_URL

6 жыл бұрын

taiden In my experience launching at 120psi, fins alone don't help all that much, since they need to be well back from the center of mass. It doesn't need a lot of weight, even a handfull of sand in a cup at the end would be enough, since the bottle is so light that puts the center of mass much farther forward, improving the flight characteristics.

@t76d777f6d

6 жыл бұрын

That is true, it would be pretty easy to get the weight forward of center without making the projectile very heavy.

Awesome project

A great plasma gun video with all aspects fully explained. I haven't found another tutorial which fully explains the trigger and nozzle pressure of the propane torch. Thank you.

The sound of that flame going through the vinyl hose... _So good!_ Would make for a sick audio sample.

Very cool design! I like your bird too. He is beautiful.

The King of random: "how to make a mini flamethrower yeah" Night Hawk in Light: "how to make a plasma coil bottle launcher"

I like that you give very clear and complete explanations. Thanks.

Thanks- I was having trouble with the tight corners so the right angled pipe bits are a great idea!

Even after clicking the bell, I still don't get notified.

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah typical KZread. If they don't want you to see a video they're not showing it.

@electronicsNmore

6 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem on my channel. Sucks.

Great job with the return of this project. The first rendition was actually the video that referred me to your channel and I may just build one of these functional versions for myself.

@lazardjukovic1691

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Hrdy how is this comment 3 days ago

@nsocwx

6 жыл бұрын

Lazar Djukovic Patreon early access

This was so cool! I also really enjoy the long, in-depth build process videos.

It is a true joy watching your videos!Very interesting and clever ideas, talented skills intermixed with art, detailed oriented backed with clear and rich English, and super video quality!I just love your videos!!!

that thing is freaking cool! just so you know that torch has a "break away" built in! it will snap off by the air vents where the ignighter is on the torch! its a safety built in

@kengamble8595

6 жыл бұрын

☼ Heirloom reviews ☼ Yes it does, dropped one and found out it will snap off ! A fourty dollar torch ! 😲

@HeirloomReviews

6 жыл бұрын

lol ken your right i did the same! buy craftmans an bring it back!

@kengamble8595

6 жыл бұрын

☼ Heirloom reviews ☼ GOOD IDEER !! 😆

So glad you made this. I've been wanting to make a video on something similar and this will definitely help.

@ShaneWalta

6 жыл бұрын

The Nocturnal Alchemist As long as you give credit where it's due!

@TheNocturnalAlchemist

6 жыл бұрын

Shane Walta of course man

I was looking at plasma cannon designs that use the swirl of tube but that as a bottle launcher looks like so much more fun for something to build

This is totally awesome! Fantastic high-speed camera shots and the coolest bottle launcher ever.

Hey Nighthawk. I pour water through my vinyl tubing. Then, I put a big heap of Sodium Bicarbonate powder down the tubing so it sticks to the inside walls. Blow out the excess and then put my gas through it. It gives a bright yellow flame whizzing down the tubing. Visible in daylight unlike the blue gas flame alone!!

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

Good idea, the same thing could probably be done with other metal salts for other colors, but sodium is probably the brightest

@tsfarken

6 жыл бұрын

Or add the salt(s) to the bottle - flame color change at launch.

@tinderboxcreations

6 жыл бұрын

tsfarken He puts charcoal powder in the bottle on one of the slowmo clips for sparks...maybe try magnesium powder?

Properly Proportioned Propane Properly Proportioned Propane Properly Proportioned Propane Properly Proportioned Propane

Real exciting project. Love it

I like this bottle blaster! Thanks for showing.

*Sees bird* Video is 1000000 times better now.

@storr7535

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

This is sooo coooool. I’m actually about to make this rn.

Very cool plasma effect there with the coil. I also liked the slo-mo shots at the beginning.

it has been 4 years since i last saw your stuff... glad to see you are still at it

Wow, i'm not very good in english, but i was able to understand all the concepts you have talked about. Thanks to your way to explain. Incredibile project! I want to use some ideas to make simething similar 👍👍

Your talent is so inspiring for all of us, great work!

The slow mo clip is awesome flame travelling through the clear pipe 😍😍 thanks

Thank you so much, educating and fun; I really like the way you presented your project and explained it in such a mild way that it compels me to make it. Please continue to enlighten us.

Basically, a basic, bigger, bottle blaster, for your buck. Cool project.

This is an awesome update to your previous project, which is one of the coolest videos you have done IMHO. I think you really could take this a bit further by inserting a short section of CPVC in front of the ground areas where the bottle rests so you can put a #22 o-ring there. The purpose of the o-ring in my rockets is to prevent the air and water from escaping, but I think your launcher would benefit from the friction of the o-ring allowing the pressure to build up inside the bottle before the friction is overcome and the rocket releases at a higher velocity. It might also be worth experimenting with a one-way valve as well. I was thinking of a smaller pipe inside the barrel to allow the gas to flow, in the bottle. The one-way valve would be a simple rubber ball affair that is held open by gravity. The explosive pressure would be enough to drive the valve shut. In any case, the footage of your gun in action looks like it would make an awesome blaster effect in a sci-fi movie done without CGI. Very cool.

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

If you could get a one way valve to work it would certainly improve performance. Possibly you could have it held open by default with a spring and solve that issue. With a working valve you could add that o ring and probably get a nice result. The o ring alone could be tested on my previous alcohol fueled launchers

@USWaterRockets

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure a one way valve would work. Even a flap valve that was held open by gravity or tension of the flap itself. There are a lot of one way valves that are used in air cannons that could be adapted. Also, if you go with the o-ring, you will really need hearing protection! I had another idea... what if you made a gun with multiple barrels coming from a manifold on a single trigger? You could get some cool effects with counter rotating spirals and such.

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

Dividing the spiral is one thing I've never tried, that could be interesting.

@TheLegend-bo5vp

6 жыл бұрын

USWaterRockets how did you even get 3 days ago it was updated today

@alexv.d.h.7331

6 жыл бұрын

The Legend27 patreon, if you support him there you get early access

Fantastic I have been looking for a project for our neighborhood and this would be great! Super video thank you very much. Perfect made my month!!!!

Amazing. And seeing a person so excited with their experiment or invention, man, just the best.

Awesome, now the bottle needs some love. Fins, a nose cone and a parachute for the return back to earth :-) I did that for my bottle rockets as a kid but the parachute part was hit and miss. I know you can do better.

Could you make a video on refining oil into gasoline? It would be really cool.

That’s awesome! Love the look of the flame coming out!

Love the slow motion real nice touch!!!!!!

Interesting. Soda bottle isn't too aerodynamic. Wonder if it could be bent towards being a launcher for one of those Styrofoam gliders? I wonder what kind of payload that bottle could carry? Excellent video sir. Your videos always fire up my imagination and create a lot of questions

@imyourvice4860

5 жыл бұрын

You could use a larger peice of PVC and fit that over the end instead of a bottle and attach it to that.

@TheFuriousBean

5 жыл бұрын

@@imyourvice4860 smart

@FebiMaster

2 жыл бұрын

You could make another pvc pipe as an ammunition, modify it by making some kind of cylinder tank in the front of the pvc so it can launch farther by having more gas stored inside, then cover the top with aerodynamic shape and make rocket fins at the bottom of the pvc to stabilize it

I think there was a military version of this used to launch cord across ships.

@WPCRpranks

6 жыл бұрын

aserta that's a good idea

@sinisterthoughts2896

6 жыл бұрын

The coast gaurd line throwing gun uses a 45-70 blank cartridge.

@jacobashmore9062

6 жыл бұрын

I heard of a guy using a spin casting rod for heaving lines

@CAMacKenzie

6 жыл бұрын

There were actually weapons that worked somewhat like this. This sort of inside-out gun is called a spigot mortar. During the Second World War the British used an anti-tank spigot mortar called the Blacker Bombard, and a more compact and portable version called PIAT. Also the British navy used a multiple spigot mortar that launched anti-submarine bombs, called Hedgehog.

No problem with the longer video. Loved seeing the slow-mo shots!

This will be the first thing I've seen on KZread and cared enough to recreate. Great job!!!

If you made the barrel out of steel, then used gunpowder as a propellant, and swapped the bottle for a chunk of lead....oh wait...never mind.

@fbiofficial8298

6 жыл бұрын

Gerald Reeves so a gun lol

@DerThomie

5 жыл бұрын

limitless rc Thats the joke...

I would love to build this aswell but in Germany you can only buy very different propan torches and on amazon its a bit too expensive. But still a very nice Video !

I love it. Can't wait to make one. Maybe but fins on the bottle to have a further and straighter flight.

Awesome video! Thanks for breaking the concept down into the simplest form possible then building up towards how you made your badass launcher. Could look cool if you drilled some tiny holes on the outsides of the pvc "muzzle" so rather than the whole flame coming out of the front of the tube, little jets would start coming just a little before... you might even be able to angle them to create a vortex inside the bottle.

Hmm, need to scale the concept up using a BBQ gas cylinder and water-cooler bottle... :D

@Innocentforscratcher

6 жыл бұрын

sounds like a slingshotchannel idea....

@SuicideNeil

6 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough I had Joerg in mind as I was typing that comment- assuming it wouldn't be illegal to do in Germany, we need to make this happen...

@Nevir202

6 жыл бұрын

You've got to be careful doing that with those bigger bottles. Square cube law means that all else being equal, the bigger bottle is much more likely to explode in your face. And everything isn't equal, those water cooler bottles are made out of a less pliable plastic and already more prone to rupture.

@SuicideNeil

6 жыл бұрын

A long length of hose and a safety-tie should be fine...

@brucebfd

6 жыл бұрын

Wrong kind of plastic...

New Rainbow Six operator gadget

Man! Your videos are great. Length was perfect. I can’t wait to show my kids this video... I feel a weekend project with them coming on! Thanks again!

@callmedl3800

3 жыл бұрын

how did it go?

This was amazing. Thanks for all the detail!

Please adjust the fired projectile(the bottle) so that it can fly a longer distance!

@1224chrisng

6 жыл бұрын

Narrower Bottle

@selmocohadarevic6812

6 жыл бұрын

Seehanur Huang narrow bottle, cone head, some fins.

COOL AS HECK

Some sweet high speed shots here man, really cool project and design

nice clean unit, I like to see some weight in the front of the bottle to keep it aligned in the air. I love the gas replacement system,

0:18 That is so bad ass :o

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@ZikyElric

5 жыл бұрын

aye

@stefanvukcfcgames2724

5 жыл бұрын

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@AmithKumar-qo7ne

5 жыл бұрын

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@r4rq291

5 жыл бұрын

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@ZikyElric

5 жыл бұрын

sure, my ign is Potatotizer. send me a request

Awesome project. I'm always totally impressed with your creativity and your engineering talent. Very cool results.

Thank you for a most informative and entertaining video. I am not able to do this kind of thing myself because of health reasons but I get great pleasure from watching someone who can explain as clearly as you do. I also loved your epilogue with the beautiful bird (Mose?) on your shoulder. Thanks again, Idris (Welsh name)

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Do you think you would get more velocity by adding a trigger on the front of gun that you would pull after the bottle is primed, but before it is ignited? The trigger would nudge the bottle forward on the PVC so that it is seated on the fully round PVC (not the carved down portion) so that when it is ignited there is no leakage for the first few milliseconds like there is now in the current design. The trigger could be designed to be dual purpose to first nudge the bottle forward and then hit the ignition switch on the propane torch. Do you know if you would get more velocity on the bottle with a design change like this or is the leakage during the first few milliseconds so minimal that it has no significant effect on the bottle's launching velocity?

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't have effect. You need air leakage while the flame is traveling so that it moves through the tube quickly as well.

@maximmilby2016

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think you are using the right word when you say velocity. Speed and Velocity are two different factors.

True genius !! Keep making videos like that. I promise I was not bored, the opposite is true, it's so interesting ... thanks.

@NightHawkInLight You should fill the soad bottle 1/3 full with water and then use the gas expansion on ignition to force the water out the back of the soad bottle. This would give it much more range. There would also be some residual water in the bottle after gasses have left giving the bottle more momentum to fight air resistance.

Try MAPP gas Years ago I built a potato cannon that had a fuel metering system and I always found that MAPP gas was the most energetic "safe" fuel...acetylene always made me nervous

@whatstdiggn

5 жыл бұрын

Mapp gas burns off carbon monoxide. It is not safe.

@randombloke82

5 жыл бұрын

whatstdiggn any hydrocarbon combusted with insufficient oxygen will create carbon monoxide. Mix ratios are important.

Really cool Project! i think the bottleneck (sorry) of the range of those soda bottles is them being not very aerodynamic. in that one shot the Bottle turned mid-flight. Maybe you could put a tip and some wings on to stabilise their flight or put some weight at the bottom of the bottle. It takes away a bit of the simplicity of the projectile so maybe you already thought about that and ditched the idea.

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

I've thought about it, I might make another video about making bottles aerodynamic in a few weeks.

@kengamble8595

6 жыл бұрын

NightHawkInLight I think all you would need is a little weight on the bottom of the bottle !

@Howtard

6 жыл бұрын

Ken Gamble, that's an interesting idea.. Here's my thought; a weight on the bottom could help keep it from tumbling but wouldn't stop it from veering left or right. What if you put a single fin along the bottom of the rocket? It could act as a stabilizer and stop turning at the same time. (Maybe a small fin on top and a larger one on the bottom would be better?)

@kengamble8595

6 жыл бұрын

Howtard Would probably work. I guess you could take it as far as you want and do a lot of things! That's the beauty of a project like this!

@GrassPossum

6 жыл бұрын

I once made a water bottle rocket for my son's school project after they'd all been show how and challenged to get the highest. I added three stabilisers and a conical head and our bottle rocket easily launched triple the height of anyone else from this. That was harder because we had to fit fins in a way the pressurised expanding bottle didn't drop them first. Not necessary here but I bet it will give you many times more range to do it.

TOP GUN re-mastered !! So amazing : and the video is priceless !! Thanks !!!

This is such a simple idea taken to an amazing level!

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Make liquid air using linde himpson air liquefier setup.. It's quite easy

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

I'll have to look into that, it would be cool to have.

I love it! Great high-speed footage, too.

I've been a fan since '07, Nice work NHiL. Nebula in a bottle, very pretty.

I don't know why but your face looks like a selfie with the beauty filter maxed out....

@maltezeller9223

6 жыл бұрын

today at worst pick up lines of 2017:

@hachikiina

6 жыл бұрын

Malte Zeller lol

@shamman522

6 жыл бұрын

It actually does

Why won't those "pencil flame" torches work for this?

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

They don't mix air with the propane as effectively and in my case my pencil flame torch doesn't have a button ignition which you need to fire. Some may work, but probably not as well as a spiral flame torch as i use in the video.

@thaynmoore4997

6 жыл бұрын

Have you tried using a hotter burning gas like MAP-Pro?

The slow motion footage is strangely satisfying

I am the president of my school's STEM club, and we were deciding on a bunch of projects to do this school year, the first project we are doing is the multi pendulum you showed, just thought that knowing that may brighten your day a bit, but was wondering if you could do some more fun school friendly builds. Love the videos, keep doing what you're doing

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

I'll see what I can do.

2 minutes ago and coments from 3days.. what is this madness!

@Nighthawkinlight

6 жыл бұрын

Patreon supporters get to see videos early.

@charliedulol

6 жыл бұрын

more than just see it seems.

@jakobboers5067

6 жыл бұрын

KZread is drunk😂

@Gamerdu45

6 жыл бұрын

madness... madness and stupidity.

@USWaterRockets

6 жыл бұрын

Patreon Supporters have exclusive access to the DIY Flux Capacitor video.

*PVC+flames=hydrochloric acid*

@xWood4000

6 жыл бұрын

Also to be scientific; it produces water, carbon dioxide and hydrochloric acid.

Thanks for putting the science behind it. As a scientist, I’m glad you break it down.

I remember this from when it came out, super cool!

So many time travellers here...

@alexv.d.h.7331

6 жыл бұрын

SCP-173 or patreons which get to see the vids early

Make one that shoots airsoft bullets!

Killer looking gun man. Ty for sharing

I WAS SO EXCITED TO FIND OUT YOU HAVE A BLACK-HEADED CAPQUE