Slingshot vs. iPhone!

[JoergS]

"Will it shoot?" The Slingshot Channel tests if it possible to use an iPhone as slingshot ammo, and also what happens when a big steel ball, shot from a powerful slingshot, hits an iphone full on the touchpad.

A specifically designed slingshot crossbow is employed to launch what many regard as the best cell phone in the world.

You can see iPhones beeing shot at ballistic gelatin, "Mythbusters style", and also a "long range" shot, demonstrating the accuracy. No iPhone survived the tests, in the end, a "3G" model is fired flat against a house wall. This opened up the device in record time.

A little bonus in the end takes care of several requests for specific gelatin tests...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgzwas0GmaY

Enjoy!

Jörg

 

[mdThanatos]

It ceases to amaze me the different designs you come up with. Loved the end segment.

 

[CTPhil]

Maybe Apple will take the hint and make a FMJ iPhone that will actually get some penetration into the gelatin.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Wow that is wild and shows you can shoot almost anything with a custom slingshot.

 

[JohnKSa]

"It looks like someone really wanted to dial the nine."

 

[janobles14]

whats with the camera crew? can we look forward to a jorg reality show?

 

[SleazyRider]

My wife dropped her new i-phone getting into her car a few weeks ago, dropping it a distance of about 16 inches. It shattered! After doing a little research on the Net, it seems that this is a common problem. So watch out!

Also, I think I may have found slingshot ammo that is much cheaper than i-phones. It's called Taconite, and it's readily available on Ebay. These are little iron balls that fall off railroad cars on their way to the smelters. It makes for cheap plinking ammo.

 

[LensWork]

My wife dropped her new i-phone getting into her car a few weeks ago, dropping it a distance of about 16 inches. It shattered! After doing a little research on the Net, it seems that this is a common problem. So watch out!

That's why I chose the Motorola i1 Not bullet-proof, but about as close as you can get in a smartphone (MIL-STD 810F).

 

[Effigy]

The ballistics gel was a nice touch.

 

[JoergS]

janobles, the team was from the Dicovery Channel Canada, they will bring out a piece about me in Daily Planet. In the fall, most likely.

 

[janobles14]

geez...can you sign a slingshot for me? gotta get you before you get too famous! congrats!