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  • @AwhsweetheartHD
    @AwhsweetheartHD 4 года назад +1826

    I’m guessing Nigel took 2 minutes and 25 seconds to get to the top

  • @logangrove4103
    @logangrove4103 4 года назад +241

    Drop Times:
    1) 4:01
    2) 5:37
    3) 7:12
    4) 8:57
    5) 9:48
    6) 10:37
    7) 11:32
    8) 12:51
    9) 14:44
    Like for the duck

    • @undisclosedsteve6361
      @undisclosedsteve6361 4 года назад +9

      This is the only way to watch this

    • @idioting
      @idioting 4 года назад +3

      god bless you son

    • @jay6477
      @jay6477 4 года назад +3

      This comment deserves more likes

    • @mosa9964
      @mosa9964 4 года назад

      Ehrenmann💪

    • @almalm6114
      @almalm6114 4 года назад +4

      Why wouldn't you just watch the whole video ? You miss all the funny comments made lol ah well your choice i guess

  • @lukereuter25
    @lukereuter25 4 года назад +431

    Drops are at
    1.) 4:00
    2.) 5:36
    3:) 7:12
    4.) 8:56
    5.) 9:47
    6.) 10:37
    7.) 11:32
    8.) 12:51
    9.) 14:44
    God bless

    • @monkeydud6437
      @monkeydud6437 4 года назад +12

      You sir are a gentleman and a scholar

    • @bwayns2134
      @bwayns2134 4 года назад +6

      Thx

    • @parkerdavis4345
      @parkerdavis4345 4 года назад +8

      Thank you my loyal helper and friend I am so unbelievably proud and grateful. And now I must leave so I leave telling thank you sire and and have a nice day

    • @Davey768
      @Davey768 4 года назад +8

      Why didn't I scroll to see this first. So much filler in these vids.

    • @benmiskiw
      @benmiskiw 4 года назад +4

      Do not support god I am an atheist

  • @DukeDarkshadow
    @DukeDarkshadow 8 месяцев назад +9

    "This is only the beginning of the seesaw saga"
    Four years later and I'm still waiting on part 2.

  • @Lusitano9514
    @Lusitano9514 2 года назад +136

    "We're not engineers, we're not scientists, but we're giving it a go."
    Ideals to live by ❤

    • @knightwolf5006
      @knightwolf5006 2 года назад

      did u make dead island?

    • @lejesz9791
      @lejesz9791 Год назад

      Jesus Christ loves you please turn to him before its too late to repent

    • @daviddrouant2852
      @daviddrouant2852 Год назад +1

      You actually nailed the mission statement of the USA

  • @OtsegoKid
    @OtsegoKid 4 года назад +1121

    You gave Rexy flashbacks. A giant rock from the sky is how he died the first time.

    • @ders972
      @ders972 4 года назад +15

      Now that is some drastic climate change hahahaha

    • @steffydd
      @steffydd 4 года назад +10

      Millions of years ago a giant rock wiped out his species

    • @ders972
      @ders972 4 года назад +11

      @@steffydd lol thanks for restating the op

    • @MyRegardsToTheDodo
      @MyRegardsToTheDodo 4 года назад +15

      @@steffydd And he is made out of plastic or rubber, which is made out of oil, which is what's left of the dinosaurs. So Atom Ogre was right, a giant rock from the sky IS how he died the first time.

    • @michaelrobinson8736
      @michaelrobinson8736 4 года назад +3

      Wait rexy has more than one life?

  • @BobMotster
    @BobMotster 4 года назад +383

    Try coating the planks with Line-X

    • @RebelBoringly
      @RebelBoringly 4 года назад +5

      Bob Motster underrated comment

    • @ethanduce1647
      @ethanduce1647 4 года назад +3

      I was gonna say the same thing lmao

    • @user-wr2uy9pj4m
      @user-wr2uy9pj4m 4 года назад +3

      Woha dude!!! You just read my mind!!! I was about to comment this and then i saw your comment!

    • @elijahtaylor6630
      @elijahtaylor6630 4 года назад +4

      Genius

    • @MeleeTiger
      @MeleeTiger 4 года назад +4

      Has no one watched Mythbusters?
      Even the weight of a person falling onto the seesaw they made was bending and breaking things!

  • @DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA
    @DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA 3 года назад +4

    You guys have to got pair with Mark Rober again, on building a catapult/seesaw, and drop/fling a car, a boat, a fridge, a washer, a dryer, and much more!

  • @nikiloops7626
    @nikiloops7626 Год назад +12

    I am a woman with no brothers. I feel like you guys are giving me a glimpse what that would have been like. In the best wat possible. Thank you! You guys have the best vibes together.

  • @affinityforanime
    @affinityforanime 4 года назад +280

    The Mythbusters made an indestructible see-saw once. Maybe try getting in contact with Adam or Jamie?

    • @ther3aper561
      @ther3aper561 4 года назад +43

      Or Collab with Adam since he has his own YT channel!

    • @Veggieman87
      @Veggieman87 4 года назад +9

      This is definitely the most Mythbusters-like episode the boys have done to date.

    • @shavashchannel
      @shavashchannel 4 года назад +4

      I wanted to like it but it's on 69, soooo......

    • @affinityforanime
      @affinityforanime 4 года назад +2

      @@Veggieman87 Well... I mean, one of the main reasons I watch How Ridiculous is because they do some Mythbusters-like experiments and stunts. I feel the deepest connection between the two when bulletproof glass gets tested.

    • @alexmorganishere7701
      @alexmorganishere7701 4 года назад

      They mythbustas any more

  • @SailorCameron
    @SailorCameron 4 года назад +126

    For Sale: Skateboard
    Condition: Remarkably Good

    • @rockysmith6105
      @rockysmith6105 4 года назад +1

      5:35 for the full story

    • @rockysmith6105
      @rockysmith6105 4 года назад +1

      6:30 to 6:34 your start and end times for this gents superb Ebay meme XD

  • @blockparty5695
    @blockparty5695 Год назад +6

    You guys gotta do a part 2 to this video and WIN! 👍🏻

  • @peterosmanski7466
    @peterosmanski7466 Год назад +2

    "Who needs Nigel when you've got Herron." Priceless. Also LVL is laminated veneer lumber. It's really not strong along the wide surface. It's strong on its edge, like a floor joist would be installed. The problem with this seesaw is that the force on it goes from zero to max in a nanosecond. You need some kind of spring to apply the force more gradually.

  • @MrAfreay
    @MrAfreay 4 года назад +489

    Very sure Rexy is the only dinosaur capable of surviving the meteor.

    • @patrickstanley7211
      @patrickstanley7211 4 года назад +13

      How do you think Rexy got to modern day Australia?

    • @MrAfreay
      @MrAfreay 4 года назад +8

      Patrick Stanley Simple. He heard about the otherworldly creatures in Australia while he was in the astral plane. He descended from the astral plane, and become a god in physical form. Therefore, his might is currently unmatched.

    • @patrickstanley7211
      @patrickstanley7211 4 года назад +2

      MrAfreay it all makes sense now!

    • @steeljawX
      @steeljawX 4 года назад +4

      @@patrickstanley7211 Meteor falls and wipes out the dinosaurs.
      Rexy: Hold mah beer.
      Stands under 200kg Nigel from 44m.

    • @uzi-br3fi
      @uzi-br3fi 4 года назад

      Yes very true and they need to get text a girl friend

  • @jonnybsidetv
    @jonnybsidetv 4 года назад +303

    You should spray the wood with Line-X.. it would work for sure

    • @infernalh706
      @infernalh706 4 года назад +13

      Don't forget the fulcrum needs the Line-X too.

    • @shadowplaysxd666
      @shadowplaysxd666 4 года назад +1

      Jonny B-Side i was just about to comment this 😂

    • @nathanbowerman8710
      @nathanbowerman8710 4 года назад +4

      Or reinforce the 90mm plank with a few flat bar steel beams

    • @TS_Mind_Swept
      @TS_Mind_Swept 4 года назад +5

      You mean it WOOD work? Keepo

    • @jonnybsidetv
      @jonnybsidetv 4 года назад +2

      @candy adventure have you seen the Line-X videos?

  • @kimshores9687
    @kimshores9687 3 года назад +78

    You should build a seesaw like mythbusters that’s is designed for high impact. Search Mythbusters seesaw to see video.

    • @tilley_111
      @tilley_111 3 года назад +1

      Nice profile pic @Game Star Wars

  • @jamesscott9081
    @jamesscott9081 2 года назад +8

    Very cool, can't wait to see the next seesaw with sturdier components!

  • @jameshenderson1225
    @jameshenderson1225 4 года назад +98

    7:31 Dino said:*screw gravity*

    • @skikickinghorse
      @skikickinghorse 4 года назад +6

      Then gets knocked out by the the BBQ

    • @tv-tropix212
      @tv-tropix212 4 года назад +1

      James Henderson wow😂

    • @maxz69
      @maxz69 4 года назад +2

      FBI OPEN UP!!!!

    • @erincorby961
      @erincorby961 4 года назад

      Yes he did

    • @malkomalkavian
      @malkomalkavian 4 года назад

      Old Emily Bronte-saurus follows different physics :)

  • @Advance493
    @Advance493 4 года назад +305

    Just spray Line-X on the plank and it'll be strong and flexible enough.

  • @mattgalli2909
    @mattgalli2909 3 года назад +2

    Honestly, i find these videos so entertaining that im 44 club abut 99% of the time. Thanks for all of the good content yall put out!

  • @Temptazer
    @Temptazer 4 года назад +8

    5:32 Rubber Duck
    7:11 Dino, Cola, Bowling Pin
    9:15 Pineapple
    10:33 Pineapple v2
    11:29 Watermelon
    12:49 Pineapple v3
    14:41 Watermelon v2 (steel)
    Let me know if I missed anything :)

  • @SethSchneiderw
    @SethSchneiderw 4 года назад +110

    "It's a dangerous thing to try and explain a fulcrum." -Scott Gaunson

    • @stuartrance9716
      @stuartrance9716 4 года назад +1

      You guys should publish a book with all of Gaunson's quotes from your videos...

  • @mrscottanderson1
    @mrscottanderson1 4 года назад +178

    Put Line-X on the boards, it worked for the trampoline

    • @dfaoutdoors6903
      @dfaoutdoors6903 4 года назад

      Came to write the same comment! Surprised they didn't think of this already. Get on it boys! More brand placement= Mo $$!! 👍😎👍

    • @Allangulon
      @Allangulon 4 года назад +1

      It will still break!

    • @ChristopherJohnson-rn8ek
      @ChristopherJohnson-rn8ek 4 года назад

      To some extent.

    • @American_Innovation
      @American_Innovation 4 года назад +1

      Bruh just use steel

    • @NOLAfugee
      @NOLAfugee 4 года назад

      Linex didn't save the water jugs.

  • @MeanBeanComedy
    @MeanBeanComedy 3 года назад +4

    15:05 hearing the lads down on the ground weeping and gnashing their teeths. 😆😆😁

    • @burnsey5556
      @burnsey5556 3 года назад

      yo! im no the only one late to the party!

  • @sleekone7693
    @sleekone7693 3 года назад +12

    One year later and I'm still waiting on my Mark Rober/HR "seesaw saga" collab! *cough* *cough*

  • @Queerpunx
    @Queerpunx 4 года назад +169

    Line-X a wood beam, that would be an epic test!

    • @Abion47
      @Abion47 4 года назад +1

      Also quite expensive I'd imagine.

    • @idgaf5252
      @idgaf5252 4 года назад

      wont do anything

    • @ging3rb3ard25
      @ging3rb3ard25 4 года назад +5

      Also, Line-X the fulcrum assembly.

    • @michaeltow5491
      @michaeltow5491 4 года назад +1

      Abion47 it would be cheaper than having a truck bed coated in line-x it’s not that much surface area.

    • @garyboydston1853
      @garyboydston1853 4 года назад +1

      Steel beam!

  • @AlienBarbers
    @AlienBarbers 4 года назад +83

    If they can work out the physics, this could be the humble beginnings of the Western Australia Space Program.

    • @philm5380
      @philm5380 4 года назад +3

      Wow, it'd be just like Kerbal Space Program but slightly dumber. I'd enjoy that.

    • @Ceedub3406
      @Ceedub3406 4 года назад +2

      Fly like a WASP

  • @josephtodd2644
    @josephtodd2644 2 года назад +2

    Y'all are my favorite RUclipsrs

  • @MrToolibill
    @MrToolibill 4 года назад +4

    It's mad science on the go! Keep up the awesome work 👏

  • @boogbug8244
    @boogbug8244 4 года назад +93

    I like how the skateboard held up and flung the best, that'll be 1 point to the underdog

    • @Probably_tryna_sleep
      @Probably_tryna_sleep 4 года назад

      Just the same, the last beam was bent by the stone, and the fulcrum destroyed, but that crusty duct tape held on lolol

    • @_Razor_2.0
      @_Razor_2.0 3 года назад

      Yess

  • @bsktbllshotz
    @bsktbllshotz 4 года назад +49

    At 14:00 they basically built a way better see saw that could’ve flung something extremely far

  • @joshyoung8773
    @joshyoung8773 Год назад +2

    Any progress on a tough see-saw that will fling ANYTHING?

  • @glitchwalker5422
    @glitchwalker5422 3 года назад +8

    *Measurements with Stanford*
    "Stanford, how far is that?"
    "... That's a long way"

  • @abelherbst7626
    @abelherbst7626 4 года назад +112

    For such long planks the fulcrum oughta be higher, allowing for more rotation, and force.

    • @quintenfoster5602
      @quintenfoster5602 4 года назад

      I was about to say that 😂

    • @TWX1138
      @TWX1138 4 года назад +6

      I'm wondering if some kind of spring-loaded or pressure-loaded fulcrum would be better. Absorb the energy imparted too quickly by the atlas stone to lower the fulcrum, then rebound with that force while the stone is still forcing the pushed-end down to push even harder on the end being forced upward.
      They should also calculate forces being imparted and design the lever arm to withstand those forces. Trebuchets don't typically have arms of equal size their whole lengths, the arm is thickest at the weighted end and tapers at the sling-end.

    • @KiwiHelpgeek
      @KiwiHelpgeek 4 года назад +1

      It wouldn't have prevented the breaks in any way. The velocity and therefore the force from the stones was just far too much. Look how it bent the steel beam at the impact point and the fulcrum point. The speed at impact is 106km/h (65 mph for the primitives) and the impact force is 8,820,000N or 899 tons of force.

    • @richard6133
      @richard6133 4 года назад

      You also want a moment arm that doesn't plastically deform so easily. Maybe wood that is reinforced with the leaf springs from a truck at it's critical stress points? Something that can take that kind of force without deforming at all is probably not going to be feasible, even though it would produce the sharpest impulse to the launched object.

    • @kipgrey1267
      @kipgrey1267 4 года назад +1

      This guy physics

  • @kelalen8811
    @kelalen8811 4 года назад +36

    I think you accidentally made a practical demonstration of how fuses work when hit by a power surge:
    -Light fuse: blew before any energy could be transferred to the device.
    -Slightly larger fuses: also blew, but were able to transfer some energy before breaking the connection.
    -Oversized fuse: was not blown by the surge, but instead transferred enough power to destroy the device and the system that connected it.

  • @JohnBoondock
    @JohnBoondock 3 года назад +3

    Derek yelling "Fulcrum Noo!" When it broke was gold

  • @eddief32
    @eddief32 2 года назад +1

    LVL is Laminated Veneer Lumber - it's basically 3 mm peeled softwood veneer glued together in layers to form a continuous billet. In layman's terms, it's wood that's made by glueing thinner layers of wood together into a thicker sheet.

  • @QbambamC88
    @QbambamC88 4 года назад +314

    Y’all should do a toy soldier parachute contest off the dam or tower and try to land on a target

    • @fazenoob2747
      @fazenoob2747 4 года назад +2

      Quince Colburn nah they have to catch it

    • @michaelrobinson8736
      @michaelrobinson8736 4 года назад +3

      @@fazenoob2747 stanford should try to catch lol

    • @fazenoob2747
      @fazenoob2747 4 года назад +1

      Mike Robinson yeah he should lol gotta love stanford

    • @keenanharmer6259
      @keenanharmer6259 4 года назад +1

      Yeeeeeeeeeees

    • @lubraethecat
      @lubraethecat 4 года назад +2

      They should jump off themselves but one of the parachutes isn't working

  • @nickclark7111
    @nickclark7111 4 года назад +374

    4:15, how the dinosaurs really went extinct

  • @chuxmix65
    @chuxmix65 3 года назад

    This experiment is worth re-visiting. Only the beginning? Gosh, I hope so!

  • @partysticks4422
    @partysticks4422 3 года назад +12

    3:12 that laugh tho 🤣

    • @720noscope5
      @720noscope5 2 года назад +1

      i just went back to that, do you think he's a maniac?

  • @quackymoo8553
    @quackymoo8553 4 года назад +49

    Drops for those who don't want to watch the other stuff in the vid:
    4:00
    5:32
    7:10
    8:55
    10:35
    11:30
    12:50
    14:42
    Edit: Wow, 3 mins out and already 11 likes? Thanks!

    • @shannonbell7010
      @shannonbell7010 4 года назад

      Quacky Moo thank you 🙏😭😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @highiqretardbear33
      @highiqretardbear33 4 года назад

      Thank you

    • @gghhrdghjr6777
      @gghhrdghjr6777 4 года назад

      Thank you!

    • @quackymoo8553
      @quackymoo8553 4 года назад +1

      @@vocalpunk97 I didn't say that you had to use my key, that's why I wrote "for those who don't want to watch the other stuff in the vid".

  • @thandrenn
    @thandrenn 4 года назад +266

    Hats off to the company that made Rex. That dude has been through sooo much and keeps going.

    • @SiriPlayz
      @SiriPlayz 4 года назад +3

      Kmart

    • @kledus420smith8
      @kledus420smith8 4 года назад +4

      China I'd rekon

    • @CuiuneDelSud
      @CuiuneDelSud 2 года назад +4

      @@kledus420smith8 China are one of my favourite companies

    • @pasousam
      @pasousam Год назад

      They buy new Rex's. Its not the same one

    • @emeliebenton1091
      @emeliebenton1091 Год назад +1

      @@pasousam no they do not rexy has been the original legend of a toy since they got him!

  • @ritinkornas5336
    @ritinkornas5336 Год назад +3

    So! Where is this metal seesaw by now, 3 years later? :D wanna see it!!!!

  • @DustinDawind
    @DustinDawind 3 года назад +8

    "That was about as entertaining as my big toe"
    I think we need an April Fools video where the entire video is just his big toe.

  • @jezza3650
    @jezza3650 4 года назад +73

    Could cover the wood plank in linex idk how to spell it like but u get it

    • @tobyraphael4653
      @tobyraphael4653 4 года назад

      i literally came here to comment that exact same thing
      its a brilliant idea tho

  • @puredruid
    @puredruid 4 года назад +62

    Good to see the Aussie space programme is coming to fruition!

  • @paulr3833
    @paulr3833 3 года назад +2

    7:30 the stegosaurus was straight up levitating and with the music it was just magical

  • @thequeen954
    @thequeen954 3 года назад +5

    "It was about as interesting as my big toe" *Gaunson seconds later giggling like a shoolgirl thinking about his big toe presumably* so I guess it was interesting

  • @dereknalley
    @dereknalley 4 года назад +598

    You gents got your physics all wrong. There's no point in having a longer seesaw. If you have a longer seesaw, you have to put more energy into the beam to get things to fling and it just increases the chance you snap your beam because of the leverage of the impact. You want your energy to go into the THING, not the fling. If you have a seesaw, no matter how long it is, if the fulcrum is in the middle, best case scenario you end up launching your thing at the same speed the stone hits. If you make the impact side shorter than the thing side, you get more mechanical advantage to launch your thing FASTER than the stone fell. Ideally it's as follows:
    What you need is a beam short enough on the impact side that you hit it close to the fulcrum, say 1 meter away, strong enough that it doesn't collapse, but long enough on the THING side to give you 2-3 times the speed, that'd be 2-3 meters. Also, make it totally impossible for the stone to trap the beam between itself and the ground or it WILL destroy it. The impact target needs to rotate out of the way to let the stone punch past it and still hit the sand. Triangle base fulcrum, welded tube steel. Fulcrum beefy enough to take the hits, beam made of i-beam steel THICKER on the impact side with a replaceable target plate, thinner on the THING side. That way it hangs balanced. A beam stop built into the base so the beam can't pass 60 or 70 degrees rise on the THING side.
    You WILL send Rexy to the moon. Check out trebuchets to get more ideas about getting even more wicked distance. Keep the great work going you good things.

    • @mindyabusinesses649
      @mindyabusinesses649 4 года назад +31

      dereknalley not hating but wow you actually took the time to type all that 😂

    • @R33F3RMONSTER
      @R33F3RMONSTER 4 года назад +18

      Excellent advice, I hope they see this and take note

    • @dereknalley
      @dereknalley 4 года назад +22

      @@mindyabusinesses649 Totally worth it if they do make an upgraded seesaw launcher and we get to see it in action. I want Rexy to need a GPS tracker.

    • @mejnt
      @mejnt 4 года назад +2

      that is a lot of type
      sorry didn't actually read it

    • @doodlepugg
      @doodlepugg 4 года назад +11

      I'll add a reply so this gets more attention. Granted, the lads didn't spend a great deal of time prepping. Could do with industrial bearings on the fulcrum point just to keep the energy purely in the direction intended

  • @christopher200xxgaming5
    @christopher200xxgaming5 4 года назад +2387

    How many likes for Scott to wear a T. rex costume next video? 😂

  • @EvenFilms
    @EvenFilms Год назад +2

    I hope that you’re still working on the see saw! Every once in a while I think about the future tease on this video.

  • @nikjs
    @nikjs 2 года назад

    14:00 - you had your best wood see saw flipper right there.

  • @lukes4110
    @lukes4110 4 года назад +15

    15:42 I love that you can see the rust being flung from the steel

  • @eknode2340
    @eknode2340 4 года назад +79

    Pretty sure How Ridiculous now holds the world record for "furthest rubber duck launched by skateboard"

    • @eamonahern7495
      @eamonahern7495 4 года назад +1

      Forget the commtest. This comment deserves pinning!

    • @FS2K4Pilot
      @FS2K4Pilot 4 года назад +1

      I wish they'd put a wood board under the front wheels of the skateboard to avoid smashing the front of the board into the sand, so they could maybe get more flippage.

    • @gerryiles3925
      @gerryiles3925 4 года назад

      @@FS2K4Pilot they did, you can clearly see at 5:08 that the truck is on a chunk of wood

  • @azathoth3700
    @azathoth3700 5 месяцев назад +1

    Watching in late 2023, you lads are really putting out great content very much in the spirit of scientific inquiry! While it's all in great fun, you put forth a hypothesis and then test it by practical means. I imagine that a great many of your videos are of use in science classrooms to demonstrate concepts in a lively and engaging way. Kudos. :)

  • @gugre1713
    @gugre1713 Год назад +1

    it`s been nearly 3 years and one pandemic and we are still waiting for a new seesaw vid

  • @zackhaselius2757
    @zackhaselius2757 4 года назад +76

    If the Duck sticks around for future videos, I reckon he shall be named Percy.

  • @fxnvibes2761
    @fxnvibes2761 4 года назад +315

    New Idea:
    Make a giant fork, name it Forty Fork, drop it on a car, fridge, trampoline, bullet proof glass, etc.

  • @sakuratreeguy487
    @sakuratreeguy487 3 года назад +3

    4:15 When the dinosaurs got wiped out.

  • @Chaosmech
    @Chaosmech 3 года назад +17

    A simple method to make your seesaw a little bit more sturdy without going over-engineer: Screw/nail another beam into the middle at a right angle to it, underneath the flat one. It should make a T-shaped cross-section. It's significantly harder to break a board on its narrow edge than on the broad one, and the force from the impact was primarily lost in breaking your boards. Reduce the amount of force spent breaking the board, and more will be left over to propel the other side up.

    • @lejesz9791
      @lejesz9791 Год назад

      Jesus Christ loves you please turn to him before its too late to repent

    • @JarthenGreenmeadow
      @JarthenGreenmeadow Год назад

      Ye they call it a "strong back"

    • @WJS774
      @WJS774 Год назад

      Yup, that's exactly how the steel I-beam they eventually used works.

    • @andrewvelonis5940
      @andrewvelonis5940 4 месяца назад

      Makes sense to me.

  • @brendonlongbottom8901
    @brendonlongbottom8901 4 года назад +97

    To prevent the beam twisting on impact weld a metal striker plate the diameter of the atlas stone on the impact end, also make a fabricated fulcrum out of 12mm or solid bar should give you max chance of launching most things max height
    Love the videos fellas keep them coming

    • @JugsKise
      @JugsKise 4 года назад

      Brendon Longbottom this man engineers

    • @tylerpentecost9669
      @tylerpentecost9669 4 года назад

      Mr. Engineer, what do you think about using a basketball instead of a melon as the object? Do you think it would pop?

    • @greenbat8018
      @greenbat8018 4 года назад +1

      This and maybe adjust the length of the arm to even out the pressure on the object end. In this instance the force was greater on the atlas end of the stone. This is the equivalent of asking the beam to be snapped. Basically: make the atlas end shorter to increase the power needed to move the seesaw. This way the forces of the stone is more focused on the movement and less on the material.

    • @pr0faker
      @pr0faker 4 года назад

      also not use this long of a beam, shorter means be able to withstand much more force. Also with the fulcrum being that small it puts an enormous amount of force on the middle of the beam/plank, and this lessens the force it can put out to whip the other end up and fling whatever is there up. I would make the part on the fulcrum from something like a spring leaf layered part, flexible springy steel re enforcement that helps to transfer the force much better.

    • @amysees5280
      @amysees5280 4 года назад

      Ok Einstein

  • @ricklepick9148
    @ricklepick9148 4 года назад +107

    Check Mythbusters Episode 120: Seesaw Saga. Learn from those who have gone before.

  • @zazaasikkila7817
    @zazaasikkila7817 Год назад +1

    Love this video! Keep it up

  • @cat4rr3r5
    @cat4rr3r5 2 года назад

    When do you do the seesaw again? Looking forward to this. Maybe use everything from steel and attatch it in the middle... 😊

  • @baghira2761
    @baghira2761 4 года назад +69

    "The Seesaw Saga"
    I like that :D sounds like a ton of content incomming

  • @sgraulty
    @sgraulty 4 года назад +150

    You need more elasticity, not more rigidity! You want a whip-like action!

    • @kyleo1236
      @kyleo1236 4 года назад +1

      Sam Graulty so...duct tape a bunch of golf clubs together?

    • @petederksen9300
      @petederksen9300 4 года назад

      Maybe a I beam with a distill taper and the fulcrum in the center of the i

    • @stevenashurst2619
      @stevenashurst2619 4 года назад +2

      Yah, perhaps a very solid wood or other elastic-type beam with line-x coating

    • @naughti_penguin2340
      @naughti_penguin2340 4 года назад +3

      maybe start at a lower height as well?

  • @MedAnimations
    @MedAnimations 3 года назад +1

    *HELP* :
    5:36 : Squishy Duck
    7:13 : Bowling, Coke and Dinosaur
    8:57 : Ananas (Fail)
    11:33 : Watermelon
    12:51 : Ananas
    14:44 : Watermelon

  • @bryanbokser0821
    @bryanbokser0821 Год назад

    The skateboard launch worked phenomenally

  • @The_Keeper
    @The_Keeper 4 года назад +133

    "We're not engineers,
    we're not scientists,
    but we're givin' it a go".
    Welp, there is your new T-Shirt print.

    • @jedidiahross7447
      @jedidiahross7447 3 года назад

      Sounds like the gov'ment trying to explain quarantine.

  • @grablehart3014
    @grablehart3014 4 года назад +116

    When can we get atlas stone, hammer and giant dart against a car?

    • @DarkFrozenDepths
      @DarkFrozenDepths 4 года назад

      i'd like to add a trampoline and a lazy boy vs. a car too

  • @peterosmanski7466
    @peterosmanski7466 Год назад

    This was only the beginning of the seesaw saga per Mr Stanford. Are you boys still working on the next chapter?

  • @chokinghazard2942
    @chokinghazard2942 2 года назад

    Name a more iconic trio
    I’ll wait

  • @blakerobins2660
    @blakerobins2660 4 года назад +119

    Reckon you could drop a mentos into a Diet Coke bottle from the tower?

    • @bigtony9960
      @bigtony9960 4 года назад +4

      Stick a dart through the centre of it. So, it will fall straighter and will not float around as much.

    • @jordanmartin3077
      @jordanmartin3077 4 года назад +5

      Y did I hear this is one of their voices

    • @rayalpeza9369
      @rayalpeza9369 4 года назад +2

      bucket of mentos into a wading pool of diet coke?

    • @africancouscous
      @africancouscous 4 года назад

      117

  • @crackclocaine5904
    @crackclocaine5904 4 года назад +505

    Scientist: levitation can’t happen
    Dinosaur: hold my beer
    7:30

  • @SilverArrowNZ
    @SilverArrowNZ 2 года назад +1

    Love this channel keep up the great work the boys are here to entertain us.

    • @lejesz9791
      @lejesz9791 Год назад

      Jesus Christ loves you please turn to him before its too late to repent please.

  • @YahshuaSavesByYahuah
    @YahshuaSavesByYahuah Год назад

    That drift was noice! 40 seconds. Screw all the broken pieces together and then to the end and try that? That watermelon got the one inch punch! HalleluYah!

  • @DristanRossVII
    @DristanRossVII 4 года назад +132

    I always did wonder how Rexie survived the meteor.
    And then I watched this video.

  • @iamboaks6235
    @iamboaks6235 4 года назад +154

    7:31 the damn Dino was levitating😂😂

  • @Ellemenopea97
    @Ellemenopea97 4 года назад

    I know they didn't really like the results of the barbeque, but when they did the slow motion shot it was great watching the plastic dino just hang there midair

  • @JarthenGreenmeadow
    @JarthenGreenmeadow Год назад

    7:29 the best part here is how the dinosaur stays in the air for a bit like a cartoon character.

  • @G2KB099
    @G2KB099 4 года назад +34

    I wanna see a rexy ice sculpture destroyed. Give me happiness

  • @TheKeller89
    @TheKeller89 4 года назад +30

    Check out the Mythbuster's Seesaw episode for a good design of strong seesaw. It could work.... maybe.

    • @cliffrandolph9363
      @cliffrandolph9363 4 года назад +4

      Get Adam Savage from Tested channel to assist you.

    • @Dwayne_Bearup
      @Dwayne_Bearup 4 года назад +2

      @@cliffrandolph9363 I would love to see that collaboration - the child-like delight of Adam Savage playing with seesaws.

    • @willowrabbit
      @willowrabbit 4 года назад +1

      holy heck I just commented that. We need Adam to come help them.

  • @thefemboyfamilyvlogs8837
    @thefemboyfamilyvlogs8837 3 месяца назад

    5:02 quacking through that megaphone could be a good duck call 😂

  • @seyoch
    @seyoch 3 года назад

    Heey guys, just some quick physics tips... what you want is to convert it's kinetic energy towards the melon/pine apple/ what ever launching object it is... At this point you have all 'hard' materials, and and very short moment to convert that energy, this will deform metal of brake wood, in short: you stress the beam/plank over it's max force... what you want to do is catch that falling weight in a more gradual way (like a softer falling object with same weight and a plank/beam with more flex). If your moment of energy transfer is longer the object might take a little longer to get to a decent speed, but at that very last moment, the elastic force of the beam will shoot the object away... for example, hit an apple with a baseball bat, and it will splash apart, but if you launch it with a slingshot and it flies!
    Would love the result on that!

  • @Adwean
    @Adwean 4 года назад +56

    Linex the plank
    Maybe the Linex will prevent the wooden planks from breaking :)

  • @dannyholmes168
    @dannyholmes168 4 года назад +49

    We need a Rexy shirt where Rexy is staring up at the wrecking ball - either in fear or in confidence

    • @johnbarna4631
      @johnbarna4631 4 года назад

      And he should definitely have a stick leg

  • @gundama4
    @gundama4 3 года назад

    nigel: what killed the dinosaurs?
    rexy: uhhhh....
    nigel: ME *SLAM*

  • @ChildOfDarkness85
    @ChildOfDarkness85 Год назад

    an idea to bring Mark Rober again to you folks. Build the world largest Seesaw and then drop stuff on it, Maybe?

  • @bradenbyrne7243
    @bradenbyrne7243 4 года назад +75

    7:31
    The dinosaur: ight ima turn on creative mode

  • @Scorpius1122
    @Scorpius1122 4 года назад +13

    I feel like they need to collab with Colin Furze for this.

  • @dylantaylor5829
    @dylantaylor5829 2 года назад

    Coming back to this point and seeing rexy early in his career is something

  • @jamesleduke873
    @jamesleduke873 6 месяцев назад

    If anyone is curious, the 90 kg stone has ~40 kJ of potential energy. Nigel had ~88 kJ, which is actually fitting when you think about it. If you want to build something stronger, the Mythbusters did their own seesaw saga. Might want to look at their design.

  • @hunternater1095
    @hunternater1095 4 года назад +62

    I love these guys for two reasons
    1: they are Ozzie
    2: they never click bait
    Love you guys

    • @AliyahEnglish
      @AliyahEnglish 4 года назад +3

      *aussie

    • @kiwifish2990
      @kiwifish2990 4 года назад +3

      Ozzie and aussie, are both slang for australian, so I don't think your comment is particularly justified Aliyah

    • @amzwl1671
      @amzwl1671 4 года назад +2

      Aliyah English / Yeah, don’t try to correct someone if you haven’t done the research.

    • @jackstephens1993
      @jackstephens1993 4 года назад

      they click baited once with the banana flip thumb nail. doesnt really count though as we already knew its impossible

    • @mythic6117
      @mythic6117 4 года назад

      this was click bait though

  • @lewisjones4158
    @lewisjones4158 2 года назад

    3:12 why did I just pick up my guitar and play this laugh?!

  • @liamsilber5910
    @liamsilber5910 Год назад +1

    so sad plank broke but then again so hilarious

  • @pizzawuff1773
    @pizzawuff1773 4 года назад +42

    You Guys should totally have cameras all around the drop hole. Once it go smash you can make a 360° 3d picture of anything getting destroyed

  • @bensyroishka6335
    @bensyroishka6335 4 года назад +55

    You guys should do a trick shot by launching a watermelon of the seesaw then drop a bowlin ball from the top of the tower and try to hit the watermelon midair

  • @nikhig1058
    @nikhig1058 3 года назад +1

    You should drop items on differently filled up propane tanks (the smallest ones ever made first and bigger ones laser)
    It would be a great video the would blow up

  • @matthewbrown2928
    @matthewbrown2928 Год назад

    Have they ever gone back to this yet? How bout use the giant hammer on a heavy duty seesaw!?