Could you Survive a Blast from the Worlds Biggest Vortex Cannon?

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  • @TheBackyardScientist
    @TheBackyardScientist  11 дней назад +1043

    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
      @multiarray2320 10 дней назад +7

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

    • @FlopgamingOne
      @FlopgamingOne 9 дней назад +1

      banan

    • @Liljericho
      @Liljericho 9 дней назад +1

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

    • @FasutonemuMyoji
      @FasutonemuMyoji 9 дней назад +2

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

    • @charagender
      @charagender 9 дней назад

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

  • @joeytwotone6112
    @joeytwotone6112 11 дней назад +5780

    Sir, this is not your backyard.

    • @spaszek195362
      @spaszek195362 11 дней назад +171

      alienating his audience with this one

    • @Pegmamane
      @Pegmamane 11 дней назад +29

      Not in my back yard !?

    • @mrwood4557
      @mrwood4557 11 дней назад +44

      It’s somebody backyard

    • @ovoid_ovvie
      @ovoid_ovvie 11 дней назад +10

      How do you know that?

    • @Amocat_253
      @Amocat_253 11 дней назад +6

      Put sum respek on him

  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM 11 дней назад +2708

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

    • @828_Nate
      @828_Nate 11 дней назад +7

      😂

    • @ProSureStrings
      @ProSureStrings 11 дней назад +1

      lmao

    • @tomclanys
      @tomclanys 11 дней назад +51

      Check out Posy's tutorial on it :)

    • @ProSureStrings
      @ProSureStrings 11 дней назад +4

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

    • @brycenorth9892
      @brycenorth9892 11 дней назад +20

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

  • @abundantharmony
    @abundantharmony 10 дней назад +120

    That air visualization editing trick was phenomenal.

    • @durururururururu
      @durururururururu 15 часов назад

      its popularized by creator Posy on RUclips. 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!

  • @skoonthatraccoonskunkguy3865
    @skoonthatraccoonskunkguy3865 11 дней назад +777

    I want to see this on a foggy morning

  • @EonLess
    @EonLess 11 дней назад +1681

    This man is creating new lists to be on.

    • @aufoslab
      @aufoslab 11 дней назад +31

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

    • @ShawnF6FHellcat
      @ShawnF6FHellcat 11 дней назад +17

      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
      @SuperStruct 11 дней назад +14

      @@ShawnF6FHellcat That sounds like it would work against drones

    • @slimpickens7822
      @slimpickens7822 11 дней назад +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @TheAdequateMedia
      @TheAdequateMedia 11 дней назад +1

      he clearly didn't cobble this thing together

  • @Madnessnunky
    @Madnessnunky 10 дней назад +24

    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.

  • @integza
    @integza 10 дней назад +20

    I'm in love with this

    • @Deontjie
      @Deontjie 6 дней назад

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

    • @ummulhafsa2655
      @ummulhafsa2655 3 часа назад

      Makin the jet version of this?!

  • @The_Royal_monkey
    @The_Royal_monkey 11 дней назад +1398

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

  • @JessicaKStark
    @JessicaKStark 11 дней назад +366

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

    • @dakotareid1566
      @dakotareid1566 11 дней назад +14

      Watch Ukraine war videos it sounds pretty similar

    • @UkSapyy
      @UkSapyy 9 дней назад +10

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

    • @Vindolin
      @Vindolin 8 дней назад +1

      Search for "dutch carbide canon! 😄

    • @twaffleproductions
      @twaffleproductions 5 дней назад +1

      sounds like an f-16

  • @daphnetilling6034
    @daphnetilling6034 10 дней назад +3

    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

  • @DismemberTheAlamo
    @DismemberTheAlamo 7 дней назад +5

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

  • @ThaEurasian
    @ThaEurasian 11 дней назад +264

    7:12 you sir have extremely specific childhood dreams

    • @WellSwole
      @WellSwole 4 дня назад +3

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

    • @picklerick7953
      @picklerick7953 3 дня назад +2

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

    • @mzerv00
      @mzerv00 16 часов назад

      An Obama basketball says it all

  • @isostrike1667
    @isostrike1667 11 дней назад +1226

    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

  • @danielthrasher
    @danielthrasher 3 дня назад +2

    adding "vortex cannon" to my christmas list this year

  • @stratos2
    @stratos2 11 дней назад +3

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

  • @NorwayVFX
    @NorwayVFX 11 дней назад +517

    The sound that thing makes is absolutely wild!

    • @aufoslab
      @aufoslab 11 дней назад +5

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

    • @Pauly421
      @Pauly421 День назад

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

  • @MarinusMakesStuff
    @MarinusMakesStuff 11 дней назад +396

    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
      @PrestigePotato 11 дней назад +8

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

    • @Speed001
      @Speed001 11 дней назад +1

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

    • @B-Nice
      @B-Nice 10 дней назад +2

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

    • @SlavicUnionGaming
      @SlavicUnionGaming 8 дней назад

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

  • @user-rt7vl9ky3r
    @user-rt7vl9ky3r 6 дней назад +3

    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
      @VoltisArt 5 дней назад +1

      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 RUclipsr 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.

  • @user-xb7ri6xf3s
    @user-xb7ri6xf3s 10 дней назад +13

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

  • @MrDevintcoleman
    @MrDevintcoleman 11 дней назад +123

    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
      @MrDevintcoleman 11 дней назад +6

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

    • @FukaiKokoro
      @FukaiKokoro 11 дней назад +2

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

  • @Ech_The_Sentiant
    @Ech_The_Sentiant 11 дней назад +32

    Somehow this man survives yet another recording process.

  • @danieoberholzer5373
    @danieoberholzer5373 11 дней назад +6

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

  • @groovr22
    @groovr22 11 дней назад +3

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

  • @steel_tiger_8852
    @steel_tiger_8852 11 дней назад +46

    i really should start my homework...

  • @reallyweirdperson1
    @reallyweirdperson1 11 дней назад +82

    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
      @HumanPerson_final 11 дней назад +2

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

    • @mrseriousv1
      @mrseriousv1 10 дней назад

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

  • @garion742
    @garion742 3 дня назад +1

    Definitely a cool canon. Glad to have you back

  • @TheBigred138
    @TheBigred138 9 дней назад +2

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

  • @claytronsworld9485
    @claytronsworld9485 11 дней назад +27

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

  • @bassett_green
    @bassett_green 11 дней назад +39

    That cutaway bit at 0:26 absolutely killed me

  • @user-ql8vy4se1i
    @user-ql8vy4se1i 4 дня назад +3

    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...

  • @ripper132212
    @ripper132212 9 дней назад

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

  • @redparr8490
    @redparr8490 11 дней назад +44

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

  • @archer5722
    @archer5722 11 дней назад +17

    6:07 "prank em John"

  • @ipodjulator
    @ipodjulator 11 дней назад

    Your camera does amazing stuff with lighting LOL quality content as always! Thank you brother!

  • @Dave-zc6mx
    @Dave-zc6mx 11 дней назад +1

    your great... love the video it was awesome af. we have missed you, hope to see more soon.

  • @jnellie1970
    @jnellie1970 11 дней назад +22

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

  • @dimitar4y
    @dimitar4y 11 дней назад +30

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

    • @SlavicUnionGaming
      @SlavicUnionGaming 8 дней назад +1

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

    • @dimitar4y
      @dimitar4y 7 дней назад +1

      @@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!!

  • @d.jensen5153
    @d.jensen5153 8 дней назад

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

  • @GuyayeFusa
    @GuyayeFusa 5 дней назад

    your video style is incredibly unique and refreshing! ️

  • @TheAgent0097
    @TheAgent0097 11 дней назад +7

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

  • @Protoforge11
    @Protoforge11 11 дней назад +25

    He finally posts a video

    • @Pauly421
      @Pauly421 День назад

      Too busy spending his millions lol

  • @RedwoodAmaril
    @RedwoodAmaril 10 дней назад

    The visual of the explosion inside the barrel is amazing

  • @jere2510
    @jere2510 9 дней назад +2

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

  • @anneke_yep2407
    @anneke_yep2407 11 дней назад +5

    1:32 this is epic

  • @Valfaun
    @Valfaun 11 дней назад +5

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

  • @torreysauter8954
    @torreysauter8954 5 дней назад

    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!

  • @karlharvymarx2650
    @karlharvymarx2650 8 дней назад

    I liked how easy that video effect was to add. Something you might want to look at is "Live Video Magnification" at least I think that is the right software name. I sometimes download YT explosion videos just to enhance the compression wave. But I also use it for personal projects like seeing if the way trees bend in the wind can predict which ones will fall on me. Or if you want to see how vibrations move through mechanical equipment. It also does color change magnification so you can watch your face change color with your pulse.

  • @DF-el7ro
    @DF-el7ro 11 дней назад +7

    6:30 Imagine if the portapotty was full.

  • @David.-_-
    @David.-_- 11 дней назад +3

    Thank God you are back! You are my favorite youtuber

  • @AgricultureTechUS
    @AgricultureTechUS 10 дней назад

    Jaw-dropping! I'm in awe of the sheer magnitude displayed.

  • @eckridium
    @eckridium 10 дней назад +1

    Undoubtedly that is one of coolest things I’ve ever seen. It’s 2nd only to my MIXTAPE! In stores!

  • @joostfloot5279
    @joostfloot5279 11 дней назад +5

    Oh my lord 6:51 looked terrifying

  • @Fiddydoo
    @Fiddydoo 11 дней назад +52

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

  • @GumpterCrayon
    @GumpterCrayon 11 дней назад +6

    id like to see this connon in heavy rain

    • @jdriver1419
      @jdriver1419 11 дней назад +1

      great idea ! and fog.

  • @casualbird7671
    @casualbird7671 4 дня назад +1

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

  • @fartnloud7411
    @fartnloud7411 11 дней назад +6

    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.

  • @onedayweek9504
    @onedayweek9504 11 дней назад +7

    Hi im TheBackyardScientist, welcome to Jackass 6:15

  • @ThatDonovanKid
    @ThatDonovanKid 11 дней назад

    I remember seeing that offset frame difference trick on Smarter Every Day's civil war cannon video. So cool!

  • @moonwolfv671
    @moonwolfv671 10 дней назад

    Love it each time a Backyard Scientist video is uploaded. Only thing is, and I'm sure others have noticed, but using a vortex cannon to put out a fire would spray out the embers and possibly start more fires.
    I know you guys are sensible though, and wouldn't try this if there were high chances of it happening. 😀

  • @thegaminggamer9344
    @thegaminggamer9344 11 дней назад +6

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

    • @Pongovideos
      @Pongovideos 5 дней назад

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

  • @markfergerson2145
    @markfergerson2145 11 дней назад +9

    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?

  • @sun5hine
    @sun5hine 11 дней назад +1

    Always loved all your videos but this one bro! hat's off!

  • @christopherg.9954
    @christopherg.9954 9 дней назад

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

  • @schaffer_does_exist
    @schaffer_does_exist 10 дней назад +13

    Wouldn’t the pressure change mess up your ears?

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt 5 дней назад

      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.

  • @miguelcjr777
    @miguelcjr777 11 дней назад +4

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

  • @crowmob-yo6ry
    @crowmob-yo6ry 11 дней назад +2

    When the world needed him most, he returned.

  • @allstarwoo4
    @allstarwoo4 11 дней назад +1

    I always thought it was theoretically possible to scale up a vortex cannon but seeing it done is impressive.

  • @ThePupPack
    @ThePupPack 11 дней назад +12

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

  • @cyansorcerer6491
    @cyansorcerer6491 2 дня назад +6

    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
      @captain-poppleton День назад

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

    • @cyansorcerer6491
      @cyansorcerer6491 День назад

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

  • @avenuex3731
    @avenuex3731 9 дней назад

    That is a very cool editing technique!

  • @sammyglidewell5683
    @sammyglidewell5683 11 дней назад +2

    We need to see it used on a much bigger fire!!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @obi1kanob557
    @obi1kanob557 11 дней назад +7

    The return of the king

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo 11 дней назад +15

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

  • @wayne7521
    @wayne7521 10 дней назад

    You crazy tomato ....watching your content ...😂😂😂 makes me remember watching TV com , The big bang theory.
    Great video , all the way from the U.K.
    Keep em coming pal.

  • @Estefannie
    @Estefannie 11 дней назад

    This was so fun to see in person and on video!!! LET'S GOOOO!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌

  • @docholiday7490
    @docholiday7490 8 дней назад +3

    Imagine your cannon being linked to the worst Star Wars movie ever made

  • @finn_beasts
    @finn_beasts 11 дней назад +6

    guys this is a literal banger 💀

  • @lstchance87
    @lstchance87 10 дней назад

    Finally I check every week just in case I am not getting notifications and I finally see a new video.

  • @JESTAz
    @JESTAz 11 дней назад

    Bro is back !!!!! At last Kevin we missed you man

  • @typenullgaming5741
    @typenullgaming5741 10 дней назад +34

    POV: Tiananmen Square

  • @Cherrypizzasquad
    @Cherrypizzasquad 11 дней назад +3

    That putting out the fire was so cool!

  • @williamcross9560
    @williamcross9560 10 дней назад

    Good to see you back!

  • @AidanGeeMedia
    @AidanGeeMedia 11 дней назад +4

    Bro always uploads when you least expect it

  • @user-qg1mw5tz1q
    @user-qg1mw5tz1q 11 дней назад +4

    3:34 OBAMA.

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd7519 10 дней назад

    This was way more impressive than I was expecting. Wo0t!!

  • @RichChh
    @RichChh 10 дней назад

    Wow!! This seems unreal!

  • @MegaGTProductions
    @MegaGTProductions 11 дней назад +3

    I never imagined to see nerd Luca Modric getting hit by a giant vortex canon. Thank you internet.

  • @HappyTheSandwich
    @HappyTheSandwich 11 дней назад +5

    using a cartoonishly large gun to gently tip over a porta potty was pretty hilarious, should invite steve-o over to have some fun with the thing

  • @memejeff
    @memejeff 11 дней назад

    Freaking cool. Most excited I have seen Mr Kohler.

  • @thegiansteve
    @thegiansteve 11 дней назад +1

    It's an amazing video and project. I love the effect of blending the differences between video clips! Which software does that? 😇

  • @koosnaamloos4291
    @koosnaamloos4291 11 дней назад +5

    I wonder how long it will take for William to post his kamikaze drone video

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt 5 дней назад

      He said "soon," so maybe sometime between now and November? lol

  • @TelaWasTaken
    @TelaWasTaken 11 дней назад +8

    I think I could withstand it, I’m literally Batman

    • @TelaWasTaken
      @TelaWasTaken 11 дней назад

      Glad to see Kevin is back, it’s been almost half a year, I could still withstand it though

  • @boredom-pq1jm
    @boredom-pq1jm 7 дней назад

    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😢🥺

  • @Sn00fies
    @Sn00fies 11 дней назад

    Yay the Floridian scientist is doing another video !!!

  • @AlbPerNil
    @AlbPerNil 11 дней назад +6

    Well, I survived a blast from my grandma's cabbage soup cannon, so I think I can handle a vortex cannon!

  • @Carsfromthepast
    @Carsfromthepast 11 дней назад +5

    6:46 that's what she said.

  • @pwnsh4rk6
    @pwnsh4rk6 3 дня назад

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

  • @kg4wwn
    @kg4wwn 9 дней назад +1

    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.

  • @Fiddydoo
    @Fiddydoo 11 дней назад +2

    People who vape be like