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  • @MichaelSuperbacker
    @MichaelSuperbacker 27 дней назад +7506

    Hello Allen! 👋

  • @Fictitious27
    @Fictitious27 27 дней назад +3777

    He survived another recording process, congrats Allen

    • @simonsmith8196
      @simonsmith8196 27 дней назад +20

      We don't know that yet, could be the space men replacing his body again

    • @hrishikeshaggrawal
      @hrishikeshaggrawal 27 дней назад +11

      You could say that to ElectroBOOM every video.

    • @TheLionSatan
      @TheLionSatan 27 дней назад +8

      Yeah no, this is actually the 6th Allen. Allens 1-5 met with a horrible accidents. My Heart goes out to Allen #4, what a tragedy.

    • @Buffbarian
      @Buffbarian 27 дней назад

      No it’s the 9th

    • @ku8721
      @ku8721 27 дней назад +3

      He did but his phone died.... is being without a phone truly surviving?!?

  • @CraftiXWorkshop
    @CraftiXWorkshop 25 дней назад +636

    Alans water gun that shoots giant sticky white stuff from two giant round containers that stream through a narrow end of a pole is ingenious

    • @seamountcay
      @seamountcay 24 дня назад +8

      Wut

    • @crimsonbeeking6751
      @crimsonbeeking6751 23 дня назад +40

      Ikr?! I wish i had a big water gun that shoots giant sticky white stuff from two giant round containers that stream through a narrow end of a pole! Sadly we all cant have these things,

    • @VibinBryan
      @VibinBryan 23 дня назад

      the lightning penis and electrical testicles

    • @CraftiXWorkshop
      @CraftiXWorkshop 23 дня назад +4

      @@crimsonbeeking6751 lol

    • @CraftiXWorkshop
      @CraftiXWorkshop 23 дня назад

      lol

  • @theelectronmachines
    @theelectronmachines 25 дней назад +761

    Electrical engineer here: 15:15 the reason why an electric arc forms in the first place is because of the magnitude of the electric field at that point. The reason why u only see plasma streamers when the fluid flow breaks apart into little bits is because now the charge density on that conductor is huge. You have a lot of high energy oscillating charges on such a small surface area that equates to a very high, concentrated, electric field.
    Water doesn't seem like a bad idea 😂 but if ur looking to make those Tesla coil guns as shown in the beginning (QCWDRSSTC) you want to created a "ramped full bridge inverter" to the primary coil of ur Tesla Coil.
    Basically there's some weird effect that allows a streamer of plasma to keep growing while the bus voltage of ur Tesla Coil power circuit is changing.

    • @michaelgplayzz
      @michaelgplayzz 25 дней назад +12

      Noice

    • @f.u.m.o.5669
      @f.u.m.o.5669 24 дня назад +24

      A comment with almost perfect grammar that uses "u" and "ur" instead of "you" and "your/you're" makes my underpowered brain go bye bye.

    • @clingbeetle
      @clingbeetle 24 дня назад +24

      You can see in the beginning when he first fires it, it's shooting arcs, but the second the stream hits the ground the arcs stop. And at the end when the stream is breaking up, the arcs start jumping from the main stream between the droplets. I think all that's happening here is that the big, laminar, conductive stream of liquid is essentially acting like a huge low resistance wire which provides a direct path to ground.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 24 дня назад +14

      [breathes in]
      NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!

    • @Cleb-wf3gw
      @Cleb-wf3gw 23 дня назад +1

      Fr facts

  • @randomname4726
    @randomname4726 27 дней назад +855

    12:35 two balls, a shaft and it shoots suspicious looking liquid. Lmao.

    • @Eduj5790
      @Eduj5790 26 дней назад

      That liquid is really cumming out oops I misspelled that

    • @the_Jormungandr
      @the_Jormungandr 26 дней назад +26

      someone said it

    • @gabewhittaker6111
      @gabewhittaker6111 25 дней назад +51

      Xantham gum water is stored in the balls

    • @spacesharkwriter6554
      @spacesharkwriter6554 25 дней назад +8

      @@gabewhittaker6111but are we sure that’s xanthum tho
      Because that liquid be looking…
      …suspicious

    • @randomname4726
      @randomname4726 25 дней назад +3

      @@spacesharkwriter6554 You would need the Chinese "milking" machine that Jordan Peterson posted a while back lol

  • @PantheonContent
    @PantheonContent 27 дней назад +1314

    10:51 Electrical Dysfunction, or ED - is very common with larger holes.
    Don't feel bad 🤣

  • @jorgealzate4124
    @jorgealzate4124 23 дня назад +74

    Many years ago, an US Navy naval research lab, built a lightning weapon that could travel in a straight line.
    The trick consisted of shooting first a high power UV light, subsequently ionizing a cylindrical portion of the air, facilitating a low impedance path for the electrical discharge. There is no need to say that thing was terribly impractical.

    • @absalomdraconis
      @absalomdraconis 20 дней назад +3

      Yep. Also, for a "good" system you actually want _two_ paths of opposing polarity, so that the circuit gets completed without requiring a shared grounding point. A Tesla coil could be modified to provide the polarities, but it wouldn't really be a Tesla coil anymore (because you'd have to cut the shared circuit node of the two coils).

    • @kevbu4
      @kevbu4 18 дней назад +3

      @@absalomdraconis I think an argument could be made that you would want ground to be the return path. If anything I would think that having both paths side by side would increase the likelihood of them drawing into each other and shorting. Plus, while projecting both paths would have an effect more like a taser, and potentially offer less full circuit resistance, the burn path through the target would be a lot smaller. It might depend on what the target is. For instance, if the target is an aircraft then a common earth ground would be less viable, unless you could charge it up enough that the flying object becomes a lightning bolt. . .

    • @ivanjason1863
      @ivanjason1863 17 дней назад +4

      Hmm Laser Guided Lightning

  • @Chillidude22
    @Chillidude22 19 дней назад +13

    "I was scrolling through ads, when I stumbled onto content" is like the new version of the "I found chips in my bag of air" joke.

  • @jadenbruscato3973
    @jadenbruscato3973 27 дней назад +878

    I'm but a humble engineering student but I have a pretty good theory about goo conduction. In laminar flow, the goo conducts the electrons all the way to the ground, where it basically acts as a ground wire. When the stream breaks up, air gets between the goo bits and creates a huge amount of resistance. Then the electrons see relatively the same amount of effort going outwards as to the ground, so they just arc into the air again causing lightshow.

    • @matthewdeane235
      @matthewdeane235 26 дней назад +19

      This is what I came up with as well as an answer to his question

    • @dustmang
      @dustmang 26 дней назад +2

      Sounds about right

    • @thegohar26
      @thegohar26 26 дней назад

      most probably

    • @pan_gosciu4942
      @pan_gosciu4942 26 дней назад +4

      why isint this the top comment\

    • @FPVin3D
      @FPVin3D 26 дней назад +12

      I think an easy way to fix this might be to go to a smaller nozzle, until the pressure is enough, so it goes in a straight line until it breaks up. That way it should be possible to hit something without grounding it at the same time (at least not as quickly)

  • @battleboywildboy1374
    @battleboywildboy1374 27 дней назад +1206

    15:05 The goup is hitting ground so there is no arking in the air because it is grounded. :)

    • @yar-qm5ig
      @yar-qm5ig 27 дней назад +39

      didnt thought about that you are right :)

    • @hiiamelecktro4985
      @hiiamelecktro4985 27 дней назад +13

      That makes so much sense!

    • @bkcauafroes2012
      @bkcauafroes2012 27 дней назад +3

      i also think that's the reason, but i'm not sure, can someone smart assure us?

    • @4FlatTires
      @4FlatTires 27 дней назад +36

      The high viscosity liquid accumulated on the plastic figure providing a conductive pathway to the ground...

    • @bkcauafroes2012
      @bkcauafroes2012 27 дней назад +14

      @@4FlatTires before hitting the target it was also hitting the ground, but is it possible that the big surface area of the goo flying also played a part?

  • @jonathanklinglesmith8168
    @jonathanklinglesmith8168 25 дней назад +33

    The delivery on "So their using a laser that's a thousand times stronger than God." had me dieing...lmao

  • @sydney5887
    @sydney5887 25 дней назад +18

    He, in fact, did NOT have enough time to animate the comments out of his way 😂😂

  • @mitaskeledzija6269
    @mitaskeledzija6269 27 дней назад +268

    10:50 bro I've never seen a flaccid lightning in my life 😂😂😂 what a time to be alive LMFAO

    • @user-zu2vz3xs9y
      @user-zu2vz3xs9y 23 дня назад +1

      Men of culture, we all need to appreciate how funny this comment is.

  • @MayorMcC666
    @MayorMcC666 27 дней назад +95

    I love that the context behind every Allen Pan video is that he is existentially disappointed by the fact he won't be a real mythbuster even though it was dangled in front of him

  • @TarisRedwing
    @TarisRedwing 23 дня назад +52

    Glad that Argon isnt easily flammable after seeing that electrical arc ride back up the Argon tube back towards the tank @7:04 😅

    • @randomname4726
      @randomname4726 22 дня назад +7

      Easily? Try literally non-reactive...

    • @Forakus
      @Forakus 21 день назад +1

      Yeah all that oxygen in that argon tank really would've caused a problem... oh, wait, you just made an incredibly dumb comment

    • @chrispycryptic
      @chrispycryptic 19 дней назад +1

      Argon, similar to helium, was an incredibly elusive element for a very long time, only really occurring in the spectra of space objects for the first century we observed it. At this time their existence was controversial, and Mendeleev's periodic table of elements didn't even have a group where they were expected to fit... Because of paired-electron spin mechanics, these "noble" elements as we call them are deceptively mundane and non-reactive since they have fully paired electrons in their outermost orbital.

    • @WhereNothingOnceWas
      @WhereNothingOnceWas 6 дней назад

      Yeah that almost gave me a heart attack

  • @kaiperdaens7670
    @kaiperdaens7670 19 дней назад +5

    DO NOT TRY AT HOME!

  • @hill2hell
    @hill2hell 27 дней назад +341

    Please no one hurt this man emotionally, mentally, or physically. Because if he gets pissed off he might just build a death ray to start his villain arc. 🤣

    • @storbytronics
      @storbytronics 27 дней назад +1

      that would be Greg Leyh

    • @daweed695
      @daweed695 27 дней назад +6

      ​@@storbytronics styropyro 100% mostly because he already has a death ray... Or 2..... Or like 10

    • @storbytronics
      @storbytronics 27 дней назад

      @@daweed695 Have you heard about Greg's 110kv Lorentz Gun? *that's* a real deathray

    • @simex909
      @simex909 27 дней назад

      and he will make the death ray look like a twig and berries for maximum humiliation

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ 27 дней назад +1

      Considering what Discovery Channel did, he's already been hurt emotionally. We've only got 2 more strikes left...

  • @nateexists6292
    @nateexists6292 27 дней назад +765

    Allen Pan pulling a Michael Reeves while sponsored by Mark Rober wasn't what I was expecting today, but I am in no way complaining.
    Great work as always man, and RIP to Busty the Walrus. I will never forgive the Discovery Channel for that

    • @izznt
      @izznt 27 дней назад +75

      She mark rober on my michael reeves til i allen pan.

    • @nateexists6292
      @nateexists6292 27 дней назад +13

      @@izznt damn, out-commented me in my own replies. Well played

    • @Buffbarian
      @Buffbarian 27 дней назад +1

      Why are so many bigger content makers uploading today

    • @Boardwoards
      @Boardwoards 27 дней назад +2

      saving mine so it's mint to wear in my casket

    • @daydeer9912
      @daydeer9912 27 дней назад +4

      while helped by thebackyardscientist and living with William Osman...

  • @DoorsDylan
    @DoorsDylan 26 дней назад +12

    11:11
    I bet he's got a great personality tho

  • @MichaelSuperbacker
    @MichaelSuperbacker 26 дней назад +25

    14:17 Hi Chef

    • @sussyguy8901
      @sussyguy8901 24 дня назад +3

      I didn’t expect I would be the first person to comment, also hi Micheal great meeting u!

    • @MichaelSuperbacker
      @MichaelSuperbacker 22 дня назад +4

      @@sussyguy8901Hi there! 👋 😀

    • @Snowsnoweaterr
      @Snowsnoweaterr 16 дней назад +1

      ​@@MichaelSuperbacker did you ever get the air umbrella from amazon?

    • @aweawd
      @aweawd 14 дней назад +1

      Hey man! How ya doing! I watched your interview!

  • @ZeL-iq5sf
    @ZeL-iq5sf 27 дней назад +695

    12:09 that shape is definitely not an accident

    • @user-rh2mb8ti9h
      @user-rh2mb8ti9h 27 дней назад +114

      Especially the color of the liquid

    • @JM-qz4ik
      @JM-qz4ik 27 дней назад +76

      The best designs are often inspired by nature 😂

    • @squishthatcat8808
      @squishthatcat8808 27 дней назад +33

      strongest shape

    • @apersunthathasaridiculousl1890
      @apersunthathasaridiculousl1890 27 дней назад +17

      @@squishthatcat8808fr, ever wonder why buildings never stand forever?
      When have you seen a building shaped like a pp smh

    • @pkyoojin
      @pkyoojin 27 дней назад +4

      Inspired by the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon.

  • @TheBraveMagikarp
    @TheBraveMagikarp 27 дней назад +358

    seeing that arc fire backwards through the tube and into the argon container @6:22 made an indescribable chill go down my spine.

    • @9551Dev
      @9551Dev 27 дней назад +30

      why? its not like its combustible.. even if there was any oxidizer/air to begin with

    • @drewharrison6433
      @drewharrison6433 27 дней назад +50

      I slowed it down. Argon isn't combustible so it was perfectly safe but the plasma was shooting all the way back into the tank. So freaking cool. I wonder if the tank had been clear if it would have lit up, too!

    • @TheBraveMagikarp
      @TheBraveMagikarp 27 дней назад +28

      I should have noted that it was just the instantaneous feeling that something might go wrong. but I do know it's not combustible.
      The main thought I wanted to convey was that feeling of "oh no, what was that flash?!" I had to go back and slow it down to see it was an arc

    • @hrishikeshaggrawal
      @hrishikeshaggrawal 27 дней назад +10

      well, depending on the current it might be dangerous as if the ark travels and persists inside the tank then the temperature inside it can rise up to a point where the pressure becomes higher than the rated amount for the canister.

    • @drewharrison6433
      @drewharrison6433 27 дней назад +4

      @@hrishikeshaggrawal I suppose that's possible but, the tank was being emptied as fast as it would go and he wasn't really running the Tesla coil for that long. I think it was safe enough. He's certainly done more dangerous things... Lol

  • @bobwilson00
    @bobwilson00 24 дня назад +6

    I love allen casually showing off the merch that was ordered to be destroyed

    • @allenpan
      @allenpan  24 дня назад +6

      If you look real close it's actually a new design I'm working on that says "Myth Busted", not "Mythbusters" ;)

  • @JDPlaysMoth
    @JDPlaysMoth 21 день назад +1

    So, in regards to Ghostbusters, in-universe, that's a stream of highly positively charged particles being funnelled out of a particle accelerator. The idea is that the positively charged "Proton Stream" gets entangled with the negative particles of ghosts. Then an energy sink, called a Ghost Trap, sucks in the weakened negative energy, trapping the ghost. There's another piece of equipment relevant to this video called a Slime Blower, which ejects positively charged ectoplasm that counteracts any negative energy, including negative emotions. Most of the tech in those films relies on the theoretical idea of miniature Cyclotrons, ghosts having unique energy fields, and the ability to make a somewhat controlled beam of Protons and/or Neutrons.
    Your successful build at the end, I'd say fits quite well as an early prototype!!

  • @disappointed8250
    @disappointed8250 26 дней назад +258

    I need to see an electrically charged flamethrower. And im not talking about something that puffs flames using an electrical battery im talking full on liquid fuel flamethrower charged by arcs of lightning. The greatest "legal" DIY Warcrime.

    • @fuery.
      @fuery. 25 дней назад +8

      Tase your enemies while simultaneously burning them

    • @shackled1502
      @shackled1502 24 дня назад +5

      Would it not juat combust the fuel tho

    • @Raymo2u
      @Raymo2u 24 дня назад +3

      Its not a war crime the first time.

    • @marcusfarmer5654
      @marcusfarmer5654 24 дня назад +1

      That’s the chemical thrower from bioshock

    • @ultimatecultchaos
      @ultimatecultchaos 24 дня назад

      Ah a fellow fat electrician fan

  • @MaxBrooks-yx3ye
    @MaxBrooks-yx3ye 27 дней назад +60

    “They’re using a laser that’s a thousand times stronger than god” had me in tears

    • @DrewNorthup
      @DrewNorthup 22 дня назад

      …aaannnnnd Marty McFly 😂🤣

  • @michaelgplayzz
    @michaelgplayzz 25 дней назад +4

    10:41 it also covers the target in water making more go to it

  • @jondekerguelen
    @jondekerguelen 19 дней назад +1

    “And this is the guy she told you not to worry about” Hilarious!
    I just now found your site. Great job!

  • @MakoRuu
    @MakoRuu 27 дней назад +79

    Man, imagine being Allen's neighbors. And you're just trying to watch tv at 11 at night, and you look at out and see 30 foot lightning bolts.

    • @hotflashfoto
      @hotflashfoto 26 дней назад +11

      Are you kidding? I would turn off the TV, open an energy drink, and record it while I watched the whole event unfold!

    • @T0asterStrudeI
      @T0asterStrudeI 15 дней назад

      OH GOD IT'S GOD COMING TO KILL US ALL!!

  • @PanzerSparrow
    @PanzerSparrow 26 дней назад +66

    12:39
    I like the decision to have a container on each side of the nozzle shooting tacky liquids. Great design!

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 23 дня назад

      E‎ ‎

    • @asdfghyter
      @asdfghyter 22 дня назад

      the “pee” is literally stored in the balls! 🤣

  • @afmakes4179
    @afmakes4179 20 дней назад +2

    In TIG welding a gas lens is used to get better argon coverage. It stabilizes the gas exiting the torch and allows for more consistent flow. Might be worth a try.

  • @PlatypusMusiq
    @PlatypusMusiq 24 дня назад +9

    It's so cute how all of my favorite science YTers always hang out together and you can hear them in each other's videos

  • @HighBeanz
    @HighBeanz 27 дней назад +133

    The man, the NOT mythbuster, the legend RETURNS!

  • @spicynoodle8870
    @spicynoodle8870 27 дней назад +32

    13:29 I THOUGHT THE DOG WAS THE TARGET

    • @lcajueiro
      @lcajueiro 27 дней назад

      SAME

    • @user-bm9yt3oj8y
      @user-bm9yt3oj8y 27 дней назад +15

      Goat 🐐. But yeah. Well actually it’s William Osman’s lawnmower

    • @eggandmeat2506
      @eggandmeat2506 26 дней назад +3

      Sir that is a goat

    • @table_f0rk
      @table_f0rk 26 дней назад

      Goat 💀

    • @KendallHall
      @KendallHall 25 дней назад

      Lol that was funny, pretty sure it was intentional

  • @Hizsoo
    @Hizsoo 20 дней назад +1

    Lightning takes the earliest path to ionize, so you should pave the way for it's ionization!

  • @rickjackson895
    @rickjackson895 25 дней назад +2

    Stumbled onto your channel , Had a blast watching your vid...And as a Paramedic I'm sure I'll be seeing ya soon

    • @allenpan
      @allenpan  25 дней назад +1

      Just use the tesla coil to start my heart again 😹

  • @awaspow
    @awaspow 27 дней назад +32

    5:06 future people, this is a joke regarding the solar eclipse and how staring at it without protective equipment can cause permanent retina damage

  • @moonphase420
    @moonphase420 27 дней назад +53

    15:10 It's grounding itself when the stream of goo touches the ground. That's why it would look dark because all the electricity is just going straight into the ground and discharging to the air molecules like a tesla coil normally does.

    • @hovesssharedspace8490
      @hovesssharedspace8490 26 дней назад +2

      oh true, and the disconnected jizzlets in the air also look cooler because they're not grounded

    • @Furiends
      @Furiends 25 дней назад

      "all the electricity is just going straight into the ground" It's not actually shorting like a "grounded circuit" would in a protective ground. Instead the current is going up causing less energy to be in the resonator which lowers the voltage. So less energy is exiting the coil itself so never makes it into the ground. If that were the case the coil would have melted. The way I like to think of it the coil is like a tuning fork and a high resistance is like tapping it with a feather and a low resistance is like pushing on it with your finger. The sound is the energy output.

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 24 дня назад

    There's something so hilarious about seeing the lightning droop out like water. Like, that's not something that's usually affected by gravity!

  • @ProdigyAutomotive
    @ProdigyAutomotive 24 дня назад +1

    "Babe wake up, Allen Pan just posted"

  • @berttorpson2592
    @berttorpson2592 27 дней назад +90

    There’s a device used in CT rooms and other medical imaging procedures called a contrast injectors where using a mechanical plunger to get pressures up to 1300 psi.
    Just a fun thing to look for if you want to do more stupid shit. I’m here for it

    • @goatah
      @goatah 27 дней назад +2

      Oh hey that’s the one that makes you feel like you pissed yourself isn’t it?

    • @Killerjerick
      @Killerjerick 27 дней назад

      @@goatah Can confirm, not a great feeling, and it persists for a good 30 mins afterwards too.

  • @superkitty1887
    @superkitty1887 27 дней назад +98

    "No one online sells deez nuts"
    Mrbeast:

  • @megalictis9002
    @megalictis9002 20 дней назад

    That was great fun to watch! You didn't make a lightning gun, but you managed to invent electric bukkake.

  • @psychic_wolf
    @psychic_wolf 23 дня назад

    This was MAGNIFICENT

  • @mikeselectricstuff
    @mikeselectricstuff 27 дней назад +124

    The long stream is probably de-tuning the coil - need to decrease the primary resonant frequency so the secondary gets into tune when the stream is formed.

    • @v3xx3r
      @v3xx3r 27 дней назад +22

      I'm not sure if you're saying star trek technobabble or actual words.

    • @WhileTrueCode
      @WhileTrueCode 27 дней назад +4

      mike on safety third podcast when ☺

    • @wyattmurphy7153
      @wyattmurphy7153 27 дней назад +1

      sounds legit, get this to his attention dudeski.

    • @ashtondudley7462
      @ashtondudley7462 27 дней назад +2

      @@v3xx3r They're real words! The circuit is basically a transformer, and the secondary is the part that connects to the big metal rod

    • @RiehlScience
      @RiehlScience 27 дней назад +3

      This kind of Tesla coil self-tunes. You don’t need to adjust anything.

  • @thedorito5434
    @thedorito5434 27 дней назад +49

    Make an aerosol metal dust that you can spray out of a can, they when sprayed in combination with the voltage it should chain together.
    Same idea as the flour and fire method, but for electricity.

    • @conancorcoran5367
      @conancorcoran5367 27 дней назад +4

      Distance and dispersion might mean poor range, but it would probably look dope as hell kinda like when the goo broke up.

    • @hrishikeshaggrawal
      @hrishikeshaggrawal 27 дней назад +1

      you might be able to improve range and spread with a less coarse grain size, bring somebody who's worked on nanoparticles and shotgun ammunition. polarizing the grains right before firing them with some charge could encourage arking as well.

    • @peterfinney2951
      @peterfinney2951 26 дней назад +1

      Just use graphite dust. It is sold as a dry lubricant for locks and such and its very conductive.

    • @Dr.Fluffles
      @Dr.Fluffles 26 дней назад

      Iirc that used to be used in stage shows for special effects lightning bolts. Extremely dangerous, but awesome. I heard that when I was young though, so no idea if legitimate.

  • @McMayoMemes
    @McMayoMemes 24 дня назад

    15:04 The answer to your question Allen, at least what I believe to be the answer, is that the reason Lightning looks all bright and the way it does is because it has to super-heat the air to make it conductive but since the conductive salt water solution is already conductive, there’s no need to super heat it and thus produce bright visible light.

  • @KeithOlson
    @KeithOlson 24 дня назад

    FWIW, if you want the laminar flow to be epic, you need it to 'stutter' so it can't form a path to ground. You'll get arcing in between each 'bullet'.

  • @TheOneRiv
    @TheOneRiv 27 дней назад +102

    About the lack of arcs coming from the laminar flow, here’s my two cents: I would guess that it’s similar to the effect where arcs tend to jump from sharp points due to the charges concentrating at those points. A turbulent stream of conductive liquid would be “lumpier” so to speak than a laminar one, and would provide more locations for the charges to jump off from.

    • @Buffaloguy1991
      @Buffaloguy1991 27 дней назад +8

      thank you smart person in comments

    • @grimdagoblinmain
      @grimdagoblinmain 27 дней назад +4

      Most likely exactly why. You don't see the very dangerous and deadly electricity flowing in cables in town unless they break.

    • @WilliamSimler
      @WilliamSimler 26 дней назад

      This was also my best guess

    • @whereammy
      @whereammy 26 дней назад +2

      the water became a wire

    • @Soheil-ev6ls
      @Soheil-ev6ls 15 дней назад

      Finally! There's too much pseudoscience in this comment section 😩

  • @monitormaster5528
    @monitormaster5528 27 дней назад +26

    11:03 electial dysfunction

  • @simaknaveedakther8755
    @simaknaveedakther8755 24 дня назад

    Allen is the goat he cames with anything that pops up in his mind and just create to a legendary masterpiece hats off to you 🔥🔥🔥

  • @horrorhotel1999
    @horrorhotel1999 18 дней назад

    Thank you for making a good video title which is descriptive informative and still fun

  • @me0101001000
    @me0101001000 27 дней назад +54

    12:12
    Plasma guiding fuel is stored in the tanks.
    I am so sorry for my brainrot.

  • @hrishikeshaggrawal
    @hrishikeshaggrawal 27 дней назад +27

    Lasers can create a long path of ionized particles in the atmosphere that lightning is more encouraged to then closely follow. There is a WIP defense system for coastal/mountainous cities that experience a ton of storms, using lasers that aim at highly polarized sections of clouds(using the same system that's used to navigate planes in storm clouds, maybe their own x-ray cams or satellite data, idk the info source might vary) to redirect the lightning to a lightning rod present right beside the source of the laser. Using this system lightning can be deterred away from other attractive and relatively tall objects that aren't supposed to be lightning rods.
    The entire system ended up being a "car sized" laser and god knows how much it pulled from the power gird, but if you intend to use if for say an effective range of accuracy for only 5 to 10 meters instead of the absurd 2-8 km distance to the clouds, then you might be able to make a capacitor and battery design circuit used by modern coil guns to actually make something definable as a working lightning gun that can be carried on-hand, since lasers need to be stronger the longer they need to travel, they can also be weaker if they don't need to travel farther.
    Anyway, more about the defense system cuz it's too cool to just leave out, is that it can be configured so multiple buildings can be made to communicate so as to share the "hits" from the cloud as a single spot doesn't get struck twice in short intervals, for example say if the tallest sky scraper's lightning rod has already been hit, the laser can then be turned off so the next tallest building can use it's own laser stationed right under it's own lightning rod to bait for the next lightning and slowly deplete the charge in the cloud.
    This innovation is going to be a major contributor if we ever figure out a way to make lightning harvesting a viable source of energy with radical temperature superconductors someday. Sure it might not make sense today but maybe if our decedents move to Venus someday where storms are far more common and far more powerful it might just be the one thing they need to keep going.
    There is a shorts video with the title of "This crazy laser can stop lightning" by Cleo Abram from a year ago that shows working footage, and is how I came to know of this method.
    Edit: I should watch the video before commenting. huh.

  • @Hansengineering
    @Hansengineering 25 дней назад

    ok but the lightning fire torch was actually baller af. stacking those damage types to avoid resistance, ofc.

  • @punxsutawneyphilofficial
    @punxsutawneyphilofficial 23 дня назад

    You can really tell that Allen learned from the best. He used all the tips and tricks from Season 2 Episode 6 of Mythbusters

  • @umbralember
    @umbralember 27 дней назад +17

    This is unhinged. Also not the killua reference with "lightning yo-yo"

  • @FX_Gamer1
    @FX_Gamer1 27 дней назад +13

    IS THAT A PIPE BOMB???!!! 11:17

  • @pedrodeniz8668
    @pedrodeniz8668 24 дня назад +1

    this man is one breakup away from becoming a supervillain

  • @Electronichub_05
    @Electronichub_05 27 дней назад +57

    13:23 I was worried for a second there lol

    • @zzzz1192
      @zzzz1192 26 дней назад +2

      i def thought that goat wwas about to get cooked too

    • @riki_XD
      @riki_XD 26 дней назад

      Ofcourse 💀

    • @HenryYust
      @HenryYust 26 дней назад

      i thought that was the more realistic target

  • @elSethro
    @elSethro 27 дней назад +30

    I think the design would be improved if the 2 goo reservoirs were spherical instead of cylindrical, as the volume to surface area ratio is more efficient that way.
    Also, maybe have them underneath the goo launcher to make the whole arrangement less top-heavy? Easiest way might be to just put them in a bag that hangs underneath.
    ...Also, make the bag wrinkly.

    • @aworthy2780
      @aworthy2780 24 дня назад

      Also make the cannon longer when shooting to get the maximum efficiency.

  • @aaredx
    @aaredx 5 часов назад

    allen casually getting away with the fact he's already done this

  • @kari548
    @kari548 5 дней назад

    This proves something I wanted to try out long ago, thank so soooo much. Will definitely give it a try

  • @trixie4469
    @trixie4469 27 дней назад +5

    This feels like a cobbled together weapon youd find in a random ass shack in fallout with the inventor dead not even 5 feet away

  • @Dododlfjdhdbdbd
    @Dododlfjdhdbdbd 27 дней назад +10

    2:10 safe to say he didnt have enough time.

    • @allenpan
      @allenpan  27 дней назад +9

      It was gonna look so cool too

  • @user-ej2ff7vk6d
    @user-ej2ff7vk6d 22 дня назад

    This man created a functioning(but less powerful) lightsaber with a smaller handle before LITERAL HACKMITH THE ONES WHO HAVE TRIED FOR YEARS!!!!

  • @kippx.
    @kippx. 27 дней назад +12

    8:24 is definitely just an overengineered taser

  • @ZerozenOnes
    @ZerozenOnes 8 дней назад

    Dude you're genuinely hilarious. So glad to have found to you! +1!

  • @ajburdett882
    @ajburdett882 23 дня назад

    I like how Allen Pan is becoming more and more like Micheal Reeves. It's like watching Michael with less coding and more electrical engineering lol. In an ideal world we'd have both, I pray Michael uploads soon!

  • @GeeseGamesGlory
    @GeeseGamesGlory 26 дней назад +11

    Okay, so I have a theory on why the goop didn't look as cool as the water:
    Because the water is not, well, goopy, it separates very easily (as we saw). I think as, it's leaving the nozzle, tiny water drops are flying off of the main stream. The sparking and arcing we see is the electricity within the main stream jumping to those little bits. Thus, the sparks increase as the water gets further from the nozzle.
    This explains why the goop is not arcing in the air, as it does not separate as easily as compared to the water. You can see a little bit of arcs *just* after turning on the spray, and once it starts to lose pressure, as there is not enough pressure within the cannon to expel a solid stream. The science-semen is particulating into the air for those small moments, thus the electricity has something accessible and conductive to arc to.
    But hey, that's just a theory. A science theory.

    • @julian3bk
      @julian3bk 24 дня назад

      I’m thinking the same thing. The arcs are insulating air breaking down into plasma. But if the fluid is conductive then there might not be a strong enough field for breakdown of the fluid

  • @differentuserotheruser5927
    @differentuserotheruser5927 27 дней назад +15

    I like how the second I finished mark robers new video I get a notification for this

  • @emoryolsoff96
    @emoryolsoff96 25 дней назад

    This is my favourite Allen video ever

  • @elvishmallard10
    @elvishmallard10 24 дня назад

    I need more of this exact thing

  • @sebbes333
    @sebbes333 27 дней назад +11

    12:28 Ah, it is the "PISStol"

  • @Tony-op6xf
    @Tony-op6xf 27 дней назад +3

    14:48 thats terrifying. LIQUID ELECTRICITY!? Thumbnail!!

  • @poobert2128
    @poobert2128 19 дней назад

    "I believe now the lightning will shoot a thousand feet"
    - An Absolute Legend

  • @user-df2fl1pj6q
    @user-df2fl1pj6q 24 дня назад

    Wow, I love how easy you built the first lightning cannon, your really smart!

  • @heathwolfe684
    @heathwolfe684 27 дней назад +36

    OMG HIS BACK I THOUGHT THE MYTHBUSTERS GOT HIM

    • @bwood6337
      @bwood6337 27 дней назад +2

      He's on a podcast with Will & Co called Safety Third

  • @TheEpicRandomGuy
    @TheEpicRandomGuy 26 дней назад +5

    The droopy lightning was the highlight of the video, amazing stuff.

  • @daltonperry517
    @daltonperry517 26 дней назад

    A laser-guided Tesla cannon is a pretty sick sci-fi weapon concept.

  • @fancyflautist
    @fancyflautist 25 дней назад

    The chaotic science RUclipsr cinematic universe is my favorite thing 😂

  • @okarthegreat
    @okarthegreat 27 дней назад +5

    11:58 That's way too freaking clean to be allowed....

  • @Octocat
    @Octocat 27 дней назад +4

    15:30 I think that the laminar goo-flow is SO laminar that it ends up just grounding itself 90% of the time and so that's why it doesn't arc until the laminar-ness goes away. I think. I wouldn't know, I'm not the one who built a freaking tesla minigun. Super cool!

  • @alexandredevert4935
    @alexandredevert4935 25 дней назад

    The ooga booga way worked. Ooga booga saw us through the ages of mammoths and saber toothed penguins, I'd say it deserves respect

  • @playboy-music
    @playboy-music 25 дней назад +7

    12:15 tonight on SMNN

  • @cjelliott8766
    @cjelliott8766 27 дней назад +6

    11:50 For your Information, sir, my parents broke up way too late.

  • @benfubbs2432
    @benfubbs2432 27 дней назад +7

    14:12 anyone else notice that the reservoirs emit light too?

  • @Tower.GamingLS
    @Tower.GamingLS 24 дня назад +1

    When goo stream big electric capacity big big enough to hold energy within

  • @BridgerArner
    @BridgerArner 25 дней назад

    When you said the water shooter was from 2015, my legit first thought was “did they come out with a patch that messes with it since then?” Video games have ruined me

  • @austinpetemo
    @austinpetemo 27 дней назад +18

    15:30 😳 "bustin feels good"

  • @GooseGooseYT
    @GooseGooseYT 27 дней назад +3

    "I can make the wood do weird things!" 9:49
    70% percent of boys when they reach middle school.
    Damn I'm having flashbacks at 12:40!

  • @Bigcat33
    @Bigcat33 18 дней назад

    The limp lightning goes crazy, straight up flaccid.

  • @MissesWitch
    @MissesWitch 26 дней назад

    Styropyro? Backyard Scientist?
    Yes you're going to make this work!

  • @masonl87
    @masonl87 27 дней назад +3

    4:09 Holy shit, lightning being carried by fire looks like straight up sorcery.

  • @Absquatulationist
    @Absquatulationist 26 дней назад +4

    the mini lightnings up the tube near the gas tank were cool @ 6:28

  • @VinitR
    @VinitR 25 дней назад

    "keep stepping up the size.. of the syringe needle, and it keeps getting better and better"
    Size matters.

  • @benjamingroblinger7396
    @benjamingroblinger7396 24 дня назад

    "They are using a laser. that's a thousand times stronger than GOD" -Allen Pan
    What a guy, what a phrase

  • @cathyqt9911
    @cathyqt9911 27 дней назад +5

    1:15 Bold of you to assume we even made it to primary school.

  • @adamperry518
    @adamperry518 26 дней назад +3

    Electric ED 😂 ... 10:50

  • @allanpalacios8399
    @allanpalacios8399 24 дня назад

    It looks cooler when there are gaps in the water because the potential difference between the blobs of water causes arcs! No arcs when the current is uninterrupted because the potential is the same throughout the stream.