Awesome Slingshots

We’ve never seen a slingshot as powerful as the one that Cam Engineering built. His shoulder-mounted machine packs an electric winch that draws its 32 latex bands into position with a force of 1100 lb. The resulting firepower from its 1.2 lb. projectile is incredibly destructive. We’d be afraid to hold the thing with all that energy stored up.

Slingshots are typically made from plastic or wood and fire ammo with an elastic or rubber band. But this creative slingshot design was constructed almost entirely from bamboo. It uses a bent length of the plant as a spring, and even its pointy projectiles are made from bamboo. The only parts that aren’t bamboo are the metal posts for the ammo holder.

Typical slingshots fire steel balls. DIY Crossbow built a homebrew version of the elastic-powered weapon that fires deadly ninja stars. The design is simple – wood strips glued together and attached to a handle. A slot down the center of its barrel is just wide enough to hold one of the metal stars, and a guide at the front helps keep the star flat as it exits.

It’s not often we see a truly unique weapon. In this video from maker DiesInEveryFilm, he shows us how he fabricated a custom sling bow from a kid-sized bicycle wheel and steel tubing. It’s held like a pistol and uses elastic tubing like a slingshot but fires full-length arrows. It looks like something that Hawkeye might have in his bag of tricks.

Launching cars quickly on a drag strip depends on horsepower, grip, and driver reaction time. That’s not quite the case in this video from WhistlinDiesel. For his latest bit of automotive jackassery, the car-destroying YouTuber purchased 7000 feet of industrial-strength rubber tubing and used it to see how much boost the slingshot could add.

This handmade weapon combines the shape of a gun with a slingshot mechanism to fire a blade. Sabatkay Project shows us how he made this dangerous contraption that uses a modified kitchen knife as its projectile. Mixing elastic bands and knives seems like a recipe for disaster, so definitely don’t try this at home.

We’ve never seen a slingshot that looks quite like this one. Wood Art TG made this unique and elegant weapon from scratch. It has an elongated body, an elastic launching mechanism, and a finger trigger and can dish out some seriously destructive power.

Most wingsuit jumps we’ve seen started from an airplane or helicopter. Wingsuit pro Luigi Cani shows off with an unconventional launch, flying off the top of the tallest skyscraper in Brazil using the stored energy of a slingshot, flinging him from 0-to-34 mph in one second.

An upgraded version of the Pocket Shot launcher with a sturdy aluminum chassis. It can fire projectiles with up to 3x the power of a slingshot, and features a gimbal that can pivot and swivel to help you aim with precision. Includes two pouches, a carrying case, and 200 plastic balls. (Must be 18+ to purchase.)

The Pocket Shot is a modern spin on the slingshot. It uses a rubber pouch to hold and fire various projectiles at up to 350 ft. per second. This kit comes with a standard pouch, a Pro pouch, carrying case, and 200 plastic balls to practice with. (Must be 18+ to purchase.)

A while back, Tom Stanton built a cool working trebuchet, but even though it was much smaller than the ones used in battle, it still wasn’t exactly portable. So, Tom set about building a pint-size version that can be used like a slingshot. We’re thinking it would be perfect for flinging wadded up paper at officemates.

This unusual slingshot is designed to fire full-size archery arrows instead of BBs. It uses 38 to 40 pounds of draw weight, and fits any Pocket Shot or Pocket Hammer handle, which looks like the right way to go from the video. An archery release glove is also required for safety. Not for kids.

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BASE jumpers are always looking for new places to jump from, but in the case of Chris Douggs McDougall and Jimmy Poucher, they took to the air via a giant catapult, which exerted more than 6Gs on their bodies as they were flung sky high at speeds up to 125 mph.

SimpleShot’s Hammer is a modular hunting slingshot. It has an optional slingbow head, wrist brace and wrist strap, and an integrated accessory rail at the bottom. The band slots on both heads work with both tubular and flat bands.

A TV show commissioned this silly slingshot from Joerg Sprave. Unlike most of his weapons, this one’s intended to be fired at humans, so Joerg had to add a transmission between the electric drill and the trigger to reduce the balls’ speed.