bowling ball cannon strikes at 3 miles away

[@jamesscott9081]

I'd really like a re-do! I wanna see some better tracking of the ball!

[@anthonygharzouzi5968]

In the dark

[@quasimoto4424]

yes and strap like a very long chord to it or a smoke grenade :D

[@JimMcBeam]

he was to slow for it, maybe his Camera hasnt a good viewfinder

[@bobuz6128]

It wasn't even a bowling ball...it was a Pepsi can.

[@ckiefner715]

Glow in the dark bowling ball at night!

[@Lightsoutandawaywego44]

Hundreds of years later, archaeologists are going to be intrigued about how a bowling ball appears out of nowhere in a valley

[@fixerupperer]

Theres thousands around rural CA.

[@elram2649]

They're gonna say it "evolved" there out of nowhere and by itself.

[@venumx9521]

BAHAHAHAHAHA TRUE!

[@StockyDude]

Ancient aliens!

[@legioner9]

@@StockyDude 😂😂👍

[@lilbox2809]

reminds me of when i was exploring a valley with my dad and all of a sudden a bowling ball flew and hit him in the head, haunts me to this day.

[@ramrod175]

😆😆😆

[@abuzahid948]

I like u😂

[@michaelwhittman1956]

Was your dad a coyote that walks, excuse me, walked, on his back legs and was a customer of the ACME corporation?

[@mangeload]

Reminds me of when mine dropped, some say you can still feel the aftershocks...

[@simonmiller5517]

Did he die? LOL

[@doghouse416]

I'm 56,.....we did all of this back in the 70's-80's. Some of us died, lost body parts, and senses..........so glad the youth of today is doing this on hi-def,.....all of our grainy footage and the stories of the events have gone away, and our friends have gone away.......but I see the spirit of fun lives on. Thank you for this,...I haven't laughed out this loud since Billy blew his hand off in 1983.

[@newfoundland1111]

Right there with ya brother!Pipe bombs for fishing,exploding arrows ,pvc cannons!!The good old days!!Crazy to think that if we did that stuff today,we'd probably end up in Federal prison as terrorists!😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@brucehalleran1149]

Amazing how fast the fuse can run sometimes, ain't?

[@doghouse416]

Thats EXACTLY what happened to Bill, he lit that thing pulled his arm back and BLAMMO....shredded hand. He was a good sport....his lifelong hat trick after that was shoving the stump into his mouth and pretending to choke.@@brucehalleran1149

[@doghouse416]

Spray-paint cans in burning barrels, shooting "empty" propane tanks. Lighting bonfires with 5 gal gas cans. Shooting at our dead cars. There's still a few tennis balls in orbit from 1982. The good old days!!@@newfoundland1111

[@garthg.6150]

I think half the boys were piro maniacs in the 70’ & 80’s.

[@n1vg]

A guy I met in basic training told stories about dropping bowling balls out of his Piper Cub and described the whistling sound they made. Now, 26 years later, I've finally heard the sound.

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

Why was he dropping bowling balls from a plane ? It does sound like fun though. lol...

[@n1vg]

@@fredgervinm.p.3315 Maybe because he got bored with dumping handfuls of pennies on boaters at the lake? He was an interesting character. Met up with him at a Piper Cub fly-in years later so I know he was telling the truth about having the plane at least. He passed away a couple of years ago.

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

@@n1vg The 1st time I visited The Empire State Bldg, I threw a penny off. Any chance you did basic training at PI ?

[@n1vg]

@@fredgervinm.p.3315 Nope, Lackland.

[@kirkkirkland7244]

I'll bet it's because of the finger holes!!

[@BarockDroneBomba]

This stuff never gets old.

[@ED-2.0.9.]

From looks of things neither will they...

[@lebanonchristian3951]

Now put explosives in the ball ..

[@feuquegougueul1592]

@@lebanonchristian3951 : Yes! Enlarge the fingers holes, put burning powder to make a mix fumigen in the holes, and obturate slightly, but firmly, to follow the ball trajectory...

[@lebanonchristian3951]

@@feuquegougueul1592 you can add some bags of ball bearings for shrapnel

[@FallNorth]

Precision engineering. It reminds me of a physics paper I once sat. "If a cannon is pointed at .. some vague angle that doesn't appear to be 45 degrees, with a ball of unknown mass, at an unknown elevation, and some arbitrary amount of gunpowder releasing and unknown amount of energy, and the ball is almost camo coloured as nobody thinks to spray it say Orange, and you position the cameras so you can't see the trajectory at all .. where will the ball go and will anyone have the slightest clue?"

[@M4r1a_Schn33]

🤣🤣🤣 thank you

[@markkeating2941]

He did measure with two separate eyes and a calculated shake of the wrist...

[@pangaute]

Fun fact, the correct answer is 'somewhere over thattaway'

[@bryansummers3219]

@@markkeating2941 I'm not so sure his eyes are aligned.

[@carrite]

-"The Science Channel" !!!

[@bradscharf3125]

A couple of suggestions from a bowling ball cannon builder. I used scrap pieces of silk material to wrap the ball for better seal to bore. It also gives you a better way to lower the ball into cannon. I shot a Brunswick 16 lbs. Bowling Ball straight up and we timed it from launch to landing. Total flight time 56 seconds. I'm not exactly sure of the max height it reached but it went 3 ft. Into the ground on landing. I'm working on a new one with a polished bore right now. Awesome KZbin channel never fails to entertain. B.Knucklehead

[@tonyb8066]

56 seconds time of flight if the ball went straight up gives about 28 seconds of freefall. That's about 12,000 feet.

[@dritetinator6057]

615mph at 2.4 miles max height is incredible

[@scorchedearth1451]

@@tonyb8066 You can hit an airliner with it.

[@matthewoneill3274]

​@scorchedearth1451 Imagine government agents raiding your home at 0230 because they got your fingerprints off of a bowling ball that downed a commercial plane...

[@Ken-fh4jc]

Commercial air liners cruise much higher than 12,000ft.

[@doctorodie45]

True professionals. I’m shocked they didn’t have beers in their hands.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Probably yankees!

[@4570duplex]

Somebody else was already holding them.

[@harliquin76]

was actually wondering if the shockwave might not cause the ledge they are up on to collapse

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

The way they act looks like they had a few beers before they started with the serious part

[@Blinknone]

They didn't film the "hold my beer" conversation immediately prior to the video.

[@marksmithson1414]

These guys are more funnier than Abbott and Costello, Edwin and Gaspari the laughter these two create is the best medicine for anyone. Edwin's giggle when he lights the fuse is something else. Would like to see a part 2.

[@terrymoore9185]

Please have a camera on the ball so we can see how far it goes!

[@nigelman9506]

They have the same magic as Tommy cooper, Mike Myers, Cannon and Ball, Ant & Dec, when you see them you start to laugh, wish we had a 1 to 10 Heart click box, its a 10 from me

[@waynesligar5948]

They are great scientists

[@dammianreyes7139]

Abbott and Costello were amazing.

[@lebanonchristian3951]

Now put explosives in the ball ..

[@Tedsville]

This channel wouldn't be half what it is without Jaspar, the greatest camera guy ever to exist.

[@veracious8205]

Wholly agree never hear a more wholesome cabrone in my life

[@monvalleytruth5111]

💯 % Facts

[@DavidFerree54]

Is this sarcasm? 🤔 I mean, you know he didn’t even try to follow the bowling ball, right?

[@Vinlaell]

If only he was ready

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

He's funny but he's awful at recording video. Why didn't he point the camera where we could see the actual bowling ball fly?

[@glenndaley141]

Great illustration of the importance of recoil control in the design of artillery!

[@ricfax]

Things like this always need to be done for science. We're fortunate these guys have risen to the challenge.

[@lordnevets9184]

Or Things like this always need to be done for science. Unfortunately these guys have risen to the challenge.

[@bigbicepbill3928]

@@lordnevets9184 …🧐

[@lordnevets9184]

@@bigbicepbill3928 science says that bowling balls were fired from that cannon. Faith says believe that bowling balls were fired from that cannon. Me: I came here to see bowling balls fired from a cannon. Where the fxxx are the bowling balls because I saw fxxx all. Pah!

[@lordnevets9184]

I've just watched it again. There now 16 minutes of my life I'm never....NEVER getting back. I just watched THREE people fail to film a bowling ball being fired 3 miles from a cannon. Was it 3 miles? It might be still travelling for all I know, any of us knows, no one knows. I shouldn't let it get to me but for some reason this uploaded .......you actually uploaded this....for some reason this uploaded video has irritated the holy piss out of me.

[@tysons8759]

@@lordnevets9184 god bless you. You need it.

[@paintcandan5972]

the whistle that bowling ball made flying through the air sounded absolutely insane 🤯

[@thisissparta8884]

For real hahahhaa

[@lebanonchristian3951]

Now put explosives in the ball ..

[@off6848]

Poo on explosives I wanna see higher mass and size solid objects

[@alexpearson8481]

Yeah!! The last one sounded like a fighter jet for about 1 second.

[@Brandonthesnifferofall]

@@lebanonchristian3951 yes please 😂

[@mauriceorayii2964]

It makes me really respect metal workers who were designing canons hundreds of years ago.

[@Geo_Thermal]

There were epic fails before they got it right.

[@markdavids2511]

The first cannon makers were Bell makers. They had the know how of making strong metal tubes.

[@someweeb3650]

@@markdavids2511 Not the pipe makers?

[@markdavids2511]

No I visited the Royal armouries museum in Leeds U.K & it showed how medieval bell makers were the masters of bronze metal casting & it was the same process of casting thick walled, strong bronze tubes, so a cannon is just a slightly different sized cast bronze Bell with a touch hole at the back, there’s quite a lot of info on Google about the process, even the American Revolutionary War bloke Paul Revere was a bell maker turned cannon caster.Bell casting is virtually the same job as cannon casting.most tubes were made of lead & lead alloys which is a soft metal & not capable of withstanding the explosive pressure of black powder going Bang.

[@mason4354]

@@markdavids2511 awesome information. Thanks!

[@Chuck1284-]

"Welcome to the science channel." LOL - this is the kind of 'science' that teenage boys do in Dad's garage when he isn't home, and that's why it's SO MUCH fun! Keep it up Edward, it keeps us all young.

[@Winterascent]

Yeah! Science!!

[@stoogefest16]

Amen! There’s more experimental design in an episode of MTV’s ‘Jackass’ than there is here, but it’s all a part of this channels charm.

[@chadarracks]

If these guys live to 80 years old without getting seriously injured then its divine intervention

[@HansDelbruck53]

divine, not devine

[@larz8284]

​​@@HansDelbruck53 I'm the branch, He's de-vine! 😊🤸✝️🌿❤️

[@whazzat8015]

Devine: to remove from the vine.

[@carmiethompson2676]

Divine is the proper usage. 'Devine' is the common MISSPELLING of Divine. So know your English children!

[@carmiethompson2676]

@@larz8284Fail, you aren't smarter then a 6 year old.

[@Greg_Chase]

This succeeded because of the precision used to add the black powder. Great care was taken to ensure the projectile would reach its intended target. It will be quite difficult for anyone to follow such precise measuring technique of the black powder without advanced studies and patient practice. The projectile hit its mark with the same precision used in the entire experiment.

[@wilsoncrocker]

just think of all the math used to predict the trajectory, the aim... calcuwhat cabron? 🤗🤣

[@caysengriffin5627]

You’re forgetting the exquisite detail in which they captured such inspiring footage, it takes skill to be such an elite man like jasper he is the ultimate Cabrone. True artistic vision shown through this film’s success

[@Greg_Chase]

@@caysengriffin5627 Agree 100% - there was great care shown in the steps leading up to the launch of the projectiles. There is no other conclusion possible but a journeyman-level of experience in their art. There is no parallel on youtube or any other online venue. Kudos to the artists and congratulations in the inspiring work!

[@fishboat6244]

Precisely 45 degrees 🤣

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

There's a reason they measure black powder in Grains. ....Something about chamber pressure and the fragility of human life.

[@zambonijones350]

"I'm just going to estimate... because I'm a scientist." Has to be the greatest line I've ever heard spoken on KZbin.

[@randallmarsh1187]

That's akin to "hold my beer and watch this"!

[@dougaltolan3017]

If he's a scientist then I'm a frikk8n astronaut.

[@randallmarsh1187]

@@dougaltolan3017 So, do you work for NASA or that flake Jeff Bezos? No college degrees are required to be labeled "scientist" "A scientist is someone who systematically gathers and uses research and evidence, to make hypotheses and test them, to gain and share understanding and knowledge." While I might agree that this guys methods are strange to say the least, it can also be stated that he's doing research and testing.

[@dougaltolan3017]

@@randallmarsh1187 You can "do" science without being a scientist. So, yes, you do need a degree to be a scientist. But this video is not science. I learnt more about trajectories in high school maths than is shown in this vid. The guy is a clown playing with explosives in a way that will go very very wrong. "it's welded well" really dosent cut it when charging a cannon.

[@tmst2199]

Your misunderstandings are great.

[@mikemando3238]

The way it folded that dolly like paper shows just how much force was involved. That was impressive

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

And funny!

[@jeffrunyan2691]

Dollies aren't exactly sturdy these days.

[@davidbenson4845]

...or how little planning when into consderation of the forces involved...

[@goldeneagle99]

​@@jeffrunyan2691yea those karens!

[@bobbyberry5559]

​@jeffrunyan2691 BS! Yes they are when you get a real one. I backed over one in a dodge truck, and the truck was screwed. Dolly had a dent

[@RadaghastBrown]

Edwin's laugh is the medicine we all need.

[@alexdriftersupraman]

I love this laugh. Is 100% pure positive energy and vibe. 😂😂😂

[@_headgamer5_74]

Who's Edwin?,I'm new to the channel

[@vladdevener5586]

@@_headgamer5_74 not the camera man that's who the dude who actually fired the canon he is in the blue jeanse u r welcome .

[@_headgamer5_74]

@@vladdevener5586 Thx

[@vladdevener5586]

@@_headgamer5_74 NP.

[@Mike-McKain]

I helped design and make those cannons and we designed them to take 3 oz of ff or cannon black powder and to see him dump that much into it got me excited! I know the breach can take it because it was turned from solid 8in steel! Usually 3oz will get you 1 mile with that cannon! If that was ffff powder then I would imagine closer to 4-5 miles!! Good video thumbs up!!

[@aandc2005]

Edwin this is such a great Channel because it's down-to-earth and it's so cool that you do with your grandfather and at the same time you're creating good memories👍😊😊

[@Sprud999]

Not his grandfather. Jasparee is edwins friend

[@RadaghastBrown]

Gasparito is just his buddy, and the best cameraman ever. Edwin's grandfather is who brings him all these things. I think the bowling ball cannon was given to Edwin from his grandfather who brought it back from World War 1.

[@BigfootBilliards]

@@RadaghastBrown yeah he drove it back from Germany in his pt cruiser!

[@borntoclimb7116]

Yes

[@chrism4008]

@@BigfootBilliards nah, in his PT boat

[@rick1813]

I love the way these three vatos talk to each other.

[@dotarsojat7725]

A REAL MAN. Even after losing both his balls, he’s still laughing!

[@georgewashington3393]

🤣🍻

[@bamseskylling1978]

😂🤣😅👌 Just brilliant

[@ЯРОГОРСВАРОЖИЧ]

😂😂😂

[@rydog88]

He lost his balls?? Doing a stunt or something?? 😮😮😮

[@amadablam8229]

@@rydog88 bowling balls?

[@Mallu_night_owl]

Legend say that ball is still flying

[@Snookynibbles]

…launched into a low earth orbit. And when Russia 🇷🇺 tracks it, thinking the chingadera is an ICBM, that may be what 🦵 kick-starts WW3.

[@scottsummers6357]

It's orbiting the moon!!!

[@j.franklin21]

@@Snookynibbles That's such a fitting end to the world

[@nathanael8612]

That fooker is in China

[@michaeltheoret3842]

@@Snookynibbles , Yeah, about that whole WW3 getting kickstarted deal. Things are really heating up between NATO and Russia over that whole very unjustified Russian Invasion of Ukraine nonsense that Putin's gotten up to . Hold on for a bit because WW3 might very well become the next big Trend .

[@h.s.thompsonduke8105]

As a kid we did this with Campbell's soup cans we soldered together in a tube about four feet long. The top and bottom cut out of all except the bottom end which gets a pinhole from a nail. You get old tennis balls and a can of zippo or Ronson lighter fluid, give it a few squirts and then light it at the pin hole. The tennis ball will travel a half mile. Childhood just isn't the same anymore.

[@scotttoth5112]

I've made one, it works great! Not very safe for an 8 year old and it really pisses a Mom off.

[@jodypunt9942]

😆

[@onmyworkbench7000]

Been there and done that, and it was *_FUN!!! Kids to day can't have ANY FUN!!!_*

[@josephmoore5739]

We made soda / soup can cannons as kids in the late 60s and early 70s When I was teaching high school Physics, I made one and demonstrated "Rapid Oxidation of Hydrocarbons" to my classes and the other Chemistry classes. The students loved it!

[@frankkolton1780]

I loved the sound the tennis ball mortar made - "Foop!"

[@kevinthompson2308]

I don't know how many times I've giggled while running away from things like that myself! Totally relate, man!

[@kevinleon9126]

"Cabron where is the ball?" That made my day 🤣

[@marvinschumer1108]

I love these guys, I love the videos, it’s like MythBusters with none of the safety equipment. God bless you

[@PopShoppekid]

Marvin, MythBusters but with an interesting twist!!

[@theblade9024]

First just guesstimating amount of powder will lead to an accident. Having been a high school science teacher most of the accidents happen when the chemical handler is over confident or adds just a little more. Second cannons use wadding or a sabot to keep the gasses from escaping around the shell. It will go further with less powder. Please think and not just guess.

[@truebluegt2002]

All the screwball stuff I've ever wanted to do in the desert is done on this channel! Love it!

[@HighlanderNorth1]

❓🤔 Any idea WHAT desert this is??

[@truebluegt2002]

@@HighlanderNorth1 I believe they're in southern Nevada

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@truebluegt2002 ☑️ Ahh, thanks. For a minute there I thought maybe they were in the desert of Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan or somewhere else in the middle east. I based that on his accent, and because this desert looks alien compared with most deserts I've seen in America.

[@MrBigChops]

@@HighlanderNorth1 • Someone said Ed is Armenian. But I don’t think they have access to all the weapons he uses, unless you’re an international king pin gangster😂 But I wonder how tf he gets those grenades? I know how to get full autos legally. Not hand grenades🤣

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@MrBigChops ☑️ Yeah, pretty much all names ending in "-ian" are Armenian. Like the famous "Turkish" cymbal company Zildjian. They've been around since the year 1621, when the founder was hired by the Sultan of the Ottoman empire to cast bells and other bronze objects for his army. But despite living in Turkey, the Zildjian family are Armenian. Half the family fled the Ottoman empire during the WW1 era, when the Ottomans were committing genocide against Armenians. So now they've been making cymbals in America for about 100 years.

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

A friend of mine and I were in the US Navy and we got bored one day and decided to make a cannon. We got a piece of 4 inch pipe about 4 feet long and welded a piece of flat steel to one end and put a styrofoam cup in the open end and mounted it in a table vice. Then we took an acetylene torch and blew a hole in the pipe on the end next to the flat steel. Thats how we put the acetylene in the pipe. We put some acetylene in it then lit the torch and lit the cannon with the torch. It went bloop and the styrofoam cup just fell to the ground. We tried it several times and--bloop. That was it. We were bummed out. Then i told my friend to try putting some acetylene in it and this time put some oxygen in there too--and he did. He lit the torch then lit the cannon. OH MY GOD. BLUE FIRE flew 8 feet out the end of the pipe. There was no sign of the cup. The shock wave blew into the neighborhood at the back of the base. I ran over and took it out of the vice and slung it into the scrap pile while he rolled up the hoses on the torch. The senior chief came running outside "What the eff was that?" The base fire department showed up. We told them something blew up in that neighborhood across the base perimeter fence. There just happened to be a pile of burning leaves over there and smoke was rising. That was a close one. So anyone who wants to know if you can make an acetylene cannon, yes you can. 😅😂😅

[@Mark-et8vh]

If I were to create a list of KZbinrs I’d love to hang out with, you guys are way up on the list. Also, my father had an original Cohorn mortar back in the 70’s. He used a screw eye and a long red cloth ribbon on some of his projectiles. It caused a bit of drag, but not enough to matter. You could drill a hole in the bowling ball, insert a screw eye, JB weld it, then attach a streamer. Anyway - thanks!

[@cornbreadburgess1950]

Good idea , cool

[@cerberus50caldawg]

Damn too bad we aren't back in the late 60's early 70's. You could have marketed that as a great new toy!!! Good old fashioned fun for everyone! 👍 😊 Give you something to battle the evil kids with the lawn darts at the park cabron!

[@antiglobaljoel532]

And use an orange bowling ball.

[@sweatybeanz808]

Nice

[@JDStone-jg8cg]

I know a guy that made a cannon that fits beer or pop cans. He cuts the top off the can and fills it with concrete. While it's still wet he puts large fence staples in the concrete and then ties streamers to them. You can't see the can at all but you can see the streamer flying through the air!

[@rond.2408]

This reminds me that no matter where you come from or who you call God, all men appreciate a bowling ball cannon!! Well done guys!!

[@dmo848]

I love that comment cause it really is true. I don't know any man that wouldn't think this is cool

[@jewelianwest2324]

Tiny man brains only think about ejaculations

[@hfgy475]

It will matter one day, It will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danmancini1772]

Haha 👍

[@hfgy475]

@dejuren What is only US culture? There is only one GOD!

[@optician53]

Congratulations guys ... I think your "cannonball" hit sonic levels of velocity on attempt #2 ... And going forward, probably a good idea to weigh your powder charge ... :-)

[@multitimmytiger2]

I feel weighing it would take away from the "scientificness".

[@randomidiot8142]

Usually bp is measured by volume but yeah.

[@Unmannedair]

Sonic levels.... No. There was no boom. If it has gone sonic, then it would have had a shock wave and probably would have blown up the cannon.

[@thomasshepard6030]

Airline pilot dude did you see that UFO FLYING BY US 🇺🇸

[@adamlairsey6700]

@@Unmannedair It wouldnt go super sonic until at least a foot or 2 after exiting the "barrel" being the bowling balling ball is so heavy it would take a moment to get the momentum so I think it probably would take a super sonic blast, at least once anyway.

[@jasongiles1038]

“ It went 10 miles Cabrón!” 😂 🤣 These guys have me rolling! Lol

[@nufosmatic]

3:33 - 1976 - The senior physics class in my high school in Florida had a "paper airplane" contest each year. The rules where that the vehicle/projectile could only be made of paper and glue and could be launched by whatever means. The test range was the football field. You got three tries. I build a cross-bow with a roof-rack on my Volkswagen Beetle and an eight-foot model rocket rail, the inner-tube liner from a bicycle tire, and launched arrows of rolled paper. I took second place with about 75 yards on my second try. Two students built a six-inch cannon with an epoxy cannon ball packed with paper. Their first shot made a dramatic fireball from the end of the cannon, and the cannon ball followed and went maybe six feet. They packed it better the second time, and the cannon ball went and kept going. PS: nothing much but woods in the direction they were shooting. They won by acclamation by the observers. The physics teacher decided they were not going to try a third try on school grounds. Afterwards they went out in the woods and kept packing the cannon with more and more home-made black powder until they blew it up. The load that blew up the cannon was about 5x what they used for the contest so, in theory, we were relatively safe in the contest run...

[@nickw7619]

First off that's one super cool teacher.... secondly, I can't help it but... sounds like the OG Florida man. That's way cool he let it play out Just out of curiosity, was the teacher older or younger?

[@EXPLORADVEN]

Paperl airplane ??? And they launched paper+epoxy cannon ball.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@theblade9024]

First just guesstimating amount of powder will lead to an accident. Having been a high school science teacher most of the accidents happen when the chemical handler is over confident or adds just a little more. Second cannons use wadding or a sabot to keep the gasses from escaping around the shell. It will go further with less powder. Please think and not just guess.

[@nufosmatic]

@@nickw7619 He was about thirty… the class had four contests each year: paper airplane, egg drop (build a container that would allow an egg to be dropped from the top of the stands and not break), the tower (tallest takes the prize followed by second and third - the tower must weight less than five pounds and must hold a standard brick for 10 seconds in three tries; my team came in second - our extension broke or we would have set the school record) and the art contest (gives the physics skeptics a chance - I was in to black light posters at the time)

[@nickw7619]

@@nufosmatic that's pretty cool, I went to high school in the 2000s and the only teacher that let us do stuff like that was retiring the next year and wanted to have some fun I guess. Best I could do was build a potato launcher, I can't imagine someone trying it today lol would probably be national news Thanks for the reply! Cool story. Cheers from the northeast 🤙

[@freedomfox8183]

Wow that's crazy amount of power when you think how heavy and hard it is to throw one by hand

[@thesolstice_8122]

All respect but they probably didn't use any more than a pound of black powder. If they had the cannon would have destroyed itself.

[@BruceLyeg]

@@thesolstice_8122 he said "power", not "powder"

[@HighlanderNorth1]

🤔 Well, it depends on who throws it.... The average person won't throw it far, but I could throw it to the other side of the mountain in the distance.....

[@freedomfox8183]

@@thesolstice_8122 all respect back to you but the amount of powder he used has nothing at all to do with whats being talked about here could have used a half a pound could use pound and a half still going to be impressive to move something that heavy that fast and far ..

[@teucer4]

@@thesolstice_8122 black powder burned slowly when compressed. You can fill that whole thing with many pounds of it and as long as there is no air space between the bowling ball and projectile it will be safe although there will be a lot of unburned powder

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

that echo sound was haunting! what else are you and your grandpa going to have for us next?

[@wolfsiejk]

Its the holes on the ball whistling because it flying and wind is blowing, the up and down in the pitch is caused by the ball rotating

[@prntm926]

@@wolfsiejk no shit sherlock

[@TheKev01]

@@prntm926 🤣🤣

[@Cookinoutdoors]

Well considering that green ball didn’t have any holes I call bullshit

[@wolfsiejk]

@@Cookinoutdoors no the first ball did have holes EDIT: i just realized what i typed 🤣, balls having BALLS LOL( i had typed “no the first ball did have balls”)

[@Simplelifer3]

Lessons from a cannoneer 1: Use the coarsest grained Black Powder you can buy. 2: Put you powder in a very thin plastic bag or use wax paper and tie it shut. 3: Drop the powder in the barrel then the projectile. 4: Put a copper wire in the vent and tear open the powder bag. 5: Put the camera behind the canon aimed down range. 6: Light the fuse and run. I was raised shooting cannons from the age of 12 and still have 2 replicas that either use 10ga blanks or 2 ounces of black powder and a 1" lead ball. Great on the 4th, New Years or birthdays. I truly wish I was there with you guys My family and a few friends started out with a Civil War 3" Ordnance Rifle going from 1 civil war reenactment to another shooting in competition. After doing that for a few years decided to just shoot mortar's from our house on a bayou in Florida. Thank you for taking me back to my youth.

[@miketeters2898]

Great video, I really got a kick out of hearing the laughter. The fact that my wife watched and laughed hard as well (we’re both pushing 70) indicates the quality of the cannon play.

[@north6star]

ur wife laughs at bowling ball cannon videos? Sick dude

[@aarontheperson6867]

i love hearing the perspectives of different generations! glad we can all enjoy this content, no matter our backgrounds

[@Local_Laydee]

@@aarontheperson6867 Exactly! Except Muslims ofc, but yeah it's great!

[@kenyaglobalnewsnetwork35]

@@north6star you are sadist and most probably terrible person to be around anyone.

[@pappysshoes6563]

@@Local_Laydee I promise you they would be splitting a gut laughing over this, and age wouldn't matter, some humor is just Universal.^^

[@amtrakjohn]

The "whistling" sound around 3:45 is really eerie- thanks for making the video, guys.

[@roadking99jokerst60]

Made by the finger holes ?

[@supernova8604]

@@roadking99jokerst60 Probably

[@zzz_zzz_ZZZ_zzz_ZZZ_ZZZ_Z_z-ZZ]

@@roadking99jokerst60 imagine you finger a ghost’s holes and it starts making that eerie sound 💀

[@lucoa460]

@@roadking99jokerst60 eh, my sisters room sound like that too every day. does it mean she has bowling balls too?

[@Nptsl]

@@lucoa460 tf she doing

[@josephpk4878]

There's no way in the world that I'd be holding my face over the muzzle of a charged cannon, let alone reach my arm into it. Be safe you guys - you're too hilarious to lose.

[@mlb6d9]

That gave me the willies too

[@gabrielzarate7775]

Me too

[@hawaiano8]

Raised differently no one is right or wrong

[@joeycarter8846]

It's what keeps me on the edge (their lack of safety)...besides their humor. I'm always expecting to hear about Edwin's demise, from an "accident."

[@kixigvak]

I was just thinking he should be smoking a cigar and holding a drink in one hand.

[@TofuPlayzRBX]

Bro summoned Zeus with the second cannon shot

[@chrisf439]

The science channel is the best way to start your day.

[@SlapStyleAnims]

So true

[@RahulSingh.15]

In my country this is the best way to finish the day

[@johnbachmann7567]

Agreed

[@johnbachmann7567]

@@RahulSingh.15 some countries it's the best way to end a life

[@BIGENSONLY]

I wouldn’t call this science more like common sense

[@fredricklogan7256]

I absolutely love these two guys. They are freakin hilarious

[@moultriemanicmechani]

It's Cheech and Chong meets myth busters , I love it

[@kraigbender292]

Is this cholo science guys ??? 😂

[@csm5040]

Beavis and Butthead with guns be like:

[@moultriemanicmechani]

@@csm5040 i can both see and hear this lol. Hey butthead , we shot our balls into the canyon ! Hehehehe you said balls!

[@deadmemes1824]

The boys👏

[@Disinterested1]

half of the charm of this channel is the chemistry you guys have! best wishes

[@JasonScroggins-c4i]

Nothing makes me happier than hearing an old Hispanic man say "Eye Whey"

[@FlyMIfYouGotM]

This could actually make bowling a far more exciting sport!

[@dsm2shoes]

I am in total amazement these two guys are still alive (not to mention they still have all their appendages)! Keep up the good work, in an age where science is a dirty word you two make it fun.

[@captainkeyes9913]

seeing them put their fingers OVER AND INSIDE the cannon after saying that the friction can light the powder from dropping it into the cannon was genuinely worrying

[@fuzzybad]

I half expected that dude to look down the barrel of the loaded cannon @@captainkeyes9913

[@grantmiller3826]

You should definitely consider attaching a rope lead to the bowling ball to hold onto when lowering the ball into the tube! That way your hands, arms, and body don’t have to be over the mouth of the cannon. Just stand to the side of the cannon, hold onto the rope, and lower the ball into the cannon by letting the rope slide on the edge of the mouth of the cannon. This is how large professional grade firework shells are safely loaded into their mortars. Usually 8 inch shells and up have a rope lead on them so you can safely load the shell without any part of your body over the top of the mortar tube. Better safe the sorry when you’re dealing with that much powder and a projectile that big!

[@swayzy762]

That cannon is one of the most dangerous things I've seen on this channel. Definitely agree lol

[@richardharepax123]

Yes when you have a homemade cannon and don't know what you are doing and putting the gunpowder in loosely and you don't fire a bowling ball every day

[@briancommon9281]

more like hold onto the rope when it goes off

[@digambertawde4353]

That's dangerous man. Check some old cannon firing procedure vedios. What matters was amount of black powder that goes for a projectile weight and cannon capacity to contain the blast. The trajectory angle for that size projectile. Important to anchor the cannon securely for back lash. TC guys might be very disastrous

[@emarsshelpline9848]

Good idea, thanks.

[@СтепанЛарин-я3щ]

Теперь понимаю смысл флотской поговорки: "Матрос без дела опаснее незакреплённой пушки" 😏

[@mattwilder1574]

He literally called that guy a cabron like 20 times. That had me rolling every time so funny

[@rauljosegarcia]

me too! LMAO

[@timnavarrette3274]

Cavrone!!!! Are these Mexicans!??? Ask them is they know how to send a rocket ship to the sun,!?? Cavrone!!!!,Chingadero!???

[@timnavarrette3274]

Bendehos!!!

[@timnavarrette3274]

Artillery men they will NOT be!!!

[@JoseGonzalez-nu6ts]

@@timnavarrette3274 the right word is "pendejos"

[@corners3755]

"I'm a scientist " as he sticks his head into the cannon! Lol I do love your videos. Looks like a lot of fun!

[@jasperbarlow2582]

This channel really entertains me, these two are nuts in a good way.

[@stuntgirl56-therachelvande24]

as a child I stole my Dad's shotgun shells and disassembled them for the black powder. I made a cannon out of a heavy pipe and took the contraption down to the frog pond. I had a long fuse made out of powder laid in a groove and got about 10 feet away and lit the powder. The powder was very fast and there was a lot of smoke and then a large explosion. After the smoke cleared, I could see the cannon was ok but the side of the hill it was pointed towards was now a fox burrow. My Father found out about my scavenging his shells and took me out to a large wall of old planks and lit off the 12 gauge shotgun. I then realized what I was fiddling with so I started using electrical things for ignitors.....then there was the submarine made out of a hot water heater....

[@Goldpenny1]

My favorite line is @3:52: "Cabrón ! Where is the ball ?!!" 🤣

[@nukeyourhouse]

"It's welded pretty good. We'll see what happens" Best line.

[@pauldiaz9602]

Best part of these videos is the great energy these dudes have! Thank you for the video! Enjoyed it

[@andybaldman]

By energy you mean stupidity

[@jamesnichols7693]

"I'm going to estimate because I'm a scientist"...now I feel much better about this.

[@fixerupperer]

This episode brings back warm memories of my time in boy scouts. Some local cannon guys would bring out a bowling ball mortar to one annual event we did and shoot it off about two to three times throughout the weekend. Once at night with glowstick liquid on it.

[@Nevir202]

LOL that must have looked crazy!

[@vidarbjarni3931]

That whistling is damn spooky! No wonder peoples in history have shaped their arrows and sling rocks to make such noises, that would definitely be terrifying to hear in the middle of battle!

[@cheem2473]

And imagine hundreds of them coming your way

[@X.L.B1]

As well as singing, or musical instruments… intended to make spooky sounds like you mentioned, to scare the enemy

[@guttagutta420]

You guys should check out the Aztec death whistle…talk about psychological warfare. Pretty cool.

[@mr.megalodonmegalodon758]

Jericho sirens were used on the ju-87 dive bomber to terrify ground troops

[@JuanVanDusen]

@@mr.megalodonmegalodon758 stuka, thought the same thing

[@betsybarnicle8016]

I was at an historical Civil War cannon display at night, shooting blanks across the Susquehanna River, PA. It was spectacular. But I asked the artillary guys why we couldn't shoot real cannon balls, and they said that they'd go across the river into downtown Harrisburg, over a mile and a half away. I had no idea they travelled that far, and even 3 miles or more.

[@Theresistance64]

Shooting cannons into downtown Harrishole would likely make the city look better

[@betsybarnicle8016]

@@Theresistance64 build back better

[@Theresistance64]

@@betsybarnicle8016 🤣

[@tomg5800]

SMH.

[@inverse2k1]

@@Theresistance64 like punching one hole in Harrishole.

[@jackmehoffer7819]

Make sure you look down the barrel while pouring in the black powder, especially on the 2nd shot.

[@jamesbecker3203]

These dudes crack me up there literally just two buddies having a good time

[@dudo2465]

This two scientists never fail to entertain us Edwin and Jasparee 🤣👍.

[@gullreefclub]

“Scientists?” 🤣🤣🤣

[@JackpineGandy]

in blackpowder mortar competitions, a 3 foot long length of bright colored polypropylene rope is secured to the ball. screw an eye bolt into the ball, and you can also use the rope to lower the ball down the barrel. Just let the rope hand out the end of the barrel. It is a little easier to track in the air. If the ball craters into the ground when it lands, the rope can make it a little easier to find the ball.

[@denp54z]

Great idea

[@InsertObscureReference]

Also safer to let the ball down the barrel, as static discharge could prematurely ignite and take your arm off! Be safe!!

[@pooroldfred]

Give the cameraman his weeks notice. Suggest he applies to get a replacement job as a cameraman on Finding Bigfoot.

[@gerryleb8575]

Watching this one has a bit of a feel for the adventures, often fatal, of early artillerists. These folks are the beneficiaries of modern metallurgy, and, of course, bowling ball manufacture.

[@bartetzenhouser2943]

40 years ago, in KC MO, a guy I knew was obsessed with biking balls being launched downhill in downtown KC. He launched one that picked up speed on Brodway St. ( so he says ), and went through panel van. I suspect it was a most strange insurance claim.

[@bobwilson7130]

To see the ball, try epoxing road flares in the holes. Pre-make the measured powder charge by wrapping it in aluminum foil & masking tape. Also, tracer balls are best served at night.

[@burnstileinstallation9563]

I hope they see your suggestion!

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

This^^^

[@Ky-lb5ts]

Pretty sure the road flares would ignite the black powder in the cannon almost immediately

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@Ky-lb5ts you load the powder, then the ball, holes facing out, THEN add the road flares.

[@Ky-lb5ts]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 you do it and I'll watch.

[@SuperD00D]

I love the science content it is invaluable with learning about physics and seeing ancient balistics in action

[@WHOTEEWHO]

Should have aimed it down towards the water

[@Meatislife]

Then the ball would roll out lol.

[@mechanicgray]

Then the ball would roll out probably.

[@WHOTEEWHO]

@@Meatislife nah wedge a tshirt down in behind it

[@r.a.facklam4851]

Maybe try a little less powder?

[@freedomfox8183]

@@WHOTEEWHO okay well that isn't going to stop the powder from leaving where it's supposed to stay that's why the angle is important

[@GetMeThere1]

We need a definite repeat of this! 1) Markings on the ball to give it the best chance to see it in flight. 2) Multiple cameras. 3) rangefinder to discuss possible distances. One idea: heat up (or cool down) the ball, and then video with FLIR -- might be able to see it better.

[@glenpierce777]

I think some sort of streamers fixed to the bowling ball would help to see it's trajectory. We really do need a pt.2.

[@GetMeThere1]

@@glenpierce777 Great idea!

[@skullcrushers1000]

I don't think the framerate and resolution on a FLIR is high enough, but I could be wrong. Definitly needs a paint job!

[@GetMeThere1]

@@skullcrushers1000 Hey! I have an idea. Make it a tracer!. Drill a few holes in it and fill with tracer powder, with some way to be sure they ignite when it fires.

[@naplestan]

@@skullcrushers1000 anything but sky blue!

[@FreshStartApostolic]

I have not laughed so hard in so long. Thank you. This was one of the absolute best. It is a good thing I was not there. I would have had you put all the powder in. LOL

[@TheROMaNProject]

Black powder cannon safety rules: 1) NEVER put your face or head in front (or into) the barrel. 2) Same rule for your hand / arm. 3) Treat your cannon with the respect due for any killing implement. 4) A garbage can or 10-15 yards of distance will NOT offer protection from steel fragments if your cannon should fail and explode. Optional Rule) Never trust your future life to a homemade cannon! Note: every safety rule for black powder cannon was written in somebody’s blood.

[@defblinders9585]

Imagine you're taking a scenic hike, enjoying nature. You're walking back to your vehicle, completely spent, and just as you're about 10 feet from it, a bowling ball falls from the sky and crashes through the roof....

[@thatswhatshesaid4246]

The laughter is one of the best parts, I just can't get enough of guys doing funny shit. Reminds me of my brothers and I when we were young.

[@robertslusser6753]

I've seen these two nuts before and just came across this video as I'm preparing to shut down the computer and go to bed. This definitely made my day; loved it. I do think that you guys need to redo this but, this time, measure your powder and measure your angles of each shot. I'd love to see you launch one way up there and have it come down in the water down below. Love your channel; stay safe guys.

[@avgjoe-cz7cb]

They should aim at Russia, just for the hell of it. Where is the wadding??

[@michaelbarry8373]

How about just straight up, see where it comes down.

[@new2POOL208]

@@michaelbarry8373 shut the funk word down? Hahahha no

[@galesams4205]

i fired the 4.2" morter in vietnam and had seven diffrent flavors of ammo with HE and illumitation uised the most . HE round only flew at about 700 fps. 4th div Pleiku.

[@getabuzz1458]

Imagine years from now if someone finds a bowling ball out there lmao

[@salessupport4945]

Its very important skilled scientists like yourselves do these types of experiments. I enjoyed your highly professional approach. Well Done.

[@RogBearD]

. Great!

[@headshaker4609]

This was exactly the same approach scientists took when creating the Covid vaccine.

[@driftking8064]

World facing WW3 tention.....mean while .....I'm readyyyyy

[@spunkflunk]

Well that had a bit of kick

[@lemmetellusum4884]

Holy, that thing could easily take down a helicopter or a small plane.

[@smoggychicken7020]

hahahaha

[@lutomson3496]

Send some to the Ukraine with a live bowling ball!!

[@stevomcsteve9492]

Breaking News: Cannon ball takes down hovering helicopter. Two men are arrested for murder. KZbin video provides all evidence needed of the crime.

[@lemmetellusum4884]

@@stevomcsteve9492"Grandpa from WW2" watching the news :"No mames!!!"

[@lamegame420]

You are more likely to hit a big plane. Cannonball might be pretty effective against any aircraft that is underway if you can hit it

[@tonythedonluciano]

Legend claims the Bowling Ball is still circling the orbit till this day.

[@sahibzadasafi1701]

Hahahahaha

[@thesaltysalmon]

"Cavron, where is the ball?". I laughed so hard.. Pure gold!!

[@AlaVol66]

When I was a kid back in Tennessee and Cherry Bombs hadn't been outlawed. I took an 8 foot section of threaded water pipe that had an inside diameter that was almost the exact same size as a D size flashlight battery. I took a pipe cap and drilled a hole in it that the fuse from the cherry bomb would go through. I screwed the cap on the end of pipe with the cherry bomb in place inside the pipe and the fuse sticking out. Then I dropped the battery down the end of the pipe. Then I leaned the pipe up in the fork of a pear tree out in my grandpa's pasture field aimed at the Holston River that was about 200 yards away. I lit the fuse and the battery went out of sight. I got off a couple more shots before grandpa put an end to my heavy artillery experiment before I killed one of his cows just when I was working on a way to put 2 cherry bombs in the pipe to explode at the same time.

[@thedocisin3204]

Right now NASA is tracking 2 D cell batteries as space debris.

[@dsloop3907]

Cherry bombs and M 80's. Ahh the good old days.

[@denp54z]

In west Virginia my cousins, Firemen from Beckley WV fire department had potato and turnip cannon wars once a month on an old farm pace . made the cannons of thick walled PVC pipe and used engine start spray can stuff as their propellant gas used electric stove gas igniter switches. The reached out a 1/2 mile easily with these motars/cannons. One gun made a bazooka type that put holes through the side on old barn with turnip bulbs. Crazy fun !

[@Skrillful]

Watching this in slow-mo while listening to Boogie Wonderland is weirdly funny to me.

[@realbabutimung]

You two guys are awesome 😂 keep us entertained 👍🏻

[@farmanthor3770]

Some people suffer from insanity, but you two seem to enjoy it. Funny. Thanks

[@BigYak]

“I am just kind of estimating……because I am a scientist”. So typically awesomely Edwin.

[@sebastianfreeman7445]

"Do you want to put the camera down and go somewhere?" "Uh...yeah, I DO want to do that!" ...had me rolling! lol

[@ragingcomedy1835]

“Hopefully it doesn’t blow up on me, anyways we’ll see what happens” 😂😂. Classic Edwin right there

[@michaelsipos5023]

AMAZING! Who wouldn’t want to try this? You guys are the best of the best.

[@deweyharmon4666]

Keep them coming friends! Highlight of my morning, perfect two guys to take our minds off of crazyness going on in our world 👍😁

[@LeeBro999]

Why what’s going on in the world

[@DavidGrub]

If you have access to a thermal imaging camera, that could help in tracking it. Keep the ball warm until you put it in and immediately fire the cannon.

[@joshlower1]

No need to pre warm the ball itll get nice and hot on its way out.

[@Knee-ko]

I wonder if Edwin has ever said 'Are we recording Gasparito ?'.........and the answer has been "No !!!'🤣🤣

[@malcolmgeldmacher4998]

Haha. We would never know!

[@Knee-ko]

@@malcolmgeldmacher4998 True. Would love to see their outtakes / bloopers 🤣🤣

[@ianswartz2741]

thats the most american bowling ball cannon I've ever seen XD

[@n085fs]

Imagine being able to keep the camera steady so a dust cloud could be seen.

[@stuartkeithguitars4251]

Dudes....as an engineer I was laughing BEFORE you lit the fuse but I HURT MYSELF after the dolly crumbled as expected. I would suggest thicker walls. If you buff up the carriage enough to forestall a kickback you're going to get much more pressure in the chamber....

[@kennethfharkin]

Which may introduce a whole new set of problems...

[@stuartkeithguitars4251]

@@kennethfharkin Fun ones that involve high speed, hot, sharp metal shards.