Launching a wheel over water at 300 km/h

[@billh230]

"Aw, that looks super sketch....." When Vlad says it looks sketchy, you damn well better look out.

[@MadScientist267]

When a sober Russian says "oh shit", you watch. When a drunk Russian says "oh shit", you run.

[@teardowndan5364]

I'd probably run for cover half of the times he says everything looks good :)

[@untruehunter1828]

Next how about you guys launch these tyres over a ramp to see how high they go.

[@DemeDemetre]

yep

[@BWADaniel]

I was just coming to comment the same thing and saw your comment. I’ll make my own that way they’ll have a better chance of seeing it

[@joe125ful]

Sounds good to me.

[@slimsick1073]

That sounds, deadly... Idk if i really want to see they do that

[@DemeDemetre]

@@slimsick1073 no it doesnt...

[@ShadowzGSD]

would love to see a flywheel launched with this

[@valerimirchevski6255]

Ah I see what you did there

[@creepingjesus5106]

In other words, nobody's died yet. Why hasn't somebody died, and what can we do about that?

[@DemeDemetre]

nah, it will cut into the water immediately

[@ThatGuy-ou4ev]

@@creepingjesus5106 👍😂 Then a flywheel just won't do, I'm thinking saw blade. The biggest one you can get.

[@creepingjesus5106]

@@ThatGuy-ou4ev Flywheel off a steam engine. With chisels bolted every 15° round the circumference. It'll take an hour to get up to speed, but it'll destroy *everything* in its' path...😊

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Those tire explosions was spectacular, such immense power ripping those metal axels apart like it was nothing more than thin icicles

[@potatodealership8338]

You should look towards using sand tires, they have paddles in them are a known for being able to go across water..

[@FerasAlhawas]

You mean ballon tires?

[@whyjnot420]

Its pretty awesome watching dune buggies with those tires in action. In sand and in water they act more like the wheels of a paddle steamer then they do road tires or regular off road tires since they are designed to be used on material which does not, shall we say, stand its ground in the manner of hard packed dirt, stones or pavement.

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

How would they get spun up?

[@ByronBNE]

Why not use slicks? The “paddle wheel” approach makes sense if the engine is attached and supplying power continuously. But with only tyre momentum, maybe slicks would conserve rotational energy allowing them to glide a bit further.

[@danielbermingrud3655]

Spot on.

[@brendanberry7403]

Was my thought was well

[@johnmorton7577]

I love you guys I guess it doesn't matter what part of the world you live in its just in our DNA to garage 54 something Much love from Tulia Texas out on the farm 🚜

[@MsLoneWolf4]

The new competition, tire launching. Love to see what dirt racing tires could do on the water.

[@kerimca98]

Tire launching competition? I wonder how they're going to make it safe lol

[@MsLoneWolf4]

@@kerimca98 one example for protection from the explosion debri, same ballistic resistant poly seen thru mythbusters.

[@karolwojtyla3047]

3:00 Monster Lada stand distant in the background in queue. ;)

[@NineCylinderDiesel]

You should install a heavy duty fender to protect the machine when the tire explodes

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

the fender would need to be replaced after every blowout....

[@NineCylinderDiesel]

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 not of it's made out of 1/2" plate

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@@NineCylinderDiesel then youll get shrapnel

[@ogpd4898]

@@krotchlickmeugh627 not if you reinforce it with a steel alloy

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@@ogpd4898 then you'll get steel alloy shrapnel.

[@GD-cx1ko]

Also try it with slick tires, then you might get a kind of aquaplaning that makes the tire go further over the water.

[@gahmivolka]

yup same concept as skipping stones tbh.

[@mortennielsen7168]

No tire, just rim, at full speed!

[@RiddleTime]

The actual wheel needs a flywheel!

[@brysonshires9742]

They could easily weld a flywheel to the rim

[@shabear1000]

I would like to see what it can do on a drag strip. See how fast that wheel can go in an 1/8 mile. Maybe race the wheel against something?

[@tootsitroll9785]

Ok that’s dangerous and way more entertaining than this smucks idea. Clearly did not think of fysics or I mean for us physics lol

[@ShadowzGSD]

you could super supersize this and launch massive tractor tyres!

[@DemeDemetre]

with 2 scrap lada engines? not possible

[@campflyingdragon2863]

Maybe a tractor tire from the front of a 4 wheel drive tractor? They have the diagonal tread and are small enough to launch. Without the bolts holding the tread on, it might be strong enough.

[@WizardRench]

All in good fun on a sunny weekend. Too many people here in the states would find so much wrong with what you are doing. I see nothing but good fun and learning.

[@johnathanwatsonson6009]

Very good video fellas. One worthy of Garage 54.... /cheers

[@volvo09]

Love the tire shooter The wheels really dig into the water, I did not expect that.

[@DemeDemetre]

same

[@barrelracer318]

I agree totally. It seriously surprised me at how often cars hydroplane...

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

Thats what they are designed to do. Otherwise in the rain your car would have no grip. If they sanded off all the grip it would fly.

[@knexmanmanmanman1781]

the paddles grab and drag but the diagnal ones push it out of the way. also maybe throw a strap around the tires next time

[@rockon2kp1]

Loved this video. Do this again, but give the tire more time to get speed over dry ground!

[@IMPCGaming]

Thanks for the video. You guys should partner up with the slow mo guys and get some awesome slo mo.

[@jjohnston94]

Weld paddles to a rim and see how that works.

[@Wipsplash]

---Fill car tires with water then freeze them.

[@mikerotch4597]

That snow studded tire looks mid evil as hell

[@christophermarshall5765]

I love watching you crazy buggers!! Great video!! Next, try making a car drive on water, using paddles on tyres!!

[@erisgh0sted961]

Lol, this is one of my favorite channels, and I wouldn't be able to enjoy it without BMI Russian. Also skip the tires, launch a double ended ax.

[@nothingmatters1337]

hey there fellas!

[@bushmanPMRR]

Always a good start to a KZbin video. Not so good if it's what you hear your mechanic say! 😉😂

[@imacomputer1234]

garage 54 is my favorite science channel

[@merces6295]

when did you shoot iphones at a lada?

[@bluelivesmatter8502]

You can find the video on their second channel.

[@kellypg]

An off the shelf tractor tire would probably work the same, if not better, and be more stable and less likely to explode since it's made like that from the factory

[@SoddingaboutSi]

Love a video without any stupid health and safety! Great channel.

[@jacobprogramz]

So your best option to launch a wheel at high speed is something like a straight road. Warning, the rim will probably dig into it though. The harder the surface, the less likely the oscillations will occur that you saw, but you have to worry about friction. If you dig into the road however, you will gain a lot of frictional force, so sometimes having a small surface area for contact can actually help (which is why spikes on tires exist). Basically, you want it to dig into the surface as much as possible without having said surface create a ramp that will launch it into the air

[@somethingsomeonesaid6455]

First time seeing this and I am laughing at how hilariously oversize and awesome that is...hahah!

[@grahamcrosssr1005]

I suggest using a smooth tire so when it hit`s the water it is more like skipping a stone.

[@Strike86]

Yeah they should have tried a racing slick or track day tyre.

[@jimr7987]

For the tire to skim across the water, it needs to be going 60+ mph or 100+ kph so that it is hydroplaning. So a greater distance over ground is needed for the tire to come up to full speed and all of extra rotational energy converted into horizontal speed. In the video the tire was still spinning faster than it was traveling across the ground and still kicking up a lot of sand before it reached the water. Once in the water, the horizontal speed was to low and the water just wraps around the tire and absorbs all the rotational energy. The best case would be a smooth tire which would skip over the water. As everyone knows, smooth tires are very dangerous for driving at high speed in the rain. Hit a puddle and the whole car loses contact with the ground and can spin out of control.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

The "bouncing bomb" method works better. IE backspin. How you'd launch them like that though I'm not sure. The physics dictated that back spin generates a high pressure under the item in contact with the water. Forward spin in effect pulls it into the water and increases drag by loads. Bernoulli's principle and Barnes Wallis are the two potential starting points.

[@salzar4431]

That’s what I was thinking. I wonder if they have an aircraft large enough to carry that rig.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

You guy’s should’ve have used paddle tires! Like the ones they use for mud bogging!👌😂👍

[@manicmechanic448]

Use a 235-75-15 all terrain, or a 31-10-50 mudder, and a full size truck diff.

[@billmeans4438]

How about creating snd balancing a metal “paddle wheel” design and see if It would go over water. It wouldn’t expand and explode, but I’m would certainly need to be made and balanced well…

[@jeffduncan02]

An ATV/UTV style tire might do the trick for going farther on the water and staying together... I mean UTVs themselves can skim a pond.

[@raytork5674]

this was funny he he,thank you guys for a great channel

[@bog2k3]

You can get the wheel to hover over thw water and go much further if you use a slick tire and a really grippy and smooth launch surface. The wheel must be moving forward without slipping (advance at the same rate as it's spinning) when it hits the water, otherwise it'll just dig into the water. Also it needs to have quite some speed

[@creepingjesus5106]

If you look up Barnes Wallis and the 'Dambusters' bouncing bomb from WW2, you'll see that it's backspin you need for best results. Which wouldn't be easy on that setup. I reckon a wide slick would work well though.

[@davidjernigan8161]

Shorter, wider tire and wheel so of might hold together at high speed. Go kart asphalt racing slick possibly.

[@Propan-Bhutan]

Then tell me how they do that in lake in middle of sand dunes with bikes and quads ? They put it in reverse ? No they dont .. it needs momentum same as speed

[@Propan-Bhutan]

What you mean is those bombs were put in reverse because they needed the bomb to jump higher

[@creepingjesus5106]

@@Propan-Bhutan Yes, that's how it worked: like an underarm bowling motion. Which is why I say it wouldn't be easy with their screw setup. It could be done with reversed drive and a swinging arm or quadrant, but that's some involved engineering. However, if you want to fling a rotating cylindrical object a long way over the surface of water, it's well proven to work.

[@jacobprogramz]

Also, it is skipping over the sand (most likely) because of the fact the sand easily displaces, creating small ramps, the tire shoots up and loses traction. Using a different surface, and making sure there is a small gap between the wheel and that surface on release, will probably give you the highest acceleration and end velocity, and the wheel could go further over the water with a greater horizontal velocity

[@CuzznDave]

Try a space saver tire (spare) something lighter.🤗🤗🤗❤ Great vid idea.

[@cyrax4144]

At least it makes a rainbow 🌈 😂❤ 5:06

[@mwbgaming28]

Put the tire on the rim backwards The tread pattern is designed to pull the tire into the water as to avoid hydroplaning If you put the tire in backwards, the tread will instead push the tire away from the water and allow it to skip above the water

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

Exactly. Same with a slick. Its just skip

[@ohm1945]

Brilliant fun. So many camera angles too. Well done, very entertaining

[@Vicsonvee]

Create a decent sized steel ramp to launch the tires off. Weld sections 1 1/2" angle irons on it for ultimate grip and watch the things fly into the horizon!!

[@prestonspencer6094]

That merch montage was epic lol. Another awesome video guys!!!!

[@HitchinValeting]

You guys really do some crazy things, love it!

[@DemeDemetre]

no shit 😂

[@quevicular]

id like to see you guys go to a 1/4 mile race track and send one at as fast as you can down the track and maybe race beside it if its safe enough

[@TechKnowCSS]

BALANCE THE WHEEL FIRST, AND WHEN LAUNCHING IN THE SAND THE GROUND TAPERS DOWN AND THE WHEEL CONTINUES THE DOWN DIRECTION INTO THE WATER, POSSIBLY MAKE A LONG DIRT/SAND RAMP THAT IS LEVEL WITH THE WATER FOR IT'S ENTRY. THINGS IN MOTION STAY IN MOTION LIKE IN A SLIGHT DOWNWARD INTO THE WATER.

[@Milnoc]

Try it with bald tires. Car tires have been engineered to fight back against hydroplaning. I suspect the threads are digging into the water and it's causing a braking action.

[@zerstorer1ss]

Wait, what? Shooting phones at a lada? How did I miss that one?

[@maddoctorwhitson]

Haha... My friend used to do something similar with a bicycle wheel. He would take a 20" bicycle wheel, lock up its axel by tightening it all the way, and loosely, but firmly, fit the axel into a grid-powered drill. The wheel would spin up to full RPM, then the axel would slip from the drill's grip, causing the wheel to launch super fast onto his neighbor's property toward their house. He didn't give a shit, and it was hilarious to witness.

[@georgieippolito9924]

launch a forklift tire and see what happens. there solid and super heavy. also try launching the square wheel on the water.

[@laxr5rs]

Great merch sequence. I might even buy some. :)

[@MissionFailed2]

3:00 I love the car in the background lol

[@TOM-C.]

This was fun, do it again, but this time make sure the tire, machine, and angle are perfectly perpendicular to the water so when the tire comes off it will skim over the water like a rock. 👍✌

[@maineeveryday3991]

It needs to rotate backwards at high speed while being dropped onto the water from a plane going forward in order to get a cylindrical object to skip across the water. The Americans and british did this during ww2. They were barrel bomb to destroy dams in german. Theres lots of footage on YT.

[@kerimca98]

I remember having a tyre spinning toy as a kid, basically a Beyblade but it's a toy tyre instead, exactly went like that on the video, unreal

[@deborahcuster8142]

LOL very very good ! most impressive experiment ! watching those wheels displace water and hearing the '' wwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhsssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh '' , is incredible .

[@tjohnson9051]

You guys came up with a great idea for farmers who's tractor tire tread is worn down and don't have the cash to buy new ones. That bolt on tread would get you through a season. Tractor tires here are stupidly expensive right now.

[@themightydrive6694]

America: We make railgun Russia: WE USE WHEEL

[@hyperthermogenic]

Maybe try some speed-rated tires and find some industrial-strength rubber adhesive to bond the V blocks to the tire instead of making weak spots in the tires with screws and bolts. Then re-balance the tire. Also, possibly configure the V blocks in chevron patterns like the bow of a boat maybe that would reduce the bow wake in front of the tire as its hits the water. Just my 2 cents worth.

[@jjthomas8542]

Do this with a tractor tire!!!! Its stronger and better balanced. Get it in drive and I bet you will get a lot of distance!!

[@rootbrian4815]

A few popped wheels, a skimming wheel and a few sand spitters. As I expected. LOL Anyone close to the wake definitely got soaked!

[@jacobprogramz]

Make sure the rims are as solid as possible and offer the greatest amount of support for the centripetal force. The reason why land-speed records use machined, solid aluminum wheels are because they are able to withstand the massive centripetal force. If you are planning to go high speed and don't want the equivalent of a massive grenade, make sure the wheels you are using keep majority of the mass away from the rim, and stay far, far away from people.

[@RazorRU1989]

I wanna hang with this guy so destructive. Lol, I have a idea. Have you watch the tractor pull those tires are used to high rev plus weight. Has paddles will help with traction. Can you install a shock of some sort to help keep the wheel from bouncing so much when you accelerate? Maybe be give yourself a little more take-off by moving the machine back like 2 meters a little land to help with speed b4 it hits the water. I love watching your channel. Give me more... Lol

[@carlredbird3054]

Haven't seen it don in a while, but if you have a car light enough, and fast enough, it will it will glide over water

[@adarshsunil7711]

This guy doesn't run Outta Ideas😂

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

That was such a Kool video. I hope you can find a new diff. I love this type videos.

[@angrypanda3014]

Replace differential with the infamous 9-inch Ford unit. Also try using an old-school farm type balancer to balance the more aggressive tires. Super Swamper Bogger tire!

[@jackradzelovage6961]

what if you did this with a really heavy wheel? like where the rim has a bunch of flywheels welded in or something so its solid, then just throw a normal tire on it. itll take a day and a half to get up to speed, but itll also take a day and a half to slow down... worth a quick try i think

[@sunshinekid6922]

The heavier the wheel, the more stress on the machine. You could not get such weight up to speed before themachine broke.

[@jackradzelovage6961]

@@sunshinekid6922 if you slowly accelerate it the forces are fine. its imbalance that causes breakage

[@ethankulp4035]

try a deep tread tractor tire. The smaller narrow ones can be mounted to car tires. we use them mainly for mudding in louisiana

[@TestECull]

Use a diff out of a large truck. Also, try to get an actual tractor tire of that size, one that has the chevrons from factory. May not come apart as easily.

[@jakemaze1499]

Can't stop watching these videos

[@genevasimmonds8208]

lesson learned, don't modify tiers, for high speed. but so cool

[@dennisdavis1967]

Need to try a slick tire. The treads on tires are designed to disperse water so they don't hydroplane. Hydroplaning is what you want here.

[@65bug519]

the tire launcher 2.0 should use a couple of truck diffs connected input to output for some real speed multiplication.

[@samsaverino8159]

I love these guys they do the stuff I wish I had the resources to try

[@deant876]

Good job. The water is just yo much resistance for a tire not being powered as it runs through the water

[@Maybe1Someday]

There was a toy when I was a kid that was basically this. Youd go looking for the wheel that shot down 5 blocks away

[@jonslife3533]

Or you were told to go outside with it and it shot into the woods... At mach 7 I still don't get how they approved that shit for kids

[@charredskeleton]

A bald tire? As in no tread left. And do you need a differential? Could the hub be mounted directly a drive shaft extension?

[@LU-D1GITAL]

Thank bmi Russian for the translation of this fn awesome channel 👍 easily top 10 channel on the KZbins

[@Siiello]

The secret to make it cross the water is it has to be given a considerable horizontal velocity not just rotational velocity. By lacking horizontal velocity it wants to dig into the water instead of skip over the water

[@christianfritz6333]

I would have loved to see the studded tire go, also a knobby tire does really well over water, and of course a paddle tire.

[@riddikulousgamingchannel4884]

I wonder how well/far a paddle tire would go and do

[@HalvardSkurve]

On land U want the wheel to dig down to get grip. On water U want the wheel to stay on top of the water, to minimize the drag. Putting the (diagonal) v-shape the other way (backwards) might help the wheel stay on top of the water.

[@VaGab]

Wonderful! Greetings from Italy!

[@Stonet420]

Garage 54 is the reason wheels are flying down the highway XD

[@johnlilley9363]

Love these guys, thanks for dubbing in english.

[@mariusd5913]

The reason the wheel cannot pick up speed is because you spin it up, charge with rotational potential energy, but when you let it go, the wheel itself is at 0km/h, now you need to use some of the rotational potential energy to accelerate the wheel and its mass. Lots of rotational energy is then lost. You will have to spin the wheel and fire it forward at high speed.

[@yogidemis8513]

If you really want to skip the tire you must reverse the spin the opposite way while still having the forward momentum. The reverse spin should cause the tire to stay on top of the water and skip it quite a bit. The forward spin is causing the tire to pull down in the water. However reversing the spin while making the tire move forward at high speeds is very tricky to pull off. But it works if you could figure it out.

[@EmmanuelAlphaSicam]

Try a full slick tire. The surface is flatter which will resist water more. Its the same concept as throwing pebbles on water - the flatter the pebble, the further it goes.

[@Scuddie]

Attach a flywheel on either side of the rim, doing best to maintain balance. Alternatively, add weight on the inside of the rim and leave the tire untouched. Barring that, just use the heaviest rim you can find. Also, experiment with under / over inflated tires.

[@MORTEMANIMAuk]

Aquaplaning gone extreme

[@xjoelportox]

Any updates on the magical chinese headlight restorer stuff? Are the headlights still fine? I need to take care of mine and the demo was quite encouraging