HOMEMADE FLEXIBLE 3+ RIFLE ARMOR!!! (STOPS M855A1 / 3070fps)

[@Techthisoutmeow]

Excellent work brother! I watched the construction video you did, I'm usually worried about butted plates vs overlap, but looks like you got it to function properly. Congratulations on your success. The grouping was also very impressive.

[@Techthisoutmeow]

Now we gotta get some clay readings on this bad boi's. Love seeing the steel cores. It's always an exciting experience to see steel core damaged/flattened from a strike face.

[@Armor-Innovations]

@@Techthisoutmeow im building a full size plate. Id gladly send it out to you for further testing.

[@Techthisoutmeow]

@Armor-Innovations We could arrange that. Either way, I'll be sure to direct people to your channel on an upcoming video to try and get you some more traffic on here. You do good work, brother. If you have a discord or something, we can exchange information for a collaboration. Let me know what you would like to do.

[@Armor-Innovations]

@@TechthisoutmeowI have a discord account but im not really sure how to use it. Lol😅😅😅

[@nemesisobsidian]

@@Armor-Innovations You're not the only one lol. I also have it and don't know how to use it. 😅

[@mikewenger4775]

I've heard the liquid flex seal doesn't it but I've thought about like a paint on bed liner that stuff is pretty rigid but it gives a little

[@kungfugirevik657]

The new version of the dragonskin armor has its ceramic disks wrapped in fiberglass. I would guess that the wrapping aids in keeping the disk intact. A suggestion would be to cut the titanium to the same size/shape as your ceramic, use a strong adhesive to bond both sides of the titanium, then wrap the titanium ceramic sandwich into another layer, possibly UHMWPE or a bed-liner.

[@hyperhorton2554]

Awesome stuff bro! Great work as always!

[@Armor-Innovations]

Thanks

[@ukuskota4106]

Which material this tiles is made of?

[@Armor-Innovations]

Alumina oxide. 90% purity. ceresist.com/products/alumina/ceramic-mats

[@ukuskota4106]

@@Armor-Innovations Thanx. Did you studied effects of purity of Allumina oxide on ballistic capabilities?

[@Armor-Innovations]

@@ukuskota4106 no, but generally body armor is made using 95% or higher, higher being better. 90% was all I could find at a good price though.

[@justsnuggle]

Nice job.

[@nemesisobsidian]

Looks like it doesn't take much to stop the A1. Quarter inch Alumina, Grade 5 Titanium alloy, and 22 layers of UHMWPE textile. I wonder how much more effective quarter inch SIC tiles would be in blunting that steel penetrator of the A1. You could also replace the UHMWPE with solid block HDPE plastic if you wanted to make a different version of the plate that wasn't flexible but a single or multi curve rifle rated hard armor plate that would also be a little cheaper for the same protection. All you would still have to pay for is the ceramic and the titanium sheets. The HDPE can be sourced for free and should cost you nothing in materials. I also have a layup design for this plate if you're interested in knowing what it is so you can test a few samples for yourself against the same rounds.

[@LupusMechanicus]

SiC is trash compared to alumina in hypervelocity impacts. SiC actually melts, alumina does not. ie 4000 fps or faster.

[@nemesisobsidian]

@@LupusMechanicus Alumina melts at 3,762 degrees Fahrenheit. Silicon Carbide melts at 5,130 degrees Fahrenheit. Silicon Carbide is also much harder and lighter than Alumina. Silicon Carbide is a ceramic. Ceramic is a heat resistant material and is not supposed to melt from a bullet impact. That only happens with metals such as iron or steel. I don't think you understand how a ceramic works.

[@LupusMechanicus]

@@nemesisobsidian Ok remain ignorant and dumb then I guess.

[@jenshauer7434]

To Nemesis and Lupus... The are many characteristics that affect the efficiency of the retarder. Hardness and strength and Youngs modulus are crucial.

[@dumb66669E]

Thats 3a+

[@Armor-Innovations]

@@dumb66669E ahhhh yes, 5.56 M855A1 the infamous pistol caliber.

[@dumb66669E]

@Armor-Innovations level 3a stops pistol calibers level 3 stops common battle rifle calibers level 3a+ stops low caliber rifle rounds (556&762) while level 3+ can stop ap battle rifle calibers

[@Armor-Innovations]

@@dumb66669E M855A1 while not technically AP does punch through lots of level 3 plates which is why I gave it the plus rating, and although not seen in this video the full build of this plate does stop .308 so lvl 3 at a minimum.

[@dumb66669E]

@@Armor-Innovations fair enough

[@SUNSETRETREATSXM]

Good job!