I built secret Nerf missiles

[@yeetmcmeat]

The Titan nerf rocket system would be a good platform to modify like this. it does need to be pumped but it has a trigger(and a pressure gauge) and a much bigger rocket. the main issue would be finding titan rockets, you can get custom made ones since the original nerf ones are going to be old and expensive since they're limited.

[@normalwaffle]

That’s what I was thinking

[@TheSpookiestSkeleton]

I've heard you can turn pool noodles into titan rockets, damn that thing is a lot of fun.

[@ashleybyrd2015]

I'll never be able to see the word "titan" again without thinking about 5 rich idiots who imploded.

[@AWildCooki]

OH MY GOD I had one of these as a kid. You could use thin, cheap pool noodles sold at the 99 cent store on the top of it, and as long as you glued the end shut it would launch them. The air storage tank is also expandable.

[@Moskyrath]

I still have my Nerf Titan with the 2 attachment guns from when I was like 5 lol

[@medicalbeverage]

The missile knows where it is at all times.

[@c4t_the_protogen]

@WiredWestWing and it isnt flying

[@mrbacon8664]

It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is - whichever is greater - it obtains a difference or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position that it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is is now the position that it wasn't, and if follows that the position that it was is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation. The variation being the difference between where the missile is and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows: Because a variation has modified some of the information that the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it know where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice versa. And by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

[@jgood1227]

wtf bro had the whole lyrics

[@GimiliGlider6989]

@@jgood1227yea

[@medicalbeverage]

@@mrbacon8664 Lmao, I also have the entire copypasta.

[@frequency144]

As a member of the Nerf community, I enjoy seeing engineering channels, like yours, make Nerf related projects. I just wish The Nerf hobby space is covered more by mainstream engineering Channels like yourself, as well as The Hacksmith and Mark Rober who have both made Nerf related content. Watching you guys modify blasters is like watching someone reinvent a worse wheel.

[@MortalCowIsHere]

You are my type of homie

[@benjamingodfrey2448]

Same

[@pay-2win]

Also, THERES A ROBLOX NERF MISSILE?

[@ChuckDaBear]

That's awesome man. I'm glad you are revisiting this. I'm looking forward to the next iteration.

[@JoelCreates]

Thanks!

[@iamarizonaball2642]

@@JoelCreateswhy not have a nerf battle with these custom weapons?

[@six-fingeredjimmy6977]

The remote activated, self-contained ones would actually be really cool for trap set-ups. Hook the remote to a tripwire (physical or laser) and leave the missiles strategically placed to launch where you want (maybe hidden in make-shit barrels, like soda cans or pvp pipes) to help guide them and conceal their presence

[@TheCaeraSimp]

The 6:58 you can make a nerf mortar with the drop mechanism, just like the real thing

[@not-alot-of-options]

Yeah when he said it was "stupid" I laughed and thought add a tube and you've made a mortar lmao

[@timehunter9467]

I’ve got some of those CO2 things and I’ve always wanted to make a mortar like that.

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

@@timehunter9467 if you do it, please record it for us.

[@timehunter9467]

@@Known_as_The_Ghost I dont thing they’d appreciate the fodder on the airfield near me 😬 I’m close enough that remote control aircraft aren’t allowed.

[@Thomas_____]

If he does that, his next video title will be: "How to get a quick visit from the FBI"

[@dracolanco]

This worked way better than i expected, i wanted to see how the nerf missile work on the last video but a dedicated video is perfect

[@drflux]

Love this video and completely agree! The Nerf HAMP system is the worst way to fire missiles! I really need to do some similar experiments as these! I did combine a dudebow with the Roblox missile launcher and it performed pretty well.

[@It-b-Blair]

That’s epic! Your creations constantly impress. I did have a thought for the co2 rocket; modify the launch tube to have a pin in the bottom, and two swing out legs for a *nerf mortar* 😸

[@JoelCreates]

I like the concept, though aligning the pin with the center of the cartridge tip would be quite difficult

[@TheNorsemon]

Not really just use green gas instead of CO2 like the pico blooper cartridge

[@TheNorsemon]

AND THE NOOB TUBE HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN

[@MODElAIRPLANE100]

​@@TheNorsemonwhat is "green gas" made of???

[@TheNorsemon]

@@MODElAIRPLANE100 It is just propane with silicon oil airsoft uses green gas and i think evike [ a airsoft shop] has a silicon oil adapter to put on a propane can

[@fojcol]

The simplest is the best. Web-nerf missile-shooter!

[@fojcol]

@ShadowTriceratops Web shooter now nerf missile shooter

[@SantiagoGomez-kx9qx]

Congrats Joel!!! I think you are finding the sweet spot with your vids. Tbh it doesn’t really matter if the idea works, the story leading up to the fails is what I’m here for!! Not all projects will be perfect, but the story you craft is what is important…keep it up

[@madeintexas3d442]

Awesome video. I would love to see a series about this. This was a blast to watch and I hope you continue to explore this topic.

[@Magitek85]

Thank you for helping keep David healthy and hydrated. The future needs more David.

[@allenseeallendo5844]

The concept was really cool I can tell why you wanted to do a video on this. Who would have thought so much engineering went into the actual dart at nerf.

[@JoelCreates]

Working with them has given me a lot of appreciation for their good designs!

[@TooLazyToFail]

Your dad was absolutely delightful!

[@yourbifriendaspen3629]

I like the magnet idea. What you could do, is use the original launcher (and put the magnet on the launcher instead of the rocket) since you said it's hard to stabilize the rocket without the launcher. Since you're using a launcher, you could also add a trigger to it that activates the rocket. This also gets rid of the short radio distance, since both parts would be *in the launcher*

[@SamanthaLaurier]

Your dad seems like a great guy

[@ncrawford5673]

I would love to see you make a self-firing rival round

[@Deja117]

You can make this work, well technically you did. Seeing how you grew your knowledge throughout the video was amazing, and this idea is also amazing! Never back down from something, the failures on a project only help you make it better.

[@JosephCornishV]

Congrats, Joel! I hope your efforts become popular enough to become a standard.

[@nateh2652]

When I was a kid, there was a nerf rocket launcher that used an air reservoir and launched a HUGE rocket. A friend had one, and that thing was wicked! It hit with a mountain of force, and could knock a kid over off of his bicycle. It was one of our favorite games. Lol

[@MaxBrainDevices]

The air up transition is so good and the project too

[@dsmck047]

Would a plastic tube insert with the firing mechanism at the head or mid way be an improvement? Rather than dismantling the rocket every time to modify it, perhaps a simple addon insert to each rocket ammo with a calculated weight distribution for the average rocket based on achievable/desired distance.

[@herzogsbuick]

Keep iterating on this! I'll bet you already are. This is so fun, I love it

[@matt_yuan]

I love the pacing of this video! Also I can sympathize with not getting the money shot in frame, I'm figuring out how to salvage my upcoming video where something similar happened haha

[@zenmark42]

I loved your dad's reaction to your project.

[@BakeBakePi]

Great video! That's a very cool concept!

[@normalwaffle]

Awesome video! Could you please make something similar with a Nerf Titan missile? It’s a giant missile from an old nerf blaster, I wonder what you could make with something like that

[@TheRoseAlmighty]

Another great, thank you Joel

[@foximacentauri7891]

Here’s my idea: let two metal contacts stick out of the missile, which act as capacitor chargers. They are always connected to a power source as long as long as the missile is in the launch tube. As soon as the missile gets ejected, the capacitor starts to discharge and sets off the propellant. Good luck!

[@fireandcopper]

Making smart nerf darts might get you a resume with a defense contractor

[@stevelin3659]

The fact that you still have your hand intact is mind-boggling.

[@nicklasraabirch2614]

i really want more versions

[@Scott_C]

Need to add more of the tech to the launcher. Also some form of flight control system would be great.

[@logan398]

i think you can use the design that activates when hitting the floor like a mortar would

[@JacobHGamez]

Awesome!

[@duskstorm3560]

This video strangely cheered me up. What sorcery have you? You even sold me on the sponsor, now I actually want to drink water.

[@lanecolvin95]

I love how you you are basically sponsored by a local mechanic

[@DaveK867]

I love it! Keep up the good work!!

[@permanentground]

Next month: You hold onto the nerf dart, the blaster is the projectile

[@JoelCreates]

My brother really wanted to do that

[@Ravedave5]

You need a bettee thumbnail for this one! Better video than expected.

[@cheeseylinushorts]

I love this guy

[@deanotastic880]

Ok, hold up, that was the smoothest sponsor transition I have ever heard! If I wasn't already subscribed I would have. Also, love the videos ok byyyyeeee

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

I love this stuff. Please do more!

[@ruudvandenhove6905]

finally, The sequel to the self firing nerf darts

[@jakegarrett8109]

How to get on a watch list while playing with Nerf, I a salute your ambition!

[@AXLB11]

USE THE ONE YOU DROP ON THE GROUND LIKE A MORTAR

[@Enderbro3300]

Just wanna say, I loved the bloop edits XD at like 1:50 ish

[@tbuk8350]

Eyy, more self firing Nerf. I kinda want to build some self firing darts, they look fun.

[@0desumilde11]

7:00 well, you could put it in a tube and make it a nerf mortar, that would be sick, imagine the endless possibilities of Nerf artilery weapons

[@cadburrower3736]

Using the puncture system would be a good way to make a nerf mortal

[@elouanhosford4376]

wow! please do more!!!

[@aaronlandry3947]

Skirting the edges of the legal definition of a firearm. Love it.

[@Scott.E.H]

Oh now I'm VERY impressed with the remote design. That right there is a self launching nerf missile, not just one with a very small launcher.

[@zhabiboss]

Imagine looking into the sky and noticing something fly: “it’s not a plane, it’s not superman, it’s… THE INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC NERF MISSILE”

[@kabooki22]

Woo, new Joel video!

[@RaineCloud01]

I just made up funny stats for these. Self fire dart: -10 HP to target, 1 ammo, 3 turns until recharge, 1 turn recharge. Flash fire dart: -15 HP to target, -3 HP to self, 1 turn until recharge, 2 turn recharge. (Self fire missile stats coming after I finish watching this video)

[@imdirtydan9604]

This was cool and all, but I’d also love to see one with a nerf rival bullet

[@916619jg]

Just discovered this channel and subscribed 🙃 if trying to make it "like" a javelin missile in that it powers itself after being initially launched you could easily make it like a bottle rocket with the center of gravity at or after the moment of thrust. Shove a stick up it's ... and aerodynamics be damned. You could use the stick like a guide rod with your launcher. A short cable could throw a switch or shear spring at a determined distance from the launcher. Thanks for the vid. Can't wait to see what's to come with the javelin nerf missile

[@Greger88]

You should definitely keep working on this, would love to see what you come up with after giving it more time. 👍

[@renderproductions1032]

I saw the title and I immediately thought of using liquid butane to create the propellant.

[@matthewharrington4714]

Congratulations, I'm pretty sure you made it on a few lists with this tech XD

[@davidjacobsen5898]

i love it already

[@Strubizbee]

this missile rly knows where it is

[@Eliyuh.Shafer]

For the javelin rocket, you could try to activate it with the radio one after.😊

[@Yorgos56]

Co2 smack one is so close to a nerf mortar, you have to do that as the next part in the series

[@HamsterFactz]

Definitely worth another try

[@Majima_Nowhere]

"All nerf missile launchers are pump fired" Nerf Titan, the objectively best-ever nerf missile: Yeah yeah, it hasn't been in production for a decade. I know. But my 10 year old self in 2005 is telling me that it's still the best thing since the Magstrike.

[@kslegendgg3128]

this deserved more likes and viewers

[@logncarter8471]

I was about to leave for work, but management can wait

[@Nick-hm9rh]

I think reversing the co2 cartige somehow do when you smack it and the co2 gets punctured the puncture is on the inside of the missile basically using the co2 catrige as a Barrel and shoots away from would be cool

[@CG-_-]

I have a "nerf rpg" I got from ollie's and you pump it a few times then pull a trigger to fire dosnt hurt so idk why nerf dosnt do that

[@notyouroperatingjohndoe1656]

A missile is guided, a rocket is unguided. Btw your content is great keep it up i actually want to see a self guided nerf missile- maybe impossible who knows

[@notyouroperatingjohndoe1656]

The TOW rocket system uses an actual wire to send commands, so that is an option or you could just go the way of the javelin and have it be fire and forget- harder on you and more work on the actual missile bit it is possible with some time.

[@defaultentertainment697]

You can make a mortar missile with the co2 cartridge design. if you look back the footage of dropping it on the floor it looks obvious that you only need to drop that into a pipe.

[@PrestonSanford-g9u]

with the co2 cartridge, try making a mortar. The cartridge is punctured from the impact of dropping it into the tube, and voila, you have a mortar.

[@hughjanis6318]

Keep trying with the Javelin! Maybe even add a propeller to one... 🤔

[@johnwiebe8581]

Neat idea! I wondered if you would do the most dangerous option...an A-class rocket motor!

[@sushicatyt]

Make a mortar with the drop system. That’s how the real mortars work. I say just noodle on the Javelin system. Maybe modify the actual launcher to have a functional trigger.

[@WarriorPNG]

joel the impact one that was a "bad idea" was the starting for a nerf mortar

[@elonwhite6628]

Next time try to make the launcher from scratch with a replaceable compressed air tank so you don’t have to pump the rocket, if you were to use hydrogen to launch it you could then use a timed fuse in the rocket to ignite the hydrogen as the rocket leaves the end of the launcher, I think that would be pretty cool if you could pull that off successfully

[@roberine7241]

A makeshift launcher, a hydrogen tank, hydrogen in the air and fire sound like the simplest way to end up dead

[@elonwhite6628]

@@roberine7241 ok, so it’s not perfect but as a engineer I can tell you that although hydrogen is highly volatile if used in a small quantity it would be very safe whilst still looking pretty unsafe.

[@epicthief]

Nerf is evergreen at ever age, we all love big nerfs

[@Revan384]

6:00 Vietnam-style flashbacks to Battlefront 2. "Watch those wrist rockets."

[@ScottCalvinsClause]

I love how your dad showed up with only the information "we are launching a missile"

[@thedoodes5134]

Your KZbin thumbnails are fire too

[@Maxinepat2024]

You know how you were having trouble with it being unstable you could have the launcher stabilize it somehow maybe spin it before it launches but precisely because it's done by a machine and you can still be spinning it when it ignites and starts thrusting and maybe try a bigger rocket engine if you want it to go further

[@alan2here]

If you shoot it over an international border that connects two continents, some part where it's just countryside and there's no fences or guards or checkpoints, does it become an ICBM?

[@Rygoat]

Can you make a Nerf MLRS at some point? I just think it would be amazing to see something fire off a good 20+ rockets in rapid fire. Maybe something that runs off a shop air-compressor that has a large tank. That way you can easily recharge it and safely fire it at people because its just the nerf projectile being launched

[@johannesviljoen9656]

not even a n00b toob, just a n00b with no toob

[@sp0764]

have the circuit activated by pulling a string out of the bottom of the projectile, then tie the string to the launcher. once the projectile gets 5 or whatever arming distance, it pulls the string right out of the bottom and activates the rocket. no wireless doodads, no switches, no need to break the seal off the foam.

[@Jimmyrandy7]

Mark rober 2.0

[@acrepaircat]

no, its more like mark's ultimate twin brother.

[@UNDERDOG063]

Nerf needs to hire this man 🙃

[@victorshui3104]

could you try making a more "reusable" rocket? so like make something that dosn't need to be refilled or something? Otherwise, im going to try 3D printing a mortar for this concept.

[@runman74]

If you added weight to the bottom of the rocket it could help the launch by bringing down the rear mid flight then when the rocket engine activates it would be facing upwards.

[@us3r158]

Have you thought about making a nerf grenade that launches nerf darts on impact in all directions

[@greendolphin9414]

Music is great!

[@thomaseki9401]

a panzer foust or a recoil-less rifle design might be fun

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

gun that goes of when you shake it is a great idea

[@Sky_EggYT]

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

[@Sliceoflie]

A mosfet would be a much smaller option than a relay. Paired with a reed switch or hall effect switch it would be very simple to have it trigger after leaving the launch tube. Magnet acts as safety, mechanical limit switch is the trigger. Would also be easier to integrate with the wireless remote too.

[@jakegarrett8109]

I don't know of many small ones that can repeatedly handle almost a short across them though. If you know of a small cheap one (below $10) that can repeatedly handle like 200 amps at 12v for 100ms pulse then I think it would be possible. The other issue with this particular design is if trying to embed it into the foam rocket, you probably have low voltage (and therefore even higher current) required. Mosfets typically can't handle huge spikes quite as much as mechanical, they just burn up really fast, but I'm not an electrical engineer, my only experience is burning up a decent amount of transistors...

[@lorenzofalasca7223]

AWESOME!