Pumpkin Implosion at 600ft Deep???

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[@rctestflight]

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[@Mrpup_gt]

I like your ideas

[@liminalreality9617]

I wanna do this with an egg carton

[@jacoblambert8082]

I say, even this was too soon but the release date

[@besearchingforwisdom6267]

Can I get a pumpkin pie with the first order from Factor?

[@EatsLikeADuck]

Just a heads-up: Factor has been really , really sketchy for me. One week nothing arrived, two weeks have been late. This is out of six weeks. I'd hate to see poorly performing sponsors to reflect poorly on you.

[@SJB117]

“Inspired by recent news events” hahaha legend

[@HG_Budde]

Too bad he didn't have this idea by himself 6 - 12 month earlier to tell them what's going to happen.. 😅

[@cptfrecell]

Oh now I get it

[@harriska]

I wouldn't say legend, I'm not here for pc content but they were real people. It's a bit disrespectful

[@aidank6037]

POV Titan submarine

[@zqzj]

Still a better sub than the Titan

[@sushsidnd]

"shouldve wrapped it in carbon fiber" had me dying lmao

[@NoodleFlame]

Yea same 💀🤣

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

@@PerigrineAerialNW I honestly feel like it is. People are hating on the people who died because they were rich, but they still died and left families behind....

[@Sniperboy5551]

@CharlieTheNerd91 There’s no such thing as “too soon.” Don’t live up to your username 😉 have a sense of humor

[@jacobtang8949]

@@CharlieTheNerd91 It's nothing about how rich they are, it's about the fact that the thing was unsafe, everyone knew it, no one tested it properly, and they still went with it.

[@complicatedbreakfast7645]

wah wah cry some more

[@christopherr8441]

“Wow that’s so distasteful” “Let’s pressure test it”

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

I mean honestly it was a bit.

[@mark675]

​@CharlieTheNerd91 abit hilarious?

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

@@mark675 No, distastefull and disrespectful. Any loss of human life is sad, he is only making fun of the dead because they were rich, which in itself is....

[@DKTAz00]

@@CharlieTheNerd91 'because they were rich' thats all inside your head buddy

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

@@DKTAz00 It really is not, look it up, many psychologists commented on the phenomena, as there was an overwhelming amount of positive reactions and reactions like "they deserved it" or things like this clip mocking it, when it was announced they were dead. So next time maybe don't comment if you don't know the actual context.

[@davetremaine9688]

More deep water content, please haha. Time to build your own "RC" Sub. I'd imagine you could make it autonomous, like you have done to everything else so far

[@MegaDada1995]

Underwater autonomous navigation (following a preset route of waypoints) would be super interesting for sure!

[@ogrooster69]

also uses game controller to drive

[@mkimball6]

He's tried beforehand, RC subs are hard

[@whatsthematter8767]

ArduSub does exist! if still a bit young.

[@tjnucnuc]

He already has an ROV. He’s used it in a few videos already.

[@aqueousone]

We used to send styrofoam cups down on the ROV cage to 7,000’ in the Gulf of Mexico. Then put the smaller cups that came up on display back in the rig galley.

[@pseudotasuki]

I remember seeing a video as a kid where they drew all over a styrofoam wig stand (shaped like a human head) and attached it to the outside of a DSV. When it returned, it was tiny and all the writing had become much darker.

[@crazzyearl]

man I remember that as well @@pseudotasuki

[@slycooper1001]

if you ever go out there again bring one of those Styrofoam airplanes like the ones that are like 4 pieces the main body + both wings and i guess you will have to make a smaller rear horizontal stabilizer because that one isn't Styrofoam like the rest of the plane might look a bit weird after that but should shrink with pressure would love to see both what it looks like and see if it still flies?

[@PsRohrbaugh]

I don't know if I could handle being in a boat in water that deep.

[@Andrew-AF]

​@@PsRohrbaughit's all the same ontop

[@frizzby-x]

As a scuba diver I can say the water in the lake is surprisingly clear.

[@John-nd7il]

As a skydiver I can say the sky is surprisingly clear

[@stilllmkp]

as the earth i can say your both right

[@mark675]

As a sailer i can say the boat is surprisingly floaty

[@slartibartfast2649]

@John-nd7il as an engineer, I agree.

[@J_D_B4379]

As an @sshole I can say nobody cares

[@phaeton5394]

I reckon you put more pressure tests into the pumpkin than that "recent new event" ever did

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

Well not really, they tested it, however, they also did not listen to the material experts who told them that the composite material would degrade after repeated exposure to these pressures...

[@1495978707]

The main thing was that they never destructively tested the sub, so they didn’t know what their actual margin of safety was

[@JohnL_S17]

"we should've wrapped it in carbon fibre"

[@turretbarrage2707]

💀

[@EvanVanderStoep]

That line got me good 😅

[@jojo-._.]

Yoooo now I understand the underlying joke 🤣 I thought the joke was the effort to waterproof a pumpkin

[@laska907]

Just when I feel like I’ve watched everything there is to watch my guy comes in clutch with a new video. 🙏

[@Sashassssssas]

Fr it is like a reward

[@BPBomber]

Yeah, already watched all the Formula 1 USGP content from this weekend, nice to see a new drop from RCTF

[@alexander.chodkowski]

That pumpkin gate submarine is hilarious 😂

[@danielg7317]

Truly a man of science, but now pumpkin buoyancy poses a new question, how many pumpkins would it take to make a pontoon boat with pumpkin pontoons?

[@dada_natureview]

scientists should answer the REAL questions. WHO CARES ABOUT THE BIG BANG AND PHYSICS NEED PUMPKIN PONTOON BOAT😂😂😂

[@NicholasRehm]

Thumbs up for the sick knot skills alone

[@justicesickles]

Will you be posting a halloween video?

[@TheWebstaff]

I was like pumpkins exploding at depth? Oh, ok. Yeah not too soon just about right timing! 😂

[@imchris5000]

I think you would get more dramatic effects from this if you used way more weights so its sent down deep fast before the air has a chance to get out so you get a nice cavitation

[@ElmarBon]

Suggestion: before sinking the pumpkin, put it in the freezer to make it very brittle❄️🧊

[@dfgaJK]

You should've wrapped it in carbon fiber

[@dfgaJK]

2:14 You said the same thing 😂

[@cutegamerboy]

You beat me to it lol

[@JaredWyns]

Halfway thru I'm now very curious how this would fare when covered in a full layer of clear epoxy lol

[@bornach]

Evan and Katelyn collab

[@AntiVaganza]

Not sure if you're kidding or not but here are my two cents: Not any better. Epoxy by itself doesn't have much strength and is fairly brittle. It would crack as soon as the pumpkin deformed just a bit. In a composite part, the fibers are where the strentgh come from.

[@JaredWyns]

@@AntiVaganza true, I was thinking that if the layer was thick enough it would be able to extend how long it takes for cavitation to start, thus hopefully a better implosion when it reaches terminal failure at a deeper pressure. The fiber does give strength, but for a thick enough layer of just epoxy that's been cured enough i'd kind of expect an extended time before a crack and then hopefully a shatter due to the then pressure difference. Might be fun to test next year myself once I've moved up near puget sound

[@appa609]

If they filled it with epoxy on the other hand... it'd take a few hundred bar until the actual flesh of the pumpkin started desintegrating

[@dominicdisla1467]

You should make an all terrain Pumpkin

[@jamespfp]

5:34 -- Freeze frame. "Silence is golden, but Duct Tape is Silver" springs immediately to mind.

[@cptsmoke0001]

Yes ! Awesome video, you need to build your own submersible next ! Also try a one of the ceramic pumpkins from hobby lobby ! 😊

[@rudolf9903]

glad to be here for this historical moment

[@imchris5000]

im loving your investment into deep sea filming. I would love to see you build a drop shot rig off by having the weights hang a good 10ft below the camera rig so you are above the silt cloud when it hits the bottom. it would be interesting to just see random deep locations you might find something interesting considering 99% of the water deeper than 200ft is unexplored

[@dada_natureview]

deep sea... i wonder if he could get a shot of some bioluminecent fish, deffinitely not a an angler fish but you probably get what im saying. that would be cool, just prob some technical stuff, like it not getting chrushed like a soda can.

[@BPBomber]

“This Just In: OceanGate Begins Testing Pumpkin-Based Submersible Hull; Expert Promises It Won’t ‘Fail Catastrophically’” 🌊🎃

[@rat_master349]

This is the most random idea and I love it

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

More deep water content! What if you epoxied the entire thing? How far can you push a deep water submersible?

[@aserta]

Obtain a KB4-NS/3, use it to cut the top off an ostridge egg (good omelette), re-glue the top of the egg back, and test it against pressure. I'd use an epoxy glue, try to glue it as neatly as possible, any excess might just as well cause you issues. You can also try to pierce the top with a small drill after you've shaken the egg like you're trying to shake someone back into their senses, and eject the contents through that hole, after you've made a small needle hole to blow the guts the other way around. Then you can just use drops of glue to seal the egg shell back, tho that might be a bit difficult. I know it's possible, but i've never managed to get it all out (shaking the egg vigorously breaks up the content. I know some people have it down pat and they use that technique to save time on mixing the egg.

[@slycooper1001]

i tried looking this up earlier but could not see any results eggs are both known to be structurally strong and somewhat permeable the membrane inside the egg has a tiny air pocket surrounded by fluid ie: egg yolk the structural stability is compromised when the egg is opened so the test would have to include undamaged eggs i wanted to see the effects of high ocean pressure on a egg because all i could find were the calculations determining how much it would take before going crack and not a actual video showing the descent until it cracks

[@jojo-._.]

"good omelette". Got me xD

[@wolpumba4099]

*Summary* *Introduction (**0:00**-**0:03**)* - Welcome to a remote-controlled (RC) test flight video featuring a Halloween special theme. *Previous Halloween Projects (**0:04**-**0:17**)* - A brief overview of prior Halloween experiments involving pumpkins. *Today's Experiment Objective (**0:18**-**0:23**)* - Goal to sink a pumpkin in a lake to test for implosion. *Test Rig Details (**0:24**-**0:45**)* - Description of the rig designed to hold and sink the pumpkin. *First Sinking Attempt (**0:46**-**1:01**)* - Initial attempt to sink the pumpkin fails due to inadequate weight. *Technical Issues (**1:02**-**1:26**)* - Rope angle issues due to wind and a microphone falling into the water. *Submarine Experiment Results (**1:27**-**1:54**)* - Sub stops at 180 ft; pumpkin experiences a minor crack but doesn't implode. *Secondary Tests (**1:55**-**3:06**)* - Experiment with sealed containers also yields inconclusive results. *Preparing for Deep Dive (**3:07**-**4:51**)* - Talk about moving to "fugia sound" for better results and pumpkin preparation. *Second Deep Dive (**4:52**-**6:03**)* - Pumpkin cracks but doesn't implode even after lowering to 145 ft. *Sponsored Interlude (**6:36**-**7:37**)* - Brief segment discussing meal service, Factor. *Final Attempt and Summary (**7:38**-**8:13**)* - Last pumpkin heavy with water but doesn't implode; need to remove air from bags for future tests. *Bag Issues (**8:17**-**9:29**)* - Troubleshooting bag issues, from air leaks to cave-ins at certain depths. *Vacuum Bags and Buoyancy (**9:30**-**10:19**)* - Using vacuum bags and weights; finally sinks but collapses quickly. *Operational Concerns (**10:23**-**11:30**)* - Concerns about ocean currents, potential obstacles, and efficient reeling methods. *Depth Achieved (**11:39**-**12:20**)* - Reached a depth of 675 ft, deeper than the Space Needle. *Post-Experiment Observations (**12:24**-**13:52**)* - Items pulled up, observations on deformities in metal and glass, and pumpkin states. *Additional Pressure Tests (**13:55**-**15:11**)* - Further tests focusing on pressure impacts on pumpkins. *Conclusive Remarks (**15:13**-**15:38**)* - Final thoughts on the experiment, including a cracked pumpkin bottom and water ingress.

[@Rahvanteli]

Why

[@PrizzProductions1]

@@Rahvantelia bot maybe? Strange

[@CheeseMiser]

Thanks

[@wolpumba4099]

@@PrizzProductions1 I just paste the transcript into GPT4 and ask it to make a bullet list before I watch.

[@clonkex]

"fugia sound" lol

[@JuanJDumeP]

Looks cold but then I see the blue toenails and now I'm just confused.

[@carlschiel4754]

"oh my god, that is so distasteful." You made me spit up my drink when you said that! haha

[@concordegaming5037]

"Let's pressure test it!"

[@pioneerAv]

Wow it's almost like pumpkins were not designed to be pressure vessels or something 🤔

[@octane613]

That's the fun of it

[@MKZ3003]

The fact that you can hate on 2 guys having fun with pumpkins near Halloween is insane

[@Windows__2000]

Nah it's fine. Trust me bro, just pay me 70,000$ and I'll show you ;)

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

Actually you're wrong, Daniel J Pumpkin (the inventor of the pumpkin) specifically designed them to withstand at least 3 bar of pressure in order to assist the allies with the war effort. I hope that helped 🙂

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

@@MKZ3003Who is hating, I think he is piling on to the OceanGate submersible hate.

[@McLovinMods]

Dude I freaking love your videos! I'm from the Puget Sound area and would love the chance to meet up one day! Keep doing anything brother and thanks for the quality content

[@zxggwrt]

I appreciate your Titanic effort!

[@DesertFernweh]

He should named the pumpkin Jack

[@steves9522]

Based on these experiments, they should be making deep submersibles out of pumpkins.

[@concordegaming5037]

Like, sure, it will fill with water, but hey, at least the sub remains largely intact!

[@GMC_K15]

I would suggest using a power drill to reel in the items from the lake

[@zmuse]

Incoming 3D printed ratcheting drill driven reel.

[@snesguy9176]

Or knowing him just rig a big dc motor for a home made winch. Considering his channel is all about motorizing stuff, I'm surprised he was doing that manually.

[@Hitbabttr21]

14:47 they knew what they're doing 💀

[@appa609]

If you want one that's going to hold then get a nice round casper pumpkin with no flower/stem indentation. They use this variety for pumpkin chunkin because they are dense and strong enough to withstand the hundreds of g's to which they're subjected.

[@AhHereWeGo]

The end is even funnier when you remember they’re testing it in the same place the other one was made and tested

[@paulmuadib8955]

" that pumpkin got compromised" is the good stuff ... im glad i found this art

[@jojo-._.]

ohh no who could possibly have made that submarine? Great vidio, I respect the effort you always put in

[@naplays3356]

Inspired by recent events got me 😂😂

[@noah5889]

14:48 “I had no idea you were chill like that” 😂😂 lmaoo dude

[@theanphiban7160]

It would be cool to see some more deep water stuff

[@thecameraweb]

Watching these type of your videos makes me feel like I'm one of the boys there in the moment messing around with niche science

[@hiphip4808]

I think it would be cool if you made different submarine designs and pressure tested them.

[@daleburnfart6845]

Dont ever give into those "safety protocol talking head bureaucrats" be innovative and make your own science!

[@TheBennedy85]

You should have lowered the pumpkingate with a logitech game controller! lol

[@katybarney6084]

Hi I’m Lydia from Neil Armstrong academy, if you have seen someone else that is from Neil Armstrong academy then they are probably talking about the same thing. Our school is on a mission to get a lego figure from one side of the great salt lake to the other. What we need help with is to help us figure out how to make the boat be able to navigate( mostly) by itself, if you can help us, again we’re Neal Armstrong academy.

[@sweetuasi1]

GOOd JOB LYDIA ITS ME RUTH HEHEHE

[@samhklm]

And for years afterwards pumpkins grew at the shores of Puget Sound.

[@ellishaindobo1794]

Oceanogate catching rctestflight banter. love it.

[@jo3ywils0n39]

I thought for sure your were going to engineer a DIY crab-trap puller for hauling in all that line. Wow, must have been a workout.

[@numbthumbhero8529]

Yeah haha. I was hoping for some crazy over engineered servo setup. The spit they made to roast that whole pig comes to mind lol

[@ac.creations]

aka a drill? a crank? ANYTHING?

[@Razer_-fe9mo]

Cool science experiment! Next year you should hollow out a pumpkin, stuff it with electronics, attach wings and make a pumpkin plane!

[@alskjflaksjdflakjdf]

Awesome video, thanks for posting. Happy halloween!

[@JCtheMusicMan_]

I’m surprised you didn’t make an electric wench with gears to real in your line. Excellent presentation!

[@evanbarnes9984]

Dude when you were pulling up that rope from 600ft I was yelling in my head, "set up a haul!" And then you did, excellent thinking!

[@kindasusperson]

Whales being directly underneath you would absolutely terrify me. No way in heck I’m ever getting in a boat with you if that even has a chance of happening

[@RachederBanane]

They are in a lake...

[@BirchPig]

Wales dont attack humans or boats. They are like big cows. They just hang out and don't give a shit.

[@abl6008]

How did you film under water. i know it was some camras on the "pumpking" rig but the side view

[@danieljryba]

Sketchy science experiments are the absolute best kind!

[@samuelfrancis9143]

3:20 yessss the Costco cookie variety pack goes hard

[@gadgetbuster69]

You busted out the trusty ol' third hand to pull that strand! Brilliant

[@user-nt1nq7ho6f]

This is the exact sort of questions I have when I am stoned. Nice work dude!

[@therealtony2009]

Yes! More underwater stuff, always fun to see this kinda stuff

[@jerseylife8701]

10/10 for the ending lol. Great video overall

[@egypthobby]

Always fun seeing your videos. Just 2 things, if you use the winch for anything in the future maybe attach an electric winch to the wheel. Secondly when taking out a small open top boat out that far please wear a PFD

[@breannefallwell4709]

Well said. Somebody that clearly understands that its unsafe to force feed safe practice.

[@OrganicOyster]

"wow there is a whale !" If only you had something to film it underwater ! 😂

[@graysonjohnston7972]

Some under water footage of the glass breaking would be interesting. Good Halloween vid 👍

[@jocozaraspe2889]

Hey Rc test flight remember the wooden plane video? Well i made a paperplane that flies so even it even has a aliron

[@ruftime]

Too soon?😁😎🥰 Awesome work guys!

[@wattage2007]

Thought you would've had a motorised spool winder! 😜

[@snesguy9176]

Ye I was amazed. Him of all people doing this manually. No homemade winch? Tsk tsk tsk

[@kleintoni]

i´m not ok with crushing glass in water :( how do you want to get the small shards out the water? :(

[@MrWeusi]

That crack looks like , a well never mind..😅

[@DinJaevel]

What underwater cases did you use for the gopros? They had to withstand a bit of pressure.

[@DinJaevel]

And you should build a gopro case that can take it 600 feet down. XD

[@normalviewer740]

I wonder what the glass sounded like when it imploded

[@Nobody-df4is]

15:10 Looks like you guys solved the problem! Use pumpkins for your front dome.

[@bdg77]

So much for my pumpkin dive helmet design. Back to the drawing board.

[@winstonwombat]

What brand of light are you using? It is very bright at the bottom

[@gooutsideeveryday2017]

Came for pumpkin carnage, wasn't disappointed

[@kwhp1507]

I’m surprised you didn’t add in a little firecracker underwater finale, since you did go there lol

[@madeintexas3d442]

You need to test other fruits lol. This was awesome.

[@HowToGuroo]

thanks man, happy halloween

[@cablecar3683]

14:55 "it's kinda cute tho" 💀

[@BrokeJogan]

you can use an ascender OR just grab the line and turn your hand perpendicular to the line, essentially making a handle plus its faster

[@sexylittlewilly]

I wonder if that pumpkin titan can actually make it down to Titanic XD

[@JohnL_S17]

Down? Yes! Up? Nah

[@Albertosqua1167]

You're a genius mate 😂😂😂

[@RailPreserver2K]

Whats it like luving in WA state ? Im from georgia and wanna move there. Ive heard all sorts of things about it and even visited breifly in 2016 (seattle) and saw the good and the bad.

[@Very_Grumpy_Cat]

What water drone do you use

[@Useless_Feller]

Deepwater stuff is VERY spoopy

[@evelkenevel7948]

Greatest idea i ever seen!!!

[@phearz0r]

Is that the unlimited range boat? got a center console now? no panels?

[@CT5555_]

4:55 what kind of whale was that? Kind of looks like an orca that was checking out what you were doing. Edit: after watching you struggle to pull that line up from deeper, I realized that you should build some sort of electric windless into your boat for dealing with anchor cables and such.

[@reese7058]

I don't think it was a whale

[@potatopobobot4231]

He told you what kind of whale it was. He said its a halloween whale.

[@user-pn7kh5sd8j]

This is awesome 😎

[@littlehills739]

11:00 utube how to raise an anchor with bottle by driving the boat or use the blue float you have there

[@skenzyme81]

14:39 Titanic surprise

[@imchris5000]

3d print some gears and make a crank for your rope spool with the right transmission you could bring it up with an rc size motor

[@Sv5YpWTwd9otTA4So83f]

Absolutely fantastic science. The world would be deprived without you.

[@JessWLStuart]

As a cashier at a grocery store, I LOVE the idea of imploding a pumpkin! Selling 20 lb pumpkins looses it's appeal when I have to pick up the 3+ pumpkin to weigh it!

[@orangeacresmontanacouchsur2735]

If you put a co2 cartridge inside the pumpkin it might of exploded, even thought they are built to contain pressure I am not sure they would resist outside pressure. Maybe nothing or maybe on the way back up they would explode , if it didn't sink it back to the bottom and don't bring it home because if it did explode it could send shrapnel at you . Scuba tanks are built to do both but I am not sure about a co2 cartridge.

[@jeepfreak0iii0]

Here I'm thinking this is too similar to Titan incident😬. Then time stamp 14:40 says "hold my beer"😂

[@YeCannyDaeThat]

could you use a drill to wind it back in faster and easier?

[@pureheroin9902]

thought you were going to tie the pumpkin to a para-motor for a second :)

[@SpAm-AcCoUnT]

Hydroforming via sea pressure time.