World's Fastest Pitch - Supersonic Baseball Cannon - Smarter Every Day 242

[@smartereveryday]

I have been wanting to build this thing as long as I understood the physics of how it all works. A super big thanks to David , Jeremy Fielding, Trent, and David. I realize most people who support Smarter Every Day don't do it for "transactional" reasons, (ie, supporting Smarter Every Day to get stuff). People usually support because they understand what I'm trying to do here and are of good will. I also realized that there is often a mental hurdle that must be crossed before support on Patreon starts. My thought is that I'd really like to give folks a baseball, and it might provide enough momentum to get over that initial hurdle. I signed the first shipment of baseballs I received, but I only have so many of those. There's no implication that my signature is worth anything.... it's just kind of what you do with baseballs... it's a tradition. After a certain number, it will transition to unsigned baseballs. I've got enough signed baseballs to over all existing Patrons, and many more, but I will wait a month or so to see how many I need to get, then I'll order the second batch. I like to support jobs and pay people for what they're good at and hopefully this will enable more of this. The machinists and welders who made the parts in this video for example. The whole intent here is to diversify away from solely being ad sponsored so I don't have to answer to anyone but myself and Patrons with respect to the types of content I choose to make. Thank you for understanding what I'm doing here, and even if you decide not to kick in at www.patreon.com/smartereveryday , I'm super grateful you took the time to watch this video! Thank you very much, Destin

[@john-vincentsaddic6335]

Can you launch the baseball at the bat swinging machine?

[@Killbayne]

Shoot it at a person next Kappa

[@user_z11]

SUBMARINESSSSS

[@BOT-ww3vb]

6th

[@garagemess]

That's awesome!

[@MarkRober]

WHAT A BANGER!!! 1) I’m humbled you named the cannon after me 2) I’m stealing “What hath we wrought” as a catchphrase 3) I just signed up for your Patreon to get one of those balls!

[@chroma9848]

Collab please ❤️

[@tejasnair8967]

You need one of these canon for your collection

[@cwtrickshots4198]

I love you mark! Glad you didn’t die with those sharks!

[@tildejustin]

Hi

[@Mike-vs3dv]

Glad to see you here Mark. I appreciate you guys SO much. 😳

[@miriam4235]

Well, seeing as you have a really accurate baseball canon, is there really any need to mail the baseballs?

[@Eagle8599]

Brilliant!!!! 😎👍

[@jackclancy2189]

“You can expect your package to arrive in 10,9,8,7...”

[@styleofender8945]

Well. As Dwight said. A blow to the head could prove fatal.

[@ahlanderlolz]

@@styleofender8945 guess we gotta practice our catching

[@robmulally]

HHahaha

[@trashpandasbaseball]

This was AWESOME. Thrilled to have worked with you guys on this! For those of you just finding out about our team...welcome to Trash Panda Nation.

[@Seelenschmiede]

Indeed, coolest team name ever! Greetings from Germany 😊

[@glandilovsky7061]

@Rocket City Trash Pandas : with such a cool name you could sell merch even to guys like me who know nothing about baseball ^^ Cheers from Romania.

[@ubernate860]

Awesome name I love it. Would love to see some games but I dont live near Rocket City sadly 😔

[@chesskaboomgustz3755]

@Rocket City Trash Pandas, you have done a good job with your branding campaign and earned yourself a fan from Pakistan

[@AdamHillikerLikesRobots]

Greetings from a Savannah Banana! Appreciate you getting involved; this is such great community spirit. Hope you can get some games going soon.

[@purdueMET]

Mark French here. My students, Craig and Jim, and I did the first supersonic ping pong gun about 9 years ago. I'm impressed with your design and how far you've taken the concept. I never would have guessed it would get this sophisticated. Nice work :-)

[@Pyramid1974]

I want to see him fashion a pellet of appropriate caliber.. That is one colossal air gun!! ..I bet with the right "pellet" it would penetrate that steel plate..

[@lukedean1769]

Oh look, one of my favorite professors!

[@puppypoet]

In your name, replace French with 1. You are now the cannon.

[@theslowmoguys]

🤯

[@danielcettour]

:o

[@deadstroke82]

Did you already ask? You already asked...didn't you lol

[@sideeffectdk]

🤯

[@TheDiegolopez007]

It's competition. @TheSlowMoGuys lol

[@thomasmathew13]

Destin's baseball cannon with Gavin and Dan manning a Phantom camera. The videos would be epic. We need a collab.

[@AlecSteele]

Utterly incredible!

[@TheTom-Saunders]

just like your creations :)

[@Chayseangus]

it is

[@swoyambhattarai1011]

Just like that pizza cutter

[@alex0589]

“Damascus airflow”

[@nouefekz]

Build a steel balista arrow and send it to them!!!

[@benrae6337]

"You can get one of these baseballs! Just give us your coordinates, we'll calculate the ballistics and let you know the required steel plate thickness to armour your house with..."

[@nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415]

This is highly underrated!

[@lm14000]

underrated comment 🙏

[@notgray88]

lmfao

[@gabrieldefreitascoelhocarr9556]

Ingeniously genius

[@staainless]

Give this man an award

[@Kuonluw]

I love how scientific their minds are. They saw something with their own eyes which shouldn't have been possible and their first reaction was "something is wrong, I need to do the math and double check. I need to understand what happened." Great stuff!

[@joshuasalem5022]

Be honest Destin, you added that “excess air collector” cylinder on the front of the barrel because it makes it look 10x cooler

[@-danR]

He just wanted to steal some ideas from gun-silencer patents.

[@SweetyetS0ur]

lol yeah, and the "sear"

[@robertespinoza5958]

Isn't it bacicly a fume extractor? Tank cannons have had those for ages although I like it being used to catch access air

[@campionedi1764]

LOL

[@jesusnavarro391]

It makes it look like a giant sound suppressor

[@acapellascience]

Things this needs to be fired at now: An actual baseball bat Watermelon Mark Rober-designed Supersonic Baseball Glove

[@Mister_O]

Epic

[@slinkytreekreeper]

Now that would be an actual challenge for Mark since the 'glove' mechanism does sound impossible. If anyone can do it, Mark can. The ball is literally coming apart at the seam before it hits the target so it's gonna tough if the 'catcher' isn't a one time use. Challenge is set! And no mark, you can't have the 'catcher' 14 miles away :) Actual pitching distances please!

[@syrob123]

Awsome idea! You have to do it 😃

[@xfaggjack4091]

and the "peaceful" protesters

[@samiraperi467]

Pre-emptive F for the melon.

[@nunyabidness117]

The Trash Pandas really is the coolest Minor League Baseball team name ever.

[@smartereveryday]

Absolutely. Selling t-shirts is pretty important to them right now. Since they weren't allowed to play their first season due to COVID, merch sales is keeping the ship afloat for the time being. As a family, we're super excited to see them play, so we really want them to remain healthy through the pandemic. They have some cool designs. If you'd like to support one you can get one here: shoptrashpandas.com/

[@pxer83]

Albuquerque Isotopes. C'mon!!

[@victorfabio4715]

Big fan of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies as well

[@thedistantprinceinyouremai6345]

Akron Rubber Ducks would like to know your location

[@ethanwarner9239]

What about the Savannah Bananas? Lol

[@shotdoctor5869]

Ok, I feel like not enough hype is being had over that ball stop. Dude literally doesn't even budge an inch after getting hit with a super sonic baseball straight to the face. Props

[@theCodyReeder]

Congrats! I really like that you mentioned the laval nozzle since without it super sonic speeds wouldn’t be possible.

[@Malik-td2ft]

Eyy Cody, how you doin'?

[@jakefearing6640]

Cody has large brain

[@ryangagnon5489]

Malik cody brain is big bain

[@ryangagnon5489]

Heyy Cody havent seem you in a while

[@fyoukungflu5881]

Yes, we know, we learned about this in elementary school using a pinched plastic straw and a spit ball or pea.

[@101m4n]

So here's the real question: If you could hold that vacuum and push the pressure to say, 750, how much _faster_ could you make it go? ;)

[@drachenpanzer5622]

I feel like at that point the baseball would tear itself apart mid flight.

[@rosen9425]

At some point, that baseball will rapidly deconstruct midair. I wonder how much it can take.

[@TangleAndToot]

I love how they weren't at all concerned about loosing vacuum

[@FishAdvisor]

Can one inject water into the ball and freeze it prior to blast off? Slight increase in weight so a slower speed but impact should be very interesting!

[@Roonasaur]

@@rosen9425 18:58 It kindof already did, lol

[@AppliedScience]

You're the best, Destin! Don't ever change! Really great collab with Jeremy!

[@LoadBearingSolder]

Oh hey whatsup ben. Love all of your videos. I'm nearing being able to complete my own diy SEM project inspired from your channel. Its great seeing two of my favorite channels in one place!

[@catoleg]

And you are the one of the best too Ben!

[@chuck7790]

I was literally thinking about a collab between you and Destin while watching this video! Love your stuff, Ben.

[@Alexander_Sannikov]

no one reaches power level of Ben though

[@joaocalhandro]

Change is fine ... to metric.

[@angelabates8625]

Hi Destin, small world, we interned together one summer long ago (before KZbin). 😂 I randomly found this video of yours this summer with my son, while looking to improve his baseball skills, and we are now big fans of your channel. (Even more after Mr T confirmed that I did in fact know you.) You do a really great job of explaining things simply enough that we do in fact get smarter every time we watch. Thank you for choosing to do this, and I hope you continue!

[@EnmaDarei]

The one thing I can't stop obsessing over while watching this video is how incredible the cannon's sound must be in person.

[@stevethea5250]

Smarter every David

[@AllHailZeppelin]

Watch the video with headphones/earbuds, and during the exact second that the shot goes off, turn your device volume up as loud as you can. That’s probably how loud it is in-person.

[@EnmaDarei]

​@@AllHailZeppelin Using headphones/earbuds immediately makes it completely pointless and not at all a good representation of what it would be in person. Sound is felt with more than just your ears, especially sounds like those. Earbuds/headphones won't ever come close, no matter how high you turn up the volume.

[@AllHailZeppelin]

@@EnmaDarei I meant only in terms of volume. Of course it would be COMPLETELY different and much more visceral (and awesome) in person.

[@DanP740]

"There's a way you can actually get one of these baseballs." You mean, give him your coordinates and he'll fire one to you?

[@dennisdekoster1187]

DanP740 lol, could he reach Europe though? 😁

[@hardwirecars]

steel rain inbound splash in 30

[@Discordia3052]

This is the only acceptable delivery option

[@rgcecil]

Discordia 3052 USPS should take notes

[@JEBavido]

Seems legit...

[@thefunkosaurus]

19:59 Significant wear on seams from firing process. With a redesigned barrel, one could develop a series of sabots that would allow you to actually supersonically PITCH!! The accuracy is good, but a 1000+ mile an hour curveball?! In the strike zone!? Being hit by the Mad Batter!?! Surely we need this. Science, I mean. Science needs this.

[@michaelkartman3543]

That would be insane!!!!!!

[@Greymist21042069]

DOOOO IIITTTTTTT!

[@p.as.in.pterodactyl1024]

Hit-by-pitch, you may now drag your torso and remaining leg to first base.

[@Nevir202]

Now that we have a supersonic baseball cannon, we need a supersonic steel bat to hit it. 😱

[@captainfactoid3867]

Now I need a supersonic discarding sabot baseball

[@paulj6637]

OK so it's like the 3rd time through watching this video and it still gives me tingles. Having binged through your awesome podcast no dumb questions, please please please introduce the mad batter to the Canon!! The combined sound would be beyond words!

[@steelfalconx2000]

This guy has the best patreon pitch I've heard yet.

[@SillyLittleBoi]

the pun tho

[@rajatsinha6607]

Bruh send me to Mars, I'll give you robux

[@Handlesarestoopid]

@@rajatsinha6607 why robux

[@kemonokamizuko2165]

Doom doom tss

[@ejtamayo5317]

Agree

[@devonhitter2985]

I feel like engineers are just smart kids who can make their dream toys come true

[@rydaddy2867]

Yeah, we are.

[@pmgodfrey]

That's exactly what it's about...and having disposable income does help. Our wives don't understand but they support us. :)

[@jacoblie4260]

that just became one of my favorite quotes

[@csn583]

If you want to write an original song, learn music theory and practice. If you want to make a supersonic baseball cannon (or as we in aero at Tesla called the Hyperloop, a "Supersonic People Cannon"), learn physics, materials, and manufacturing, and it can be yours.

[@makerofgarbage5877]

I made a jet skateboard once, was pretty cool

[@christhefish11]

That intro really is underrated. I’m surprised it isn’t mentioned higher up towards the top comment. Seeing the absolute carnage of the baseball pieces raining backwards is insane. Epic.

"We're cutting the light with that razor" got to be one of the coolest sentences a human can declare

[@kaizokujimbei143]

It was kind of edgy. xD

[@Schnabeltassentier]

Ohhh I have barely watched the first minute, but this comment sounds like I‘m about to get some Schlieren action!

[@kaiz5646]

Announce*

[@MrAldwin666]

Sounds like a rap verse to me.

[@bradyjmify]

Can we get some info on the splitting of light with a razor!?

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Destin's southern twang hit Mach 1 at 6:30 "Since the dawn of blacksmithin..." 😀

[@1.4142]

code switching

[@duT1Ful]

If you're gonna speak to a couple of machinists/welders/fabricators in the South, you gotta speak their language. 😂😂

[@sshep86]

The banjo helped. Lol

[@ryangagnon5489]

I love how many youtubers are in this comment section

[@bloxycola8272]

Fix This Build That five yt here that’s fam

[@vlogbrothers]

What's craziest about this is that when I was a kid, I also wrote a book report on the book Nolan Ryan Strike Out King. Wow. Haven't thought of that book in ... decades. Great video as always, Destin. Proud to be a SED Patron! -John

[@idesiremore9607]

vlogbrothers lol 😂😂 so did I lol

[@fatpelican6683]

Hi

[@smartereveryday]

Thanks John!!

[@mikec.1210]

i love seeing makers/engineers collaborating together to make something this awesome

[@rcb3921]

7:45 Officer Friendly: "Hold up. Can you explain what exactly it is that you're building here???" Destin: "Sports Equipment."

[@cwtrickshots4198]

This man has taught me many incredible things, one time on a school test I had a question I didn’t remember studying but I remembered it from one of his videos. (It was prince Rupert)

[@palashsureka5423]

Same

[@imarabbitboi6874]

He’s Like the science teacher you always wanted but never had

[@shortstories3349]

It's the teacher the district could not afford. Lol

[@bradlance6687]

While living in Colorado in middle school, I had a great science teacher. we did 2 experiments a week and got to use the bunsen burners, it was so fun. Then i moved to Las Vegas and it was all worksheets, everyday. 😢

[@AdiAsaf]

Not exactly...That's what happens to a bunch of guys bored to death because the cannot visit the local strip joint due to covid-19....

[@FenomeSean]

I had science teachers this cool in a public school of +1200. Fun teachers exist but you sometimes need to be an AP student to get access to them!

[@whitenoise509]

I was lucky enough to have one in junior high school. He flew to school most days in an ultralight that he landed on the football field. All sorts of experiments that would probably not be okay in today's system were a weekly occurrence with him.

[@quinncampbell9255]

great video, love how yall are professionals and not some kids who failed highschool making online videos for preteens on tik tok. the quality of work done on this is awesome.

[@robcape]

“I developed a pretty intimate relationship with air cannons, here’s me inside of an air cannon.” That went from 0-100 pretty quick.

[@Felto123]

How many Gs is that?

[@SpookyStorkRunningWild]

i mean there was one G in the video

[@samverebes4564]

More like 0-1050 real quick

[@SpydersByte]

lol'ed

[@calebrobinson6406]

So that's how he convinced his wife to go along with his crazy ideas. His wife is that air cannon

[@SpecificLove7]

The ball looked like water splashing on a table. That was so Awesome!

[@isaacgraff8288]

Or a loosely packed snowball

[@Skull-in-the-house]

Thats what i thought immediately

[@bmw328igearhead]

Hehehehe he liquified the ball...

[@Mastermindyoung14]

fast things behave like fluids

[@timevers6525]

Chwit enough forze, ewertything becomez a liquid, da?

[@richfarfugnuven6308]

Some guy 2 counties away: " Some kid just threw a baseball through my window."

[@pxolqopt3597]

It went through the window, through each wall and out the other side

[@CardCarryingPsycho]

*Some guy two houses away: "Some kid threw a baseball through the wall of my barn."

[@busybee6889]

lmao rich

[@isanlee]

Somewhere in Korea: Kim John un: hey who shot a rocket at us?

[@Impetuss]

I was pretty surprised they just shot that ball straight into the air, couldve killed someone

[@briguyvapes2376]

9:07 your cat on top of those, what 6 boxes?!?! hahaha love it!! cats are something else when it comes to boxes and bags!

[@TheOfficalReapex]

9:17 "There's a way you can actually get one of these baseballs" Yeah we're gonna launch them to you halfway across the globe with this huge cannon

[@ryandavis7593]

Get your glove out.

[@BikesBobbers]

next video: "making a gps coordinated supersonic baseball cannon aiming system with the world's first five minute shipping"

[@OrigamiMarie]

The trick is to get the speed and trajectory just right to drop it gently at your front door :-D

[@ilad_villanueva]

I literally thought he’ll be sending us those baseballs through that cannon. 😂

[@tylernorville952]

@@ryandavis7593 *hand continues to vaporize on impact*

[@zollotech]

That was epic

[@comkey-Ninja]

Hi I love your vids

[@obi1tap]

first few mins: "oh ok this is gonna be a nice like potato launcher type of deal" 6 mins in: "OH THIS IS A CANNON CANNON!"

[@davecrupel2817]

XD

[@Simon-ph1nf]

Exactly, it could sink battleships for sure

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

cannon*

[@Herlehy]

With a cannon sized suppressor. Oh boy, here we go!

[@Labyrinth_1881]

I love the Enginnering. I love the Baseball. I love the idea of a Baseball going Mach 1. But I really love that "WHAT ON EAAAARRRR" 15:14

[@the_real_ch3]

Alternate title: “why you should never let a group of engineers get bored”

[@Breakdancingsquirrel]

Why you should always let engineers run free!

[@thethepete731]

Typically the best worst idea ever.

[@davidprock904]

Hahaha

[@SubjectE57]

Because they test fire while aiming at power lines?

[@AlexandreJWKlaus]

how to cause a war: bored engineers edition!

[@zain670]

We all should appreciate that this kind of content is free for anybody to watch. Thankyou Dustin.

[@andreshinkey5869]

dEstin!!

[@engboy69]

Thumbs up for Mad Batter vs Supersonic Baseball Cannon!

[@smartereveryday]

👍

[@nymalous3428]

I was thinking about that too. I think a much more secure bunker would be needed.

[@Sp00kq]

My predictions if this ever happens 1: the ball misses the bat's cus it's going so fast and gets annihilated by the steel back they'll likely set up 2: the energy transfer of spinning bat's and a 1050 mph ball is so great the ball gets annihilated along with a bat snapping 3: boom

[@engboy69]

@@smartereveryday A thumbs up from Destin! Please make this happen. If the mad batter or the ball doesn't break it could go to the MOOOOON

[@sethreign8103]

My first thought after reading the title.

[@Scroolewse]

Dustin is just speedrunning the most mindboggling explanation I've ever heard. It's crazy how much genius can be packed into one video.

[@zaddy1546]

1. Turn captions on 2. Go to 8:50, 15:31, and 18:43

[@MisterYEET5766]

Zextrid HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@sythe-7850]

Thank you kind soul ✨

[@nahim2lazy653]

🤣💀

[@flemingcunningham6029]

What does it say

[@rickylovejoy5221]

Hahah worth. Turn on normal (not-generated) English subs.

[@ObiWanShinobi1]

Fluid dynamics: baseballs become liquids at mach 1.3 when impacting steel.

[@michaelb8133]

ObiWanShinobi1 would this be considered sublimation?

[@wolfy1398]

@@michaelb8133 yes. but you could also call it pulverization

[@shebahammy]

ObiWanShinobi1 1.4*

[@LeafStickbranch]

I wonder if they got two of these cannons and fired two baseballs at each other, would the liquefied baseballs perform the same way the vortex collision device does?

[@MisterDoctorBaconman]

Michael Barnes nope it's definitely not instantly becoming a gas, it's not even becoming a gas... also the original comment is about it becoming a liquid, and sublimation is not when solids become liquids, that's melting...

[@flyerminer]

When Destin said "What have we done?" I was astounded. He impressed himself, that's not easy when you know the math. It performed beyond his expectations, and I couldn't be prouder. Destin: I know this is more of Mark Rober's thing, but you should send a video to him of a watermelon getting hit by a baseball breaking the speed of sound. I know you two are buds. Also: I dont know if you have read it, but xkcd did a breakdown of what would happen if you threw a baseball at 90 percent of the speed of light. You should read it if you haven't, it would also tickle some other parts of your brain.

[@Bretout]

"Hi it's me Destin the 2nd, from Smartereveryday. Today we are at the international space station to do the impossible. We are gonna create a Baseball propelled through the vacuum of space at near light speed.... This is gonna be AWESOME!" - Destin.

[@derfunkhaus]

"I am become Death, destroyer of ... baseballs."

[@robertmarks1076]

The XKCD chapter about the baseball was the first thing I thought of!

[@DUIofPhysics]

It is one thing reading numbers... it's another thing entirely seeing what those numbers actually relate to physically...

[@flyerminer]

@@DUIofPhysics that is totally true. Sidenote, what's with all the ellipses?

[@michaeldiehl1378]

Just moved to the Tennessee side of rocket city, now you’re making me want to go watch the trash pandas play.

[@252laylow]

Would be dope to see how far it could actually get at that speed!

[@crazypeeps7218]

Watch it just hit you in the back of the head when it gets shot lol

[@Chuyy33]

Faxxx

[@devinthierault]

@@crazypeeps7218 after orbiting the earth once.

[@Wackamole345]

Some simple math should help with that question....shame I'm too simple to figure it out.

[@srcamarillo564]

Have u ever seen a 1048MpH baseball coming to ur face?

[@powerstriker5552]

Alternative title: A group of men make a howitzer that uses baseballs for ammo.

[@ohgodmynutbladder]

honestly kind of curious what kind of damage this thing could do lol. Like against one of those ballistic gels I'm pretty sure he has used on this channel.

[@Zyscheriah]

@@ohgodmynutbladder pretty sure this would wreck ballistic gels.

[@Lorecastapendragon]

@@ohgodmynutbladder yes please

[@jerotoro2021]

@@ohgodmynutbladder The ballistic gel would be gone. It would have the same fate as the baseball itself. I'd be interested to know the actual energy transfer of that impact though. Too lazy tonight, if someone wants to do the math for me 😉👍

[@ohgodmynutbladder]

@@jerotoro2021 it couldn't be that much could it? basically 10x as much energy as a 100mph ball. I mean a 100 mph ball is going to hurt and leave a bruise, would 10x that energy actually be that devastating? Deadly obviously, but I'm not sure what to expect. Maybe my intuition is way off. Kind of why I really want to see this hit some soft targets in the first place lol

[@warface4881]

It is truly humbling to see just how smart some people are.

[@elijahmcbroom3081]

ikr?

[@d.g.1986]

Geeks are my favorite people! Theyre the new "cool kids!" Never hurts to have a couple friends who can build a cannon out of stuff you can buy at Home Depot!! (Or help you figure out whats wrong with your computer!) Gotta love it!

[@d.g.1986]

@Toluca Mexico Mannnn, I'm 35 years old. If I could go back and tell myself what I know now, one of the things I would say when it comes to women is... They dont care if you're not as smart as them. In fact they all think we're dumb anyway, (and honestly, they're right in a lot of ways lol). Women of all backgrounds like these things; confidence, food, men who are genuine and not arrogant, and believe it or not... Helping US MEN do thing we can't do! If you like her, go for it subtly... I would find a way to tell her she's "smart" (obviously at a point when it makes sense, like if she gets a hard question right or something)... AND THEN after that at some point just be like "hey, I was wondering if you might have some time to help me study at somepoint?" If she says YES then you'll have your foot in the door to grow things organically (and if she likes you at all she'll find time to study with you, trust me). If she says NO, then oh well, youre not really out anything because all you did was ask to study, not a date...you cant win them all, unfortunately, but you'll regret not trying forever.

[@patking5816]

God forbid that first ball they shot into the air didn’t hit anything because that’s like getting hit by a rail gun lmfao.

[@d.g.1986]

@@patking5816 yeah their new vid shows them shooting it at a man target... Doesn't end well for him.

[@CheekiBreeki-mq2my]

im usually not that impressed by videos like these but the leather turning to string from just kinetic energy made my jaw drop

[@DanThePropMan]

"Goggle up! Science is about to happen!" would make a great T-shirt.

[@markh.6687]

Or Bill Nye's off-camera commenter: "Uh Bill....Careful!"

[@Cee64E]

I want one...

[@freyhofer]

Maybe there already is one on redbubble

[@niklaspilot]

I’m pretty sure he once did a limited run t-shirt with that on it. Maybe if enough people ask him, he will do it again

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

Try shooting something longer, like a wood dowel or aluminum tubing with end caps welded on. Supersonic impacts are completely different from what we see at subsonic speeds. In a normal impact, energy will dissipate through crumpling along the entire length of the impactor. The crumple can only move back away from the point of impact at the speed of sound in that material, so a supersonic impact concentrates all the energy in a two dimensional cross-section of the impactor that is on contact with the target. The effect is spectacular, with molten and vaporized metal spraying out in a disc shape like if you squirt high pressure water from a hose onto the pavement. You can see the effect in super-slow motion movies of supersonic rocket-sled impact tests. If you haven't seen it yet, you have to watch the experiment where they send a phantom fighter jet into a sample of concrete wall for reactor containment buildings to verify that the building would protect the reactor from a supersonic jet hitting the building. It almost looks fake because the plane disappears into the wall without crumpling in the impact. Your canon is able to access a speed regime where interesting physics that very few people know about is happening. I would love to see more high speed video of different kinds of impactors.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

Nine Hundred Dollar Luxury Yacht Cool comment. Going to watch that suggested video now! :)

[@ludic9399]

the cannon might not be able to produce the energy required to bring a heavier object to speeds like thaf

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@Nine Hundred Dollar Luxury Yacht So I just went to that video of the fighter jet being slammed into the wall, but it said in the video’s description that it was going around 500 mph… That isn’t supersonic, is it? It did indeed look a lot like how this baseball reacted when it hit the wall though, just like you said. But the fact is that it was going around less than half as fast as the baseball, so I am confused. My guess is that supersonic is actually under 500 mph?

[@michaelshea1683]

Anti - Ethnic Cleansing supersonic speed depends on altitude, temperatures, & humidity. The higher in altitude you go the lower the speed is to achieve mach 1. Ground level it will be around 765-768 mph. The Phantom test was around 500 mph (sub-sonic) but what Yacht was referring to, at 500 mph & objects at supersonic don't crumble anymore. They disintegrate & it looks like fluid in motion. Hope that makes sense.

[@Markle2k]

It's kind of difficult to find any solid substance that has an internal speed of sound that is less than multiples of the speed in air. The speed of sound in 20C air is 343 m/s. The speed of sound in aluminum is 6300-6400 m/sec. Lead is 1300 m/sec. Cork is 520 m/sec. Hardwood is 3500-5000 m/sec. Rubber (type not specified) 60 m/sec or 1600 m/sec according to two different sources. The first number for rubber may be a typo.

[@VliegerNL]

Now, can we elevate this incredible beauty 90 degrees and find out how high a Mach 1.3 baseball will go?

[@Seba_World]

Same question here. 30,45,60 degrees- how far away would baseball fly? 500m? 750m?

[@b.t.c.bearvr7603]

@@Seba_World way further than that a baseball going like 200 mph can easily go that far

[@nomasan]

Idk... but I'll just say: (8:48) Imagine if this was a video game "Eliminated, 100pts"

[@retna1x363]

@@Seba_World you cant go past 360 degrees lmao it just goes back to 1

[@opticalecho119]

@@retna1x363 360 no scope

[@epikoof]

trash pandas is such a banger name, i'm so glad you both have collaborated

[@Militaryarmschannel]

You guys are absolutely amazing.

[@leochinchillaa]

love your channel

[@andrewtucker7990]

Absolutely.

[@andrewtucker7990]

@@DTOM_1776 they're still human, bro.

[@Foxhound_J]

You guys should get together and build a rail gun

[@blaze556922]

If only they were using their time and energy for something productive though

[@AllenEngineered]

Destin, this just means that a batting robot is next. Time to test out how different bat materials stand up to a supersonic pitch.

[@BaldSasquatch]

I was hoping for at least one shot at a stationary bat.

[@Anankin12]

That's probably a recipe for someone to get hurt, but I'm sure his team of crazy engineers and he can come up with a safe way to do it

[@jaynobode502]

Titanium bat?

[@amargollamudi3832]

they already made a batting robot

[@smartereveryday]

@@amargollamudi3832 Amar has figured out the play.

[@Ticktok_of_Oz]

I love this. Destin: I'm probably going to be out here a couple of weeks fiddling with this to get the right shot. This is just a test fire for a baseline. ...... first shot is perfect because it's so over engineered you easily out distanced mach 1 at only half your max pressure capacity.

[@darkraidersgaming7761]

With an imperfect vacuum too.

[@josephgauthier5018]

AND with a vacuum leak!

[@darkraidersgaming7761]

@@josephgauthier5018 the vacuum leak caused the imperfect vacuum.

[@josephgauthier5018]

@@darkraidersgaming7761 i already know that. i do appreciate you trying to be helpful :)

[@josephgauthier5018]

@@darkraidersgaming7761 oh, I see what happened. I missed your other comment, and basically said the same thing as you lol

[@TrikeRoadPoet]

Big kids with science, you guys are the coolest around, the best on the block! thanks for taking us along on this trip, this one was fun!!!

[@4_Science]

"We now have a supersonic baseball cannon... We can do whatever we want now!" - I... Is that a threat? 😂

[@SonnyKnutson]

Home land security has peeked it's interest. "This guy built a baseball tank gun! He need to be monitored" xD

[@afifhamdani2968]

He's a weapon engineer right?

[@smartereveryday]

I have a mental image of a "Come and take it flag" but the baseball cannon.

[@JEJCfamily1]

I think its so cool to see Destin get so excited even after all the experiments he's done.

[@CurtisDensmore1]

@@smartereveryday New merch idea

[@scohspot]

So…you have a batting machine and a pitching machine…when can we expect these two to cross paths?

[@amon_san]

asking the real questions here

[@michaelstringfellow6754]

Exactly what I said 😂

[@shaunsanford2253]

Absolutely a great idea

[@quertbarbie62]

bat machine will lose

[@scohspot]

quertbarbie62 full power v full power, the ball would disintegrate. I really want to see the maximum distance they can get out of the pair though.

[@Bawamba]

8:48 I was wondering who threw the ball in the back of my head. You can come to Sweden and get it back if you want.

[@Sentakugeri]

underrated af

[@cameronwilkerson2269]

You would be dead that ball went fast

[@atank6289]

@@cameronwilkerson2269 r/woooosh

[@cameronwilkerson2269]

Thetankist 90210 lol

[@anthonysach]

@@cameronwilkerson2269 I think it would have slowed down a bit by the time it got to Sweden

[@dawndeather9553]

16:14 That's the happiest "Dude... What have we done?!" That I've ever heard.

[@josephstalin364]

“What have we done?” A question that every true scientist asks

[@kaikart123]

"You've just become death, the destroyer of worlds"

[@alveolate]

that first test shot out of the garage... what if it hit someone? or even just those suspended cables? seemed a bit careless...

[@Seareos]

" you're not the only one with the curse of knowledge "

[@Eagle8599]

"Behold, I am become Destin, Destroyer of Baseballs!"

[@TheStarStreak]

@@alveolate It was just a testshot at very low power to see if there were any leaks and if the principle worked. Hence why they did not stand behind steel cover.

[@MiuKujo]

15:23 I love any time someone is so excited they stop speaking in complete sentences, then as their excitement ramps up they stop using words and just dissolve into uncontrolled giggles.

[@nvrumi]

This was my observation as well. When engineers get giddy, then *something* is about to happen.

[@Clickumentary]

Your channel is the gold standard of YT infotainment.. just organic and real enough yet also polished and wonderfully adept at telling a simple story.. always a treat!

[@BetterBiomedChannel]

That was the best comment on this video!

[@justinshields4216]

Second that.. true intellectual information that isn't classroom boring. I almost felt as if I was there.. from the brainstorm & planning.. to the plans and engineering to paper.. to the material build list.. then to inside the workshop to finish product. It's definitely a cool build and always sparks my interest if there's a checklist of safety precautions to run through. Hats off to you and the team to execute such a detailed & complex build with the math to and engineering skills to support a hypothesis that i couldn't even wrap my mind around (the result of a super-sonic projectile hitting a stationary object of greater density and mass) but that light refractor with very basic tools and a super slow mo camera was one of the most intriguing to me capturing the ball breaking through the sound barrier. A++ ON ALL ASPECTS START TO FINISH!

[@BrianDaleNeeley]

I think "infotainment" isn't quite correct. Maybe "edutainment" is better.

[@byronstephen2044]

On Discovery Channel , myth busters was a favorite of mine . Just watched your segment of the supersonic base ball . Loved it ! Great stuff ! .

[@jw7692]

The most impressive thing about this whole project is they designed and executed this idea without using the metric system!

[@connorwilsonbikes111]

🤣

[@TheLebno]

Haha, yeah! 😂

[@ralanham76]

Imagine if they had used IS

[@danesz021]

robert hamilton u mean SI?

[@dr.hawkraps8457]

Oh beautiful For spacious skies For Amber waves of grain

[@toddisawsomeable]

I love how he motion tracked the paper at 9:25. The term “quality content” doesn’t do this video justice!!

[@Ticktok_of_Oz]

how funny, it was so good I didn't even notice till you pointed it out. That's great and makes it super easy to read.

[@trumpatier]

Wow great catch! He truly does make these videos the highest quality possible.

[@befer]

I didn't even notice wow

[@Intrinsion]

That makes me feel a bit motion sick

[@JC130676]

8:49 Tower to pilot: "So let me get this straight. You're a 747, you're at 30.000 ft, and you say you just got hit by a baseball?" Edit: just for grins I did the math, and guess what I found? If you were to fire the baseball straight up, and disregard drag, theoretically it could actually reach such altitudes. Amazing.

[@coutdoors2435]

Hilarious!! 😅

[@kennyavila836]

I feel bad for who ever get hit buy that ball u know what goes up come back down

[@AlabamaLinemanFarmer]

😂

[@I_wish_I_knew_something]

Juan Brown from Blancolirio to investigate.

[@exteas]

It would take around 20 seconds to reach those heights with the circumstances you listed

[@GlideoTheGreat]

It may seem stupid, but you can tell they’re having fun by the smile on their faces.

[@MrWhangdoodles]

16:14 "Dude, what have we done?!" That was such a genuine expression of amazement!

[@anguskeenan4932]

This video convinced me to go back to university, to get a degree in engineering, it’s a difficult degree and it’s pretty easy to become resentful and lose sight of my end goal, whenever that happens I go back to this video and watch it to remind myself no matter how difficult the topic is, I will one day be able to shoot a baseball past 1000 mph. Edit: many thanks to everybody wishing me luck, first year done and I got 78% in my maths modules

[@Mango-vd1nn]

Good luck!

[@hemlockwaterdropwortchanne3896]

Good luck

[@moony5097]

Good luck! Stay strong!

[@jedifrog3531]

so fake

[@jamesnm21]

Bruh, you serious? You don't need a degree in engineering to build stuff. You only need a degree in enineering if you want to get hired as an engineer when the economy is slow.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Are some people gonna get the disintegrated baseballs in the mail? Would be cool!

[@exoticl0197]

bruh

[@demogadget]

Yes please, it will lower the cost of shipping (envelope and stamps will do)

[@user-gi6hl1jc1q]

The cannon is the mail delivery system. Just put in your order and hold out your glove. BAMM!

[@macmedic892]

“Some assembly required”

[@nerdsanctuary8307]

I wish I had gone to school for engineering. You guys have the most fun.

[@graefx]

When you slam so much kinetic energy into a solid object that it just decides its a liquid.

[@isaacgraff8288]

Baseball vs Watermelon.

[@squiddi1393]

I did the math (not hard) it’s 16000 J or 16 kJ. That’s a lot for such a small object...

[@maddieandriley8843]

That makes me really confused

[@bmw328igearhead]

That baseball in 2020, "I self- identity as a liquid, I was born a liquid, I will die a liquid"

[@McShane881]

Interesting thought. How much heat does this produce? Are the materials softened (semi-liquified)(if that's a thing)?

[@noabeumer339]

The navy: "ah yes, what a beautiful cannon, what caliber does it shoot?" SmarterEveryDay: *baseball*

[@justaregulargymrata]

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[@justaregulargymrata]

I mean 2

[@justaregulargymrata]

5

[@justaregulargymrata]

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[@justaregulargymrata]

7 reeee

[@lonesome3958]

"Grown men losing the ability to communicate" Best. Subtitle. Ever.

[@abraxaseyes87]

Yes!

[@adrianbik3366]

Timestamp?

[@7504michael]

@@adrianbik3366 8:56

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@WinterDragon 147 There was a subtitle of their reaction when they did their first test at 09:00 that I can’t even re-type here, or else YT auto-wipes it lmao. It has something to do with “red****.”

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@WinterDragon 147 15:31 “Grow [SIC] men giggling.” 😆

[@danielwells1320]

This is crazy stuff! I love seeing all the science behind it all. I’d be pretty shaky too after letting off a cannon like that. 😆

[@mazimadu]

"We're gonna need a larger trailer" Spoken like true engineers!

[@LiamLimeLarm]

"Science isn't about why, it's about why not!" -Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science

[@jetah50]

"EXPLOSIONS!!" Mr Torgue

[@zach4505]

That will be my next Scientist quote of the month for my class.

[@willsee7452]

How is cake involved in all of this?? 🤔 🎂

[@Eylrid]

"Make life rue the day it thought it could give Destin Sandlin baseballs! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna shatter your house... with the baseballs! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a super sonic baseball cannon that batters your house down!"

[@samharper5881]

Thank the Enlightenment for pulling us out of the doldrums of Aristotelianism.

[@ryanseapy]

When he said "There is a way you can actually get one of these baseballs." Stand out in a field in a nearby state with a glove and wait?

[@calabub456]

ryanseapy lol

[@Hoch134]

You'd need the glove of Thanos for that...

[@michaelfox9114]

12M views one year later. How many of the sponsors that said no are regretting that decision. Blessings Destin

[@biffdiff6725]

The subtext at 1:18 for things Destin loves include: - Laminar Flow Video (Laminar Flow) - United Launch Alliance Factory Tour (ROCKETS) - Peru Orphanage 2017 Update Video (Giving back, humanitarian stuff) - A video on marriage advice (his wife) - And a video on why you didn't die at birth (his children) Thought I'd write it out for the curious.

[@MDondy]

"there's a way you can get one of these base balls..." "Yeah catch it as it passes through your portion of the country you live in". I'll be watching and waiting in New Zealand

[@Vaaaaadim]

Intercontinental baseball missile

[@howishunternotinprison5614]

you may still need a catchers mitt

[@BeastMR2]

Destin to his neighbor: If someone living near you decided to fire a baseball out of a cannon at supersonic speeds, would that bother you? Asking for a friend. Neighbor: There is a zero percent chance you’re not referring to yourself.

[@ruohonleikkaaja]

Destin: You...yeah you’re probably right

[@GiggaTeck009]

I love this comment!

[@Zeyev]

I was so wondering what any neighbors would think. Thanks for stating it better than I could.

[@dustinoutlaw9453]

and instantly became a fan of your channel and more importantly- the Trash Pandas... Never heard of them before but I'm now a fan. Love their name and logo!

[@Verbose_Mode]

I see the CAD mockup and my first thought was "OH NO IT'S AN ARTILLERY PIECE!" Hear's his explanation: "OH NO IT *_IS_* ARTILLERY PIECE!!!"

[@AverageThinking]

My man just shouted “orthogonal to the gun!”

[@joshbutts1708]

you cant yell orthogonal without sounding like a dingus

[@davidgustavsson4000]

Especially since he meant parallel.

[@sloananderson4317]

David Gustavsson except for that fact that he didn’t because it’s not parallel

[@Greymist21042069]

In my neck of the woods we call that kitty-corner!

[@davidgustavsson4000]

@@sloananderson4317 well it's a bit off, but it's definitely not orthogonal. That would make it a pretty bad shield.

[@philrod1]

"And right in the middle of that Venn diagram ... " SNATCH BLOCK!

[@westcheap]

Phil Rodgers yes

[@cruelbiscuit62]

this

[@KhordLizardMage]

While undergoing Laminar Flow, can't forget that part!

[@andrewmiller4573]

Okay, I'm convinced! I think it's May 1st 2022 and I stumbled upon your submarine videos and now I'm at the baseball vids. This is my kinda channel! I'm gonna give you some more views.

[@chris-7193]

Coach: “Let the pitch hit you” Pitcher on the other teams velocity:

[@imknowimstupidwhenisaythis3159]

FOR REAL😭😭😭

[@alexd2555]

Rodger Dorn “Oh God”

[@willlorion4861]

I love how they are just randomly making this but if this was back in the revolutionary war this would be the most deadly thing LOL

[@saltstillwaters7506]

Will it really?

[@Green24152]

@@saltstillwaters7506 It's a thing to make a baseball go Mach 1. HOW IS IT NONDEADLY.

[@saltstillwaters7506]

@@Green24152 It's practicality?

[@theoverseer393]

@@Green24152 true. The deadliness of cannons were in inertia. This kind of engineering would enable cannonballs to go sufficiently faster

[@mackswontexist]

That is true Will, but a regular canon was easier to maneuver and build at the time and humans didn’t know enough tech stuff to build that awesome baseball canon (I think)

[@captclyde7233]

Dustin: "Orthogonal to the gun!" Me: Yeah, I'll get right on that...

[@rosen9425]

cannon upside down, tractor is nowhere to be seen and the screen is underground. yelling how am I doing so far?

[@dukemorrison7389]

This was one of the dopest vids I’ve ever seen. Grown up playing baseball all my life and now I know what it looks like when a ball disintegrates 😳🤙🏼💯

[@martinzanazzi9025]

This gun literally wouldn’t look out of place on a tank 😂 I love it

[@grn1]

I wonder what would happen if they put a solid iron ball in there and fixed the vacuum leak (if I had to guess I'd say either the tape is failing or the variable seal is breaking at higher pressures which may be fixed by moving the latch up a bit).

[@jmhm17]

Air cannons are old tech in the weapons industry. Its all about magnetics now with zero drag, and infinant energy.. if you can believe it we have rail gun tech that can shoot lead further, faster, and more accurate then any gas propelled bullet

[@SeanFerree]

😁😁😁

[@Finsftw102]

@@jmhm17 well it's not really the old tech. It's the system that will be used for many decades until the magnet tech is perfected

[@pws3rd170]

@@jmhm17 in theory, combining a rail gun with a vacuum would be really good

[@rwamvby2709]

what normal people see: A pressurised baseball cannon. what soldiers see: An artillery cannon with a suppresser.

[@MrKeserian]

I mean, he did say his day job is as a weapons designer, they called it a "sear" instead of a latch, and that rod they were using to actually fire the device was basically a bolt assembly operating in reverse.

[@parkers5789]

I was literally thinking that’s a muzzle brake combined with a suppressor

[@parkers5789]

Oh yeah, hide this from the ATF

[@isoar842]

No, they see north korea's grandchild

[@StridingLuna]

I love your pfp

[@DJdoppIer]

This guy: *_*Talks about science and stuff*_* Me: *"Heh heh baseball go SPLAT!"*

[@MusicalJackknife]

Although, most of his channel exists because deep down he feels "Heh heh baseball go SPLAT!" and he learned all the science parts just so he can make it happen 🙂

[@jh3305]

Not funny

[@DJdoppIer]

@@jh3305 You sound like a miserable person.

[@steveoneill8822]

THIS! After a decade of working as a designer I finally figured out what I want to do. I want to use my design skills and knowledge to design a highly complex and intricate creation for ridiculously silly goals. I've worked on weapons of war that no one wants to see used. I've worked on the next presidential airplane. I've worked on rockets that will one day take astronauts to Mars. I want to work on a supersonic football canon! I want to do what these guys do. Extra bonus point that we're all in the same city. Rocket City USA