Backyard Ballistics

Name: Backyard Ballistics
Released: 2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jörg Sprave, Cheyenne Ruether

TV Show · Sports

Jörg and Cheyenne are challenged to build a Rubber Powered Cannon! Jörg is particularly excited about the maximum carnage they are going to be able to create! Cheyenne sets about building the wheels, framework and crank for the cannon whilst Jörg sets about doing the science behind the rubber! Historical cannons had the huge advantage of being made from metal and using black powder as a propellant, surely Jörg and Cheyenne's machine won't even come close to the real thing?

2021 · 22m

Starring Jörg Sprave, Cheyenne Ruether

EPISODE 1

Cannon Carnage

Jörg and Cheyenne are challenged to build a rubber powered cannon; Jörg is particularly excited about the carnage they are going to be able to create.

22m
EPISODE 2

Javelin Launcher

Jorg and Cheyenne build a javelin launcher; Jorg sets out exactly how he thinks they should do it, using his trusty rubber bands and wooden build.

22m
EPISODE 3

Super Stone Skimmer

Jörg and Cheyenne are challenged to build machines that skim stones across a lake; Jörg has built thousands of slingshots so he can easily fling stones, but whether he can make them skim across water is a different story.

22m
EPISODE 4

Gatling Gun

Jörg and Cheyenne are challenged to build a Gatling gun; after looking into the history of the 19th-century weapon and the challenges they can expect to face, they get to work building their weapon before putting it to the test in flaming finale.

22m
EPISODE 5

Car Slingshot

Jörg and Cheyenne are challenged to build a slingshot that will catapult a car down a racetrack; Jörg has never been challenged to make one so big.

22m
EPISODE 6

Axe Flinger

Jörg and Cheyenne are challenged to build an Axe Flinging Machine; there's plenty to be considered in this construction as typically axe flingers are human and not mechanical.

22m

Jörg Sprave

Host
Cheyenne Ruether

Host

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