900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka(popularmechanics.com)

25 points by krutulis 13 years ago | 8 comments

danwolff 13 years ago |

Subsonic, but more ping pong wreckage since it's on topic:

http://danwolff.net/archive/pingpong/

rtkwe 13 years ago | |

No, it's quite clearly supersonic. This is a different design than the tube they talk about first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

danwolff 13 years ago | | |

The colon at the end of the first line was intended to map the first text string to the last text string of my original post. So, you're right, and sorry for the confusing grammar.

krutulis 13 years ago |

Don't miss the impressive video.

rprospero 13 years ago | |

When I loaded the page, the video link wasn't working. Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

krutulis 13 years ago | | |

That's a more detailed video about the project. The shorter video from PopularMechanics is here: http://bcove.me/pbzl94cm

rayiner 13 years ago |

Oh C-D nozzles. Hands-down the most useful thing I learned in undergrad.