Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/30/maker-tests-his-diy-grappling-gun.html
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Long story short: works better as a plot device than an actual device.
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I’m very relieved that my mistake was reading “grappling gun” as “gatling gun.” Because that’s what it looks like.
That would be frightening indeed.
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Worked better than I expected. The harness was a smart safety feature; when I saw the headline I was wondering if he’d dislocated any shoulders testing it.
I wonder if it would work better with a stronger motor built into a backpack and attached to a rigid articulated aluminum sleeve via pulleys.
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Poop: dude takes on Colin Furze and MythBustrs and comes out ahead? Anything that could work needs a lot of fine tuning before you can rely on it like Batman. I am always amazed at what the amateur can do these days, but this is top of the class. Yes, I would still take the stairs, but…
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Part Six: And then it ripped his arm off.
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