Captain America SHIELD The perfect Weapon? 

One thing that stood out to me was when you were throwing at the tree, the shield’s rotation was not in your favor. If the tree was instead to your left I believe it wouldn’t bite so much into it, and may have been able to roll off as you intended.

One of the lesser focused-on aspects of the Super-Soldier Serum is how it improved Steve's cognitive abilities. He's not just throwing the shield and it returns to him, he does trajectory assessments and throws the shield to bounce in the right angles to return back to him.

For the long distance throwing test, flipping the shield upside down is what killed your distance. When thrown right side up, the parabolic shape of the disc traps a "cushion" of air underneath it and provides lift. Just like a Frisbee.

Before I actually watch, I already expect it to be fun to watch. I hope you're also enjoying making these.

Another issue with the rebound not working might be the edge being too soft, adding a bit of a rigid spring steel ring around the inside might allow you to get a proper ricochet and maintain it's shape.

Here's a suggestion; what about how viable the Witch King of Angmar's morning star flail works?

I think the biggest problem with the ricochet shot is not the rotation, angle, or the shield itself, its the fact that trees are far better at absorbing the kinetic force than something harder like a cement wall or metal street post like it would be in the movies. The tree is nullifying the ability to ricochet with its fibrousness.

One of the things that helps Cap quickly remove the shield for throwing and reattaching it on the fly is that his bracer the shield straps to is magnetic. This lets him quickly pull the shield off, throw it, catch it again and slap it back into place without worrying about messing with the straps. Now granted this isn't always the case given I don't think he uses the magnetic gauntlets until Age of Ultron, but it is an option that he uses in the movies. I am loving the idea of the Shadiversity Avengers slowly developing here.

Nate being here may be a surprise, but a welcome one Also I feel you should of used two bigger handles or at least kept the strap at the bottom. Wouldnt mind seeing a similair set of tests but with a more practical wooden shield instead

M... Thor Hammer won the Battle of Avengers Weapon this round! Truly appreciate this new channel and the great effort you put into making the videos! Absolutely love them!

Keep em comin

“We don’t do stupid stuff…” *immediately followed by an on-screen disclaimer* Lol

The rebound shot might work differently if you tried to rebound off the right side of the tree because the shield was rotating counter-clockwise so when it hits the tree it tries to dig in instead of drive away. Maybe.

I actually think you would have been better off with the original straps. Cap always threw his shield by grabbing it by one of the straps closest to the edge, extending his arm, then throwing it like a discus. It probably would have worked well for you will still letting you use it in melee. Something to keep in mind for mk2.

Please name the dummy "SHAD"

His processes for mounting the handle and strap and the choice to do one strap and one handle are exactly what I was planning for a shield I'm making out of a satellite dish. I'm also going to paint mine, so I'm glad he touched on that too, however briefly.

Is it possible to make a spring steel shield? If so, that may keep it from getting so extremely bent out of shape and even help it rebound.

That shield.... that poor mangled flap of dented metal.

Hey, at least you made a faithful recreation of John Walker's homemade shield!

Tyranth! Eye protection when getting a shield thrown at you, dammit!

Do riddicks knives please

If you'd ever thrown a frisbee upside down, you'd know they don't fly as far that way either. I think even with the awkwardness imparting force, given the shape of the shield you may have gotten more distance trying to throw it right way up rather than upside down.

Honestly, the biggest issue with the shield was it wasn't sturdy enough, had it been something like spring steel it would more than likely been better in both durability and bounciness, although it would likely be much harder to make a spring steel shield of that size. When it comes to the shield bashing, maybe having something like an open box/C shape for the forearm brace instead of a right angle might help a bit, of course that would make it a bit harder to get it ready to throw, it shouldn't make it too impractical.

Dude you're bring my dreams to life this and the Thor hammar 👨🏻‍🍳💋

The core mistake in bouncing it off of a tree was the side you picked. throwing right arm, hit it on the right side -- that's how you maintain the aim and the natural spin. much like you would in billiards: you rarely ever apply the opposite spin to the natural motion. throwing with right arm but hitting on the left of the tree is counterintuitive, if you don't open some angle (which would mean position like 2 steps to the left). that's the main reason you struggled hitting the trunk and bouncing it properly.

i'm just throwing this out there, in the hopes you'd see this: i'd like for you to see how viable sword and shield would be against *monsters. to be precise, if you were stuck using that combo, and could optimize it for such a task. i say this because thanks to Disney's Sleeping Beauty, i grew up with the concept of slaying dragons with sword and shield - and other monsters, by proxy. i was thinking you'd find the right type of blade (Roman spatha, Viking sword, 1831 French infantry briquet... to name 3) and shield (Kite shield, Heater shield, etc.), find the right measurements, test them out - *if making them is even possible* - and then discuss it with Shad. i hope that just the discussion of it and the extrapolations would be done, let alone everything else... but i'm already hoping for too much. *not from D&D, The Witcher, or any other media; i'm talking Earth folklore (like the medieval depictions of dragons).

That poor tree...

YESSSSS! Love the video and I’m so excited to see more content like this

Sitting at 11:00 and it looks to me like it could use a reinforcing band of metal (maybe about a half inch to 2 cm wide worth of aluminum) around the inside of the entire circumference. That should help with stability and give the edge a bit more structure for punching and bouncing.

Nate!!!!

Seems like, if it were actually vibranium, you could get a lot of these things down with practice as the shield would bounce far more energetically and would hold a consistent shape. So fairly plausible.

this was a very fun one. love the nate cameo.

about Ricochet, it losing A LOT of kinetic energy due to deformation, it's mb a steel, but not heat treated one, gotta make it springy for that oh and tree, it's round, soo getting rigt angle for rebound on it it super hard, hitting flats like walls is much easier for that too. Soo having problem here aren't rly a technique problem, it's purelly technical stuff :D

Really cool vid! Keep it up Tyranth

I love these vids. Keep up the great work! Not only are these fun to watch, but they also show your skills as a smith and an armorer.

Someone made a rebounding cap shield if you want to check it out it was made by a creator named JLaser if you want to try something similar to his design it may work, this is just an idea

this was great!

So, as much as I love Shad, one day, we know Tyranth will move on and outgrow Shadiersity, which is a natural, good thing, and Shad would agree I think. I will be so sad when he leaves the shad team whenever that is, but I'm excited to see the journey.

The biggest issue I have with Cap and his Shield, is that in melee, it is easy to believe blocking is pretty obvious... With ranged... you see his eyes on a specific target, and the shield is just 'centered'. Telling me that every other attacker is aiming exactly in that spot? Would be more realistic, and badass honestly, if he had his eyes on a target, but kept shifting the shield to block incoming attacks as they weren't always in the exact same spot every time. It would show that despite focusing down a target... he was able to keep reacting to each individual attack, even from people he wasn't actively watching. Instead, it makes it look like all henchmen are aiming center of mass, regardless of obvious protection, like... *fires a full clip, gets blocked by shield in center of mass* "WTH?? He seems to have some really impervious THING in the way of center of mass! Hey, boss! Should we switch to shooting his legs or arms, or stay center of mass??" "Keep firing center!!" "Ok!!" *keeps firing center of mass, despite the OBVIOUS shield" If we saw the shield jerking up, down, side to side, etc... it would be more believable imo.

I think the reason why the rebound throws didn't work are one: You need a very flat angle for it to actually bounce off and riccochet (I can't tell from the video if it was a steeper angle or not). Two: I think you need a harder surface for it to bounce off of, tree bark itself is quite soft. But having a harder surface would probably just ruin the shield within the first few throws. And lastly: It might just be that you simply need more power in the throw. Oh .. and it might help to have a sturdier shield, that doesn't deform on impact and transfers more force into bouncing off, instead of crumpling. But then you'd just be trying to throw a brick of metal .. Anyway, enjoyed the video. I really like seeing these types of "Does X work?" Also, I didn't expect the shield to already bend after being thrown just 3 times

Great video! Simple but very effective concept :) I'm happy Nate is also in the video :D

That intro was fire

Impressive. Don't exert yourself to to point of doing permanent damage to your body.

You should make it bullet proof and with magnets so it's easier to throw

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Super fun video. I'm surprised at how much I assumed would be outright impossible, was in fact possible. Also... Nate. 😍

Alright. So I have seen a number of videos from various content creators about Cap's shield. I have seen versions for throwing...I have seen a couple where they made a version that could ricochet, although that version was literally no good for anything else and versions testing other aspects of his usage. The one things that I have NOT seen, is anyone making a versions of Cap's shield to see how strong it can be made. Testing to see how high a caliber of bullet they can make one to withstand before failure. .38? .45? Higher? Lower? How many shots? NO ONE ha, as far as I can find, done that. That is, in all honesty the PRINCIPLE usage of the shield, protection against bullets (and other things). I realize that with the materials in existence making as shield strong enough to withstand multiple rounds from a firearm even in low caliber weapons, but still be light enough to use as a shield is a difficult challenge but no one seems to want to try it? Why? Would certainly be very interested in seeing not only IF such an item could be made, but HOW it would be made.

Looking at the test, I think it would be worth a retest after some modifications. 1) Re-enforce the rim. 2) Cross brace the shield, likely with honeycomb drilled aluminum plate. 3) Design a quick detach system with a base that remains strapped to your arm. 4) possibly vacuum molding carbon fiber or carbon fiber/aluminum composite to the back of the shield in place of wood to further re-enforce it. Hope this helps.

Nothing like guys playing with oversized steel frisbee

hey I"m seeing the massive views and subs you're getting! I'm so happy for you!!!! AWESOME!!!!!

One of Captain America’s superpowers is his mathematical genius with physics and ballistics of his shield 🛡️ during combat as well as not.

Great video man. Chains of olympus soon?

Im really Loving your videos Tyranth,this is some really cool stuff and your very impresive in your metal working abilitys and martial ability in trowing the Captain Americas shield,keep it up dude.

"The shield didn't ricochet ." Um... That was Metal on Wood. Metal rarely bounces off wood, especially if it has an edge let alone ricochets. I was surprised you got as much deflection as you did.

It's so fun to see both the successes AND failures! Keep testing these wacky concepts!

I wonder if Vibranium could actually bounce like that, we'll ignore the ridicules accuracy of the bounces, but because it is so hard and stiff the energy doesn't transfer anywhere else and because Newton's Third Law, the energy throws it back, like a glass bead is extremely bouncy, and obviously it isn't rubbery. In this case obviously it is mild steel and most of the energy gets absorbed by the deformation of the shield.

Well,Cap's shield is Adamantium laced with Vibranium. Also,you aren't a super soldier. You did awesome tho. Cool you brought on Nate and said you appreciated him.

The deformation of the shield messes up the “bouncing” … a super rigid version should rebound more efficiently (as would a hard “bouncing” target)

Ya know, this is a very good video, and there is another RU-vidr by the name of JLazervideo that made his own Captain America's Shield as well, however his is not steal like yours, but it does bounce off walls very well. If you make like a continuation of these tests then I recommend you give that video a watch, it is quite educational.

meaby stiffer shield would be better for rebounding because it won't flex that much during impact

Another amazing video. Love to see Tyranth showing a bit of vulnerability and flaws. All too often it feels like he’s the most capable and experienced of the three but this video reminds us that he isn’t perfect and that’s very wholesome.

There are stronger and lighter metal like materials that might work way better but ofc it’s very expensive. So if money was no object after watching ur video I actually think caps shield could be realistic and very possible

Been absolutly loving your videos tyranth! im glad Nates here, he is a great addition, yalls chemistry bouncing back and forth perfectly. i like the structure of these videos. overall im glad i found your solo channel. time to check out your second channel with all your cool builds!

You're not a super soldier so I can't watch this video as your tests are invalid because of that, also using steel instead of vibranium!? It's like using foam swords for training, this test is completely invalid! Thanks for the video, it was entertaining :D

Another issue: Vibranium is a fictional element that is 1/3 the weight of steel and almost indestructible, and the user is strong enough to curl a helicopter like a dumbbell and push a bulldozer across a football field in seconds.

OK, the amount of ambiguous questionmarks in the thumbs of this community is getting out of hand.

Look at Jlaser's video on cap's shield 😊 That bounces 👍

A lot of Caps tricks are due to the Vibranium makeup. As Peter Parker said "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all!"

the movie prop is clearly meant to be aluminum or titanium. The colours are hard anodized.

I think a single central handle, like on a Viking shield, would have worked better for both the throw and the bash. Or maybe an elongated central handle so you could slide off center for the throw. Fun experiment in any case.

If his sheild is indestructible, why does it take damage? Scrapes and chips and stuff. Is made to be indestructible except on the top surface layer for some reason?

The ricochet would've probably worked better if you made it out of vibranium... Might be hard to get your hands on the stuff, but I think it would be worth a shot.

Nice episode. I think this is one of those weapons you'd need superhuman powers to truly replicate. I think the shield is only the visual representation of his power. Its not rly the shield that is anything special. Also you and that guy have rly good synergy. You guys are good together.

When Captain America throws his mighty shield ...

For the tree bounce the biggest problem was the rotation. Your shield was rotating in the opposite direction to which it was supposed bounce into, so by hitting the tree it almost came to a full stop every time. Also how it got battered over time didn't help. Also throwing it like a frisbee instead would have surely helped.

Tyranth! Get a rivet gun! Its like $20, lets you attach metal to metal with out adding as much weight or pokey bits as nuts and bolts.

Did you say this is a *steel* Captain America shield? Tyranth, my man, where did you get this thing? This is information that I need to know.

The lack of structural integrity of the shield did not help with the bounce.

Great video man, the audio is a little rough though.

i know cap uses a metal shield of super metal... but it seemed like your shield was kinda soft and bendy. perhaps wood would work a little better or a leather shield with a metal ring

So I genuinely think that the rebound throw could have worked better if you had your palm facing up with your right hand grabbing the handle and you threw it / swung it from your left side to your right side to release because the centripetal force or spin of the shield would have rolled off the tree more as it bounced vs how it was being thrown in the video. Kind of like how a basketball will start to roll in the direction of a bounce as it goes across the court. It might sound like an awkward comparison but in parkour they land and shoulder roll because it distributes out the landing force making it so that it's 65% less lethal on the body except in this case scenario of throwing the shield the way I mentioned it would be kind of like redirecting that momentum rather than trying to instantly stop it. Whereas the way it was being thrown at the tree in the video it was kind of spinning into the tree which is like driving a car forwards and then instantly trying to throw it in reverse. It was causing more friction on impact which really hurts the vector quantity.

I love seeing how your channel is already growing very fast!! Keep up the great work! I’m excited to see where this all leads to.

Yes, shield spinning the wrong way when hitting tree. Put Boromir on the other side of the tree and the rotation of the shield will spin faster rather than stop if done correctly. Thus bouncing off the tree rather than deadening the momentum of the shield off the tree.

I wonder how it would have fared with a thicker/reinforced rim? It would have made it better for striking, and less energy would have gone into deforming the shield on impacts, possibly improving the chance for a ricochet shot.

I had no idea you had your own channel, Tyranth! Shut up and take my subscription (but keep talking)

Give some love to Nate! Looks like the Shadlands. I miss Australia my brother lives there in Canberra

Tony fart ? Foamy fart ? How about something simple ..say, Tim ?

The thing with the straps when cap throws it, he (most of the time, especially in earlier movies, takes it off his left arm, holds it by one strap in his right, and then throws it, rather than throwing straight off his arm, so I think a lot of the design work was unnecessary (but cool)

A strap that retracts when not used to reduce drag...tool steel also...like the sword.

If you're still taking names for the test dummy from last week, I submit the name Faramir.

Someone made a rebounding cap shield if you want to check it out it was made by a creator named JLaser if you want to try something similar to his design it may work, this is just an idea

TBF, the part where the shield was hit with the hammer was straight up a shield rebound, not only that but it was pretty accurate to how it went in the movies...

The convex side should point away from the center of gravity when thrown, to create lift.

I think chucking it right handedly as you were, you should have tried putting Not Boromir at the other side of the tree.

10:48 "I feel like DJ Khalid, suffering from success" man xDD

In the marvel's avengers game caps shield design is similar to your one on the inside the only differences is there's a rectangular piece of metal that's against the forearmand to the top of the palm, the handle Is straight and there's a brace on the top and bottom of the forearm kinda cool how close both designs are to each other, great video as well.

wow how far did Nate travel to make it to Tyranth land?

I think it would benefit from a frisbee style edge, might help it bounce, and retain its shape. It also may fly better

Well one fact that's being ignored here is strength, perhaps Greg Kovacs can do the ricochet. But he doesn't have super soldier serum in his veins either so yeah.

i might be crazy, but i feel like moving the handle/grip towards the edge of the shield, as opposed to the middle, might actually make for easier throwing. If the handle was in the center, do you think it would’ve made it more difficult to add some spin to your throws? Just a thought lol (great content btw! keep it up my guy!)