Slingshot vs Helmet 

I'd need a helmet if I had to explain a broken window like that to my wife.

I expected a ricochet, therefore I shot at an angle. I didn't expect the ricochet to be that fast, though. And if you want to be "my friend", then please don't use foul language on my comment pages.

Looking at that window damage, I can't help but wonder if those glasses would have provided any eye protection from that ricochet.

is this why you film away from your house now joerg?

the conclusion is:you broke your fucking window x)

1:43 The ALMOST birth of the famous laugh :D

Of course! That was thousands of years before Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber. David slings are very powerful, but also extremely hard to master. Lots of practice. No problemfor a sheppard, but who else has the time?

I do, minus the squads. Had a motorcycle accident when I was 19, the knee was damaged and I got to be careful. And I do not use steroids, never have, never will.

Lol at the great wording of: "making the production involuntarily expensive"

@thesashworth Flat rubber bands are faster and therefore more powerful than tubes. Plus, flatbands can be tapered for even more performance. The thinner the rubber, the larger the surface, the easier the bands can pick up heat from the environment. Rubber stores the energy thermally, so picking up heat is the key to performance.

Thank god, it didn't bounce back in to your face.

@emwaver Ad revenue doesn't even pay for the materials I use up every month, but I sold that house with broken window and all. Still got a good price for it.

Well, I'd have to convert 50 lbs of fat into lean muscle. Since I enjoy my manly potency, I don't wanna use steroids, so that goal seems to be out of reach!

No, that never happened to me. If you watch my slow motion studies (here on youtube), you will see how smooth things work. A hit on the hand would be truly devastating. The slingshot has enough power to break your bones.

Not anymore. I had 50 pcs made and sold them (non-profit) to fellow slingshot friends, but those are long sold out.

10 years later this is still cool as hell

I use the stuff made by the Hygienic corporation. I buy it on ebay, but I guess you can buy it from orthopedic retail stores, too. Jörg

Actually that is not my experience. I tested all kinds of rubber with my Chrony, and the solid elastic has the poorest performance. Multiple layers of very thin flat bands are the best. The thinner the better. Just they don't last as long.

I sold the house with the broken window... one way of solving the problem. It was not so bad, it was douple paned glass and only the outer pane was damaged. A bit of hot glue sealed it.

@OBrien19 I had 50 pcs made for friends, sold them at cost. They were gone in no time and are now pretty hard to find.

You think I am young enough for my mom to give me crap? Thanks very much! Drop by should you be in the area, I will buy you a drink.

I love how he was all happy at first. Breaks his window. Insta-pissed. xD

he didn't seem to bummed that HE FUCKIN CRACKED HIS ENTIRE WINDOW

Hatte Englisch in der Schule, dann im Studium als Schwerpunkt (Wiwi). Im Job habe ich jede Menge Gelegenheit, Englisch zu sprechen. Und ich lese ziemlich viele englische Bücher, das verhindert das Einrosten. Danke fürs Kompliment!

How could you NOT have seen this coming? You wore glasses because you knew there was a good chance that the bullet was going to ricochet back into your face. Who would do this right in front of a wall of windows? Expensive lesson.

This is an entertainment channel. Seems like many people enjoyed it. Mission accomplished. Was it dangerous? Sure. All stunts are. But I knew what I was doing, and of course I shot at an angle.

@LeTrel True... don't you think this is a pretty accurate description? :)

wow guy, should be more careful, i dont think your safety glass would work as strong as that tempered window,yikes.

I was thinking about, if I had to shoot with that slingshot, I would be using the helmet... and some gloves! Thanks for share

Every band tears sooner or later. It is only a question of time. If you inspect your bands often enough, you can avoid snaps as you can see the start of a tear. But of course I had hundreds of band snaps. In 99% of the cases, they snap on the pouch side and there is little danger. But I always wear safety glasses, my eyesight is too precious to be risked.

i love how the description says: Very strong bald German guy shoots with a deadly slingshot (heavy rubber tubes) at a motorcycle helmet.

I seen the ricochet coming, I used to take care of pigeons at work with a bottle top strapped to a rubber glove finger and 8mm ball bearings. Took out a few windows in the process! :P

@abofs No steroids for me for sure, I am not THAT stupid. I shake because I am nervous on a video shot, and also because the bands are very strong.

@panchothepanda15 i can, too, now that my skills have improved and my slingshot design has seen many enhancements. Mind you his was one of my early videos.

sorry Joerg, i think you need to re-do this video, although i see you broke your window, your viewers did not get a close up of the damage that the helmet took first. Thanks for all your efforts, one almost-satisfied subscriber.

"Always wear a helmet" You mean, like when shooting slingshots at helmets?

this guy is the calmest bloke ever he puts a hole in his window and nothing lol

@endorphinfreak123 But why? I made them for myself and would like to keep them.

That is a misunderstanding, I do not sell. This is just my hobby.

@TheFransosen123 Sold the house and moved to a new one, the buyer did not notice the crack...

@sebastienmcbride Well, I disagree. These are my comment pages, and I do not welcome disrespectful posts here.

I love all the dents in that flower pot :) Looks like it's taken a few stray rounds over time. Love the videos, thanks for posting.

@bignoah808 Join the slingshotforum and search for "short story contest". The winner gets a free pick from my entire collection! Ends April 7th, 2011.

@d777j777l777 My wife is my camerawoman, we are doing this together. She is also a certified nurse and almost finished with medical school, so in case I hurt myself treatment is available :-)

Ach so, stimmt schon, ich hätte besser selbst einen Helm getragen und Schutzkleidung. Das ist ja auch das Fazit des Videos - "always wear a helmet"! Man lernt halt nie aus.

Holy shit it's been ~8 years since this video. I remember as a little kid inspired to make crazy things because of this video and now you're piercing police armour

Well, thanks for evaluating my intelligence from so far away. I also have an idea about YOUR IQ, but even though I may be an "idiot", I have some manners and won't mention it in public. I do, however, recommend evening school. The English language has features like "capitals", and there are rules for the usage of "!" and "?". Enroll now before it may be too late for you.

Bodybuilding - dafür bin ich zu fett. Sagen wir mal: Kraftsport. Das ist so ziemlich dasselbe, aber ohne Hungern.

Ich habe das Haus inzwischen inkl. "Einschussloch" verkauft und bin 500 km in den Südosten gezogen...

Ich hatte mal 50 Stück bauen lassen und zum Selbstkostenpreis abgegeben. Sind schon lange vergriffen!

The conclusion of this experiment is my wife is going to kill me.

I mean... a sunglasses can't protect you from a 30mm steel ball

Das blaue und das schwarze TB ist bei den kleinen Knickern etwas schneller, geht aber auch schneller kaputt. Maximale Power braucht spezifisch zugeschnittene Bänder, lies dazu mal die FAQs auf meiner homepage (slingshotchannel com).

Zwillen sind in D nicht als Waffen eingestuft. Man darf sie frei erwerben (ohne Altersbegrenzung) und in der Öffentlichkeit mit sich tragen. Nur Präzisionsschleudern, die eine Armstütze haben, oder die Armstützen selbst sind verbotene Gegenstände.

Nein, beim schwarzen Gummi sind 10mm Kugeln viel zu leicht. Durch die begrenzte Geschwindigkeit des Gummis ergibt sich keine wesentlich größere V1, und da viel Energie übrig bleibt, schlägt einem das Gummi von hinten auf die Finger. Die "V" ist auf Kompaktheit, nicht auf Handlichkeit ausgelegt, Sie braucht nicht mehr Platz als eine normale Zwille. Trotzdem kann man sie ganz gut halten, funktioniert besser als man glaubt.

Your creations are fascinating to say the least - what got you interested in slingshots and for how long ?

@laitela01 Nothing but the truth. I am bald, strong, and certainly a guy.

Sorry, the "V"s I had produced are long gone, collector's items by now. And I do not plan to make more, as I have moved on to better designs.

Why? I don't want to sell them.

@MrCampkill I, for one, am quite sure that in fact they WON'T help. I tested this in a later video, slingshot vs. safety glasses. But they look way cool, don't you think?

@endorphinfreak123 Why? I have nothing to sell.

@Pisscutterer I always shoot at an angle when I use steel ammo, so ricochets won't hit me. No such problem with lead balls.

@airbase12345678 A good wife does that every once in a while, you know :-)

@HenryHlord Aber dann verstehen mich die meisten meiner Zuschauer nicht.

Die allermeisten ja. Aber ich teste hin und wieder auch mal kommerzielle Schleudern, meist mit traurigen Ergebnissen.

Jesus, this guy looks like he could suplex a Terminator.

haha those sunglasses weren't going to protect him again that ricochet.

@RoyalRzerve420 Crazy, maybe. Nazi, never.

Now THATS how to defend yourself with a catapult! Brilliant!👍👍

What about "just shut up and do your job?"

dude that helmet totally owned you and your window.

Nein, nur die erste Scheibe der Doppelverglasung ist betroffen.

You do a great job with the videos and slingshots. Awesome stuff!

Or colorful Euro banknotes, like the lilac type that has lots of "500"s printed on it.

"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks"

Die "V" ist keine wirklich gute Schleuder, ich baue jetzt viel bessere Modelle. Und man braucht professionelles Werkzeug (Schutzgasschweissgerät und Drehbank). Das hat kaum jemand. Ein Video lohnt nicht.

Joerg Sprave Logic " I'm not sure if some dangerous high speed projectiles are going to come back to me so I'm going to wear some cool looking sunglasses."

Ich plane die Durchführung von umfangreichen Tests aller kommerziell erhältlichen Schleudern, das erste Video kommt am Wochenende. Stay tuned!

Ich bin eher Kraftsportler als Bodybuilder, denn ich esse und trinke zu viel und zu gern. Meine Frau sagt danke fürs Kompliment!

HOLY CRAP THAT RICOCHET! You could have gotten seriously injured from that lol.

Interesting! So videotape it and put it online. The community would appreciate your participation.

@JZFProductions You know, youtube brought us the PROFILE information feature.

Man, the ricochet hit your house? That is crazy

STIFF NIPS!!! > >

DUDE this guy is Batshit Crazy!!! Props for only using Eyewear for protection at THAT range!!! You've got Balls man!!! nice vid

that was a surprising result. id thought there would have been some 'shattering' effect upon the helmet. it would have been ideal to have shown us the helmet afterwards in close up, but the slow mo really reveals what it would have looked like anyway. the black tubing defintely is a more powerful option, but the real challenge is in whether you can produce the same joules with lesser draw strength. leveraging key points throughout the sling may yeild more power for less effort. great so far.

Ok, I just saw the release video. Excellent. Thanks.

A very wholesome message at the end. :)

That must have been between 55 and 60 meters per second.

The ricochet into the window is something that would happen to me...and try to hide from my dad. Luckily Joerg doesn't have to worry about anyone giving him crap over it :)

2:10 the clang on the window is quite funny

That is a release I constructed myself, there is a video here on youtube that explains it. Greetings from Germany

"Very muscular"? He's a friggin hulk! ;)

I don't buy them, I make them!

That was a close one, that ricochet could have just as easily break your teeth.

Even with a helmet, after one hit everyone would run away and hide, Jesus.

@JoergSprave Great comeback and great video. What ever became of your window? was it fixed I hope?

no beard, no huHAHAHHA, no "LET ME SHOW YOU IT'S FEATURES" all in all 9/10

he's got no protection from his wife when she finds the broken glass

Wow it's violent and interesting.. Is it any dangerous at all?? How likely was the ball to come back and hit you in the face??