Summer is here, and that means its time to break out the water guns. Or, if youre YouTuber Mark Rober (formerly a NASA engineer), its time to build the largest water gun ever made (via Gizmodo). <\/p>\n
Robers giant water pistol is a little more overpowered than the original backyard toy, firing jets of water at 272 miles per hour, with enough force to slice through a watermelon and shatter glass. But despite the giant scale, the supersized Super Soaker works pretty much the same way as the toy version: pressurized air is pumped into a chamber of water, and released with the trigger to shoot a jet of water. Robers version instead uses pressurized tanks of nitrogen gas and water for far more impressive results,. But hey, its all working on the same principles. <\/p>\n
Rober is no stranger to building comically oversized childrens guns. Last summer, he put together the worlds largest Nerf gun. While that was impressive, the 40-mile-per-hour darts it shot barely hold a candle to the destructive power of the seven-foot-long water pistol. <\/p>\n
The gigantic Super Soaker is definitely a custom, one-off build, though Rober does provide a build list of parts and CAD files should you want to try to cobble together your own. As a note: pressurized gas as used here is dangerous, and Rober is a trained engineer, so proceed carefully if youre trying this at home. This is not meant for human targets! <\/p>\n
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