Sep 12 2008My Turn, My Turn!: A Human Catapult
A couple weeks ago we saw the AirKick human catapult,and today we've got a video of the homemade variety. I don't really have much to say except they didn't make it powerful enough. You'd have to chuck a body at least twice that hard if you expect to damage a castle.
Homemade Human Catapult Action - Don't Try This at Home [uberreview]
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Reader Comments
1. Sgt. C. Foxtrot - September 12, 2008 11:49 AM
First
2. Icon - September 12, 2008 11:55 AM
Awesome. I want one.
3. Thumperchica - September 12, 2008 11:57 AM
Cheater! I wanted to see a Cat catapulting... Damn you!
4. Count Orlock - September 12, 2008 12:00 PM
F***ing rednecks...
5. Trage - September 12, 2008 12:19 PM
holy shit! They're doing that into a river? Look at the guy being swept away. If someone landed wrong and got knocked out for more than a second, they'd never find them. Stupid rednecks.
6. marlo - September 12, 2008 12:29 PM
I was so distracted by the horrible, horrible music that I couldn't watch much of the video.
7. Farva's Twin - September 12, 2008 12:32 PM
Wasn't the human catapult in the Movie Never Back Down? It was copied from the Hunan Cat-ipult in the movie Karate Kid. In NBD, it was a way to show off Baja soaking wet in a white teeshirt, and in KK it was a means of collecting meat for a restaurant.
8. C. - September 12, 2008 12:35 PM
Why, oh why must all videos like this contain the worst pseudo-metal music?!?!
9. The Battlepig - September 12, 2008 1:18 PM
Trage, it's no big deal, I live around those parts and I know that river. It looks like there's a strong current about, but there's nothing dangerous. Besides, if you grew up near a lake or a river, you've been swimming in there since you've been little. You know the place.
10. Robyn - September 12, 2008 1:27 PM
Nathan Explosion on helium.
11. bass - September 12, 2008 1:31 PM
they may be rednecks but that would be f***ing sweet!!!!!!
12. ali - September 12, 2008 1:43 PM
...yeah, what was up with that music?
13. notice - September 12, 2008 2:04 PM
topless woman at 1:10 ? Or, am I mistaken?
14. Momboelitist - September 12, 2008 2:55 PM
Weak! It only launches the guy into the river. Aren't they trying to make it across? Hence the useless helmet.
What? Oh...They want to...in the wat...Nevermind.
15. another John - September 12, 2008 7:17 PM
I like the helmet
16. mirroredcactus - September 12, 2008 7:17 PM
That's nothing you should see my human cross bow... now that's bitchen!!!
17. Flaming Youth - September 13, 2008 2:55 AM
Music is by the band Soulfly, and just because metal isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean it's shite. To me Phil Collins just wouldn't be appropriate for catapulting rednecks into a river.
18. Farva's Twin - September 13, 2008 7:19 AM
@13 - nice call. Little rednck boobles at 1:10. How did I miss that? Am I turning gay?
19. TE - September 14, 2008 9:29 AM
WAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!
20. TetraShiva - September 14, 2008 11:11 AM
That music sucked.
21. MS - September 15, 2008 5:01 AM
Rednecks speaking swiss german, thats a first!
22. reto - September 3, 2009 6:32 AM
thanks for sharing our video here:-)
maybee our new video is something for you too - it can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2b8s4VxD60
(more and bigger catapult videos will follow)
greetings from switzerland.
reto