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900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka (popularmechanics.com)
25 points by krutulis 4865 days ago
3 comments
danwolff 4865 days ago
Subsonic, but more ping pong wreckage since it's on topic:

http://danwolff.net/archive/pingpong/

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rtkwe 4865 days ago
No, it's quite clearly supersonic. This is a different design than the tube they talk about first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

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danwolff 4864 days ago
The colon at the end of the first line was intended to map the first text string to the last text string of my original post. So, you're right, and sorry for the confusing grammar.
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krutulis 4865 days ago
Don't miss the impressive video.
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rprospero 4865 days ago
When I loaded the page, the video link wasn't working. Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

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krutulis 4865 days ago
That's a more detailed video about the project. The shorter video from PopularMechanics is here: http://bcove.me/pbzl94cm
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jacquesm 4865 days ago
Holy crap. That's quite a service.
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rayiner 4865 days ago
Oh C-D nozzles. Hands-down the most useful thing I learned in undergrad.
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