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Kids don’t try this one at home! This DIY Flamethrower by Everett Bradford looks dangerous but it does a good job of imitating the fire throwing capability of Pyro from X-Men. "The Pyro System is my final project for a mechanisms class in the spring of 2008. It gives me the power that the X-Men character Pyro has"
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August 6th, 2008
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August 6th, 2008
Wow, dangerous AND complicated! Nice!
August 6th, 2008
The trigger system looks painful and tricky to operate. It would be easier to use the palm of the hand, and a downward motion of the hand to spark the long nose lighter. For the fuel delivery trigger, pressing downward with the tip of your middle finger is much easier than pressing up with the first bone in that finger.
tl;dr version: Flip the forearm part upside down for more comfortable use.
August 6th, 2008
What a nutcase! “Fuel delivery system is worn on the waist” He’s gonna blow himself in half any day now… Don’t build things like this. It’s NOT cool, just stupid. Leave things like this to the movie special effects guys. They are more likely to know what they are doing…
August 6th, 2008
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August 6th, 2008
@Danny: Nah he’s fine, let the young ones experiment.
August 7th, 2008
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August 7th, 2008
Incoming Darwin Award?
August 8th, 2008
I’m impressed, it’s clever and good work on the mechanisms, I’m sure his engineering class professor was amused.
August 11th, 2008
Finally, something useful! Can we get these on our Car Hoods like the Car Machine Gun post?
August 22nd, 2008
too dangerous
August 25th, 2008
Ого! Нормально.