We Built the World's Fastest Frisbee Launcher (Regulation Size)
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- čas přidán 29. 04. 2024
- We have been playing disc golf and ultimate frisbee for 15 years, but practice never worked for us. So we put our engineering brains on the problem, designed, and built this full blown disc launching robot. It took way longer than expected, but better late than never... I guess. We designed and built it to throw any flying disc at any angle or speed. Enjoy!
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Nice hat tip to SMH.
@@mattorendorff8858 Saw the title and nearly squealed. I've wanted to see this project since the crude version was on StuffMadeHere's channel. Thanks for taking the time to work on it!
Fun fact, he got the idea from me..
The StuffMadeHere inspiration was evident, in a good way. It's great to take (and acknowledge) inspiration like this, and the effort put into this project speaks for itself. Great job, guys! Easy decision to sub!!
@@Ryan_Thompson agreed. I got SMH vibes right away, and sub'd when i did.
Am I the only one who wants to see an epic competition between your spin launcher and Stuff made here's linear accelerator?😂😂😂
exactly! or make a bigger linear accelerator :D
@themonsterunderyourbed9408 I don't understand your comment. Are you calling both of the channels losers? Because that would be an incredible poor take. Both spent a ton of time and money while also applying a vast amount of knowledge and troubleshooting.
There's no competition here as far as speed/distance, this machine is loads more powerful, but it does go to show just how efficient SMH's machine is.
let "i did a thing' join in...
he is a master at creating scary machines too.
Pls
I didn’t think I’d be watching two FRISBEE throwing machine videos within 24 hours but here we are lol
Sameeeee
So this channel and Stuff Made Here build a disc throwing machine and release a video on it within two days of each other, which also starts with the exact same joke.
We truly live in a simulation.
I mean, not really. This channel and video is very clearly (and not negatively so) inspired by Stuff Made Here. But sure, simulation I guess because who could foresee likely coincidences.
Its like Slayer Raining Blood and Glory Bells - Flight Back Home using very similar parts that make the whole song but they are so different not even folks listening to rock/metal will connect them unless told to by a nerd (us) :P
Its a good thing as now the algorithm will make this one seen, thats how i found it…
That happens If you ask ChatGPT for Video ideas ^^
Cool Video but please switch to metric
Stuff made here just dropped a new disc golf launcher video. What are the odds. Could be good timing for "we make machines" to make a channel boosting collab.
Even if not, I found this video immediately after watching SMH's, We Make Machines has earned a new sub from me and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Great timing indeed.
@@coinholio470 Thanks for the support!
@@We.Make.Machines3:29 phawk anyone banning this ride! A55holes!
@@coinholio470 Me too. CZcams recommended it.
Well done boys, you should be getting a call from every disc manufacturer out there so we can get some true flight numbers
Agreed
truthfully, flight numbers were never meant to describe every possible flight path. They instead, only compare each disc to the other discs from the same manufacturer.
the example I keep seeing, where people forget this, is when people say "the Luna is a 3/3/0/2 but that's wrong because its nothing like an Envy" well, those flight numbers don't mean it will fly like an Envy, they only mean that the Luna is more stable than a Fierce, and faster than a Challenger.
Benny vs copperhead both Lonestar discs exact same flight numbers… just look at them.. not even close… the point is u can’t trust the manufacturers to be numbering their own discs. This isn’t something any manufacturer would buy the logical progression of this would be a distributor like infinite or something buying it and to display their own numbers
@@wherehouseedm not to mention the differing stabilities amongst plastics.
A KC Pro Roc flies *much* less stable than a Champ Roc yet they have the same flight numbers.
this
If the machine is a bit scary, you're doing something right. Cool build! 🥏
Thanks! 👍
Funny both you and Stuff Made Here made a disc launcher at the same time. Who's is faster and better? Hmmmm I smell a colab challenge video!
Love yall😊
@@jordank1813 ours goes 200mph not sure about SMH's...
@@We.Make.Machines His seems pretty accurate. You guys should team up and challenge a couple pros to some doubles. I've been playing for over 41 years and your machine is scarier than when I played Guts with Stokely and Stevie Rico 30+ years ago.
You and Stuff Made Here both making really good disc launchers and posting them within a couple days of each other is wild.
A springed lever arm with a catch would be a better and a safer design, I believe.
@@dbweb.creativethat was quick you guys always show up backseat engineering
@@dbweb.creative Absolutely no way that could reach the speeds they reached here.
Maybe they were both sponsored by the same marketing company
@@irgilligan why not? you use a motor to store a significant amount of energy into a spring. Then release all that energy.
Amazing work. Can't wait to re-watch this once a week for the rest of time.
you guys should contract them to come and test all your discs... :)
This is the greatest / scariest thing we’ve ever seen 🤯🚀 Well done!!
Great build fellas! Just goes to show how insane David Wiggins Jr's record really is.
Please get one of the high speed drone chasers involved to film the flight!
@skyotefpv
exactly
Why get one. Build one
Occasionally the algorithm hits right and shows a new video by an awesome smaller channel. Excellent work on the project!
Glad you enjoyed!
The inclusion of SMH's recent video at 2:39 was absolute gold. It was funny, and it was a great way to subtly address the timing of similar projects, without making it about the comparison.
You guys did great work on this. Keep it up.
Glad you enjoyed it!
yeah its funny because obviously both channels have worked on their projects for an extended period of time, recorded them, waited for packages from disc suppliers, edited, etc yet somehow it just lined up lol.
Loved so many things about this, especially "Simon Robotte." 😀
This was SICK!! Simon sent us here!! 👋
You should definitely have a longer series that shows the designing, prototyping, and building process for us autists, and then this final type of video for the VIEWSSSS.
What's so special about being autistic?
Yeah milk this
nah this is genuinely sick i wanna see him take it to the salt flats and break 2k
Video starts @12:22
PLEASE!!! Ik people are interested more in the final product but I'm one of the few who LOVES and is often more interested in the design and build aspect
disc launch battle with @stuffmadehere
beat me to it
He beat me to it also.
I love the name Simon Robotte.
pls make a video called “We Made a Robot to Standardize Flight Numbers” so our sport can be better forever!!!
@stuffmadehere needs to see this and start a battle to make the better machine.
Haha that would be great!
NERD FIGHT! NERD FIGHT!
@@We.Make.Machines he just put out his response video...
Yeah lol!!!
@@anthonyrogers2185 uhhh it happened
This is exactly what the industry needs to standardize disc flight numbers. Every approved disc should have to be thrown by a machine like this (of course at normal disc golf speeds) and get actual, correct flight numbers for every disc. I would try to get with companies or just throw every disc many many times with that thing and make your own unofficial (official) numbers. Idk, this thing has to have a productive use right?
That's my exact thought! I know MVP has been working on making a throwing machine. This could be notable money.
I started on a journey to see about a machine like this a couple of years ago for that very reason... one of the problems is the lack of Quality Control and plastics that make the flight numbers vary widely among the same disc. I love the idea of standardizing, but there are so many variables that come into play that it will take someone way smarter than me to figure out. These guys look way smarter, so hopefully they can do it! :D
@ogdiscgolfer correct. A DX wraith wouldn't have the same numbers as a champ wraith.
Intelligence has some to do with it but at some point it just becomes patients, number crunching, and elbow grease.
@@ericjepson3765 I agree... I was speaking a little tongue in cheek about intelligence. Because of the fickleness of plastics, even in the same run you can have a wide variety of flight characteristics so you would need to do a very large sample size of each run to get an average flight number, but even that wouldn't allow us to nail down specific flight numbers so that you and I could just grab any disc with a certain set of flight numbers and be sure that it would fly the same. We could get closer/better than the system we have now, but there is always going to be a lot of variance due to the process. That said, they created the perfect machine to get us as close as possible. :D
so like, i like the idea but:
I have some discs with -2 turn that start to turn less than 100ft from my hand, and some discs with -2 turn that turn 200+ft down the fairway. but each of those turn 2x what a -1 turn disc of the same speed would do with the same release. so, basically, both discs have an accurate flight number, but the flight paths are never going to be the same.
this is primarily because the rating system only goes from -5 to +1. there is no possible way anyone could ever describe the flight of every disc with only 7 turn ratings, even taking speed and glide into account.
Wow the amount of effort for this project, all neatly wrapped up in 16 minutes. This channel is going places.
MVP would like a word with you! If we can standardize flights, with a repeatable robot, we can standardize flight numbers, which would significantly improve our sport!
if that interests you, you may be interested in stuff made here's newest video. he build a disk launcher that is entirely focused on being able to accurately adjust speed, spin rate, and other stuff. its pretty interesting as well!
The robot is already named correctly for MVP, too.
As an avid disc golfer & a Machinist, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this feat of designing, engineering & execution of this machine. Pretty dope guys. Way to go!
What a beast of a machine! The editing and production quality was great. Our launcher won't even come close to those speeds. Next level launch, congrats. You should make a disc stamp with the new launch record.
Thanks for watching, Dus-ty!
This is amazing! I think you guys should go to where David threw his world record, at sea level and tons of wind. Really try to test the limits.
good luck finding that disc
What really pushes water out of your laundry is the centrifugal force. The centripetal force keeps your laundry in the drum.
It's like normal force in that way
Not really, the only difference is the frame of reference.
@@Ozzy3333333 Exactly. If you are the laundry, you feel the water sucked from you by centrifugal force. If you are the water streaming away from the drum, you see the laundry being forced to spin around by the centripetal force applied by the drum.
@@kraklakvakve Im one of my videos, I spin a 3mm magnet ball to 3.8 million rpm, equator speed is 1330mph at 24 million G's, then they let go. :)
It is so crazy that it took building an insanely high powered machine like this just to beat David's record by ~200ft. Yeah that is a pretty good margin, but for that amount of power I would have expected to easy double the distance a human could achieve. Just shows how absolutely insane David's throw was for a human to break 1000ft.
I would hypothesize that you are still leaving distance on the table with this machine thanks to aerodynamic drag on the lightweight discs moving at that high velocity. I would love to see this thing throw a heavier disc, like a machined aluminum one to cut through the air better. A part two where you throw the rulebook out the window, and try to optimize a custom disc for the sole purpose or squeezing maximum performance out of the machine would be awesome to see.
Probably at the terminal moment a human can optimize every variable throwing a disc. I expected double performance from a machine, too, but I guess they (as seen here) have their own limits, currently. All the raw power in the world, none of the brains.
Would love to see a more in depth series with you launching all the different extremely overstable discs. Can you make a Discmania tilt flippy? What about a stego
The time spent on this project shows. The time spent on making this a well digestible video shows. Going back and making the machine repeatable and not self destructive was a fantastic and diligent choice! Can't wait for more.
engineering 🤝 disc golf - LETS GOOOOOO!!!!
Everyone be making disc golf throwing machines out here
Centripetal would be the bending inwards. What you did bending that was centrifugal. The block weight was being forced outward causing the arm to bend. I never heard centripetal until now so I guess I learned something new today lol
I was looking for someone else who caught that before I made my own comment. Centrifugal force is also what drains the waters from your clothes... centripetal force would be the force keeping it pressed to the inside of the drumwall.
@@stevencatone exactly lol. I’m surprised nobody else said anything lol
I'm here for the same reason I was starting to question myself haha
I love this project. It is perfect. I have been playing disc golf for about 18 months, but have been a nerd my whole life. Your video came up between a bunch of Jomez and Battlebot videos that I have been watching. I am also an engineer, patent lawyer, bladesmith, and former electrician. You hit all the marks!
I love the video!
I would love you even more if you were so kind to include metric units, even just as text when you say it. Thanks!
Isn't it centrifugal force at play here and not centripetal force?
stuff made here just released a new disc golf vid right now, crazy timing
I would love to see how this functions at a regular throwing speed where you could have a controlled environment throwing different discs
I was only a few minutes in and knew this channel is 100% on my permanent radar. The machine work is just pure insanity
Welcome aboard!
"best body armor for shrapnel" hahahaha, glad you all stayed safe, the forces here were no joke!!!
oh cool! i just watch Stuff Made Here's disk golf machine! and now this! this must be a sign, lol!
This is seriously amazing. Can't wait to see more from y'all!
So glad youtube recommended this, I've always enjoyed channels like Stuff Made Here, mark rober, and smarter everyday, where they dive into the physics and engineering. But to see this for disc golf is something I didn't know I needed in my life. 😊❤
If the major disc manufacturers haven't called you yet you should reach out to them. This could finally somewhat normalize flight numbers.
If you get all the kinks worked out, you can market it to disc manufacturers.
I have been waiting for this video since I started playing disc golf 25 years ago.....thanks so much!
Great stuff! You guys can use the tech disc to measure the repeatability of your throw angles and, if shown to be consistent enough, could test similar discs for various manufacturers to compare flight characteristics.
Well, you'll be competing with Stuff Made Here, probably in accuracy, not the speed.
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This is incredible!!! This level of engineering/design would take a large company 6 months and 5 engineers. You guys fully crushed it. I also know how much effort it is to make a good CZcams video and can't imagine the amount of hours you put into the video in addition to the launcher. Subscribed. Watch out Mark Rober...
As a former ultimate player and current disc golfer, this is amazing! Well done! Subbed.
I've dreamed about a device similar to allow disc manufacturers to test all their disc for more precise flight numbers. Hopefully Innova, MVP, Discraft, Prodigy, DGA etc could help support your efforts.
Just 2 days later, Stuff Made Here also made a frisbee launcher 😅
Nice! Keep making videos! You'll be over 100k soon 😀
Thanks! Will do!
I have been waiting for this follow up! Simply amazing!
Now that you got the record done could we jump to the important stuff. Consistency and accuracy. indoors maybe..? who makes the glidiest mids..? i need answers in the form of fpv follow shots.
Stuff Made Here just posted his version. Time to do a battle.
Nice job guys. Love the ridiculous over kill build videos. So cool
This channel is so underrated, keep up the work guys and youll be big one day
As a disc golf nerd, not being given any information about the discs thrown really hurt... Would love to have more throws with more discs shown.
Also in case you make another version, this seems to be a "left handed" version of the machine due to the direction it's spinning. Is there any way you can please make a "right handed" version?
Final thought, please do a video testing the flight of all the overstable drivers they sent when thrown around 800ish ft❤❤
The machine throws with both spins, most angles, speeds, and rpms. This video was cut for a wide audience, but we will 100% be releasing disc golf focused content on our WMM - Disc Golf channel. Thanks for watching.
Please make longer video testing all kind of discs. Discmania Tilt needs to get a comparable "thrower" to find out where the limits of PDGA approved disc are!
Great video, and excellent job with the robot!
The algorithm is picking up this video and distributing it worldwide. Of course, we can do the conversion, but a suggestion would be to present measures in units that most of the world can understand.
Noted for next video!
That's one heck of a Simon Line.
Bravo guys. That's insane
You should focus on making a machine that can produce very repeatable results between the 20-70 mph range. Something like this is needed to test/standardize flight numbers, it could also serve as a quality assurance process.
13:44 Copying Simon's second shot on hole 6 from the 3rd round of the JBO this year I see. Nearly flawless!
Hahahahahahaha! Golden!
That was awesome. Love disc golf and had to watch this and it was worth every second. Nice work!
This was actually amazing! Can't wait to see more!
“Your timing was way off…and I’m calling foot-fault too”
🤘😁
And we’re just going to pretend that there isn’t extreme rounding here?
Doesn't the radius of the throwing arm affect the spin rate? If i build a machine that moves straight at 200mph, the disc has no spin. In discgolf usually the goal is to move your arm across in a straight line aswell (i know the wrist still rolls). Does it really simulate a throw with such a small radius?
Exactly, the straight line is a misconception. The effective radius of a human throw, i.e. the hip, torso, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and finger rotation all averaged out is equivalent to the effective radius of our machine. So the human and machine are doing the same thing, rotating around a radius, the human just has way more radii linked together with joints. Our rpm to speed slope ends up roughly equivalent to a pro disc golfer, and this is also adjustable.
@@We.Make.Machines Thanks for explaining. Good job guys!
Amazing, and at the same time as the stuff video drop. Both machines are so cool.
I really like the simple design. You choose the length of the arm based on the desired angular velocity, that's brilliant. I'd have simplified the design even further by releasing both the disc and the counter weight, though.
10:30 Shoutouts to the sponsors
I hope this video gets a lot of views. That 10hp motor isnt cheap.
Incredible. Thank you
I'm sure it could be improved but that still shows how crazy the record is when it takes all that from an insane machine to beat it! Great job guys.
Okay so this is faster than the one from Stuff Made Here, sorry for my wrong previous comment!
All good, thanks for watching!
I need to get in touch with your real estate guy in the metaverse, the new shop looks amazing
We actually represent ourselves. Turns out getting an RE license in the metaverse is a breeze...
I have been playing Disc Golf since 1977, and I would have never thought back then that I would ever see a machine like this, although we often talked about it while playing on the courses.
wow. now that's some good disc golf form
Campgaw!
I thought I recognized that storage container 😂
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Awesome! Thanks Tony Tomasino for sharing this!
This is amazing thank you for the countless hours spent to answer the question all disc golfers ask. Can’t someone make a machine that throws discs?
Great video great project! You guys deserve all the success!!
love that you actually followed up. id like to see you do all sorts of disc golf specific testing. like what basket design would be the best but not give you free putts. ones that the chains actually when you hit more than half of them haha
or maybe a robot that can test disc flight numbers by throwing perfectly.
or a putting robot to see which plastic works best for putting.
we stan OTB. get all the good from them
You guys are awesome, what an accomplish! I guess the next step for standardization is to build a field with various wind speeds and directions, and also with adjustable ground with options as uphill, downhill and free moving trees.
This was the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. I’m glad someone finally made something like this that is actually good.
The fact that a human was able to throw a disc up to 80% of that machine just shows how powerful a machine our body is.
The human had 40mph winds helping him no? I don't think it's comparable given that essentially uncontrollable factors have such a huge effect on the outcome
bro are u dense af? 40 mph winds would allow a quadrapalegic to throw farther than u
Outstanding! That last throw was super satisfying and gnarly.
What a terrifying machine - great job guys!
This is so awesome, and theres so many more possibilities with this machine. You could do so much for the community. From a testing stand point. Different arm speeds and flights numbers. To seeing what the farthest possible distance is for a human. So cool!
Got my sub. This video is absolutely amazing for a channel with 5k subs. Can't wait to see what comes in the future. Awesome video!
We need more channels like this!
Great project! The way you solved the issue with the whole device vibrating after the launch of the disc was amazing. I always wondered how the people at Project Spinlaunch dealt with this, since they should have to deal with the same issue as well, but so far I never have seen it being adressed in one of their videos. Now it‘s pretty clear they must do something similar to your solution or else their device would get ripped apart pretty quickly.
Glad you liked it!
Please keep it up ive been dying for content exactly like this.
Very well done video. Thank you
wasn't sure you'd beat it, congratulations!
That is terrifying...in the most amazing way
I would love if you could include the metric conversion on screen or something, as imperial units don't help me and I need to go look up everytime.., but the video is awesome, I enjoyed it a lot anyways. Thank you
Noted!