Shooting Golf Balls From Huge Homemade Slingshot

Is this the beginning of a new sport? Jörg Sprave shoots 45 Gramm golf balls with 44 meters per second…

A new slingshot has been designed specifically for that job, so it came out huge. The frame is made from a core of hardwood plywood (multiplex), but two aluminum boards have been laminated to the front and back.

The slingshot has a very unusual shape, it looks like Poseidon’s spear. That is why the slingshot carries the name “Poseidon’s Slingshot”.

The golf balls are shot into a catch box, but also through the Chrony to find out how fast they fly. At the clocked 43,78 m/s, the energy of the ball is 43 Joules, almost six times the energy of a target air rifle.

Duration : 0:3:37


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25 Responses to Shooting Golf Balls From Huge Homemade Slingshot

  1. eggstu says:

    ze glasses
    ze glasses

  2. sohy3010 says:

    haha!!! you keep …
    haha!!! you keep coming up with great ideas!! keep it going.
    I love your ideas! by the way is THERA BAND BLACK MORE POWERFUL THAN THERA BAND GOLD???

  3. iCONICAACINOCi says:

    @AESamuel Yes, a …
    @AESamuel Yes, a thinner layer can contract faster than a thicker layer. Even though it’s not as powerful. So doubling up multiple layers of thinner band will be faster and more powerful than the same weight of rubber in a single band.

  4. AESamuel says:

    @JoergSprave
    Is it …

    @JoergSprave
    Is it also true that using multiple layers of thinner rubber is more powerful than the same thickness using less layers of thicker rubber? I vaguely remember a video on this a while ago…

  5. zeidamaster says:

    wow that is a cool …
    wow that is a cool slingshot hold up

  6. LittlePyroManiacDude says:

    jesus that looks …
    jesus that looks deadly

  7. kiwishuffler says:

    Cool!

    Cool!

  8. kaziklu79 says:

    Ha ha, great …
    Ha ha, great slingshot, but you won’t be allowed to a golf club with it :)

  9. BernhardOelreich says:

    Nice. :-)
    You …

    Nice. :-)
    You should play a game of golf against a golfer. Of course, that person can only use one club. ;-)

  10. tekknorat says:

    Totaly Badarsch …
    Totaly Badarsch slingshot :D Adequate name too.

  11. qwerty12345678911 says:

    what a great hobby
    what a great hobby

  12. InTheSticks1881 says:

    Well…a new way to …
    Well…a new way to cheat at golf!

  13. bugg255 says:

    FORE!…great …
    FORE!…great slingshot …and very cool safety specs

  14. johnnyb68 says:

    Very cool, thanks …
    Very cool, thanks for posting.

  15. twistcut says:

    Really would like …
    Really would like to see how many yards (or meters) you could launch a golf ball with that slingshot. Hope you find a practice range near you that will let you try it out.

  16. aokspage says:

    Nice slingshot.
    Nice slingshot.

  17. parnama says:

    this is Badass :P
    this is Badass :P

  18. coozy100 says:

    looks like a old …
    looks like a old sword handle lol

  19. PompousFlea says:

    Awesome!
    Awesome!

  20. LowDetailGaming says:

    ever accidently hit …
    ever accidently hit a bird with that lol

  21. Boyntonstu says:

    What are the …
    What are the shooting sounds in the background?

    Nice video.

  22. phyreblayde says:

    Hey Joerg,
    Are your …

    Hey Joerg,
    Are your new glasses any better than your old safety glasses?

  23. masterdurchgriff says:

    Great design again. …
    Great design again. I can see at least one practical application already: with this Poseidon-slingshot the Caddie can now shoot the golfball back to the golfer :)

  24. cuagusgiorrai says:

    it would be so cool …
    it would be so cool to shoot golf balls and see how far they will go!

  25. turtlespameater says:

    I’d like to see the …
    I’d like to see the damage of that on a coconut.