QC#74 – Butterfly Bomb

Popsicle sticks lock together, to make a butterfly shaped throwing star that explodes on impact.

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Project Inspired By: Childhood memories, and recently making these with my kids. I had a lot of fun with these as a kid, and I wanted to make a video tutorial with loads of different shapes and sizes you may not have seen before.

WARNING:

This video is only for entertainment purposes. If you rely on the information portrayed in this video, you assume responsibility for the results of your actions. Have fun, but always think ahead, and remember that every project you try is at YOUR OWN RISK.

Project History & More Info:

I remember learning how to make some popsicle stick bombs in my early years, but can’t exactly remember where or how. Probably some random kid showed me at school, but I never forgot how to make them.

At the time, it seemed really cool to be able to create a “throwing star” that would explode when it hit the wall, and now that my kids are a little bit older but still young enough to enjoy popsicle sticks), I thought this might be a great project to try with them.

I got a couple of bags of craft sticks and scoured the internet for different kinds of throwing stars or stick bombs that we could make. We ended up making 8 different kinds of stick bombs, which you’ll see how to make in a future video.

I’ve had hundreds of messages and comments asking for easy projects with simple materials, and this is about as simple as I can make it, however, I expect most of my viewers won’t like it because it’s a project geared toward a really young audience.

But if you’re a dad, your kids are going to love it .. so go have some daddy time, and make a bunch of exploding stick bombs!

2015 Subaru BRZ – Redline: Review

It’s been quite some time since the US saw a lightweight, affordable, rear-wheel drive sports car with a high-revving engine. For Subaru [and Scion] the BRZ and FRS twins marked the return of a Japanese tuner sports car for the youth market. The model’s sublime steering, balanced chassis, and sleek styling were an instant hit, but are the two models quick enough for the enthusiast market?

How To Make An N64 Rocket Launch Controller

Here’s how to hack an N64 game controller, into a remote rocket launch controller … That’ll launch freakin’ rockets in real life, and ignite fireworks up to 30 feet away.

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This was an original idea. (Original to me anyway).

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Project History & More Info:

This project was inspired by the old Estes Launch Controllers for small model rockets.

Surprisingly, they are $25 to buy online (http://www.estesrockets.com/302220-electron-beamr-launch-controller), which I thought was a ridiculous price. And that was confirmed when I ordered one, and took it apart to look inside.

Looking inside, I saw that basically all it was, was a simple circuit using 4 AA batteries, with a switch to close the connection and send electricity to two alligator clips at the end. There were a couple of other components, but they aren’t really worth mentioning.

For $25 I thought I could do a lot better than that, and perhaps make a controller that looked a lot cooler, and nerdy?, than a square yellow box.

I went online and found a yellow N64 game controller for $10 (free shipping).

I originally had a grey controller that I used to play Mario 64 with my kids, from time to time, but I used that one for my prototype and proof of concept months ago (https://instagram.com/p/0vMHGhmvxy/?taken-by=grantsprojects)

I thought the yellow controller would be a nice touch, because of how it matched the rocket and launch-pad color scheme.

I knew that basically all I needed to do was rig the controller with an internal power source, and find a way to re-route the circuits to deliver 2+ amps of electricity when a button was pushed.

Originally I tried soldering and re-routing the existing circuitry, but the internal resistances of the contact pads severely limited the available output current.

I made a trip to Radio Shack to play around with buttons, LED’s, and buzzers, and eventually found some that worked for around $5-8 total.

The slot for the controller pack was almost the perfect size for two 9 volt batteries, which is what I was using to ignite the electric matches from a previous project (http://bit.ly/RocketIgniters), however the slot was extremely tight and impractical for the 9 volts, but I couldn’t find a way for 4 AA to fit.

I had to modify the slot with a file to shave down the walls enough to hold the batteries firmly in place, but not so tight that they couldn’t be removed.

And I ended up using all new buttons for the circuit.

I left the other buttons in the controller for show, and left the circuit board inside even though it doesn’t serve any electrical purpose anymore. It just helps hold everything together, and keeps the buttons firm.

I made the lead wires 30 feet long, which reduces the amount of available DC current at the igniter end.

I have measured 2.5 amps at the igniter end, while the controller shows you can get closer to 7 amps of current without the wires connected. I imagine different lengths of wire will produce results between 2.5-7 amps. However, all you need to light an igniter is 2 amps, so it works!

I use this rocket controller for launching the “Randomizer” Rockets I made as part of a design collaboration with my friends at www.sonicdad.com, and personally, I think it’s one of the coolest rocket launch controllers that’s ever been made.

But that’s just my opinion. 🙂

2016 Scion iA – Redline: Review

As the first sedan in the line-up, Scion got a little bit of help from a new partnership with Mazda in the form on this all-new sub-compact Mazda2 based iA sedan. However, is there a reason to choose the Scion version over the equivalent Mazda?

Jimmy Samples Jessica Alba’s Hydrating Mist

Jessica Alba and Jimmy go to their happy places while they try some Honest Beauty products.

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Long Story Short with Benicio Del Toro, Jessica Alba and Miguel

Jimmy and Jessica Alba compete against Benicio Del Toro and Miguel in a game where each team takes turns trying to get their partners to guess movie titles in under five seconds without saying their names.

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Benicio Del Toro Broke His Wrist When Tommy Lee Jones Fell on Him

Benicio Del Toro passes along some advice Jack Nicholson gave him about how to avoid major injuries.

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