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YouTuber manages to swing like Spider-Man with custom-made web shooters

YouTuber manages to swing like Spider-Man with custom-made web shooters
Written by Chandraveer Mathur
Aug 22, 2021, 01:56 pm 3 min read
YouTuber manages to swing like Spider-Man with custom-made web shooters
YouTuber Built IRL successfully swings like Spider-Man using handcrafted web shooter (of sorts)

Real-life superheroes seldom have the technology demonstrated in movies although they may not be lacking perseverance and grit. Using just those two virtues and some remarkable engineering, a South African YouTuber called JT who runs the Channel "Built IRL" managed to design and build web-shooters that almost let him swing like Spider-Man in real life. Here's how he did it.

Backstory
YouTuber has also successfully replicated Batman's grappling gun
YouTuber has also successfully replicated Batman's grappling gun

JT has previously recreated a version of Batman's grappling gun. He has also tried the Spider-Man swinging idea at an internship but abandoned the project due to time constraints. Now he decided to take it up as his university thesis project (imagine defending that thesis!). Thankfully, the college accepted his proposed topic "investigating the possibility of Spider-Man swinging as a novel form of locomotion."

Construction
Propane-powered web shooters launched 'hook chain' from one end

JT created the web shooter using a steel tube modified to contain pressurized propane in one half while the other half contains a modular polycarbonate tube housing the web. The web isn't exactly a web, though. It is a series of steel hooks on a strong cord that locks on itself when it is looped around objects. JT calls this the "hook chain."

How it works
The steel casing had attached handle so JT could swing

When triggered using a small button, a short fuse sets off a custom-made spark plug that ignites the compressed propane. The polycarbonate cartridge with the hook chain is then shot out of the other end of the tube. The steel casing had an attached fabric handle that allowed JT to swing once the hook chain had secured itself around something.

Practice makes perfect
JT also made a refueling system, practiced at trampoline park

The ingenious YouTuber also made a propane and air refueling system for the web shooters to save himself some time. He quickly discovered that using these web shooters was no child's play. So, he spent weeks at an indoor trampoline park practicing the swinging so he had a soft landing if things went wrong. This also allowed him to perfect the design.

A rare kind
Project demonstrates that with wit and perseverance, anything is possible

After practicing, JT managed to complete two and a half swings and land on his feet, proving the point he set out to investigate with his thesis. While the project may have its inadequacies and ample room for improvement, the young man's perseverance to reiterate after failures and build something this novel is truly special.

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I am a design engineer with a knack for all things related to tech, smartphones, photography, and automobiles. When I am not tinkering with gadgets, I enjoy books, CGI, a lovingly curated audio library, and therapeutic solo drives.
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