I'm working to bring this plate to market with Firewatch AI! They've got an early access listing published to get on a waitlist while we work out the business end of licensing / certifications / production. www.firewatchai.net/store/p/hexplate-next-generation-ballistic-plate
I left a comment about something you might be interested in. I like your design. No insult or one upsman intended but if you’re going to market you might want to give it a read.
Hey!! It's called Height over bore.... When you are that close with scoped or high sight platform optics, you have to aim higher. LIKE 4 INCHES HIGHER LOL 😂😂😂
I just came back to this video to make a comment that you should definitely sell these armor plates, companies that already produce armor would be interested in funding a line of this type of plate, I'd love to have a suit of this myself just for the cool factor
Astonishing results. If your armor meets MIL-STD-810 criteria (for harsh environmental conditions); I genuinely believe you could sweep the current military body armor industry with a revolutionary change. Keep at it and please patent your final product!!
@@CrashMakerspace I think you're not far off! Continue collecting test result data and refining your design prototypes. In a world full of IED drones (loitering munitions), AI robots and ever evolving weapons, I think your new armor could be what the modern Soldier needs to survive and fight.
Absolutely agree! Patent your creation! This is amazing armor! The 3D print process is my favorite part...there are so many possibilities for this tech... @CrashMakerspace, I know you did this initial iteration in steel, have you considered a lighter material like titanium? Or a light weight alloy?
Patent everything. Process, design, implementation. If you go the patent route, and you should, get a patent attorney to review everything for patentability.
For someone who shoots a .300 win mag on the regular im baffled with how well your DIY armor held up. Absolutely crazy. The power that round has is destructive as hell and your plate took it like a champ
@@CrashMakerspace You ever seen Dragon Skin armor? Its a method of layering the tiles like scales to dramatically distribute the load and also aid in multiple round absorption. I would also run some test with the entire panel arched as it should help distribute the load through the entire system much better.
@@CrashMakerspace I have no clue exactly what method your using, but you can always make half as much armor but twice, and off set the layers to magnify the effect right? thats kinda how wood works better when alternating the grains perpendicular of one another. Unless your design SPECIFICALLY can't use this method.
I'll be posting the full video of unedited ballistics footage like with my RedHood armor! I'm not sure on the process yet to get ahold of AP, but that would be the next test. .300 WM doesn't seem to have black tip options, 30-06 certainly does but that's about 500ft*lbs less energy than the 300WM here.
@CrashMakerspace you need to take apart a .30-06 black tip and load the projectile into .300 win mag.. only problem is that i think "producing AP ammo" is ilegal..
You better make sure you have a patent on this! Protect yourself from theft. This is huge!!! Excellent work sir..the world needs more inventors like yourself. This can save thousands.
@@0thPAg i mean the goal of this was never to be the lightest armor in the world. this will likely never compete with other level 4 body armor in its current state like others are saying due to the weight of it but its still extremely impressive for it to take the abuse it took and continue to stop rounds from penetrating.
Seem like a good dude with a hobby that’s useful to society. Genuinely hope your work pays off. Also hope that you stay who you are through the process. Keep up the great work!
Most high velocity rifles cut mild steel easily. For the same weight you can get AR500 and stop all the same shit easily all day long. Still cool stuff Keep going.
I immediately skipped to the end to watch the firing range tests since I watched your short. Had to rewind back to the beginning after I realized that was the entire video! Awesome video
Boron carbide did it's job, there's a reason it's been used for armor for over 50 years. I recommend using UMWPE to reduce weight for the back material. It also will significantly improve chances of catching the slug.
I'm using a high density Fiberglass on the rear which so far, it's very light and super hard. But I want to make a video of direct comparisons across weight, thickness, deformation, etc for UWHMPE / KV / FG / CF / KV+CF / Basalt for a nice summation of each
@CrashMakerspace Generally speaking fiberglass is really good for backface deformation and is cheap. But really heavy compared with everything else. It's also not great against armor piercing projectiles. UHWPE is also harder to work with due to how slick it is and resistant to soaking just as a warning.
As far as anecdotes go, the best performance I've seen in video (lately) is a plate of titanium inside a slab of umwpe. There's something about the composite of materials and how they react to energy together. I estimate this video maker will arrive on the principle of whatever is going with that... If he hasn't already
@@Fgway so a lot of armor uses uhwmpe for its deformation properties to absorb energy. the titanium plate acts as the "hard" strike surface to take the brunt of the force. but depending on the titanium alloy your using titanium also has amazing deformation properties. so if you match the right alloy with uhwmpe both materials will act in unison to absorb the energy into the plate. but even with that plate. the thing that plagues non steel plate body armor is multi hit. if you get hit multiple time in a close proximity ones going through. but steel plate armor has the weight and spauling problem.
And this is how Material Science Engineers get started in the 21st century!! My brother who recently retired received his PhD in Material Sciences (Paraphrasing the exact degree) and went on to a career in government service studying and building various forms of armor (once again, limited paraphrasing). It's amazing to see a lot of declassified public information like this on TH-cam, but it's even more amazing to think about what's being worked on in Secret :). Great Video!!
Send one to Matt at Demolition Ranch. He will test it completely. He asks us to send him homemade armor to test. With almost 12 million subs a lot of people will see it.
I love your anti clickbait attitude. Whenever I hear "Watch till the end to find out!", it's such an annoyance. You going straight to the point and giving the viewers what they want is so refreshing in the modern youtube landscape. If anything being straightforward will motivate me to watch to the end without having to try and bait me.
THANK YOU for not dragging out the results... Much appreciated. You should send one (each) to Matt Caraicter ( or however you spell his last name) on Demo ranch. I think you would really really impress him and.....just think about the advertising you would get with his 9 million plus subscribers. This was SO IMPRESSIVE. You have absolutely earned my subscription 👍 I'm looking forward to seeing more of what you do. Take care, ~Jonny5🥁
Beautiful video! I prefer this format because it got me curious enough to stick around to hear the nerdy science, rather than the usual promises with no guarantees of delivering ergo wasting my time. **Chefs kiss**
Man, when I first saw your spinal battery designs I was impressed. This is a whole other level. You've outdone yourself, and I'm excited to see you become the new Bruce Wayne!
You seem like a really chill and down to earth dude. Seeing you do work like this is also truely inspiring to the average everyday person aswell. Keep it up man and goodluck.
Thanks bro! I've always believed that if you work hard enough for long enough, you'll get it. So it's sweet to start getting a community around my projects 💯
I'm definitely gonna have to get some more visco-elastic foam, when I get the steel for my 5x14x1/4 and 3/8 shields and out to the forge to pound out some scales, and as a much more practical hobby after painting?
This is almost like seeing my dreams come true. I designed a similar armor plate a few years ago, but never had the time or resources to build a prototype. It's so awesome to see someone making it a reality!
You really deserve a research reward this is incredible innovation well done. Btw there are many many many types of steel and alloy that you can still test. I really think that you've done something amazing.
That is very impressive armor. I have a hole in my chest because of back-face deformation and the round I wore was just from a hand cannon and my plate was supposedly rated for it. The fact is that if I had been wearing your armor I would have suffered no more than broken ribs and bruising. Which would have been *much* easier to deal with and recover from. Mad props. I always thought of guns as a coward's weapon and I really *really* enjoy watching people develop ways to make them useless. I dont even live that life anymore. I haven't been in a gunfight , shot, or even shot at in several years, but the shit that mattered to me when I was that guy, still piques my interest now. Keep it up, earned a sub.
Firearms are the weapons of those who intend to win. Your moral grandstanding about the integrity of those who use firearms is little more than impotent blowharding.
You're on the cutting edge of next gen ballistic armor for personnel, perhaps even plates to be used for fixed position defense such as door and wall panels. I hope to see your stuff in test and evaluation by someone in the industry, this would be something I would purchase to harden my residential security.
I think the time intensive and financial investment for these may make them less utilisable than mass produced products currently on the market. 3d printing with metals is a burgeoning industry and the accuracy isn't terribly wonderful. There is also a few unique processes in production that we see which I'm unsure of the scalability for. Still some goddamn awesome work and so interesting and impressive as engineering. It could maybe be used for large projects where force distribution is crucial but they wouldn't be produced at such a high rate.
@@johndabobomb7108 I'm not sure how much tolerances beyond the 0.25mm or so SLS offers matters here, and if they do there are other technologies which can step in, like DMLS.
This is awesome. You have certainly earned a sub. I'm really excited to see what you bring in the future, especially a guide to make badass full body armor. I've always hated how plates only cover a few inches in a couple of areas, so making an entire chest piece and more that molds to the body is something I'd certainly love to learn more about.
I hope you’re patenting this stuff. I would hate for the military industrial complex to just swoop in and rip your designs, and leave you in the dust. Great job, love the video format, transparency, etc… Your design is mind boggling for a dude with a day job (I don’t know what it is, this was my first time seeing you), but I kinda assume your in another business, or your work would be owned by someone else. Keep it up dude, you’ll probably save countless lives with this endeavour ❤
This was my first time watching your channel, and you sir have a lifelong subscriber in me now! Omg Man, Both or those panels are truly awesome, but holy smokes that steel lattice core panel is absolutely amazing! I can’t believe it took Not one, but two .300WM 220gr rounds screaming @3000fps and at what 25 yards if that? Truly and absolutely the most impressive home made armor I have ever seen! Keep up the incredible innovation and sharing your work with the masses! It’s a breath of fresh air to see a TH-camr who isn’t out to make a Buck, just sharing the awesomeness with the world! Very cool stuff and I can’t wait to see what else your MacGyver mind comes up with next!
Thanks bro! I'm glad you've found my channel, yep I'm here to make new things and share, someday this channel will hopefully be my full time gig, but I'm keeping it to content over cash-grabbing.
Your explanations are always amazing and especially the videos where you explain the process, I find myself getting hooked in, visualizing what you're talking about and even getting ideas when I don't have an engineering degree at all (I'm in computer science). I wish you the best with your channel and your build~!
Love this channel. Great seeing smart young people using their talents to solve real world problems. This is the type of stuff that could change entire industries.
Honestly the clay is the better choice. This is what NIJ labs use to measure backface deformation which is really all you need to know as far as how it will affect the wearer when it captures a bullet.
@bashkillszombies it's not about the weight cause it's around the same weight as normal body armor. It is the fact that it's able to eat more rounds from different calibers and not fall apart as quickly.
@@bashkillszombies yeah as a prototype… my IOTV is around 30 with just front and back plates. So it may be around 10-15% lighter although I’m not sure if our go to war plates are rated for more than what was demonstrated.
@@RaptorTroll360Same weight class? These are like 75% heavier than other lvl 4 plates on the market that would have similar or better blackface deformation I'm pretty sure.
@@noscopesallowed8128 back face defirmation is much worse actually on Mira plates. Once a LV4 plate gets hit with 300WIN deformation is massive. Barely could take another hit. theres a good video on here actually.
That being said, these plates have a lot less deformation. Which means that the amount of energy transfer is probably massive in your body, but better interal bleeding and broken bones that a hole through your heart or major artery
This is so cool to see right now since I’m in a composites class in college and I get to make all lot of the carbon fiber and kevlar composites like you are in this video.
WOW, what an awesome video. I can tell you put a lot of hard work into getting this armor where it is today. I def. want a more detailed explanation of all the parts of the armor and how you made it but I TOTALLY get why you would want to keep that vague. Good work bro! 👊
Thanks, I appreciate that dude - definitely is quite a lift getting all the designs & builds for this through with video editing being the final hurdle 😂
hacksmith has a video where they coated a 3d printed 'bone' with a thin layer of some kind of metal alloy thing and it was super strong. if you have access to that it might be a good option because the lattice structure you made has a lot of surface area to coat with the metal. you might even be able to just use the resin printed one because it's supposedly that strong.
Just found this channel watched two videos and I'm subscribed now. I think it's refreshing to see how much information you can get in such a short time. Keep it up I'm going to check out the other videos now.
I cannot wait to see the future of this project, just dont let lockheed or the us government see this. Also jokes aside try this with tungsten and with titanium to see how the different density of different metals chage its effectiveness at stoping rounds since tungsten is pretty brittle but very dense while titanium is lighter than steel.
Plate something in platinum and i bet it will go through. A solid copper or steel. Platinum plated. Wonder horse bronze does? Solid platinum would also be interesting. Platinum is super slippery. High end needles are platinum for sewing or flesh.
I would absolutely love to see you do a collaboration with Kentucky Ballistics once your final version of the body armor is built. I'm sure they would also get a kick out of it and the collaboration would massively help your channel to go viral. Your videos deserve to have millions of views.
I'm actually very impressed with the armor. You created level 4 plates that can stop what most level 4 plates can stop: while being the same weight. Good Job! :)
@@CrashMakerspace A single 30.06 M2AP round with a mass of 166 grains at a velocity of 2880 ft/s you blew that out of the water. I suspect Aiden typo'd and meant can't on the second one.
Hands down best plate performance I have seen, its a chunky boi. The fact you have so little back deformation with the 300 winmag was impressive. The ceramic did what ceramic does great initial protection. Layer of ball bearings? Your science survived testing.
Top quality content. You've earned a sub just for getting straight to the testing. I'll be sharing this channel in the comment section for Demolition Ranch and Kentucky Ballistics to see some more armor tests!
Nice video! A few tips: 1. You could try to adjust the surface of the plate. Don't make it smooth, put small hexagonal pyramids on top. This will help to divert the momentum of the bullets so that they don't hit the plate at a 90° angle. You could even include these pyramids inside the plate. 2. When shooting the plate, you should always shoot them at an 90° angle. Shooting at a plate on the ground while standing while increase the effective thickness that the bullet will hav eto pass through, which is kinda cheating a bit. 3. Beware of ricochets of the smaller rounds. Great work!
The way the rounds seem to punch the clay behind the plate is really interesting It might be really cool to see the plate up against a wooden frame without a backing directly behind it, in front of a box to catch the bullets, but with a high speed camera looking at the back of the plate to see what it looks like when it gets hit
I'm not gonna lie, i don't really understand everything that was said here. Not a gunhead nor an armor plating guy (I have a degree in English 😅). But, it's been phenomenal following this entire build. Fiest discovered the channel when you made the battery pack and have stuck with you ever since. Keep going my man 🔥🔥
This seems like the type of "Lockheed would like to know your location" content I'd enjoy Edit: Also "The US Government would like to know your location" content Edit2: Before a fullblown argument insues, this comment was meant as a *_JOKE,_* you know, those things that are meant to make people laugh. If you wanna have a full on debate about armor ballistics and ect then this isn't the comment to reply to.
@@theredknight3736 Wasn't talking about the oil, was talking about nudge nudge gimme your design and i give you a cut of the money from only the finest lowest bidder projects
@@fen3311 Get out of here kid, it's not just taking one shot of 300 like you're comparing. Just taking a couple slugs is a ton after taking 4 or 5 other shots it took wayyy more than a typical IV plate would
That’s amazing how you still got a lengthy 16 minutes of content without a ten minute Wikipedia-sourced dump of exposition at the beginning. I watched the whole thing til the end, so for me, your method worked.😊
Please send this to demolition ranch, cause very few has been able to put up this kinda of resistance!! Great work!! Hope you get your own company started up from a platform like this!! Many have, but not with the quick results as u have!! Good luck!! Wish you all the success you deserve!!
Patent this! Immediatly! You are gonna have one of the armor companies steal this if you don't! You will be a multi millionaire if you play your cards right. You need to get it to market. Find a manufacturer to mass produce it. It will sell like crazy.
Even beyond the incredible armour and getting straight into the action, its great that you show a lot of firearm safety in the vids. My nephew loves these vids and the safety measures really stick in his head.
First off, this is incredible. The video is well made as well. The next step i'd say is impact dispersion - a good way to test is to use "impact indicators/shock sensor" stickers, a method i'd try first is actually balloons/pouches filled with oobleck (imo, ideally you'd want to make a non-newtonian fluid act like a gel when "liquid" and compresses locally on induced stress at the shortest possible interval due to ballistic projectile velocity), the ballistic properties of oobleck are somewhat documented here on youtube, but i have a feeling it will act pretty solid (heh) as a shock absorber
Hey this is honestly awesome dude, the one thing I would change is add a layer of material on the front with small triangular shapes facing towards the front across the plates surface which should help to dissipate the energy of the shot more evenly and could help stop even larger caliber with little added weight
Just an idea... Take that interesting lattice structure though have it 3D printed in hexagons, with 7 holes each. Then sew them together with high tensile steel wire through the centre hole and you have something quite similar to strips of chainmail which should be quite flexible. You can then sew these strips together with another wire through the outside holes to create panels or even a fitted garment. Mix up some polyborondimethylsiloxane ( the constituent material of silly putty or bouncy putty) in a polyurethane foam and soak the hexagonal chainmail in it while the foam forms and you should have a sort of super-oobleck non newtonian sponge. So if those sheets are 4mm thick, have a couple of extra mm either side of this foam gunk. Hence when a bullet hits the rotational effect on the metal hexagons will be strongly resisted both forwards and backwards. Therefore transferring much of the energy away from the direction of impact and also to adjacent hegagons, which would also rotate. Come to think of it you could also melt glass onto the rear side such that it drips through the remaining holes, then quench it to form something akin to Prince Rupert Drops and tempered steel. Course these would shatter if impacted however as it would be contained within the super-oobleck foam even the tiny shards should be both contained and provide resistance. Sort of a combination of chainmail and the plastic armour applied to WW2 merchant ships, only with a super-oobleck replacing the bitumen and tempered glass shards replacing the stone chips. Might even work better with 4 sided hexagons, as the larger the piece being hit the greater the moment of rotational force which would be resisted exponentially by the super-oobleck foam gunk. Hence a hit on one part would produce a ripple of rotational force around the wearer, dissipating much of the energy. Would also look verily cool.
I woefully admit that my attention span has been eroded over the years, but your video has kept me hooked for its entire length. Keep not listening to the people who tell you to try to play the algorithm, you are doing a great job in every way.
I'm working to bring this plate to market with Firewatch AI! They've got an early access listing published to get on a waitlist while we work out the business end of licensing / certifications / production.
www.firewatchai.net/store/p/hexplate-next-generation-ballistic-plate
I was about to say you better file for a patent for these
Send one to demo ranch ❤
I left a comment about something you might be interested in. I like your design. No insult or one upsman intended but if you’re going to market you might want to give it a read.
Hey!! It's called Height over bore.... When you are that close with scoped or high sight platform optics, you have to aim higher. LIKE 4 INCHES HIGHER LOL 😂😂😂
I just came back to this video to make a comment that you should definitely sell these armor plates, companies that already produce armor would be interested in funding a line of this type of plate, I'd love to have a suit of this myself just for the cool factor
I respect the "no clickbait crap" You should def send one to demolition ranch or kentucky balistics
I think he’s explained before that there was some reason that he couldn’t.
Really only one youtuber that should be considered the go to on testing armor performance... Buffman - R.A.N.G.E.
@@Re1bot I second your opinion, Buffman got the spicy rounds, and the "near peer" rounds...
yea dude a .408 cheytac would be crazy
Or Garand Thumb
🤔 Why not all to test out?
"Not in to that click bait crap"
Bro earned my sub in one sentence. Also, this is interesting as crap!
Same
Astonishing results. If your armor meets MIL-STD-810 criteria (for harsh environmental conditions); I genuinely believe you could sweep the current military body armor industry with a revolutionary change. Keep at it and please patent your final product!!
These should handle extreme cold & heat well; I haven’t tested how good they are with shock damage (like dropping it a ton)
@@CrashMakerspace I think you're not far off! Continue collecting test result data and refining your design prototypes. In a world full of IED drones (loitering munitions), AI robots and ever evolving weapons, I think your new armor could be what the modern Soldier needs to survive and fight.
Absolutely agree! Patent your creation! This is amazing armor! The 3D print process is my favorite part...there are so many possibilities for this tech...
@CrashMakerspace, I know you did this initial iteration in steel, have you considered a lighter material like titanium? Or a light weight alloy?
Patent everything. Process, design, implementation. If you go the patent route, and you should, get a patent attorney to review everything for patentability.
Yeah get a patent on your workmanship before someone else decides to do it illicitly!
For someone who shoots a .300 win mag on the regular im baffled with how well your DIY armor held up. Absolutely crazy. The power that round has is destructive as hell and your plate took it like a champ
For sure! That's why I was surprised it took 2 to be honest lol
@@CrashMakerspace You ever seen Dragon Skin armor? Its a method of layering the tiles like scales to dramatically distribute the load and also aid in multiple round absorption. I would also run some test with the entire panel arched as it should help distribute the load through the entire system much better.
IT IS 9 LBS more than double similar armor for the same sq/in.
@@CrashMakerspace I have no clue exactly what method your using, but you can always make half as much armor but twice, and off set the layers to magnify the effect right? thats kinda how wood works better when alternating the grains perpendicular of one another.
Unless your design SPECIFICALLY can't use this method.
petition to send this to famous youtubers and have them test it. See how well they work against even higher powered rounds.
Yes would love to see Scott shoot it with one of his elephant guns
this would be great for the power armor of hacksmith
I'll be posting the full video of unedited ballistics footage like with my RedHood armor! I'm not sure on the process yet to get ahold of AP, but that would be the next test. .300 WM doesn't seem to have black tip options, 30-06 certainly does but that's about 500ft*lbs less energy than the 300WM here.
@CrashMakerspace you need to take apart a .30-06 black tip and load the projectile into .300 win mag.. only problem is that i think "producing AP ammo" is ilegal..
@@pbayers if no police there habibi, everything legal
You better make sure you have a patent on this! Protect yourself from theft. This is huge!!! Excellent work sir..the world needs more inventors like yourself. This can save thousands.
The fact that it is stopping 300 win mag is wild
Add the fact that he's shooting it at quite a close range!!
It weighs 10 lbs for a chest plate.
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clickbait.
@@0thPAg i mean the goal of this was never to be the lightest armor in the world. this will likely never compete with other level 4 body armor in its current state like others are saying due to the weight of it but its still extremely impressive for it to take the abuse it took and continue to stop rounds from penetrating.
Dude, insanely impressive, and not just because of the armor: excellent presentation, no bullshit, no games.
You rule, my friend.
You don't need to worry about clickbait because this shit is fire all the way through
Seem like a good dude with a hobby that’s useful to society. Genuinely hope your work pays off. Also hope that you stay who you are through the process. Keep up the great work!
We might all need these soon
no but he does attract slow people...
Wild this stopped a 300 WM I’ve seen it punch holes through 1/2 steel no problem. Amazing work
Thanks! It was the repeated hits that I was really surprised with on the results here
Mild steel maybe, 300 WM doesn't go through 1/2 inch AR500.
Most high velocity rifles cut mild steel easily. For the same weight you can get AR500 and stop all the same shit easily all day long. Still cool stuff Keep going.
Your method looks like metal foam that was invented at UCSD materials lab.
Not all steel is the same. Some steel, when totally annealing, nearly soft as aluminum, especially non-magnetic stainless steels.
I immediately skipped to the end to watch the firing range tests since I watched your short. Had to rewind back to the beginning after I realized that was the entire video! Awesome video
Boron carbide did it's job, there's a reason it's been used for armor for over 50 years.
I recommend using UMWPE to reduce weight for the back material. It also will significantly improve chances of catching the slug.
I'm using a high density Fiberglass on the rear which so far, it's very light and super hard. But I want to make a video of direct comparisons across weight, thickness, deformation, etc for UWHMPE / KV / FG / CF / KV+CF / Basalt for a nice summation of each
@CrashMakerspace Generally speaking fiberglass is really good for backface deformation and is cheap. But really heavy compared with everything else. It's also not great against armor piercing projectiles.
UHWPE is also harder to work with due to how slick it is and resistant to soaking just as a warning.
As far as anecdotes go, the best performance I've seen in video (lately) is a plate of titanium inside a slab of umwpe. There's something about the composite of materials and how they react to energy together. I estimate this video maker will arrive on the principle of whatever is going with that... If he hasn't already
@@Fgway so a lot of armor uses uhwmpe for its deformation properties to absorb energy. the titanium plate acts as the "hard" strike surface to take the brunt of the force. but depending on the titanium alloy your using titanium also has amazing deformation properties. so if you match the right alloy with uhwmpe both materials will act in unison to absorb the energy into the plate. but even with that plate. the thing that plagues non steel plate body armor is multi hit. if you get hit multiple time in a close proximity ones going through. but steel plate armor has the weight and spauling problem.
@@inthedark65 This. also titanium has poor sheer resistance and galling qualities so it needs to be accounted for.
TH-cam randomly recommended me a short of this video and boy is it a gem, keep up the great work! TH-cam needs more TH-camrs like you!
Thanks dude, glad you found one of my projects!
Damn dude, you solved the big problem in body armor- how to get multi-hit capability without weighing a ton- with ease. Nicely done!
That was the biggest success really, not just stopping .300 but, like you said taking a bunch more hit after hit
Wonder how light you could make it if you made it only comparable to a lvl 4 plate
@@CrashMakerspace serious money in this, good for you
You should seriously look into patenting your armour plates, big company are going to copy your idea if they haven't already done it
@@CrashMakerspaceand the video was FUN to watch
And this is how Material Science Engineers get started in the 21st century!! My brother who recently retired received his PhD in Material Sciences (Paraphrasing the exact degree) and went on to a career in government service studying and building various forms of armor (once again, limited paraphrasing). It's amazing to see a lot of declassified public information like this on TH-cam, but it's even more amazing to think about what's being worked on in Secret :). Great Video!!
Send one to Matt at Demolition Ranch. He will test it completely. He asks us to send him homemade armor to test. With almost 12 million subs a lot of people will see it.
I was thinking the same thing maybe send it to Demo to put it on Lt Dan to test out.
I would love to see The Demo Ranch do a blind test of it.
Yes!
Please!!
I love your anti clickbait attitude. Whenever I hear "Watch till the end to find out!", it's such an annoyance. You going straight to the point and giving the viewers what they want is so refreshing in the modern youtube landscape. If anything being straightforward will motivate me to watch to the end without having to try and bait me.
7:09 love the gun safety
THANK YOU for not dragging out the results... Much appreciated.
You should send one (each) to Matt Caraicter ( or however you spell his last name) on Demo ranch. I think you would really really impress him and.....just think about the advertising you would get with his 9 million plus subscribers.
This was SO IMPRESSIVE.
You have absolutely earned my subscription 👍
I'm looking forward to seeing more of what you do.
Take care,
~Jonny5🥁
Beautiful video! I prefer this format because it got me curious enough to stick around to hear the nerdy science, rather than the usual promises with no guarantees of delivering ergo wasting my time. **Chefs kiss**
Good feedback!
I'm so glad he went straight to testing, I didn't have a bunch of time when I watched this, and was a real time-saver.
Man, when I first saw your spinal battery designs I was impressed. This is a whole other level. You've outdone yourself, and I'm excited to see you become the new Bruce Wayne!
Stopped what I was watching just to watch this one instead 😂
Same
Bro same I've been waiting for this one, and it did NOT dissapoint
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Thanks for sharing! This makes me feel great to hear 💯
I watched the cosplay build and was amazed at how well it held up! This was astounding! Truly a brilliant mind! Thanks for making videos like this ❤
You seem like a really chill and down to earth dude. Seeing you do work like this is also truely inspiring to the average everyday person aswell. Keep it up man and goodluck.
Thanks bro! I've always believed that if you work hard enough for long enough, you'll get it. So it's sweet to start getting a community around my projects 💯
I'm definitely gonna have to get some more visco-elastic foam, when I get the steel for my 5x14x1/4 and 3/8 shields and out to the forge to pound out some scales, and as a much more practical hobby after painting?
💯 agree!! Very cool chill, dude. I have no doubt he will achieve greatness!
@CrashMakerspace 💯 agree!! Very cool chill, dude. I have no doubt you will achieve greatness!
@@realP4TRi0T so true, man had to say it twice
This is almost like seeing my dreams come true. I designed a similar armor plate a few years ago, but never had the time or resources to build a prototype. It's so awesome to see someone making it a reality!
Immediately stopped and clicked! Yes! So excited to see real testing
This is awesome dude haha, thanks for checking back on my progress!
You have my like and my subscription just for not doing click bait, thanks a lot dude
This is incredible work man! Seriously mind blowing.
You really deserve a research reward this is incredible innovation well done. Btw there are many many many types of steel and alloy that you can still test. I really think that you've done something amazing.
That is very impressive armor. I have a hole in my chest because of back-face deformation and the round I wore was just from a hand cannon and my plate was supposedly rated for it. The fact is that if I had been wearing your armor I would have suffered no more than broken ribs and bruising. Which would have been *much* easier to deal with and recover from. Mad props. I always thought of guns as a coward's weapon and I really *really* enjoy watching people develop ways to make them useless. I dont even live that life anymore. I haven't been in a gunfight , shot, or even shot at in several years, but the shit that mattered to me when I was that guy, still piques my interest now. Keep it up, earned a sub.
Glad that you've recovered man! Even without having backface deformation here, you'd definitely want padding on this if taking rifle rounds haha
Think you would have suffered kinetic trauma to a larger region the way this works.
Firearms are the weapons of those who intend to win. Your moral grandstanding about the integrity of those who use firearms is little more than impotent blowharding.
@@3v3rb0tbut further dispersed.
how did you get shot with a boutique handgun round? did you try and test your plate and did it on purpose??
You're on the cutting edge of next gen ballistic armor for personnel, perhaps even plates to be used for fixed position defense such as door and wall panels. I hope to see your stuff in test and evaluation by someone in the industry, this would be something I would purchase to harden my residential security.
16:14 F**cking awesome job brother. Why don't you contact premier body armor or rts tactical for a colab or something?
I think the time intensive and financial investment for these may make them less utilisable than mass produced products currently on the market. 3d printing with metals is a burgeoning industry and the accuracy isn't terribly wonderful. There is also a few unique processes in production that we see which I'm unsure of the scalability for.
Still some goddamn awesome work and so interesting and impressive as engineering. It could maybe be used for large projects where force distribution is crucial but they wouldn't be produced at such a high rate.
@johndabobomb7108 makes sense 👍
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I'm not sure how much tolerances beyond the 0.25mm or so SLS offers matters here, and if they do there are other technologies which can step in, like DMLS.
This is awesome. You have certainly earned a sub. I'm really excited to see what you bring in the future, especially a guide to make badass full body armor. I've always hated how plates only cover a few inches in a couple of areas, so making an entire chest piece and more that molds to the body is something I'd certainly love to learn more about.
I hope you’re patenting this stuff. I would hate for the military industrial complex to just swoop in and rip your designs, and leave you in the dust. Great job, love the video format, transparency, etc… Your design is mind boggling for a dude with a day job (I don’t know what it is, this was my first time seeing you), but I kinda assume your in another business, or your work would be owned by someone else. Keep it up dude, you’ll probably save countless lives with this endeavour ❤
This was my first time watching your channel, and you sir have a lifelong subscriber in me now!
Omg Man, Both or those panels are truly awesome, but holy smokes that steel lattice core panel is absolutely amazing! I can’t believe it took Not one, but two .300WM 220gr rounds screaming @3000fps and at what 25 yards if that? Truly and absolutely the most impressive home made armor I have ever seen! Keep up the incredible innovation and sharing your work with the masses! It’s a breath of fresh air to see a TH-camr who isn’t out to make a Buck, just sharing the awesomeness with the world!
Very cool stuff and I can’t wait to see what else your MacGyver mind comes up with next!
Thanks bro! I'm glad you've found my channel, yep I'm here to make new things and share, someday this channel will hopefully be my full time gig, but I'm keeping it to content over cash-grabbing.
This is amazing! bro is real Tony stark.
My exact thoughts.
More like Bruce Wayne minus the billions of dollars coz he is building a real life Batsuit.
My Canadian brain went "wonder how it could be applied to protextive hockey gear".
Thjs was crazy fun to watch!! Amazing innovation man.
Some hockey players might think twice before body-checking! 😅
Your explanations are always amazing and especially the videos where you explain the process, I find myself getting hooked in, visualizing what you're talking about and even getting ideas when I don't have an engineering degree at all (I'm in computer science). I wish you the best with your channel and your build~!
Awesome! I definitely put extra effort to try to keep a meaningful flow of info that's not a full-on lecture 😅
Love this channel. Great seeing smart young people using their talents to solve real world problems. This is the type of stuff that could change entire industries.
the .300wm AR10 is wild
I love the way you formatted the video. Action First, Science after.
You should definitely test these on ballistic gel dummies, so we can see if bones break, etc…
The built-in anti-spalling is a nice touch!
Honestly the clay is the better choice. This is what NIJ labs use to measure backface deformation which is really all you need to know as far as how it will affect the wearer when it captures a bullet.
@ but we’ve already seen that… I was suggesting an additional test…
@@HettycTracyn ballistic dummies don't do anything but look cool on TH-cam, they aren't really representative of anything IRL.
Already two minutes in I could hear your dedication and I love it, instant subscribe from Denmark😊
I can feel a military contract in your future lol.
More likely, a corporate contract for the tech.
Not at ten pounds.
@bashkillszombies it's not about the weight cause it's around the same weight as normal body armor. It is the fact that it's able to eat more rounds from different calibers and not fall apart as quickly.
@bashkillszombies it's honestly right on par by size with a SAPI plate, with far better results.
@@bashkillszombies yeah as a prototype… my IOTV is around 30 with just front and back plates. So it may be around 10-15% lighter although I’m not sure if our go to war plates are rated for more than what was demonstrated.
I want to invest in this guy. Bright future for him. Great work
Wow, 300WM is no joke, very impressive!
Your order of events in this video is so perfect. THANK YOU
That second 300win mag shot definitely would've cracked ribs and have possible internal bleeding to the end user.
If it hit ribs, that'd be a punctured lung, but still way the f more survivable than any other type of body armor in the same weight class.
@@RaptorTroll360Same weight class? These are like 75% heavier than other lvl 4 plates on the market that would have similar or better blackface deformation I'm pretty sure.
Looked like a pass through. There's a hole in the clay cavity you can see before he sticks his fingers in.
Still impressive though.
@@noscopesallowed8128 back face defirmation is much worse actually on Mira plates. Once a LV4 plate gets hit with 300WIN deformation is massive. Barely could take another hit. theres a good video on here actually.
That being said, these plates have a lot less deformation. Which means that the amount of energy transfer is probably massive in your body, but better interal bleeding and broken bones that a hole through your heart or major artery
As soon as you said I’m not into the Clickbait crap I paused the video, went down liked and subscribed.
Watched all the way to the last second. Great job man, good on you for putting all that thought, care, effort, and careful work into this
I've never heard a youtuber say "don't donate" before.
literally, respect for that
Reverse psychology is a hell of a thing
@@raam1666 No it's not
Or is it
He's obviously good on money already to be able to do all this, have those guns, that land, pay for tools and materials.
I don't usually comment on videos, but this is genuinely impressive. I look up to innovators like you, it inspires me a great deal.
So glad my previous video got over 10s after the notification so I could go immediately here
Edit: my guy has a pretty great taste in guns
same but more like 50 sec
Im genuinely excited and impressed. This is the coolest thing I've seen on the Internet in awhile!
This is so cool to see right now since I’m in a composites class in college and I get to make all lot of the carbon fiber and kevlar composites like you are in this video.
WOW, what an awesome video. I can tell you put a lot of hard work into getting this armor where it is today. I def. want a more detailed explanation of all the parts of the armor and how you made it but I TOTALLY get why you would want to keep that vague. Good work bro! 👊
Thanks, I appreciate that dude - definitely is quite a lift getting all the designs & builds for this through with video editing being the final hurdle 😂
@@CrashMakerspace Oh god, can only imagine. It came out great!
hacksmith has a video where they coated a 3d printed 'bone' with a thin layer of some kind of metal alloy thing and it was super strong. if you have access to that it might be a good option because the lattice structure you made has a lot of surface area to coat with the metal. you might even be able to just use the resin printed one because it's supposedly that strong.
you would also be able to make it even thinner and lighter
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Just found this channel watched two videos and I'm subscribed now. I think it's refreshing to see how much information you can get in such a short time. Keep it up I'm going to check out the other videos now.
I cannot wait to see the future of this project, just dont let lockheed or the us government see this. Also jokes aside try this with tungsten and with titanium to see how the different density of different metals chage its effectiveness at stoping rounds since tungsten is pretty brittle but very dense while titanium is lighter than steel.
Seeing as this is supposed to be used for a lightweight batman suit, it severely limits his options in terms of metals.
@notreallykeven86 exactly why I would like to see how titanium would work for the lattice inside of it
Can we manipulate tungsten like this yet, lol? In 3-D printing I mean. I don't think we can
Titanium is the go
Plate something in platinum and i bet it will go through. A solid copper or steel. Platinum plated. Wonder horse bronze does? Solid platinum would also be interesting. Platinum is super slippery. High end needles are platinum for sewing or flesh.
I would absolutely love to see you do a collaboration with Kentucky Ballistics once your final version of the body armor is built. I'm sure they would also get a kick out of it and the collaboration would massively help your channel to go viral. Your videos deserve to have millions of views.
I'm actually very impressed with the armor. You created level 4 plates that can stop what most level 4 plates can stop: while being the same weight. Good Job! :)
This can stop a lot more, level IV is often only a few rounds of 762 / 308
NIJ is an outdated rating system that is in need of an update
@@CrashMakerspace A single 30.06 M2AP round with a mass of 166 grains at a velocity of 2880 ft/s you blew that out of the water. I suspect Aiden typo'd and meant can't on the second one.
So you created what already existed but for ten times the cost well done, yawn...
@@n00bist723 Stopping an M2AP at 2,880 fps, is a completely different animal than stopping a 220gr 300 WM round.
Always impressed by your designs. Keep up the good work and I hope everything works out for you as well as these plates!
Hands down best plate performance I have seen, its a chunky boi. The fact you have so little back deformation with the 300 winmag was impressive. The ceramic did what ceramic does great initial protection. Layer of ball bearings? Your science survived testing.
Totally! The first hit of 300 was very little deformation, the 2nd .300 not so much haha but the plate still technically caught it
Top quality content.
You've earned a sub just for getting straight to the testing.
I'll be sharing this channel in the comment section for Demolition Ranch and Kentucky Ballistics to see some more armor tests!
Nice video! A few tips:
1. You could try to adjust the surface of the plate. Don't make it smooth, put small hexagonal pyramids on top. This will help to divert the momentum of the bullets so that they don't hit the plate at a 90° angle. You could even include these pyramids inside the plate.
2. When shooting the plate, you should always shoot them at an 90° angle. Shooting at a plate on the ground while standing while increase the effective thickness that the bullet will hav eto pass through, which is kinda cheating a bit.
3. Beware of ricochets of the smaller rounds.
Great work!
Single handedly changing the entire market of war. Truly amazing, brother. God's speed, stay blessed.
You have quite an arsenal of rifles bro. 6:47
Daggum that is incredible!!! Ingenuity at it’s finest! Just a creative idea thrown together in a garage!🤘
The way the rounds seem to punch the clay behind the plate is really interesting
It might be really cool to see the plate up against a wooden frame without a backing directly behind it, in front of a box to catch the bullets, but with a high speed camera looking at the back of the plate to see what it looks like when it gets hit
A rare find in the sea of TH-camrs love that you don’t bait 1:54
Comments = engagement
Engagement = algorithm
Algorithm = views
Views = more
Money = cool stuff
Exactly
More comments!!!!!
Hell yeah!!@@Kutithecookie
Legitimately good content, man. Stumbled across your videos today, and looking forward to seeing more.
I'm not gonna lie, i don't really understand everything that was said here. Not a gunhead nor an armor plating guy (I have a degree in English 😅).
But, it's been phenomenal following this entire build. Fiest discovered the channel when you made the battery pack and have stuck with you ever since. Keep going my man 🔥🔥
love when that happens honestly, like it's like being given eldritch knowledge
Well done. I hold multiple patents, and I am in awe. Truly well done.
This seems like the type of "Lockheed would like to know your location" content I'd enjoy
Edit: Also "The US Government would like to know your location" content
Edit2: Before a fullblown argument insues, this comment was meant as a *_JOKE,_* you know, those things that are meant to make people laugh. If you wanna have a full on debate about armor ballistics and ect then this isn't the comment to reply to.
nah, he's fine. no oil
@@theredknight3736 Wasn't talking about the oil, was talking about nudge nudge gimme your design and i give you a cut of the money from only the finest lowest bidder projects
@@AkiUwUx3 His design is quite literally not that good, lmao. Army already has public stuff that handles stuff significantly more dangerous.
the NSA already knows, lockheed WILL be hiring you
@@fen3311 Get out of here kid, it's not just taking one shot of 300 like you're comparing. Just taking a couple slugs is a ton after taking 4 or 5 other shots it took wayyy more than a typical IV plate would
That’s amazing how you still got a lengthy 16 minutes of content without a ten minute Wikipedia-sourced dump of exposition at the beginning. I watched the whole thing til the end, so for me, your method worked.😊
Good feedback!
Bro the science part is even better than the tests, and I am a gun guy. This is so dang cool
Please send this to demolition ranch, cause very few has been able to put up this kinda of resistance!! Great work!! Hope you get your own company started up from a platform like this!! Many have, but not with the quick results as u have!! Good luck!! Wish you all the success you deserve!!
5:29 - when it didn't penetrate... but anyone wearing it would probably wish it did 😂
Did you not watch the demonstration like 5 seconds later? Tf
Patent this! Immediatly! You are gonna have one of the armor companies steal this if you don't! You will be a multi millionaire if you play your cards right. You need to get it to market. Find a manufacturer to mass produce it. It will sell like crazy.
Lots of respect, I really hope you get to your goal. Great content and amazing results!
Even beyond the incredible armour and getting straight into the action, its great that you show a lot of firearm safety in the vids.
My nephew loves these vids and the safety measures really stick in his head.
It’s so incredible to see this kind of individual development without a company steering it or profiteering
Really amazing job! This is what the world needs, more inteligent individuals that do things by themselfs
I subscribed, just because of your model... "no clickbait" and straight-to-topic. THANK YOU for your content and contribution!
Totally earned that L&S, really looking forward to how you put this to use in that molded design.
First off, this is incredible. The video is well made as well.
The next step i'd say is impact dispersion - a good way to test is to use "impact indicators/shock sensor" stickers, a method i'd try first is actually balloons/pouches filled with oobleck (imo, ideally you'd want to make a non-newtonian fluid act like a gel when "liquid" and compresses locally on induced stress at the shortest possible interval due to ballistic projectile velocity), the ballistic properties of oobleck are somewhat documented here on youtube, but i have a feeling it will act pretty solid (heh) as a shock absorber
More TH-camrs should be like this
I love ke to see young ppl working on stuff,, its productive and will lead to better things for us and them.
Hey this is honestly awesome dude, the one thing I would change is add a layer of material on the front with small triangular shapes facing towards the front across the plates surface which should help to dissipate the energy of the shot more evenly and could help stop even larger caliber with little added weight
Just an idea... Take that interesting lattice structure though have it 3D printed in hexagons, with 7 holes each. Then sew them together with high tensile steel wire through the centre hole and you have something quite similar to strips of chainmail which should be quite flexible. You can then sew these strips together with another wire through the outside holes to create panels or even a fitted garment. Mix up some polyborondimethylsiloxane ( the constituent material of silly putty or bouncy putty) in a polyurethane foam and soak the hexagonal chainmail in it while the foam forms and you should have a sort of super-oobleck non newtonian sponge. So if those sheets are 4mm thick, have a couple of extra mm either side of this foam gunk. Hence when a bullet hits the rotational effect on the metal hexagons will be strongly resisted both forwards and backwards. Therefore transferring much of the energy away from the direction of impact and also to adjacent hegagons, which would also rotate. Come to think of it you could also melt glass onto the rear side such that it drips through the remaining holes, then quench it to form something akin to Prince Rupert Drops and tempered steel. Course these would shatter if impacted however as it would be contained within the super-oobleck foam even the tiny shards should be both contained and provide resistance. Sort of a combination of chainmail and the plastic armour applied to WW2 merchant ships, only with a super-oobleck replacing the bitumen and tempered glass shards replacing the stone chips. Might even work better with 4 sided hexagons, as the larger the piece being hit the greater the moment of rotational force which would be resisted exponentially by the super-oobleck foam gunk. Hence a hit on one part would produce a ripple of rotational force around the wearer, dissipating much of the energy. Would also look verily cool.
I woefully admit that my attention span has been eroded over the years, but your video has kept me hooked for its entire length. Keep not listening to the people who tell you to try to play the algorithm, you are doing a great job in every way.
This is amazing. I've loved watching all of this come to this success and can't wait to see what comes next!
I appreciate the speeding up while getting ready too shoot. It’s small but it’s a nice thing.
Gotta drop a comment for the algo cuz i massively respect showing the test first
As a mechatronics undergraduate, this is fkng AWESOME... Really motivates me to keep going and research about all i can for whatever my eyes find.
continue with no click bait, you gain a sub