Shooting throwing knifes with the slingshot

[JoergS]

I really wanted to find out if it is possible, in theory, to throw a knife in a way that it flies perfectly straight. So I constructed a rubber powered crossbow that does exactly that. I was surprised how well it works!



My little device shoots the knives at 46 m/s (152 mph) - enough for serious impact and flat trajectory.



Thought I let you know! Greetings from Germany.

[10thMtn]

Joerg,

Thanks so much for coming down to visit! Your videos are amazing, and you're a slingshotting king! I've got my kids shooting slingshot, and they love to watch your videos!

You've done well with the knife-throwing slingshot! That's one awesome shooter!

[KnifeThrowing]

Hi Joerg, great experiment! I already knew you from your Slingshot channel :-)
What is this device you used to measure the speed?
Greetings from Germany

[Update]
The knife-slingshot is so awesome I had to blog it: http://www.throwing.it/2012/06/shoot...slingshot.html
[/Update]

[JoergS]

I am using a Chrony M1 Master (the one that has an external LCD display, much more safe (killed three displays before).

[Nixelplix]

This is completely awesome.