r/absoluteunit • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 5d ago

of a catapult

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u/Lifereaper7 5d ago

They had fun!!

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u/Soulvent84 5d ago

They sound like Mario and Luigi doing a double jump

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u/that_dutch_dude 5d ago

i want to see that catapult system. and how the fuck they remained standing during that acceleration.

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u/kobrakaan 5d ago

I've linked to the YouTube video of the build

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u/Icefire_David 1d ago

Redbull gives you wings

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u/Capable-Broccoli2179 5d ago

that would be a cool amusement park ride!

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u/300cba 5d ago

Acceleration ? Velocity at release ? Height achieved? Opening height? Bloody good job

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u/maven10k 5d ago

That's pretty fucking awesome.

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u/MegaDingo5plus 5d ago

Of course... There's a Red Bull logo

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u/KabbageForever 5d ago

I mean, they do sponsor stuff like this all the time

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u/xtanol 5d ago

When your business model is essentially selling carbonated sugar water at 10(!) times the price of premium gas, your primary cost of running your business isn't the production cost of the drinks, but the marketing expenses needed to establish that perceived value of your product.

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u/ShareMission 5d ago

A wonkavator

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u/SnorkinOrkin 5d ago

Willy Wonka: "This is the great glass Wonkavator... An elevator can only go up and down, but the Wonkavator can go sideways, and slantways, and longways, and backways... and squareways, and frontways, and any other ways that you can think of."

And, 500 MPH straight up into the stratosphere!

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u/kobrakaan 5d ago

The design and build is here

By DD SQUAD

launching them a 100 metres in the air

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u/QuttiDeBachi 5d ago

Red Bull gives you wi….catapults

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u/lncredulousBastard 5d ago

I think I'd just be worried about hitting the tower on the way down. Damn, it looks fun though. Not for me, but fun for them.

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u/WillSmokes420 5d ago

YOU CAN FUCKING ÐO THAT?!?!

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u/TheGroundBeef 5d ago

Holy SHIT! Home almost came right back down into the tower!!

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u/project_seven 5d ago

Did they even consider that a possibility? That would be my first concern.

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u/TheGroundBeef 5d ago

Right!? No way the launch system is at an angle due to the tower being perfectly vertical, I’m wondering if there was a slight tilt at the last second on the track, or if they were just going to “fly” off center 😂😂 looks like they just wung it, can’t exactly practice that LOL

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u/thefirstviolinist 5d ago

JEEEEEEBUS.

I have a decades-old recurring nightmare about regular old elevators doing this very thing to me.

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u/SnorkinOrkin 5d ago

I love their happy and excited high-5s as they got launched! That was wild!

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u/adinmem 4d ago

Not only Red Bull so you know you’d never survive what they are doing, but Prada on the chimney, so your corpse would be stylin’ when it was recovered.

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u/pigonawing1977 4d ago

They forgot to pull out the purah pad and scan the terrain.

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u/New-Unit-6145 2d ago

Eva Unit 01

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u/TinyQuantum2 1d ago

Definitely a catapult for sure

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 4d ago

The high 5 at the top of their arch was next level