Absurdly Fast Human Catapult Goes From 0 to 125 Miles-Per-Hour in One Second

Dubai is equal share engineering science wonder and rich mortal playground . It ’s wheredrones race pricey supercarsand skateboardersrent out and drain total waterparksfor their entertainment . It ’s also where BASE jumpers Chris Douggs McDougall and Jimmy Pouchert shoot themselves 300 feet into the air just for the piece of ass of it .

Sure we ’ve seenmany , many , many(oh soverymany ) human catapults before , but never before on this shell . Held up by two massive cranes , the rig sent these intrepid maniacs from a deadened plosive to 125 naut mi - per - time of day in a single second base , which lead in about 6 gibibyte ’s of force on their organic structure by their estimation — approximatelythree times what astronauts feelduring launch . Luckily , neither McDougall or Pouchert passed out , so both were able to deploy their parachutes and land safely .

There ’s alsoPOV footageof the catapult being ridden at Nox , but the beauty of Dubai lit up is not enough to calm that queasy impression in my stomach .