Meet the Disintegrator: 24 barrels of rubber band minigun madness
By Evan Blass 
posted Jan 16th 2008 1:41PM
posted Jan 16th 2008 1:41PM
[Via TechDigest, image courtesy of Disintegrator.co.uk]
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You've been rubbernated!
I am the rubbermator! your bands give them to me.
"When I saw him....his eyes dissapeared....
...they just dissapeared...
I drew down on em'
I capped of about 250 rounds with the minigun....
...nothin'...
...ain't nothing in the world coulda lived through that..."
I thought for a second that this was a sneak peek at Mission Impossible 4
What quote was that above mine. Predator?
Looks like a preview of next week's episode of "The Sarah Connor Chronicles".
Hehe, or try net-ed... get em spidy with the Rob and Big shooting Net Gun - lol... http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1158
have fun loading up all 288 rubber bands on that thing. Jesus christ.
They have another rubber machine gun fire rubbers at this thing to load it up.
Next step: Automatic reloader
If it shoots 40 rounds per second, that's seven seconds of continuous firing.
If it takes 1 second to load each rubber band, that's five minutes.
If anything lives through those seven seconds, you're screwed.
So what about a rubber band grenade...
I must have that. Then I could shoot stuff. Then I would get bored, and leave it in my basement.
At 40 rounds per second and 288 bands, you should be able to unleash solid rubber band hell for approximately 7 and a half seconds.
Seven and a half seconds of pure agony for your enemy as you totally overwhelm them with a barrage of elastics.
Wow, that's the same rate some people use up another kind of rubber...
what about swaping barrels
This is one guy you would not want to piss off in Highschool...
Look at how this man utilizes his free time.
I think he probably still is in high school.
Pfft, it's secondary school, he's British.
not american so that means his HS GED is worth more than a college deploma anyway.
@Ghen
How much is your "diploma" worth if you can't even spell it?
The only thing that appears to have disintegrated is his social life.
*Ba dum tss* I'll be here all night guys, try the steak
And please remember to tip your waitress!
Michael Scott will need one of these to unload on Ryan.
What a loser. He'll be a virgin for life.
Someone's jealous.
No he won't--he'll kill you with it then take your girlfriend.
I play with rubbers not rubber bands.
I play with girls. Enjoy your rubbers, though. They do sound like fun. I'm sure this dude can help you with a toy for your little pastime.
dan i pitty you.
you don't play with'em! you use them ;) :-p
but enough about your girlfriend, tell us about yourself :)
You're talking to someone with over 23,000 myspace friends. BBoy360
Coolness = Interesting Books Read + Gadgets/MySpace friends
Oh yes Dan, because you having 23,000 myspace friends means anything to anyone?
Hell, I could go and add 23,000 random people on Myspace and be right up there with you!
Anyway. This thing is amazing.
i think dan meant this kid of rubber www.fleshlight.com
or....mr. limpy.
May I remind you that we're arguing how cool we are on Engadget? Does anybody see a problem with this?
wait, that WASN'T a sarcastic retort by dan?! really?? myspace friends?
really??
Who needs girls when you can fire 2400 rubber bands a minute? *
* requires 9 guns
"0.0% Human Casualties"
The less lethal Terminator
Makes my six-shooter rubber band gun look like a toy!
That thing is amazing!
GR
The floppy disk massacre was the best part of the video.
Wow, to have been born in this hi-tech age. In the '50s, we fought our wars with a simple single shot rubber-band gun. Of course, it shot nails...
Now we need an episode of Jackass where stevo gets pounded by this thing. Jackass v3
Dammit! You beat me to it :)
unload time 5 seconds, reload time 5 hours
Sounds like my sex life.
"You'll shoot your eye out"
WIN
So 40 bands a second, 288 bands... that's only ~7 seconds of continuous firing? I guess he will make one that takes magazines later...
Wow that was awesome. Could you imagine a warthog mounted with a rubber band turret?
Yes... it *would* have unlimited ammo, wouldn't it?
Yes, of course in theory, but if you detach a stationary turret I suppose it would only have 200 bands left.
You could mount it on this:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/14/gm-says-its-new-hummer-hx-concept-is-inspired-by-atvs-not-halo/
Pledges nationwide should pray to god that fraternities cannot acquire this thing.
We need a video of a volunteer with goggles getting shot by this thing, it must be brutal yet totally non-lethal.
It's a less lethal Troika.
Does it come with a replaceable magazine?
You won't need one. Just unload it on Nolan and voila, from rubber band minigun to 49er season-improver in 7 and a half seconds! I'm a 49er fan too, don't take it the wrong way.
Nolan is not the main source of the Niners' current problems...but that's a discussion for a whole other type of blog.
I know someone made a 12 barrel, crank powered, tripod mounted rubber band gun you could buy. It was like $500+, though.
Now I just need a match-stick Warthog to mount it on...
Now we have a weapon in our fight to end DRM.
Soon we will need more powerfully (using industrial rubber band, able to destroy 8 3 1/2 disk at once), more precise (a snipper rubber band launcher), a bioweapon rubber band (rubber band made with stinky socks) and why not, a transcontinental rubber band launcher.
It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye!
Then its ping pong
'til just has one "l" since it is short for "until".
Then it's just a game: find the eye!
It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye!
That thing would be the ultimate defense against the neighborhood dog leaving surprises on your lawn. Now we just have to attach it to an automated tracking devices.
my, what a large barrel...
he can get that thing through TSA and i can't even smuggle Nutella into the country? i call foul.
where can I find one of those in Halo
Just judging by how much damage the AR does I'd say it is one.
Those poor, poor floppy disks. lol!
That video needs to be updated. I bet you can like up a bunch of Macbook Airs and take em out!
new call of duty 4 weapon
Chuck Norris has a new enemy: The Rubbernator
That video was more impressive than the entire Macworld keynote.
rubber bands are the only thing rubber this guy is ever gonna need
DO WANT
LOL I want one for my frathouse XD
That said, its only going to be REALLY awesome once there's an auto reloader but I don't see how you would reload it while its firing even if you could sort out the rubber bands into the reloader....
It's just too tempting to go running around shooting with that thing laughing like a maniac and shouting "CRY SOME MORE!".
Then looking reproachful as I get my friend in the hard hat and goggles to re-load it for me.
Oh TF2, what you've done to me.
We have this thing in America. its called REAL guns.
Congratulations Brian... your country also has an affinity for, strangely enough, shootings in public places!
Anyone joining the dots yet????
Fonzie is back...
Ok, I want one, but I'll wait until someone comes out with a speed-loader for it.
Come on now, about seven seconds to unload and HOW LONG TO RELOAD?!?!
And how long until we see it in kit form at Think Geek?
About five minutes to reload at 1 rubber band per second, which is pretty fast for loading. If you get two people to load each side at the same time, though...
Any1 know what the TSA is? A typo or some sort of KGB missfits?
Transportation Security Administration
or "the security guys who check your luggage".
why didn't they shoot a person with it? where's the fun in shooting floppys?
On one hand, this is REALLLLLYYYY old.
On the other hand...
DON'T DISINTEGRATE ME 'BRO!
He looks like a younger version of Keanu Reeves.
Every American Soldier should have one,I hope Rumsfeld doesnt see one of these
You mean Gates right?
F*ck Yea! That's awesome!
this should be the alternative to tasers!
Wait, this is the first time you saw this? I saw one in Job's basement about 2 years ago. He has teams working on the reloader.
This is why you should never pick on the little nerd in woodwork class. Revenge is a bitch.
winner!
Hehe kinda cool, and stop dissing the guy for building it... that's just petty, you go ahead and show us what useful and "non-time wasting" stuff you do in your spare time... oh yeah you read about gadgets and write whiney posts about it... :P
What, no one is going to mention the awful music? Shocking!