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Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:49 pm

As usual, I haven’t heard if this TAILS will be available to the general public. I’m guessing no, because someone could probably shoot someone with it.


... as opposed to firearms :roll:
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Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:57 pm

I could do worse with a common ink pen. I mean really? The only reason it wouldn't be is because people would probably be climbing buildings and nobody likes that.
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Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:09 pm

its what the navy invented to aid SEALs to get aboard ships
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Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:17 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
As usual, I haven’t heard if this TAILS will be available to the general public. I’m guessing no, because someone could probably shoot someone with it.


... as opposed to firearms :roll:
you got that right, like someone, couldnt rig something for climbing using an air cannon ??????????????

you can hurt someone with anything, not just that item
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Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:45 pm

The person who wrote that article obviously had nothing to go on other than the photo, which is obviously staged.

I would think that some of the members of this forum could build a much more efficient grappling hook gun at about half of the size that that monster of a gadget takes up.
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:15 am

Hybrid hook launcher FTW. Screw the pneub version :lol:
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:16 am

its on Mythbusters season 5 episode 17, jamie picks it up and shoots it over a building and later in the episode they build a 3000 psi Nitrogen powered gun to shoot a hook out of a car and whilst testing it shoots 10lbs of steel through a mattress and into the wall at 2/3rds of the power
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:52 am

There are smaller versions of this launcher, I remember coming across it when I was trying to convert my first pneumatic to launch a grapple hook.

Edit: Oh actually this is another company, can't find the website any more, may have been ResQmax or Plumett...

My attempt was pretty pathetic a the time, but it worked quite well considering the low pressure I was using.
Mine wasn't a captive piston either.


That launcher should be made into a bullpup version.

Video of TAIL in operation:
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Rescuemax version.
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Line throwing
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Nice recoil, although I'm confused about what one could do in that situation, with just a line across a gorge...
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:55 am

Nice recoil, although I'm confused about what one could do in that situation, with just a line across a gorge...
They could wind it back in the bag :D :D
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:43 am

My folks live by that gorge. I recognized it as in my back yard.. LOL..
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