how hot does it go?

how hot does it go?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At least up to 450 degrees farenheit. That's the temperature at which paper bursts into flames. I need to find a thermometer that won't melt to find the exact heat I can get to.

For those of you who are confused, here's a diagram showing exactly how the Death Ray works:

 

 

 

Mythbusters busted it pretty much :P.

 

 

 

Yes, I know you know Nano!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's cool, also reminds me of that solar oven I had in elementary school, pretty much a box with well, let me make an ascii of it

 

 

 

/ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâï

 

 

 

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|___| top angled area is to reflect hte sun into the bottom, all of it is covered in shiny foil. Which then cooks it from the sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's not really a death ray though... It takes too long to set something on fire easily. More like a... Ray of extreme hotness? lol.

did you burn yourself in the process? :

a lab thermometer doesn't break at 425F but they are pretty expensive.

would be wrong if i call it cool LOL :XD:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but it is sure nice work

That must have took some hardcore measuring

I don't know -- were I to make one myself I think instead of calculating what angle and position each mirror needed I would just align them one at a time out in the sun, adjusting each so that it pointed at some place I'd decided would be the focal point, maybe keeping the others covered up or something. I couldn't really be bothered with all the measuring and thinking "why isn't it working? Is this one out by a little? I wonder if it's this one".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, I'd need to keep pointing it at the sun as it moved across the sky, but that wouldn't be too much effort compared to all the horrible measurements I'd have to do otherwise.

......awesome. I remember seeing this on Mythbusters, if my memory serves me correctly, they burned trhu a ship.

And now.....

 

 

 

Coming in March 2007...

 

 

 

A long overue update (stupid clouds)....

 

 

 

Death Ray'd Mouse!

 

 

 

Oh man thats AWESOME! it realy is impressive i would love to try sometihng like that lol. where did you get all those mirrors? actualy what im pretty interested in are the calculations involved. how did you figure the angles for the mirrors and there poistions on the wood?

well just go make some toast with it :lol: then get some oreos and give it to jesselitton :XD:

I submit that the next thing to be ravaged by the death ray should be...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...Your hand!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:P

I submit that the next thing to be ravaged by the death ray should be...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...Your hand!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or someone elses hand. :P

Pretty damn spiffy, I need me one of those.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the topic of Mythbusters:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For those of you saying that Mythbusters' tried it and didn't work, you have to keep in mind that they were testing the veracity of the story of Archimedes [or whoever] and his apparent "Death Ray" and its possibility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thus, they used bronze, which was and is less powerful than glass in reflecting light. They did that because bronze was the most reflective material known to mankind at that time, so it wasn't possible for them to have glass mirrors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL :XD:

Pyromaniac.

see if you can cook an egg with it

Solar Death Ray? Pssh. As mythbusters would say, Archimede's death ray

that is cool, i want to build one of those

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

btw, what would happen if you built an large round mirrer (half a circle) and shine the suns rays in there, wouldn't it get extremely hot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if someone though of this for an extremely LONG time, maybe we can get energy out of it

Video: Watch the SDR in action!

now I want one :wink:

Sweeet :o

Just make sure the FBI don't find out about it. :uhh: