Making Anti-Missile MTV Flares

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  • @CarbonKevin
    @CarbonKevin 6 місяців тому +6603

    I feel like this channel can at times be distilled down to "Tom finds the least efficient way possible of obtaining a compound, and then discovers it can be purchased on the open market as a raw material"

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +2468

      Hey hey at least I didn’t start to sand down frying pans before checking eBay, I’m proud of myself for that!

    • @slothonabike
      @slothonabike 6 місяців тому +199

      @@ExplosionsAndFire would have been hilarious though

    • @Arcolyte13
      @Arcolyte13 6 місяців тому +174

      @@ExplosionsAndFire That's progress! One step at a time is all anyone can strive for sometimes.

    • @ctje1638
      @ctje1638 6 місяців тому

      Teflon bag really shouldn't be marked "non dangerous" lol that shit is toxic as hell.

    • @kevinsteele2773
      @kevinsteele2773 6 місяців тому +13

      @@ExplosionsAndFire🤣🤣

  • @Fatman311
    @Fatman311 6 місяців тому +2373

    'Flares have a short shelf life and should not be stored. Here's one that expired 32 years ago' *works perfectly*

    • @moltrescompany
      @moltrescompany 6 місяців тому +337

      german science is the best in the world

    • @zchris13
      @zchris13 6 місяців тому +139

      it started falling apart, I definitely wouldn't trust it to maintain structural integrity

    • @tx5brent
      @tx5brent 6 місяців тому +209

      the cap came apart and started spewing hot flare juice out at an angle, perfectly safe

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 6 місяців тому +243

      I know this is just joking around but wanted to provide some real context. A flare is not something you normally need or use, so they just sit around all the time but when you need one, you REALLY need it to work properly. A 32 year expired flare may work properly but you don't want something to have a 20% failure rate if your life depends on it. Thus the expiration date so you know when to replace them.

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 6 місяців тому +109

      But it had obviously not been stored in an emergency box on a boat that has seen fifty thousand salt water sprays. Self life in a cool and dry environment is vastly different from "the intended use case shelf life".

  • @parker5855
    @parker5855 6 місяців тому +496

    I love the "...which produces a weird fluorinated smoke so we wont be breathing this" which was almost immediately followed by an audible gag where Tom DEFINITELY inhaled it.

    • @jannikheidemann3805
      @jannikheidemann3805 6 місяців тому +8

      How did it taste?

    • @akosv96
      @akosv96 5 місяців тому +32

      I can feel the liver cancer through my screen from that teflon smoke.

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox 2 місяці тому +9

      ​@@jannikheidemann3805I like how you can guess this is so bad as to warp your senses.
      Once my aunt tried to unclog stuff with hot water and caustic soda, and asked for my help since her gloves were melting. Got hit with a cloud of fumes I knew to not breath but caught a whiff anyway.
      Felt like I got punched inside my cranium.

  • @waffleiron7420
    @waffleiron7420 6 місяців тому +32

    "Eat shit ITAR" made me laugh way harder than it should have, and it's a good sentiment to have on the subject

  • @toilet_cleaner_man
    @toilet_cleaner_man 6 місяців тому +1677

    Nice to know Tom is actively burning all the bridges in the mil-sci field, thus giving him more time to make schizo chemistry in everyone's favorite Australian shed.

    • @I_Automate
      @I_Automate 6 місяців тому +462

      Burning bridges? This is like an artist putting together a portfolio to send to potential clients

    • @enoktheewok4821
      @enoktheewok4821 6 місяців тому +121

      yeah that resistor and sapphire glass thing might be a tad risqué lmao… there are easier things to hit than a jet with that kind of signature. He’ll either get put on a list or get get offers

    • @matrix3509
      @matrix3509 6 місяців тому +135

      @@I_Automate Yeah, I was about to say, Raytheon probably has a representative on a private jet flying to Australia right this moment to give Tom an offer, if the CIA didn't already tip them off about a potential hire ages ago.

    • @toilet_cleaner_man
      @toilet_cleaner_man 6 місяців тому +132

      @@I_Automate was more so referring to the times when he cusses out random agencies, but given the fact he is Australian, that is basically a common greeting.

    • @andresmartinezramos7513
      @andresmartinezramos7513 6 місяців тому +24

      This would probably make for a good ad-on to his resume in the industry

  • @josephd.5524
    @josephd.5524 6 місяців тому +2190

    I would pay good money to let Tom run an hour-long lecture at the Royal Institute, and the place has to allow him access to whatever material he wants.

    • @xxdeadoutxx761
      @xxdeadoutxx761 6 місяців тому +129

      the building would 100% be gone by the end

    • @S.ASmith
      @S.ASmith 6 місяців тому +45

      @@xxdeadoutxx761 Tom is Tom....he is not Klapokte
      If the two were to ever meet, then yes..the build might not survive the interaction.

    • @wyattroncin941
      @wyattroncin941 6 місяців тому +52

      Ground zero of "the London event"

    • @edibandulan5266
      @edibandulan5266 6 місяців тому

      Is he Really a PhD in Physics?

    • @frenstcht
      @frenstcht 6 місяців тому +5

      Nope. Do it some place that allows for bigger explosions & fires.

  • @andreferreira1758
    @andreferreira1758 6 місяців тому +86

    Congratulations on your PhD degree. Don't worry about a job but ask yourself what you really enjoy in life. Thank you so much for your show!

  • @LennyHirsch
    @LennyHirsch 6 місяців тому +159

    "Human beings were never meant to see into the IR" As a researcher in optics working with IR lasers, I take this statement very seriously.
    I couldn't agree more

    • @FleshWizard69420
      @FleshWizard69420 Місяць тому

      Do you know Styropyro? He made an IR laser turret

  • @adamsnook9542
    @adamsnook9542 6 місяців тому +949

    Good to see you've chosen to test your flares in a nice safe shed with flammable wood chips and leaf litter all over the floor, in an area that's notorious for bush fires.

    • @Girvo747
      @Girvo747 6 місяців тому +106

      She'll be right mate!

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +492

      Was so worried about the flares launching off I had to do it somewhere with a roof…. And the wood chips were less flammable than the lounge room carpet

    • @comicconcarne
      @comicconcarne 6 місяців тому +73

      ​@@ExplosionsAndFireyour carpet isn't imbued with Teflon(R) Advanced Carpet Protector from DuPont: Better Living Through Chemistry(TM)?
      or did you spill too much magnesium oxide on it, so now it's combustible again?

    • @robinderoos1166
      @robinderoos1166 6 місяців тому +37

      ​@@comicconcarneah, the dupont cancer carpet, shortening lifespans for quite some time

    • @MrOlivm
      @MrOlivm 6 місяців тому +14

      It’s just the kind of forward thinking needed in a job in the defense industry. I think he’s ready

  • @no-legjohnny3691
    @no-legjohnny3691 6 місяців тому +986

    Main takeaways from this video:
    1. Making a missile seeker could land you either a job at Raytheon or a spot on the government act list.
    2. *_There's a government act list._*
    3. You can find a concerning number of chemical compounds on the online market.
    And 4. If you ever find something made in West Germany, it's gonna work startlingly well no matter how outdated it should be.

    • @TheMcspreader
      @TheMcspreader 6 місяців тому +99

      The exception to 4 being: a BMW that's more than an attosecond out of warranty.

    • @AllisterCaine
      @AllisterCaine 6 місяців тому +42

      Funnily enough, the "made in GDR" pincers I have bought in the flea market are fine work too.
      There is btw a market for vintage fireworks collectors.... He could have gotten some good money for the "w. Germany" marking. 😅

    • @mariuss4766
      @mariuss4766 6 місяців тому +49

      great I was made in west Germany. I thank my parents for their passionate work

    • @Lizlodude
      @Lizlodude 6 місяців тому +13

      Given that Raytheon is a US company, the 'or' in takeaway #1 may not be exclusive... 😅

    • @kyrab7914
      @kyrab7914 6 місяців тому +7

      Yeah, when the govt gets concerned, they send a letter going "stop that you" and that's when you move to the act list

  • @Virginiafox21
    @Virginiafox21 6 місяців тому +268

    You wanna know something about Teflon? You can buy food grade stuff and use it as bulk. It’s inert like you said and will just pass through your digestive system. Someone in my food science program was using it to try and make a weight loss protein bar thing that makes you feel full, ya know, because of all the Teflon. It never went anywhere. Mostly because their prototype tasted awful. I felt bad because I was testing out what was basically chocolate cake at the same time, lol.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +153

      Wtf??? This is big news to me

    • @ShrirajHegde
      @ShrirajHegde 6 місяців тому +113

      Ultra cursed protein bar

    • @DjDolHaus86
      @DjDolHaus86 6 місяців тому +29

      I can only imagine the clang as that thing hits the pan

    • @Hansengineering
      @Hansengineering 6 місяців тому

      Donnnnt fucking eat Teflon, holy shit.

    • @enzochoi923
      @enzochoi923 6 місяців тому +37

      it's fine in its normal form, but high heat can cause it to become more biologically harmful (it breaks down into more offensive components) so no baked bars, alright?

  • @jameshealy4594
    @jameshealy4594 6 місяців тому +36

    'I'm never going to get a job am I'
    Don't worry mate, the fast food industry is always hiring.

  • @MareSerenitis
    @MareSerenitis 6 місяців тому +372

    "Eat shit ITAR" is just about the most understandable reaction to having any contact with what amounts to a legally backed tantrum.

    • @Tigershark_3082
      @Tigershark_3082 6 місяців тому +31

      This was me when I found out the Continuous Wave Illuminator system on the F-20 Tigershark was actually classified/ITAR restricted back in the 80s. Even funnier that said part was the only foreign-made component of the Tigershark (built by Sweden, originally made for their Viggens in the 70s)
      Edit: to explain a bit, the Tigershark was meant purely as an export aircraft, so majority of its components can't even be ITAR restricted (or else maintainers, technicians, and even pilots from other countries couldn't even get near the aircraft they're supposed to work with/on/around)

    • @1lovesoni
      @1lovesoni 6 місяців тому +30

      There's so many things that are ITAR regulated but commonly sold/traded, especially in the military surplus world.
      Some make sense, like military uniforms, ammunition, and laser aiming devices.
      Other's make significantly less sense, such as optics/scopes that are only popular with civilian hunters/sport-shooters (because the manufacturer has a military contract on a different optic/product and I guess it's feared that they might be potentially similar enough between models).
      Lastly there are certain items that seem senselessly restricted for US export due to ITAR, including the Sony Playstation 2, random bits of clothing like various belts or socks, and even certain life preservers (yes, the anti-drowning vest type).

    • @punishedfoxo
      @punishedfoxo 6 місяців тому +6

      @@1lovesoni SV reviews are fun when you buy military surplus electronics and extract raw hex programs from MCs for fun.

    • @notamouse5630
      @notamouse5630 6 місяців тому +9

      @@1lovesoni I recall the iphone EULA mentioning ITAR and laughing about it because i-TAR.

    • @petergerdes1094
      @petergerdes1094 6 місяців тому +6

      @@1lovesoniI'm thinking the PS2 was sold during the period in which encryption products were under itar and it was some aspect of the DRM.

  • @imtiazkhan0
    @imtiazkhan0 6 місяців тому +723

    Note: hexamine in the pyrotechnic industry is sometimes used to make strobe fireworks, hence the strobeing effect of the first formulas

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +364

      im an inventor yay

    • @christianterrill3503
      @christianterrill3503 6 місяців тому +31

      Do they still make hexamine tablets? I used to use those for cooking food when backpacking or doing a camp when I packed out everything in a backpack. They worked so much better then isopropyl tabs those suck compared to hexamine

    • @milesmccollough5507
      @milesmccollough5507 6 місяців тому

      @@christianterrill3503 esbit brand dry fuel is still a nice brick of hexamine and paraffin. easily the best solid cooking fuel.

    • @TomKappeln
      @TomKappeln 6 місяців тому +8

      Note : and for making the GOOD stuff ... (HMTD) lol

    • @BirnieMac1
      @BirnieMac1 6 місяців тому +26

      Weirdly we also use it (as a hippurate salt) medically for UTIs
      Iirc it’s metabolised into Hexamic acid selectively by the pathogenic bacteria (i.e. not our cells) which messes with their capacity to adhere to the urothelium (lining of bladder/urethra)

  • @SpAm-AcCoUnT
    @SpAm-AcCoUnT 6 місяців тому +46

    Tom seems happier and healthier these days. I bet finishing that doctorate was a tonic for the soul. ‘I’m free, time to fuck around with missile tech’

    • @killazaawl
      @killazaawl 5 місяців тому +7

      i think it was the ice cream

  • @Luup850
    @Luup850 6 місяців тому +8

    "Everything beyond this range, belongs to the engineers" that sentence fucking killed me 😂

  • @redacted_to_surpass_metal_gear
    @redacted_to_surpass_metal_gear 6 місяців тому +204

    Tom really getting back to his defense industry roots here

  • @torbjrntveito2152
    @torbjrntveito2152 6 місяців тому +283

    As a physicist who works with radar:
    Your spectrum quip at 1030 harmed me greatly.

    • @ergaus
      @ergaus 6 місяців тому +3

      That was indeed hilarious

    • @tommihommi1
      @tommihommi1 6 місяців тому +1

      to be fair, 25 THz is still way in the optical range

    • @mastershooter64
      @mastershooter64 6 місяців тому +5

      @@tommihommi1 How so? What constitutes "optical range"? Whenever I hear the word "optical" all I can think of is 100 nm - 1000 nm range

    • @margodphd
      @margodphd 6 місяців тому +15

      ​@@mastershooter64 That's so human centric of you. Maybe they spoke about pigeon range.
      Or something.

  • @DavidSikesII
    @DavidSikesII 6 місяців тому +13

    Fun fact, back when Wii's were a thing, I had friends that just moved and had misplaced their sensor bar in the move and we needed to get a wiimote to work long enough to basically select something on the menu and not much else.
    I asked if they had two lighters, and stood by the TV with them lit up for the ten seconds it took to select something. Worked a treat.

  • @LongPeter
    @LongPeter 6 місяців тому +14

    Setting off flares in a wood shed, in the fire season, worked out surprisingly uneventfully 🎉

  • @solidacid1337
    @solidacid1337 6 місяців тому +209

    Neat! my F-15E Strike Eagle ran out of flares just a few days ago!

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +112

      I’ll send some to you, I got you fam

    • @avroarchitect1793
      @avroarchitect1793 6 місяців тому +14

      @@ExplosionsAndFire can I get some for my CF-18 Hornet too?

    • @scottm2553
      @scottm2553 6 місяців тому +19

      @@ExplosionsAndFire My grandma needs some for her Prius.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +87

      Ok yeah get your orders in, I’ll sell to everyone, you can only get arrested once

    • @yolobathsalts
      @yolobathsalts 6 місяців тому +16

      These compatible with Eastern Bloc tech? I run a MIG-29 and I need countermeasures bad

  • @EthanolTailor
    @EthanolTailor 6 місяців тому +203

    I chose "The War" personally, I like to say I have access to classified material, even if the material is so boring to regular people it essentially classifies itself.

    • @inserttext2412
      @inserttext2412 6 місяців тому +90

      Cognito hazard material. Special Powers: extreme disinterest.

    • @belacickekl7579
      @belacickekl7579 6 місяців тому +21

      It's funny how that works, the unclassified stuff being a lot more palpable than the details.

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 6 місяців тому +35

      Reminds me of Ghostbusters from 1984 Quote:
      "You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've WORKED in the private sector. They expect *results*."

    • @PrebleStreetRecords
      @PrebleStreetRecords 6 місяців тому +14

      Plus, The War pays really really well.
      Particularly if you work on the Geneva suggestions side of things.

    • @Fredaffinity
      @Fredaffinity 6 місяців тому +4

      If you live in USA you will never need to move out to "better country". So it's a good choice.

  • @Nuovoswiss
    @Nuovoswiss 6 місяців тому +7

    At 8:32 "returning the acetone to the environment"
    LOL
    That's also what I say when I bury plastic waste in the yard. It came from the Earth, and back into the Earth it shall go.

  • @Aeyahuasca
    @Aeyahuasca 6 місяців тому +19

    Really loving all the subtle hints about the reality of your chemistry expertise reaching the point of usefulness only to the military industrial complex (or finance)

    • @nobodythisisstupid4888
      @nobodythisisstupid4888 5 місяців тому +3

      His phd was in laser physics too so contributes to it too. I guess that’s what happens when you are most well versed in energetics chemistry lol

  • @mortoopz
    @mortoopz 6 місяців тому +155

    Until this video; I never for a second considered that IR guided weapons might be looking at the spectrum, I assumed it was just "Hot thing going that way, please go that way"
    Thanks, I have learned something...... almost.

    • @neomone1989
      @neomone1989 6 місяців тому +29

      You're not wrong, that's basically how they started out. Leading missiles into the sun was a legit tactic very early on, because the sun is the biggest hot thing around. It's just then there's been 60 odd years of building on top of that, both in terms of getting the missile to more accurately identify and follow aircraft and in terms of countermeasures manufacturers adapting to missile development.

    • @SirSpence99
      @SirSpence99 6 місяців тому +8

      Just like someone on the spectrum, the IR seekers get hyper focused, thus making the flare the equivalent to that really annoying kid who will do everything in his power to get the attention of everyone nearby.

    • @PapaLurts
      @PapaLurts 5 місяців тому +2

      @@neomone1989 ah yes the forbidden heat signature

  • @bradleymorgan8223
    @bradleymorgan8223 6 місяців тому +777

    Did your thermal camera's sensor ever recover that doodly line from being pointed at the sun?

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +665

      errr somewhat, oops

    • @hammerth1421
      @hammerth1421 6 місяців тому +365

      @@ExplosionsAndFire THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER

    • @user-yb5cn3np5q
      @user-yb5cn3np5q 6 місяців тому +10

      Ehh that sucks

    • @tmzilla
      @tmzilla 6 місяців тому +202

      @@hammerth1421 BRÖTHER, I CRAVE THE FORBIDDEN SIGNATURE

    • @ianmcarthur3555
      @ianmcarthur3555 6 місяців тому +21

      Never point that thing at the Moon or it will know your name O.o

  • @fabe61
    @fabe61 6 місяців тому +11

    This really is one of the best channels on UA-cam and epitomises all the good things about this platform

  • @keg8129
    @keg8129 6 місяців тому +6

    I was just wondering how to make anti missile systems for home defense. What a timely video!

  • @canadian_grim_reaper
    @canadian_grim_reaper 6 місяців тому +143

    Everyone talking about the government watch list, but I'm pretty sure fucking with a Wiimote (and not wearing a wrist strap!) have put you on the Nintendo watch list. That one is much, much worse.

    • @f3rny_66
      @f3rny_66 6 місяців тому +21

      True, most people can make explosives without consequences, pirating Nintendo games? straight to guantanamo bay

  • @FriendlyChemist907
    @FriendlyChemist907 6 місяців тому +44

    "And this bag of Potassium Perchlorate because why not"
    Is a big reason why this channel is both a fun experience and a learning one

  • @zeasea2519
    @zeasea2519 6 місяців тому +4

    This is just what I needed during my ongoing existential crisis regarding which degree I want to do and whether or not said degree is feasible within a load of parameters outside my control: Tom makes flares and demonstrates the potential career paths of physicists.

  • @j_sum1
    @j_sum1 6 місяців тому +11

    One of your funniest vids yet, Tom.
    Nice to see the Mg go to good use.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +7

      Thanks mate, really appreciate you dredging up the Mg powder for me !

  • @lasagnahog7695
    @lasagnahog7695 6 місяців тому +53

    Finally he's done with this fleeting phd stuff. Now he can focus on the real important job of providing me with chemistry content on youtube.

  • @crackedemerald4930
    @crackedemerald4930 6 місяців тому +167

    Can't wait to see him extract pure iron from guage blocks!

    • @sac3528
      @sac3528 6 місяців тому +52

      "i needed some carbon so i found a company that manufactures enormous sheets of graphene on a space station"

    • @md4luckycharms
      @md4luckycharms 6 місяців тому +4

      Gauge blocks are steel so he's gonna have a fun time with that

    • @PrebleStreetRecords
      @PrebleStreetRecords 6 місяців тому +30

      @@md4luckycharmsHe can fractionally distill the steel to remove the carbon and vanadium impurities.

    • @md4luckycharms
      @md4luckycharms 6 місяців тому

      @@PrebleStreetRecords 👀👀

    • @teresashinkansen9402
      @teresashinkansen9402 5 місяців тому

      @@PrebleStreetRecords Hopefully he does not end up with some nasty tar and no product.

  • @corb805
    @corb805 6 місяців тому +2

    went from "I'm not ready to go into war so I'm going into academia" to "let's build an anti-missile flare used in war" real fast

  • @CanDellJack
    @CanDellJack 6 місяців тому +2

    The most relatable phrase in this video is the final one.
    _"I'm never gonna get a job, am I?"_

  • @Kubose
    @Kubose 6 місяців тому +745

    The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
    In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
    The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

    • @CleopatraKing
      @CleopatraKing 6 місяців тому +43

      this is just a long mathematical proof

    • @Megalolio
      @Megalolio 6 місяців тому

      3

    • @luigivercotti6410
      @luigivercotti6410 6 місяців тому +39

      this is a copypasta, innit? I've seen this before

    • @epikmanthe3rd
      @epikmanthe3rd 6 місяців тому +54

      The most annoying part about this is that it's *technically* true when talking about inertial navigation systems.

    • @Kubose
      @Kubose 6 місяців тому +10

      @@epikmanthe3rd most annoying part? Thats the best part! Instant true classic

  • @ilikesharks2020
    @ilikesharks2020 6 місяців тому +260

    I worked as a manufacturing engineer in the solar industry for about 3 yrs. Our semiconductor used CdTe as the bulk material. Can confirm, does absorb IR very well. Also very very not good for people.

    • @CATASTEROID934
      @CATASTEROID934 6 місяців тому +13

      The only place cadmium belongs is imprisoned in silica

    • @ilikesharks2020
      @ilikesharks2020 6 місяців тому +6

      @@CATASTEROID934 I mean the semiconductor was sandwiched between two pieces of glass, does that count? 😂

    • @CATASTEROID934
      @CATASTEROID934 6 місяців тому +5

      @@ilikesharks2020 That'll do just fine, just as cadmium-based photovoltaic cells are sufficient vitreous prisons

    • @higueraft571
      @higueraft571 6 місяців тому +2

      @@ilikesharks2020>Also very very not good for people.
      Would you say it's better or worse than Repulsion Gel? :V

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 6 місяців тому +3

      CdZnTe is an excellent solid state gamma ray detector as well as a rather efficient middle wave IR detector material. Totally different setup for each task. The gamma ray sensor uses a bulk crystal with either a light silver or thallium doping to make a proportional photoconductor, the NIR version has a PN junction. Lower layer is doped with antimony, upper layer is doped with indium. ❤

  • @vermojonson8835
    @vermojonson8835 6 місяців тому +1

    5:58 i love your editing so god damned much dude

  • @mf1ve
    @mf1ve 6 місяців тому +1

    This episode is SO GOOD! Man, really enjoyed it. Hats off!!!

  • @michaelandersen7535
    @michaelandersen7535 6 місяців тому +43

    This was an awesome video! I laughed out loud at the "Suck it ITAR". Definitely not coming back to the US for the next open sauce huh

  • @DerDrako
    @DerDrako 6 місяців тому +46

    As a german chemist. I feel honored.

  • @chaoticgood8996
    @chaoticgood8996 6 місяців тому +3

    “The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't.” - Obama

  • @kylegattshall1139
    @kylegattshall1139 6 місяців тому

    Just wanted to let you know the content is gold man. Crazy ass Bill Nye, in a shed. Mildly haphazardly deriving, concentrating and mixing things together. Big fan keep up the good work.

  • @onionrings3854
    @onionrings3854 6 місяців тому +178

    One minute in and I'm already emotionally fulfilled with your humor

    • @gjg3783
      @gjg3783 6 місяців тому +10

      2 seconds in and I'm already foamin at the mouth

    • @muadddib
      @muadddib 6 місяців тому +26

      ​@@gjg3783he said _not_ to eat the ir camera mate

  • @MattH-wg7ou
    @MattH-wg7ou 6 місяців тому +161

    The way the AIM-9X seeker works is really fascinating actually. And its IRCCM (Infrared Counter Counter Measures aka Flare Rejection logic) is really neat, but unfortunately a lot of it is classified.

    • @jogandsp
      @jogandsp 6 місяців тому +160

      Just drop it on the war thunder forums

    • @Fatallydisorganized
      @Fatallydisorganized 6 місяців тому +17

      It actually uses a thermal camera essentially and uses shape recognition to see the plane's shape which makes it impossible to confuse with flares because a flare would appear as a dot.

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 6 місяців тому +35

      @@Fatallydisorganized Yes but if it's a big enough dot, or a whole lot of them, it can't see the plane. Flares may be less effective due to modern tech but they are not obsolete yet.

    • @Marin3r101
      @Marin3r101 6 місяців тому +9

      ​@@wingracer1614 not sure how close to reality War Thunder is for IRCCM missles... but they basically have a number assigned of the brightness of flares vs. The seeker head. A FOV is the prime factor on getting hits, but they can still be tricked if you flare alot in front of them and force the seeker to turn off (the missile will track based off of the historical vector of the aircraft) so if you flare like crazy and they change vector you can evade. No amount of IR camera + software can prevent this. The only thing you can do is make it faster in velocity so it closes the distance in less time or use undetectable systems and go "stealth".

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 6 місяців тому +9

      I would guess Air to Air missiles now use DLN (Deep Learning Nets) to track targets. Probably using multiple imaging from IR,Visible, UV, & radar.

  • @Youtube-hates-its-users
    @Youtube-hates-its-users 6 місяців тому +2

    You finally finished your dissertation?! Congrats Doctor.

  • @geraldgepes
    @geraldgepes 6 місяців тому +27

    Hey Tom, I just want to say that it seems like you're genuinely happy here and it is nice to see. Some of your Ex and Ire posts definitely made it seem like that paper was stressing you out a bit. I just want you to know that you're a damn inspiration, I'm going to be coming from the other side of things, a machinist gone engineer who has always just wanted an excuse to get a physics degree. I'm nearly halfway there now and my goal is to study fusion mechanics which, for much of my life made me think of big magnets. Lately though, one of my local universities unveiled a 3PW laser and they've teased that they might try to help NIF or build a fusion facility to compete with it. So, suddenly the end goal of my degree path is starting to look a lot like yours o.0
    Which is also to say that if you're not fully convinced you should come over to the war side of things, I hear that UNSW is building a student led tokamak and I'm sure there will be much lasing to be had in that system as well. If you ever end up working on such a project, I'd be very curious to hear about it!
    Really though, awesome video, good to see you having a blast as it were.

  • @jordoncailifours4488
    @jordoncailifours4488 6 місяців тому +190

    hello. this one is great, hope you do more stuff like this.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +88

      Thanks mate!

    • @aufoslab
      @aufoslab 6 місяців тому +7

      his nitroglycerin video was first i saw his channel, back then he had a girlfriend too

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +139

      Still have the same girlfriend!! She just doesn’t appear in videos because people seemed to comment about her a lot and she wasn’t a fan of that, which I understand!

    • @nicfit23
      @nicfit23 6 місяців тому +33

      What even. This is why we can't have nice things: the youtube comment section

    • @cameronlegree
      @cameronlegree 6 місяців тому +23

      @@ExplosionsAndFireoh gross why can’t people behave

  • @redhairshanks9491
    @redhairshanks9491 6 місяців тому +8

    Having the slipperiest of goddamn insides was not something I expected to hear today, but here we are

  • @woeGG
    @woeGG 6 місяців тому

    I have watched each of your videos for years across the few channels you have used. You are hilarious man. Never stop

  • @paulcrusse7800
    @paulcrusse7800 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for all of your hard work after work.

  • @Summer512
    @Summer512 6 місяців тому +24

    It was a thing with some of the early heatseeking missiles that they would occasionally become heliocidal.

    • @higueraft571
      @higueraft571 6 місяців тому +10

      he craves the forbidden heat signature

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 6 місяців тому +5

      Wouldn't pilots try to turn towards the sun on their evasion maneuvers to increase the chance that the missile went full Icarus?

    • @liam3284
      @liam3284 6 місяців тому +3

      That works on a flight simulator, didn't know it works in real life

  • @wallystearns
    @wallystearns 6 місяців тому +13

    I would pay an inordinate amount of money (and pay for international shipping and customs) for a t-shirt that says "eat shit ITAR"

  • @anchopanchorancho
    @anchopanchorancho 6 місяців тому

    Dude, I have never wondered about missile targeting systems or how flares and chaff work but this is wonderfully interesting. This is why I'm subbed. Great stuff!

  • @Drjtherrien
    @Drjtherrien 6 місяців тому +1

    Pursuing a PhD is like a dog chasing a car. Once you get it you're left asking "Now what do I do with it?"

  • @Imdv
    @Imdv 6 місяців тому +60

    Step 4 (2:52) means that you should rotate the flare leewards and then ignite it with the striker in a motion that goes away from your body.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +74

      I said to myself while reading it “the fucks a Lee”

    • @Imdv
      @Imdv 6 місяців тому +17

      @@ExplosionsAndFire In germany its called "Luv" (towards the wind direction) and "Lee" (away from the wind/ exactly opposite of luv)

    • @SocialDownclimber
      @SocialDownclimber 6 місяців тому +8

      I thought it meant "Ask Lee to do it if you can't figure it out"

    • @alyero6341
      @alyero6341 6 місяців тому +8

      @@ExplosionsAndFire im german and i had no idea what that was supposed to be lol so dont feel too bad

    • @liam3284
      @liam3284 6 місяців тому +1

      I have done enough sailing to know where the lee side of a structure is

  • @gg2324
    @gg2324 6 місяців тому +6

    "Today kids we'll be learning how to circumvent weapons export laws" my man is singlehandedly creating job opportunities in the feds

  • @svenjanner5224
    @svenjanner5224 6 місяців тому +2

    Appreciate you properly using the wrist strap of the wii controller. You're a real role model when it comes to working safely!

  • @idrislehner4212
    @idrislehner4212 6 місяців тому +1

    Came home from a horrible exam and goddamn this video just made my day! Thanks for being a funny and great guy, Tom!

  • @balaclavabob001
    @balaclavabob001 6 місяців тому +50

    Obligatory post :
    The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
    In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
    The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

    • @sakurakiyori
      @sakurakiyori 6 місяців тому +1

      And the noise, yes?
      I was told that the noise was a critical tool.

    • @balaclavabob001
      @balaclavabob001 6 місяців тому +1

      @@sakurakiyori That's true but i think the real star here is the Rockwell Retro Encabulator .

  • @randomviewer3494
    @randomviewer3494 6 місяців тому +32

    After being violently sick all day, this video really cheered me up. Thank you!

  • @fireorbg6139
    @fireorbg6139 6 місяців тому

    God I love everytime this channel comes on my for you. Its incredible seeing "making anti missle flares"

  • @eugenenalpin6058
    @eugenenalpin6058 4 місяці тому

    First video of yours that I discovered. Got recommended to me on the home page
    I am intrigued... I like your style!

  • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
    @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 6 місяців тому +14

    Tom and Styropyro really are putting the Mad back in Mad Scientist, and *_I couldn't be prouder!_* 🤘❤

  • @kruksog
    @kruksog 6 місяців тому +10

    Reminder: there are only 17,576 three letter acronyms using the standard english alphabet. In the world of combinatorics, this is a very small number. Hence collisions, like "MTV" here, are expected.

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 6 місяців тому +2

      1980s: I want my MTV!

    • @romaliop
      @romaliop 6 місяців тому

      Doesn't help that Americans are too lazy to say the full name of their country and even with the acronym, half of the time they can't be bothered to say the third letter either. So there are lot more acronyms going around than there are things that actually need an acronym.

  • @Mess-Lab-Kitchen-Show
    @Mess-Lab-Kitchen-Show 6 місяців тому +1

    This is the best and funniest video you've ever made, and there is HEAVY competition~!:)

  • @hellborn2012
    @hellborn2012 6 місяців тому

    Hey Tom i really enjoyed this sort of video. I'd be interested if you did more technical explorations like this

  • @thedownwardmachine
    @thedownwardmachine 6 місяців тому +65

    Would have been good to do the road flare with your improvised missile seeker setup just to see whether or not it (the seeker) actually works properly for viewing IR in the desired wavelengths.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +58

      Yeah, thinking about that now makes a lot of sense

  • @r.awilliams9815
    @r.awilliams9815 6 місяців тому +10

    Hmm, I have a formula for an interesting IR flare, if you happen to have some rubidium nitrate laying around.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  6 місяців тому +13

      I have rubidium chloride somewhere, so I’m interested??

    • @r.awilliams9815
      @r.awilliams9815 6 місяців тому +10

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Rubidium nitrate 60.8, silicon 10, hexamine 23.2, epoxy resin 4.2 (D.E.R. 321) , hardener 1.8 (D.E.H. 14) The epoxy is a very low viscosity resin, so probably not substitute-able. Source - PATR 2700, although I'm not sure of which volume and page number. I found the formula in Donald Haarman's The Wizards Pyrotechnic Formulary.

  • @NONAME9283
    @NONAME9283 6 місяців тому

    Perfect video as always mate! Especially the moustache

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 6 місяців тому +1

    "that is the edge of science. Everything beyond this range belongs to the engineers"
    😂
    Reminds me of The Things We Make by Bill Hammack (highly recommend to anyone watching this channel and Tom I think you'd live it)
    His premise being Engineering is not just applied science. It is using science to inform it's best guesses and rules of thumb to get practical problems solved. All while adding any new findings from science along the way to constantly tune the solutions and rules of thumb.

  • @Spearhead-ke8kd
    @Spearhead-ke8kd 6 місяців тому +9

    Should have got some milsim game sponsorship for this one.
    I would laugh myself to death if I heard you do a War Thunder ad read.

    • @merobo5066
      @merobo5066 6 місяців тому +8

      War Thunder players are the type of people who might leak the composition of more modern flares to him

    • @robertstratton6444
      @robertstratton6444 6 місяців тому +3

      I am literally waiting for "Do you play War Thunder?" to be added to the early polygraph questions in one or more countries.

  • @superbone8724
    @superbone8724 6 місяців тому +7

    As an Engineer working in sub-mm, I can't even disagree with your point.

    • @lp8650
      @lp8650 6 місяців тому

      Is he making fun of engineering @10:26 ? my engineering friends don't know much of about science... just math, so I assume he's poking fun at them for being overconfident? I cant tell?

  • @bernard2735
    @bernard2735 6 місяців тому

    Congratulations mate. It’s a good feeling when you finally hand that thesis in. Looking forward to see you in the floppy hat ☺️

  • @CrimeMinister1
    @CrimeMinister1 6 місяців тому +1

    As someone who loves fighter jets and hates the war, I now love your channel even more now somehow

  • @BobHope.
    @BobHope. 6 місяців тому +7

    Wow, I never knew that the Music Television Channel had changed so much from the 60's into the 90's and now.
    It doesn't even seem like the same thing any more.

  • @PrepareToDie0
    @PrepareToDie0 6 місяців тому +5

    08:25 ah yes, returning the acetone back into nature's bin

    • @hammerth1421
      @hammerth1421 6 місяців тому +2

      Acetone actually is a natural product. Us humans produce it when we fast.

  • @jglackey2
    @jglackey2 6 місяців тому

    Your videos are absolute art, as always

  • @jacefairis1289
    @jacefairis1289 6 місяців тому +1

    5:24 my first thought when you brought out the teflon powder was "oh god, we're gonna get some Fluorine Fire Smoke aren't we?" so glad to see that we're on the same page lmao

  • @bitsofgeek
    @bitsofgeek 6 місяців тому +4

    "Surely we can make a flare from just things we have lying around the house..." there goes that watch list again :D

  • @hikingpete
    @hikingpete 6 місяців тому +26

    I think you have a real future in presentations. Top notch.

  • @UseActionsNotWords
    @UseActionsNotWords 5 місяців тому

    As always buddy, amazing video. My favorite channel. Good luck finding a job!

  • @quest-fish
    @quest-fish 6 місяців тому

    I haven't watched the video yet, but I am so excited for an in depth look at infrared countermeasures. Woo! Would love a second channel video on this.

  • @Vivec92
    @Vivec92 6 місяців тому +17

    I swear... this is the only channel where the wait for every video feels like the wait for Duke Nukem Forever, except here, the wait is actually worth it. Every time!!
    Great video as always!! ❤

  • @hk74654
    @hk74654 6 місяців тому +15

    If I've learned anything from a certain Navy CIS episode, it's that if you want a pyrotechnic mix to burn for longer, mix it fire retardant (ratios most likely subject to testing with specific compounds).

  • @CaptZenPetabyte
    @CaptZenPetabyte 6 місяців тому +1

    Instant subscribe just because of this video mate, love ya work.

  • @fully_retractable
    @fully_retractable 6 місяців тому

    This channel is my new favorite thing in a long time.

  • @johndeaux8815
    @johndeaux8815 6 місяців тому +5

    Exploisons andFire! My favourite cooking show on the WorldWide Web!

  • @seeinred
    @seeinred 6 місяців тому +3

    "Can we go inside now?"
    God, that delivery made the ending of this is just perfect :D

  • @LeCharles07
    @LeCharles07 6 місяців тому

    I was literally just rewatching old videos because I missed you but then I see there's a NEW one?!

  • @gotindrachenhart
    @gotindrachenhart 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video!
    Congrats on the degree!!!
    And, as to the decision of what to do I'd say just follow your heart. There's a lot of things to consider sure, but that whole feeling we get (the heart in follow your heart), is typically the one we really want. But it means change, and change can often be great....just gotta work ourselves up to it. And if you are like me, we tend to fear success.
    Take it from someone who's 51 and never could get past that point.....embrace success and grasp it with both hands. When you get to my age you'll be a lot happier you did, because I didn't and while life is good it isn't what it could have been had I had the courage (and funds), to follow my dreams as a kid.
    Good luck man, in all you do :)

  • @cockatoo010
    @cockatoo010 6 місяців тому +5

    Air to air AND surface to air!
    The cheapest weapon that can effectively and consistently shoot down planes are MANPADS and those tend to be IR guided. Plus they can be carried and fired by a single infantryman
    So you don't have to assume both sides can afford a fighter jet, you can assume one side can afford a fighter and the other has access to MANPADS trough a friendly rival power that has beef with the larger side

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 6 місяців тому +1

      Only really effective against attack helicopters as manpad missiles have very limited range. Russia is testing a laser defense system which tracks inbound Ground to Air missiles using a turret on its Ku-52 helicopters. Manpads are also not cost effective against low cost drones like the lancet used for anti-tank (replaceing the need for attack helicopters).

  • @EvocativeKitsune
    @EvocativeKitsune 6 місяців тому +4

    I think this is one of your best videos yet. The Wii was the cherry on top.

  • @LingvaFestivalo
    @LingvaFestivalo 6 місяців тому

    The music selection is exquisite as always.

  • @MrTooneboone
    @MrTooneboone 6 місяців тому

    I'm so happy to see you upload

  • @102yield4
    @102yield4 6 місяців тому +25

    When are the Magnesium-Teflon-Viton-Cubane flares happening?

    • @nocturnhabeo
      @nocturnhabeo 6 місяців тому +5

      Now we gotta make Cubane out of Florine carbon bonds so we can upgrade to slippery cubes

    • @nicholasbradshaw
      @nicholasbradshaw 6 місяців тому +6

      ​@@nocturnhabeothey're called ice cubes mate

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 6 місяців тому +3

      @@nocturnhabeo Considering octafluorocubane was first synthesized last year, we will have to watch Tom struggle for a decade to make it.

  • @Barrabass
    @Barrabass 6 місяців тому +67

    In norway the ingredients need to be listed on Pyrotechnical devices Very weird law but for flares it is Strontium nitrate sulfur and magnesium powder

    • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252
      @chemistryofquestionablequa6252 6 місяців тому +20

      Most North America road flares use strontium nitrate, sulfur, a bit of wax and some sawdust as filler. The ones in the video are fancy marine flares.

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz 6 місяців тому +8

      @@chemistryofquestionablequa6252Yeah. Sr without the chlorine around to form SrCl radicals results in a more dull and more orangey “red” rather then the deep red seen in this video.
      The marine flares these days use ammonium perchlorate as an oxidizer, and strontium nitrate for the colour, along with magnesium powder for fuel and brightness, bound together with a hard synthetic rubber like HTPB acting as binder and fuel.
      Basically rocket propellant, but optimised for light output, rather than gas generation and heat, but the heavy gas generation from mixes like this are actually very useful in marine environment as it means they will happily burn underwater, as the gas prevents the water getting in and quenching it from heat soaking it until it goes out. Sorta like a Liedenfrost effect.

  • @rkirke1
    @rkirke1 6 місяців тому

    I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole about IRCM years ago and by now had collected about a matchbox full of PTFE powder/turnings (making DIY high voltage transformers). You have now answered my curiosities and saved me 10 years more collecting "weirdly specific shit" for "a project I might do one day". Cheers!

  • @Anaxiphanes
    @Anaxiphanes 6 місяців тому +2

    In today's episode, Tom demonstrates a recent college grad approach to budget defense optics helping other recent grads prove their point there should be more security awareness about and better utilization of off the shelf technology.