Their latest creation is a wrist-worn launcher powered by a 3,000 PSI air canister worn around the belt, and as with all of Wighton’s creations to date, the process of engineering, testing it, and repeating that process again and again, is the most entertaining part of the build. Not only did all the parts have to be custom built to survive all the forces at play, but Wighton had to redesign the disc holder itself several times as the tremendous G-forces involved during a launch (455 Gs of acceleration) would instantly warp the plastic discs.
When all was said and done, Wighton had succeeded in creating a launcher that could hurl discs at almost 100 MPH, but the forces had to be significantly dialed back when trying to wear the creation to ensure it didn’t break their arm—as low as 10% of its full potential power. And while Wighton’s contraption was able to break speed records, it could actually only launch discs about half the distance of what the best human disc golf players were capable of. In other words, we can possibly expect to see a version 2.0 in a future video before Wighton decides to compete against the pros.