G - We're the Slow Mo Guys. Dan, one of my favourite treats back when

G - I lived in the UK was a lovely pack of Maltesers.

D - Yeah, never used to be able to get them in America

D - But they have recently launched in the US so they're all over the gaff now

G - So we thought, being from England, why not give them our own Slow Mo Guys launch

D - Yeah 800 feet per second with this massive air cannon

G - Hello, America!

*Slight Laugh*

G - I'm here!

G - And we're gonna film it

G - At ridiculous frame rates (Like a Billion?)

G - On the: Phantom V2511

G - Shall we start with a melon? (Sure)

D - Yes. I've got one right here.

G - Let's do it.

G - Alright, so how does this device work?

D - Kinda complicated, but we've got high pressure Nitrogen here,

D - Fed all the way through a tube into here

D - Which is a: Regulated Valve.

D - Now this, when it makes a sound,

*High Pressure Gas goes into Tube*

D - That's filling up the chamber with pressure.

D - Up to 150 PSI

D - Which is regulated by that

D - When it stops making noise,

D - That means it's full!

G - Alright!

D - Okay.

D - So now we have our gas in here,

D - And this is like our valve to release it. (Wut? Half-Life 3 Confirmed?)

D - So it's armed, And then you press fire, And that's what releases the gas.

G - A Solenoid?

D - Uh, it's called a... yes! Solenoid.

G - Yes! D - That's right, well done

D - Venturi here, Increases the pressure going to the chamber.

D - And this here is our chamber where we load the Malteser in.

G - Ah, Okay. D - So that's where we go, and if it fits, it sits

D - So you put it in there, Screw it up

D - And then we've got our tube, here

D - *Makes a Wooshing sound* It gets fired along here,

D - With the pressure.

D - And our object that's going to be imminently destroyed sits here

G - That's the "Good-bye zone"/ D - Yeah.

D - This isn't gonna be here when we're shooting stuff.

D - This is a Tester to find out how fast stuff goes

G - What's our highest Malteser so far?

D - Fluke one, 900 Feet per Second (Whoa)

D - Which is faster than a 45 Caliber Round coming out of the Muzzle of a Pistol.

D - So it's pretty intense

G - We might as well be using a firearm. D - We might as well just be sitting there with a Pistol.

G - *Makes Shooting Noises*

G - Alright, then we've got a backboard over there to catch the mess

D - Yes, absolutely

D - Malteser (Looks Delicous)

D - As you can see

D - Ready to get loaded in

Pops in there

Screw this up

That's our chamber

Oh ok, so I'm gonna...

Gas the tube

Arming!

3, 2, 1

Woah!

Goodness, me!

- I think we need to clean our glass!

- Oh!

That's the air?

- Ooh! - Flip!

What's that? Is that just all the air being released?

- It comes with a lot of air

- I need to adjust the exposure, there's a lot of air that's spraying and bright

Alright! I think we should do that again

- So we've seen what happens with one Malteser

But what happens if we do two Maltesers?

Got two here

See if you can bung both of them in there

One...

...Two

Ready for gas

- Good sound isn't it? - So meaty

3... 2... 1...

Woah!

- Bloody hell that was a different- - It splatted!

- You got hit over there? - Got watermelon brains on me

Here's our unsuspecting watermelon

just chillin out

- That was a really good escalation - Yeah

- Woah!

- One after the other!

- What do you think determines that gap?

- I have no idea

I mean Maltesers aren't perfectly round

so maybe their different shapes cause them to come through at different times

- That's opened it up, like an absolute beaut there

Definite evisceration

Look at the chunks!

How does something as light as a Malteser

- No that's right, two Maltesers

do that to a watermelon?

You'd need to use a sledgehammer to get that effect as a human, wouldn't you?

- Yeah - Unbelievable

- Oh is that the furthest chunk?

- That's the furthest chunk I've seen. It must be...

... 30 meters?

Going to see if our Maltesers will go through a soda pop can

- Ready? - Yeah

- 3... 2... 1...

Woah!

Oooah

- The second one is so funny to me!

It's always way too late to do anything

It was like the can was a human

that got punched in the gut- the way it buckled down. Like "aagh"

- Yeah it did

- Controlling on the laptop today because we're indoors

And reduced the resolution on this one to 512x320

Not remotely HD, or even SD

We're gonna shoot at...

118 thousand frames per second

just to get that crushing impact of the Malteser right around here.

- Arming!

3... 2... 1...

Woah!

- I like how it seems to make you jump every time

You're the one doing it, and you're like "eek!"

- Yeah, well come on

- This is a hundred and-

Woah!

Did you see the tear on the can go around?

That must have been so quick

- I almost want to see that frame by frame - Yeah

Oh wow!

That's amazing!

God!

- Look at that flowering effect - That's so cool