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S.W.A.T Flykiller

S.W.A.T Flykiller
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LIFE FOR FLIES JUST GOT MORE DANGEROUS.
This is a Special Weapons And Tactics device designed to eliminate insects with clinical precision.
100% accuracy due to precision laser targeting.
100% kill or stun due to overwhelming kinetic energy pulse.
THIS IS NOT A TOY (But it's damn good fun.)
 
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Step 1Tools and Materials

Tools and Materials
To make the SWAT Flykiller, you will need :-
A long, thin piece of wood - I used a piece 3 foot by 3/4" x 1/2" (900mm x 10mm x 12mm). Size not critical, but it needs to be light and not too flexible.
A length of 2.5 or 3mm elastic shock cord. This is the thin elastic which runs through the middle of long fibreglass tent poles. You can get it from eBay or any camping shop. Mine was a 2 foot piece which came in the 'repair kit' for our tent.
A pocket laser pointer - any colour you like.
A short length of plastic tube to hold the laser pointer. Mine slides sweetly into a piece of 5/8" (15mm) tube from the DIY store.
One strong clothes peg (clothes pin) for the trigger.
A few small screws and a short piece of thicker wood for the handle.

Required tools are a hot-glue gun, cyanoacrylate (10 second) glue, saw, small file, screwdriver.
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36 comments
Dec 24, 2010. 8:27 AMbears0 says:
get a burning laser and burn them from a really long range
Dec 29, 2011. 9:07 AMMatthewEnderle says:
but they fly off when heat changes significantly... i've tried... then I got the gassing stuff.
Jan 7, 2011. 9:43 PMcodydean says:
AHHHH, my leg is on fire.
Sep 19, 2010. 9:33 AMTotti11 says:
its cool
Jul 26, 2010. 10:22 AMQuest for Questions says:
this is an old instructable and just wondered if you gotta video of it
Jul 18, 2010. 11:51 AMPorkchop683 says:
When I was in the Navy, we used a yard stick and industrial sized rubber bands to hunt down and kill various fling insects on the barge in the shipyard. My best shot was five-feet.
Jul 14, 2010. 7:17 PMQtrowl says:
Why don't you just use a rubber band gun?
Sep 25, 2008. 7:39 AMHiyadudez says:
can u usea couple of elastic bands instead of the shock cord?
Dec 4, 2008. 1:17 PMWafflicious says:
yes but not as powerful
Jul 12, 2010. 7:05 AMcdousley says:
not accurate eithier
Jul 11, 2010. 12:48 PMold_code says:
Great target, I mean - fly, photo (with description of part). Accurate; their lunch could be dog poo, or peanut butter, or that scab on your leg. Nasty, dirty beasts.
Nov 19, 2009. 10:17 AMBlackSunCrafts says:
 we made these as kids in the mid 70's and called them Peg Guns. we used them to annoy the seagulls that attacked my friends aviary and after about a fortnight of stingy elastics the seagulls decided the aviary was more trouble than it was worth.
The main ammo was plain elastic bands that the postman left lying around, but the rougher kids would add metal peg springs to the elastic and some injuries led to the banning by all parents.
Sep 14, 2009. 6:13 PMJakester987 says:
dude thats awesome
Aug 26, 2009. 6:59 PMmettaurlover says:
If I am correct, flies are color blind. Therefore, they must think that the light is just the sun or whatever the largest light source is. This all lasts about half a second before they are shot.
Jun 2, 2009. 4:25 PMHardwyre says:
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Apr 1, 2009. 7:53 AMjacknero says:
OMG, I played with it around 60-70s...
Jan 25, 2009. 3:28 PMAklash, The hunchback says:
good idea but my favorite method of fly killing involves an airsoft gun
Feb 28, 2009. 5:30 PMAklash, The hunchback says:
wait i came up with a better idea, Can you say "SHOTGUN!"?
Feb 10, 2009. 5:03 PMgeoffypi says:
i like the way you think
Feb 9, 2009. 5:02 PMstale56 says:
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Jul 14, 2009. 9:04 PMdragonsniper says:
mine requires a rocket launcher
Aug 26, 2009. 7:00 PMmettaurlover says:
mine requires a sentry gun and a flamethrower.
Sep 28, 2009. 9:35 PMThundertydus says:
M134 Enough Said
Jul 26, 2010. 10:24 AMQuest for Questions says:
mine requires you stop righting
Jul 26, 2010. 11:39 AMmettaurlover says:
Mine requires you to not reply to eight month old comments that are in a reply string to my comment.
Sep 18, 2010. 9:27 PMpompom728 says:
mine requires you to not re-reply to eight month old coments that are in a reply string to your comment
Sep 19, 2010. 8:12 AMmettaurlover says:
You have no say in this.
Feb 18, 2009. 6:23 PMbombmaker2 says:
hahahahaha!!!!
Aug 19, 2009. 12:57 PMookid says:
Atom bomb? MUHAHAHA
Sep 28, 2009. 9:35 PMThundertydus says:
Cobalt Bomb Beat That
Sep 29, 2009. 4:03 AMbombmaker2 says:
id prefer to gas em' CHLORINE GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 14, 2009. 7:11 PMThundertydus says:
Cobalt bomb wins, NO MATTER WHAT!
It literally sets AIR on FIRE!
May 2, 2011. 5:16 PMbendog38 says:
Must. Figure. Out. How to build that!
Aug 19, 2009. 1:27 PMbombmaker2 says:
Lmao
Oct 23, 2008. 2:13 PMThelonelysandwitch says:
I make things like this and came up with an idea about a month ago, melt some led pellets and dip the end of the cord in it. can kill or leave quarter size welts

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