Z-Bend Hyper Hornet

by coolrider73

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Intro: Z-Bend Hyper Hornet

This is a very simple,fast,accurate,and hard hittind hornet design.

STEP 1: Supplies

You will need any size paper clip and any size rubber band. (I perfer a larger one) There is one that is complete on the paper if you get confused.

STEP 2: Bending

first unravle the paperclip untill there is one bend left.like in the picture, leave that bend alone and straighten the long section. (Mine is not that good so no complaints).


STEP 3: Fireing

first stretch the rubber band over your thumb and index finger (either hand) and with the smaller of the two bends hook it around the half closest to your hand.

STEP 4: Fireing Cont.

Look at the rubber band and you will see that it forms a triangle that is what we want.Now pull back as far as you want,aim, AND WATCH IT GO!

24 Comments

Braeburn 16 years ago

I make these but different so that they go into ceilings

Zackery88 7 years ago

OMFG are you serious?!?!?!?!?!

Braeburn 15 years ago

i guess kind of like this:

Discord 10 years ago

That's exactly what I was gonna make for my next Instructable. If you make it in this shape when using thin copper it's super accurate and it has great aerodynamics for some reason. Also can penetrate soft tissue and thick pieses of cardboard

Discord 10 years ago

Thin copper sheet, mind you. It'll look wavy like a waffled coin (look it up) but more rectangular.

ZeldaS 7 years ago

I used to use these to shoot stray dogs. LOL

coolrider73 13 years ago

God its been years since ive logged into this website lol. and yeas people i did forget a step, but unfortunatly i forget how to edit my posts. but all you have to do after you straighten it is to bend about an inch of the straight end to mirror the other bend hence it becomes a "Z"

a4great 15 years ago

is just me or did you forget a step

Lucience 14 years ago

MY GOD!!!! i tried one and its just scary ive never seen anything this fast, accurate, and powerful in my school. course i got confused by step 2 and made it with one bend instead of two when i fired it. i have no idea if two bends will make a difference

mettaurlover 14 years ago

making a mass launcher for these things out of knex... probably suicidal to do so, but it'll be fun before i die in a swarm of flying metal.

mettaurlover 14 years ago

and an explosion that takes out everything within three blocks of me.

Sticky_Buns2 16 years ago

i luv these things. my mum, not so much...

shadowfox009 14 years ago

my mom uses them to disaplin the pets lol well not disaplin them more than protect them ...... have u ever seen a wolf get hit by one of these things???? LOL!!!!!!!!!

theRIAA 17 years ago

why not just a "v" like normal hornets (double v i guess) more impact on the point and less drag through the air.. whatever

Aburame Shino 16 years ago

I naturally assumed that the second vertex in the metal-based organizer was utilized in better handling said projectile. *takes a puff from my bubble pipe* Lol. Big words. I guess you pull it back by the second bend?

Bad Donut 17 years ago

Yeah, I agree on that too. More power = More pain :D

cowtipper97 16 years ago

i love these metal hornets! my friend shot one at my teacher and missed his head by about an inch! thank god that happened cuz i had 4 of these hornets and a rubber band on my desk at that time

reborn-pyromainia 16 years ago

i agree making the 'z' shape would be accurate... yet at school in my testings firiing v vornets using a traiangular shaped paper clip or more effectively u bend nails.... using both rubber band strings not 1 creating a triangle which gives you more power... my test fired through a piece of light cardboard from 5 meters...me and my mates got a quite good aime with a usal miss on approx 1cm... this is just my oppinion but your way sounds good
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