“If you’ve never watched it live, it’s hard to put it in context how much energy is being unleashed.” “It’s an obscene amount of energy,” Billings says. Billings vacuums his driveway to provide some peace of mind that he won’t harm himself or his loved ones, but the weapon is scary enough that he musters the courage to test it at home only once a year with the blade attached. Rocks, gravel, and anything else in the vicinity gets sucked into the air, and whatever hits Tombstone’s blade becomes shrapnel. Billings tunes it down to the BattleBots maximum of 250 mph in competitions (you know, for safety), but even at that slower speed, the blade is fast enough to create a wind vortex akin to standing behind a jet engine. It does not store any personal data.Tombstone’s blade, a 70-pound solid brick of aluminum, steel, or titanium depending on the matchup and its creator’s mood, spins up to 400 miles per hour at top speed. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.
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