we can start converting it into a James Bond inspired spy car
an ejection seat, dispensers retired spikes and oil slicks more levers and switches than we know
what to do with. A built-in projector so you have a movie theater wherever you want
A shock door handle, jet engines in the trunk, flamethrower exhaust
Hey guys on this episode of Make it Real we're upgrading the spy car again
this time with a flamethrower. In the past we've turned it into a portable movie theater
we've created a taser door handle
A license plate flipper and we're even planning on adding jet engines to it but
make sure you stick around to the end of the video to see why I'm actually
wearing these flame retardant coveralls
What are you doing Dave?
Just going to try a little propane injection for the car
It's got two valves
2? oh yea
And then we got our flamethrower. Let's try it
upside down
bad ideas gotten better
With the right setup I think it'll work
For more information on how our electronics work, please check out our circuit
diagram at maker.io, there are links in the description below
Alright so we just got the app working and as you can see we got our control panel right there
and the wireless module down there and now if we hit switch number 14
right here
and then I labeled these ones wrong but if we hit the tire spike button, we've got a flipping license plate
This is sweet
Alright so programming the app is actually pretty simple, we're using something
called Blink which communicates with the Bluetooth arduino that we're using
so we can just go in and edit the button, now let's label our flamethrower exhaust
and we're gonna have it on or off instead of hold the button
should it be fire or flame? yeah flame!
Come down here. As soon as we hit the flame button
and you heard that click that is actually the solenoid valve so all we
have to do is open this valve and now hypothetically we might get a fireball
if we do this
so it might not work unless the cars is running with exhaust okay
Better start the car
all right let's see what happens
Wanna try giving it some gas while I do that
let's manually light it
there we go
It's warm over here
hmm we're going to need more propane soon
yup
Just a little frosty
all right so it works
we just need a bigger spark gap
all right we know it works now, so we can design a better igniter
I'm not convinced this is gonna survive driving
wide open
Ok
literally dripping propane
Frosty
So I think the issue is our spark plug has a very small spark gap so the
spark isn't very big which might be why it's not igniting. If we compare it to the
boring flamethrower we built, we have a much larger spark gap so we're gonna try
and bend the spark plug tip out a bit
and we just have to mount it properly
Alright so I think the issue was the spark plug was too much in the stream of
liquid propane which meant it just wasn't able to ignite so we've moved it
slightly the propane shouldn't be hitting it directly and let's see if it works
Ready? Terrible idea in 3...2...
Oh.... I burnt one
C'mon you know you want it
Eat it
Alright so it works
all right so this is the spy car, currently we have four spy features
out of 32 planned
flamethrower exhaust and it does work when the car is running too
With a few tweaks we can make a fireball like this big
It's funny this rubber bumper is slowly gonna start melting
I'm thinking for the thumbnail for the flamethrower video literally just
put some flame retardant coveralls on and just take the full brunt of it
Alright so like I said earlier it's time to get the thumbnail for the flamethrower
exhaust on the car which means I need suit up in some hopefully flame
retardant g-force racing gear
This is kind of scary
We're live!
you're not gonna be very soon
so Riley if you press this button you're also liable
The way it is right now is that it's going to cover me
in liquid propane and then the second time you light it will go off which means I'll
be on fire... like actually on fire
Let's go with not head in the flames
Gonna roast my nuts
I'm gonna press the button now
Light it
Let's go with not head in the flames
We should probably do it again
literally is my crotch
Do a yoga pose
Do downward dog
Ya that's doggy style not downward dog
What?
Was I on fire?
Not really
Woah what is that?
Do you think we got a good thumbnail?
I'm still a bit cold we should do it again
If I don't look at the fire I'm not on fire
I feel like I'm on fire
Woah that's so sweet
Do the whole thing
And look my pants have some pretty cool flame patterns on them now
So it did actually start shrinking, which is kind of interesting
So these might not be as fire retardant as they were before now but
I'm sure we'll light myself on fire again
Bacon time
Alright Riley wanna help me bake some bacon
Did you just use your nose to do that?
Yup
my hands are full
I wonder if I lost any of my beard
Oh my god you totally did
I was wearing a helmet
nothing more manly than a fire shave
Look at all the fat
Bacon's ready
tastes like bacon
It's perfectly fine!
It's like frosted tips for your beard
alright hope you guys enjoyed that
making a flamethrower exhaust is a lot of fun but in most countries states
and provinces I'm pretty sure flamethrower exhaust is illegal
so I wouldn't recommend doing this to your daily driver however if
you're doing out on private property it's perfectly legal basically you can
get anything you want to a vehicle on private property. I think. Don't quote me on that
anyways if you guys liked this episode make sure you check out the
other episodes on our spy car and make sure you subscribe because we're just
getting started
Ian you want some bacon?
Should we give him the beard hair one?
That was not downward dog?
What was it?