Batman-inspired wall-scaling system built by engineering students
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Students demonstrate the launch of a grappling hook from a pressurized air cannon
Engineering student Dave Monk shows off the motorized winch device and battery pack
Engineering student Dave Monk gets pulled through the air by the winch device
Student Dave Monk demonstrates the winch device
BYU mascot Cosmo helps demonstrate the engineering students' anchoring device
BYU mascot Cosmo tries his hand at using the winch device, which pulls a person up with the push of a button
Engineering student Brady Morton uses the winch device to ascend a tower
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory wants to find a better way for airmen to scale tall structures or rock faces, so it did what just about anyone seeking new ideas does these days – it held a contest. Its 2012 Service Academy and University Engineering Challenge saw teams from 17 universities and three service academies showing off their wall-scaling systems, earlier this month at Wright State University’s Calamityville tactical laboratory in Fairborn, Ohio. One of the teams, from Utah’s Brigham Young University, devised an impressive system that was inspired directly by Batman’s grappling hook-shooting, power winch-equipped gun.
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