Imagine if he put those shoes on someone who can actually jump. They'd be in the rafters

"That actually wasn't even me, I just searched for jumping chinese kid" How dare you make me racist for believing you entirely

00:53 thats a very nice legal sword you have

9:55 Nice to see Audrey again since she stopped posting on her KZfaq channel

A retraction system would allow for a safer landing and a faster recovery when jumping, and it would really make for a cool part two to this project

This was amazing. I am disappointed you didn't test gun shoes yourself though.

Neat. Two changes I would make here. One, have a pressure sensor mounted on the bottom somewhere, or maybe under the toes of the boots, such that when there is little to no pressure on it (and the safety is off), it triggers the pistons. If you dial that in well, they should basically go off automatically at the point where they would best maximize the jump, at, before, or after when your feet are no longer pressing down on the ground (whichever turns out to be optimal). The second thing I would do is add plates to the bottom of the piston, a flat portion in the middle, and then a hinged "toe" and "heel" that will compress, but also resist compression a bit, trying to return to a flat plane. I would think that would be much smoother to land on than just a straight bar across the instep.

The kick was my favorite part! Might be even worth a separate video. Piston powered punches and kicks. 😂

On today's episode, Allen has designed a machine to flawlessly break his ankles.

12:34 It's so adorable how that kid is just standing there applauding

When I saw the title, I immediately thought "he's gonna hurt himself". 1 minute in, he hurts himself with a 90's toy.

I think you could furth increase their jumpiness by: using springs to retract the pistons, they dont have to be very strong but strong enough to retract the piston once the pressure depleted. adding an earlier gas bleed and buffer at the end of travel to the jerking of the piston doesnt skew your airial direction using a trigger that responds to when you put more than your body weight into your shoes (aka you start to jump, increasing the weight that is put on your soles.) sorry for my bad english

I swear to god, Allen's one step away from becoming a supervillain who takes revenge on Warner-Discovery for snubbing him in the Mythbusters Search.

“How to break your ankles with extra steps”

That was awesome and it's a long time I was happy for someone on KZfaq to reach his goal. You dunking this ball was awesome :)

I love watching these types of videos. Simply because its incredible, what the human mind can achieve with an idea that seems stupid, but actually works (kinda)

Now this is a fantastic idea

That's one small step for man, one giant leap in revenue for an orthopedic surgeon

2:41 i defetly didnt expect that your photoshop is so good

I feel like if you put a flat surface at a 45 degree angle on the toe it might help you balance better when you land weird and also if the edge that contacts the ground could freely rotate (with some resistance to prevent spinning) to become parallel with the ground it might help you recover and also make it easier to jump

I love the assortment of legal toys 🤣

Imagine just looking out the windows and seeing some guy laughing maniacally crushing cans in the middle of the street with some boot contraption

@Allen Pan 9:04 add a + shape to contact the floor, that way you wont fall forwards

There are many sneakers with a cushioning platform. If you could climb such a structure to the height of the piston, that would drastically increase the stability when landing, which in my opinion would make the shoes completely practical.

Man I would love to try these! The fact that you tried them onto concrete almost right away blows my mind. 😂 I appreciated this video very much. 👌

I love how horrifically dangerous all of his jank contraptions are lol

Now make it become a glove that 200% stronger punchs

Could you put some light springs working against the plate extension so that they retract by themselves while in the air. The force of the air canisters will be so large that the springs won't remove too move force, but will be enough force to move the plates back into place while in the air.

I'm surprised the footprint of the launch bar stayed so narrow through the entire development process, because it's certainly harder to safely land, and it shows considering how many times you fell over, lost you balance, or both. The landings also look as painful as I thought they would be based on your reactions.

Allen is slowly inventing stuff to make himself have a supersuit

something that might help with the timing of the jump would be to have the mechanism go off when the switch is released. that way you can hold it down and better time the release by just unclenching your hand

What a great rim job! Can't believe it. Congratulations!!

2 minutes in, Allen went from "making a pair of spring shoe" to "attach two dAMN GUNS TO HIS FEET"

I actually prefer the shoes as self defence weapons! lmao

Have weak springs that pull the platforms back up after firing. That will help you land easier.

I wonder how the other myth-busters would react to these videos and the merch XD this is amazing

The fact that you actually dunked with those is crazy

NGL I've been an engineer for 20 years and I still learn something with every Allen Pan video. In this one I learned about Elevator bolts and Dummy Launchers. Seriously, this guy earns our sub HARD in every video. Like, if you're not hitting subscribe now what are you even doing with your life?

Maybe add a force sensor to the shoes that can detect when you are about to jump (The load cells detect a force less than your bodyweight since you have started to take off) and trigger the valves, that would make it much easier to jump with?

Oh, you have the best inventions. They are also funny, if I were on the commission and evaluated your inventions, I would give 10 out of 10

I love that he unintentionally made real versions of the Mario movie boots

The tone, humor, and success rate of your inventions/videos is so consistent. It truly inspires me

Would it be better to build a wider platform to press from the ground? If extended that small point seems hard to retain balance

Maybe soon you can combine all of these inventions into an iron man suit

11:45 Nice kick 👍

The most iffy part is the landing. When the bottom part is extended and lands first Allen always falls forward or to different sides with his feet respectively. If he could make them retract in the air the landing would be way easier. Or he could maybe increase the surface of those. I am curious if you could do an enhanced form of running with those.

I 100% didnt realize you were on myth busters till the very end youve definitely earned a sub

Springs to retract the boots, More psi to overpower the springs (4 cartridges? 8?), more ankle support, get a back belt for weight lifting (stop your back from breaking), more knee support(Not sure how? knee braces?), wear a helmet, elbow pads, put down some martial arts mats or go to a gymnastics building.

3:37 knee-breaker 3000, now with an extra ankle breaker attached for free.

Suggestion: instead of two bars, make parts that fit the entire sole of the shoe so you cover more area when landing, preventing you from falling over

Many years ago, one person with very similar devices even ran and very efficiently. There, the push was activated by compressing the pistons, and not by pressing a button, it is much more convenient.

should have it as a 2 way valve and have a solenoid throw the absolute last part of that shot into reversing it so that you can land on your feet not on stilts

Allen... you are extremely limiting your jumping power by dumping all the Co2 at once, also the solenoids are restricting the pressure. this is because these Co2 cartridges are meant to slowly release gas, which means that most of the actual gas is turning into dry ice inside of the cartridge. Hope this info helps and maybe you can make another video fixing these issues.

this man invented reverse long-fall boots and i'm honestly impressed...

Just wow impossible things made possible!keep up the brilliant work

You could upgrade them with a weak spring on each shoe to re tract the pipes so you get a better landing. A spring just strong enaugh to retract them after the air compresses

Allen Pan is an absolute treasure. Awesome to see your chops as a film-maker also continuing to grow. What are you doing, step bit?

Imagine this paired with the flame gauntlets. Dude could straight up become a real life superhero if he wanted.

that was really cool, and the kick was super impressive! i wish fallout would have made this too instead of just the fist

- Holds .22 caliber gun in hands and shoots; barely experiences recoil - concludes that same gun would break his legs Logic

Bro, the fact that you have this much energy left for self improvement, after all you’ve been doing for the snakes lately, is really inspirational. Keep it up!

As someone who has gone through a torn ACL twice, this makes my knee physically hurt to watch 😂😭 Sick project though!

Today: Jumping boots Tomorrow: Jet boots Ten years later: "I AM IRON MAN!"

I feel like these definitely work better as weapons for kicking rather than as boosters for jumping

Fun fact: the moon shoes actually used to be alot more powerful. But due to multiple accidents the company had to lessen the power of the Moon shoes.

Allen and his friends give me hope for humanity. They are proper role models.

I swear the order of experiments is always 1. String, spring, or airodynamics. 2. Something explosive and or dangerous. 3. For some reason always co2 canisters

So, 10 months later we have the over engineered variant.

This unironically is the best thing Allen has built

2:55 Very scientific. This guy is definitely qualified to be part of the mythbusters.

Awesome! I feel like it could be a little more stable and jump higher if the pipes were moved a little forward toward the balls of your feet, that way the person operating could also take off and and land with a more natural feel, instead of landing on one’s heels and falling backwards.

Is nobody gonna talk about the weird looking sword toy at 0:50? Nobody?

💀💀💀 4:43 that movement 😳😳😳

12:40 Made me go back to childhood when I thought I could use moon shoes to dunk. Made my day for sure! One of you best projects for sure and actually look "kinda" safe! Also I think you should have went all out and put "Busting Makes Me Feel Good" on the shirts. I did a quick Phoshop and it fits perfect and fills the art out better in my opinion.

Thanks for making your sponsored segment so entertaining.

This gives me an idea for one of the superheroes I’ve come up with.

That was some seriously impressive photoshop for demonstrating the potential destructive power of the gun shoes. The third one was an actual masterpiece

0:53 what... what is that pink 'toy' in the background? Hmmmmmmm?

You should make a fast retract system so you won’t break your legs ever time. Maybe you could like put a spring in it or something to make it retract.

I always wanted moon shoes as well but to make my own, which I haven’t yet, I was just going to use springs from an old mattress, take them to some wood at the base of my shoes and that would be it. Super simple and basic but I have no idea how well it will go. 😅

This is probably the most professional and well built thing you’ve ever made on this channel

I'm convinced that Allen Pan is slowly developing a superhero persona. First the gun gloves, the repulsers, the exoskeleton, then the weight training, and now the jump boots.

I'm amazed Allen's ligaments(ACL and MCL) survived.

4:37 decaying winter: meet the arbiter

12:34 is golden Also this is legitimately really impressive. Please continue working on these. I want to buy the finished version :).

why didn’t you just drank a jump boost potion?

Just gotta make the surface area of the landing plate a little bigger so it's easier to push them back in once landing, and these will totally work even better :D It will help with keeping upright, too :)

piston powered kicks are sick

After having just recently broken my ankle in 3 places this video gives me extreme anxiety

Imagine the power he would have if he put four on both feet😂 also I desperately want a pair they look like so much fun

You could jump higher if you use rubber pads on the bottom of it, like elastic, there similar boot design which uses elastic straps and spring wires,

Whats really cool is these shoes could probably be applicable and made to fit something like combat boots without them being extremely bulky and cumbersome

Growing up I always wanted to be an inventor, my one and only idea was basically what you built in this video. It makes me so happy to see that this concept actually kinda works!

If you make them retract automatically and add a flat sole, they would actually be comfortable to use. As long as you don't take into consideration the cost of recharging the pressure bottles every time.

Your content is well-processed 👍

Would these be more or LESS stable (both jumping and landing) if the bottoms were shaped like the soles of the shoes (larger surface area)?

0:12 i really did believe that was you at first lol

7:50 Fun Fact! Blue Jays like to bury peanuts in people’s lawn

I had a friend in High School that was an EXTREME Pogo-er. I think he still does it. It's been a while since I've talked to him, like over 10 years.

The shoes are really cool but I have a small idea, I feel like if you made the focus point where the piston shoots you off the ground was more wider to wear it cover the bottom of the boot it would help you with landing a little better and maybe help project you better