There's a thread up on /tv/ right now about whether something like this would theoretically work irlThere are two main arguments: 1. That motors of a certain size can only produce so much torque and the motor in the video isn't big enough to do what it's portrayed to and 2. That you could easily cut the wire with a knife by sliding it in horizontally then slowly rotating itWhat does /k/ think?
>>65015852Okay.. The simplest answers I can provide as someone with a college education and more than a modicum of engineering experience+ more than a few decades of experience. 1- "Kind Of"2-"Whut?"
>>65015852Is it like a handcuff lock style garrote? One way hooked latch roller tensioner with a garroting chain?
>>65015852Is Brad Pitt dead? Finally.
>>650158521) Easily doable. In fact it could work much faster than the video shows. Anyone asking this question has zero experience with modern power tools or power toys.2) The video doesn't really make clear how big the cable is. If it's super thin then you could probably cut it with a knife, assuming you could act fast enough to get the knife under the wire. But I see no reason to use wire that thin, something like 1/8in would be impossible to cut fast enough and would still be small.It's kind of a stupid weapon though, someone could just as easily shoot, stab, pepper-spray, stun, tase, or simply knock out someone to steal their briefcase. It really across like a weapon a psycho would use, someone who wants to torture their victims rather than be a practical tool for mugging. It belongs in a horror movie like Saw, not a a spy movie.
I'm disappointed, I was expecting it to fly away with him as a kidnapping
>>65015852Better than knife, will easily slide along your finger to get to the wire snip.*snibsnib*
>>65015991I used to carry one everyday, just for the counter assassination garrot reason.
>>65015975It’s a crime movie, The Counselor. Also in the movie the cable is described as being made out “some unholy alloy” so the movie magic prevents it from being cut.
>>65015852Why didn't the assassin just slit his throat? That would have been way faster and easier.
>>65016058>used toI assume you defeated your would be assassins?
>>65016160Probably because then the onlookers would be looking at the murderer and not the guy having his head cut off.
