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They successfully struck a match with a bullet at 380,000 frames per second. The key was a cardboard "smoke stripper" to divert the blast and precise laser alignment of the matches.
- 💨 The "smoke stripper" was a piece of cardboard with a hole, preventing the rifle's blast from extinguishing the nascent flame.
- 🎯 Laser alignment was crucial, but they discovered the matches themselves needed to be perfectly collinear, not just their tips.
- 🔧 A vise and machinist blocks stabilized the rifle barrel to eliminate wobble and improve shot consistency.
- 🔥 The final successful shot involved a bullet carrying a match, which then lit an adjacent match as it flew past.
A close-up shot of four match heads with green tips, with a blurred object resembling a bullet tip approaching the first match.