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YouTuber JSLaser successfully created a functional replica of Captain America's shield that exhibits real bouncing and returning properties. The project addressed the fundamental engineering challenge that Captain America's fictional vibranium shield presents: it must simultaneously fly through the air like a throwing disc, bounce off solid surfaces, and return to the thrower. In Marvel Comics and films, vibranium is depicted as a fictional metal with impossible properties - it absorbs kinetic energy, never breaks, and can bounce projectiles back. JSLaser's engineering process explored several approaches before finding a viable solution. Initial concepts included using drone technology (provides flight and return but doesn't resemble a shield) and boomerang aerodynamics (provides return mechanism but wrong shape). He recognized that standard frisbees have the correct flight characteristics and appearance but lack bouncing capability. His breakthrough came from combining properties: creating an object with frisbee-like aerodynamics but ball-like elasticity. The working prototype consisted of a fiberglass ring structure covered with thin flexible plastic sheeting, which successfully demonstrated both flight and bounce properties. For the full-scale replica, JSLaser upgraded the materials to carbon fiber for the outer structural layer, bonded with rubber for flexibility. This material combination solved two critical problems: the carbon fiber provides structural integrity to withstand impact forces without fracturing, while the rubber layer maintains enough flexibility to compress and rebound during impacts rather than absorbing energy and falling. The final shield successfully flies through the air with stable rotation, bounces off hard surfaces, and exhibits returning flight characteristics. While it doesn't match the impossible physics of the fictional vibranium shield (which can ricochet through multiple targets and absorb infinite energy), JSLaser's creation demonstrates that creative engineering can approximate comic book physics using real materials and aerodynamic principles.

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JS Laser/YT