The text appears to be a transcription of a video where the speaker, Destin, and his friend Jeremy Fielding, are attempting to hit a baseball as far as possible. They have constructed a machine that swings a baseball bat at high speeds, aiming to break the Major League Baseball home run distance record of around 500 feet.
Their apparatus uses a three-phase generator hooked up to a motor and pulley system to spin the bat at high velocities. They're testing their setup on a little league baseball field.
Despite their efforts, they're not getting the full power from the industrial generator they rented, which is a problem they need to address. They also need to ensure the bat doesn't break during the test.
In their second attempt, they use aluminum bats and manage to hit the ball, but it doesn't go as far as they'd hoped. They also repurpose a wooden bat from their first attempt for extra serving.
In the end, they manage to hit the ball 581 feet, which is further than the Major League Baseball record of 575 feet. They use drones and GPS to measure the distance.
Despite the success of their experiment, they acknowledge that it doesn't count because Jeremy was using three-phase power, a reference to the energy source used in the machine.
The video ends with a call to action for the audience to download a book called "Skunk Works" on Audible. The speaker also thanks the audience for watching the video and encourages them to subscribe to his channel for more content.
1. The speaker is trying to beat the Major League Baseball home run distance record, which is around 500 feet. The record can be as high as 75 feet to 500 and 80 feet, depending on where you get your data .
2. The speaker and his friend Jeremy Fielding are working on a three-phase generator that is hooked up to a huge motor and a pulley system to spin a bat at crazy velocities .
3. The goal is to crank some homers at over 600 feet on a little league baseball field .
4. The speaker and Jeremy Fielding are friends who love to build things. Jeremy has his own YouTube channel about mechanical design and is really good with electric motors .
5. The speaker is trying to get full power from the industrial generator they rented to run the setup. However, they weren't getting full power from the generator .
6. The speaker and Jeremy Fielding were able to hit a ball over the fence at a distance of 581 feet, which is more than the Major League Baseball home run record of 575 feet .
7. The speaker is sponsored by Audible and encourages his audience to download the audiobook "Skunk Works" .