5 Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions!

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So some inventors are so passionate about their inventions, they will take huge risks to try and prove them. This has sometimes worked out well but for a few unlucky people it went horribly wrong. In this list i'll be showing you 5 inventors who were killed by their own inventions. Videos Used: Franz Reichelt Death Jump - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBN3xfGrx_U RMS Titanic Departure - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjjxioYIuE --------------------SECOND CHANNEL------------------- Check out my second channel More5! for funny, weird, interesting news, along with the latest trending topics within the YouTube community. More5! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPohYrquhWwA56kiaxJRe9A ------------------------------------------------------- Find Me On Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialAll5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sam_all5 Website: http://www.All5.me Music: "Unwritten Return" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ------------------------------------------------------- 5) Valerian Abakovsky Valerian Abakovsky was a Soviet inventor who came up with Aerowagon. The Aerowagon was actually not bad idea for its time. It was a propeller driven rail car, essentially a car on rail tracks that's propelled by a propeller. The intention was to provide a quick method of transport across the vast landmass of the Soviet Union. When it came time to test it, it worked pretty well having successfully transported 22 people from Moscow to Tula. However disaster struck on the way back. The Aerowagon derailed at high speed killing 7 of the 22 on board including its inventor Abakovsky. The project was scrapped in 1921, however Germany took the idea and built its own version called the Schienenzeppelin. It didn't kill anyone but was also discontinued due to safety concerns. 4) Otto Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer in aviation. In fact he was the first person ever to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding flights. He was also the man who inspired the Wright brothers. Back in the late 1800's flying was deemed as impossible. However Otto managed to create over 30 different types of gliders and monplanes and had over 2,000 successful glider flights. However on the 9th August 1896 it all went wrong. His glider went into a nose dive and he struggled to gain control. He hit the ground but was still alive although severely injured. 36 hours later he died. His last words were to his brother, they were "Opfer müssen gebracht werden" which translates to Sacrifices must be made. 3) Franz Reichelt French tailor and inventor Franz Reichelt came up with his invention called the clothes parachute. The idea was simple, its a parachute made from clothes. He requested to test his idea in Paris, by jumping off the Eiffel Tower. The french police granted him permission however they were under the impression he was going to use a dummy. Franz was so confident in his invention, he didn't use a dummy but rather jump off himself. The test was unsuccessful and he fell to his death 1912. 2) Thomas Andrews Thomas Andrews was the man who designed the Titanic. He was on board during its voyage from Southampton to New York when it hit an iceberg and ultimately sunk. Andrews however did order the Titanic to have at least 46 lifeboats. However only 20 were added. If they listened to his advice, many more people would have survived. During the final moments of the Titanic its reported Andrews was helping people get life jackets and get on life boats. His final moments were said to be him sitting in the smoke room staring at a painting. He is remembered as a hero. 1) Wan Hu Wan Hu was a Chinese local government official who was the first to ever attempt to go to the moon. Back in the 16th century its said he strapped 47 rockets to a chair and tried to blast himself into orbit. This obviously didn't go to well. It's unclear whether his story is true, however it really isn't that much different to what he still do today. Essentially we strap rockets to a vessel and blast ourselves into outer space. We're just able to control it in a much more sophisticated manner thanks to modern technology. However Wan Hu's efforts did earn him some recognition, a crater on the Moon as been named in his honor.