b'XO PHOXXe ente s le te sttennt\x06 teset bae n a t at\x04 be bandedspecials, classic yellow or even snazzy black.XOPhoxx.But a simple frosted texture versus mirror- Steve told me he could tell a slight smooth lettering, actually moulded into theincrease in rigidity and Simon told me about frame, will catch the light a treat. how it was now better protected against But how to reduce weight/plastic used?the few nutters who manage to get the The same engineering as used in racingshooting bit wrong and frame-hit them. The cars. Strip down and make holes or evendi erences in the build are a tiny re-working reduce to a skeleton. In this case, theof the shape within, which acts like the strut exoskeleton or outside skeleton. Thats thebrace under the bonnet of a hot hatchback, posh term for the outsides of arthropodsadding sti ness. Not that you could easily from lobsters to woodlice. An exo or outsidetell if you shot both.skeleton means just the frame shape withSo meet the newest addition to the space within the shape. legendary, unassailably cool WASP They worked and created the mould,slingshot range. The XOPhoxx. Created by then squidged a few oand sent them tomould tool engineers with a passion for our their test group. I was happily making aslingshot world.video for release day, when I got called to beThe next thing after that is going to told the design was to be changed and thatbe huge, as everyone will want one! The I was getting a new version. The one I wasUniPhoxx made as a keyring size. Meant for filming was a prototype. The new one, has ayour EDC bunch, I just know that everyone slightly enhanced centre part with the newincluding me, will HAVE to band one up!logo WASP XO as it is going to be writhttps://www.waspslingshots.co.uk/st teletest ele WASPs biggest selling frame of all time isttes t sent t\x04 ae as an bethe Uniphoxx, which is everywhere. In issue one, we met a bloke who collects them and keeps dozens in every colour in a cupboard under the stairs. This has birthed custom and aluminium versions, ones with shorter forks made from G10 called Target Master and spawned sideways evolution, like the Enzo. Which is chunkier and has a bigger handle hole grip. A beefed-up Uniphoxx.Yet the engineer never stops ruminating and wanting to do better.What if you could make a proper WASP slingshot that sold for under a tenner? It would need to lose the posh engineered badge and it would need to use less plastic to save the cost. There are many collectible badges from WASP. Be they World Cup 041040-041 SSW005 wasps nest.indd 41 26/11/2021 17:41'