Watch: 0-100km in 1.5 secs! The world's biggest catapult is now open

Officially launched at AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand, the Nevis Catapult is billed as the world’s biggest and most extreme catapult.

Go-Pro ambassadors Sam Evans and Kurt Tilse gave it a try and posted their experience on Instagram.

Their review? In a word: “epic.” Check it out:

last week myself and the @goproanz crew were the first people in the world to experience the brand new @ajhackettbungynz "Nevis Thriller" - we also spent three days touring NZ and shot it all on #GoPro, check the link in my bio! - @sarahs_day / @kjtilse / @logan_dodds @edringwood / @barekiwi / @caiocastro - ?/ @olivergohl - this doesn't belong here - @purenewzealand / #NZMustDo

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The man behind it — AJ Hackett co-founder Henry van Asch — describes the ride as “gut-wrenching.”

“The experience is exhilarating. Up to 3Gs of force and acceleration of around 100km in 1.5 seconds is not your typical experience — and I think people are going to get a pretty big kick out of it,” van Asch says.

“For me, the most exciting part of it is how surprising it is — the speed, the height and then the sudden drop. You don’t know exactly when you’re going to go either and that adds to the fun.”

Sounds amazing! Although we might want to start with something a little smaller and work our way up...

A swing set sounds like a good place to start.