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Por favor, não tente em casa o que você
está prestes a ver
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Nós somos o que você chama de especialistas.
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Não é?
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Neste episódio de Mythbusters...
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...Adam e Jamie estão
estão transbordando de adrenalina...
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Isso foi magnífico!
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...testando esse vídeo da internet
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Isso!! Nós conseguimos!
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Pode o plástico bolha...
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Ciência é perigoso!
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...Nos proteger de uma queda de mais de 35 metros?
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Você estaria completamente morto
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Enquanto isso, Kari, Grant e Tory
vão ficar de cabeça para baixo...
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Aah!
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- Oh!
- Oh!
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...causando confusões no Bond-Car.
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Ei, James, tem muita
coisa acontecendo aqui agora.
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Pode um assento ejetável...
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Esta é a coisa mais perigosa que eu já construí.
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Virar um carro capotado?
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Fazendo o ficar novamente sobre suas quatro rodas?
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Quem são os MythBusters?
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Adam Savage...
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Isso é ciência em ação!
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...e Jamie Hyneman.
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Tchau tchau
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Juntos eles tem mais de 30 anos
de experiência em efeitos especiais
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E na equipe... Grant Imahara
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Aquilo foi uma loucura!
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...Kari Byron...
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Ohh!
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...e Tory Belleci.
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Está prestes a cair na real
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Eles não apenas contam os mitos...
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Eles os colocam a prova!
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MythBusters 10x10 - Bubble Pack Plunge
Original air date June 3, 2012
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Sync and corrections by atrn97g
for www.addic7ed.com
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- Bem, a julgar pelo fato de que
temos este plástico bolha
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por todo lugar, eu posso pressentir
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que alguém fez alguma coisa
realmente estúpida com ele
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- Você está absolutamente correto
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O que temos é um vídeo viral
onde um cara se enrola
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em muito plástico bolha
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e pula de um prédio de três andares
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e no final da queda
sai aparentemente ileso
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- Bem, o plástico é projetado para amortecer as coisas.
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- Sim, ele é
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O plástico bolha foi criado pra amortecer impacto em transportes de produtos
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Dê um palpite de sorte
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Mas será proteção o bastante para
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uma queda de mais de 35metros?
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Whoa!
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Em outras palavras
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Esse vídeo será real ou montagem?
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Isso! Conseguimos!
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- Obviamente, em algum momento
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Um de nós vai ter
que se enrolar em plástico bolha
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e pular de um prédio
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Mas eu tenho preocupações sobre a segurança na realização disso
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Como você pretende fazer isso?
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- Eu acho que podemos
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iniciar nossos testes
com o Buster no nosso lugar
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Vamos refazer exatamente
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o que vemos no vídeo...
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envolvendo o Buster na
mesma quantidade de plástico bolha
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e jogá-lo de um prédio da mesma altura
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Vamos colocar alguns acelerômetros
em seu corpo e ver se ele vai sair vivo
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Tudo bem pra mim, vamos lá!
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Então, vamos recriar o que vemos
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No vídeo deste mito.
Adam, Jamie, e Buster
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Vão para seu campo de teste favorito
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- Hoje, nós estamos
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em centro militar desativado
em San Francisco
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E essa não é a nossa primeira vez aqui
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Estivemos aqui testando um outro mito
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que era o "Caindo nos toldos".. que fizemos bem abaixo de onde estou
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Aah!
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...
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- Hoje, vamos testar o mito do "Garoto Bolha"
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No vídeo, o jovem pula de mais de 23metros de altura
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E cai de costas
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E ele estava envolvido em 4cm de plástico bolha
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Agora, para nos dizer
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o quanto efetivo é o plástico bolha
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Nós precisamos fazer o primeiro teste de controle
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que significa que vamos
jogar o Buster primeiramente
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da mesma altura que vamos testar,
mas sem plástico bolha
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E ver o que nossos sensores vão registrar
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Então o Buster vai encarar
duas vezes a queda de 3 andares
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Primeiro,ele vai despencar sem
a proteção do plástico bolha
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e depois ele vai despencar
totalmente envolvido com plastico bolha
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- Agora, como faremos para comparar as duas quedas?
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Com isso!
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Isso é um acelerômetro
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e ele pode fazer a leitura de impacto de até 5.000G
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Isso deve nos dar
uma clara comparação das duas quedas
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Com o Buster protegido
e com o Buster desprotegido
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E esse é o plano...
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Então o Adam corta o Buster e insere os sensores nele
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- Acho que você está pronto, Buster
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Buster é erguido a 35metros de altura
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- Parece perfeito!
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... E assume sua posição...
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- Pobre Buster
- Pobre Buster
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- Aqui vamos nós
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Buster no teste de controle, 35metros de altura
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Em 3, 2, 1.
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Oh.
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Nice.
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A perfect hit.
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He stayed together in one piece.
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He totally did.
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Yep, if there's one thing Buster can do...
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...it's stick a landing.
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Adam: A perfect hit.
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Buster's control drop
went off without a hitch.
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Feels like old times.
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He hit the target from 35 feet,
he landed, he flipped over.
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Now we've got to see how many
G's he pulled when he hit.
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Jamie: What did we get?
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Well, Buster falling flat onto
the ground with no protection,
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the accelerometer says
that he took 300 G's.
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- Lethal.
- Absolutely lethal.
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Like, four times your average
severe car accident
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kind of lethal.
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Narrator: Adam's not exaggerating.
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With no protection,
Buster's drop was a disaster,
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and he smacked the sidewalk at 300 G's.
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Jamie: With all this talk
about G's and G-loads,
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you may be wondering what a "G" is.
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Well, a "G" is one earth's gravity.
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So, when we say that
Buster's experiencing 300 G's,
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that means he's experiencing a stress
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300 times as large as the earth's gravity,
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and that's a lot.
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Narrator: It sure is.
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A 300-G impact
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is like being slammed
by a speeding cement truck.
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But will that be the same
when bound in bubbles?
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To match the viral video,
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Buster is carefully cocooned
in bubble pack...
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- Hold on a second. I'm getting dizzy.
- Me, too.
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...until the protective packing
is four inches thick.
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Jamie: So, it's pretty obvious
that if we start to add padding,
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we're going to be reducing the impact
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by slowing down
the deceleration process...
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that meeting of Buster and the pavement.
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The question is,
is four inches of padding enough
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to reduce that deceleration
to where Buster would survive?
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I don't think so.
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Narrator: With Buster easy prey,
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buried up to his neck in bubbles,
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it's time for him to make
his 35-foot leap of faith.
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All right.
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Buster falling from 35 feet
in bubble packaging.
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3...
Come on, Buster.
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...2, 1.
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Go.
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[ Laughs ]
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That was a satisfying thud.
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I don't think it was a survivable thud,
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but it was satisfying.
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Buster bounced,
but did he burst his own bubble?
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With all of this extra padding,
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we dropped Buster's maximum
g-load from 300 G's to 260 G's.
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He's still totally and utterly dead.
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Yeah, he's gonna need
a lot more padding than this
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to survive that fall.
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Narrator: Indeed, he is.
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While four inches of bubbles
did reduce Buster's G-load,
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he's still three and a half
times over the lethal limit.
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So, Buster's dead falling naked
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and dead falling wrapped in bubble pack,
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where does that leave us?
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Well, I can't help but think
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that with enough of this stuff,
sooner or later, you'd be safe.
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I totally agree.
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Let's head back to the shop and see how much
it would take for him to survive this fall.
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More bubble trouble. I like it.
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Next up, it's time
to be shaken and stirred.
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All right, so, we have a myth
that involves ejector seats,
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missiles, and James Bond.
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Sounds like the perfect combination to me.
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Yeah, it's from the movie where he has a
car chase right across a frozen lake.
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Something goes horribly wrong,
and boom, car's upside down.
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Right, and that gives
the bad guy time to pull over,
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line up his car, and fire
his on-board car missiles.
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Just as you think
James Bond is a sitting duck,
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at the last minute, he pushes
the passenger ejector seat,
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and poof, shoots the seat
through the roof.
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Oh, and that amount of force
imparted on the ground
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causes the car to flip
back over, and he drives away.
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This could be the best James Bond myth
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we've ever tested.
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Narrator: Upside down with nowhere to go,
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007 seems down for the count,
but by deploying
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his rocket-powered passenger hot seat,
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he flips his way to freedom.
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But is this rocketry real,
or is this myth on thin ice?
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Okay, so, all we need
is an upside-down sports car
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and a rocket-powered ejector seat.
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Well, see, the ejector seat
could be a problem.
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Since we don't know exactly
what Q's design involved,
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it could be some high-powered thing
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that launches people
hundreds of feet in the air.
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Or it could be a low-key ejector seat...
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you know, enough to send
the bad guy out of the car.
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Well, if you look at
the footage, when it deploys,
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you see just a little bit of flame.
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Now, with a big ejector seat,
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you'd imagine you'd see
this huge fireball after it,
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and that's not what we see,
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so I'm guessing probably the latter.
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Something that ejected, like, 25 feet?
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Yeah.
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And then we find out
what that rocket thrust is.
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- We flip the car and test the myth.
- Great.
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[ Tires screech ]
Narrator: So, first up,
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the MythBusters need
a top-of-the-range Bond-mobile.
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I don't know about you,
but I feel like a spy.
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But they got this.
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Yes, Mr. President, we'll be right there.
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After doing a little bit of research,
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even to find a used and trashed car
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like the one in the Bond film,
we were talking about $100,000.
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This one's a little more
in our price range,
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and we chose this car because
it has a similar curb weight...
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it's 4,000 pounds...
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and we can actually create
the same weight distribution,
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front to back.
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This one should work really well
for our flip.
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Narrator: It may not look like much,
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but with similar specs
to Bond's movie machine,
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this car's the "wheel" deal.
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So, cue the ejection injection.
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So, to test this myth properly,
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we have to make some
modifications to our vehicle.
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One, we're pulling out
the pre-existing passenger seat.
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Then we are cutting open
the sunroof bigger
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so that it allows a chair
with a person sitting in it
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to be ejected.
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That was easy.
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And then, finally,
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we're introducing our own
rocket-powered ejector seat.
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This is gonna be awesome.
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Narrator: Tory soon "bonds"
a rocket guide rail into place
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before he then heaves in some heavy metal.
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Kari: We're adding a big steel
plate to the floor of the car
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for a couple of reasons.
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[ Laughs ] It fits perfectly!
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We don't want the rocket to burn
through the bottom of the car,
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we want to contain all of the thrust,
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and is will give us a weight distribution
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that's balanced just like
the car from the movie clip.
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Narrator: And once that reinforced floor
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is safely locked and loaded,
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their spy-car special is almost all set.
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Tory: So, our ejector seat is finished.
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Now, there's wheels on the back of
the chair that hook into a rail.
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That way, he stays on line
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as the rockets thrust him
upwards and out of the car.
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Now all we have to do
is attach the rocket to it,
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see if it actually works.
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If it works, then we're gonna
flip the car over
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and see if the ejector seat
will actually flip the car
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back on its wheels.
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[ Imitates explosion ]
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Adiós, muchachos.
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Narrator: That's the theory,
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and a "Goldfinger" paint job later...
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Just paint right over the bird poop.
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Look at that. What bird poop?
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Narrator: ...and it's time for
this myth to live and let die.
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All right, test.
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Narrator: Coming right up,
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will their ejector seat fire or fizzle?
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And Adam gets in
some serious bubble trouble.
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Bye-bye, everybody.
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Narrator: In this viral video, supposedly,
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a wrapping of bubble pack
let's you dive and survive.
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Yeah!
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But Buster's landing was anything but soft.
283
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[ Adam laughs ]
284
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That was a satisfying thud.
285
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Well, Buster's dead again.
286
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Yep, and I have to say
287
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I'm really glad it was him and not me.
288
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Yeah, well, speaking of that,
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before one of us gets wrapped
in this stuff
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and jumps off a building,
291
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I think we've got a bunch
of testing we need to do first
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to determine how much it takes to be safe.
293
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So, some small-scale testing
is what you're thinking?
294
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- Exactly. - All right,
let's get down to the shop and set it up.
295
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Yep.
296
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Before either mythbuster takes a
tumble as a crash-test dummy...
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Oh! Hey! Oh, no!
298
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...the guys first plan some bench tests
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to find out what can make a
bubble pack leap of faith safe.
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[ Laughs ]
301
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But what equals safe?
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For that, I want you to cast your mind
303
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back to our episode called
"dumpster diving,"
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which Jamie and I were trained
to jump off a building
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by a Hollywood stunt man.
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Perfect.
307
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Now, the G-forces we encountered
were about 10 G's.
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That is the G-load
that Hollywood stunt men use
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to keep themselves safe.
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That is what our target G-load is.
311
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Narrator: But to reach that 10-G target,
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they need the top of the pops.
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Wow, feel this stuff.
314
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So, first up, the guys are going to see
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which style of bubble pack...
mini, medium, or heavy-duty...
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has the best cushion credentials.
317
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So many bubbles, so little time.
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And how?
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By dropping a human analogue
320
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that brings a whole new meaning
to the word "simple."
321
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[ Groans, laughs ]
322
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Believe it or not,
323
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this thing right here
is my idealized human.
324
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It's a plastic tube
filled with seven cannonballs,
325
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and it doesn't talk.
326
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Narrator:
'Cause this test ain't about chitchat.
327
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It's about getting a consistent drop.
328
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Jamie: The idea here is to have something
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that is the approximate
size and weight of a human,
330
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but has a uniform shape
so that we can reliably test
331
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the performance of various types
of bubble packing.
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It's ready.
333
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Narrator: And they'll start
at the mythical four inches
334
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and double the thickness from there.
335
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Jamie: As we increase the amount
of padding we're using,
336
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we're looking to see if we can
find any kind of pattern...
337
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in other words, if we double
the thickness of the padding,
338
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are we cutting the impact we see in half?
339
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[ Popping ]
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Narrator: To find out, the guys
attach impact accelerometers
341
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before raising the human analogue
342
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to a benchmark 6 feet high.
343
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Adam: I know what you're thinking.
344
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You're wondering why
we are dropping a solid body
345
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onto bubble packaging,
346
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rather than wrapping it
in bubble packaging,
347
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like the guy does in the clip.
348
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The fact is, from a physics standpoint,
349
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when you're examining the cushioning
effects of bubble packaging,
350
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it doesn't make any difference
351
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whether you wrap it or you drop it.
352
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Narrator: So, they line up the mini,
medium, and heavyweight bubbles,
353
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and it's bomb's away on all three.
354
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Dropping human analogue
into bubble packaging.
355
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3, 2, 1.
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[ Laughing ] Whoa!
357
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200 pounds is dropped from 6 feet...
358
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Ooh!
359
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[ Laughs ]
360
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...into three types of bubbles...
361
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- I felt that one.
- Yeah.
362
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...four inches thick.
363
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It's a free fall free-for-all.
364
00:14:14,507 --> 00:14:17,040
Wow. That was very, very different.
365
00:14:17,042 --> 00:14:18,375
It was.
366
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But when the dust settles...
367
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Let's check out the horror show
of this drop.
368
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the G-loads are ready to be revealed.
369
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Coming in beautifully.
370
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The medium bubbles faired worst,
producing 100 G's,
371
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but strangely,
the mini and heavyweight bubbles
372
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were almost neck and neck.
373
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That's amazing.
374
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I would have never called
that this would have that result
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on the bubble pack.
376
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But how will these 4-inch results
377
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stack up against 8 inches?
378
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Adam: Now we're doing
the same set of tests again,
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except this time with double the thickness
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of bubble packaging material.
381
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We expect that we'll get better results.
382
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The question we have is how much better?
383
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Narrator: Hold on tight.
It's time to release the pounds.
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8 inches thick. Here we go.
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3, 2, 1.
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8 inches of wrap has the human
analogue making a break for it.
387
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The question is,
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will the rebounds pop out
different G-loads?
389
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[ Laughing ] That is really scary as hell.
390
00:15:14,066 --> 00:15:17,734
This time, the mini bubble had
the least trouble with 35 G's
391
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while medium and heavyweight
are both on 40.
392
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But what's crucial is
393
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that doubling the bubbles
has cut the G-load in half.
394
00:15:25,110 --> 00:15:26,610
That was very interesting.
395
00:15:26,612 --> 00:15:28,579
8 inches, very different than 4 inches.
396
00:15:28,581 --> 00:15:29,480
Yeah.
397
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I've always said it.
398
00:15:31,383 --> 00:15:33,750
But will that pattern continue
at 16 inches?
399
00:15:33,752 --> 00:15:36,053
3, 2, 1.
400
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Science is dangerous!
401
00:15:41,327 --> 00:15:44,661
Double the bubbles has
cut the G-loads in half again,
402
00:15:44,663 --> 00:15:46,997
and that's not the only good news.
403
00:15:46,999 --> 00:15:48,799
Here, at 16 inches,
404
00:15:48,801 --> 00:15:51,268
these three measurements
are effectively the same.
405
00:15:51,270 --> 00:15:53,570
That means that the more bubble wrap
406
00:15:53,572 --> 00:15:56,273
we wrap around Buster and ourselves,
407
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the less important
the type of bubble wrap.
408
00:15:58,911 --> 00:16:00,644
I would not have called that.
409
00:16:00,646 --> 00:16:03,580
Narrator: Yep, it's been
a successful small-scale test,
410
00:16:03,582 --> 00:16:06,650
because it seems that with
a thick enough bubble burrito,
411
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a mythbuster may survive the dive.
412
00:16:09,355 --> 00:16:11,021
[ Laughs ]
413
00:16:11,023 --> 00:16:13,323
But their shop drops were short.
414
00:16:13,325 --> 00:16:16,293
Will things still be looking up
when they raise the stakes?
415
00:16:16,295 --> 00:16:19,162
That was magnificent.
416
00:16:23,201 --> 00:16:25,536
Kari, Grant, and Tory are bonding
417
00:16:25,538 --> 00:16:28,272
as they find out if you can flip a car
418
00:16:28,274 --> 00:16:31,108
thanks to a rocket-powered ejector seat.
419
00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:33,277
And at an abandoned air field,
420
00:16:33,279 --> 00:16:36,513
first up is some ejector evaluation.
421
00:16:36,515 --> 00:16:39,082
Time to deploy our spy car.
422
00:16:39,084 --> 00:16:40,984
MythBusters, it's go time.
423
00:16:40,986 --> 00:16:43,020
Kari: We've come out
to the New Jerusalem runway
424
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so we can test our Bond ejector-seat myth.
425
00:16:46,058 --> 00:16:47,791
Now, for that, we've built an ejector seat,
426
00:16:47,793 --> 00:16:49,693
and we're gonna find out
how much thrust it takes
427
00:16:49,695 --> 00:16:51,194
to get our passenger out of the car.
428
00:16:51,196 --> 00:16:53,330
Now, this is important,
because that's how much thrust
429
00:16:53,332 --> 00:16:55,065
we're going to use Tory to flip the car.
430
00:16:55,067 --> 00:16:57,601
Narrator: Yep, before any car flips out...
431
00:16:57,603 --> 00:16:58,869
Oh.
432
00:16:58,871 --> 00:17:00,737
...the guys first need to give
their ejector seat
433
00:17:00,739 --> 00:17:03,674
the same thrust as a 007 model...
434
00:17:03,676 --> 00:17:07,277
with some top-of-the-range rockets.
435
00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:10,380
Now, the target height that we're
looking for is 20 to 25 feet,
436
00:17:10,382 --> 00:17:13,584
but you can't get that with any
off-the-shelf hobby rocket motor,
437
00:17:13,586 --> 00:17:15,819
and that's why we're using these.
438
00:17:15,821 --> 00:17:18,388
These have a 500-millisecond burn time,
439
00:17:18,390 --> 00:17:19,723
200 pounds of thrust each.
440
00:17:19,725 --> 00:17:21,758
Four of them should be more than enough
441
00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,094
to get our 300 pounds of Buster,
plus his rig,
442
00:17:24,096 --> 00:17:25,429
up and out of the car.
443
00:17:25,431 --> 00:17:27,864
Narrator:
So, Tory adds the rockets to the seat...
444
00:17:27,866 --> 00:17:30,100
All right, the chair is loaded.
445
00:17:30,102 --> 00:17:31,802
Narrator: ...and the seat,
complete with Bond villain,
446
00:17:31,804 --> 00:17:33,036
to the car.
447
00:17:33,038 --> 00:17:34,271
We're in!
448
00:17:34,273 --> 00:17:36,773
All right, this is
rocket-powered ejector seat.
449
00:17:36,775 --> 00:17:37,841
Test.
450
00:17:37,843 --> 00:17:40,978
3, 2, 1, fire.
451
00:17:42,046 --> 00:17:44,081
[ All cheering ]
452
00:17:44,083 --> 00:17:45,048
Dude!
453
00:17:45,050 --> 00:17:46,683
That's great! [ Laughs ]
454
00:17:46,685 --> 00:17:47,884
That is perfect!
455
00:17:51,356 --> 00:17:52,756
Narrator: Perfect is right,
456
00:17:52,758 --> 00:17:54,791
as their ejector seat propelled Buster
457
00:17:54,793 --> 00:17:56,893
right into their benchmark butter zone.
458
00:17:57,996 --> 00:17:59,963
But once the smoke's cleared,
459
00:17:59,965 --> 00:18:03,567
it's clear that this test
isn't just about good news.
460
00:18:03,569 --> 00:18:05,168
Grant: Now, I'm not a super spy,
461
00:18:05,170 --> 00:18:07,170
but I think I've identified
a major problem
462
00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:09,206
with the ejector-seat concept,
463
00:18:09,208 --> 00:18:12,542
and that is filling
the entire car with flame.
464
00:18:12,544 --> 00:18:15,078
Now, that was just the
bare minimum of rocket power
465
00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,681
that we needed
to get Buster out of the car,
466
00:18:17,683 --> 00:18:20,150
so the bad guy, he'd be out of the car,
467
00:18:20,152 --> 00:18:23,587
but your good guy,
he'd be toast, literally.
468
00:18:23,589 --> 00:18:24,721
Narrator: Yeah.
469
00:18:24,723 --> 00:18:26,289
The test does highlight
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00:18:26,291 --> 00:18:29,359
the flaw of using rockets
in enclosed spaces,
471
00:18:29,361 --> 00:18:32,029
but what's more important is
that it's mission accomplished.
472
00:18:32,031 --> 00:18:34,464
Kari: We achieved everything
we wanted with this test.
473
00:18:34,466 --> 00:18:36,600
We have enough thrust
to get Buster out of the car,
474
00:18:36,602 --> 00:18:38,335
we got simultaneous emission,
475
00:18:38,337 --> 00:18:40,804
and we got the 20 feet, even 30 feet,
476
00:18:40,806 --> 00:18:42,372
that we were looking for.
477
00:18:42,374 --> 00:18:44,141
Now is the fun part.
478
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We see if this actually has
enough to flip the car.
479
00:18:47,279 --> 00:18:49,146
Narrator: In other words,
480
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it's time for this myth
to get turned on its head.
481
00:18:58,990 --> 00:19:00,591
Just to recap, we are testing the
myth from the "James Bond" movie,
482
00:19:00,593 --> 00:19:03,127
where if a car's upside down,
and you use the ejector seat,
483
00:19:03,129 --> 00:19:05,362
you can flip that car back on its wheels.
484
00:19:05,364 --> 00:19:07,931
So far, we successfully made
an ejector seat
485
00:19:07,933 --> 00:19:09,300
by using four rockets.
486
00:19:09,302 --> 00:19:12,069
That gave us enough thrust
to get a man out of the car.
487
00:19:13,638 --> 00:19:15,272
But now, is that thrust gonna be enough
488
00:19:15,274 --> 00:19:17,675
to flip a car back on its wheels?
489
00:19:17,677 --> 00:19:19,810
Narrator: To find out just that,
490
00:19:19,812 --> 00:19:22,479
Tory carefully installs
four identical rockets
491
00:19:22,481 --> 00:19:26,083
before an even more delicate
operation must take place...
492
00:19:26,085 --> 00:19:27,418
inverting their Bond-mobile.
493
00:19:27,420 --> 00:19:28,786
Kari: All right.
494
00:19:28,788 --> 00:19:32,656
It's a flippin' unusual method
for flopping a car.
495
00:19:32,658 --> 00:19:36,794
But through a combination of tug-of-war...
496
00:19:36,796 --> 00:19:38,529
Backing up. Lowering.
497
00:19:38,531 --> 00:19:41,031
Narrator: ...machine muscle...
498
00:19:41,033 --> 00:19:43,534
and Tory holding the blue rope,
499
00:19:43,536 --> 00:19:46,337
the guys slowly inch the car
into position...
500
00:19:46,339 --> 00:19:48,205
This is very exciting.
501
00:19:48,207 --> 00:19:51,075
Narrator:
...until finally, we have touchdown.
502
00:19:51,077 --> 00:19:53,444
Perfect.
503
00:19:53,446 --> 00:19:56,213
So, Q built a rocket-powered ejector seat
504
00:19:56,215 --> 00:19:58,716
for James Bond's car, and so did we.
505
00:19:58,718 --> 00:20:01,819
The only problem is that it
only takes 800 pounds of thrust
506
00:20:01,821 --> 00:20:03,921
to get a guy out of a car.
507
00:20:03,923 --> 00:20:06,190
That is a 4,000 pound car.
508
00:20:06,192 --> 00:20:08,826
800 pounds of thrust...
509
00:20:08,828 --> 00:20:11,161
I'm sorry,
but it's not gonna flip the car.
510
00:20:11,163 --> 00:20:13,697
In fact, I barely think
it's even gonna move it.
511
00:20:13,699 --> 00:20:17,434
Narrator:
Grant is firmly in the "Dr. No" camp,
512
00:20:17,436 --> 00:20:19,636
but you can "Never Say Never."
513
00:20:19,638 --> 00:20:22,373
All right. This is ejector-seat car flip.
514
00:20:22,375 --> 00:20:25,275
Here we go in 3, 2, 1.
515
00:20:25,277 --> 00:20:26,744
Fire.
516
00:20:30,482 --> 00:20:32,549
[ Laughs ]
517
00:20:32,551 --> 00:20:34,351
That was a little underwhelming.
518
00:20:34,353 --> 00:20:36,620
Yeah. It looks like
four just isn't enough.
519
00:20:36,622 --> 00:20:38,288
Narrator: Ain't that the truth?
520
00:20:38,290 --> 00:20:41,392
Instead of flipping to freedom,
the car barely quivered.
521
00:20:42,727 --> 00:20:46,029
Grant: Now, so far, we've re-created
the circumstances of the myth,
522
00:20:46,031 --> 00:20:48,399
and the results are not promising.
523
00:20:48,401 --> 00:20:51,935
Four rockets was enough
to get a person out of the car,
524
00:20:51,937 --> 00:20:54,738
but not enough to move the car at all.
525
00:20:54,740 --> 00:20:58,242
Narrator: Indeed, the math
of the myth just doesn't add up.
526
00:20:58,244 --> 00:21:00,477
800 pounds can propel a passenger,
527
00:21:00,479 --> 00:21:03,447
but it's never going to flip a car.
528
00:21:03,449 --> 00:21:05,115
But all is not lost.
529
00:21:05,117 --> 00:21:08,318
We want to give this myth
the best possible chance,
530
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,821
so we're actually going to step it up.
531
00:21:12,524 --> 00:21:14,358
We're going to make our ejector seat
532
00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:17,461
an equivalent
to a fighter-jet ejector seat.
533
00:21:17,463 --> 00:21:20,531
Now we're talking about
4,000 pounds of thrust.
534
00:21:20,533 --> 00:21:22,666
I mean, it's a little bit of overkill,
535
00:21:22,668 --> 00:21:24,802
but Q might have gone there.
536
00:21:24,804 --> 00:21:26,637
Narrator: Their first ejector seat
537
00:21:26,639 --> 00:21:29,773
replicated the flimsy flame of the film,
538
00:21:29,775 --> 00:21:31,642
and it didn't pack enough punch.
539
00:21:31,644 --> 00:21:32,709
But this time...
540
00:21:32,711 --> 00:21:35,012
Whoo-hoo, look at all these rockets.
541
00:21:35,014 --> 00:21:36,580
It's like the 4th of July.
542
00:21:36,582 --> 00:21:38,282
Narrator: ...all bets are off
543
00:21:38,284 --> 00:21:41,251
as the MythBusters fire
this myth to the max.
544
00:21:41,253 --> 00:21:44,254
But will it be the shot
in the arm this test needs?
545
00:21:44,256 --> 00:21:45,889
Tory: The whole concept here
546
00:21:45,891 --> 00:21:49,159
is that the ejector seat
is firing down into the ground,
547
00:21:49,161 --> 00:21:52,229
therefore pushing the car over,
back onto its wheels.
548
00:21:52,231 --> 00:21:54,164
But I just have a hard time believing
549
00:21:54,166 --> 00:21:55,732
this Hollywood myth is true.
550
00:21:55,734 --> 00:21:57,601
What I think is gonna happen
551
00:21:57,603 --> 00:22:00,704
is this car is just gonna go up
into a big ball of fire.
552
00:22:00,706 --> 00:22:01,839
[ Siren wails ]
553
00:22:01,841 --> 00:22:03,340
Narrator: Well, in that case,
554
00:22:03,342 --> 00:22:06,977
it's a good job that
the fire department has arrived.
555
00:22:06,979 --> 00:22:08,312
Okay, this is Bond ejector seat,
556
00:22:08,314 --> 00:22:09,746
20 rockets, 4,000 pounds of thrust.
557
00:22:09,748 --> 00:22:11,248
Take it away.
558
00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:13,917
Tory: All right, let's see if
the ejector seat flips the car.
559
00:22:13,919 --> 00:22:17,921
Here we go in 3, 2, 1, fire.
560
00:22:17,923 --> 00:22:19,623
Wow!
561
00:22:19,625 --> 00:22:20,691
Whoa!
562
00:22:20,693 --> 00:22:22,559
Grant: Whoa!
[ Laughs ]
563
00:22:22,561 --> 00:22:25,696
It lifted it a little bit,
but it didn't flip it.
564
00:22:25,698 --> 00:22:27,498
That was sweet!
565
00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:28,665
Let's go see the carnage.
566
00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,734
Well, we should probably
get that fire put out.
567
00:22:30,736 --> 00:22:33,871
Narrator:
With the fire brought under control,
568
00:22:33,873 --> 00:22:36,106
the guys go in for a closer look,
569
00:22:36,108 --> 00:22:38,775
not that it's really necessary.
570
00:22:41,779 --> 00:22:43,447
Tory: So, this myth is busted.
571
00:22:43,449 --> 00:22:46,250
No matter what we did, we
could not get this car to flip
572
00:22:46,252 --> 00:22:48,051
with the rocket ejector seat.
573
00:22:49,787 --> 00:22:52,322
And that was at
a ridiculous amount of thrust.
574
00:22:52,324 --> 00:22:54,424
However, we are not gonna stop here.
575
00:22:54,426 --> 00:22:56,894
This is the part of the show
where we replicate the results,
576
00:22:56,896 --> 00:22:59,129
and we're gonna find out
how much thrust it would take
577
00:22:59,131 --> 00:23:00,797
to get this car to flip.
578
00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:03,100
We're gonna do it old-school,
Hollywood style.
579
00:23:03,102 --> 00:23:04,768
Narrator: Strap yourself in,
580
00:23:04,770 --> 00:23:07,738
because this myth's about to flip its lid.
581
00:23:07,740 --> 00:23:10,440
[ Cheering, laughter ]
582
00:23:10,442 --> 00:23:12,242
Next...
583
00:23:12,244 --> 00:23:15,546
This is the most dangerous thing
I have ever built.
584
00:23:15,548 --> 00:23:19,583
Narrator: And still to come, Adam
faces a 35-foot free-fall finale.
585
00:23:19,585 --> 00:23:20,951
I'm a little bit scared.
586
00:23:24,990 --> 00:23:27,025
Please, don't' try anything
you are about to see at home.
587
00:23:27,027 --> 00:23:29,327
We're what you call experts.
588
00:23:36,335 --> 00:23:38,903
Narrator: According to YouTube,
a 4-inch bubble burrito
589
00:23:38,905 --> 00:23:43,708
will mean you don't drop dead
from a 35-foot drop.
590
00:23:43,710 --> 00:23:44,609
Go!
591
00:23:44,611 --> 00:23:46,945
But according to the MythBusters,
592
00:23:46,947 --> 00:23:49,214
you most definitely will.
593
00:23:49,216 --> 00:23:50,748
Still totally and utterly dead, though.
594
00:23:50,750 --> 00:23:52,817
Yet all is not lost.
595
00:23:52,819 --> 00:23:55,053
The readings we've been getting
thus far in the shop are good.
596
00:23:55,055 --> 00:23:56,521
They give us a direction,
597
00:23:56,523 --> 00:23:59,891
but they're nowhere near
our butter zone of 10 G's.
598
00:23:59,893 --> 00:24:01,826
So, now Buster here
is our new human analogue.
599
00:24:01,828 --> 00:24:04,028
He's floppier, he's more accurate,
600
00:24:04,030 --> 00:24:07,131
and he's gonna get dropped from
the highest point in our shop.
601
00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:10,535
Narrator: 15 feet is more than double
the height of their bench tests
602
00:24:10,537 --> 00:24:13,471
but still less than half
the height of the myth.
603
00:24:13,473 --> 00:24:17,008
So, will Buster's impact
on a 16-inch bed of bubbles
604
00:24:17,010 --> 00:24:20,078
approach the 10 G-load
that this myth needs?
605
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:25,116
Buster, dropping 15 feet into
16 inches of bubble packaging.
606
00:24:25,118 --> 00:24:28,353
3, 2, 1, go.
607
00:24:29,421 --> 00:24:32,323
[ Laughs ]
608
00:24:33,392 --> 00:24:35,126
- That was magnificent.
- Wasn't it?
609
00:24:35,128 --> 00:24:39,831
Buster bounced dead center,
but is his impact in the zone?
610
00:24:39,833 --> 00:24:42,400
So, Buster's fall into the
bubble packaging from 15 feet
611
00:24:42,402 --> 00:24:44,469
was perfect.
612
00:24:44,471 --> 00:24:47,272
But he pulled 39 G's upon impact.
613
00:24:47,274 --> 00:24:50,642
We're looking for a butter zone of 10 G's.
614
00:24:50,644 --> 00:24:52,744
39 is totally out, so next up,
615
00:24:52,746 --> 00:24:55,079
we're gonna double the thickness
and drop him again.
616
00:24:55,081 --> 00:24:59,050
Narrator: 39 is four times their
safety target, so once more,
617
00:24:59,052 --> 00:25:01,986
they double the bubbles
to 32 inches thick.
618
00:25:01,988 --> 00:25:03,721
It's starting to get kind of
impractical, isn't it?
619
00:25:03,723 --> 00:25:05,723
[ Laughing ] Yeah, it is. Here we go.
620
00:25:05,725 --> 00:25:08,693
Buster, dropping 15 feet into
32 inches of bubble material.
621
00:25:08,695 --> 00:25:12,463
3, 2, 1.
622
00:25:12,465 --> 00:25:15,099
Ohh.
623
00:25:15,101 --> 00:25:17,468
[ Laughs ]
624
00:25:17,470 --> 00:25:19,070
Poor Buster.
625
00:25:19,072 --> 00:25:21,372
Narrator: Once again, Buster bounces,
626
00:25:21,374 --> 00:25:23,141
but is he walking away?
627
00:25:23,143 --> 00:25:25,910
I would feel like if we were
gonna see a reduced G-load,
628
00:25:25,912 --> 00:25:28,179
that he would take longer
to bounce back up.
629
00:25:28,181 --> 00:25:30,281
It's not the result they were after.
630
00:25:30,283 --> 00:25:33,585
Doubling the bubbles reduced
the load by less than a quarter,
631
00:25:33,587 --> 00:25:35,320
and that doesn't bode well,
632
00:25:35,322 --> 00:25:39,157
because if 16 inches resulted in 39 G's,
633
00:25:39,159 --> 00:25:41,092
and 32 inches in 30,
634
00:25:41,094 --> 00:25:45,463
they'd need a pile of packing
15 feet high to get to 10 G's,
635
00:25:45,465 --> 00:25:48,232
and that's just for a 15-foot drop.
636
00:25:48,234 --> 00:25:52,403
From 35 feet, they'd need
well over 50 feet of wrap,
637
00:25:52,405 --> 00:25:55,340
giving Buster a 100-foot diameter.
638
00:25:55,342 --> 00:25:59,510
So, if layering up
the bubble pack isn't working,
639
00:25:59,512 --> 00:26:00,979
is there a design that will?
640
00:26:00,981 --> 00:26:02,113
[ Laughs ] Yeah.
641
00:26:02,115 --> 00:26:03,715
For a full 60 minutes,
642
00:26:03,717 --> 00:26:06,718
the guys stop, drop, and roll out ideas...
643
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,653
What about something like this?
644
00:26:08,655 --> 00:26:09,887
...but get nowhere fast.
645
00:26:09,889 --> 00:26:11,923
That doesn't seem to give any improvement.
646
00:26:11,925 --> 00:26:14,959
But then they pop out a plan in parallel.
647
00:26:14,961 --> 00:26:17,295
What if we didn't wrap it in tight tubes,
648
00:26:17,297 --> 00:26:21,199
but we wrap it in tubes with
a bigger hole in the middle?
649
00:26:21,201 --> 00:26:24,636
So, these would crush just like
a coil spring in a mattress.
650
00:26:24,638 --> 00:26:26,104
Right. Exactly.
651
00:26:26,106 --> 00:26:29,240
It may not look like much, but
by alternating regular sheets
652
00:26:29,242 --> 00:26:31,442
with coiled but hollow bubble springs,
653
00:26:31,444 --> 00:26:33,311
the guys have high hopes.
654
00:26:33,313 --> 00:26:34,946
- Awesome.
- All right.
655
00:26:34,948 --> 00:26:37,749
And once two bubble-spring
mattresses are complete,
656
00:26:37,751 --> 00:26:40,618
Buster's ready
to take another for the team.
657
00:26:40,620 --> 00:26:41,853
Here we go.
658
00:26:41,855 --> 00:26:45,156
Buster onto modified
bubble-packaging geometry
659
00:26:45,158 --> 00:26:47,859
in 3, 2, 1.
660
00:26:50,029 --> 00:26:53,297
With no Buster bounce,
there's a clear difference.
661
00:26:54,967 --> 00:26:57,769
Oh, my God, that's, like,
one of the best drops ever.
662
00:26:57,771 --> 00:27:00,338
Once he enters the bed,
you never see him again.
663
00:27:00,340 --> 00:27:04,709
But from 15 feet,
Buster still took 30 G's,
664
00:27:04,711 --> 00:27:06,277
three times their 10-G target.
665
00:27:06,279 --> 00:27:09,080
So, they add one more mattress.
666
00:27:09,082 --> 00:27:11,349
In 3, 2, 1.
667
00:27:13,519 --> 00:27:16,120
But is this the soft landing
they're looking for?
668
00:27:18,090 --> 00:27:20,291
So, our 15-foot Buster drops
here in the shop
669
00:27:20,293 --> 00:27:22,226
are yielding some exciting data fruit,
670
00:27:22,228 --> 00:27:23,695
and I just coined that term.
671
00:27:23,697 --> 00:27:25,263
Check out the first drop here.
672
00:27:25,265 --> 00:27:28,132
We are dropping Buster
into two layers of tubes,
673
00:27:28,134 --> 00:27:30,501
constructed of thick-wall, heavy-back,
674
00:27:30,503 --> 00:27:32,103
half-inch bubble packaging,
675
00:27:32,105 --> 00:27:35,506
and he pulled an average
of 30 G's on that drop.
676
00:27:35,508 --> 00:27:37,642
That's an improvement over some
of the other stuff we've seen,
677
00:27:37,644 --> 00:27:39,010
but it's still not in our ballpark.
678
00:27:39,012 --> 00:27:41,512
However, for the second drop,
which you can see here,
679
00:27:41,514 --> 00:27:45,249
we added a layer of thin-wall,
non-heavy-duty,
680
00:27:45,251 --> 00:27:46,884
half-inch bubble packaging
681
00:27:46,886 --> 00:27:48,753
to slow down his deceleration,
682
00:27:48,755 --> 00:27:51,189
and it seems to have done exactly that.
683
00:27:51,191 --> 00:27:55,026
On that second drop,
he pulled an average of 15 G's.
684
00:27:55,028 --> 00:27:57,729
We cut our G-load in half.
685
00:27:57,731 --> 00:28:00,932
Narrator:
And to bring the 10-G target into range,
686
00:28:00,934 --> 00:28:04,702
Jamie's tweaking the tubes into
a more shock-absorbing shape.
687
00:28:04,704 --> 00:28:07,672
That cone, or funnel shape,
688
00:28:07,674 --> 00:28:11,676
will allow the bubbles to neatly
fold inside the structure,
689
00:28:11,678 --> 00:28:12,810
like so,
690
00:28:12,812 --> 00:28:15,513
and give us a nice, linear deceleration.
691
00:28:15,515 --> 00:28:18,516
Narrator: And these bubble cones
serve a double purpose.
692
00:28:18,518 --> 00:28:21,319
We can make a curved
instead of a flat sheet,
693
00:28:21,321 --> 00:28:23,988
and we can actually
roll Adam up inside it.
694
00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:26,257
Narrator: Uh, yep. You heard that right.
695
00:28:26,259 --> 00:28:28,993
And we can actually
roll Adam up inside it.
696
00:28:28,995 --> 00:28:32,196
Narrator: So confident are they
in their new mattress model
697
00:28:32,198 --> 00:28:34,665
that for the next drop,
it's out with Buster
698
00:28:34,667 --> 00:28:37,802
and in with someone
altogether more important.
699
00:28:37,804 --> 00:28:41,105
Now the question is, is this
engineering of bubble packaging
700
00:28:41,107 --> 00:28:43,141
enough to save my life?
701
00:28:43,143 --> 00:28:44,942
That's what we're doing next.
702
00:28:47,980 --> 00:28:49,280
All right.
703
00:28:49,282 --> 00:28:51,349
I hate to admit it,
but this Bond myth is busted.
704
00:28:51,351 --> 00:28:53,951
Yep. We got the car to bounce
up, but it didn't flip over.
705
00:28:53,953 --> 00:28:56,988
Plus, we burned up Bond in the process.
706
00:28:56,990 --> 00:28:58,156
So, that means...
707
00:28:58,158 --> 00:29:00,491
- It's time to replicate the results.
- Yep.
708
00:29:00,493 --> 00:29:04,061
There is one technique that Hollywood
uses when they want to flip a car.
709
00:29:04,063 --> 00:29:06,397
That's right... nitrogen cannon
pointed straight down
710
00:29:06,399 --> 00:29:07,899
should provide enough force
711
00:29:07,901 --> 00:29:10,001
to flip the car all the way back over.
712
00:29:10,003 --> 00:29:11,369
Nitrogen cannon it is.
713
00:29:11,371 --> 00:29:16,107
Narrator: Originally built
for the superhero special...
714
00:29:16,109 --> 00:29:18,743
the nitrogen cannon sure packs a punch.
715
00:29:18,745 --> 00:29:20,077
Ooh!
716
00:29:20,079 --> 00:29:24,215
But for this myth,
the gloves are coming off.
717
00:29:24,217 --> 00:29:27,018
You see this barrel? This ain't a barrel.
718
00:29:27,020 --> 00:29:29,120
[ Grunts ]
719
00:29:29,122 --> 00:29:30,755
That's a barrel.
720
00:29:31,790 --> 00:29:34,392
Narrator: By beefing up both
the diameter of the barrel...
721
00:29:34,394 --> 00:29:35,593
[ Imitates explosion ]
722
00:29:35,595 --> 00:29:38,496
Narrator: ...and the size of the tank,
723
00:29:38,498 --> 00:29:41,132
Grant's cranking
the cannon's power to the max.
724
00:29:41,134 --> 00:29:45,069
And in theory, this
mighty machine should be able
725
00:29:45,071 --> 00:29:47,471
to flip this myth on its head.
726
00:29:47,473 --> 00:29:48,940
It fits!
727
00:29:48,942 --> 00:29:50,074
Whew.
728
00:29:50,076 --> 00:29:52,443
Narrator: But what about in practice?
729
00:29:52,445 --> 00:29:55,213
Kari:
We're back at the New Jerusalem runway.
730
00:29:55,215 --> 00:29:57,081
Now, we've already busted our Bond myth
731
00:29:57,083 --> 00:29:58,816
that an ejector seat's gonna be able
732
00:29:58,818 --> 00:30:01,018
to flip a car from upside down
to right-side up,
733
00:30:01,020 --> 00:30:03,855
so now we're gonna get
a little Hollywood on it.
734
00:30:03,857 --> 00:30:07,124
We've got a nitrogen cannon
loaded in the passenger seat.
735
00:30:07,126 --> 00:30:09,093
Hopefully, this is actually
going to flip our car
736
00:30:09,095 --> 00:30:12,597
completely over so we can see
this Bond myth in action.
737
00:30:12,599 --> 00:30:15,032
Narrator: But before firing it up,
738
00:30:15,034 --> 00:30:17,468
first comes the obligatory inversion.
739
00:30:17,470 --> 00:30:19,337
Kari: Okay, so, just to be clear,
740
00:30:19,339 --> 00:30:20,872
here's how things are going to work.
741
00:30:20,874 --> 00:30:22,073
Hang on one sec.
742
00:30:22,075 --> 00:30:24,108
Inside the barrel of the cannon
743
00:30:24,110 --> 00:30:26,611
is a solid steel rod
that's about 3 feet long.
744
00:30:26,613 --> 00:30:28,212
Yeah, hold it right there.
745
00:30:28,214 --> 00:30:29,547
When the car's in position,
746
00:30:29,549 --> 00:30:32,283
Grant's going to weld
the bracket from the rod
747
00:30:32,285 --> 00:30:34,952
onto the trench plate
so it doesn't fly out.
748
00:30:34,954 --> 00:30:36,687
Then we'll fill the tank
to maximum pressure,
749
00:30:36,689 --> 00:30:39,090
and the idea that when we trigger it...
750
00:30:39,092 --> 00:30:40,124
3, 2, 1.
751
00:30:40,126 --> 00:30:41,492
[ Metal clangs ]
752
00:30:41,494 --> 00:30:44,595
...the rod will get fired
into the ground with such power
753
00:30:44,597 --> 00:30:47,765
that the car should twist up
and over, landing on its wheels.
754
00:30:47,767 --> 00:30:49,133
Narrator: Indeed,
755
00:30:49,135 --> 00:30:52,236
but it's not just the tank
that's feeling the pressure.
756
00:30:52,238 --> 00:30:54,972
Grant: Well, is this orders of magnitude
757
00:30:54,974 --> 00:30:57,508
more dangerous than what we normally do?
758
00:30:57,510 --> 00:30:58,609
[ Sighs ]
759
00:30:58,611 --> 00:31:01,512
Look, I'm a little nervous, all right?
760
00:31:01,514 --> 00:31:06,517
The cannon could rupture,
and the valve could have a leak.
761
00:31:06,519 --> 00:31:10,955
It could accidentally go off
while I'm filling up.
762
00:31:10,957 --> 00:31:16,594
Narrator: Luckily for all of us,
Grant mans up, fills up...
763
00:31:16,596 --> 00:31:18,429
Okay. Good to go.
764
00:31:18,431 --> 00:31:20,464
...and finally...
765
00:31:20,466 --> 00:31:22,533
- All right, you guys ready?
- Yeah, let's flip the car.
766
00:31:22,535 --> 00:31:23,768
All right.
767
00:31:23,770 --> 00:31:26,837
Ejector seat, car flip
with the nitrogen cannon
768
00:31:26,839 --> 00:31:29,640
in 3, 2, 1.
769
00:31:34,131 --> 00:31:35,398
Narrator: In bubble boy,
770
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,434
Adam and Jamie finally think
they've cracked it.
771
00:31:37,436 --> 00:31:39,002
That looks pretty good.
772
00:31:39,004 --> 00:31:40,770
So, back at the drop zone,
773
00:31:40,772 --> 00:31:43,173
it's time to crank
the danger dial up to the max...
774
00:31:43,175 --> 00:31:44,574
well, almost.
775
00:31:44,576 --> 00:31:47,043
Well, our hard work
and our testing have paid off,
776
00:31:47,045 --> 00:31:49,012
and it now seems like it is time for me
777
00:31:49,014 --> 00:31:50,814
to wrap myself in bubble packaging
778
00:31:50,816 --> 00:31:52,315
and get thrown off a building.
779
00:31:52,317 --> 00:31:54,551
I'm not going
to the full 35 feet just yet.
780
00:31:54,553 --> 00:31:56,219
The first drop I'm gonna do
781
00:31:56,221 --> 00:31:59,656
is to replicate Buster's 15-foot fall.
782
00:31:59,658 --> 00:32:01,991
[ Laughs ] Am I scared?
783
00:32:01,993 --> 00:32:04,327
I have to admit, I'm a little bit scared.
784
00:32:04,329 --> 00:32:07,831
Narrator: Scared because their
best impact has been 15 G's,
785
00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:11,067
a full 5 G's above the safety threshold.
786
00:32:11,069 --> 00:32:13,103
Hopefully, tapering their tubes
787
00:32:13,105 --> 00:32:16,139
will ensure Adam can make the
leap and live to tell the tale.
788
00:32:16,141 --> 00:32:18,842
Adam: We're counting on the fact
that the bubble packaging here
789
00:32:18,844 --> 00:32:20,577
is going to save my life,
790
00:32:20,579 --> 00:32:22,746
but we've also posited
some other worst-case scenarios
791
00:32:22,748 --> 00:32:24,214
and implemented safety procedures
792
00:32:24,216 --> 00:32:25,949
to protect me in their case.
793
00:32:25,951 --> 00:32:30,787
First of all, a neck brace,
a helmet, and a spine protector.
794
00:32:30,789 --> 00:32:33,022
I'll have a radio ear piece in
795
00:32:33,024 --> 00:32:35,892
so I can communicate to the outside.
796
00:32:35,894 --> 00:32:38,428
This ought to keep me safe.
797
00:32:38,430 --> 00:32:40,330
Narrator:
"Ought" being the operative word,
798
00:32:40,332 --> 00:32:41,765
because remember,
799
00:32:41,767 --> 00:32:45,502
the cone-coil springs
are an untested technology.
800
00:32:45,504 --> 00:32:47,036
- You ready?
- I'm ready. Let's do it.
801
00:32:47,038 --> 00:32:50,173
Here we go. See you on the other side.
802
00:32:50,175 --> 00:32:52,575
Narrator:
That's right, because from this point,
803
00:32:52,577 --> 00:32:53,910
Adam's under wraps...
804
00:32:53,912 --> 00:32:55,311
Oh, that's cozy.
805
00:32:55,313 --> 00:32:58,915
...starting with five layers
of heavyweight bubble pack.
806
00:32:58,917 --> 00:33:00,083
Bye-bye, everybody.
807
00:33:01,152 --> 00:33:02,919
[ Laughs ]
808
00:33:02,921 --> 00:33:05,555
Narrator: Then the first coat
of their spring system
809
00:33:05,557 --> 00:33:07,023
is coiled around him...
810
00:33:07,025 --> 00:33:08,992
Jamie: Okay, up we go. Keep tension.
811
00:33:08,994 --> 00:33:11,795
Adam: It's a good thing
I don't get claustrophobic.
812
00:33:11,797 --> 00:33:13,596
...followed by the second.
813
00:33:13,598 --> 00:33:15,098
Pull a little tension, and up and in.
814
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:16,332
You're doing good.
815
00:33:16,334 --> 00:33:19,002
But once that's taped on,
Adam drops a bombshell.
816
00:33:19,004 --> 00:33:21,337
- Hey, Jamie.
- Yeah?
817
00:33:21,339 --> 00:33:23,306
I tell you, I can feel the pressure.
818
00:33:23,308 --> 00:33:26,176
It's quite a lot of weight.
819
00:33:26,178 --> 00:33:29,279
The weight on me
is actually quite intense.
820
00:33:29,281 --> 00:33:31,948
100 pounds of bubble-packed mattress
821
00:33:31,950 --> 00:33:35,852
has Adam under pressure,
and there's still a layer to go.
822
00:33:35,854 --> 00:33:36,886
Is it a problem?
823
00:33:36,888 --> 00:33:38,655
No, it's not more than I can take,
824
00:33:38,657 --> 00:33:41,357
but I can tell you that when
we put that third layer on,
825
00:33:41,359 --> 00:33:43,860
that's about as much
as a human could take.
826
00:33:43,862 --> 00:33:45,762
It's a worrying revelation.
827
00:33:45,764 --> 00:33:47,464
Here comes the third layer.
828
00:33:47,466 --> 00:33:49,766
And at the full 150 pounds,
829
00:33:49,768 --> 00:33:52,402
the weight of the wrapping
will be almost unbearable.
830
00:33:52,404 --> 00:33:53,670
It's gonna be heavy.
831
00:33:53,672 --> 00:33:55,839
So the guys really need to bubble along...
832
00:33:55,841 --> 00:33:57,874
Okay. Now I've got to get the big tape.
833
00:33:57,876 --> 00:33:59,375
Are you guys okay?
834
00:33:59,377 --> 00:34:01,444
...and get the final mattress mobilized.
835
00:34:01,446 --> 00:34:02,278
Wow.
836
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:03,813
Are you all right?
837
00:34:03,815 --> 00:34:05,882
Yeah, I'm all right.
Am I fully wrapped now?
838
00:34:05,884 --> 00:34:06,983
- You are.
- Oh, great.
839
00:34:06,985 --> 00:34:10,220
I truly am a bubble boy.
840
00:34:10,222 --> 00:34:13,857
With Adam trussed up
like a turkey on steroids,
841
00:34:13,859 --> 00:34:16,493
the team carefully cradles him
to the drop zone
842
00:34:16,495 --> 00:34:18,862
before Jamie gets ready to raise the bar.
843
00:34:18,864 --> 00:34:21,764
So, we're going up. Are you ready?
844
00:34:21,766 --> 00:34:22,799
Almost.
845
00:34:22,801 --> 00:34:26,302
Are my feet off the end of this thing?
846
00:34:26,304 --> 00:34:27,637
No, they're not.
847
00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:29,806
Then I think I'm ready, Jamie.
848
00:34:29,808 --> 00:34:30,907
Okay. Up we go.
849
00:34:30,909 --> 00:34:33,743
But as they start to rise...
850
00:34:33,745 --> 00:34:35,512
Oh, bounce, bounce, bounce.
851
00:34:35,514 --> 00:34:37,480
Narrator: ...the test strikes turbulence.
852
00:34:37,482 --> 00:34:39,949
I can feel myself being
blown around in the wind.
853
00:34:39,951 --> 00:34:42,719
Narrator: Out of nowhere,
the wind has picked up,
854
00:34:42,721 --> 00:34:44,654
and that's got Jamie very worried, indeed.
855
00:34:44,656 --> 00:34:46,322
You guys are gonna go that way,
856
00:34:46,324 --> 00:34:49,092
and I need the four guys
on the four tile lines.
857
00:34:49,094 --> 00:34:52,428
You keep track of Adam.
Make sure he's okay.
858
00:34:52,430 --> 00:34:54,330
With Adam in a squeeze...
859
00:34:54,332 --> 00:34:57,901
This is like, I can feel
pressure over my whole body.
860
00:34:57,903 --> 00:35:00,603
Narrator: ...they dare not delay
this free-fall finale.
861
00:35:00,605 --> 00:35:01,938
I'm on the trip line.
862
00:35:01,940 --> 00:35:04,774
Adam, we're in place.
You're at the correct height.
863
00:35:04,776 --> 00:35:06,509
Are you good to go?
864
00:35:06,511 --> 00:35:09,445
Jamie, I am good to go.
865
00:35:09,447 --> 00:35:11,748
But just as they're ready to rumble...
866
00:35:11,750 --> 00:35:14,117
Is there anybody that's not good to go?
867
00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:17,520
Okay, we're going in 3, 2...
868
00:35:17,522 --> 00:35:19,522
Man: Hold on. There's too much wind.
869
00:35:19,524 --> 00:35:24,160
...the wind cranks up so much that
it's too dangerous to continue.
870
00:35:24,162 --> 00:35:25,261
Uh, okay.
871
00:35:25,263 --> 00:35:27,530
But it's also dangerous to stand down,
872
00:35:27,532 --> 00:35:31,534
because 15 feet up,
Adam's being smothered.
873
00:35:31,536 --> 00:35:35,772
All in all, the MythBusters
are in a bubble of trouble.
874
00:35:39,810 --> 00:35:41,811
The Bond ejector flip...
875
00:35:41,813 --> 00:35:43,279
Have a good flight, buddy. Fire.
876
00:35:43,281 --> 00:35:44,881
Narrator: ...didn't lift once...
877
00:35:44,883 --> 00:35:46,716
That was pathetic.
878
00:35:46,718 --> 00:35:48,351
...let alone twice.
879
00:35:48,353 --> 00:35:49,986
Wow!
880
00:35:49,988 --> 00:35:54,157
Which means the team has a
"license to kill" off this myth,
881
00:35:54,159 --> 00:35:56,793
courtesy of their nitrogen cannon.
882
00:35:56,795 --> 00:35:58,094
- Ready to do this?
- Oh, yeah.
883
00:35:58,096 --> 00:36:00,563
Let's flip the car, Hollywood style.
884
00:36:00,565 --> 00:36:02,131
Grant: All right, here we go.
885
00:36:02,133 --> 00:36:04,834
This is ejector-seat car flip
with nitrogen cannon
886
00:36:04,836 --> 00:36:08,237
in 3, 2, 1.
887
00:36:14,812 --> 00:36:16,245
[ Cheering, laughter ]
888
00:36:16,247 --> 00:36:17,447
Good job, Q.
889
00:36:17,449 --> 00:36:21,050
- That was awesome.
- And that's how it's done.
890
00:36:22,353 --> 00:36:23,953
Narrator: At last, they've got air,
891
00:36:23,955 --> 00:36:28,891
and "For Your Eyes Only,"
here's the high-speed.
892
00:36:28,893 --> 00:36:31,561
The nitrogen cannon fired its steel rod
893
00:36:31,563 --> 00:36:35,798
with enough force to flip
the car a full 180 degrees
894
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,302
before the whole thing
falls gently back to earth,
895
00:36:39,304 --> 00:36:41,304
right-side up.
896
00:36:41,306 --> 00:36:46,476
The Bond myth is busted,
but the flip was worth the trip.
897
00:36:46,478 --> 00:36:50,413
And that is how you flip a car.
898
00:36:50,415 --> 00:36:51,781
I can't believe it worked!
899
00:36:51,783 --> 00:36:53,850
But it worked, and that's what counts.
900
00:36:53,852 --> 00:36:56,219
Right. All you need
is a giant nitrogen cannon.
901
00:36:56,221 --> 00:36:59,155
Let's go get some martinis,
shaken, not stirred.
902
00:37:09,395 --> 00:37:10,629
Adam: Careful about tipping me.
903
00:37:10,631 --> 00:37:12,397
Narrator: It's the grand finale
of "bubble boy,"
904
00:37:12,399 --> 00:37:15,200
and Adam's life hangs in the balance.
905
00:37:15,202 --> 00:37:17,569
Okay, up we go.
906
00:37:17,571 --> 00:37:19,605
I have taken some falls
on this show before.
907
00:37:20,306 --> 00:37:21,974
I've jumped off buildings.
908
00:37:22,942 --> 00:37:25,611
I've slipped on banana peels.
909
00:37:25,613 --> 00:37:27,946
I've flown 70 feet through the air
910
00:37:27,948 --> 00:37:31,316
at the end of a giant water slide.
911
00:37:31,318 --> 00:37:33,452
But this fall is different,
912
00:37:33,454 --> 00:37:37,956
because I am completely passive
to this entire enterprise.
913
00:37:37,958 --> 00:37:40,325
My life is in Jamie's hands.
914
00:37:40,327 --> 00:37:43,228
Narrator:
Well, Jamie's and mother nature's.
915
00:37:43,230 --> 00:37:46,431
I can feel myself being
blown around in the wind.
916
00:37:48,001 --> 00:37:50,369
Narrator: With the wind gusting,
they've stopped the drop,
917
00:37:50,371 --> 00:37:53,405
leaving Adam precariously poised.
918
00:37:53,407 --> 00:37:55,574
You guys are gonna go that way,
919
00:37:55,576 --> 00:37:58,977
and I need the four guys
on the four tile lines.
920
00:37:58,979 --> 00:38:03,515
You keep track of Adam.
Make sure he's okay.
921
00:38:03,517 --> 00:38:07,786
Luckily for everyone, it's not
long before the wind falls.
922
00:38:07,788 --> 00:38:09,221
Okay.
923
00:38:09,223 --> 00:38:12,457
Is there anybody that's not good to go?
924
00:38:12,459 --> 00:38:14,559
So, it's now or never.
925
00:38:14,561 --> 00:38:20,198
Okay, we're going in 3, 2, 1.
926
00:38:25,705 --> 00:38:27,472
There's no doubt about it.
927
00:38:27,474 --> 00:38:29,541
The padded pod plummeted.
928
00:38:29,543 --> 00:38:31,510
But how's the cargo?
929
00:38:32,912 --> 00:38:34,579
That silence rings alarm bells.
930
00:38:34,581 --> 00:38:39,518
The team rushes in, and Jamie is
the first to the scene, when...
931
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,120
Oh, I'm okay!
932
00:38:42,122 --> 00:38:43,789
[ Grunts ]
933
00:38:43,791 --> 00:38:45,357
I'm okay.
934
00:38:45,359 --> 00:38:48,260
after a free fall of 15 feet...
935
00:38:48,262 --> 00:38:49,661
Wow.
936
00:38:49,663 --> 00:38:52,464
...it looks like Adam
and Jamie's bubble engineering
937
00:38:52,466 --> 00:38:54,132
has taken the bulk of the blow.
938
00:38:54,134 --> 00:38:55,434
That was intense.
939
00:38:55,436 --> 00:38:58,470
But the touchdown didn't please the pilot.
940
00:38:58,472 --> 00:38:59,771
What happened was
the moment you released me,
941
00:38:59,773 --> 00:39:01,373
my head came off the board,
942
00:39:01,375 --> 00:39:03,709
and then, an instant later,
it hit the board.
943
00:39:03,711 --> 00:39:07,379
But that rough landing
wasn't the worst part.
944
00:39:07,381 --> 00:39:09,614
Ohh, I have to tell you, man,
945
00:39:09,616 --> 00:39:12,150
the weight of all this bubble wrap
946
00:39:12,152 --> 00:39:13,919
was the hardest part of that.
947
00:39:13,921 --> 00:39:15,854
It felt like two guys sitting on my chest.
948
00:39:15,856 --> 00:39:18,156
Well, that's something
Buster couldn't tell us, huh?
949
00:39:18,158 --> 00:39:21,760
It's absolutely what I call
an empirical test.
950
00:39:23,396 --> 00:39:25,030
Thank you, sir.
951
00:39:25,032 --> 00:39:26,565
[ Both laugh ]
952
00:39:26,567 --> 00:39:28,500
It's done!
953
00:39:28,502 --> 00:39:29,768
Whoo!
954
00:39:29,770 --> 00:39:32,037
While it came close to crushing him,
955
00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:34,573
their bubble barrel
did protect the plummet,
956
00:39:34,575 --> 00:39:36,608
peaking at just 9 G's,
957
00:39:36,610 --> 00:39:41,646
but remember, in the clip,
bubble boy jumped from 35 feet.
958
00:39:43,049 --> 00:39:44,616
Yeah, but you know what?
959
00:39:44,618 --> 00:39:48,053
I don't think I'd trust
something like this at 35 feet.
960
00:39:48,055 --> 00:39:49,654
I don't want to go at 35 feet.
961
00:39:49,656 --> 00:39:51,990
If I went at 35 feet,
I would need more padding,
962
00:39:51,992 --> 00:39:53,892
and more padding, I couldn't take it.
963
00:39:53,894 --> 00:39:56,762
I think that's the limit
of human experimentation.
964
00:39:57,897 --> 00:39:59,798
It just makes me nervous anyway.
965
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,566
[ Chuckling ] You and me both.
966
00:40:01,568 --> 00:40:03,835
So, Buster's going to pick up the pieces
967
00:40:03,837 --> 00:40:07,839
and wrap this myth
for the final 35-foot fall.
968
00:40:07,841 --> 00:40:10,342
He will have around him
the same amount of padding I had
969
00:40:10,344 --> 00:40:12,110
at 15 feet, and here is why.
970
00:40:12,112 --> 00:40:15,547
With all the weight of
that bubble packaging around me,
971
00:40:15,549 --> 00:40:17,582
it was about as much
as my body could take.
972
00:40:17,584 --> 00:40:20,218
That tells me that this is the
most amount of bubble packaging
973
00:40:20,220 --> 00:40:23,088
one could have around their body
for a jump off of a building.
974
00:40:23,090 --> 00:40:24,823
That further tells me
975
00:40:24,825 --> 00:40:27,225
that if Buster does not survive
in this amount of padding,
976
00:40:27,227 --> 00:40:30,362
the entire idea of jumping off a building
977
00:40:30,364 --> 00:40:33,732
and being protected by bubble
packaging is totally busted.
978
00:40:33,734 --> 00:40:37,536
Narrator: With old friend David Harding
ready to crunch their drop data,
979
00:40:37,538 --> 00:40:41,339
their package is postmarked
35 feet, ready for delivery.
980
00:40:41,341 --> 00:40:42,808
All right, here we go.
981
00:40:42,810 --> 00:40:47,746
Buster, from the full 35 feet in 3, 2, 1.
982
00:40:50,049 --> 00:40:51,049
[ Laughs ]
983
00:40:51,051 --> 00:40:52,350
That was perfect.
984
00:40:52,352 --> 00:40:54,119
I think that was perfect.
985
00:40:54,121 --> 00:40:55,720
The falling was perfect.
986
00:40:55,722 --> 00:40:59,157
The landing, not so much.
987
00:40:59,159 --> 00:41:01,593
So glad that was not me.
988
00:41:01,595 --> 00:41:03,261
Narrator: But how did Buster fare?
989
00:41:03,263 --> 00:41:08,066
Well, for that, it's over
to David, the data doctor.
990
00:41:08,068 --> 00:41:09,534
All right, David.
991
00:41:09,536 --> 00:41:12,404
I'm dying to find out
how Buster did from 35 feet.
992
00:41:12,406 --> 00:41:13,939
What do the numbers say?
993
00:41:13,941 --> 00:41:17,242
Harding: All right, the torso
peaked right around 29 G's.
994
00:41:17,244 --> 00:41:18,210
Ow!
995
00:41:18,212 --> 00:41:19,644
Jamie: Yeah.
996
00:41:19,646 --> 00:41:23,381
The head was quite a bit higher.
You can see it's about 48 G's.
997
00:41:23,383 --> 00:41:24,649
48 G's?
998
00:41:24,651 --> 00:41:25,984
That would hurt.
999
00:41:25,986 --> 00:41:28,787
Dude, that is barely survivable,
1000
00:41:28,789 --> 00:41:31,089
but you'd be tuggin' funny
for the rest of your life.
1001
00:41:31,091 --> 00:41:32,858
Yeah. That's quite a hit.
1002
00:41:32,860 --> 00:41:36,361
I am so glad that I did not try this one.
1003
00:41:36,363 --> 00:41:39,164
Yep, although Adam and Jamie's
mattress mechanism
1004
00:41:39,166 --> 00:41:42,300
offered way more protection
than the bubble-boy burrito,
1005
00:41:42,302 --> 00:41:46,938
this three-story story
is nothing but busted.
1006
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,174
So, how are we gonna call it?
1007
00:41:50,176 --> 00:41:51,142
I think it's pretty clear.
1008
00:41:51,144 --> 00:41:53,311
We've tested it every way from Sunday.
1009
00:41:53,313 --> 00:41:56,313
There is no reasonable amount
of bubble packaging
1010
00:41:56,338 --> 00:41:59,638
that will allow you to safely leap
off a three and a half story building.
1011
00:41:59,663 --> 00:42:02,663
The myth is busted, and
the whole idea is busted.
1012
00:42:02,688 --> 00:42:04,388
Yeap. I agree. It's busted.
1013
00:42:04,413 --> 00:42:05,613
Let's get out of here.
1014
00:42:07,238 --> 00:42:17,238
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