1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,800 On this episode of Myth Busters, 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,000 I'm about to drop an elevator. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,400 I'm beside myself. 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,200 Going down in the elevator of death. 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,500 92 feet. 6 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:14,900 If something goes wrong, somebody can get killed here. 7 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:18,800 Can a well-timed leap of faith save your skin? 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:24,400 And the myth of homemade flight. 9 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:30,900 Jamie and Adam take wing in a levitation machine build-off. 10 00:00:30,900 --> 00:00:33,400 How did I know Adam was gonna cheat? 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,400 Come on! 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,900 Who are the Myth Busters? 13 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:41,400 Adam Savage. 14 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,400 I reject your reality and substitute my own. 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,900 And Jamie Heinemann. 16 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:47,900 I kind of like it in here, it's private. 17 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:52,400 Between them, more than 30 years special effects experience. 18 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,200 Anything to say to the ducks back home? 19 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,200 They don't just tell the myths. 20 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,200 They put them to the test. 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,700 Looks like we grabbed another one off the Discovery fan site this time. 22 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:19,700 Yeah, apparently a viewer saw an ad in the back of a magazine that advertised that 23 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:23,700 you could build a levitation machine using three vacuum cleaner motors 24 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:25,700 and it would lift 150 pounds. 25 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:27,200 Levitation machine. 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:28,700 The levitation machine. 27 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:32,700 The Myth Busters have dug one up from the good old days 28 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:35,700 when a Buck 50 bought you X-ray vision. 29 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:38,700 Rubber vomit was 99 cents. 30 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:43,700 And holy cow, a hovercraft cost just $5.50. 31 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:47,200 This story emerged from an ad from an old magazine. 32 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,700 The idea is that anybody can create what is considered to be alternative technology 33 00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:55,700 in their own home, separate from big business and from government. 34 00:01:55,700 --> 00:02:02,700 So in some dusty magazine, there are plans for a mythic, self-propelling levitation machine 35 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:06,700 made from ordinary household items like vacuums. 36 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:12,700 Jamie and Adam never found those plans, but that won't stop them trying to build one. 37 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:14,700 Yeah, I think it's true. I know it's true. 38 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:16,700 It's going to be something really fun to build. 39 00:02:16,700 --> 00:02:21,700 And I think Jamie and I can actually add something to the whole industry of vacuum cleaner levitation. 40 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:24,700 I'm reasonably certain that this myth is not true. 41 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:26,700 Jamie doesn't think it's true. 42 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:29,700 Oh yeah! 43 00:02:29,700 --> 00:02:32,700 Pete Anderson is the vacuum man. 44 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:35,700 He's been repairing these suckers for 30 years. 45 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:40,700 I fixed 90% of the vacuums on the market and you name it, I do it. 46 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:43,700 You know, I can take them apart and put them back together in no time. 47 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:48,700 With such a wealth of knowledge, Pete wisely guards his secrets closely. 48 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:51,700 So Pete, it sounds like you're rummaging around. Can we come back there? 49 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:52,700 No. 50 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:53,700 Please? 51 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:54,700 No. 52 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:56,700 Then we're coming in again. 53 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:58,700 Then I'll have the vacuums attack you. 54 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:05,700 Pete eventually weakens and agrees to reveal the secret of the vacuum cleaner pump. 55 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:07,700 Adam is in heaven. 56 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:09,700 Then it shoots it into this one here. 57 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:10,700 Which pulls it in. 58 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:12,700 And then it directs this air right into this baby. 59 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:16,700 The magic of it all seems strangely lost on Jamie. 60 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:17,700 Until... 61 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:19,700 But, Christy, see if it works. 62 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:20,700 Here we go. 63 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:23,700 Oh yeah! 64 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:33,700 Got it pumped. 65 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:34,700 Got it pumped. 66 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:35,700 I got fit. 67 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:36,700 You got it stuck. 68 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:37,700 You're bleeding. 69 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:38,700 Am I? 70 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:39,700 Yeah. 71 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:41,700 That was the stupidest thing I've ever done. 72 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:47,700 I'm gonna have to stitch your mouth shut, I think, for this. 73 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:49,700 Yeah, you wish. 74 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,700 And that was the end of Adam's television career. 75 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:53,700 No. 76 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:56,700 This is a show. 77 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:59,700 It's like four minutes of science and then ten minutes of me hurting myself. 78 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:06,700 Pete has seen a lot, but he's never seen anyone bitten by a pump before. 79 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:10,700 This is clearly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 80 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:11,700 This is not enough. 81 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:12,700 Come back and get some more. 82 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:16,700 Pete sold them as many of his old junkers as they can carry. 83 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:20,700 The Mythbusters are now officially in the levitation business. 84 00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:22,700 Do we suck or what? 85 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:35,700 Well, the myth says that you can levitate yourself with the modus from three vacuum cleaners. 86 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:37,700 We've got about twenty here. 87 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:41,700 So we'll see what we can get out of three and then we'll see where we can go from there. 88 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:49,700 And so begins the delicate job of extracting pumps. 89 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:58,700 I'm not destructive by nature. 90 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:05,700 If you watch the time lapse of what we just did, he was the first one to take one of his vacuum cleaners and smash it on the ground. 91 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:09,700 I just enjoy it. 92 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:12,700 Have you ever seen Jamie enjoy anything? 93 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:18,700 Now the Mythbusters have to turn destruction into construction. 94 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:21,700 Oh, that's hardcore. 95 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:26,700 Oh, that'll never fly. 96 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:30,700 This is going to fly inside of half an hour. 97 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:33,700 Now, Adams rigged three engines together. 98 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:37,700 They'll glue a bag to the base to harness the blowing power, 99 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:40,700 cutting holes so it doesn't burst like a balloon. 100 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:43,700 It all seems too easy. 101 00:05:43,700 --> 00:05:45,700 Oh, yeah. 102 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:47,700 Let's try it. 103 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:52,700 Yeah, baby. 104 00:05:52,700 --> 00:06:00,700 Oh, man, dude, that totally works. 105 00:06:02,700 --> 00:06:05,700 It's a very un-mythbusters-like moment. 106 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:09,700 They've built an invention and nothing has gone wrong. 107 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:14,700 Ah, that's more like it. 108 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:19,700 You want to lie there for a minute or you want to get up? 109 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:28,700 Adam is soon back on that horse and it seems they're riding a winner. 110 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:30,700 Oh, I think you're going to have to hold me tighter, Jamie. 111 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:36,700 I think we busted it. 112 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:38,700 Well, I think that worked really well. 113 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:45,700 Actually, I'd seen no reason that you couldn't call a hovercraft a type of levitation device. 114 00:06:45,700 --> 00:06:47,700 Yeah, I think we've definitely done something good here. 115 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:52,700 If they wanted to quit while they were ahead, this would be a good time. 116 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:54,700 But of course, that won't happen. 117 00:06:54,700 --> 00:07:01,700 I have gleaned a lot of information from this test, but I think I ought to keep it to myself. 118 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:04,700 I think maybe you ought to take what you think you've learned from this test 119 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:06,700 and I'll take what I think I've learned from this test 120 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:10,700 and let us build our own machines and see how we can do against each other. 121 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:14,700 I'd say that's a wonderful plan, Adam. 122 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:18,700 The challenge is set. 123 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:24,700 Who can build the best self-propelling levitation machine out of parts found around the home? 124 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:32,700 It's a battle of wits and egos, but before construction starts, they'll drop in on another myth. 125 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:36,700 It's one of the great what ifs of modern living. 126 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:41,700 What if the elevator you're riding suddenly plummets down the shaft? 127 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,700 Can you save yourself? 128 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:47,700 The Mythbusters are about to find out. 129 00:07:56,700 --> 00:07:59,700 We're here investigating the elevator of death. 130 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:04,700 Now the myth goes that you're in an elevator, the cables are cut or something, 131 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:07,700 you're plummeting rapidly towards the bottom of the elevator shaft, 132 00:08:07,700 --> 00:08:12,700 and right at the very last second, you jump as hard as you can and that saves your life. 133 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:16,700 I've been looking forward to this for a long time. 134 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:20,700 The mythbusters need to drop an elevator down a shaft. 135 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:24,700 Just before it hits bottom, the test subject will jump in the air. 136 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:30,700 They'll measure his speed to see if he's avoided what seems certain death. 137 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:34,700 First, a little expert instruction. 138 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:37,700 That's all your control wires. This is your traveling cable. 139 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:40,700 Lester Appel has worked on elevators for 30 years, 140 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:43,700 and he's not falling for this myth. 141 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:47,700 Well, if you're in an elevator, you're traveling at the same rate of speed, 142 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:50,700 the same velocity as the elevator itself, 143 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:54,700 so you're really not going to be able to overcome that physical fact. 144 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:57,700 What would you do if you were in a falling elevator? 145 00:08:57,700 --> 00:09:01,700 I believe if I had presence of mind, I would probably try to lay myself down on the floor, 146 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:05,700 assuming that I could get there just to minimize the injury to my body. 147 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:09,700 Destruction seems assured. 148 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,700 Jamie can't wait to scout a location. 149 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:16,700 There's a fire training facility, which sounds promising in Pleasanton, 150 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:18,700 outside San Francisco. 151 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:23,700 This is quite a complex. They've got rooftops and whole buildings that they can burn down and put out. 152 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:29,700 And of course, most importantly, this building has an elevator in it that drops four or five floors. 153 00:09:31,700 --> 00:09:35,700 Uh-huh, I thought so. That's only 40 feet. Okay. 154 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:38,700 40 feet is an impressive drop. 155 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:43,700 But for this myth, they're looking for something really special. 156 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:49,700 Jamie's got a lead on a derelict hotel in nearby Oakland that's eight stories high. 157 00:09:49,700 --> 00:09:52,700 He's checking it out with Builder Carry. 158 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:56,700 Is that it? 159 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:00,700 I guess that's it. It's an eight-story building. 160 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:02,700 Thank you, sir. 161 00:10:12,700 --> 00:10:16,700 The Grand Old Hotel Royal was built around 1910. 162 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:20,700 She ain't so grand anymore and is scheduled for demolition. 163 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:22,700 Oh my God. 164 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:25,700 Since we're here anyway, can we film a horror movie? 165 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:26,700 Yeah. 166 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:30,700 They found the elevator, but it's not going anywhere fast. 167 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:32,700 There's the motor. 168 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,700 What's left of it? 169 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:38,700 It's an elevator. 170 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:39,700 Yeah. 171 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:42,700 Yeah, that feels like steel. 172 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:47,700 I don't know whether it'll stand up to an eight-story drop without crushing. 173 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:51,700 Getting the elevator working will be no small task. 174 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:56,700 The cables haven't moved in years and the motor is a wreck. 175 00:10:56,700 --> 00:11:00,700 In theory, if we could tie power onto that, we would have a working elevator. 176 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:02,700 The cables and everything are here. 177 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:07,700 It's a little rusty, but if we can get it to work, it's going to be perfect. 178 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:12,700 Jerry, we're going to go on up to the top, I think. 179 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:14,700 Don't leave me alone. 180 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:16,700 Oh my God. 181 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:21,700 It's a long, long way to the top of the shaft. 182 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:24,700 Eight floors, nine counting the basement. 183 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:30,700 92 feet to the top of the pulleys. 184 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:33,700 92 feet to the dead bird. 185 00:11:35,700 --> 00:11:40,700 A 92-foot drop, 1,500 pounds of elevator car. 186 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,700 It looks like they have their location, 187 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:47,700 but half the mythbusters bitten off more than they can chew. 188 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:49,700 I don't know. 189 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:51,700 It's kind of scary. 190 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:57,700 The Levitation Machine Challenge is a go. 191 00:11:57,700 --> 00:12:02,700 In the red corner, Team Savage, Adam, Tori and Christine. 192 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:07,700 In the blue, Heinemann's Heroes, Jamie, Scotty and Carrie. 193 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:12,700 Each has a budget of $500 and two days to build a flying, 194 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:16,700 self-propelling, Levitation Machine out of household items. 195 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:18,700 Then they race for glory. 196 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:23,700 The secret plans are we're going to do three pads like this. 197 00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:26,700 We're going to have a leaf blower back here. 198 00:12:26,700 --> 00:12:28,700 I got a whole bunch of them. 199 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:30,700 So we're not using any of the vacuum motors? 200 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:31,700 No, no, no. 201 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:35,700 To improve stability, Adam's Craft will have three connected bases, 202 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:37,700 like lily pads. 203 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:40,700 He'll mount the seat and engines on top. 204 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:45,700 And it will have a little more kick than your standard vacuum cleaner. 205 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:49,700 180 miles per hour, 360 cubic feet per minute. 206 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:54,700 Leaf blowers, two big, expensive ones. 207 00:12:54,700 --> 00:13:00,700 Adam's blown away his entire budget and possibly Jamie too. 208 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:09,700 Adam's plan is for one blower to provide lift and the other propulsion. 209 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:15,700 The question is, how to mount these puppies up so that one, there's control. 210 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:18,700 Two, there's some aerodynamics. 211 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:20,700 Three, there's some stability. 212 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:22,700 Like I want to be here. 213 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:23,700 Okay. 214 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:27,700 Christine's come up with a new, stronger skirt to capture the air. 215 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:28,700 Come on, Miss. 216 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:30,700 Don't jam up on me. 217 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,700 I feel like I'm doing crafts in kindergarten. 218 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:40,700 In just two hours, Gene Savage has the first pad ready to test. 219 00:13:40,700 --> 00:13:41,700 All right. 220 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:42,700 Ready? 221 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:53,700 Oh my God! 222 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:00,700 I think that's magnificent. 223 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:06,700 I think the distance is perfect, the buoyancy is great, and it's a pretty darn stamp for just one person in the center. 224 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:08,700 Three of these is going to be great. 225 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:13,700 The thing is, is that this powers one beautifully, but it's got to power three. 226 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:19,700 Adam has to split the airflow from one leaf blower to inflate all three pads. 227 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:21,700 He'll divide the blast with pipe. 228 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:22,700 How do you like that? 229 00:14:22,700 --> 00:14:23,700 That'll do. 230 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:25,700 But, is there enough lift? 231 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:29,700 Adam's design might be stable, but it's also heavy. 232 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:33,700 There's a steel frame holding the pads together and a seat. 233 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:35,700 Up, and right there. 234 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:37,700 Okay, close your eyes. 235 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:38,700 Oh, no way. 236 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:42,700 If you weld this, you're committed to this height of the chair. 237 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:43,700 Yeah. 238 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:47,700 It wouldn't it be a smart idea to put a pipe the same diameter as this? 239 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:49,700 Maybe, but you know what, I can just cut the weld. 240 00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:50,700 I can grind the weld. 241 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:51,700 I can grind the weld. 242 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:52,700 Place it up there. 243 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:53,700 This is what I have to deal with. 244 00:14:53,700 --> 00:14:55,700 This is what it's like to work with me. 245 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:56,700 We're going to get it done. 246 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:04,700 Oh, you are good. 247 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:07,700 Not that good. 248 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:09,700 The seat is not adjustable. 249 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:11,700 It's a little too low. 250 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:17,700 See, look at all that exercise. 251 00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:19,700 All right. 252 00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:20,700 I'll still put it on his back. 253 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:22,700 Oh, man, it's really heavy. 254 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:25,700 But, could it be too much weight to levitate? 255 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:31,700 The big race will be held on the beach. 256 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:35,700 Before lifting a tool, Jamie's scouting the location. 257 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:37,700 And, he's inspired. 258 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:42,700 Have you ever heard of a thing called a hoverboard? 259 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:48,700 Jamie, the non-surfer, explains to Rob the non-geek 260 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:49,700 what he has in mind. 261 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:52,700 So, we're looking for a large board 262 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:55,700 that we can mount some leaf blowers on the back 263 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:58,700 for forward thrust and one on the top in the front 264 00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:01,700 to fill the airbag that lifts the thing. 265 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:02,700 And, we also wanted to look cool. 266 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:03,700 Yeah. 267 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:04,700 Okay. 268 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:08,700 It's clear, surfer Rob doesn't share Jamie's definition of cool, 269 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:11,700 but a sales-a-sale, dude. 270 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:12,700 How about this one? 271 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:13,700 Well, that's kind of hot-looking. 272 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:16,700 It's 22 inches wide, 7'10". 273 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:20,700 I like it. 274 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:22,700 It's a bittersweet moment. 275 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:25,700 Old Yalla here will never see away. 276 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:27,700 But, Jamie couldn't be happier. 277 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:28,700 Thank you. 278 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,700 We've destroyed a lot of really nice things on this show. 279 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:36,700 You know, Corvette's home appliances, power tools. 280 00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:39,700 And, now we're about to destroy a surfboard. 281 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:43,700 Jamie is planning the Heinemann hoverboard. 282 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,700 A surfboard blowers at the back for thrust, 283 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:50,700 more at the front for lift, and the inflatable skirt. 284 00:16:53,700 --> 00:16:56,700 In his search for thrust, like Adam, 285 00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:58,700 Jamie has settled on leaf blowers. 286 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:02,700 After the surfboard, he can only afford cheaper models 287 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:04,700 and needs to check their propulsion power. 288 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:06,700 It's exciting. 289 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:09,700 That ought to work. 290 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:11,700 So, let's fuel it up. 291 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:14,700 This is easier than I thought. 292 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:24,700 This kind of looks like Wally Coyote or something, doesn't it? 293 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:32,700 This is officially the silliest rig in myth-busting history. 294 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:36,700 It's taught them immediately that combining inline skates 295 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:40,700 and a backpack makes Jamie Giggle like a schoolgirl. 296 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:47,700 The second lesson, this simple rig actually works. 297 00:17:57,700 --> 00:18:00,700 It's not fast, and it's not pretty, 298 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:05,700 but it might just be impressive enough to scare team Savage. 299 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:16,700 Well, you know, I'm glad he's not wasting his time or anything. 300 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:19,700 I've got a nearly completed hovercraft in there. 301 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:21,700 Jamie's cruising with the girls. 302 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:23,700 Look, look, look, he's cruising with women. 303 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:25,700 That's all he's doing. 304 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:28,700 I don't have a damn thing to worry about. 305 00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:30,700 His silly little backpack thing? 306 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:32,700 He's like the hunchback of M5. 307 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:34,700 Jamie's team's already lost. 308 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:36,700 They just haven't been informed yet. 309 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:40,700 To Adam's mind, propulsion will be a breeze. 310 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:43,700 Basically, I would be holding onto this thing, pointing it behind me. 311 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:45,700 When I need to turn, I just turn it this way. 312 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:46,700 I turn it that way. 313 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,700 It's really simple. 314 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:53,700 Of course, the lily pad flyer is still heavy and still earthbound. 315 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:57,700 It's time to rise and shine if they can. 316 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:06,700 It's totally stable. 317 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:08,700 They have lift-off. 318 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:11,700 It was actually very successful. 319 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:12,700 I'm very pleased with it. 320 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:15,700 Weight does not seem to be an issue with the leaf blower. 321 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:19,700 It's got plenty of power to lift the weight we wanted to lift. 322 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:23,700 The hard part seems over for Team Savage. 323 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:26,700 They're levitating like David Copperfield. 324 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:31,700 And now, just need to conjure up a little back draft to get things moving. 325 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:46,700 In Adam's mind, right now, he should be blowing along like the first leaves of fall. 326 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:49,700 Team Savage has a problem. 327 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:54,700 Fresh from their successful propulsion test, 328 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:57,700 Heinemann's heroes are working on lift. 329 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:00,700 I'm about to be disowned by every surfer I know. 330 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:04,700 Old Yella is going under the knife. 331 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:06,700 This hole is for the driver. 332 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:11,700 This hole is for the down draft that will inflate their skirt. 333 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:15,700 Jamie, are you feeling confident? 334 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:17,700 Not at all. 335 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:28,700 It works. They have lift-off. 336 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:31,700 But they also have a problem. 337 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:35,700 It's practically impossible to keep it stable. 338 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,700 It's less hoverboard than wobbleboard. 339 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:42,700 You're going to have to have a wider base. 340 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:46,700 That's all I can say because it's like trying to balance the board on a pole. 341 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:56,700 Jamie has a hunch he can steady the ship by adding an outrigger. 342 00:20:56,700 --> 00:20:58,700 This is a nifty invention. 343 00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:00,700 This is actually going to work. 344 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:03,700 I've put some additional support on the top of the bladder 345 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:06,700 where it comes out from the side of the surfboard. 346 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:11,700 That will keep it more stable because it can't roll around the edge of the surfboard. 347 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:13,700 It's got to be compressed. 348 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:18,700 It still is a little bit tippy. 349 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:21,700 But I think when we get a little practice, 350 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:24,700 I should be able to get nice and stabilized. 351 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,700 I think we're good to go. 352 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,700 The last component, thrusters. 353 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:33,700 Times three. 354 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:35,700 The last component, thrusters. 355 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:37,700 The last component, thrusters. 356 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:39,700 The last component, thrusters. 357 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:41,700 The last component, thrusters. 358 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:42,700 Thrusters. 359 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:44,700 Times three. 360 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:48,700 You know, I kept saying that you were going to come up with something, 361 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:50,700 but in the back of my head I was going, 362 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:00,700 Surf's up for Heinemann's Heroes. 363 00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:03,700 At the end of the first work day of the challenge, 364 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:07,700 they have a flying, self-propelling, levitation machine. 365 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:15,700 I don't know what the top speed on it is, 366 00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:17,700 but it was starting to take off there. 367 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:21,700 And if we get the control set up on this, 368 00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:24,700 I think it's going to work like a dream. 369 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:37,700 In July 1945, a terrible tragedy at the Empire State Building 370 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:40,700 gave rise to a miraculous survival story. 371 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,700 And an elevator plunged down 80 floors, 372 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:45,700 cables and debris tumbling over it. 373 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:47,700 It was a drop of 1,000 feet, 374 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,700 and inside, a young elevator operator. 375 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:55,700 She was found alive in the basement by a heroic Coast Guardsman. 376 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:58,700 A girl on the side was badly crushed and burned. 377 00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:03,700 I got her out, gave her morphine and treated wounds as best I knew how. 378 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:06,700 But how did she survive that crash? 379 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:08,700 Did she jump up? 380 00:23:08,700 --> 00:23:13,700 It's something for the mythbusters to ponder back at the hotel royal. 381 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:16,700 Found a bowling ball in the abandoned building. 382 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:19,700 I've always wanted to drop one of these on a tile floor. 383 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:26,700 Man, I thought I was going to shatter and break into all sorts of dramatic things. 384 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,700 Myth busted. 385 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:30,700 Well, that wasn't much fun. 386 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:34,700 Yeah! 387 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:37,700 We've got the location. 388 00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:39,700 We've got our elevator shaft. 389 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:41,700 I'm going to go out and get all the rigging equipment that I need 390 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:43,700 so that we can pull it to the top and drop it. 391 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:47,700 You've got the hard job of getting Buster to jump at the last second. 392 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:51,700 This experiment has two engineering challenges. 393 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:55,700 First, to figure out a way to raise and drop the elevator. 394 00:23:55,700 --> 00:24:00,700 Second, to rig the victim to jump up at just the right moment. 395 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:05,700 Jamie, Carrie and Scotty are dissecting the human jump. 396 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:06,700 Alright. 397 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:14,700 In the short moment of acceleration, the average top speed generated 398 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:17,700 was just over 8 feet per second. 399 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:21,700 Now, they need the victim to replicate that. 400 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:24,700 And here's the victim now. 401 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:27,700 I need to figure out how to make Buster jump. 402 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:29,700 I think I'm going to have to use some kind of spring 403 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:32,700 because I don't want to go for the gunpowder. 404 00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:36,700 No gunpowder. Good news for Buster. 405 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:40,700 Instead, a kind of turbo-charged Pogo stick. 406 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:45,700 A car spring inside overlapping tubes with a quick release catch. 407 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:48,700 They'll rig Buster to sit on top. 408 00:24:50,700 --> 00:24:53,700 Scotty's specialty is working with metal. 409 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:00,700 So in no time, she's created Buster's launcher. 410 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:06,700 Giant industrial Pogo stick. Nice. 411 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,700 The spring is tensioned. 412 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:11,700 And the quick release set. 413 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:12,700 There you go. 414 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:16,700 Then, Buster is lowered into place. 415 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:19,700 Now, that looks like a good jump to me. 416 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,700 I'm not sure, but I think we have a pretty good shot 417 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,700 at actually launching Buster up in the air pretty good. 418 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:26,700 It's a powerful spring. 419 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:28,700 It's time for Buster to fly. 420 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,700 Okay, here we go. 421 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,700 Well, that wasn't very much at all. 422 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:38,700 Okay. 423 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:43,700 Attempt one was more a jiggle than a jump. 424 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:50,700 What can I say? I've got to keep tweaking. 425 00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:55,700 Adam, meanwhile, is looking for rigging. 426 00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:59,700 Asking all kinds of questions salesmen don't hear too often. 427 00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:04,700 I need to cut these cables and attach basically this quick release 428 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:08,700 between the cables and my elevator so I can then drop the elevator. 429 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,700 What would you recommend? 430 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:12,700 A career change, perhaps. 431 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:17,700 But failing that, rigging salesman George Wong settles for cables and ties 432 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:19,700 and double strength doohickeys. 433 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:20,700 Okay. 434 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:21,700 Are you going to blow me up next? 435 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:23,700 No, I was dropping an elevator today. 436 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:24,700 How are you feeling? 437 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:25,700 Yeah. 438 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:29,700 The whole experiment and the MythBuster's safety will literally 439 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:31,700 hang from this quick release shackle. 440 00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:34,700 Everything has to be right. 441 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:35,700 That'll do it. 442 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:36,700 That's perfect. 443 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,700 To reduce the PogoSticks weight, 444 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:47,700 Scottie's cutting out as much of the heavy metal cylinder as possible. 445 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:51,700 She's adding a second spring for extra power. 446 00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:56,700 And smearing the whole assembly with lard to cut friction. 447 00:26:56,700 --> 00:27:00,700 It tastes like French fries. 448 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:03,700 It's like about a half pound of lard on there. 449 00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:07,700 When we have a giant box of lard, it's just so darn tempting. 450 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,700 Are we ready? 451 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:15,700 Face plant! 452 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:17,700 About 20 centimeters. 453 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:21,700 It's better, but still not near enough to a human jump. 454 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:23,700 About, I'll say about here. 455 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:27,700 Well, one thing that I can see is that we want to get her of gravity 456 00:27:27,700 --> 00:27:30,700 kind of directly above the spring a little bit. 457 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:34,700 Balance is one thing, but the real problem is power. 458 00:27:34,700 --> 00:27:39,700 Buster needs more spring in his step. 459 00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:45,700 If that spring is going to turn up anywhere, it'll be here, somewhere. 460 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:49,700 Looks like that would definitely fit in there. 461 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:53,700 I probably have a pair of ice grips if you need them. 462 00:27:57,700 --> 00:27:59,700 There we go. 463 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:06,700 Well, that looks pretty perfect to me. 464 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:08,700 You like it? 465 00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:10,700 I love it. 466 00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:12,700 Did I do something good today? 467 00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:15,700 You did great. Thank you. Good catch. 468 00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:16,700 Oh, yeah. 469 00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:18,700 Just this. 470 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:25,700 Buster may at last be ready for his great leap forward. 471 00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:27,700 All right. 472 00:28:30,700 --> 00:28:32,700 Well, that was a good jump. 473 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:35,700 Spirits are soaring. 474 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:40,700 Buster reached a maximum velocity of nearly 12.5 feet per second 475 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:43,700 compared to Jamie's 8 feet per second. 476 00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:46,700 I think that's a good run. I think we're there. 477 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:49,700 That was significantly more than what we got before. 478 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:51,700 He looked like he jumped. 479 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:54,700 They've solved half the elevator of death problem. 480 00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:59,700 Getting the hotel royals elevator working again lies ahead. 481 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:02,700 Bye-bye. See you later. 482 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:06,700 But first, there's a little matter of a levitation machine build-off. 483 00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:09,700 You can come on in and shoot, but you three have to go away. 484 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:11,700 We would change our plans after seeing yours. 485 00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:13,700 She just wanted to go away. 486 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:16,700 She talks so much trash. 487 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:20,700 Team Savage needs to keep the lily pad flyer under wraps. 488 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:23,700 It's showing all the mobility of a 2x4. 489 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:26,700 Today's task is to work on the propulsion of the hovercraft. 490 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:30,700 You're going to start working on the pads, and I'm going to start working on the fan blades. 491 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:36,700 After laughing at Jamie's propulsion fixation, Adam needs to get his craft moving. 492 00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:38,700 And fast. 493 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:40,700 That's it. That's all that's moving the f***ing air. 494 00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:43,700 His leaf blower needs more bite. 495 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,700 Something like this. 496 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:49,700 The fan will sit inside a metal shroud. 497 00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:52,700 It's blast directed by rudders at the back. 498 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:55,700 That's not dangerous. 499 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:57,700 Oh my God. 500 00:29:57,700 --> 00:30:01,700 It's fair to say this is not strictly design intent for a leaf blower. 501 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:04,700 Adam's created a monster. 502 00:30:04,700 --> 00:30:07,700 Or is it just a monster problem? 503 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:11,700 Oh. 504 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:14,700 No, no. 505 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:19,700 That sounds bad. 506 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:22,700 It's just too much torque for this motor. 507 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:25,700 Please don't be too much torque for this motor. 508 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,700 It's too much torque. 509 00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:31,700 The tiny motor can't turn that big fan. 510 00:30:31,700 --> 00:30:35,700 I'm scrapping this leaf blower motor. 511 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,700 I'm going to stop trying to repair it and go for something like a chainsaw motor 512 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:41,700 or a low grade secondhand lawnmower motor. 513 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:47,700 A stickler might point out Adam's already spent his $500. 514 00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:51,700 Granted, I might have spent over $500 trying to get this to work, 515 00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:57,700 but in the end, the full parts list for our hovercraft will still be under $500. 516 00:30:57,700 --> 00:31:00,700 How did I know Adam was kind of cheap? 517 00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:04,700 News of Adam's indiscretion has reached Heinemann's heroes. 518 00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:09,700 I think we can count on the fact that Adam's handicapped is probably Adam. 519 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:13,700 And just because it gets the lawnmower doesn't mean he's actually going to make it work. 520 00:31:13,700 --> 00:31:16,700 If Jamie's mad, he's not telling. 521 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:22,700 You have the wrong show if you want to see backbiting and sniping. 522 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:27,700 On misbusters, we actually cooperate and enjoy working with each other. 523 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:33,700 For Heinemann's heroes, it would be all too easy to abandon the high road 524 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:36,700 and stoop to cheating themselves. 525 00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:39,700 So that's exactly what they do. 526 00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:42,700 Quicker than you can say, dastardly scoundrel. 527 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:46,700 They've bought and fitted another blower to help with lift. 528 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:50,700 Now, if this works the way I plan, the extra lift that we're getting from the extra leaf blower 529 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:56,700 will actually also make the thrust from the three leaf blowers more effective. 530 00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:01,700 The new improved Heinemann hoverboard is a hit. 531 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:05,700 Ready to race. 532 00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:06,700 That's it. 533 00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:08,700 That was the difference. 534 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:09,700 Let's go home. 535 00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:10,700 Yeah. 536 00:32:10,700 --> 00:32:15,700 Adam will be here all night anyway. 537 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:20,700 For his replacement motor, Adam has settled on a one-horsepower leaf trimmer. 538 00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:25,700 Dude, this is just going to plug right into the fan. 539 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:29,700 I don't have to modify anything. 540 00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:33,700 Again, Adam's pushing the motor's limits. 541 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:45,700 Guys, ready? 542 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:50,700 A typhoon, this ain't. 543 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:52,700 The new weed wacker is actually working fine. 544 00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:54,700 It's whacking away. 545 00:32:54,700 --> 00:33:02,700 It's my propeller that is lacking some balance. 546 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:05,700 Adam's looking a little unbalanced too. 547 00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:13,700 His grand plan is running out of puff, and so is his team. 548 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,700 You got something to say? 549 00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:18,700 I'm thinking about it. 550 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:20,700 It's just been like one disaster after the next. 551 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:22,700 It's the beautiful thing. 552 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:26,700 We put so much time and love into it, and it's not working. 553 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:29,700 It's not broken-hearted, and so is everybody else. 554 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:31,700 Adam's pounding. 555 00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:32,700 There's nothing for it. 556 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:42,700 They have to mount the engine and hope for the best. 557 00:33:42,700 --> 00:33:48,700 You ready? 558 00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:51,700 The lily pad flyer is going nowhere in a hurry, 559 00:33:51,700 --> 00:34:01,700 and Adam's in the fast lane to Palookaville. 560 00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:04,700 I'm out of ideas. 561 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:13,700 I just ran out just a second. 562 00:34:13,700 --> 00:34:18,700 When a pat comes from the cameraman, it's really, really bad. 563 00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:22,700 But then, out of desperation, a plan. 564 00:34:22,700 --> 00:34:30,700 Pizza box wings. This is great. 565 00:34:30,700 --> 00:34:32,700 We're at the Icarus part of the evening, 566 00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:34,700 and I think you know what happened to Icarus. 567 00:34:34,700 --> 00:34:53,700 You can do it! 568 00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:58,700 You know, I think we might have something to say. 569 00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:04,700 I can only pray for one thing, and that is the total failure of Jamie's rig. 570 00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:07,700 Confident to the last. 571 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:15,700 Let's go home. 572 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:20,700 Two words. Nasty. 573 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:23,700 It's nasty enough inside the hotel royal 574 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:26,700 for the mythbusters to cover up with dust masks. 575 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:28,700 There's the clean up to be done, 576 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:34,700 and Jamie's got to get the elevator working again. 577 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:36,700 Oh, it's going up. It went up. 578 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:37,700 Did the car go up? 579 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:38,700 Yep. 580 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:41,700 Well, that's a good sign. 581 00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:44,700 It is awfully stiff, but it is moving. 582 00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:48,700 So, where there's movement, there can be improved movement. 583 00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:53,700 And I had an idea that I might be able to modify an electric vehicle that I built. 584 00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:56,700 It's a prototype that I have back at the shop. 585 00:35:56,700 --> 00:36:01,700 It's the same electrical vehicle Jamie used in the 7-up commercial, 586 00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:04,700 but extensively modified. 587 00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:09,700 He calls it the life and death machine, or LAD for short. 588 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:14,700 I built a multi-purpose platform that has the electric motors, 589 00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:20,700 the gear reduction for them, speed controllers and electronics, 590 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:25,700 and batteries all compacted into as tight of a unit as I could come up with, 591 00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:27,700 and then we put these treads on it. 592 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:33,700 Jamie sees the LAD as having applications in firefighting and law enforcement. 593 00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:37,700 But today, it's got to lift an elevator. 594 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,700 A little mythbuster love tap will ease the fit. 595 00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:53,700 Okay, ready? 596 00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:56,700 Hey, that's it. 597 00:36:57,700 --> 00:37:00,700 Alright, I don't think this thing is going anywhere. 598 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:02,700 You want to turn it out and see if we can move this car? 599 00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:04,700 Alright. 600 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:08,700 Remember, the elevator hasn't moved in years. 601 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:09,700 That's moving. 602 00:37:09,700 --> 00:37:11,700 Oh, okay. 603 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,700 Jamie, that looks great. 604 00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:22,700 Yeah, baby. 605 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:28,700 Going up, second floor, dust and echoes. 606 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,700 Good to be here. 607 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,700 Do you have batteries for these? 608 00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:37,700 I think Jamie's rig is a classic mythbusters rig. 609 00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:40,700 You know, we have to lift an elevator, and Jamie says, 610 00:37:40,700 --> 00:37:46,700 I've got a robot in the shop that we could modify to lift this elevator. 611 00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:49,700 Bring it up about six more inches. 612 00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:53,700 Pokey-pokey, top floor, man, over. 613 00:37:53,700 --> 00:37:59,700 Top floor, broken fittings, pigeon poop, and all kinds of danger. 614 00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:05,700 Before starting work, Adam secures the car at the top of the shaft. 615 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:07,700 We can't rush it. 616 00:38:07,700 --> 00:38:10,700 We don't want to be, you know, doing anything without being in total 617 00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:13,700 and absolute control of what's going on. 618 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:18,700 It's nasty. If something goes wrong, somebody could get killed here. 619 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:21,700 Elevators are designed not to fall. 620 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:26,700 Fortunately, the mythbusters wrote the book on disabling safety systems. 621 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:28,700 First up, the emergency brake. 622 00:38:28,700 --> 00:38:32,700 When the ball spins around too fast, if the elevator is falling, 623 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:35,700 they lift up and drive out the two brakes. 624 00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:39,700 So what you're trying to say is that you take the balls off and don't work no more, right? 625 00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:41,700 You got it. 626 00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:43,700 Let's see. 627 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:48,700 Anticlimactically enough, I believe I've disabled the entire mechanism 628 00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:50,700 by removing this simple pin. 629 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:51,700 Well, okay. 630 00:38:52,700 --> 00:38:54,700 They're not in free fall mode yet. 631 00:38:54,700 --> 00:39:00,700 As well as being cabled to a winch, elevator cars are also linked to a counterweight, 632 00:39:00,700 --> 00:39:03,700 which weighs about the same as the car when half full. 633 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:07,700 That keeps the system in balance and the car won't fall. 634 00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:10,700 That counterweight just has to go. 635 00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:15,700 We are cutting the cables. Stand by. 636 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:27,700 That's so much heavier than it looks. 637 00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:32,700 Just the last lonely winch cables left. 638 00:39:32,700 --> 00:39:36,700 And with the car lowered back to the basement for safety, 639 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,700 Adam is about to sabotage those too. 640 00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:43,700 This is a 10,000 pound movie special effects quick release. 641 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:46,700 Going to attach it to this really big shackle. 642 00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:52,700 And when we get upstairs, we'll be able to pull a pin and this whole car will drop. 643 00:39:55,700 --> 00:40:01,700 You know, working with these dirty cables, I can't tell you how hard it is not to touch Jamie's white shirt. 644 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:03,700 I just want to touch it. 645 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:05,700 Make it dirty. 646 00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:12,700 You're ready to take tension on this, Jamie. 647 00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:13,700 Okay. 648 00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:18,700 The quick release is attached and holding. 649 00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:19,700 Beautiful. 650 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:23,700 The star of the show has been roused from his luxury trailer. 651 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:30,700 This promises to be the sorryest chapter in Buster's tragically accident prone life. 652 00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:36,700 He'll ride that car down nine floors sitting on a pogo stick. 653 00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:38,700 Okay, Buster, this won't hurt a bit. 654 00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:43,700 Adam's tying off a trip line at the top of the shaft. 655 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:48,700 That will pull the release on the launcher when the elevator's six feet from the bottom. 656 00:40:48,700 --> 00:40:50,700 It's about perfect to meet. 657 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:53,700 Okay, the rig is stationary. It's ready. 658 00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:55,700 The MythBusters are ready. 659 00:40:55,700 --> 00:41:01,700 They've built a giant pogo stick and made a death trap out of a previously safe elevator. 660 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:11,700 As Buster rises towards the penthouse, he surely knows the outhouse will follow. 661 00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:14,700 But could he somehow survive? 662 00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:18,700 We're about to drop an elevator. I'm beside myself. 663 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:22,700 It's all going to be over in a few seconds. 664 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:25,700 And with a big boom, what else can we have for him? 665 00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:32,700 I think Buster's toast. But then that's his job. 666 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:47,700 You will die in the elevator. You will die. 667 00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:52,700 It is not a good omen, but it's time for the great elevator drop. 668 00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:57,700 Can Buster survive a 90-foot fall if he jumps at the last second? 669 00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:02,700 Jamie and the team are in the basement. Adam's up top. Quick release in hand. 670 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:05,700 I'm terrified. I'm totally excited. 671 00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:08,700 Alright, here we go. 672 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:13,700 Ready to drop in five, four, three, two. 673 00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:32,700 Oh my God. That blew my face back. 674 00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:34,700 Man, that was intense. 675 00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:47,700 That was such a rush. And it's just like this enormous blast of air. 676 00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:49,700 Oh, no. 677 00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:55,700 The overhead camera shows Buster's Pogo stick launched right on cue. 678 00:42:55,700 --> 00:42:58,700 But did it save him? 679 00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:00,700 It's all over the Buster Bear. 680 00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:05,700 His head's gone. 681 00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:07,700 We've got an arm. 682 00:43:07,700 --> 00:43:12,700 I believe this is more damage than we've ever done to Buster in one myth before. 683 00:43:12,700 --> 00:43:15,700 I think Buster feels good about a job well done, 684 00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:18,700 and he just hopes that we don't put his head on backwards. 685 00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:24,700 By the bottom of the shaft, the elevator and Buster were falling at 53 miles an hour. 686 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:29,700 Buster jumped up at three feet per second, or two miles an hour. 687 00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:36,700 Enough to hit the roof, but he still hit the ground at a fatal 51 miles an hour. 688 00:43:36,700 --> 00:43:38,700 I don't know if we can put it back together. 689 00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:39,700 Yeah, Scotty can do it. 690 00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:41,700 We can rebuild him. 691 00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:43,700 Come on. 692 00:43:43,700 --> 00:43:47,700 Buster will be repaired, but if he was smashed to pieces, 693 00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:52,700 how did that elevator operator survive her plunge in the Empire State Building 694 00:43:52,700 --> 00:43:55,700 from ten times the height? 695 00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:59,700 Turns out the car was a tight fit inside the shaft, 696 00:43:59,700 --> 00:44:01,700 so trapped a cushion of air beneath it, 697 00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:06,700 and the cable hanging below coiled into a kind of spring as it fell. 698 00:44:06,700 --> 00:44:11,700 Those two factors slowed the car enough to save her life. 699 00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:15,700 Alas, fate was not so kind to Buster. 700 00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:18,700 Well, you know, you might be weightless relative to the elevator, 701 00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:24,700 but you and the elevator are going down at 53 miles an hour. 702 00:44:24,700 --> 00:44:31,700 So unless you can jump up at 53 miles per hour, you're dead. 703 00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:33,700 I think we've done all that we can here. 704 00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:36,700 I think this myth is definitively and finally Buster. 705 00:44:36,700 --> 00:44:39,700 Yeah, it was fun though. 706 00:44:45,700 --> 00:44:49,700 Ocean Beach, San Francisco, a field of dreams. 707 00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:51,700 Good day for kicking a... 708 00:44:51,700 --> 00:44:56,700 For hovercraft builders, it promises triumph. 709 00:44:56,700 --> 00:45:01,700 Or the sand of defeat kicked in their face. 710 00:45:01,700 --> 00:45:05,700 But Adam has a secret weapon waiting in the wings, 711 00:45:05,700 --> 00:45:09,700 and he can certainly hold his own in the pre-match cycle. 712 00:45:09,700 --> 00:45:12,700 It certainly is pretty, isn't it? 713 00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:15,700 I like the flame decoration on the... 714 00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:17,700 What is that? The garbage can or is that the cowl? 715 00:45:17,700 --> 00:45:21,700 Sorry, that would be deducted fan cowling. 716 00:45:21,700 --> 00:45:25,700 Well, Jamie's rig is magnificent in its simplicity. 717 00:45:25,700 --> 00:45:29,700 I mean, there is not a wasted piece of wood or anything in this thing. 718 00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:33,700 He's got two motors, and I've got five. 719 00:45:33,700 --> 00:45:37,700 I'm not sure what that means, but I think it means that I'm going to go faster. 720 00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:42,700 The course is 200 yards out and back across sand and water. 721 00:45:42,700 --> 00:45:48,700 A grueling test, but by mutual agreement there's a last-minute concession. 722 00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:53,700 Team members can push, but Scotty is home sick. 723 00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:57,700 And there's Adam's secret weapon. 724 00:45:57,700 --> 00:46:00,700 This race is suddenly wide open. 725 00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:02,700 Get away from me! 726 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:06,700 Three, two, one, go! 727 00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:12,700 The Heinemann hoverboard leads out. 728 00:46:12,700 --> 00:46:19,700 But team Savage has pulled a switcheroo heading into the water hazard. 729 00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:23,700 It floats like it flies. 730 00:46:23,700 --> 00:46:25,700 I got to lose this. 731 00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:30,700 Jamie's first out of the water, but his lift engines have stalled. 732 00:46:30,700 --> 00:46:33,700 Fair play beat down. 733 00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:37,700 Adam's calling in reinforcements. 734 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:41,700 Yeah! Come on! 735 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:47,700 We got to go to the left around the buoy. 736 00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:50,700 Head home! Here we go! 737 00:46:52,700 --> 00:46:55,700 At the turn, Heinemann's heroes are closing in. 738 00:46:55,700 --> 00:47:00,700 Woo! We're almost there, we're almost there, we're doing great! 739 00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:04,700 Pushing Adam's heavy craft is taking its toll. 740 00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:14,700 A jockey change and fresh legs could be the difference. 741 00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:26,700 After doing everything in his power to fail, Adam has somehow won. 742 00:47:31,700 --> 00:47:34,700 Woo! Victory! 743 00:47:34,700 --> 00:47:37,700 Way to come in at the last minute there. 744 00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:43,700 Nice. That was possibly the stupidest contest ever in the world. 745 00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:45,700 The thing just filled full of sand. 746 00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:49,700 You know, we tested it on a shop floor, smooth concrete, worked great. 747 00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:55,700 I'm fairly confident we would have easily won the race, but it's a big scoop. 748 00:47:56,700 --> 00:48:04,700 It may be academic, but Jamie calls a rematch just to see who would have won without a systems. 749 00:48:04,700 --> 00:48:09,700 On dry land, it's no contest. This time, it's all Jamie. 750 00:48:09,700 --> 00:48:16,700 The Heinemann hoverboard leads the lily pad flyer in its wake, and a little pride is restored. 751 00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:20,700 Well, they both suck. 752 00:48:20,700 --> 00:48:23,700 What a beautiful movie. 753 00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:30,700 But what of the myth? Can you really build a levitation machine out of household items? 754 00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:36,700 Well, Jamie, if you ordered these plans out of a catalog to build a levitation machine out of three vacuum cleaner motors, 755 00:48:36,700 --> 00:48:41,700 we showed that you could do it, and I actually got about six inches of levitation. 756 00:48:41,700 --> 00:48:45,700 Yeah, but in my mind, it's not really levitation. This is a hovercraft. 757 00:48:45,700 --> 00:48:50,700 Well, I'd say for the record, this myth is plausible, but totally impractical. 758 00:48:50,700 --> 00:48:54,700 Yeah, plausible, but impractical.