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Give us a break and don't try anything you're about to see us do at home.

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How to keep your cool and your cash.

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Adam and Jamie go round in circles to settle a great automotive mystery.

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I get so much pleasure out of this discomfort.

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Who are the Mythbusters?

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Am I missing an eyebrow?

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Adam Savage

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I reject the reality and substitute my own.

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And Jamie Heidemann

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Crack, damn you.

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I wouldn't say Jamie's an evil genius.

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Between them more than 30 years special effects experience.

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When will the fun ever stop?

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They don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test.

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When the Mythbusters and machinery mix,

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the result is usually mayhem.

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So what have we here?

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A big crane, some shipping containers,

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cranes and pork lips and everything's all running at once.

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And Buster in a boom lift.

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I think Buster's about to be annihilated.

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Looks like we're in for some big scale myth busting.

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In fact, they don't come much bigger than this one.

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There's so much potential for major disaster in this.

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That's what's exciting.

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No matter what happens something cool is going to look cool.

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Alright guys, right off the discovery website comes a absolute gem for you to do.

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I'm a little jealous.

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A poster who gave us the tale of a guy using a boom lift,

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like one of those extended arm cherry pickers,

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to try and lift the engine out of his car.

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He's using a chain or something and that fails as he's doing it.

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And the boom lift catapults this poor guy up and over his house and into a tree.

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Whoa!

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Think you're up to it?

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I think that sounds like a real fun one.

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Not for Buster it won't be.

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He's going to be in the boom lift.

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A car engine will be suspended from the lift on a length of chain.

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At the right moment, a quick release mechanism will be triggered.

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The engine will drop and Buster will be catapulted out of the boom lift.

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Simple, right?

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Well you know it seems pretty straight forward right now,

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but I think it's going to get pretty tricky and it's going to use all your skills.

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First thing we need to do is find a boom lift.

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And you know they're not cheap so we've got to get right on that.

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Well also remember it's probably going to be the last thing you're ever going to do with this boom lift.

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So what? We don't want to go buy a brand new one.

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Maybe we can rent one, what do you think?

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Now seriously, would you rent anything to the mythbusters?

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Just so happens they found a second hand boom lift, free to a good home.

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Jamie and the build team go kickin' tires.

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We've got pretty good use out of it, but the problem is the engine failed for some reason.

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I think it needs a little work, but it's going to cost like $3,000.

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And it's not worth it to us to spend that much money on it.

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So I'd rather just give it away rather than sell it.

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Now the myth doesn't specify the size of the boom lift.

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The arm on this one extends 40 feet.

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A 40 foot extension is quite a bit and heck it's free.

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I think this is great, this is like a $50,000 machine or something brand new.

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And it works, it's everything we need.

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Who knows with a little tweaking it might be just a perfectly functional machine.

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It's not like Jamie to just jump in like that and sure enough it's not long before that mustache starts a twitching.

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The only question I would have would be what are our other choices and is there one with a longer boom on it?

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Because 40 feet, it's quite a ways up there, but if you have like an 80 or 90 footer,

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that would seem more likely to me to be able to get up to some serious speed

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at the end of that long of a lever that it would throw something 200 feet.

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When it comes to catapulting, size does matter.

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So it's thanks but no thanks.

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On the other side of town, a bigger boom lift awaits.

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There's nothing these junkyard junkies love more than a good rummage.

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Look he's coming, he's coming straight for us.

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This rusting relic has a 60 foot arm.

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This feels nice and secure, I definitely get on here and do some work.

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And can you believe it, it's also being given away.

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This thing's got a little gremlin in it.

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You run just fine and it stops.

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We call that Murphy. He's coming and our stop.

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I think I know what the gremlin is, but basically this boom has reached the end of its boom lift life, so I'm not going to fix it.

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Okay, but will the build team be able to get her going?

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Hydraulics all work fine on this thing. All the controls work fine, everything works fine on this thing.

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It's got an electrical gremlin and I do believe that it's either that solenoid,

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or it's that one there.

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The business end still works without the engine.

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Carrie takes it for a test drive.

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Do you feel that?

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Stordinarily bouncy.

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Yeah, you can manage it 60 feet out.

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Oh boy.

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It's like the end of being on the end of a fishing drive.

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That's what they're talking about.

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I could see someone having a lot of fun with this and getting into trouble.

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It could be very dangerous, very quick.

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My friend, that is music to the Mythbusters Eels.

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This bouncy boom lift is bringing out Carrie's sadistic side.

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Oh guys, this is going to be incredible.

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We definitely could throw him.

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Wow, look at that.

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It's like a triple.

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That's insane.

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Oh, that's quite a lot of bounce there.

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So maybe you guys can get me to a...

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Whoa.

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Guys, I think this one's it.

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That arm really sticks out there quite a ways.

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It's a heck of a lever.

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Tire's got off the ground.

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Now he says that it'll run.

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I guess it's a bit of a risk once we get it up there.

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We're kind of committed.

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It does come with manuals.

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That's probably going to be our biggest problem with this thing running.

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Tari, don't worry about the boom lift.

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How about poor old Buster?

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Will he be working?

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Looks like he's been mauled by a great white.

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So Buster is really busted up now.

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Like really badly.

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How did Buster end up in such a mess?

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Well, Adam and Jamie were trying to crack the elevator of death myth.

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In the name of science, Buster took an eight-story free fall

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and soon understood the gravity of the situation.

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I don't know if we can put it back together.

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Yeah, Scotty can do it.

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He's still smiling though.

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He always has that little smile.

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Still to come.

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Which will save you gas?

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AC on or windows down?

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Jamie's going to hate this a lot more than I am.

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Adam and Jamie go driving myth crazy.

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And after the break, will it be bye-bye Buster?

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The boom lift catapult is locked and loaded.

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The myth Busters want to know,

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can you turn a boom lift into a deadly catapult?

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This is going to be incredible!

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Buster's going to be in the boom lift when it goes off,

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but he's already gone to pieces.

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But we can rebuild him.

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Gentlemen, Scotty has the technology.

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So I think what I'm going to do is rebuild his shoulder

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and modify it. I'm going to make it out of steel.

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Steel is a lot stronger than aluminum for impact.

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Right Buster?

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Scotty begins the delicate surgery.

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Meanwhile, it's chaos in the car park.

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The boom lift's about to arrive.

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You can actually operate this thing almost entirely

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just off battery power.

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But doing it that way sucks up a lot of juts

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and the battery will need constant recharging.

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It'll be better if the engine's running.

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But first things first, it's touch and go,

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but it looks like Buster's going to pull through.

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So is that it? Is he ready for action again?

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He is ready.

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You've done a good job, Scotty.

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Look at that brand new hips.

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What is that? Roll pins? Set screws.

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Nicely done.

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Then there's a grade eight half inch threaded stud in there.

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No rest for Scotty though.

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It's straight from Buster to boom lift.

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Just a little electrical gremlin, the guy said.

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Dry. It's totally dry.

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Got a hole in the gas line, so Scotty's going to go see

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if she can find some new hose and we're going to try this again.

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Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

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I don't know what this is.

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I don't have one of these on my car.

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Don't you know how to fix engines?

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Yeah, that's a myth that we're going to bust right now.

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Let's leave Scotty to get on with it.

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The catapult has been around since ancient Greece.

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It's been around for a long time.

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It's been around for a long time.

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It's been around for a long time.

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It's been around for a long time.

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The catapult has been around since ancient Greece.

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According to the myth, the boom lift became a type of catapult

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known as attraction trebuchet.

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Tension stored in the arm itself provides the flinging force.

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That's what the mythbusters hope to replicate, eventually.

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I think it's time to call in the expert.

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Would that be Jamie or Adam?

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Jamie, in this case.

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Tori and Kari, meanwhile, are handling the crucial matter of signage.

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Godspeed the Tosser and all who are catapulted from it.

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Assuming we ever get it going.

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You'll have to clean it. It's just a little dirt in there.

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But the engine works fine. You're going to be in business.

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There's no question about it.

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Okay? So I'd pull the whole car off and do a proper job.

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But this is one moody machine.

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No!

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And the curse of the cantakorous boom lift strikes.

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Watch out, watch out, sorry. Oh, we got an emergency.

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Kari cops an eye full of gas.

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Yeah.

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Go down, go down, go down.

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It's like the ocean.

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How long do you do this before it's at home?

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You can do it for at least 15 minutes.

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Kari'll be okay.

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Well, it's a little red.

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A little red.

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As for the Tosser, it only works in fits and starts.

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Want to push that button?

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Still, that might be enough to test this myth.

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Okay, so our next step is to attach a chain between the engine and the basket with a quick release.

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And then we'll pull the quick release when we have it under tension and see how far Buster goes.

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Now take a ride.

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Not surprisingly, Buster seems a little reluctant to get on the boom lift.

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Buster!

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Come on, stop climbing around.

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What is this? Pants.

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As per the myth, a car engine will dangle from a length of chain under the lift.

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Just to note, it takes quite a lot of force to move the quick release under load.

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How did you guys do it? You need to deal with it?

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I did it with a piece of 16th inch cable.

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Okay.

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And not only that, the quick release requires an up pull or a down pull, so you'll need to rig a pulley in line.

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So you can transfer that force from the side.

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Because you don't want to be anywhere near it when it goes off.

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You're not doing it the Jamie way, obviously.

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I know, I'm doing it the Adam way.

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Quick and dirty, but it gets done.

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It looks like these kind of accidents happen all the time.

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It's actually more of a question with this myth whether Buster's going to be shot over a house

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or if he's just going to tumble out of the basket under the ground.

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For the first test, the tosser's arm won't be extended.

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Now, just got to work out who's going to operate the quick release.

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Road, sham, butt.

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Hot man, now.

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Alright, whoa, whoa.

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It's face off. Me and Scotty.

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Looks like Scotty wins.

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Right, it's the moment of truth.

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Will Buster be a far flung dummy or is this myth far fetched?

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Five, four, three, two, one.

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Wow.

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That was cool.

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Buster.

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He didn't even move.

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Buster barely wobbled.

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Well, that was the most anemic catapult I've ever seen.

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In fact, Buster didn't even budge.

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He didn't like quiver hardly on that one.

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So now we're going to lift the boom up to where it's kind of in the same position

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and extend it all the way out from there.

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And I'm hoping that that'll actually create a little bit more of a whip when we let go of the engine.

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Alright, I'm going to count down.

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49, 48.

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Scotty.

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Five, four, three, two, one.

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And Buster didn't even spill his coffee.

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He didn't even drop the cup.

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Well, Scotty's had an idea.

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Well, I'm thinking that if this guy was pulling it from a car and he was up in the basket,

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the engine might have been caught on something.

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And he couldn't tell and that would have been enough to break the chain.

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So should we get the caddy in here?

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It's Earl's turn.

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Alright, let's hook it up to the caddy.

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Jamie, like Buster, is unmoved.

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Even if it was double what it just did, which it won't do, you know, nothing's going to happen.

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If Scotty believes it can happen, that means a lot of people believe it can happen,

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so we should try to prove it.

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It'll be thorough.

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Okay, let me know when you're ready.

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The size of the boom lift might actually be working against them.

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The tosser's big enough to absorb the force of the engine's sudden release.

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Will Earl's weight make any difference?

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Five, four, three, two, one.

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Wow.

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Dude, he's still holding onto his coffee.

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Well, there you go.

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We're going to have to elaborate on the myth.

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We're going to have to do this myth busters way?

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Yeah.

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Doing things the myth busters way usually spells trouble on a tight, tannic scale.

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The build team has an idea and it's a biggie.

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But before they go big, they've got to go small.

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Tori sets about building a scale model boom lift.

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What we're trying to do is turn this boom lift into a catapult.

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So an idea we came up with was turning the front axles into an actual pivot point.

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Raising...

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And then just using the weight of the body of the thing as the catapult weight to.

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Exactly.

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What we're going to do is we're going to raise it up, grab these points here,

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and then let the actual thing swing forward, just like that.

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So this is a scale model.

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And then we have scale model truck containers that we're going to use to put this on and use it to lift it up.

296
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You think those will be strong enough?

297
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The truck containers?

298
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Yeah.

299
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I don't know.

300
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I mean, how much does this thing weigh?

301
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This thing actually weighs around 25,000 pounds.

302
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I can reinforce those.

303
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Well, it also looks like it's not quite high enough to get a full swing.

304
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If you wanted to catapult something, you needed it to go all the way over, right?

305
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Yeah.

306
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Right now we're hitting right there.

307
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So we've got to go up higher?

308
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We'll probably have to get two containers.

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They're totally stacked.

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You can stack them and lock them together, right?

311
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Yeah.

312
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Well, no guts, no glory.

313
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How about a little demonstration using a cutout Jamie doll?

314
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Well, that's not too bad.

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That might have made it, you know, like 80, 100 feet or something.

316
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I think that's pretty good.

317
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What Tori's proposing to build is called a counterweight trebuchet.

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This type of catapult, which was popular in the Middle Ages, lets gravity do the work.

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Big rock at one end, even bigger counterweight at the other.

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When fired, the counterweight drops and the big rock goes about its business,

321
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certain to cause belligerence on the battlements.

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You black-hearted, bespilling dog.

323
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Never you, well-named poacher.

324
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And this would have to be the mother of all trebuchets.

325
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A colossal catapult in the heart of rural England.

326
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Built by a medieval enthusiast with a lot of time on his hands,

327
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this 30-ton monster has no problem flinging fiery fuel bombs.

328
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Oh, and if you're in the area, don't leave your vehicle unattended.

329
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Well, not bad, eh?

330
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Not bad.

331
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Smashed it up pretty nice.

332
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It won't drive again anyway, I don't think.

333
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Not very well, no.

334
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Will the tosser be able to wreak similar havoc?

335
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Turning heavy machinery into a medieval weapon.

336
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It doesn't get any more mythbusters than that.

337
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Still to come, it's all hands on deck as the boom lift becomes the world's biggest catapult.

338
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And next, which sucks up more fuel, raging air conditioning, or rolling down your windows?

339
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With world oil prices on the rise, everyone's looking for ways to save pennies at the pump.

340
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How can you get better fuel economy?

341
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Gentlemen, start your engines.

342
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So is this really an urban legend, Jamie?

343
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No, it's more of an urban puzzle.

344
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Like one of those things you would discuss endlessly, sitting in traffic, or debate on a road trip.

345
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Yeah, the idea is that on a really hot day, it's more efficient to run with your air conditioning on full blast and your windows up than it is to drive with the windows down and the AC off.

346
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Well, that seems pretty logical, that seems right to me.

347
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I don't know about that. AC use is an awful lot of power.

348
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Oh, I think a car with a windows open is creating an awful lot of drag.

349
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That's what makes it a perfect test for mythbusters.

350
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And that would be us.

351
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That would be us.

352
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Alright.

353
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Ever since the first auto air conditioners arrived in the 1940s, drivers have asked the question,

354
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do you get better fuel economy with the AC on or the windows down?

355
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The mythbusters are about to run two tests to find out once and for all.

356
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Auto computer gurus Bob and Jesse are helping out with the first test.

357
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This computer will measure fuel consumption by monitoring the rate of air flow through the SUV's engine.

358
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This is going to calculate our average miles per gallon. This is our estimated miles per gallon.

359
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We've got a computer hooked up to the car. We're going to do 15 laps, 5 with the windows up, 5 with the windows down, and 5 with the windows up and the AC on full.

360
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We're going to see if the computer shows us a significant difference in the mileage of the car in those conditions.

361
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Time to hit the road.

362
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Alright, on my countdown in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go.

363
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The first 5 laps will measure fuel consumption with the windows up and the AC off.

364
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Now, this won't be a leisurely Sunday drive.

365
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SUV's aren't built for racetracks. Their tires certainly aren't. Also, the track is banked.

366
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And Jamie will have to concentrate all the way.

367
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Jamie's going to hate this a lot more than I am. I mean, I'm not going to find it pleasant, but I get so much pleasure out of his discomfort.

368
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You know, Jamie, they regularly pull 160 miles per hour on the track.

369
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I'm not going to be laughing in a couple of minutes when I'm plowing one of these behemoths across the lanes.

370
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Jamie keeps the needle hovering at around 55 miles per hour.

371
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After 5 laps with the windows up, the fuel consumption figures are in.

372
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Right now we're averaging 11.7 miles to a gallon.

373
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Now it's time to roll the windows down.

374
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It looks like we're averaging about 11.4 to 11.3 with all the windows down in the vehicle.

375
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Jamie, you're doing great. You are a tribute to American individualism.

376
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I wish I could see his face right now.

377
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It would be completely impassive. You wouldn't see a single change on it.

378
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That's windows up and AC on. Repeat, windows up and AC on. This is the last 5 laps.

379
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We're averaging 11.7.

380
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000
So we're averaging 11.7.

381
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Jamie gets the checkered flag, but that SUV is no race car.

382
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I gotta say it's pretty intense and I'm going to be ill.

383
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We are going to be dead after this is over as far from exhaustion.

384
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I was starting to get a little more relaxed in it trying to lay back and go,

385
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you know, no big deal.

386
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You have to focus. It was a real stretch for me even to open and close the windows doing that.

387
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What was the difference in actual miles per gallon?

388
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With the windows up and AC on, it was right around 11.7 and 11.8.

389
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With AC on and off, it didn't make a difference that much.

390
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With the windows down, it was 11.3 and that's where it was making a difference with the drag of the wind.

391
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,000
Wow. That seems pretty significant over a full tank of gas.

392
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000
Oh yeah. Big time.

393
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:10,000
So clearly it's more efficient to drive with the windows up and the air conditioning on

394
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than to drive with the windows down.

395
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000
Yeah, definitely.

396
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That's what the computer said.

397
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So that's that all figured out.

398
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000
Not quite. There's still a question mark.

399
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000
See, those figures are based on a computer model.

400
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That model assumes ideal conditions.

401
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000
Adam and Jamie like to test things out for themselves.

402
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That's why they're doing the Average Joe test.

403
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Okay everybody from Jamie's car, come on, get on the scale.

404
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Two identical SUVs, two full tanks and two identical payloads.

405
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Everybody in Adam's car, let's get weighed in. Come on.

406
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One SUV has the AC on and the other has the window down.

407
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The logic is simple. The vehicle that uses the most gas will stop first.

408
00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,000
It'll be a seven hour marathon and the boys have to be prepared.

409
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:06,000
I got a whole regimen. I got bananas, I got cookies, I got candies, I got lots of coffee

410
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and I got lots of music.

411
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000
Come on Jamie.

412
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,000
Don't knock it till you've tried it.

413
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,000
Think twice before accepting a dinner invitation to Jamie's house.

414
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This is lunch.

415
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,000
Question is, has he already eaten it?

416
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This particular batch, I call the 440 Fort, has four fruits, four vegetables and four grains.

417
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,000
It actually tastes quite nice. It's sort of like a spacho.

418
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000
Sure it does Jamie, but how do you actually eat it?

419
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Split the corner of it. This is sort of dripping because I had to thaw it.

420
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And you just kind of go like that and it down it goes.

421
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Don't know how he's going to manage that while driving around a racetrack at 55 miles per hour.

422
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Let's suffer together brother.

423
00:25:53,000 --> 00:26:01,000
Well, you know, and also remember going at that speed on this track, if you have a blowout, it may not be a safe thing.

424
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Later.

425
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000
And away we go.

426
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:10,000
Jamie's got the AC on. Adam has the windows down. Who will run out of gas first?

427
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,000
I would not have called that at all. I'm really surprised. I'm shocked even.

428
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:20,000
And up next, the danger levels reach critical as the boom lift catapult prepares to fire.

429
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,000
Once this thing is up in the air, we're not going to hear it.

430
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To work.

431
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000
The boom lift myths already been busted.

432
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000
And Buster didn't even spill his coffee.

433
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There's no way a person could be hurled 200 feet from a 60 foot boom lift under normal circumstances.

434
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,000
But how about abnormal circumstances?

435
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I'm getting my pork lift lesson for the day.

436
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,000
I'm going to get some gas.

437
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:20,000
Here's the plan. The 30,000 pound boom lift will be placed on top of four storage containers with its front axle acting as a pivot point.

438
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The arm will be cocked and when it's released, the massive weight of the swinging machine will catapult poor old Buster through space like Mitty Vellamo.

439
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,000
It's audacious. It's ludicrous. It's myth busters.

440
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First, the containers have to be stacked.

441
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000
Let's go up.

442
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,000
You need to pull it so we get parallel.

443
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000
Yeah.

444
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,000
Okay.

445
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,000
Good.

446
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000
I hope the rest of it is that easy.

447
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000
You just totally jinxed us.

448
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000
This is going to be awesome.

449
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:14,000
Can you imagine that 30,000 pound man lift just swinging through here?

450
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000
It's going to be ridiculous.

451
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,000
This is what I like. There's so much potential for a huge disaster.

452
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000
I would plant it from the top.

453
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,000
The containers will have to be reinforced to take the weight of the boom lift.

454
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000
All right.

455
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:35,000
The engineering that we're doing here is just kind of gut by gut and by seated at the pants.

456
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:44,000
You know, we know how much this lift over here, the tosser weighs and we know how much the weight of the boom lift is.

457
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:52,000
We know how much this lift over here, the tosser weighs and we know how much those things weigh.

458
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We're eyeballing the thickness of the steel and the way that they're built and everything.

459
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And my money says that it'll hold just fine.

460
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,000
This whole thing is just really one of the more extravagant stunts that we've done, I think.

461
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,000
Hey, Carrie, make sure we've extended all the way out.

462
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000
No problem.

463
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:18,000
Yeah, now let's see whether we can do the same thing here.

464
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The boom arm will be caulked by anchoring it to a weight.

465
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I gotta say, you know, I don't think anybody's ever done this before.

466
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:29,000
You know, this has to be a world first, either that or it's just stupid.

467
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,000
Next, steel tubes have to be welded onto the front wheels.

468
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:39,000
These have to support the whole boom lift as it swings down.

469
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000
So it'd be nice if they didn't come off.

470
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,000
Measuring that hub, it's exactly 11 inches.

471
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:49,000
And measuring this is exactly 12 inches and you've got exactly half inch stuff there.

472
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There's like no margin of error.

473
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,000
That's why we have a round surface, round stock for shimming the...

474
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,000
Good thing Scotty's on the case. She's a welding wonder.

475
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,000
He's getting through it. He's a good student.

476
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,000
Thank you, Scotty.

477
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:14,000
It's easy to do things, not easy to think about what to do.

478
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

479
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,000
Very nice.

480
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We're nearing launch. Where's our catapult seat?

481
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,000
Alright, Buster. No more yoga. You're going in the basket.

482
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,000
Not without some more gentle persuasion.

483
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000
Hold on, hold on.

484
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000
Okay, okay.

485
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000
Right now we've got Buster in the basket.

486
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000
Scotty and Tori are up on the lift trying to secure some braces.

487
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000
It's getting really exciting.

488
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000
We're just about to lift up with this giant boom lift.

489
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,000
No matter what, it's going to be something amazing.

490
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:06,000
It's going to take the whole thing down or it's going to throw Buster across this lot.

491
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,000
The question is how far?

492
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,000
Well, I mean obviously the tradition is we always have to see if we can catch Buster

493
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000
by estimating his distance perfectly.

494
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,000
So, I don't know.

495
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,000
I think about another maybe 15 feet that way.

496
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:26,000
It's got to be 100 times more, you know, thrust than what the myth would have in it.

497
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,000
You still don't think he's going to go a couple hundred feet?

498
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,000
No, I don't think he's going to go much farther than right about here.

499
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,000
It's almost time to crank up the crane.

500
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,000
Jamie delivers one last safety pep talk.

501
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,000
Nobody gets under this thing.

502
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:45,000
The crane or anything that's suspended nowhere near it.

503
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,000
You don't run across it because you forgot something or anything like that.

504
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,000
Do not do that.

505
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000
It's totally, once this thing is up in the air, we're not going to get near it.

506
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,000
Our two failure points are going to be either the containers are going to buckle

507
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,000
or those axle extensions are going to break the welds.

508
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,000
So, both are both.

509
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000
Still to come. Countdown to catapult.

510
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:12,000
On my count in five, four, three.

511
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:19,000
And after the break, lapping it up, Adam and Jamie find out who keeps their cool and their fuel.

512
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,000
It's getting pretty chilly in here.

513
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:34,000
Adam and Jamie are preparing to embark on a road trip up to seven hours around Altamont Raceway.

514
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:41,000
All to find out which gives you better fuel economy, turning on the AC or rolling down the windows.

515
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:46,000
It'll be enough to give them white line fever and it could get dangerous.

516
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000
This test will not be fun.

517
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,000
I'll have to pee.

518
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,000
I'll probably have to poo before this thing is done.

519
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,000
I'll have to be holding it in.

520
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,000
The producer will be taunting me on the radio the whole time.

521
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,000
The wheels are going to be screeching.

522
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000
We'll have a tire blowout at some point, I'm sure.

523
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000
And that's exactly the problem.

524
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:09,000
At 55 miles per hour, the blowout danger is too great.

525
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:14,000
Safety officials insist on a shorter test at a slower speed.

526
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:24,000
Plan B, using this pump, the guys will empty the SUV's tanks and then put exactly five gallons of gas into each one.

527
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:31,000
Seems like a good idea, but it's a lot easier to put gas into a car than to take it out.

528
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:38,000
Well, the plan seemed really simple, but in classic Mythbusters style, bring a couple of cars to a race track,

529
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,000
running them until their fuel is gone.

530
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,000
Five hours into it, we haven't gotten started yet.

531
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,000
It's turning out to be a big job.

532
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,000
Everybody has to take their turn at the pump.

533
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,000
A little music helps pass the time.

534
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Finally, the grey SUV's empty.

535
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,000
So it all starts again with the white one.

536
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000
At last, both tanks are dry.

537
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,000
Well, we're finally ready to do this bloody test.

538
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,000
These cars are out of gas.

539
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:20,000
We're putting in exactly five gallons in each car.

540
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000
We're going to drive them until they run out.

541
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000
Looks like we're ready to roll.

542
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,000
Well, almost ready.

543
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000
There you go.

544
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,000
Here we go.

545
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,000
Ready to go.

546
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000
It's going to be cold in here.

547
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,000
Gentlemen, stop your engines.

548
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,000
Roger that. Starting now.

549
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000
Roger, starting.

550
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,000
Get ready.

551
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000
And away we go.

552
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:58,000
Remember, these are identical vehicles carrying identical amounts of fuel and identical payloads.

553
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:04,000
Because of safety concerns, Adam and Jamie will stick to 45 miles per hour.

554
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:09,000
Jamie's grey SUV has the AC on full and the windows up.

555
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:14,000
Adam's vehicle has the AC off and the windows down.

556
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:19,000
Five gallons of gas in each, which will stop first.

557
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,000
We are cruising at 45 miles per hour.

558
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000
Round and round they go.

559
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Where they stop, but nobody knows.

560
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000
It's getting pretty chilly in here.

561
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000
Glad I brought my coat.

562
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000
I'm a camera man who doesn't have one on.

563
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,000
It's kind of hard on your neck going around like this.

564
00:35:50,000 --> 00:36:04,000
Remember kids, this test is being done by professional drivers on the closed track.

565
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000
Your results may differ.

566
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:14,000
The computer test showed that blasting the AC was more fuel efficient than driving with the windows down.

567
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:20,000
But what's this? Jamie's AC-cooled SUV is slowing down.

568
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000
Yeah, I'm coasting now.

569
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:27,000
Jamie's car just cracked out and mine's still going strong at 45 miles per hour.

570
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,000
Looks like it's more fuel efficient to drive with your windows down than with your AC on.

571
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,000
I don't get it.

572
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:40,000
So Adam, what do you think? Are you going to keep running for another half hour or what?

573
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:47,000
I don't know. When I come in I think we're just going to have to bust this myth and say that the fuel efficiency is better with your windows down than with your AC on.

574
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,000
Yeah, that's sort of what the test says, isn't it? Over.

575
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:54,000
I would not have called that at all. I'm really surprised. I'm shocked even.

576
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:03,000
30 laps later, Adam's naturally ventilated vehicle finally runs out of gas.

577
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:09,000
Oh man. I feel like I'm leaning like this.

578
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000
That totally confounded my expectations.

579
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:16,000
There's no other way of interpreting it. We've gone over all of the facts of what went on here.

580
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,000
I ran out first by running the AC.

581
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:23,000
Yeah, 15 miles ago. That's 30 laps that I did that you didn't do. I mean, I'm just like...

582
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
Windows versus AC. What's the verdict?

583
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:36,000
Well, the computer showed that it was actually better to run with the AC on. Not by much, but it was better.

584
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:41,000
I've got a little bit of a problem with that, which is the computer's actually measuring the air flow into the engine,

585
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,000
not the fuel consumption of the engine.

586
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:49,000
And it's basing its assessment on a computerized model under ideal circumstances.

587
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:54,000
Yeah, our average Joe test was pretty straightforward and kind of foolproof.

588
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000
We put so much gas in, we ran for so long.

589
00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:02,000
And it pretty definitively showed by almost 15% that running with the windows down was a lot more fuel efficient.

590
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000
Yeah, that's a pretty significant difference.

591
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,000
So, AC being more fuel efficient, I'd say busted.

592
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,000
Busted.

593
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,000
Yeah.

594
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,000
After the break, is this the world's biggest human catapult?

595
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,000
Find out, because we're going to fire it any second now.

596
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,000
The boom lift catapults approaching critical mass.

597
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:35,000
Five, four, three, two, one.

598
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,000
This myth has already been busted.

599
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:42,000
There's no way anyone could be thrown 200 feet from a 60 foot boom lift.

600
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:50,000
Unless, of course, the boom lift happens to be balanced on some shipping containers and rigged to go off like a medieval catapult.

601
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:11,000
Busters hanging on for dear life.

602
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:14,000
It's looking good, man. This is going to be pretty awesome.

603
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,000
He was just touching that post.

604
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,000
Oh, okay.

605
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,000
Slow down!

606
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,000
Christine, hold yours, Christine.

607
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000
That looks pretty good.

608
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000
That looks good there.

609
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,000
Stop!

610
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,000
The containers seem to be bearing the weight of the boom lift.

611
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:45,000
We're not seeing any signs of stress on the containers or on the welds.

612
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,000
So, so far so good.

613
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Yeah, I'm starting up, okay?

614
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,000
Yep.

615
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000
Busters are gone, or now?

616
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,000
Now the arm has to be lowered and cocked.

617
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,000
Stay back and hover this way.

618
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:05,000
Adam takes the strain in the forklift. Buster begins his slow descent.

619
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,000
Everything looks just fine.

620
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,000
Roger that.

621
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:16,000
As he lowers into position, the body of the truck rises, putting strain on Scotty's axle extensions.

622
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,000
If it's all going to come crashing down, now's the time.

623
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000
Okay.

624
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,000
Okay.

625
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Busters in position. The boom lift catapult is locked and loaded. Any last thoughts?

626
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,000
I think the whole damn thing is just going to fall down.

627
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,000
I think there's about a 10% chance of the whole thing falling down.

628
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:44,000
About a 40% chance of Buster actually flying any distance, and the other 50% is Buster going boom right in front of the thing.

629
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,000
Okay, let's see.

630
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,000
Alright, everybody grab yourself a piece of the cable.

631
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,000
Looks like a tug-of-war team on the quick release cable.

632
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,000
Anybody that's not ready!

633
00:40:55,000 --> 00:41:01,000
This is it. Time to answer the question, catapult or catastrophic?

634
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:07,000
On my count in five, four, three, two, one.

635
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,000
Woo!

636
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,000
What?

637
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,000
Yeah!

638
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:32,000
I don't think we're going to be returning this lift.

639
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,000
Oh my God!

640
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,000
Oh, destruction.

641
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:46,000
In the container canyon, there's carnage. The tosser's taken its last look.

642
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000
Oh my God. Look at the wheels popped off.

643
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,000
The wheels broke right off the edge.

644
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Hey Adam, would you say it's safe to say that there won't be a second shot?

645
00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:03,000
Buster isn't feeling a hundred percent either. He really suffered at the end of the long arm of the law of gravity.

646
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:08,000
He lost both legs, one leg separated and his hand ended up what, 20 feet away?

647
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,000
Congratulations, that's the most destruction Buster's taken in a single drop.

648
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,000
We're going to end him here.

649
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:26,000
Still, he's nowhere near the gurney.

650
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:30,000
The distance to the furthest body part, I'd say you got 65 feet.

651
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,000
What do you think guys? Is the myth busted?

652
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,000
Oh, myth totally failed, completely busted. Totally, completely busted.

653
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,000
And Buster? Busted. And Boom Lift? Busted.

654
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000
Everything's busted.

655
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,000
Triggered? Busted.

656
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000
So you guys going to stick around for the cleanup?

657
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000
No, no, we're going to go to some Buster's.

658
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,000
Great!

659
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,000
Hi, thanks for helping with the fun part.

660
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:06,000
Myth Busters, breaking big things for science every day.

661
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,000
Alright, still rolling.

662
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:19,000
Well, I know if you're watching this show, a bunch of you think that we're screwing it up.

663
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:25,000
Yeah, so give me some feedback online in a live chat immediately after the show on Discovery.com.

664
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:30,000
Join Adam and Jamie tonight after the show for a live chat at Discovery.com.

665
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,000
Next Wednesday, Adam and Jamie really blow their stacks.

666
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,000
Big Boom, Big Boom, Big Boom!

667
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,000
Plus an exclusive look at the new build, National Treasure.

668
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,000
The best deal of declaration ever, guys.

669
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,000
A two-hour Myth Busters National Treasure special.

670
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,000
Next Wednesday at 8 only on the Discovery Channel.