1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,500 On this episode of MythBusters, 2 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:03,500 Come on! 3 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:05,500 the team take on Hollywood 4 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:09,000 in the myth of the life raft parachute. 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,000 No! 6 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 The build team lose their heads over hair care. 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,500 Broke explosion! 8 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:18,000 as they test the explosive properties of hair cream. 9 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Hold up, babe. 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,000 And at the boneyard, the boys are having fun. 11 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Ah, this occurred to me. What am I doing today? 12 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,500 Cuttin' up a plane! 13 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:29,500 For a tall tale of fuselage free fall, 14 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:33,500 where Buster discovers velocity can be terminal. 15 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:34,500 Oh my god. 16 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:37,500 Who are the MythBusters? 17 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,500 Adam Savage 18 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:42,000 I reject the reality and substitute my own. 19 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,500 And Jamie Heineman 20 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:45,500 We're either gonna die or we're gonna fly. 21 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:49,500 Between them more than 30 years special effects experience. 22 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,000 That was intense. 23 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,500 They don't just tell the myths, 24 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:57,500 they put them to the test. 25 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:01,500 The MythBusters 26 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:10,500 So, we're back at one of our favorite locations to shoot at, Jamie. 27 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:11,500 What are we doing here this time? 28 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:13,500 Well, I'm not sure what you're doing here. 29 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:15,500 Why don't you take that off before we pass out? 30 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:20,500 Um, this is yet another interesting Hollywood approach to physics. 31 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:24,500 And it involves surviving a fall from an aircraft 32 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:28,000 by using a escape slide or a life raft as a parachute. 33 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 You know how to fly, don't you? 34 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 No. 35 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Everyone's favorite archaeologist shows us how it's done. 36 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:46,000 With a physics defying save the day Hollywood leap of faith. 37 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Followed by an unlikely landing. 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:57,000 So is it Hollywood hocus pocus or can it be done in the real world? 39 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 For answers, the team have come once again to the Mojave Desert Boneyard, 40 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,000 aka MythBusting Heaven. 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,000 That was cool! 42 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Where old airliners go to die. 43 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 So, what is our plan? Where do we begin? 44 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 Well, obviously we have to find an escape slide and a life raft 45 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:21,000 and we're gonna attach Buster to them and haul him up in the air in a helicopter. 46 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,000 At that point we'll drop him and compare the speed that he falls at 47 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 with what he would fall if he wasn't attached to anything. 48 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 And maybe it'll be a survivable speed. 49 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Well, one can only hope. 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 In order to simulate a fall from an aircraft, 51 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 the team need only drop Buster from 2,000 feet 52 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,000 because an average person will reach their terminal or maximum velocity 53 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 in the first 14 seconds of a free fall. 54 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,000 So, no point going any higher because he won't hit the ground any harder. 55 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Grant has given the task of preparing Buster for his aerial raft ride. 56 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 The free-flight rig is all about information. 57 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,000 To crack this myth, the team will need to know exactly how fast the fall 58 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 and more importantly, how hard the landing. 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 In order to determine if Buster has survived any of these falls, 60 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 we've got a variety of meters. 61 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 We've got the accelerometer in the head. 62 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 We've got a velocity meter that's actually used by the special forces 63 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:26,000 that senses changes in air pressure to tell you what the velocity is. 64 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,000 We've got frangible bones that we know will break according to human bones. 65 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,000 We've got shock meters that will tell us by visual indication 66 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 if we've exceeded certain G-forces. 67 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 And there's always the trusty radar gun 68 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 that Grant will use to manually track Buster to the ground. 69 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Plus, it's cool. 70 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,000 And speaking of toys, Christmas has just come early for Adam. 71 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I'm just about to do something that I have always wanted to do, 72 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 which is to pull the quick release on an inflatable life raft. 73 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Back at base, Carrie has found an explosive myth on the Discovery fan site. 74 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:13,000 It seems in the 1950s, the Canadian Air Force had a series of freak accidents with their fighter planes. 75 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 One application makes your hair look excitingly clean. 76 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Supposedly, the pilots were decapitated by an explosion before the planes even hit the ground. 77 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,000 This man applied twice. Now he's in trouble. 78 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,000 It seems that a combination of hair cream, an oxygen-rich environment, 79 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,000 and a spark from the communication system might have made the head explode into flames. 80 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 We refuse to be responsible. 81 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:44,000 So could our daffodil Canadian's hair care regime, pure oxygen to his face mask, 82 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:50,000 and a simple communications short circuit in his F-104 Starfighter, 83 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,000 really lead to a mind-blowing flight? 84 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Since we know that oxygen can cause a very aggressive fire or even an explosion, 85 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:06,000 given the right fuels, it seems to me that the heart of this myth is whether hair cream and hair 86 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,000 are one of those explosive fuels. 87 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,000 And so we need to maybe start out with a scale miniature of this 88 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,000 and see what happens with that before we start to deal with massive quantities of hair cream 89 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 and potentially all, you know, die. 90 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Dying would be bad. 91 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 To avoid it, the build team rigs an explosion chamber 92 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,000 in which they'll carry out their flammability tests. 93 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Test one. 94 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:38,000 In an oxygen-rich environment, will a short circuit spark ignite hair without hair cream? 95 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,000 We'll test in three, two, one. 96 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Missile that. 97 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Okay, no results with spark only. 98 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Test two. 99 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Under the same conditions, will hair rubbed with hair cream go up in flames? 100 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Go. 101 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Yay! 102 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Fireball! 103 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 It's sparking. Look at the sparking. 104 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Oh, and it's traveling up in flames. 105 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Oh dear. 106 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,000 With full marks in the bench tests, there was even time for a little extra-curricular fun. 107 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 One. 108 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 With some old-school hairspray. 109 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Ah! 110 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Please read the label as hairspray is flammable. 111 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Leave endangering yourself and your hair to the mythbusters. 112 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Sounds like all you need to do now is bump it to the full scale to see if you can get a full-scale explosion and or a decapitation. 113 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Yeah, you need to recreate the conditions in a fighter cock that I guess that altitude. 114 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:41,000 To recreate cabin conditions, Tari tackles the question of cockpit volume. 115 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000 The math stuff's hard. 116 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:49,000 For help, he visits the Hiller Aviation Museum, where he finds a model of a USA4. 117 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:56,000 The A4 has an almost identical cockpit setup to the Canadian starfighter of this myth. 118 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:02,000 It's probably a lot easier to measure from the outside, but it's a lot funner to measure from the inside. 119 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Tari has all the data he needs. 120 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Now to work out how to build his own fighter from junk lying around the yard. 121 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 I think I found my cockpit. 122 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 The Charama. 123 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 One previous conviction. 124 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Last seen on Shark Week in a Ram Rain. 125 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:27,000 While Tari is cutting out the canopy of the cockpit, the rest of the team get busy turning this shark into a jet. 126 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Grant focuses on recreating cabin conditions of an F-104 at 30,000 feet. 127 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:40,000 He rigs inlets for oxygen to the pilot and regular air to pressurize the vessel to 5 psi. 128 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Using real hair from the local barber shop, Tari makes some toupees for the Canadian pilot Flambé. 129 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Hey, if the bus didn't work out for you, you could go into the toupee making business. 130 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,000 And you can't have decapitation without a head. 131 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Kiss me, kiss me. 132 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:03,000 This is the helmet they would have worn in a F-104 Starfighter. 133 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 Oh, look at that. 134 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Look at the eagle. 135 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 That is badass. 136 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 That is so hot. 137 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:17,000 The working face mask and helmet gives this myth the seal of authenticity. 138 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Tiny headed Canadians. 139 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Plus Adam will have to try it on and there'll be an all too brief moment of silence. 140 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Okay, I can't move on his face. 141 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 This right here would have been the pilot's microphone. 142 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Grant believes the most likely ignition source was a short circuit from the 24 volt intercom. 143 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,000 So he rigs his ignition system from the small scale tests to the face mask. 144 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,000 And plan B is the trusty model rocket igniter. 145 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Back up headgear will be this full faced Russian MiG helmet. 146 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 First, they'll check the airtight neck seal. 147 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Oh my God. 148 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Yep, that works. 149 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Alright, you're ready to take off. 150 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Now to get it off. 151 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Got me to hit your face. 152 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 No problem bro. 153 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 That was easy. 154 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 That's a cure. 155 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 That sucks. 156 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:37,000 In the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones with desperate ingenuity that wouldn't look out of place in an episode of Mythbusters 157 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,000 uses a life raft as a parachute. 158 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,000 To test this Hollywood stunt, evacuation equipment is at the top of the shopping list. 159 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 And for that, expert Rick Dixon is the man. 160 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Although his prediction for the upcoming raft ride is probably best kept from Buster. 161 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 I don't feel it. 162 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 I think Buster's going to have a real bad fall on this thing. 163 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,000 I think it's going to flop down like a nickel twirly. 164 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Oh, like it's going to tumble. 165 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 I think so, yeah. 166 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Oh, that would be bad. 167 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,000 There are two major pieces of evacuation equipment. 168 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 So two drops are planned. 169 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Drop two and Buster will be hanging from an escape slide. 170 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Drop one and he'll be doing his best Indiana Jones impression by attempting a life raft ride to Earth. 171 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:30,000 With this surplus raft ready to go, Danny talks the boys through the inflation. 172 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 So that's it. 173 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Well, that's your raft. 174 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 That's our raft. 175 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 How big is this thing going to be? 176 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Well, it's a 46 person raft. 177 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 It's going to be 46 person. 178 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000 46 person. 179 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 It'll probably be about 25 feet in diameter. 180 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 So is this the thing you're yank on here? 181 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Well, that's... 182 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:55,000 With premature inflation gags like that, Jamie's position as safety officer could be under review. 183 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Can I stand on top of it when it goes? 184 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Yeah, you can. 185 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 But then the alternative is Adam. 186 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Pull the string. 187 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Pull the string. 188 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:21,000 It's got a manual. 189 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,000 That's amazing. 190 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Okay, so Buster has his ride, but how's he going to hang on? 191 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:35,000 I say we stick Buster right here and diaper him in. 192 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Sure. 193 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Just tie him right in. 194 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 There's nothing else we need to do. 195 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,000 We're going to rig up some lines to the, you know, the corners of this thing. 196 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 He's sitting right next to the raft manual. 197 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 He can read it on the way down. 198 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Next, the survival kit, but it's past its sell-by date, and the die marker is already deployed. 199 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 This is not as thrilling as I had hoped. 200 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 We've got bandages in first aid. 201 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Coffee flavor stimulates. 202 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:05,000 I'm going to eat as many of these as I can get. 203 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Look at that. 204 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Can we set this up? 205 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,000 It's kind of like Christmas. 206 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Oh, and it's green liquid. 207 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 It seems to be made of alien blood. 208 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 Why did green liquid come out? 209 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Did you just drink that? 210 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 That's the die. 211 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:37,000 This looks like a bad episode of ER here. 212 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 We've just performed an emergency cesarean. 213 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Any more of those coffee tablets? 214 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 All of a sudden, they're going to be addicted to these. 215 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Here we go. 216 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Buster's going to be smacking the center of this raft, which is exactly the way we've seen it in movies. 217 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,000 And he's sort of riding it down just like he would normally ride in the raft. 218 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,000 And in the yellow corner, Indiana Buster. 219 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,000 It's time for round one. 220 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 This is one of those myths. I have no idea what's going to happen. 221 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Really. I mean, it may turn out that he stays totally stable and floats all the way to the ground 222 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,000 and is cushioned in his fall and like it's a totally reasonable way to go. 223 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:27,000 More likely though, is that he spins like a coin on the way down and lands in a total horror show. 224 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:35,000 With Adam set for his virgin chopper ride, the big dog, or Sikorsky S58, fires up. 225 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:48,000 The raft is attached and stage one is complete. 226 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Stage two, with raft and Buster heading for the drop height of 2,000 feet, everything is looking good. 227 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:04,000 But then, disaster. At only 400 feet, the rigging gives way, shortly followed by Buster. 228 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,000 Did you see the explosion? It was like a splash of water. 229 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Small crash test dummies, friends and family of Buster may find the following pictures disturbing. 230 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Oh, that's part of his skull. 231 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,000 And snapped his spine. 232 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Where's the black box? 233 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Oh, here. That's the head accelerometer. 234 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Which is toast. 235 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 How bad is it? 236 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Real bad. 237 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Oh my god. 238 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Adam arrives and he's in a genuine state of shock. 239 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Oh my god. 240 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Oh, criminous. 241 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Criminous? So shocked he makes up a new word. 242 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Buster is a pile of scrap. 243 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,000 I'm thinking of calling the local fire department to find out if they have any simulades. 244 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:15,000 With carnage worthy of the bloodiest Hollywood blockbuster, this myth has to be in doubt. 245 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Despite what appeared to be a secure rig, Buster couldn't hold on. 246 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Guys, it gives you an idea how severe that impact was. Even the silicone has run. 247 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Wow. 248 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Along with all the instrumentation. 249 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:37,000 With Buster's aluminum head in a thousand pieces, the accelerometer inside was completely destroyed. 250 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:42,000 That speaks volumes about how non-survivable even a few hundred foot drop is. 251 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:48,000 The ropes that we use to tie this thing together, including the tie points that we tied to, ripped. 252 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 They're just, we're a number of rips. 253 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:56,000 And these are things that are probably have a load rating of several hundred pounds each one. 254 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,000 And we had half a dozen lines tied in various places. 255 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Meanwhile, in surgery, it turns out that he broke every bone in his body. 256 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,000 This is without a doubt the worst damage Buster has ever sustained. 257 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Round two. And Jamie doesn't want another rigging failure. 258 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,000 This time we have some big hauling straps. 259 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:25,000 So we've got two straps that are not going to break basically. They could pick up the whole aircraft. 260 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Dr. Savage and his team have achieved an engineering miracle and resurrected a shattered Buster. 261 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:39,000 They've replaced all his bones, given him a new set of shock watches and transplanted his head with a new accelerometer. 262 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,000 I'm going to break some environmental laws when I shower tonight. 263 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Bye Buster. 264 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Good job. 265 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Go over. 266 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Buster appears to be detached, but he's still in the wrapped over. 267 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000 They're in 2000. 268 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Okay, whenever you're over the target, over. 269 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Guys get ready. They're about ready to drop over. 270 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Go ahead and drop on your mark over. 271 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Drifting back towards us. 272 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Let's get near the truck. 273 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 And we should be really good guys. 274 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:40,000 He's going to release right now, so you need to aim it right where it's going to go. 275 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 It's going down guys. Take cover. 276 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Oh no. He flipped over. 277 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Like Adam predicted, the raft has flipped like a coin, and Buster has a premature ejection problem. 278 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:03,000 The raft clocked in at 22 miles per hour. Buster on the other hand clocked in at 154. 279 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,000 After two failed drops, they have some useful information. 280 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:13,000 The myth depends on the comparative fall speeds of Buster with and without a makeshift parachute. 281 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Now the team knows how fast he falls on his own. 282 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Well, it looks like we found everything but the hand and the black box. 283 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,000 That is affirmative. We have a whole forearm and a hand over here on the raft over. 284 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 The same or worse. Actually not as bad as last time. 285 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,000 I think it's clear that the raft actually would have slowed him down a great deal. 286 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:40,000 You know, the raft came down just beautifully by itself like a parachute. 287 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000 And typically parachutists land safely at 14 miles per hour. 288 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:50,000 I think it's worth pursuing this again because that raft is really just like a parachute. 289 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,000 That's the way it looked on the last fall even though Buster wasn't attached to it. 290 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:58,000 So this time we're going to actually try and make it behave like a parachute. 291 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,000 And we're going to tie Buster onto the underside of it and see what it does. 292 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Back at the shop, the build team are asking could a dapper pilot's hair cream explode when exposed to oxygen and a spark? 293 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:21,000 To test this combustible myth, the team has built a pressure vessel the same volume as an F-104 cockpit. 294 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,000 And with the hard work already done, Adam arrives. 295 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 That thing is magnificent. 296 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Do you feel like you're in Canada? 297 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Would you like to meet the pilot? 298 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Yes, by all means. 299 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 It's you! 300 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Oh my God. 301 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 And this is hair from 70 Guys. 302 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Hold up, babes. 303 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:51,000 While Adam enjoys a full head of hair, Tari gets to work sealing the open end of the cockpit. 304 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,000 With only the canopy to be sealed, the team run through the test protocol. 305 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:05,000 Test number one, the conditions are using our equivalent cubic footage cockpit here. 306 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Hero two, going into the face mask. 307 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 I'm very excited about this experiment. 308 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,000 We're going to pressurize the cockpit up to a correct pressure of 5 psi. 309 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Whenever we're doing an experiment with fire and explosive elements, I love it. 310 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,000 And the rest of the cabin is going to be pressurized with regular air. 311 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:31,000 What I am concerned about is I've been given the job to extinguish fires and I'm just trying to figure out like whose idea that was. 312 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Grant takes care of the oxygen supply to the face mask and the ignition system to simulate an intercom short circuit, while Kari goes heavy on the hair cream. 313 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 No more. 314 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 He could be a greaser. 315 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Alright, sealer up boys. 316 00:20:49,000 --> 00:21:01,000 I need a pair of vice grips. 317 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Ignoring the potential hazards of dealing with the pressure vessel, the team take off on test one. 318 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,000 It's probably coming out of all the screw holes. 319 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Well, we're going up one and a half pounds. 320 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 We may be beginning away from this thing. 321 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,000 No. 322 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Okay. 323 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Well, I like danger. 324 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 I can definitely hear it coming out of there. 325 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Rule three and a half. 326 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Can you start the O2? 327 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Can we get behind the glass shield or does it matter? 328 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 Well, it is a pressure vessel. 329 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:41,000 I mean, given the surface area, there might be, I don't know, a thousand pounds pushing out on it. 330 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Yeah. 331 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 That five psi. 332 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Same thing with that back there. 333 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,000 I would say everybody walk around that side, the welded side. 334 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 Oh, yeah, don't. 335 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Oh, that's fine. 336 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:59,000 See, dude, you just, you barely missed disaster. 337 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Wow. 338 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:09,000 With that potential for explosive decompression, this test, its safety protocol, and whether it goes ahead, will have to be reviewed. 339 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Well, we got an explosion. 340 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:20,000 This was not the explosion we were looking for, but we got one. 341 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:26,000 In the myth life raft parachute, Buster found out how terminal velocity can be. 342 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:31,000 We have a whole forearm and a hand over here on the raft over. 343 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:38,000 But on the operating table, Adam and Grant resurrect Buster from his fatal fall. 344 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,000 In zone three. 345 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:47,000 And with Buster having failed to ride the raft like Indiana Jones, Jamie rigs it as a parachute. 346 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000 She's going to give a little extra and lay some a couple of places. 347 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000 I'm tired of Buster taking off on me. 348 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:58,000 This ass is hanging out. 349 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Wow. 350 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Look at that. 351 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 It's got to work this time. 352 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000 I think this is last words. 353 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Fucking good so far, Steve. 354 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 He is taking his time, so he doesn't rip the thing. 355 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,000 I'm going to favor the upwind side of the axle a little bit, over. 356 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,000 You guys make sure you can get under that truck and hurry, over. 357 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Okay Steve, I'd say go ahead and release at will. 358 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 You look good, over. 359 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Okay, he's releasing guys. 360 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,000 It's going. 361 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 It's going. 362 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Ah, it's beautiful. 363 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Ah, it's beautiful. 364 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Be careful all the people who speak too soon. 365 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Look at that. 366 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Woo. 367 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 It's not over yet. 368 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 I know. 369 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Come on, Buster. 370 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Look at those little entry ramps are like wings, you know. 371 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Ah, that's great. 372 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Buster's on the ground. 373 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Buster's on the ground. 374 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Buster's on the ground. 375 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Well, that looked like a much nicer ride. 376 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,000 I'll hazard a guess that Buster may well be intact this time entirely. 377 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000 But appearances can be deceptive. 378 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Buster has once again sustained some severe damage. 379 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 But would he have survived? 380 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,000 All of the 50G shock watches broke on all of his limbs, 381 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,000 but in his chest the 75 and the 100 did not get tripped. 382 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,000 So that means that he got all busted up. 383 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,000 He would not be a happy camper, but he would not be a happy camper. 384 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 If you could have leaped out of the airplane with this raft, 385 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,000 inflated it in midair, rigged four points to it, 386 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,000 so you could hang from it like a parachute, 387 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:49,000 you might just might survive. 388 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,000 But all the other aspects of this are so unrealistic, 389 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,000 the odds of you being able to achieve this rig while falling out of a plane 390 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,000 are so unlikeliest to be almost ludicrous. 391 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000 This myth has a busted look about it. 392 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000 But the boys decide to give it another go. 393 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Next, they'll test Buster on the escape slide. 394 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,000 How you doing, Adam? 395 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000 I'm doing great, Jamie. 396 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Not doing a lot for the cause, but you know, it looked good, 397 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 and that's really important. 398 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Hey, so this is what it's like to be in one of those parades, right? 399 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Ha ha ha ha! 400 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,000 With the first, the boys are going to be going to the next round. 401 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Ha ha ha! 402 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,000 With the first exploding hair cream test ending in near disaster, 403 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:38,000 the team calls for a supervising adult. 404 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 You barely missed disaster! 405 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,000 At MythBusters, this could only mean one thing. 406 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 Jamie. 407 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,000 My impression at this point is it's anybody's guess 408 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 whether this is going to continue to happen. 409 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,000 If I were to bet on it, I'd say we're going to continue to have 410 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,000 either leaks or further explosions with this. 411 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Jamie lays down the law and the team gets busy. 412 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Tori replugs the blown cockpit, 413 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,000 and all systems and triggers are extended, 414 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,000 including the fire extinguisher that will inject CO2 415 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 quelling any cockpit fires. 416 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 I'm out of the tape, bitch. 417 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 I don't need any more, bitch. 418 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Is it all together? Looks good. 419 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Ha ha ha ha ha! 420 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Oh, that's very nice. How come Jamie gets top-gill? 421 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,000 What the hell is that? 422 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,000 With Adam speaking to the producer about a bigger trailer, 423 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 preparations are complete. 424 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Time for Test 1, Take 2. 425 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 So I'm starting to pressurize. 426 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,000 With the pressure gauge having to remain in the no-go zone, 427 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Adam uses the scope from the shop gun 428 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,000 to keep his eyes at a safe distance. 429 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 We've got a major leak somewhere. 430 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 The air's still flowing, Adam. 431 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,000 Can you hear past the air plugs? 432 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,000 What's that? 433 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Can you hear past the air plugs? 434 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,000 No, of course not. 435 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,000 Well, the air is off. 436 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Blissfully unaware of Jamie's instructions, 437 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Adam tracks down the leaks, 438 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,000 and with his trusty screw gun, nails them. 439 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Still climbing. 440 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 It's going up quicker. 441 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 Coming up on four. 442 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000 You're at five. 443 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000 Okay, carry. Start air. Oxygen flow. 444 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Initiating oxygen. 445 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Five. 446 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,000 After five minutes of oxygen to the mask, 447 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Grant is ready to short-circuit our pilot's 448 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 hair cream cocktail. 449 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Five minutes of oxygen flow. Go ahead and spark. 450 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 This will be an electrical spark, 451 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 our primary ignition. 452 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Stand by. 453 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 Sparking in three, 454 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 two, one. 455 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Spark. 456 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Is that the sound of a busted myth? 457 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,000 With no ignition from the short-circuit, 458 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000 time for backup. 459 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 This is the model rocket igniter. 460 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 In three, two, one. 461 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Big ol' nada. 462 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Woo! 463 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000 That was thrilling. 464 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 Smoke coming out of the mask. 465 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 Kill the arm too. 466 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Deep pressurizing. 467 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,000 The CO2 from Tari's fire extinguisher 468 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,000 has unexpectedly doubled the cockpit pressure 469 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 to a dangerous level. 470 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Stay behind the barrier. 471 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,000 Pressure's dropping to nine and a half. 472 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 I feel like I'm on a submarine. 473 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,000 It's frightening. 474 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 We're 1600 feet in dropping, captain. 475 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 That was exciting. 476 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 In a life-threatening sort of way. 477 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 That's amazing. We got a result out of that. 478 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 I'm totally impressed. 479 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000 To be honest, I didn't think anything was going to happen. 480 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000 I'm really excited that we got a fire. 481 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 And then when I hit the CO2 to put out the fire, 482 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,000 the pressure built and we started the leaking air in it. 483 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:56,000 The PSI of the whole thing went up to like 10 PSI. 484 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 So that was a little exciting. 485 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000 No explosion, though. 486 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,000 No explosion, but under accurate cockpit conditions, 487 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 the mythbusters did get our pilot hot under the helmet. 488 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,000 It seems this myth could be plausible. 489 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000 I've got gloves on. 490 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 Oh my god, it's just in case it's hot. 491 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,000 Look at his face. 492 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Whoa. 493 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Now. 494 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,000 Oh! 495 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000 Well, that's going to cause a bit of a problem. 496 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000 It melted his lips and nose off. 497 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000 Oh my god. 498 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,000 Oh my god, that happens. 499 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,000 This is what's left of the O2 system. 500 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000 Dude, you know, there's been a bunch of cases 501 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000 that involve elements close to this myth. 502 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,000 In the early 90s, a pilot getting into his jet 503 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,000 on an aircraft carrier put on his oxygen mask 504 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,000 and apparently his hair cream reacted with the oxygen, 505 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,000 blew his helmet off of his head and gave him third degree burns. 506 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,000 The most famous one of them all, of course, 507 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,000 was the Apollo 1 incident. 508 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Apollo astronauts Roger Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom 509 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000 lose their lives in a tragic flash fire 510 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,000 aboard their grounded space capsule. 511 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:09,000 Faulty wiring and a pure oxygen environment caused a flash fire. 512 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,000 And unfortunately, due to the fact that the cabin was pressurized 513 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:17,000 and the door opened inward, the astronauts were unable to escape. 514 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000 Come on. 515 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000 Round four. 516 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:28,000 Adam's opponent and Buster's new ride is a DC-10 escape slide. 517 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000 That's the coolest thing ever! 518 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,000 Adam celebrates with more coffee tablets. 519 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,000 And like Tigger, he does his best thinking while bouncing. 520 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,000 Alright, so we gotta figure out where to put Buster in here. 521 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 They decide on a rig with a view. 522 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,000 He'll be like this. 523 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,000 Oh my God! 524 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Like that. 525 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,000 After three drops with a life raft 526 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000 and a better understanding of the forces at work, 527 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,000 Jamie and Adam make short work of the escape slide rig. 528 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,000 Chopper ready to go? 529 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,000 Buster, you are cleared for takeoff. 530 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,000 We should all be clear, like, 531 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000 and be aware of the winds blowing this thing this way 532 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,000 once it starts to do lift off. 533 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,000 Winds increasing, so you guys be ready to duck and cover. 534 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000 2,000 feet. 535 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Okay, he said 2,000 feet, guys, so be ready to drop a coming down. 536 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,000 And the drop has happened. 537 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000 Oh, look at sailing. 538 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000 Wow. 539 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,000 So far. 540 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 I've made a flip, so it's looking like it's wanting to. 541 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000 Tell the guys to watch out at me. 542 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000 Watch yourselves, guys. 543 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,000 Wow! 544 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,000 That is incredible. 545 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000 Oh, damn. 546 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000 What? 547 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 It just looks like it wants to flip so bad any time now. 548 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,000 I know. 549 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,000 Oh! 550 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000 Wow! 551 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000 Just me, okay. 552 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 I'm going to go back to the boat. 553 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000 I'm going to go back to the boat. 554 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 I'm going to go back to the boat. 555 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000 I'm going to go back to the boat. 556 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,000 Just me, okay. 557 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,000 I reckon I might almost be willing to take that ride. 558 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000 That looked incredibly gentle. 559 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,000 I got to peak the 42, it's rocking back and forth. 560 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,000 Yeah. 561 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 Mostly about in the 2020 range. 562 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:47,000 Once again, Grant's reliable radar gun was the only device to measure Buster's final velocity. 563 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,000 But it's crunched on. 564 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,000 Is there any life in this Hollywood myth? 565 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000 I don't see any damage at all. 566 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,000 In fact, not a single bone is broken. 567 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,000 Let's see his chest. 568 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,000 Nope, it's clean. 569 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:09,000 And the 50, 75 and 100G shock watches all remain intact. 570 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,000 Well, it looks like Buster survived, so I'll be darned. 571 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,000 But that looked really sweet. 572 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,000 It looked like it would have been a lot of fun. 573 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,000 Dude, it looked like it would be also the most terrifying ride in the world. 574 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000 Oh my God, no, no, no, no. 575 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:32,000 With Buster in good health, it seems this fall was easily survivable. 576 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:38,000 The slide not only slowed his fall, but also acted as a giant airbag on landing. 577 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,000 It surprised the heck out of me with all the difficulty that we had earlier, 578 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,000 but it worked like a charm. 579 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:49,000 And, you know, outside of the obvious thing that we keep going against with this myth 580 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:56,000 that you'll never get into one of these while an aircraft is going for 100 miles an hour or whatever. 581 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:00,000 But if you did, that would be the way to do it. 582 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000 So what do you think of those results? 583 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000 Well, that was a lot of fun. 584 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:09,000 You know, in spite of what we thought, actually the life raft and the slide 585 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:13,000 significantly reduced Buster's velocity. 586 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,000 But you're not going to get that door open that's got the slide in it. 587 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,000 The second you inflate it, it's going to rip right off the plane. 588 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,000 If you inflate the raft inside the plane, there's no way you're getting it out the door. 589 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,000 I mean, it's just every aspect of it, it's Buster. 590 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,000 Okay, it's Buster. 591 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:38,000 At the shop, Team Hair Cream gave their pilot wearing an authentic F-104 helmet, a headache. 592 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000 Well, that's going to cause a bit of a problem. 593 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,000 But the myth specified explosive decapitation. 594 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:49,000 The pilot can reset and carry, attempting to further fuel the hair cream cocktail, 595 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,000 adds Jamie's facial hair to Adam's toupee. 596 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000 Is that the real hair from the dudes? 597 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000 Yeah, you bet dudes can. 598 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000 You know, Grant, I am. 599 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,000 His long lost son. 600 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:06,000 During the time in Korea, his long lost son shows up in the front door. 601 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,000 For this test, the team go for the airtight MIG helmet. 602 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:17,000 The theory is that the neck seal will contain the oxygen and create a bigger bang. 603 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,000 Yeah, we're not going to pressurize it this time because the helmet's sealed. 604 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:26,000 The first one is going to be the wire short on the camera side, right where the mustache is. 605 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,000 Go! 606 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000 I think it's going to do it. 607 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000 I see a little smoke and a ray! 608 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000 It's blowing up! He's on fire! 609 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000 No wonder Carrie is excited. 610 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,000 This test supports a key element of the myth. 611 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,000 The oxygen carry. 612 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:45,000 Ignition came from a simple 24 volt short circuit spark. 613 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,000 Dude, that was a hell of a result! 614 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,000 That was like, boom! 615 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000 And I saw the whole thing lift up. 616 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,000 This reminds me of Jamie after a special party. 617 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:59,000 But although the team frazzled the Canadians follicles, he kept his head. 618 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000 The time now is to go for the big explosion. 619 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,000 So we're going to use only hair care products to attempt to fuel this explosion. 620 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:13,000 And since a lot of hair care products have propellants and solvents and evaporants in them 621 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:17,000 that are themselves flammable or even petroleum based, 622 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,000 I think we're actually going to get quite a big boom. 623 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:27,000 Please, whatever you do, do not attempt an explosive decapitation with hair care products at home. 624 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,000 Let's get it home! 625 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000 You guys ready for this? 626 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,000 Oh yeah. 627 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,000 In three, two, one! 628 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,000 Okay, nothing's happening. 629 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000 Okay, back up igniter. 630 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,000 I'm going to loosen my sphincter, okay? 631 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000 Three, two, one! 632 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,000 Ha ha ha ha! 633 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000 Oh, here it goes! 634 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000 Oh! 635 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000 Woo! 636 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,000 Yeah! 637 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000 That was awesome! 638 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000 Finally! 639 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,000 That was quite satisfying. 640 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,000 Well, you guys did some good work on this myth. 641 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,000 I really think it's solid. What conclusions did you come to? 642 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:25,000 Well, amazingly, part of this myth was plausible. 643 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:29,000 Hair cream in an oxygen rich environment, just like you'd find in a cockpit. 644 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:34,000 And spark caused fire, not just fire, but aggressive fire. 645 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:39,000 But by the strict definition of this myth, which is explosion and decapitation, 646 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,000 we did not by any means achieve that. 647 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000 So I'm calling it busted. 648 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,000 I would say like every myth we do, there's an element of truth to it, 649 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000 but it didn't meet the circumstances. It's busted. 650 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,000 Busted. 651 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Oh, my God! This is not as okay. 652 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,000 With the myth of the Hollywood life raft parachute busted, 653 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:03,000 Adam and Jamie look into another aviation tall tale. 654 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:08,000 The longest reported survived fall without a parachute. 655 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,000 The story goes that a flight attendant was on a plane in which a bomb went off. 656 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:16,000 And she survived the fall from 33,000 feet without a parachute. 657 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:20,000 They found her on the ground still, but she was still in the plane. 658 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,000 And she found her on the ground still, strapped into her flight attendant's seat 659 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,000 in the wreckage of the rear of the plane. 660 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:34,000 On the 26th of January, 1972, flight 364 to Zagreb exploded 33,000 feet 661 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,000 over the present day Czech Republic. 662 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:42,000 All the passengers perished, either in the blast or on impact with the ground. 663 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:49,000 But reportedly there was one survivor, flight attendant, Vesna Vulevich. 664 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,000 What's our plan? How are we going to pull this one off? 665 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,000 Well, look around then. There's nothing but junk planes around here. 666 00:38:55,000 --> 00:39:00,000 I figure all we got to do is cut the tail section off one of these planes, 667 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,000 strap Buster right into the flight attendant's seat, 668 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,000 and drop it from the same height as we're dropping a raft. 669 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:09,000 To get started, the team used their only major clue. 670 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:15,000 Vesna Vulevich was found strapped into the flight attendant's seat at the rear of the DC-9. 671 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:21,000 And to test Buster falling in a wrecked plane, first job, wrecking a plane. 672 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000 There's her stewardess seat. That's terrific. 673 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:31,000 The only issue now is a weight problem. With 3,500 pounds the limit, this plane is going on a diet. 674 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000 Well, shall we back the truck up and start cutting? 675 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,000 Might as well get into it. 676 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,000 I think we know where our cut is, so let's just cut it, weigh it, and see where we stand. 677 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,000 Alright, choose your weapon. 678 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000 A crowbar. 679 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000 $20. 680 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,000 A screw gun. 681 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,000 $150. 682 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000 An abrasive circular saw. 683 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000 $200. 684 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:02,000 All day to play, cutting up a plane in the Mojave Desert Boneyard. 685 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000 Priceless. 686 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:11,000 They're just marvels of engineering, and we got to see what somebody's done to build them. 687 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000 Look at all this crap. 688 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,000 It's like they didn't want these things to fall apart. 689 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,000 That seems to be it for the outer shell. 690 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:41,000 Next, we're going to see us drag this thing free of its mother's body. 691 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:47,000 Then we're going to hoist it up on a couple of chains in the scale and see how much it weighs. 692 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:51,000 My guess for the weight of this thing is roughly 3,600 pounds. 693 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,000 I think we're going to be a little bit over, but not much. 694 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,000 Good guess, Adam. 695 00:40:55,000 --> 00:41:02,000 But as our crane operator hauls our hunk of fuselage onto the scales, the news is, clap! 696 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:06,000 This section of the plane, as it is now, weighs about 6,000 pounds, 697 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:11,000 which is about a third more than what we can handle on the chopper. 698 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,000 So we've actually got a lot more work to do. 699 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,000 It's time for a crash diet. 700 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:23,000 Adam gets stuck in, removing as much excess baggage as he can get his hands on, 701 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,000 while Jamie gets the crappy jobs. 702 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,000 Hey, Adam! 703 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,000 Yeah? 704 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 I brought you presents. 705 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,000 Wow! 706 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:41,000 They've removed all the crap, but still need to lighten the load substantially. 707 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,000 Time for another cut. 708 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,000 Come on! 709 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:46,000 Yeah! 710 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,000 Is there any way to end the day? 711 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,000 Come on, man! 712 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,000 Yeah! 713 00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:00,000 The fuselage is free, but has the Heinemann diet been savage enough? 714 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,000 Spot on, 3,500. 715 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000 It's beautiful! 716 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,000 Well, our researchers have been unable to find a single instance where somebody has 717 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:17,000 either tried to or been successful with surviving a fall from an aircraft in a life raft or a slide. 718 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:23,000 Yeah, but in the history of aviation, there have been an amazing number of what we would call wreckage riders, 719 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,000 people who have survived from those heights in the wreckage of the crafts that they were flying in. 720 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,000 In increasing order of altitude, we'll start in January 1945. 721 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:38,000 A B-17 bomber pilot survived a fall from 27,000 feet in the wreckage of his plane. 722 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:49,000 And also in 1945 and also from a B-17, a tail gunner survived a fall from 28,000 feet only to be captured and taken prisoner. 723 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,000 That's got to suck. 724 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,000 He was totally unhurt, though. 725 00:42:51,000 --> 00:43:01,000 And most recently, Steve Fawcett actually survived a fall from 29,000 feet in the wreckage of the balloon he was using to circumnavigate the globe. 726 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:06,000 He estimates that when he finally hit, he was only traveling at about 40 to 45 miles per hour. 727 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:13,000 Buster's ride awaits. With the fuselage at fighting weight, it's time for the main event. 728 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,000 This is the main event. We've all been waiting all day long. 729 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:23,000 There are three ways in which this piece of aircraft could actually save Buster's life by him being inside of it. 730 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:28,000 One is that its surface area could slow his descent enough to be survivable. 731 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,000 I think it's going to be total devastation. 732 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:38,000 A second one is that it could actually crumple and absorb a lot of the impact before that impact reaches Buster. 733 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,000 When it hits the ground, it's going to be a pancake. 734 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:55,000 And the third is, by being properly strapped in, he's not being whipped around by the impact, but being held tight so those G-forces aren't transferred secondarily to him thrashing around and taking major head trauma. 735 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,000 How many of those are going to come into play on this drop? 736 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:03,000 I have no idea. It all really depends on which way it falls. 737 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:10,000 In the story of the free fall flight attendant, the survivor was found strapped into her seat in the grounded wreckage. 738 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,000 There's no way he's going to fit in here. 739 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:17,000 But Buster is a little larger than most female flight attendants. 740 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,000 Bye, Buster. 741 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,000 Nice to know you, buddy. 742 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:29,000 I'm going to be probably right near where it was when it took off because it's going ways away. 743 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:36,000 And the biggest worry that I have currently is the takeoff itself because I've got to be near it when it comes up. 744 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:46,000 And so far, every one of these runs I've done, I'm looking at this thing directly over my head as it's going up and I'm trying to find some place to run to get out of that way. 745 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,000 But it seems like it's following me. 746 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:56,000 As the fuselage gets airborne, Jamie's fears become reality. 747 00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:01,000 The chopper struggles getting to its drop height, circling above the team as it climbs. 748 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:11,000 For a brief and frightening minute, there is radio silence as everyone dives recovered. 749 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:19,000 I thought he was going to go straight up, but they were right over top of us with 3,500 pounds of stuff. 750 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:25,000 We're backed up against a fence here, so it's kind of upsetting. 751 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:32,000 And in fact, it's looking like he might be coming this way again, so I'd recommend that you guys get over here as well. 752 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:38,000 But 2,000 feet is eventually reached, and the drop is nothing short of spectacular. 753 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:55,000 As the old saying goes, it's not the fall that'll kill you, it's the landing. 754 00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:02,000 When it hit, it was like, you know, we saw this smack and then felt that. 755 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,000 Yeah, wow. 756 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,000 That was a bang. 757 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,000 I hope we don't have to do too much cutting to get Buster out of this thing. 758 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:15,000 With his radar gun, Grant clocked the fuselage at 96 miles per hour. 759 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:18,000 At that speed, could our wreckage rider have survived? 760 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,000 Dude, it is totally inverted. 761 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:25,000 In the original myth, our flight attendant had severe injuries, but lived. 762 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,000 Is Buster once again busted? Is the myth? 763 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,000 Can't get there yet. 764 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:36,000 We're not leaving here without Buster, man. Leave no crash test to me for life. 765 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:41,000 The main thing I remember about that drop was trying to run to get out from under the darn thing. 766 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:47,000 The more I do this show, you know, if I feel like running, I'm going to run. And that was one of those cases. 767 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,000 Buster has assumed the fetal position. 768 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,000 Dude, you should have been in the brace position. 769 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:59,000 It's like a Christmas tree of carnage. 770 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:06,000 When the fuselage hit the ground, it crushed and it made like a popping sound, like a car crash. 771 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:12,000 It just, you know, and it just crushed. I thought maybe it would explode, but crumple. 772 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:19,000 I think given the aspects of falling in wreckage that we assumed might be able to save his life, 773 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:31,000 slowing down your descent is not one of them, because a 30% decrease in terminal velocity still has you falling at about 90 to 100 miles per hour, which is pre-lethal. 774 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:33,000 Okay, is that it? 775 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,000 Wow, we further broke the foot. 776 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,000 I didn't think we could break this anymore, but apparently we were able to. 777 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:46,000 When I look at this wreckage, and I think about the stewardess who survived in the tail of the plane, 778 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:56,000 I think, well, I look at the cargo hold, which is upside down and the top of this wreckage, and it actually looks not that distended. 779 00:47:56,000 --> 00:48:04,000 If Buster had fallen correctly, if he had fallen upright, he might have actually survived. 780 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:13,000 I mean, it's all about the details, the exact circumstances, what exactly was the section of the tail end of the plane that she was in, 781 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:21,000 how fast are you going in the airplane when you're trying to escape from it with a life raft or whatever. 782 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:25,000 I mean, all those details mean the difference between success or failure. 783 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:29,000 Enough with the details. What's the verdict? 784 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:37,000 We know that the stewardess that survived in the tail section of the plane is true, and that humans have survived some fairly remarkable falls. 785 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:43,000 I would say this one is entirely plausible. It's not the preferred method for getting out of an airplane. 786 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:44,000 But it is plausible. 787 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,000 It is plausible that it's survivable. 788 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:55,000 Do we all have a moment of silence for Buster and his work for the cause? 789 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:56,000 Thanks, buddy. 790 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,000 Jamie won't, because he thinks it's stupid. 791 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:07,000 Monday nights are about to burn rubber. 792 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:15,000 Coming soon, Top Gear, the motoring show with its foot on the pedal and its tongue in its cheek. Only on SBS.