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Please, don't try anything that you're about to see us do at home. Ever!

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Oh, we got a lot of myths from the movies.

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I think my favorite was explosive decompression.

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I like Goldfinger.

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How about Rear Axel?

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You know, we should do a whole episode in only movie myths.

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You guys be quiet so we can watch this movie.

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Boo!

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You're right, Tori. You don't want to miss a frame of this feature-length episode.

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It's lights, camera, action as mythbusters goes to the movies

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and puts some of Hollywood's biggest scenes to the test.

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Dangerous smile, middle man.

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Take a fall with Indiana Jones.

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Head in the opposite direction on Austin Powers' ejector seat.

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Descend into the underworld to find out if a ballistics breakthrough is possible.

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Also, sparks will fly.

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As the guys try to cut a sword with a sword.

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And our own Dudes of Hazard ramp up a car chase classic.

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We're gonna jump the hump.

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You'll believe a car can fly.

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Who are the mythbusters?

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Adam Savage.

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Joke!

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And Jamie Heineman.

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This is gonna kill you.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience.

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That's what I'm talking about!

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Joining them, Tori Belachie.

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Very excited about this.

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Carrie Byron.

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Look, he cracked into his skull.

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And Grant Imahara.

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Don't say anything.

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They don't just tell the myths.

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They put them to the test.

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We kick off our blockbuster special with a classic movie myth.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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Or should that be Mythbuster Keaton?

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We're gonna kick off our blockbuster special with a classic movie myth.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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Or should that be Mythbuster Keaton?

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We're gonna kick off our blockbuster special with a classic movie myth.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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And the guys couldn't resist playing Buster Keaton.

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The Mythbusters are about to take a dive into some movie mayhem.

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Hope there's something soft and bouncy to break their fall.

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So, awning fall, what's the myth?

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You jump off the edge of a building and you survive the fall

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because you are going through awnings before you hit the ground.

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Oh, just like in Temple of Doom?

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Yeah.

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Exactly.

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In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,

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Indiana's voluptuous co-star are forced to jump from a window

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to escape a hail of bullets.

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Luckily for them and moviegoers,

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there just happens to be some awnings in place to break their fall.

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Well, that sounds dangerous. How are we gonna test this one?

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Well, like everything, we're gonna test it in two parts.

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First comes testing the circumstances of the myth,

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which is to bolt some awnings to the side of a building.

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And throw Buster through them and see how survivable it actually is.

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Then we're gonna get some stuntmen to teach us how Hollywood would set up

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a stunt like that to do it safely.

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Part one of this myth will be straightforward.

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They'll hoist Buster into the air,

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drop him onto the awnings, and see if he busts through or just busts.

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First things first, they need a building to drop him off.

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Carrie, Tori, and Grant become location scouts.

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This deserted military base fulfills the basic requirements.

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It has a lot of flat roofs, a long way off the ground.

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I don't think you want to fall from this distance.

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While they're choosing the drop-off point,

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Adam and Jamie are fawning over an awning.

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Using stills from the Temple of Doom,

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the guys at Zebra awnings have made a shade that matches the ones in the movie.

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Would it be enough to save you if you fell onto it?

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Michael, what kind of fabric is this and how heavy is it?

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100% acrylic fabric. It's about 9.75 oz. per square yard.

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It's exactly the same material you find on any building or storefront.

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They take six awnings, three for Buster's fall,

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and three for Adam to crash through a little later.

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Down at the base, Tori, Carrie, and Grant have chosen a suitably sheer drop

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and start drilling holes for the awning mounts.

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But it's tough going. This was a nuclear fallout shelter

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constructed during the darkest days of the Cold War.

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The walls are lined with steel reinforcing bars.

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You know, there's always the possibility.

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You know, I thought we were going to be able to drill through this cement a lot easier than this.

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Drill bits are being broken faster than the dreams of a movie star would be

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fresh off the bus from Kansas.

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But thanks to the magic of television, we can hit the fast forward button.

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A full day and a half later...

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Man, what a day!

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Good one.

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The result? Three awnings, one above the other, just like in Temple of Doom.

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Now the start of the show has arrived on set.

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Buster's reprising his role as, what else, the fall guy.

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I collected some of the shock watch stickers so we can check the G's on his different parts of his body.

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We're always trying to figure out what is the lethal limit?

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How much damage is a deadly amount of damage?

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And we've attached all sorts of different meters and devices to Buster

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and run into trouble with most of them except for these things, these shock watch stickers.

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Red measures a shock of 50 G's, which is survivable.

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Orange is a bone-shattering 75 G's.

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The green one on his head measures a shock of 100 G's.

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That's lethal.

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If this one trips, Buster's are gone.

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Buster's harness is hooked up to a quick-release shackle, which is connected to the boom lift cage.

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Soon he's swinging in mid-air above the awnings.

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Will he emulate Indiana Jones?

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Alright, 85% of Buster hits that top awning and lands somewhere about 20 feet out on the street.

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4% chance that he goes through one awning and into the next.

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That's like a 1%.

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Negative 1% that he goes through two awnings and lands safely in the third awning.

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100% chance of Buster death.

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Meanwhile, inspired by a century of celluloid sword fighting,

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the Mythbusters are about to take another movie myth and cut it down to size.

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So what's the myth?

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Well, this is one I wish we were taking on ourselves.

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But you guys are going to handle it.

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It is from sword fights in the movies.

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Every time there's a sword fight in the movie, I swear the hero ends up king slicing the bad guy's sword in half with his sword.

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So we're going to get to cut swords in half.

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We have to find out if that's possible.

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Dude, that sounds dangerous.

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And yet, fun!

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Sword cutting is a Hollywood cliché with a long and proud history.

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For instance, in the remake of the Count of Monte Cristo, James Cavitzel is making his point to Guy Pierce,

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when his sword is suddenly stunts it.

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Okay, so if we're going to test this myth, obviously we're going to have to get some swords.

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And this is actually the first hurdle.

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I mean, any sword that was made for real fighting is an antique and pretty much priceless.

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So I don't know what to do about that.

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Well, you know, I'm sure they have really high quality replicas that are made like the real thing.

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So when I get those, they're going to be, you know, they won't be cheap, but they're not going to be like priceless.

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Traditional sword makers use different types of steel.

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These were then forged and folded together.

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It's a technique that was honed over hundreds of years,

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and the end product was a sword of truly formidable strength.

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The mythbusters will have to steal themselves for something a little less traditional.

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These modern replicas have been cast from high-carbon steel.

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This is a bi-metal hardened steel katana battle-ready sword.

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Now these are the ones that we're going to be using for the actual cutting and target sword.

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These swords may look cool, but these are just stainless steel softer metal swords.

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These are the ones we're going to use for velocity tests,

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or if we need a softer metal target, or Tori and Grant need to get out some of their pretend samurai battles.

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Now we know the mythbusters usually like to be scientific about their work,

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but this time they're going to try the direct approach.

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Alright, this whole myth is trying to cut a sword with another sword, right?

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So why don't we just try to cut a sword with another sword?

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Wearing the latest season's chainmail, the guys clap a sword and come out swinging.

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Ah!

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Ah!

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In the end, the target blade isn't cut in two, but it is damaged.

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Maybe Hollywood has a point.

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I gotta tell you, I'm really jealous about this.

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I heard you guys were whacking these things all over the parking lot yesterday.

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Oh yeah.

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We weren't able to break it though.

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I mean, I practically broke my hand.

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Yeah, my hands are still stinging.

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Well, look, it's time to get back to basics and make this thing swing as hard as possible.

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It's time to build a sword whacking robot, man.

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Alright, I accept your challenge.

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Grant's robot will comprise a steel arm revolving on a spindle,

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coiled around the spindle a length of cable with weights attached.

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When a quick release fires, the weights will drop, pulling the cable,

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and the robot arm will swing into action.

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You know, guys, it occurs to me that you can't make this machine swing this thing

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just at the fastest speed possible.

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You want to fire it at your object with the same speed and the same power

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as the best swordsman you can find.

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So you should bring a swordsman in and clock his swinging speed.

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So that way we know it's humanly possible.

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Precisely.

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These guys are exponents of a samurai sword art called Tamashigiri.

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They brought along the real thing, antique Japanese swords,

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more at home in a museum than at Mythbusters.

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1300s, 1800s, 1600s.

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And you brought these down here to show us.

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Sure.

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You're very brave to bring these on set.

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So what I want to get to is because our fans nitpick.

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Now we're doing all these tests with this sword.

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You, with confidence, could say that we could come to some conclusions

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by using these modern equivalents.

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I have that same sword that I use for cutting all the time when I practice.

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Perfect.

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That's what I want to hear.

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Remember, Grant's robot will have to match these guys for sword speed.

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Using the high-speed camera, they time how long it takes

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for the blade to cut the straw mat target.

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The quickest time is 6 milliseconds to slice through 7 inches.

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That equates to a speed of 48 miles per hour.

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That's how fast Grant's robot arm will have to swing.

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Coming soon on this mega movie myth special,

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Adam and Jamie aim to ride high on Austin Power's ejector seat.

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That chair is going to clear this car really, really fast.

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And next, going down, find out if awnings could really have saved Indy.

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One.

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When Indiana Jones and his leading lady make an unscheduled exit

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from the top floor of a building, the only thing between them

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and certain doom are some awnings.

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The myth busters have replicated that scene

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and are poised to drop buster onto three awnings.

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Will they save busters bacon?

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Hold on to your hats.

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Did you almost lose a beret?

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Almost did.

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I've never known that to happen.

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Did you not put the double stick tape on it this morning?

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Pins out!

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Let's see, is an awning as good as a safety net?

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Or will it be a shroud?

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Alright, and you're going down in three, two, one.

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Buster hit the first awning and spilled onto the second, which tore open,

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leaving our hero in a rather undignified position.

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Think that is Aztikin through?

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You'd think he might have earned himself a reprieve, but no.

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Sorry, Buster, you've got to finish your fall.

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His ass fell off.

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Is that all of the debris?

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He might have gone to pieces, but did he survive the fall?

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Earlier, Carrie stuck shock sensors all over Buster.

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Those sensors will have registered the amount of shock force

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his body took in the fall.

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Wait, wait, here we've got an arm here.

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Let's see.

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The orange shock watch is tripped.

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The red shock watch is tripped.

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It's 75 Gs in the chest.

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Which means some broken ribs, but not necessarily death.

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What about the 100 G shock sensor in his head?

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If that tripped, then it's bye-bye Buster.

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Yes, that one was one that was in the head,

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and supposedly it takes 100 Gs to break the neck.

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So he didn't take that to the head.

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It looks like Buster lived.

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Adams more shocked than Buster.

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Buster seems to have definitively lived through that exercise.

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He's definitely a little worse for wear.

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But all of the metering equipment we had on him says that he survived that fall.

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What it tells me is that if you're going to fall off a building,

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this is not a half-bad way to do it.

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I mean, I wouldn't recommend trying it, but if you got it, I'd go this route.

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But Buster's not the last dummy you'll see dropped onto some awnings.

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Dangerous mind, middle-time.

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Soon, Adam will take the plunge and show how they stage a big drop in Hollywood.

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While Adam prepares to plummet,

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Tori, Carrie and Grant are cutting to the core of another Hollywood favorite.

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Can a sword really cut through another sword?

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As happens in the Count of Monte Cristo?

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Touch me, I'll kill you.

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To find out, Grant's building a mechanical rig

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that will wield a blade with the same speed and power as a trained swordsman.

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Your cutting sword is going to go here, horizontally.

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And we wind up the cable on this drum

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and hang a weight off of here on the other side of the pulley.

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When we release the weight, pulls down,

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pulling the cable off the drum, and swinging the sword around.

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Just like that.

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There's just one tiny disease that's going to happen.

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The arm swings at neck height.

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Decapitation hazard, everybody.

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Which means a lot of walking around like Gratcho Marx.

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48 miles per hour is the target speed.

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That's how fast our Samurai's blade traveled as it sliced through the straw mat.

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But there's one catch.

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The robot has to reach that speed in a single 180-degree arc.

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The arm swings at neck height.

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The robot has to reach that speed in a single 180-degree arc.

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Okay, velocity test in three, two, one.

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That wasn't very fast.

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I'm going to go stop it.

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That was only 25 pounds.

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Dropping more weight will make the sword swing faster.

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In three, two, one.

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But not fast enough.

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Grant makes some modifications.

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First of all, I'm going to get rid of the heavy drum,

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because that's a lot of rotational inertia to overcome.

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And I think that's really killing our speed.

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They replace the cable with a chain, and the weights with a pneumatic actuator.

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Three, two, one.

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That looked like it worked.

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I think that worked.

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That was great.

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Now that's more like it.

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On that swing, the robot matched our swordsman's 48 miles per hour.

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But speed's not the only concern.

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The robot has to have the same penetration power as a real swordsman.

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Faced with a block of ballistics gel, our guest opens up a nine-inch gash.

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Wow, yeah.

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That's a good deep cut there.

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Can the robot do the same?

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We go in three, two, one.

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The blade plunged as deep as the samurai sword.

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Oh, look at that!

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I guess we could go under the sword now.

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It looks like the robot warriors finally ready for battle.

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That is awesome.

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Coming up on Mythbusters.

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It's really possible to hide an ejection seat inside a car.

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And Adam prepares to follow in Buster's footsteps.

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Dangerous mind, middle-hand.

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The Mythbusters have gone to the movies to see if some of Hollywood's most spectacular scenes stack up in reality.

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Hollywood heroes can always rely on a well-placed window covering to save their bacon.

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To everyone's amazement, Buster showed that it does work outside the confines of Tinseltown.

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According to our shock sensors, Buster survived, and what that means as far as the myth is that it's plausible.

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How about that? It's totally survivable. I would not have called that.

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That was amazing. In an emergency situation, if you have to get off the building, I would do it.

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Hold on there, cowboy, because I'm going to do this. I've been dying to do this.

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We're bringing in the stuntman. They're going to show me how it's really done.

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They've called in some top-notch stunt coordinators, and Adam's all set to take the plunge.

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He's even wearing the Indiana Jones hat.

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Adam will be dropped at the end of a heavy-duty cable.

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That cable is fed through some pulleys and connected to a bungee cord, which is anchored to the roof.

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But before Adam could even put on a safety harness, there's a phone call and a twist worthy of Hitchcock himself.

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I'll let them know. Hold on. Adam, you will not be doing the job.

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Absolutely 100%. The insurance companies say that this is too hazardous a situation and you're out.

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So, Tori looks like you're in.

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So, Tori will get to do the fall after all.

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And it looks like we might be about to witness a movie star-style tantrum.

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Adam's Savage.

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That's so f*****g awesome.

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I really, really wanted to do this jump.

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How often do you get to play with stuntmen on the side of a building?

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I'm bummed that I don't get to do it.

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Like Buster, Tori will have three awnings between him and the ground.

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But in this case, each one will have had one important movie modification.

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We've cut an X in the middle of each awning and then taped it back together.

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Hopefully the tape is strong enough to hold the awnings together, but weak enough to give

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way when Tori goes flying through it.

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I'm a little bit nervous.

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I'm not going to lie, but I'm also really excited.

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But right now it's easy to say because we're still on the ground.

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Right, his heart is on.

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The protective gear's in place.

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Alright, the wind's definitely picking up.

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We've got to go.

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Let's get him up there.

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Let's do this.

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Tori rides the boom lift and is soon at the end of his tether.

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Now that I'm up here looking down, a little more nervous than before.

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But I feel like I'm in good hands, so this should go pretty smooth.

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It's nice that he has so much trust in these guys.

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They obviously know what they're doing.

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Adam's understudy dangles like a marionette, waiting for his cue.

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Its vital Tori hits the center of the awnings.

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A gust of wind could drive him off course and into danger.

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On my call, on fire, on fire.

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This is it.

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Here we go, here we go.

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Three, two, one, fire!

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Go!

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Three, two, one, fire!

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Go!

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Three, two, one, fire!

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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It was the perfect stunt fall.

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The awnings split like paper, just as they did in Temple of Doom.

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Did you even feel the awnings?

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No, I just ripped right through.

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Really?

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It looked incredible.

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It just looked awesome.

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It happened so fast, it's like you don't even...

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Before you know it, you're already on the path.

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And our own Indiana Jones is on a bit of an adrenaline high.

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Alright, can we turn off the cameras and let me have a go?

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Sorry, Adam.

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This time, the Glory's all toys.

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Congratulations, that was amazing.

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You're a great stuntman.

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Oh my God, that was so much fun.

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I hope we do more of these Hollywood myths.

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Later.

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Grant's sword cutting robot takes a swing.

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Three, two, one.

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Oh!

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And up next, Adam and Jamie try to fly high on an ejector seat.

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This car will never be the same.

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Automobile ejection seats.

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Yep, they're staple and spy films.

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My favorite is James Bond.

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Actually, there's a really good one in Austin Powers' Gold Member.

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In the movie, our shaggedelic hero faces a showdown with a nasty chopper.

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At the last moment, Austin uses an ejector seat to get the jump on the trigger-happy pilot.

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As this model shows, James Bond's Aston Martin was equipped with a seat that sent the passenger

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through the roof.

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Can Adam and Jamie make this myth fly and build an ejector seat into a car?

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As crazy as they are, the guys aren't about to copy Austin Powers and eject themselves

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from a speeding vehicle.

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Instead, they're going to launch the passenger, and stealth will be the key.

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It can't look like there's an ejection seat built into the seat.

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It's got to be totally concealed.

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Someone has to be willing to get into that car of their own free will and not have any

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suspicions that they're going to end up face-planted on the tarmac.

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Well, first up, we need to get a car, and that sounds like something to get Jess on

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to.

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Perfect.

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It's got to be a car with the right flavor.

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Like a spy-mobile.

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That's it.

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Exactly.

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Now, movie spies drive sexy cars, right?

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But the Mythbusters aren't credit card gold members.

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So Mythturn Jess follows a couple of leads to this Studebaker boneyard.

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If the Mythbusters can't have a Jaguar or an Aston Martin, this Avanti might be the

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next best thing.

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It has a similar height and roofline.

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This is one pretty sweet ride.

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Just a little few cracks on the windshield and needs a little work.

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Like any good agent, Jess takes down some vital stats and snaps a few picks for the guys in

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intelligence to pour over.

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While she's doing that, Adam and Jamie are working out how to build their surprise seat.

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On an aircraft, ejection seats are powered by explosive cartridges, which shoot the pilot

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out of the plane at around 50 feet per second.

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But firing a rocket in a car could incinerate the driver, in this case, Adam.

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So they'll use compressed air.

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What's the plan?

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Well, we've got to build a big tank into the trunk first off and put a big dump valve on

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it so it can let go of all the air at once.

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That air will be channeled into five upright tubes.

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The seat itself will fit over those like a glove.

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And when the air is released, the force will hopefully blow the seat up and out of the car.

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Meanwhile, Adam's been studying Jess's photos of the Studebaker and he's got car trouble.

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Well, sports cars aren't working out too well for us.

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Almost by definition, they're streamlined and narrow in the roof area.

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The glass from the windows and the windshields goes over the top of the person's head.

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So it makes it difficult to shoot out through there.

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We probably want to just throw out the whole idea of the sporty, spot-mobile car and just

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go for anything that's got nice upright sides where that ejection seat will clear the roof.

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You bet.

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OK, that means sleek and aerodynamic is out and Boxy is in.

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Yesterday, I went and looked at this car and it looks like it might be something that we could use.

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It's kind of Boxy.

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Yeah, it's pretty Boxy.

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It looks like the best thing we're going to find.

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So, where do we see it?

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It's got side, it's here right now.

456
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Excellent!

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It wouldn't be Austin Powers' first choice, but Adam's impressed.

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This is one of my all-time favorite cars.

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Really?

460
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:30,520
I always love this car.

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What do you think?

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I mean, Jamie, I'm looking and I see, you know, there's a driveshaft ridge in the middle there,

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but I think that passenger seat could scooch over this way a little bit.

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There's room in the trunk for the air tank.

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It's perfect.

466
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Sorry.

467
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Can we get it, Jamie?

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00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,520
Can we get it, please?

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00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:48,520
Can we get it?

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00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,520
Well, sure.

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00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:51,520
Excellent!

472
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It's time to get started working on this thing.

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Can a sword sever another sword?

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00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,520
It's a scene that always makes the final cut.

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To test this movie myth, Grant's built a blade-wielding robot.

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We go in three, two, one.

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Which strikes with the same speed and power as a real samurai.

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Question is, is that fast and powerful enough to slice a sword?

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00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:32,520
We're going to do a series of tests starting with edge to flat.

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First, they'll see what a real Japanese sword can do to its stainless steel counterpart.

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The swords are positioned so they connect at the correct point.

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A blade doesn't have the same cutting force along its entire length.

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Closer to the hilt, you have greater weight but less speed.

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At the tip, you have maximum speed but minimum weight.

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A third of the way down the blade is the percussion point.

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The perfect balance between weight and speed.

487
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Alright, so this is a battle-ready katana versus a stainless steel katana.

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Here we go.

489
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,520
In three, two, one.

490
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,520
I did not expect that.

491
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:21,520
At all.

492
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,520
The genuine blade made short work of the showpiece.

493
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,520
I love it when you don't expect the results.

494
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,520
It just nicked the tip, the very edge.

495
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:31,520
It nicked it.

496
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:32,520
You know.

497
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:33,520
That's sick.

498
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,520
I think we all know what's next.

499
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:37,520
Real sword, real sword?

500
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:38,520
Yeah.

501
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:40,520
I think so.

502
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,520
This will be a much sterner test.

503
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,520
Two genuine Japanese swords cast from tough and steel.

504
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,520
Okay, here we go in three, two, one.

505
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,520
Yeah, that's right.

506
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,520
The edge of the swinging sword smote the flat side of the target blade.

507
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:04,520
Nicked it?

508
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,520
How about the target, how are they cutting blade?

509
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,520
The cutting blade, just the edges is chipped.

510
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,520
Doled the heck out of it.

511
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,520
But no cut.

512
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,520
This is a totally definitive test for the edge to flat.

513
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,520
I mean, there's no questions in my mind about that.

514
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,520
But I know our viewers are going to say,

515
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,520
well, what about edge to edge?

516
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,520
The swords are repositioned.

517
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,520
You know, in real life, you never block an edge with your edge.

518
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,520
Right, because you don't want to ruin your sword.

519
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:36,520
You don't want to ruin your sword.

520
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,520
But here at Mythbusters, we like ruining swords.

521
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,520
All day long.

522
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,520
Striking edge on edge means the maximum amount of force

523
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:48,520
will be concentrated on the smallest possible surface area.

524
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:50,520
All right, here we go.

525
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,520
In three, two, one.

526
00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:59,520
Did you see that spark?

527
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,520
Yes, I did.

528
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:05,520
Watch this, we struck our second plausible movie myth.

529
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,520
Well, no, the high speed shows the attack blade

530
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,520
didn't cut through at the point of contact.

531
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,520
Instead, the sword snapped further down towards the hilt.

532
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:22,520
So, for us to call this confirmed, it would have to cut through here.

533
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:23,520
Yeah, it would have to be a straight cut.

534
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,520
Right where the hitting blade hit the target blade.

535
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,520
Yeah, down here, that's just a stress fracture.

536
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,520
So, to test this myth, we've used good quality swords.

537
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:38,520
We've tested them edge to flat and edge to edge.

538
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,520
In each case, it's busted.

539
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,520
But hold on, Grant.

540
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,520
Samurai's aren't the only ones with swords.

541
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,520
Soon we'll see if other blades can carve a niche for themselves

542
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,520
and make this movie myth a reality.

543
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,520
Still ahead, Adam and Jamie get to the seat of the problem.

544
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,520
The ejector seat myth takes off.

545
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:06,520
Ejector seats.

546
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,520
In aviation, they're a form of salvation.

547
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,520
Car ejector seats are a staple of spy films,

548
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,520
but do they only work in the movies?

549
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,520
Adam and Jamie are about to find out.

550
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:25,520
They're going to fit this innocent looking vehicle with a bonus feature.

551
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:30,520
The passenger will in fact be sitting on a secret, air powered ejector seat.

552
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:34,520
We need to clear a space between the trunk and the passenger compartment.

553
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:39,520
The trunk being where the tank or the air supply is going to be for this device.

554
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:46,520
And then we need to route tubing forward from that tank to the back and underside of the seat.

555
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,520
And we also need to create a trap door in the top of the car.

556
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:52,520
Adam's in his element.

557
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:55,520
Check this out.

558
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,520
This is engineering.

559
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,520
Is that totally cool or what?

560
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,520
The tubes that will make up the air cannon and the seat

561
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,520
have been machined precise to ten thousandths of an inch.

562
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:10,520
Adam.

563
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,520
Wow.

564
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,520
We've done made our own pneumatic cylinder.

565
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:25,520
While Jamie builds the air cannon, Adam starts work on the ejector seat itself.

566
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,520
Piloting his trusty sewing machine, he runs up a new seat covering,

567
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,520
which will help hide the awful truth.

568
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,520
Well, it's a seat and I don't see any excess hardware on it.

569
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:44,520
That's the key.

570
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,520
So, maybe...

571
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,520
We are not upholsters.

572
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:53,520
Maybe a little weird looking, but you know what it is and I don't see any pistons.

573
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,520
Before lawn, the car is starting to resemble something from a bond film.

574
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,520
Adam takes the role of Q.

575
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,520
I'm really pleased with how simple this is.

576
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:07,520
These are just plumbing pipes representing our main dump tank.

577
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:13,520
That tank dumps through the back trunk, down through these pipes to these fast acting,

578
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,520
really large capacity valves.

579
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:22,520
A pair of them that dump into this manifold through these upright pipes and into our chair.

580
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:29,520
We're going to cut away part of the roof here and that chair is going to clear this car really, really fast.

581
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,520
The rig should generate twenty six hundred pounds of lift.

582
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,520
The passenger and seat together won't be more than two hundred sixty pounds.

583
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,520
That's a lift ratio of ten to one.

584
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:49,520
But that chair ain't going nowhere without a hole in the roof.

585
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,520
I now need to be able to put that panel I cut out back in,

586
00:36:55,520 --> 00:37:00,520
so that one might be unsuspecting that it was ever there.

587
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,520
That'll do.

588
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,520
To make sure the seat makes a smooth exit, Jamie lubes the tubes.

589
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,520
The seat itself is installed.

590
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,520
The cylinder is sliding like a glove over the air can.

591
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,520
And finally for some added movie mojo,

592
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:28,520
a secret switch, conningly disguised as a gear stick, is the ignition switch.

593
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,520
That's what launches it when you're sitting in the car.

594
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,520
I'm ready to drive this thing out to the dirt lot and do a pressure test on it.

595
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:42,520
Let's do a little quick test, incremental test here first, just before we get out.

596
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,520
Just like five ten psi and see what it...

597
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:50,520
With the rig capable of generating a hundred thirty psi, ten is nothing.

598
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,520
Okay, that's about ten psi.

599
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:53,520
Is that what the gate says?

600
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:54,520
Yeah.

601
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:55,520
Cool. That was fast.

602
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,520
Jamie flips the switch.

603
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:05,520
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

604
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,520
Well, whoo!

605
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:13,520
Yeah!

606
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:21,520
Ten psi was enough for lift off, resulting in one of those magical mythbuster moments.

607
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,520
I'm going to go lie down.

608
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:34,600
Don't leave your seat. Further on down the road we'll see what happens when they really

609
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:43,960
give the ejector seat some air.

610
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:49,200
On the big screen, when buckles need to be swashed, someone always ends up drawing the

611
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,640
short sword.

612
00:38:52,640 --> 00:39:00,480
But although the workshop has been ringing with the clashing of steel, Grant's robot

613
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,400
hasn't been able to cleave a single samurai blade.

614
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:09,400
We want to be really thorough with this myth. We don't want to just limit it to Eastern mythology.

615
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:14,520
So we've collected a whole bunch of swords from... oh my god this is heavy. We've gotten

616
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:20,480
ourselves a Viking sword. We have a Scottish claymore, which I don't even think I can

617
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:27,880
And finally we have a European rapier, which I think is my favorite because this is the

618
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,080
only one I can lift.

619
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:35,360
Like the Japanese swords, these blades are modern replicas, crafted from high-carbon

620
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,360
steel.

621
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:42,400
Round one, let's see what would have happened had the three musketeers and some samurai's

622
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,760
crossed swords.

623
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,800
They're two different fighting styles. You have the Japanese sword, which is used for

624
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:53,160
cutting. The European, the rapier was used for stabbing.

625
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,920
The simulated samurai takes a swing.

626
00:39:55,920 --> 00:40:00,920
Here we go. In three, two, one.

627
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,920
Yeah!

628
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:03,920
Whoa!

629
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:04,920
Nice!

630
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:10,520
I hope D'Artagnan ducked because his sword was sliced.

631
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:12,040
I think we need to see the high speed.

632
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:13,040
Yeah.

633
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,040
Or was it?

634
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:21,040
It bent as if it were rubber, came back and on the backlash, right here went poof and

635
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:26,640
snapped. At first I was so impressed. I thought we might have had a slice, but comes down

636
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,640
to it we had another snap.

637
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,640
And that doesn't count.

638
00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:38,720
Next up, could Braveheart's blade sever a samurai's sword?

639
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:44,920
The Scottish weapon is almost four times heavier than the target blade and twice as long.

640
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:50,520
Claymore is a really long blade and it's got a lot of mass behind it that usually equals

641
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:51,920
a lot of cutting force.

642
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:56,920
Claymore versus Katana in three, two, one.

643
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,920
Whoa!

644
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,920
Come on.

645
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,920
If anything was going to do it, it would have been that.

646
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:10,720
Well, then the Claymore versus the Katana round, it definitely bent the hell out of the Katana

647
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:16,520
and knocked it over. It was very dramatic. Didn't break it, didn't snap it, didn't cut

648
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:17,520
it.

649
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:20,520
There's just one round left.

650
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:26,120
We're going to take our two biggest swords, which is going to be our Viking sword and

651
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,120
our Claymore. Total annihilation.

652
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:34,120
Here we go. Three, two, one.

653
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:42,120
Despite being twice as heavy, the Claymore seems to have come off second best.

654
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:48,120
The Claymore is definitely in worse shape than the Viking sword.

655
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,120
Look, it's, the metal's pushed out of the way.

656
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,120
Yeah, and the whole sword is bent down.

657
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:59,120
Tori, you've got a whole table of bent swords, but where does that leave this movie myth?

658
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,120
So, how'd you guys go?

659
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:10,320
Well, our sword swinging robot was able to match the speed and the cutting depth of a

660
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:11,320
real swordsman.

661
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,320
The cool thing was it wasn't actually just brute force, it was also slicing.

662
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,320
Okay, so what did you come up with?

663
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:21,320
So there's absolutely no way a sword can cut through another sword. We get to lay this

664
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,320
one to rest, bust it.

665
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:33,320
Coming up on this mega movie myth special is a bullet the key to a locked door.

666
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:40,320
And more car capers when Adam and Jamie take on a big screen special.

667
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,320
We're gonna jump the hump.

668
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:47,320
Please, don't try anything that you're about to see us do at home. Ever.

669
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,320
Car ejector seats are a blast on the big screen.

670
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:04,320
Adam and Jamie are trying to install a secret ejector seat in the passenger side of this

671
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:09,520
car. And last time we saw their air chair, it had disappeared out of the workshop.

672
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:22,520
Things rarely work so well, especially first time, a fact that has Jamie's tash at twitching.

673
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:28,520
Well, the first run went well enough that I'm suspicious. It's a little too easy.

674
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,520
I mean, I just kind of like went like a little frog right out of the back of the car.

675
00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:39,720
That's what I wanted. But I guess the next test is what I'm really worried about because

676
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:44,820
that was the easy part. Once we start to put load on the front of this and it starts to

677
00:43:44,820 --> 00:43:50,720
torque over the whole thing, that's where this is all headed. And if that doesn't work,

678
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:52,720
then I don't know what I'm going to do.

679
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:57,720
Next, a 70% scale test. They load 120 pounds on the seat.

680
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,920
Looks like it's topping out at about 90.

681
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:09,920
And charge the tank to 90 psi. This time it might be a good idea to adjourn to the vacant

682
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:12,920
lot next door.

683
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,920
Three, two, one.

684
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,920
Food!

685
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,920
Like clockwork.

686
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,120
That was fantastic!

687
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:29,120
Having 120 pounds on the seat didn't dampen the rig's lifting power.

688
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,120
It's almost like we knew what we were doing, isn't it?

689
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:36,120
And the load easily cleared the hole in the car without touching anything, without bumping

690
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:41,120
or rubbing or bending or straining or snapping. It couldn't have gone better.

691
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,120
It's totally time to take this full scale. I almost want to ride it.

692
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,120
There goes one happy Hunman.

693
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:52,620
Now, this is a top secret spy car, right? People shouldn't guess that they're sitting

694
00:44:52,820 --> 00:44:58,320
in an ejector seat. The rig's plumbing is easily disguised, but the seat itself might

695
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:03,320
raise eyebrows and everything else.

696
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,320
You're right.

697
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,320
It is a little high, isn't it?

698
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,320
It's a tad high.

699
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:15,320
Still, Adam's confident it will pass the undetectability test.

700
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:21,320
There's nothing that screams that the passenger seat is going to leave this vehicle. You

701
00:45:22,020 --> 00:45:29,020
might get into it and think, oh, Adam's weekend work on this car is a little bit substandard,

702
00:45:29,020 --> 00:45:34,020
but you wouldn't think Adam's about to leave me on the side of the freeway.

703
00:45:34,020 --> 00:45:38,020
Let's test that theory, shall we, Adam?

704
00:45:38,020 --> 00:45:41,620
Bob is our regular tow truck operator. He's always helping us get vehicles out to the

705
00:45:41,620 --> 00:45:45,620
locations where we do bad things to them. And right now, I think James is going to try

706
00:45:45,620 --> 00:45:52,620
and get him to sit in our ejection seat and see if he can't determine that it's indetectable.

707
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,320
Take a seat, Bob.

708
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,320
It's an ejection seat.

709
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,320
Why would you say that?

710
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,320
The roof cut away from the top here. Give me a little hint.

711
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:09,320
Hey, Bob, see that little thing there? Now, push that button.

712
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,320
I think I'd rather not.

713
00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:18,020
Oh, well, let's face it. If he's worked with the MythBusters before, he's going to suspect

714
00:46:18,020 --> 00:46:23,020
something, isn't he? Out at the test track, they try again.

715
00:46:23,020 --> 00:46:27,020
If you'll sit in the passenger seat, I want to show you a couple things about it.

716
00:46:27,020 --> 00:46:32,020
Don tells one of Jamie's interns. Will she realize she's sitting in the hot seat?

717
00:46:32,020 --> 00:46:37,020
So does nothing strike you as totally bizarre about this car?

718
00:46:37,020 --> 00:46:40,020
It looks like it kind of suits Don Tell, actually.

719
00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:43,720
Is it too small or something? I don't know.

720
00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:48,720
No, no. We wanted to see if we could dress this car in such a way as a person would unsuspectingly

721
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:53,220
sit in the seat and it wouldn't wreak that the car was fitted with an ejection seat that

722
00:46:53,220 --> 00:46:55,220
you are currently sitting in.

723
00:46:55,220 --> 00:46:57,220
Oh, yay, oh no.

724
00:46:57,220 --> 00:47:01,220
Don Tell suspected nothing, so that's even the score.

725
00:47:01,220 --> 00:47:03,220
Anything stick out to you?

726
00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:09,220
The gear shift is weird. What is that? What is that? What's this push button on a Mac?

727
00:47:09,220 --> 00:47:12,220
Don here smells a rat, but he hasn't picked it.

728
00:47:17,220 --> 00:47:20,220
What was going here? What's this?

729
00:47:20,220 --> 00:47:22,220
Well, that gets out of the way.

730
00:47:22,220 --> 00:47:26,220
Oh, James Bond! Yeah, exactly.

731
00:47:26,220 --> 00:47:32,220
Well, two out of three ain't bad. Now with Buster still in bits after the awning fall myth,

732
00:47:32,220 --> 00:47:35,220
they've called on one of his buddies to make a guest appearance.

733
00:47:35,220 --> 00:47:40,220
But there might be a small problem. Well, in fact, a large problem, actually.

734
00:47:40,220 --> 00:47:45,220
What are we doing with the tallest dummy in the biz in the whole place?

735
00:47:45,220 --> 00:47:50,220
Clearly this isn't going to work. Just as well, he brought the whole family.

736
00:47:50,220 --> 00:47:55,220
We've got a, he's got a wife and he's got a kid and well, we're going to try that.

737
00:47:55,220 --> 00:47:59,220
Adam manhandles Buster's buddies better half into the car.

738
00:47:59,220 --> 00:48:01,220
She's light.

739
00:48:01,220 --> 00:48:03,220
Who said chivalry was dead?

740
00:48:06,220 --> 00:48:09,220
There we go.

741
00:48:09,220 --> 00:48:13,220
We are almost ready to go. We've got a dummy that fits in the passenger seat this time.

742
00:48:13,220 --> 00:48:16,220
We've taped the roof above her head. We've got the safety shield in.

743
00:48:16,220 --> 00:48:18,220
We've got the electric system working.

744
00:48:18,220 --> 00:48:24,220
All that's left is to, oh, to charge the tank and wait for camera to tell us to roll.

745
00:48:28,220 --> 00:48:31,220
We are fully charged. It's 130 psi.

746
00:48:31,220 --> 00:48:39,220
That air pressure will generate 2,600 pounds of lift 10 times the weight of the seat and its unfortunate passenger.

747
00:48:41,220 --> 00:48:45,220
We know the chair works, but it's never had anybody on board.

748
00:48:45,220 --> 00:48:52,220
The one thing that'll stop this dummy making a smooth exit will be flailing limbs on lift off.

749
00:48:55,220 --> 00:48:57,220
Drive safely.

750
00:48:57,220 --> 00:49:01,220
I will. I'm going to wait for your signal to go.

751
00:49:01,220 --> 00:49:02,220
Okay.

752
00:49:02,220 --> 00:49:08,220
It's the moment of truth. Will the ejector seat launch our passenger into the air like Austin?

753
00:49:09,220 --> 00:49:14,220
In our scenario, Adam and his date are heading out for a night on the town.

754
00:49:17,220 --> 00:49:20,220
What's that? You want me to pay for dinner and a movie?

755
00:49:28,220 --> 00:49:33,220
Wow. That was awesome.

756
00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:37,220
It was an incredible noise. It took like, wow.

757
00:49:44,220 --> 00:49:48,220
Who needs Austin powers when you've got air power?

758
00:49:49,220 --> 00:49:52,220
Oh, God. I really want to ride that thing.

759
00:49:53,220 --> 00:49:55,220
I mean, I just pulled the button and then I heard.

760
00:49:57,220 --> 00:50:01,220
Like this. I mean, it was like a full second after I pushed it.

761
00:50:02,220 --> 00:50:07,220
The high speed camera caught every frame of our passengers airborne exit.

762
00:50:08,220 --> 00:50:11,220
That might be my favorite high speed shot.

763
00:50:11,220 --> 00:50:12,220
You've ever done it?

764
00:50:12,220 --> 00:50:13,220
I think so.

765
00:50:15,220 --> 00:50:19,220
Well, it definitely worked. It's a little silly.

766
00:50:19,220 --> 00:50:24,220
I mean, they're probably simpler and more reliable ways of getting rid of somebody if you wanted to.

767
00:50:24,220 --> 00:50:28,220
I don't know. Well, definitely nothing as classy as this.

768
00:50:28,220 --> 00:50:31,220
Not at all. This is plausible and a damn good day's work.

769
00:50:31,220 --> 00:50:32,220
All right.

770
00:50:37,220 --> 00:50:43,220
After the break, Tori goes ballistic to try and bust a Hollywood floor show.

771
00:50:45,220 --> 00:50:49,220
And her own Bo and Luke tackle an automotive movie myth.

772
00:50:55,220 --> 00:51:03,220
In this mega movie myth special, the mythbusters are applying the scientific blowtorch to some of Hollywood's greatest hits.

773
00:51:07,220 --> 00:51:09,220
No, intermission. Where are we so far?

774
00:51:10,220 --> 00:51:12,220
Cutting a sword with a sword is busted.

775
00:51:12,220 --> 00:51:13,220
Ha!

776
00:51:19,220 --> 00:51:20,220
Oh!

777
00:51:22,220 --> 00:51:23,220
Haunting fall plausible.

778
00:51:29,220 --> 00:51:31,220
All right. Check some seat is plausible.

779
00:51:36,220 --> 00:51:38,220
Check it out. Look, it's coming up. Shooting locks off.

780
00:51:43,220 --> 00:51:44,220
Ballistic breakout.

781
00:51:48,220 --> 00:51:50,220
And jumping a gorge with a car.

782
00:51:53,220 --> 00:51:58,220
For the next movie myth, Tori, Carrie and Grant will have to really aim up.

783
00:51:59,220 --> 00:52:00,220
What you got for us, Jamie?

784
00:52:00,220 --> 00:52:07,220
Well, this is a classic myth and it involves a guy that's trying to get through a door to doors locked.

785
00:52:07,220 --> 00:52:12,220
So he pulls out a handgun and shoots the lock and presto, he's inside.

786
00:52:14,220 --> 00:52:19,220
Jamie's right. Come crunch time in the movies, poppin locks is a popular plot device.

787
00:52:22,220 --> 00:52:27,220
Kurt Russell might be in big trouble in little China, but he knows freedom is just a shot away.

788
00:52:28,220 --> 00:52:32,220
On the big screen, a heavy padlock cannot withstand hot leg.

789
00:52:32,220 --> 00:52:38,220
So I guess we get a bunch of locks and some solid wood doors.

790
00:52:39,220 --> 00:52:41,220
Then we get to open up the myth buster arsenal.

791
00:52:42,220 --> 00:52:45,220
Yeah, well, it looks like you guys have it well in hand, so have fun with it, huh?

792
00:52:46,220 --> 00:52:50,220
Grant's off to pick some locks. Well, choose some locks. You know what I mean.

793
00:52:52,220 --> 00:52:54,220
He puts the lock myth to the locksmith.

794
00:52:55,220 --> 00:53:00,220
In action movies a lot, what they do is they take a guy and they're like, I gotta get in. I gotta get into this room.

795
00:53:01,220 --> 00:53:05,220
And they shoot the lock and it goes boom and then they kick the door down.

796
00:53:06,220 --> 00:53:12,220
I mean, have you, you know, heard of this myth? This is something that happens in the real world or is this just in the movies?

797
00:53:13,220 --> 00:53:16,220
The quality of the lock makes all a big difference. The caliber makes a big difference.

798
00:53:17,220 --> 00:53:21,220
You shoot it with a 9mm, it's not going to have the effect of a 45mm. You shoot it with a 357mm.

799
00:53:22,220 --> 00:53:24,220
It's going to have a lot more impact. It's going to do more damage.

800
00:53:25,220 --> 00:53:26,220
A wood door actually might pop open.

801
00:53:26,220 --> 00:53:30,220
Grant walks out with more locks than you'd find at a hairdresser's convention.

802
00:53:32,220 --> 00:53:35,220
Meanwhile, Tari's window shopping for doors.

803
00:53:36,220 --> 00:53:43,220
Sounds solid, but look, it's got the handle in it already. We already have a lock in here. We're halfway there.

804
00:53:48,220 --> 00:53:50,220
Back at HQ, Tari builds a mount for each door.

805
00:53:52,220 --> 00:53:54,220
Anybody want to talk to me? I'll be in my office.

806
00:53:57,220 --> 00:54:00,220
At Fitzgrants padlocks and dead bolts.

807
00:54:02,220 --> 00:54:03,220
Call me paranoid.

808
00:54:04,220 --> 00:54:10,220
We've seen a setup like this before. In our last Hollywood special, Adam and Jamie tried a little breaking and entering.

809
00:54:12,220 --> 00:54:15,220
Jamie did the entering and Adam did the breaking.

810
00:54:15,220 --> 00:54:22,220
So all the doors are done. This one right here is a solid core wood door. We have five of these kind of cheaper dead bolt locks.

811
00:54:23,220 --> 00:54:27,220
And then we have a really nice sturdy heavy duty dead bolt lock. We're going to try to shoot those out.

812
00:54:28,220 --> 00:54:33,220
I have another solid wood door with cheaper hasps, cheaper locks. This is probably going to be our best bet is shooting these guys off.

813
00:54:34,220 --> 00:54:35,220
It'll be the easiest.

814
00:54:35,220 --> 00:54:39,220
Now in the movies, they always blast locks from close range.

815
00:54:42,220 --> 00:54:47,220
Our gunslingers will have to do the same, but to guard against flying shrapnel, they'll have some protection.

816
00:54:49,220 --> 00:54:53,220
What I have here is a piece of the bullet proof.

817
00:54:54,220 --> 00:54:55,220
I have a piece of the bullet proof.

818
00:54:56,220 --> 00:54:57,220
I have a piece of the bullet proof.

819
00:54:58,220 --> 00:54:59,220
I have a piece of the bullet proof.

820
00:55:00,220 --> 00:55:05,220
What I have here is a piece of the bullet proof glass.

821
00:55:06,220 --> 00:55:09,220
I've cut a hole in it so we can stick the barrel through the hole.

822
00:55:10,220 --> 00:55:14,220
And then this will adjust up and down this track so we can raise it to each of our locks.

823
00:55:15,220 --> 00:55:20,220
Soon we'll see if this movie myth is bang on target or shot down in flames.

824
00:55:29,220 --> 00:55:32,220
You're the hero of the movie. The cops are chasing you, the bad guys are chasing you.

825
00:55:33,220 --> 00:55:42,220
You've got to get to safety. You hit some big dirt mound and fly your car to safety, landing far away from the bad guys, driving away to safety.

826
00:55:43,220 --> 00:55:46,220
I sense more car destruction in our future.

827
00:55:49,220 --> 00:55:55,220
In the movie remake of the TV classic The Dukes of Hazard, Beau and Luke are on the run from a man with a gun.

828
00:55:55,220 --> 00:56:01,220
The bridge may be out, but that's no problem when you've got a pile of dirt for a launching pad.

829
00:56:02,220 --> 00:56:08,220
The generally not only makes the jump, it lands safely and those good old boys are freedom bound.

830
00:56:09,220 --> 00:56:10,220
How are we going to do this?

831
00:56:11,220 --> 00:56:13,220
Well, it's a classic movie jump myth.

832
00:56:14,220 --> 00:56:20,220
I think it's just another case of making a really big remote control car toy and sending it on a really big jump.

833
00:56:20,220 --> 00:56:27,220
Well, isn't it going to be a little more complicated than that? I mean, we have to actually match something like The Dukes of Hazard, right?

834
00:56:28,220 --> 00:56:37,220
Sure. I will take a look at the movie and calculate exactly how far the general Lee is supposed to have traveled and the scene we want to replicate and we'll go from there.

835
00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:42,220
Okay, well, I'll start in on the car. I think this is number five for me with the radio control.

836
00:56:43,220 --> 00:56:46,220
As we know, Jamie's the king of remote control.

837
00:56:47,220 --> 00:56:50,220
I've radio controlled a police car.

838
00:56:56,220 --> 00:56:59,220
I've radio controlled a car for car full vault.

839
00:57:04,220 --> 00:57:09,220
I've radio controlled a car to try and blow it over with a jet airplane.

840
00:57:09,220 --> 00:57:11,220
And what was the other one?

841
00:57:12,220 --> 00:57:14,220
The other one was the Jato rocket car.

842
00:57:17,220 --> 00:57:21,220
No wonder he's struggling to remember. That was way back in the very first episode.

843
00:57:23,220 --> 00:57:26,220
That was hysterical. That was absolutely outrageous.

844
00:57:27,220 --> 00:57:30,220
But this RC setup will be his most complex.

845
00:57:31,220 --> 00:57:33,220
The car will have to be a little more complicated.

846
00:57:33,220 --> 00:57:36,220
So Jamie will need to control acceleration and steering.

847
00:57:37,220 --> 00:57:39,220
I've gotten radio controls on the throttle.

848
00:57:42,220 --> 00:57:44,220
I never get tired of that part.

849
00:57:45,220 --> 00:57:46,220
I've got it on the shifter.

850
00:57:48,220 --> 00:57:52,220
I've got it on the brakes and the tricky one is I've got it on steering.

851
00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:56,220
And if he hopes to hit a ramp it's going to be a little more difficult.

852
00:57:56,220 --> 00:58:00,220
When it comes down to the moment of truth, this control right here is where it's at.

853
00:58:01,220 --> 00:58:06,220
If I don't have this totally buttoned down, this car is going to get airborne some place that I don't want it to be.

854
00:58:08,220 --> 00:58:11,220
But can he make it fly as far as the general lead?

855
00:58:12,220 --> 00:58:14,220
And even if he does, will it be able to keep on rolling?

856
00:58:15,220 --> 00:58:17,220
I've got it on the brakes.

857
00:58:18,220 --> 00:58:20,220
And the tricky one is I've got it on steering.

858
00:58:21,220 --> 00:58:24,220
And if he hopes to hit a ramp at top speed, the steering will be crucial.

859
00:58:24,220 --> 00:58:25,220
But keep on rolling.

860
00:58:26,220 --> 00:58:31,220
Still to come, Jamie's remote controlled car doesn't stay under remote control.

861
00:58:33,220 --> 00:58:37,220
And Tori, Carrie and Grant have their sights set on the lock shooting myth.

862
00:58:43,220 --> 00:58:47,220
A locked door is no barrier for an actor packing a piece.

863
00:58:48,220 --> 00:58:51,220
A single bullet from close range will usually pop a lock.

864
00:58:51,220 --> 00:58:55,220
Now Tori, Carrie and Grant are about to give it a shot themselves.

865
00:58:56,220 --> 00:58:59,220
At the Chabot Gun Club, a familiar face is waiting.

866
00:59:00,220 --> 00:59:04,220
Every time the Mythbusters go ballistic, Sergeant Alan Normandy is on hand.

867
00:59:05,220 --> 00:59:09,220
Before we start shooting, as is always the case when we play with guns, we always talk about the safety risks.

868
00:59:10,220 --> 00:59:14,220
And it's just as well, because they've brought an entire armory with them.

869
00:59:15,220 --> 00:59:20,220
We're starting with the 9mm handgun, then moving up to a 357 magnum.

870
00:59:21,220 --> 00:59:28,220
And if they don't work, then a 12 gauge shotgun and finally the big boy, the M1 Grant.

871
00:59:29,220 --> 00:59:30,220
First the 9mm.

872
00:59:31,220 --> 00:59:36,220
All the padlocks on this door are identical. We're locked and loaded.

873
00:59:40,220 --> 00:59:42,220
Take a deep breath, line up your sights.

874
00:59:44,220 --> 00:59:46,220
Carrie pumps three rounds into the padlock.

875
00:59:46,220 --> 00:59:48,220
Anyone getting through that door?

876
00:59:49,220 --> 00:59:54,220
Alright, it's still working. You hit the bottom here and it's ripped it a little bit.

877
00:59:55,220 --> 00:59:57,220
But the lock is still...

878
00:59:58,220 --> 00:59:59,220
Does it open?

879
00:59:59,220 --> 01:00:01,220
In fact, the key still works.

880
01:00:02,220 --> 01:00:06,220
Standard lock has been shot three times in three different places, side on front on and on the corner.

881
01:00:07,220 --> 01:00:10,220
Still works perfectly. It doesn't open without the key.

882
01:00:11,220 --> 01:00:12,220
9mm.

883
01:00:12,220 --> 01:00:13,220
No good.

884
01:00:14,220 --> 01:00:19,220
The shooting shield is raised to the next lock. This time Carrie will use the 357 magnum.

885
01:00:20,220 --> 01:00:23,220
357, 158 grain, flat tip.

886
01:00:24,220 --> 01:00:26,220
Dirty Harriet blasts away.

887
01:00:27,220 --> 01:00:29,220
In three, two, one.

888
01:00:33,220 --> 01:00:36,220
The lock is battered, but still won't budge.

889
01:00:37,220 --> 01:00:39,220
It's early day, but it's still working.

890
01:00:39,220 --> 01:00:41,220
But still won't budge.

891
01:00:42,220 --> 01:00:46,220
It's early days, but already this Hollywood myth isn't looking very high caliber.

892
01:00:47,220 --> 01:00:52,220
Next, a door studded with dead bolts. Can Carrie's handguns aim up this time?

893
01:00:53,220 --> 01:00:55,220
9mm on dead bolt.

894
01:01:01,220 --> 01:01:02,220
Still works.

895
01:01:03,220 --> 01:01:05,220
So let's move on to the 357.

896
01:01:05,220 --> 01:01:12,220
Once again, those point blank pistols have come up empty.

897
01:01:13,220 --> 01:01:15,220
It's definitely loosened up a lot.

898
01:01:16,220 --> 01:01:17,220
But the lock itself...

899
01:01:19,220 --> 01:01:21,220
Still working.

900
01:01:22,220 --> 01:01:27,220
And guns are not the key. So what sort of firepower does it take to access all areas?

901
01:01:28,220 --> 01:01:31,220
It's time to bring out the big guns.

902
01:01:31,220 --> 01:01:36,220
I'd encourage you guys to get back a little bit, because this is where you're going to have bouncing bullets.

903
01:01:37,220 --> 01:01:39,220
This time, Grants are sharpshooter.

904
01:01:40,220 --> 01:01:45,220
Okay, so this is 12 gauge slug, 1600 feet per second. Everybody ready?

905
01:01:46,220 --> 01:01:48,220
He takes aim at another standard padlock.

906
01:01:49,220 --> 01:01:52,220
Three, two, one.

907
01:01:53,220 --> 01:01:54,220
Oh yeah!

908
01:01:55,220 --> 01:01:56,220
Got all of that one.

909
01:01:57,220 --> 01:01:59,220
Dear slug, I like it.

910
01:01:59,220 --> 01:02:04,220
Hang on, sure there's plenty of damage, but the lock still seems to be attached.

911
01:02:08,220 --> 01:02:09,220
Still working.

912
01:02:09,220 --> 01:02:10,220
There it is.

913
01:02:12,220 --> 01:02:13,220
What are you?

914
01:02:14,220 --> 01:02:15,220
Nice!

915
01:02:15,220 --> 01:02:16,220
Dear slug...

916
01:02:17,220 --> 01:02:18,220
Breaks the locks off.

917
01:02:19,220 --> 01:02:21,220
Now the M1 Garand.

918
01:02:22,220 --> 01:02:25,220
Okay, this is 30-06 high power rifle round.

919
01:02:26,220 --> 01:02:28,220
In three, two, one.

920
01:02:29,220 --> 01:02:30,220
Wow!

921
01:02:33,220 --> 01:02:35,220
Went right through the door jamb.

922
01:02:37,220 --> 01:02:39,220
Oh yeah, I think that does it. What do you guys think?

923
01:02:40,220 --> 01:02:43,220
I don't think we even have to check. I can pretty much tell that the lock's been blown apart.

924
01:02:44,220 --> 01:02:45,220
Oh my god!

925
01:02:46,220 --> 01:02:50,220
What about a deadbolt? Can it survive Grants' heavy artillery?

926
01:02:51,220 --> 01:02:54,220
12 gauge shotgun slug into deadbolt.

927
01:02:55,220 --> 01:02:58,220
In three, two, one.

928
01:02:59,220 --> 01:03:01,220
Yeah!

929
01:03:02,220 --> 01:03:04,220
I think it worked!

930
01:03:05,220 --> 01:03:08,220
The dear slug seems to be the winner of the day.

931
01:03:09,220 --> 01:03:10,220
That's the one.

932
01:03:10,220 --> 01:03:12,220
And the M1 Garand.

933
01:03:12,220 --> 01:03:15,220
In three, two, one.

934
01:03:20,220 --> 01:03:22,220
I think that's how we do that, huh?

935
01:03:22,220 --> 01:03:25,220
I would have to say that the M1 Garand works.

936
01:03:25,220 --> 01:03:29,220
Talk about overkill. The rifles might have destroyed the locks,

937
01:03:29,220 --> 01:03:32,220
but pull the trigger from that distance without protection

938
01:03:32,220 --> 01:03:34,220
and you'd be showered with shrapnel.

939
01:03:35,220 --> 01:03:37,220
So what happened? Fill me in.

940
01:03:37,220 --> 01:03:38,220
Handguns busted.

941
01:03:38,220 --> 01:03:41,220
The shotgun and the M1 Garand plausible.

942
01:03:41,220 --> 01:03:44,220
You know, you really don't recommend this, right?

943
01:03:44,220 --> 01:03:49,220
No, definitely not. There are many easier ways to get into a door, so...

944
01:03:49,220 --> 01:03:50,220
Don't do it.

945
01:03:50,220 --> 01:03:52,220
Besides the fact that it's totally impractical

946
01:03:52,220 --> 01:03:55,220
and the ricochets could kill you or injure you.

947
01:03:55,220 --> 01:03:57,220
Well, that's a good point.

948
01:04:01,220 --> 01:04:02,220
Good job.

949
01:04:02,220 --> 01:04:06,220
Still ahead, Tori takes aim at the myth of the ballistic breakthrough

950
01:04:06,220 --> 01:04:10,220
and the remote-controlled cars on a collision course.

951
01:04:10,220 --> 01:04:11,220
There we go again.

952
01:04:16,220 --> 01:04:19,220
How many times have we seen this at the movies?

953
01:04:19,220 --> 01:04:23,220
Car takes to the skies, car clears huge jump,

954
01:04:23,220 --> 01:04:27,220
car drops back to Earth and miraculously drives on.

955
01:04:28,220 --> 01:04:32,220
Our own Duke of Hazards rigged this beast with remote control.

956
01:04:32,220 --> 01:04:37,220
Now he's waiting to find out how far it'll have to jump to match the movie.

957
01:04:37,220 --> 01:04:39,220
Adam's been studying the scene.

958
01:04:40,220 --> 01:04:41,220
Hey, man.

959
01:04:41,220 --> 01:04:45,220
Yeah, listen, I did the calculations from what I saw in the film

960
01:04:45,220 --> 01:04:49,220
and it looks like the general lead is flying about 175 feet

961
01:04:49,220 --> 01:04:54,220
and by my calculations, that means it should be hitting a 30-degree ramp

962
01:04:54,220 --> 01:04:56,220
at about 70 miles per hour.

963
01:04:56,220 --> 01:04:58,220
Can your RC car go that fast?

964
01:04:58,220 --> 01:05:00,220
Yeah, sure. No problem.

965
01:05:00,220 --> 01:05:03,220
Right. Okay. Well, I'll see you in the next scene.

966
01:05:03,220 --> 01:05:07,220
And that scene is the track where Jamie and Adam plan to make this jump.

967
01:05:09,220 --> 01:05:11,220
So you got some dirt for us?

968
01:05:11,220 --> 01:05:13,220
You want to follow us on the pickup truck?

969
01:05:13,220 --> 01:05:15,220
We'll get down to the end of the runway.

970
01:05:15,220 --> 01:05:17,220
We're going to lay it pretty much right in the middle.

971
01:05:18,220 --> 01:05:22,220
In the Dukes of Hazard, the general lead mounts a pile of Earth.

972
01:05:22,220 --> 01:05:25,220
Adam and Jamie's jump ramp will have to match.

973
01:05:26,220 --> 01:05:28,220
That looks like a big pile of dirt to me.

974
01:05:29,220 --> 01:05:30,220
Hang on, guys.

975
01:05:30,220 --> 01:05:35,220
You plan to launch a car 175 feet off this little old mound of dirt?

976
01:05:36,220 --> 01:05:40,220
Stunt drivers might do crazy stuff with cars,

977
01:05:41,220 --> 01:05:44,220
but at least they use purpose-built ramps.

978
01:05:47,220 --> 01:05:53,220
Over the years, Australian stunt king Ray Bauman has dragged a variety of vehicles over such ramps.

979
01:05:55,220 --> 01:06:00,220
In 1998, Ray took a tilt at the record for the world's longest car jump.

980
01:06:00,220 --> 01:06:05,220
The rules stated that his car would have to land on four wheels and drive away.

981
01:06:05,220 --> 01:06:10,220
In other words, he'd have to replicate our movie myth to take the title.

982
01:06:11,220 --> 01:06:12,220
Did he succeed?

983
01:06:12,220 --> 01:06:15,220
But we'll come back and find out how Ray got on later.

984
01:06:17,220 --> 01:06:20,220
Meanwhile, Adam and Jamie are getting down and dirty.

985
01:06:21,220 --> 01:06:24,220
I pronounced this, hide him in mountain.

986
01:06:25,220 --> 01:06:28,220
Turning a mound of dirt into a ramp isn't as easy as it sounds.

987
01:06:28,220 --> 01:06:32,220
If the Earth isn't compacted, the car will just plow through it.

988
01:06:36,220 --> 01:06:38,220
Jamie has a plan.

989
01:06:39,220 --> 01:06:44,220
The way that we used to do it on building sites is about a foot at a time and then flatten it out.

990
01:06:45,220 --> 01:06:48,220
So we build it up very methodically.

991
01:06:49,220 --> 01:06:52,220
Hold it a second, Jamie. You worked on building sites?

992
01:06:53,220 --> 01:06:57,220
In one of my former lives, I actually worked as a building inspector.

993
01:06:58,220 --> 01:07:04,220
And part of my job was to stand around and watch as layer after layer was put in on building sites

994
01:07:04,220 --> 01:07:09,220
because when you're about to build a foundation, it's important that dirt be properly compacted.

995
01:07:11,220 --> 01:07:14,220
Jamie lays down one layer at a time for Adam to roll.

996
01:07:15,220 --> 01:07:19,220
Gradually, the ramp rises to the required 30-degree angle.

997
01:07:20,220 --> 01:07:23,220
Boy, that ramp's skinnier than Daisy Duke's Denim's.

998
01:07:24,220 --> 01:07:28,220
Remember, Jamie's RC car has to hit the ramp at top speed.

999
01:07:29,220 --> 01:07:33,220
There's no margin for error, so they'll need to make the target a little bigger.

1000
01:07:34,220 --> 01:07:39,220
What we're doing here is making the hump a little larger, a little wider,

1001
01:07:40,220 --> 01:07:46,220
because when that car gets going 90 miles an hour, I don't really know how dead center I'm going to be able to get it on this thing.

1002
01:07:47,220 --> 01:07:50,220
The hump, as it was, is just perfect.

1003
01:07:51,220 --> 01:07:53,220
We want a little additional insurance.

1004
01:07:54,220 --> 01:08:01,220
What we don't want to have is this once we get going, and that's what will happen if we go off to one side or the other just a few inches.

1005
01:08:02,220 --> 01:08:06,220
They widen the ramp, giving Jamie a larger target to aim at.

1006
01:08:11,220 --> 01:08:13,220
Nothing like a good hump, is what I always say.

1007
01:08:14,220 --> 01:08:17,220
We've got a nice hump over here. We're going to jump the hump.

1008
01:08:19,220 --> 01:08:23,220
Well, I call that mountain finish. It's as close to 30 degrees as we're going to get.

1009
01:08:24,220 --> 01:08:30,220
It's nice and solid. The only question is, can Jamie hit it with an RC car at 70 miles per hour?

1010
01:08:34,220 --> 01:08:37,220
Jamie runs a complete check of the car's remote control system.

1011
01:08:38,220 --> 01:08:40,220
When the time comes, it'll have to work without a glitch.

1012
01:08:42,220 --> 01:08:46,220
What I'm looking for is smoothness and control, and particular on the steering.

1013
01:08:47,220 --> 01:08:56,220
These older cars tend to float a lot. They're kind of boats, and that's always been a problem for me because I need to get it really tracking straight.

1014
01:08:57,220 --> 01:09:03,220
To help them achieve that, there's an added feature, never before seen on a Heinemann RC Special.

1015
01:09:04,220 --> 01:09:08,220
We're going to call this the Jamie Cam. We have the actual camera lens out here.

1016
01:09:09,220 --> 01:09:15,220
We have the transmitter inside the car, and then we have this monitor, which I'll be able to look at, as well as look at the car.

1017
01:09:16,220 --> 01:09:19,220
You know, through the windshield of the chase vehicle as I'm going along.

1018
01:09:20,220 --> 01:09:24,220
Remember, Jamie already has four servos to control.

1019
01:09:25,220 --> 01:09:31,220
Throttle, brake, steering, and gearship.

1020
01:09:32,220 --> 01:09:39,220
And at the same time, he'll be monitoring the car's trajectory on screen. Hope his coordination's up to scratch.

1021
01:09:40,220 --> 01:09:42,220
It's time to take this puppy for a test drive.

1022
01:09:43,220 --> 01:09:49,220
Remember, if the car gets out of control, don't try to outrun it. Go at right angles.

1023
01:09:50,220 --> 01:09:55,220
Nature knows that that's the best way of getting out of the way of a thing that's faster than you are.

1024
01:09:57,220 --> 01:10:01,220
Slowly, the world's biggest toy car takes to the road.

1025
01:10:02,220 --> 01:10:04,220
I never get tired of watching one of those things go.

1026
01:10:05,220 --> 01:10:08,220
And almost immediately, it veers off it again.

1027
01:10:09,220 --> 01:10:10,220
Uh-oh.

1028
01:10:12,220 --> 01:10:13,220
Turn it off.

1029
01:10:14,220 --> 01:10:16,220
What? There we go again.

1030
01:10:20,220 --> 01:10:22,220
I haven't set the fail safe yet.

1031
01:10:22,220 --> 01:10:23,220
You haven't?

1032
01:10:23,220 --> 01:10:24,220
Nope.

1033
01:10:24,220 --> 01:10:26,220
At least you weren't in it this time, Adam.

1034
01:10:27,220 --> 01:10:31,220
Back in the dried shaft pole vault myth, Adam found himself taking a backseat.

1035
01:10:33,220 --> 01:10:37,220
As Jamie's remote-controlled car crashed through the same fence.

1036
01:10:38,220 --> 01:10:40,220
What the hell was that?

1037
01:10:40,220 --> 01:10:42,220
We better call the fence company again.

1038
01:10:44,220 --> 01:10:47,220
After all the effort it's taken to bring the car under his control,

1039
01:10:49,220 --> 01:10:51,220
Jamie forgot just one little bitty thing.

1040
01:10:52,220 --> 01:10:53,220
The fail safe.

1041
01:10:54,220 --> 01:10:56,220
I don't know why the brakes didn't come on.

1042
01:10:57,220 --> 01:11:00,220
Fail safe is exactly what the term implies.

1043
01:11:01,220 --> 01:11:07,220
That any failure mode is a safe failure mode, i.e. if we lose the ability to control the car with the radio.

1044
01:11:08,220 --> 01:11:12,220
That its default will be to put its brakes on.

1045
01:11:13,220 --> 01:11:18,220
And apparently in this test Jamie hadn't yet set the fail safe, so he's doing that right now.

1046
01:11:19,220 --> 01:11:21,220
I should be able to turn off the radio.

1047
01:11:21,220 --> 01:11:22,220
And the brake will activate.

1048
01:11:22,220 --> 01:11:23,220
And the brake will go on.

1049
01:11:23,220 --> 01:11:24,220
All right.

1050
01:11:26,220 --> 01:11:27,220
There it goes.

1051
01:11:27,220 --> 01:11:28,220
And there it is.

1052
01:11:28,220 --> 01:11:29,220
Good.

1053
01:11:29,220 --> 01:11:30,220
All right.

1054
01:11:30,220 --> 01:11:31,220
Excellent.

1055
01:11:31,220 --> 01:11:34,220
Jamie has to make sure he has this car under control.

1056
01:11:34,220 --> 01:11:39,220
If he's off, even by a few inches, the whole experiment will crash and burn.

1057
01:11:40,220 --> 01:11:46,220
The guys do a test run at 50 miles per hour, with Jamie trying to steer the car from the chase vehicle.

1058
01:11:49,220 --> 01:11:50,220
It went to fail safe.

1059
01:11:51,220 --> 01:11:52,220
Interesting.

1060
01:11:52,220 --> 01:11:54,220
Well, I probably got too far away.

1061
01:11:54,220 --> 01:11:55,220
Yeah.

1062
01:11:55,220 --> 01:11:56,220
Here's another challenge.

1063
01:11:56,220 --> 01:12:01,220
Adam will have to stay close to the car, so Jamie's transmitter stays in range.

1064
01:12:02,220 --> 01:12:05,220
It's much easier for me to judge its speed if I'm off to the side a little bit.

1065
01:12:05,220 --> 01:12:06,220
OK.

1066
01:12:06,220 --> 01:12:07,220
And staying with it.

1067
01:12:07,220 --> 01:12:08,220
All right.

1068
01:12:08,220 --> 01:12:11,220
Jamie has to maintain control of the car.

1069
01:12:11,220 --> 01:12:14,220
Oh, there it is.

1070
01:12:14,220 --> 01:12:18,220
Adam has to make sure he keeps Jamie's transmitter in range.

1071
01:12:18,220 --> 01:12:20,220
You're not keeping me where I want to be.

1072
01:12:20,220 --> 01:12:21,220
Sorry.

1073
01:12:22,220 --> 01:12:26,220
They do several laps of the runway, trying to master the choreography.

1074
01:12:27,220 --> 01:12:28,220
15 miles an hour.

1075
01:12:28,220 --> 01:12:37,220
The only thing that I could use some help with is I'm just focusing on that line, and like, I have no idea that I'm about to the end of the runway.

1076
01:12:37,220 --> 01:12:38,220
OK.

1077
01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:39,220
I will keep you posted on that.

1078
01:12:39,220 --> 01:12:41,220
So you think we're ready to do it for real?

1079
01:12:41,220 --> 01:12:43,220
Ready as I'll ever be.

1080
01:12:46,220 --> 01:12:47,220
Still to come.

1081
01:12:47,220 --> 01:12:49,220
Can you use bullets to bust through a floor?

1082
01:12:51,220 --> 01:12:52,220
You can totally do it.

1083
01:12:53,220 --> 01:12:56,220
And Adam and Jamie put the pedal to the pedal.

1084
01:12:59,220 --> 01:13:00,220
Ugh.

1085
01:13:09,220 --> 01:13:12,220
Earlier, the guy shot a few holes in the lock shooting myth.

1086
01:13:17,220 --> 01:13:22,220
And since then, Tauri's had a video night at his house and seen this.

1087
01:13:23,220 --> 01:13:30,220
In the movie Underworld, Kate Beckinsdale's vampy vampire is cornered by a pack of slavering werewolves.

1088
01:13:30,220 --> 01:13:34,220
So she decides to shoot her way out, straight down.

1089
01:13:36,220 --> 01:13:38,220
No prizes for guessing the next myth.

1090
01:13:38,220 --> 01:13:42,220
Does Tauri look any good in a PVC body suit?

1091
01:13:42,220 --> 01:13:43,220
Nah, just kidding.

1092
01:13:43,220 --> 01:13:48,220
Tauri's going to find out if shooting a hole in a floor is a viable means of escape.

1093
01:13:48,220 --> 01:13:51,220
Tauri, I've been thinking about the ballistic breakout thing.

1094
01:13:51,220 --> 01:13:55,220
I don't think you can just stand on a floor and start shooting around yourself.

1095
01:13:55,220 --> 01:14:00,220
There's too much of a risk from either ricochets or secondary ricochets from like nails and wood chips.

1096
01:14:00,220 --> 01:14:02,220
Not to mention that I might shoot my foot off.

1097
01:14:02,220 --> 01:14:04,220
If you're that bad a shot.

1098
01:14:04,220 --> 01:14:05,220
I might.

1099
01:14:05,220 --> 01:14:06,220
You never know.

1100
01:14:06,220 --> 01:14:07,220
Do you have a plan?

1101
01:14:07,220 --> 01:14:08,220
Well, yeah.

1102
01:14:08,220 --> 01:14:17,220
Well, speaking maybe we'll do, I'll build a target deck and then just above that, I'll build another deck with a hole in it and I can shoot through that deck and it'll keep me safe from any stray bullets.

1103
01:14:17,220 --> 01:14:18,220
I think that's perfect.

1104
01:14:18,220 --> 01:14:24,220
Tauri plans to construct a platform with a circular slot cut into it for the muzzle of the gun.

1105
01:14:24,220 --> 01:14:26,220
The target floor sits underneath.

1106
01:14:26,220 --> 01:14:32,220
Tauri will try and blast a ring around a pile of sandbags and see if they crash through.

1107
01:14:35,220 --> 01:14:39,220
Now, Tauri's highly skilled when it comes to set design.

1108
01:14:39,220 --> 01:14:46,220
Back when Adam and Jamie plunged into the appliances and the bath myth, he built a whole bathroom in the workshop.

1109
01:14:46,220 --> 01:14:48,220
So a timber deck is a no-brainer.

1110
01:14:52,220 --> 01:14:53,220
This is the shooter's deck.

1111
01:14:53,220 --> 01:15:02,220
I have a one-inch slot that I will be able to stick the muzzle of the gun through and try to shoot a hole in the target deck.

1112
01:15:07,220 --> 01:15:09,220
And then I'll come on this side.

1113
01:15:10,220 --> 01:15:17,220
In the movie, the floor looks to be tiled, so vinyl tiles are laid on the plywood half of the deck.

1114
01:15:20,220 --> 01:15:28,220
Back out of the range, the target floor is set up with the shooting platform positioned over the top.

1115
01:15:29,220 --> 01:15:37,220
Well, you know, this whole experiment is shooting a hole to escape and you would have to be standing there shooting around your feet.

1116
01:15:37,220 --> 01:15:39,220
We're not allowed to do that. It's too dangerous.

1117
01:15:39,220 --> 01:15:46,220
So what we're going to do is put 150 to 180 pounds and I'm going to shoot around that and that's going to simulate a human being standing there.

1118
01:15:46,220 --> 01:15:50,220
This way I'll be out of the way and we'll have the weight.

1119
01:15:50,220 --> 01:15:53,220
In case we do cut a hole, the weight will drop through the floor.

1120
01:15:57,220 --> 01:16:02,220
In the movie myth, the hole is opened up using two 9mm automatic pistols.

1121
01:16:03,220 --> 01:16:12,220
Tori will use a fully automatic MP5, which also fires 9mm bullets. He's never handled a weapon like this before.

1122
01:16:12,220 --> 01:16:14,220
Is the weapon on safe?

1123
01:16:14,220 --> 01:16:15,220
It is.

1124
01:16:15,220 --> 01:16:18,220
So Sergeant Alan Normandy gives Tori a thorough safety briefing.

1125
01:16:18,220 --> 01:16:21,220
Go ahead and now make the gun totally safe.

1126
01:16:23,220 --> 01:16:24,220
Okay, let it hang.

1127
01:16:27,220 --> 01:16:30,220
Okay, let's say you're trying to escape someone.

1128
01:16:30,220 --> 01:16:36,220
Would you ever think of shooting a circular hole in the ground and, you know, dropping through?

1129
01:16:36,220 --> 01:16:41,220
Well, if I was a cartoon character, I might try that, but in real life, no, I would imagine that would never work.

1130
01:16:41,220 --> 01:16:44,220
So it's as likely as crime fighting in stilettos.

1131
01:16:44,220 --> 01:16:46,220
No, but they look cool.

1132
01:16:46,220 --> 01:16:47,220
Oh, yeah.

1133
01:16:47,220 --> 01:16:48,220
They look cool.

1134
01:16:48,220 --> 01:16:50,220
If you're ever going to bust that myth, give me a call.

1135
01:16:52,220 --> 01:16:54,220
Okay, movie right along.

1136
01:16:54,220 --> 01:16:58,220
It's time to find out if bullets can open up an escape hatch.

1137
01:16:58,220 --> 01:16:59,220
Okay, ready?

1138
01:16:59,220 --> 01:17:07,220
We've got a floor, sandbags that weigh the same as a person, a shooting platform, and a myth buster with an itchy trigger finger.

1139
01:17:07,220 --> 01:17:11,220
So now Tori gets to live out his Counter-Strike fantasy.

1140
01:17:12,220 --> 01:17:20,220
In Underworld, Kate Beckinsdale needs only two 20-round clips to achieve her ballistic breakthrough and escape the werewolf horn.

1141
01:17:25,220 --> 01:17:27,220
How many will Tori need?

1142
01:17:28,220 --> 01:17:29,220
Yeah!

1143
01:17:30,220 --> 01:17:31,220
Oh, no.

1144
01:17:34,220 --> 01:17:36,220
He empties one clip,

1145
01:17:39,220 --> 01:17:40,220
then another.

1146
01:17:41,220 --> 01:17:43,220
He's a lot better at this online.

1147
01:17:43,220 --> 01:17:44,220
It's never like the movies.

1148
01:17:44,220 --> 01:17:45,220
No.

1149
01:17:45,220 --> 01:17:46,220
Ever.

1150
01:17:46,220 --> 01:17:49,220
That's 40 rounds, but the floor's still intact.

1151
01:17:50,220 --> 01:17:59,220
The bullets stitch a circle in the timber, but it looks like he might have done too good a job building the floor.

1152
01:18:01,220 --> 01:18:04,220
The support beams are getting in the way.

1153
01:18:04,220 --> 01:18:05,220
I guess it's the shotgun.

1154
01:18:05,220 --> 01:18:06,220
You're going to help?

1155
01:18:06,220 --> 01:18:07,220
Yep.

1156
01:18:07,220 --> 01:18:15,220
Looking like a certain 1930s cartoon character, Gwent uses the shotgun to blast away to waskwe support beams.

1157
01:18:16,220 --> 01:18:19,220
And soon it's a tag team floor show.

1158
01:18:39,220 --> 01:18:42,220
After half an hour, Tori runs out of ammo.

1159
01:18:43,220 --> 01:18:48,220
All right, dude, that's 360 rounds, plus your help with the shotgun.

1160
01:18:48,220 --> 01:18:52,220
The careful observer will note that the sandbags are still there.

1161
01:18:54,220 --> 01:18:55,220
You're almost there.

1162
01:18:55,220 --> 01:18:57,220
Tori resorts to trampling the timber.

1163
01:18:58,220 --> 01:19:00,220
He finally makes it through the plywood.

1164
01:19:02,220 --> 01:19:03,220
All right, well.

1165
01:19:03,220 --> 01:19:04,220
There you go.

1166
01:19:05,220 --> 01:19:07,220
Kind of half way escaped.

1167
01:19:07,220 --> 01:19:11,220
Looks like this movie myth is seriously flawed.

1168
01:19:13,220 --> 01:19:15,220
Let's just face it, this is totally busted.

1169
01:19:15,220 --> 01:19:17,220
This is completely impractical.

1170
01:19:17,220 --> 01:19:18,220
It took way too long.

1171
01:19:18,220 --> 01:19:19,220
It took way too much ammunition.

1172
01:19:19,220 --> 01:19:21,220
It's not remotely like the movies.

1173
01:19:21,220 --> 01:19:26,220
The way you would see it in a Hollywood, where someone just shoots right through the floor.

1174
01:19:26,220 --> 01:19:27,220
Not going to happen.

1175
01:19:27,220 --> 01:19:28,220
It's never going to happen.

1176
01:19:28,220 --> 01:19:29,220
This one's busted.

1177
01:19:29,220 --> 01:19:30,220
It's busted.

1178
01:19:30,220 --> 01:19:31,220
But man, that sure was fun.

1179
01:19:31,220 --> 01:19:32,220
I'm not going to lie.

1180
01:19:32,220 --> 01:19:33,220
Nice circle.

1181
01:19:38,220 --> 01:19:42,220
After the break, our mega movie myth special reaches its climax.

1182
01:19:42,220 --> 01:19:47,220
Adam and Jamie try to duplicate the dukes and make a car fly far.

1183
01:19:54,220 --> 01:19:58,220
Our mega movie myth special has reached its final reel.

1184
01:19:58,220 --> 01:20:03,220
Can a car jump 175 feet and still be drivable?

1185
01:20:03,220 --> 01:20:09,220
Adam and Jamie have got a remote controlled car, a dirt ramp, and just one shot.

1186
01:20:10,220 --> 01:20:16,220
The worst case scenario is that the car hits this bump off to the side and just rolls.

1187
01:20:16,220 --> 01:20:20,220
In that case, I don't think we're getting this car running again.

1188
01:20:20,220 --> 01:20:24,220
And I don't know what the hell we do then.

1189
01:20:24,220 --> 01:20:27,220
Just as they're about to launch, there's a problem.

1190
01:20:27,220 --> 01:20:29,220
The car has a flat.

1191
01:20:30,220 --> 01:20:34,220
This car last saw action in the rough road driving myth.

1192
01:20:36,220 --> 01:20:42,220
That was fairly sedate handling by mythmusters standards, but it obviously still took its toll.

1193
01:20:42,220 --> 01:20:45,220
Still, Adam's being philosophical.

1194
01:20:45,220 --> 01:20:47,220
Well, it goes like this.

1195
01:20:47,220 --> 01:20:53,220
If you're doing something and there's no problems the whole way through, there's bound to be some major screw up at the very end.

1196
01:20:53,220 --> 01:21:00,220
But if you encounter a series of small problems along the way, Murphy's law dictates that that will take care of the problem gods.

1197
01:21:00,220 --> 01:21:03,220
And you won't have a major disaster along the way.

1198
01:21:03,220 --> 01:21:07,220
So hopefully this is one of those nice small problems it's easy to deal with.

1199
01:21:07,220 --> 01:21:09,220
Nice theory, Adam.

1200
01:21:09,220 --> 01:21:12,220
Except that the jack doesn't work.

1201
01:21:15,220 --> 01:21:19,220
Maybe you haven't appeased the problem gods after all.

1202
01:21:20,220 --> 01:21:23,220
We're just going to bring over the tractor.

1203
01:21:23,220 --> 01:21:25,220
Lift the car with the tractor.

1204
01:21:25,220 --> 01:21:28,220
As long as we got one, it's a cheap car jack.

1205
01:21:30,220 --> 01:21:34,220
There's no spare, so Adam has to seal the leak.

1206
01:21:34,220 --> 01:21:39,220
All they can do now is hope the tire will survive until the car mounts that ramp.

1207
01:21:41,220 --> 01:21:42,220
Right.

1208
01:21:42,220 --> 01:21:47,220
It's time to see if our own Kings of Catastrophe can match it with the Dukes of Hassem.

1209
01:21:50,220 --> 01:21:52,220
You ready, Jamie?

1210
01:21:52,220 --> 01:21:54,220
And gear. Go.

1211
01:21:56,220 --> 01:22:01,220
The car has a camera on the hood, so Jamie will be able to see the ramp approaching.

1212
01:22:02,220 --> 01:22:08,220
Adam has to tail the RC car closely so that the RC transmitter stays in range.

1213
01:22:08,220 --> 01:22:11,220
Jamie's got white line fever.

1214
01:22:11,220 --> 01:22:13,220
Keep my eye level on that line.

1215
01:22:14,220 --> 01:22:17,220
The car hits 65 miles per hour.

1216
01:22:17,220 --> 01:22:20,220
The chase vehicle in hot pursuit.

1217
01:22:22,220 --> 01:22:26,220
With the ramp looming, the car suddenly starts swerving back and forth.

1218
01:22:28,220 --> 01:22:31,220
Jamie struggles to regain control.

1219
01:22:32,220 --> 01:22:34,220
We can totally do it.

1220
01:22:36,220 --> 01:22:39,220
At the last second, he threads the needle.

1221
01:22:44,220 --> 01:22:57,220
And another Mythbusters experiment ends with the reassuring sound of rending metal.

1222
01:23:02,220 --> 01:23:04,220
Oh my lord.

1223
01:23:05,220 --> 01:23:07,220
That was so close to an abort.

1224
01:23:07,220 --> 01:23:11,220
I was watching you like go back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and then like...

1225
01:23:12,220 --> 01:23:17,220
Maybe like four seconds before you hit the ramp, you just hit it perfectly, perfectly centered.

1226
01:23:17,220 --> 01:23:19,220
That was nice driving.

1227
01:23:19,220 --> 01:23:21,220
Thank you, Adam.

1228
01:23:21,220 --> 01:23:23,220
It was nice driving.

1229
01:23:23,220 --> 01:23:26,220
That car couldn't have hit the ramp any squareer.

1230
01:23:27,220 --> 01:23:31,220
You know, I was about ready to abort, but I just kind of like...

1231
01:23:31,220 --> 01:23:35,220
I saw it kind of hit a sweet spot right before the ramp.

1232
01:23:36,220 --> 01:23:39,220
And I just kind of...

1233
01:23:39,220 --> 01:23:42,220
Didn't do a whole lot, just the lightest touch.

1234
01:23:42,220 --> 01:23:45,220
And it made it and went right down the slot.

1235
01:23:45,220 --> 01:23:47,220
Shall we measure out how far it went?

1236
01:23:47,220 --> 01:23:50,220
Yeah, I think it's pretty clear where it landed.

1237
01:23:50,220 --> 01:23:52,220
Where do you think Sherlock?

1238
01:23:52,220 --> 01:23:54,220
Look at the dirt trail that it spread the whole way.

1239
01:23:54,220 --> 01:24:00,220
Remember, Adam calculated the length of the General E's jump to be around 175 feet.

1240
01:24:00,220 --> 01:24:04,220
All right, it left from right here.

1241
01:24:06,220 --> 01:24:08,220
What do we get?

1242
01:24:08,220 --> 01:24:10,220
You're not going to believe it.

1243
01:24:10,220 --> 01:24:12,220
150?

1244
01:24:12,220 --> 01:24:14,220
172.

1245
01:24:14,220 --> 01:24:16,220
No!

1246
01:24:16,220 --> 01:24:19,220
We came within three feet of our target distance, baby.

1247
01:24:19,220 --> 01:24:21,220
We're not going to get any closer than that.

1248
01:24:21,220 --> 01:24:25,220
And the myth, well, like the car, it's a write-off.

1249
01:24:25,220 --> 01:24:29,220
Yes, they could have flown 175 feet on a mound of dirt.

1250
01:24:29,220 --> 01:24:33,220
I think we've definitively proved that that part of this myth is plausible.

1251
01:24:33,220 --> 01:24:37,220
That you could drive away from an impact like this?

1252
01:24:37,220 --> 01:24:40,220
Well, I definitely don't think you could drive away.

1253
01:24:40,220 --> 01:24:43,220
I'm not even sure you could walk away.

1254
01:24:43,220 --> 01:24:48,220
I mean, there's no way that anyone is remotely driving away in this thing.

1255
01:24:48,220 --> 01:24:50,220
It's busted.

1256
01:24:50,220 --> 01:24:53,220
The car's busted, the myth is busted.

1257
01:24:53,220 --> 01:24:57,220
That's true. It's very hard on a car if you do that.

1258
01:24:57,220 --> 01:25:00,220
Well, there's your problem.

1259
01:25:04,220 --> 01:25:07,220
Oh, and by the way, remember Ray Bowman?

1260
01:25:07,220 --> 01:25:12,220
He's the Australian stunt car driver who was aiming for the world record for the longest car jump.

1261
01:25:12,220 --> 01:25:18,220
To claim the title, his car had to land on four wheels and drive away after the jump.

1262
01:25:18,220 --> 01:25:24,220
Well, the car flew 272 feet, landed on four wheels and kept on driving.

1263
01:25:24,220 --> 01:25:26,220
It was a new world record.

1264
01:25:26,220 --> 01:25:31,220
But Ray not only busted the old record, he also busted several vertebrae

1265
01:25:31,220 --> 01:25:33,220
and spent six weeks in hospital.

1266
01:25:33,220 --> 01:25:38,220
So thanks, Ray. You helped bust this movie myth once and for all.

1267
01:25:38,220 --> 01:25:41,220
Look at that. Is there a more beautiful view than that?

1268
01:25:41,220 --> 01:25:48,220
San Francisco in the distance, destroyed car that flew exactly how far we wanted to do in the foreground.

1269
01:25:54,220 --> 01:25:56,220
Yep, good feel.

1270
01:26:01,220 --> 01:26:05,220
Guys, that was great. I loved doing this episode.

1271
01:26:05,220 --> 01:26:07,220
Well, let's recap. What did we get?

1272
01:26:07,220 --> 01:26:09,220
The awning fall was plausible.

1273
01:26:14,220 --> 01:26:17,220
Cutting a sword with a sword totally busted.

1274
01:26:21,220 --> 01:26:24,220
The ejection seat was plausible.

1275
01:26:25,220 --> 01:26:28,220
Oh, and a ballistics player again.

1276
01:26:28,220 --> 01:26:31,220
When you shoot through the floor, that was busted.

1277
01:26:34,220 --> 01:26:40,220
Shooting a lock was busted for handguns but plausible for heavy artillery.

1278
01:26:43,220 --> 01:26:48,220
And jumping a gorge and driving away completely busted.

1279
01:26:55,220 --> 01:27:00,220
You guys really know how to ruin a movie. That's confirmed.

1280
01:27:04,220 --> 01:27:06,220
Please.