1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,180 Hey, don't try what you're about to see at home. We're what you call experts. That's right. We do this for a living 2 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,200 On this episode of myth busters 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,380 Adam and Jamie are all smiles as they tackle a myth that's massive 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:24,400 That's just about the funniest thing I've ever seen they're getting ready to unleash the biggest boom in myth busters history 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,360 Now he's off the ground 6 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,480 Did a world war two airman survive a fall from? 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:35,880 20,000 feet because an explosion on the ground cushioned his landing Jamie wants big boom 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:41,000 Then Carrie Grant and Tori turn the spotlight on the lights on or off myth 9 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:46,080 As they find out how to leave you with a lighter electricity bill 10 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,800 Little sugar in the coffee this morning 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,800 You are the myth master 12 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:00,040 Adam Savage and throw over my head man and Jamie Heineman gets me all worked up just looking at it 13 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,160 Between them more than 30 years special effects experience 14 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,120 That was heavy joining them 15 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,520 Brett imihara go get him boy 16 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,480 Tori Bellachy send me orders of exploding pants and Carrie Byron 17 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 They don't just tell the myths 18 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,360 They put them to the test 19 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:36,560 When it comes to explosions the myth busters are king they turn toilets torpedo 20 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,360 Try to spot a painting and detonating 21 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,960 And of course they blew a cement truck to kingdom come 22 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:55,840 But that's all in the past because now Adam and Jamie are about to plan the biggest explosion in myth busters history 23 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,740 There's nothing like starting with a bang 24 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:05,360 Well 25 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:11,120 Calaveras County says it's okay the quarry says it's okay the police department in the bomb squad says it's okay 26 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,560 Can we blow this thing up? 27 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:19,080 No, we have to tell a whole story first like always and this one begins with a fan who wrote us about a story 28 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:25,960 They've read on a calendar hanging in their house a World War two gunner fell from a plane without a parachute fell 29 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,960 22,000 feet into the glass roof of a French train station at the very moment a bomb went off in that train station 30 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,560 Cushing his fall and allowed him to survive 31 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,220 It's a tall tale from World War two 32 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:40,960 cruising at 33 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,160 22,000 feet an unfortunate airman fell out of the gun turret of his plane 34 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,960 Without a parachute the prospect of a soft landing looked awfully hard 35 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:57,360 But as he neared the ground a thousand pound bomb blew up in a train station beneath him and sent out a shockwave 36 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,560 That actually cushioned his fall 37 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:05,600 It's an explosive story that for Adam and Jamie begins with a trip to an aviation museum 38 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,840 Now we've got a myth that involves one of these planes it involves a turret gunner 39 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,480 Who got shot out of the plane at 22,000 feet? 40 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:22,720 Without a shoot and survived because he hit the roof of a train station at the very moment a bomb was going off in 41 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:27,400 That train station and the shockwave of the bomb cushioned his fall and allowed him to live 42 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:33,880 Have you heard that I have heard instances or one instance where a gunner fell into a snow bank 43 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:38,560 Which was about I think 19 or 20,000 feet and came out of it with a broken limb 44 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:44,880 But I have not heard this story although Joe hasn't heard of our myth. There's one part of it. That's definitely true 45 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,640 B17 ball gunners did not wear parachutes and the reason is obvious 46 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:57,120 You can see how confining that is so that's why they don't wear parachutes exactly dude 47 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:03,560 That is messed up right and hanging hanging under this aircraft at several thousand feet your target practice 48 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:11,360 Basically, oh my god. Oh my god indeed without a parachute the airman in the myth sure would have plummeted 49 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:17,480 But could a thousand pound explosion in a French train station really have saved him 50 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,720 It's time to get a myth busting but back at the shop Adams already having doubts 51 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,500 I am starting to get worried about this one 52 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,360 22,000 foot fall is shaping up to be like the biggest myth we have ever done 53 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:35,600 Yeah, we really really need to be prepared for this so we need your guys help 54 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:42,440 We want to focus on the large-scale experiment that we want you guys to do the bench tests for us the small-scale experiments 55 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,440 Hi captain what you need? 56 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:50,120 Well, I want you to start with car airbags. It seems to me the best potential analog test bed 57 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:55,240 They're easy to get easy to set off and they might really be able to demonstrate that an explosion can cause 58 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,860 Desoloration and something heading towards it. It's gonna be fun 59 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:00,620 So to blast off with this myth 60 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:07,940 Cary and Tori are going to find out if a falling lead weight can be slowed down by an explosive charge from a car airbag 61 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:11,100 I've set up a drop rig basically 62 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:13,780 It's just a quick release and a pull string and here 63 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:20,280 I have a lead weight with my G shock stickers on it that go up to 100 G's and I'm going to do a quick test just to 64 00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:25,020 See how violent of fall this is gonna be three two one 65 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:30,100 See what we got 66 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:36,380 Only two yeah, wow so it's between 75 and 100 G's 67 00:05:37,020 --> 00:05:41,260 So without the bang both the 50 and 75 G watches triggered 68 00:05:41,780 --> 00:05:45,340 That means that now the question is with an airbag explosive 69 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:50,100 Decelerate the ball so much that these shock stickers stay intact 70 00:05:50,740 --> 00:05:53,860 So now that I've got my ball. I'll redress with new shock watch stickers 71 00:05:53,860 --> 00:05:59,580 The next step is to drop the lead weight directly onto just the pyrotechnic no enclosure 72 00:05:59,580 --> 00:06:06,220 We want to see what kind of deceleration you can get from just the blast to find out Tori first removes the airbag bag 73 00:06:06,260 --> 00:06:08,260 From the pyrotechnic charge 74 00:06:09,180 --> 00:06:12,580 Penny in here. I guess they put that in there for good luck 75 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:19,700 And once that's done our dynamic duo put it inside a miniature house to represent the train station of the myth 76 00:06:20,340 --> 00:06:22,340 How are we gonna time this? 77 00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:27,540 I'm just gonna watch it the ball fall and at the point where I think I 78 00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:34,060 Should ignite the airbag. That's what I'm gonna do it for this to even remotely work. It's all about the timing 79 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:36,060 So that's why I'm doing it by eye 80 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:40,380 It's very 81 00:06:40,380 --> 00:06:46,020 Crucial that I do it by eye with a plan as concrete as that what could possibly go wrong ready 82 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:48,580 in three two 83 00:06:48,780 --> 00:06:49,940 Oh 84 00:06:49,940 --> 00:06:53,660 What the heck is that and now it's too sensitive you with three 85 00:06:56,100 --> 00:07:02,580 Saboteur it seems like Harry has dropped the ball. Let's try that again in three two one 86 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:14,160 Those a delay reaction there, but this time it was Tori balls things up in three two one 87 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:20,720 Take three doesn't go much better in three two one 88 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,280 It might be a dud huh and after the fourth dropout 89 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,680 It's looking like the team need a plan B 90 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:34,680 Later the biggest ever bomb on myth busters goes boom Jamie wants big boom 91 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,400 But next 92 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:45,440 Cary and Tori get some smashing results. I was gonna fall on a glass roof. I would not want a bomb going off on me 93 00:07:53,600 --> 00:08:00,680 In 22,000 footfall the myth busters are testing whether a turret gunner who plummeted from his plane without a parachute 94 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,880 Was really saved by a massive explosion on the ground that cushioned his fall 95 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:13,520 To put this to the test Cary and Tori have been trying to see if a small explosive can decelerate a falling lead ball 96 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,360 But it's not exactly gone to plan 97 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,520 And in the meantime Adam and Jamie need to get on with the big scale plans 98 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:27,800 Well the small scale experiment is underway next we have to tackle the big scale 99 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:32,240 Yeah, we've we've got a lot ahead of us. We've got to do the train station the bomb 100 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:37,160 We've got to replicate our airman and his 22,000 footfall 101 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,720 Where do you want to start? 102 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:44,080 There's such a shopping list for this myth that the boys don't know where to begin 103 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,160 They need a plane to bail out of an airman to plummet without a parachute a 104 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,920 Train station for him to fall into and a huge bomb to blow up 105 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,800 Let's start with the station 106 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:02,000 Our airman fell into a French train station with a glass roof 107 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:03,520 And 108 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,120 Those aren't that common in California 109 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:10,800 So we we have to build our own the goal is to use a bunch of steel and two foot by two foot pains of glass 110 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,720 And I've designed something that's got some arches 111 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,400 It feels kind of like the right thing and with welding skills like this 112 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,800 It's not long before the station frame begins to look tray magnifique 113 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,880 Those things seem about right so I think we're good to lock it down 114 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,840 Which gives Adam an excuse to move on to myth shopping list number two the bomb 115 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:37,800 The original bomb that the myth involves is a thousand pound bomb whose casing weighs on the order of several hundred pounds 116 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,480 That's just the casing alone without the explosives 117 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:46,680 So we wanted a metal casing that was as heavy as possible and this actually fits the bill perfectly for us 118 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,200 This started out as the shiramer for the shark 119 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,800 Then morphed into the XMB for exploding hair cream 120 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,360 Result 121 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,720 Became the steam cannon 122 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:09,360 And now it's final task will be as a bomb casing for us for twenty two thousand foot fall with the casing and the train station 123 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:14,280 Running on time now the boys just need a B 17 bomber and an airman 124 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,920 But that's not gonna be so easy so in terms of dropping our airmen 125 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:24,200 We can't drop them from twenty two thousand feet because well number one 126 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:29,920 We can't get any aircraft to fly over an explosion no matter how high they are and we can't aim from that height and make him hit 127 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:37,440 A such a tiny target. Well, why don't we use balloons? I mean we've lifted you with a balloon before perfect 128 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:42,160 I'll tell you what um all we need is to get him up to a hundred and twenty miles an hour 129 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,480 That's a human's terminal velocity. We know that from umpteen myths. We've done about people falling 130 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:52,600 So I'll figure out exactly how high he has to fall from in order to reach a hundred and twenty miles per hour and 131 00:10:54,000 --> 00:11:01,400 We'll just fly the balloons that high the key to this myth is terminal velocity the maximum speed at which an object can fall 132 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:07,920 It's reached when gravity is matched by the force of wind resistance which for humans works out at around 133 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:10,440 120 miles an hour 134 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:17,520 So all Adam has to do is work out the minimum drop height required to reach that magic number basically 135 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,520 He's got a fall for five and a half seconds to reach 120 miles per hour 136 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:27,420 And that puts him at 487 feet in the air. That's totally doable 137 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:33,000 All things considered it's the cheapest it's the most practical way to go and I can't see anything 138 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:35,880 Better. Yeah, let's do it. All right 139 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:41,120 So that's the plan instead of a B 17 bomber at 22,000 feet 140 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,960 They'll drop buster from some weather balloons at 500 feet 141 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:50,920 Just enough for him to reach terminal velocity as he lands in the exploding train station 142 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:57,640 So with the balloons checked off Adam and Jamie have almost all they need to put this myth to the test 143 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:02,480 The only thing missing is the results from Tori and Kerry's small-scale experiment 144 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:11,720 And back at M7 it seems that everything is finally ready to see if a small explosion can decelerate a falling lead ball 145 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,120 And Tori's about to add the finishing touch 146 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:21,640 What I have here is a piece of 16th inch glass and since the myth talks about the man falling through a glass roof 147 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,680 We thought why don't we use a piece of glass? 148 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,840 So what we're gonna do is we're gonna lay this on top of the explosion 149 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:33,680 Drop the ball into this and see if you know this breaks the fall with the glass roof in place 150 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:37,000 It's the perfect small-scale representation of the myth 151 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,440 But will the ball playing the role of the airman slow down at all? 152 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,660 If I can time it right hopefully when the ball just touches the glass 153 00:12:46,660 --> 00:12:52,300 I'll set off the airbag and break the fall the ball. Well, okay, consider we're gonna be blowing up a sheet of glass 154 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,520 It's probably a good idea if we 155 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,500 Give ourselves a little bit of protection in three two one 156 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,400 Destruction to the bomb go off 157 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:13,160 At last the airbag explosive detonate and with perfect timing 158 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:20,920 mere moments before the ball touches the glass the explosion was triggered spraying glass shards far and wide 159 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,480 Next what we're gonna do we're gonna drop the ball again into the glass 160 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:30,100 No explosion this time and just see how that decelerates the ball in three two one 161 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,640 Looks like the sticker stayed 162 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:43,080 There's more glass shards than an accident at a chandelier factory, but what happened to the ball speed? 163 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:47,320 Well side by side, it's clear that the explosion did very little 164 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:54,240 The balls fall virtually the same in each test and that's got Carrie ready to make some early conclusions 165 00:13:54,880 --> 00:14:00,960 We're at a point with the large-scale build that we could use the information that you've gotten from your small-scale testing 166 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,560 What do you got? 167 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:06,240 You know, it's still a little dubious because you got to think about the fact that the shockwave 168 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:13,280 It's going at you at twenty five thousand feet per second. You're falling at a hundred and seventy six feet per second and when you hit 169 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,480 You know, it's not exactly an equal and opposite reaction. So 170 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:22,480 What do you think also you got to consider that there's glass shrapnel flying everywhere? 171 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:28,840 You know, look, I think these guys did a great job. We know that the devil is always in the details in the scaling 172 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,600 I'm starting to believe from the research we got that this guy did survive its true story 173 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,160 We just don't know how and there may be something that we're missing in the small-scale experiments 174 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:43,080 It'll pick up when we do this full-size. We have to continue doing this full-size short 175 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,280 I wish you all the luck in the world with this one 176 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:52,480 Still to come the train station leaves its platform. It's pretty but it's gonna go away pretty soon 177 00:14:54,240 --> 00:15:00,080 But next a bright idea to save money, I think Carrie is showing some interest in that 178 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:10,300 Carrie Torian grand are about to test a household myth with the flick of a switch 179 00:15:10,340 --> 00:15:15,580 Do you really save on energy and your electricity bill if you leave your lights on permanently 180 00:15:15,980 --> 00:15:18,620 Rather than turn them on and off throughout the day 181 00:15:19,340 --> 00:15:22,220 Now this is a myth that can divide a household 182 00:15:22,460 --> 00:15:24,260 Let's take our little family for instance 183 00:15:24,260 --> 00:15:29,740 Does anybody notice that Jamie follows you around the shop flipping off lights after you leave just to save energy 184 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:36,220 It's really really annoying. So the idea here, I guess is will you save on energy and bills? 185 00:15:36,540 --> 00:15:40,980 If you leave the lights continually on rather than flipping them off every time you leave the room 186 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:48,660 Yeah, actually some people believe that the startup energy usage is so high. It's better to leave the lights on all the time 187 00:15:50,580 --> 00:15:54,780 Finally everything was ready for the turning of the main switch on the control board 188 00:15:55,620 --> 00:15:59,640 Ever since the invention of the first electric light bulb in the 1800s 189 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:06,520 People have continually proposed that to save money you should actually leave your lights on even if you don't need them 190 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:12,160 Decades down the line and it's time for the myth busters to find the truth 191 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,280 All right, so how are we gonna test this one? 192 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,880 I think we should measure the amount of energy consumed when you turn the light on 193 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:25,300 Start up and compare that to the amount of energy consumed over a period of time. So you call that steady state 194 00:16:25,460 --> 00:16:30,420 Yeah, that's cool that way we can figure out if Jamie's actually saving any money flipping on off lights 195 00:16:31,500 --> 00:16:36,580 So the team will finally shed some light on a myth that's been around since the end of the Dark Age 196 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:41,900 But first they need to do some shopping which will highlight another question 197 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:49,980 How many myth busters does it take to buy a light bulb? My name is Mark. Hi, Kerry Grant. Hi, Grant. Hey, don't worry. Hi, Tori 198 00:16:50,580 --> 00:16:57,780 Okay, Mark. So the myth is is it better to leave your lights on or turn them off in order to save energy? 199 00:16:58,540 --> 00:17:05,620 Increase the lifespan of your light bulbs. That's what I think the optimum energy efficiency is simply turning your lights on 200 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:11,100 Well, you heard it from the professional myth busted. I think we're done. This is the shortest myth ever, right? Thanks, Mark 201 00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:17,620 Mark may think this myth is all hot air, but the team hasn't come this far to give up without a fight 202 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:25,980 Heavily laden with a selection of the most common household light bulbs. It's back to base to turn the spotlight on this myth 203 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:33,300 Well first up we're gonna wire up a set of lights of several different varieties and measure their power consumption 204 00:17:33,660 --> 00:17:38,820 We're interested in three periods first power consumption during startup 205 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:45,180 second during maintenance well while it's sort of on and then finally during shutdown 206 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:51,860 That's the plan hot wire is 120 volts above ground the hot wire is the one that'll kill you 207 00:17:51,860 --> 00:17:56,900 So don't touch the hot wire. These will explode these will melt this will kill you. This is great 208 00:17:57,020 --> 00:18:02,460 You had no idea this is how dangerous my world was with Kerry wired about the danger 209 00:18:02,460 --> 00:18:07,700 She helps carefully rig up all the lights the team bought earlier including Grant's favorite 210 00:18:07,860 --> 00:18:16,060 If anything was going to rekindle his interest in electronics, it's this 211 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:25,260 Little sugar in the coffee this morning, just love electronics 212 00:18:29,620 --> 00:18:33,500 In 22,000 footfall Adam and Jamie are having a blast 213 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:39,900 Can shock wave from a massive bomb cushion the fall of a plummeting person? 214 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:44,940 To detonate an answer they've come to a quarry in Southern, California 215 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:49,020 But it's only just dawned on them, but there's an awful lot to do 216 00:18:49,940 --> 00:18:54,260 Well, we've got to build our train station out here pretty much right where I'm standing 217 00:18:55,020 --> 00:19:01,220 Then we've got to lay out all the rigging hardware and launch hardware for the helium balloon and the drop rig 218 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:04,660 Then we've got to meet with our bomb techs and 219 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:10,820 Pretty much. Hopefully if everything gets done correctly fill the balloons with helium get the dummy up in the air 220 00:19:10,820 --> 00:19:13,180 Get in place and blow this thing to smithereens 221 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:18,060 Blow this thing to smithereens and how? 222 00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:25,580 In the original myth an airman fell 22,000 feet into an exploding train station and survived 223 00:19:26,180 --> 00:19:29,740 But to test this the myth busters have made some alterations 224 00:19:31,220 --> 00:19:38,060 They're replacing the plane with some helium balloons the airman with buster and the 22,000 feet with 225 00:19:39,940 --> 00:19:46,340 Buster will fall down a guide wire into the train station just as a thousand pound bomb goes ballistic 226 00:19:46,580 --> 00:19:49,340 The only bad thing about this is it actually is quite nice 227 00:19:49,340 --> 00:19:51,660 It's a you know, we got the little kind of radiating 228 00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:56,020 Spines and it's pretty but it's gonna go away pretty soon 229 00:19:56,420 --> 00:19:59,860 While Jamie's feeling sad about the train station's imminent demise 230 00:20:00,380 --> 00:20:04,260 Buster is feeling overjoyed because he's had a last-minute reprieve 231 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:09,960 so buster is not our testimony on this one the 232 00:20:10,780 --> 00:20:16,860 Carre Torian Grant actually have made one out of ballistic material and his name is Ted as in 233 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:18,540 bus 234 00:20:18,540 --> 00:20:23,460 Ted or as in exploit ed detonate ed and 235 00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:31,180 Annihilated and to help Ted assume the role of turret gunner. He's been squeezed into a tiny box 236 00:20:31,860 --> 00:20:33,540 What happened to his head? 237 00:20:33,540 --> 00:20:37,340 Well, it got broken up because they put him in because he's too tall for the box 238 00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:44,300 We'll see whether he starts to sag in the noon day heat with the temperature already a mind-melting 239 00:20:44,780 --> 00:20:50,460 115 degrees sagging in the noon day heat is about all that Adam and Jamie can do too 240 00:20:51,180 --> 00:20:57,140 Well, look everything's pretty much done the train station stun the bomb is laid the the guy wire positions are 241 00:20:57,620 --> 00:21:03,660 Staked out you're pretty tired. Are you all right? I'm exhausted man. It's like 115 degrees out here 242 00:21:03,660 --> 00:21:07,180 I'd like to go and come back like an hour before dawn tomorrow to set this thing off 243 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,100 Sure. Yeah, fresh pot of coffee 244 00:21:10,580 --> 00:21:15,020 This thing won't be so hot that it's gonna go off when we load the explosives in it exactly 245 00:21:15,260 --> 00:21:17,740 All right, let's get out of here. All right coming up 246 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:23,860 It's off to see a light that's been on for over a century. Is that the light right there? That is our light 247 00:21:24,820 --> 00:21:29,620 Cool and later a shock from the explosion of a thousand pound bomb 248 00:21:30,180 --> 00:21:32,180 Here comes the shockwave 249 00:21:35,940 --> 00:21:38,780 Anything that you're about to see us do at home ever 250 00:21:39,580 --> 00:21:47,060 Carrie Grant and Tori are turning the spotlight on a myth that's divided households for decades 251 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:51,860 To save money is it really better to leave your lights on and never turn them off? 252 00:21:53,060 --> 00:22:00,940 The theory is that the energy required on startup is so great that it's better to turn your lights on once and then leave them on forever 253 00:22:03,620 --> 00:22:05,620 To find out what you're doing 254 00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:13,500 To find out if this is true the team has made a circuit that contains the most common household light bulbs 255 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,820 And now it's time to get some data 256 00:22:16,020 --> 00:22:22,900 So in order to measure how much power each of these lamps is consuming we have this which is called a kilowatt and 257 00:22:23,580 --> 00:22:30,100 Basically, it's available at any hardware store and what you do is plug in your appliance or in our case a lamp 258 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:34,540 into this and it will measure over a time period how much 259 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:43,440 Electricity are using so using grants kilowatt the first step in this myth is to work out how much energy each of the bulbs uses 260 00:22:43,460 --> 00:22:45,460 When left on for an hour 261 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:50,580 And to help the team remember that times up grants even rigged on alarm 262 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:58,340 60 minutes on the clock this is going to count up to that as soon as that happens 263 00:22:59,820 --> 00:23:01,980 Bell's gonna ring and we'll know to come running 264 00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:09,980 Take down the measurement and reset it for the next one and first up is one of the most common lights of all the compact fluorescent ball 265 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:12,180 and an hour later 266 00:23:16,860 --> 00:23:19,700 Well the alarm works, but how did the ball do 267 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:27,860 This one's point one kilowatt hour 268 00:23:28,780 --> 00:23:31,500 Sorry point oh one kilowatt hour 269 00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:36,300 Okay, so in terms of data it's one ball down five to go 270 00:23:36,820 --> 00:23:41,260 Okay, so next one halogen light here we go 271 00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:46,900 60 minutes go okay see you guys in an hour 272 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:57,500 The next five tests pass by it light speed as the team puts incandescent bulbs fluorescent tubes 273 00:23:58,100 --> 00:23:59,780 LEDs 274 00:23:59,780 --> 00:24:01,780 halogens and metal halides 275 00:24:01,980 --> 00:24:03,300 to the test 276 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:08,460 And after an enlightening afternoon they have all the data they could ever need 277 00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:10,220 so 278 00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:11,380 Great 279 00:24:11,380 --> 00:24:15,580 Over the course of an hour all six bulbs were surprisingly efficient 280 00:24:15,940 --> 00:24:19,300 So if the startup energy surges as high as the myth says 281 00:24:19,780 --> 00:24:23,220 That it may well be better to leave your lights on permanently 282 00:24:24,540 --> 00:24:29,900 But before testing that Grant has a burning childhood ambition that he wants to fulfill 283 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:32,500 Eddie's very excited 284 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:38,220 Here at the Livermore fire department. They have a light bulb that's been burning for 105 years 285 00:24:38,220 --> 00:24:42,020 I really want to see this only you could be really excited about seeing a light bulb 286 00:24:42,020 --> 00:24:45,140 It is I I can't even get a light bulb to burn for 105 days 287 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:53,940 Hi Grant I'm Chief Jeff so for Ellie welcome to the LPFD. Hi nice to meet you Kerry. How do you do? 288 00:24:53,940 --> 00:24:57,460 We hear you have a light bulb that's been burning for 105 years 289 00:24:57,860 --> 00:25:02,060 Is that the light right there that is our light there she hangs as she is 290 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:04,900 cool 291 00:25:05,540 --> 00:25:07,540 And 292 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:14,260 That's how you know that it never goes off. It's got its own dedicated camera and that's that's how she's been 293 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,500 For about the last hundred and five hundred and six years 294 00:25:18,140 --> 00:25:25,260 Cool. Yeah, it's amazing a hundred and six years and it's still bright as a button and Grant has spotted why 295 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:30,220 Look how big the filament is I mean even from down here 296 00:25:30,220 --> 00:25:31,980 I can see how massive it is 297 00:25:31,980 --> 00:25:37,020 This is what they call a carbon filament and the newer ones we have are the more exotic metals some of them are 298 00:25:37,540 --> 00:25:43,780 Titanium so it's much thinner and it puts out a lot more light burns a lot hotter. This doesn't burn as hot 299 00:25:46,460 --> 00:25:48,860 With memories to savor for a lifetime 300 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:54,780 Grant and Kerry head back to the shop to take this myth to its nail biting conclusion 301 00:25:54,940 --> 00:26:02,500 That could leave you with a lighter electricity bill still to come a thousand pound bomb reaches for the skies 302 00:26:03,220 --> 00:26:06,660 This metric explosives won't just blow a hole right through the cloud cover 303 00:26:06,660 --> 00:26:14,020 But next will lights on or off reveal some enlightening results faster than you can blink your eye Wow 304 00:26:18,860 --> 00:26:26,040 Adam and Jamie have built a replica train station and bomb casing as they prepare to take the plunge on the myth of the 305 00:26:26,580 --> 00:26:28,580 22,000 foot fall 306 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:32,260 Supposedly a World War two airman fell from his plane 307 00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:37,260 But was miraculously saved when an explosion on the ground cushioned his fall 308 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:45,700 To put this to the test the myth musters have replaced the plane with some helium balloons and the airman with ballistics gel 309 00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:49,460 And the bomb countdown is not far away 310 00:26:49,980 --> 00:26:54,220 And if the pressure in the balloons isn't enough to keep Adam and Jamie on their toes 311 00:26:54,580 --> 00:27:00,660 Retired FBI agent Frank Doyle has arrived with some news to make the atmosphere even more tense 312 00:27:02,180 --> 00:27:04,820 Hey, good morning guys, what a Frank Frank 313 00:27:04,860 --> 00:27:11,460 Let's go and fill if you have any influence with the weatherman now is a good time to make the telephone call because 314 00:27:12,060 --> 00:27:14,660 See all of our clouds and overcast up there 315 00:27:15,060 --> 00:27:17,060 That's not good for explosions 316 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:22,220 Because that cloud cover will keep our pressures and our noise 317 00:27:22,860 --> 00:27:28,900 Down so that everything will bounce up come back down and go out and I hope there's no neighborhood windows nearby 318 00:27:29,220 --> 00:27:32,660 This much explosives won't just blow a hole right through the cloud cover 319 00:27:34,660 --> 00:27:37,020 Doesn't work that way if you've been watching too much television 320 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:43,380 While TV addict Jamie waits on the weather Frank and colleague Phil get on with loading up 321 00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:45,860 alarmingly large amounts of explosives 322 00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:47,820 1,000 pound 323 00:27:47,820 --> 00:27:54,820 GP bomb has a little bit over 500 pounds of HE in it high explosive and the rest is the 324 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:56,420 Metal of the steel case 325 00:27:56,420 --> 00:28:02,900 So that's what we have gone to great lengths to duplicate here in creating a an authentic 326 00:28:03,540 --> 00:28:05,300 situation for our myth 327 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,580 500 pounds of high explosives should ensure authenticity 328 00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:14,740 But how will this train station detonation compare to previous mythbusters mayhem? 329 00:28:14,740 --> 00:28:19,020 Of course, we've done a very large 3500 pounds safe 330 00:28:21,220 --> 00:28:27,660 Wow that worked beautifully now with the cement truck we used a different kind of explosive 331 00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:29,660 It had a slower detonating velocity 332 00:28:30,380 --> 00:28:35,140 As compared to this explosive this explosive is about three times faster 333 00:28:35,500 --> 00:28:38,860 If the train station torpedo is faster than this 334 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:46,540 What can we expect I think this is gonna be the biggest one 335 00:28:46,540 --> 00:28:53,140 So stand by for the biggest explosion in mythbusters history and with the balloons all inflated 336 00:28:53,140 --> 00:28:57,900 It's time for airman Ted to rise to the occasion Ted you ready 337 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:02,900 500 foot drop and history is yours 338 00:29:03,220 --> 00:29:10,020 To get things airborne the boys have rigged a clever pulley system that should allow them to precisely 339 00:29:10,020 --> 00:29:13,540 Control the ascent of the balloons and airman Ted 340 00:29:13,940 --> 00:29:19,940 At least that's the theory everybody on the winches. You're about to start to get a little tension 341 00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:22,820 Three two one 342 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,100 Oh heads up 343 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:34,500 Houston we have a problem. I lost it. I lost it 344 00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:41,780 The cord tethering Ted suddenly snapped which means the balloons are up, but our airman is still grounded 345 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,780 Watch out for the cable. Watch out for the cable 346 00:29:43,860 --> 00:29:45,300 That one's gone 347 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:50,340 And then things take a turn for the worse when some of the balloons start to burst 348 00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:56,100 And as Adam's about to learn that is very bad news indeed. Are you guys totally slack? 349 00:29:57,140 --> 00:29:59,140 Yeah 350 00:29:59,220 --> 00:30:02,020 That's it. We're officially screwed. We lost our buoyancy 351 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:04,020 Damn 352 00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:10,500 With three balloons down there's just not enough helium to get Ted up and what's more the fire team says 353 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:15,940 It's now too hot to safely detonate the bomb so for today the show's over 354 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:19,540 Understandably the boys are feeling a little deflated 355 00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:22,500 Murphy is in full force here today 356 00:30:24,180 --> 00:30:29,060 Uh and now it's too late because not only did we have some setbacks 357 00:30:29,140 --> 00:30:35,780 But those setbacks pushed us past the window that we had to set this thing off Ted's not holding up very well either 358 00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:38,260 That's another whole can of worms 359 00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:44,260 So I think we're gonna have to come up with a dynamic solution in the next 15 minutes so that he doesn't just turn into a 360 00:30:44,820 --> 00:30:47,060 Puddle with grass embedded in it by tomorrow morning 361 00:30:50,340 --> 00:30:55,540 Carrie Grant and Tori are testing a myth that came to light with the genesis of the common light bulb 362 00:30:56,260 --> 00:31:03,300 Do you save on energy and money by leaving your lights on to avoid the power surge that flicking the switch generates? 363 00:31:04,260 --> 00:31:11,060 To answer this important question once and for all the team are halfway through their experiment 364 00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:20,340 They found out how much energy six types of light bulb use when they're on and now they need to see how this compares to the energy surge 365 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:22,500 That happens on startup 366 00:31:23,220 --> 00:31:26,820 And for this test grant unveils gadget number two 367 00:31:27,220 --> 00:31:30,980 This is an inductive current loop and what you do is pass your wire through here 368 00:31:31,620 --> 00:31:34,420 And as the current flows through here, it actually induces a voltage 369 00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:39,940 This line is going to go to a computer-based digital sampling oscilloscope 370 00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:48,740 So in that millisecond range that really quick turn on I'll be able to capture that and measure exactly how much current is going 371 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:50,900 through that wire 372 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:56,740 With grants electrical mastermind firing at all cylinders. Carrie once again turns apprentice 373 00:31:57,540 --> 00:31:59,540 Soon you'll be able to do this blindfolded 374 00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:02,580 open 375 00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:07,700 Open your mind to your feelings feel the wire. I have no idea what that's from 376 00:32:08,740 --> 00:32:13,860 When the test finally gets underway, it doesn't take long for a pattern to start to emerge 377 00:32:15,060 --> 00:32:17,060 So the interesting thing 378 00:32:17,460 --> 00:32:20,580 Um after a couple different trials we've caught 379 00:32:21,220 --> 00:32:23,620 There's always a big spike on startup 380 00:32:24,260 --> 00:32:29,940 As the filament warms up which is to be expected, but it's not very long 381 00:32:30,980 --> 00:32:35,060 And actually it gets to steady state very quickly 382 00:32:35,460 --> 00:32:39,780 But I think we're probably going to have to hold our judgment until we see some of the other ones 383 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:46,260 So it's coming to light that the energy surge used on startup is not very big at all 384 00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:54,260 And that means that only a few calculations stand between grant and a bright conclusion of the lights on or off myth 385 00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:57,700 So currents the numbers and here's what I got for the incandescent 386 00:32:58,420 --> 00:33:06,500 Total power used during startup is 21,522 watt seconds 387 00:33:07,380 --> 00:33:13,060 Total power for one second is 59,519 watt seconds 388 00:33:13,540 --> 00:33:18,260 And that makes our break even time 0.36 seconds 389 00:33:18,740 --> 00:33:23,540 Okay, so from that I guess that means I'm leaving the room to go make a cup of coffee 390 00:33:24,020 --> 00:33:28,500 It's only worth it for me economically to keep the light on if I come back in 391 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:32,900 A third of a second. Yeah, that's that's pretty quick 392 00:33:34,660 --> 00:33:40,820 That'd be a really quick brew coffee. Okay, so in this instance, I am turning the lights off when I leave the room. Yes 393 00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:44,500 A quick brew indeed for the incandescent bulb 394 00:33:44,580 --> 00:33:50,580 The startup surge is so small that you will always save money if you turn it off when it's not needed 395 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:57,940 Stand by for the next grant keeps plugging away and soon has the results for the other five bulbs 396 00:33:58,180 --> 00:34:02,180 And they all conform to this pattern. Okay, I got the compact fluorescent figures 397 00:34:02,580 --> 00:34:04,100 0.0 398 00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:07,380 15 seconds faster than you can blink your eye 399 00:34:07,860 --> 00:34:09,060 halogen 400 00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:10,820 0.51 seconds 401 00:34:10,820 --> 00:34:13,060 Okay fluorescent tube 23 402 00:34:14,020 --> 00:34:15,380 0.3 403 00:34:16,260 --> 00:34:21,060 So the common fluorescent tube draws more energy on startup than any of the other bulbs 404 00:34:21,780 --> 00:34:25,780 But it's still only equivalent to 23 seconds of continuous use 405 00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:29,940 As far as a residential situation goes 406 00:34:31,220 --> 00:34:35,300 That is the most likely one for you to have still 407 00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:37,460 23 seconds 408 00:34:37,460 --> 00:34:38,820 I don't think so 409 00:34:38,820 --> 00:34:43,300 Coming right up the myth busters countdown to the biggest explosion ever 410 00:34:46,180 --> 00:34:48,180 One 411 00:34:53,780 --> 00:34:57,380 We'd like to cast a little more light on the subject after much research 412 00:34:57,460 --> 00:35:01,380 We've been unable to find another man like our hero who is the chef's delight 413 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:04,580 He won't blow a fuse no matter what you said before him 414 00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:11,860 Carrie Grant and Tori are trying to digest that the cost of switching on a fluorescent tube is equivalent to just 415 00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:14,100 23 seconds of continuous light 416 00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:19,460 At a meager 0.36 of a second for a common incandescent bulb 417 00:35:20,180 --> 00:35:26,260 Modern replica which means it's looking like it's always best to turn your lights off when you don't need them 418 00:35:27,780 --> 00:35:30,820 So far this myth is looking really easily busted to me 419 00:35:31,060 --> 00:35:34,100 I mean, I don't think that there's any way you're going to save money by leaving the lights on all the time 420 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:38,980 I mean unless you have a room filled with fluorescence and you only plan on being out of the room for 30 seconds 421 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:41,140 Yeah, but I think that's only half the story 422 00:35:41,220 --> 00:35:45,380 I think our fans are probably wondering as I am how this affects the longevity of the bulbs 423 00:35:45,540 --> 00:35:50,500 So you want a test to see if the number of times you turn the light bulb on and off has an effect on the lifetime of the bulb 424 00:35:52,660 --> 00:35:56,180 In a final test specimen bulbs are lighted and allowed to burn out 425 00:35:56,500 --> 00:36:04,100 So the final test before reaching a bright conclusion is to see whether the money you save turning your lights on and off more regularly 426 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:08,340 Means that you spend your savings replacing your bulbs more often 427 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:16,020 Well, uh, it's not just energy consumption that figures into whether it's better to leave the lights on or turn them off 428 00:36:16,580 --> 00:36:21,300 It's also longevity of the lamps. So what I've set up is a little timer 429 00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:27,060 Plus a relay what I'm going to do is take this group of lamps and turn them all 430 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:28,740 on 431 00:36:28,740 --> 00:36:30,660 and off at 432 00:36:30,660 --> 00:36:34,580 Some predetermined time interval. So why don't we just put this on a two minute cycle? 433 00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:36,900 So that's the plan 434 00:36:37,460 --> 00:36:44,580 Grants rigged the lights up to a timer and they're going to turn them on and off every two minutes to see how long before the bulbs break 435 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:49,940 And six weeks later the results are in 436 00:36:51,380 --> 00:36:56,340 Okay, so we've been running our longevity test with the two minute on off cycle for over a month now 437 00:36:56,580 --> 00:37:00,260 And the only bulb that is not burnt out is the led 438 00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:02,980 So how does this test compare to say 439 00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:07,140 The average stress and usage that you put on a light bulb in a normal household 440 00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:11,380 Right because I mean these lights have been turned on and off over 10,000 times in a month 441 00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:18,420 Yeah, actually that corresponds to over five years worth of stress turning on and off in a regular household 442 00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:21,540 And given that when you turn on an incandescent light bulb 443 00:37:22,020 --> 00:37:27,300 It uses the same amount of power as point three six seconds of continuous use 444 00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:30,020 And doesn't really take that much wear and tear 445 00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:33,700 Jamie might be right. You're supposed to flip off the lights when you leave the room 446 00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:36,740 Yeah, I have a feeling this one's busted 447 00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:39,620 Yeah, I think it's definitely busted 448 00:37:40,020 --> 00:37:42,020 Jamie's always right 449 00:37:50,180 --> 00:37:54,500 We get a lot of fan mail saying that we have the best job in the world and I won't disagree with that 450 00:37:54,660 --> 00:37:56,740 But there are also days like this morning 451 00:37:57,780 --> 00:38:00,020 When it is the hardest job I have ever done 452 00:38:00,660 --> 00:38:06,180 By far and that's because so far with this myth they've had setback after setback 453 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:13,060 Severed lines burst balloons and grounded dunnings what could have gone wrong past. That's it. We're officially screwed 454 00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:17,540 This is like the the myth of joe is what's happening here, but I've got seven balloons 455 00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:22,180 I think each of them are at least 20 to 25 pounds. It gives me 150 some odd pounds 456 00:38:22,180 --> 00:38:24,180 I think it's enough to lift our airman 457 00:38:24,420 --> 00:38:26,980 The bomb squad is coming back up here and then 458 00:38:27,940 --> 00:38:29,780 We just cross our fingers 459 00:38:29,780 --> 00:38:34,900 Now he's off the ground. Now. He's off the ground. He climbs 500 feet 460 00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:40,660 He may be slightly off target, but the guide wire will ensure that he falls right into the station 461 00:38:41,380 --> 00:38:43,940 Which means it's time to retreat to safety 462 00:38:44,820 --> 00:38:46,820 Well, our guy is airborne 463 00:38:46,900 --> 00:38:49,140 Uh, the balloons are up cable's good 464 00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:51,860 Once they push that detonator 465 00:38:52,660 --> 00:38:54,820 Our airman will drop for approximately six seconds 466 00:38:55,460 --> 00:39:01,620 We'll blast and cap and then a second blast and cap will detonate the bomb under the train station. Hopefully at the very 467 00:39:02,980 --> 00:39:06,100 Femto second that our airman is touching the roof 468 00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:11,140 With the boys a safe distance away. It's finally here's what's going to happen 469 00:39:12,260 --> 00:39:16,180 Airman ted is suspended so that he's 500 feet off the ground 470 00:39:17,140 --> 00:39:24,420 He's connected to the train station via a guide wire on adam's cue the balloons will be cut and ted will fall 471 00:39:25,220 --> 00:39:28,340 Six seconds later the thousand pound bomb will boom 472 00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:31,540 Will ted survive? 473 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:35,620 Everybody say it with me. Jamie wants big boom 474 00:39:39,860 --> 00:39:44,420 He's falling he's falling he's going towards it. He's going towards it. No 475 00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:48,660 I 476 00:39:50,260 --> 00:39:52,260 Wow here comes the shockwave 477 00:39:54,660 --> 00:40:01,460 The booms created a mushroom cloud of frightening proportions and it's also set the surrounding hills on fire 478 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:04,260 Ah, look at that 479 00:40:04,260 --> 00:40:10,660 Fortunately the county fire department are quick to respawn and there's a day's just getting better and better 480 00:40:11,060 --> 00:40:13,060 Come to ground zero it's awesome 481 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,100 Closure like that 482 00:40:19,380 --> 00:40:21,380 Frank's my new best friend too 483 00:40:21,780 --> 00:40:27,700 On the high speed you can clearly see the cushioning shockwave before the area gets blown to smithereens 484 00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:31,620 But what happened to ted? 485 00:40:32,820 --> 00:40:38,420 Well, unfortunately there was a malfunction in the guide wire which meant that he fell way off target 486 00:40:39,060 --> 00:40:46,500 But the charge caused so much carnage that jayme and adam should still be able to drive in this whole blast site 487 00:40:47,060 --> 00:40:52,740 That tells you what the real deal is with this kind of explosion and being close to it. It's right over here. Check it out 488 00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:57,700 Whoa 489 00:40:57,700 --> 00:40:59,060 It totally wrapped around it 490 00:40:59,060 --> 00:41:04,900 But this piece of steel would have done to you if if it hit you instead of the street. I mean it's like a necktie 491 00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:11,460 But you're not gonna get that off of there. No, we're gonna cut it here and here and display it proudly on your shelf 492 00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:19,140 There's so much shrapnel that if ted had fallen into the station our gunner would have been a goner. Here's the body 493 00:41:19,780 --> 00:41:21,380 There's the steel 494 00:41:21,380 --> 00:41:25,780 There's more steel way over there and a lot further. So there's no way 495 00:41:26,580 --> 00:41:28,260 There's just no way 496 00:41:28,260 --> 00:41:33,220 The idea is that the pressure of this one human body somehow equalized the pressure of the bomb going off 497 00:41:34,900 --> 00:41:36,900 That's just not gonna happen 498 00:41:39,140 --> 00:41:43,940 So in the middle of a crater in the middle of aquaring in the middle of no way 499 00:41:44,420 --> 00:41:47,380 It's time to wrap this one up. So what are we going to call this one? 500 00:41:47,460 --> 00:41:47,940 I mean 501 00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:52,260 Look factually we know that in world war two there was an airman who fell 22 000 feet 502 00:41:52,740 --> 00:41:57,060 From his bomber and survived without a parachute. That is historically accurate 503 00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:02,260 Yeah, but the idea that a bomb going off would provide such an upwelling of air that it would 504 00:42:02,660 --> 00:42:04,420 decelerate him and 505 00:42:04,420 --> 00:42:09,700 Gently lower him to the ground is his bunk. It's just not I don't think it's possible. What do you think? 506 00:42:10,260 --> 00:42:16,820 Uh, give me a break. It didn't happen. So bust it bust it bust it. Let's get out of here. All right 507 00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:21,620 I had a super puzzle