1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,840 MUSIC 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:11,840 On this infectious episode of Mythbusters, 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,840 we global it on those sensational viral videos. 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:17,840 Are you ready? 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:18,840 I'm ready. Let's do it. 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,840 Can you believe everything you see on the net? 7 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,840 It's scientific! 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,840 Like a sawdust cannon? 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,680 Sound off to my little friend! 10 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,680 Or a water-powered rocket car? 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,680 Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,680 Or even fainting goats? 13 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,680 We're gonna drop them with this one. 14 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,680 Me! 15 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,680 Who are the Mythbusters? 16 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,680 Ha, ha, ha! 17 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,680 Adam Savage. 18 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,680 Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! 19 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,680 And Jamie Heineman. 20 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,680 That's perfect. Hold it there. 21 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,680 More than 30 years of special effects experience. 22 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:00,680 Okay. 23 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,680 Freedom! Joining them, Grant Imahara. 24 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,680 Ha, ha, ha, he's so hot! 25 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:06,680 Tori Belachie. 26 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,680 Put your back into it. 27 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:09,680 And Carrie Byron. 28 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,680 My explosives and electricity. Woo! 29 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,680 They don't just tell the myths. 30 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,680 They put them to the test. 31 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:25,680 What are you doing? We've got work to do. 32 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,680 I'm checking out some viral videos for our viral special. 33 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,680 Viral videos? What's that? 34 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,680 There's this invention out there called the Internet. 35 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,680 And the latest biggest craze on it is people trading videos. 36 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,680 And it's a lot of people. 37 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,680 And it's a lot of people. 38 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,680 And it's a lot of people. 39 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,680 And what's called the Internet and the latest biggest craze on it 40 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,680 is people trading videos which go what is called viral. 41 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,680 I.e. they have spread throughout the population like a virus 42 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,680 because they're so shocking, so amazing, or so hilarious. 43 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,680 Okay, well what's in it for us? 44 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,680 Well, are they real or are they just camera editing or computer trickery? 45 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,680 Okay, that's something we can sink our teeth into. 46 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,680 That's what I thought. 47 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:14,680 I think I've got one. 48 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:15,680 Yeah? 49 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,680 Does 10 million hits count as a viral video? 50 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,680 I'll say. What do you got? 51 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,680 Well, it looks like we've got a bunch of fire hoses pointed down 52 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,680 and they're lifting a car off the ground. 53 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,680 That is friggin' perfect for us. 54 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,680 It looks pretty convincing. What do you think? 55 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,680 No idea. You'll play it again. 56 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,680 You know, if this is real and we can actually pull this off, 57 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,680 it's gonna be awesome. 58 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,680 I totally agree, but man, it could also be deadly. 59 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,680 It could also be a conjo. 60 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,680 That car might just be a plastic shell. 61 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,680 But the only way to find out is to try it ourselves. 62 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,680 That means building a platform, sweet talking some firemen, 63 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,680 and buying a full-weight has been hatchback. 64 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,680 This is what it is to be a myth buster. 65 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,680 You see this car behind me and you think, 66 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,680 ah, it's some classified ad piece of crap. 67 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,680 I see a flying water jet coming. 68 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,680 Adams itching to squirt this wreck sky high, 69 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,680 but Jamie wants to check under the hood. 70 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:23,680 This car weighs, according to the sticker, 3,175 pounds. 71 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:29,680 That means that each of those hoses has to put out about 320 pounds of thrust. 72 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,680 Personally, I don't think so. 73 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,680 Jamie decides to start small scale, 74 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,680 and he's not afraid to delegate. 75 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,680 Okay, well, this is our car. 76 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,680 I need you to make me a 1-6th scale version of this on the CNC. 77 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:45,680 Can you do that? 78 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:46,680 Yes, we can do that, definitely. 79 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,680 Okay, off you go. 80 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,680 The CNC mill is a computer-controlled milling machine 81 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,680 that will take a laser-scanned image of a real car 82 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,680 and generate a toolpath for its cutting tool 83 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,680 that will carve out a miniature version of the car 84 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,680 of any scale we like out of something like a fine-grained particle board. 85 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,680 Meantime, Adam knocks up a miniature 10-nozzle frame 86 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,680 for the tiny car to sit on. 87 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,680 The frame and the car fit together just like a piston in a cylinder. 88 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,680 Ah, it's perfect! 89 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:18,680 Look at that. 90 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,680 This might be a small-scale test, 91 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,680 but still, why mess up your own backyard? 92 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,680 Jamie's picked out a fire training facility 93 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,680 about 30 miles east of the city in Pleasanton. 94 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,680 Given that we're going to be harnessing hundreds 95 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,680 or maybe even thousands of horsepower of diesel pump energy 96 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,680 and putting that through hoses, 97 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,680 this is kind of a dangerous situation 98 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,680 that we don't really want to just dive into without preparation. 99 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:47,680 And so we're going to build a scale model, 100 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,680 see how well we can control it, 101 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,680 see if we can learn anything about it 102 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,680 before we start dealing with the big boys. 103 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,680 Okay, this bewildering mix of half-hose, 104 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,680 double-pipe, triple-glue, multi-valves, 105 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,680 sure don't look small-scale. 106 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,680 Thankfully, Adam's here to explain it. 107 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,680 Right, kiddies, close your eyes and open your brains. 108 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,680 Well, actually keep your eyes open, 109 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,680 because the television is going to take you on a little journey. 110 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,680 Picture yourself as a droplet of water 111 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,680 with a bunch of your friends heading down this two-and-a-half inch fire hose. 112 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,680 Everything's going great! 113 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,680 Then all of a sudden you hit this transition. 114 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,680 Why is this? Oh, it's starting to have to do with the Mythbusters. 115 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,680 So you and your friends are divided into two groups. 116 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,680 This group, the left group, let's go see what they're going on with. 117 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,680 Left group comes down the manifold 118 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,680 and further gets divided into five other groups, 119 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,680 each one going down a 25-foot garden hose. 120 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,680 Those garden hose lead to the platform 121 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,680 where all 10 groups of water droplets, 122 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,680 all of you and your friends are rejoined coming out of these nozzles. 123 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,680 And if everything goes well, you'll see this. 124 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,680 Oh! 125 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,680 But we're not exactly sure that's going to happen. 126 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,680 There's likely to be problems. 127 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,680 And that's not just a prediction, it's a promise. 128 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,680 Retired Fire Chief Bob Calloway runs out the hose 129 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,680 and taps into the nearest hydrant. 130 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,680 He's pumped and so are the boys. 131 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,680 We are all plumbed up and ready to go. 132 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,680 And what I'm hoping to discover here is information 133 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,680 about the flight characteristics of the full-size car when we power it up. 134 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:26,680 So Bob, we're all set and ready to go. 135 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,680 Okay, Jamie. 136 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,680 And you got your valve there, huh? 137 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,680 So what's your signal for more or less? 138 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,680 More is this way. 139 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:35,680 Less is this way. 140 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,680 Just like a crane, okay? 141 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Well, I'm going to stand kind of safely off to the side watching the whole thing 142 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,680 and I'll give you your signal more or less 143 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,680 and we'll just kind of ramp on up. 144 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,680 Remember the high-pitched squealing means shut everything down. 145 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,680 It sounds like, ah! 146 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:52,680 Like that. 147 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,680 Well, do. 148 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,680 Jamie declines a waterproof suit. 149 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,680 That's because Adams volunteered to handle the hoses. 150 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:04,680 Bob turns the tap and there's no turning back. 151 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,680 And before you can say, 152 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:13,680 pump my ride, this little red car becomes a little red helicopter. 153 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,680 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! 154 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,680 Look at that! 155 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,680 Yeah! 156 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,680 And in scale, that's about right. 157 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,680 That's like, what, 20 feet off the ground. 158 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,680 Ha ha ha! 159 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,680 It's totally, these things are pointed every which way 160 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,680 but because they're mostly down, it's really stable. 161 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:35,680 It seems precise water direction isn't crucial to keeping the car aloft. 162 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,680 And that's what they came here to find out. 163 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,680 Bolstered by an unshakable belief in his own brilliance, 164 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,680 Adam decides to kick it up a notch. 165 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:47,680 That's maximum. 166 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:48,680 You know what I'm thinking? 167 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:49,680 What? 168 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,680 Is that when we go up to full size, 169 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,680 see how just a little bit of guidance keeps it dampened? 170 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,680 So all we need are like four ropes. 171 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,680 Well notice there's a guy on every hose in the video 172 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,680 and it doesn't take much. 173 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,680 I mean actually I can guide it from right like here. 174 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Dude, this couldn't be better. 175 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,680 Well actually, it could. 176 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,680 Whoa! Ha! 177 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Direct hit to the mustache. 178 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,680 I was doing just fine, Stan Dry. 179 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,680 It could not have gone better. 180 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,680 We got lift off, we got stability. 181 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:29,680 It seems like as long as these things are pointed within 15 degrees of down, 182 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,680 you get stability. 183 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,680 This seems really, really possible. 184 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:34,680 So what do you guys think? 185 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:37,680 Can we pull this off with a full size car? 186 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:38,680 Yeah! 187 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:39,680 That's awesome! 188 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,680 Wait for it. 189 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:57,680 I see this footage so many times it just gets funnier. 190 00:08:57,680 --> 00:08:58,680 Now apparently they're fainting goats. 191 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:00,680 I mean this is a news story. 192 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:03,680 But have you ever heard of any animal besides a human fainting? 193 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:05,680 No, in fact some of our fans think that this is just a hoax 194 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,680 because this footage is so weird. 195 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,680 Well you know there's only one way to find out. 196 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:11,680 Alright, let's go see for ourselves. 197 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:20,680 So Carrie and Tori hit the road to confirm or confound this possible fraud once and for all. 198 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:23,680 Alright we're at Renegade Ranch to see these fainting goats. 199 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,680 I mean I haven't seen one fall over yet. 200 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,680 So I'm just kind of excited to get in there and try to freak them out 201 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:29,680 and see if we can get them to fall over. 202 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:33,680 I know that seems kind of cruel, but you know science could be cruel sometimes. 203 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:38,680 I have seen this internet clip so many times because it cracks me up. 204 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:40,680 Do goats actually faint? 205 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:42,680 Well they do and they don't. 206 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:47,680 They appear to faint but they don't actually lose consciousness when they fall on the ground. 207 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,680 It's a muscle condition called myotonia. 208 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:54,680 It affects their leg muscles so when they get scared, sometimes even excited, 209 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:58,680 their muscles are tightened up in their legs and sometimes they'll actually fall over. 210 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:02,680 Yeah, but this still smells like a rural myth. 211 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:05,680 Meant to make us city folk look dumber than a fence post. 212 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:08,680 But Tori's halfway convinced. 213 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:15,680 Apparently shepherds breed these goats just for that gene so that way they can put one of these goats into their flock of sheep. 214 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:20,680 So when a real predator shows up, all the sheep take off and the goat is stuck there, paralyzed, 215 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,680 so the predator can eat it and not the sheep. 216 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:26,680 Now if that's not taking one for the team, I don't know what is. 217 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:29,680 The sad thing is it's not even his team. 218 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:31,680 I mean, it's the sheep, you know? 219 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:35,680 Sounds like someone's going soft on these cute little guys. 220 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:37,680 It won't last. 221 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:39,680 Alright Tori, your first step, what do you want to do? 222 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:44,680 I think for my first one, I'm just going to see if I can get one of these goats to faint with no tricks. 223 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:46,680 I mean, I haven't seen one of these fainted yet. 224 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:51,680 It's a shameful start. 225 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:54,680 The first one to faint is one of us. 226 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:58,680 So while Tori regroups, Carrie gives it a whirl. 227 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:04,680 Okay, I figured something to be very freaky with a lot of flash would be an umbrella. 228 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:09,680 So I'm going to try to crouch down, wait till they're calm, and then pow pow. 229 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:15,680 That pow pow sure worked on the virus video, so it should work now. 230 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:19,680 But it doesn't. 231 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:30,680 They're laughing at us, Carrie. They mock us. 232 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:34,680 I don't think it was as easy as I thought it was going to be. 233 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:39,680 Every failure to faint casts more doubt on this viral video. 234 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:43,680 But Tori needs to prove that he's smarter than the livestock. 235 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:48,680 I'm thinking maybe I'm going to lay down in that trough right there, cover me in hay. 236 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:55,680 Christina supplies the hay as Tori's wrapped and interred inside a straw sarcophagus. 237 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:01,680 Let them come up to the hay, eat for a little bit, and then I'll spring out and see if we can get one of these guys to faint. 238 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:06,680 Five long minutes later, Carrie calls in the strike. 239 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:10,680 Alright Tori, go now. 240 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:14,680 Not one? 241 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:15,680 Not one. 242 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:16,680 You kidding me? 243 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:19,680 Dude, that would scare the heck out of me. 244 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:24,680 I can't tell you how frustrating this is. I mean they're called fainting goats. 245 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:29,680 We can't make a fainting goat faint. Seriously. 246 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:34,680 But enough pleating. Let's bring out the big guns. 247 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:40,680 These techniques don't seem to be working very well. I thought these goats were supposed to faint like that. 248 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:43,680 I got an idea. This one's for the boys. 249 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:50,680 The boys don't know it, but they're about to enjoy their first, probably last, bucks party. 250 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:52,680 Alright Carrie, these are the male goats. What's your technique? 251 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:53,680 You ready? 252 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:54,680 Yeah. 253 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:07,680 Tori falls to a friendly fire, but once again Carrie fails to stun or stiffen the target species. 254 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:09,680 I wasn't ready for that one Carrie. 255 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:15,680 It's especially annoying because by now they know that goat video was no fraud. 256 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:19,680 Behind the scenes, they're falling like flies. 257 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,680 You know what's frustrating me the most? 258 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:25,680 Everybody seems to be able to get these goats to fall except Carrie and me. 259 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:29,680 Carrie guy walks by a goat, it falls over. 260 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:30,680 Fire! 261 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:33,680 The runner, he's making goats fall over. 262 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:37,680 The farmer walks by and they're falling over. 263 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:50,680 Well the breed is called the Tennessee Fainting Goat, so Carrie and Tori give themselves one last shot at the goat version of Operation Shock and All. 264 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:54,680 I think maybe we need to blend. 265 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,680 Should we use our secret weapon? 266 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:57,680 Camouflage? 267 00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:58,680 Camouflage. 268 00:13:58,680 --> 00:13:59,680 Yeah. 269 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:04,680 You ready? 270 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:05,680 Oh yeah. 271 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:07,680 We're going to drop them with this one. 272 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,680 Meek! 273 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:13,680 Alright Carrie, so this is the camouflage technique. 274 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:16,680 Now the key is we need to blend in with the goats. 275 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,680 Okay on your attack, we get up, chase them around and make them faint. 276 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:20,680 Let's do this. 277 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:33,680 Looking like rejects from a Wizard of Oz revival, Tori and Carrie stalk their prey. 278 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,680 I don't know about the goats, but I think the cow's getting kind of excited. 279 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,680 I'm one of you guys. 280 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,680 What's going on fellas? 281 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:42,680 Ready Carrie? 282 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:43,680 Let's go! 283 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:58,680 We got them. 284 00:14:58,680 --> 00:14:59,680 Totally worked. 285 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,680 Yeah we got a few. 286 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,680 I got one over there. 287 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:12,680 It won't work every time on every goat, but we've seen enough to prove that this video virus is the real deal. 288 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,680 They really can be scared stiff. 289 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,680 I am so convinced that this works. 290 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,680 It actually doesn't take that much. 291 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,680 You just have to know what you're doing, which we obviously don't most of the time. 292 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,680 This myth is absolutely confirmed. 293 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:27,680 These goats faint. 294 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:32,680 Producers of Mythbusters wish to say that no goats were hurt during filming, though several felt they were made to look stupid. 295 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,680 Authorized and spoken by Robert Lee. 296 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:51,680 So far the boys have launched a model car on 10 tiny water jets, just to get a feel for the physics behind this hugely popular viral video. 297 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:57,680 The pressure builds back at M5 as they start designing the full-scale version. 298 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,680 You don't need something as complex as that. 299 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:06,680 We can have something like MPT pipe fittings to have a tattrach pipe fitting there so your hose comes in. 300 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,680 Yeah I prefer that. 301 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,680 A nipple or a PSI. 302 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,680 Yeah what do we gain and what do we lose? 303 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:19,680 They need to nail down the most effective mix of hose and pipe sizes, nozzle types and water pressure. 304 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,680 And it's not something the fire department can help them with. 305 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,680 They don't need to know this kind of thing normally. 306 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,680 All they need to know is whether they can hold on to the hose well enough to put a fire out. 307 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:38,680 When you try and button them down to exactly how many pounds of thrust in this configuration or that, they don't know. 308 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,680 And it's not surprising. 309 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:46,680 As usual we're using tools and materials in ways for which they were never intended and this is a classic. 310 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,680 So is this clear? 311 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,680 100% 312 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,680 Clear as mud huh? 313 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:58,680 They start by building a rig that should rate the pressure from one standard fire hose. 314 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:04,680 You can sense Jamie's confidence by the courage he shows wearing shorts with a beret. 315 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:10,680 So Bob this is our rig that is going to tell us how much thrust we are going to get out of a single hose. 316 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,680 And what I've got is the hose comes in here, the water goes down like that. 317 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:20,680 We put barbell weights here and we see how many barbell weights we can lift with the hose coming off that truck. 318 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:21,680 What do you think? 319 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:22,680 I think it'll work. 320 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,680 The method is crude but hopefully effective. 321 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:32,680 If the water lifts the weight, 10 times the pressure from 10 hoses should lift the car. 322 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:39,680 I've got a very simple rig here which I hope is bulletproof and it's going to tell us what kind of thrust we're getting out of the fire truck. 323 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:45,680 And we'll see exactly how much lift we get by how many barbell weights we're able to lift. 324 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,680 Okay Bob we're good to go, we've got 400 pounds on there, let's fire it up. 325 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,680 Okay here we go. 326 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,680 The water just barely raises the weights. 327 00:17:58,680 --> 00:17:59,680 There we go! 328 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,680 So Jamie decides to narrow the valve and raise the pressure. 329 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:13,680 Now I'm going to put a reducer on there which has a much smaller hole and we'll start to dial in on whether we get any increased thrust from this. 330 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:20,680 Hopefully putting this reducer on this will make for an increased nozzle reaction. 331 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,680 That's what they call it in the industry. 332 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:28,680 Bob pumps water through the truck as Jamie wills the weights to greater heights. 333 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,680 But this test is headed straight down the drain. 334 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:36,680 Everybody up there! 335 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,680 I think we got a little bit more nozzle reaction that time. 336 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,680 It was like a rocket! 337 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,680 That was exciting, in fact that was like dangerous. 338 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,680 We did have to kind of like take a dive for the bushes there at one point. 339 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:06,680 I didn't plan on the thing going completely over the top and dumping its weights and becoming a like missile on the end of a string. 340 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,680 Well it's very clear a fire truck is able to lift at least 400 pounds. 341 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:21,680 But I was hoping to make it lift 800 pounds twice that much so we didn't have to use as many fire trucks. 342 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:28,680 But I can't test it because this thing is screwed and I'm not going to be able to fix it today. 343 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,680 So Jamie still has no idea how many trucks he needs. 344 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:40,680 Even if he did, it's mid-summer and spare hoses could be scarce as polar bears and pleasant. 345 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:58,680 Whoa! That looks seriously dangerous. I like it. 346 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,680 You know they're claiming to do this with only sawdust. Fans, they're a little skeptical. 347 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,680 They think it's either something way more flammable or it's CGI. 348 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,680 Well in theory it could work. 349 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:15,680 Yeah even though they say they're not using any accelerant, if the powder is fine enough you could get that result from just sawdust, compressed air and an open flame. 350 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,680 Oh we are going to have to be so careful. 351 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,680 Yeah Tori, careful. I'm always careful. 352 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,680 That's carefree. You're carefree. 353 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,680 There really could have been any number of undeclared combustibles down that pipe. 354 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,680 At least the guy seems quite forthcoming about how he put it together. 355 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:37,680 What we have here is the energy source. It's an old propane tank. 356 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,680 So armed with the blueprints. 357 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,680 This is a high speed flow valve. 358 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:48,680 On behalf of doubting viewers everywhere, we're going to call his bluff and build it like he did. 359 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:54,680 Like all of the recycled junk that we try to turn into something amazing, this is not just a pipe. 360 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,680 It's filled with all sorts of other metal work. 361 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,680 So I'm going to have to cut it up and cut everything out and make it right for us. 362 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,680 Step one is to pop the top on the tank. 363 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:09,680 Sounds easy, but Carrie soon discovers these things are not meant to be tampered with. 364 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,680 You didn't want it to come all off in one piece did you? 365 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,680 Carrie finally breaks through, but there's much more work to do. 366 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:22,680 Tori's timely advice pretty much translates as, well, there's your problem. 367 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:27,680 Okay, so you're going to have to cut out that whole section there. 368 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,680 I sure hope there's a lot more layers in here. That would be way easier than getting a pipe. 369 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,680 Yeah, it looks like there might be another layer. 370 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:39,680 Meantime Grant works on a modified propane canister, just like the one in the video. 371 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:45,680 The propane's been drained and the tank's been adapted to hold compressed air. 372 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:52,680 And a high speed, high flow valve should release all of that air in a short, sharp blast. 373 00:21:52,680 --> 00:22:01,680 Air's going to come in here from our compressor, and what happens is it normally goes in here and fills up the tank. 374 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,680 And it's doing that all the time until the tank's full. 375 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,680 This leads out to the cannon itself. 376 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:19,680 When we push this button, it cuts off the flow coming in from the compressor and allows the tank air to go directly out to the cannon. 377 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:24,680 It deploys in less than a quarter of a second. 378 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:32,680 Heavy-duty pipes connect Grant's apparatus with Carrie's cleaned-out cannon, to which she's welded four steel struts. 379 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:41,680 It's ready for a proof-of-concept blowtest without the flame to see how high they can blast the sawdust. 380 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:47,680 Still, we all know that Uncle Jamie likes them to take this kind of thing outside. 381 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,680 I've got a bag of hamster bedding. This is basically just sawdust. 382 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:54,680 I'm going to put it in the bottom of the cannon, let it off, and see what we're dealing with here. 383 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,680 I think this will work out pretty well. It's light and fluffy. 384 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:05,680 One bag of plain sawdust, I'm sorry, hamster bedding only partially fills the pipe. 385 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:11,680 Grant hooks up to an air compressor, and once he's up to full pressure, he counts it down. 386 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:22,680 Approaching 100. All right. This is sawdust cannon test with a little bit of sawdust, 100 psi, in three, two, one. 387 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:29,680 That's good. That's just a little bit of sawdust. That went pretty good. 388 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,680 The problem is, it didn't go that high. No. 389 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,680 Tenth veneer. 390 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:44,680 At the moment, it's not looking exactly like the height that we would expect to see, based on what we saw in the video. 391 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,680 But I think it's achievable. It's definitely achievable. 392 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:54,680 So what to do? Grant thinks he'll get more punch with less hardware. 393 00:23:54,680 --> 00:24:00,680 He fits a shorter connecting pipe, then Carrie trims an inch or two off the legs. 394 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:09,680 This jumble of spare parts just might fulfill its potential. If so, they'll need some elbow room. 395 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,680 And Scarface Balachy's already booked the bomb range. 396 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,680 Say hello to my little friend. 397 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:33,680 While preparations are made for a full-scale fire hose test, Adam and Jamie have time to check out another much-viewed, water-themed internet upload. 398 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,680 All right. Here's the viral video we've got to investigate. 399 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:44,680 Pipe with some gas. Nice forearms on this hand model. 400 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:49,680 Oh, that is very cool. 401 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,680 They call it invisible water. What do you think? 402 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,680 This one has all the hallmarks of a sideshow stunt. 403 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:06,680 It's entirely possible that this was done with CGI on a green screen, or even just fishing line with clever lighting. 404 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,680 But Jamie's got his own theory. 405 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:15,680 That's not invisible water. That's some kind of a super-dense gas. There are all sorts of them out there. 406 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,680 We just got to find out which one. 407 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:24,680 The prime suspect is sulfur hexafluoride. It's five times heavier than air. 408 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:29,680 I promise to show you something really cool as long as you promise not to try it at home, okay? 409 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:34,680 Okay. Now, everyone wants to know why my voice sounds higher when I inhale helium. 410 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:39,680 My simple fact is that helium is six times less dense than air, which means sound waves travel through it much faster, 411 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,680 which makes my voice sound much higher now. 412 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,680 The same effect can be achieved in reverse if I inhale something like... 413 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,680 Sulfur hexafluoride, which is six times denser than air. I inhale some of that... 414 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:59,680 And my voice gets really low, although somehow I'm still funny. It's scientific! 415 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:09,680 On that low note, it's time to start the test and flush out this potential viral flim flam. 416 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,680 Now that we've got the gas, I want to replicate exactly what I can see in the video. 417 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:20,680 We've got a fish tank, and we've got tons of tinfoil. I'm going to try and make a boat that floats on the invisible water. 418 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,680 All right. Give me the business end. 419 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,680 I can't see anything. 420 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:36,680 We'll have to take the full tank on faith, just because we can't see anything. 421 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,680 Now, Adam turns boat builder. 422 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,680 All right. Replicating the circumstances. You ready? 423 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:47,680 It's a simple proposition. The boat either floats or it sinks. 424 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:54,680 But Jamie can't see why this won't work, and here's the proof of concept. 425 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,680 There you go. 426 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,680 So that's where our level is. 427 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:10,680 Right. Somewhere right about there. Let's just be clear. This balloon is filled with air, and it drops unless it's in this fish tank. 428 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:18,680 Where it floats. Because the fish tank's full of gas that's heavier than air, I just can't get a boat to float in it. 429 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:23,680 That's pretty as it does in the video. 430 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:30,680 One after another, these tinfoil Titanic's are launched, then lost at sea. 431 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:37,680 Though the boys do seem to be dialing in on the boat to see what's going on, 432 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,680 the boys do seem to be dialing in on the boat design. 433 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:46,680 Dude, that is so almost cool. 434 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:52,680 Here's hoping it's last time lucky. 435 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,680 Jamie. 436 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:56,680 It worked. 437 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,680 They've almost duplicated what they saw on the internet. 438 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,680 Now Jamie has the honor of flooding the boat with invisible water. 439 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,680 Yeah, I can see it pouring out, man. That's so cool. 440 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:16,680 Jamie double dips, and that's all it takes to sink the cynicism surrounding this oddly transparent viral video. 441 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,680 It's going down. 442 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:24,680 Down to the bottom of an invisible sea. 443 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,680 Well, like they say, whatever floats your boat. 444 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:32,680 And in this case, it's sulfur hexafluoride, because just like a boat on the water, 445 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:39,680 when you put a boat on sulfur hexafluoride because it's heavier than air, the boat floats. 446 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:44,680 Even though it was a gas, the myth of invisible water turned out to be true. 447 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,680 But that's not true of every viral video. 448 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:57,680 And to show how easy it is to post a fake experiment, we put this clip on YouTube around the time we filmed this show. 449 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:04,680 Adam unscrabbles a Rubik's Cube with his feet while Jamie does it blindfolded. 450 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:11,680 It looks convincing as they both solve the puzzle, and this was watched by tens of thousands of people. 451 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,680 Do you want to know how it's done? 452 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:20,680 Because while it looks like we started with one of these and ended up with one of these, in fact, the reverse is true. 453 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:25,680 We started with the solved cube and mixed it up and just ran the footage backwards. 454 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:30,680 For a little added realism, if you look carefully, you'll see our researcher John Hunt walking through the frame. 455 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,680 In fact, he was walking backwards. 456 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,680 So remember, don't believe everything you see on the internet. 457 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:51,680 Carri-Torre and Grant have tracked their homemade cannon out to the bomb range to see if they can exactly replicate this amazing viral video 458 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:58,680 with nothing more than sawdust, air, and a flare. 459 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:04,680 Now we've seen a lot of really cool viral videos on the internet, but not all of them are 100% of truth. 460 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,680 There's a lot of computer graphics. 461 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:11,680 With this to be confirmed, we need to be able to replicate that giant tower of fire that we saw on the internet video. 462 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:18,680 This orange line right here is connected to the air compressor, and that is the source of air for the whole cannon. 463 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:24,680 And hopefully, that'll be enough to create a huge sawdust plume. 464 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,680 Their one and only test was... 465 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:27,680 One! 466 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,680 Underwhelming. 467 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:30,680 That went pretty good. 468 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:37,680 And even though they've upsized the pipes, this time the cannon needs to blast a lot more sawdust. 469 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:44,680 Maybe booking the bomb range was a tad optimistic, though Torre will be playing with fire. 470 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:50,680 The plan is I'm going to light the flare, I'm going to stick it into the top of the barrel, in the pile of sawdust, like a birthday candle. 471 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:58,680 I'm going to run back, Grant's going to pull the string, and we're going to launch that sawdust into the air, and hopefully we'll get a giant tower of fire. 472 00:30:58,680 --> 00:30:59,680 Perfect. 473 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,680 And then hopefully we'll all go, are we missing our eyebrows? 474 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,680 Am I missing an eyebrow? 475 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:14,680 The pressure inside the X-Propane tank rises to 120 psi. 476 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:19,680 Okay, perfect. Good to go. 477 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,680 Torre lights, then inserts the road flare. 478 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,680 Alright. 479 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:32,680 But will this really be enough to make a pipe full of common sawdust go boom? 480 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,680 Hang on to your hamsters. 481 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,680 Alright, three, two, one. 482 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:47,680 For just a heartbeat, it seemed they wouldn't get the fireball, but good things do come to those who wait. 483 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,680 Yeah! 484 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,680 That was so cool! 485 00:31:58,680 --> 00:31:59,680 Nice. 486 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:00,680 Confirmed. 487 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,680 Oh my god, that was the coolest thing I've ever seen. 488 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:03,680 Free! 489 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,680 It didn't look like it was going to ignite, and then all of a sudden, oh! 490 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,680 It went up. 491 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:14,680 It was beautiful, and it's not just the flame and the size of the flame, but the sound. 492 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,680 It was amazing. 493 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,680 And Carrie thought it was even better than the video. 494 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:29,680 The sawdust went up with the flare, a mushroom cloud formed, and then the fire fell, and then you could see the flare falling to the ground. 495 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,680 It was way cooler. 496 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:38,680 Challenge accepted, potential hoax, unhoaxed, and time to up the ante. 497 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,680 We made our can into the specs of the video, and it worked. 498 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:48,680 Now it's time we wrap it up, and we make a giant cannon, and see how big we can make the fire! 499 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:54,680 Aside from the upscaled hardware, they plan to fool around with alternate ammunition. 500 00:32:54,680 --> 00:33:05,680 In one of those, don't try this at home moments, Carrie tests the explosive potential of other fine-grain substances, like ordinary kitchen flour. 501 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:11,680 That was good! 502 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,680 Too true, but it gets even better. 503 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:22,680 Next to trying non-dairy creamer, because I hear that's really flammable, and I want to see if that's going to make the biggest fireball of all. 504 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:29,680 Non-dairy creamer. Millions would agree that going up in flames could be its finest moment. 505 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:40,680 Non-dairy creamer, flame burns to my hand and into the cup. It's so flammable that there is a back draft. 506 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:49,680 So with the promise of a much bigger cannon, and a deadly dose of mock milk powder, it looks like the sky's the limit. 507 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,680 Now I want to wrap it up! 508 00:33:52,680 --> 00:34:02,680 Adam and Jamie are testing the authenticity of this Internet video by trying it themselves. 509 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:12,680 The car could be a lightweight thing, not to mention the frame it's sitting on. But Adam's rack is all that and more. 510 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:17,680 This right here is one of the water jets of my completed water jet car lifting platform. 511 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:27,680 I've got ten of these babies on it. Starts out with a fire hose coupler right here, goes to normal NPT schedule 40, 45 and 90, out to a bowel reducer, and a water jet would be squirting out here. 512 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:32,680 It's a slick piece of plumbing, and every bit as heavy as it looks. 513 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:40,680 This right here weighs about maybe four or five hundred pounds, and that means that the whole thing is going to be quite heavy. 514 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:46,680 We're going to have to be able to lift maybe around four thousand pounds if we get that car off the ground. 515 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,680 But Adam's problems are more immediate. 516 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:57,680 Turns out my rig's too big to fit in any vehicle we own or can rent, so having just completed it, I've got to cut it in half. 517 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:03,680 Two steps forward and one back. They'll have to weld the halves together again on-site. 518 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:09,680 It's a frustrating start to a day they hope will end bathed in glory. 519 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,680 Alright, looks like we're good to go. Let's get this show on the road. 520 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:20,680 Every spare fire truck rolls up to the test site, but it's the second setback of the morning. 521 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:27,680 They've only mustered six of the hoped for ten. Still, there's no lack of manpower. 522 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,680 This is many hands make light work. 523 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:35,680 Alright, all we want to do is lift this car over this bar this way. 524 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,680 Two guys on each wheel. 525 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:40,680 That was beautiful. 526 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:46,680 Adam and Jamie strapped down the car with the world's biggest seat belts. 527 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,680 I just had one of those moments. Can't believe we're doing this. 528 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,680 Now to hand things over to the professionals. 529 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:59,680 Well, it went so smoothly I'm a little nervous, but yeah, I can't think of anything else we can do except hook it up. 530 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,680 The boys have burst of valve to maximize their chances. 531 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:12,680 In the wash up, it all depends on how much water they can pump from these few hydrants pressurized by just six trucks. 532 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:17,680 I'm a little nervous about it because we've only got six trucks. 533 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,680 The math says we should be able to do it just, but will we? 534 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,680 I'll give you a prediction. I think we're going to get the lift off. 535 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:30,680 Whether it's a nice high lift off or whether it's a gentle or catastrophic landing, I don't know. 536 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:35,680 But I think we're going to get airborne or waterborne. 537 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,680 I don't think this one's going to work. It's just too big. 538 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,680 I'm pretty sure we're going to find something here. 539 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:13,680 Oh, that is perfect. All we need to do is lose this. I love how it's got a code shape. 540 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,680 That way when we blast our air, all our sawdust is going to come out of the cannon. 541 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,680 So we can maximize our tower of fire. 542 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,680 He's a great hopper. Can we name it Dennis? 543 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,680 It's so hard to find a name both you and the Mrs. can live with. 544 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:28,680 It's already gold. 545 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,680 But they've got exactly what they came for. 546 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:37,680 It's perfect. All I need to do is add an extension, make some adjustments and put it on the stand. 547 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:44,680 Back at base, Tori plans to accessorize the big blue hopper with a bigger yellow barrel. 548 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:49,680 What I have here is a 55 gallon drum and I'm going to use this to extend my funnel. 549 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,680 So what I need to do first is cut the bottom. 550 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:58,680 No sooner said than done, then Tori welds the drum tight to the hopper. 551 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:02,680 They'll also need to use much bigger connecting pipes. 552 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,680 That looks pretty good. 553 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,680 And let's not forget to pack the combustibles. 554 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:13,680 How big a cup of coffee do you think you need for 3,000 pounds of non-dairy creamer? 555 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:21,680 We are loading this into the truck, taking it up to the bomb range and then putting it into our giant cannon to make a tower of flames. 556 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:27,680 Out on the range, the first challenge is finding a safe, smart way to fill the barrel. 557 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,680 What would possibly go wrong? 558 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,680 I can't see anything going wrong. 559 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:38,680 But 1,500 pounds of coffee creamer and a light breeze conspire against them. 560 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,680 Hey, how full is it? 561 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,680 It's kind of hard to tell. 562 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:47,680 According to my calculations, half that should fill this drum. 563 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:52,680 This accident waiting to happen doesn't. 564 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,680 We're good. 565 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,680 It's full. 566 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,680 Back the creamer out. 567 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:03,680 This time the propulsion comes from Jamie's tried and tested air cannon rig. 568 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,680 This was the powerhouse used to blast a cannonball. 569 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,680 A baseball. 570 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,680 And recently, raw steak. 571 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,680 There's your problem. 572 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,680 And the creamer cannon is bigger in every way. 573 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:25,680 Then again, it has to lift 700 pounds of powder. 574 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,680 So what's going to happen? 575 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,680 First of all, we know that the non-dairy creamer is much more reactive in air than the sawdust. 576 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:36,680 Second, the orifice size is much larger on the non-dairy creamer cannon. 577 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,680 36 times the force. 578 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,680 And on top of that, 20 times the air capacity. 579 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:47,680 If everything goes right, and that stuff goes up in the air, and it actually ignites, 580 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,680 we can set this whole hillside on fire. 581 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,680 I'm either expecting to see a much bigger mushroom cloud of fire, 582 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:58,680 or because it's heavier, we're going to see bloop, and it's going to catch on fire, 583 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:00,680 and then we're going to stand there and watch it burn out. 584 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,680 Hopefully, choice A. 585 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,680 Grant slowly builds the air pressure to 120. 586 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,680 Good to go. 587 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,680 Then Tori sets the spark. 588 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:16,680 The mass of the creamer in relation to the volume of air is crucial. 589 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,680 This could either be a blast or a burn. 590 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,680 Alright, fire this puppy up. 591 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,680 Alright, here we go. 592 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:28,680 Non-dairy creamer cannon in three, two, one. 593 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,680 Whoa! 594 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,680 Ha ha ha ha! 595 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,680 Yeah! 596 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,680 Oh my God! 597 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,680 That was frightening! 598 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,680 Whoa! 599 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,680 Terrifying! 600 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:48,680 Did you get that on high speed? 601 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:56,680 Yeah, we did remember to push the odd button on the off chance that this might be one of the biggest fireballs ever. 602 00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,680 This was frightening. 603 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,680 I mean, seriously, there was a moment where I'm like, 604 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,680 oh crap, this was a bad, bad idea. 605 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:08,680 When you set off an explosion, you'll click, boom. 606 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:13,680 When you fire one of these cannons, you go click, you're like, whoosh. 607 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,680 It's not working. 608 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,680 Oh my God! 609 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:23,680 All I heard in my head was run, and I started up the hill as fast as I could go. 610 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,680 And I'm still on a little bit of a drudel and pus right now. 611 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,680 Oh my! 612 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,680 Oh! 613 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:38,680 Flaming milk substitute floats down like snow from hell, 614 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:42,680 and the crust at ground zero tells the tale. 615 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,680 Dude, you gotta feel this. It's like the top of a creme brulee. 616 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,680 Oh my God. 617 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,680 I think you need a new camera. 618 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,680 Should we take that off? Is it still rolling? 619 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:52,680 Oh, look at that. 620 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:53,680 Whoa! 621 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,680 Oh, it saved it! 622 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,680 Hey! 623 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,680 You don't need a new lens! 624 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,680 This viral video is twice confirmed. 625 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:06,680 The flame the governator must have seen from Sacramento, 626 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,680 but it's not a recommended science project. 627 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,680 Whoa! 628 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:19,680 We should destroy this because it's too dangerous to have in our shop. 629 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:23,680 This technology should not be shared with anyone. 630 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,680 And just in case you missed the message... 631 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,680 I hope I don't need to tell you this, but don't try this at home. 632 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,680 We still have like 500 pounds of this stuff. Should we try it again? 633 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,680 Maybe after I get some new underwear. 634 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:46,680 Welcome back. Here's where we stand. 635 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:52,680 We had a video of some fire trucks using only the power of their hose pressure to lift a car. 636 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:56,680 We figured out that one hose can easily lift over 400 pounds. 637 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,680 There we go! 638 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:03,680 We also made a scale model of this rig and figured out that this was actually pretty stable. 639 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,680 Now we've put it all together. 640 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:10,680 We built a full-size car, a full-size rack of hoses, and we're about to try it for real. 641 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:11,680 Nice update. 642 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:17,680 Now let's see if a full-size, full-weight car really can take flight. 643 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:18,680 Dude, I can't believe it. 644 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,680 Six diesel engines kind of rumbling. 645 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,680 The tension is mounting. 646 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:24,680 Are you ready? 647 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:25,680 I'm ready. Let's do it. 648 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:26,680 I'm going to get in position. 649 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:31,680 Test number one starts with a standard, hydrant pressure of 80 psi, 650 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:37,680 which Jamie steadily raises 10 psi at a time. 651 00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,680 All right, all pumps up, 10 psi. 652 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,680 All pumps up, 10 more psi. 653 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,680 The car's not flying. 654 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,680 All pumps up, 10 more psi. 655 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:56,680 And the water's a waste of them, so Jamie shuts her down. 656 00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,680 All pumps down, completely down. 657 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,680 Okay, we're exceeding the amount of water flow for the system. 658 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:07,680 Oh, no. 659 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:08,680 Yeah. 660 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:13,680 Well, what if we remove a couple of the hoses or just, you know, don't power up with two of the hoses? 661 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:14,680 Hey, why don't we try that? 662 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,680 Maybe we'll get the lift still that we need. 663 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:17,680 Because we need that pressure. 664 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,680 Right, we need the pressure. 665 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:24,680 With a fixed water supply, cutting two hoses will raise the pressure in the remaining eight. 666 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,680 It's a question of finding the perfect balance. 667 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:34,680 Removing a couple of the nozzles, that'll give us hopefully more pressure, less volume, 668 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,680 and not put such a demand on the system. 669 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,680 And we're also going to make it happen really quickly. 670 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:48,680 They'll start this test at 100 psi, then lift the pressure bit by bit. 671 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,680 10 more psi. 672 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:56,680 Once again, they fail to raise the roof, or even lift the tires. 673 00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,680 What's happening is, is that we're not getting lift off. 674 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,680 Okay, all engines down. 675 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:07,680 What seems to be the reason is, is we are exceeding the amount of water that the entire city's water system 676 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:11,680 can produce in this location at a specific ton. 677 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,680 In test after test. 678 00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:15,680 Up on 1-2-0. 679 00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:18,680 Jamie raises the starting pressure. 680 00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:20,680 All engines 170. 681 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:25,680 Okay, down. 682 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:29,680 Repositions the nozzles. 683 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,680 All engines 120. 684 00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:36,680 All engines down. 685 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:38,680 And cuts the number of hoses. 686 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:40,680 Now we're running on six hoses. 687 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:45,680 We have an even balance of hoses in the four corners and two in the middle. 688 00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,680 Hopefully that'll be enough. 689 00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:51,680 But it's not. 690 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:56,680 Try as they might, the hatchback shows no tendency to hover. 691 00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:59,680 But Adam might have the answer. 692 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,680 Now see, the problem is, we've got an engine. 693 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:05,680 That's why we're not getting any movement. 694 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:06,680 Well let's get the engine out. 695 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,680 All right, let's do it. 696 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:13,680 In the video, you can't tell what's inside the car and what's not. 697 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,680 As far as we know, we're doing what they did. 698 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,680 There you go. 699 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:22,680 There's nothing in the video we saw that said that car had an engine. 700 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,680 And we've got to get lift off before the end of the day. 701 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,680 So, we're lightening our load by a few hundred pounds. 702 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:33,680 Daylight's fading and this next test is pretty much done. 703 00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:37,680 And this next test is pretty much make or break. 704 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,680 This one's going to work. 705 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:42,680 I hope. 706 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:45,680 Up on six. 707 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,680 With six engines, six hoses. 708 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:49,680 Come on, baby. 709 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,680 Up, up, up. 710 00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,680 And no motor, the car finally takes flight. 711 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:57,680 Up on three. 712 00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,680 Up on three. 713 00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,680 Up on three. 714 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,680 And isn't this a thing of beauty. 715 00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:11,680 15 feet high for a full 45 seconds. 716 00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,680 Okay, down, down, down. 717 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:15,680 Cut it. 718 00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,680 Oh, yeah. 719 00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:20,680 Nice landing. 720 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,680 The new rocking cars start up a little rough, 721 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,680 but once they're airborne, they're beautiful. 722 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,680 It worked. 723 00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:34,680 I didn't actually think it was going to happen, but it did. 724 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:36,680 Looked just like the video. 725 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:37,680 We got it. 726 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,680 And I have to say, it was beautiful. 727 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,680 It was a moment I didn't want to end. 728 00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,680 I'd say we've confirmed this one. 729 00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,680 Confirmed it is. 730 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:49,680 It was cool though. 731 00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:52,680 It looked so unlikely, but these guys, whoever they are, 732 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,680 seem to know their business. 733 00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,680 The video is verified. 734 00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,680 You know, of course this makes me want to make a backpack. 735 00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,680 Of course it does. 736 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,680 Or maybe like a hoverboard. 737 00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:29,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 738 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 739 00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:33,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 740 00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 741 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:37,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 742 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:39,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 743 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 744 00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:43,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 745 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:45,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 746 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:47,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 747 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 748 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:51,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 749 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,680 I'm going to go back to the car. 750 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,680 I'm going to go back to the car.