1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,400 Do not try what you're about to see at home. 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:07,840 We consult with experts, we take every precaution and we have years of experience in dangerous situations. 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,480 On this daredevil episode of Mythbusters, 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:15,680 Okay, go! 5 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,680 Adam and Jamie get a grip. 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,720 I think I had a nightmare, just like this one. 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,240 As they test that old movie myth, can you cling to a moving car? 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,400 Ah, I'm gonna die. 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,720 Then, Carrie, Tori and Grant. 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,200 Break out more liberating jailbreak myths. 11 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,800 Can you floss yourself to freedom? 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,800 So you get out of this one. 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,840 Or shoot yourself from servitude. 14 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,240 This is my favorite part. I'm not gonna lie. 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,640 With a cannon and a ball and chain. 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,960 That one's cool! 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,680 So far, the Mythbusters. 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,560 Adam Savage. 19 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,560 That's significant data. 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,560 And Jamie Hyman. 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,560 I think we're gonna set something on fire. 22 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,560 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience. 23 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,560 Joining them, 24 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,560 Brett Imahara. 25 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,560 Freedom! 26 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,560 Tori Belleggi. 27 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,560 I don't think this one's gonna work. It's just too big. 28 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,560 And Carrie Byron. 29 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,560 I'm gonna get the idea that this shouldn't be done inside. 30 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,560 They don't just tell the myths. 31 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,560 They put them to the test. 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,560 Why are you working out? 33 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,560 Our next myth, man. We're gonna need all the arm strength we can get. 34 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,560 What is that? 35 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,560 It's a classic Hollywood action movie staple. 36 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,560 The car roof clink. 37 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,560 Oh, you mean where somebody jumps on top of a car 38 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,560 and tries to hang on while it's driving? 39 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,560 Yeah, but the driver's trying everything he can to shake him off. 40 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,560 Getting a grip has been the speciality of stuntmen 41 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,560 since motors and movies first teamed up. 42 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,560 But in reality, 43 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,560 is clinging onto a wild ride 44 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,560 really plain sailing. 45 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,560 You know, hanging onto a real car. 46 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,560 It's one thing, but falling off, 47 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,560 we could get seriously hurt. 48 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,560 Yeah, I've been thinking that too. 49 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,560 That's why I've been picturing in my mind 50 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,560 a crane arm that would come out of the trunk of a car 51 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,560 and go over the top of it. 52 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,560 Then we could tie into it, 53 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,560 and that would allow us to show one of us losing his grip, 54 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,560 but not losing his life. 55 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,560 Exactly, and I think we should make it long enough 56 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,560 not only to test holding onto the roof, 57 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,560 but also being able to hold onto the hood. 58 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,560 Well, we can build it, 59 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,560 but we'll have to do a thorough job of it 60 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,560 because our lives are going to depend on it. 61 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,560 They will. 62 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,560 So, if you're a stuntman in Hollywood 63 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,560 and you're holding onto the roof of your car 64 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,560 like as well as driving, chances are 65 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,560 you're wearing a harness 66 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,560 and it tethers you to the car. 67 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,560 Similarly, if you're on the hood, 68 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,560 you're also wearing that kind of system. 69 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,560 This isn't going to work for us because 70 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,560 Jamie's going to try and shake me off of this car, 71 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,560 and it's got to be demonstrable 72 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,560 that I'm being shaken off the car 73 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,560 without letting me hit the ground, 74 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,560 which tells me that some kind of cable tether 75 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,560 isn't good enough. 76 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,560 My legs could slip over and hit the ground. 77 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,560 There's a lot of problems with that from a safety standpoint. 78 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,560 And in theory, their overhead crane idea 79 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,560 should overcome those problems. 80 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,560 But in practice, the boys are baffled 81 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,560 at how to build it. 82 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,560 Um... 83 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,560 So, cue the brainstorm. 84 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,560 Shatter out this back window. 85 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,560 Get away with using a counter 86 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,560 spring of some sort. 87 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,560 It's going to be like a double-mast of the thing. 88 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,560 That's all that additional weight that we don't need 89 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,560 to have pie. 90 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,560 If it does fail, whoever's up there, 91 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,560 we're in deep trouble. 92 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,560 After a frightening two hours of back and forth, 93 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,560 the Mifbusters 94 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,560 finally have a plan. 95 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,560 Okay, good. I like that. 96 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,560 That looks good. 97 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,560 A plan that's all about junk in the trunk. 98 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,560 They're going to cut into the trunk to get to the frame. 99 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,560 To this, they'll weld a steel 100 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,560 tower that they'll attach to a crane beam. 101 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,560 The crane beam 102 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,560 will link to a safety harness 103 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,560 T-bar that they'll clip into 104 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,560 while holding the roof and the hood. 105 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Attention, former car. 106 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,560 Prepare to be modified. 107 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,560 Resistance is futile. 108 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,560 Ain't that the truth? 109 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,560 Especially because there's a savage, 110 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,560 savage on the loose. 111 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,560 This used to be a car, right? 112 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,560 A few minutes ago, even. 113 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,560 With the car frame exposed 114 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,560 and the trunk tower support system 115 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,560 time-lapsed into place, 116 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,560 next, the boys strain with a crane. 117 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,560 When you just heard the VO guy 118 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,560 saying we were straining with the crane, 119 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,560 I want to point out that's not entirely true. 120 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,560 This is not a crane part we're using. 121 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,560 It's triangular and penetrous. 122 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,560 Used in radio towers and stuff like that. 123 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,560 But the reason we're using it is because 124 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,560 it's triangular structure, 125 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,560 just like in a crane, affords it 126 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,560 a tremendous amount of lateral strength. 127 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,560 So tremendous that it's ideal 128 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,560 for supporting the weight of the odd Mifbuster. 129 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,560 Okay, well, that works for me. 130 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,560 And it better work for Adam, too, 131 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,560 because it's this T-bar that will 132 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,560 literally hold the Mifbusters 133 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,560 hanging by a thread. 134 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,560 The rig is almost done, 135 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,560 but still it lacks that visual 136 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,560 punch that I'm looking for. 137 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,560 I'm about to add it. 138 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,560 With a fresh coat of high-speed 139 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,560 pink, the Klingon car rig is ready to roll. 140 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,560 But Houston, we have a problem. 141 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,560 Well, unfortunately, 142 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,560 the car won't start. 143 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,560 Adam was really quick 144 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,560 with cutting this all apart, 145 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,560 but maybe he was a little too quick. 146 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,560 At this point, it looks like Adam 147 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,560 cut the electrical power to the fuel pump. 148 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,560 So we can find that wire 149 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,560 and hook it up again, and we'll be 150 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,560 back in business. 151 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,560 It's always something. 152 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,560 But after a bit of hot wiring, 153 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,560 the guys are refved up 154 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,560 and ready for the test track. 155 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,560 And what could be the right of their lives? 156 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,560 Alright, so what's up with the 157 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,560 convict suits again? Have your shady past 158 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,560 caught up with you? 159 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,560 Well, actually, yes. Remember a few months back 160 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,560 when we devoted an entire episode 161 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,560 to prison break myths and we repelled 162 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,560 down a wall using bedsheets, toilet paper, 163 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,560 and hair? Of course. 164 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,560 And we escaped. Yeah, well, the kids 165 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,560 escaped. Of course. And we escaped. Yeah, well, the trouble is, 166 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,560 the fans want more. 167 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,560 Ever since that episode, we've been inundated 168 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,560 with ideas for new prison break myths. 169 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,560 Are you sure these are fans and not 170 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,560 prisoners sending in these requests? 171 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,560 We're busting out of here, see? 172 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,560 Yep, in one of the all-time most 173 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,560 memorable myth-busting moments, 174 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,560 ropes made of bedsheets, 175 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,560 human hair, 176 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,560 icy split ends, and toilet paper 177 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,560 successfully aided 178 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,560 and abetted a 14-story prison break. 179 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,560 Ha ha ha! 180 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,560 Freedom! 181 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,560 Alright, so what's up this time? Well, two things. 182 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,560 First of all, the fans think that you 183 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,560 can escape from prison using a little muscle 184 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,560 and a lot of this. 185 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,560 What? Yeah, they reckon you can cut through 186 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,560 the bars using dental floss. Alright, what else? 187 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,560 Well, the other one's a little bit higher 188 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,560 octane. Supposedly, back in the day, 189 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,560 a prisoner took the ball from 190 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,560 his old Tommy Ball and Chain, 191 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,560 put it in the prison's ceremonial 192 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,560 cannon, and launched himself over 193 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,560 the fence to freedom. 194 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,560 But first up, is the fan-fueled 195 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,560 fable that flossing can set you free? 196 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,560 And back at the big house, Alameda 197 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,560 County Courthouse Jail, hey, Uncle Billy! 198 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,560 Some of the team are about to get 199 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,560 an inside look at the myth. 200 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,560 Lockdown number three! 201 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,560 Ha ha ha! 202 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,560 There you go. There's some dental floss. 203 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,560 I'm gonna go talk to JD. 204 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,560 Good luck getting out of this jail cell. 205 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,560 So is this really locked? 206 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,560 Dead man locked! That's really locked. 207 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,560 So while our duo of desperate 208 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,560 dental hygienists attempt to break out, 209 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,560 Oh look! I removed some plaque. 210 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,560 Tori gets some inside info 211 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,560 from friend of the show, Sergeant 212 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,560 JD Nelson. 213 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,560 So have you ever heard of this myth using 214 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,560 dental floss to cut through a jail bar? 215 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,560 Well, I think that'd be pretty difficult, just 216 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,560 because dental floss doesn't have a lot of grit. 217 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,560 But given enough time, I guess 218 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,560 anything's possible. What do you think of this? 219 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,560 There's silica in most 220 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,560 tooth whitening toothpaste. 221 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,560 We could use it as an abrasive. 222 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,560 Oh yeah, a little bit extra. 223 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,560 To accelerate the process. 224 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:34,560 Yeah. 225 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:36,560 That abrasive silica, or sand 226 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:38,560 as many of us know it, is a grinding 227 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,560 agent used to remove those 228 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:42,560 stubborn stains. 229 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:44,560 But will it remove those stubborn 230 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,560 steel bars? 231 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,560 Hey, knock that off! 232 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:50,560 Trouble makers. We're going to have to keep them locked up for a long time. 233 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:54,560 After two hours of hard 234 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:56,560 labor, one thing has become 235 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,560 very clear. Testing the myth 236 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:00,560 manually is not feasible 237 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:02,560 in the time available. 238 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:04,560 Made it through the paint, 239 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:06,560 but fortunately, I have a secret weapon. 240 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:10,560 And it could have something to do with special robot knowledge. 241 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:12,560 So they're going to head back 242 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,560 to the shop where Grant, staying true to the spirit of the myth, 243 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:16,560 wants to use only materials. 244 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,560 He could find on the inside. 245 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:20,560 She's out of control! 246 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,560 She's out of control! 247 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,560 Trying to free ourselves 248 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:26,560 using dental floss, 249 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,560 flossing by hand, didn't really work out. 250 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:30,560 But fortunately, I have 251 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:32,560 a backup plan, and it involves 252 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:34,560 this. This is your 253 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:36,560 average everyday cassette 254 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:38,560 recorder player. 255 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,560 Which I have stolen. 256 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,560 I'm going to use this to make a machine 257 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:44,560 that will floss for me. 258 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,560 Grant goes to work, turning an old 259 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:48,560 school tape recorder into a 260 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,560 dental flossing robot. 261 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,560 Easier than I thought. 262 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:54,560 While Tori builds the kind of jail 263 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,560 every inmate dreams of. 264 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:58,560 One with just one wall. 265 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:00,560 Now I know this isn't a real jail, 266 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:02,560 but I wasn't trying to make a jail. 267 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,560 But we needed something to test whether or not 268 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,560 dental floss could cut through a steel bar. 269 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:08,560 So I made this. 270 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:10,560 Let's see if Grant can floss this way out of this one. 271 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,560 So my flossing robot is finally 272 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,560 complete. It incorporates the guts 273 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:16,560 of a standard cassette tape recorder 274 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:18,560 with a specially 275 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:20,560 modified cassette that contains 276 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,560 instead of tape, 277 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:24,560 dental floss. 278 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,560 I'm going to set this up on the bars and go to it. 279 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:28,560 But I'm also going to incorporate 280 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:30,560 Carrie's idea, which is to put 281 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:32,560 a little bit of toothpaste on it 282 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,560 to get that little extra bit of 283 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:36,560 abrasive. Here we go. 284 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:40,560 Okay, so I've got a little jam. 285 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:42,560 I've already got a little minor problem 286 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,560 with the flossing machine. 287 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:46,560 So it's back to the drawing board. 288 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:48,560 I've made a few changes 289 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,560 to the dental floss machine. 290 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,560 Where Grant throws everything he has 291 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,560 at the problem. 292 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:56,560 But after a full day's work 293 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:58,560 and several failed prototypes. 294 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:00,560 Hopefully the 27th time 295 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,560 is a charm. He throws the problem 296 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:06,560 at the wall. I don't think this is going to work. 297 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,560 Go! Next. 298 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:10,560 Jamie and Adam 299 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:12,560 curve, swerve, 300 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:14,560 and brake to the max. 301 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:16,560 And can Grant's 302 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,560 robot floss the team to a clean 303 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:20,560 brake? 304 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:22,560 That's the sound of freedom. 305 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:24,560 The mythbusters are testing 306 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:26,560 whether you can really cling 307 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,560 to a wild ride car roof 308 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,560 as Hollywood would have 309 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:32,560 his belief. 310 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,560 After all, with a grip 311 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,560 as strong as that, 312 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:38,560 hanging on for dear life could prove 313 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:40,560 to be very doable indeed. 314 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:42,560 And at the Alamom 315 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,560 the mythbusters are testing 316 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,560 whether you can really cling 317 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:48,560 to a wild ride car roof, 318 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:50,560 as Hollywood would have his belief. 319 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:52,560 And at the Alameda 320 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:54,560 runway, it's time to put that theory 321 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:56,560 to the test. 322 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,560 We've built a full-size 323 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,560 rig to hold on to us in case we 324 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:02,560 can't hold on to the car. 325 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:04,560 And we've come out here to the Alameda runway 326 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:06,560 to test it full scale. 327 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,560 Yeah! 328 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:10,560 But before trying to shake 329 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:12,560 a mythbuster, the boys first want to 330 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,560 test the rig with someone a little more 331 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:16,560 expendable. 332 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,560 So, currently, Buster has bolted 333 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:20,560 into our safety rig for a stop 334 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,560 test. It's a perfect opportunity for me 335 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:24,560 to show you how it ought to 336 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:26,560 work. He's on a track 337 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,560 that runs for an aft. 338 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:30,560 Jamie's going to run this car at the speed, 339 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,560 slam on the brakes as hard as he can, and at that point 340 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:34,560 Buster is going to slide all the way forward 341 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:40,560 and stop. And hopefully 342 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,560 we're going to learn how safe this rig is 343 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:44,560 to use by watching what happens to poor Buster. 344 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:46,560 And unlike Adam or Jamie, 345 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:48,560 poor old Buster won't be 346 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:50,560 holding on at all. 347 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:52,560 Alright, Mr. Heidemann, are you ready? 348 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:54,560 I'm ready. 349 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,560 Start your engine and begin the untethered 350 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:58,560 Buster stop test in 351 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:00,560 3, 2, 1, 352 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:02,560 go! 353 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:04,560 Jamie floors it 354 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:06,560 and takes the car up to 45 355 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:08,560 before slamming on the brakes. 356 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:10,560 Ahhhh! 357 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:12,560 Ahhhh! 358 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,560 The good news is that 359 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,560 the rig did indeed 360 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,560 hold Buster off the tarmac. 361 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:20,560 The bad news is that pain-free 362 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:22,560 it wasn't. 363 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,560 Here's what's scary about that test. 364 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:26,560 This guy right here, he's made 365 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,560 for firemen to carry up and down 366 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:30,560 stairs to drop and burning 367 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:32,560 smoky buildings. He's made to take the 368 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:34,560 kind of boost you just saw and come back 369 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:36,560 for more. He's engineered for that. 370 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,560 I'm not. 371 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:40,560 So nervous are Adam and Jamie 372 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,560 about safety that they run Buster 373 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:44,560 through more tests. 374 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,560 Go! 375 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,560 Brake tests. 376 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:50,560 Swerve tests. 377 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,560 Curve tests. 378 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,560 But none of it makes for pleasant viewing 379 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:58,560 and that makes what Adam's about to say 380 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:00,560 all the more surprising. 381 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,560 Well from my perspective, that test was 382 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,560 lovely and successful as far as 383 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,560 the rig was concerned. You put a huge amount 384 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:08,560 of stress on it and it is absolutely solid. 385 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,560 Think that it's time to give 386 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:12,560 Jamie Buster's harness and strap him to the rig. 387 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:14,560 Yeah, that rig is looking 388 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:16,560 real good. 389 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,560 But Buster's back-breaking performance 390 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:20,560 is not filling our next contestant 391 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,560 with joy. 392 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,560 If I can't hold on, my big concern 393 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,560 is, is it going to keep me safe? 394 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,560 I mean, I don't want to snap my neck 395 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,560 when I reach the end of my travel. 396 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,560 So, I'm going to hold on real nice. 397 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,560 And real hard, Jamie, because 398 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,560 this myth could get 399 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,560 dangerously ugly. 400 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,560 Lockdown number three. 401 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,560 Carrie Grant and Tori are getting 402 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,560 positively penitentiary. 403 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,560 Alright, weapons check. 404 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,560 Against the wall. Go on, come on. 405 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,560 Okay, you're alright. 406 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,560 What's this? 407 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,560 Is this a file? Off to Salatary Confinement. 408 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,560 You, to the yard. 409 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,560 Our fun-loving criminals 410 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,560 are testing to see if they can free themselves 411 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,560 with floss. 412 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,560 I don't think this is going to work. 413 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,560 I think Grant's gone through like 414 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,560 maybe 300 incarnations of his dental floss 415 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,560 tape recorder robot. 416 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,560 They don't seem to be working. 417 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,560 At least that's what I'm getting from the throwing and the swearing. 418 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,560 Oh, f***. 419 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,560 Alright, so the tape recorder sucked, 420 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,560 but it's gone. It's history. 421 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,560 Now I'm going to ramp it up and use 422 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,560 whatever materials I want 423 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,560 to make the ultimate automatic dental 424 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,560 flossing machine. 425 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,560 And then we'll see if it's possible 426 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,560 to floss through bars. 427 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,560 This time, Grant is unleashing 428 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,560 all his robot resources. 429 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,560 Creating a tension system 430 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,560 that will simulate the grip 431 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,560 and sawing action 432 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,560 of a human being. 433 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,560 Okay, so the ultimate 434 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,560 dental flossing robot is finished. 435 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,560 Now it's time to give it a shot. 436 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,560 And if this works, it should go 437 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,560 zzzz, one way and then zzzz, 438 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,560 the other way. 439 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,560 So cue take two for Grant 440 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,560 and Carrie's escape attempt. 441 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,560 Can you hear that hyphic sound? 442 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,560 That's the sound of freedom! 443 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,560 And once the ultimate dental 444 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,560 flossing robot is up and running, 445 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,560 there's nothing to do but sit back 446 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,560 and wait. 447 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,560 Do you have any aides? 448 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,560 Go fish. 449 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,560 We're going to do some schedule 450 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,560 making this. 451 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,560 Hang on. 452 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,560 Why are you going that way? 453 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,560 One second. 454 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,560 My prediction is that 455 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,560 we'll get out on good behavior 456 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,560 before we actually get out of prison. 457 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,560 Maybe Grant and I'll get out on good behavior. 458 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,560 Tori's probably a lifer. 459 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,560 He's a bad boy! 460 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,560 Spirits are down in cell block A. 461 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,560 Looks like we need a good cavity search. 462 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,560 But in spite of the oppressive regime, 463 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,560 there is hope. 464 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,560 So after three and a half hours, 465 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,560 the ultimate flossing machine 466 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,560 has given us a glimmer of hope. 467 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,560 There's a shiny spot worn into the bar. 468 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,560 That's not very deep. 469 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,560 So it's a very tiny glimmer of hope. 470 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,560 But that's only three and a half hours. 471 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,560 We're going to let it go for more 472 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,560 and see how far we get. 473 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,560 So our merry metal workers leave 474 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,560 the office of the company 475 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,560 so our merry metal workers leave 476 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,560 the robot flossing for a full week 477 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,560 before they check the results. 478 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,560 And while it may not be as fast 479 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,560 as a hardcore hacksaw blade, 480 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,560 amazingly, Grant's gadget 481 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,560 is doing its job. 482 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,560 So it looks like we got a little progress. 483 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:40,560 How do we do? 484 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,560 Well, over our week, we did a total of 2,111.5 minutes 485 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,560 of flossing, 486 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,560 which corresponds to 35.2 hours. 487 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,560 Wow. 488 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,560 We got 15,000 of an inch. 489 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:52,560 So it's actually cutting through the bars. 490 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,560 I mean, it's going to take you forever, 491 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,560 but you can actually do it. 492 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,560 At that rate, it'll take us 140,767 minutes. 493 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,560 What's that breakdown to? 494 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,560 Well, assuming you could do 495 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,560 eight hours of flossing a night, 496 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,560 that would be 293 days. 497 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,560 But remember, that's only one cut 498 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,560 in one bar. 499 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,560 Well, theoretically, if you can cut into one bar, you can cut into two. 500 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,560 So I guess we're calling this one plausible. 501 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,560 Yeah, plausible. 502 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,560 Next. 503 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,560 There's that old rocker. 504 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,560 What does it take to shake a Heinemann? 505 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,560 Swim on, Swim on. 506 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,560 Swim on. 507 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,560 And later, the team takes 508 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,560 on the tallest prison-break 509 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,560 tale of all. 510 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,560 Ha-ha! 511 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,560 In the movies, 512 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,560 people hang on to all sorts of things. 513 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,560 But can you really cling on to a car? 514 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,560 That's what the myth-busters 515 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,560 are about to find out. 516 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,560 Despite Buster's back-breaking behavior, 517 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,560 I got to hold on real nice. 518 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,560 Jamie figures that his grip 519 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,560 will brace him against the movement of the car. 520 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,560 And he won't become a missile like a dummy. 521 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,560 Well, so far, I'm convinced that a rig 522 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,560 is safe for us to use. 523 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,560 As for the myth, 524 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,560 honestly, it's not looking that good 525 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,560 as far as the dummies' behavior. 526 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,560 That doesn't necessarily have any bearing 527 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,560 on what happens when Jamie gets on the roof. 528 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,560 I mean, this is a guy who scaled a building 529 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,560 on a knotted rope. 530 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,560 This is a guy who's water-skied behind a robot. 531 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,560 He broke down a door with nothing but his shoulder. 532 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,560 So while superhuman Jamie 533 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,560 sikes up and clips on, 534 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,560 here's the plan. 535 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,560 I'm toast. 536 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:36,560 The boys are going to break the car-cling myth 537 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,560 into three classic testable elements. 538 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,560 The zig-zag shape. 539 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,560 The long curve. 540 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,560 And the emergency stop. 541 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,560 At speeds up to 45 miles an hour, 542 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,560 will Jamie cling or fling? 543 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,560 So we were thinking if you're driving down the road 544 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,560 and someone's on the roof of your car, 545 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,560 the first thing that's going to occur to you 546 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,560 is to do a kind of swervy maneuver 547 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,560 to shake them off. 548 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,560 That's what we're going to start with. 549 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,560 Well, 550 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,560 the insurance company won't let us go 551 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,560 about 45 miles per hour. 552 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,560 So I say let's go to 45 553 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,560 and give it all we got. 554 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,560 I'm ready for you, buddy. Let's go. 555 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,560 I think I had a nightmare just like this one. 556 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,560 To make things a little bit easier 557 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,560 for Jamie for this initial test, 558 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,560 although the speed is up, 559 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,560 the windows have been rolled down. 560 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,560 Will Jamie get a grip? 561 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,560 Here we go. Multiple swerves. 562 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,560 In three, two, one, go. 563 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,560 I'm going to get into character. 564 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,560 Who's that? Oh, my God. 565 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,560 Yeah, baby. 566 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,560 Come on. 567 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,560 Here we go. 568 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,560 Swerve on. 569 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,560 Swerve at eight. 570 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,560 Amazingly, 571 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,560 despite the considerable G-forces, 572 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,560 Jamie hangs in there with ease. 573 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,560 How's that, dude? 574 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,560 It wasn't a problem holding on, 575 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,560 but it's a little thrilling. 576 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,560 Really? Yeah, let's go for a hundred. 577 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,560 So far, it's a walk in the park for the hunter. 578 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,560 But let's face it, 579 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,560 when did the movie villain roll down the windows? 580 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,560 It's time to get serious. 581 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,560 Adam takes her up to 45. 582 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,560 Jamie grips on to not very much. 583 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,560 He holds the first swerve. 584 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,560 But then, he's off. 585 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,560 Dude, tell me you're okay. 586 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,560 I'm fine. Really? 587 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,560 Yeah, I lost it on the second turn. 588 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,560 The first one, I was okay, 589 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,560 but that little, you know, two-step got me. 590 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,560 And I went over the side. 591 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,560 I was holding on as hard as I could, 592 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,560 but I just slipped. 593 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,560 So with our Klingon Cowboy 594 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,560 slung off at 45 miles an hour, 595 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,560 part one of the car Kling trio 596 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,560 is busted. 597 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,560 So it's onward and upward. 598 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,560 This next one, 599 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,560 I'm calling this test the long turn. 600 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,560 Effectively, I'm going to be driving in circles, 601 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,560 applying centrifugal force 602 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,560 on Jamie, starting off slowly, 603 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,560 but eventually ramping it up 604 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,560 to see if I can, you know, find his limit. 605 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,560 And from here on in, 606 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,560 the boys are only going to test with the windows up. 607 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,560 I'm ready. 608 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,560 All right, here we go. 609 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,560 Centrifugal turn with a single complication. 610 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,560 Uh-oh. 611 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,560 Even as Adam reaches 15, 612 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,560 it's clear that Jamie's struggling. 613 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,560 Then, at only 20 miles an hour, 614 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,560 he's down. 615 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,560 That's it. 616 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,560 That's it. 617 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,560 How you doing, bro? 618 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,560 That's kind of hard. 619 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,560 I mean, I was doing all right, 620 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,560 but, you know, all my weight 621 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,560 is just, like, right on that little tip of the finger. 622 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,560 And sooner or later, they give. 623 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,560 In fact, it's virtually impossible 624 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,560 to get a car like that. 625 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,560 I'm going to be driving in circles. 626 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,560 In fact, it's virtually impossible, 627 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,560 meaning that part two is also busted. 628 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,560 So it's time for the finale. 629 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,560 Windows out. 630 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,560 As we usually do, 631 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,560 we have saved the worst for last. 632 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,560 We are now going to subject Jamie 633 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,560 to the sudden stop, 634 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,560 which hopefully will send him 635 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,560 virtually tumbling forward on the car. 636 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,560 I won't be adding the second part 637 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,560 that you always see in the movies 638 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,560 in which I drive over him. 639 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,560 That's what our rig's supposed to prevent. 640 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,560 But, um, I tell you, I don't think he's going to be able 641 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,560 to hold on during this test. 642 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,560 Sudden stop. Here we go. 643 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,560 In three, two, one. 644 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,560 For safety's sake, 645 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,560 Adam takes the car up to just 25 miles an hour. 646 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,560 Jamie desperately 647 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,560 braces himself with all the 648 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,560 strength he can muster. 649 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,560 I'm okay. 650 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,560 But the Heinemann heave ain't enough. 651 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,560 Well, I think that test is done. 652 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,560 I think so. 653 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,560 I'm actually seeing some stars from that. 654 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,560 Really? 655 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,560 As Jamie flew off the roof like a giant 656 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,560 pinata, the G-Force was 657 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,560 so great that he nearly blacked out. 658 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,560 It's a seriously close call. 659 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,560 But after a medical checkup, 660 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,560 he's given the green light. Good job. 661 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,560 That one was a little too close for comfort. 662 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,560 I really dug 663 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,560 my fingers into the windshield. 664 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,560 I knew exactly when Adam was going to hit the brake 665 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,560 and I was braced for it, 666 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,560 but it still just wasn't quite enough. 667 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,560 But in a real-life situation, 668 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,560 you're not going to know 669 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,560 when something's going to happen. 670 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,560 You're not going to be able to brace for it. 671 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,560 So that's a huge difference. 672 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,560 And like it's not, 673 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,560 you're going to be flying off the car in a heartbeat. 674 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,560 In other words, it's part three 675 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,560 busted. 676 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,560 And after drama like that 677 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,560 last test, you'd think the myth busters 678 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,560 would back up and head home. 679 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,560 But, do-do-do. 680 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,560 Next up, could a ball and chain 681 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,560 be a ticket to freedom? 682 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,560 Prisoner's best friend. 683 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,560 And later, sticky stuntman Adam 684 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,560 takes on the hood. 685 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,560 How you like that? Come on in. 686 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,560 Please do not try what we do 687 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:11,560 on this show at home. 688 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,560 We're what you call experts. 689 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,560 It's safer that way. 690 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,560 Next up, another fan-fueled 691 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,560 jailbreak myth. 692 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,560 Okay, so our last prison-escape myth 693 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,560 is a bit bizarre. 694 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:31,560 It comes from a fan 695 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,560 posting on the username PizzazzIP. 696 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,560 And it's a story of an 18th century prison escape. 697 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,560 And according to our message board friend, 698 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,560 in this prison, all the prisoners 699 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:41,560 had ball and chain. 700 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,560 But instead of being a hindrance 701 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:44,560 to his escape, like you might think, 702 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:45,560 it was actually his method. 703 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:46,560 How? 704 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,560 Well, in this particular prison, 705 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,560 there was a cannon on the roof. 706 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:51,560 And every hour on the hour, 707 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:52,560 the cannon would fire. 708 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,560 So one day, while no one's looking, 709 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:55,560 he sneaks up to the roof, 710 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,560 drops his ball on the cannon, 711 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,560 and you see where I'm going here, right? 712 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:00,560 Yeah, he fires the cannon, 713 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,560 the cannon sends him over the wall, 714 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,560 he survives, and returns to a life of crime. 715 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:05,560 Exactly. 716 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,560 Sounds like it's boom time. 717 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,560 It's a preposterous prison parable. 718 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,560 Can a felon armed with a cannon, 719 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,560 black powder, and a ball and chain 720 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,560 really fire himself to freedom? 721 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,560 This sounds like a crazy myth. 722 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:26,560 Sounds like a perfect job for Buster. 723 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,560 Yeah, but no one is going to let us 724 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,560 use their cannon to fire ball and chains out of them. 725 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,560 I mean, we're probably going to destroy it. 726 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,560 So we're going to have to build our own 727 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,560 so that way we can fire it up at the sky 728 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,560 and see if we can get Buster to escape. 729 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:38,560 Cool. 730 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:39,560 But if we're going to start building 731 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:40,560 cannons, balls, chains, 732 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,560 I think we need to do a bit of research first. 733 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:43,560 Sounds good. 734 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,560 So our budding jailbusters are going to blast off 735 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,560 with some homemade cannon 101. 736 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,560 Whoa, there it is. 737 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:55,560 How you doing? How are you? 738 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,560 At Mythbusters Pal, Frank Tabor 739 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,560 is the guy with all the gum-fun guns. 740 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:02,560 Big ones. 741 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:03,560 We're trying to build a cannon, 742 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:04,560 and we heard that you had a mortar, 743 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,560 so we thought we'd come down and take a look at it 744 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:07,560 and maybe get some ideas. 745 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,560 Yeah, it's going to be the same principle. 746 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,560 You're just going to have a longer barrel on there 747 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:12,560 as mortars are shorter. 748 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,560 And of course, the stuff that sets these babies off 749 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:16,560 is black powder. 750 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,560 How much powder do you use? 751 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,560 For us to send a 16-pound bowling ball, 752 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,560 we use three 12-gauge shotgun shells 753 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,560 full of black powder, 754 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,560 and that'll push it out about 7,800 yards. 755 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:29,560 Sounds perfect. 756 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,560 So our fantastic fabricators measure up. 757 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:36,560 I think we've got some good stuff. 758 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:37,560 Yeah, I think we're good. 759 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,560 Where's Frank? 760 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:39,560 Right here. 761 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,560 What are you doing? 762 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:43,560 How fast can you run? 763 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:44,560 Fairy. 764 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,560 With the smoking cannon design sussed, 765 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,560 Tori and Carrie next walk the line 766 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,560 with some ball and chain chatter. 767 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,560 To investigate what a real ball and chain would look like, 768 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,560 we've come to Folsom State Prison. 769 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,560 It's not only is this a famous prison, 770 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,560 but it is a long history, 771 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,560 and we think this will be a great place to start. 772 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,560 So, Q, Prism Museum Manager Jim Brown. 773 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,560 So, say a prisoner's about 170 pounds, 774 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,560 which is the size of our crash test dummy. 775 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,560 What size ball would he have? 776 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:17,560 Would it be like this? 777 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:18,560 Probably be more like this one. 778 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,560 This one with shackle and chain is 37 pounds. 779 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,560 Oh, that looks about 5 inches in diameter. 780 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,560 It's 5 and 5-8 standard. 781 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:27,560 All right, cool. 782 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:28,560 Now we know what size ball to get. 783 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,560 So with the research all sorted, 784 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:33,560 Take it away. 785 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,560 It's time to get down to work. 786 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,560 One cannon coming up. 787 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:41,560 But will it work? 788 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,560 To avoid a bad case of cannon malfunction, 789 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,560 Tori's using 2-inch thick steel for the barrel, 790 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:52,560 and solid 10-1 1-1-1-inch thick steel for the combustion chamber. 791 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,560 So this big chunk of steel right here 792 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,560 is our combustion chamber for our cannon. 793 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:00,560 We've boarded out to hold the black powder and a barrel. 794 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,560 Now I pick it up and show you, 795 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:07,560 but it weighs 225 pounds, 796 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,560 but it has to be strong, 797 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,560 because the last thing we want is for this cannon to explode. 798 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,560 So while Tori welds his ancient artillery together, 799 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,560 Grant bashes out some period perfect ball and chains. 800 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,560 It's a prisoner's best friend. 801 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:24,560 And they're good to go. 802 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,560 That's assuming, of course, that Tori's piece stays in one piece. 803 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,560 It's a thing of beauty. 804 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,560 This is my first cannon. Let's hope it works. 805 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,560 Next, give me all you got. 806 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,560 Can Adam conquer the car hood cling? 807 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,560 And will Tori's cannon blow Buster up? 808 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:49,560 Or away? 809 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,560 Attention, mounts! 810 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,560 We have the production seats in them and activated them on Buster. 811 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,560 We have jumped them 175 feet and remote controlled them, 812 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,560 and we put rockets in the back. 813 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,560 This log right here is up there with one of the coolest things we've ever done. 814 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:21,560 And they've been using it to find out if you can really cling on to the roof of a moving car. 815 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,560 And the results are not good. 816 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,560 With Windows up, Jamie was forever flung off. 817 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,560 But the roof was just one half of the myth. 818 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,560 The movie staple is the hood hang. 819 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,560 First, the zigzag. 820 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,560 Alright, dude. Give me all you got. 821 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,560 And rather than give it all he's got, 822 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,560 Jamie's going to take it slow. 823 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,560 Three zigzags at 20 miles an hour. 824 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,560 But that's all it needs for Adam to get airborne. 825 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,560 And it's all down to a tenacious grip. 826 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,560 The problem with the swerve swerve is what you're holding onto here on the hood. 827 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,560 It's not uniform like the car doors. 828 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,560 There's a whole bunch of vents and windshield wiper parts in there. 829 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:11,560 My hands were very close to going into places where they'd start to incur some serious damage. 830 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,560 I have to say swerve swerve, boop, it's out. 831 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,560 So after a quick reset, it's onto the long curve test. 832 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,560 Are you ready? 833 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:21,560 I'm ready. 834 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,560 About 15 miles an hour. 835 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:27,560 Jamie pulls away and Adam starts off confident. 836 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,560 Oh, I can still hold that. Go faster. 837 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,560 But soon gets his comeuppance at just 20 miles an hour. 838 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,560 Oh, whoa! 839 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,560 Yeah, that was about my limit right there. 840 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,560 The problem with a long centrifugal turn isn't a problem with my grip. 841 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,560 It's with my attitude. 842 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,560 I don't mean my mental attitude either. I mean my orientation of the car. 843 00:31:54,560 --> 00:32:00,560 My grip on the hood is linear to the car, but the force on me from the turn is perpendicular to the car. 844 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,560 So it doesn't matter how hard I'm grabbing. 845 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:07,560 Eventually, I'm being pulled so hard this way, I just can't hold on any longer. 846 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:15,560 So the roof hag is none from two, and that just leaves the emergency brake, where anything could happen. 847 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,560 Adam on the hood with a sudden stop. 848 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:23,560 I think he's going to be able to hold on because he's in line with the direction of force. 849 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,560 He's got a good handhold on the inside edge of the hood. 850 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,560 I don't see him coming off at all. 851 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,560 Well, there's only one way to find out. 852 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,560 I'll be careful. 853 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:34,560 25. 854 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:39,560 At a 25 miles an hour, Adam pulls it off with room to spare. 855 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,560 25 miles per hour, no problem. 856 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,560 Let's go to the maximum, 45. 857 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:54,560 Throwing caution and insurance to the wind, Jamie floors it for the finale. 858 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:55,560 35. 859 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,560 45 miles an hour. 860 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,560 Yeah, I held on. 861 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:13,560 Again, Adam gets no airtime, and that's because Jamie was right. 862 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,560 The huge force Adam's under is parallel with his body. 863 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,560 That means it's much easier for him to get a grip. 864 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,560 I think we're done here. 865 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:23,560 You want to go back to the city? 866 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:24,560 I do. 867 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:25,560 You want to stay up there? 868 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:26,560 Absolutely. 869 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:27,560 Give me a second. 870 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,560 Okay, go. 871 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:37,560 What are you doing? 872 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:38,560 Nothing. 873 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:39,560 How fast can you run? 874 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:40,560 Very. 875 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:42,560 Ah! 876 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:46,560 Carri Torri and Grant are testing a bizarre jailbreak myth. 877 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:52,560 Can a man blow himself and his ball and chain to freedom out of a cannon? 878 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:57,560 So we're here at the Alameda County Bomb Range, which is where myth busters come when they want to blow something up. 879 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:05,560 We're going to get our cannon out, set it up, get Buster in place, put a cannonball on his leg, and see if we can launch him to freedom. 880 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,560 But if our eager escapologists are going to blast Buster over a prison wall... 881 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:10,560 Right here? 882 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:11,560 Looks good to me. 883 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,560 They'll need a wall. 884 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:19,560 So according to the myth, the cannon was on the roof of the building, and then the cannonball with prisoner was shot over a fence. 885 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:24,560 That's why we're doing sort of an imaginary low-set fence to shoot our cannonball over. 886 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:29,560 But before Buster gets involved, the team need to test Torri's artillery. 887 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,560 All right, so for this first test, we're just saying if the cannon even works. 888 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,560 So there's no Buster, it's just the ball and chain. 889 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,560 Yeah, because we don't know what's going to happen when we launch this. It could explode. 890 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,560 All right, I say we start off small, and we'll ramp our way up. 891 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,560 Is that you, Torri? Are you Mr. Safety now? 892 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,560 I kind of like it. I like new Torri. 893 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:55,560 But Safety Officer Torri still doesn't quite convince Carrie, so she takes charge of the charge. 894 00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:01,560 So we have everything set except for our charge, so we're going to start out with one shotgun shell of black powder. 895 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,560 So it's boomer-bust for Torri and his cannon. 896 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,560 This is my favorite part. I'm not gonna lie. 897 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:19,560 As you see the fuse getting shorter, the tension melts. 898 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,560 Yes! 899 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,560 Touchdown! 900 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:27,560 Nice! 901 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:28,560 Nice! 902 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:29,560 Nice! 903 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:30,560 Good pop! 904 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:31,560 Can it work? 905 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:37,560 Traveling at more than 130 miles an hour, the ball and chain shot 80 yards. 906 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,560 That's way over the wall and just perfect for our myth. 907 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,560 All right, buddy, it's time for the old ball and chain. 908 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:54,560 So now the team is ready to load the cannon and let rip once again, this time with Buster in tow. 909 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,560 It's nothing personal, you know. You know that, right? 910 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,560 And with a bit more grunt to get him on his way. 911 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,560 Okay, two shotgun shells of black powder. 912 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:09,560 Okay, so our cannon is in place. It's aimed at the wall. The wall's all set up. 913 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:15,560 We've got our cannonball attached to Buster's leg and our prisoner Buster is ready to fly. 914 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,560 All we need to do is light the fuse. 915 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:24,560 Something good is bound to happen. 916 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,560 Something's gonna happen. 917 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,560 Let's hope it just knocks him over the fence in the midst of confirmed. 918 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:30,560 All right. 919 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:42,560 The ball and chain shot out of the cannon okay, but it failed to lift Buster over the fence. 920 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,560 So what does that mean for our myth? 921 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:46,560 Buster moved! 922 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:47,560 He moved! 923 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,560 Oh, six feet. 924 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,560 But hey, maybe we just add a little more black powder. 925 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:59,560 Maybe if two shotgun shells get him six feet, maybe three shotgun shells get him 18 feet. 926 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,560 Why three? Let's go to five. Six even. 927 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,560 I say ramp it up. 928 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:10,560 After the break, not just more power, it's a new flight plan for Buster. 929 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,560 Ah! Go, go! 930 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,560 And the guys clean up on the car clean. 931 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,560 Well, have fun. 932 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:29,560 Carri-Torian Grant are having a blast. 933 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,560 With this bizarre jailbreak myth. 934 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:42,560 Is it possible to fly a jailbird to freedom by firing his ball and chain clean out of a cannon? 935 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,560 So far, it looks like this myth just might fly. 936 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,560 All that's needed is more oomph. 937 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,560 Or is it really that simple? 938 00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,560 Well, you know what? Buster has made a metal, so he's totally missing the human element. 939 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,560 Well, we do have some rope. 940 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:07,560 So the best of our research is the closest that we could find to the breaking strength of human tissue. 941 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:12,560 This half-inch synthetic rope has a breaking strain of nearly half a ton. 942 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:13,560 Okay. 943 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:18,560 About the same as the muscle and ligament in a real human hip joint. 944 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,560 All right, everybody clear? 945 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:25,560 Here we go. 946 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,560 Come on! Here we go! 947 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:37,560 Is it a bird? 948 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:39,560 Is it a plane? 949 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,560 Oh, it's a leg. 950 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,560 Traveling at over 200 miles an hour. 951 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:50,560 But it's still not enough to lift Buster's body into the wild blue yonder. 952 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:52,560 Ah! 953 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:53,560 Yes! 954 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,560 That's what I'm talking about! 955 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,560 The only thing that's free is his leg from his body. 956 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,560 So did he escape from prison? 957 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:01,560 Pray not! 958 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,560 But you know what? No matter how you look at this one, it's still Busted. 959 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:10,560 Yeah, from the human analog perspective, not only did it separate the leg from the body, 960 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:11,560 but it ripped off all the flesh. 961 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,560 There's no way you're surviving that. 962 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,560 Even with an entirely metal skeleton, he's not making it over the wall in one piece. 963 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,560 Yeah, this would never happen. 964 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:19,560 Busted. 965 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:21,560 Totally busted. 966 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:34,560 Adam and Jamie have been flung left, right, and centered. 967 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,560 Testing the myth of the car clink, and the results are in. 968 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:40,560 I'm all right. 969 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:42,560 How are we going to call it? 970 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,560 Dude, I'm calling this one fun with a capital F. 971 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,560 I swear this is a whole new amusement park... 972 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,560 Oh, you mean Busted Possible Confirmed? 973 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:50,560 Yeah. 974 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:51,560 Okay. 975 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:55,560 Holding on to the hood of the car, I was knocked off for two out of the three tests we did. 976 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,560 And as far as the riff goes, I was pretty much able to hold on through anything. 977 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:04,560 Yeah, but that was with the windows down, and in action movie man, those windows are up. 978 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,560 In which case, I'd be toast. 979 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,560 I guess that means we have to call it Busted, huh? 980 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,560 I agree, but I don't want to finish up just yet. 981 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,560 There is one more shake-off technique that I've been dying to try. 982 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:14,560 Are you game? 983 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:15,560 Sure. 984 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:16,560 All right, let's do it. 985 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:23,560 And the final flinging fable is not a swerve or a stop, or even a crash. 986 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:27,560 It's something way more bizarre, straight from the fans up. 987 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,560 It is, of course, the car wash knockoff. 988 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:36,560 As long as we're testing methods for removing unwanted pests from the outside of your car, 989 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,560 we couldn't finish this without going through the car wash. 990 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,560 And first up, it's soak dodger Jamie Heineman. 991 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,560 Oh, you ready? 992 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:48,560 Here we go. 993 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,560 Oh, God. 994 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:55,560 This is awesome. 995 00:40:55,560 --> 00:41:01,560 Now, how often do you get to wash yourself, your clothes, and your car at the same time? 996 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:04,560 That is cool. 997 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,560 I feel like I'm going through a noodle machine. 998 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:15,560 After a quick blow dry, this noodle is done. 999 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:18,560 How is that? 1000 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:24,560 That was definitely one of those what the heck am I doing moments? 1001 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,560 What was the worst part? 1002 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:27,560 The cold. 1003 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:33,560 With a water temperature of 55, it sure was chilly, but Jamie stayed on. 1004 00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:36,560 Now, can our boy from the hood equal this effort? 1005 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:38,560 I'm ready. 1006 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:41,560 You're going to go through that butt first, huh? 1007 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:42,560 Absolutely. 1008 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:43,560 All right then. 1009 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:45,560 Well, have fun. 1010 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:46,560 I will. 1011 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,560 Adam, have fun? 1012 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:50,560 Surely not. 1013 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:51,560 Oh, no. 1014 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:53,560 Oh, that's cool. 1015 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:59,560 Adam clings on through the rinse and through the spin. 1016 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:04,560 The drying gives him a shock, but not a knot. 1017 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,560 That's a thing, isn't it? 1018 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:08,560 Yeah. 1019 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:12,560 I'm glad I did that, and I'm glad I don't ever have to do it again. 1020 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:18,560 Okay, so the story is this is supposed to knock you off the car, not even close. 1021 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,560 I didn't even have to hold on. 1022 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:24,560 It's not very pleasant, but it's not going to knock you off the car. 1023 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,560 This falls into the category of kind of thing. 1024 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,560 The 10 years from now, someone's going to say to me, 1025 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:30,560 what do you want to do? 1026 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,560 It's like to ride a car on the outside through a car wash, 1027 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,560 and I'll get to say, not only have I done that, 1028 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,560 I did it in the name of science because this myth is busting.