1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,540 on this episode of myth busters. 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,540 You're up your ears. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,380 Kind of wake up in the morning and button up your bulletproof 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,780 best protecting for 2 years because there's guns galore and 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,460 big audio dynamite. 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,160 Adam and Jamie asked can a sonic break glass. 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,600 Then carry grant and Tory fire up a film fable to find out if 8 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:31,400 you can bend bullets. 9 00:00:32,300 --> 00:00:37,240 So duck and cover because this is going to be fast loud and 10 00:00:37,340 --> 00:00:38,140 lethal. 11 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:39,280 You got it. 12 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:40,380 You got it. 13 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:41,380 Come on. 14 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:42,380 Stay with us. 15 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:43,980 Who are the myth busters? 16 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,580 Adam Savage. 17 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,220 I'm ready to go man. 18 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,060 And Jamie is the best. 19 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:50,620 Adam is the best. 20 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,120 Adam is the best. 21 00:00:52,180 --> 00:00:53,520 I'm ready to go man. 22 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:57,520 And Jamie high to make like a wet t-shirt contest between them 23 00:00:57,620 --> 00:01:00,660 more than 30 years of special effects experience. 24 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,100 Wow joining them. 25 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,560 Carrie Byron. 26 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:09,600 Grant in a horror. 27 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:12,040 Tory Boley cheat. 28 00:01:12,140 --> 00:01:14,240 They don't just tell them this. 29 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:16,180 They put them to the test. 30 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,120 All right. 31 00:01:23,220 --> 00:01:25,220 I hear this one's a loud one. 32 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:26,420 What's the story? 33 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:27,520 Sonic Boom. 34 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:28,520 What's that? 35 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:29,520 Sonic Boom. 36 00:01:29,620 --> 00:01:31,060 What about a sonic boom? 37 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,200 Sonic Boom breaks glass. 38 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:35,360 Well sure sonic boom can break glass. 39 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:39,500 The fans are saying that any sonic boom breaks any glass. 40 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,940 Windows, glasses, you name it. 41 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,740 That sounds like fun. 42 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,940 Well the best part is that we get to ride in a jet. 43 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,740 You want to look at the jet. 44 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,520 You want to look at the jet. 45 00:01:50,540 --> 00:01:53,180 You want to lay down to bet. 46 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:54,520 Where are you going? 47 00:01:54,620 --> 00:01:55,420 Dude. 48 00:01:58,180 --> 00:02:02,860 When something this noisy goes faster than the speed of sound, 49 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:08,360 the sonic boom created is a powerful and visceral experience. 50 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:12,840 The question is can any old sonic boom really break glass? 51 00:02:12,940 --> 00:02:16,100 And for answers, the guys are going to fly with the world 52 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,940 famous Blue Angels. 53 00:02:19,700 --> 00:02:20,900 Dude, come on back. 54 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:21,900 I was just kidding. 55 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,600 I want to hear all about these jets. 56 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:25,100 It's not just about the jets. 57 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,740 The myth is that any sonic boom can break glass. 58 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,740 And you and I both know that bullets go supersonic sometimes. 59 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,980 You're suggesting we start with guns and glass. 60 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,020 Exactly. 61 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:35,880 I love it. 62 00:02:35,980 --> 00:02:36,880 And then we go for the jet. 63 00:02:36,980 --> 00:02:37,880 Can I fly in the jet please? 64 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:39,180 Can I be the one that flies in the jet? 65 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,820 Why should you get to fly in the jet? 66 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:43,720 Because I'm going to be funnier on camera in the jet? 67 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:44,860 Well, OK. 68 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,860 You need to log some training hours first, 69 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,480 because we need to know that you can handle it 70 00:02:48,580 --> 00:02:50,320 before you go supersonic. 71 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:51,720 Oh, this is so cool. 72 00:02:51,820 --> 00:02:55,260 I'm going to go get the jet with my gun. 73 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,960 But before the guys bring out the big guns to test the bullets, 74 00:02:59,060 --> 00:03:03,200 it's off to the Naval Air Facility at El Centro California, 75 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:05,040 the winter home of the Blue Angels. 76 00:03:07,940 --> 00:03:11,880 They've kindly allowed Adam to join one of their subsonic training 77 00:03:11,980 --> 00:03:15,620 sessions so that he can qualify for the supersonic test 78 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,380 flights later on. 79 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:22,120 Adam's going to be going up in a Boeing FAA-18 Hornet. 80 00:03:22,220 --> 00:03:25,820 The FAA stands for Fighter Attack. 81 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:35,200 And their twin engines put out a total of 32,000 pounds of thrust, 82 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:39,400 which propels them up to about 1,400 miles per hour, 83 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:43,480 or just under twice the speed of sand. 84 00:03:43,540 --> 00:03:46,780 But first, Adam is getting a brief briefing 85 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,640 at a crash course in combating G forces. 86 00:03:49,740 --> 00:03:51,240 A negative G is like a roller coaster. 87 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:52,280 It's a lightheadedness. 88 00:03:52,380 --> 00:03:53,580 The stomach feels like it's coming up. 89 00:03:56,380 --> 00:03:59,180 To combat that, all we're going to do is take long, deep breaths. 90 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,860 And that helps with the nausea. 91 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,960 Positive Gs are the ones that make it feel like there's 92 00:04:04,060 --> 00:04:07,360 an elephant sitting on your chest. 93 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:09,400 When he's in the maneuver, it's going to force all the blood 94 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:11,500 from your upper body down into your toes. 95 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,700 And you want to combat that. 96 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,860 The way that we do that is the anti-G strain maneuver. 97 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,360 And it's going to look something like this. 98 00:04:17,460 --> 00:04:18,260 Hey. 99 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,760 Hey. 100 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:20,760 Hey. 101 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:21,700 Hey. 102 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:22,800 Hey. 103 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:24,400 If you start seeing yourself going to G-LOC, 104 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:26,100 you'll start to see this gray tunnel. 105 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,100 Hey. 106 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,680 It's going to look like it's going to start closing in on you, 107 00:04:28,780 --> 00:04:29,640 closing in on you. 108 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:31,040 Hey. 109 00:04:31,140 --> 00:04:33,420 If you don't fight it, it'll go from gray to black, 110 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,020 and you'll pass out. 111 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,880 Undeterred by that possibility, let's go fly. 112 00:04:38,980 --> 00:04:41,780 Our excited little jet fighter rookie. 113 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:43,800 Right here, these are the yellow and black handles. 114 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:47,280 That's the ejection handles, hands off at all times. 115 00:04:47,380 --> 00:04:52,240 Gets all set and seated ready for his training ride. 116 00:04:52,340 --> 00:04:54,880 Let me just call up tower here and see what you can take off. 117 00:04:54,980 --> 00:04:56,180 OK. 118 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:59,920 Adam in Blue Angel number seven is ready for the experience 119 00:05:00,020 --> 00:05:01,020 of a lifetime. 120 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,920 There's a little tower. 121 00:05:03,020 --> 00:05:04,360 About 20 knots. 122 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:05,700 There they go. 123 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,700 And they call this a job. 124 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,120 There's 80 knots. 125 00:05:11,220 --> 00:05:14,120 100. 126 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:15,120 There we go. 127 00:05:15,220 --> 00:05:17,000 It's 240. 128 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:19,460 230. 129 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:20,460 280. 130 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:21,260 Ready to go flying? 131 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:21,860 I am. 132 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:22,160 Ready. 133 00:05:22,260 --> 00:05:22,960 Hit it. 134 00:05:23,060 --> 00:05:23,460 Woo! 135 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:30,100 Oh. 136 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:31,100 Man, we're flying. 137 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,940 Oh, holy crap. 138 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,900 At one point, they were going along the runway, 139 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,680 and then all of a sudden, they were going straight up. 140 00:05:39,780 --> 00:05:41,580 Coming up to 2,000 feet. 141 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:42,680 Wow. 142 00:05:42,780 --> 00:05:45,580 We've had six years of doing incredible, life changing 143 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,980 kind of crazy crap on this show. 144 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,120 And that takes the cake. 145 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:51,680 That's the best thing I've ever done. 146 00:05:51,780 --> 00:05:53,420 It's kind of just a way to see the world upside down 147 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:54,820 as we cruise on out. 148 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:55,920 Wow. 149 00:05:56,020 --> 00:05:57,620 That's intense. 150 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,460 I mean, it is absolutely like every special effects 151 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:00,520 film you've ever seen. 152 00:06:00,620 --> 00:06:02,060 It's that cool. 153 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,760 Wow, this is awesome. 154 00:06:03,860 --> 00:06:04,760 Ha ha ha. 155 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:11,700 Ha ha ha. 156 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,700 Ha ha ha. 157 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:14,700 Ha ha ha. 158 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:15,700 Ha ha ha. 159 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:16,700 Ha ha ha. 160 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,280 OK, so what's with the hardware? 161 00:06:18,380 --> 00:06:20,380 Well, we have a new movie myth that has mythbusters 162 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:21,780 written all over it. 163 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,120 And since this movie's come out, we 164 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:25,020 have been inundated with requests to do it. 165 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,980 In fact, it is the most requested myth of the year. 166 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,720 You're talking about the movie Wanted, right? 167 00:06:29,820 --> 00:06:30,820 Exactly. 168 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,420 And in that movie, a secret society of assassins 169 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,600 shares the ability to curve a bullet. 170 00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:36,700 That's right. 171 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,260 Just with a little bit of a flick of the gun, 172 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,160 you can curve the bullet around an obstacle 173 00:06:40,260 --> 00:06:41,760 and hit your target. 174 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:43,000 Oh. 175 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:44,160 This should be fun. 176 00:06:44,260 --> 00:06:46,000 Psh, a really dangerous. 177 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:47,440 Do I get a play gun, too? 178 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:48,340 When we're done. 179 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,140 When your target's hidden behind a side of pork 180 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,880 and Angelina Jolly, what's a secret assassin to do? 181 00:06:58,980 --> 00:07:00,680 Shoot the target. 182 00:07:00,780 --> 00:07:03,580 Well, supposedly, with a swing of the arm 183 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,720 and a flick of the wrist in obligatory action movie 184 00:07:06,740 --> 00:07:10,620 Slow Motion, the bullet curves around the obstacle, 185 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,620 saving your bacon. 186 00:07:14,220 --> 00:07:15,620 OK, so how do you want to test this? 187 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:16,820 I say we just go for it. 188 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:17,820 Psh. 189 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:18,920 Exactly. 190 00:07:19,020 --> 00:07:20,360 I mean, in the movie, James McEvoy 191 00:07:20,460 --> 00:07:22,960 was able to curve a bullet after only a few tries 192 00:07:23,060 --> 00:07:26,240 with minimal training, which makes us perfectly qualified. 193 00:07:26,340 --> 00:07:27,240 OK. 194 00:07:27,340 --> 00:07:30,200 But let's say on the off chance that none of us 195 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:33,640 are fifth generation secret superhuman assassins, 196 00:07:33,740 --> 00:07:35,780 maybe we could break it down, look at the rifling, 197 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,000 aerodynamics, and I don't know, throwing a robot 198 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:38,940 for good measure. 199 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,240 OK, you got a point there. 200 00:07:40,340 --> 00:07:41,240 What's wrong? 201 00:07:41,340 --> 00:07:42,340 You guys feeling ballistically challenged? 202 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:43,640 I say we just let our cold blood 203 00:07:43,740 --> 00:07:46,680 into assassins and steaks take over. 204 00:07:46,780 --> 00:07:48,080 OK. 205 00:07:48,180 --> 00:07:51,020 How about you hand me the gun, and then we'll go with that plan? 206 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:52,660 How about you get your own gun? 207 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:53,860 Just give me the gun. 208 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:54,760 Nope. 209 00:07:54,860 --> 00:07:56,720 All right. 210 00:07:56,820 --> 00:07:59,260 And the location for our gun toting trio 211 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,460 to potentially bend their bullets 212 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,360 is deep in the heart of wine country? 213 00:08:06,220 --> 00:08:08,980 Napa Valley, Northern California. 214 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,220 So to start out testing our curving bullet myth, 215 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,020 we're actually going to try it ourselves. 216 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:18,660 But because this involves swinging a live gun around, 217 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,760 we need a lot of open space. 218 00:08:20,860 --> 00:08:24,000 OK, so for our first test, we just need to control, well, 219 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:25,800 target practice to make sure we can all hit the target. 220 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:27,440 Yeah, because there's no point curving a bullet 221 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:28,440 if we can't hit our target. 222 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:29,340 Yeah. 223 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:30,440 Sounds good. 224 00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:34,840 And it looks like I'm the first target. 225 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:37,260 So our trio of would-be assassins 226 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,800 select their weapons, line up, and let loose. 227 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:41,700 Let her have it, Carrie. 228 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,540 Look at that, four in the black. 229 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,340 Love that smell. 230 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,780 Well, it looks like we're all hitting the target. 231 00:09:02,820 --> 00:09:05,320 You guys ready to start curving bullets? 232 00:09:05,420 --> 00:09:06,220 Sure. 233 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:07,520 Let's do it. 234 00:09:07,620 --> 00:09:12,020 And first up is Grant, who volunteered 235 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,420 to put in a few extra hours studying Angelina Jolie's 236 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:16,660 technique. 237 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,760 I think you must have been practicing in the mirror. 238 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:20,560 You've got some moves. 239 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:22,300 It's kind of like an aerobics workout. 240 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,180 Just back and forth. 241 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,880 Didn't get it on the first one. 242 00:09:36,980 --> 00:09:45,880 But neither Grant Himahara nor Tori Belachy got it at all. 243 00:09:45,980 --> 00:09:46,820 It's really interesting. 244 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,360 It happens very fast. 245 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:51,260 The characters in the movie have this ability 246 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:52,700 to speed up their heartbeat. 247 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,400 And it makes everything else slow down. 248 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:57,140 Apparently, I don't have that ability. 249 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:58,160 It just goes, boom, boom. 250 00:09:58,260 --> 00:10:01,000 And then it's gone. 251 00:10:01,460 --> 00:10:03,800 Next up is Carrie and Cole. 252 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:07,300 As I am six months pregnant, I will be wearing a bulletproof 253 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,400 vest protecting fortuitous. 254 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:19,740 As I suspected, I don't have superhuman strength, 255 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,320 abilities, or shooting capabilities. 256 00:10:22,420 --> 00:10:23,220 What are you going to do? 257 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,620 I'm just a regular girl. 258 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,920 With none of our gung-ho gun slingers 259 00:10:28,020 --> 00:10:30,920 coming close to the target, never mind curving it. 260 00:10:31,020 --> 00:10:32,620 But if you're not wearing a bullet, 261 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,200 it's quite clear that imitating the movie 262 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:38,760 just isn't going to cut it. 263 00:10:38,860 --> 00:10:43,100 Coming up, Adam gets to terra firmer. 264 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:44,100 There we go. 265 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,140 Weighing a lot less. 266 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,100 Two. 267 00:10:51,940 --> 00:10:52,740 Pretty quiet. 268 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:53,640 I am ready. 269 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:54,580 Hit it. 270 00:10:54,580 --> 00:11:00,920 To find out if the energy from a sonic boom can break glass, 271 00:11:01,020 --> 00:11:02,380 holy crap. 272 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,380 Adam and Jamie have recruited the Blue Angels. 273 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:06,480 Take a deep breath. 274 00:11:06,580 --> 00:11:06,980 Ready. 275 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:08,160 Hit it. 276 00:11:08,260 --> 00:11:11,060 The US Navy's flight demonstration squadron, 277 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,000 specifically potted Lieutenant Ben Wallborn, 278 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,000 hold on up to 5G. 279 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,500 We got 5G in 5 and a half. 280 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,540 Is taking Adam for a training flight in preparation 281 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,500 for supersonic testing. 282 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,300 Wow, it's a little of the great tunnel there. 283 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:24,200 Yeah. 284 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,660 Depending on what the jet's doing, 285 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,160 Adam's either going to be weightless 286 00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:32,260 or he's going to be experiencing about 7 and 1 half Gs, 287 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:37,500 which means that he'll feel like he weighs 1,400 pounds, 288 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,940 kind of like having an elephant on his chest. 289 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,040 Now, if he follows his anti-blackout techniques 290 00:11:43,140 --> 00:11:45,480 that he was taught about in our safety briefing, 291 00:11:45,580 --> 00:11:47,680 he shouldn't pass out. 292 00:11:47,780 --> 00:11:48,820 Come on, stick with me, Adam. 293 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:49,520 You got it. 294 00:11:49,620 --> 00:11:50,080 You got it. 295 00:11:50,180 --> 00:11:50,680 Come on. 296 00:11:50,780 --> 00:11:51,320 Stay with us. 297 00:11:51,420 --> 00:11:53,060 Stay with us. 298 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:53,620 We got it. 299 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:54,120 Come back. 300 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,080 You with me? 301 00:11:58,180 --> 00:11:58,880 I'm with you. 302 00:11:58,980 --> 00:12:00,620 I almost probably passed out there in a second. 303 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:05,120 But given his past history, I think he's going to spew. 304 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:06,660 I'm starting to feel a little nauseous. 305 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,000 I think I may throw up. 306 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:09,620 All right, you got the bag back there. 307 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:10,200 Hold on. 308 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:17,440 Incredibly, despite blowing chunks on several occasions, 309 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:21,640 the experience still blew Adam's mind. 310 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:23,200 There were two kind of mind blowing things 311 00:12:23,260 --> 00:12:24,200 about that experience. 312 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:26,900 One is that while I am using every ounce of strength 313 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,400 that energy I have just to keep from passing out, 314 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:32,200 Lieutenant Walborn is going through everything 315 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:34,100 that I'm going through, except for these piloting 316 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,440 a $50 million plane going through these motions 317 00:12:37,540 --> 00:12:40,780 and talking to me all the time. 318 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,320 The second one is that even though I passed out, 319 00:12:43,420 --> 00:12:46,480 even though I threw up, even though my dignity is, 320 00:12:46,580 --> 00:12:49,180 or lack thereof, is on display for telepathy, 321 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,960 it didn't attract an experience at all. 322 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,660 Dude! 323 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,460 We have fired a whole crapload of rockets on this showbook. 324 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:01,800 We've never ridden that much. 325 00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:02,700 Ready, hit it. 326 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:08,040 And we're flying. 327 00:13:08,140 --> 00:13:09,900 Holy crap. 328 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,280 That thing is fast. 329 00:13:11,380 --> 00:13:12,080 It is pretty fast. 330 00:13:12,180 --> 00:13:13,340 We did that vertical takeoff. 331 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,940 We were going about 30,000 feet per minute climb rate up there. 332 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,420 Did you break the speed of sound? 333 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:18,380 No, I did not. 334 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,280 But you can, right? 335 00:13:19,380 --> 00:13:21,020 You guys break the sound barrier all the time. 336 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,880 Yes, but never in an air show. 337 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:25,700 The FAA prohibits flying supersonic over populated areas. 338 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,080 In order to fly supersonic, we'll go out to restricted zones 339 00:13:28,180 --> 00:13:30,340 or at least 30 miles off the shore. 340 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,540 Are you ready to bark at the speed of sound? 341 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:33,440 All right. 342 00:13:33,540 --> 00:13:34,640 Where do we stand? 343 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:35,980 Well, you blew chunks. 344 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,080 You passed out a bunch of times. 345 00:13:38,180 --> 00:13:40,180 You're cleared to fly. 346 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:41,880 So I get to fly supersonic now? 347 00:13:41,980 --> 00:13:43,420 Well, hold on a second there, cowboy. 348 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,820 Remember, we were going to start with sonic booms 349 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,020 from guns first. 350 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,020 All right. 351 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,660 I've got a table full of glassware. 352 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,860 I've got a .50 caliber rifle. 353 00:13:51,940 --> 00:13:52,860 We're good to go. 354 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:53,980 That sounds like a perfect day. 355 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,880 Let's do it. 356 00:13:55,980 --> 00:14:00,860 So while Adam gets busy with the corridor of glassware, 357 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,420 Heinemann is handling the hardware. 358 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,800 If you're not aware of the .50 caliber is the big gun. 359 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:09,800 There's not really anything that a civilian can get a hold of 360 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:12,300 that's any bigger or more powerful than this. 361 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,400 It kind of puts a smile on your face 362 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,800 if you're a gun enthusiast. 363 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:19,980 And the peaceful pastoral location 364 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:23,600 that's about to be interrupted by the sound of violence 365 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:26,900 is a familiar scene to the Mythbusters team. 366 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,780 This bucolic setting is, in fact, the Shabo Gun Ranch. 367 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:31,780 And we've shot many bullet-related myths here, 368 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,140 including Sniper Scope and a couple of what 369 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,940 is bulletproof episodes. 370 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,940 Today, we want to find out if one of these 371 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,640 can break one of these. 372 00:14:43,740 --> 00:14:47,520 But not by hitting it, merely by passing by. 373 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,060 Yes, today is all about the Sonic Boom. 374 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,560 Let's talk Sonic Booms. 375 00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:53,520 The first thing you need to know is that sound travels 376 00:14:53,620 --> 00:14:56,520 at 761 miles per hour at sea level. 377 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:59,360 This bullet goes supersonic when it's fired. 378 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:02,440 And it goes about 1984 miles per hour. 379 00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:05,140 And what is happening is that there's a shock wave created 380 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,740 by a kind of a conical wall of sound 381 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,640 trailing behind the bullet as it's going through the air. 382 00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:14,880 And when that wall of sound actually crosses a person, 383 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:17,680 the person experiences that as a sonic boom. 384 00:15:17,780 --> 00:15:20,420 You can think of this kind of like a boat on the water. 385 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,140 And the boat is leaving a wake behind it. 386 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,920 And you're like a dingy kind of floating nearby. 387 00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:28,680 And when the wake passes across you, 388 00:15:28,780 --> 00:15:31,520 you start to react to it. 389 00:15:31,620 --> 00:15:34,200 Now, what we're doing here is seeing 390 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,660 what glass will do when that pressure wave goes 391 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:38,460 through the glass. 392 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:39,760 Will it break it? 393 00:15:39,860 --> 00:15:40,960 We're going to find out. 394 00:15:41,060 --> 00:15:41,760 Next. 395 00:15:41,860 --> 00:15:42,900 Your fly's down. 396 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:43,840 Check. 397 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:47,300 Our trio of gunslingers ramp it up with a robot. 398 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:52,100 And Adam and Jamie, let loose the big gun. 399 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:53,540 That is a hell of a thug. 400 00:15:57,140 --> 00:15:59,780 Now for some insider info, proudly brought to you 401 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,720 by Miller Lite. 402 00:16:01,820 --> 00:16:05,120 The most common sonic boom of all is thunder, 403 00:16:05,220 --> 00:16:08,520 created by the rapid expansion of air when lightning strikes. 404 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,900 It's a filmic fable that has the myth buster message 405 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,700 boards in a spin. 406 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,440 Can you really bend it like Brangelina? 407 00:16:26,780 --> 00:16:31,620 Well, so far, despite the team's best efforts, 408 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,320 there's been no sign of a bullet bending shot. 409 00:16:35,420 --> 00:16:36,920 That's looking pretty straight to me. 410 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:38,320 It doesn't look like it's curving at all. 411 00:16:38,420 --> 00:16:40,760 So what are you going to miss? 412 00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:45,260 Fact is, most of their shots went nowhere near the target. 413 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,160 Little early on the draw. 414 00:16:49,260 --> 00:16:51,460 So to test this properly, they need 415 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,840 to match the movie character's superhuman speed, strength, 416 00:16:55,940 --> 00:16:58,200 and accuracy. 417 00:16:58,300 --> 00:17:00,440 So needless to say, we failed miserably 418 00:17:00,540 --> 00:17:02,180 at trying to curve the bullet ourselves. 419 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:02,980 But you know what? 420 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,240 We're only human. 421 00:17:04,340 --> 00:17:07,480 And the characters in Wanted have superhuman abilities. 422 00:17:07,580 --> 00:17:10,080 So that's why we're resurrecting this. 423 00:17:10,140 --> 00:17:12,900 It's a sword swinging robot. 424 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,580 It came a bat swinging robot. 425 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,380 Then became a hat swinging robot. 426 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,420 And it's about to become a bullet curving robot. 427 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,860 It can swing its arm at superhuman speeds. 428 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,820 And what's more, it can fire the gun 429 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,760 at precisely the moment we wanted to. 430 00:17:29,860 --> 00:17:32,260 Take off some of the rust, change it around, 431 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:34,000 and we're good to go. 432 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:35,400 Going down. 433 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:37,300 We need a completely controlled environment 434 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,000 to test our crazy gunsling and rig. 435 00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:40,920 So we've come down to the South San Francisco Police 436 00:17:41,020 --> 00:17:41,960 Department. 437 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:44,860 They have a firing range, and they're going to let us use it. 438 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,300 And while Grant gets ready for action, 439 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,940 Tori and Carrie prepare to get the results down on paper. 440 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,980 We need to find out whether or not these bullets are curving. 441 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,280 But in order to do that, we need to be able to track 442 00:17:56,380 --> 00:17:57,740 the path of our bullets. 443 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,780 So we've set up five frames of paper down the gun range, 444 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:01,880 eight feet apart. 445 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:03,320 That way, when the gun goes off, the bullet 446 00:18:03,420 --> 00:18:05,880 will punch a hole in each one of those sheets of paper. 447 00:18:05,980 --> 00:18:06,760 Science is a body. 448 00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:10,700 Now, if the bullets are flying straight, 449 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,260 those holes should all line up. 450 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:14,860 And we should be able to see that by pointing a laser pointer 451 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:15,860 down the hole. 452 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,600 Hey, it works. 453 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:19,700 Now, if those holes are not lining up, 454 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,400 then we're curving bullets. 455 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:24,780 So the first test up is at regular human speed. 456 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,780 Now, I know we've already done this test ourselves, 457 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,920 which qualifies as human speed. 458 00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:32,320 But the robot is capable of perfect execution. 459 00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:34,480 And that's what we need to do is take out any differences 460 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:38,260 in our timing or our aim and do it perfectly. 461 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,660 Normally, here on Mythbusters, we're pretty safety conscious. 462 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,160 But on this experiment in particular, 463 00:18:42,260 --> 00:18:45,460 because we've got a gun going a full 360 degrees around, 464 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,460 we have an extra set up for caution. 465 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,600 Exhaust valves open, open, open. 466 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:51,600 Check. 467 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:54,060 And because Tori and I are going to be in the danger zone here, 468 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,740 we're wearing full bulletproof right here. 469 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,580 We're turning elbow to hum. 470 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,100 Hand is in. 471 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,980 Trigger cylinder is out. 472 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,840 You ready to load the gun? 473 00:19:03,940 --> 00:19:04,580 Almost. 474 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:05,720 Check. 475 00:19:05,820 --> 00:19:07,320 10 more steps. 476 00:19:07,420 --> 00:19:07,980 Damn. 477 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,580 Secondly, I've got a 25 point checklist 478 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,780 to make sure that we can load and discharge the weapon safely. 479 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:14,480 OK. 480 00:19:14,580 --> 00:19:15,680 Your fly's down. 481 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:16,580 Check. 482 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:17,780 That ought to cover it. 483 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:18,280 Here we go. 484 00:19:18,380 --> 00:19:20,720 We are loading the gun. 485 00:19:20,820 --> 00:19:21,680 All right. 486 00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:23,060 We are loaded and hot. 487 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:23,560 OK. 488 00:19:23,660 --> 00:19:25,360 Pull the elbow pin. 489 00:19:25,460 --> 00:19:26,160 Pin pulled. 490 00:19:26,260 --> 00:19:27,260 Pressurizing the shoulder. 491 00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:33,160 Smell good, man. 492 00:19:33,260 --> 00:19:33,700 Ready? 493 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:34,400 Ready. 494 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:35,200 Take the pin pulled. 495 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:35,900 Let's go. 496 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Get out of here. 497 00:19:37,060 --> 00:19:38,000 OK. 498 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:39,720 This is going to be human speed. 499 00:19:39,820 --> 00:19:41,020 Here we go. 500 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:42,860 Three, two, one. 501 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,300 I can see two and three. 502 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,400 Remember, if the bullet did curve. 503 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:54,000 Fourth, we got all five frames. 504 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:55,240 That was a good test. 505 00:19:55,340 --> 00:19:57,480 The holes in the five sheets of paper, 506 00:19:57,580 --> 00:20:00,580 the physical evidence of the bullet's trajectory, 507 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:01,440 won't line up. 508 00:20:01,540 --> 00:20:02,680 I use the laser. 509 00:20:02,780 --> 00:20:04,620 And lined with the hole. 510 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:05,880 Can you see it all the way? 511 00:20:05,940 --> 00:20:08,300 Science is so unforgiving. 512 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,640 The bullet didn't curve. 513 00:20:09,740 --> 00:20:11,380 We could see the laser down at this end. 514 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,380 Now for us, this confirms that human speed 515 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,480 is not going to curve a bullet. 516 00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:19,680 We did it ourselves. 517 00:20:19,780 --> 00:20:20,920 We tried it with the robot. 518 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:22,580 Now it's time to ramp it up and see 519 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,560 if superhuman strength is going to curve it. 520 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,500 Can a sonic boom from a bullet break glass? 521 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,100 All right. 522 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,760 Adam and Jamie are about to find out. 523 00:20:37,860 --> 00:20:38,720 Right, little bullet. 524 00:20:38,820 --> 00:20:40,760 Here is your motivation. 525 00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:42,100 Here's how it's going to work. 526 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,360 We're going to put you down the barrel of this. 527 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:46,140 And then Jamie, I know how you like Jamie, 528 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,400 is going to pull the trigger. 529 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,940 Sonic boom from 7 and 1 half inches. 530 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,240 At that point, I would really appreciate it 531 00:20:52,340 --> 00:20:55,280 if you used all your gas at the expanding in that direction 532 00:20:55,380 --> 00:20:58,020 to start traveling down this way towards the glass. 533 00:20:58,120 --> 00:20:59,120 Right. 534 00:20:59,220 --> 00:21:01,780 About 1,984 miles per hour. 535 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,160 And three. 536 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:05,420 I'd like you there to travel down the middle part 537 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,860 of the glass, past the glass, past the glass where 538 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,720 the light bulbs the wine bottle. 539 00:21:09,820 --> 00:21:10,920 Two. 540 00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:13,920 And then if you feel like it, if the physics are right 541 00:21:14,020 --> 00:21:15,560 and you're in the mood and you'd 542 00:21:15,660 --> 00:21:17,900 like to break some glass with your sonic boom, 543 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,760 you go right ahead. 544 00:21:19,860 --> 00:21:20,260 One. 545 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,940 That is a hell of a thud. 546 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:31,640 A thud Adam and Jamie could feel through the air. 547 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:35,860 But a thud for which the glassware didn't care. 548 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,800 It all looks pristine. 549 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:39,900 It does. 550 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,540 Dude, you can see the bullet. 551 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,240 That's awesome. 552 00:21:44,340 --> 00:21:46,340 Shockwave was following behind it. 553 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:47,840 If we were going to see anything, 554 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,340 it would probably be starting to happen now. 555 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:50,980 I don't see any movement. 556 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,680 I can't believe from the thud I feel from firing the weapon 557 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:57,320 that I don't see a single anything. 558 00:21:57,420 --> 00:21:58,920 I think we've got to push way in. 559 00:21:59,020 --> 00:21:59,920 I do too. 560 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:03,040 Let's say four inches apart, two inches each from the bullet. 561 00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:03,840 Sounds good. 562 00:22:03,940 --> 00:22:05,140 All right. 563 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,380 Based on the fact that we didn't see any reaction before, 564 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,880 I don't think it's going to break. 565 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:12,180 Two inches from center. 566 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,720 In, three, two, one. 567 00:22:19,780 --> 00:22:22,320 As the high speed illustrates, there wasn't even 568 00:22:22,420 --> 00:22:24,620 the slightest tremor. 569 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,520 I don't see any. 570 00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:29,620 I got to say, I mean, if a bullet passed that close to me, 571 00:22:29,620 --> 00:22:30,920 I'd be scared to death. 572 00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:34,960 And those glasses, it's like nothing's happening. 573 00:22:35,060 --> 00:22:38,460 Which is enough evidence to convince our Hirsut Hujir. 574 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:39,800 At this point, I don't think the bullet's 575 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:41,100 going to break the glass. 576 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,600 Add with a glass lined up just half an inch 577 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:47,740 from the center line, contact with the banana sized 50 caliber 578 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,280 bullet is a distinct possibility. 579 00:22:51,380 --> 00:22:54,680 Three, two, one. 580 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:03,420 I don't think that was a shock wave. 581 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,220 Me neither. 582 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,320 Me too. 583 00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:09,820 That looked to be a direct hit on the wrist. 584 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:10,960 See that right there? 585 00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:11,920 That's not a sonic boom. 586 00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:13,020 That's a bullet hit. 587 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:15,060 That's where the bullet contacted the frame, 588 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,360 started shattering glass. 589 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:18,600 And the glass itself, traveling with the bullet 590 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:21,740 all the way down the corridor, tearing crap up as it went. 591 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,440 Yeah, the rest of this is from the shrapnel probably, huh? 592 00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:25,340 Yeah. 593 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:30,620 Where do we stand? 594 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,280 All right, well, at no distance where the bullet passed 595 00:23:33,380 --> 00:23:37,020 by the glass, did we get any movement from the glass. 596 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,020 Check. 597 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,220 At this point, we don't have any evidence 598 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,120 that a sonic boom, at least when coming off a bullet, 599 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:45,100 has any significant effect on any thickness of glass. 600 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:45,800 Check. 601 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:49,000 King to pawn four. 602 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,640 Check. 603 00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:54,280 So this part of the myth, a sonic boom from a bullet breaking 604 00:23:54,380 --> 00:23:57,840 glass is, like Adam's glass corridor, 605 00:23:57,900 --> 00:23:59,800 well and truly busted. 606 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:03,700 After the break, it's time to go supersonic. 607 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,900 But will it break glass? 608 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,040 And Carrie Granton Tory gear up the gunslinger. 609 00:24:11,140 --> 00:24:12,680 Does superhuman speed. 610 00:24:12,780 --> 00:24:13,620 Center shot. 611 00:24:22,620 --> 00:24:25,420 Adam and Jamie now know that the sonic shock wave 612 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,380 from a passing bullet, if they even create one, 613 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,340 doesn't break glass. 614 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,380 So really, their best bet is the jet. 615 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,420 And back at the Naval Air Facility, 616 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:41,560 Adam is all set to break the sound barrier for science. 617 00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:42,800 Strap in. 618 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:46,840 It's time to go supersonic. 619 00:24:46,940 --> 00:24:52,140 Meanwhile, 55 miles away in Yuma, Arizona. 620 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,300 Oh, there's a hissing sound. 621 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,300 Uh-oh. 622 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:58,460 Jamie is preparing a glass menagerie for Adam's 623 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,460 supersonic flybys. 624 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,360 If you happen to have a supersonic jet, 625 00:25:02,460 --> 00:25:04,300 you can't just go flying around anywhere 626 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,100 you want creating sonic boom. 627 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,240 You've got to come to a place like this, Marine Corps Air 628 00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:12,880 Station Yuma, which is one of the few places you can legally 629 00:25:12,980 --> 00:25:13,640 do that. 630 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:16,440 That's why we're here. 631 00:25:16,540 --> 00:25:19,480 Mythbusters, Blue Angels, test site. 632 00:25:19,580 --> 00:25:20,380 Plenty of space. 633 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,600 It's nice, shrubbery. 634 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:26,440 Probably quite a few rattlers, but we can build a house here. 635 00:25:32,540 --> 00:25:33,880 I don't know how to do it. 636 00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:37,680 And there's a glass window in it. 637 00:25:37,780 --> 00:25:39,880 Yeah, it's all real glass. 638 00:25:39,980 --> 00:25:43,820 And what we need now is a rundown of the test protocol. 639 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,320 OK, buddy. 640 00:25:45,420 --> 00:25:46,320 Here's the deal. 641 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:47,320 Pay attention. 642 00:25:50,420 --> 00:25:52,720 We're here to see if we can break some glass with a sonic 643 00:25:52,820 --> 00:25:53,720 boom. 644 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:57,260 So Adam's up in the sky in an FAA team hornet. 645 00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:59,660 He's coming in at supersonic speeds. 646 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,760 He's going to get lower and lower with each pass. 647 00:26:02,860 --> 00:26:06,300 With Adam just moments away, the final piece of the prep 648 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:11,140 puzzle can be put into place for the first test run. 649 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,040 We need to make sure we get a direct flyover from the jets. 650 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:16,240 So how do you do that? 651 00:26:16,340 --> 00:26:18,220 Well, they're going to put out some smoke 652 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,820 so that we can see where they're at. 653 00:26:19,860 --> 00:26:21,560 We'll go ahead and put our smoke on right now. 654 00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:24,160 Smoke on. 655 00:26:24,260 --> 00:26:26,120 Oh, there they are. 656 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:28,260 And then we're going to signal them with a mirror 657 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:30,200 so they know right where to fly the jet. 658 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:32,900 7, PAO, ready for 8,000 foot pass. 659 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,100 We just got word from JVC that they are ready and waiting for us. 660 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,740 And we are just about to bypass them 661 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,380 and faster than the speed of sound at 8,000 feet. 662 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,040 Here we go. 663 00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:47,180 That's the cue for Lieutenant Walborn 664 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,480 to do the jet fighter equivalent of putting his foot down. 665 00:26:51,580 --> 00:26:52,780 There goes the afterburners. 666 00:26:52,880 --> 00:27:00,880 Mach 0.85, Mach 0.9, Mach 1, Mach 1.03. 667 00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:04,380 And because Mach 1 is the speed of sound, 668 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,460 Adam Savage is now supersonic. 669 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,920 Wow. 670 00:27:09,020 --> 00:27:12,360 Mach 1.06. 671 00:27:12,460 --> 00:27:14,660 So as they pass directly overhead, 672 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,460 they've got the speed they need. 673 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,960 But with the test side a speck in the distance, 674 00:27:19,060 --> 00:27:22,720 the impact on the ground is distinctly underwhelming. 675 00:27:22,820 --> 00:27:24,060 Was that supersonic? 676 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:24,860 Yes. 677 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,060 That was no boom. 678 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,160 That was nothing. 679 00:27:27,260 --> 00:27:29,160 And we're slowing down. 680 00:27:29,260 --> 00:27:31,160 Back down to Mach 0.98. 681 00:27:31,260 --> 00:27:33,200 Ah, so good. 682 00:27:33,300 --> 00:27:35,700 I've heard them louder than that going over my house. 683 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:39,300 Carrie Granitore have discovered that if you simply mimic the movie 684 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,740 wanted, you won't bend bullets. 685 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:48,080 They've even built a deadly accurate gun slinging robot, 686 00:27:48,180 --> 00:27:53,580 given it the exact same sidearm action as the myth. 687 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,180 And they've also built a gun slinging robot. 688 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,760 And they've also built a gun slinging robot. 689 00:27:59,860 --> 00:28:02,160 And they've built a gun slinging robot. 690 00:28:02,220 --> 00:28:04,620 And they've built a gun slinging robot. 691 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,420 That was the exact same sidearm action as the myth. 692 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,300 And still failed to get anything but a straight shooter. 693 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,960 The bullet didn't curve. 694 00:28:13,060 --> 00:28:15,260 So next up, they're raising the bar 695 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:16,800 and ramping up the robot. 696 00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:18,600 So the great thing about this test 697 00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:21,040 is that the characters are superhuman, not supernatural. 698 00:28:21,140 --> 00:28:22,940 I mean, they're not vampires. 699 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,180 They don't use magic. 700 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,840 They don't have telekinetic powers to curve the bullet. 701 00:28:26,940 --> 00:28:30,240 All it is is superhuman speed and strength. 702 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,680 celebrated the rig to twice what a normal human can do. 703 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,760 Loading the gun with the live round. 704 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,040 Twice as fast. 705 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,320 We'll see how that goes. 706 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:40,160 Ready? 707 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,800 All right, live round at superhuman speed. 708 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:45,640 You ready? 709 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,560 Let's get it on. 710 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:47,920 Here we go, you guys. 711 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,680 In three, two, one. 712 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:55,040 Ah, center shot. 713 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,200 And the paper trail once again neatly illustrates 714 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,800 the path of the projectile. 715 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,080 Three to the second frame. 716 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,480 Yeah, third. 717 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,040 Yes. 718 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,200 Fourth and the fifth frame. 719 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:08,280 This is a good test. 720 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:09,680 Let's check the alignment. 721 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,320 OK. 722 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,200 You see the laser? 723 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,560 I see the laser. 724 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,680 Despite flicking the robotic arm around at superhuman speeds, 725 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,360 when the bullet leaves the barrel, 726 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,320 it leads in a straight line. 727 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,840 And that leaves this part of the story done and busted. 728 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,200 I know what you're thinking. 729 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,640 You're sitting at home thinking, ah, the Mythbusters gave up 730 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:32,200 too soon. 731 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:33,720 It was only one shot. 732 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,560 But look, here's the reality. 733 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,600 This robot's capable of swinging its arm harder and faster 734 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,520 than a major league hitter. 735 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,160 Maybe if I saw 3 quarters of an inch, half an inch, 736 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,920 maybe even a quarter of an inch, it 737 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,440 would be worth continuing on. 738 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,760 But you know what? 739 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,040 We're not seeing any deviation at all. 740 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:55,360 It's time to move on. 741 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,160 Next. 742 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,120 Lock 1.03. 743 00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,920 Oh, we are heading straight for them. 744 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,520 The guys ramp it up by bringing it down. 745 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,000 Oh, no. 746 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:09,040 And our gunslingers finally get a bullet off the straight 747 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,040 and narrow. 748 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:11,040 That was incredible. 749 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,520 What the heck happened? 750 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,440 Lock 1.06. 751 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:25,240 So far, supersonic savage has completed one 8,000 feet 752 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:26,640 supersonic boom fly by. 753 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:31,520 Well, that was 8,000 feet, and it was 1.06 mark. 754 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,760 That was nothing. 755 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,600 But they're not done yet. 756 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,960 This time, they're wrapping it up by bringing it down. 757 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,800 We are banking into position, getting the 2,000 feet 758 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:48,720 elevation in order to do another supersonic pass. 759 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,320 Sonic boom from 2,000 feet. 760 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,160 Well, that's a lot closer than 8,000. 761 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,280 So it might do it. 762 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,120 All right, we are accelerating. 763 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:02,600 Lock 1.03. 764 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:07,320 We are heading straight for the 2,000 feet and Lock 1.07. 765 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:08,920 It seems so peaceful. 766 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,600 Adam flying overhead at the speed of sound, and then. 767 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,000 Wow. 768 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,680 That was something. 769 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:19,920 I call that bullseye. 770 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,640 Ha ha ha ha. 771 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,240 It's a classic sonic boom, and a classic illustration 772 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,440 of the difference between the speed of light 773 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,040 and the speed of sound. 774 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:36,720 You see the supersonic jet fly by in silence, 775 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:43,200 then the sound moving at 761 miles per hour catches up. 776 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,160 Yes. 777 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,600 But the big question is, did it do any actual damage? 778 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:53,680 Nothing. 779 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,240 It's all intact. 780 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,280 So it's a question of how low can you legally go? 781 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,280 Like some kind of supersonic limbo dance, 782 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,640 the guys bring it down one more notch. 783 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:05,640 Here we go. 784 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:06,720 We're commencing the 500 foot run. 785 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,120 We're accelerating now. 786 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,400 We got to see some broken glass. 787 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:14,120 OK, he just came over the horizon. 788 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,120 500 feet. 789 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:16,120 Lock 1.03. 790 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:20,120 Oh, we are heading straight for it. 791 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,120 It has to feel like 500 feet. 792 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,120 It feels like 50. 793 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,120 Lock 1.05. 794 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,120 Oh, I can code right there. 795 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,120 This one's for the money. 796 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,120 Oh, no. 797 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:36,120 Wow. 798 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,120 Ha ha ha. 799 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,760 That was loud. 800 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:42,760 Really loud. 801 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:47,760 But despite the powerful ground level experience, 802 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:56,360 the myth that a sonic boom equals shattered glass is looking busted. 803 00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:01,760 Not one single item of glassware was even splintered. 804 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,320 No broken glass. 805 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,000 Not looking good at this point. 806 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,800 Not at this geographical point, but a few hundred feet away at base camp, 807 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,760 the team make an interesting discovery. 808 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:12,760 Hey Pete. 809 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:13,760 Hey Jamie. 810 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:14,760 What do you got? 811 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,280 Well, what happened was on the 500 foot pass, 812 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,320 the sonic boom ripped through this trailer, 813 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,760 opened up all the cabinets and came out right here on the skylight 814 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,280 and blew it completely off. 815 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:30,240 Yep, just like a popped up on a soda can. 816 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,720 Little known facts about flying with the Blue Angels number 32. 817 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,040 The lower most pocket of your flight suit is left unzipped 818 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,240 so that you could put your used and sealed air sickness bags 819 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,080 right there while you're flying. 820 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,080 Want to see more? 821 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,320 Log on to discovery.com slash mythbusters 822 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,560 where we've put a direct cut of my entire flight with the Blue Angels 823 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,560 for your enjoyment and my humiliation. 824 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:03,720 Nothing! 825 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:07,720 This is more fake film physics. 826 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,720 Whoa, whoa, whoa, we can't go busing this myth yet. 827 00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:13,720 I mean they did have a cool collection of customized guns. 828 00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:15,720 And special engraved bullets. 829 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,720 Okay, I see where you're going with this. 830 00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:20,720 Maybe it's not just the sidearm flick that gives us the curing bullet. 831 00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,720 Exactly, maybe it's a function of altering the bullets and guns themselves 832 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:24,720 that's giving the bullets that curve. 833 00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:26,720 Yeah, I mean it seems logical. 834 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,720 You change the surface of the bullet or its balance, 835 00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:29,720 that could affect the trajectory. 836 00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:30,720 Okay, but what about the gun? 837 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:33,720 Well, the main thing that makes the bullet go straight is the rifling in the barrel. 838 00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:37,720 Yeah, the helical grooves cause the bullet to go into a self-stabilizing spiral. 839 00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:40,720 So I guess the next step, take the rifling out of the gun, 840 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:42,720 alter the bullets and see if we get a curve. 841 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,720 So in their final bid to bend the bullet, 842 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:50,720 Carrie takes on the task of smoothing out the gun barrel's rifling. 843 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:51,720 That should do it. 844 00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:53,720 We have a smooth barrel. 845 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:59,720 Meanwhile, Tori has been attempting to upset the bullet's finally balanced aerodynamics. 846 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:00,720 Now the three sets of bullets are done. 847 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,720 The first set, I've changed just the aerodynamics of the bullet 848 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:08,720 and the way I've done that is I've taken a hacksaw and cut grooves along one side of the bullet. 849 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:11,720 The other set, what I've done is I've changed the weight 850 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,720 and the way I've done this is I've drilled out half of the bullet 851 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:15,720 and then I filled it with carb body filler. 852 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:17,720 So that way it's unbalanced. 853 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:20,720 Now finally, the third set of bullets I've incorporated both 854 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:21,720 where I've drilled out half the bullet. 855 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:25,720 This way it is no longer balanced and it's no longer aerodynamic. 856 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:28,720 Add with the ammo altered and their gun barrel smooth. 857 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:30,720 I'm gonna make some arrests. 858 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:33,720 It's back to the South San Francisco Police Department. 859 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:34,720 Can I get my bike back? 860 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:35,720 Sorry. 861 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:42,720 Inside the firing range, in order to capture the all important high speed camera shots, 862 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:46,720 the team is reverting to a stationary shooting position. 863 00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:53,720 And first up, the team fires off a few shots with a regular gun and the altered bullet. 864 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:57,720 But on each occasion, there was no bend to the bullet's flight path. 865 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:02,720 But I think when we switch to the barrel that has no rifling, 866 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:06,720 all bets are gonna be off and that bullet is gonna do whatever it wants to. 867 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,720 And from the very first test with a grooved bullet... 868 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:12,720 Okay, grooved bullet, deryveled gun. 869 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,720 It's clear how important rifling is. 870 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:17,720 Whoa! 871 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:22,720 Look at how wild that bullet went without the rifling. 872 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:29,720 Yep, one look at the first pane of paper and you can see the bullet must have gone through sideways. 873 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,720 That was incredible. 874 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:38,720 But despite the head over heels flight, it still traced a straight line through the air. 875 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:39,720 Look at that. 876 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,720 It's a straight path. 877 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:51,720 And no matter how the bullet is altered, grooved, unbalanced, and a combination of both, 878 00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:54,720 the result is the same every time. 879 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:55,720 Whoa! 880 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:59,720 Look at how unstable the bullets are now that there's no rifling. 881 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:00,720 Yeah, it's like going whoosh. 882 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,720 But still it's not curvy. 883 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:03,720 No. 884 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:07,720 It's clear that the massive forward momentum of a speeding bullet... 885 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:09,720 Yeah, straight path. 886 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:15,720 simply overrides any minor adjustments to its aerodynamics or balance. 887 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:19,720 So it's looking like no matter what we do, physics are working against us. 888 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:20,720 We cannot curve a bullet. 889 00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:24,720 Doesn't matter if the barrel is rifled or not, doesn't matter if the bullets are altered or not. 890 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:25,720 So this one's busted. 891 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:26,720 Busted. 892 00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:27,720 Busted. 893 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:34,720 Next, the Blue Angel. 894 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:39,720 Give it everything they've got and get some interesting results. 895 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:41,720 I gotta go check it out. 896 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:43,720 Wow! 897 00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:55,720 So our 500 foot paths did not break any glass. 898 00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:56,720 Nothing. 899 00:37:56,720 --> 00:38:03,720 What's gonna happen now is I'm gonna get in a chase plane and follow Ben as he begins to do lower and lower paths over our test site. 900 00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:10,720 Also increasing his angle of attack to focus the sonic boom right on ground zero on our house. 901 00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:12,720 I swear we are incredibly close. 902 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:20,720 So without a single sign of the mythical glass shattering result, the team is ramping it up with some fancy flying. 903 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:24,720 This time we're coming at nose down at about five degrees. 904 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:28,720 We think this might focus the boom a little bit more and give us what we want. 905 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:32,720 There they are. 906 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:39,720 Man, that's a rush. 907 00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:43,720 Before Jamie can get in and check the results, Ben blasts by... 908 00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:48,720 ...twice more in quick succession. 909 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:54,720 And this time, damage is definitely done. 910 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:57,720 No window. I can see it from here. 911 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:01,720 A broken window, but not exactly as per the myth. 912 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:03,720 Oh no. 913 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,720 It blew the window out of its hole, but it didn't break it. 914 00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:16,720 The three rapid-fire low-altitude supersonic flybys have clearly had an effect. 915 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:20,720 I'm so flat-thick and I broke the door. 916 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:25,720 But the jury is still out on whether it will specifically break glass. 917 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:28,720 It didn't break any of the glass. It knocked it down. 918 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:31,720 And that has got Jamie thinking. 919 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,720 A sonic boom is just a pressure boom. 920 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:36,720 We've created a lot of pressure waves on methbusters. 921 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:40,720 We've put out fires with them. We've broken wine glasses. 922 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:45,720 But on the other hand, we've tried to make people poop and we've tried to blow up cars with them. 923 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:47,720 Those didn't work too well. 924 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:52,720 Sometimes they just don't behave the way you expect, from reflections, from harmonics, 925 00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:57,720 from all sorts of subtle details that you only figure out after a lot of experimentation. 926 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:03,720 And that further experimentation is a set of five 200-foot passes, 927 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:10,720 which is as low as we can legally go, lower than anything seen outside the training zone. 928 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,720 These things are coming in so low. We're not going to see them until they're on top of this. 929 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,720 Lower hoodie now. 930 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:23,720 Wow. 931 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:25,720 That's intense. 932 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,720 Ready, hit it. 933 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,720 That kind of wakes you up in the morning. 934 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:51,720 Well, that right there were five sonic booms hitting that house 935 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:55,720 and the car and the glass were at 200 feet. 936 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:57,720 I gotta go check it out. 937 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:00,720 What the heck? 938 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:02,720 Nothing. 939 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:05,720 Like the glassware, the car escaped unscathed. 940 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:10,720 Well, it didn't break it, but it knocked off the rearview mirror. 941 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:15,720 Well, almost. But over at the house, it's a whole different story. 942 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:22,720 That's what I'm talking about. 943 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:25,720 That is one broken window. 944 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:31,720 It not only broke it, but it just shattered every little bit to smithereens. 945 00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:33,720 So it can happen. 946 00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:40,720 So it is possible to break glass with a sonic boom. 947 00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:47,720 But not any old glass from any old sonic boom. 948 00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:53,720 The glassware is intact and it was the warping of the window frame that led to the only breakage. 949 00:41:56,720 --> 00:42:02,720 And let's face it, that only happened after the low altitude passes that just don't happen anywhere, 950 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,720 but in these restricted training zones. 951 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:11,720 So Tyson, I've been meaning to ask you. 952 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:13,720 We're out here in the desert. 953 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:15,720 You look like you just came from the laundry with that thing. 954 00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:17,720 What do you do if you spill your lunch on it? 955 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:18,720 I don't. 956 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:20,720 Oh, okay. 957 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,720 Well, I'm looking at a broken piece of glass here, man. 958 00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:27,720 Does that mean the fans are vindicated? 959 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:30,720 That's the only thing that the sonic boom broke. 960 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:32,720 What about all the other glass that didn't break? 961 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:36,720 There were car windows, there was a table full of this kind of stuff. None of it broke. 962 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:41,720 Well, I mean, the myth clearly states that any sonic boom will break any glass, 963 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:42,720 and apparently that didn't happen. 964 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:47,720 And we had to fly the jet in at ridiculously low levels to make this break. 965 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:49,720 Well, then I think the answer is pretty clear. 966 00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:50,720 It's busted. 967 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:51,720 Totally busted.