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I know it looks like we have fun on this show, but we spend weeks and

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sometimes months planning how to do our myths safely.

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So please, don't try this at home.

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On this wet and wild episode of Mythbusters.

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I'm alive, right?

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It's the biggest, dirtiest, most vertigo inducing build in Mythbusters history.

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That's one heck of a ramp.

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Testing the fantastical flight in this viral video.

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This is fun.

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Meanwhile, Carrie, Tori, and Grant deliver the goods.

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We're gonna get stuck on Lombard.

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Finding out if going the extra distance and

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taking only right hand turns.

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MCS is coming through.

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Can save you gas.

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There you go.

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Who knew packages could be so exciting?

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Who are the Mythbusters?

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Adam Savage.

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70% chance of science.

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And Jamie Heidemann.

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We're gonna have an adventure.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience.

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Joining them, Grant Imahara.

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Formidable projectile.

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Carrie Byron.

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Let's do it.

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And Tori Belachie.

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We'll be ready for that one, Carrie.

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They don't just tell the Myths.

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They put them to the test.

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You're wearing a face mask.

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You're very observant.

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Why?

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Why are you observant or why am I wearing a face mask?

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Okay, I'm wearing a face mask because we're doing a fairly

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damp story.

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This is a YouTube clip that's pretty famous and

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got sent to us by just about everyone.

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In which a man is seen sliding down a water slide,

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launching himself off a ramp, flying a seemingly impossible

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length through the air and landing in a little tiny swimming

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pool.

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And so you want us to test this.

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Oh, I wanna test this.

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It's a death-defying viral video stunt with over four million

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hits.

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But is this incredible feat legit or is it a slide show sham?

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Where do you want to start?

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Well, as much as I'd love to just build a big old slide

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and slide down it, something tells me that that might be

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dangerous.

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So I'm thinking we should start here in the shop and do a kind

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of proof of concept.

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See whether we think we can get that kind of distance

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and precision.

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Exactly.

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Let's start with a small slide, a small slider, run it

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through some paces and see what we get.

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Without putting our bodies on the line.

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Yet.

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Yet.

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It's a slippery slope to the truth.

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So they're starting with a proof of concept and here's

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what they're looking for.

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Doing a scale water slide experiment is a bit of a

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problem because gravity doesn't scale.

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But it's no big deal because I only need our little dummy to

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land in about the same spot over and over again because if

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he doesn't, he's toast.

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Secondly, based on our video to scale, I need him to travel

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about 16 feet.

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16 feet is the approximate X marks the spot for the

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kiddie pool.

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The blue colored water helps the guys ensure that the whole

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slide is lubricated.

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And then stunt Adam takes his first slip.

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Slip and slide scale test.

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Three, two, one.

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Oh.

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That's awesome.

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You left a little blue stain nicely marking where he

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landed.

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Nine feet, eight inches.

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Nine feet is hardly the 16 feet Jamie was looking for.

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But the guys have a slippery trick to try.

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You want to try it again, but throw a little dish soap in

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that water?

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Sounds like a good idea.

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I'll be right back.

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Using soapy water to further lubricate the slide will

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reduce the friction on the stuntman.

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Oh yeah.

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Helping him to accelerate and hopefully fly further.

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Here we go.

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And three, two, one.

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Sure enough, the soap surfactants made Midi Adam go

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the distance, but what about accuracy?

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Here we go.

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Looking for the same spot.

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When I look at this rig, I think he's not going to hit

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the same target every time, but that's not going to stop us

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from trying.

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Is it little dude?

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Oh, I'd rather be done.

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No, you got a few more slides.

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OK, here we go.

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I'm not getting tired of that.

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It's not tiresome, but neither is it accurate.

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So Jamie's got a plan.

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I'm wondering about fixing him so he's in this position.

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Binding the arms and legs should streamline Midi Adam and

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help him to land in the same place twice.

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But before he flies, the slide needs another spritz of soapy

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water.

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I figure we should do something like this for the full size

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ramp, but larger, like one of those handheld weed sprayers.

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I can't see it putting out anywhere near enough liquid.

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I think it will.

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If you want to bring it, that's fine.

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But I swear, if we end up using it to cover the ramp, I'll

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pay you $100.

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All right then.

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The gentleman's wager stands.

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So the tiny slider is tossed down the slide.

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Again.

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Woohoo!

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That actually was pretty close to the last one.

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It was.

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And he even landed feet first again.

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Full time?

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Yep.

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Nice.

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And soon enough, a pattern starts to emerge.

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The more they send streamlined Adam down the slide.

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Getting pretty much in the same area.

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Go ahead and market again.

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I'm getting kind of excited.

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The more predictable his landings become.

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Let's look at how our criteria stacks up.

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The first thing is that we need our little dummy to land in

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exactly the same spot.

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And all these landings are within a few inches.

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That works.

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Secondly, to match the video, we need him to come to about

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16 feet.

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And we got landings between 13 and 19 feet.

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So this might actually work.

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I got to say, dude, looking at these landings and thinking,

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perhaps the pool's about this size, I'm pretty pleased with

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the consistency.

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So you'd be willing to bet your life on this one, huh?

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No, not just yet.

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But it does seem like less of the lethal choice it seemed to

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me when I first watched the video.

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OK, now this next myth is based on something that a major

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package delivery company actually does.

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They have a special software program that custom designs a

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route for their truck drivers that eliminates as many left

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hand turns as possible.

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You know, I've heard this one.

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I mean, apparently it's easy for truck drivers to take a

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right, because all you have to do is wait for a clearing and

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then they can go.

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But if you're turning left, you have to wait for the light,

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or you have to wait for oncoming traffic to clear

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before you can turn.

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You're sitting there idling, and you're wasting fuel.

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Wait a minute.

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You're telling me instead of just making a simple left, you're

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going to go three rights to get to the same place, and

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that's more fuel efficient.

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Exactly.

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And for a major package delivery company, that's

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millions of dollars a year.

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Millions.

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Cool.

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It's a little counterintuitive, but apparently you can cut

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corners by always going right and avoiding the lights.

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But can you really save gas by going the extra distance to

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eliminate idling?

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How are we going to test this one?

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Well, this myth is about delivery trucks, but since most

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of our viewers don't have access to those, I think we

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should start with a car.

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Why don't we take a car?

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We'll bypass a fuel tank.

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We'll put in our own fuel cell.

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That way we can remove it and weigh it, and we'll know

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exactly how much fuel we're using.

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Good idea.

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And we'll do two routes.

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The first one will be the most direct route, and the second

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one will eliminate left-hand turns and do only rights.

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And for consistency, we should have only one driver.

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And because I'm the safest driver, I think I should be

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behind the wheel.

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You're the safest driver.

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Grant is up for courier duty, so the team heads to

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Treasure Island to deliver their mythical booty.

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Now the myth is that right-hand turns are more fuel

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efficient than left-hand turns.

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So we've set out two courses.

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We're going to drive both courses at the same speed, with

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the same driving style, to deliver 12 packages.

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This is Adam's Blade Runner replica pistol.

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The more direct left-hand route includes a 60-second

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weight at traffic lights, but is just 0.4 of a mile.

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The longer right-hand route eliminates the weight, but

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they'll cover 0.6 of a mile instead.

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The routes will be repeated 12 times, as there are a dozen

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packages to deliver.

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And raining.

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It was so nice out here.

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A slightly damp grantentory weigh the fuel cell for

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their starting weight.

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All right, 17.89 pounds.

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Then hook it up to the car.

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Let's deliver these packages.

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We're off.

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It's left after left.

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Yep, that's the right address.

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And light after light, as our left brain couriers

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deliver the goods.

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I need your sign for that.

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By the way, your average lap has been two minutes, 15

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seconds.

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There's no time to waste, as they complete 12 circuits.

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And finally, every package is safely delivered.

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Yeah!

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Yes!

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All right, we are done with our route.

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Let's measure our fuel cell.

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OK, it's 15.63 pounds.

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So that is a difference of 2.26 pounds.

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I needed the run in 27 minutes and six seconds.

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All right, that was good time.

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Let's reset, and we'll do the test where we just do right

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hand turns only.

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17.89, perfect.

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It's a straightforward process.

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Tory and Grant repeat the delivery dozen.

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We've delivered to this location before.

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But this time, only going right.

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All right, so you're going to take a right up here.

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And then maybe I think you're right.

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Right you are, my man.

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Grant maintains the same speed as the previous test,

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and the weather conditions are identical.

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You know, this route feels fast.

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I don't know if it is faster.

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Well, we're cutting down by not stopping at lights.

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And this time around, despite an extra 33% of distance to cover.

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All right, this is our last stop.

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The parcels are dispatched in only 21 minutes.

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Woo!

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All right, now it's time to find out which is more fuel efficient.

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Left hand turns or right hand turns?

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15.55.

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So that means the right turn actually consumed more fuel.

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Looks like this one is busted.

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It's all about the total fuel consumption for 12 deliveries.

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For our first test, we did all left hand turns.

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We covered 36 blocks in 27 minutes.

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But for our second test, with all right hand turns,

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we covered almost twice the distance.

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60 blocks, but came in at 21 minutes.

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So the left turn test used less fuel.

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But what does that mean for the myth?

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So yes, we did find that the left turn route

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was more fuel efficient than the right turn route.

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But the really important thing to look at is the difference.

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It was minuscule.

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4 tenths of 1%.

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Less than 1%.

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I think to really get to the bottom of this,

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we need to introduce a real world scenario.

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Adam and Jamie take to the skies.

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This is fun, but first they'll have to build their mega slide.

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The mythbusters are finding out if this incredible slide is real or a flight of fancy.

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And after a proof of concept, it looks like this just might fly.

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I'm going to say I'm astonished that this small scale seems to show that this myth is not impossible.

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Well then it's time to go full scale.

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I think it is.

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This is kind of dangerous though, so the question is,

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are you willing to stake your life on hitting that pool?

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No, I am not, and that's why I've come up with, I think, the perfect plan.

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See, we don't have to do this myth on dry ground.

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We just need to hit a target in the shape of a pool.

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We could put that target on, follow me, a lake.

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Then if we miss the target, we don't die.

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It's like a win-win.

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Excellent plan.

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But before they go big scale, they need to know exactly how big, big is.

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This myth really all comes down to the slide.

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How big is it? How long is it? What are its overall dimensions?

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So I'm going to spend some time getting up close and personal with the video to try and extrapolate those dimensions.

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And after some very thorough extrapolating.

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I've got that it's eight feet wide.

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I've extrapolated that from an earlier shot.

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Adam has the dimension data on our slide.

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It's approximately 200 feet long with a slope of 24 degrees and a ramp 12 feet high at an angle of 30 degrees.

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So they'll need to find a lake at the bottom of a large 24 degree hill.

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Well, how about this one?

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This has got to be the spot.

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It's beautiful.

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Get a little of that woody feeling just looking at that.

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Yeah, we're going to get going pretty fast by the time we reach the bottom of this hill.

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Awesome.

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Oh my gosh.

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It's the ideal location, but they'll have to work the angles to get the 24 degree incline that this myth requires.

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While we are no strangers to extremely large builds in pursuit of a story,

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it seems to me that the biggest ones always involve ramps.

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I'm thinking specifically the dirt mount for the Dukes of Hazard Jump.

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Oh my lord.

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And the huge container ramp for the rocket car.

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That ramp held up a tree.

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Behind me in sheer size and tonnage is the biggest build we have ever undertaken.

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Adam's right.

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With over 200 cubic yards of dirt required to make their ramp, this could take a while.

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So we've got a little ways to go.

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And as the sun sets on day one of this mammoth build, their slope is more mole hill than mountain.

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But luckily next morning brings reinforcements.

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These guys are pretty good.

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They did great work for us, but we still got a ways to go and we needed some extra help.

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So allow me to introduce you to some extra help.

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That's how it's done.

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That was quick.

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Sometimes you need the right tool.

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Yep, in five minutes the massive earth mover has completed what it took them a whole day yesterday to do.

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So the guys get to work on their ramp.

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First, Jamie puts a new slant on danger.

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As he taps down any loose earth.

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You'll notice I'm only going up and down the ramp with the bucket first because I'm worried that if I went the other way I might flip over backwards.

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While Adam works the planks building the takeoff ramp.

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What are we doing?

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Yeah!

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52 sheets of plywood are slid down the slope and the slide starts to take shape.

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It's beautiful.

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It looks great.

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You first.

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And now that they're out of the woods, Jamie is taking precautions.

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These things are called straw waddles. Normally they're used for preventing erosion.

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We're not going to use them for that.

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We're going to use them as barriers along the side of our slide to help prevent us from going someplace we don't want to go.

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Jamie, that looks hilarious.

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With the waddle safety system secure they focus on comfort, cushioning the entire slide with carpet.

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Hello.

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Can I get another roll of duct tape?

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And then it's time for the last ingredient of any slippery dip, lacquered vinyl.

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Never let it be said that Mythbusters doesn't roll out at least the orange carpet.

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Come on, all the way buddy.

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Yep, we roll it out, but we may have a few problems holding on to it.

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Oh well.

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I should hop off the carpet please.

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Yeah.

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It's like it's slippery.

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There we go, okay.

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I'm not only having fun, I'm finding if there's any spots that I can get out of the water.

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The spots that are sticking up that can hurt us.

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I think the answer is no.

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And there you have it.

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After two days of back breaking, earth moving, soil smoothing, plywood planking, waddle waddling, carpet laying and vinyl veneering, one massive made to order Mythbusters water slide.

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Well sir, that is a ramp.

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Yes it is.

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What's standing between us and testing it?

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A commercial break?

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Oh, see you in a few minutes.

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Can canny delivery companies say fuel by turning only right and eliminating the lights?

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So far for cars, it looks like it doesn't make that much of a difference if you're making a left hand turn or a right hand turn.

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But I mean, is that true for trucks?

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Is this company just wasting their time?

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I think we definitely need to step up to trucks next.

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I mean, a big truck takes longer to accelerate, which means it needs a bigger break in traffic in order to complete a left hand turn.

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Plus, they're likely using more fuel while idling.

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Yeah, and in the real world, not only do they have to deal with traffic, narrow roads, steep hills, pedestrians and that sounds a little like San Francisco.

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I say we get truckin'.

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The Mythbusters Courier Service is ready to deliver for this myth.

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This is the truck that we are going to be using to make our deliveries.

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We have created the Mythbusters Courier Service.

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We aim to please, but there's more. Come with me.

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We will be making several deliveries to our favorite vendors, and inside our packages are Mythbusters t-shirts.

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More importantly, though, our truck is outfitted with the fuel cell that we'll be measuring before and after each run, so we find out how much fuel we're consuming.

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78.75 pounds.

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So that is our starting fuel weight.

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The best part is, I'll be driving.

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Just like the car test, for this test they'll do two routes, delivering to the same six destinations.

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First up is the direct route, with both lefts and rights, covering a distance of 5.2 miles from the Palace of Fine Arts to Alamo Square.

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Alright, let's get these packages delivered.

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Alright, zeroing out trip odometer.

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Start your engine in three, two, one.

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Go!

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Alright, here we go.

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Alright, coming up here, you're going to be taking a left of the lights.

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Ah, see, this dark light is into our schedule.

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Despite the lights, in no time at all they've reached their first Mythbusters landmark.

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You ready, kid?

401
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I was born ready.

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Fort Mason.

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Drop that package.

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Got it!

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The delivery ninja springs into action, and the first package is dropped.

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Come on, let's go, let's go, we got a schedule to keep.

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Okay, hit it!

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Oh my god, we're going to Lombard Street.

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I love a challenge.

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That's the crookedest street in the city.

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Possibly the world.

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No, that's Wall Street.

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Yep, Lombard Street has more curves than a chorus line, and it's proving a little difficult for MCS.

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Oh my god, oh my gosh.

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We start going down Lombard, I'm thinking to myself, who picked this route?

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I mean, this is ridiculous.

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Don't worry, we're professionals here at MCS.

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Watch out, it's getting tighter and tighter.

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Can you make it down this?

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I'm almost about to crash into the side of the wall.

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This is a national treasure.

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This is a landmark.

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I have to throw it into reverse.

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I'm backing up just then, because the angle of the truck was so steep, we lost fuel to the engine, and the engine cut out.

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Try it, try it.

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We're going to get stuck on Lombard.

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So I lose my power steering.

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I had to throw it in neutral and do the rest of the street in neutral.

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MCS, we guarantee our delivery.

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I didn't even think I was going to make it out.

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I'm going over the curb.

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You're going over the curb?

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Luckily, Tori knows how to handle a curve, even in neutral.

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Go!

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So the second delivery is made.

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There you go. Package for you.

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And then after a little push.

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So crazy.

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It's off to drop stop number three, North Beach.

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Hey, ciao.

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This is North Beach.

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It's little Italy, my people.

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Ciao, ciao.

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Hey, Mitty.

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Hey, let's stop and have lunch.

446
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No time for lunch, Tori.

447
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We got to deliver our package.

448
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Once again, the cowboy courier is in and out.

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Okay, go, go, go.

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And they head to the Mythbusters butcher of choice in Chinatown.

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Little city meats.

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Here we come.

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As I'm driving this route, I'm starting to see that left hand turns are a lot more annoying than right hand turns.

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You got to wait for the traffic to clear up before you can even go.

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Yep, so far this test, they've spent over five minutes just idling at traffic lights.

456
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Look out, people on the cable car.

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MCS is coming through.

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Oh my God, this is such a hard left.

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Come on, go, go, go.

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We got to get these packages delivered.

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All right, Grant, this is your drop. Get it.

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Go, go, go, go.

463
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Hi, I have a delivery for you.

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That's five packages delivered with one final stop to make, Alamo Square.

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This is it, this is the last package.

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Yeah!

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We did it.

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Nice work, you guys.

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Package from the Mythbusters.

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Thank you.

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That's it.

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Yes.

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We're done.

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Customer satisfaction guaranteed.

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That's MCS.

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00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,200
So left hand turns pretty hairy, huh?

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00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:14,200
Yeah, now we got to measure the fuel, get under the right hand route, and do this all again.

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So we have 71.95 pounds.

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Okay, that gives us a total of 6.8 pounds consumed.

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We went 5.2 miles in 52 minutes.

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That felt like we went like 100 miles in about five hours.

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After driving our left heavy route, I feel like our results might be extremely interesting for this experiment.

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Because if you think about the amount of time that we had to idle at lights before we could turn left,

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I think it's about the same amount of time it would take three rights to get to a left.

485
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I think we might actually have the opposite results of our previous experiment.

486
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I think we might actually save fuel going right.

487
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Don't try anything you see on the show at home.

488
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We're what you call experts.

489
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Welcome back.

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We are testing pretty much everything we can see in this clip.

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So we came out here to pit 232 and built ourselves a full-size ramp, which we are about to test.

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If you'll excuse me, I'm going to get suited up for the first slide.

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While Adam slips into something more uncomfortable, here's Jamie with the stats on the super slide.

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Our slide is 165 feet long.

495
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As we go down it, we'll be going at a 24-degree angle.

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As we come off the end of it, we're going to be going at a 30-degree angle.

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How far we go and how fast we travel, that's what we're here to find out.

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And they'll coat the slide with the same slippery solution as the small scale.

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We're using soap and water to lubricate things, make us go faster.

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Jamie's sorted out the lube.

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And Adam's suited up.

502
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Adam, I've got this handy-dandy GPS unit I'd like to put on you so we can track your speed.

503
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Fantastic, I can put it right there.

504
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Ready?

505
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:21,200
The GPS unit will track not only Adam's speed, but also the distance he flies from the mega-mythbusters slide.

506
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While I'd be attempting to just go for it and start from the top, we're going to start from the middle

507
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because we kind of need to work our way into this.

508
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:34,200
I'm not actually nervous, I'm itching to get on this slide.

509
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This is a prototype, we don't know what it's going to do.

510
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I'm dying to try this out.

511
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,200
We're going to ease into it and everything seems okay, then we'll go for it.

512
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,200
I just can't wait.

513
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,200
Here we go, test number one.

514
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:53,200
Adam, danger savage, empties his bucket and adopts the downhill loose position of the video.

515
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,200
I'm okay.

516
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,200
Top three four.

517
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,200
That undignified dismount wasn't quite the slide Adam expected.

518
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:22,200
With only half a slope to build momentum, he peaked at 15 miles per hour

519
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,200
and traveled a measly four feet.

520
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,200
You barely made it off the end of the ramp.

521
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:34,200
I don't know what happened, I was good and slippery and the track did a great job of keeping me on the track,

522
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,200
but yeah, I landed about four feet away.

523
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,200
That's not a good sign.

524
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:43,200
No, it's not a good sign for the myth, but I'm rare to go again, that was a hell of a lot of fun.

525
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:49,200
And for take two, you'll need a little more slide, so he heads to three quarters of the way up.

526
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:03,200
The landing may have been a little hard on his dairy air, but at least Adam got air.

527
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,200
But there was one frothy problem.

528
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:21,200
By the time I hit the ramp, so much water had sprayed into my face from the overly wet ramp that I couldn't see a thing.

529
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,200
I hit the ramp blind.

530
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,200
I did everything wrong.

531
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,200
But I landed okay.

532
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,200
Coach, I'm ready to go in for another run. We set me in.

533
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:41,200
Okay, but to be safe for this run, they ditch the bucket and give the slide a more even spray from top to bottom.

534
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:51,200
If you remember, I told Jamie that I thought the sprayers were a stupid idea and I was so sure we weren't going to use them to grease the ramp that I told him that if we did use them, I'd pay him $100.

535
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,200
I hope he forgets.

536
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,200
I doubted Adam. The Heinemann never forgets.

537
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,200
With the safety sorted out, the guys can concentrate on this myth.

538
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:07,200
There are two parts to the superslide, accuracy and distance.

539
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,200
So first, they're taking on distance.

540
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:16,200
By our best calculations, the slider in the video flies approximately 115 feet.

541
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:21,200
Do I have 115 feet of travel in my future? Honestly, I don't think so.

542
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,200
Okay, I'm ready to go from the top.

543
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,200
It should be all down till from here.

544
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,200
Yeah, we'll break a leg.

545
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,200
Here we go.

546
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:37,200
But will a slide from the very top be enough to launch Adam the same distance as the video's stunt slider?

547
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:42,200
Three, two, one. Oh, it doesn't take much. Here we go.

548
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,200
Wow!

549
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,200
Well, that was one mighty mega-wush.

550
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,200
But Adam only flew 70 feet.

551
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,200
A far cry from the 115 feet of the myth.

552
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,200
I'm alive, right?

553
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,200
I think so.

554
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:20,200
How far did I fly?

555
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,200
You flew about 70 feet.

556
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,200
That's totally intense.

557
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,200
That was above and beyond everything else.

558
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,200
The single most intense thing I've ever done on the show.

559
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,200
And there's just roll it one more time. I'm gonna watch this.

560
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,200
Yeah, look at that!

561
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,200
I'm screaming and voluntarily the whole way to the water.

562
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,200
The moment I feel the water hit my feet, I am so grateful because I know it's a good landing.

563
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,200
I wish you could try this.

564
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,200
Well, we can.

565
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:53,200
But the Heinemann's team is going to be the first to go to the water.

566
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:59,200
And maybe he'll be able to go the extra distance this myth requires.

567
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:13,200
Next up, the Mythbusters deliver and set their route to rights.

568
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,200
Hey, don't forget to use MCS.

569
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,200
We're the Palm.

570
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,200
Is it a bird?

571
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,200
Is it a plane?

572
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,200
No, it's Adam Danger Savage.

573
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:27,200
Trying to recreate this.

574
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,200
But now it's time to call in the heavies.

575
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,200
So, why do I have to go down the slide when Adam already has?

576
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,200
Good to go.

577
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,200
Well, you don't think I'm gonna pass something like this up to you.

578
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,200
I mean, look at it.

579
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,200
And besides, who knows, I might go further.

580
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,200
It isn't a case of anything Adam can do, Jamie can do better.

581
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,200
Just relax and clench your butt.

582
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,200
That worked for me so well.

583
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,200
It's about mass.

584
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,200
Jamie is slightly heavier than Adam.

585
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,200
And that could give him an edge when it comes to flight distance.

586
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,200
I just wonder what's going through Jamie's head right now.

587
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,200
Keep my core tight.

588
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,200
Relax.

589
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,200
It's probably a little bit harder than I thought.

590
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,200
Probably not.

591
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,200
It's probably more like, I wonder how to reassemble the rack on my truck.

592
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,200
Maybe some quarter 20 bolts.

593
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,200
Oh, it's time to go.

594
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:23,200
Okay, here we go.

595
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:31,200
So, Adam, this whole thing seems kind of fun, but it's also terrifying.

596
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,200
Maybe it's terrifyingly fun.

597
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,200
What do you think?

598
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,200
I mean, exactly the same assessment of the thing.

599
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,200
Tell me what you feel like after the flight.

600
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,200
I guess it's now or never.

601
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,200
Here we go.

602
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,200
Jamie starts at the safety distance three quarters of the way up.

603
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,200
Perfect!

604
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,200
You sounded great going down.

605
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,200
It is kind of involuntary.

606
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:08,200
You see what I mean about not having much of a choice and how things are going?

607
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,200
I didn't keep my legs quite as spread as you were,

608
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,200
which was part of the reason I came off just a hair sideways.

609
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,200
That's kind of painful coming down.

610
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,200
If you're not centered, that's a lot of hit.

611
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,200
Yeah, when I landed on my butt, I'm still sore from that.

612
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,200
With Jamie's safety run complete, he heads for the top.

613
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:38,200
Just look at this thing. I mean, who gets to do this?

614
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,200
This is fun.

615
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:45,200
Fun, but will he be able to fly the full 115 feet of the miss?

616
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:52,200
From the top, three, two, one.

617
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:00,200
Oh!

618
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,200
He's okay.

619
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,200
That landing with the little catty wampus.

620
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,200
Jamie made quite a splash.

621
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,200
Oh!

622
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:16,200
Because according to the GPS, he peaked at 30 miles per hour

623
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,200
and achieved the furthest flight yet.

624
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:24,200
I just went 30 miles an hour down the ramp and I flew 72 feet.

625
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:26,200
Oh!

626
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:31,200
Now, we know looking at the video that the guy had to have traveled about 115 feet.

627
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,200
And backing out from there doing the math, that tells us that he had to be going

628
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:39,200
about 40 to 45 miles an hour through the air.

629
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,200
Not looking good for the miss.

630
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:46,200
Yep, the mythical 115 feet is impossible to match.

631
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:50,200
So next, we'll focus on part two, accuracy.

632
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,200
So you flew 72 feet on that run?

633
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:55,200
I beat you.

634
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:56,200
By two feet?

635
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,200
Yes.

636
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,200
But now that leads to the natural question of accuracy.

637
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:05,200
If we did this on dry land, could we place the pool somewhere where we'd hit it every time and survive?

638
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,200
We can arrange that.

639
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:08,200
Can I be the one to do it?

640
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,200
Can I be the one to run the test, please, please, please?

641
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:14,200
Well, with all this enthusiasm, I suppose so.

642
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,200
Excellent, excellent.

643
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,200
I'll suit up.

644
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,200
There you go.

645
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,200
Package for you.

646
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:28,200
Our trucking trio are testing the myth that you can save gas by only turning right.

647
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:29,200
Go, go, go.

648
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,200
We got packages.

649
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,200
For their left turn delivery route, they used 6.8 pounds of gas.

650
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,200
But will that change for the right route?

651
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,200
Okay, now it's time for the right hand route.

652
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:46,200
To keep the scientific, we're driving at the same time of day with the same driving style

653
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,200
and going to the same six destinations.

654
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,200
Just as before, they weigh the fuel cell.

655
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,200
All right, 76.9.

656
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,200
Start the right hand route.

657
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,200
Cool.

658
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,200
And then it's time to start the engines.

659
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:01,200
Let's do this.

660
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,200
Six packages and using nothing but rights.

661
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,200
This should be interesting.

662
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,200
It should.

663
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,200
For this route, they'll deliver to the same six destinations.

664
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,200
But where there were lefts, they'll make three right turns instead,

665
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,200
meaning they'll cover a total distance of 6.8 miles,

666
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,200
20% further than the last test.

667
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,200
Okay, Fort Mason Gate.

668
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,200
Grant, you ready for this delivery?

669
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:29,200
It's your first one.

670
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:30,200
All right, I'm going to pull over.

671
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,200
You jump out and deliver that package.

672
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,200
Go, go.

673
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,200
Once again, a fast and furious Grant delivers the goods.

674
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,200
Go, go, go.

675
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,200
You can make it, Grant.

676
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,200
You can make it.

677
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,200
And Tori is on the right course.

678
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,200
Seems like we're traveling over a lot more distance than this route.

679
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,200
Yeah, but we're not waiting at lights.

680
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:51,200
Grant's right.

681
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,200
They're not hanging around for this test,

682
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,200
and they're already at their second location.

683
00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:01,200
But will the lack of lights, yet extra distance, save them fuel?

684
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,200
All right, so this is Lombard.

685
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,200
Lombard, you ready?

686
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,200
Keep off walls.

687
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,200
Their last Lombard run was a little sticky.

688
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:13,200
Oh, f***.

689
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,200
That's so good.

690
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,200
So this time to even the odds,

691
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,200
Tori cruises down in neutral

692
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,200
and restarts the engine at the bottom of the hill

693
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,200
to mimic the same fuel consumption as before.

694
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,200
Go, go, go, go, go.

695
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,200
Are you a fan of mincebusters?

696
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:30,200
Yeah.

697
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:31,200
There you go.

698
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,200
There's a package delivered for you.

699
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,200
Thank you.

700
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,200
That's one happy fan.

701
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,200
So it's on to Little Italy.

702
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,200
Cha-cha.

703
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,200
All right.

704
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,200
Okay, go, go, go.

705
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:45,200
Did you get a signature?

706
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,200
And then Chinatown.

707
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,200
To the belly of the beast.

708
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,200
Chinatown.

709
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,200
Come on, get back here.

710
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,200
Come on, son.

711
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,200
He's faster than I remember.

712
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,200
That's four packages down with only two to go.

713
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,200
Who knew packages could be so exciting?

714
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,200
Should we leave him this time?

715
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,200
Nah, we got one more package still.

716
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:10,200
I don't want to get out of the car to you.

717
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,200
Nah.

718
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,200
And for the final delivery, there's just one more set of rights

719
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:16,200
to get to Alamo Square.

720
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,200
All right, here we go.

721
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:19,200
Last delivery.

722
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,200
Sure would be easier if we could take a left.

723
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,200
Sure would.

724
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,200
And now they're at Alamo Square.

725
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,200
They've done right by the route,

726
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,200
but has going the extra distance saved them gas.

727
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,200
Good enough.

728
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,200
Let's wait for fuel cell.

729
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,200
All right.

730
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,200
72.9 pounds.

731
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:42,200
That means we consumed 2.8 pounds less on the right-hand route.

732
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,200
So it's confirmed.

733
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,200
It actually saved you fuel.

734
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,200
Did you right turns only?

735
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:51,200
Surprisingly enough, although the right-hand route added nine minutes

736
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,200
to their total delivery time, it was more fuel efficient.

737
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,200
The results for this experiment are really, really interesting.

738
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,200
The left-hand route was shorter.

739
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,200
It took less time, but it consumed a lot more fuel.

740
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,200
So this myth is confirmed.

741
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,200
If you're a delivery truck driver in an urban environment,

742
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,200
you're definitely going to want to plan a right-hand route.

743
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:16,200
But if you're me in a little tiny car, not very practical.

744
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,200
Up next, it's Adam's Accuracy.

745
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,200
From here, the ring looks like the size of a quarter.

746
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,200
As he rings in the waterslide wipeout.

747
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:31,200
Water slides. They're wet and wild fun.

748
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:35,200
But could the science of this splash landing be misleading?

749
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,200
A flight of 115 feet is busted.

750
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,200
So now it's all down to accuracy.

751
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,200
To me, the sole of this myth boils down to accuracy.

752
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,200
Is the slider good?

753
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,200
It's a little bit of a shame.

754
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,200
It's a little bit of a shame.

755
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,200
The sole of this myth boils down to accuracy.

756
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,200
Is the slider going to hit the same location repeatedly,

757
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,200
and thus can they place a pool in the middle of a grassy field

758
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,200
and hit it, thus saving their lives?

759
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,200
Okay, so from everything we've done so far,

760
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,200
we've calculated that we're hitting a spot

761
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,200
that's pretty much in the center of that circle behind me.

762
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,200
But here's how I want you to think about this.

763
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,200
Picture that that is dry land.

764
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,200
And the only salvation you have at the end of that dry land

765
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,200
is that circle, which is full of life-saving water

766
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,200
somewhere in the middle of the dry land.

767
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,200
And you are going to trust your life to hitting that target?

768
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,200
I would not.

769
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:33,200
I personally am really glad that the whole thing is surrounded by water.

770
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,200
I just can't give it 100% that I'm going to hit it.

771
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,200
I'm going to try and hit it. Are you ready?

772
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,200
I'm ready. Go for the gold star.

773
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,200
Dude, I wish you could see it from here.

774
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,200
From here, the ring looks like the size of a quarter.

775
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,200
Well, then you shouldn't have any trouble hitting it.

776
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,200
Okay.

777
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,200
It all comes down to this.

778
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:59,200
One souped-up super slider and one floating ring of rubber.

779
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,200
Will Adam be accurate enough to ring in this myth?

780
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:08,200
10, 3, 2, 1.

781
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,200
Yeah!

782
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,200
That was a perfect splash landing.

783
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,200
Dude, I didn't even break it!

784
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,200
Adam's final run propelled him 70 feet

785
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:35,200
and then directly into the center of the pseudo-kitty pool.

786
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:41,200
I don't think this is really going to take off as an amusement park ride, though.

787
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,200
It's a little intense for the kids.

788
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:49,200
Well done.

789
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,200
Thank you.

790
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,200
I am gobsmacked that that works so well.

791
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,200
So Adam's accuracy was actually pretty good.

792
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,200
But let's remember that in the clip,

793
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,200
the pool was about 115 feet away from the end of the ramp.

794
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:13,200
And that means that if what happened here happened in that clip,

795
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:17,200
that guy would be splat about in the middle of the run.

796
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,200
Not a good thing.

797
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,200
Not a good thing.

798
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,200
But where does that leave this mega-wush myth?

799
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,200
Well, as far as the distance goes, it's busted

800
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,200
because we'd have to have a slide at least twice as long as this

801
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,200
to get that 115 feet.

802
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,200
But accuracy?

803
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,200
Positability of the accuracy is the thing I find most astounding in this.

804
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,200
When we started testing this, I would have never called

805
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,200
that we'd be reliably hitting that dot time and again,

806
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:45,200
that you could somehow set this up on dry land and actually hit the target.

807
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,200
Well, for the myth to be true, both halves have to be true and they're not,

808
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,200
so it's busted.

809
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,200
It's something technical of you, but okay, I'll buy that.

810
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:53,200
It's busted.

811
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,200
So where's my hundred bucks?

812
00:42:56,200 --> 00:43:00,200
I gotta say, that was the most intense thing I've ever done on this show.

813
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,200
Yeah, well, while we were busting this myth in the field,

814
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,200
our researchers were busting it in cyberspace.

815
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:07,200
How so?

816
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,200
They contacted the people that made the clip,

817
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,200
and you know what? It was CG.

818
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,200
Ha ha! Double plus busted!

819
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,200
Busted.