1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,800 I know it looks like we have fun on this show, but we spend weeks and sometimes months planning how to do our myths safely. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,800 So please, don't try this at home. 3 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:17,300 On this episode of Mythbusters, 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,400 Adam and Janie launch a prolonged assault 5 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,680 on a devilishly difficult weaponry myth. 6 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,180 That is amazing. 7 00:00:29,180 --> 00:00:31,180 That's what I'm talking about. 8 00:00:31,180 --> 00:00:33,180 Finding out if 13th century Syrians 9 00:00:33,180 --> 00:00:35,180 She's hungry for some boat! 10 00:00:35,180 --> 00:00:36,180 Honesty girl! 11 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:40,180 created the world's first rocket powered torpedo. 12 00:00:40,180 --> 00:00:43,180 I don't know, maybe that was a little too powerful, what do you think? 13 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:46,180 Meanwhile, Carrie, Grant and Tori are feeling the pressure. 14 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:51,180 It's really strange having a job doing things that your parents told you never to do. 15 00:00:52,180 --> 00:00:55,180 As they pop the cork on a vino myth, 16 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:58,180 Can a blaze in a wine bottle truck 17 00:00:59,180 --> 00:01:02,180 really turn into a cork firing machine gun? 18 00:01:02,180 --> 00:01:05,180 This is why we can never have anything nice. 19 00:01:07,180 --> 00:01:09,180 Who are the Mythbusters? 20 00:01:09,180 --> 00:01:11,180 Adam Savage, here we go. 21 00:01:11,180 --> 00:01:13,180 That's 100% wacky right there. 22 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:15,180 And Jamie Hyneman. 23 00:01:15,180 --> 00:01:17,180 Relax, this one hurt a bit. 24 00:01:17,180 --> 00:01:21,180 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience, 25 00:01:21,180 --> 00:01:23,180 joining them, 26 00:01:24,180 --> 00:01:25,180 Tori Belachie, 27 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:27,180 This is real science. 28 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:28,180 Carrie Byron, 29 00:01:28,180 --> 00:01:29,180 Let's do it. 30 00:01:29,180 --> 00:01:31,180 and Grant Imahara. 31 00:01:31,180 --> 00:01:32,180 He's alive! 32 00:01:32,180 --> 00:01:34,180 They don't just tell the myths, 33 00:01:34,180 --> 00:01:37,180 they put them to the test. 34 00:01:41,180 --> 00:01:46,180 This episode of Mythbusters is presented by Chevrolet Volt. 35 00:01:47,180 --> 00:01:51,180 The Mythbusters 36 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:56,180 Dude, we have got historical weaponry myth that is actually older than you. 37 00:01:58,180 --> 00:01:59,180 Okay, check it out. 38 00:01:59,180 --> 00:02:05,180 It turns out that the torpedo might have been invented in Syria in the 13th century. 39 00:02:05,180 --> 00:02:06,180 Really? 40 00:02:06,180 --> 00:02:10,180 Well, okay, so today we think of a torpedo that's something that launches from underwater 41 00:02:10,180 --> 00:02:11,180 and reaches its target underwater. 42 00:02:11,180 --> 00:02:15,180 This, in fact, was a rocket-powered device that skimmed across the top of the water, 43 00:02:15,180 --> 00:02:18,180 delivering an incendiary to its target. 44 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:19,180 Did it work? 45 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:22,180 We have no actual record of them actually using it. 46 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:26,180 We have modern speculations as to its shape and its function. 47 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:30,180 Our job is to figure out just how viable a weapon of war it might have been. 48 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:35,180 While modern speculation abounds, the historical record is a little sketchy. 49 00:02:36,180 --> 00:02:41,180 Supposedly, this torpedo would travel over the water and explode on impact. 50 00:02:41,180 --> 00:02:43,180 But did it actually work? 51 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:46,180 The Mythbusters are going to find out. 52 00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:51,180 So I have scoured every historical reference I can, 53 00:02:51,180 --> 00:02:54,180 and while there's not a ton of information, I think I know where we should start. 54 00:02:54,180 --> 00:02:55,180 Go on. 55 00:02:55,180 --> 00:02:59,180 All the accounts generally agree on the overall shape of this torpedo, 56 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:02,180 that it is pear-shaped with a narrow end and a fat end, 57 00:03:02,180 --> 00:03:05,180 and it had two fins extending from the rear, 58 00:03:05,180 --> 00:03:10,180 and that it's powered by a black powder rocket of about 20 pounds of black powder. 59 00:03:10,180 --> 00:03:13,180 The question is, what does the underside look like, how it met the water? 60 00:03:13,180 --> 00:03:15,180 Nobody has a speculation about that. 61 00:03:15,180 --> 00:03:16,180 That's kind of up to us. 62 00:03:16,180 --> 00:03:20,180 Well, why don't we go down in their shop and each take a stab at it and see what we get? 63 00:03:20,180 --> 00:03:22,180 Exactly what I was thinking. 64 00:03:22,180 --> 00:03:26,180 If you're thinking of torpedoes, you're probably thinking about World War II versions 65 00:03:26,180 --> 00:03:28,180 that live along just under the surface of the water, 66 00:03:28,180 --> 00:03:33,180 where this one was specified to skip along top of the water like a small motorboat. 67 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:38,180 So if you're thinking about motorboats, on the one hand you could pick a deep V sort of a hull, 68 00:03:38,180 --> 00:03:42,180 which has the advantage of tracking straight and being able to handle choppy water. 69 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:46,180 But on the other hand, it actually requires a lot of power to do that. 70 00:03:46,180 --> 00:03:51,180 You could pick a flat bottom sort of a hull, which moves along great quickly on the surface of the water, 71 00:03:51,180 --> 00:03:56,180 but if it goes too fast, it can get air under it and actually flip and lose control, 72 00:03:56,180 --> 00:03:58,180 which would be a bad thing. 73 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:04,180 Right, there are two possible hull choices, the deep V or the flat bottom. 74 00:04:04,180 --> 00:04:12,180 So to test which style works best, the guys begin by designing two torpedo prototypes out of pliable copper. 75 00:04:12,180 --> 00:04:21,180 Jamie is foraging a flatter bottom torpedo, while Adam is hammering out the deep V. 76 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:31,180 Two different hulls and two different prototypes are soon ready to take to the water in a head-to-head accuracy launch. 77 00:04:31,180 --> 00:04:33,180 We'll see what happens. 78 00:04:33,180 --> 00:04:36,180 Well that thing's looking pretty snappy. 79 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:39,180 I'm pretty psyched about it, can't wait to try it, how's yours? 80 00:04:39,180 --> 00:04:43,180 Well, it's not quite as pretty as yours is, but it ought to work. 81 00:04:43,180 --> 00:04:44,180 Let's get them out there and try them. 82 00:04:44,180 --> 00:04:45,180 Yeah. 83 00:04:45,180 --> 00:04:46,180 Alright. 84 00:04:47,180 --> 00:04:51,180 And for that, the Mythbusters have found the ideal location. 85 00:04:51,180 --> 00:04:53,180 A lovely day to fire torpedoes. 86 00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:55,180 Let's get to it. 87 00:04:55,180 --> 00:05:02,180 I'm standing in one of our favorite Mythbusters locations on the island of Treasure Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay at a fire training facility. 88 00:05:02,180 --> 00:05:09,180 Now we've filmed exploding stun gun and dumpster diving out here, but we have never used this pool behind me. 89 00:05:09,180 --> 00:05:13,180 We're going to use it today for testing some ancient torpedoes. 90 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:17,180 And they'll be aiming those torpedoes at a target 100 feet away. 91 00:05:17,180 --> 00:05:20,180 But to get them there, first, they'll need some thrust. 92 00:05:20,180 --> 00:05:27,180 Our rocket power today will be supplied by this, which provides 5.9 pounds of thrust for 2.8 seconds. 93 00:05:27,180 --> 00:05:31,180 Will that translate to my torpedo making it from one end of our 100 foot pool to the target? 94 00:05:31,180 --> 00:05:35,180 Honestly, I don't think so, but that's okay, because this is a relative test. 95 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:38,180 We're just trying to figure out the best hull shape at this point. 96 00:05:38,180 --> 00:05:42,180 And first to launch is Adam's deep V design. 97 00:05:43,180 --> 00:05:46,180 It's just sinking into me what we're doing. 98 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:48,180 Crazy. 99 00:05:48,180 --> 00:05:52,180 In 3, 2, 1. 100 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:54,180 There it goes. 101 00:05:58,180 --> 00:06:00,180 Look at that. 102 00:06:02,180 --> 00:06:03,180 That was lovely. 103 00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:05,180 That was pretty neat. 104 00:06:05,180 --> 00:06:12,180 Aside from curving a path straight into the wall, Adam's torpedo did make it 30 feet across the pool. 105 00:06:12,180 --> 00:06:15,180 Well, I think my torpedo did pretty well. 106 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:19,180 I think it still was showing a lot of resistance in the water. 107 00:06:19,180 --> 00:06:26,180 Didn't quite get up on a plane, so I think I can actually take out a bunch of the weight in these fins and I might get an improved performance. 108 00:06:26,180 --> 00:06:32,180 The torpedo was plowing through the water rather than hydroplaning, meaning it's slow and crooked. 109 00:06:32,180 --> 00:06:35,180 But will an attitude adjustment make the difference? 110 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:37,180 Alright, here we go. 111 00:06:38,180 --> 00:06:43,180 It loves that spot in this pool. 112 00:06:43,180 --> 00:06:49,180 Sadly, taking the extra weight out didn't help Adam's lethargic torpedo. 113 00:06:49,180 --> 00:06:52,180 Seems to be holding up pretty well. Any suggestions? 114 00:06:52,180 --> 00:06:58,180 You could strap two rockets onto that rocket mount, because I think you're just not getting up on top of the water. 115 00:06:58,180 --> 00:07:01,180 It may be that you just don't have enough power. 116 00:07:01,180 --> 00:07:03,180 I'll give it a shot. 117 00:07:03,180 --> 00:07:09,180 The idea is that more thrust will not only give more power, but also get the torpedo up on top of the water, 118 00:07:09,180 --> 00:07:13,180 allowing it to skim fast and true to its target. 119 00:07:13,180 --> 00:07:16,180 Adam torpedoed test two rockets in 3, 2, 1. 120 00:07:16,180 --> 00:07:19,180 And we are lit. 121 00:07:25,180 --> 00:07:27,180 That was awesome! 122 00:07:34,180 --> 00:07:42,180 Two rockets did push the torpedo over 60 feet, but it seems the V-shaped hull is still plowing through the water, 123 00:07:42,180 --> 00:07:45,180 slowing it down and pulling it off course. 124 00:07:45,180 --> 00:07:47,180 That hull shape doesn't seem like it's working very well. 125 00:07:47,180 --> 00:07:52,180 The fact that it's spraying so much water around says that it's wasting a lot of energy. 126 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:58,180 With the deep V-design shelved, it's sink or swim time for Jamie's flat-bottomed hull. 127 00:07:58,180 --> 00:08:00,180 Alright, here we go. 128 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:02,180 3, 2, 1. 129 00:08:11,180 --> 00:08:14,180 And sink is not the option Jamie was looking for. 130 00:08:14,180 --> 00:08:24,180 The only problem I saw on this one was that it's submarine, so I figure all I have to do is bend these tail fins with a slight downward pull to them, 131 00:08:24,180 --> 00:08:27,180 and that'll hold the front end up. 132 00:08:27,180 --> 00:08:32,180 Okay, now to see if this minute modification makes all the difference. 133 00:08:35,180 --> 00:08:38,180 Yeah! Where did it go? 134 00:08:38,180 --> 00:08:42,180 It's just sitting right there about the halfway mark a little bit more. 135 00:08:44,180 --> 00:08:50,180 Amazingly, the torpedo skimmed the water, hydroplaning 70 feet straight along the pool, 136 00:08:50,180 --> 00:08:54,180 proving that a flat bottom is faster and more effective. 137 00:08:54,180 --> 00:08:57,180 The slight adjustment to the rear fins seemed to do the trick, 138 00:08:57,180 --> 00:09:06,180 and I gotta say the flat bottom and long, narrow design allowed it to track pretty well over a great distance right on top of the water. 139 00:09:06,180 --> 00:09:08,180 I think we're looking pretty good. 140 00:09:09,180 --> 00:09:13,180 Looking pretty good, but just to be sure, it's double or nothing. 141 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,180 This one's for the gold. 142 00:09:19,180 --> 00:09:20,180 There you go. 143 00:09:20,180 --> 00:09:22,180 Come on, baby. 144 00:09:25,180 --> 00:09:28,180 Ha ha ha ha ha ha! 145 00:09:31,180 --> 00:09:39,180 Despite veering slightly off course, it's clear that the flat bottom is straight up the best design, and that's good news for the myth. 146 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:42,180 I think we have our design. 147 00:09:42,180 --> 00:09:44,180 It goes pretty quick on it. 148 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:49,180 It's head and shoulders above the pear shaped design. I think that's what we should go with. 149 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:51,180 Okay, let's get out of here. 150 00:09:51,180 --> 00:09:53,180 After the break. 151 00:09:53,180 --> 00:09:56,180 This could be my favorite way to open up a bottle of wine. 152 00:09:56,180 --> 00:10:00,180 Carrie, Tori and Grant pop the cork on Exploding Wine. 153 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:16,180 So our next myth combines two things that don't normally go together. 154 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:17,180 Projectiles and wine. 155 00:10:17,180 --> 00:10:20,180 Oh, you're talking about the Exploding Wine Truck Myth. 156 00:10:20,180 --> 00:10:21,180 Correct. 157 00:10:21,180 --> 00:10:25,180 Supposedly a semi-filled with wine crashed on the freeway and caught fire. 158 00:10:25,180 --> 00:10:30,180 Oh yeah, and the fire gets so hot that it causes the wine bottles to violently fire out their corks. 159 00:10:30,180 --> 00:10:32,180 How violently? Like, were they lethal? 160 00:10:32,180 --> 00:10:36,180 Well, we don't know because no one was ever hit, but here's the mythical part. 161 00:10:36,180 --> 00:10:42,180 Supposedly the corks flew a hundred feet, and when the bottles went off, they sounded just like machine gun fire. 162 00:10:43,180 --> 00:10:47,180 There's no doubt this blazing bottle inferno actually happened. 163 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:51,180 But were the reports of its demise greatly exaggerated? 164 00:10:52,180 --> 00:10:57,180 Did it really launch corks over a hundred feet with a machine gun like Rattle? 165 00:10:58,180 --> 00:11:01,180 Okay, the way I see it is we've got two directions we can go here. 166 00:11:01,180 --> 00:11:05,180 Either we just set a wine truck on fire and see what happens, 167 00:11:05,180 --> 00:11:08,180 or we can go to the shop and do some bottle testing. 168 00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:12,180 Yeah, I mean, personally, I'm a little hesitant to set a whole truck full of wine on fire, 169 00:11:12,180 --> 00:11:14,180 unless you know what's going to happen. 170 00:11:14,180 --> 00:11:18,180 So why don't we start out with learning more about wine and the bottles and the corks, 171 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:20,180 and then move on to our small scale. 172 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,180 Ooh, research. 173 00:11:23,180 --> 00:11:27,180 Since this myth is about corks firing out of wine bottles like machine guns, 174 00:11:27,180 --> 00:11:31,180 we thought what better place to go than Domain Carnera's winery 175 00:11:31,180 --> 00:11:34,180 to see what kind of circumstances might have caused this to happen. 176 00:11:34,180 --> 00:11:40,180 Was it the bottles? Was it the liquids inside the bottles, or was it the heat applied to the bottles? 177 00:11:40,180 --> 00:11:44,180 And to find the answers, Carrie's encountered an expert. 178 00:11:44,180 --> 00:11:46,180 You've been making wine for 30 years. 179 00:11:46,180 --> 00:11:49,180 What do you think of the idea that if a wine truck caught on fire, 180 00:11:49,180 --> 00:11:52,180 that wine corks could start shooting out of it like a machine gun? 181 00:11:52,180 --> 00:11:54,180 I believe it is conceivable. 182 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:59,180 I know that when wine bottles get too warm, that sometimes the cork will push out a little tiny bit. 183 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:06,180 I think that still wine bottles under extreme pressure of intense fire could shoot corks or could explode. 184 00:12:07,180 --> 00:12:10,180 And pressure is the name of this game. 185 00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:17,180 As heat is applied, the wine starts to evaporate, which increases the pressure in the bottle till... 186 00:12:19,180 --> 00:12:22,180 But what else could affect the power of the projectile? 187 00:12:22,180 --> 00:12:27,180 Is there a possibility that the shape of the bottle might have any sort of effect on the pressure? 188 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:32,180 I don't think so. The shapes of the bottles are determined by tradition and custom. 189 00:12:32,180 --> 00:12:36,180 But I think under extreme temperature, all bets could be off. 190 00:12:36,180 --> 00:12:38,180 So bottle shape might be a factor. 191 00:12:38,180 --> 00:12:43,180 And on the champagne assembly line, Grant's found something that definitely is... 192 00:12:43,180 --> 00:12:44,180 The carbonation. 193 00:12:44,180 --> 00:12:47,180 Sorry, it's my first day. Sorry, everybody. 194 00:12:47,180 --> 00:12:56,180 With an internal pressure of 80 psi, adding heat to a champagne bottle may make it more likely to shoot for the moon. 195 00:12:56,180 --> 00:12:58,180 So this machine is the corker. 196 00:12:58,180 --> 00:13:02,180 Now from this mowing on, this bottle becomes a pressure vessel, 197 00:13:02,180 --> 00:13:07,180 potentially housing the kind of force that can cause a wine bottle to turn into a machine gun. 198 00:13:07,180 --> 00:13:09,180 And that is what this myth is all about. 199 00:13:10,180 --> 00:13:15,180 Okay, and back at the shop, Carrie begins by sizing up her opponent. 200 00:13:15,180 --> 00:13:18,180 Now, winemakers actually use different shaped bottles for different wine. 201 00:13:18,180 --> 00:13:22,180 You can tell that you have a re-sling because it has slender shoulders. 202 00:13:22,180 --> 00:13:25,180 A burgundy is a little bit fatter at the bottom. 203 00:13:25,180 --> 00:13:28,180 You have shoulders on a bordeaux. 204 00:13:28,180 --> 00:13:35,180 So it's possible that the size of the bottle, the type of wine, or even the shape of the bottle might make a more explosive cork. 205 00:13:35,180 --> 00:13:40,180 And to find out, the team is going to fire up a wine flambé. 206 00:13:41,180 --> 00:13:43,180 I'm making my zen garden. 207 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:47,180 To see if any bottle can shoot its cork the mythical 100 feet. 208 00:13:47,180 --> 00:13:49,180 And here's how. 209 00:13:50,180 --> 00:13:53,180 So for our bottle Olympics, we're going to have a flame off. 210 00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:56,180 We're going to put each different type of wine in this holder right here, 211 00:13:56,180 --> 00:13:59,180 turn up the flame and compare the results. 212 00:13:59,180 --> 00:14:02,180 And first up is a room temperature bordeaux. 213 00:14:03,180 --> 00:14:04,180 Here we go. 214 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:09,180 With the team safely behind the blast shields, now the waiting begins. 215 00:14:09,180 --> 00:14:13,180 You know, this could be my favorite way to open up a bottle of wine. 216 00:14:13,180 --> 00:14:18,180 Remember, the corks in the myth supposedly flew 100 feet. 217 00:14:18,180 --> 00:14:21,180 Right now I call we are at 50 seconds. 218 00:14:21,180 --> 00:14:24,180 But how far will the bordeaux blow? 219 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:29,180 Oh, that was it. 220 00:14:29,180 --> 00:14:32,180 I was at their expecting blast or a cork go. 221 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:37,180 Pip is right. 222 00:14:37,180 --> 00:14:41,180 After two minutes with the temperature at 160 degrees Fahrenheit, 223 00:14:42,180 --> 00:14:48,180 the cork erupted at a feeble three miles per hour and barely made it to the sand. 224 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:54,180 After hearing the story, we got prepared with blast shields and eye protection and ear protection. 225 00:14:54,180 --> 00:14:57,180 And we got two feet of distance. 226 00:14:58,180 --> 00:15:03,180 Not being glass half full optimists, the guys reset with a twist. 227 00:15:04,180 --> 00:15:08,180 So this bottle looks the same as the other one and it is, but there's one big difference. 228 00:15:08,180 --> 00:15:14,180 It's been chilling for a while since we don't know whether the wine was being refrigerated when it was being transported. 229 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:16,180 Throw this in and try it again. 230 00:15:16,180 --> 00:15:19,180 But will the chill give a greater thrill? 231 00:15:20,180 --> 00:15:22,180 I think I see it swelling. 232 00:15:22,180 --> 00:15:25,180 Oh yeah, yeah, it's starting to push out. 233 00:15:28,180 --> 00:15:30,180 Although still way short of the myth. 234 00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:32,180 Three feet four inches. 235 00:15:32,180 --> 00:15:37,180 The cold bordeaux did fly 50% further than its warm counterpart. 236 00:15:37,180 --> 00:15:42,180 Now there are a few reasons why a cold bottle might actually be better for this myth than a warm one. 237 00:15:42,180 --> 00:15:46,180 What we start out with a cold bottle and a warm bottle both have the same pressure, 238 00:15:46,180 --> 00:15:52,180 but the more drastic change in temperature that a cold bottle experiences might mean a more drastic change in pressure. 239 00:15:52,180 --> 00:15:57,180 So from here on in, they're sticking with cold bottles on high heat. 240 00:15:57,180 --> 00:16:00,180 Next up, burgundy. Chill. 241 00:16:01,180 --> 00:16:03,180 But neither the burgundies. 242 00:16:06,180 --> 00:16:08,180 Hey, five feet ten inches. 243 00:16:08,180 --> 00:16:10,180 Nor the sauvignon blancs. 244 00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:15,180 It got caught. 245 00:16:15,180 --> 00:16:17,180 Nor even the fortified ports. 246 00:16:18,180 --> 00:16:20,180 That was put there. 247 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:21,180 That was adorable. 248 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:25,180 Come anywhere near the mythical 100 feet. 249 00:16:25,180 --> 00:16:28,180 Looks like size doesn't matter. 250 00:16:28,180 --> 00:16:30,180 And that just leaves the final line. 251 00:16:30,180 --> 00:16:32,180 Long slender bottle. 252 00:16:32,180 --> 00:16:33,180 High heat. 253 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:34,180 The Riesling. 254 00:16:35,180 --> 00:16:38,180 30 seconds on the clock. 255 00:16:38,180 --> 00:16:45,180 All is quiet until the temperature hits 200 degrees when suddenly here we go. 256 00:16:48,180 --> 00:16:52,180 Oh my gosh, it went off the end of the scale. 257 00:16:52,180 --> 00:16:54,180 That is incredible. 258 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:55,180 Incredible is right. 259 00:16:55,180 --> 00:17:02,180 Maybe because of its pointed shape, the Riesling shoots its cork over 30 feet at 32 miles an hour. 260 00:17:02,180 --> 00:17:06,180 Still not far enough for the myth, but all is not lost. 261 00:17:09,180 --> 00:17:12,180 Later, a semi-sizzles for science. 262 00:17:13,180 --> 00:17:17,180 But next, it's the world's first ancient torpedo launch. 263 00:17:26,180 --> 00:17:31,180 Supposedly the ancient Syrians created the world's first rocket-powered torpedo. 264 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:33,180 But did it work? 265 00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:39,180 In the small scale launch, Jamie's flat bottom prototype won on speed and accuracy. 266 00:17:39,180 --> 00:17:40,180 So now what? 267 00:17:40,180 --> 00:17:43,180 I can't think of anything to do now, but go full scale. 268 00:17:43,180 --> 00:17:44,180 Yep. 269 00:17:44,180 --> 00:17:47,180 So about that 20 pound black powder rocket, you think we need to build one? 270 00:17:47,180 --> 00:17:48,180 Nah, those things are scary. 271 00:17:48,180 --> 00:17:50,180 I think we should use a modern rocket equivalent. 272 00:17:50,180 --> 00:17:55,180 Alright, well then I guess what's ahead is to build a few full-sized torpedoes and find a body of water to test them on. 273 00:17:55,180 --> 00:17:57,180 Sounds good. 274 00:17:58,180 --> 00:18:03,180 And that means the guys are ramping up the scale for a full-blown torpedo attack. 275 00:18:03,180 --> 00:18:05,180 The steel structure is my mold. 276 00:18:05,180 --> 00:18:12,180 I'm going to weld the sheet metal to it, and that'll hold it stable while I beat on it with the cannonball welded onto the end of a jackhammer. 277 00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:16,180 I have no idea if it's going to work or not. 278 00:18:16,180 --> 00:18:18,180 I don't either, but it is cool. 279 00:18:23,180 --> 00:18:26,180 Now, that may seem kind of elaborate. 280 00:18:27,180 --> 00:18:36,180 But it's not really unlike what would happen in the olden days with Syrians and muscular slaves and so on, nicely rounded rock. 281 00:18:36,180 --> 00:18:40,180 The difference is that they would have taken days, and I'm going to do it in a couple of hours. 282 00:18:40,180 --> 00:18:42,180 That looks great! 283 00:18:42,180 --> 00:18:47,180 That may be the plan, but the cannonball has other ideas. 284 00:18:50,180 --> 00:18:56,180 With Jamie's jackhammer beaten, it's clear they'll have to find another way to hammer out this myth. 285 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:02,180 That was it! 286 00:19:02,180 --> 00:19:09,180 So far, the Mythbusters have parked the cork on still wine, but now it's time to unleash the big guns. 287 00:19:09,180 --> 00:19:11,180 It's time to bring out the bubbly. 288 00:19:11,180 --> 00:19:15,180 Already at a pressure of 80 psi, even without any heat. 289 00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:18,180 Alright, so this is the control test or the champagne? 290 00:19:21,180 --> 00:19:24,180 The champagne's cork can fly 25 feet. 291 00:19:25,180 --> 00:19:29,180 That's no heating, no agitation, just straight up. 292 00:19:29,180 --> 00:19:33,180 So will an inferno beat that benchmark? 293 00:19:33,180 --> 00:19:39,180 Really strange having a job where you spend all day just doing things that your parents told you never to do. 294 00:19:39,180 --> 00:19:42,180 The cork looks like it's pushing out. Here it goes! 295 00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:43,180 Oh my god, it's happening. 296 00:19:43,180 --> 00:19:44,180 It's about to pop! 297 00:19:44,180 --> 00:19:45,180 It's happening. 298 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:49,180 I forgot to even see where it went. 299 00:19:49,180 --> 00:19:52,180 Talk about a champagne moment. 300 00:19:52,180 --> 00:19:58,180 After five minutes of flame, the cork flies from the bottle at an astonishing 60 miles an hour. 301 00:19:58,180 --> 00:20:01,180 But gets lodged in the ceiling. 302 00:20:01,180 --> 00:20:05,180 Finally we're getting some results and this is looking very good for the myth. 303 00:20:05,180 --> 00:20:12,180 With the champagne bottles, our corks are actually going so far, you're not able to measure them on our scale. 304 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:13,180 They keep hitting the roof. 305 00:20:13,180 --> 00:20:21,180 Having hit the champagne ceiling, they head outside, where there's no limit to how far they can pop their corks. 306 00:20:21,180 --> 00:20:22,180 Lighten it up. 307 00:20:22,180 --> 00:20:25,180 But will they get the 100 feet thereafter? 308 00:20:25,180 --> 00:20:27,180 I see some dripping. 309 00:20:27,180 --> 00:20:28,180 I see dripping. 310 00:20:28,180 --> 00:20:30,180 Well, not with test one. 311 00:20:33,180 --> 00:20:34,180 What is that? 312 00:20:34,180 --> 00:20:35,180 40 feet? 313 00:20:35,180 --> 00:20:36,180 40 feet! 314 00:20:36,180 --> 00:20:38,180 And not with test two. 315 00:20:39,180 --> 00:20:42,180 Six minutes, the bottle exploded. 316 00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:47,180 Test three with some extra agitation does better. 317 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:49,180 Where'd it go? 318 00:20:49,180 --> 00:20:50,180 Out there. 319 00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:52,180 50 feet! 320 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:54,180 But still not good enough. 321 00:20:54,180 --> 00:20:57,180 So what does this mean for the myth? 322 00:20:57,180 --> 00:21:04,180 What all the results have in common is that none of them is even close to the mythical 100 feet that we need. 323 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:07,180 But this is myth buster. 324 00:21:07,180 --> 00:21:09,180 We're not just going to stop here. 325 00:21:14,180 --> 00:21:19,180 Turning torpedoes full scale, the myth busters struck a problem. 326 00:21:21,180 --> 00:21:23,180 But it's okay because... 327 00:21:25,180 --> 00:21:28,180 Jamie Heidemann has been on the case. 328 00:21:29,180 --> 00:21:31,180 Dude, that is amazing! 329 00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:42,180 I've heard about this technique called hydraforming, where you use water pressure to form sheet metal shells, and I decided to give it a try. 330 00:21:43,180 --> 00:21:52,180 All you do is you take a couple of pieces of sheet metal and you weld them together, and then you pump high pressure water in between them, and it inflates like a balloon, at least in theory. 331 00:21:52,180 --> 00:21:53,180 Let's go! 332 00:21:56,180 --> 00:21:58,180 You want to see how I pulled it off? 333 00:21:58,180 --> 00:21:59,180 Okay. 334 00:22:00,180 --> 00:22:06,180 Yep, with his extracurricular determination, Jamie has come up with an ingenious plan B. 335 00:22:06,180 --> 00:22:11,180 We take our piece of sheet metal and clamp it between two massive plates of steel. 336 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:19,180 We've cut out an almond shaped hole in the top plate, and attached our pressure washer pump to a small hole in the bottom plate. 337 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:21,180 Now here's the fun part. 338 00:22:21,180 --> 00:22:29,180 All we do is start the pump, and the water pressure pushes the sheet metal out the almond shaped hole, inflating it just like a balloon. 339 00:22:29,180 --> 00:22:31,180 Ha! It's perfect! 340 00:22:33,180 --> 00:22:39,180 It's a long way from medieval blacksmithing, but I can make a torpedo shell in about a half an hour. 341 00:22:41,180 --> 00:22:43,180 It's like magic. 342 00:22:44,180 --> 00:22:46,180 Beating, beating on it with a hammer. 343 00:22:47,180 --> 00:22:56,180 Each set of shells is given a rocket casing and some foam flotation to ensure they don't sink to the bottom of the lake while testing. 344 00:22:56,180 --> 00:23:02,180 And finally, a set of laser precision control fins to keep them in line. 345 00:23:03,180 --> 00:23:04,180 That was a lot of work. 346 00:23:04,180 --> 00:23:06,180 Man, they look fantastic. 347 00:23:06,180 --> 00:23:09,180 I think our torpedo army is ready for deployment. 348 00:23:09,180 --> 00:23:10,180 Time for a road trip? 349 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,180 It is. 350 00:23:13,180 --> 00:23:21,180 And I own quarry where the mythbusters have slid, flipped, and blasted myths before. 351 00:23:22,180 --> 00:23:23,180 Oh yeah. 352 00:23:24,180 --> 00:23:27,180 Is the perfect location for deployment. 353 00:23:28,180 --> 00:23:29,180 Shall we get started? 354 00:23:29,180 --> 00:23:30,180 Yeah, why not? 355 00:23:31,180 --> 00:23:32,180 Let it drift. 356 00:23:32,180 --> 00:23:34,180 First up, to create a familiar target. 357 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:37,180 Do you want to save your own city? 358 00:23:38,180 --> 00:23:44,180 At 800 feet from shore, the boat is positioned well out of reach of an ancient archer. 359 00:23:44,180 --> 00:23:47,180 But, will it be within reach of their torpedo? 360 00:23:48,180 --> 00:23:49,180 Well, there we go. 361 00:23:50,180 --> 00:23:51,180 It was nice and pretty. 362 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:52,180 Now it's really ugly. 363 00:23:55,180 --> 00:23:59,180 You may remember earlier that we do best with a flat bottom pole on our torpedo. 364 00:23:59,180 --> 00:24:01,180 And this is actually kind of rounded. 365 00:24:01,180 --> 00:24:05,180 But I figure it's okay because of the way that I've placed the rocket motor back here. 366 00:24:05,180 --> 00:24:10,180 And this forms kind of a straight or flat line, which is what I'm looking for. 367 00:24:10,180 --> 00:24:15,180 Because when this gets up and running, this is all that's going to be actually contacting the water. 368 00:24:15,180 --> 00:24:17,180 And that's what's important. 369 00:24:17,180 --> 00:24:20,180 That's what's going to allow it to move real quick and real efficiently. 370 00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:21,180 Quick and efficiently. 371 00:24:21,180 --> 00:24:28,180 Because to test its success as an ancient weapon, they're zeroing in on two crucial criteria. 372 00:24:28,180 --> 00:24:32,180 Its accuracy and its ability to deliver its deadly payload. 373 00:24:32,180 --> 00:24:36,180 And to test those, they'll need some rocket power. 374 00:24:36,180 --> 00:24:39,180 In the sparse details we've been able to uncover about this story, 375 00:24:39,180 --> 00:24:44,180 the torpedo is said to be powered by a rocket composed of 20 pounds of black powder. 376 00:24:44,180 --> 00:24:47,180 What does that equal in a modern day repeatable equivalent? 377 00:24:47,180 --> 00:24:49,180 Well, it turns out to be this puppy. 378 00:24:49,180 --> 00:24:51,180 This is an M motor. 379 00:24:51,180 --> 00:24:55,180 It puts out 270 pounds of thrust for approximately 14 seconds. 380 00:24:55,180 --> 00:24:59,180 And it will be our ye olde rocket engine. 381 00:24:59,180 --> 00:25:04,180 With the ye olde rocket equivalent on board, test one is about accuracy, 382 00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:07,180 getting their torpedo to hit its mark. 383 00:25:07,180 --> 00:25:09,180 Alright, that's hot. Let's do it. 384 00:25:09,180 --> 00:25:11,180 Let's see what it does. 385 00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:17,180 And even though there are not yet incendiaries on board, the guys take cover behind the blast shields. 386 00:25:17,180 --> 00:25:19,180 Alright, ma'am, count it down. 387 00:25:19,180 --> 00:25:28,180 Okay, here we go with the full power rocket in three, two, one, go. 388 00:25:28,180 --> 00:25:39,180 Whoa. 389 00:25:39,180 --> 00:25:44,180 Well, I don't know, maybe that was a little too powerful. What do you think? 390 00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:47,180 It was fun though. Let's do it again. 391 00:25:47,180 --> 00:25:57,180 Everything started out okay, and then everything seemed to go haywire. 392 00:25:57,180 --> 00:26:04,180 It spiraled up into the sky and did this massive belly flop, absolutely crushing the top of this. 393 00:26:04,180 --> 00:26:09,180 Wow, that is a lot of damage. 394 00:26:09,180 --> 00:26:13,180 This is like a car accident's worth of damage. 395 00:26:13,180 --> 00:26:19,180 It bent the entire central shaft of this thing on an arc. It's fantastic. 396 00:26:19,180 --> 00:26:23,180 Fantastic, but nowhere near accurate. 397 00:26:23,180 --> 00:26:28,180 So for test two, they'll reduce the speed and cut its thrust. 398 00:26:28,180 --> 00:26:34,180 This nozzle has been drilled out to 5 eighths of an inch, which should lower its pressure rating to between 150 and 180 pounds of thrust, 399 00:26:34,180 --> 00:26:40,180 which should be the butter zone that'll get our torpedo all the way to the boat while staying in the water. 400 00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:49,180 Now this is rocket science, but that's still the equivalent of the mythical 20 pounds of black powder, just with a longer burn time. 401 00:26:49,180 --> 00:26:56,180 Question is, will reducing its speed help their torpedo stay water bound and stay on target? 402 00:26:56,180 --> 00:27:03,180 This is the Goldilocks torpedo in three, two, one, fire. 403 00:27:08,180 --> 00:27:13,180 Despite its promise and start, frustratingly, the torpedo still took flight. 404 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:19,180 Still a little too much power, but really nice. 405 00:27:21,180 --> 00:27:25,180 I think that's fun by itself. Why do we need to hit the boat? 406 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:31,180 Damn, that one just wouldn't quit. 407 00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:36,180 It was like a porpoise. It kept going up and right down underwater and up. 408 00:27:37,180 --> 00:27:44,180 And although the torpedo's aerobatics are certainly entertaining, 409 00:27:44,180 --> 00:27:50,180 annoyingly for our mythbusters, it's a long way off the direct hit of the myth. 410 00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:54,180 It's not working too well. We're going to have to figure something else out. 411 00:27:54,180 --> 00:27:56,180 Yeah, well, let's get on it. 412 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:03,180 Please do not try what we do on this show at home. 413 00:28:03,180 --> 00:28:05,180 We're what you call experts. 414 00:28:05,180 --> 00:28:07,180 It's safer that way. 415 00:28:12,180 --> 00:28:17,180 It's no myth that this semi became a blazing Vino Inferno, 416 00:28:17,180 --> 00:28:21,180 but did its cargo really explode as per the reports? 417 00:28:22,180 --> 00:28:28,180 Okay, so there's two parts to this myth. The distance the corks flew and the machine gun firing effect. 418 00:28:28,180 --> 00:28:31,180 Well, as far as the distance goes, it's looking a little dodgy. 419 00:28:31,180 --> 00:28:35,180 I mean, even our best performer, the champagne, chilled and agitated, 420 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:38,180 only went 50 feet, half the required distance. 421 00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:41,180 All right, well, that just leaves the machine gun fire effect. 422 00:28:41,180 --> 00:28:43,180 I think it's time we take this myth full scale. 423 00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:48,180 I totally agree. Let's fill a semi truck full of wine, both our winning still, which was the re-sling, 424 00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:51,180 and a ton of champagne and see if we can get a machine gun fire. 425 00:28:51,180 --> 00:28:53,180 To the bomb range! 426 00:28:54,180 --> 00:28:58,180 Yep, there's only one destination for this bottle barbecue. 427 00:28:59,180 --> 00:29:01,180 And it's BYO SEMITRAILER. 428 00:29:01,180 --> 00:29:03,180 It's actually a pretty good condition. 429 00:29:03,180 --> 00:29:05,180 Let's burn it. 430 00:29:05,180 --> 00:29:09,180 And with the truck in position, prepped, and the fire would stop. 431 00:29:09,180 --> 00:29:11,180 Nice job, Mythbusters. 432 00:29:11,180 --> 00:29:15,180 Now to stock it with some bottom of the line wine. 433 00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:19,180 So we have our truck. Now we're going to fill it with almost a thousand bottles of champagne, 434 00:29:19,180 --> 00:29:21,180 which is our obvious clear winner from our bottle experiments. 435 00:29:21,180 --> 00:29:25,180 We got 60 miles an hour and 50 feet from those corks. 436 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:29,180 Just for good measure, we're going to throw in a few bottles of our still winner as well, 437 00:29:29,180 --> 00:29:31,180 which is the long skinny bottle. 438 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:34,180 All right, here we go. We're lighting up. 439 00:29:34,180 --> 00:29:35,180 Okay. 440 00:29:35,180 --> 00:29:38,180 Three, two, one. 441 00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:42,180 Let's go. 442 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:44,180 That's beautiful. 443 00:29:44,180 --> 00:29:47,180 I mean, it's not like a machine gun you would imagine. 444 00:29:47,180 --> 00:29:49,180 It's more... 445 00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:50,180 Not yet. Hold your horses. 446 00:29:50,180 --> 00:29:52,180 The spearman's not over yet. 447 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:55,180 That's what carries right, because in their earlier tests, 448 00:29:55,180 --> 00:29:59,180 it sometimes took eight minutes for the champagne to fire. 449 00:29:59,180 --> 00:30:01,180 Eight and a half minutes. 450 00:30:01,180 --> 00:30:03,180 Oh, man. 451 00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:07,180 And as the saying goes, good things come to those who wake. 452 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:09,180 Oh! 453 00:30:09,180 --> 00:30:12,180 There's your machine gun! 454 00:30:12,180 --> 00:30:15,180 Oh, my goodness. 455 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:17,180 It's like firecrackers. 456 00:30:17,180 --> 00:30:20,180 Yeah, really expensive firecrackers. 457 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:23,180 Oh! 458 00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:25,180 Oh! 459 00:30:25,180 --> 00:30:29,180 This is better than the fourth and the last. 460 00:30:29,180 --> 00:30:34,180 In fact, once the gunfire sounds start, 461 00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:36,180 there's no stopping them. 462 00:30:36,180 --> 00:30:38,180 Wow, you see shrapnel flying out here? 463 00:30:38,180 --> 00:30:39,180 Yeah. 464 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:43,180 As hundreds and hundreds of bottles either pop their corks 465 00:30:43,180 --> 00:30:47,180 or explode in the fire. 466 00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:49,180 I can't believe how well this is working. 467 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:51,180 After we set the trailer on fire, 468 00:30:51,180 --> 00:30:54,180 those bottles started popping just like a machine gun. 469 00:30:54,180 --> 00:30:57,180 It sounds like Fourth of July. 470 00:30:57,180 --> 00:30:59,180 I'm going to tell you one thing. 471 00:30:59,180 --> 00:31:01,180 If I were a fireman and I heard what sounded like 472 00:31:01,180 --> 00:31:05,180 automatic machine gun fire coming out of that thing, 473 00:31:05,180 --> 00:31:07,180 I wouldn't be approaching it. 474 00:31:07,180 --> 00:31:08,180 Absolutely. 475 00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:13,180 Because with corks flying 50 feet and glass shrapnel even further, 476 00:31:13,180 --> 00:31:18,180 this is a wine tasting to steer clear of. 477 00:31:18,180 --> 00:31:24,180 But with a semi reduced to ashes is the myth in any better shape. 478 00:31:24,180 --> 00:31:26,180 Look, look, there's one right there. 479 00:31:26,180 --> 00:31:27,180 Wow! 480 00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:28,180 What distance is that? 481 00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:30,180 That's easily 50 feet. 482 00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:31,180 You know what? 483 00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:32,180 It sounded like a machine gun. 484 00:31:32,180 --> 00:31:34,180 Yeah, but the myth said 100 feet. 485 00:31:34,180 --> 00:31:35,180 That's not even near it. 486 00:31:35,180 --> 00:31:37,180 So I'm thinking this is busted overall. 487 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:38,180 Yeah, I say busted. 488 00:31:38,180 --> 00:31:39,180 All right, busted. 489 00:31:39,180 --> 00:31:41,180 But what if we harness the power inside these bottles? 490 00:31:41,180 --> 00:31:42,180 Like what? 491 00:31:42,180 --> 00:31:44,180 I don't know, make it directional. 492 00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:45,180 Make some kind of a gun. 493 00:31:45,180 --> 00:31:46,180 A machine gun. 494 00:31:46,180 --> 00:31:47,180 Maybe. 495 00:31:47,180 --> 00:31:49,180 We're going to myth buster this up? 496 00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:50,180 Yeah. 497 00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:54,180 Next. 498 00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:57,180 That doesn't go at all like I expected. 499 00:32:03,180 --> 00:32:04,180 Is it a burn? 500 00:32:04,180 --> 00:32:06,180 Is it a plane? 501 00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:09,180 No, that's an ancient torpedo. 502 00:32:09,180 --> 00:32:12,180 And it's not supposed to be airborne. 503 00:32:13,180 --> 00:32:16,180 So our rockets do not have to be quite powerful. 504 00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:19,180 And when they cause our torpedoes to take off into the sky, 505 00:32:19,180 --> 00:32:21,180 that actually has a term in rocketry. 506 00:32:21,180 --> 00:32:23,180 It's called skyriding. 507 00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:25,180 We don't want to be skyriding. 508 00:32:25,180 --> 00:32:27,180 So we are going to add actually a tether, 509 00:32:27,180 --> 00:32:34,180 a guide wire under the water that will hopefully guide our torpedo right to the boat. 510 00:32:34,180 --> 00:32:36,180 The skyriding is on the wall. 511 00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:41,180 Accurately hitting the solo boat is proving more difficult than the more likely target 512 00:32:41,180 --> 00:32:44,180 of a 13th century invading armada. 513 00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:48,180 So for test three, accuracy is out of the picture. 514 00:32:48,180 --> 00:32:52,180 And they're jumping ship to test the payload delivery. 515 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:56,180 All right, ladies and germs, we're ready to head across the lake. 516 00:32:57,180 --> 00:32:58,180 Oh crap. 517 00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:01,180 Uh oh. 518 00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:04,180 All right, let's go. 519 00:33:04,180 --> 00:33:07,180 With the taut tether ready to keep it in line. 520 00:33:07,180 --> 00:33:09,180 That's a lot of tension. 521 00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:11,180 That's pretty good. 522 00:33:11,180 --> 00:33:16,180 Torpedo number three is loaded with a rocket equivalent of 20 pounds of black powder. 523 00:33:16,180 --> 00:33:19,180 And it's deadly payload. 524 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:21,180 These are my incendiary devices. 525 00:33:21,180 --> 00:33:27,180 They're actually filled with gasoline and a couple of other things to make it a secret recipe. 526 00:33:28,180 --> 00:33:33,180 That right there, 10 and a half pounds of death and destruction to be delivered 527 00:33:33,180 --> 00:33:36,180 as soon as possible to our enemies. 528 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:40,180 Death and destruction as long as it explodes on impact. 529 00:33:40,180 --> 00:33:44,180 For this to be a successful test, we've got to be able to launch our torpedo from shore, 530 00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:49,180 have it skim across the surface of the water and crash into our target boat, 531 00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:53,180 splashing incendiary liquid all over it and creating a big fireball. 532 00:33:53,180 --> 00:33:55,180 That's what we've got to do. 533 00:33:55,180 --> 00:33:57,180 Yep, accuracy is beside the point. 534 00:33:57,180 --> 00:34:02,180 This test is about whether the torpedo delivers its destructive payload. 535 00:34:03,180 --> 00:34:06,180 Tethered Goldilocks, let's hope this one works. 536 00:34:06,180 --> 00:34:10,180 In three, two, one, fire. 537 00:34:13,180 --> 00:34:15,180 Oh, shit. 538 00:34:16,180 --> 00:34:18,180 We're doing better without it tethered. 539 00:34:20,180 --> 00:34:21,180 I'm sad. 540 00:34:22,180 --> 00:34:24,180 Rockets don't like to be tethered. 541 00:34:24,180 --> 00:34:25,180 No. 542 00:34:25,180 --> 00:34:26,180 Nor torpedoes. 543 00:34:26,180 --> 00:34:28,180 They just want to be free. 544 00:34:28,180 --> 00:34:30,180 Free range torpedoes. 545 00:34:31,180 --> 00:34:36,180 In contrast to yesterday's test, the tethered definitely kept the torpedo waterbound, 546 00:34:36,180 --> 00:34:38,180 although a little too much so. 547 00:34:38,180 --> 00:34:41,180 But that's a problem they think they can fix. 548 00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:44,180 In the interest of trying everything we can think of, 549 00:34:44,180 --> 00:34:49,180 we have moved the boat from its original position of 800 feet from shore to 200 feet from shore 550 00:34:49,180 --> 00:34:53,180 and we've moved the guide wire from underwater to above water. 551 00:34:53,180 --> 00:34:55,180 I really hope this works. 552 00:34:56,180 --> 00:35:02,180 Remember, the historical record isn't clear as to whether this was a long or short range weapon. 553 00:35:02,180 --> 00:35:06,180 So they're closing in to concentrate on payload delivery. 554 00:35:06,180 --> 00:35:07,180 There we go. 555 00:35:07,180 --> 00:35:11,180 It's now or never for their torpedo of doom. 556 00:35:11,180 --> 00:35:19,180 Okay, and send your torpedo in three, two, one, fire. 557 00:35:22,180 --> 00:35:23,180 Come on, come on. 558 00:35:24,180 --> 00:35:25,180 No! 559 00:35:35,180 --> 00:35:36,180 Wow. 560 00:35:36,180 --> 00:35:38,180 That didn't go at all like I expected. 561 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:43,180 So close, but so far. 562 00:35:44,180 --> 00:35:46,180 Maybe we should just go home. 563 00:35:46,180 --> 00:35:49,180 No, we have to hurt this boat. 564 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:50,180 Darn it. 565 00:35:51,180 --> 00:35:54,180 Everything was going to plan, but the tethers snapped, 566 00:35:54,180 --> 00:35:58,180 turning the torpedo into a surface-to-air missile 567 00:35:58,180 --> 00:36:02,180 and getting the mythbusters all bent out of shape. 568 00:36:05,180 --> 00:36:07,180 I'm a sad monkey right now. 569 00:36:08,180 --> 00:36:09,180 That's our enemy. 570 00:36:09,180 --> 00:36:11,180 Look how close he is to shore. 571 00:36:11,180 --> 00:36:14,180 We've got rockets, we've got incendiary, 572 00:36:14,180 --> 00:36:16,180 but somehow we can't stop him. 573 00:36:17,180 --> 00:36:19,180 Just bugging the hell out of me. 574 00:36:19,180 --> 00:36:23,180 Yep, it seems the torpedo is less death and destruction 575 00:36:23,180 --> 00:36:26,180 and more like a weapon of mass frustration. 576 00:36:26,180 --> 00:36:29,180 And with only one remaining torpedo, 577 00:36:29,180 --> 00:36:32,180 they've only got one more shot at the myth. 578 00:36:32,180 --> 00:36:34,180 Captain Kirk never said this to Scotty, 579 00:36:34,180 --> 00:36:37,180 but I think we've got too much power. 580 00:36:37,180 --> 00:36:39,180 And that tether is not working for us. 581 00:36:39,180 --> 00:36:40,180 I think we've got to remove it. 582 00:36:40,180 --> 00:36:42,180 Yeah, I think so. 583 00:36:42,180 --> 00:36:44,180 I didn't know you watched Star Trek. 584 00:36:44,180 --> 00:36:45,180 Sure. 585 00:37:14,180 --> 00:37:15,180 Hey, hey, hey! 586 00:37:17,180 --> 00:37:20,180 But we didn't get the mythical 100 feet, 587 00:37:20,180 --> 00:37:22,180 so this one is busted. 588 00:37:22,180 --> 00:37:24,180 But we're not going to stop there. 589 00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:25,180 This is mythbusters. 590 00:37:25,180 --> 00:37:28,180 So the next step for us is to go with the spirit of the myth 591 00:37:28,180 --> 00:37:29,180 and replicate the results. 592 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:33,180 And that means making our own wine bottle machine gun. 593 00:37:34,180 --> 00:37:36,180 And back at the shop, 594 00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:39,180 that's exactly what the mythbusters are gunning for. 595 00:37:40,180 --> 00:37:41,180 So after all of our tessie, 596 00:37:41,180 --> 00:37:43,180 we've decided to try to replicate the result 597 00:37:43,180 --> 00:37:46,180 and give that machine gun effect the myth talks about 598 00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:49,180 by harnessing the power of the wine bottle. 599 00:37:49,180 --> 00:37:51,180 We basically just cut up a bunch of pipes, 600 00:37:51,180 --> 00:37:52,180 put it on some bearings, 601 00:37:52,180 --> 00:37:54,180 made it look like a gatling gun, 602 00:37:54,180 --> 00:37:56,180 and we're going to use propane as a heat source. 603 00:37:57,180 --> 00:38:01,180 This is it, the ultimate mythbuster wine machine gun. 604 00:38:01,180 --> 00:38:03,180 We're using chilled champagne bottles, 605 00:38:03,180 --> 00:38:06,180 shaken and set over an open flame. 606 00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:08,180 Now it's time to fire this thing. 607 00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:11,180 It's certainly a red hot piece of hardware. 608 00:38:11,180 --> 00:38:15,180 That only needs a target. 609 00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:17,180 And that's where Grant comes in. 610 00:38:18,180 --> 00:38:21,180 There'll be potentially shattering glass, 611 00:38:21,180 --> 00:38:23,180 boiling liquid. 612 00:38:23,180 --> 00:38:24,180 That's why I have this. 613 00:38:24,180 --> 00:38:26,180 It's a fire suit. 614 00:38:26,180 --> 00:38:28,180 Hopefully, it's going to keep me safe. 615 00:38:29,180 --> 00:38:30,180 Let's do this. 616 00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:35,180 With Grant quite literally staring down the barrel, 617 00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:37,180 Here come the pain. 618 00:38:37,180 --> 00:38:39,180 It's go time. 619 00:38:40,180 --> 00:38:43,180 I forgot to protect my nether regions. 620 00:38:43,180 --> 00:38:46,180 As machine guns go, it's a low key start, 621 00:38:46,180 --> 00:38:49,180 as the team has to wait ten minutes for the wine 622 00:38:49,180 --> 00:38:51,180 to reach optimum pressure. 623 00:38:51,180 --> 00:38:52,180 But then... 624 00:38:54,180 --> 00:38:56,180 Got him in the leg! 625 00:38:58,180 --> 00:39:00,180 Right in the ending! 626 00:39:03,180 --> 00:39:06,180 I don't know about dangerous, but it's hilarious. 627 00:39:10,180 --> 00:39:13,180 They're actually hitting with some force. 628 00:39:16,180 --> 00:39:18,180 Right in the gut! 629 00:39:18,180 --> 00:39:21,180 It's a sparkling mythbusters moment. 630 00:39:21,180 --> 00:39:22,180 Oh yeah! 631 00:39:22,180 --> 00:39:25,180 But with reloading too dangerous, 632 00:39:25,180 --> 00:39:27,180 the conclusion is inevitable. 633 00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:32,180 We got the wine bottles to act like a machine gun, 634 00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:36,180 and we got the corks to go in the direction we wanted it. 635 00:39:37,180 --> 00:39:39,180 I feel a little bad for Grant. 636 00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:42,180 Yeah! 637 00:39:42,180 --> 00:39:45,180 But I think he would agree it was worth it. 638 00:39:45,180 --> 00:39:46,180 At least for science. 639 00:39:57,180 --> 00:40:00,180 The mythbusters are at the end of their tether. 640 00:40:02,180 --> 00:40:04,180 Frustratingly, their ancient torpedoes 641 00:40:04,180 --> 00:40:08,180 have missed the boat on accuracy and payload delivery. 642 00:40:08,180 --> 00:40:11,180 But they've had a eureka moment. 643 00:40:12,180 --> 00:40:16,180 Perhaps it's all down to too much rocket power. 644 00:40:16,180 --> 00:40:19,180 Well sometimes less is more, and I think this is one of those times. 645 00:40:19,180 --> 00:40:21,180 We're going to lose the tether, 646 00:40:21,180 --> 00:40:23,180 and we're going to go with a rocket motor 647 00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:25,180 that puts out about half the thrust 648 00:40:25,180 --> 00:40:27,180 of the ones that we've been using here to form. 649 00:40:27,180 --> 00:40:30,180 Hopefully that'll allow our torpedo to stay as a boat, 650 00:40:30,180 --> 00:40:33,180 and not a rocket, and go crazy. 651 00:40:33,180 --> 00:40:36,180 If having the thrust doesn't get a direct hit, 652 00:40:36,180 --> 00:40:40,180 then this myth is totally and utterly sunk. 653 00:40:42,180 --> 00:40:43,180 With the boat fully prepped, 654 00:40:43,180 --> 00:40:45,180 and the torpedo armed to the teeth, 655 00:40:45,180 --> 00:40:48,180 it takes its slow walk to the shore. 656 00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:49,180 Don't drop it. 657 00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:50,180 I will not. 658 00:40:50,180 --> 00:40:53,180 But will it have the bite of the myth? 659 00:40:53,180 --> 00:40:55,180 This part when the explosives are alive, 660 00:40:55,180 --> 00:40:57,180 it's not the fun part of this job. 661 00:40:57,180 --> 00:40:58,180 No. 662 00:40:59,180 --> 00:41:02,180 The tension mounts as their final torpedo is ready for launch. 663 00:41:03,180 --> 00:41:04,180 It's alive. 664 00:41:04,180 --> 00:41:05,180 Good. 665 00:41:05,180 --> 00:41:07,180 Then the guys retreat behind the shields 666 00:41:07,180 --> 00:41:10,180 at its sinker swim time. 667 00:41:10,180 --> 00:41:14,180 In three, two, one, fire. 668 00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:20,180 This is starting to get me upset. 669 00:41:21,180 --> 00:41:23,180 There it goes. 670 00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:25,180 Come on, baby, come on, hit it. 671 00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:30,180 Ahhh! 672 00:41:30,180 --> 00:41:32,180 Just boom, boom. 673 00:41:33,180 --> 00:41:37,180 Yep, that certainly was chest bump worthy. 674 00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:43,180 Not only did the torpedo stay on the surface of the water, 675 00:41:44,180 --> 00:41:47,180 but it delivered its deadly payload. 676 00:41:47,180 --> 00:41:50,180 That sent fire up over the bow of the boat. 677 00:41:50,180 --> 00:41:52,180 That was awesome. 678 00:41:53,180 --> 00:41:55,180 Holy Crippala. 679 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:58,180 Oh, there's a fire. 680 00:41:58,180 --> 00:42:01,180 Luckily, I've got a 13th century fire extinguisher. 681 00:42:05,180 --> 00:42:07,180 I have saved your boat. 682 00:42:10,180 --> 00:42:12,180 Yeah, that was a perfect hit. 683 00:42:12,180 --> 00:42:14,180 And, you know, you could have used explosives, 684 00:42:14,180 --> 00:42:16,180 you could have incendiaries, anything you want. 685 00:42:16,180 --> 00:42:18,180 If it hit that hole like that. 686 00:42:18,180 --> 00:42:21,180 I'd be telling my other boats to turn around if one of those hit me. 687 00:42:21,180 --> 00:42:22,180 That's what I'd be saying. 688 00:42:22,180 --> 00:42:23,180 Turn around. 689 00:42:23,180 --> 00:42:24,180 Get the hell out of here. 690 00:42:24,180 --> 00:42:26,180 These people are crazy. 691 00:42:27,180 --> 00:42:31,180 That last launch was what we've been looking for all week. 692 00:42:33,180 --> 00:42:36,180 The engine cut fire, started to push the torpedo. 693 00:42:36,180 --> 00:42:39,180 It skipped beautifully on the surface, 694 00:42:39,180 --> 00:42:42,180 maybe veering about a foot or two to the right, 695 00:42:42,180 --> 00:42:44,180 and slammed into the side of the boat, 696 00:42:44,180 --> 00:42:47,180 embedding itself, releasing its incendiary, 697 00:42:47,180 --> 00:42:49,180 and catching it all on fire at the same moment, 698 00:42:49,180 --> 00:42:51,180 and setting the boat on fire. 699 00:42:51,180 --> 00:42:55,180 Pretty much every last thing in one launch. 700 00:42:55,180 --> 00:42:58,180 I still can't believe it. I'm pitching myself. 701 00:43:03,180 --> 00:43:05,180 Well, how do you want to call this one? 702 00:43:05,180 --> 00:43:08,180 Was the series mythical, surface, rocket-powered, 703 00:43:08,180 --> 00:43:11,180 incendiary-galloping torpedo been an effective weapon of war? 704 00:43:11,180 --> 00:43:13,180 Indeed it was, based on this task. 705 00:43:13,180 --> 00:43:14,180 We have to call it plausible, don't we? 706 00:43:14,180 --> 00:43:15,180 Absolutely. 707 00:43:15,180 --> 00:43:17,180 Bargain time machine, it's plausible. 708 00:43:17,180 --> 00:43:18,180 Let's get out of here. 709 00:43:25,180 --> 00:43:31,180 This episode of Mythbusters was presented by Chevrolet Volt.