1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,340 Don't try anything you're about to see at home. 2 00:00:03,340 --> 00:00:05,340 We're what you call experts. 3 00:00:05,340 --> 00:00:12,000 On this episode of Mythbusters, buckle up for thrills, 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,000 spills, and chills. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,500 I can't feel my fingers. 6 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:22,000 First, Adam and Jamie go all out for some spy car combat. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,500 Oh, I got you. Oh, yeah. You want some of this? 8 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:27,000 Testing whether wheels of misfortune... 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Not enough, yeah. 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,000 And wood-mounted machine guns really work. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Swirl of all you want, man. I can follow you. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Meanwhile, Carrie Grant and Tori get in a spin. 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Mythbusters on ice. 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 As they find out if a bullet fired into a frozen lake 15 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 can really spin like a top. 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 See, there's no string here. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 It's a story that starts in San Francisco. 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 I don't see any spinning bullets. 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 But ends in a bitter battle 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,000 as the Mythbusters take on Mother Nature. 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 The next myth is in the Bahamas, right? 22 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 Who are the Mythbusters? 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Adam Savage. 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Wow! 25 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 And Jamie Heineman. 26 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 All right, it's party time. 27 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience, 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 joining them, 29 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Grant Imahara. 30 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,000 For science. 31 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Carrie Byron. 32 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Right to over the job. 33 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 And Tori Belichi. 34 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 They don't just tell the Myths. 35 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,000 They put them to the test. 36 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,000 First up, buckle up for some spy car carnage. 37 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Spy car revenge. 38 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Spy car revenge. 39 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Yeah, the original spy car was all about defensive weapons 40 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 a spy might have in his car 41 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 that could foil someone who's chasing him. 42 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Spy car revenge is about offensive weapons 43 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 a chaser would have to disable a car he's chasing. 44 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 What'd you have in mind? 45 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 I've got two things. 46 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 The first one, spiky things that come out of the hubs of their wheels 47 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 and tear up their opponents' cars while they're driving next to them. 48 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Nice. What's the other one? 49 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Guns mounted on the hood of the spy's car. 50 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 That's very cool. 51 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Let's start with the spikest first. 52 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Okay. 53 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Okay guys, I'm all oiled up and ready to go. 54 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 In spy car round one, 55 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 the guys evaluated evasion antics 56 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 with mixed success. 57 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 But this time, it's out with escape 58 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 and in with attack. 59 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 But can hood mounted guns 60 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,000 and hub mounted wheel spikes really work 61 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 first time every time? 62 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 So, wheel spikes. 63 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 There are tons of movies that have used that trick. 64 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 We can't do all of them. 65 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 No, we can't. 66 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 I think we should boil it down and pick two. 67 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Well, there's a classic in Goldfinger. 68 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 It's really simple. We've got to do that one. 69 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 And there is a really pretty nicely complex one in the green hornet. 70 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 I'd like to try out. 71 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Sounds like we've got a plan. 72 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 I think we do. 73 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 And it's a plan that starts with the delivery 74 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 for Mythbusters very own cue. 75 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 This car is going to be our chase car. 76 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 When I'm done with it, it's going to be a vicious and aggressive car. 77 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 In fact, I think I'm going to call it slash 78 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000 because that's what it's going to do. 79 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,000 With slash sitting pretty, 80 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Jamie begins by building the first of the two wheel spikes. 81 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 The deadly device from Goldfinger. 82 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 It's pretty simple really. 83 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 All it has is a blender style blade, 84 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 like this one that I cut out on the plasma cutter, 85 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 attached to the end of a post. 86 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 So I'll weld this on here like so, 87 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 weld on the hub piece, 88 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 and then sharpen the blades. 89 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 As slashers go, it's certainly simple. 90 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Looks about right to me. 91 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,000 But will the Cremale steel be strong enough to not buckle under pressure? 92 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Ouch! 93 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Meanwhile, tire slasher two is anything but basic. 94 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 The Green Hornet device is a little more complicated. 95 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 It has a bunch of spiky finger-like things 96 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 that are welded to a central hub like so. 97 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Now, I've mocked all this up in wood 98 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 so that I can get the geometry right. 99 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:28,000 And then, all I have to do is cut a bunch of steel pieces out like this, 100 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 weld them all together, 101 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 and I'm done. 102 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 In that case, let's cut to the chase, literally. 103 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 You ready to do this? 104 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Are you ready to get slashed up? 105 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Ha ha! You just try and catch me! 106 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Enjoy it while it lasts, buddy. 107 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:55,000 While Adam spins out for no reason other than because he can, 108 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Jamie gets on with the odd job in hand, 109 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 attaching the gold finger slinger. 110 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 This blade looks pretty nasty, 111 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 and I'm positive it'll take out an Adam's tire. 112 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 But when it comes to meeting something stronger, 113 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,000 his wheel or steel parts of the body, 114 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 I'm not so sure because this is a pretty long lever, 115 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 and that means it could get bent. 116 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 With that in mind, 117 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 I did make this out of chrome-olive steel, 118 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 which is very, very strong, 119 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 but what it actually does, 120 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 we're just gonna have to try and find out. 121 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 And to do just that, 122 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 the guys are establishing some very precise rules of engagement. 123 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 This story is all about how much damage 124 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Jamie's spikes will do to my car. 125 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 I'm not going to avoid him. 126 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,000 I'm gonna drive at a constant speed while he pulls up 127 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 and does as much damage as he can. 128 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 So, from the green flag, 129 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 the two cars will accelerate to 40 miles an hour. 130 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 When they hit the red flag, 131 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Jamie will engage new weapon into the driver's side of my car. 132 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,000 They'll have 500 yards to inflict as much damage as he can. 133 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 My prediction? 134 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 I don't think this gold finger spike is gonna do much more than 135 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 carve up the side of my car. 136 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 I don't think it's gonna take me out. 137 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Dude, nice gold finger spike. 138 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Pretty nasty, huh? 139 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Totally. 140 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Are you ready for it? 141 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Absolutely. 142 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 With the first spike locked and loaded, 143 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 let's get the show on the road. 144 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Okay. 145 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Gold finger spike. 146 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,000 In three, two, one. 147 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Both cars accelerate towards the red flag 148 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 of the engagement zone. 149 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 And once there, the carnage can begin. 150 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Jamie's first bump tears through the car door. 151 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,000 The second shreds the tire like the proverbial knife through butter. 152 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,000 And that loss of traction brings Adam's car to a slow stop. 153 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,000 You know, right there a little buddy? 154 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 You totally disabled me. 155 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Meaning that for the James Bond simple spike, 156 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 it's pretty much mission accomplished. 157 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Wow, dude, that is beautiful. 158 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 That was crazy effective. 159 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Yeah, it sliced right through the rear of the car 160 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 and went into the tire. 161 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 No problem. 162 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 I have never been in a purposeful accident. 163 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Especially not one where the person I was driving next to 164 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 wanted to cause damage to me. 165 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Oh, that's really scary. 166 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 My leg is right on the other side of this. 167 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Check that out. 168 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 And it took out this tire magnificently. 169 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 I had no idea that this method would be this effective. 170 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Test one's low tech specs were a steely success. 171 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 But can its more elaborate counterpart do any better? 172 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Given the success of the Bond spike, 173 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,000 you'd think that this monster would be a shoe in. 174 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 But I'm not so sure. 175 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000 It's much more complicated. 176 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,000 There's more stuff to go wrong. 177 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Sometimes size isn't everything. 178 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 But will this be one of those times? 179 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Right. 180 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Now let's roll test two. 181 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Dude, from here those spikes look sick. 182 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Well, are you ready to feel the touch? 183 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,000 I'm ready. Let's do it. 184 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Okay, green hornet. 185 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,000 In three, two, one. 186 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Like last time, the guys carefully accelerated. 187 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Because they want to know if the weapon works, 188 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,000 not how easy it is to deploy. 189 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,000 All right, I'm at cruise control going at 40. 190 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Here he comes. 191 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Oh, crap. 192 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Oh, crap. 193 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Oh, no. 194 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Oh, no is right. 195 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Any hope that this weapon's sting would be harmless 196 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 is immediately abandoned. 197 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Oh, crap. 198 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Oh, come on. 199 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Come on, let's ask him more. 200 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Despite Adam's fighting talk, one bump later, 201 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:16,000 and his journey's brought to a premature end. 202 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,000 What did you do to me? 203 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Another successful destruction. 204 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Insane. 205 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 I think I'm getting a little better at this as I practice. 206 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Yeah, you took that tire out pretty handily. 207 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Yeah, I went in right about here 208 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 and then started to go back until I hit the tire. 209 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 I heard the bang. 210 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Awesome. 211 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,000 The green hornet spike made mincemeat of Adam's car, 212 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 opening it up like a sardine can, 213 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 and shredding the tire to pieces. 214 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Oh, no. 215 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 But Jamie's not convinced. 216 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Personally, I think this one is more show than anything else. 217 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 I mean, it did take out the tire, 218 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 and it messed up the side of the car, 219 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 but it really didn't do any more damage 220 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 than the Bond one did. 221 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Jamie's got a point, 222 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,000 because both wheel spikes did more or less the same damage. 223 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 That felt like I got hit by a power schoole. 224 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,000 And both brought Adam to a complete stop. 225 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Oh, I lost all power. 226 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,000 But Jamie thinks there is room for improvement. 227 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Both of our movie spikes work pretty well. 228 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,000 The thing is, they're really pretty much just fancy tire poppers, 229 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,000 because who cares if you put scratches or holes in the sheet metal? 230 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 It's not really going to stop the car. 231 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Makes me wonder, though, what would. 232 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:34,000 And that's a thought that should have Adam very, very afraid. 233 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Still to come, Jamie's wonder turns to thunder. 234 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 You are one sick puppy. 235 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 That is messed up. 236 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:48,000 But next, will a bullet fired into ice spin like a top? 237 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,000 All right, this is spinning bullet at 42 degrees. 238 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Next up, it's time to spin out. 239 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Okay, so our next myth is based on a video clip 240 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 that was sent in by a viewer. 241 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 And it's kind of weird. 242 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Ooh, do you still have the video? I want to see it. 243 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Okay, not like that. 244 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 There's a guy in a frozen lake bed with a bunch of his buddies 245 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 shooting a nine-mil into the ice 246 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,000 and somehow they get their bullets to just spin like a top. 247 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Now that sounds like a myth. 248 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 That's exactly why we're testing it. 249 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 It's no myth that a bullet fired from a handgun 250 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,000 spins at over 80,000 rpm. 251 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 But can a bullet fired into a frozen lake 252 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 really spin like a top? 253 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 I'll see there's no string here. 254 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 In other words, is this video the real deal? 255 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Or is this myth on thin ice? 256 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Look, I gotta say, I got my doubts about this one. 257 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Yeah, I know, this looks pretty bizarre, 258 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 but I think it's worth testing. 259 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 I agree, but where are we going to find a frozen lake bed? 260 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 It's the middle of summer. 261 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Yeah, I've been thinking about that. 262 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 And I think we've got to build our own frozen lake. 263 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 We've done crazier. 264 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Yeah, and we should definitely try two different shots. 265 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Maybe we'll shoot one directly into the ice 266 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 and then one as a ricochet 267 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 and see if one of those gives us a spinning bullet. 268 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Okay, let's do it. 269 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 But before anyone spins out, 270 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Tori's getting to grips with a gun grip 271 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,000 or ransom rest because for this myth, 272 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 geometry is key. 273 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Now, if this myth is true, 274 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 the key element here is finding at which angle 275 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 to fire the gun into the ice. 276 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 So, I have my gun, I have my ransom rest. 277 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Now what I need to do is build a holder 278 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 that is adjustable so we can fire at the ice 279 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 at different angles. 280 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Finding the right angle is vital. 281 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Two straight and the bullet will deform and not spin. 282 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Two shallow and the slug will skip off the ice 283 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,000 and be lost forever. 284 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Now, I found out a little bit more about the shooter in the myth. 285 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Now, he's about six feet tall 286 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 and shot about six feet in front of him. 287 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 So, since Tori's six feet tall, 288 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 I'm going to have him stand in for the shooter. 289 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Okay, Tori, put your feet right at the line. 290 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 I'm going to have him hold the gun and aim at six feet. 291 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Here's a laser pointer to help you find the six foot mark. 292 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Then, I'm going to check the angle of the gun 293 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 and the distance it is from the ground. 294 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Okay, that is about 42 degrees. 295 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 And let's see what the height is. 296 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 About 44 and a half inches. 297 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 With that information, we can put our ransom rest 298 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 in the right place to get the results we're looking for. 299 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Now we know where to set the ransom rest. 300 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Well, at least where to start. 301 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Knowing where to start is a start. 302 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 And with the shooting rig ready to fire, 303 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 they're off to take aim at this myth. 304 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,000 We're on the rifle range at the Shabou Gun Club, 305 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 so we can recreate the circumstances 306 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 of the spinning ice bullets. 307 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,000 In the myth, this event takes place on a frozen pond 308 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 in the middle of winter. 309 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Because it's the middle of summer 310 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 and we're in Northern California, 311 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,000 frozen ponds are not in plentiful supply. 312 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 All right, bring in the ice. 313 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 But what we're going to do is create our own, 314 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:04,000 using nine 40-inch by 24-inch by 10-inch thick solid ice blocks. 315 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Okay, there we go. 316 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Myth best is on ice. 317 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 All right, maybe not. 318 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 Putting those all together and hopefully, 319 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,000 that amount of mass will be enough to create a spin. 320 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 It's certainly a large slice of ice 321 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 and the next best thing to a frozen lake. 322 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Is it bad if you can't fill your fingertips? 323 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 They said this would be a cool myth. 324 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 I didn't believe them. 325 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000 Look at that. 326 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Instant frozen lake. 327 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 I wouldn't say instant. 328 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Good point. 329 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Okay, so we're going to fire and then look and listen 330 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 for any sort of spinning bullet. 331 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000 All right, this is a spinning bullet at 42 degrees. 332 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 In three, two, one. 333 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,000 The Glock is positioned in Tori's angle finder to 42 degrees 334 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 and then it's go time. 335 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Okay, so we're going to fire and then look and listen 336 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 for any sort of spinning bullet. 337 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,000 All right, this is a spinning bullet at 42 degrees. 338 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 In three, two, one. 339 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000 The gun fires. 340 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,000 The ice shatters. 341 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 But what happens to the bullet? 342 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Well, we hit the ice, but no spinning bullet. 343 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Look how much it fractured. 344 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 I bet it's right in there. 345 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Carries spot on. 346 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,000 The bullet hit the ice and simply embedded itself deep inside 347 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,000 where a spin is out of the question. 348 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:59,000 But undeterred, the mythbusters decide to try again. 349 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,000 All right, gun is loaded. 350 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 We're hot. 351 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Let's do this. 352 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Round two. 353 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Three, two, one. 354 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Wow. 355 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:15,000 It's another 42 degree hit, but with the same result. 356 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,000 I don't see any spinning bullets. 357 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 But all is not lost. 358 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Okay, we're 0 for 2, but you know what? 359 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,000 That's fine because it doesn't always work in the viral video. 360 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Not every shot yields a spin, so we can't call it just yet. 361 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,000 In three, two, one. 362 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Test three also has nothing akin to a spin. 363 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,000 But when they recover the round, there is cause for cautious optimism. 364 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Oh my gosh, but look at this. 365 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:51,000 The bullet has not deformed, which means there might be some truth to this myth. 366 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 That could potentially spin. 367 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:58,000 But with test four, where is the elusive spinning bullet? 368 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Five, it's not here. 369 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Six and seven also failing to spin out. 370 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 That optimism soon melts away. 371 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 The sun's coming out. 372 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 The lake's melting. 373 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Still no spinning bullets. 374 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Meaning it's time for a plan B. 375 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 So the direct hit experiment isn't really giving us anything. 376 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,000 So we're going to change our firing angle and try for the ricochet. 377 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:29,000 We're going to fire into the ice block and hope to catch the spinning bullet on the larger frozen lake. 378 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 This is not going to be easy. 379 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Coming right up in Spy Car, the revenge. 380 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000 I think that had hurt another car if you drove into it. 381 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Will Jamie be psyched by his spike? 382 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 This will after. 383 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 In three, two, one. 384 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:56,000 So far in the Spy Spike Department, we've tested the Goldfinger Spike. 385 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Which did this kind of damage. 386 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Now apparently Jamie's rigged up some kind of special Einemann sauce to come at me with one last time. 387 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,000 Even though Adam was psyched by the spikes, I'm going home. 388 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Jamie saw a room for improvement. 389 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 I don't think he's going to make it very far. 390 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 So we slip back to the show. 391 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 We're going to go to the show. 392 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 We're going to go to the show. 393 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 We're going to go to the show. 394 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 We're going to go to the show. 395 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 I don't think he's going to make it very far. 396 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:36,000 So we slip back to the shop to conjure up a wheel of misfortune. 397 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Straight from the Einemann House of Horrors. 398 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,000 I think that had hurt another car if you drove into it. 399 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:50,000 And back at the runway with nuts tightened, it's time to put it to the test. 400 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000 This design is about the worst thing I could come up with. 401 00:18:53,000 --> 00:19:00,000 What's different about it is that the other designs all had relatively long skinny shafts with a cutting blade on the tip. 402 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:07,000 And those shafts could bend the little blades that were on the tip could also bend or dull relatively easily. 403 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,000 And they did. 404 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Whereas this has this massive base that's very strong. 405 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:19,000 So I reckon this will go right into the car and just keep on cutting without damaging itself. 406 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Are you ready? 407 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 I am. 408 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Okay, the slasher. 409 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,000 And three, two, one. 410 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,000 For the final time, the Mythbusters motor down the runway. 411 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Until the red flag signals the bullish Jamie to charge. 412 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Straight away, he takes out Adam's rear tire. 413 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Then he slices and dices along the whole side. 414 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Come on Jamie, I can take more. 415 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,000 With Adam at his mercy, Jamie goes in for the kill. 416 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,000 And rips the entire front tire clean off. 417 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Not enough. 418 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Leaving only one possible outcome. 419 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,000 That was too much fun. 420 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Woo! 421 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,000 That fulfills like a deep childhood fantasy. 422 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 I want another car. 423 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 I want to do this again. 424 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,000 It was a heavy metal massacre in the truest sense of the word. 425 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 I got to see this. 426 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,000 I think I messed your car up a little bit. 427 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 I'm sorry about that. 428 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 I don't know what I was thinking. 429 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000 That is a horror. 430 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Where's my tire? 431 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 My tire is still there. 432 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 I'd say my spike was pretty effective. 433 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,000 I mean, there's not a whole lot more that you could do to the side of a car. 434 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Not only did I pop the tires, but I completely removed them. 435 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:03,000 The car can't move at all now because the chassis is sitting on the ground, in fact. 436 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 It worked a little better than I thought it would. 437 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:11,000 With Spy Myth 1 a slashing success, it's time to bring out the big guns. 438 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Is this firearms film the real deal? 439 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:25,000 For just bullet baloney, can a slug really spin like a frozen top? 440 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Three, two, one. 441 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Well, the Mythbusters direct hit approach was shot down. 442 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 I don't see any spinning bullets. 443 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,000 So it's time to modify the method. 444 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 So far, the direct shot did not work. 445 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,000 So we're going to move on to the ricochet, which brings into play our larger frozen lakebed. 446 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:51,000 What we're going to do is lower the angle of the shot, hopefully allowing the bullet to skip off the ice onto our frozen lakebed. 447 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,000 And we'll see if we can get that bullet spinning. 448 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:59,000 We actually have information from the guy who supposedly did the shooting. 449 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:06,000 And what he told us is that every time he tried it, the bullet bled at between two and eight feet from the point of impact of the ice. 450 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,000 We have a 10 foot slab of ice out there. 451 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Sounds easy. It won't be. 452 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Well, to find out, they're starting by using a ricochet friendly angle of 30 degrees. 453 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 I'm hoping this works. 454 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 In three, two, one. 455 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,000 It's a clean hit, but the bullets got a wall. 456 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000 It's not on the pond nor in the cube. 457 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Wait a minute. That's good news because the bullet isn't in there. 458 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000 It did ricochet. I don't know where it went, but at least it popped out right. 459 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:43,000 The high speed confirms that on the one hand they did get a ricochet. 460 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:48,000 But on the other, the bouncing bullet did not land on their lake. 461 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 So they reset the shot. 462 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,000 All right, let's go before spring comes. 463 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,000 But again, the bullet disappears. 464 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,000 The good news is we got a ricochet. 465 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,000 The bad news, we can't find the bullet anywhere. 466 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 It's nowhere on the lake bed, so that's why we have this. 467 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:12,000 This backboard with the white paper is going to tell us if the bullet hits this, we'll know exactly where it goes. 468 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 All right, we're hot. 469 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 That's the thing. 470 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Is this the magic formula? 471 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:24,000 But in practice, even the ricochet catcher doesn't catch the ricochet. 472 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,000 So it must be firing way over our backboard. 473 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,000 So next, the team wrangles the angle. 474 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:36,000 But whether it be high, we are loaded at 45 degrees. 475 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Low, 31 degrees. 476 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Or somewhere in between. 477 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,000 All right, we're going to go to the next round. 478 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Or somewhere in between. 479 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,000 All right, we are locked and loaded at a 38 degree angle. 480 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,000 The ricocheting round never lands on the lake. 481 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,000 And I don't see a spinning bullet. 482 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 I don't see the ricochet at all. 483 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Anything? 484 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Backboard's clean. 485 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 You know, we can be here all day. 486 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 We have been here all day. 487 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 And what a frustrating day it's been. 488 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:13,000 But without finding a single ricochet, it's just not possible to call the myth one way or the other. 489 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,000 We've been experimenting all day to find the perfect conditions to create the mythical spinning bullet. 490 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Now we have the right temperature of ice, the right hardness. 491 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Unfortunately, we have an extremely unpredictable ricochet. 492 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 We can't find where the bullet lands. 493 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Now, we've created the biggest frozen pond that we possibly could in summer with all of the available ice that we could source. 494 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 We need to go bigger. 495 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,000 We need something a little more naturally huge and frozen. 496 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 What's the best thing you've seen on the show at home? 497 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 We are what you call experts. 498 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,000 In Spycar, the revenge, wheel spikes were a rip-roaring success. 499 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Not enough of you! 500 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,000 So now it's on to secret agent, anecdote number two. 501 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Car-mounted guns. 502 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:10,000 Yes, I've been saying this for years that car-mounted guns for a Spycar don't make any sense to me. 503 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,000 They're fixed. You cannot aim them except by driving. 504 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 That's got to be a huge inefficiency for a machine gun. 505 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Well, I have seen some that are remote controlled and amable though. 506 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Those are in the minority, but I have seen them. 507 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 So I think we should build a rig that gives us both. 508 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:28,000 I chase you with fixed guns on my hood and then we can do a second one where I chase you with a remote control, 509 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,000 amable gun mounted to the hood of my car. 510 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Sold. 511 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,000 The hood-mounted gun is a staple for any Spycar. 512 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,000 But is it a viable weapon? 513 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Can such a device, fixed or movable, really guarantee an accurate aim? 514 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,000 Well, to find out, Adam's already selected his wheels and his weapon. 515 00:25:55,000 --> 00:26:03,000 This is a former police car and this is a super high-end 10-round per second paintball gun. 516 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,000 I'm going to join these two things together to make two great tastes in one candy bar. 517 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Fabricating the fixed firearm will be a weld in the part, 518 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:18,000 but the remote controlled fire is a much tougher task. 519 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:24,000 So for the amable gun, I need to first build a mount that will let the gun move in three dimensions 520 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,000 so I can fire at Jamie's car wherever it might be. 521 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:34,000 There's the basics right there. Up, down, side to side. 522 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Then I'm going to add a joystick system so that I can control the gun's aim from inside the car while driving. 523 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,000 That's XY control. 524 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:46,000 Next comes the all-important trigger, so I'll be able to shoot up to 600 rounds per minute. 525 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,000 I press this. 526 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Get out of fire. 527 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,000 That's remote firing. 528 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Finally, I'm going to add a camera onto the mount and a monitor onto the dashboard 529 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 so I can see exactly where I'm aiming. 530 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,000 This camera is what turns this from something cool into something awesome. 531 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000 Jamie, come here. Check it out. 532 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,000 Wow. 533 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 In your face. 534 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,000 That looks great. 535 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Actually, I should say it looks like crap, but it works great. 536 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:26,000 And with those words of encouragement, Adam gets on with the final part of his firearm. 537 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,000 A frame that should feed a plethora of paintballs into the gun. 538 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,000 It's not pretty, but will it work? 539 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Oh, I got you. I got you. 540 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000 Oh, yeah. You want some of this? You want a piece of this? You want some more? 541 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 Hey, you want some? You want some? 542 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000 You so wish you were me right now. 543 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,000 All right, so where do we stand? 544 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Well, we've got two issues. 545 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:07,000 One, we can't get a spin from a direct hit, and two, we can't find a ricochet. 546 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Not only that, this is supposed to be easy. 547 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,000 I mean, in the video the guy shoots, you get a spin. 548 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,000 That's not what we found at all. 549 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Not so fast. Check this out. 550 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 You're not going to believe what we found. 551 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,000 Now, the cameraman was going through some of the footage. 552 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000 Now, listen, can you hear that? 553 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,000 I don't know what that is, but it could potentially be a spinning bullet. 554 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,000 I mean, we can't see it, but we can definitely hear something. 555 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Okay, well, that brings us back from the dead. 556 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 I think we should definitely stick to our plan. 557 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:41,000 And the plan being we wait until winter and try this again on an actual frozen lake 558 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000 where we might have a chance of this working. 559 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,000 All right, let's reconvene in six months. 560 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,000 From the San Francisco sun to a blizzard in the Sierra Nevada, 561 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,000 this winter the team is going that extra mile. 562 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Save yourselves. 563 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Rumor has it there's a lake out here. 564 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,000 I think it's over there. 565 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,000 This looks a little more picturesque in the brochures. 566 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000 All right, so what I have behind me is a frozen lake. 567 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000 I know it doesn't really look like it. 568 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000 It looks more like a snow field. 569 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000 We're at 7,900 feet. 570 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000 The temperature is 10 degrees. 571 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,000 This is exactly what we need to test this myth. 572 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,000 The only problem is we're in the middle of a snowstorm. 573 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000 I'm freezing my **** up. 574 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000 Our next myth is in the Bahamas, right? 575 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000 Yeah. 576 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:33,000 Despite Tori's optimism, the temperature of his nether regions is certainly not the only problem. 577 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,000 Look, so building our own frozen lake was problematic, 578 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,000 but compared to this, it was child's play. 579 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000 Here is what we're up against. 580 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:46,000 Our blast shields we left out overnight are now buried under six feet of snow. 581 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,000 Our paramedic can't get here because the roads closed, 582 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,000 but worse of all, the lake is buried under three feet of snow, 583 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:59,000 which means before we do any shooting, we've got to dig to get down to the ice. 584 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,000 And as the weather goes from bad to worse... 585 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,000 I've already dug two feet. I haven't even seen ice yet. 586 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,000 That digging gets harder and harder. 587 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:13,000 It's like we keep digging it out, and Mother Nature just keeps filling it back in. 588 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,000 So Carrie brings in reinforcements. 589 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:21,000 Since we're digging at high altitude and fighting 40 a mile an hour gusty winds, 590 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,000 we've decided to bring in a few helpers, 591 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:28,000 like the sheriff who lives up here, and maybe a few others. 592 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:34,000 With all hands on deck, the team exposes enough ice before anyone gets exposure. 593 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,000 So the good news is, if you can call anything good news in these kinds of conditions, 594 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,000 we found the ice. So now we're ready to start testing. 595 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:46,000 Now remember, this myth is about shooting a 9mm into a frozen lake bed 596 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,000 and fighting the bullets spinning like a top. 597 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,000 It seems kind of counterintuitive to fire into the ice that you're standing on, 598 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000 but this isn't logic busters. 599 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000 We've found a great efforts to make this myth work, 600 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,000 including getting high-tech hearing devices, low-tech ear trumpets. 601 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,000 But as you can see by the horizontal snow zooming past the camera, 602 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,000 there is a huge amount of wind, and that is all we're going to hear in those hearing devices. 603 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:15,000 So, we're going old-fashioned. We're running, we're listening. 604 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:20,000 But will that technique be good enough to locate the mythical spin? 605 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:24,000 Alright, this is spinning ice bullet in 3, 2, 1. 606 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,000 Next up, Adam unleashes the beast. 607 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,000 Eppering Jamie with spy agent orange. 608 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,000 I'm not a godhead, I'm not sure. 609 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:45,000 At an abandoned military base, Adam and Jamie are about to unleash the beast. 610 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,000 It is a perfect day for chasing. 611 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,000 And shooting. 612 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,000 Indeed. 613 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:55,000 As they test whether a spy car's hood-mounted howitzer can ever be accurate. 614 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000 Oh, yeah! Grapefied! 615 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,000 But first up, like all good spy scientists, they're starting with a control. 616 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:06,000 As long as we're shooting between cars, we thought it would be a good idea to start with a baseline. 617 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,000 The most common way you see people shoot between cars in the movie, 618 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:15,000 in which during a car chase, the driver of the chasing car will start firing at the person that he's chasing. 619 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:23,000 In this case, I will be that driver, and this will be my handy service revolver. 620 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,000 And Mr. Heineman, well, he'll be my grizzled partner. 621 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:32,000 And last but not least, police driver Brian Fraser will play the target. 622 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,000 Okay, this is shooting the gun out the window. 623 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,000 Brian, you may escape when ready. 624 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,000 Oh, it's on! 625 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,000 Okay. 626 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,000 Adam will have one clip or 14 bullets to take down the target. 627 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,000 It's hard to drive one-handed, I'll tell you that. 628 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:01,000 As Brian dodges and weaves, Jamie keeps a tally of how many rounds Adam's let rip. 629 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:05,000 Four. And how many have hit their target. 630 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,000 Come on, bro! You haven't even hit the target yet. 631 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,000 It's fair to say that this is a lot harder than it looks. 632 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000 Ah! 633 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,000 Firing the handheld gun out of the car proved to be far from ideal. 634 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000 It was more difficult than you would think. 635 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:26,000 Not to say that it couldn't be done, but we were not able to stop the car or kill the driver. 636 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:32,000 Which begs the question, can the spy-inspired front-facing machine gun do any better? 637 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,000 This test is with the machine gun in a fixed position. 638 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000 What do I think is going to happen? 639 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:42,000 Well, I've actually been saying this for years, and it's the reason I always wanted to do this test. 640 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,000 I don't think I'm going to be able to be very effective at hitting Jamie. 641 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,000 I've always thought that fixed machine guns on the hood of a car was a stupid idea. 642 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:54,000 Stupid because as Target Jamie explains, they only fire straight ahead. 643 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000 Now, Adam's goal is to take me out. 644 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:02,000 And that means that he has to hit me in the head, or he has to hit the tire of the car. 645 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:08,000 Now, given that he's got no subtle control, it's only done by aiming the car, 646 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,000 I think it's going to be almost impossible. 647 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:16,000 Alright, Mr. Heinemann, you may start whenever you think you're ready. 648 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,000 Okay, sixth gun. 649 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,000 In three, two, one. 650 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:28,000 Like the last test, this trial will also end when the gun runs out of ammo. 651 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000 Hold! 652 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,000 Yeah, come to papa. 653 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:40,000 But unlike the last test, this time Adam's got 400 paintballs to fire. 654 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,000 There we go. See what's about to happen. 655 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:48,000 At first, things pan out just as expected as Adam fires miss after miss. 656 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:53,000 Yet slowly but surely, he starts to get his eye in. 657 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,000 I might have got hit, I'm not sure. 658 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:02,000 And pretty soon the occasional hit turns into a relentless barrage of bullets. 659 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:10,000 There's some bullets all over the windshield right near me, so I'm feeling pretty shot up, actually. 660 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:15,000 No matter what moves Jamie makes, Adam nails him every time. 661 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,000 Until he's out of ammo. 662 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,000 Wow! What a horror show! 663 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,000 I think I achieved my double O status on this run. 664 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000 Agent Heinemann has successfully been neutralized. 665 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,000 Not only have I taken out the mudflat, not only have I taken out the trunk, 666 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,000 I'm feeling the spray with extreme prejudice. 667 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,000 I've also got a clean hit to the back of the seat, a clean hit to his helmet. 668 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000 I'm on about head, I'm not sure. 669 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,000 And I've destroyed his windshield and several of his slide windows. 670 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,000 I want to hit the windshield. 671 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:52,000 So given that the gun itself couldn't move, how did Adam end up doing so well? 672 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,000 For the first third of the test, as I catch up with Jamie and he's swerving, 673 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,000 it always seems that my bullets going over his car. 674 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,000 And I have this epiphany, if I smack on the brakes, the front of the car goes down, 675 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000 and I can actually aim that way. 676 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,000 And it turns out I can aim plus or minus, like, 10 degrees that way. It was fantastic. 677 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:14,000 I coupled that with swerving back and forth, and somewhere around halfway through this test, 678 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:22,000 I found my level and just started laying paintballs into the driver's cabin of Jamie's car. 679 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:27,000 It worked far better than I imagined it possibly could without having physically tried it. 680 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,000 Coming right up, will the team finally spin out? 681 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000 It is spinning! 682 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,000 And going in for the kill. 683 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,000 A movable feast for Adam's aimable gun. 684 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,000 Oh, the aiming is awesome! 685 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:53,000 Here we are on the Cape Old Frozen Lake with winds up to 25 miles an hour straight in your face. 686 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,000 We got temperature lows about negative 30. 687 00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,000 And let me tell you, it does not look like it's getting a lot up. 688 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:05,000 All of which is making for some seriously challenging testing. 689 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,000 So given the terrible conditions, here is our plan. 690 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,000 We've positioned our gun at the 42 degree angle. 691 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:19,000 We are triggering it with a string pull, and we're going to rush in to see if we can find the bullet. 692 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,000 And given the wide out, I think we're also going to montage the results. 693 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000 Sounds like a plan. 694 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,000 Alright, this is spinning, guys. Will it? In three, two, one... 695 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,000 Run like the wind! 696 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,000 But unfortunately, it's another montage of failure. 697 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000 Oh, here's the bullet. 698 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000 But it's not spinning. 699 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Not at all! 700 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,000 As hit... 701 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,000 After hit... 702 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,000 I don't see any spinning bullets. 703 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,000 Misses out on the spin. 704 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,000 I can't feel my fingers, and I can't see any bullets. 705 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,000 As the temperature dips to 5 degrees Fahrenheit... 706 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,000 What? 707 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,000 Morale is just as low. 708 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,000 This bit sucks. 709 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,000 But Tori wants to try one more thing. 710 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,000 Now, there's a couple of things that we think are happening. 711 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,000 One is maybe the bullets are hitting the ice and skipping off into the snow, 712 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:14,000 or maybe the bullets are hitting the ice and actually bouncing back into the snow. 713 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:19,000 So what we're going to do is change the target area closer to the center of our ice pack, 714 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,000 take a shot and see if we can find a bullet and see exactly what is happening to these things. 715 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:29,000 With hypothermia a very real possibility, it really is now or never. 716 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:35,000 Will giving the bullet room to ricochet backwards rather than forwards finally spin out? 717 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:39,000 Okay, this is spinning ice bullet with room to bounce backwards. 718 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,000 In three, two, one... 719 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,000 Come on! 720 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Open it! It's spinning! 721 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,000 It's spinning! 722 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,000 Look at that! 723 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 We got a spinning bullet! 724 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,000 Holy crap! It worked! 725 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,000 It's the shot that brought this myth back from the cold. 726 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,000 I can't believe it worked! 727 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,000 I can't believe we got a spinning bullet. 728 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:08,000 At last, after countless attempts, they got the spin they were after. 729 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,000 And that's just the tip of the iceberg. 730 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:15,000 If we can get one spinning bullet, that was successful. Let's do it again! 731 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000 In three, two, one... 732 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,000 It's spinning! 733 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,000 That's the second one in a row! 734 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000 And when it's three for three... 735 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000 It is spinning! 736 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,000 That is continued success. We have gotten one after the other to spin. 737 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,000 You might say they're on a roll. 738 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000 It's spinning again! 739 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,000 We've done this over and over. This myth is confirmed. 740 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,000 Confirmed! 741 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:44,000 I cannot believe how well this is working. 742 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:50,000 We tried creating an ice lake bed that we could shoot into back at home, 743 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:55,000 but it really did take this sort of extreme weather for us to get a spinning bullet. 744 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000 It was all worth it. 745 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:03,000 The 70 mile an hour winds, the 10 degrees, the frozen toes, and the grant sickle. 746 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,000 And with that, it's time to get warmed up. 747 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,000 Where's that rescue party? 748 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,000 We are the rescue party! 749 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000 We are the rescue party! 750 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,000 At Spycar Mission Control... 751 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000 From the Papa... 752 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,000 The forward-facing firearm just took out its target, and then some. 753 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,000 That would be on my wildest dream. 754 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 So what's next? 755 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:44,000 Now it's time to unlock what I thought was going to be the secret potential power of this rig, 756 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:50,000 which is from inside the car I can control an XY axis wherever this gun fires. 757 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,000 I can put paper where I want to put them. 758 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000 Adam did pretty well with the fixed gun, 759 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,000 and it makes sense that he should be able to do even better with an aimable gun. 760 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:07,000 But the thing is, this adds a little bit of multitasking that he has to do, 761 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,000 but it might actually have the opposite effect. 762 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,000 Okay, aimable gun. 763 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,000 In three, two, one. 764 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,000 For the final time, the guys put their pedals to the metal. 765 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:25,000 Oh, the game is afoot! Here we go! 766 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,000 Do your best, buddy. 767 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,000 Come on, Adam, you are mine! 768 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:36,000 Rather than unleashing bullets from the get-go, on this run, Adam vides his time. 769 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000 Come on, Mason, hide them in! 770 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,000 Lining up the target thanks to his gun's camera and the dashboard's monitor. 771 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,000 I'm so on you! 772 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:47,000 And only when Jamie weaves into the crosshairs... 773 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:51,000 Turn all you want, man! I can follow you! 774 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000 ...does Adam unleash hell. 775 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,000 Oh, the game is awesome! 776 00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:00,000 I totally got you! Look at that, I totally got you! 777 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:06,000 With radar-like precision, the bullets are propelled to do maximum damage. 778 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,000 Go ahead! 779 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:11,000 So much so that this time, Jamie gives up the ghost. 780 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,000 Oh, yeah! 781 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,000 With Adam having fired off just 60 rounds. 782 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,000 Woo! 783 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,000 So, was making my hood-mounted machine gun aimable more effective? 784 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:26,000 I think the entire story is told from right where I'm standing. 785 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:30,000 If you look at this car after this test and compare it to what this car looked like 786 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:34,000 after my fixed machine gun test when it was riddled with paint, 787 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:39,000 you can just see that this is a far more surgical and effective way to take somebody out. 788 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,000 Ain't that the truth? 789 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:49,000 Using fewer bullets to chalk up more kill shots, the aimable gun is the winner of this Cold War. 790 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:54,000 Well, I think from all this testing, we can conclude that a machine gun on the hood of your car equals good. 791 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:59,000 As a secret agent weapon, even the stationary machine gun was far more effective than I thought it would be. 792 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:05,000 Yeah, but their effectiveness seems to be largely due to the sheer volume of bullets they're able to spew out. 793 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,000 I mean, sooner or later, they're going to hit something. 794 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,000 Okay, but isn't that always the point of a machine gun? 795 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,000 Indeed it is, mole frayer.