1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,740 On this episode of MythBusters, Adam and Jamie stare down the barrel for a death-defying 2 00:00:08,740 --> 00:00:09,740 bullet dodge. 3 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:15,560 Damn, we want to see how close a sniper could be and you would still be able to dodge his 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:16,560 bullet. 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,600 Provided you can see the muzzle flash. 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,000 Oh, I saw that. 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,640 I totally saw that. 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,000 Can you ever dive to survive? 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,800 Jamie might be able to dodge a bullet, but can he dance like this? 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:28,800 Oh, yeah! 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,600 Then Buster is used and abused. 12 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,600 Anybody feel sorry for Buster? 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:34,600 No. 14 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:44,320 As Carrie Grant and Tori investigate the vertigo-inducing myth that if you fall from a great height, 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,800 dropping Buster on his face repeatedly doesn't get old. 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,800 Water has the same impact as pavement. 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:59,600 Who are the MythBusters? 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:00,600 Adam Savage. 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,800 I've done it with science for today. 20 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:03,800 And Jamie Heineman. 21 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:04,800 Bye-bye. 22 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:12,800 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience, joining them, Grant Imahara. 23 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,800 That's why we can never have anything nice. 24 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:16,800 Tori Bellegi. 25 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,300 I'll try not to let you guys down. 26 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:19,300 And Carrie Byron. 27 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:20,300 No! 28 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:21,300 I went to college for this. 29 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:23,300 They don't just tell the Myths. 30 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:30,300 They put them to the test. 31 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:39,500 All right, this week, as voted by the fans, we are tackling the myth that it is possible 32 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:40,500 to dodge a bullet. 33 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:41,500 What do you mean? 34 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:43,500 You can't move faster than a bullet? 35 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:45,900 It is not about moving faster than a bullet. 36 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:49,780 The theory behind this myth is the idea that there is a theoretical distance at which you 37 00:01:49,780 --> 00:01:54,460 could both see a bullet being fired and yet have enough time to get out of the way of 38 00:01:54,460 --> 00:01:58,780 the bullet that's been fired at you before it gets to you and hits you. 39 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:02,780 The shooter would have to be some distance away, like, say, a sniper. 40 00:02:02,780 --> 00:02:03,780 Exactly. 41 00:02:03,780 --> 00:02:13,020 It's no myth that dodging a bullet at close range is never going to happen. 42 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:17,660 But when you increase the distance from shooter to target, you increase the travel time for 43 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:19,620 the bullet. 44 00:02:19,620 --> 00:02:26,420 So assuming a sniper is far enough away and you see him take the shot, can you really 45 00:02:26,420 --> 00:02:29,420 dive to survive? 46 00:02:29,420 --> 00:02:30,420 Here's what I'm thinking. 47 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:31,740 This story is all about time. 48 00:02:31,740 --> 00:02:32,740 Yeah. 49 00:02:32,740 --> 00:02:36,680 So the first thing I think we want to determine is how much time a bullet spends in the air 50 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,100 between the rifle and the target from a bunch of different distances. 51 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:42,100 Makes sense to me. 52 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:43,100 Let's get shooting. 53 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:44,100 All right. 54 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:50,460 And to find out just that, Adam and Jamie need a super-sized gun range, like this handy 55 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:52,860 abandoned airfield. 56 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:56,500 It's true that in the course of doing Mythbusters, Jamie and I have done our fair bit of shooting 57 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:58,500 and we're not bad shots. 58 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:00,500 Oh, Jamie. 59 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:02,100 Now we're talking. 60 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:06,180 But for this story, we need real precision, real expertise, and that's why we brought 61 00:03:06,180 --> 00:03:09,220 in one of the finest marksmen in the country. 62 00:03:09,220 --> 00:03:10,220 Don't believe me? 63 00:03:10,220 --> 00:03:11,220 Check this out. 64 00:03:12,220 --> 00:03:20,220 In a modern interpretation of William Tell, the tiny, tasty target is 300 yards away. 65 00:03:31,220 --> 00:03:33,220 That's hot stuff. 66 00:03:33,220 --> 00:03:36,220 How do you like them apples? 67 00:03:36,220 --> 00:03:40,220 Them apples and this shooter are just fine. 68 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:45,220 Dave Wilwanik has been a US Army sniper for 31 years. 69 00:03:45,220 --> 00:03:47,940 He was commander of the Army shooting team. 70 00:03:47,940 --> 00:03:51,220 He's one of the president's top 100 distinguished riflemen. 71 00:03:51,220 --> 00:03:53,780 It doesn't get any better than that. 72 00:03:53,780 --> 00:03:57,340 He's shooting a .338 sniper rifle. 73 00:03:57,340 --> 00:04:02,580 This is specifically designed for accuracy at extreme distance. 74 00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:09,060 And speaking of distance, 200, 500, and 1200 yards are the marks from which the marksman 75 00:04:09,060 --> 00:04:10,060 will shoot. 76 00:04:11,060 --> 00:04:15,900 The purpose of this test is to shoot the rifle at a fixed distance and record how much time 77 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:18,540 it takes for the bullet to hit the target. 78 00:04:18,540 --> 00:04:21,540 That's the amount of time that we'll have to dodge a bullet. 79 00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:27,420 And to accurately measure the muzzle to target time, Adam and Jamie set up a foil-based electronic 80 00:04:27,420 --> 00:04:28,420 circuit. 81 00:04:28,420 --> 00:04:29,420 Good. 82 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:32,500 Here's how we're going to time the bullets' time of flight. 83 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:35,860 The instant the bullet leaves the gun, it will cross through this piece of paper with 84 00:04:35,860 --> 00:04:37,660 a piece of foil on each side. 85 00:04:37,660 --> 00:04:40,860 When it breaks that piece of paper, the foil will connect, creating an electronic switch 86 00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:45,820 connection which will send a signal through this wire to this year's timer and tell it 87 00:04:45,820 --> 00:04:46,900 to start timing. 88 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:50,900 That timer will keep timing the whole time the bullet flies through the air. 89 00:04:55,900 --> 00:05:00,300 Right up until our bullet hits the target, crossing through the same type of piece of 90 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:03,860 paper with foil on both sides, closing a switch connection, telling our timer to stop timing 91 00:05:03,860 --> 00:05:08,740 and giving us an exact time of flight of the bullet from the rifle to the target. 92 00:05:08,740 --> 00:05:15,660 The first distance we'll be sending a bullet to our target is 200 yards, 600 feet, two entire 93 00:05:15,660 --> 00:05:19,780 football fields, end to end, six M5s. 94 00:05:19,780 --> 00:05:26,540 So with dead eye Dave in position, all right, time of flight, 200 yards, his spotter Kevin 95 00:05:26,540 --> 00:05:32,940 all lined up, bias right, ever so slight, and the trusty foil timing system ready to record 96 00:05:32,940 --> 00:05:35,220 the flight time of each round. 97 00:05:35,220 --> 00:05:37,780 Oh right edge Dave. 98 00:05:37,780 --> 00:05:39,020 Right edge. 99 00:05:39,020 --> 00:05:41,300 This test is going to be a breeze. 100 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:42,300 Send it. 101 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:43,300 What? 102 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:44,300 Nothing. 103 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:49,980 Started timing, it didn't stop timing. 104 00:05:49,980 --> 00:05:50,980 Maybe not. 105 00:05:50,980 --> 00:05:54,620 The trusty timing foil is failing. 106 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:57,700 Basically we've got an infarction somewhere in the circuit. 107 00:05:57,700 --> 00:05:59,060 The timing is just not working. 108 00:05:59,060 --> 00:06:02,900 We can't tell if it's at the gun or it's at the target, but in order to get timings we 109 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:08,740 have to suss this out. 110 00:06:08,740 --> 00:06:13,420 Next up is the physics of a fall onto water, really the same as pavement. 111 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:16,020 Okay, so we've got a good one. 112 00:06:16,020 --> 00:06:19,860 In this episode we're testing that water is as hard as pavement. 113 00:06:19,860 --> 00:06:21,340 Yeah, I've heard this one. 114 00:06:21,340 --> 00:06:25,100 The idea is that if you fall from a height tall enough and you get up enough speed, when 115 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:27,780 you hit that water it behaves just like pavement. 116 00:06:27,780 --> 00:06:30,660 Wake up Buster, he's got some fallin' to do. 117 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:36,260 It's an oft repeated urban myth that if you fall into water from a great height rather 118 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:41,260 than a splash landing, you have a pavement equaling crash landing. 119 00:06:41,260 --> 00:06:46,980 Okay, so I think we need to get Buster rigged with some accelerometers so we know how much 120 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:51,420 impact he experiences and then drop them on pavement and drop them on water and compare 121 00:06:51,420 --> 00:06:52,420 the results. 122 00:06:52,420 --> 00:06:53,420 Sounds good to me. 123 00:06:53,420 --> 00:06:55,300 But bad for Buster. 124 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:59,300 Real bad. 125 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:01,660 This myth is about water behaving like pavement. 126 00:07:01,660 --> 00:07:04,100 Now you may be thinking that's crazy. 127 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:06,060 Water is soft and pavement is hard. 128 00:07:06,060 --> 00:07:07,300 How can they be the same? 129 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:09,740 Well, under certain conditions they can be. 130 00:07:09,740 --> 00:07:11,460 Let me demonstrate. 131 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:16,660 In this syringe I have air, in this syringe I have water with some food coloring in it. 132 00:07:16,660 --> 00:07:19,700 Air is compressible. 133 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:23,740 Compresses springs back. 134 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:25,300 Water is incompressible. 135 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:31,300 I try and push it in and it doesn't compress. 136 00:07:31,300 --> 00:07:34,380 And that's what's going to happen when your body falls out of the sky and hits the surface 137 00:07:34,380 --> 00:07:35,540 of the water. 138 00:07:35,540 --> 00:07:37,580 It doesn't give, just like pavement. 139 00:07:37,580 --> 00:07:41,660 So to find out whether or not water is in fact as hard as pavement, we are going to 140 00:07:41,660 --> 00:07:44,860 be dropping Buster from heights wearing one of these. 141 00:07:44,860 --> 00:07:45,860 This is an accelerometer. 142 00:07:45,860 --> 00:07:50,820 It is an electromechanical device used to measure acceleration forces. 143 00:07:51,140 --> 00:07:56,100 These forces are commonly known as gravitational forces or G forces. 144 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:59,740 The challenge with our specific experiment is that we are going to be measuring very 145 00:07:59,740 --> 00:08:03,300 high G loads, much higher than ordinary accelerometers can handle. 146 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:05,060 That's why we have this system. 147 00:08:05,060 --> 00:08:07,180 I'm not fondling as nipple. 148 00:08:07,180 --> 00:08:10,540 It's specifically designed to measure up to 500 Gs. 149 00:08:10,540 --> 00:08:14,380 I've mounted it inside of a waterproof case in Buster's chest. 150 00:08:14,380 --> 00:08:18,540 Just like airplanes have black boxes, Buster has a black box. 151 00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:19,220 This is it. 152 00:08:21,540 --> 00:08:26,620 All rigged up and ready to roll, the team hits the perfect location for a spot of Buster 153 00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:27,620 bouncing. 154 00:08:27,620 --> 00:08:30,660 Here we are at the South San Francisco Water Treatment Center. 155 00:08:30,660 --> 00:08:34,060 And this is the perfect location for us to test this myth. 156 00:08:34,060 --> 00:08:37,220 It's always exciting when the crane shows up. 157 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:39,700 We have pavement and we have water. 158 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:43,180 Once we get our crane set, we won't even have to move it. 159 00:08:43,180 --> 00:08:44,180 Bullseye! 160 00:08:44,180 --> 00:08:47,260 You know, Buster has been very, very quiet today. 161 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:50,020 I have a feeling he might know what we're up to. 162 00:08:51,220 --> 00:08:56,180 In the team's side is a series of consistent comparative drop tests. 163 00:08:56,180 --> 00:09:00,020 Onto water and pavement at ever increasing heights. 164 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:06,420 OK, so the way Buster falls and lands will affect the results. 165 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:10,820 So we've rigged this system so that he should fall the same way every single time. 166 00:09:10,820 --> 00:09:13,820 All right, 25 feet, that's good. 167 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:16,380 And first up is the feet first fall. 168 00:09:16,380 --> 00:09:17,820 How's that for alliteration? 169 00:09:17,820 --> 00:09:23,700 It was perfectly poetic Byron, but Buster, suspended 25 feet above the pavement, doesn't 170 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:24,700 really care. 171 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:28,700 In three, two, one. 172 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:31,700 Ow! 173 00:09:31,700 --> 00:09:34,740 With a long day ahead, the dummy took that one in his stride. 174 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:36,300 But what do the numbers tell us? 175 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:39,140 Got a peak g-load of 60 feet. 176 00:09:39,140 --> 00:09:40,860 Well, that seems about right. 177 00:09:40,860 --> 00:09:44,500 I mean, he has his legs to break his fall. 178 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:50,460 So we just dropped Buster from 25 feet onto the pavement feet first, and he pulled 60 179 00:09:50,460 --> 00:09:51,460 Gs. 180 00:09:51,460 --> 00:09:55,260 Now what we're going to do is hook him back up to the crane, swing him over to the water, 181 00:09:55,260 --> 00:09:59,460 drop him again from 25 feet, feet first, and see how many Gs he pulls. 182 00:09:59,460 --> 00:10:01,260 All right, that looks good. 183 00:10:01,260 --> 00:10:06,900 Now, I know water is technically incompressible, but compared to the pavement, I think we're 184 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:10,460 going to see a lower G-load because his feet are going to dip in, the water is going to 185 00:10:10,460 --> 00:10:14,740 give, and he's going to be decelerated over a longer time period. 186 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:16,740 In three, two, one. 187 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:20,740 Oh, that didn't look so bad. 188 00:10:20,740 --> 00:10:23,180 That's definitely not the same as pavement. 189 00:10:23,180 --> 00:10:25,180 And the numbers bear that out. 190 00:10:25,180 --> 00:10:29,860 Okay, so I got no trigger, which means that that fall was less than 25 Gs. 191 00:10:29,860 --> 00:10:32,060 It won't trigger anything below that. 192 00:10:32,060 --> 00:10:37,780 And remember, in this same situation over pavement, it was 60 Gs. 193 00:10:37,780 --> 00:10:42,140 But the myth states that water equals pavement from a great height. 194 00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:46,420 And at greater heights, Buster will be falling at greater speeds. 195 00:10:46,420 --> 00:10:51,500 Perhaps hitting the water faster means the liquid won't displace and will be haved just 196 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:53,420 like an incompressible solid. 197 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:57,060 Buster, my friend, things are looking up. 198 00:10:57,060 --> 00:10:58,060 75 feet up. 199 00:10:58,060 --> 00:11:00,060 That's a long way to fall. 200 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:02,060 Anybody feel sorry for Buster? 201 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:03,060 No. 202 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:04,060 No? 203 00:11:04,060 --> 00:11:05,060 Just checking. 204 00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:06,060 All right, here we go. 205 00:11:06,060 --> 00:11:11,060 75 foot fall, feet first into water in three, two, one. 206 00:11:16,060 --> 00:11:18,020 Ooh, that was a solid hit. 207 00:11:18,020 --> 00:11:22,980 And as Buster is raised and assessed, it looks like he's taken a severe pounding. 208 00:11:22,980 --> 00:11:26,780 But the data in the black box holds the objective key. 209 00:11:26,780 --> 00:11:28,780 We got 29. 210 00:11:28,780 --> 00:11:29,780 No way. 211 00:11:29,780 --> 00:11:30,780 Yeah. 212 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:36,060 So that's half of what we got on pavement at three times the height. 213 00:11:36,060 --> 00:11:37,060 Wow. 214 00:11:37,060 --> 00:11:38,660 Not good news for the myth. 215 00:11:38,660 --> 00:11:45,620 The fall onto water at 75 feet is half as damaging as pavement from 25 feet. 216 00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:48,980 But there's one more test before the data set is complete. 217 00:11:48,980 --> 00:11:51,500 75 feet onto pavement. 218 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:52,500 Oh. 219 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:53,500 Oh! 220 00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:54,500 Oh! 221 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:55,500 Oh! 222 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:56,500 Oh! 223 00:11:56,500 --> 00:11:57,500 Oh! 224 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:58,500 Oh! 225 00:11:58,500 --> 00:11:59,500 Oh! 226 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:00,500 Oh! 227 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:01,500 Oh! 228 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:02,500 Oh! 229 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:06,500 Watching Buster fall 75 feet onto the pavement was painful. 230 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:10,500 I mean, his body twisted in ways that a human body never should. 231 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:15,500 All right, so we just dropped Buster 75 feet, feet first into the pavement. 232 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,500 What kind of jizz do we pull? 233 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:18,500 Woo-hoo-hoo! 234 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:21,500 We absolutely maxed out our accelerometer. 235 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:25,500 Maxed out means that G-Load was in excess of 500. 236 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:29,500 That's an impact at least 17 times harder than the H2O. 237 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:33,500 In these circumstances, water clearly does not equal pavement. 238 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:38,500 But the myth isn't sunk just yet, and here's Grant's theory as to why. 239 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:39,500 Now water's incompressible. 240 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,500 That's a fact of physics. 241 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:44,500 And if I put my hand in the water slow enough, the water can displace. 242 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:46,500 It can move out of the way. 243 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:50,500 But if Buster were to hit the water fast enough, and if he had enough surface area, the water 244 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:52,500 wouldn't have a chance to get out of the way. 245 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:57,500 And because it's incompressible, there'll be some point in which the G-Force is equivalent 246 00:12:57,500 --> 00:13:00,500 between water and pavement. 247 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:07,500 So because this area may be a factor, it's time to bring out the belly flop. 248 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:13,500 Up next, the next distance we'll be firing from is 500 yards. 249 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:16,500 The distance of your average restraining order. 250 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:26,500 Adam and Jamie are testing the myth that you can literally dodge a bullet, 251 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:29,500 provided the shooter is far enough away. 252 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:36,500 And to find out, they've got an expert sniper who's hitting the target first time every time. 253 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:41,500 And a clever foil-based timing system that isn't. 254 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:44,500 It didn't work. It didn't stop it. 255 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:46,500 It's not working. 256 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:47,500 It has to work. 257 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:52,500 But despite the foil's initial failings, Adam and Jamie tweak, tinker, 258 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:57,500 and persevere until the mysterious gremlins in the system are ironed out. 259 00:13:57,500 --> 00:14:01,500 200 yards, time of flight. Fire and will. 260 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:06,500 Hey, we got a number. 261 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:07,500 What'd we get? 262 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:09,500 231 milliseconds. 263 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:10,500 Let's move back. 264 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:11,500 Alright. 265 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:16,500 With that first data point finally in the bag, the team reset for the second shot. 266 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:22,500 The next distance we'll be firing from is 500 yards, 1,500 feet, 267 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:26,500 10 Olympic swimming pools approximately, and to end, 268 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:29,500 or the distance of your average restraining order. 269 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:33,500 And Dead Eye Dave, once he's assumed the position, focuses... 270 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:36,500 That's it. 271 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:40,500 ...and hits the bullseye again. 272 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:42,500 Beautiful. We got a reading. 273 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:43,500 Love it. 274 00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:45,500 597 milliseconds. 275 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:51,500 So it's onwards and backwards as the team sets up for the third and final shot. 276 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:54,500 Nice to get the box gets lighter the longer you walk. 277 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:58,500 This time from a massive distance of 1,200 yards. 278 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:04,500 The final distance we'll be shooting from is 1,200 yards, roughly an 8-minute walk. 279 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,500 A kilometer to those of you in every other part of the world besides the United States. 280 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:12,500 And when I look at the target from here, I think, what target? 281 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:15,500 But if anyone can make this shot, it's Sniper Dave. 282 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:17,500 Sniping is actually pretty complicated. 283 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:22,500 Your modern sniper shows up with a spotter and a computer to get the job done. 284 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:25,500 He's got a competency for several different things. 285 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:30,500 Gravity. If our shooter's 1,200 feet away to hit here, 286 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:35,500 he's actually got to aim at a point directly above 30 feet in the air. 287 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:37,500 Okay, time of flight. 288 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,500 1,200 yards. 289 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:46,500 The wind. If the wind's blowing this way, then our shooter's going to have to aim to this side of the target to compensate. 290 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:48,500 Figure 6 tenths left. 291 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:51,500 Now he's going to be looking at things like flags if they're there, 292 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:54,500 or even the grass or mirages to get a clue as to what's going on. 293 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:59,500 If I'm picking up some surface mirage running right to left about halfway down the range. 294 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:01,500 Drag. Now this is about air-densing. 295 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:05,500 Our shooter's going to be looking at barometer, at altitude, at temperature 296 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,500 to determine how dense the air is and be able to compensate for it. 297 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,500 Okay, have I got a light boil? 298 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:13,500 Hold center and send it. 299 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:18,500 Now, all these things are a lot for a sniper to keep in mind when he's taking a shot. 300 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:20,500 It's quite a feat when you think about it. 301 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:25,500 Never in doubt. Dave threads the eye of the proverbial needle. 302 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:28,500 And just as important. 303 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:33,500 Beautiful! We got a reading. 1.791 seconds to target. 304 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:34,500 Excellent. 305 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:37,500 Alright, let's draw a graph. 306 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:40,500 Now that we've got our numbers, it's time to plot them on a graph. 307 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:44,500 Let's start with the x-axis, 12 increments of 100 yards each. 308 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:51,500 The y-axis going up and down, that's time from 0 to 2 seconds in quarter-second increments. 309 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:54,500 Then we draw a grid and plot out our bullet times. 310 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:59,500 The first bullet from 200 yards took 231 milliseconds to reach its target. 311 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:03,500 The second bullet from 500 yards took 597 milliseconds. 312 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:10,500 The third bullet from 1200 yards took 1,790 milliseconds to reach its target. 313 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:13,500 We then draw a line between these three points and see, oh! 314 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,500 It's perfectly straight. 315 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:19,500 That means we can take any distance and plot the amount of time it would take the bullet to get there. 316 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:23,500 Or conversely, we could choose a time and figure out how far away you'd have to shoot 317 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:25,500 for the bullet to take that length of time. 318 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:27,500 Isn't graphing lovely? 319 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:30,500 The day started badly. 320 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:38,500 But thanks to Dave and his spotter, they've got the numbers they need to kickstart this man. 321 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:39,500 Well, we got our figures. 322 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:43,500 We now know how long it will take the bullet to reach its target from any distance we choose. 323 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:46,500 Well, now we need to know how quickly we can jump out of the way, huh? 324 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,500 Human reaction tests it is. Let's do it. 325 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,500 I can't believe he can hit that target from here. 326 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:54,500 Hit the target? I can't even see it. 327 00:17:55,500 --> 00:18:03,500 All incompressible materials are equal, but so far, some are more equal than others. 328 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:08,500 When cluster is dropped feet first, water has nothing like the impact of pavement. 329 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:12,500 The angle of entry means the water is easily displaced. 330 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:17,500 Yeah, so that's half what we got on pavement at three times the height. 331 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:20,500 But what if that was changed to a belly flop? 332 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:21,500 Time to hog time. 333 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:26,500 Will the additional surface area save this scientific saga from sinking? 334 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:32,500 So in case you're wondering, and I'm pretty sure you are dropping Buster on his face repeatedly, 335 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:33,500 it just doesn't get old. 336 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:37,500 All right, this is Buster's belly flop into pavement from 25 feet. 337 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:40,500 In three, two, one. 338 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:41,500 Oh! 339 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:42,500 Ah! 340 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:45,500 That looked painful. 341 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,500 And without his legs, breaking his fun is a pain. 342 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:54,500 And without his legs, breaking his fall, the g-load was much higher than the feet first test. 343 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,500 So we just dropped Buster, chest first, on the pavement. 344 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,500 We got 286 Gs. 345 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:05,500 Now what we're going to do is do the same thing on water. 346 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:08,500 My feeling is we're going to see very similar results. 347 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:12,500 And I think anybody who's ever jumped off the diving board and done a belly flop 348 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:14,500 will understand what I'm talking about. 349 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:15,500 This is going to hurt. 350 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:18,500 In three, two, one. 351 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:19,500 Oh! 352 00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:23,500 I give that dive a 9. 353 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:32,500 Okay, so belly flopping, Buster on pavement at 25 feet was 290 Gs. 354 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:34,500 And on water, it was 115. 355 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:38,500 And what that means is sure, water is not as hard as pavement, 356 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:42,500 but it was a lot closer than when we dropped Buster feet first. 357 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:43,500 So surface area is important. 358 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:47,500 The more surface area you have, the harder it is to displace the water. 359 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:50,500 Now what if Buster was moving a lot faster? 360 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:55,500 Then we might see the difference between the water and the pavement decrease again. 361 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:56,500 Let's see. 362 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:58,500 So the team thinks speed is the key. 363 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:02,500 And to get Buster moving faster, they need to take him higher. 364 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:08,500 This is dropping Buster from 50 feet in the belly flop position over water. 365 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:09,500 Here we go. 366 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,500 In three, two, one. 367 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:13,500 Oh! 368 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:14,500 Oh! 369 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:18,500 Look at the wave that's coming out. 370 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:23,500 So dropping Buster from 50 feet actually peeled the skin off of his side. 371 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:27,500 It was such an impact that all of us, I think, felt it. 372 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:32,500 So it looks like on water at 50 feet, belly flop is giving us 220 Gs. 373 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,500 Now for the all-important comparison. 374 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:41,500 Will the 50-foot pavement plummet be any closer to water than the 25-foot test? 375 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:44,500 Take it up. 376 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:45,500 50 feet. 377 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:46,500 50 feet. 378 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:48,500 You might not survive this, you know. 379 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,500 Yeah, 25 looked like it hurt. 380 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:53,500 Three, two, one. 381 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,500 Oh. 382 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:56,500 Oh! 383 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:57,500 Oh! 384 00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,500 Hey, still in one piece. 385 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:01,500 Tell me you didn't feel that. 386 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,500 That made me throw up. 387 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:06,500 I am so glad it was him and not me. 388 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:10,500 All right, let's find out how he did. 389 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:12,500 That was intense. 390 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:20,500 In fact, it was so intense, the meter maxed out, meaning Buster pulled a g-load of 500 plus. 391 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:22,500 Oh my God, that's a hard hit. 392 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:30,500 Buster is bruised and battered, but with the meter unable to register the force of the fall, where does that leave the myth? 393 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,500 So we've maxed out our meter. 394 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:36,500 That means that we can't compare numbers to the 25-foot drop. 395 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:40,500 Now it's possible as you go higher that water could become more like pavement. 396 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:43,500 We just can't test it here right now with this meter. 397 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:45,500 So that means we have to do two things. 398 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:51,500 First, you have to find a more myth-bustery way to prepare the fall onto water versus the fall on the concrete. 399 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:55,500 And second, once you've done that, we have to perform more experiments, 400 00:21:55,500 --> 00:22:00,500 but this time at a much greater height, so high in fact that we reach terminal velocity. 401 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:07,500 Coming up, so I turn into one of the three Stooges, Adam and Jamie, time their bullet dodging reactions. 402 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,500 We got some good numbers from our sniper. 403 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:16,500 What's next? 404 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:19,500 I think the moment has come to time another element of this story. 405 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:21,500 Human reaction time? 406 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:26,500 Exactly. If you had to dodge a bullet just how quickly could you get out of its way? 407 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:28,500 I think I'm going to go get a cup of coffee. 408 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:33,500 See, he's going to get a cup of coffee, he's going to make him really hyper, and he's going to get out of the way really fast. 409 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:40,500 So they've got the numbers for flight time and in their attempt to deconstruct this myth without actually shooting at each other, 410 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:43,500 it works. 411 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:48,500 The next piece of data is how long it will take to react and move out of the way. 412 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:52,500 This test is all about measuring a human being's reaction time. 413 00:22:52,500 --> 00:23:00,500 This is our human being, his task to get himself out of the path of a bullet described by the X on his chest and the bullseye behind him. 414 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:08,500 His signal to move, that the shot has been fired, will be given by this digital camera flash remotely triggered by me from back there. 415 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:14,500 All of this will be captured by our lovely digital high speed camera, 416 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:22,500 which when we review the footage of Jamie's dodging a bullet will allow us to time exactly how many milliseconds it took him to do it. 417 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:25,500 Alright, are you ready Jamie? 418 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:31,500 Human reaction time speed test at some random point in the very near future. 419 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:36,500 Nice. 420 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:42,500 Jamie's fast, his Hoosier reflexes our hone to an almost superhero speed. 421 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:47,500 Nice work there cowboy, you want to man the remote flash while I try a couple? 422 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:48,500 Okay. 423 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:54,500 Adam on the other hand makes up for his slow reactions with his lack of grace. 424 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:57,500 Now to assess the results. 425 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:58,500 Here's mine. 426 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:01,500 So I turn into one of the three Stooges. 427 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:08,500 But the Heinemann legend continues to grow. 428 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:10,500 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. 429 00:24:10,500 --> 00:24:15,500 Oh, dude, check his bad self out. 430 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:18,500 He's a bullet dodging Hoosier. 431 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:24,500 Despite Jamie practicing and honing his Matrix style sway with an artful economy of motion, 432 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:28,500 it turns out that both Jamie and Adam clocked very similar times. 433 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:33,500 They're both clear of the target in around 500 milliseconds. 434 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:37,500 But just for the record, and this is the figure they'll take forward, 435 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:42,500 Jamie takes the gold with a personal best of 490 milliseconds. 436 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:46,500 With practice I was able to get my reaction time down to about an eighth of a second 437 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:49,500 and I was able to clear the bullseye in less than half a second. 438 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:53,500 Now this is a best-case scenario, but that's actually what we want here 439 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:59,500 because we want to see what is possible in terms of how close a sniper could be 440 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:03,500 and you would still in theory be able to dodge his bullet. 441 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:07,500 And for that distance, it's back to Adam and his graph. 442 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:10,500 Alright editors, help me out here and put the original graph back on the screen. 443 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:13,500 Time on the y-axis, distance on the x. 444 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:17,500 Now if I draw a line from 490 milliseconds out to our plot 445 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:22,500 and check out the corresponding distance, it's 400 yards. 446 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:27,500 That is the theoretical distance at which you could possibly dodge a bullet, 447 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:31,500 but only if you could see the muzzle flash from that distance. 448 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:33,500 That's what we're about to find out. 449 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:38,500 And that means it will return to the range for a test where the eyes have it. 450 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:42,500 The question is, how far away can you see the rifle firing? 451 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:46,500 Now note, you cannot rely on sound because the bullet travels four times faster 452 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:50,500 than the speed of sound. You'll get hit by it long before you hear it. 453 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:52,500 This has to be a visual cue. 454 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:55,500 A visual cue and a simple plan. 455 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:59,500 Adam and Jamie will stand down range and look for the muzzle flash 456 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:03,500 as Sniper Dave shoots at a nearby target. 457 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:08,500 A little motivation for a sniper. 458 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:12,500 But rest assured, for safety, Dave will be firing blanks. 459 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:17,500 This is the real thing and this is a blank, but this isn't just any blank. 460 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:22,500 This is a theatrical blank that we've selected specifically because what comes out of it 461 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:26,500 looks exactly the same as what comes out of the real McCoy. 462 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:30,500 And first up, they're facing the firing squad from 100 yards. 463 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:32,500 I saw it. 464 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:33,500 I saw it. 465 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,500 Okay Dave, let's move back to 150. 466 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:38,500 Cool. Roger moving. 467 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:42,500 At 100 yards, the flash is as clear as a bell. 468 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:45,500 And that's also true of 150. 469 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:46,500 I saw it. 470 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:47,500 I saw it. 471 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:50,500 But 200 yards is a different story. 472 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:54,500 Dave, 200 yards, fire it well. 473 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,500 I didn't see that. 474 00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,500 Let's have him do that again. 475 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:03,500 Dave, let's have one more go. 476 00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:04,500 Did you see it? 477 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:06,500 I'd say that's at the borderline. 478 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:09,500 Well, if you've got the eagle eyes, let's push it another 25 yards. 479 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:17,500 At 225 yards, even eagle-eyed Jamie fails to focus on the flash. 480 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:19,500 No, I don't have it. 481 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:21,500 200 yards is our threshold. 482 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:24,500 With our blank rounds matched to a sniper's round, 483 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:27,500 our ability to see the rifle firing is 200 yards. 484 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:30,500 If you look at that on our graph, 485 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:34,500 yeah, it's not quite enough time for us to get out of the way. 486 00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:39,500 Remember, based on the bullet travel time coupled with the human reaction time, 487 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:43,500 400 yards was the minimum distance needed to dodge. 488 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:48,500 But at just half that distance, you can't even see the muzzle flash. 489 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:49,500 I don't have it. 490 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,500 Luckily, Adam has a plan. 491 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:53,500 Not all blanks are created equal. 492 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:57,500 And on Mythbusters, we always like to find out what is the best possible case scenario. 493 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:02,500 In Hollywood, for instance, a blank for that rifle includes a lot more fire coming out of the tip 494 00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:04,500 because that's more visual for the movies. 495 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:06,500 So that's what we're going to do. 496 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:10,500 We're going to start from this distance with a full Hollywood flaming blank 497 00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:14,500 and see how far we can see that rifle firing with one of these. 498 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:19,500 In other words, for the time being at least, it's out with reality and in with Hollywood. 499 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:22,500 And the difference is like night and day. 500 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:25,500 Okay, Dave, 225, fire at will. 501 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:27,500 Oh, I saw that. 502 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:30,500 I totally saw that. Let's go to 400. 503 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:31,500 Okay. 504 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:34,500 The Hollywood round is the gift that keeps on giving 505 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:38,500 because it's visible at 400, 800. 506 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:39,500 I totally saw that. 507 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:41,500 I did. I saw it. 508 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:44,500 And even 1200 yards. 509 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:46,500 I saw that. 510 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:48,500 I totally saw it. 511 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:50,500 And I heard it. 512 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:52,500 That's plenty of time to get out of the way. 513 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:53,500 Adam's right. 514 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:56,500 Dodging the Hollywood round sounds like child's play, 515 00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:00,500 but the real world round is altogether more challenging. 516 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:03,500 Next on Mythbusters. 517 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,500 This pig doesn't want to claw. 518 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:09,500 The team preps for a terminal velocity pork belly flop. 519 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:10,500 I know what to call it. 520 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:11,500 What? 521 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:12,500 A pork chopper. 522 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:13,500 Oh! 523 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,500 So the increased surface area of the belly flop 524 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:22,500 was looking promising, but we need to go higher and faster. 525 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:23,500 How high and fast are you thinking? 526 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:25,500 Ooh, what about terminal velocity? 527 00:29:25,500 --> 00:29:26,500 600 feet from a helicopter. 528 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:27,500 That'd do it. 529 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:29,500 But we're going to have to figure out a different way 530 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:31,500 to measure these falls because busters and pieces 531 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:33,500 and the meter's maxing out. 532 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:34,500 What about pigs? 533 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:36,500 We can compare bone breakage. 534 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:37,500 Seriously? 535 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:42,500 So to test whether falling onto water 536 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:44,500 is the same as falling onto pavement, 537 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:46,500 we've come to Shadowcliff Regional Park. 538 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:49,500 Now, so far, in the feet first position, 539 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,500 they're not very similar at all. 540 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:54,500 But in the belly flop position, they're actually quite similar. 541 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:57,500 The only problem is that our accelerometer, 542 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:01,500 our measuring device, has maxed out at only 50 feet. 543 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:04,500 Oh my god, that's a hard hit. 544 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:06,500 And that's why we're here. 545 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:09,500 Because this time, we're going to drop our items 546 00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:11,500 from a much greater height. 547 00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:14,500 So high, in fact, that they get to terminal velocity. 548 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:16,500 The reason we want terminal velocity 549 00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:19,500 is the objects will never be going faster than that 550 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:22,500 and therefore never have a greater impact on that. 551 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:26,500 So to give the myth the best chance of working, 552 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:29,500 the team will be comparing a 600 feet fall 553 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:31,500 onto pavement and water. 554 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:33,500 Come on, let's go! Get to the job! 555 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,500 But how exactly will they compare the two? 556 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:38,500 All right, so we've maxed out our accelerometers, 557 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,500 but we still need to figure out a way to measure the impact 558 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:44,500 when falling on pavement and on water. 559 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:45,500 So we can't use a human, 560 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:47,500 because obviously that's going to kill somebody. 561 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:50,500 So we've decided to go with the pig. 562 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:53,500 To collect comparative data, we're going to X-ray the pigs, 563 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:56,500 then we're going to have an orthopedic surgeon analyze those X-rays, 564 00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:57,500 see how many bones are broken, 565 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:00,500 and what kind of damage happened when it hit the pavement. 566 00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:03,500 And we'll find out if water is as hard as pavement 567 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:05,500 and what I had for lunch. 568 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,500 It's gruesome. 569 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:11,500 But with no way of measuring the force of the fall electronically, 570 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:14,500 a comparison of the physical damage incurred 571 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:19,500 will perfectly illustrate the difference between water and pavement. 572 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:24,500 Okay, I think he's ready. Let's get the bag. 573 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:27,500 But the squeamish amongst you can rest assured 574 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:30,500 the pigs will always be concealed in sealed bags, 575 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:33,500 even when it comes time to assess the damage, 576 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:36,500 because that will be done with a portable X-ray. 577 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,500 Well, this X-ray is cool technology. How fast does it work? 578 00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:41,500 Well, for the moment we've pushed the button to the moment 579 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,500 we're seeing the X-rays about five seconds. 580 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:46,500 So is this the weirdest thing you've ever done with it? 581 00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:48,500 It's like a pig sleeping bag. 582 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:50,500 I'd have to say it is. 583 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:52,500 Alright, bag that pig. 584 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:53,500 Nice. 585 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:56,500 So we're using this specially designed military grade plastic bag 586 00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:57,500 with welded seams. 587 00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:59,500 It's designed so that when you suck the air out, 588 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:02,500 it will minimize the possibility of rupturing the bag. 589 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:05,500 Thus preventing further gruesomeness. 590 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:08,500 Essential to the validity of the result 591 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:12,500 is the requirement that both pigs fall at the same speed. 592 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:16,500 Cute little stabilizing chute. 593 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:19,500 So now that we have our two identical pigs and two identical bags, 594 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,500 one for pavement and one for water, 595 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:23,500 it's time to attach the chute. 596 00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:24,500 Now, why do we need a chute? 597 00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:28,500 Well, terminal velocity depends on the orientation of the object falls. 598 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:31,500 Since we want to keep our pig in belly flop position, 599 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:34,500 we're attaching this stabilization chute, 600 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,500 which will provide just enough drag to keep it like this 601 00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:39,500 without affecting terminal velocity. 602 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,500 First up, pavement. 603 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:43,500 Pig does a little flop. 604 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:46,500 Yeah, I'm pretty sure if you were going to push me out of a helicopter, 605 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:48,500 I wouldn't cooperate either. 606 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,500 Alright, so the pig is in the helicopter. 607 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:54,500 Operation pork drop is ready to commence. 608 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:56,500 Oh, god, I'm not looking forward to this. 609 00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:58,500 Okay, we'll be on the ground. Good luck. 610 00:32:58,500 --> 00:32:59,500 Heads up. 611 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,500 I know what to call it. 612 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:02,500 What? 613 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:03,500 A pork chopper. 614 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:08,500 Operation pork drop is all set to commence. 615 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,500 At the target altitude of 600 feet, 616 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,500 Tori will help our poor sign fall guy 617 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:17,500 into free fall by kicking him out of the chopper. 618 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,500 You guys ready? 619 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:22,500 Just so you know, if that bag breaks, 620 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:24,500 I'm going to vomit all over you. 621 00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:26,500 That sucks. 622 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:28,500 This is my weekend shirt. 623 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:33,500 Okay, Tori, we are in position and we are ready. 624 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:35,500 Alright, here we go. 625 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,500 Coming up on Mythbusters, Jamie is staring down the barrel. 626 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:43,500 The distance. I'll be shooting at Jamie for a... 627 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:45,500 I love that sentence. 628 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:47,500 Is 400 yards. 629 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:51,500 Now, on one hand, we've got our ideal number. 630 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:54,500 Based on our human reaction time test and our bullet flight time test, 631 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:58,500 we know that the minimum theoretical distance you could dodge a bullet from 632 00:33:58,500 --> 00:33:59,500 is 400 yards. 633 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:00,500 Okay. 634 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,500 On the other hand, we've got our maximum distance 635 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:05,500 you can actually see the sniper's rifle being fired, 636 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,500 which is only 200 yards away. 637 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:09,500 Go ahead, our theoretical minimum. 638 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:11,500 You never see the cue to jump out of the way. 639 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:13,500 Yeah, it's not looking good for the myth. 640 00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:15,500 But we still have a lot of time to do that. 641 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:17,500 Yeah, it's not looking good for the myth. 642 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:18,500 But we still got to try it. 643 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:22,500 Absolutely. I mean, who knows at 200 yards staring down the barrel of a sniper's rifle. 644 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:26,500 Perhaps your adrenaline kicks in and you become super fast. 645 00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:27,500 It's worth a shot. 646 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:30,500 But you do realize we can't actually shoot each other with real bullets. 647 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:33,500 Aha, I've got a plan for that. Check it out. 648 00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:36,500 Here is our sniper and here is our target. 649 00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:39,500 The sniper fires a blank round and when he pulls his trigger, 650 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:40,500 he clicks a switch. 651 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:43,500 That switch sets a timer timing for the precise length of time 652 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,500 that bullet would fly through the air. 653 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,500 Yeah. 654 00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:48,500 At the exact millisecond it's supposed to hit the target, 655 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:53,500 the timer signals a paintball gun to fire a paintball at you. 656 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:55,500 It's an ouch, but it's not deadly. 657 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:59,500 So from 200 yards, the flight time we're looking at is 231 milliseconds. 658 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:01,500 Exactly. 659 00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:06,500 With death off the menu, the guys run away to the runway, 660 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,500 where Jamie starts setting up with the gun. 661 00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:14,500 And 200 yards down range, Adam gets to work on the target. 662 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:17,500 There it is. X marks the spot. 663 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:19,500 Then comes the complicated bit. 664 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:22,500 Timers, wires, 665 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,500 paintball guns, 666 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:25,500 and that cool, 667 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:27,500 and remote triggers. 668 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:28,500 Beauty. 669 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:31,500 Now since we can't use real bullets for this test, 670 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:34,500 but we've gathered the information that tells us the exact bullet flight time 671 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:37,500 for any distance we choose, perfect. 672 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:40,500 We are going to imitate the bullet's flight electronically. 673 00:35:40,500 --> 00:35:41,500 Here's how. 674 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:44,500 When this gun fires a blank, 675 00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:47,500 a wire I've mounted on the trigger is going to close the circuit. 676 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:49,500 Which starts this timer timing, 677 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:51,500 it will count down for the precise length of time 678 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:53,500 the bullet should be flying through the air, 679 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:55,500 and at the instant it's supposed to hit its target, 680 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:59,500 it will tell this paintball gun to fire around directly into Jamie's chest. 681 00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:01,500 Now will he be able to get out in time? 682 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:02,500 I think I might. 683 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:04,500 No, not yet. That's what we're about to find out. 684 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:08,500 But first there's the obligatory costume change. 685 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:11,500 Jamie into something that will clearly show the paintball 686 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:13,500 and Adam into something of his own choosing. 687 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:16,500 Where is that guy? 688 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:17,500 Adam! 689 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:19,500 Adam! 690 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:23,500 Here I am. 691 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:24,500 Are you done screwing around? 692 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:25,500 Let's get to work. 693 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:26,500 Okay. 694 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,500 Jamie might be able to dodge a bullet, 695 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,500 but can he dance like this? 696 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:32,500 In their respective outfits, 697 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,500 the guys assume their positions 200 yards apart. 698 00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:38,500 And remember, 200 yards was the maximum distance 699 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,500 from which the guys could see a genuine muzzle flash. 700 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:42,500 The question is, 701 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:45,500 does that leave the caffeine-fueled Heinemann 702 00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:48,500 enough time to dodge out of the way? 703 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,500 All right, Jamie, this one's from 200 yards. 704 00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:51,500 You ready? 705 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:53,500 Okay, fire will. 706 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:54,500 All right. 707 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:56,500 Jamie poised to dodge, 708 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:58,500 waits for Adam to fire the muzzle flash blank, 709 00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:01,500 that will in turn trigger the paintball gun, 710 00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:04,500 the required 230 milliseconds later. 711 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:07,500 But when that will be, only Adam knows. 712 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:11,500 Did I get you? 713 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:13,500 Got me. Give me a second. 714 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:16,500 Although Jamie clearly saw the muzzle flash, 715 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:19,500 he had barely moved before the time was up, 716 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:22,500 and the paintball was fired into his chest. 717 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:25,500 Undeterred, Jamie tries a couple more times. 718 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:28,500 But to no avail. 719 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:32,500 Damn. 720 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:35,500 At 200 yards, I could see the flash. 721 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:38,500 I reacted to it and started moving out of its way, 722 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:41,500 but I just couldn't do it fast enough. 723 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,500 Given that their quickest human reaction result 724 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:46,500 was 490 milliseconds, 725 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:49,500 trying to dodge a 200-yard round 726 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,500 in 230 milliseconds 727 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,500 was always looking like a superhuman feat. 728 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:55,500 Looked totally busted, 729 00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:57,500 but we've come too far to give up. 730 00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,500 We're going to switch to a Hollywood muzzle flash. 731 00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:02,500 I totally saw that. 732 00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:03,500 I did. I saw it. 733 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:05,500 Push the gun back to 400 yards, 734 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:08,500 which gives us 500 milliseconds to get out of the way 735 00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:12,500 and see if it's theoretically possible to dodge a bullet. 736 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,500 The distance I'll be shooting at Jamie from, 737 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:16,500 I love that sentence, 738 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:18,500 is 400 yards. 739 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:20,500 This is the minimum amount of time 740 00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:22,500 Jamie and his quick reflexes need 741 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,500 to get out of the way in time. 742 00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:25,500 To give him the best chance, 743 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:27,500 I'll be using a full-flash Hollywood blank, 744 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:30,500 which is far brighter than the actual sniper round. 745 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:32,500 I'm set and ready. 746 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:33,500 Okay, Fire Will. 747 00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:34,500 Got me ahead. 748 00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:38,500 He got me. 749 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,500 It's not the start Jamie wanted, 750 00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:42,500 but he's not going to give up without a fight. 751 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:44,500 Okay, Adam, Fire Will. 752 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:47,500 Up, you got me again. 753 00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:49,500 A very long fight. 754 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,500 With each shot, 755 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:55,500 Jamie is making progress as he hones his technique. 756 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:57,500 That was close. 757 00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,500 But he never quite hones it enough. 758 00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:01,500 So can Adam do any better? 759 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:02,500 Do you want to try? 760 00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:04,500 You bet I do. 761 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:08,500 Adam poised like a panther, 762 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,500 gives Jamie the signal, and then... 763 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,500 ...gets shot in the chest. 764 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:20,500 Again, and again, and again. 765 00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:22,500 Well, that was interesting. 766 00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:23,500 At 400 yards, 767 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:26,500 we've got 500 milliseconds to react and get out of the way, 768 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:27,500 which ought to be enough time, 769 00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:30,500 but there's a difference between the shop test 770 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:31,500 and the real world test. 771 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:34,500 In the shop, we had this super bright flash right in our face. 772 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:37,500 In the real world, we've got a tiny dot, 773 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:38,500 1200 feet away. 774 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,500 It's a lot harder to see. 775 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:43,500 So now, we're going to move that dot to 500 yards, 776 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:45,500 give Jamie even more time to react 777 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:47,500 and see if he can deliver the goods. 778 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,500 It really is now or never. 779 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:50,500 There we go. 780 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:53,500 With 500 yards and 600 milliseconds 781 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:55,500 to react to the Hollywood blank, 782 00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:59,500 it's time to step up or get the hell out of dodge. 783 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:04,500 It's time to call into play those cat-like Hoosier reflexes. 784 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:07,500 Fire well. 785 00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:22,500 I dodged it. 786 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,500 At last, at 500 yards, 787 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:29,500 the Heinemann does his best matrix sway, 788 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:32,500 and the paintball sails clean past. 789 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,500 But, given the status of the myth, 790 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,500 he's not that impressed. 791 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,500 This test showed that I would have been able to dodge a bullet. 792 00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:42,500 But here's the thing. 793 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,500 We were using Hollywood blanks, 794 00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:46,500 and if we were using real bullets, 795 00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:48,500 I wouldn't have been able to see a thing, 796 00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:50,500 and I would have been dead. 797 00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:51,500 Jamie's right. 798 00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:55,500 You may be able to dodge an unrealistically bright Hollywood round, 799 00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:57,500 but in the real world, 800 00:40:57,500 --> 00:40:59,500 well, there's only one conclusion. 801 00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:01,500 So what's the verdict? 802 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:03,500 The verdict is it's busted. 803 00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:05,500 There is no way you can dodge a sniper's bullet. 804 00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:07,500 Everything about all their equipment, 805 00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:10,500 including their bullets, is designed for concealment. 806 00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:12,500 There's just no way you could see one fire 807 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:15,500 from far enough away to give you a remote chance 808 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:16,500 of dodging that thing. 809 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:17,500 It's busted. 810 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:19,500 I agree. It's busted. 811 00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:20,500 Let's go. 812 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,500 So you mind pointing that thing the other way? 813 00:41:26,500 --> 00:41:27,500 Next. 814 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:32,500 Hicks fly, pork drops, and belly flops. 815 00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:35,500 Is water really as hard as pavement? 816 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:43,500 To find out if water is as hard as pavement, 817 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,500 Carrie Grant and Tori have commenced 818 00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,500 Operation Pork Drop. 819 00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:50,500 Okay, so here's the plan. 820 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,500 We've already done drops at 25 and 50 feet. 821 00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:54,500 In the feet first position, 822 00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:56,500 the G-Load was very far apart, 823 00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:59,500 but in the belly flop position, they're much closer. 824 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:01,500 But just to cover all of our bases, 825 00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:03,500 we're going to go up to 600 feet, 826 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:06,500 which will ensure that our pig reaches terminal velocity. 827 00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:08,500 So he's going to get in the helicopter, 828 00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:09,500 and he gets to 600 feet, 829 00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:12,500 he's going to kick the pig out of the door, 830 00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:15,500 and then we scoop it up and count the broken bones. 831 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:19,500 Okay, so we're at our target altitude of 600 feet. 832 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:22,500 We're hovering directly above the landing zone. 833 00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:23,500 Are you guys ready? 834 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:25,500 Okay, we're ready. 835 00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:26,500 Okay, here we go. 836 00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:32,500 Operation Pork Drop onto pavement in three, two, one. 837 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:39,500 Pig is flying. 838 00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:40,500 He's flying. 839 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:41,500 He's falling. 840 00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:50,500 Despite a terminal velocity of 120 miles per hour 841 00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:54,500 and an incredible estimated G-Load of 5,000 plus, 842 00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:56,500 the bag remained intact, 843 00:42:56,500 --> 00:42:59,500 and Operation Pork Drop was a success. 844 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:02,500 Now dropping a pig out of a helicopter seems pretty straightforward. 845 00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:05,500 That is, unless you have an uncooperative pig. 846 00:43:05,500 --> 00:43:07,500 But once I got him out of the helicopter, 847 00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:09,500 the drag shoot opened up, 848 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:11,500 he got into the belly flop position, 849 00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:14,500 and most importantly, he was traveling at terminal velocity. 850 00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:16,500 And the best part is, we hit the pavement. 851 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:19,500 This was a perfect test. 852 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,500 Dude, that was crazy. 853 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,500 Did you hear that splat? 854 00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:27,500 Yeah, and we got a belly flop. 855 00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:36,500 And now to get the thankfully sealed contents of the bag. 856 00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:37,500 That looked like it hurt. 857 00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:39,500 Over to the X-ray station. 858 00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:42,500 We need to get this pig into the X-ray stack. 859 00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:44,500 Where the technicians take the shots they need. 860 00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:47,500 But before we assess and compare the injuries, 861 00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:50,500 it's go for the H2O. 862 00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:52,500 Get in there pig. 863 00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:55,500 Okay, for this water test, we're going to use a pig of the same weight. 864 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:57,500 We're going to go to the same height with the helicopter 865 00:43:57,500 --> 00:44:00,500 and drop it to get the same terminal velocity. 866 00:44:00,500 --> 00:44:03,500 God, it's never easy loading a pig into a helicopter. 867 00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:07,500 We're going to smack down on the water in a belly flop position 868 00:44:07,500 --> 00:44:09,500 and find out if water is as hard as pavement. 869 00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:13,500 It's operation port drop phase two. 870 00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:15,500 A port collapse now. 871 00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:17,500 So, we are set. 872 00:44:17,500 --> 00:44:19,500 We have our pig in the helicopter. 873 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:23,500 We're going to take it up to 600 feet, push it out of the helicopter onto water. 874 00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:26,500 Now so far, we have not seen water behave like pavement, 875 00:44:26,500 --> 00:44:29,500 but we have never dropped anything from this height. 876 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,500 We might see a similarity here, 877 00:44:31,500 --> 00:44:34,500 but we won't know for sure until we pull the pig out of the water, 878 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:37,500 do an x-ray and compare the two pigs. 879 00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:39,500 We're all set, you guys. Ready? 880 00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:41,500 Okay, Tori, we are good to go. 881 00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:45,500 Port drop number two onto water at terminal velocity. 882 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:47,500 On the ground. 883 00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:51,500 Ready guys? 884 00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:54,500 Okay, stabilizing, she's flying, she's flying. 885 00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:56,500 Looking good, looking good. 886 00:44:56,500 --> 00:44:58,500 Belly flop, belly flop. 887 00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:05,500 Splash down and once again the stabilizing shoot worked, 888 00:45:05,500 --> 00:45:08,500 serving up the perfect pork belly flop. 889 00:45:08,500 --> 00:45:10,500 So, it didn't sink. 890 00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:14,500 Now to bring home the bacon and put this myth to bed. 891 00:45:14,500 --> 00:45:16,500 We thought the pig was going to sink, 892 00:45:16,500 --> 00:45:19,500 so we got a special rescue crew to go out and dive to get him. 893 00:45:20,500 --> 00:45:22,500 How's the passenger? 894 00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:24,500 But he's actually floating on the water. 895 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:26,500 Personally, I don't think they're going to bring in a pig 896 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:29,500 that's quite as damaged as that pavement drop. 897 00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:32,500 So, it looked like a really hard hit. 898 00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:35,500 But there's only one way to tell for sure, 899 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:38,500 and that's a professional medical assessment of the x-rays 900 00:45:38,500 --> 00:45:41,500 with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Halbrek. 901 00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:44,500 So, did he make it? 902 00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:47,500 How did our pig do on pavement? 903 00:45:47,500 --> 00:45:50,500 Well, the pig on the pavement did really disastrously. 904 00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,500 17 fractures. 905 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:53,500 Wow. 906 00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:57,500 Here's a femur fracture, fracture dislocation of the spine, 907 00:45:57,500 --> 00:46:00,500 and to top it all off, a decapitation. 908 00:46:00,500 --> 00:46:01,500 Oh! 909 00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:03,500 You got a dislocated head. 910 00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:05,500 So, when we dropped the pig on the concrete, 911 00:46:05,500 --> 00:46:10,500 it made us sound like a giant popping balloon. 912 00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:13,500 Now, we didn't open the bag, but we did x-ray it. 913 00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:16,500 What we found inside were many, many broken bones, 914 00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:20,500 and a pelvis that was so shattered, it was unrecognizable, 915 00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:23,500 not to mention decapitation. 916 00:46:23,500 --> 00:46:26,500 It's an unsurprising litany of lethal injuries. 917 00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:29,500 17 clear and catastrophic fractures. 918 00:46:29,500 --> 00:46:32,500 But the key to this myth is the comparison. 919 00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:36,500 All right, so how did it compare to the water drop? 920 00:46:36,500 --> 00:46:38,500 The water drop pig did much better, 921 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:41,500 although still seven fractures compared to 17. 922 00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:45,500 Six rib fractures, and also a neck fracture, 923 00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:48,500 but not as bad as the decapitation. 924 00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:50,500 It couldn't be clearer. 925 00:46:50,500 --> 00:46:53,500 Two pigs of identical weight falling at the same speed, 926 00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:55,500 landing in the same orientation, 927 00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:58,500 have significantly varied injury diagnoses. 928 00:46:58,500 --> 00:47:01,500 Both the quantity and quality of the bone breaks 929 00:47:01,500 --> 00:47:04,500 means there can only be one result. 930 00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:07,500 But that's not the only reason Carrie's so happy. 931 00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:10,500 Now, having the clear cut results, 932 00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:13,500 that the pig landing on the pavement, bam, 933 00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:17,500 was actually a lot harder than falling on water, was great. 934 00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:20,500 But it was even better, those bags didn't bust open, 935 00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:22,500 and I didn't throw up. 936 00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:24,500 So it turns out pigs don't fly, 937 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:27,500 but they do fall, and they land hard. 938 00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:30,500 However, as far as the myth is concerned, 939 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:32,500 if you hit it in the water at any height, 940 00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:34,500 it's not going to be as hard as if you're hitting pavement. 941 00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:36,500 So this myth is busted. 942 00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:37,500 It's busted. 943 00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:39,500 I think we're going to have to call this a bust. 944 00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:42,500 How come we don't have a helicopter to fly home after every myth?