1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,540 Please don't try anything you're about to see at home. 2 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:06,540 Where would you call experts? 3 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:12,040 On this bigger is better episode of Mythbusters. 4 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:18,280 The team takes four fan favorites to infinity and beyond. 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,820 X marks the spot. That's what we're aiming for. 6 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:24,820 First, can Adam and Janie rip up a weapon from a water heater? 7 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:27,820 Everything's to blow up. Right here. 8 00:00:28,780 --> 00:00:32,180 Then will they make the Earth move with Earth movers? 9 00:00:32,180 --> 00:00:36,180 I'm Jamie Heineman and I'm gonna thread a needle with an excavator. 10 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:37,180 Oh, stop! 11 00:00:37,180 --> 00:00:40,920 Meanwhile, Tori Grant and Carrie turn into rocket scientists. 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,920 I think we got a winning design here. 13 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,260 To see if a flight by fireworks is really possible. 14 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:48,760 Give your hands inside the vehicle at all times. 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,900 And finally, the gene flings some bling in bird balance 2.0. 16 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:55,240 I'm eating our supermodel. 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:00,500 As they find out if a longer limo can give them a cliffhanger ending they need. 18 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:03,500 Look at the back end! It's coming off the ground! 19 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,240 Who are the Mythbusters? 20 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,440 Adam Savage. 21 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,120 Eating food cooked with seafor. 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,120 And Jamie Heineman. 23 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:19,820 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience. 24 00:01:19,820 --> 00:01:21,660 Together with Carrie Byron. 25 00:01:21,660 --> 00:01:22,760 Right to over the job. 26 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:23,900 Tori Bellachy. 27 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,620 We only have one shot at this. 28 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:27,120 And Grant Himahara. 29 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,120 That was a great result! 30 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,120 They don't just tell the Myth. 31 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:34,320 They put them to the test. 32 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:45,320 Buckle up because on Mythbusters, revenge is a dish best served hot. 33 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:48,220 So revenge or the Myths, what's that about? 34 00:01:48,220 --> 00:01:52,280 In this episode we are working off suggestions from fans for stuff that we've already done 35 00:01:52,660 --> 00:01:54,660 that we didn't necessarily mess up. 36 00:01:54,660 --> 00:01:57,660 But they have a suggestion of a way we can bump it up a level. 37 00:01:57,660 --> 00:01:58,660 Ramp it way up. 38 00:01:58,660 --> 00:01:59,660 Like what? 39 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:00,660 Hot water heaters. 40 00:02:00,660 --> 00:02:02,660 Fans love it when we blow them up. 41 00:02:02,660 --> 00:02:07,660 And they've noticed that they make fantastic rockets when you point them vertically. 42 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:11,660 But now they want to know what happens if we point them horizontally. 43 00:02:11,660 --> 00:02:14,660 What kind of cannon would a hot water heater make? 44 00:02:14,660 --> 00:02:15,660 I like that. 45 00:02:15,660 --> 00:02:17,660 All we have to do is take one out to the bomb range. 46 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:19,660 Strap it down, shoot it at something. 47 00:02:19,660 --> 00:02:21,660 See what kind of mayhem it causes. 48 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:23,660 That's exactly what I was thinking. 49 00:02:23,660 --> 00:02:30,660 Ever since the very first tank turn torpedo, water heaters have become a Mythbusters favorite. 50 00:02:31,660 --> 00:02:34,660 And the new fan request is this. 51 00:02:34,660 --> 00:02:42,660 If you replace a vertical launch with a horizontal one, can you really create a cannon? 52 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:49,660 To find out the guys wash up at the bomb range armed with their weapon of choice. 53 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:51,660 So how do you want to set this thing up? 54 00:02:51,660 --> 00:02:55,660 Well, if the fans want to see a water heater made into a cannon, I guess we've got to lie this thing on its side. 55 00:02:55,660 --> 00:03:00,660 And if we're going to shoot it on its side, I feel really strongly that we need to shoot it at something. 56 00:03:00,660 --> 00:03:04,660 Well, you want to go find something to shoot at and I'll set this up. 57 00:03:04,660 --> 00:03:05,660 I think it's a great plan. 58 00:03:06,660 --> 00:03:13,660 It's a divide and conquer tide plan that sees Jamie getting to grips with their pressure vessel in waiting. 59 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:17,660 We've set off these water heaters before and we've learned a couple of things. 60 00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:21,660 The first and most important is that you always want to be able to abort. 61 00:03:21,660 --> 00:03:25,660 I think we're losing pressure somewhere. We can't see. We've just got to report. 62 00:03:25,660 --> 00:03:27,660 All right. Well, we'll pull the valve. 63 00:03:28,660 --> 00:03:30,660 Sometimes things don't work the way you plan. 64 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:36,660 So in this case, we've got a valve that we can open like so and that'll relieve the pressure. 65 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:40,660 The other thing that we've done is that we put a couple of pressure sensors here. 66 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:48,660 So we'll always know exactly what's in this tank and we won't approach it unless these things are saying zero or unless we've opened the valve. 67 00:03:48,660 --> 00:03:52,660 So that's the cannons and here's the cannon fodder. 68 00:03:52,660 --> 00:03:55,660 Yep, Adam's become the man with a van. 69 00:03:55,660 --> 00:04:02,660 I know it's big and red, so it's kind of like hitting the broad side of the barn, but that's not going to stop me from making a target because targets are pretty. 70 00:04:02,660 --> 00:04:06,660 Add with the target taking shape, that just leaves the lock and load. 71 00:04:06,660 --> 00:04:10,660 A process which starts with the addition of 30 gallons of water. 72 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:17,660 My favorite things to blow up right here and ends with the unit being hammered into place. 73 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:19,660 Solid. 74 00:04:20,660 --> 00:04:25,660 With a mini bulldozer parked in place to further contain the cannon, the heater gets powered up. 75 00:04:26,660 --> 00:04:29,660 Shall I walk you through exactly what's going to go down here? 76 00:04:30,660 --> 00:04:33,660 Actually, I think it's pretty clear what's going to go down here. 77 00:04:34,660 --> 00:04:35,660 I think my work is done. 78 00:04:36,660 --> 00:04:42,660 But for any of you at home worried your water heater might also go ballistic, here's some reassurance. 79 00:04:43,660 --> 00:04:45,660 Why doesn't this happen in your house every day? 80 00:04:46,660 --> 00:04:48,660 Quite frankly because they've designed it not to and here's how. 81 00:04:49,660 --> 00:04:53,660 First, they don't restrict either the inlet or the outlet ports of the hot water heater. 82 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,660 So that's one place the overpressure can go. 83 00:04:55,660 --> 00:05:00,660 Secondly, there's a thermostat in here which when the hot water heater's temperature gets too high, 84 00:05:00,660 --> 00:05:04,660 shuts off the power of both heating elements until the water heater cools down. 85 00:05:04,660 --> 00:05:11,660 Thirdly and perhaps most importantly is right here when you install a hot water heater you must install an overpressure relief valve. 86 00:05:11,660 --> 00:05:15,660 That means when the pressure in here gets too high it goes psssssss. 87 00:05:15,660 --> 00:05:19,660 And releases the water thus releasing the pressure from the canister. 88 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:24,660 Needless to say the mythbusters have disabled all of those features. 89 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:27,660 Which is why they've gone to a hunker in the bunker. 90 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:30,660 All we do now is wait. It's about halfway there, about 150 psi. 91 00:05:31,660 --> 00:05:32,660 I love this part. 92 00:05:33,660 --> 00:05:34,660 This kills me. 93 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:42,660 From past experience Adam and Jamie know that there's no blow until the pressure goes beyond 300 psi. 94 00:05:44,660 --> 00:05:45,660 And 40 minutes later... 95 00:05:46,660 --> 00:05:47,660 305 psi. 96 00:05:48,660 --> 00:05:50,660 They're right in that butter zone. 97 00:05:55,660 --> 00:05:56,660 Oh! 98 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:01,660 Yeah! 99 00:06:02,660 --> 00:06:03,660 That was awesome! 100 00:06:03,660 --> 00:06:04,660 That was. 101 00:06:04,660 --> 00:06:09,660 I totally did not expect we would not go over that truck. In fact I would have bet against it. 102 00:06:09,660 --> 00:06:11,660 And we wheelied the little earth the moving machine. 103 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:18,660 Like a geyser on steroids, the power of the cannon has quite literally blown the van away. 104 00:06:18,660 --> 00:06:23,660 And the close inspection of the damage reveals just how forceful their firearm was. 105 00:06:25,660 --> 00:06:27,660 I found our projectile. 106 00:06:29,660 --> 00:06:31,660 That's the bottom of the hot water heater casing. 107 00:06:34,660 --> 00:06:35,660 And that. 108 00:06:35,660 --> 00:06:36,660 Oh it's hot! 109 00:06:37,660 --> 00:06:40,660 That's the bottom of our hot water heater canister. 110 00:06:41,660 --> 00:06:43,660 With debris strewn far and wide. 111 00:06:43,660 --> 00:06:45,660 Well that was the windshield. 112 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:47,660 It's definitely mission accomplished. 113 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:50,660 But let's give Adam and Jamie an idea. 114 00:06:51,660 --> 00:06:56,660 Dude, it threw our van on its side and it weighs 5,000 pounds. I would not have called that. 115 00:06:56,660 --> 00:07:00,660 Well our little loader weighs 6,000 and it popped a wheelie as well. 116 00:07:00,660 --> 00:07:03,660 This is maybe a ton of lumber underneath it. 117 00:07:03,660 --> 00:07:06,660 So it moved like 12,000 pounds of stuff all from boiling water. 118 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:08,660 It's a pretty effective cannon. 119 00:07:08,660 --> 00:07:09,660 Yeah but you know what? 120 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:10,660 I think we can do better. 121 00:07:10,660 --> 00:07:11,660 I think you're right. 122 00:07:12,660 --> 00:07:15,660 Well that's what the Mythbusters are gunning for next. 123 00:07:22,660 --> 00:07:23,660 Next up. 124 00:07:23,660 --> 00:07:24,660 A blast from the past. 125 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:27,660 Okay so what have we got? 126 00:07:27,660 --> 00:07:29,660 You guys remember Fireworks Man right? 127 00:07:29,660 --> 00:07:31,660 Yeah that was like one of the best stories we've ever done. 128 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:33,660 We'll get ready for Fireworks Man the Revenge. 129 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:35,660 Because fans will be watching us. 130 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:37,660 We'll get ready for Fireworks Man the Revenge. 131 00:07:37,660 --> 00:07:40,660 Because fans want us to give this one another try. 132 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:42,660 To see if we can get a successful launch? 133 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:43,660 Exactly. 134 00:07:44,660 --> 00:07:52,660 Fireworks Man told the story of a pyro pilot who flew 150 feet courtesy of 500 skyrockets. 135 00:07:53,660 --> 00:07:56,660 But when Cary, Tori and Grant put it to the test, 136 00:07:58,660 --> 00:08:01,660 their small scale flight wasn't promising. 137 00:08:01,660 --> 00:08:03,660 And their large scale launch 138 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:08,660 was even worse. 139 00:08:10,660 --> 00:08:13,660 But fans want this tall tail tackled again. 140 00:08:16,660 --> 00:08:19,660 Okay so people were disappointed with our flight vehicle the first time around. 141 00:08:19,660 --> 00:08:23,660 Arguing that if it were a little more slick, it would have gone the mythical 150 feet. 142 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:26,660 I get that but let's not forget that this was something the guy built in his garage. 143 00:08:26,660 --> 00:08:30,660 It was never going to be some carbon fiber super aerodynamic thing. 144 00:08:30,660 --> 00:08:32,660 Right but that's what the fans want. 145 00:08:32,660 --> 00:08:35,660 This time they want something a little more sophisticated. 146 00:08:35,660 --> 00:08:38,660 Alright well why don't we figure out what we did wrong last time, 147 00:08:38,660 --> 00:08:40,660 fix it in small scale and then take it to full scale. 148 00:08:40,660 --> 00:08:44,660 But this time let's throw some heavy-duty rocket science into it. 149 00:08:44,660 --> 00:08:45,660 NASA? 150 00:08:45,660 --> 00:08:46,660 Yeah. 151 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:52,660 So step one in Fireworks Man 2 is to work out what went wrong. 152 00:08:52,660 --> 00:08:54,660 And Grant's already got that sorted. 153 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:57,660 So the first time we tried this we had two problems. 154 00:08:57,660 --> 00:09:03,660 One, the curvature of the surfboard caused lift which causes to exit the ramp early. 155 00:09:03,660 --> 00:09:07,660 Second problem, Buster's center of gravity which is this line right here, 156 00:09:07,660 --> 00:09:12,660 is above the center of thrust which is this line right here. 157 00:09:12,660 --> 00:09:16,660 Now for maximum stability those two should be right on top of each other. 158 00:09:16,660 --> 00:09:19,660 In charge of making those improvements is Tori. 159 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:24,660 Who not only addresses the two pivotal flight path problems. 160 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:26,660 Oh Tori that's amazing. 161 00:09:26,660 --> 00:09:27,660 Oh thanks Carrie. 162 00:09:27,660 --> 00:09:31,660 But also adds a couple of stability upgrades of his own. 163 00:09:31,660 --> 00:09:33,660 Alright so these are the changes that I've made. 164 00:09:33,660 --> 00:09:37,660 I have lowered the center of mass that it is in line with the center of thrust. 165 00:09:37,660 --> 00:09:41,660 Plus I've added a nose cone to make it more aerodynamic. 166 00:09:41,660 --> 00:09:44,660 I'm also adding larger stabilization fins. 167 00:09:44,660 --> 00:09:47,660 The last time our fins were too small and it went out of control. 168 00:09:47,660 --> 00:09:50,660 So now that the model is done we're going to take it to the wind tunnel 169 00:09:50,660 --> 00:09:52,660 and see if this is aerodynamic enough. 170 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:54,660 Kind of like men in black huh? 171 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:58,660 Once inside they pivot their model at its center of gravity. 172 00:09:58,660 --> 00:10:00,660 It's looking great. 173 00:10:00,660 --> 00:10:05,660 If the model stays put when the wind test starts then their design is stable. 174 00:10:05,660 --> 00:10:08,660 But any deviation and it's back to the drawing board. 175 00:10:08,660 --> 00:10:10,660 Alright we're set. 176 00:10:10,660 --> 00:10:12,660 Okay let's turn on the wind tunnel and see what happens. 177 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:14,660 Bring on the wind! 178 00:10:15,660 --> 00:10:20,660 Under the white-full eye of expert Steve Smith the 50-nod wind gets fired up. 179 00:10:20,660 --> 00:10:23,660 But their hopes go down. 180 00:10:23,660 --> 00:10:25,660 Steady as a rock. 181 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:27,660 Fireworks man! 182 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:29,660 That's what happened last time. 183 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:33,660 Alright so it looks like fireworks man is not stable at all. 184 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:39,660 Yep, flipping a 180 and then waddling in the wind is about as unstable as it gets. 185 00:10:39,660 --> 00:10:41,660 What if we put the rockets in the back? 186 00:10:41,660 --> 00:10:43,660 That's all I'm saying. 187 00:10:43,660 --> 00:10:47,660 So we just tested the new design for our fireworks man in the wind tunnel 188 00:10:47,660 --> 00:10:49,660 and so far it is not looking very aerodynamic. 189 00:10:49,660 --> 00:10:51,660 But we're not going to give up. 190 00:10:51,660 --> 00:10:55,660 Bigger fins hopefully that'll give us stability and that'll be the winning model design. 191 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:59,660 And with those bigger fins glued in place it's time for test two. 192 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:05,660 Where this time things are looking solid. 193 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:06,660 It's working. 194 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:07,660 Looks good. 195 00:11:07,660 --> 00:11:10,660 So if it really is stable we should be able to nudge it a little bit 196 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:13,660 and it should restore back to its original flight plan. 197 00:11:13,660 --> 00:11:15,660 Don't nudge it too much. 198 00:11:15,660 --> 00:11:17,660 That's stable. 199 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:18,660 That's awesome. 200 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:20,660 I think we got a winning design here. 201 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:22,660 Still to come. 202 00:11:22,660 --> 00:11:24,660 Will fireworks man take flight? 203 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:25,660 X marks the spot. 204 00:11:25,660 --> 00:11:27,660 That's what we're aiming for. 205 00:11:28,660 --> 00:11:31,660 But next Adam and Jamie unleash the big guns. 206 00:11:31,660 --> 00:11:33,660 In three, two, one. 207 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:36,660 What happened? What happened? 208 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:48,660 In revenge of the water cannon, Adam and Jamie have just had a blast. 209 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:52,660 That was freaking awesome. 210 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:54,660 Yeah it was great wasn't it? 211 00:11:54,660 --> 00:11:58,660 But it wasn't really an honest goodness cannon like with a cannonball. 212 00:11:58,660 --> 00:12:00,660 You're right. What do you think it? 213 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:04,660 What if we put the water heater inside a really heavy canister with a barrel mounted on it? 214 00:12:04,660 --> 00:12:08,660 And let the energy from the exploding hot water heater contained by the canister 215 00:12:08,660 --> 00:12:10,660 propel the cannonball forward. 216 00:12:10,660 --> 00:12:11,660 Exactly. 217 00:12:13,660 --> 00:12:18,660 So now we've seen the awesome power inherent in the hot water heater when he placed it on its side 218 00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:20,660 and it's not unimpressive. 219 00:12:20,660 --> 00:12:22,660 In fact, it's pretty incredible. 220 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:28,660 We tipped a van over, we knocked a 6,000 pound dicker backwards and lifted 2,000 pounds of railroad ties. 221 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:35,660 We find ourselves wondering what happens if we took all that energy and focus it and compressed it. 222 00:12:35,660 --> 00:12:37,660 Yeah that's what we're doing next. 223 00:12:37,660 --> 00:12:39,660 We're going to encase this hot water heater and steel. 224 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:45,660 We're going to focus all this energy out of barrel and I think we're going to come out with a pretty darned respectable cannon. 225 00:12:45,660 --> 00:12:50,660 So with the design idea sorted, you might say it's full steam ahead. 226 00:12:50,660 --> 00:12:51,660 In we go. 227 00:12:51,660 --> 00:12:54,660 First, Jamie dives into the heater containment section. 228 00:12:54,660 --> 00:12:56,660 It's nice and cozy in here. 229 00:12:58,660 --> 00:13:04,660 Made of half inch thick steel pipe, it should be strong enough, but Jamie's taken no chances. 230 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:11,660 We've taken three heavy passes with a welder on this side of the flange and we're going to do the same on the other side. 231 00:13:11,660 --> 00:13:15,660 It may seem kind of overkill, but we've seen what these water heaters can do. 232 00:13:16,660 --> 00:13:19,660 Meanwhile, Adam's taken aim with both barrels. 233 00:13:20,660 --> 00:13:24,660 For the barrel, I'm using two 20 foot lengths of schedule 40 pipe. 234 00:13:24,660 --> 00:13:25,660 That's good. 235 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:30,660 That 40 foot length should give my cannonball plenty of time to go as fast as possible. 236 00:13:31,660 --> 00:13:32,660 We have clearance. 237 00:13:32,660 --> 00:13:35,660 We want to harness all of this cannon's steam power. 238 00:13:35,660 --> 00:13:41,660 Indeed, and after a quick 40 foot paint job, Adam's finished lock stocking barrel. 239 00:13:41,660 --> 00:13:43,660 I think it looks lovely, don't you? 240 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:45,660 Which leaves just one thing. 241 00:13:45,660 --> 00:13:47,660 Jamie's base plate catcher. 242 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:51,660 So we're going to put our water heater inside our canister and wait for it to blow. 243 00:13:51,660 --> 00:13:56,660 Now when it blows, it's bottom, just like this one, is going to rock it towards the front of the canister. 244 00:13:56,660 --> 00:14:00,660 But because we don't want it to plug the hole that lets the steam into the barrel, 245 00:14:00,660 --> 00:14:05,660 we've put a heavy steel plate at the end of the canister so that this thing will tilt 246 00:14:05,660 --> 00:14:10,660 and let the steam flow up and over it and into the barrel without any turbulence. 247 00:14:10,660 --> 00:14:12,660 At least that's the idea. 248 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:15,660 It's a good idea in theory, but will it work in practice? 249 00:14:15,660 --> 00:14:21,660 Well, back at the bomb range, the steam cannon will have to wait, because first of fire is the control. 250 00:14:22,660 --> 00:14:26,660 Before we fire off our steam cannon, we need to have something to compare it to. 251 00:14:26,660 --> 00:14:33,660 So we've gotten a hold of an honest to goodness traditional Civil War era cannon by the name of Old Moses. 252 00:14:33,660 --> 00:14:35,660 All we need is something to shoot at. 253 00:14:35,660 --> 00:14:38,660 And that's something Adam's already lined up. 254 00:14:39,660 --> 00:14:44,660 This is our target. Four pallets full of hollow, concrete bricks. 255 00:14:44,660 --> 00:14:47,660 What we're hoping is that the bricks will have enough stopping power to halt the cannonball 256 00:14:47,660 --> 00:14:51,660 somewhere along its path within these four pallets so that we get a nice comparative metric 257 00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:54,660 as to how much power the cannon is putting out. 258 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:57,660 If for some reason the cannonball makes it through all four of these pallets and bricks, 259 00:14:57,660 --> 00:15:01,660 well, we've got a fifth one filled with sand and that is definitely going to stop it. 260 00:15:02,660 --> 00:15:07,660 Alright everybody, this is for real. Cannonball, the control, and three. 261 00:15:07,660 --> 00:15:09,660 Two, one. 262 00:15:13,660 --> 00:15:15,660 Woo! Yeah! 263 00:15:16,660 --> 00:15:19,660 I can't see what happened. What happened? What happened? 264 00:15:20,660 --> 00:15:22,660 Hit the bricks. Wow! 265 00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:29,660 It sure was a direct hit. But what's important here is not the aim, but the number of bricks destroyed. 266 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:32,660 That's the benchmark that their steam cannon will be compared to. 267 00:15:33,660 --> 00:15:35,660 And after surveying the damage... 268 00:15:35,660 --> 00:15:37,660 This is it! I got it! 269 00:15:38,660 --> 00:15:39,660 Yep, there it is. 270 00:15:40,660 --> 00:15:43,660 Those numbers are in and they're pretty substantial. 271 00:15:43,660 --> 00:15:44,660 So what have we got? 272 00:15:44,660 --> 00:15:52,660 Well, we had eleven rows penetrated, thirty-seven bricks destroyed, and twenty-three knocked off. 273 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:54,660 That seems like a pretty good metric to start from. 274 00:15:54,660 --> 00:15:57,660 Yeah, well, we'll see what the steam cannon does. 275 00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:02,660 Later, the Mythbusters fling some bling. 276 00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:07,660 Unbelievable, we finally get a luxury car. And what do we do? We throw it off a cliff. 277 00:16:07,660 --> 00:16:12,660 But next, will fireworks man hit infinity or beyond? 278 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:14,660 One, three, two, one. 279 00:16:20,660 --> 00:16:22,660 At NASA's wind tunnel... 280 00:16:22,660 --> 00:16:23,660 Bring on the wind! 281 00:16:23,660 --> 00:16:27,660 The new and improved fireworks man is riding high. 282 00:16:27,660 --> 00:16:29,660 I think we got a winning design here. 283 00:16:29,660 --> 00:16:35,660 Because in a head-to-head stability test, version 2.0 has trounced their original design. 284 00:16:35,660 --> 00:16:36,660 That's awesome! 285 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:40,660 So now, the team has headed to the middle of nowhere. 286 00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:44,660 For its maiden flight in miniature. 287 00:16:45,660 --> 00:16:46,660 We're here! 288 00:16:46,660 --> 00:16:47,660 Ready for science. 289 00:16:47,660 --> 00:16:50,660 I am so glad we are revisiting fireworks man. 290 00:16:50,660 --> 00:16:53,660 Now we're going to test our small-scale fireworks man. 291 00:16:53,660 --> 00:16:59,660 So far, we've taken it to NASA, we've made a more aerodynamic design, and next we're going to launch it off into the desert. 292 00:16:59,660 --> 00:17:03,660 We laid out our course with a marker every ten feet up to a hundred feet. 293 00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:04,660 This is going to tell us two things. 294 00:17:04,660 --> 00:17:08,660 One, the distance our model travels, and two, if it flies straight. 295 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:09,660 Which hopefully it does. 296 00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:11,660 It's time for launch. 297 00:17:13,660 --> 00:17:16,660 Alright, so we are all loaded. 298 00:17:16,660 --> 00:17:18,660 Ready to launch. 299 00:17:18,660 --> 00:17:20,660 Okay, here we go. 300 00:17:20,660 --> 00:17:22,660 Small-scale fireworks man. 301 00:17:22,660 --> 00:17:25,660 In three, two, one... 302 00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:28,660 Woo! 303 00:17:29,660 --> 00:17:30,660 Yeah! 304 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:32,660 That's awesome! 305 00:17:32,660 --> 00:17:33,660 Oh! 306 00:17:34,660 --> 00:17:37,660 I'm not bad to you guys, but I would say that's a successful launch. 307 00:17:37,660 --> 00:17:39,660 We're in that thing with at least 300 feet in the air. 308 00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:42,660 Yeah, I think we got at least 150 feet in distance. 309 00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:46,660 You know, it could have been a little straighter, but this is definitely what we're moving on from. 310 00:17:46,660 --> 00:17:48,660 Yep, I think it's time we take this full scale. 311 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:49,660 Yeah! 312 00:17:51,660 --> 00:17:53,660 This launch was such a phenomenal success. 313 00:17:55,660 --> 00:17:57,660 But now it's Big Brother Beckett. 314 00:17:58,660 --> 00:17:59,660 Let's go to work. 315 00:17:59,660 --> 00:18:02,660 Well, back at the shop, it's time to get building. 316 00:18:03,660 --> 00:18:08,660 Tori focuses on a full-size flight vehicle, complete with its large wooden fins. 317 00:18:10,660 --> 00:18:11,660 That should hold. 318 00:18:11,660 --> 00:18:13,660 And Gurney inspired passenger capsule. 319 00:18:18,660 --> 00:18:21,660 Meanwhile, Grant gives the ramp a revamp. 320 00:18:21,660 --> 00:18:25,660 And when we first tried this, we had a minor problem, and that was, 321 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:29,660 we had a trolley that our shuttle was riding on all the way up the ramp, 322 00:18:29,660 --> 00:18:31,660 but it separated prematurely. 323 00:18:31,660 --> 00:18:34,660 That is not going to happen this time because we're doing away with the trolley, 324 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:39,660 and we are integrating our wheels directly into our launch vehicle. 325 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:42,660 So it's going to travel all the way up the ramp, 326 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:50,660 and by the time it gets to the end, it should be going fast enough that the fins take over and we get a straight launch. 327 00:18:50,660 --> 00:18:56,660 That's the theory, and after a solid day's rocketeering, it's almost time to put it into practice. 328 00:18:57,660 --> 00:19:00,660 But first comes the all-important test on the ramp. 329 00:19:00,660 --> 00:19:01,660 That's awesome! 330 00:19:01,660 --> 00:19:03,660 And the patented Mythbusters makeover. 331 00:19:04,660 --> 00:19:05,660 Best rocket ever. 332 00:19:06,660 --> 00:19:08,660 And with that, it's time to ship out. 333 00:19:08,660 --> 00:19:10,660 This is going to be so sick. 334 00:19:10,660 --> 00:19:14,660 To one of the most iconic Mythbusters locations of all. 335 00:19:15,660 --> 00:19:17,660 Dude, look at this spot! 336 00:19:17,660 --> 00:19:18,660 I think this is perfect. 337 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:22,660 We put the ramp right here, fireworks man goes launching off into the valley. 338 00:19:23,660 --> 00:19:25,660 I mean, it can't get any better than this. 339 00:19:26,660 --> 00:19:28,660 We're here at a rock quarry in Angels Camp. 340 00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:29,660 Now, we've been here before. 341 00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:31,660 In fact, we blew up our cement truck here. 342 00:19:34,660 --> 00:19:36,660 We pushed cars off the cliff scene. 343 00:19:39,660 --> 00:19:45,660 Now, we're seeing if over 500 skyrockets is enough to send a man 150 feet in the air. 344 00:19:45,660 --> 00:19:49,660 It's time to put this myth to the test again. 345 00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:53,660 But first comes the on-site setup, starting with the ramp. 346 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:55,660 Alright, why don't you bring that fork lift in? 347 00:19:56,660 --> 00:20:01,660 Which, once out of the truck, is raised up to a perfect launch angle of 50 degrees. 348 00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:03,660 Little more. 349 00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:05,660 Stop. 350 00:20:05,660 --> 00:20:06,660 Alright. 351 00:20:06,660 --> 00:20:07,660 That looks good. 352 00:20:07,660 --> 00:20:13,660 Then the ramp's secured in place so that it should withstand a full force of launch without falling over. 353 00:20:15,660 --> 00:20:16,660 This feels pretty solid. 354 00:20:16,660 --> 00:20:17,660 I think we're done. 355 00:20:17,660 --> 00:20:19,660 Alright, let's get the fireworks man. 356 00:20:19,660 --> 00:20:22,900 Next up is the 357 00:20:23,660 --> 00:20:25,660 Next, Buster gets dressed for success. 358 00:20:25,660 --> 00:20:26,660 And look at that. 359 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:27,660 Yeah! 360 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:28,660 Woohoo! 361 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:30,660 And strapped into the hot seat. 362 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:34,660 Remember to keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times. 363 00:20:34,660 --> 00:20:35,660 A quick balance check later. 364 00:20:35,660 --> 00:20:37,660 That's pretty good, right? 365 00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:39,660 All that's left are the fireworks. 366 00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:41,660 All 500 of them. 367 00:20:41,660 --> 00:20:46,660 So we're going to be launching our fireworks man with this giant bank of skyrockets. 368 00:20:46,660 --> 00:20:49,660 Now these skyrockets can go up to 1200 feet, but that's without a load. 369 00:20:49,660 --> 00:20:51,660 We have a 300 pound load. 370 00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:53,660 Now remember they only burn for three seconds. 371 00:20:53,660 --> 00:21:00,660 Hopefully that'll give us enough time to build up enough thrust to get our fireworks man to go over the 150 foot mark that we're looking for. 372 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:02,660 This way we can confirm this myth. 373 00:21:02,660 --> 00:21:04,660 Confidence may be sky high. 374 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:05,660 Hey, check it out. 375 00:21:05,660 --> 00:21:06,660 X marks the spot. 376 00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:08,660 That's what we're aiming for. 377 00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:10,660 But the team is still taking precautions. 378 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:19,660 Just to give you an idea of how dangerous this experiment is, we had to bring in a bomb tech, a power tech, the sheriff's department, NASA, and the fire department. 379 00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:25,660 Because in a few minutes we're about to have a flying flaming potentially exploding man go off that ramp. 380 00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:28,660 Here on Mythbusters you can't be too careful. 381 00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:30,660 Ain't that the truth? 382 00:21:30,660 --> 00:21:36,660 And with everyone retreated for safety, it's go time. 383 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:38,660 Are you guys ready for this? 384 00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:39,660 Me so. 385 00:21:39,660 --> 00:21:40,660 Yep. 386 00:21:40,660 --> 00:21:45,660 All right, here we go in three, two, one. 387 00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:52,660 I get it. 388 00:21:52,660 --> 00:21:54,660 Holy crap. 389 00:21:57,660 --> 00:22:05,660 In a complete reversal of their previous effort, fireworks man flew straight, true, and then south. 390 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:10,660 Crash landing head first, 700 feet downstream. 391 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,660 You cannot ask for a better launch. 392 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:14,660 We had the fireworks man on the ramp. 393 00:22:14,660 --> 00:22:16,660 The rockets all went off at the same exact time. 394 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:24,660 He got up the ramp, he went off, went straight, and all of a sudden he fired off like a missile going over 150 feet. 395 00:22:24,660 --> 00:22:27,660 We have to confirm this one. 396 00:22:27,660 --> 00:22:28,660 This one was awesome. 397 00:22:35,660 --> 00:22:38,660 So it looks like the adjustments that we made paid off. 398 00:22:38,660 --> 00:22:41,660 I mean we got a much stabler flight and it went a lot further. 399 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:43,660 So the physics are confirmed. 400 00:22:43,660 --> 00:22:49,660 Yeah, it's confirmed, but you know what? Falling from that height even into water survivability is questionable. 401 00:22:49,660 --> 00:22:51,660 All right, confirm, just not very smart. 402 00:22:51,660 --> 00:22:52,660 Confirmed. 403 00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:54,660 Yeah, confirmed but dangerous. 404 00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:56,660 I'm gonna try that one at home, right? 405 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:05,660 Next on Mythbusters, will a hot water heater make a viable cannon? 406 00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:07,660 So can tankers. 407 00:23:08,660 --> 00:23:12,660 Please do not try what you are about to see at home. 408 00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:14,660 We're what you call experts. 409 00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:15,660 Can't you tell? 410 00:23:18,660 --> 00:23:23,660 At the fans request, we've been looking into harnessing the awesome power of exploding hot water heaters. 411 00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:31,660 And so far, without any modification, we got one turned on its side to tip over a 5,000 pound van. 412 00:23:32,660 --> 00:23:35,660 But that's not good enough for us. We want to make a real cannon. 413 00:23:35,660 --> 00:23:43,660 So this time we are sealing a hot water heater inside a heavy steel canister with nothing but a 37 foot barrel as its outlet. 414 00:23:43,660 --> 00:23:45,660 We've already fired a Civil War era cannon. 415 00:23:45,660 --> 00:23:48,660 Give ourselves a metric as to how powerful a cannon should be. 416 00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:52,660 And we're hoping to exceed that. 417 00:23:52,660 --> 00:23:55,660 Assembly is definitely an all hands to the pump affair. 418 00:23:55,660 --> 00:24:03,660 But pretty soon, the cannon's locked, loaded, and zeroed in on the target. 419 00:24:03,660 --> 00:24:08,660 This brick right here, that's where old Moses hit, and that's where our steam cannon is aimed at. 420 00:24:08,660 --> 00:24:15,660 It's heating up now, so sometime in about an hour, well, an hour for me, more like two minutes for you. 421 00:24:15,660 --> 00:24:22,660 In about two minutes for you, we're going to obliterate at least one and a half blocks of concrete bricks. 422 00:24:22,660 --> 00:24:24,660 Yeah, that's the theory. 423 00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:30,660 But unfortunately in 20 minutes for Adam and 20 seconds for you, there's a problem. 424 00:24:31,660 --> 00:24:37,660 In the realm of not being able to plan for every contingency, take a note at our cannon down there, the blue and white stripes. 425 00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:39,660 See where it's pointed? 426 00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:49,660 A brush fire has just started on the other side of the hill where we're aimed, and we have to stop heating our water heater so it doesn't, you know, shoot any firemen. 427 00:24:49,660 --> 00:24:51,660 Who would have thought of that? 428 00:24:51,660 --> 00:24:55,660 Yep, it's not the fire in the hole they were looking for. 429 00:24:56,660 --> 00:25:03,660 But when the burning push is brought under control, the guys ratchet up the pressure once more. 430 00:25:03,660 --> 00:25:11,660 All right, everybody, we're at 150 PSI, so you can't leave your bunkers, you can't approach the gun. It's a no-go zone. 431 00:25:11,660 --> 00:25:13,660 This time, the PSI climbs steadily. 432 00:25:13,660 --> 00:25:14,660 210. 433 00:25:14,660 --> 00:25:16,660 Just like it's supposed to. 434 00:25:16,660 --> 00:25:17,660 220. 435 00:25:17,660 --> 00:25:22,660 Until it reaches 230 where it suddenly stops. 436 00:25:22,660 --> 00:25:25,660 I just don't understand what's going on with this one. 437 00:25:25,660 --> 00:25:27,660 And then drops. 438 00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:29,660 175. 439 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:35,660 With the tank falling to a pressure that's safe to stand next to, their only option is to trigger the release valve. 440 00:25:35,660 --> 00:25:36,660 Oh man. 441 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:37,660 There we go. 442 00:25:37,660 --> 00:25:40,660 And wait for the tank to empty. 443 00:25:40,660 --> 00:25:42,660 It's a rainbow. 444 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:47,660 It's hardly the cannon chaos they were after, but failure is always an option. 445 00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:53,660 Well, round one was a failure. There's no way around it, so we're going to reset and have another go. 446 00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:03,660 Next, in Revenge of the Myth is another tall story. 447 00:26:03,660 --> 00:26:05,660 Okay, so what have we got? 448 00:26:05,660 --> 00:26:06,660 Bird balance. 449 00:26:06,660 --> 00:26:10,660 Ah, yeah, that's the one where the bird lands on the hood of the precariously balanced car, causing it to tip. 450 00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:13,660 Yes and no. Yes, that's the myth, but no, it can't. 451 00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:15,660 Do people dispute that? 452 00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:20,660 No, but they have a good suggestion that they think is going to send this myth to the max. 453 00:26:20,660 --> 00:26:21,660 What's that? 454 00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:22,660 A limo. 455 00:26:22,660 --> 00:26:23,660 Oh, that's a good idea. 456 00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:27,660 A limo is longer than a regular car, which means the tip of its hood is further from the pivot point. 457 00:26:27,660 --> 00:26:30,660 And therefore, it should be easier to send it over the cliff. 458 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:34,660 The last time the guys tested this classic car cliffhanger. 459 00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:36,660 Two pigeons, not happening. 460 00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:40,660 Only a farm load of poultry could get the car to pivot. 461 00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:42,660 Oh, yeah! 462 00:26:44,660 --> 00:26:48,660 But the longer the lever, the less weight it takes to tip. 463 00:26:48,660 --> 00:26:53,660 So fans have asked if a lengthy limousine can be unbalanced by a bird. 464 00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:56,660 And that's not their only request. 465 00:26:56,660 --> 00:27:00,660 But there's more. The fans were not satisfied with our clip. 466 00:27:00,660 --> 00:27:03,660 They want to see this car go over an actual cliff. 467 00:27:03,660 --> 00:27:06,660 Okay, well that means real birds are out. We better start preparing some fake birds. 468 00:27:06,660 --> 00:27:09,660 Yeah, and considering how much mass it took last time to send the car over, 469 00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:12,660 I'm going to have to start building the heaviest flying bird there is. 470 00:27:12,660 --> 00:27:14,660 And you know what, in case the big bird doesn't work, 471 00:27:14,660 --> 00:27:17,660 I'll build something that will drop large amounts of poultry. 472 00:27:18,660 --> 00:27:19,660 Sounds good. 473 00:27:19,660 --> 00:27:20,660 Sounds weird. 474 00:27:25,660 --> 00:27:28,660 Now, since we're moving on to a more extreme car, the limo, 475 00:27:28,660 --> 00:27:32,660 it is fitting that we move on to a larger bird, a kori buster. 476 00:27:32,660 --> 00:27:34,660 Now, they are native in Africa. 477 00:27:34,660 --> 00:27:38,660 They are one of the largest birds known to fly, and they weigh around 40 pounds. 478 00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:42,660 Now, since we don't have them here in North America, I need to make one. 479 00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:46,660 So I have a bag of sand that weighs around 40 pounds. 480 00:27:46,660 --> 00:27:50,660 What I need to do is make it look a little bit more like the bird before we drop it on the limo. 481 00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:53,660 By recreating the world's heaviest flying bird, 482 00:27:53,660 --> 00:27:56,660 Torey's giving this myth a helping hand. 483 00:27:56,660 --> 00:27:59,660 He's also giving it a helping voice. 484 00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:03,660 What do you think? Say hello to my robo bird. 485 00:28:05,660 --> 00:28:10,660 Torey's avian animatronics is firing at all cylinders. 486 00:28:10,660 --> 00:28:11,660 Good kori buster. 487 00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:14,660 But it won't be flying solo. 488 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:18,660 Okay, so I finished the turkey chandelier. 489 00:28:18,660 --> 00:28:23,660 We can drop up to 40 turkeys onto the hood of the car at 25 pounds apiece. 490 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:26,660 That's upwards of a thousand pounds of poultry. 491 00:28:26,660 --> 00:28:32,660 Here we go. Fire one. Fire two. Just like that. 492 00:28:33,660 --> 00:28:38,660 With their bird booty in tow, the mythbusters head to the deserts of New Mexico, 493 00:28:38,660 --> 00:28:41,660 where they've traveled in style. 494 00:28:41,660 --> 00:28:46,660 But it is about time we get to ride in style on this show. 495 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:49,660 All right, I think this is the perfect candidate for an experiment. 496 00:28:49,660 --> 00:28:50,660 Let's push it off a cliff. 497 00:28:50,660 --> 00:28:51,660 It's kind of a shame, don't you think? 498 00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:52,660 Not really. 499 00:28:52,660 --> 00:28:54,660 All we need now are some supermodels. 500 00:28:54,660 --> 00:28:57,660 Well, New Mexico tech may be short on supermodels, 501 00:28:57,660 --> 00:29:01,660 but for cliffs to balance cars on, it's ideal. 502 00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:03,660 All right, as you know, I hate heights. 503 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:06,660 It's not so much the heights that I hate, it's falling to your death. 504 00:29:06,660 --> 00:29:07,660 That part I hate. 505 00:29:07,660 --> 00:29:08,660 But this myth calls for heights. 506 00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:10,660 We needed a cliff, and we have the perfect cliff. 507 00:29:10,660 --> 00:29:12,660 This thing is 300 feet tall. 508 00:29:12,660 --> 00:29:15,660 We're going to balance our limo at the edge and see if a bird landing on it. 509 00:29:15,660 --> 00:29:17,660 We'll send it over. 510 00:29:17,660 --> 00:29:19,660 I'm getting out of here. 511 00:29:19,660 --> 00:29:23,660 The good news is that at least Tari won't be in the car when it tips. 512 00:29:23,660 --> 00:29:27,660 Audio, some chachos. Have a nice trap. See you next fall. 513 00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:32,660 But with only one limo, they can't risk losing it before they've even started. 514 00:29:32,660 --> 00:29:35,660 So first, to find its pivot point. 515 00:29:35,660 --> 00:29:37,660 The plan here is to find the butter zone for the tipping point. 516 00:29:37,660 --> 00:29:41,660 To do that, we have a teeter totter, which is a pipe. It's a rounded edge. 517 00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:45,660 We'll find the center of mass of the limousine that way and mark it. 518 00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:47,660 All right, mark it. 519 00:29:47,660 --> 00:29:49,660 Then we're going to lift the limousine up, put it on a slab. 520 00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:52,660 We're going to find the tipping point off of a knife edge. 521 00:29:52,660 --> 00:29:54,660 All right, it looks pretty good. 522 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:58,660 Somewhere between those two should be our perfect zone for tipping. 523 00:29:58,660 --> 00:30:00,660 Unbelievable. We finally get a luxury car. 524 00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:04,660 And what do we do? We throw it off a cliff. 525 00:30:04,660 --> 00:30:08,660 And to do just that, the car is first hoisted into place. 526 00:30:08,660 --> 00:30:12,660 And then balanced on its predetermined tipping point. 527 00:30:12,660 --> 00:30:14,660 Remember, this is all about the science of the fulcrum. 528 00:30:14,660 --> 00:30:20,660 The further out we are from the fulcrum, the easier it is for a small weight to be able to tip that lever 529 00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:23,660 and basically tip our car off the cliff. 530 00:30:23,660 --> 00:30:27,660 But will the Kory Buster be enough to tip the balance? 531 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:29,660 The car is perfectly balanced. 532 00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:33,660 We're about to drop our heavy bird, the single bird experiment. 533 00:30:33,660 --> 00:30:35,660 I think we actually have a shot at this one. 534 00:30:35,660 --> 00:30:37,660 I think that car is going to go off the cliff. 535 00:30:37,660 --> 00:30:39,660 All right, you guys ready to do this? 536 00:30:39,660 --> 00:30:45,660 This is the Kory Buster, the heaviest flying bird landing on the front end of the limo. 537 00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:47,660 Okay, here we go. 538 00:30:47,660 --> 00:30:52,660 In five, four, three, two, one. 539 00:30:52,660 --> 00:30:57,660 Coming up next on Mythbusters, I'm not actually really sure. 540 00:30:57,660 --> 00:31:01,660 Plus, Adam and Jamie get exuberant with excavators. 541 00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:04,660 Oh, stop! We might have gotten it. 542 00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:14,660 With cannons behaving chaotically, it's time to switch gears. 543 00:31:14,660 --> 00:31:16,660 Remember excavator exuberance? 544 00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:20,660 I do. We tried rolling, water skiing and climbing all based on YouTube videos. 545 00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:22,660 And it turned out you could do all those things. 546 00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:24,660 Right. But... 547 00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:25,660 But... 548 00:31:25,660 --> 00:31:29,660 The fans wrote to us and said, with all that time in practice, with those beautiful big excavators, 549 00:31:29,660 --> 00:31:33,660 why couldn't we have come up with our own crazy thing to do with them? 550 00:31:33,660 --> 00:31:35,660 Okay, I like that. 551 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:39,660 Well, what if you did something counterintuitive, like little things with big machines? 552 00:31:39,660 --> 00:31:43,660 You mean like comically delicate operations with huge pieces of industrial equipment? 553 00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:44,660 Exactly. 554 00:31:44,660 --> 00:31:47,660 I love that. Let's totally do it. 555 00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:53,660 Last time round, Adam and Jamie's excavator viral videos were three for three. 556 00:31:53,660 --> 00:31:56,660 This has got to be one of the strangest things that I've ever done. 557 00:31:56,660 --> 00:32:00,660 As each stunt, based on pure mechanical power, was confirmed. 558 00:32:00,660 --> 00:32:02,660 Holy crap, it's working! 559 00:32:02,660 --> 00:32:05,660 But now, in a viewer request fest... 560 00:32:05,660 --> 00:32:07,660 This is perfect! 561 00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:10,660 ...the Mythbusters are taking a different tack. 562 00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:11,660 Oh, yeah. 563 00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:14,660 ...the seemingly impossible challenges they've set themselves... 564 00:32:14,660 --> 00:32:16,660 And now for the threat. 565 00:32:16,660 --> 00:32:20,660 Involved not brute force, but delicacy and precision. 566 00:32:20,660 --> 00:32:22,660 See what that'll do it. 567 00:32:22,660 --> 00:32:25,660 Jamie's in the hot seat first. 568 00:32:25,660 --> 00:32:27,660 Granny here's got a problem. 569 00:32:27,660 --> 00:32:31,660 She's a little bit old, a little bit beyond her years, and she can't see very well. 570 00:32:31,660 --> 00:32:34,660 She's got socks to darn, but she can't thread to her needle. 571 00:32:34,660 --> 00:32:38,660 So, beautiful grandson, Jamie's going to help her in the only way he knows how... 572 00:32:38,660 --> 00:32:41,660 With large pieces of heavy industrial machinery. 573 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:44,660 Now, this poses certain challenges. 574 00:32:44,660 --> 00:32:49,660 First off, the thing is so heavy that once you get it going, it's kind of hard to stop it. 575 00:32:49,660 --> 00:32:53,660 At least, if you're talking, like, tiny, tiny fractions of an inch. 576 00:32:53,660 --> 00:32:55,660 Stop. 577 00:32:55,660 --> 00:32:57,660 Come in. 578 00:32:57,660 --> 00:32:59,660 And the second thing is it controls themselves. 579 00:32:59,660 --> 00:33:02,660 Well, they're just not that fine. 580 00:33:02,660 --> 00:33:04,660 You're nudging the bucket. 581 00:33:04,660 --> 00:33:09,660 So, whether it'll actually make those little delicate movements we need or not, 582 00:33:09,660 --> 00:33:11,660 is anybody's guess at this point. 583 00:33:11,660 --> 00:33:14,660 But after a few minutes of constant communication... 584 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:15,660 More? 585 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,660 Yeah, a little bit more. 586 00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:20,660 And patented myth buster perseverance... 587 00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:23,660 Anybody's guess... 588 00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:25,660 Oh, so close. 589 00:33:25,660 --> 00:33:27,660 ...turns into a mission accomplished. 590 00:33:27,660 --> 00:33:29,660 Oh, stop! 591 00:33:29,660 --> 00:33:31,660 We might have gotten it. 592 00:33:31,660 --> 00:33:33,660 Yes, it's in! 593 00:33:33,660 --> 00:33:35,660 Yeah! 594 00:33:35,660 --> 00:33:37,660 Pull it through. 595 00:33:37,660 --> 00:33:40,660 Don't believe it, check this out. 596 00:33:41,660 --> 00:33:46,660 That is one threaded needle with an excavator. 597 00:33:46,660 --> 00:33:48,660 Nice work, Granny. 598 00:33:48,660 --> 00:33:51,660 Now you can get back to work on my socks. 599 00:33:51,660 --> 00:33:54,660 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! 600 00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:56,660 That was James Hindemith. 601 00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:01,660 Using a diesel-powered 38,000-pound hydraulic excavator, 602 00:34:01,660 --> 00:34:07,660 Jamie threaded a needle with surgical precision. 603 00:34:07,660 --> 00:34:11,660 Question is, can Adam pull out something more impressive? 604 00:34:11,660 --> 00:34:13,660 Let me walk you through how this is going to go. 605 00:34:13,660 --> 00:34:18,660 I'm going to try and pour a glass of wine from this bottle into this glass using that excavator. 606 00:34:18,660 --> 00:34:20,660 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! 607 00:34:20,660 --> 00:34:23,660 I've got an attachment on the bucket of my excavator that hopefully will allow me, 608 00:34:23,660 --> 00:34:27,660 with Jamie's help and guidance, to pick up this bottle of wine and tilt it. 609 00:34:27,660 --> 00:34:30,660 When it is properly aimed over the glass, I am going to pull out a paintball gun 610 00:34:30,660 --> 00:34:33,660 and shoot this cap off the bottle of wine, 611 00:34:33,660 --> 00:34:35,660 hopefully releasing the wine into the glass. 612 00:34:35,660 --> 00:34:39,660 And if all goes well, we'll have a sip to celebrate. 613 00:34:39,660 --> 00:34:43,660 Once again, the Mythbusters do their delicate digger dance. 614 00:34:43,660 --> 00:34:45,660 Am I lined up nice and level? 615 00:34:45,660 --> 00:34:47,660 Back just a hair. 616 00:34:47,660 --> 00:34:51,660 This time easing Adam's wire arm over the bottle. 617 00:34:51,660 --> 00:34:52,660 Looking good! 618 00:34:52,660 --> 00:34:54,660 Yeah, you're clear. 619 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:56,660 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! 620 00:34:56,660 --> 00:34:57,660 Awesome! 621 00:34:57,660 --> 00:34:59,660 Here we go, lifting the bottle of wine. 622 00:34:59,660 --> 00:35:02,660 Showing all the control of an excavator expert, 623 00:35:02,660 --> 00:35:06,660 Adam swiftly gets into position to prepare to pour. 624 00:35:06,660 --> 00:35:09,660 Alright, let's uncork this puppy. 625 00:35:09,660 --> 00:35:11,660 With what else? 626 00:35:11,660 --> 00:35:12,660 A paintball gun. 627 00:35:12,660 --> 00:35:14,660 Safety is off, here we go! 628 00:35:14,660 --> 00:35:15,660 Uncorking! 629 00:35:17,660 --> 00:35:19,660 Hey, Anthony! 630 00:35:19,660 --> 00:35:20,660 You got it! 631 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:22,660 There it is pouring, baby! 632 00:35:22,660 --> 00:35:23,660 It's perfect! 633 00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:25,660 Ha ha ha ha ha ha! 634 00:35:25,660 --> 00:35:27,660 Mmm! 635 00:35:27,660 --> 00:35:30,660 Ah, tastes like paintball and victory. 636 00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:33,660 While this method of pouring your wine might not be for everyone, 637 00:35:33,660 --> 00:35:36,660 I think that we've definitively proved that if it's just you, 638 00:35:36,660 --> 00:35:40,660 your loved one, and some heavy machinery, it's totally viable, man. 639 00:35:41,660 --> 00:35:42,660 Our videos are in the can. 640 00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:44,660 You think they're gonna go viral? 641 00:35:44,660 --> 00:35:47,660 Only one way to find out, and that's to upload them to the net and wait. 642 00:35:47,660 --> 00:35:48,660 Well, let's do it. 643 00:35:48,660 --> 00:35:49,660 Okay. 644 00:35:54,660 --> 00:35:57,660 Coming right up, Bird Balance reaches its cliffhanger finale. 645 00:35:58,660 --> 00:36:00,660 Oh, it's coming off the ground! 646 00:36:00,660 --> 00:36:04,660 And will Adam and Jamie's loose cannon fire? 647 00:36:04,660 --> 00:36:06,660 310, 320. 648 00:36:06,660 --> 00:36:08,660 Go f***! 649 00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:18,660 Precariously perched 300 feet up, 650 00:36:18,660 --> 00:36:22,660 the Mythbusters limo is fixed for its cliffhanger finale. 651 00:36:22,660 --> 00:36:24,660 Let's let him stabilize for a second. 652 00:36:25,660 --> 00:36:29,660 But will the 40-pound buster tip it over the edge? 653 00:36:29,660 --> 00:36:30,660 Okay, here we go. 654 00:36:30,660 --> 00:36:33,660 In 3, 2, 1... 655 00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:40,660 Despite the wind, it's a bullseye with the bird, 656 00:36:40,660 --> 00:36:42,660 but there's no shift to the slant. 657 00:36:42,660 --> 00:36:44,660 I thought it was gonna go. 658 00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:48,660 We had the advantage of the lever, the super heavy bird, and the wind going nuts. 659 00:36:48,660 --> 00:36:49,660 I can't believe it didn't tip. 660 00:36:49,660 --> 00:36:51,660 All right, let's get some more birds. 661 00:36:51,660 --> 00:36:52,660 All right, I got just a thing. 662 00:36:53,660 --> 00:36:56,660 Yep, it's time for Grant's reinforcements. 663 00:36:56,660 --> 00:36:58,660 This is the turkey chandelier. 664 00:36:58,660 --> 00:37:02,660 It holds 40 turkeys, each one weighing about 25 pounds. 665 00:37:02,660 --> 00:37:06,660 We've got a rope with an individual quick release to each one, 666 00:37:06,660 --> 00:37:10,660 so you can drop them one by one and see how many turkeys it takes 667 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:12,660 to send the limo over the cliff. 668 00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:15,660 You guys ready for the turkey chandelier? 669 00:37:15,660 --> 00:37:17,660 All right, turkey's away! 670 00:37:18,660 --> 00:37:22,660 One by one, the out-of-date turkeys tumble into position 671 00:37:22,660 --> 00:37:24,660 on the very front of the hook. 672 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:26,660 I smashed the windshield. 673 00:37:26,660 --> 00:37:30,660 And just like last time, the number of birds the car can hold 674 00:37:30,660 --> 00:37:33,660 is taking everyone by surprise. 675 00:37:33,660 --> 00:37:36,660 It's amazing how much weight the car can take. 676 00:37:37,660 --> 00:37:42,660 In actual fact, it's not until there's 500 pounds of poultry 677 00:37:42,660 --> 00:37:44,660 that the limo starts to lean. 678 00:37:45,660 --> 00:37:47,660 Look at the back end! 679 00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:49,660 It's coming off the ground! 680 00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:51,660 24! 681 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:53,660 I think it's about to go up! 682 00:37:53,660 --> 00:37:55,660 All right, one more, drop one more. 683 00:37:55,660 --> 00:37:56,660 26! 684 00:37:56,660 --> 00:37:58,660 At last, we have liftoff. 685 00:37:59,660 --> 00:38:00,660 Woo! 686 00:38:00,660 --> 00:38:01,660 Woo! 687 00:38:01,660 --> 00:38:02,660 Yeah! 688 00:38:02,660 --> 00:38:04,660 Ah! 689 00:38:06,660 --> 00:38:07,660 Woo! 690 00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:09,660 Woo! 691 00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:10,660 Woo! 692 00:38:10,660 --> 00:38:12,660 It's amazing! 693 00:38:12,660 --> 00:38:13,660 Woo! 694 00:38:13,660 --> 00:38:15,660 That was awesome! 695 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:17,660 Awesome for sure. 696 00:38:17,660 --> 00:38:22,660 But one cori-bustard and 26 turkeys for 700 pounds in weight 697 00:38:22,660 --> 00:38:27,660 means that this myth is busted not once, but twice. 698 00:38:28,660 --> 00:38:31,660 Anyway, you look at this, it's not going to happen. 699 00:38:31,660 --> 00:38:34,660 For one, it's very difficult to get perfectly balanced 700 00:38:34,660 --> 00:38:35,660 on the edge of a cliff. 701 00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:37,660 And even if you are perfectly balanced, 702 00:38:37,660 --> 00:38:39,660 it's not going to take one bird to send you over, 703 00:38:39,660 --> 00:38:41,660 two birds or three birds or five birds, 704 00:38:41,660 --> 00:38:43,660 it's going to take many, many birds. 705 00:38:43,660 --> 00:38:45,660 And even with a really long limo, 706 00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:49,660 it took 26 turkeys to send us over the cliff. 707 00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:51,660 This one is busted. 708 00:38:53,660 --> 00:38:55,660 Let's get out of here. 709 00:38:55,660 --> 00:38:57,660 Importantly, how are we getting home? 710 00:38:57,660 --> 00:38:58,660 That was our ride. 711 00:38:58,660 --> 00:39:01,660 Job, turkey, turkey, job, turkey! 712 00:39:01,660 --> 00:39:03,660 Fire! 713 00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:11,660 With wildfires and pressure leaks, 714 00:39:11,660 --> 00:39:13,660 so can tankers. 715 00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:16,660 the water heater's first mission was a failure. 716 00:39:16,660 --> 00:39:17,660 It's a rainbow! 717 00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:21,660 But having replaced the culprit, a misfiring heating element, 718 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:23,660 we are good, everything's hooked up. 719 00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:26,660 The mythbusters are nearly set for take two. 720 00:39:26,660 --> 00:39:28,660 You can see Jamie and me zapped back in time. 721 00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:30,660 The second time would be like, 722 00:39:30,660 --> 00:39:32,660 well, it can provide you with the ultimate weapon. 723 00:39:32,660 --> 00:39:34,660 As long as you've got a day to set it up 724 00:39:34,660 --> 00:39:36,660 and your enemy doesn't move for six hours at a time 725 00:39:36,660 --> 00:39:38,660 and you don't mind a one day reload, 726 00:39:38,660 --> 00:39:40,660 we will smite them. 727 00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:42,660 Luckily, it's not the efficiency they're testing. 728 00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:44,660 It's the cannon's power. 729 00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:46,660 Well, everything's bolted in place 730 00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:47,660 and the thing is heating up. 731 00:39:47,660 --> 00:39:48,660 Should we get to safety? 732 00:39:48,660 --> 00:39:50,660 I think it's time. 733 00:39:50,660 --> 00:39:53,660 Well, this is the second time we're attempting to set off 734 00:39:53,660 --> 00:39:56,660 the hot water heater inside our closed canister cannon. 735 00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:58,660 And hopefully the results will be far more spectacular 736 00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:00,660 than the first time. 737 00:40:00,660 --> 00:40:02,660 I hope this works. 738 00:40:02,660 --> 00:40:06,660 Remember that should this cannon go off... 739 00:40:06,660 --> 00:40:07,660 200. 740 00:40:07,660 --> 00:40:10,660 They'll compare the subsequent brick destruction... 741 00:40:10,660 --> 00:40:11,660 210. 742 00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:14,660 ...to their earlier Civil War cannon tests. 743 00:40:14,660 --> 00:40:16,660 There she is! 744 00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:18,660 And to ensure an accurate comparison, 745 00:40:18,660 --> 00:40:22,660 the distance between the barrel and bricks is identical, 746 00:40:22,660 --> 00:40:23,660 26 feet. 747 00:40:23,660 --> 00:40:25,660 Things are starting to happen really quickly now. 748 00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:28,660 We're increasing about a PSI every six seconds. 749 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,660 That's fast. 750 00:40:30,660 --> 00:40:33,660 This time with no spontaneous combustion... 751 00:40:33,660 --> 00:40:34,660 280. 752 00:40:34,660 --> 00:40:36,660 ...or strange pressure plummets... 753 00:40:36,660 --> 00:40:37,660 290. 754 00:40:37,660 --> 00:40:40,660 Things are finally cooking with gas. 755 00:40:40,660 --> 00:40:41,660 300. 756 00:40:41,660 --> 00:40:43,660 300 PSI? 757 00:40:43,660 --> 00:40:44,660 Yup. 758 00:40:44,660 --> 00:40:45,660 310. 759 00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:47,660 320. 760 00:40:47,660 --> 00:40:49,660 Oh, f***! 761 00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:51,660 Oh... 762 00:40:55,660 --> 00:40:57,660 Wow! 763 00:40:57,660 --> 00:40:59,660 Wow, that was like a... 764 00:40:59,660 --> 00:41:00,660 Boom! 765 00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:02,660 And then it was a fire hose. 766 00:41:02,660 --> 00:41:05,660 It sure was both wet and wild, 767 00:41:05,660 --> 00:41:07,660 as their cannon finally went crazy. 768 00:41:07,660 --> 00:41:11,660 But how's the all-important damage shape up? 769 00:41:11,660 --> 00:41:16,660 Wow, it doesn't look like it made it past the first pallet. 770 00:41:16,660 --> 00:41:18,660 I think that's the ball right there. 771 00:41:18,660 --> 00:41:19,660 Where is that? 772 00:41:19,660 --> 00:41:20,660 Where is it? 773 00:41:20,660 --> 00:41:21,660 Well, there it is. 774 00:41:21,660 --> 00:41:22,660 Please! 775 00:41:22,660 --> 00:41:23,660 Ah! 776 00:41:24,660 --> 00:41:25,660 That was... 777 00:41:25,660 --> 00:41:27,660 Really, really lovely. 778 00:41:27,660 --> 00:41:29,660 I'm a little sad that it didn't go farther. 779 00:41:29,660 --> 00:41:32,660 But it still went respectively deep. 780 00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:34,660 Respectably deep is right. 781 00:41:34,660 --> 00:41:37,660 Because while it may be true that the steam cannon had less 782 00:41:37,660 --> 00:41:40,660 destructive power than its gunpowder counterpart, 783 00:41:40,660 --> 00:41:43,660 the damage is dramatic. 784 00:41:43,660 --> 00:41:46,660 That means it's an effective cannon. 785 00:41:46,660 --> 00:41:47,660 It's not practical. 786 00:41:47,660 --> 00:41:50,660 It's not easy to move around a 40-foot cannon 787 00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:52,660 and wait hours for it to go off. 788 00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:53,660 But it's pretty dangerous. 789 00:41:53,660 --> 00:41:55,660 It's a serious cannon. 790 00:41:55,660 --> 00:41:57,660 Well, that was a cannon ball. 791 00:41:57,660 --> 00:41:59,660 That was a cannon. 792 00:41:59,660 --> 00:42:01,660 It did its destructive thing. 793 00:42:01,660 --> 00:42:03,660 And I think we proved our point. 794 00:42:03,660 --> 00:42:05,660 I think mission is fully accomplished. 795 00:42:05,660 --> 00:42:07,660 All right, well, let's get out of here. 796 00:42:07,660 --> 00:42:09,660 We gotta figure out something else to do with hot water heaters. 797 00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:10,660 I love those things.