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Please, don't try anything that you're about to see at home. We have experts to

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keep us safe. We shouldn't have to say it, but just don't do it.

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There was a legend of a man who strapped a rocket to his car and flew.

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In 2003, the Mythbusters brought the legend to life, but it failed to fly.

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In 2007, they returned more armed and more dangerous.

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It's how they touched the ramp.

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But crashed and burned.

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Now they're back with a vengeance.

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So prepare for traction, heart-stopping action, high-gatting control, and ultimate satisfaction.

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Because they're taking this man to the extreme and beyond.

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Who are the Mythbusters?

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Adam Savage.

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That is science.

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And Jamie Honoman.

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I'm ready.

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Between them were the 30 years of special effects experience, together with Brad Himahara.

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Oh, it's burning.

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Carrie Byron.

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Always makes me feel dangerous.

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And Tori Belichi.

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There's something you don't see every day.

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They don't just tell the Myths, they put them to the test.

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Hey there, after 10 years and 200 episodes, we are finally go for launch.

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With the myth that launched the legend.

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Exactly.

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To celebrate Mythbusters' 10th anniversary of being on the air, we are finally going to tackle, once and for all, the one that got away.

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Rockets and cars.

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Yeah, so strap yourselves in ladies and gentlemen.

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Can I get an echo here?

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Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for Jato Mission Accomplished.

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It's on.

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Oh, it's on, because this is Jato 3.

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And we are all systems go for takeoff.

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It's the urban legend that began the busting.

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Supposedly, an airman strapped a jet assisted takeoff unit to his impotent and rocketed across the desert at 350 miles per hour.

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But when he hit a bump, his car took to the air and soared for over a mile until a cliff brought his journey to an abrupt end.

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But did this jet assisted joy ride really take wing?

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The Mythbusters are joining forces to close the case once and for all.

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Alright, Jato 3, Mission Accomplished, what is the plan?

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Okay, here it is.

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We do two launches.

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The first one is the original myth as stated.

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We get a Chevy Impala, strap a reliable set of rockets to it, light them up and aim them towards a bump in the road.

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And see whether it takes off or not.

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Exactly.

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And if we don't get that, we up the rocket power and add a ramp.

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Well, you know, first off, we need a couple of these things.

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A couple of Chevy Impalas with remote control, Grant.

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Sounds good to me.

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We are also going to need a safe place from which to steer them like a mobile command bunker.

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Like a Mythbusters tank.

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Exactly.

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This is going to be insane.

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Yes, it is.

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And for destination insanity, the first element of this rocket rodeo is to chase up a Chevy.

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In the testing of this story, we have already utterly destroyed two Chevy Impalas.

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In this very episode, we're destroying two more and this one, this one is the most beautiful of the lot.

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Hands down, this car, somebody loved this car.

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From the paint job to the red wheels to the cherry white and red leather interior and the custom wooden console, this thing is magnificent.

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With all sorts of attachments like this, check it out.

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It almost makes you sad to destroy it.

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Almost.

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But the rockets have to go somewhere.

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And back at the shop, it's time to un-pimp this ride.

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Yep, the car is stripped bare.

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And then Adam brings out his favorite friend.

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To clear some junk from the trunk, to make room for the rear thrusters.

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What the hell?

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There we go.

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That was awesomely difficult.

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Difficult, but for the most important element, it's over to Jamie.

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We're going to mount five 2,000 pound thrust rockets on the back of this car.

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Which means I'm going to have to build a really reinforced mounting system.

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Well, one of our biggest concerns is that a rocket might become detached from the car after ignition.

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And that effectively means it would become a missile.

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It's a rocket, man!

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So to keep everybody safe, we're triangulating this rocket pocket to as many points on the chassis as we can.

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Hopefully that will keep everything where it's supposed to be.

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That's one rocket car mod complete, and emotions are running high.

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Gotta say, seeing the car in the shop like that, it's a little emotional.

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Well, ten years ago when we set an Impala up like this for the exact same stunt, we didn't know what was ahead of us.

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I mean, I mean, I'm getting a little choked up.

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Good, because we've got to get this puppy over to Grant so he can see it.

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So the Impala rolls out of one shop and into the next.

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That is what you call a classic.

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Where Doctor RC is waiting to give the patient its treatment.

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Our classic heart is now ready for the radio control treatment, and that is going to include steering,

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throttle, brake, emergency keel and something special to switch into neutral just after the rocket's fired.

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That's what it's got to do. And not only is that a huge task, it also comes with some huge stakes.

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Believe me, this project, there's a lot of pressure here. It's got to track perfectly straight.

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It's got to be rock solid. It's got to stop on a dime if anything goes wrong.

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But if everything goes right, it's got to keep going no matter what.

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It's going to be a big job, but I think I'm up to the task.

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So, phase two, the Mobile Command Bunker can begin.

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Ladies and gentlemen, what I have here is a follow-up vehicle that Jamie and Adam are going to be driving as they go after the JADO rocket car.

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What we need to do is build some kind of structure around the cab that will give them maximum protection if something goes wrong.

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To do that, we're welding a steel cage all the way around the cab. Then we're attaching polycarbonate blast shields all the way around that.

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Now imagine Jamie and Adam moving down the desert, radio-controlling a rocket car from inside this post-apocalyptic sci-fi looking beast.

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This is going to be awesome.

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Indeed. So the steel frame is cut.

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Am I the only one that has the A-Team going through my head right now?

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Welded together, hoisted into position, and attached to the truck, which is just what the Hainem and Ork.

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Is that beefy enough for you?

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I think that's going to do it.

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I mean, you know, it's your life on the line. You guys are going to be in there driving, so we want to make it as beefy as possible.

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Well, thank you.

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We don't want you to get hurt, big guy.

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Don't touch me.

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Jamie's happy, so the frame is finished, and even the rain doesn't ruin this parade.

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You're probably asking yourself, how are they going to be able to get into the cab?

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That's probably the coolest part about this whole thing.

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Jamie and Adam can get in and out. How cool is this? I mean, this is serious Mad Max stuff.

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So the last pieces of the puzzle, the blast shields, are bolted into position on all three sides of the cage.

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Man, what are we going to do with this truck when we're done with the experiment?

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I think we're ready for the apocalypse.

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And with that, the truck bunker is ready to hit the road.

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Meanwhile, next door, Grant has finally finished remote controlling the Impala.

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Okay, so this car is ready to go with all of its radio control, but you know what?

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It hasn't been tested altogether as a system yet.

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So to do that, we need to go somewhere remote, where there aren't a lot of people or things to crash into.

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Well, the new Jerusalem runway should fit that bill.

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A little foggy this morning.

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Shall we drive a car while standing in a single location?

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Sounds like a plan to me.

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Sounds like a plan.

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That could have gone better.

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But this time, there's a twist.

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What we've done is we put a camera in this car right where the driver would be giving us the same view,

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It's sort of like a virtual reality system.

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And once the motor is running, we're on.

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With only the monitor for reference.

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Here we go.

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Grant takes the Impala for a spin.

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It's moving.

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After a ginger start.

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Look at that!

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It's clear that Grant's years of GTA have paid off.

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Line it up on the white line.

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Oh, hey.

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Oh, you're trying to miss the camera.

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Yeah, that's what I'm trying to do.

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Oh, oh, oh.

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Add the virtual reality system.

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Add the virtual remote control system is also ahead of the curve.

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He's stopped and breaks up.

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So that was a successful test.

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You know, the car starts, that it drives, that it stops, that it steers.

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As a bonus, we can switch it into neutral when we have to and kill it if anything goes awry.

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That is a very promising systems check.

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Yeah, not a bad start.

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You tweak there and we'll be good to go.

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Well, let's head to the desert.

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Coming up, it's the return of the J-Toe.

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Doing good.

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He's coming straight for it.

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Get ready, Kerry.

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And the Mythbusters finally get their rockets off.

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Ow!

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But can they make an Impala fly?

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This time, could be the charm.

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In this urban legend, a speed freak strapped a rocket to his car, hit a bump, and flew through the air for over a mile, until a cliff brought his sky ride to an end.

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Fire!

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It's the very first one that got away.

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And despite two previous attempts, this myth has remained unanswered.

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So now, the Mythbusters are back in the Mojave to put it to rest once and for all.

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It's a good day for rockets in Mayhem.

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Well, this is it.

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I know it looks like I'm standing in the middle of nowhere, but in point of fact, I'm standing on the Cuttyback Dry Lake bed in the Mojave Desert, five miles long, two miles wide.

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This is where the first episode of Mythbusters we ever shot ten years ago reaches its natural conclusion.

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This is where our rocket car, our Chevy Impala, hopefully, will finally catch some air.

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So, all that's left is to attach the rockets to the car and go for it, right?

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Then we have to measure out a length of desert highway.

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And then we have to check the RC system.

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And when we're happy with all that, then and only then do we attach the rockets to the car.

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Which means I better get back to work, huh?

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There's a lot to do, but as always, it's safety first.

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Now, once these rockets go off, this car is going to turn into a 5,000-pound missile.

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And if it decides to go off course, we're going to need protection.

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This is a 100-blast resistant steel building.

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And it can withstand a 1,200-pound Ambo Blast 75 feet away.

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And it is two-time more blast resistant than a Reavors Concrete building.

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I'm going to feel really safe inside of there.

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That's mission control sorted.

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But Adam and Jamie will ride in the belly of the beast.

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How do you like the beast?

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I'm speechless. I think we'll be safe in it.

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That's everyone protected.

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So next up is that highway to the danger zone.

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So the middens of our driver hit this bump on the side of the road and got airborne.

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Now, the side of the road, it's not a huge bump.

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It's just about a speed bump.

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So we're going to make this little berm, this little bump, out of these 50-pound sandbags.

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Actually, in line of 50-pound sandbags, about 50 feet long.

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Oh, crap. This one's leaky.

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It's ironic. It's like we're getting ready for a flood in the desert.

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For visibility, it's back to black for the berm, while Adam is fashioning the guideline.

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Well, they told me I'd be working on the runway, so I put together something a little special.

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In fact, this is one of our white stripes.

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We're going to lay them out for about 300 feet right down the center line,

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and these will be what we will use to aim the car towards ground zero.

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Nailed it.

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And with the fast lane set, Jamie's bumper-to-bumper on the car.

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This may look like a heck of a bumper, but that's not actually what it's here for.

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It's here for its weight, because we need the car to fly like a rocket,

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Does this look as dangerous as it feels?

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Is that a rocket in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

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But for safety, they won't be wired to ignite until launch.

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Okay, that's it.

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And speaking of ignition, time to check the Cobra firing system.

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The rockets are in, but more importantly, the ignition system is in.

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Now, this is critical, because this is where everything could go horribly wrong.

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This is ignition test in three, two, one.

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That's awesome!

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It's awesome, and with the car dressed for success, Adam's getting excited.

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For me, the most intensely rewarding thing about doing this story now is thinking about the last 10 years,

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and how far we've come.

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I look at the very first rocket car story, the first story we shot, the first story that aired.

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10 years ago, and we were so green.

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We knew so much less than we know now.

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And it really feels rewarding to be back out in the desert, putting the final nail in the coffin of this story, hopefully,

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and putting it to rest once and for all.

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It feels great.

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The next check to make is the remote control, and for that, Grants reinvented the steering wheel.

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Everybody clear?

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They're going to be using these controls, which include gas, steering, brake, and of course, the kill switch.

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All this is going to put Jamie as close as he can be while still being safe to being in the driver's seat.

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Yep, and now to put them into the beast.

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And with the controls in situ, inside the beast, Adam and Jamie prepare for a static range test.

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Okay, I need to do step on the brake.

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That is so cool.

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Car going into drive.

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Okay, chocked away.

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Okay, Jamie, it's under your control.

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The theory is that this system should have at least 1,500 feet of range, which is something Jamie quickly proves.

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You're at 1,500 feet. That's fantastic. You still have control?

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Yeah.

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Excellent.

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First test couldn't have gone better. I was able to steer perfectly, stop perfectly.

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I had good acceleration. Everything's working like a charm.

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Working like a charm. But now to add another layer of complexity.

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In this test, both the white car and our truck will be moving so that we can make sure we are within radio range as long as possible.

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So this time, both mythbusters are in the driver's seat. Jamie for the beast and Adam the Impala.

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And with the shields down, they hit the gas.

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In 3, 2, 1, go.

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However, controlling one moving vehicle from another isn't easy.

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Oh, it's moving off to the right a bit. Oh, it's way right. Get back in the center.

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As the car veers out of control at 50 miles per hour, Adam puts the brakes on the test.

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All I see is a cloud of dust. I can't even see the car anymore.

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This is a great example of why you run tests because that didn't work at all.

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Trying to drive the rocket car via the remote screen while the dump truck is moving through my sense of direction and steering completely out of the black.

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It's just, it's not feasible. We've got enough signal strength to make it to the berm. We're pretty sure.

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There's enough things that could already go wrong without adding that difficulty so the truck will remain stationary for this test.

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With so much that could go wrong, it's all about limiting risk, which means keeping it simple and keeping the beast stationary.

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So the last thing to worry about is the rockets.

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For due diligence, we test-fired one of the rockets out of the batch of rockets we're going to be using on the cars.

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And it was successful. The thing is that these rockets are basically controlled explosions.

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To get the most power per pound out of them, they push them right to the edge.

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And if they make a mistake and they push them a little too far, you've got a pipe bomb.

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And that's basically what happened on the second rocket car.

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This time, since we've done test-fire and it was successful, we anticipate we should have a successful run on the cars.

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Well, those could be famous last words.

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But with the equivalent force of a Jato wired for action...

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It's going to be awesome.

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This little Impala is packing heat.

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In plain talk, 10,000 pounds of thrust is 4,500 horsepower. That's a lot of go-fast.

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A lot of go-fast. And with the rockets locked, loaded, and live, the countdown can begin.

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All right, this is it. 10 years in the making from the very first episode of Mythbusters.

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And here is how our test is going to work.

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Adam and I will be driving the rocket car from inside this thing right here, which we call the beast. It's our mobile bunker.

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Troy Grant and I will be here in the command center, monitoring the car, getting up to speed.

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When it hits its mark, I'll hit this button.

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And then, one second later, the rockets will ignite and that rocket car will go racing straight into the burn.

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And if all of that works absolutely perfectly and this myth is true, we should find this car converted into nothing but a hunk of metal embedded in that mountain over there.

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So at T-minus 40 seconds, it's chocks away.

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Okay, the rockets are armed. We are on our way.

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And then finally, it's all over to Adam.

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All right.

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All right, all systems are ready. You ready?

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I'm ready.

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This is where my heart's beating like a hundred times a second.

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Here we go.

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Carrie, are you ready on the button?

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Ready.

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Troy, you're all the cameras rolling.

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We are ready here in the bunker.

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All right, let's do this.

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Here we go, ladies and gentlemen.

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Rocket car.

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J-no. Mission accomplished.

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In three, two, one, break off.

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Here we go.

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There she goes.

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Since the beginning of Mythbusters in 2003, the team has put over 850 myths to the test.

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But one legend has long eluded them.

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And now, after a decade, they're back for the ultimate conclusion.

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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, start your rocket engines.

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Because this is J-toe 3.

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It's the myth of a rookie rocketeer who attached a J-toe to his car and went from 50 to 300 miles per hour in no seconds flat.

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But when he hit up up in the road, he was launched into urban legend.

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The cliff face.

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But will that be the case when the legend comes face to face with reality?

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There's so many things that could go wrong right now that I'm not really concerned whether or not this car is going to fly.

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I just want to make sure it drives straight, the rockets go off at the right time, and it hits the burn.

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Is it going to fly? I don't know.

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But if it doesn't, it's not for a lack of trying.

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Arming.

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Indeed.

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And with the rockets armed, the car primed, and the team hunkered in their bunkers.

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I swear my heart's beating like a hundred times a second.

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After a decade of myth busting and two failed attempts, the myth comes down to this.

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Will the Impala finally take flight? Or will it go down in flames and myth busters history?

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Rocket car towards the berm. Five rockets in three, two, one. We are starting off. Break us off.

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There she goes.

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Okay, the car is rolling.

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Doing good.

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Yeah.

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Perfect.

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It's hearts and mouths time.

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25.

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As Adam slowly accelerates the car up to 50 miles per hour.

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You're drifting.

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Straighten it out.

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Yep.

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And back on the center line.

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37.

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You're doing good.

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Get ready, Kerry.

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The Impala reaches the black flag.

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You're going to make it.

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Here we go.

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Wow.

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Yes.

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I saw sky.

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I saw sky just for a second.

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They got airborne.

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That was amazing.

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Wow.

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That was insane.

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One second the car was there and the next second it was gone.

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On ignition, the Impala rocketed to 200 miles per hour, barreled over the berm, careened out of control and twisted through the air.

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Leaving in its wake the kind of debris you only get when you combine the mythbusters, rockets and cars.

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Wow.

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That thing is man-gull.

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Holy cow.

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That's a working mark.

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Yep.

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This is what happens between a rocket and a hard place.

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See it, but I don't believe it.

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Oh my God, the front end is completely smashed.

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That is cool looking.

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Did it even catch air?

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I saw that clear about 20 feet or so.

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It was quite a ways after the berm, but who knows what it was doing.

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It was just going nuts.

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But it was nothing like the myth.

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No, it was far more out of control.

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Far more out of control because one thing is for sure, that Impala certainly didn't make the mile high club.

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Rockets.

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Look at that.

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And then, oh, you know what?

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The wheel went under, it went sideways, it flipped end over end and wow.

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That thing got tore.

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Beautiful.

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That might be my favorite high speed shot I've ever seen.

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That was gorgeous.

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And I love that it lands on its base.

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Oh, and there goes the time.

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It's rocketed to number one for Adam.

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And for Carrie, it was one heck of a nail biter.

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This is one of the most nerve wracking experiences of my life.

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The car starts to move.

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It's kicking up dirt like crazy.

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It's moving faster and faster.

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It's getting close to the mark.

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My hand is shaking above the ignition button.

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I'm waiting.

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The car approaches.

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Black Marlboro.

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It crosses.

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I push the button and then the longest second of my life begins.

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There's a lag time, but my heart doesn't know that.

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I stop breathing, the butterflies are puking in my stomach and then, whoosh.

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Rockets ignite.

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The car screams towards the berm, goes over it, and then starts to veer to the left and then, whoo, whoo, whoo.

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And then, whoo, whoo, whoo.

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And then, whoo, whoo, whoo.

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And then, whoo, whoo, whoo.

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And then starts to veer to the left and then, whoo, whoo, whoo.

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And over in engines, wheels, carnage.

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Great experiment.

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And although we didn't see a car fly, you can't say they didn't try.

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Well, what can you say?

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We're not rocket scientists.

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I do want to point out though that the only thing that survived this whole thing was what I built,

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and things that were attached to what I built.

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to what I built. It's still here, the rocket pocket and the truss. Heck, the whole engine

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fell off, the whole front of the car fell off. I think it's pretty clear. What we have

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here is a case of mythos testis. We just have to find the culprits.

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So as the sun sets on the wreckage, those culprits can close the case.

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So do you guys want to call the myth ten years later?

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I think we can definitively say that the original rocket car myth, once and for all,

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totally busted.

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Is this part of the story where we get to replicate the results?

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Let's do it.

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Yes!

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Please, don't try anything you're about to see at home. We have experts to keep us safe.

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This stuff is extremely dangerous. Just don't do it.

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As the sun rises here on the Mojave Desert, allow me to welcome you back to JADO Mission

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Accomplished. Ten years ago, on our very first ever episode of Mythbusters, we replicated

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a famous urban legend by strapping a rocket to a car and it did this.

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Four years later, in 2007, with more knowledge and more rocketry, we attempted to go bigger

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and ended up with this.

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Or not. Clearly, we still had work to do.

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Earlier on in this very episode, we replicated precisely all the circumstances of the original

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myth and we ended up with this.

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Here's how it looked.

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But of course, that's not good enough for us because a rocket doesn't bounce along the

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ground. A rocket flies through the sky. That is our goal. That's what we're here to do.

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Shall we begin?

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Yep, the show ain't over until the rocket car flies. So here's that second Impala they

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made earlier. Fitted with a heavy-duty rocket pocket and a remote control system. It's identical

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to Impala 1, but this time it's racing red.

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Alright, so here's what we're going to do differently. First of all, we're going to

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give the Impala six rockets. That's 20% more power and fire out calculations should get

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it airborne. But second, and most importantly, we're going to give this car a little jump

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start on gravity.

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So to see the Impala take flight this time around, they're literally ramping up the test.

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This time we're getting that car airborne no matter what it takes and we've decided

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what it takes is a ramp.

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Can we get some help over here? Yeah! This is exactly how the Egyptians did it.

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Moving in, moving in. We've built more than a few in our 10-year, 10-year on Mythbusters.

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We built a huge one out of dirt for the Dukes of Hazard Jump. And we used a couple of old

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shipping containers to launch the second rocket car.

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Actually, it didn't launch at all. But for this one, we've decided to build the ramp

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wholly from scratch. Why? Because it turns out after all these years, we now know how

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to do that.

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Well, maybe not exactly from scratch, because you know what?

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This is very similar to the barn raiser Jamie used to do as a child.

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They already make these things. They're pre-manufactured and they're called roofs.

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We're also going to put them together with screws so we can recycle the lumber.

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It's a roof job, but someone's got to do it.

471
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:59,720
Next on Speed Building, will they get the roof done before the sun goes down?

472
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:07,320
Hopefully. Because at 32 feet wide, 65 feet long, and 11 feet off the desert floor, that's

473
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:13,040
one rugged ramp. But to become part of the Jato legend, it's going to need to look the

474
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,040
part.

475
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:22,040
Oh, yeah! Jump that way. That way. Hopefully the car will obey the arrow.

476
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:35,720
Uh oh. I see a problem.

477
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:41,720
Well, there she blows. 1,100 feet of white line fever ending in what is undoubtedly the

478
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:47,400
most beautiful ramp we have ever made on this show. And it's only ever going to get one

479
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,480
set of tire tracks.

480
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:55,480
Only one set. Courtesy of Big Red, which is ready and raring for a quick systems check.

481
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,480
Okay, Jamie, go ahead.

482
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:02,480
Break is off. Nice acceleration, nice and smooth.

483
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:07,480
Yes! That was so straight, he's got it.

484
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,480
I'm stopping.

485
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,480
Just dad rockets.

486
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,480
Good job.

487
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:19,480
The launch pad, the car, and its new pilot, the Heinemann, are good to go. So now to add

488
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,480
that explosive payload. The rockets.

489
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:27,480
This time we're using six rockets. That's 12,000 pounds of thrust.

490
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:38,480
Yep, this car is more armed and more dangerous. With a total thrust of 5,400 horsepower.

491
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,480
Sorry about the wrestling.

492
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,480
It's better to have a tight fit than a loose fit.

493
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:44,480
That's true.

494
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,480
That's what I always say.

495
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:50,480
And with the rockets locked and loaded, there's just one more thing to add.

496
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,480
I'm sure there are those among you at home who are familiar with rocketry who are wondering

497
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:58,480
to yourselves, why do we make our jobs a little easier by pulling the engine and putting a

498
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,480
nice long tail fin stabilizer on this?

499
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:05,480
When you see, we think of that as cheating. That turns this into a car shaped rocket.

500
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,480
What we want is a rocket powered car.

501
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,480
And that's what this is.

502
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,480
It's a rocket powered car. And it's going to hit the ramp at full tilt.

503
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:19,480
But will that combo finally get the Impala to fly high?

504
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:26,480
Since the dawn of time, man has never seen such engineering and ingenuity all aying

505
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:30,480
towards one goal, one purpose.

506
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,480
To get a car to fly like a rocket.

507
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,480
Until now.

508
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:44,480
Coming up on Mythbusters, you figure it out.

509
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,480
Yep, it's the jaw dropping Jato finale.

510
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,480
There goes the rockets.

511
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,480
And the legend comes full circle.

512
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,480
Holy ****!

513
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:09,480
The story went that an airman strapped a Jato to his car, rocketed across the desert, hit

514
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,480
a bump and soared for over a mile.

515
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,480
But that fatal flight is busted.

516
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:20,480
So we tested the myth exactly the way it was described, yet we could not get the rocket

517
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:21,480
car to fly.

518
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:25,480
So now we are back for my favorite part, which is replicating the results.

519
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,480
Or at least give me everything we got.

520
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:28,480
Everything.

521
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:33,480
Because they've pimped the Impala with 12,000 pounds of thrust.

522
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,480
And they're taking the high road.

523
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:40,480
Now our calculations say that a ramp height of 11 feet is ideal for giving us the best

524
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,480
possible chance of getting flight.

525
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:48,480
Now if the rockets do their job, we have a projected distance of at least a mile.

526
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:54,480
That's the theory, but after 10 years of mythbusting, Adam's not quite convinced.

527
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:59,480
Jamie and I expect our car to hit the base of our ramp at 88 miles per hour.

528
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,480
But the rockets will still be reaching their full power.

529
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,480
We expected to probably leave the ramp going 200 miles per hour.

530
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,480
I'm predicting at least seven or 800 feet.

531
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,480
I don't think it's going to go a mile.

532
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,480
I don't think it's going to go three and a half miles.

533
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,480
I'm saying seven or 800 feet.

534
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,480
And that's if it even makes it up the ramp.

535
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,480
Because rockets can be anything but predictable.

536
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,480
However, with only one car left, this is their last shot.

537
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,480
And it's all down to the Heinemann.

538
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,480
Shields are engaged.

539
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:42,480
That's all you buddy.

540
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:49,480
The pressure is on because he must keep the car on track and hit the ramp dead center

541
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:56,480
to bring 10 long years of sweat, blood and gears to its ultimate conclusion.

542
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,480
Let's do it.

543
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,480
Once again, Grant starts the Impala.

544
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,480
Sounds great.

545
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:07,480
Cheating to the bunker.

546
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:08,480
Arming.

547
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,480
Then the rockets are armed.

548
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,480
Take it away, you guys.

549
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,480
And it's the final countdown.

550
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,480
All right, ladies and gentlemen, here it is.

551
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:22,480
The final journey of the Rugged Car 10-year anniversary.

552
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:28,480
Five, four, three, two, one. Let's go.

553
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,480
Break us off.

554
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,480
Car is moving.

555
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,480
Jamie slowly accelerates the Impala towards the ramp.

556
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,480
10, 11, 12, 13.

557
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,480
You're right on center.

558
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:42,480
You're looking great.

559
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:43,480
21, 22.

560
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,480
You're slightly steering to the right of the black line.

561
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:46,480
31, 32.

562
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,480
You're doing great.

563
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,480
37, 39, 40.

564
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:51,480
You're doing fantastically.

565
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,480
All right, you guys are looking good.

566
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:54,480
Set her up.

567
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:55,480
He's going to hit the ramp.

568
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,480
There goes the rockets.

569
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:04,480
Wow.

570
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,480
I have no idea what happened.

571
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,480
All I see is smoke.

572
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:13,480
Well, luckily viewers, you've got the best seat in the house.

573
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,480
Wow, that was intense.

574
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:25,480
Because it's clear that the rocket car finally flew.

575
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,480
Wow.

576
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,480
Holy f***.

577
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:37,480
For 10 fleeting seconds, it pirouetted through the air.

578
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:40,480
Did you see that?

579
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,480
It hit the ramp and just did a spin in the air.

580
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,480
That was insane.

581
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:50,480
It's just a pity about the crash landings in between.

582
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:55,480
That's intense.

583
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,480
Let's go check it out.

584
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,480
As the remains of the Impala are goused by the fire department.

585
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:02,480
Woo!

586
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,480
The mythbusters go in for a closer look.

587
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:09,480
Looks like the whole car's been pushed up inside its chassis.

588
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:10,480
Wow.

589
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:11,480
Oh, man.

590
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,480
This car seems to have met an angry giant.

591
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,480
Now that's what I call an ending.

592
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:17,480
Woo-hoo-hoo!

593
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:23,480
You know, I'm becoming kind of fond of the steaming hulks that we are getting used to seeing after these things.

594
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:24,480
The steaming hulk.

595
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:25,480
That's our mythbusters superhero.

596
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:26,480
The steaming hulk.

597
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,480
So I guess no jet-powered car on the way home, huh?

598
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:30,480
Nope.

599
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,480
I think this is a total loss.

600
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:37,480
It's a total loss for the car, but an epic win for the mythbusters.

601
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,480
Well, that was about as neat a run as you could hope for.

602
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:45,480
Once Grant had started the car, gave us control and everyone was in their bunker,

603
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,480
Jamie started the car, started off at a nice low speed,

604
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,480
gave it a little bit of gas, stayed really dead on center.

605
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:57,480
At the moment it crossed Harry's butt line, I couldn't see a thing.

606
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:01,480
I'm looking straight out of the windshield and all I saw was smoke.

607
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,480
For all I knew, the whole thing blew up right there on the stand.

608
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:05,480
What happened?

609
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,480
And then the smoke starts to clear.

610
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:11,480
And as the smoke's clearing, I can see that Jamie has perfectly hit the ramp.

611
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,480
I mean, totally straight, but with a tremendous amount of force.

612
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,480
The ramp seems torn up.

613
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:22,480
After that, all we could see behind the ramp is just a smoking hulk.

614
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,480
We approached it with our shields on and waited for the fire department to put it out.

615
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,480
The amount of destruction on that is truly shocking.

616
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,480
There's nothing car-like about it anymore.

617
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,480
Look at this ramp!

618
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,480
Oh my gosh!

619
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,480
Look at this!

620
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,480
I even threw the dust cloud.

621
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,480
Jamie nailed it straight up the center.

622
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,480
He tore up the ramp and the rockets blew the carnage backwards.

623
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,480
Beautiful.

624
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:52,480
All right, so when you think about man-made things that are intended to fly,

625
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,480
like an airplane, a missile, an arrow,

626
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,480
they all have something in common.

627
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,480
They're not shaped like a car.

628
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,480
Even with the benefit of incredible thrust, perfect weight distribution,

629
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:07,480
a ramp to give it an ideal initial trajectory,

630
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,480
we couldn't make this car fly more than 600 feet.

631
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,480
The myth of the rocket car, it's busted.

632
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:19,480
I guess we're still a ways away from those flying cars everybody wants.

633
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:27,480
Yep, finally this myth, just like the car, is totally and utterly busted.

634
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,480
Well, I think our work here is done.

635
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,480
I think so.

636
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,480
You