1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Please do not try what you are about to see at home. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,500 We're what you call experts. 3 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:07,000 Can't you tell? 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 On this episode of Mythbusters... 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,000 This is just wrong. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 This is terrifying. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Come on, Jamie. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:30,000 The team feels the fear and doubles the danger for two crazy commercial myths. 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,000 I'm going to need some psychotherapy after this. 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,000 First, Adam and Jamie are at the end of their tethers. 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Are you kidding? This is a hobby? Holy s***. 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Testing if you could bob for an apple... 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 He did it! 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 ...in the midst of a 100-foot bungee jump. 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 What did I get myself into? 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Then, Carrie, Tori and Grant get some serious air... 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000 ...taking on an ad that serves up sky-high sport. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 But can you play tennis? 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,000 That's scary. I'm rocking a lot. 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,000 ...on the wing of a plane in flight. 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Who are the Mythbusters? 22 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,000 Adam Savage. 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 I got the chicken. 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 And Jamie Heineman. 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,000 I'm ready. 26 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience... 27 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 ...together with Brad Imahara... 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Start the car! 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,000 ...Carrie Byron... 30 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Fire! 31 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 ...and Tori Belachy. 32 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Let's chop this car up! 33 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 They don't just tell the myths... 34 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Bye-bye! 35 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,000 ...they put them to the test. 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:57,000 There's a commercial out there that shows the guy bungee jumping off of a platform... 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,000 ...100 feet into a little barrel full of apples... 38 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,000 ...and when he comes up, he's got an apple in his teeth. 39 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 I see a lot of bungee jumping in our future. 40 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Yup, because when the crazy commercial in question aired... 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 ...it took the harmless age-old act of apple bobbing... 42 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 ...and added a frightening 100-foot fall. 43 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,000 But can you really get the drop on a bungee apple bob... 44 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,000 ...and pull it off injury-free? 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Well, with Jamie's famous fear of heights... 46 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 That really is quite hairy! 47 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 This could be his worst nightmare. 48 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 That is absolutely awful. 49 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 To my mind, there's three things we've got to investigate on this. 50 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,000 One is, can your depth of your drop of bungee jumping be made precise enough... 51 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 ...so that when you hit the water, you don't hit the bottom and kill yourself? 52 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Two, can you actually aim where you fall in bungee jumping... 53 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,000 ...to hit a target as small as a barrel? 54 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 And three, if all of that works, can you actually come up with an apple in your teeth? 55 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 And we have to do all this. 56 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 I was thinking that we could start out with Buster doing it. 57 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Well, better Buster than me. 58 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:13,000 So to test this bungee bob, it's off to Cunningham Pool in Valero, California. 60 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 To conduct this experiment, we're going to need a few key ingredients. 61 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 First and foremost are apples and a barrel to put them in. 62 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 We've chosen a fairly large one. 63 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 A crane to do our dropping from. 64 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 And a bungee basket. 65 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:33,000 It is from this platform, 100 feet in the air, that all of our bungee drops will happen from. 66 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 But before the mythbusters start jumping, 67 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 firstly, they're bringing in a fall guy. 68 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 We need a Buster who can stand on his own. 69 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 A rigid Buster who weighs as much as we do, 70 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 but can actually stand up so he can drop consistently. 71 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,000 And so I meet Buster's latest intercarnation, Bungee Buster. 72 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,000 He's made out of PVC plumbing parts that will be all glued together 73 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 and filled with sand and water to achieve the correct weight. 74 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 He'll serve as our analog for our initial testing. 75 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Now that Buster is rigid enough to hold the correct fall posture. 76 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Okay, with the harness in hand, that's about 196. 77 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 That's our target weight for everything. 78 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 He'll need to weigh exactly what Jamie does. 79 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 And there we go, we're right at 195. 80 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Everything's going just as planned. 81 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,000 So with their fall guy complete, it's time to test part one of this myth. 82 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Excellent. 83 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Can our bungee experts tune Buster's fall so that when he hits the water, 84 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 he won't hit the bottom of the barrel? 85 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 If I had a hazard to guess, I'd say Jamie's in the basket now. 86 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Probably complaining about the height. He doesn't like them. 87 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Oh man, I hate heights. 88 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 This is terrifying. 89 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 In three, two, one. 90 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Yeah! 91 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 That was beautiful. 92 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 A perfect touch. 93 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:13,000 With a maximum depth of just 18 inches, that was a perfect drop for a bun. 94 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 The question is, is it always that easy? 95 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 In three, two, one. 96 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Come on baby. 97 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Oh, that was perfect. 98 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Fantastic. 99 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Two in a row, absolutely the same. 100 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 We've got our mark. 101 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Buster did really, really well and our bungee experts really can dial him in 102 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 so that he drops to the same spot every single time. 103 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:47,000 I really think it's time for us to jump and by us, I mean you first. 104 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Don't get me wrong, when I do it, I'm going to hate it just as much. 105 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,000 So now that Buster has proven that the depth is repeatable and safe, 106 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,000 it's time to try it with a much more human analog. 107 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Do you ever have people barf when they're at the very end 108 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 because of all the food in their stomach just wants to come straight back out? 109 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Just about everything. 110 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Well, I guess this is the whole rig. 111 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:22,000 I'm all dressed up like a pig and ready to go to slaughter or something like that. 112 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 This is one ride the beret can't come on 113 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:31,000 and Jamie has the long trip to 100 feet to contemplate what he's about to do. 114 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 How you feeling? 115 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 As good as I'll ever feel. 116 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,000 That's all we can ask, right? 117 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,000 This is just one f***ing thing to do. 118 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 You really want to kind of stick that chest out a little bit. 119 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 There you go, hand behind you and I got you. 120 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Okay. 121 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 When you're ready, there you go. Just put your hands on your butt. 122 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 This is just wrong. 123 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Okay, I'm going to have you lean out just a little bit and then we'll go into the countdown. 124 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Are you ready? 125 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Yeah. 126 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Okay, I'm going to have you lean out. 127 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 All right, I got you. 128 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Here we go. 129 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Five, four, three, two, one. 130 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Next, the team is on the ball for a high flying stunt. 131 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:25,000 So like Adam and Jamie's myth, our next myth is also about flying, but it's flying with a twist. 132 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 See a top ranked tennis pro plays a match with his wingman. 133 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Okay, I know what you're talking about. 134 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,000 I've seen this video. 135 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,000 It's where they're playing tennis on the wing of a plane while it's in flight. 136 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Right, and they're both strapped to the wings. 137 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,000 The plane takes off and then they start falling the ball back and forth, 138 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 despite how fast the plane is going. 139 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,000 This commercial elevates the game of tennis to 5,000 feet, 140 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,000 as Novak Djokovic and his partner rally across a wing. 141 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:05,000 But is this just an advertising flight of fancy, or could you really play a high altitude grand slam? 142 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Okay, so what this myth really boils down to is can you actually have a tennis rally on the wing of a plane in flight 143 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 with wings rushing past you at 35 miles an hour? 144 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Wait, why only 35 miles an hour? 145 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Well, I did a little research and it turns out the plane in the clip is an Antonov AN-2, 146 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,000 which is capable of flying at speeds as low as 35. 147 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Wow. 148 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 All we need to do now is learn how to wing walk. 149 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 You guys played tennis before, right? 150 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 No. 151 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Uh-uh. 152 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Hmm. Looks like this one just got a little harder. 153 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Tennis lessons? 154 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,000 So before take off, first things first, they've got to get the team match ready. 155 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 So we've come to UC Berkeley to get a couple tennis lessons from their head coach Peter Wright, 156 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:54,000 because let's face it, just because you put us in these outfits does not mean we know how to play at all. 157 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 We are seriously going to need some help here. 158 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Well, Carrie and Grant may be tennis first timers. 159 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Okay, remember firm wrist, out in front a little bit. 160 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Firm wrist, out in front. 161 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Good. 162 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Good. There we go. 163 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,000 This is it. 164 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Yeah. 165 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 And Tori hasn't played since high school. 166 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Tori's a natural. 167 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Look at this guy. 168 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Good. Out there in front, nice and firm in the wrist. 169 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Beautiful. 170 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 But with a little expert guidance from their coach. 171 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Hey, we're not sucking as bad as I thought we were going to. 172 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Okay. 173 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 They soon get into the swing. 174 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 This is no problem. 175 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Who's that Jokovic guy? 176 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,000 We're able to volley consistently, but unfortunately, that's not the whole story, 177 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,000 because this tennis match happens on the wing of a plane in flight. 178 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 It's a calm, clear day and we're volleying fine, 179 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 but that is more like volleying in a storm. 180 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Instant storm. 181 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 All right. So this is how it's going to work. 182 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 We have our fans over here that are going to simulate our headwind. 183 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 We're going to start at 15 miles an hour and then amp it up. 184 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 You guys ready? 185 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Good. 186 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:07,000 At 15 miles per hour, it's clear that the wind is affecting the trajectory of the ball. 187 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Bring it up to 35. 188 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:23,000 It's when the wind machine goes to 35 miles an hour, where it gets interesting. 189 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 And the ball no longer travels in a straight line. 190 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Sometimes it does a corkscrew. 191 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Sometimes it just drops. 192 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 This is much harder at airspeed. 193 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:38,000 But after a little bit of adjustment, by turning my back to the wind and aiming my racket upwind, 194 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,000 I find that I can get a pretty decent volley going. 195 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:51,000 So yes, it's difficult, very difficult, but not impossible. 196 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,000 The team was able to volley in winds of 35 miles per hour, 197 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,000 which means this myth is cleared for takeoff. 198 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Now all we have to do is learn to wing walk. 199 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 That should be a piece of cake. 200 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Coming up, can the Heinemann conquer his fear of heights? 201 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,000 This is terrifying. 202 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,000 And later, it's anyone for tennis? 203 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 Let's do this. 204 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Woo! 205 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 This is scary. 206 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Hey! 207 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Jamie Heinemann hates heights. 208 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 I hate heights. 209 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Jamie Heinemann doesn't understand extreme sports. 210 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Why do people like doing things that get them terrified? 211 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,000 But to test the myth that you could Apple Bob from the end of a bungee cord. 212 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 This is just wrong. 213 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Jamie Heinemann is about to take a giant leap from 100 feet. 214 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Here we go. 215 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Five, four, three, two, one. 216 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Nice! 217 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Excellent form, Jamie. 218 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,000 That's just one of the most f***ing things that I've ever done. 219 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:22,000 You're upside down, you're accelerating like f***ing and it's just... 220 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 Did you hear the like... 221 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Let's do it again. 222 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Let's get it over with. 223 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Calibrating the bungee for Jamie unfortunately involves a bit of trial and error. 224 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Here we go again. 225 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,000 And after that error, he's got to repeat the trial to dial in his depth. 226 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,000 I'm going to need some psychotherapy after this. 227 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Five, four, three, two, one. 228 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 And that's more like it. 229 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Like Buster, Jamie was dunked just enough to survive a vertical Apple Bob. 230 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Is that a refreshing splash there, Jamie? 231 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,000 I was a little bit more conscious of what was actually happening. 232 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 I saw the water coming up. 233 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 It didn't hurt to hit it though. 234 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 No, it didn't hurt to hit it at all. 235 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 That's just awful. 236 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:32,000 So now that they've wet the Heinemann's head, the next mythical metric is accuracy. 237 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 How is that for position? 238 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Good. 239 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Perfect. 240 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 That's good? Okay. 241 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,000 This time around it's going to be target practice. 242 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Here we go. 243 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Five, four, three, two, one. 244 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Despite the fact Jamie had very little control over his fall, 245 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 he still dunked his dome inside the stand-in barrel. 246 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 I saw the ring coming up. 247 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 I think I hit it pretty well right in the middle, 248 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 and I guess I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. 249 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,000 And because Adam was the Apple Bobbing Champion of his school, 250 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 now they should stay on. 251 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,000 The next step is Adam making the jump. 252 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000 Holy s***. 253 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Here we go. 254 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Want to lean you forward? 255 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Okay, wait. 256 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 All right, lean me forward. You got me? 257 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Yep, I got you. 258 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Okay. 259 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Five, four, three, two, one. 260 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Yeah! 261 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 F***! 262 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 I'd like to go home now. 263 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Being his first try, my face hit the middle of the barrel. 264 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 It doesn't get any sweeter than that. 265 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Oh, man. 266 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000 If I never do that f*** again, it's way too f*** soon. 267 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Yeah, you're just going to have to bleep it, because that's real. 268 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Well, now that they've got the depth and accuracy sorted, 269 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 how do they like them apples? 270 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,000 After a spot of turbulent tennis, it's time to take to the skies. 271 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Or is it? 272 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 All right, bad news. 273 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Well, good news for me, because I'm scared of heights. 274 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,000 The insurers think that us wing walking is going to be too dangerous. 275 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 We're not allowed to go up in a plane. 276 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Seriously? How are we going to test this myth? 277 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Okay, I got a substitute. 278 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,000 How about we build a wing out of a platform, 279 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 we fix it to the back of a truck, 280 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 and drive it up to the top of the plane? 281 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Yeah, that's a good idea. 282 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I'm going to go down the stairs. 283 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 We have a platform, we fix it to the back of a truck, 284 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 and drive it down the runway at Alameda. 285 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 That's a really good idea. 286 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 I mean, essentially, this myth is about the ball's behavior in a headwind, right? 287 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,000 I love it. A low flying plane that doesn't get off the ground. 288 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Now we're just going to have to have a successful volley. 289 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 That might be harder. 290 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,000 So to find out if you can play tennis at altitude, 291 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,000 the team is going to have to bring this myth a lot closer to the ground. 292 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,000 But building a plane on the back of a truck is not something you can wing. 293 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Okay, so that makes total... 294 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 And with the safety of the mythbusters at stake, 295 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Grant is dotting his eyes and crossing his T-beams. 296 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:38,000 And his final design has a 40-foot wing and a 15-foot tower. 297 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Along with a network of supports, 298 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,000 that'll keep this fixed wing firmly in place on the back of the truck. 299 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:52,000 So now that we've built our wing and we've got the measurements of the actual truck we're going to use, 300 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,000 it's time to build a thing that connects the tube, which I call the tower. 301 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 That's quite a thing. 302 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,000 It's got a lot of cross members and supports. 303 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:06,000 But without all those things, the people on the wing would be flapping up and down several inches, 304 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,000 making it not only very dangerous, but also damn near impossible to play tennis. 305 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,000 The tower and supports are super heavy duty to brace the wing. 306 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 It's a good thing this thing doesn't have to fly. 307 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:23,000 And finally, after three days of cutting, welding, and triangulating, 308 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:27,000 they're ready to assemble their flightless flying machine. 309 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Is this how to do? 310 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Oh my God, this is perfect. 311 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,000 So we've outgrown the shop. Our build was just too big. 312 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 The wings were too wide and we couldn't build it there. 313 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to get it out the door, over the bridge, 314 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 and through the tunnel to the runway. 315 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,000 Let's build a plane. 316 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:49,000 So we came out here to an actual hangar, which is perfect because we're making an airplane. 317 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,000 And the best part is, behind those giant doors is our runway. 318 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 So all of our pieces have been unloaded and now it's time for assembly. 319 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,000 We're welding together the two wing halves to give us a 40-foot wingspan. 320 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Nicely lined. 321 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Next, we're welding this tower onto the wings and adding extra supports 322 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 that'll give us another eight feet of height. 323 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:21,000 And after we're done with that, we flip it all over and put it on top of this big-ass truck. 324 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,000 This doesn't look dangerous at all. 325 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:30,000 At 15 feet off the ground, the guys may not technically be flying, but they may as well be. 326 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Oh, this just doesn't seem like a good idea anymore. 327 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:40,000 This is terrifying. This is so high off the ground. 328 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000 If this thing flexes at all, one of them is wetting their fingers. 329 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:51,000 And with 40,000 pounds of steel in place, the guys welded to the truck bed. 330 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:57,000 I would have to say, out of all the welds on this thing, these are probably the most important. 331 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:09,000 There you go. Like, love. Perfect. Just like we planned it. 332 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Alright, so our makeshift airplane is finally complete. 333 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:18,000 We've got a 40-foot wingspan that is supported by about 4,000 pounds of steel and cabling. 334 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,000 It should be very sturdy. We have our safety rigs in place so the boys will be safe. 335 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:26,000 We have an anemometer strapped up there so that we can get precision wind speeds. 336 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,000 It's completely supported by a turbo diesel tow truck. 337 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Now all we've got to do is try it out on the runway. 338 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Yep, after four days of intense endeavor, they now have the closest thing possible to a plane. 339 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,000 This is definitely something you don't see every day. 340 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:58,000 So with their no-fly zone established, it's game on for this myth. 341 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:14,000 The mythbusters are at the end of their rope, testing if you can bob for an apple on a bungee cord. 342 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:21,000 So now we've got our height and our weight dialed in to where our heads are penetrating the water just a few inches. 343 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000 And we've also nailed the accuracy. 344 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:30,000 So now it's time to bring in the hard part, which is fighting on to one of these, 345 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:36,000 or more accurately, one of these, because this might break your teeth or your nose. 346 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:41,000 We don't know yet, so these foam ones, we'll see how we do with those first. 347 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 So what do you think? Are you ready to go for an apple? 348 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:50,000 I'll be quite honest with you. I don't need to stand on the ceremony to tell you that is pretty much the most unpleasant thing I have ever done. 349 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 You want to take this one home? 350 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:03,000 I thought I was off the hook, but hey, you know, if you really don't want to do it, I'm getting used to it. I'll deal with it. 351 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Thank you, sir. 352 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Jamie's taking this one for the team. 353 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Target's in place. Our Heinemann's getting himself rigged up, and all we need to do is fill our barrel with some apples. 354 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:22,000 But wrapping his jaws around an apple in the blink of an eye isn't going to be easy. 355 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 How are you feeling? 356 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Horrible. 357 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Three, two, one. 358 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:45,000 What did I get myself into? I didn't hit the target. I'm not sure whether that was me or the lineup. 359 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Even a little gust of wind isn't enough to push you off. I don't have a whole lot of choice. Either I'm going right into the ring or I'm not. 360 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:59,000 So Jamie missed the target, but not in a direction we expected, and he missed it because of that flag. 361 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:05,000 No, no, no, not because of politics or anything, because of the wind that is blowing that flag blew him slightly off target. 362 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Thanks to the wind, targeting Jamie's jump is nowhere near as reliable as earlier, and that's making this myth look more and more like just that, a myth. 363 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Three, two, one. 364 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Where's your apple? There's no apple in your face. 365 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 I bit something and I pulled it up. 366 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 No, apparently it was water. 367 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,000 I bit the ring. 368 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Oh, you bit the ring? 369 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Yep, they don't call it apple bobbing for no reason. All of the apples bobbed out of the path of Jamie's drugs, so he bit down on the only thing not moving. 370 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:52,000 I was like, I'm not leaving here without something. I'm biting down on something, and I did. 371 00:22:52,000 --> 00:23:00,000 This is the funniest thing I've ever seen. The title of this is We Almost Caught a Heinemann. 372 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:06,000 So after a day of jump, after jump, after jump, Jamie's ready to call it. 373 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Every time I tried, it was like the stress equivalent of having an automobile crash, and I was desperate to get that apple, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't do it. 374 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 I'm going to call it busted. 375 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Busted, but it's not the end of the line for this myth yet. 376 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Can a bit of Mythbusters ingenuity finally grant some forbidden fruit? 377 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:42,000 At the Alameda runway, the Mythbusters are finally clear to fly. 378 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:50,000 So its game faces on, as our two best tennis players serve up some science. 379 00:23:50,000 --> 00:24:01,000 In the video you see the two tennis player rally about 20 times back and forth, but for us, we're only going to try to do five, because we figure five is enough that's going to prove the concept. 380 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,000 So that's the magic number. If we can get five, we can confirm this myth. 381 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Starting to get a little nervous. 382 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Okay, so while we're up here on the wing at 35 miles per hour, there's a lot to think about. 383 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:18,000 We're dealing with a massive headwind. The wing's going to be vibrating and flexing, and we've got to keep our balance, 384 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:25,000 and we've got to play tennis, all without moving our feet. It's going to be a lot. 385 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:31,000 And for that reason, they won't just be harnessed to the wing, they'll be tethered to it as well. 386 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Alright, make sure you get this right. Let's do this. 387 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Then it's over to Captain Byron for takeoff. 388 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 Okay, here we go. 389 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 Woohoo! 390 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,000 This is scary. I'm not going to laugh. 391 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 It's a little scary, yeah. 392 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Remember, this is the first time the boys have set foot on the wing, and a fall could spell disaster. 393 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:03,000 But as Carrie accelerates, the guys slowly get their air legs. 394 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Just getting the racket to like swing it is difficult. 395 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 With the airspeed reached... 396 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 35, holding here. 397 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 It's go time. 398 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:29,000 And almost immediately, it's clear that rallying up here is a whole different ball game. 399 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:37,000 The wind, coupled with the bounce and the danger, is making this a lot harder than their earlier fan test. 400 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,000 I don't know if we returned one ball to each other. 401 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 I think we did one. 402 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,000 We need to get at least five in order for this to be confirmed. 403 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:53,000 Alright, well, seeing as this is the first time we've ever tried this, I think one out of a thousand is okay. 404 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000 We're going to do better this time. 405 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,000 Ready? 406 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Ready! 407 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:07,000 The second time around, it's silence on the court, as Tori and Grant concentrate hard on hitting the ball. 408 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:22,000 But after five minutes at 35 miles per hour, their longest rally is just two hits. 409 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 I felt like we were getting close there. 410 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:31,000 We're still pretty, pretty off from making this confirmed or busted. 411 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,000 Hi! How was it? 412 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 Yeah, you know what? I give up. 413 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:42,000 I mean, the guys in this video world-class tennis experts, I've had one lesson. 414 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,000 That was really hard. 415 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:52,000 The ball does such crazy things. It's hard to swing your racket, but I think it is possible. 416 00:26:52,000 --> 00:27:03,000 And bear in mind, the guy who is in the commercial, Novak Djokovic, is one of the top-rated players, if not the top-rated player in the world. 417 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:08,000 I'm not him, unfortunately. But I think we need somebody better than me. 418 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:15,000 So to give this myth a fighting chance, they're swapping rookie Imahara for tennis pro Tyler Brown. 419 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Now, Tori's a pretty good tennis player, but Tyler's a pro, so hopefully this will up our tennis game. 420 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,000 We're going to throw them both back up onto the wing and try this test again. 421 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:31,000 Did you ever think in your wildest that tennis would lead you to this? 422 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Not my lifetime. 423 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 35! 424 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 Oh! 425 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:52,000 From the start, Tyler and Tori are consistently returning the ball. 426 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:57,000 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven! 427 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,000 We did it! 428 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:05,000 And after just four minutes at wind speeds of over 40 miles an hour, 429 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Tori and pro Tyler are confirming this myth all over the place. 430 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 Yeah! 431 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Woo! 432 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 Oh, shit! 433 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 That was great! 434 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Well, I think we can confirm this. 435 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,000 I mean, even in the strongest winds, we were still able to keep the rally going. 436 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Yeah, on your best rally, I counted 12. 437 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Yeah, we got into this rhythm and it was just like, bam, bam, bam. 438 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 I think it's confirmed. I think it's confirmed. 439 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 Well, there's one more thing I want to do. 440 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 Now that you've proved you can do it at this distance, 441 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:46,000 I think we need to extend you out further onto the wing and look a little more like the video. 442 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 That sounds terrifying, but I think we should go for it. 443 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Yeah! 444 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:56,000 After the break, I think they have a lot simpler rigs for taking the top of your head off in surgery. 445 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 Come on, give it! 446 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000 Do not try what you are about to see at home. 447 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Wear what you call experts. 448 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 And we have advisors to keep us safe. 449 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000 We have a team of experts to keep you safe. 450 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000 Well, it's really good. 451 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 We're hoping for a great day. 452 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000 And when you're at home, wear what you call experts. 453 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000 And we have advisors to keep us safe. 454 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:19,000 This crazy commercial caper is busting. 455 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:26,000 But now, what the MythBusters want to know is, could you bungie bob with an apple apparatus? 456 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:31,000 So we've got to build a machine that can be strapped to the head, that can catch an apple. 457 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,240 What about using something like a face shield 458 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,240 or a welding helmet? 459 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,240 And you know, those things have that ratchet 460 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,640 that really grab onto your head nice and snug. 461 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:39,800 That's perfect. 462 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:40,640 There we go. 463 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,240 My first thought is something like a bear trap, 464 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:48,120 something like a pair of jaws with a spring load 465 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,920 and a catch, touch an apple and it grabs onto it. 466 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,880 I'd want to have it actually work off of my own mouth. 467 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,520 We want this to be able to open quite a bit further 468 00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,960 than I can open my mouth. 469 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:02,040 So we'll need to have a little bit of a mechanical advantage. 470 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:02,880 Yes. 471 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,520 If you're going to have it work off of your jaw, 472 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,720 we're going to have to move a point here down. 473 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,120 The plan is to create a mechanical jaw 474 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,880 that Jamie operates by opening his own mouth. 475 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:15,720 There you go. 476 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,240 Okay, that movement looks good. 477 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,200 That looks really good. 478 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,760 And that looks like that's our nodal point right there. 479 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:21,600 Okay. 480 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,600 Tell you what, do you want to start working on the chin strap 481 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,960 and I'll start working on a set of teeth? 482 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:27,800 Okay. 483 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,960 So the guys divide to conquer. 484 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,080 Jamie takes on the chin while Adam gives their jaw teeth. 485 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,480 That looks like it'll grab an apple. 486 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,320 Let's go see Jamie. 487 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,880 And now to put it all together for the ultimate Robogob. 488 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:49,360 This is insane. 489 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:50,920 This is totally insane. 490 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:51,760 Let me see. 491 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:52,600 Go ahead, put it on. 492 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:02,040 Let's try it out. 493 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,720 Their device has got a bigger mouth than Jamie and even Adam, 494 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,600 but will it work upside down and underwater? 495 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:10,760 That's not bad. 496 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,800 Cool. Well, let's fill the tub and put some apples in it. 497 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,040 Go ahead. 498 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,800 To test it, the guys have rigged up a down home 499 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,120 apple bobbing bungee. 500 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:23,200 Okay, man. 501 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,840 Three, two, one, go. 502 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:32,800 Go, go, go, go. 503 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,080 Two, one, go. 504 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:37,380 Hey! 505 00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:40,920 He did it. 506 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:42,080 Okay, now let me down. 507 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,800 Beautiful. Let him down. 508 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:44,800 It is possible. 509 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,080 That's their first successful bob so far. 510 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:52,160 And it's clear that their device has the kind of jaws 511 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,600 that this stunt needs. 512 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,600 At Alameda, Tori and Tyler are spreading their wings. 513 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,720 So far, to my surprise, this myth is going really, really well. 514 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,000 I mean, we got the plane. 515 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,600 We got the proper wind speed. 516 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,880 We've got the boys actually having a really good rally 517 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,240 up on the wing because Tori's upped his game with a pro. 518 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,520 Yeah! Get it! 519 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,360 Now, before you criticize the fact 520 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,840 that they're a little too close together 521 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,000 and it doesn't look entirely like the video, 522 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,480 we're going to address that. 523 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,400 We're pushing them out to the outer edges. 524 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,200 At 32 feet apart, Tori and Tyler will be more exposed. 525 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,560 It's a little bouncier this time, that's for sure. 526 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,840 So can they still rally in wind speeds of 35 miles per hour 527 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,440 as the wing flexes and bounces beneath them? 528 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,560 Tyler, you ready? 529 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:49,560 Yep. 530 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,120 Wait, why did you shake your hat when you said yes? 531 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:53,120 Because I'm scared. 532 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,120 Once again, Captain Byron slowly accelerates the truck. 533 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:04,120 25! 30! 35! 534 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,120 But way out on the wing, for Tori and Tyler, 535 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,120 every crack in the tarmac is magnified. 536 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,120 Woo! Oh! 537 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,120 There's a lot more bounce to the further out that we are. 538 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:22,120 That's causing us to panic when there's a huge bump 539 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,120 and we're like, forget the ball, I'm not going to die. 540 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,120 Not only that, the wind is starting to pick up, 541 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,120 which is making it a lot more difficult to place the ball. 542 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:34,120 I'm noticing that I'm having to hit a lot further into the wind 543 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,120 so that way it will blow back into the other player. 544 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,120 At temp one, didn't result in a five hit rally, 545 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,120 but for attempt two, there's switching ends. 546 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,120 We just need to hit it five times. 547 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,120 This time, Tyler is hitting into the wind. 548 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,120 35 miles per hour! 549 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:07,120 Pull out! 550 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:11,120 Pull out! 551 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,120 We were in close, we were like four. 552 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,120 We just need to get one more! 553 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,120 Yeah! 554 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,120 What have you done, man? 555 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,120 15 feet from the ground, traveling at over 35 miles an hour. 556 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,120 At a distance of 32 feet, 557 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:40,120 Tori and Tyler incredibly confirm the myth. 558 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,120 Dude, I can't believe it! 559 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,120 Dude, we had a complete rally! 560 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:49,120 They may have used CG, but it is possible to do in real life. 561 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:53,120 Yeah, I have my doubts, but we did prove that it's possible. 562 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,120 Wow, how often does that happen? 563 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,120 The internet was true! 564 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,120 This is life imitating art. 565 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,120 I cannot believe this actually worked. 566 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:07,120 I mean, how often does it happen that we find some crazy CGI internet video 567 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,120 and we can replicate it in reality? 568 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,120 That was so much fun, 569 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,120 but I was so worried that we were not going to be able to pull this off. 570 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,120 We kept trying and trying, could not get the volley going, 571 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,120 but finally we were able to get it, 572 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,120 and the best part is we've confirmed this myth. 573 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,120 Before the mythbusters perfected their RoboGob, 574 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:45,120 Adam first took a turn at the vertical Apple Bob, unaided. 575 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,120 Stop! 576 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:54,120 Now, I kept on bouncing an apple off my lips as wide as I could open. 577 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,120 I'm not getting any purchase on it. 578 00:35:56,120 --> 00:36:00,120 They were just going to move away unless you had a really big mouth. 579 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,120 I just want to point out that I was the Apple Bobbing champion 580 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,120 of my fourth, fifth, and sixth grade class, 581 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:10,120 but only because I was always willing to go to the bottom of the barrel 582 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,120 to get purchase on it and pull it out triumphantly, 583 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,120 but grabbing it off the top, the surface of the water, 584 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,120 it's just not going to happen. 585 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,120 Hello, we have been bobbing for apples from the end of a bungee cord. 586 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,120 And so far we've determined that bungee jumping is a process 587 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:32,120 that can be made precise enough to hit both a perfect and safe depth 588 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,120 and a perfect xy coordinate like a barrel. 589 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:40,120 But we have been unsuccessful in catching an apple with our teeth from said barrels. 590 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,120 So Jamie and I have built a mechanical mouth, 591 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,120 which we have bolted to Jamie's head, 592 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,120 and any minute now he is going to make the final leap 593 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,120 and attempt to catch an apple in his quote-unquote teeth. 594 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,120 Yep, the unassisted apple bob is busted. 595 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:58,120 But can the Heinemann, now half man, half machine, 596 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:02,120 snatch the apple from the jaws of defeat? 597 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,120 I gotta say I'm not looking forward to this. 598 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,120 Even after doing that jump a half dozen times, 599 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,120 I'm like dreading it. 600 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:15,120 I mean it's over in just a fraction of a second, but it's just awful. 601 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:20,120 I think they have a lot simpler rigs for taking the top of your head off in surgery. 602 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,120 On top of that, I have to wear this thing, 603 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:27,120 which is not unlike some sort of torture device. 604 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,120 And then if I don't get it the first time, 605 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:33,120 I'm going to have to just keep doing it and doing it until I get it. 606 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:37,120 Yep, there's only one way to test their apple bobbing jaws. 607 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:41,120 And unfortunately for Jamie, that way is down. 608 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,120 Man, this is awful. 609 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:50,120 Alright Jamie, whenever you're ready, let's make apple bobbing history. 610 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:51,120 Okay, you got me? 611 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:52,120 I got you. 612 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:53,120 Leaning out? 613 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:54,120 Okay. 614 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:55,120 Here we go. 615 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,120 Three, two, one. 616 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,120 A new day means the cord has to warm up. 617 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:10,120 And that, along with the wind, is not good news for the Heinemann. 618 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,120 So I wasn't in line and I didn't quite reach, right? 619 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,120 Yep, and if you cycle quickly, you should reach 620 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,120 and they're going to move the target slightly to where you were actually landing 621 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,120 because the wind's picked up. 622 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,120 I want to go home. 623 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:30,120 Jamie's first attempt at bobbing for apples with the mechanical mouth didn't work. 624 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:31,120 It wasn't a failure. 625 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,120 The budgie cords didn't go long enough. 626 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,120 Cycling quickly should take care of that. 627 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,120 And the target was a little off because the wind has picked up. 628 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,120 So we're going to move it about 18 inches that way. 629 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,120 And hopefully this is the last IVS that I ever do. 630 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,120 Ever. 631 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:48,120 Well, I think we can safely say that Jamie hopes that too. 632 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:53,120 You know, I tell you what, I've got to get it on this one or that's it. 633 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:54,120 I've had enough. 634 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,120 This is, it's just, it's all too weird. 635 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:58,120 The tension is building. 636 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,120 It's starting to get to me. 637 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:06,120 Jamie's fear of heights is trumping the desire to replicate the circumstances. 638 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:10,120 So this will be his final bite of the apple. 639 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,120 All right, Jamie, whenever you're ready. 640 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,120 The wind has gusted. 641 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,120 You got a strong east wind right now at the plague. 642 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,120 What do you think? 643 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,120 Are we doing all right? 644 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:27,120 I think we can get this done. 645 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,120 Okay. 646 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,120 I'm going to have you lean out. 647 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,120 I'm going to go for it. 648 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,120 Okay. 649 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,120 Okay, here we go. 650 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:45,120 Five, four, three, two, one. 651 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:52,120 That was an epic attempt. 652 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,120 And when you play it in real time, 653 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,120 Jamie had hardly a second to operate the jaws. 654 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,120 Well, he got something. 655 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,120 Jamie's got a taste for that ring. 656 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,120 And he's got a taste for that ring. 657 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,120 Jamie's got a taste for that ring. 658 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,120 Jamie's got a taste for that ring. 659 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,120 Jamie's got a taste for that ring. 660 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,120 And he's never letting go. 661 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,120 How are you feeling, Captain? 662 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,120 In theory, this thing could grab an apple, 663 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:26,120 but how many times am I going to have to do it to get it right? 664 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:31,120 And I mean, I'm up there and it's just all too weird. 665 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:32,120 You know what it is? 666 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:33,120 I mean, look at me. 667 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:34,120 I know. 668 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:36,120 And I'm upside down. 669 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,120 As if it's not bad enough, you got this struck to your head. 670 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:40,120 Oh, what's happening? 671 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,120 You let me out of here. 672 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,120 That's it. 673 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:44,120 We're calling it. 674 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:45,120 Bobby Brebels is busted. 675 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,120 Bobby, what would it take, rig on your head? 676 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:49,120 Maybe, maybe not. 677 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,120 Who cares? 678 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,120 I'm going home. 679 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:52,120 We're done. 680 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,120 In a final analysis, Jamie performed like a champion. 681 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,120 He made the dive. 682 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,120 He made many, many, many dives. 683 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:02,120 He hit the target perfectly, except the wind had twisted him around. 684 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,120 And instead of an apple, he got a ring. 685 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,120 But we are calling it there. 686 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,120 We have found the Heinemann's limit. 687 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:09,120 We've found the Savage's limit. 688 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,120 It would have been your limit, too. 689 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,120 This myth is totally busted. 690 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:16,120 You cannot bob for apples from the end of a bungee cord. 691 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:17,120 Well, that's it. 692 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,120 You got anything clever to say for the walk-off into the sunset? 693 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:23,120 Nice. 694 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:24,120 Goodbye.