1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:42,560 If you die from this shock, then be hit by Octane as soon as possible. 3 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,560 I know. 4 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:15,560 Let's get to work. 5 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,560 Okay. 6 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:54,560 Why are you dressed like my old archaeology professor? 7 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,560 No, no, no. I'm dressed as Indiana Jones. 8 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,560 That's him, Dr. Jones, from Indiana. 9 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,560 Anyway, what's the story? 10 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,560 Okay, the story is there's also a movie called 11 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,560 Raiders the Lost Ark starring a guy named Indiana Jones, 12 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,560 and we're going to tackle some myths from that movie. 13 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,560 First and foremost, his famous sidearm, the whip. 14 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,560 We're going to look at some of the science of Indy's whip 15 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,560 and some of the remarkable things he does with it. 16 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,560 But the opening sequence of Raiders is where we're beginning. 17 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,560 Indy is escaping from a South American temple 18 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,560 that is attempting to kill him with all manner of booby traps, 19 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,560 including our first test, 20 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,560 a floor filled with pressure pads that shoots poison darts at Indy. 21 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,560 Well, sounds like fun. Let's get into it. 22 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:35,560 Okay. 23 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,560 In the exhilarating opening scene from the iconic 80s adventure story, 24 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,560 there's a question to be answered. 25 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,560 By simply running for it, would Indy really have escaped unharmed? 26 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:56,560 And as a massive fan of the franchise, Adams in his element. 27 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,560 We're going to do this temple run and really figure out 28 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,560 if we truly can outrun the darts, 29 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,560 we're going to need to know how long that run is going to be. 30 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,560 So I'm going to look at some video, do some measurements, 31 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:15,560 and actually work it up in a little diorama for little Indy Adam here. 32 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,560 You can't tell, but it's totally psyched about it. 33 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:27,560 This kind of work is something I used to do all the time in the film industry. 34 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,560 It's all coming together. 35 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,560 In the film industry, it's often used as a pre-visualization technique. 36 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Now, just having fun. 37 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,560 Like, I will mock up a set in foam core just so I understand all of its dimensions 38 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,560 before building it in the actual material that will be built in. 39 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,560 Hot glue threads on my face. 40 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,560 Seeing something in that white space, for some reason to me, 41 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,560 it's deeply, deeply satisfying. 42 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,560 I put my head down and I can see what it looks like from different angles. 43 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,560 It's like I'm building a playground for my brain. 44 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,560 I've actually also learned a few things. 45 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,560 I've carefully checked screenshots of Harrison Ford against many parts of the set, 46 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,560 knowing how tall he is. 47 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,560 I've determined that dart pads are about 40 inches long, 48 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,560 and that that room is about 30 feet long. 49 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,560 If it's 30 feet long and the dart pads are the size they are, 50 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:23,560 Harrison Ford, Indy, will encounter at least 16 of those pads, 51 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,560 likely setting off 16 darts. 52 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,560 That's how many he's got to outrun. 53 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,560 That's how many we're going to set up. 54 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,560 Did you notice that I managed to keep the label of the pipe facing the thing? 55 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,560 So you really see 450 psi. 56 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,560 It's really shattering the illusion. 57 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,560 In the temple run, Indy gets shot at by Mayan poison darts, 58 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,560 but because these are potentially lethal, 59 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,560 I'm going to do the same thing using paintballs. 60 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:57,560 14. 61 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,560 You know, I buy this crap salvaged, 62 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,560 but who knew that 14 wasn't enough? 63 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:03,560 I need 16. 64 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:14,560 And so it's my job to figure out how to put together a 16 gun pressure pad operated paintball gun array. 65 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,560 I think those will work. 66 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,560 This item right here is a solenoid switch. 67 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:25,560 The wire gives power to an electromagnet, which opens the flow of air. 68 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:31,560 These kinds of things are how we can fire pneumatic projectiles on Q. 69 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:35,560 It works. 70 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,560 I love it when I've got all the parts I need to put together something like this. 71 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:45,560 The sequence is going to go like a barrel connected to a pipe nipple, a solenoid, 72 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:51,560 and that will screw into one big long tube, and that'll be our air feed. 73 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:57,560 And so it's just going to be like a little assembly line of, you know, barrel, barrel, barrel, barrel, 74 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,560 and out comes the paintball and shoots us. 75 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:08,560 With the first of the 16 air powered guns attached to its solenoid trigger, 76 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,560 it sounds kind of like a seal. 77 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,560 Adam arrives to up the pressure. 78 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,560 Dude, they arrived. 79 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:16,560 Oh, cool. 80 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,560 That is our pressure pad switch activation. 81 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,560 Well, let's check it out. 82 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,560 Point it that way. 83 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:24,560 Pointing? 84 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:25,560 Yeah. 85 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:26,560 Three, two, one. 86 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:27,560 Oh! 87 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,560 That couldn't have worked any better. 88 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:40,560 Inside this pad is an electrical switch such that when you step on it, it completes a circuit like so. 89 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,560 Now that opens the flow of air and out comes the paintball and we get shot when we step on the pad. 90 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:48,560 That is beautiful. 91 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:49,560 There we go. 92 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,560 Awesome. 93 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,560 That's how each gun will be triggered. 94 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:57,560 The next step is to combine them into a single coordinated air powered system. 95 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:05,560 This white tube is the air supply for our paintball gauntlet, which we'll be installing in the temple. 96 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,560 Now each one of these guns will be wired to its own pressure pad. 97 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,560 Three, two, one. 98 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:12,560 Whoa! 99 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:15,560 Beautiful. 100 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:24,560 Which as we run along, we'll be setting off these guns one after the other while we possibly are screaming in pain. 101 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,560 That is going to hurt. 102 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,560 Well, let's pack it up, put it on the truck and take it out to the location. 103 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:31,560 Okay. 104 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:44,560 Before they pack up their temple run gun, while the team gets busy prefabricating a fake man temple, Adam and Jamie get cracking. 105 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,560 On another iconic Indie Inquiry. 106 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,560 Well, good luck there, buddy. 107 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:52,560 So whips. 108 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:53,560 Exactly. 109 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,560 Indie's whip is like almost mythological. 110 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:03,560 He does all sorts of incredible stuff, including one I think we should test when he disarms an opponent with a gun using only the whip. 111 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:09,560 So would the whip be accurate enough and would it hit the hand hard enough to knock the gun out of it or something? 112 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:10,560 Exactly. 113 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:15,560 I think the other thing we should look at is the opening sequence when he loops the whip around a log and swings across a chasm. 114 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,560 Is that really possible? 115 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:23,560 Yeah, I wonder whether the whip would actually have enough grip and then if it did, how are you going to get it off? 116 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,560 I think we need to deeply look into the science of whips. 117 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:36,560 If we're going to put whips through their paces in this episode, we're going to need, wait a minute, whips. 118 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:40,560 Whip making is something I taught myself about 17 years ago. 119 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:46,560 I built the whip I'd always wanted from Raiders of the Lost Ark and to start this episode, I'm going to build the first whip. 120 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,560 This is kangaroo hide. 121 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,560 Don't let anyone tell you any different. 122 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:54,560 This is the strongest leather in the world. 123 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:58,560 Whip making is an art. 124 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:02,560 An art for which Adam clearly has a passion. 125 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:09,560 Now, astonishingly, this right here is everything required to make a 8-foot leather bullet. 126 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,560 Animal fat. 127 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,560 But before I start, I actually need to prep the laces. 128 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:28,560 I need to treat them with a leather dressing that softens them and allows me to stretch them to bring them out to their natural state. 129 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:30,560 Then I'm going to braid them. 130 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:33,560 I'm going to do a four plate braid that is using four laces. 131 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:38,560 And this will comprise the inner and smallest core of the whip. 132 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,560 This will be the center. 133 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:45,560 Now you're starting to see where this is going. 134 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:49,560 That is called the belly, the first belly, the interior belly of the whip. 135 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:54,560 I'm going to cover this belly with a bolster, which is effectively a long triangle of leather. 136 00:09:54,560 --> 00:10:01,560 That bolster will then get another belly laid over it because the Indiana Jones whips are what are called two belly whips. 137 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,560 The braided core and leather bolster is doubled up to form the second belly. 138 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:14,560 And in the middle of this meticulous process, Adam couldn't be happier. 139 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:20,560 In case you haven't guessed already, I love me the bull whips. 140 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,560 I started out inspired by Raiders. 141 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:25,560 I'm done with the second belly. 142 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:28,560 And I quickly learned that I love two distinct things about the practice. 143 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:33,560 These will be the 12 laces that make the actual outer coating of the whip. 144 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:38,560 One was that I love the practice itself, the craft of whip making. 145 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:44,560 The meticulous, repetitive, stretching, checking, cutting, lacing. 146 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,560 It is deeply meditative. 147 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:49,560 Hold on, I got to drink my own urine. 148 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:53,560 I'm kidding, I wasn't drinking my own urine. 149 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:55,560 I was drinking someone else's. 150 00:10:56,560 --> 00:11:02,560 The second thing I love about it is the form and function coming together magnificently. 151 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:07,560 I mean, you've got this beautiful form of a smooth leather object that is tapered from one end to the other. 152 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:09,560 Dude, just looking so good. 153 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:14,560 And then that tapering turns out not just to be lovely and compelling, 154 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:22,560 but in fact crucial for delivering the energy from your hand out to the tip of the whip with the maximum amount of strength. 155 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:23,560 That is really cool. 156 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:28,560 I am really pleased with how this is looking. 157 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:32,560 For the finishing touches, Adam decorates the handle, 158 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,560 and then to make the whip actually crack, 159 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:38,560 attaches two thin strips called the fall and the cracker. 160 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,560 But with all that work, pay off with a working whip. 161 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,560 All right. This is very exciting. 162 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:50,560 Oh, it sounds good. 163 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:54,560 Yeah! 164 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:55,560 Yeah! 165 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,560 That's pretty loud. Can you hit anything with it? 166 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,560 You know, I've never actually tried. 167 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:09,560 Why don't I set something up? 168 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:10,560 Let's do it. 169 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:17,560 Indiana Jones nonchalantly and surgically disarmed his armed phone. 170 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:19,560 Come on. 171 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:20,560 Adam, however, 172 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:25,560 can't seem to take out a few cans. 173 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,560 Not exactly precision shooting. 174 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:35,560 Until he gets real close and the laws of probability weigh in. 175 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:41,560 Yes. 176 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,560 He hit it. 177 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:45,560 As long as I've got 10, 12, 15 tries, you are in trouble, man. 178 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:49,560 Yep, to find out if you can indeed disarm armed adversaries, 179 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,560 Adam and Jamie clearly need some expert help 180 00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:01,560 and a spectacular change of scene to set up for some temple run fun. 181 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:03,560 Totally gonna get shot. 182 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:21,560 Indy's whip is a character in its own right in the Raiders films. 183 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,560 And it does some unbelievable things in the film. 184 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:28,560 First and foremost, he's able to disarm someone who pulls a gun at him, 185 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,560 just pull him this off his belt and giving it a crack. 186 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:32,560 And that's what we're gonna do. 187 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:33,560 We're gonna give that a crack. 188 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:35,560 But there's a problem. 189 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,560 Now, I'm pretty good at making these, 190 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:41,560 but we've already established that I'm not that good at operating. 191 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,560 Let's just say you're a work in progress. 192 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:45,560 Aren't we all? 193 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:50,560 Yep, to test Indy's mythical ability to disarm gun-coating foes, 194 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:55,560 Adam and Jamie need a whole heap of whip-wielding tips 195 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:59,560 from the very best in the business. 196 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:06,560 Wherever I point the handle, I'm not gonna be able to do anything. 197 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:07,560 I'm gonna be able to do anything. 198 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:14,560 Wherever I point the handle, this is where the whip is gonna go. 199 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,560 We brought a lot of experts onto this show over the years, 200 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:21,560 but Anthony might be my all-time favorite right now. 201 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:22,560 And then... 202 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:23,560 Yes. 203 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:24,560 Now it's just timing. 204 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,560 I have rarely ever had someone teach me something so quickly. 205 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,560 And I got results I really didn't think were gonna happen 206 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,560 within such a short period of time. 207 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,560 Straighten your arm, close your hand. 208 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,560 Hey! 209 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:39,560 Perfect. 210 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:40,560 That totally worked! 211 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:41,560 This is awesome. 212 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,560 This is a far more precise tool than I thought it was. 213 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:45,560 Band. 214 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,560 We've got a lot of the basics of whip handling from Anthony. 215 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:50,560 Excellent. 216 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,560 But now it's time to see if we can't use the whip 217 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,560 to grab a gun out of somebody's hand. 218 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,560 But it's important to note that we never actually see 219 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,560 how Indy disarms the bad guy. 220 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,560 So to cover all our bases, we're gonna run a couple of tests. 221 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,560 Stretch it out and send it out. 222 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,560 Better, okay? 223 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,560 First we're gonna see if that whip tip could wrap around the wrist 224 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,560 and or the gun and yank it in such a way as to spoil the shot. 225 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,560 We're gonna see if a direct hit to the wrist with the whip tip 226 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,560 is enough to make somebody drop the gun. 227 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,560 This is the scariest thing I've done all day, isn't it? 228 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,560 Go ahead. 229 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:33,560 That was perfect. 230 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,560 That was a nice crack. 231 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:35,560 It was right on the tip of your thumb. 232 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:36,560 That would have hurt a lot. 233 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,560 Jamie's making contact, but there's no mythical grab 234 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:41,560 and aim spoiling pull. 235 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:42,560 Go for the wrist. 236 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,560 Go for the wrist, Heinemann. 237 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,560 That's it! 238 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,560 Not quite the first time accuracy of Indy. 239 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,560 But novice Jamie is dialing in on the technique 240 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,560 surprisingly quickly. 241 00:15:58,560 --> 00:15:59,560 Yes! 242 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:00,560 Oh, there we go. 243 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:03,560 All right, my turn. 244 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:10,560 Did I get you? 245 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Yeah. 246 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,560 Adam missed his target a couple of times 247 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,560 and connected with me instead. 248 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,560 But he was actually able to wrap the tip of the whip around my hand 249 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,560 to where he would be interfering with my aiming of that gun. 250 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,560 And that was actually pretty effective. 251 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,560 The grab and tug is clearly plausible. 252 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,560 But what about the second option? 253 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,560 The hit to the hand. 254 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,560 Would that force you to drop the gun? 255 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,560 Well, Jamie with a short straw drawn adds extra protection 256 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:50,560 and prepares to face the whip cracking might of the whip master. 257 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:53,560 Ow! 258 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,560 I'm positive I wouldn't have been able to hold on to that gun 259 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,560 if I didn't have this glove on. 260 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:08,560 It would be equivalent to somebody slicing at your hand with a sharp knife. 261 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,560 He dropped the gun. 262 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:17,560 Yep, without padding, Jamie's dropping the gun every single time. 263 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:21,560 Yeah, I don't think there's any way I would have been able to hold on to this 264 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,560 if I hadn't had this protection. 265 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,560 So, Anthony, it strikes me that we have enough experimental evidence 266 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,560 gathered thus far to conclude that the first appearance of a whip 267 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,560 in Rangers of the Lost Ark is actually pretty reasonable 268 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,560 that it is feasible to disarm someone with a gun if you're only holding a whip. 269 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:38,560 Would you agree? 270 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:39,560 I do agree. 271 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:44,560 I think a targeted strike to bear flesh is going to make it pretty much impossible 272 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,560 to hang onto the gun, let alone operate it accurately. 273 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,560 So, this is plausible. 274 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,560 Is that what you would do if you were in the same situation? 275 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:55,560 Absolutely not. 276 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,560 No, Wilkcape, what would you do? 277 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:58,560 I would go straight for the face. 278 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,560 Oh. 279 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:11,560 With the gun whip myth all tied up, it's time to set the scene for the temple run. 280 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,560 Not many people realize, but the Mayans built their temples just like this. 281 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:15,560 Yeah. 282 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,560 And Adams having a whole heap of fun. 283 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,560 Look, I know that some of the lakes were going to seem a little bit over the top. 284 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,560 Now, I'm thinking right about this level. 285 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:25,560 Yeah, upper torso. 286 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,560 Yeah. 287 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:32,560 We could have just set up 16 paintball guns on like a wooden rack in about an hour and a half. 288 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,560 But honestly, we couldn't. 289 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,560 We're special effects guys. 290 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,560 This is what we did for a living for decades. 291 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,560 Looks pretty good. 292 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,560 I know it looks like crap, but it's fun. 293 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:51,560 It would offend our sensibilities not to make it look period and timely to the actual film we're replicating. 294 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:58,560 Of course, any decent temple's got its share of deities and gods. 295 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,560 So we've got ours. 296 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,560 It would offend my sensibilities. 297 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:08,560 Frankly, I think Jamie thinks this whole experiment isn't an excuse for me to dress up, which it might be. 298 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,560 While Adam completes the scene setting, 299 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:18,560 Jamie's connected the pressure pad and gun one for a test run. 300 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,560 Three, two, one. 301 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:26,560 Oh, that works perfectly. 302 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,560 Perfectly except for a timing tweak. 303 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,560 That was fantastic. 304 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:37,560 Our Mayan temple dart room is operational except with paintballs instead of darts. 305 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,560 The only thing is that hit was instantaneous. 306 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,560 Cat-touch dart hit. 307 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,560 And in the movie, there's actually a delay when Indie tests the rig. 308 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:53,560 My question is how much of a time delay is there between the time that torch pushes the pad and the time the dart hits the torch? 309 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,560 That's one second. 310 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,560 That's going to be our delay. 311 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,560 Over to Jamie. 312 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:04,560 It's tricky, but by a few seconds, we're going to be able to get to the end of the game. 313 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,560 Over to Jamie. 314 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:12,560 It's tricky, but by inserting a timer between the pressure pad trigger and the air-powered paintball gun, 315 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,560 he can delay the firing by the required one second. 316 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,560 And with the guns not loaded, he steps up to test the timing. 317 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,560 Who's your...we have a problem? 318 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:34,560 That's not quite what we had in mind. 319 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,560 As soon as this episode got rolling... 320 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,560 That's great. 321 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,560 It was clear the Mythbusters won. 322 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,560 Idolize all things Indie. 323 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,560 And with one myth already cracked... 324 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,560 The fun is set to continue. 325 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,560 Or is it? 326 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,560 As it turns out, this timing setup that we put together is really screwing us up, 327 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:16,560 because while they're delaying the firing of our valves like we want them to, 328 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,560 they're also holding the valves open way too long, 329 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:24,560 which means that by the time we get to the end of the array, our tank is empty. 330 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:30,560 Our solution is to actually give them more air, or more of a tank. 331 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,560 I'm about to build that tank out of a bunch of PVC plumbing pipe. 332 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,560 You stay while Jamie plays around with the timers. 333 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,560 And with the larger air supply hooked up, 334 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,560 it's time for the temple run test run take two. 335 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,560 That was good. 336 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,560 That's exactly what we wanted. 337 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,560 With the rig successfully firing on the big cylinder, 338 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,560 the set dressing is complete, 339 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,560 the guns armed for action, 340 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,560 16 barrels, 16 paintballs. 341 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,560 There we go. 342 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:17,560 And Adams geared up, ready to run the paintball gauntlet. 343 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:22,560 Any second now, I'm going to grab that idle and hightail it across this chamber. 344 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,560 Now, if the myth is true, if the movie's version of events are correct, 345 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,560 I should make it to the other side alive. 346 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,560 That's what we're going to find out. 347 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:35,560 Remember, their run has the same number of booby traps as the movie, 348 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,560 and they'll shoot with the same one second delay. 349 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:41,560 You ready? 350 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:42,560 Yep. 351 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,560 See you down the other end. 352 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:50,560 The question is, will Adam, who'll run with the same hunched protective shuffle as Indy, 353 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,560 make it out unscathed? 354 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:59,560 Okay, in three, two, one, go. 355 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,560 Something's not turned on. 356 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,560 That was anti-climactic. 357 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,560 Anti-climactic and a mystery. 358 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,560 Three, two, one, go. 359 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:14,560 Still no work. 360 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,560 Maybe even a Mayan mystery. 361 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,560 Well, I think it's clear what's going on here. 362 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:20,560 It's this guy. 363 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,560 Mythbusters is clearly suffering the idle's curse. 364 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:29,560 The circuit's not collapsing the way it should. 365 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,560 The curse may not be the same, but it's the same. 366 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,560 The myth is true. 367 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,560 The myth is true. 368 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,560 It's collapsing the way it should. 369 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,560 The curse may not be real, but ours are. 370 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,560 This rig is kicking our butts. 371 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,560 Hold on, I gotta take all my shit off, and we're gonna really solve this. 372 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,560 Some rolled sleeves and brain storming later. 373 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,560 We're only gonna pressurize it to like, what, 70? 374 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:58,560 Yeah. 375 00:23:58,560 --> 00:23:59,560 We could try that. 376 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,560 And they think they may have it sorted. 377 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,560 We have figured out the problem. 378 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,560 It's a simple little dumb problem. 379 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,560 We just got a couple of leads misplaced, 380 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,560 and we should be up and running, literally running in a minute. 381 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,560 A minute and a test fire later. 382 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:18,560 Oh, yeah. 383 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:20,560 With vigor. 384 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,560 The curse of the crossed wires is lifted. 385 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:25,560 All right. 386 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,560 And the temple run is ready to rock. 387 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,560 Three, two, one, go. 388 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:41,560 I didn't feel a thing. 389 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,560 I don't think I got hit. 390 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,560 You were a mile ahead of me. 391 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:47,560 Really? 392 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,560 With a one-second delay, you were halfway across the thing 393 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,560 before they started the fire. 394 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,560 Fantastic. 395 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,560 So Indy really could have made it out. 396 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:57,560 Easily. 397 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,560 We had all the parameters we needed from the setup of the temple 398 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,560 in the film, and we applied them to our set 399 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,560 and discovered that Indy would indeed have made it out alive 400 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,560 with his idol, wouldn't he? 401 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,560 But now, let's assume the Mayans could make darts 402 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,560 that shot almost instantaneously as Indy ran. 403 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,560 I'll see whether he gets shot or not now. 404 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:29,560 Here we go. 405 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,560 And frankly, I pretty much expect to get shot at this point. 406 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,560 Tell him to get shot. 407 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:41,560 Instantaneous firing in three, two, one, go. 408 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,560 I totally got hit. 409 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,560 I got one in my back. 410 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,560 That's the only one I see on you. 411 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:14,560 Really? 412 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:15,560 Yeah. 413 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,560 As I expected when we sent the darts to instantaneous, 414 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,560 I got shot and I'm dead. 415 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,560 It's a poison dart after all. 416 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,560 What I didn't expect is that I only got shot once. 417 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,560 So as far as I'm concerned, if you ever find yourself looting 418 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,560 a piece of precious Mayan gold from a temple, 419 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,560 while you're probably going to die, I say run for your life. 420 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,560 So why do you think the Mayans set such a long delay 421 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,560 on their dart mechanism? 422 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,560 Well, it is an ancient temple. 423 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,560 Maybe the machinery was getting kind of rusty. 424 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,560 That's a good idea. 425 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,560 So how do you want to call it? 426 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,560 Confirmed, I guess. 427 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,560 I'm there with you, but it is a fictional universe. 428 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,560 So I'm inclined to give them plausible. 429 00:26:58,560 --> 00:26:59,560 Suit's me. 430 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:00,560 Okay. 431 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:03,560 Okay. 432 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,560 So what is this supposed to break the speed of sound? 433 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,560 Is this really true? 434 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,560 Is there enough of a kinetic energy transfer from the handle 435 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,560 out to the end? 436 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,560 That's what we were about to test. 437 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:43,560 All right. 438 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,560 Using our high-speed camera and all of the stagecraft 439 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,560 we've learned in ten years of doing this show, 440 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,560 we're going to try and prove that the end of the whip 441 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,560 breaks the speed of sound. 442 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,560 Three, two, one. 443 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,560 Because the tip of the whip is moving so fast 444 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,560 in the large area, it makes it really difficult to see 445 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,560 where and when it's making the crack. 446 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:15,560 Yeah, the tip's starting to swing around at about 4D. 447 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,560 So with that in mind, we've created this background 448 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,560 with a grid on it. 449 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,560 Yeah, right about there, a little bit below it. 450 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,560 So we can hopefully zoom in on it with the high-speed camera. 451 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,560 Oh, it's banged right on the same mark. 452 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,560 But with the camera recording at the 6,000 frames per second 453 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,560 required to measure the speed of sound, 454 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,560 zooming in and capturing the exact moment of the crack 455 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,560 is a very tricky task. 456 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,560 Okay, are you ready? 457 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,560 Yeah. 458 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,560 Okay, here we go. 459 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,560 Two left. 460 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,560 Try that. 461 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,560 In terms of time, this is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 462 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:14,560 There's a lot of increments when you're looking at 6,000 frames per second 463 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,560 to find the exact instant that that passes through the frame. 464 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,560 Yep, not only does Adam have to get a clean crack, 465 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,560 that was too low, 466 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:28,560 and pull off the unlikely feat of hitting the exact same mark 467 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:34,560 the guys then have to find those four or five frames of action. 468 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,560 So the signal you're watching me on right now 469 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,560 is transmitting 29.9 something frames per second. 470 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:44,560 Hello. 471 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,560 I'm aiming at the same spot every single time. 472 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,560 Our high-speed camera is catching almost two seconds of footage 473 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,560 at 6,000 frames per second. 474 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,560 That's gonna be too high. 475 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,560 It is a little bit of a hunting pack. 476 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:11,560 There it is. 477 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:18,560 Finally, in glorious 6,000 frames per second high-speed, 478 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,560 now how fast is it going right here? 479 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,560 That's five frames to travel 12 inches. 480 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,560 That's a lot of footage. 481 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,560 1,200 feet per second. 482 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,560 That beats the speed of sound. 483 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:39,560 That is awesome! 484 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,560 We caught the speed of sound being broken 485 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,560 by these little fuzzies. 486 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,560 That is so cool. 487 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:55,560 It took hours of Adam whipping for us to finally capture that tiny piece of string 488 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:59,560 traveling over the speed of sound in front of this grid. 489 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,560 But we finally cracked it, so to speak. 490 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,560 With the science whipped into shape, Adam and Jamie head back to the warehouse 491 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,560 to test the whip's mythical ability to swing Indy to safety. 492 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,560 This story has Indy swinging across a chasm on his whip. 493 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,560 And since we don't happen to have a chasm ready to go, 494 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,560 we decided to build our own. 495 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,560 This thing weighs 5,000 pounds empty. 496 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,560 You got room, you can keep coming in. 497 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,560 Kill someone in a heartbeat. 498 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,560 Pull, pull, pull. Yeah. 499 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,560 We're using these containers, which we love. 500 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,560 That's it! Perfect over here! 501 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:44,560 Miles, pull! 502 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,560 Because they're kind of like big bricks. 503 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,560 Yeah! 504 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,560 We can build whatever we want instantly. 505 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,560 They're at the needle. 506 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,560 But like a 5,000 pound needle. 507 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:04,560 Now the containers here stacked up represent exactly one half of our chasm. 508 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,560 Alright, here we go. 509 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,560 We're going to bring in the other pair of containers and make the other half of the chasm. 510 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:14,560 They're going to be a certain distance apart, but how far apart is the real question? 511 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,560 An answer found with a little high-speed camera magic. 512 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,560 That was good. 513 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:25,560 So we've got my jump on high speed, but how are we going to use that to determine how wide our chasm is? 514 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,560 Especially since I'm jumping on flat ground and Indy was jumping across a chasm, 515 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,560 which he hit the edge of with his chest. 516 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:36,560 Editors, can you help me out please and load up the high-speed footage of my jump? 517 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:37,560 Excellent. 518 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,560 Okay, now, fast-forward until my foot leaves the starting line, 519 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,560 right there and put a dot on my chest. 520 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,560 Great. 521 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:50,560 Now continue to put dots on my chest through the full arc of my jump until my left foot touches the ground. 522 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:51,560 Excellent. 523 00:32:51,560 --> 00:33:00,560 Now, draw a line that intersects all those dots until you've got a curve and continue that curve until it hits the ground where my number stripes are. 524 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:01,560 Perfect. 525 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:03,560 Okay, can you count up how many number stripes those are? 526 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:04,560 12. 527 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:05,560 Beautiful. 528 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,560 That is the distance of our chasm, 12 feet. 529 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:14,560 With the exact distance marked off, the far side of the chasm is dropped into position. 530 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:17,560 Nice! 531 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,560 Some protective padding put in place. 532 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:24,560 That's a long way to fall. 533 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,560 The key structural component brought up... 534 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,560 This is our branch. 535 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:33,560 Some more safety measures manhandled. 536 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,560 Indy never fought a beast like this. 537 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,560 This is like a Dr. Who villain. 538 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,560 Yeah, that's it! 539 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,560 Before the movie accurate scene is set... 540 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,560 Good luck there buddy. 541 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:48,560 I'm going to stand back here. 542 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,560 ...for Adam's date with Whip Swinging Destiny. 543 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:59,560 If you wondered exactly how Adam and Jamie got the ball rolling on this Indiana Jones junket, wonder no more. 544 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:04,560 Believe it or not, this is actually going to be our spherical temple run stone. 545 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:05,560 Rise! 546 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,560 Rise! 547 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,560 Ha ha ha ha ha! 548 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,560 Oh hey man, you're going to be a great guy. 549 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,560 I'm going to be a great guy. 550 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,560 I'm going to be a great guy. 551 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,560 I'm going to be a great guy. 552 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,560 Ha ha ha ha ha! 553 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,560 Oh hey man, check it out. 554 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,560 It's our temple run ball! 555 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:26,560 Whoa dude! 556 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:37,560 So we've got our big clear plastic ball, but to make it look like a boulder, we have the idea that we'll take this two-part thumb and mix it together and slather it all over the surface. 557 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:43,560 If we do it kind of sloppy but in the right way, it might just look like a big stone thing, which is what we want. 558 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,560 That looks like a piece of stone. 559 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,560 Inclinable stone? No problem. 560 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,560 It's called safety stone. 561 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,560 Ha ha ha ha ha! 562 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:33,560 Now the next thing that we've got to do is take our whip and throw it across the tree branch and see whether it creates a knot that's strong enough to hold a person. 563 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,560 Here we go. 564 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,560 Because if it ain't... 565 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,560 Ha ha ha ha ha! 566 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,560 I've waited my whole life for this moment. 567 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,560 They're falling to their death. 568 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,560 But before Adam tests the strength of the swing... 569 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:51,560 Oh! Hey! 570 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:52,560 Wasn't bad. 571 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,560 That was not bad. 572 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,560 He has to actually secure the whip on the log. 573 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,560 This test goes down in history as one of my all-time favorites. 574 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,560 But it did not start out looking that rosy. 575 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:07,560 Oh! 576 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,560 First, just trying to wrap the whip around the log. 577 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:14,560 I was not getting enough service area, not getting enough friction. 578 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,560 I want to feel that solid bite. 579 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,560 The leather on the log. 580 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,560 What I really needed was a kind of a knot. 581 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,560 Actually, the technical term is a half hitch. 582 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,560 Oh! That looks so promising. 583 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:30,560 You had a crossover. 584 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:31,560 I did. 585 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:34,560 I need a second crossover. 586 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:39,560 But that tested my whip-wielding skills to the absolute limit. 587 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:43,560 Dude. 588 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:44,560 That's not bad. 589 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:45,560 I think I got a hitch. 590 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,560 Oh man. 591 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,560 Well, good luck there, buddy. 592 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,560 I'm going to stand back here. 593 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:55,560 With the whip grip seemingly secure, this is it. 594 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:57,560 This is terror. 595 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,560 Actually, I'm genuinely scared. 596 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:04,560 Was Indy's mythical swing to freedom feasible or a fictional fancy? 597 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:10,560 Oh! 598 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:13,560 I'm good. 599 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:14,560 I'm good. 600 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:15,560 I'm okay. 601 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,560 So, I got the loop around the log. 602 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,560 It felt really, really secure. 603 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,560 I think I got a hitch. 604 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,560 And then just before my feet reached the other side, 605 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,560 the whip unwinds from the log and I go tunneling. 606 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,560 All right, we got to try this again. 607 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:34,560 That was too much fun. 608 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,560 Even though Adam fell, I have to say, I'm surprised he did as well as he did. 609 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:46,560 Because from this distance, you're only going to get around three wraps out of it. 610 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:47,560 There you go. 611 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:51,560 So, a single half-itch holding a close to 200-pound guy. 612 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,560 Pretty low odds, if you ask me. 613 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,560 Yeah, you're moving the whole log, dude. 614 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:58,560 Am I? 615 00:37:58,560 --> 00:37:59,560 Yeah. 616 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:00,560 I think you're going to do it, buddy. 617 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:01,560 Here we go. 618 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:02,560 Oh! 619 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:12,560 Gah! 620 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,560 I thought that was going to be mine! 621 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:23,560 Once again, the whip and potentially the myth unravels at the last second. 622 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:30,560 But as Edison almost said, myth-bustering is 1% inspiration 623 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:36,560 and 99% repeatedly throwing yourself into a chasm for science. 624 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:38,560 Oh, dude! 625 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,560 Well, no guts, no glory. 626 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:42,560 No guts, no glory. 627 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,560 Three, two, one. 628 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:46,560 You're going to make it! 629 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:47,560 Oh! 630 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:48,560 Oh, brat! 631 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:50,560 Gah! 632 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:54,560 Oh! 633 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:59,560 Three times so far, I have attempted to lasso our log with my whip 634 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,560 and swing across this chasm. 635 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:06,560 And three times, just as glory, seemed within my grasp, the whip slipped 636 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,560 and I fell to my death. 637 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:13,560 But for due diligence, we are going to cover our log with some bark-like friction material 638 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,560 and give it another go. 639 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:20,560 This sandpaper or our pseudo-bark may not seem like that much, 640 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,560 but it may not actually take that much to allow the whip to bite. 641 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,560 Without this, it can just slide. 642 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,560 It's almost like it's lubricated. 643 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,560 With this, it'll just give it a little bit of tooth 644 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:35,560 so that those coils can actually cinch onto the log. 645 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:36,560 All right. 646 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:38,560 One more time? 647 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:39,560 Go for it. 648 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:40,560 Okay, here we go. 649 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,560 So what difference will this small, real-world detail make? 650 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:46,560 Oh! 651 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:52,560 A first-time grip and it's looking good, but Adam's been burned before. 652 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,560 As many times as I've done this, it's still scary. 653 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:00,560 All right. 654 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,560 It's now or never. 655 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:04,560 Here we go. 656 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:06,560 Oh! 657 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:08,560 Yeah! 658 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,560 Give me some! 659 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,560 You could say Adam's happy with the result. 660 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:21,560 Yeah! 661 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,560 Not quite an indie reaction, but dude, we totally did it! 662 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:31,560 Yeah. 663 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,560 All right, throw me the idol. 664 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:37,560 Come on. 665 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,560 All the question now is, can you get it off there? 666 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:44,560 Oh, right. 667 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:45,560 Okay, here we go. 668 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:46,560 Come on. 669 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:47,560 Come on. 670 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,560 So once we added a little bit of friction, some bark to our log, 671 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,560 the whip grabbed easily, and I swung across handily. 672 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,560 It was beautiful. 673 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:01,560 Come on, baby. 674 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,560 Come on, this is the final thing. 675 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:05,560 Indy's whip grabs when you want it, and let's go when you want it. 676 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:06,560 Come on. 677 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:10,560 Now, I still don't think the whip has the kind of magical properties 678 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,560 that Indy uses it as an extension of his hands. 679 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:14,560 How does this work? 680 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:15,560 There we go! 681 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:16,560 Almost. 682 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:18,560 Awesome. 683 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:23,560 But we've pretty much proved it can do everything we've seen in the movie. 684 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:33,560 With that, this archaeological adventure rumps to a conclusion. 685 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,560 And Indy's iconic status is, quote, 686 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,560 Dr. Jones was not doomed in the temple. 687 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:44,560 Indy really could have made it out. 688 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:45,560 Easily. 689 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,560 And when it comes to a tight spot, 690 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:48,560 You're gonna make it! 691 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,560 His trusty weapon, 692 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:51,560 I think you're gonna do it, buddy, 693 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,560 is all it's cracked up to be. 694 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,560 Yeah!