Can Windows Shatter Mid-Flight?! - Mythbusters - S01 EP12 - Science Documentary

[@tsanggary6422]

39:04 The famous quote

[@atvheads]

I have that quote in my Facebook. witch i don't use. The Facebook i mean. I mean, Facebook...

[@RomGecko]

Dammit, is Adam responsible for the republican party, flat earthers, and woo healers?

[@NEWGHOST9]

They rlly used that quote soooo much throughout the show’s life xD

[@willowmcintire21]

... That was stolen from the movie The Dungeonmaster.

[@JackMacLupus]

One of Adams best quotes from the Show! XD Together with "Am i missing an eyebrow?"

[@veitforabetterworld]

Shout out to Boeing for trying it out irl. 💀

[@mrawood1]

Boing 😂

[@CerberusTenshi]

​@@mrawood1The conpany name is Boeing. And you're an ignorant POS.

[@CerberusTenshi]

Guess what, so did every airplane maker at one point or another. Stop being a dumbass.

[@jeepmanxj]

I'm here just for the Boeing comments.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Hahaha real life myrhbusters experiment. Ironically mythbusters have a much better safety record than those sketchy greedy pricks

[@mishkamcivor409]

explosive decompression hits different in these days of Boeing door plugs deciding they want to be free lmao

[@TrixieFoxachu]

I knew this comment would be here. Bravo mate!

[@shotgunr1]

Its always Boeing with the doors. The 747 cargo door coming unlatched and flying off in the 80's (Flight UA811) Or the door plugs on the 737 Max (AA1282)

[@erich930]

Similar problems plagued the DC-10 and even some DC-9s/MD-80s, and more than just once.

[@shotgunr1]

@@erich930 I knew about the Boeing ones I mentioned but hadn’t heard about the DC door issues and would like to know more so Do you happen to know any of the flight numbers?

[@erich930]

@@shotgunr1 DC-10 Cargo door: American 96 and Turkish 981 DC-9 Aft Pressure Bulkhead: Air Canada 680

[@AnnaCurser]

young jaime has so much joy in his eyes

[@bashkillszombies]

Before Adam's soy strangles it out of him.

[@jeffpienta4532]

​@@bashkillszombiesis this a joke or is that what happened lmao

[@wingerding]

​@@jeffpienta4532 no, like any activity done for over a decade week after week it became time to do something else.

[@jeffery8168]

@@bashkillszombies Nah, a person like Jamie is insufferable irl. Devoid of all emotion. "my way or the high way" type personality.

[@jeffery8168]

@@jeffpienta4532 Dude prob saw what Adam said about YT people on reddit.

[@rollingmetal949]

Some of the shenanegans make me forget the guys were already mid 30s(Adam) and mid 40s (Jamie) when the first season started😅

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Here's what'll really cook your noodle: Tori is only three years younger than Adam.

[@the_hd_yt]

When Adam jumps up and down asking Jamie if he can set the bullet off - this encapsulates everything that made this show magical. Adam is the kid in all of us and Jamie is the adult in the room.

[@MagiTailWelkin]

Adam Savage: I reject your reality, and substitute my own. When you think about it, that quote is quite Orwellian.

[@christianellegaard7120]

It kind of hits differently these days, in our world of "alternative facts".

[@BaRS_flint]

actually its the opposite but yeah

[@ChriaM-uk7wn]

@@christianellegaard7120 one fact that can never be factually disputed is that there’s two genders

[@wingerding]

​@@BaRS_flint it's both depending upon which way you look at it.

[@pepebeezon772]

​@@BaRS_flint ??? It's basically an O'Brien quote phrased differently

[@Hachiro]

I love how excited Adam is about blowing bullets xD

[@DevilishmanThe]

Jamie worries about a cable snapping and cutting someone in half. Few seasons later they test exactly that and find its impossible. This is show was funny that way.

[@pepebeezon772]

People have died from being hit by it during recoveries gone wrong tho

[@marallenrondez2606]

@@pepebeezon772 True, but they didn't shy away from whether or not it could kill you or cause your severe trauma too. They knew full well by the end of that myth that this could cause damage and trauma, and stayed outside for safety. They just tested the cutting in half part of it which came out to be Busted.

[@kahleeb624]

The only thing with the "explosive decompression" was that I always took the suction to be a result of the fast moving air on the outside as the plane flies at hundreds of miles per hour. I always thought that fast moving air was what caused the actual suction as just decompression won't cause suction. So I figured the air moving would then catch on whatever hole there was, thus ripping the hole bigger and bigger, and the difference in pressure from inside to outside is MUCH greater at altitude. Was surprised they only tested it at seas level...

[@kitsune0012]

Ah you mean that causes a venturi effect.

[@NACLGames]

The latter part of your statement is incorrect. The difference in pressure from inside to outside is the same in this experiment. The whole point of pumping air into the aircraft in this episode was to make sure the difference matches that at altitude. A lot of people misunderstand pressure, which leads to part of the reason why people believe all those movies which show explosive decompression. If the difference between the inside and outside is 8~10 PSI, then that difference is functionally the same whether the plane is at altitude or at sea level. The air pressure in the plane in this experiment was probably pumped up to about 22 PSI for that purpose, while in an actual flight the average PSI in the plane would normally be about 10~12 PSI. Sea level pressure outside the plane is about 14. Another misunderstood idea about pressure, and perhaps why you may think that there is a difference in result (altitude vs sea level) if the actual pressure is different regardless of the difference, is the idea that higher pressure simply exerts a greater force overall. This is untrue, both with regards how it interacts with pressure on the other side of a vessel, and on the surface of the vessel itself. PSI Stands for Pounds per Square Inch, because that's the force being exerted in a specific area. That doesn't change if there is a hole in the vessel that is large or small. But if the hole is larger, then that's more 'square inches', so the force being exerted through that hole added up is greater. This is why a small pinhole doesn't cause explosive decompression, the pressure is the same and so the force exerted on the hole is very small. While in the experiment in the show, we can see a larger hole causes something quite close to what we expect from explosive decompression. The force exerted only changes with one other major factor...how much pressure is being exerted on the hole from the other side. That's where the difference in pressure comes in. As long as this is the same difference at sea level or at altitude, your result is going to be the same. As for the rest of your statement about the suction, the other commenter is right in that there is something called the Venturi effect where effectively, a jetstream or other flow can cause an area of lower pressure, which causes suction. While it does happen, it doesn't occur at the level that will cause explosive decompression. The effect is greatest when the flow is pushed through a very small cross-sectional area, which means it has the greatest impact on a pinhole. Additionally, the effect is strongest along the line of action of the flow, but in this case a hole on the side of the aircraft is perpendicular to the jetstream. While they didn't demonstrate this in the show, physics tells us this effect is far too small in the case of a jet airliner to impact a pinhole, let along a larger hole. I can't comment on a situation where the structure of the aircraft is damaged to the extent that it causes drag and opens the hole wider....that's very specific. But I would also remind you that at altitude, air is quite thin and may not result in the kind of shockingly powerful drag force you're thinking about.

[@borntoclimb7116]

The experiment with the airplane is awesome.

[@darrenwendell1723]

282 episodes of fun learning material. Big fan.

[@swedichboy1000]

Iconic episode.

[@varelisilversmith4625]

Boeing rejects your reality and substitutes their own

[@ichiroutakashima4503]

4:59 This is truly one iconic Mythbusters moment. And this season is definitely when Jamie was still human and have emotions

[@koiyujo1543]

he still is

[@everdash]

@@koiyujo1543sounds like one last myth for them to bust!

[@chriswatson6231]

I remember a dc9 flight at night from Tasmania to Melbourne (1 hour). I was about 4 years old, so 1975. Anyway in those days some cockpit doors were left open for the flight, depending on the pilots' preference. Anyway as a little kid i got invited to see all the lights of the cockpit and the stars. I remember the tremendous amount of pre-digital "steam guage" tech and all the little buttons lights, cicuit breakers and massive coloured indicators on the overhead console. But the coolest thing was the co-pilot pointing out the stars and then showing me them on a paper star map that was on a clipboard. I clearly remember him saying "this is how we find our way at night". I know now they had radio beacons, gyro direction and other tools. But this cool guy with his sleeves rolled up and his gold watch had the star map out when i arrived on scene so they were using it. And though they had navigation aids, they didnt have gps. Just pilot skill, radio signals and dme stuff. I remember that 1975 flight like yesterday. From the cabin filled with cigarette smoke to my first take off and the absolute roar of turbojets (not turbofans) when the clamshell reversers deployed

[@sidneysun5217]

interesting tidbit: a 747 can stay pressurized with 1 window pane missing; the air outflow valves are actually bigger than a window. thats how much air the engines are normally pumping through the cabin

[@JosGeerink]

Just let the plane depressurize, FFS! I would hate to be the one sitting next to that window.

[@Dustin_Platt]

I wonder how many Boeing's are gonna show up there in the near future.

[@Project_EG2]

19:41 THATS A MYTH RIGHT THERE

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

39:04 Adam's most famous quote lol

[@MartyMcFly88]

A police car. Doing donuts. Classic. 😂

[@jeepdude7359]

The old days before they had minions. 😜

[@tonybaran1860]

It's like inflating a fishing net 🤣🤣 . Well done narrator

[@andrewsiasparks]

The fact they never push Buster around in a wheelchair amazes me.

[@brandoncraig2461]

Medieval tree cannon they did

[@hectorcorona9536]

I recall some episodes were they cart buster on an ambulance stretch

[@BarneySaysHi]

"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Finally I found the episode!

[@SuperXzm]

18:19 Innocent era where you could crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women and not go to jail... I miss it so much...⚔

[@AnnaCurser]

okay so this is the time they figured out to interlay their myths and not hack them off one by one

[@christopherdean1326]

15:50. American Graffiti was set in '62, the year of my birth. I remember the line from the trailer "Where were you in 62?" And it was a chain, not a cable...

[@DepressedSkorpion]

If that cable couldn't do it, a chain won't either.

[@christopherdean1326]

@@DepressedSkorpion Maybe not, I was just pointing out the slight inaccuracy...

[@stanislavczebinski994]

Fun fact: That little Toyota truck was sold here in Germany as Volkswagen Taro. Yeah - really.

[@WV_COAL]

I didn't ever notice until now but "never saddle a dead horse."

[@HalNordmann]

Personally, I think that the bullet-fuse myth should've been "plausible"

[@CoochieKissKing]

I agree. As a ASE master cert tech and now shop owner, I've seen some wild stuff done to peoples cars. Especially country folks cars. Additionally, if an aftermaket subwoofer/speaker system was installed, those generally use 6-00 gauge wire, which is larger than most most OEM wire found in most vehicles. If installed incorrectly and if it had a short to it, that could definitely set off the bullet tested in this episode. Circling back to wild stuff done to peoples cars, I had an older country gentleman stop in because, just like the myth, his headlights wouldn't work. He said he had a "buddy" work on it to try to get it to work. The "buddy" had installed 8 gauge solid copper insulated wire (like you'd find used on an outlet in your house) from the neg battery terminal, to the power input on the headlight, then from the headlight to a light switch you'd find in your house that he'd screwed into the dashboard, then from the light switch back to the pos battery terminal. Despite the debauchery, I'm sure the switch would have worked for a bit - if the bulb wasn't burnt out 🤦‍♂️😂 I once had a customer make their own battery out of a tupperware container and several smaller batteries. Their battery was dead and they still had a warranty on it from when my shop installed it 2.5 years ago. They made the battery, so they could drive to my shop, instead of paying for a tow. 😂 Of course they could of called me and I would of just delivered a new battery to them, but I still appreciate the ingenuity lol These are just anecdotes, but my point being is that I've seen wild stuff happen and crazy modifications done to peoples cars. I'd say its entirely plausible a redneck who was willing to use a .22 as a fuse would have done some other wild stuff to his truck, which could cause a short hot enough to set off the bullet. Additionally, had it been a different type of .22, I bet it could of easily hurt him. .22LR or a .22Hornet would definitely mess someone up.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

A very hot short and a round in bad condition

[@ebouwman034]

Ya, that one always bugged me. Also, my brother bought an FJ40 years after that episode aired and it had a fuse panel that would point a bullet right at you.

[@Dennis19901]

Did they even do "plausible" at this point in the show?

[@kallemetsahalme5701]

from my memory but i dont think they did plausible back then. i remember seeing it first time sometime later on and thinking "plausible? whats that? some wishywashy bs. call it true or false". as later on they started to use plausible all the time and confirmed very rarely. but yet i kinda understand since otherwise you can call this one both busted or confirmed. it maybe hasnt happened yet but it can happen. depends whether you think this show should focus on saying whether historical events are true or whether the general idea behind the idea is solid even if it happens in the future.

[@lancejobs]

A new mythpope is adorned when the blue smoke rises into the workshop.

[@computersales]

Boeing watching this after years of R&D later. Hold my beer. 🤣

[@yomama269378]

42:33 ok i cant be the only one remembering them actually pulling the axel out like they did in the movie right... i swear they managed to do it

[@jarydm87]

Different episode, they re did this one because peope said the car was too modern

[@Sonnell]

Wonder if the results would be different with modern composite airplanes???

[@Crimetvuk]

Not many people can say this: I’ve jumped on the wing of a private, I’ve literally walked all over the top of the jet, I’ve smoked weed in a cockpit and we spent a whole week inside getting drunk. 😂

[@Lanker217]

Best RC car ever 👍😎

[@DeCode343]

Jamie in a flannel shirt and a baseball cap😮😂

[@rage9715]

vintage MB was wild

[@rocketruss3405]

Since this first aired, I have always wondered if the speed of the aircraft (580 mph ish) would add to the explosive decompression and vacuum pressure.

[@hornetscales8274]

"Buster is still sitting in his seat......" but after that one, even HE needs to change his pants.

[@robertkiehn7459]

20 years out, I have to have my whiny fan moment; the original cop car was a 50s domestic build, a lot of them were body on frame which leaves axles at a lower point of contact compared to a unibody build. I think you could definitely pull the rear axle if it was a 50s cop car and not a Crown Vic, but it would still be difficult to pull off for some punk like in the original movie.

[@chriswatson6231]

The fuse bullet business reminded of a urban myth about turkey hunters putting a shot bird in the boot or trunk with a 12 guage auto. The bird twitched or the car went over a bump but result was bird claw hooked trigger and put a 12g birdshot load into somebody's leg

[@CajunReaper95]

I wish I knew what siren they used on these episodes during the blast test!

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

Pretty sure it's a standard "air raid" sound clip.

[@seriosertyp8145]

The fast pitch up is typical for small hand crank sirens. Those sirens produce true square waves which are not natural occuring, that‘s why those sirens sound so bone chilling. Your neighbours will love you. Oh and always wear ear protection, real square waves can cause permanent hearing loss at lower SPL than „smoother“ sound waves like speakers or gun shots. Edit: Oops the siren like background noise is most likely the air compressor, look up huffer cart videos. Could be some resonance making it more noisy.

[@kurtlagon2023]

"I Reject to Reality and Substitude my Own"...😂😊

[@allanshpeley4284]

"I reject your reality and substitute my own". How did you manage to blunder two words in an 8 word sentence?

[@GlaciesYin]

For the bullet-battery going off, could the jolting of the vehicle cause the bullet go off though? That's one thing that wasn't recreated when they left the truck running, but roads are bumpy, and iirc bullets can go off if you hit it right.

[@TheIntellectualApe]

Who knew MythBusters were also Time Travellers ??? Boing we are looking at you 😂

[@CerberusTenshi]

Your comment shows how ignorant you are. Explosive decompression has happened to all types of aircraft. Also, you can't even stell the company's name right, even though you try to slander their name.

[@beflabbergasted325]

Some years ago I was living in the UK and they had a TV program where they presented people`s inventions. In the episode where they presented the Lotus Esprit active suspension they also presented a device that was supposed to stop a car straight away and, the idea was having some sort of a spear thrower inside the car that would shoot a spear onto the floor and it had a steel cable connected to the rear transmission or near it and the obvious result was the car continuing to move forward while the rear transmission would stay behind just like in the movie.

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

But Adam you forgot 1 detail, That RC PC w/ lights is also life size.

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

I mean the scale is 1':1'

[@TiagoFilipeCabral]

The pressure difference between 8psi and a ground level pressure and 35000ft is completely different, i don't know how they could have missed this

[@QuinnKallisti]

Getting rid of the "folklorist" was a good call....

[@christophermitchellsr9492]

mythbusters is a great example of what happens when you find some mad good guy scientist an tell them here some money go create a show about 2 mad scientist an actual science an everyone sits back an watches the fun . a great show from start to finish .i look forward to more full episode's

[@everdash]

41:04 A GENUINE LAUGH FROM JAIME?!? 🫨

[@d4slaimless]

12:23 Jamie "After all it is a remote controlled gun and guns can kill people. I'd say that's pretty good. I'm loading the gun..." If you don't watch but only listen this sounds ominous.

[@camdenp23]

34:41 freez frame lmfao

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

Oh and another Thang 478 is my area code.

[@charleediaven6278]

I heard this myth back in 1969 when I was doing some truck driving. Supposedly the guy was hurt because he went of the road and hit a telephone pole.

[@ThomasFishwick]

The guest explosives expert here at the end was… a bit explosive happy. A real character, but when your detonating planes better sad than sorry.

[@Matthew-h6e]

18:58 "This suit is black..not"

[@enderyu]

0:01 Who was the math genius that wrote A = 2*pi*r^2 ??

[@derGameplayDJ]

Uhm, what is the problem with that? That's the formula for calculating the area of a circle... so? Edit: oh, I didn't even notice the 2 before the pi. Never mind...😅

[@enderyu]

@@derGameplayDJ It looks like some unholy mixture of the area of a circle (pi r^2) and its circumference (2 pi r), yet still not enough to be the surface area of a sphere (4 pi r^2). But I guess it could be interpreted as the inner/outer surface of a hemisphere, which would make sense

[@jarredcarlson2479]

While storing them in the desert prevents rust, but what does it do to the rubber seals?

[@brandonavery8080]

I like how they always use that safety glass. In one episode I saw them shoot a chicken and it went right through that glass. I would not trust that with my life.

[@ryanbuckley3314]

Using a static line to trigger a device is confirmed already. Totally effective, used all the time, it's dead nuts but takes time to set up. Not great for tactical use, though. You wouldn't pull that shit on a Cop. They would catch you, everytime.

[@leobrent7926]

Best thing the mythbusters ever did was to get rid of that folklorist

[@GUNBOAT-1]

Wouldnt decompression reaction be different at 30,000 feet rather than at sea level?

[@derGameplayDJ]

That's precisely why they pressurized the plane.

[@seanfoltz7645]

They forgot to take into account the air rushing past the hole at several hundred miles per hour.

[@Diogenesthedog0]

5:15 Air India Huh!

[@glengrimm4075]

The 1961 ford Galaxy had a leaf spring rear end not a coil spring rear, so there is absolutely no resemblance to the car you guys used. So the mith was pointless. They used Compromised M8 mild steel bolts in the rear end of the LEAF spring with washers. (Not the front). And the Ubolts conected to the springs were compromised so that the springs stayed on the car but let go at the rear. The M14 Tensile bolts used from factory were removed from the rear of the leafsprings to allow the diff to shoot out the rear with ease.

[@darrenwendell1723]

A 737 Max. How did the Mythbusters knew the faith of Boeing?

[@KeyError]

The ISS gets hit with little bits of shrapnel fairly often that punctures little holes probably about the same size as that bullet through the window. I imagine they repair that stuff properly on a space walk, but until then they just put a little plastic disk over the hole

[@HalNordmann]

The ISS windows are multi-layered

[@ChriaM-uk7wn]

Pretty sure the remote control car scene was filmed at the barracks near treasure Island in San Francisco am I wrong?😂

[@tbas8741]

Fully pressurised to 8psi on the ground is not the same forces as fully pressurised to 8psi @ 38,000ft. Lots more pressure holding things together on ground level than at ALT, like 11psi difference in atmospheric pressure. Remove that 11 psi on outside and see how much more violent things are then.

[@RDCST]

I think they are missing something, the air speed around the airplane will increase the air pressure difference.

[@ml33cg]

the only thing they overlooked was the airspeed that would be moving over the plane in flight , if they put a hole in the plane in flight the sped of the air moving over the plane would act like a T valve on the hole and suck air out adding to the effect

[@scooby91981]

So anything short of a grenade you don’t really have to worry about and honestly if it’s a grenade, I’m a little bit more worried about the grenade

[@gvdb3312]

The car in the movie clip looks like it could have been front wheel drive by the size of the axle ripped off.. So no diff could mean easier way to break off.

[@doublenickelbob]

Should have put charge on outside of jet. Charge increased inside cabin pressure way over 8 psi

[@Brayo9]

Bullet myth is plausible ..... if a fuse goes out, it means you are drawing too much current, and not just normal lights like they were running it...

[@brianpena4922]

This doesn’t make much sense to me... because at altitude, there's low pressure outside, and the cabin is pressurized to about 8,000ft. I get they calculated to simulate the pressure difference. But they're pressurized at the surface. So there's high pressure outside and inside. So when the air is escaping, it's high pressure going to pressure.

[@maxine_q]

The difference in pressure between inside and outside was the same as it would be at altitude. There is no difference in behavior.

[@yarost12]

Damn Jamie wearing cool red Converse

[@milkman3723]

I am not an engineer but I do know some physics. This test was bunk from the beginning. It needs to be tested in the same atmospheric conditions. When the pressure releases it is hitting a thicker atmosphere so there is actually more resistance on the decompression. If they were at altitude with a significantly lower pressure and resistance the decompression would be far more violent. Up at altitude the air is so thin there would be little resistance against the outward air.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

They compensated for being at much much much lower altitude

[@frizzykid100]

You aren't an engineer and also weren't paying attention to the video. They clearly mention how they compensated for not being 30,000 feet in the air.

[@milkman3723]

@@frizzykid100 There is no way to compensate for such a pressure differential of 30k feet. The air is so thin and they have to use so much pressure in the plane that the plane literally expands. So when the force is release because the aire is so thin it comes out far more violent than it would at sea level. You have 4.3 psi at 30k feet pressing back against the plane. At sea level you have 14.7 psi pushing back against the plane. The deceleration of the pressure loss is far greater (3.5X) than at an altitude of 30k feet. For every action the is reaction. In the video they said 8 psi.... A plane at altitude has to be pressurized to 10.9 psi. So you are telling me that 8psi releasing against 14.7 psi is the same as 10.9 psi releasing against 4.3 psi???????????????? The differential on the ground will always be greater. The differential in the air will always be less. More force is exerted and more catastrophic stress is applied to the plane at altitude. Simple Elementary physics my dude.

[@matthiashall]

@@milkman3723 The airplane is at ground level, so the base cabin pressure is already at 14PSI. The compressor is only adding 8PSI, to bring it to 22PSI total (ground level atmospheric pressure + 8PSI). If the cabin pressure was 8PSI, they would have to had to pull a vacum first. It isn't explained very well in the episode, but they are adding 8PSI to the cabin, over top of the 14PSI of existing ground level pressure. The pressure gauge is zeroed out to atmospheric pressure, anything that shows up on it is on top of basic atmospheric pressure: hence the 14PSI + 8PSI = 22PSI. 22PSI > 14PSI, thus equating to an 8PSI difference between outside and inside, matching the difference at 35 000ft. Simple, Elementary Physics my dude.

[@milkman3723]

@@matthiashall at 35,000 feet the difference is 10.9 psi. So the experiment is bunk anyways because they only used 8 psi. Sooooooo....... Now what? LMAO

[@greybush6939]

But don't these planes fly at like 500 MPH? Their experiments don't account for that at all. That HAS to have some kind of affect!

[@davidholder3207]

Your decompression tests failed to take into account the venturi effect caused by the DC-9's cruise speed of Mach 0.84 (484 kn; 897 km/h; 557 mph). In addition aeroplane windows have a small hole manufactured in them to lessen the effects of a failure.

[@overtherainbow7972]

they didn't exactly replicate all the conditions that can cause explosive decompression. in the way they do it there is no air speed., high speed create a suction effect which could cause a small hole to become extremely big

[@ravenwinger1]

I think the speed of the plane would also be a factor in the decompression

[@erich930]

I think based on actual accidents and incidents that have happened in real life, no, not really. The only big effect might be some extra damage and a very windy and noisy cabin, but that's about it.

[@KatieWilliams1990x]

I was so glad when Mythbusters got rid of that awful folklorist Heather. I couldn't stand her segments.

[@joshsimpson6856]

I can say for certain that a man in Cotton Plant, Arkansas did in fact shoot himself in the nuts by putting a bullet in his trucks fuse box. Lewis Black mentions it in this clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3q8nJR5dtiHr9k. I know there was a televised special where he reads it direct from an article, but I can't find the clip. The name of the special was Red White and Screwed. The crazy thing is that it is the very same incident as the myth. The guys name is even Thurston Poole. The other guys name is Billy Ray Wallace. In short (lmao!!!) the myth should be confirmed. I was just amazed when this episode first aired because my favorite show had mentioned something that my favorite comedian had previously mentioned.

[@darrenhanson3875]

The bullet thing should have been plausible and I wish they would have used same make year and model of car. For safety reasons cars are made tougher these days.

[@ChriaM-uk7wn]

If I ever become rich, which I hope I do, I might get a whole fleet of remote, controlled trucks and cars, and just sit on my back porch and fucking crash in each other😂

[@uriituw]

That plane looks like a bomb went off.

[@harrykelly4651]

Wouldn't the speed of the aircraft create a Venturi causing a vacuum and sucking people/ stuff out

[@thedrizzle21]

I lost count of how many times I screamed "blown out!"

[@JP_3912]

Right?! We all really need to start saying the correct thing

[@TiesOfZip]

Oh cmon guys, you can’t bush a myth while ignoring half the conditions of the planet thing. Would the 400mph winds and Venturi effect not contribute at all to the decompression or fuselage blowing out?

[@jae_jae1021]

final destination 1☠💀

[@jasonblock7217]

I'm so stoked to see a new generation in space and to top it off you all are very sexy the craft is more than sexy in fact it's a major styling fest up there..finally space is looking good and not complicated how it should be by now.. loving your adventure and also very proud of the space X team.. way out doing NASA and have proved our generation is more than capable....mighty proud of you all.. rock on guys... Aussie block...

[@ProgNoizesB]

These guys know exactly what they do : "aaaahhhh. I got a hot ember on my crotch" Sure they are xD Fun to watch sometimes, but for sure no real science. And metal fatigue still is human error.

[@darrenwendell1723]

Even Mythbusters Jr. is great to watch. P.s Don't look up Allie in 2024. It's disgusting.

[@flailinginhalers]

Bullet one should be plausible

[@SilverDragonJay]

I forgot that Mythbusters used to have a cool goth lady to talk about the background of the myths in question. I guess she must have not been needed once they started running out of genuine myths and had to start the endless stream of 'crossover' events to fill up the season.

[@TheHappyhorus]

If you stop the slow-mo clip of the police car from the movie you can see a white cable at the centre of the back of the car, if you stop frame carefully you can see that that witch cable is pull in up and forward. 2. There is a cable on a fixed anchor point attached to the back axle holding straight back. 3. As the police cars front axle drops forward down the ramp, the white cable is holding the car up at the back letting the body sail over the axle before dropping the car back down. MythBusters nearly had it, the car body in the way just didn’t allow the back axle to escape. 😂

[@kevinvail8011]

the car Mythbusters used had a completely different type of rear end suspension the car in the movie had leaf springs suspension I don't believe that it was a valid test at all

[@TheVulcanBard]

I'm pretty sure that the white cable that you're seeing is the rear antenna