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

Dive into the heart of thrilling aeronautics as we debunk myths on explosive decompression, challenge Hollywood physics, and unravel the mysteries of aircraft pressurization. Ever wondered about the dangers of high altitude or the reality behind movie scenes? Let's find out together!
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Join the MythBusters in their thrilling quest to debunk myths, challenge urban legends, and test movie scenes in this action-packed TV series! With hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman leading the charge, buckle up for a wild ride as they employ rigorous scientific methods, high-octane experiments, and jaw-dropping explosions to uncover the truth. From epic car stunts to mind-blowing special effects, witness the power of scientific inquiry as myths are either confirmed or shattered. Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled adventure filled with excitement, humor, and the ultimate quest for knowledge. Tune in now and unlock the secrets behind the myths!
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[@veitforabetterworld7058]

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

[@AuroraMoonlightandTheShowFox]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Dustin.Born.]

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

[@Hachiro]

I love how excited Adam is about blowing bullets xD

[@bertram-raven]

Sucked out? No. BLOWN OUT! The air-pressure inside is higher than outside. People are never sucked out of aircraft, but given the right conditions they can be blown out.

[@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!

[@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

[@darrenwendell1723]

282 episodes of fun learning material. Big fan.

[@borntoclimb7116]

The experiment with the airplane is awesome.

[@Project_EG2]

19:41 THATS A MYTH RIGHT THERE

[@MartyMcFly88]

A police car. Doing donuts. Classic. 😂

[@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...

[@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.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

39:04 Adam's most famous quote lol

[@jd-zr3vk]

Alaska Airlines flight 1282 had an explosive decompression and a passenger near the missing door plug lost his shirt.

[@CoochieKissKing]

That's more of Bernoulli's 1st principle in action and less explosive decompression.

[@swedichboy1000]

Iconic episode.

[@jimholmes2555]

Windows are inspected on regular intervals. If delaminations are found but within limits, they are noted and continually checked. When delaminations reach limits, they are replaced. In my 40 years as an aircraft engineer, working for four companies, I never witnessed a delamination failure.

[@nathanhaimson]

That makes me feel better lol. I’ve been on planes with loose window frames and got nervous. But I’m sure if it was actually a problem, they’d fix it. Once had a flight delayed for six hours due to technical maintenance. Annoying, but I’m glad they took the time to fix whatever was wrong.

[@jeepdude7359]

The old days before they had minions. 😜

[@varelisilversmith4625]

Boeing rejects your reality and substitutes their own

[@stanislavczebinski994]

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

[@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

[@yarost12]

Damn Jamie wearing cool red Converse

[@supremelordoftheuniverse5449]

The size of this compressor got me emotional

[@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

[@supremelordoftheuniverse5449]

- We’re going to work on disassembled airplanes in the middle of the desert under a scorching sun - let’s wear white shirts

[@AgricultureTechUS]

Totally impressive! Science and technology are unstoppable.

[@AnnaCurser]

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

[@WV_COAL]

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

[@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

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

Oh and another Thang 478 is my area code.

[@DJJ81]

Oh, the folklorist says a gun is something you have little control over….checks out

[@SilverDragonJay]

Well yeah, if you're the person getting shot there's absolutely nothing you can do about it! You can't dodge, you can't push the gun aside, you can't predict when it will happen. At least with a knife or a sword you have a _degree_ of ability to protect yourself, but against a gun there's literally nothing. The most you can do is attempt to make yourself a very hard target to hit or talk them down.

[@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

[@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'

[@computersales]

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

[@user-mo4mu9eb8s]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@hornetscales8274]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@RDCST]

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

[@camdenp23]

34:41 freez frame lmfao

[@DeCode343]

Jamie in a flannel shirt and a baseball cap😮😂

[@michaell33cg]

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

[@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.

[@darrenwendell1723]

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

[@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.

[@M4RC90]

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

[@jarredcarlson2479]

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

[@seanfoltz7645]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@ChriaM-uk7wn]

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

[@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.

[@mycroftsanchez901]

They didn't test the plane flying at 500mph!

[@doublenickelbob]

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

[@DJJ81]

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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@CoochieKissKing]

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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@Lanker217]

Best RC car ever 👍😎

[@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.

[@thetruthisoutthereofficial]

The folklorist was replaced by google

[@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😂

[@everdash]

41:04 A GENUINE LAUGH FROM JAIME?!? 🫨

[@darrellcurr8977]

I don’t this will work sitting on the ground, this is not a real situation as the plane isn’t going 600 mph so there is no suction on the outside of the plane!

[@ecotts]

Myth Busters are clearly wrong LOL.. In 1990, a British Airways pilot was sucked out of a cockpit window mid-flight. He spent 20 minutes partially dangling out of the plane as the flight crew held his ankles. It happened on British Airways Flight 5390 back in June 10, 1990. The Captain was physically sucked out of his seatbelt. 🤣 The panel blew as the plane carrying 81 passengers was flying at an altitude of 17,300 feet. Explosive decompression forced Captain Tim Lancaster head-first out of the cockpit, leaving his upper body pinned against the exterior of the plane and his legs caught in the controls, which hurled the jetliner into a dive. Flight attendant Nigel Ogden quickly jumped into action and effectively saved everyone.

[@flailinginhalers]

Bullet one should be plausible

[@lancejobs]

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

[@ChristopherAdams-tl3me]

On air liner because a woman was arrested for trying to open the door and accused of endangering the passengers is it possible for a woman to open the door because as far as I'm aware it opens in to prevent it opening while plane is pressurized so even if she opened the handle it's not going to happen and how much pulling force would be required

[@darrenwendell1723]

Mythbusters Jr. Rachel Pizzolato in 2024. Have you seen her milk?

[@Shamanicus]

I never use my laptop in an airplane, so my windows is safe when I take a flight.

[@ChristopherAdams-tl3me]

Is it possible to open the emergency door while in flight

[@bike6626]

I guess it depends if you're flying on a Boeing jet.

[@glenncarr2121]

This myth is not busted !!! The problem is with the type of suspension that the two police cars were using ! The car from American Graffiti had very simple leaf style suspension , and the car that they ( Mythbusters ) are using is a multi-link bars and coil springs ! This modern suspension system is 10 times stronger than its leaf suspension system and is by a huge amount more securely mounted and designed not to be able too just jerk it out from under the car ! In other words they are not a fair ( like for like ) comparison .

[@kevinvail8011]

not dissimilar?? LOL completely different rear end suspension

[@OldieBugger]

My son suffered a lot on one plane trip; he had a post-flu ear infection. Even that relatively small pressure difference caused a lot of pain. If only I'd known he had that infection (which was not noticed with the air pressure being at a sea level) I'd cancelled the trip. In the end it was all right, and he enjoyed a week of skiing in the Tyrolian Alps.

[@Quake120]

That's called an "ear block". You can also have a sinus block. They are extremely painful. I rode a skydiving plane up and down (wasn't jumping that time) with one and by the time I got to the ground, I was in a lot of pain.

[@gunboaters1381]

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

[@derGameplayDJ]

That's precisely why they pressurized the plane.

[@Youtubeforme88]

But there was no 900km/h wind flying by to catch that hole

[@M4RC90]

That won't do much, as seen in real incidents that happened to airplanes.

[@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.

[@robertboydston5834]

Boeing latest test says no

[@edwardevans7219]

DOOOOOONUTTTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@amandaamanda1905]

It's a leap to call it racism. He probably would have done that to anyone he had dirt on.

[@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

[@darrenwendell1723]

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

[@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

[@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

[@johannesmyburgh2531]

The wind was never taken in to consideration with the boing, external wind speed, wind pressure and friction plays a big role in explosive decompression.

[@KarmasBite]

that was my only real "gripe" with that myth in this episode, i feel like the speed the airliner is at would end up ripping it to shreds.

[@chad9166]

"boing"

[@colinofay7237]

​@KarmasBite I don't think it would with just a simple bullet. The windows, the plane, everything already has holes, it isn't perfectly sealed. I don't think adding a bullet hole, even one where you could see the "banana peel" kind of look from the outside. And it wouldn't cause that much damage where it'll rip the plane apart In short. A small hole, or even a big hole, won't pull everyone and everything through it(recent example is the boeing door plug)

[@CerberusTenshi]

The boundary layer of air around an airplane isn't all that fast. The Bernoullie Effect does apply to a degree. But the simple air pressure difference is the biggest controbuter to explosive decompression. At cruise altitude, it's 1t/m². The airplane doors are pressed into the door frame with 5t of pressure.

[@KarmasBite]

@@CerberusTenshi huh, i didnt know that. pretty interesting, thanks man

[@stephenmccreery6511]

If its boeing anything can happen

[@bladeriders]

I love it when the “folklorist” is in these episodes because I skip past it making the episodes shorter