The Shredded Plane Mystery... | MythBusters | Season 4 Episode 6 | Full Episode

[@DoRullings]

19:55

[@Rando_Shyte]

Yeah that was fcking ridiculous lol

[@kim98677]

20:04. First time i hear someone count and multiply imperial measurements out loud like this and its completely unhinged 😭

[@TheHappyhorus]

Imperial measurement can be useful in many ways, both have merit.

[@kim98677]

@@TheHappyhorus nothing you say could convince me that a non linear counting system would ever be objectively better.

[@o-hogameplay185]

@@TheHappyhorus it is not. you just likely got used to it, and think it is practical, or useful. do you want an example: give the final value of this in inches: 5.7 leagues+813 chains+13 links+300mils+4 inches

[@TheHappyhorus]

@@o-hogameplay185 ​​⁠ ​​⁠ dude your “example” is pitiful it’s like asking how many dekagrams would you need to cover a distance of 1000 hectometres minus 2361 nanoseconds using kilolitres if your removed the mass variability because you averaged in out in centigrams. Your talking crap.

[@TheHappyhorus]

@@o-hogameplay185 my example to you is 1.82.88cm don’t mean s*** to most people. You say “he was 6ft tall” people know exactly how high that it. Nuff said

[@o-hogameplay185]

20:16 for someone using metric, the imperial system is horrible

[@AeonLibertas]

I'm using enough american media that I've grown somewhat used to pounds, feets and even inches, but man, whenever they're talking Fahrenheit it sounds like crazy talk. C to K is super basic (C -273 = K, done!), but the scaling of Fahrenheit is just nonsentical (yes, I'm aware of the formula. No, it's STILL nonsentical. Fahrenheit was 122.4% drunk, no doubt.)

[@joachimlarsen2k]

All I heard was "Wah waa waa wah, wa wah waa wa wuaaa... hour"

[@loganmyall660]

​@@AeonLibertas living in Canada is really weird because we use both systems but exclusively. So I understand what each measurement looks like roughly but it still takes brain power to convert.

[@TheGreatThicc]

​@@loganmyall660it's so weird here in Canada, no doubt. I know I'm 6'2 and I used to work in a shop so I know short distances in imperial but everytime somebody asks what something is in centimetres I gotta bring out the calculator. On the other hand, as a guy who now drives for living, I know all my speeds and long range distances in metric and am completely clueless when miles are involved.

[@scrivener68]

"... divide by 12 to get feet... 5,280 feet in a mile... 7 & 6 per mile, plus a gold sovereign every 20 miles and a rest for the mules... an acre is, let's see, four rods by forty rods... wait, how long is the new King's foot?"

[@Why-D]

This calculation with miles and yards and inch seems to be really complex. With kilometers and centimeters, you would just have to shift the decimal steps.

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

I love it when both teams work together on a myth

[@sybarix]

11:06 that's the most Jamie moment I've ever seen

[@Foxttellio]

I like how he just looks so uninterested

[@mareklewandowski829]

"Engine purring like a kitten - an asthmatic kitten who just ran a New York Marathon" 🤣

[@neilhoganwa]

The plane that was shredded was in Adelaide, South Australia, I was working in a hanger next door the day after it happened. Every one was amazed when we saw the carnage. Certainly not an agro wife.. It belonged to a University.

[@isaactfa]

"In 2001 in New York two planes collided on the runway ..." which would go on to be the most significant event including two planes colliding with something in New York in 2001. Never forget.

[@AeonLibertas]

Now I really want to know just how often they received fan mail asking to bust various jetfuel & steelbeam myths..

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

"That reminds me of that tragedy" Norm Macdonald.

[@isaactfa]

@@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 The worst part is the hipocrisy.

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

@@isaactfa I don't think that was the worst part... The worst part was the scheming. 😂 Glad to see another cultured Norm fan out there. There was only one Norm Macdonald.

[@bogie_wheel]

The myth is about prop damage.

[@Silver_Lloyd]

Love how lopsided the budget is in this episode basically, One team got a plane engine and multiple plane bodies and probably took the whole budget and then the others just get assigned; "start some fires." Kek.

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

"What do we get?" "Wood."

[@----.__]

@@Zorothegallade-rpg Worse than that. Sticks and leaves.

[@rage9715]

These aren't filmed at the same time or days these were 2 finished stories that went well together.

[@borntoclimb7116]

I love those old mythbusters episodes.

[@fatrobin72]

A slightly older (pre firing cap) musket would have just had the flint and steel needed to make a fire...

[@NorwayT]

12:26 - ⚠ Hot tip! If you're trying to start a fire using friction, like they demonstrate here, use a dry base block of wood and a small, FRESH branch. They make the mistake of using dry wood only. The sap in the wood of branch will create greater friction, and it is the Muscle Power translated into Friction Heat by Motion that creates the smolder which you can use to light the DRY tinder with. Rubbing two dry sticks togeher demands an enormous pressure or really rapid motion to create the same result. You run the risk of becoming exhausted before the fire catches, which is a Bad Deal in a survival situation where you might be dehydrated and/or starving already by the time you light a fire. So, fresh stick against dry firewood is the way to go. A bow, or if you have a rope over a branch of a tree tied to a rock, gravity assisted lighting, translates the Muscle Power into Friction more easily. Yet another GREAT MythBusters Episode! A Real Classic! 👍

[@lloydsumpter7735]

or, they could use gunpowder with the spinning stick (or the lenses for that matter).

[@rickc1682]

i have done it with both .. but the narrator was wrong its not a desert island .. it was a deserted island .. ie alone on an island not an island made of sand and heat ... but even tom noticed you needed air to get under it and they had no air flow under the area they rubbed or a crack in the wood to allow the air movement

[@Countryboy071]

Using either the bow drill, hand drill or fire plough requires both pieces of wood to be very dry. Using a bearing block, the piece you put pressure on the drill that creates the dust or tinder can be green, or, some use green leaves as a lubricant. Generally speaking both the drill and hearth are made using the same wood. There are however, combinations that will work. Obviously tree species being dependent on location. These methods Obviously require practice (and patience!). Ive been studying bushcraft for over 40 years now, sometimes I teach this method to both young and older students. Like most things preparation of the materials is absolutely paramount for success.

[@Countryboy071]

Chemicals can be used a.so. potassium permanganate and glycerin when combined will combust vigorously 👍

[@Isekomix]

The genius of uploading aout of order.. "Never let them see your next move"

[@Canadiancoinguy]

lol I'm just happy that they're uploaded at all. Childhood memories for days.

[@Alchrat]

It's not like they're chronological haha

[@Rando_Shyte]

Yeah its completely all over the place lol

[@Megoover]

33:55 There's not a single thing on earth that is more precious than Jamie's giggles

[@Khaos768]

The amount of mental and manual labor those guys put into these episodes is incredible!

[@labber]

thanks a lot for all the uploads. this is national treasure of the states and a gift to the world.

[@hassebarrefors1612]

I’ve hand propped quite a few Cessnas and Piper Cherokees with no problem. Two things though… 1. You never hand propped standing in front of the propeller. Always stand behind with one hand on the leading edge of the wing and step away as you pull the prop. 2. You make sure to only have the right magneto live (if I remember correctly, maybe it’s the left) as the other one is not in delayed in start-up

[@BataraKado]

kari is the goat of science experiments, so much work she put in behind the scenes of all the greatest episodes of mythbusters.

[@Thebootlegengineer]

It was likely the 3rd prop blade that made the cuts shorter

[@d4slaimless]

After adding Kari, Grant and Tori they changed 30 years of experience in special effects to 50 :D

[@----.__]

At the SABC airfield in the early 1990's, Western Australia, there was an old chap in his 70's who had a plane that could only be hand started, no electric start. The typical way to leave aircraft like his because it wasn't in a hangar was to tie the flight stick back with the harness, meaning the elevator was fully deflected upwards. Can't for the life of me remember what type of aircraft it was though, just a really old tail dragger low wing. The last time he cranked his plane he hadn't closed the throttle, it was pretty much wide open for some reason, so when it fired up it lunged forward over the wheel chocks, the wing knocked him over, and the plane blasted down the taxi way. Because the elevator was strapped back it took off, quickly stalled and did a wing over to then crash back down to earth. He was really, really lucky to walk away from that accident. I was about 12 years old when it happened, still etched in to my memory till this day. Something you never forget. The relief everyone felt when we realised no one was in the plane, followed by the utter shock that no one was in the plane, and then the disbelief of seeing a plane crash at a little airfield in the middle of nowhere. Was quite the weekend.

[@Foxttellio]

This is unironically one of my favourite episodes, especially because every single thing tested was confirmed

[@kim98677]

Those 2 mechanics were so damn cool

[@mcdonalds5972]

The shredded plane story is indeed legit and happened in August 2001 in Adelaide, Australia. A man tried to hand-start his Piper Saratoga due to a dead battery and forgot to apply the chocks, so when the plane suddenly burst to life, it went rogue and wound up shredding four Piper Warriors before having its way with the Seminole. Due to the destruction, the university that owned the planes had to hire spares for its students. An investigation into the incident resulted in criminal charges against the pilot, but since they couldn't prove culpability the case was dropped. The university did sue him for the lost Warrior planes, totalling over $260k, but I can't find out anything about whether this case was successful. Information about this story is extremely scarce and only one or two sources are available. As far as I know, the pilot no longer operates planes. He was, and still is, however, a successful surgeon operating in Adelaide.

[@swedichboy1000]

Classic episode.

[@somedude3443]

10:17 Remember the "plane on a conveyor" myth? This fact right here is probably the biggest reason why that myth is busted

[@Valfaun]

holy shit, i severely underestimated the power of that propeller. or overestimated the durability of aviation grade aluminum

[@mareklewandowski829]

11:07 classic Jamie 😂

[@woshigepro2]

20:25 LMAO

[@alexcheetham7925]

Interesting watching this as my sister had a similar incident in a Sailplane/glider. one of the tow planes a Chipmunk/Supermonk I believe, didn’t see the glider on the field and ran directly into the wing leaving the. / / / / / cut marks all up the wing until it stopped when it hit the central spar of the wing near the root. v scary near death experience, as they were still in the glider at the time.😮 Cool to see a mythbuster episode on a similar concept.

[@Tater_Lord]

The shredded plane shown in the image is from the "University of South Australia" so no exlovers would have been involved it was a trainer plane for teaching students how to fly/work on planes

[@joshualingard6676]

they did Jamie dirty at 28:22 - they added 25kg to him 😂

[@randirafaeli]

I love this show.

[@BabyMakR]

Former scout unit leader, the biggest PitA when you're trying to make a fire with sticks is when you lean down to blow on the ember you've just made, a drop of sweat falls and puts it out.

[@kkloikok]

Shouldn't you be molesting children somewhere else? Fuck off.

[@budadi]

Yes, keep em coming!!!

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

You know, I’m deathly afraid of ants, but I still have yet to use a magnifying glass to burn any. Seems a little fucked up to me.

[@wingerding]

Yup

[@somedude3443]

It is... but there's plenty of delinquent kids who could care less and do it anyway

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

Ah these O.G episodes are just so nostalgic... Like a time machine back to my high school years. I had the biggest crush on Kari (and still do). Pure memberberries.

[@JayM409]

While watching them sweep in front of the car, I found myself thinking, 'Hurry Hard.' Curlers will understand.

[@somedude3443]

Have a heart

[@ichiroutakashima4503]

They should continue using the imperial system. I prefer my measurements at the size of "One King's loaf".

[@CreativeWorkflowHack]

Funny how back in the day they had the hosts talk to each other about Information they wanted to tell the viewel, instead of just saying it to the camera 😂

[@wingerding]

So cringe sometimes lol.

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

@@wingerding Yeah, all too often it's basically an "as you know, ..." writing mistake (when in some novel or movie one character tells another one something they _both_ already know, just to let the reader/viewer know about it)

[@nightshift5201]

I'm guessing the original incident had a two bladed prop. The cuts were farther apart.

[@Bull3tBikes]

A lot of those fire starting methods were pulled from survivorman, he did all those things including using a bullet to start a campfire.

[@camdengrah]

sucks that they had to remove the full episodes in the US, at least it works with VPN😂

[@thijsdeboer389]

This is the most 00's hair Kari ever had holy shit😂

[@bishopsteiner7134]

we call the "firing cap" a primer, mate.

[@ioxmedia]

Any reason why official videos have BBC and MasterChef watermarks?

[@mh-ki2dv]

iirc (and I’m sure this as already been said somewhere in the comments): There is a confirmed kill of an A6M5 over Japan in 1945 by an F4U via the latter’s propeller. Upon landing the F4U was missing something like 8 inches off the blades. Damaged the elevators and rudder enough such that the A6M no longer had pitch or yaw control.

[@henryairconcepts2999]

If they used 2 bladed propeller, the slice pattern would be more similar to the photo

[@Voltaire5482]

11:50 a flintlock would be a good fire starter

[@wingerding]

I don't think you could say you started that fire yourself. I think they're assuming natural materials they can find on the island. String could be taken from shoes and everything else is from the island. If someone used flint I'd call them a cheater.

[@ewanbaxter9199]

The prop damage would replicate the photo more with a 2 bladed prop.

[@JumpingTomato]

I could swear the narrator said: his name is Earl Hitler. Thank god turned out it was Hibler!

[@Kaixfikwind]

Wait, where did the rest of season 4 go? They were all here but did they suddenly get geo-restricted? I think some of the other seasons got affected too.

[@wingerding]

From what I hear it's a bug and they should be there if you fumble around with the platform.

[@thesciencefurry]

I watched this episode years ago and used toothpaste to polish the bottom of a can xD

[@wingerding]

They sure do over exaggerate danger sometimes...a bunker to light a single bullets gun powder? Then they shoot a rifle into the freaking roof and then light a way higher quantity on a desk...so random.

[@StorymasterQ]

Eh, it's better to be over-protected and don't need it than to be under-protected and dead.

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

Liberals with guns.

[@somedude3443]

Their safety crew was hit-and-miss on this show, especially in the earlier seasons. Also, I think when people work in a certain environment long enough, they can become complacent to potential hazards. One of their workers behind the scenes got hit by shrapnel trying to make a gumball explode; Kari got gasoline in her eye during a test (I forget what episode that was, though... I just remember that it was earlier in the show's run); and, of course, there's Tory's infamous injured knee doing the ledge-hanging tests. That's just 3 off the top of my head. These could have been easily avoidable, but when they're always surrounded by dangerous activity, they can become numb to the danger until it's too late

[@ashhawk2346]

God damn it.. i always say i'm not going to watch the whole video, just bits.. yet here i am..

[@Walkeroutdoorsussex]

Wouldn’t it be easier to tow the fuselage past at 30mph

[@wingerding]

No i never tortured ants with fire...

[@sinfulldreamer]

The funny thing is that Les Stroud actually made fire using a rifle, bullets and tinder.

[@alexadelaide]

That cut up plane happened at my uni, I can confirm it was a runaway plane that did this!

[@idavid42]

It's not hard to read "University of South Australia", I know people who say the actual result.

[@wjohnstevens]

Happened in August 2001 at Parafield Airport (near Adelaide) runaway aircraft hit four other aircraft and three were written off, including the University of South Australia flying school plane pictured😢

[@alexadelaide]

Guys I know I was there lol. The plane is a Piper Warrior

[@MrMarinus18]

10:15 I thought "idle speed" meant the minimum speed the engine can run at.

[@Cnrle]

24:50 unfortunate last name

[@Rando_Shyte]

I believe it was Hibbler lol

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Ok, I'm buying a Flint fire starter, just in case.

[@filtiarn7715]

When do you get the zombie episodes?

[@zbigniewrichard8291]

The shredded plane in the picture is conveniently missing the stabilizer and rudder so the propeller of the other plane doesn't interfere with it and stop.

[@desel8737]

22:40 did tori just made a really spicy round and no one stopped him?

[@brunnomenxa]

41:56 'ice work

[@FerrumAnulum]

28:31 I actually made a parabolic mirror like this as a scout when I was younger. Although I used real polish and then then cut the bottom off the can and filled it with epoxy to make it soild. An to this day its still in my camping pack.

[@wingerding]

I think I would have invested up at some point in my adult life!

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

As much as I can understand it, I'm pretty sure the idea is a bit different - *_if_* you end up in a survival situation where you would have that with you, you'd be far better off just keeping a lighter (and ideally some spare lighter fuel) in your camping pack. If you end up in a survival situation without any tools like that, you also won't have anything else like like that prepared mirror with you.

[@FerrumAnulum]

@@Wolf-ln1ml contingencies. It's always better to have backups in case your primaries fail. A second fire starter, a second knife, more rope. Lighters break and fuel runs out or it gets lost. I'm not saying the can bottom is my only fire starter, it's my emergency starter that also doubles as a signal mirror.

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

@@FerrumAnulum Okay, yes, that makes more sense :)

[@iuhihs]

28:45 at this point i'd rather eat the chocolate

[@amyjojinkerson-b6o]

it is like crank starting a engine it has to be the right throw

[@loggior.speedweed4345]

when did we go from '30 years' to '50 YEARS of special effects experience' in just 4 seasons and the back again?

[@epicray8434]

I think they are including group B's experience combined with Adam and Jamie's experience.

[@loggior.speedweed4345]

@@epicray8434 makes sense, the thing is the narrator went back to the over 30 years line after this season. Seems kinda.odd

[@epicray8434]

@@loggior.speedweed4345 that is kinda odd 🤔

[@wingerding]

​@@loggior.speedweed4345 it's not consistent of course but they switch from Jaime and Adam have thirty years first, then to the show has fifty years when all included, and then switched to saying Jamie and Adam have 30 again and then mention the build team without adding up there experience. So the only thing that didn't make sense was why they did all the switching.

[@DarkestVampire92]

Even nearly 20 years later, i still dont understand what the point of that fire starting myth was. Some of the methods were neat, but most of them just seem pointless filler.

[@blargvlarg1390]

Airplane myth probably took most of the budget. 😂

[@wingerding]

Almost always is mostly filter

[@StorymasterQ]

@@blargvlarg1390 Adam had to get just the ass-end of the planes, and even then he had to do it himself. Yeah, budget was the issue.

[@ryanbuckley3314]

Those cuts didn't look exactly the same. My money is on a very angry girlfriend with great upper body strength, a steady hand, and a chop saw with a good diamond blade.

[@idavid42]

No it was actually real, note the plane was associated with The University of South Australia, you can read the sign

[@wingerding]

Incorrect my man, regardless, the speed difference probably would account for that, plus its what happened in real life.

[@Megoover]

​@@wingerdingcould also be a 2 wings propeller instead of 3 for a bigger spread between cuts. I'm also surprised how clean the edges of the cuts are.

[@wingerding]

@@Megoover no doubt

[@lubibubi6380]

25:00 Was his Name realy Earl - HITLER?!? LOL XD

[@MrValis169]

Initially thought Himmler, then Hitler, maybe Hibler?

[@blargvlarg1390]

Earl Hibbler. 😂

[@SKITZIZZZZAKINGDON]

22:10 never knew his nose twitches and tries to talk at the same time...

[@SiriusBernd]

24:55 sir, what?

[@amyjojinkerson-b6o]

but it is in the cold where it works

[@CrimeVid]

I'm English and in the building trade for long time, we use imperial and metric measurements according to what we're doing. You have to bear in mind that a huge amount of our housing stock was built before we went partially metric. Window and door sizes ceiling heights, brick sizes, plywood sizes, even today relate more easily to humans than the metric system. I mean our land measurements, like building plots are stated in acres. our allotment system is measured in rods. Who cares what a kilometre is! We weigh ourselves in stones, our food in ounces, our horses in hands. Base ten is for people who count on their fingers. Temperature is for the older of us is thought of in Fahrenheit.

[@bishopsteiner7134]

also instead of chocolate.... maybe toothpaste

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

The plane eposode happened in australia.

[@MeaHeaR]

Yes I remember near Kwik Stix On kings Road Parafield Airé-Póřť Twas a Uni S.A. Plain 😟😰😩😰😟😟😰😩😩😨😨😨😩😩😨😧😧😦😧😳😵😵😳😨😳😵😶😵😳

[@davidgray3684]

24:54 did he say the mechanic's name is Earl Hitler??

[@gernhartreinholzen3992]

Earl WHAT?

[@Wanton110]

I want to turn that plane engine in to an aircooled hotrod..

[@alexanderenericavanwyk9909]

Wont work. That engine provides peak power ar 2600 RPM and its about 200 HP. You are going to need a big gearbox to turn the wheels. And the turbo only provides enough pressure to give sea level performance at 10 000 foot altitude. It will be cheaper and easier to find an air cooled porsche engine and make that work. Many have tried with old spitfire engines. Almost always an absolute disaster.

[@Wanton110]

@@alexanderenericavanwyk9909 Old cars had barely 10hp, 200hp would be plenty.. and people have connected plane engines to cars before, there is a famous one who used a radial engine.. it was loud as balls but it worked

[@jfc213]

no because the 2nd plane would hit the tail of the 1st plane ????? first ???????? yes ??

[@lucesbelestitos3018]

8:59 “dec4pitation advice” Adam: start laughing

[@kev5406]

All those people clearing the tracks on the railway. They haven't heard of water blasters? 😆

[@Poil1958]

la guerre du feu. scène tournée 3 cameras a l épaule. 1 take. le gars fait ca live

[@amyjojinkerson-b6o]

most of the time the prop is feathered

[@----.__]

Only on variable pitch props which that cessna-looking aircraft more than likely doesn't have.

[@LeonWeingart]

jamie T H A. G O AT.

[@acidsteve9837]

WHAT THE F**K IS A KILOMETER?????? *USA flag and eagle screaching*

[@MM-dn3de]

For the fire by ice myth. They should of been in a freezer with artificial sunlight so the air temperature would of been freezing. That way the ice lens may of not melted do fast

[@jasperb9233]

Have*

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

Yeah, something like that was my first thought as well. Using an ice lens in normal temperatures where you would never find any ice in a survival situation to begin with... I know budget is an issue, but what the hell...

[@NikanDragosysSerpenDra]

24:53 earl 'HIDLER' !? Fuck maaaaaaaaaaaaan

[@nikhilramphul2766]

You not blowing to get smoke

[@osiversen]

13:08 some teeth

[@boyotritte420]

Mann you got forehead for days shut the hell up

[@TheSudowoodo10]

First!

[@TheSudowoodo10]

@hitzmanji1978 First!

[@alanmustarde]

Why no tailplains ? Rubbish and rigged