Cup vs. Car: Interesting myth. It seems possible that such a projectile could do some harm at highway speeds. Anyway, it's always fun when they get an excuse to fire weird stuff out of a really big air cannon. I liked the Large Hadron Collider nod.
The driving/windshield test was pretty straightforward, though I am a bit surprised at how easily the cup shattered the windshield.
"Pop gun," Jamie? Ouch.
Ledge dangling: I'm glad to see this one tested, since it's something that often bugs me in action shows/movies. The one thing that really bugs me, though, is something they aren't testing: the bit where the hero is falling off a building at high speed, catches a ledge, and stops falling. Of course, I'm sure that's a physical impossibility, but it would be nice to test with Buster just how thoroughly it would break your fingers or arms to try it.
In fact, the whole ledge-hanging test overlooked that issue, because the Mythbusters were able to ease themselves into position, whereas the action hero would have to catch the ledge and hang on while slipping or falling. That would be far, far harder to achieve in the first place.
Dang, Tory hurting his shin like that was disturbing. I don't believe they didn't figure out in advance that it was dangerous to hang him over an open window like that. But it is a graphic demonstration of the forces involved in falling even a single story.
I'm surprised the downdraft from a chopper isn't more forceful. I guess the key is that it's over a fairly small surface area. Add that up over the full ground area underneath the rotors and it's a lot more force.
Also surprising how well the climb into the chopper worked. The problem is, a lot of action movies show the hero hanging for a much longer period of time, and I guess that has the same problem as the ledge myth. Unless it's the kind of stunt where the hero is hanging from a ladder dangling from the chopper -- then you can wrap your arms around the ropes or whatever and hang on much longer.
And darn it, why couldn't the fan have blown Jessi's shirt up higher?
The driving/windshield test was pretty straightforward, though I am a bit surprised at how easily the cup shattered the windshield.
"Pop gun," Jamie? Ouch.
Ledge dangling: I'm glad to see this one tested, since it's something that often bugs me in action shows/movies. The one thing that really bugs me, though, is something they aren't testing: the bit where the hero is falling off a building at high speed, catches a ledge, and stops falling. Of course, I'm sure that's a physical impossibility, but it would be nice to test with Buster just how thoroughly it would break your fingers or arms to try it.
In fact, the whole ledge-hanging test overlooked that issue, because the Mythbusters were able to ease themselves into position, whereas the action hero would have to catch the ledge and hang on while slipping or falling. That would be far, far harder to achieve in the first place.
Dang, Tory hurting his shin like that was disturbing. I don't believe they didn't figure out in advance that it was dangerous to hang him over an open window like that. But it is a graphic demonstration of the forces involved in falling even a single story.
I'm surprised the downdraft from a chopper isn't more forceful. I guess the key is that it's over a fairly small surface area. Add that up over the full ground area underneath the rotors and it's a lot more force.
Also surprising how well the climb into the chopper worked. The problem is, a lot of action movies show the hero hanging for a much longer period of time, and I guess that has the same problem as the ledge myth. Unless it's the kind of stunt where the hero is hanging from a ladder dangling from the chopper -- then you can wrap your arms around the ropes or whatever and hang on much longer.
And darn it, why couldn't the fan have blown Jessi's shirt up higher?
It looked like they cut away at a strategic moment.
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), she looks like motherhood agrees with her.
