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Using lead foil, Adam and Jamie constructed a cube-shaped balloon with 10-foot (3 m) edges out of lead. Even without pure helium inside it (a mixture containing air was used to limit buoyancy and reduce the possibility of tearing), the balloon was buoyant enough to support a basket along with some ballast.
2.5 2006 season. 2.6 2007 season. 2.7 ... MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television ... "Lead Balloon" [10]
To put the myth to bed, Adam and Jamie decamped to a firing range owned by weapons manufacturer Dillon Aero. [5] On location, the MythBusters placed a dead 3-foot (0.91 m) sea bass in a water-filled barrel. They then used a Dillon Aero M134 minigun and several thousand rounds of ammunition to destroy the barrel and fish.
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The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like.This is a list of the various myths tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed).
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At the plantation, the team found a full-size Douglas-fir and set it up in the same way, aiming at a bouncy castle 100 feet (30 m) away with a 40-foot (12 m) balloon "wall". With 2,400 pounds-force (11,000 N) of bending force on the trunk, Buster flew almost all the way to the castle, but he hit the ground just short of it.