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A pneumatic ejector seat fitted into a boxy Toyota car seemed to fool most of the people who inspected it, and the seat successfully launched a test dummy out of the car. However, the design of the car plays a huge role in concealability, which is why Jamie and Adam opted for a roomier, boxier car rather than one of the flashy and sleek sports ...
Can a car be fitted with an ejection seat? Can a car drive up a ramp, fly through the air, land, and drive away? Can a person shoot a hole through a floor and fall through? Will awnings help break a fall from a building? Can a sword cut another sword in half? Note: This is a special double-length episode.
The Build Team also found that water cooler jugs, while able to launch higher at the standard air/water ratio for water bottle rockets, were weaker than standard soda bottles (which are designed to hold carbonated liquids), failing at around 60 psi (413 kPa) less than the soda bottles (90 psi (600 kPa) as opposed to 150 psi (1,000 kPa)).
Adam and Jamie fitted a car's front seat backs with armor plating and loaded in 16 pounds of explosives, replicating Black Beauty's rockets and seats. They then fitted two dummies (representing the Green Hornet and his assistant Kato) with pressure sensors and placed them in the backseat behind the armor.
For this test, Adam and Jamie buckled Buster into the driver seat and took turns with the simultaneous action of driving the car (using both steering wheel and pedals) from the passenger seat while trying to dump Buster out of the car through the driver side door, with the other MythBuster riding in the back seat with an extra set of pedals for ...
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A safety rig was constructed in case Jamie could not hold on, but he was easily able to hold on to a car going 45 mph (72 km/h). ...hold on to the roof of a car with the windows up while the car is zigzagging. Busted Jamie could not hold on when the car was going 45 mph (72 km/h). The windows were up for all tests after this. ...hold on to the ...
Kentucky Coach John Calipari, right, drew the lineup for the Breeders’ Cup Classic in Rupp Arena on Monday. The $6 million Classic, featuring the undefeated Flightline as the 3-5 morning-line ...