Mythbusters new season

Moonliner · 04-13-2009, 08:04 AM

Now that's more like it. After last seasons lackluster opener, the boys are back on track.

Using a rocket sled to demolish a car, dropping another car from 4,000 ft. Good times I tell ya, good times.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-13-2009, 08:26 AM

That was a GREAT episode. By far the best in a while. Among other things, they filled it with enough different myths that it severely cut the amount of stupid canned bits of bad acting, which can only be a good thing.

And the rocket sled was by far one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-13-2009, 08:36 AM

For those that didn't see it, here's the rocket sled.

Andrew · 04-13-2009, 09:13 AM

They could show that rocket sled footage for two hours straight and I'd watch it. Just amazing.

blueerica · 04-13-2009, 10:26 AM

Happiness.

scaeagles · 04-13-2009, 11:36 AM

I watched it and was amazed. It was as if the car was liquified.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-13-2009, 11:47 AM

I love Adam's 2-stage reaction.

Moonliner · 04-13-2009, 12:49 PM

I just re-watched the video (thanks for the link)

The car is sitting up on a couple of concrete blocks. It's not anchored at all.

On impact, the steel plate on the sled is more than half way through the car before it's rear bumper even twitches. Wow.

DreadPirateRoberts · 04-13-2009, 12:59 PM

That's a great example of Newton's First Law.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-13-2009, 01:13 PM

The very definition of the word "pulverize".

04-13-2009, 08:04 AM	#1
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Mythbusters new season Now that's more like it. After last seasons lackluster opener, the boys are back on track. Using a rocket sled to demolish a car, dropping another car from 4,000 ft. Good times I tell ya, good times. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	That was a GREAT episode. By far the best in a while. Among other things, they filled it with enough different myths that it severely cut the amount of stupid canned bits of bad acting, which can only be a good thing. And the rocket sled was by far one of the coolest things I've ever seen. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	For those that didn't see it, here's the rocket sled. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	They could show that rocket sled footage for two hours straight and I'd watch it. Just amazing. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Happiness. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I watched it and was amazed. It was as if the car was liquified.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I love Adam's 2-stage reaction. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	I just re-watched the video (thanks for the link) The car is sitting up on a couple of concrete blocks. It's not anchored at all. On impact, the steel plate on the sled is more than half way through the car before it's rear bumper even twitches. Wow. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	That's a great example of Newton's First Law.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The very definition of the word "pulverize". __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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