Comments on: Episode 38: MythBusters Revisited

By: HR

HR — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:17:10 +0000

MYTH BUSTED again several of those watching the show hit it on the head; dead pigs don’t feel the sting of a hot little piece of metal entering their body so they don’t react with involuntary muscle contractions! Check out some of the videos from our returning troops or talk to big game hunters. Shots that don’t generate a clean kill may cause the subject’s body to react violently when shot, throwing through the air.
OH yes bullets are hot! Unless made of ice and that myth was messed up too because it was fired with hot gasses. Strange when they did the ICE Bullet show and I suggested they flip a coin, use cold compressed gas to fire an ice bullet at the looser of the coin toss, they never give that myth another try!

I’m actually jealous too, though I would like to see the show get it right more!

By: Paul H Hinckley

Paul H Hinckley — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:07:17 +0000

The Bogdan comments on the results of the episodes 25 and 38, are probably more accurate than anyone else, since I can tell you from personal experience if you use low velocity bullets, you will get the results you are looking for. I have been hunting for small animals with both hypervelocity and low velocity .22 rifle bullets. The HV .22 Long Rifle bullets would pass through so fast that almost no movement of the animal would be observed. The low velocity .22 CB bullet, would literally cause the small animal to do a complete flip. Almost the equivalent of me running up and kicking it. The rifle weight cancels out most of the recoil kick of the rifle bullet for the same reason. Speed is so sudden when the gun is fired, the energy is cancelled out by the weight of the weapon, the same as the small animal barely moving when hit by the HV .22.I doubt you will revisit this topic, but if you do, and you decide to further explore the comments of Bogdan, combined with my theory to use heavy low velocity bullets, targets large or small should show more obvious signs of impact. I really enjoy the show whether the myths are accurately busted or not, since it looks like you have a lot of fun. I’m actually jealous. Keep up the good and fun work.

By: Timotei

Timotei — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:29:51 +0000

i think if a person is shot with a 100cm gun, they would defiently fly backwards. I think this should be tested :D

By: Dwayne Landen

Dwayne Landen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:48:00 +0000

Airplane decompression: you guys forgot about the outside lack of air at 10,000,20,000 or 30,000 ft. with an airplane compressed to what the airpressure at sea level is then crusing at 30,000 ft with lack of airpressure outside of the airplane. a small hole will cause the air to flow outof the airplane because everything flows a greater to a lesser, which would cause a massive flow of air out of the Airplane since the pressure outside is lesser than the pressure inside the airplane. You forgot the outside pressure at altitude. YOU GUYS BLEW THAT ONE???? DEL

By: CV

CV — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:54:49 +0000

I understand you have visted and “re-visited” the exploding gas tank. You went to great pains to actually try to make it work. Unfortunately, you forgot one thing. In Hollywood, and in real life the difference between your test and the actual event is that you did not include a hot exhaust in your test. … In the movies, we see a shooter shoot the back of a car and it explodes. I think this is extremely plasuible. It is not the bullet that ignites or casues the fuel. It is the hole left by the round. Gas tanks and the rear exhaust are “almost” always within inches of each other. (Seperated by heat shields of course).

It’s simple. Bullet penetrates fuel tank creating hole in the tank. Fuel exits the fuel tank directly onto a hot exhaust system. Boom.

Another interesting example of this has historically been proven by faulty fuel lines leading into a carbeurtor. Whether it’s a rubber line or a hard line, in older cars this line can rust or break causing spillage directly onto a hot exhaust manifold. I’ve unfortuately had that happen to myself. (It kinda sucked driving down the road at 45mph)

By: jpmedic65

jpmedic65 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:42:41 +0000

That is NOT how tracers work,Jamie and Adam. I can’t believe they even had an “expert” on the show. Makes me want to question some of the other “science” on the show.

By: hurf

hurf — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:34:28 +0000

Wow, they didn’t know anything about tracers. Air friction?

By: gunnmm_69

gunnmm_69 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:01:33 +0000

General statement..
To have a fire/explosion -fuel, oxygen & an ignition source/heat- the fire triangle must be completed to specific values/ratio. I believe at the start of the test the gas tank did not contain sufficient oxygen in the gas tank to complete a fire triangle, however after putting that much holes into the tank sufficient oxygen eventually entered the tank to complete the triangle.

PS: Love the show, my 5yr old son can’t get gnough of the show also…

By: Blocking Bullets?! - Page 2 - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums

Blocking Bullets?! - Page 2 - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:06:31 +0000

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By: Yankeebatboi32

Yankeebatboi32 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:45:47 +0000

This is a response to Cyberguy..
When the “involuntary” response to the bullet hitting you, makes you jump backwards.. this is still proving the myth busted because the actuall force of the bullet isn’t causing you to fly backwards, it’s your body’s response to the bullet hitting you.
So the test were right and the myth still busted.