Comments on: Episode 72: Underwater Car

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:34:04 +0000

If this advice was not for “illegal” purposes, why did you mention that hitting with a hammer makes “ton of noise.?”

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:40:27 +0000

That’s not the point. If you take a breath of air at depth then as you surface the air in your lungs will expand – to avoid serious injury you must breath out whilst ascending.

If you merely take a lungful of air at the surface, dive to depth then resurface again then there is no danger.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:17:15 +0000

Not really, as it’s not the contact points outside that matter. The pressure of the water is pressing the window against the car’s molding and frame. The point of contact that matters is between glass and car. The weights placed on the window were free-standing, so would not have had an anchor to cause friction to enter the equation.

By: slade

slade — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:56:59 +0000

Agreed, water against the window will have little to no friction. They had a manual window car underwater numerous times the whole show and could have tested it but decided not to. I think this was a decision by the producers of the show. Maybe to help sell window breaker hammers.

By: slade

slade — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:53:33 +0000

I agree with the manual window opening. It will open. With the 350lb weight they are using a completely different example of torque than if it was under water. They didnt test it underwater even though they had a car with manual windows underwater numerous times. Leads me to believe it was a decision by the produces.

By: slade

slade — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:49:50 +0000

you couldnt move your elbow with wnough velocity underwater to break a window. unless you have a spring loaded elbow.

By: James

James — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:15:39 +0000

About the paper folding myth: I was always under the impression that the “7 folds” stipulation was based on actual creased folds, not just layers. I’ve always been able to “bend” the paper over itself more than 7 times, but have yet to actually CREASE the folds more than that.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:44:47 +0000

I actually had that happen to me. The car had just left a heated garage to the cold winter air and the heater was going full blast inside. I got in, slammed the door and the entire winder shattered. Maybe the window was already defective in some way, and the temperature differential weakened it more, but it did happen (I had to pay for the bloody thing).

By: catherine fabila

catherine fabila — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:49:27 +0000

..ahmm.. i think its nice to know that as of now some people ,discovered like the floating car.But is it really safe for us?

By: henry

henry — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:24:12 +0000

Well this not a reply to episode 72, but I am woundering if someone can slam a car door so hard that the window shatters, if the mythbusters can bust this myth for me it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

P.s I love the show please keep up the good work.

Sincerely henry