Comments on: Episode 135: Hidden Nasties

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:29:30 +0000

Yup looks like IM the buster here. take a seat >:O :D

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:17:06 +0000

For the kitchen sponge I would like to know if there is a different result comparing a J-Cloth – cotton rag to the sponge and if you use hot water and dish sopt to rinse out the sponge does this remove azll tghe bacteria.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:58:26 +0000

I agree with Zach who just ripped off my answer.
I think I even saw a small shrub on the island.
I expect then that the suspension was beefed up, because the car took off pretty quickly after the first bounce.

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:38:33 +0000

Id like to point out that if u watch it in slow motion the car isn’t skipping on water in the movie. there are 2 land pieces in the water. the car bounces on land. It doesn’t skip. so u should remake the episode lol. see if a car can skip on land :p. cause the movie isn’t showing it skipping on water.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:21:17 +0000

the lambo has the engine in the front but the car
had its engine in the front caused the car to flip forward they need a car with a engine in the back and the myith could happen

By: storm

storm — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:30:53 +0000

i never would have guessd money would be that nasty.

By: DK

DK — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:46:10 +0000

Too many things wrong with this one… GRR!! The primary concern (NEVER addressed) is surface area vs. smoothness as skipping is an effect of surface tension far more than an effect of the whole “mass of displaced water pushing the car back up” explanation the show presented. Yes, that matters, but not nearly as much as the other considerations
1) The underside of a lambo chassis is purposefully smooth for aerodynamic effect. The Fiero, not so much.
2) While small scale models are cute, you cannot scale SPEED! Water resistance as tested is an effect of surface tension, which is affected by smoothness and area
3) Anyone who has ever jumped any vehicle will tell you that you can dramatically affect it’s flight characteristics with the throttle while in air. If Grant kept the throttle pinned after hitting the ramp, he quite likely did as much to case the car to nose over as any weight distribution. If he had coasted, or, better yet, been in neutral, it likely would have done better at keeping level.

By: joe

joe — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:16:46 +0000

what type of car did they use in the car skipping myth?

By: Lennox

Lennox — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:15:07 +0000

The car that is in the film was mid engin and had a rea wing to drop the rea of the car down.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:33:33 +0000

How do you scale weight, length (was 1:12 here), speed; how are the factors interrelated?
You cannot scale gravity, so how do they do all this correctly so you get an accurate scaled down result?