Air Date: January 23, 2003
Could a car with a JATO rocket attached speed up to 300 mph (480 km/h), become airborne, and impact with the side of a cliff?
busted
Adam and Jamie could not acquire real JATO rockets from the Air Force. As such, they used 3 amateur rocket motors of equivalent power to one JATO rocket. The rockets increased the speed of the car considerably. Although no speed measurement was made, the speed was clearly nowhere near the 300 mph suggested in the myth. The car also did not become airborne.
This myth was supersized in Episode 87.
Eating and drinking large quantities of Pop Rocks and cola will cause one’s stomach to explode.
busted
There was not enough carbon dioxide produced by the reaction to make a stomach explode. The subject would, however, experience considerable pain.
The Mythbusters should try diet coke and mentos
July 18, 2007 at 3:51 PMGuess you didn’t see episode 80: “Grenades and Guts”
August 15, 2007 at 11:25 PMRemote control, size of car, speed, rockets, all from the air… Fun… Like Adam said “What could be better”… On a bike?
“Could a car with a JATO rocket attached speed up to 300 mph (480 km/h), become airborne, and impact with the side of a cliff?
busted
Adam and Jamie could not acquire real JATO rockets from the Air Force. As such, they used 3 amateur rocket motors of equivalent power to one JATO rocket. The rockets increased the speed of the car considerably. Although no speed measurement was made, the speed was clearly nowhere near the 300 mph suggested in the myth. The car also did not become airborne.”
August 17, 2007 at 6:54 PMThe car was still in gear, and the engine would have considerably slowed the car down. They needed to take it out of drive and put it into neutral when they hit the rockets.
January 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM