MythBusters Pilot 1: Jet Assisted Chevy, Pop Rocks and Soda
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 PMI bookmarked your blog, thanks for sharing this very interesting article
October 31, 2008 at 5:31 PMcan you take a bunch of explosives and blow up something and have one of the biggest explosions ever or something for the fun of it
January 14, 2009 at 8:10 PMthe magazine mopar action put a rocket on top of a 1974 fury,,,,it landed in a barn,i forgot what speed it went air born at,,,i actully tried to buy that back issue they wont sell- it for legal reasons-lololol
February 17, 2009 at 4:37 PMHello mythbuster i want you to test this.
August 23, 2009 at 2:44 AMwhat will happen if two bullet hit together
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like this.
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What was the song playing in this episode and the one followed this episode? There was a credit to Bob Brozman & Daniel Thomas but I couldn’t find the exact song.
September 9, 2009 at 4:56 PMDear Adam and Jamie can you shoot a hand gun went you make it curve a same time?
October 1, 2009 at 3:07 AMDear Mythbusters can you test wat would happen if you shoot a bullet into another gun
October 21, 2009 at 6:29 AMim wondering if you have tested to see. if setting a car battery on the ground will really kill it? If it does, why? thank you all hope to here back
February 15, 2010 at 9:37 PMI would say it probably wouldn’t work.
April 30, 2010 at 8:23 PMStarters and socks will be just fine.
May 24, 2010 at 6:26 PMDear Mythbusters,
June 3, 2010 at 11:08 PMI saw a movie, where a guy tosses up a red billiards ball and round housed it with his foot and the ball hits the guys forehead killing, him instantly. Is this possible?
thanks.
p.s. The movie was “Kiss of the Dragon”
airbormer you are gross and you have no idea who could have just read that like for example a 12 year old.
Mythbusters could you please test this; if the paper in a printer of any kind catches on fire the printer will too.
July 7, 2010 at 8:35 AMtry tying thousands of balloons to a house and lifting it in to the sky like on the disney move up.
July 30, 2010 at 6:26 PMI have an idea and it is if you leave a Lava lamp ON in your room on a table for a long time will the glass get to hot And shader causing the lave stuff to fall an the table an cathe your hole house on fire.
July 31, 2010 at 7:29 PMWell, I think the glass is made to take that amount of heat as a failsafe program. Since I left a lava lamp on once for quiet some time when I used to have one and it didn’t break at all.
August 15, 2010 at 9:38 PMhey mythbusters i heard u can take a old road and make a big hole with 1 small peace of c4 ???? can u guys see if it will
August 16, 2010 at 2:08 AM