Mythbusters: Rocket sled + 650mph + compact car = awesome
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Wouldn't you be surprised if you saw soemthing go from 0 to 650MPH in 1 second?? Who gives a crap what happened to the car! :-D BTW, did you notice the car barely moved at all as the sled was slamming into it??
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
BTW, did you notice the car barely moved at all as the sled was slamming into it??
What got me was the alternating clouds of red and white paint as the impact progressed. I didn't realize you could hit a car hard enough to powder the paint off the metal like that.
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Well not if I planned for it to actually happen that way! Which is what I gather they did. Unless they were just expecting it to fail for some reason. Excited, yeah! Surprised, maybe not. Don't get me wrong, it looks like a load of fun - I'd have loved to have been on site for that!
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
BTW, did you notice the car barely moved at all as the sled was slamming into it??
Yeah, I assumed that was just because it was against a wall on the other side and it had a big old solid block going at Mach 1+ slammed into it :)
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Yeah, the rear bumper was up against the block, but the rest fo the car barely moved. It looks like there wasn't enough time for the car to absorb any of the momentum from the sled. Cars are normally designed with crush zones to absorb the impact of a crash. But in this case, there was just sooooo much energy to absorb, it just so completely overwhelmed the energy capacity of the car. Not even the engine block survived the impact.
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
BTW, did you notice the car barely moved at all as the sled was slamming into it??
What got me was the alternating clouds of red and white paint as the impact progressed. I didn't realize you could hit a car hard enough to powder the paint off the metal like that.
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
I didn't notice that, but it does make sense. The paint isn't part of the metal, but only "sticks" to it. The paint's bond can't absorb the change in momentum at the same rate the steel can.
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I saw that episode. It was great. However, it still doesn't top the exploding cement truck episode.
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What myth were they busting here? :~
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I saw that episode. It was great. However, it still doesn't top the exploding cement truck episode.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
Kelly Herald wrote:
I saw that episode. It was great. However, it still doesn't top the exploding cement truck episode.
completely agree. that cement truck episode was awesome. The sound it made was like it was ripping space and time into shreds.
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What myth were they busting here? :~
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Ah thank you.
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I saw that episode. It was great. However, it still doesn't top the exploding cement truck episode.
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I've built a few rockets in my day, but I've never seen anything accelerate that fast. Peacekeeper 13 came close; about 10 seconds from JATO expulsion to out of visual range, but that wasn't quite so dramatic. Excellent clip! :-D
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Wouldn't you be surprised if you saw soemthing go from 0 to 650MPH in 1 second?? Who gives a crap what happened to the car! :-D BTW, did you notice the car barely moved at all as the sled was slamming into it??
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
BTW, did you notice the car barely moved at all as the sled was slamming into it??
It looks good doesn't it. The speed of the impact is faster that the speed of the shock traveling down the car. Basically there just isn't enough for the car to react to whats happening with it. You can replicate to the effect by putting two nails in each end of a broom handle, balancing the broom using the nails on two wine glasses. You can get a sword/axe/something sharp and chop the broom handle in two without breaking the glasses. The broom handle breaks before the force is transfered to the glasses. Joe
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