i wont lie, I've always wondered how many of these are actual urban myths and how many were just the team making up a good question and having fun with answering it lol This show was and still is one of my most favorite, miss ya Grant, may you have endless supplies up in the sky to make all the robots you could ever wish for.
Rest assured, there are more than enough myths for this show to have run for another 100 years, although not all of them were truly urban myths. Some were more general misconceptions instead of a specific story but those were rare. Adam Savage has a YT channel where he talks about everything MythBusters in Q&A's. He might've mentioned this.
Most scientific unit would be Kelvin. Celsius is acceptable too for situations like these. Fahrenheit is an abomination just like the rest of imperial units.
I personally Guss the reason why it’s hard to reproduce is that Volvo did recall some parts, they were one of the first one to use that technology and they seemingly got it wrong in the first batch but fixed it really fast so it might be impossible to reproduce without the right parts. A other issue could be that the car in question was on fire for some time in a relatively cold environment and the part in question got only intermittent hot wich caused the gas to gradually increase in temperature without compromising on the inner working parts.
This episode stands out for me. Not only does It have extra funny animations n crews reactions but Jamie is in a great mood... he made so many jokes in this one and you can see he clearly enjoyed shooting this episode to the fullest!
While I've never seen the bumper shocks explode, I have seen the results in a wrecking yard. Newbie was cutting it out, only 1 went but bumper saved him. Watching a car fire years later, a new 'fear' was unlocked when I watched the airbags explode and send chunks well more than 50ft across the 2 lane road and ditch and imbed into the mud on the bank.
Thoughts on the arrows. The horse adds about 30% extra speed, resulting in about 30% extra penetrative power. If the target is armored, these 30% can suddenly mean the difference between barely penetrating the armor and penetrating the armor AND getting deep behind it. Mongol invasion happened in the 1200s, when mail armor was used - arrows could shoot through it, but it certainly wasn't easy, you needed the correct arrowhead and actual war bow. 30% extra power from a horse could suddenly change a lot. In 1500s, it's more tricky, plate armor (helmets and breastplates) was pretty much inpenetrable for arrows. Leg and arm plates could, however, be vulnerable, since they were often below 1mm thick. 30% extra from a horse could, again, make some difference there, but you probably wouldn't aim for legs or arms from a horse.
You're thinking of using a full sized war bow from horseback? That would certainly look comical. And tha'ts kind of the point with this one. Hungarian horse archers used short compound bows. These are much smaller than an infrantry bow (war bow, longbow or crossbow), with a lower draw weight, and so aren't as powerful when fired from a standing position. The source of the saying or "myth" here is this is why the Hungarian nobles would claim the smaller horse bows were just as effective as the larger infantry bows. It wasn't about being literally "twice" as powerful when fired from horseback but that they were just as powerful as an infrantry bow when they're fired from horseback if not more powerful. And that extra momentum did in fact make a big difference - and the 30% increase in penetration was actually from an increase of around 70% in power, so it's actually a lot closer to proving the "myth" when you look at energy rather than penetration. Not claiming they got it wrong, just saying the Hungarians weren't exaggerating as much as it might first seem. If anything they set this one up further in favor of the horse archer than reality would because historical Hungarian bows would have been more powerful than the ones the demonstration riders were using and the Hungarian ponies wouldn't have been as fast as their horses were.
Adam himself has stated that they don't dislike each other. It's just that their interest and personalities just don't align with each other. It's the classic, introvert (Jamie) meets an extrovert (Adam) moment. Yes, they can work together, but that doesn't mean they like each other. Just another colleague.
No, man, you got it all wrong. The words are INTROvert and EXTRAvert. Got that? Think intro and extra. Add vert. Okay intra plays havock, but I never seen extro. Stick to intro and extra. Please.
From Oxford extrovert noun (less frequent extravert) /ˈɛkstrəˌvərt/ a lively and confident person who enjoys being with other people opposite introvert@@voornaam3191
@@voornaam3191 hey, i hope this doesn't sound rude or snarky. I looked it up and both EXTROvert and EXTRAvert are correct spellings. So both you and the original comment are doing it right! Have a good night :D
@@voornaam3191 Except the more common spelling in non-scientific situations is extrOvert, which you can see proof of in any major dictionary (OED, Merriam Webster, Cambridge, etc), or even the google ngram viewer. It's true that the person who coined the word spelled it with an A, but language changes according to popular use - if you have a problem with that, then take it up with Phyllis Blanchard from 1918, who (as far as we know) first swapped the vowel, and if you have further objections to the concept of language changing I'll also point you to the fact people don't use thee and thou any more. Tbh you could have said the same thing without the unnecessary, faked pained exasperation - maybe even phrased it as more of a fun fact - ...and if the exasperation isn't fake then you probably need to re-evaluate some things, because no one should genuinely be annoyed at minor spelling/grammatical mistakes in a youtube comment section. Which is all to say: Get that stick out of your ass :)
23:23 Sadly, the fire extinguisher from the firefighters is what cased the bumper's shock absorbers to blow at that specific time. When you have a hot, pressure vessel under high pressure, suddenly cooling it down will rapidly shrink it and thus get its pressure even higher. This is a potential problem with military machine guns when they get too hot under sustained fire. The cartridges will get super hot, the pressure will be really high inside them, and if you pour water, or even cold air on or into the gun it can cause the walls of a cartridge to suddenly shrink, quite significantly, thus suddenly increasing its pressure, thus prompting an accidental discharge. This is especially a problem on a light strike or a defective primer. In the case of a belt-fed machine gun, opening the cover and attempting to extract the cartridge can be enough for it to suddenly cook-off.
I recall being disappointed watching this episode on TV. As a Hungarian, I was surprised they missed the most important part of the physics of mounted archers vs. stationary archers. It's strategy rather than engineering. The stationary archers were behind the front lines, far away from the enemy. They were never up close like that to their target. They should have tested the stationary archer's arrow penetration from 100-200+ yards away. That's the difference, with a horse you can get up close to your target quickly, shoot, then get away quickly. 🤷♂️
@@jimhjortsberg2990nah they destroy way more Chevy Impala’s or even Crown Victoria’s. They needed a car with a hydraulic bumper for this myth, and Volvo has the biggest bumpers out there
I believe they have made a mistake calculating the penetrations of these arrows. The thing is they should have tried it on armoured pork carcasses. The results could easily show double deep penetration in those circumstances.
48:08 72% increase in kinetic energy. It really depends on what kind of armor the enemy has on. I can definitely see the arrow go double deep if it managed to pierce the harder to pierce layer.
Nope, that is actually not their mistake there. But using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern crossbow is. Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them relatively much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow an typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutly true.
@@JohnSmith-wg7nb They set the crossbow to replicate the draw weight of the bows the horse archers were using which looked to be significantly lower draw weight than the traditional compound bows. Also the horses they used were significantly faster than Hungarian ponies. I'm sorry but they set it up further in favor of the horse archers than was historically accurate. I would say the biggest issue was the conclusion: a 70% increase in kinetic energy is pretty close to "hitting twice as hard". Still "busted" but also pretty close.
Riding archers was just around half a millenia earlier. In the beginning of the15th centruy only the mongolians used that method because they was still nomads at the time - the golden horde.
Did anyone actually expect the arrows to go twice as deep with only a 40 mph increase in velocity? Sometimes these myths are so obviously untrue you wonder why they even bother. Until you see how much fun they have doing it anyway!
Yesn't. At least not in this set up. The myth is absolutely true, but their execution is just horribly wrong. They accidentally changed parameters by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow. Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is valid.
Stil amazed the fire department let Adam drown a car in fuel, then close the doors, let the fumes build up, open the door and light it with a bbq lighter.... Like wtf?
Often those medieval claims are more scare tactic than truth. You don't mess with top-nothch archers who casually remark on how they can put an arrow extra deep due to their skills on a horse and with a bow, hence the rumours were spread.
Shock-absorbers in bumpers was a murican idea... I remember these cars from the 80s: Mercs, Porsches with absolute ugly bumpers for export to this nation
You should never try to set gasoline on fire in confined environment the way Adam did. He put the fireproof costume on - good. But his hands were bare. And gasoline vapors could cause explosion. Which it kinda was. Way better would have been to at least use a long stick with something on fire on it. Or just lit something on fire and throw in. And the best way to use the fuse and stay at the safe distance.
Yes, and the more it vaporizes, the sketchier it gets. When I saw him going of the door of the car with that small lighter, my immediate reaction was "nope... big boom... bad idea". I don't know why someone didn't mention the use of a stick or anything providing some distance.
@@leoa4c same thoughts. And I have to add it is a bad idea even if it's not confined. Like when you lit the campfire. It will still blow into your face. I think it was just Adam being Adam. That guy gets careless sometimes.
@@d4slaimless It looks exactly like Adam being Adam. He tries the wheel well and then just YOLO's and opens the door, I doubt he stopped to ask anyone for safety tips.
why don't you use ATV motorsycles and drive in the same speed as a horse can gallop? The passenger shoots the arrow and the result is the same. About the bumpers why don't stickweld a plate where it first failed?
A question does the velocity of a penetrating arrow change after the skin and integument is pierced, internal organs, intestines etc of different hardness, only shaft resistence etc?
Yes, it depends on different things like arrow tip design, material of the shaft, does the arrow hit a bow etc, etc. The real Problem is something else: They just f***ed up the whole archer myth completely here, lets break down why. The formular for kinetic energy is: E = m * v² / 2 Energy = mass * speed² / 2 Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule Now we have established the fact that the increase of speed doesn't result in a linear, but exponential increase of penetration. On top of that they just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps or >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow set up. Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. So increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit here on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutely valid.
I don't think the barbarians rode horses to get a momentum and more penetration. They must have done it so that it's difficult for their enemies to hit a moving target.
@@XtreeM_FaiL AI Chatbot: The migration of the Hungarian people from the Ural Mountains is thought to have occurred in the 9th century. Push factors, such as pressures from neighboring Turkic and Mongolic tribes, economic challenges, and possibly climatic changes, likely contributed to their movement westward into Europe. The exact reasons are not fully clear, but these migrations were common during that period. (About them being Mongolian)
Well, they just f***ed up the whole archer myth completely here. Lets break down why. The formular for kinetic energy is: E = m * v² / 2 Energy = mass * speed² / 2 Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule Now we have established the fact that the increase of speed doesn't result in a linear, but exponential increase of penetration. On top of that they just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps or >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow set up. Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. So increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit here on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutly valid.
Great jackets. I had the same model in dark brown (custom made) in the eighties. Forgot it on a ferry in Sweden - it found it's way back to me! Those were the days 😎
If a bumper flies off hits a woman smashes her leg to pieces and keeps going for 50feet.... I'd say if it hit nothing it would definitely have the potential to go-between 30 and 50 feet.
Well, you are just wrong here. The formular for kinetic energy is: E = m * v² / 2 (Energy = mass * speed² / 2 Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule They just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow. Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is valid.
10 minutes into the video. The bumper myth: Just burning down a car is fun, but not successful. This may only work if the car first crashes, the bumper gets stuck in a tensioned position and then a fire probably would set it free and push it forwards. The arrow: Simple physics, the energy and speed just sum up. Though an arrow is way faster than a horse. So no doubling of the penetration distance, but surely a rise.
This is one of my least favorite episodes. The Adam and Jamie one felt lame and the finale is edited pretty poorly and the build team's myth is just stupid. That a 20% increase in speed could lead to a 100% increase in penetration is just nonsensical and not in a good way.
Well, they just f***ed up the whole archer myth completely here. Lets break down why. The formular for kinetic energy is: E = m * v² / 2 Energy = mass * speed² / 2 Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule Now we have established the fact that the increase of speed doesn't result in a linear, but exponential increase of penetration. On top of that they just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps or >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow set up. Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. So increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit here on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutly valid.
Did they really dislike eachother? From what I've heard they just weren't friends, just colleagues. I also have colleagues who I wouldn't be friends with but are fine to work with.
They did not dislike each other. They were not friends due to their drastically different personalities. They were work colleagues who worked great together but did not hang out together in their off hours.
The glass didn't melt, it went above its "glass transition temperature". 1000°C is probably enough for that outcome, no need for 1400. Also if you shoot a crossbow, the additionol speed of the horse won't change as much cause you shot with a fucking crossbow, not a bow which shoots far slower. Also if you shoot through some clothes, the difference might actually double the penetration cause you need to get past a certain threshold. Kinda fucked up the science part in this episode.
I asked chatgpt about this arrow myth. Is seems in some truth to it anyways. To achieve twice the amount of penetration by shooting an arrow while moving forward, you would need to drive at approximately 0.414 times the arrow's standstill shooting speed. This means if the arrow's speed when shot from standstill is 100 km/h, you would need to drive at about 41.4 km/h in the same direction to double the penetration power.
The formular for kinetic energy is: E = m * v² / 2 (Energy = mass * speed² / 2 Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule They just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow. Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is valid.
I love how Jamie's knee-jerk reaction was to run TOWARDS Adam in case he was on fire.
i wont lie, I've always wondered how many of these are actual urban myths and how many were just the team making up a good question and having fun with answering it lol
This show was and still is one of my most favorite, miss ya Grant, may you have endless supplies up in the sky to make all the robots you could ever wish for.
❤
Rest assured, there are more than enough myths for this show to have run for another 100 years, although not all of them were truly urban myths. Some were more general misconceptions instead of a specific story but those were rare.
Adam Savage has a YT channel where he talks about everything MythBusters in Q&A's. He might've mentioned this.
I think it's pretty obvious when they're doing something scientific compared to something theatrical.
U know its actual science when u measure in celsius 😁
What science does your brain use?
Most scientific unit would be Kelvin. Celsius is acceptable too for situations like these. Fahrenheit is an abomination just like the rest of imperial units.
Science use Kelvin.
Yeah and go metric people🤣
Americans🙄😂
I personally Guss the reason why it’s hard to reproduce is that Volvo did recall some parts, they were one of the first one to use that technology and they seemingly got it wrong in the first batch but fixed it really fast so it might be impossible to reproduce without the right parts. A other issue could be that the car in question was on fire for some time in a relatively cold environment and the part in question got only intermittent hot wich caused the gas to gradually increase in temperature without compromising on the inner working parts.
"When in doubt: C4." EPIC reaction. And hearing Jamie giggle made me giggle as well.
This episode stands out for me. Not only does It have extra funny animations n crews reactions but Jamie is in a great mood... he made so many jokes in this one and you can see he clearly enjoyed shooting this episode to the fullest!
While I've never seen the bumper shocks explode, I have seen the results in a wrecking yard. Newbie was cutting it out, only 1 went but bumper saved him. Watching a car fire years later, a new 'fear' was unlocked when I watched the airbags explode and send chunks well more than 50ft across the 2 lane road and ditch and imbed into the mud on the bank.
Thoughts on the arrows. The horse adds about 30% extra speed, resulting in about 30% extra penetrative power. If the target is armored, these 30% can suddenly mean the difference between barely penetrating the armor and penetrating the armor AND getting deep behind it. Mongol invasion happened in the 1200s, when mail armor was used - arrows could shoot through it, but it certainly wasn't easy, you needed the correct arrowhead and actual war bow. 30% extra power from a horse could suddenly change a lot. In 1500s, it's more tricky, plate armor (helmets and breastplates) was pretty much inpenetrable for arrows. Leg and arm plates could, however, be vulnerable, since they were often below 1mm thick. 30% extra from a horse could, again, make some difference there, but you probably wouldn't aim for legs or arms from a horse.
You're thinking of using a full sized war bow from horseback? That would certainly look comical. And tha'ts kind of the point with this one.
Hungarian horse archers used short compound bows. These are much smaller than an infrantry bow (war bow, longbow or crossbow), with a lower draw weight, and so aren't as powerful when fired from a standing position. The source of the saying or "myth" here is this is why the Hungarian nobles would claim the smaller horse bows were just as effective as the larger infantry bows. It wasn't about being literally "twice" as powerful when fired from horseback but that they were just as powerful as an infrantry bow when they're fired from horseback if not more powerful.
And that extra momentum did in fact make a big difference - and the 30% increase in penetration was actually from an increase of around 70% in power, so it's actually a lot closer to proving the "myth" when you look at energy rather than penetration. Not claiming they got it wrong, just saying the Hungarians weren't exaggerating as much as it might first seem. If anything they set this one up further in favor of the horse archer than reality would because historical Hungarian bows would have been more powerful than the ones the demonstration riders were using and the Hungarian ponies wouldn't have been as fast as their horses were.
Adam himself has stated that they don't dislike each other. It's just that their interest and personalities just don't align with each other.
It's the classic, introvert (Jamie) meets an extrovert (Adam) moment. Yes, they can work together, but that doesn't mean they like each other. Just another colleague.
No, man, you got it all wrong. The words are INTROvert and EXTRAvert. Got that? Think intro and extra. Add vert.
Okay intra plays havock, but I never seen extro. Stick to intro and extra. Please.
From Oxford
extrovert noun
(less frequent extravert)
/ˈɛkstrəˌvərt/
a lively and confident person who enjoys being with other people opposite introvert@@voornaam3191
@@voornaam3191 hey, i hope this doesn't sound rude or snarky. I looked it up and both EXTROvert and EXTRAvert are correct spellings. So both you and the original comment are doing it right! Have a good night :D
@@voornaam3191 Except the more common spelling in non-scientific situations is extrOvert, which you can see proof of in any major dictionary (OED, Merriam Webster, Cambridge, etc), or even the google ngram viewer.
It's true that the person who coined the word spelled it with an A, but language changes according to popular use - if you have a problem with that, then take it up with Phyllis Blanchard from 1918, who (as far as we know) first swapped the vowel, and if you have further objections to the concept of language changing I'll also point you to the fact people don't use thee and thou any more.
Tbh you could have said the same thing without the unnecessary, faked pained exasperation - maybe even phrased it as more of a fun fact - ...and if the exasperation isn't fake then you probably need to re-evaluate some things, because no one should genuinely be annoyed at minor spelling/grammatical mistakes in a youtube comment section.
Which is all to say: Get that stick out of your ass :)
They used Comic Sans for the thermometer. Amazing.
23:23 Sadly, the fire extinguisher from the firefighters is what cased the bumper's shock absorbers to blow at that specific time.
When you have a hot, pressure vessel under high pressure, suddenly cooling it down will rapidly shrink it and thus get its pressure even higher.
This is a potential problem with military machine guns when they get too hot under sustained fire. The cartridges will get super hot, the pressure will be really high inside them, and if you pour water, or even cold air on or into the gun it can cause the walls of a cartridge to suddenly shrink, quite significantly, thus suddenly increasing its pressure, thus prompting an accidental discharge.
This is especially a problem on a light strike or a defective primer. In the case of a belt-fed machine gun, opening the cover and attempting to extract the cartridge can be enough for it to suddenly cook-off.
3:19 Who else was expecting to see Adam was driving that?
39:25 Jamies laughter.
I recall being disappointed watching this episode on TV. As a Hungarian, I was surprised they missed the most important part of the physics of mounted archers vs. stationary archers. It's strategy rather than engineering. The stationary archers were behind the front lines, far away from the enemy. They were never up close like that to their target. They should have tested the stationary archer's arrow penetration from 100-200+ yards away. That's the difference, with a horse you can get up close to your target quickly, shoot, then get away quickly. 🤷♂️
Oh man. My parents had that Volvo when I was a kid. In classic Swedish blue
Honestly feels like they destroy a lot of old Volvos on this show. Guess cause they are so cheap.
@@jimhjortsberg2990nah they destroy way more Chevy Impala’s or even Crown Victoria’s. They needed a car with a hydraulic bumper for this myth, and Volvo has the biggest bumpers out there
3:18 Jamie🤣🤣
3:20 Jamie sitting on an tipped over crane has the same vibes as those dogs stuck on fences
what the hell are you doing XD
I believe they have made a mistake calculating the penetrations of these arrows. The thing is they should have tried it on armoured pork carcasses. The results could easily show double deep penetration in those circumstances.
thats exactly what i thought aswell the stuff they wear using was one solid object skin and tissue is much soft
Totally
48:08 72% increase in kinetic energy.
It really depends on what kind of armor the enemy has on. I can definitely see the arrow go double deep if it managed to pierce the harder to pierce layer.
Nope, that is actually not their mistake there. But using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern crossbow is.
Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them relatively much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow an typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutly true.
@@JohnSmith-wg7nb They set the crossbow to replicate the draw weight of the bows the horse archers were using which looked to be significantly lower draw weight than the traditional compound bows. Also the horses they used were significantly faster than Hungarian ponies. I'm sorry but they set it up further in favor of the horse archers than was historically accurate. I would say the biggest issue was the conclusion: a 70% increase in kinetic energy is pretty close to "hitting twice as hard". Still "busted" but also pretty close.
35:00 it went 15feet AND broke your legs it would possibly have reached 30-40 if there was no obstruction (a pair of legs)
Riding archers was just around half a millenia earlier. In the beginning of the15th centruy only the mongolians used that method because they was still nomads at the time - the golden horde.
Is there a carbon footprint exhaust measurement list for TV shows?
Maybe if the aluminium melted and sort off seals off the safty vault, it could maybe explode. That's maybe why it dusnt happen often
It is not allowed to smoke tires in California but it is allowed to smoke the whole car 😏
Did anyone actually expect the arrows to go twice as deep with only a 40 mph increase in velocity?
Sometimes these myths are so obviously untrue you wonder why they even bother. Until you see how much fun they have doing it anyway!
Yesn't. At least not in this set up. The myth is absolutely true, but their execution is just horribly wrong.
They accidentally changed parameters by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow.
Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is valid.
"The best mounted archers in history" 😂 Best joke in this show.
Stil amazed the fire department let Adam drown a car in fuel, then close the doors, let the fumes build up, open the door and light it with a bbq lighter.... Like wtf?
10:13 on a BEach!!!!! EWHH WTF
i whould love to get that Jeep
43:00 I love it when people give me inches in metric! 8.77 inches!
Why does Jamie have that car boomed all the way out 😂😂 That was just for fun, there no reason to do that.
How about those hydraulics that support opening the hatches?
Often those medieval claims are more scare tactic than truth. You don't mess with top-nothch archers who casually remark on how they can put an arrow extra deep due to their skills on a horse and with a bow, hence the rumours were spread.
all i learnt through this was there was 9 adverts well i guess turn tv back on you get less ads
Ad-blocker.. youtube is unuseable without it.
Think about it. The car added 20% speed to the shafts, and they buried 20% further in. How deep would they go if you went at 135mph?
Must have been space lasers that burned the car...
Shock-absorbers in bumpers was a murican idea... I remember these cars from the 80s: Mercs, Porsches with absolute ugly bumpers for export to this nation
Too bad, the tires get really hot…
You should never try to set gasoline on fire in confined environment the way Adam did. He put the fireproof costume on - good. But his hands were bare. And gasoline vapors could cause explosion. Which it kinda was. Way better would have been to at least use a long stick with something on fire on it. Or just lit something on fire and throw in. And the best way to use the fuse and stay at the safe distance.
Yes, and the more it vaporizes, the sketchier it gets. When I saw him going of the door of the car with that small lighter, my immediate reaction was "nope... big boom... bad idea".
I don't know why someone didn't mention the use of a stick or anything providing some distance.
@@leoa4c same thoughts. And I have to add it is a bad idea even if it's not confined. Like when you lit the campfire. It will still blow into your face.
I think it was just Adam being Adam. That guy gets careless sometimes.
@@d4slaimless It looks exactly like Adam being Adam. He tries the wheel well and then just YOLO's and opens the door, I doubt he stopped to ask anyone for safety tips.
why don't you use ATV motorsycles and drive in the same speed as a horse can gallop? The passenger shoots the arrow and the result is the same. About the bumpers why don't stickweld a plate where it first failed?
A question does the velocity of a penetrating arrow change after the skin and integument is pierced, internal organs, intestines etc of different hardness, only shaft resistence etc?
Yes, it depends on different things like arrow tip design, material of the shaft, does the arrow hit a bow etc, etc. The real Problem is something else: They just f***ed up the whole archer myth completely here, lets break down why.
The formular for kinetic energy is:
E = m * v² / 2 Energy = mass * speed² / 2
Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule
Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule
Now we have established the fact that the increase of speed doesn't result in a linear, but exponential increase of penetration.
On top of that they just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps or >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow set up.
Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. So increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit here on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutely valid.
The lady archer was cool af, I think Kari was a little jealous haha
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I don't think the barbarians rode horses to get a momentum and more penetration. They must have done it so that it's difficult for their enemies to hit a moving target.
They shoot mounted because they could and were good at it.
What barbarians are you talking about? Those who brought culture and knowledge to Europe?
@@VinylPanda-NaturallyClean Mongols. They didn't brought culture or knowledge to Europe.
@@XtreeM_FaiL 🤣 Really? You must be Romanian, Slovakian or just simply dumb.
@@XtreeM_FaiL
AI Chatbot: The migration of the Hungarian people from the Ural Mountains is thought to have occurred in the 9th century. Push factors, such as pressures from neighboring Turkic and Mongolic tribes, economic challenges, and possibly climatic changes, likely contributed to their movement westward into Europe. The exact reasons are not fully clear, but these migrations were common during that period. (About them being Mongolian)
season 5 episode 14 is baseball myths?
this is season 7 episode 6.
Well, they just f***ed up the whole archer myth completely here. Lets break down why.
The formular for kinetic energy is:
E = m * v² / 2 Energy = mass * speed² / 2
Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule
Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule
Now we have established the fact that the increase of speed doesn't result in a linear, but exponential increase of penetration.
On top of that they just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps or >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow set up.
Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. So increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit here on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutly valid.
Wish I could find out what leather jacket Kari is wearing…
Lewis Leathers (UK)
@@davidtrenholm Thanks! Sometimes I love the internet :) Only problem is, now I really want to buy one!
Great jackets. I had the same model in dark brown (custom made) in the eighties. Forgot it on a ferry in Sweden - it found it's way back to me!
Those were the days 😎
@@davidtrenholm Nice! Price seems to have run away on us in the last few years. Over 1K quid! Might look at a Goldtop instead.
If a bumper flies off hits a woman smashes her leg to pieces and keeps going for 50feet....
I'd say if it hit nothing it would definitely have the potential to go-between 30 and 50 feet.
The bumper tht exloded was propobly due to a manufacturing fault
Wont work with 2023 vehicles which are built of only foam.
Bar
Stard
to get twice the penetration the arrow would have to go twice as fast.. obvious, dunno how they would think 40mph added to 140 would equal 2x :-\
Well, you are just wrong here. The formular for kinetic energy is:
E = m * v² / 2 (Energy = mass * speed² / 2
Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule
Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule
They just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow.
Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is valid.
Why not measure the arrow from the knock to the target...
Just thinking the same thing. Measure from the nock before taking them out, saves a whole step...
46:46 That's what she said
They really thought the engineers at Volvo of all companies didn't factor in a safety on the chockabsorber?
hi all
They should have used a Mustang or a Ferrari...
Hungary 🇭🇺🇭🇺🏹🏹💪💪
Thank you for giving the world the GM-6 Lynx 🇭🇺
10 minutes into the video. The bumper myth: Just burning down a car is fun, but not successful. This may only work if the car first crashes, the bumper gets stuck in a tensioned position and then a fire probably would set it free and push it forwards.
The arrow: Simple physics, the energy and speed just sum up. Though an arrow is way faster than a horse. So no doubling of the penetration distance, but surely a rise.
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What if opposite team is horse riding at 40 MpH too...
This is one of my least favorite episodes. The Adam and Jamie one felt lame and the finale is edited pretty poorly and the build team's myth is just stupid. That a 20% increase in speed could lead to a 100% increase in penetration is just nonsensical and not in a good way.
Well, they just f***ed up the whole archer myth completely here. Lets break down why.
The formular for kinetic energy is:
E = m * v² / 2 Energy = mass * speed² / 2
Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule
Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule
Now we have established the fact that the increase of speed doesn't result in a linear, but exponential increase of penetration.
On top of that they just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps or >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow set up.
Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. So increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit here on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is absolutly valid.
It's still strange to think about the fact that they disliked each other
Money changes most things
Did they really dislike eachother? From what I've heard they just weren't friends, just colleagues. I also have colleagues who I wouldn't be friends with but are fine to work with.
They did not dislike each other. They were not friends due to their drastically different personalities. They were work colleagues who worked great together but did not hang out together in their off hours.
@piro Where did you get this from?
Wiki.@@MaeckesPlanB
Science Documentary? AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAA!!!!!!
The glass didn't melt, it went above its "glass transition temperature". 1000°C is probably enough for that outcome, no need for 1400.
Also if you shoot a crossbow, the additionol speed of the horse won't change as much cause you shot with a fucking crossbow, not a bow which shoots far slower.
Also if you shoot through some clothes, the difference might actually double the penetration cause you need to get past a certain threshold.
Kinda fucked up the science part in this episode.
ruining that nice interior
I asked chatgpt about this arrow myth. Is seems in some truth to it anyways.
To achieve twice the amount of penetration by shooting an arrow while moving forward, you would need to drive at approximately 0.414 times the arrow's standstill shooting speed. This means if the arrow's speed when shot from standstill is 100 km/h, you would need to drive at about 41.4 km/h in the same direction to double the penetration power.
The formular for kinetic energy is:
E = m * v² / 2 (Energy = mass * speed² / 2
Lets take an example: 1 kg * 50 m/s² / 2 = 1250 Joule
Now lets double the speed: 1 kg + 100 m/s² / 2 = 5000 Joule
They just accidentally messed up the parameters of that myth by using modern ultra light, high speed carbon fiber arrows (>300 fps of >200mph) and a modern compound crossbow.
Medieval arrows were much, much heavier and shot from a medieval bow made from wooden or a composite horse bow made from horn, were much slower (arround 150 fps or 100mph) as well. Increasing the speed of these arrows by 40 miles per hour actually gave them drastically much more punch. Depends a littlebit on the used bow and the typ of the arrow tip, but that myth is valid.
Why would you expect to get reliable information from chatgpt?
With Adam, the fake scientist Savage