WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GADGET OR CONTRAPTION THAT MYTHBUSTERS BUILT
From the steam canon to the lead balloon,talk about the gadgets and contraptions the mythbusters built.
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I must admit though, that my second favorite "show" was when they tried to launch a frontend loader (bull dozer) into the air with buried explosives....
The lead ballon it confirmed an argument I had with a metalwork teacher about 35 years ago......
Told you so!!!! :-)
Told you so!!!! :-)
Apr 12, 2011. 11:20 AMxXFor_The_WinXx
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DEFINATLEY when they cut down some trees with machine guns and a m134 dillon minigun
May 22, 2011. 12:46 PMsamr37l
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Definitely. But there was just an episode when they stuck a paintball gun on a car. Yes Adam, I sooo wanted to be you right then :)
my favorite was the paper crossbow. adam's ruled! somebody needs to post an instructable on how to make one.
Feb 14, 2011. 1:18 PMFrozenIce
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I liked the rc car with a leaking fuel tank and the water wind tunnel for the model cars :)
Feb 2, 2011. 12:29 PMnbagf
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when the mythbusters took a small rc car and put a rocket on it and tried to get it airborne
Aug 20, 2010. 8:06 PMm5industriesinc
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the deadly straw cannon by far ...... by the way does anyone know were to get one of those pilot assisted diaphragm valves (the electric release valve )?
Jun 27, 2010. 8:04 PMbombmaker2
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Duct Tape Sail Boat was my personal favorite. I did find it hilarious when jamie threw that silicon implant at Adam... the sound still makes me crack up.
Jun 14, 2010. 8:34 PMheatblast
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The part where they made an exploding hot water heater. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AWESOME. XD
Cannon made from Tree Trunk. And they exploded it at the end of the test. Story goes like: Under siege from a neighboring clan, a Medieval Hungarian town (Paks) built a cannon out of a tree overnight, but wiped out a great deal of itself when the cannon exploded during a test-fire. http://mythbustersresults.com/episode6
The giant paintball array that painted the Mona Lisa in under 1 second.
Apr 10, 2010. 2:24 AMcritterfluffy
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My personal favorite contraption that they ever built was the Thermite Hindenburg. That things was awesome. As for my favorite thing they have ever done, it is easily the time they vaporized a cement truck.
probably the match powered cannon from the youtube special or the rocket sled from the demolition special
Jul 30, 2009. 10:50 AMDerin
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The HUGE floating bed thingy that spanned an entire hangar and used a truck worth of helium.
Mar 26, 2009. 2:07 AMcomodore (author)
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Ah Yes, When Adam got hit in the same spot on his hand twice... lol
May 23, 2009. 3:52 PMM4industries
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The uber see-saw this week was the best. It fired a 65 pound girl across a drydock big enough to hold an aircraft carrier.
that was awes0me! i was n0t exp3cting those results.
May 25, 2009. 7:32 AMcomodore (author)
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Ah I missed that one! I am going to watch it online...
Apr 12, 2009. 5:50 AMhockys1
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I also liked the rocket sled on the demolition derby special this week
Apr 17, 2009. 8:25 AMcomodore (author)
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Ah... I misted that one... I am going yo watch it online...
although seemingly simple, the Thumbprint computer and door lock reader hack.
Feb 8, 2009. 3:00 AMJ4mm3r5
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Sik. OMG the photocopy worked!! It has a different narrator to the episodes shown here in England
Sep 13, 2008. 3:33 PMcomodore (author)
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That episode told me never to buy thumbprint locks!!!
at least, not until they make them a LOT better, eh? :-)
Apr 10, 2010. 2:18 AMcritterfluffy
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I don't think they will ever get that much better. Not without adding a lot. If a fingerprint can be stored then it can be duplicated. Same goes for just about anything but a fingerprint is difficult to keep private.
True enough, from that perspective it will be hard to improve.
The only way would be for the device to "somehow" detect whether it was a "real finger" being shown, rather then a "copy". Since a copy would not be a "flesh and blood" finger (although it may be placed ON one).
Retinal scans would be both more secure and harder to duplicate, I believe.
The only way would be for the device to "somehow" detect whether it was a "real finger" being shown, rather then a "copy". Since a copy would not be a "flesh and blood" finger (although it may be placed ON one).
Retinal scans would be both more secure and harder to duplicate, I believe.
Apr 10, 2010. 6:58 AMcritterfluffy
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I agree completely on that one. Plus, many people lose their fingers or don't have them but it is a lot rarer for someone to not have atleast one eye. They just need to figure out a way for the scanner to not feel like being probed.
Feb 10, 2009. 8:23 PMwolf555hound
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I havw to say the HUGE kite from the MacGyver Myth. Also, I dont know if its a contraption, but the steel toe boot hammer/anvil from that same myth. Love it all.
Feb 2, 2009. 3:27 PMDIYmaker96
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The non-dairy creamer was the absolute best one EVER. It was possibly the largest Mythbuster fireball ever. I am working on an instructable for a small scale one with PVC and blackpowder
Feb 8, 2009. 8:36 AMFirebert010
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Agreed 100% The sawdust and creamer fireballs were totally awesome.
Feb 3, 2009. 6:40 AMcomodore (author)
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Yea, that really made giant fire ball from hell! I burned out so fast but still.... :D
Feb 8, 2009. 2:38 AMcomodore (author)
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No, this is series 5 and the one where Adam lost an eyebrow is series 1.
Apr 10, 2010. 2:19 AMcritterfluffy
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was the eyebrow lost while they were testing cell phone vs gas pumps?
Nov 17, 2008. 3:37 AMcomodore (author)
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Yea, they but fake blood, that's what i liked the most!
Nov 18, 2008. 11:09 AMcomodore (author)
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No, the didn't get an real injury until they made their own costom whit sharpened blades...
Jan 28, 2008. 2:22 PMguyfrom7up
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lead balloon and steam machine gun. paper cross bow, too
Jan 28, 2008. 2:49 PMcomodore (author)
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Yes, there was a myth that an inmate in a prison built a cross bow out of newspapers and successfully fired it killing a prison guard.
So, glued and laminated paper instead of wood? I can see that working as a structural material, but as a spring? I bet it failed the test.
Apr 3, 2009. 8:58 PMcorey_caffeine
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they use elastic, but in my experience laminated paper, when done right, can be springy.
Apr 17, 2009. 8:29 AMcomodore (author)
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I mean how is that bendy and can make tention, enough to propel the arrow.... ???
Feb 2, 2008. 12:01 PMcomodore (author)
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Want to make an Instructable: HOW TO MAKE A PAPER CROSSBOW :)
awesome idea !! do you want to do it ? if not ill do it tomorrow after school !!
Apr 16, 2009. 3:50 PMcomodore (author)
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So are you planing to make an Instructables regarding the paper crossbow???
not really, you can do it if you want to or we could both do one ! i have loads of work right now but i can have it done by the end of the week
Apr 19, 2009. 8:49 AMcomodore (author)
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ha, that would be geat, sort of like a small contest, like Adam and Jamie do... ;D
I can't do it this week or the other got a lot of school work....
Hey could you take a look at my question please...
thanks!
http://www.instructables.com/answers/Magnetic-LevetationA-Magnet-Levitating-between-t/
I can't do it this week or the other got a lot of school work....
Hey could you take a look at my question please...
thanks!
http://www.instructables.com/answers/Magnetic-LevetationA-Magnet-Levitating-between-t/
Sep 15, 2008. 5:58 AMcomodore (author)
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I want to do it, but unfortunatly I don't have the time right now so go ahead and make an awsome instructables!!! If you need any help please contact me.
ok awesome we can do it like mythbusters and do different designs !!
Sep 15, 2008. 10:35 AMcomodore (author)
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Yea, lets like make a small contest in the group, what do you think?
thats a really good idea ! ok rules, the only materials you can use is newspaper, plain A4 paper, plastic cutlery, elastic (has to be cut from boxers/underpants) and what for glue? how about pva or pritt-stick glues only, i would expect they would have the same strength as the corn-starch mix they used on the show
Sep 15, 2008. 2:48 PMcomodore (author)
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Hmm any kind of glue exsapt hot glue and epoxsy... Paper glue, or you can make your own... Lets try to contact ewilhem and see if we can make this contest a bit serious. What do you think???
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