An explosive new season of MYTHBUSTERS premieres Wednesday, May 1 9|8c on Discovery. | dsc.discovery.c... | The MythBusters revisit the JATO rocket car myth.
The rocket of legend was one ROCKET,ONE thrust vector on top of the car. But MB has a way of deviating the myths reproduction to whatever is convenient. Gonna reproduce an effect get as close as you can to the original conditions .The Bullet throwing a cowboy backwards was another fuck up . Of course Buster is just going to STAND there, a human being would be probably jumping out of the way and muscular reflex will cause the backward or sideway movement. For GENIUSES they can be quite stupid.
-->allow them to use an actual JATO, the insurance said it is too dangerous etc.etc.etc.). Now they finally have the chance, to give the most legendary, and most important myth in the history of the show, the revisit it deserves, for the 10th anniversary ! If you would know the myth and the show as much as I do you would know it has to be a 2 door Chevy for quite a few reasons (like shape of a 2 door vs shape of a 4 door etc.) but most importantly : it was a 2 door Chevy in the original myth.
That ramp sucked, it was just a wedge. No transition, no planning for angular momentum from hitting such a crappy ramp. Why do they waste so much money without doing at least one of the attempts right? Center of thrust was way higher than CG. What a waste.
OK, One answer: Proper shielding to protect 'astronauts' inside the spacecraft from radiation bombardment of high energy Fermions wafting about the Allen Radiation Belts; additional shielding built into the spacecraft to protect 'astronauts' from all other matter particles whizzing through the local space, often said by NASA to travel typically 17K MPH. Re-do your math, kiddo. I am NOT concerned, on this topic, of what was possible. Only WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. NO MANNED MOON LANDINGS. EVER.
Placing the rockets in a wider circular scheme would've done the trick. When they use that propulsion system that split the car in two, you can see that the propulsion is directed through one vector and still the propulsion is controlled by a rail. If they can make a REAL plane fly with 5 independent rockets in a vertical setting on the plane's tail, then I was wrong.
3rd times the charm & it went pretty much how I expected, it's ROCKETS, on the back of car, wouldn't matter were the center of gravity is, it's ROCKETS after all, a lot of thrust a lot of power, it's gonna spin out of control no matter what.... this thing is busted big time
A car with just a powerful engine will take flight a lot easier that this contraption they built cause the propelling power is distributed equally either at the front, rear or 4 wheels. Really , just looking at the concept was the epitome of stupidity . Bet you if the rockets had been set horizontally across the rear fender, they wouldve gotten lift, and as far as FLYING - with no wings , yeah maybe a ballistic missile where the thrust is typically 5.2 (as per Wikipedia) to the weight
I love this show but for 10 years i've seen them make ouregeous, logica faulted mistake and makes me wonder that besides being amazing special effects experts, do they stop and think their "plans" with a REAL expert in the matter. The JATO was a cluster fuck for the simple reason that there were 5 rockets with a very small diameter and in a vertical position . The line of propulsion is very narrow to propell the width of the car in a steady straight line. (more)
This could be done with a car that has an excellent suspension and a very stable car. I've seen this episode and while testing at about ?55mph? the car is everywhere when it should be on a straight line. I don't know if it's better to fix the steering(weld it)so that the car would just go straight and they don't have to worry about steering it. The ramp they used is also very big. Rally cars would jump if there is a big enough bump on the road.I don't know also about adding weight to the front as although it would distribute weight but when your intention is to make it fly high, would it not make sense to lessen the load on the front of the car?
I agree that personal insults are worthless. But the fact remains that Apollo DID have shielding and no hoax-theory promoter I have ever seen has been able to show that it was inadequate. Since (1) Apollo was shielded and (2) they only spent about an hour in the Van Allen belts and (3) they didn't even go through the most concentrated part of the belts, what makes you think that the radiation was a problem? You're making a definite claim. But I still don't see you doing any "math."
Why when they see that the straight stack of rockets was unstable did repeat it? I would have thought a circular stack of rockets would have worked. And no, the circular stack of rockets is not cheating, The straight stack is biased to fail.
its like when they proved the "saving private ryan" sniper shot wasn't possible because their expert couldn't do it on level ground at the same distance.... only another insight into it showed a sniper hitting the mark at twice the distance Mythbusters do not dispel myths, like Wikipedia is not the bible of all that is true. Mythbusters proved that a plane could take off on a conveyorbelt when we all know a jet couldn't, they used a propellor
if they were stacked circular or lower horizontally, if one of the motors failed to ignite it would cause the car to veer to one side or another and roll. Vertically stacked, if any of them failed to ignite, the car would still be propelled straight forward. Designing and building the 12 motors to all light and not CATO was a challenge I think we met.
I could easily thumbs the mythbusters down for the simple fact that they lied about the moon landings and running a car on HHO ..but I understand thats its not Jamie and Adam fault, they are only getting told what to say and do just like every other puppet on television
JATO Car was a failure my uncle and Orbital ATK Flight Systems warned them not to over pack the rockets. MythBusters did not listen and instead of going down the ramp IT BLEW UP! Attempt 3 was success until it also blew up.
The reason why it failed is the heavy steel beam in the front. The idea was to balance the weight from the rockets, but nobody was thinking about when the rockets is burning it reduces the weight… And then the car becomes too heavy in the front - and it dives on the nose... You must have a balance weight which moves backwards at the same rate as the rockets are burning and thus maintains the balance continuously. This solution was invented by Fritz von Opel which mounted rockets on Alexander Lippisch’s glider Ente 1928. That was the first rocket powered aircraft in the world. What Opel could do in 1928... Mythbusters should be able to do today...
Do the math. If you do the REAL math, you can figure out how it WAS possible to go to the moon in 1969. If you can't figure out how they did it, then you fail at some part of the math. Because the math is all there for you to do. (I'll bet you can't name even one single piece of technology that would be required to go to the moon that they didn't have in 1969. In fact, I know you can't. Want to try?)
You make a definite statement that the landings absolutely did not happen. And you start by challenging people to "do the math." And you continue to challenge me to "do the math." But I don't see you doing any math. Hell, I don't even see you using the result of any "math" done by anyone else. Saying, in effect, nothing more than, "OMG!! Did you know there's RADIATION in SPACE!! OMG! They would have DIIIIED!" really doesn't cut it as far as "math" is concerned. So far.. you fail.
They must have lost the memo...... Dont destroy classic hard to find cars that i could only dream of owning. Use scrap cars that arnt in high demand. Grrrrrrrr
R.I.P. Grant ! You will be missed.
i like how they say dont try this at home, yea i could find rockets lying in my house. we aint phinneus and ferb lol
Guys, please stop destroying classic cars. Just destroy something worthless. Like a Prius.
So sad to see that Impala get destroyed
Prius gay..
@@elpatostudios1067 PriAss
Ford 5.4 3valve
I'm from the future and the Prius IS a classic car.
Here's to another 10 years!
It's been 10 years. Welcome back!
"We're gonna replicate the results." My ass.
R.I.P. GRANT
Hhhahaha "lied about the moon landings"....gotta love it.
You really think they'd upload their full episodes on the internet?
your pic couldn't express they way you said that even better.
The rocket of legend was one ROCKET,ONE thrust vector on top of the car. But MB has a way of deviating the myths reproduction to whatever is convenient. Gonna reproduce an effect get as close as you can to the original conditions .The Bullet throwing a cowboy backwards was another fuck up . Of course Buster is just going to STAND there, a human being would be probably jumping out of the way and muscular reflex will cause the backward or sideway movement. For GENIUSES they can be quite stupid.
oh and leta hope those rockets are mythbusters-brew because last time the other guys rockets were a little bit more explosive ;)
Dont try it at home..
Jeez sure thing, let me just go and Dispose off my Jato that I just have lying around...
yeahhhh at last a rerevisit of JATO rocket car
why don't they get a rust bucket of a car or strip everything valuable off before they potentially blow it up.
Did not want the full episode, wanted a revisit, did not get it, waste of time, end of conversation.
[Spoiler Alert] The myth is busted.
In the end, the 2x6 roof truss ramp failed. Gee, whodathunk that? Duh.
-->allow them to use an actual JATO, the insurance said it is too dangerous etc.etc.etc.).
Now they finally have the chance, to give the most legendary, and most important myth in the history of the show, the revisit it deserves, for the 10th anniversary !
If you would know the myth and the show as much as I do you would know it has to be a 2 door Chevy for quite a few reasons (like shape of a 2 door vs shape of a 4 door etc.) but most importantly : it was a 2 door Chevy in the original myth.
That ramp sucked, it was just a wedge. No transition, no planning for angular momentum from hitting such a crappy ramp. Why do they waste so much money without doing at least one of the attempts right? Center of thrust was way higher than CG. What a waste.
OK, One answer: Proper shielding to protect 'astronauts' inside the spacecraft from radiation bombardment of high energy Fermions wafting about the Allen Radiation Belts; additional shielding built into the spacecraft to protect 'astronauts' from all other matter particles whizzing through the local space, often said by NASA to travel typically 17K MPH.
Re-do your math, kiddo.
I am NOT concerned, on this topic, of what was possible. Only WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. NO MANNED MOON LANDINGS. EVER.
Do the science and the math... 'men on the moon' is / was impossible with the technology at hand.
Placing the rockets in a wider circular scheme would've done the trick. When they use that propulsion system that split the car in two, you can see that the propulsion is directed through one vector and still the propulsion is controlled by a rail. If they can make a REAL plane fly with 5 independent rockets in a vertical setting on the plane's tail, then I was wrong.
Ive seen this episode love you mythbusters
Rip grant 🥺😭
Good points. Kudos.
wirh as rare as those old chevys are getting? Esp. two door hard tops? You could just drstroy something of which there is no
Need more episodes on Netflix!!!!!
That is because you are not a rocket scientist, Don't worry about not understanding
A kid at a graduation party told me about this.
Please mythbuster live forever
AAnd...
it's dead
ITS A COMMERCIAL, NOT THE SHOW
Incredible! not a single dislike is given..
you need a powerful laser and a very sensitive receiver to pick up the reflected photons. You'd be better off using a telescope.
Thanks!
dont try this at home? dudes do you think we have those tools to build one?
Dean Winchester would approve
I demand a refund.
3rd times the charm & it went pretty much how I expected, it's ROCKETS, on the back of car, wouldn't matter were the center of gravity is, it's ROCKETS after all, a lot of thrust a lot of power, it's gonna spin out of control no matter what.... this thing is busted big time
A car with just a powerful engine will take flight a lot easier that this contraption they built cause the propelling power is distributed equally either at the front, rear or 4 wheels. Really , just looking at the concept was the epitome of stupidity . Bet you if the rockets had been set horizontally across the rear fender, they wouldve gotten lift, and as far as FLYING - with no wings , yeah maybe a ballistic missile where the thrust is typically 5.2 (as per Wikipedia) to the weight
I love this show but for 10 years i've seen them make ouregeous, logica faulted mistake and makes me wonder that besides being amazing special effects experts, do they stop and think their "plans" with a REAL expert in the matter. The JATO was a cluster fuck for the simple reason that there were 5 rockets with a very small diameter and in a vertical position . The line of propulsion is very narrow to propell the width of the car in a steady straight line. (more)
How the fuck did I get from watching Michael Jordan videos to here....?
This could be done with a car that has an excellent suspension and a very stable car. I've seen this episode and while testing at about ?55mph? the car is everywhere when it should be on a straight line. I don't know if it's better to fix the steering(weld it)so that the car would just go straight and they don't have to worry about steering it. The ramp they used is also very big. Rally cars would jump if there is a big enough bump on the road.I don't know also about adding weight to the front as although it would distribute weight but when your intention is to make it fly high, would it not make sense to lessen the load on the front of the car?
I wonder how the first rocket car held up lol
Not to everyone.
I love these guys but they get serious demerits for wasting a perfectly good Impala.
Well ain't this a revisit? They first replicated the circumstances and it was busted and then they tried it with a ramp.
Um, you can run a car on HHO
imagine if they put a rocket booster on a peel p50
I agree that personal insults are worthless.
But the fact remains that Apollo DID have shielding and no hoax-theory promoter I have ever seen has been able to show that it was inadequate.
Since (1) Apollo was shielded and (2) they only spent about an hour in the Van Allen belts and (3) they didn't even go through the most concentrated part of the belts, what makes you think that the radiation was a problem?
You're making a definite claim.
But I still don't see you doing any "math."
Wow what a fucking let-down
JATO Rocket Car Re-Revisited
yea, I know , it s the name of the video
Why Couldn't You Use A Ford..
no you cant
I used to own a car like that a 1967 belair :C couldn't they have used a taurus for this or something
Awsome!
Why when they see that the straight stack of rockets was unstable did repeat it? I would have thought a circular stack of rockets would have worked. And no, the circular stack of rockets is not cheating, The straight stack is biased to fail.
its like when they proved the "saving private ryan" sniper shot wasn't possible because their expert couldn't do it on level ground at the same distance.... only another insight into it showed a sniper hitting the mark at twice the distance
Mythbusters do not dispel myths, like Wikipedia is not the bible of all that is true. Mythbusters proved that a plane could take off on a conveyorbelt when we all know a jet couldn't, they used a propellor
if they were stacked circular or lower horizontally, if one of the motors failed to ignite it would cause the car to veer to one side or another and roll. Vertically stacked, if any of them failed to ignite, the car would still be propelled straight forward. Designing and building the 12 motors to all light and not CATO was a challenge I think we met.
THEY LIED!?!?
So busted or proven
I Watched That Shit For No Reason. -_-
Rip
did expect more than a glorified commercial
I could easily thumbs the mythbusters down for the simple fact that they lied about the moon landings and running a car on HHO ..but I understand thats its not Jamie and Adam fault, they are only getting told what to say and do just like every other puppet on television
unenslaved2012 guess you think the Earth is flat as well then?
JATO Car was a failure my uncle and Orbital ATK Flight Systems warned them not to over pack the rockets. MythBusters did not listen and instead of going down the ramp IT BLEW UP! Attempt 3 was success until it also blew up.
ok
59 people disliked this because of you thanks alot
why does this have so many likes? it doesn't show anything
too late...
come on!
I don't even have cable TV
jerks
GOD DAMN YESSSSSSSSSSSS
The reason why it failed is the heavy steel beam in the front.
The idea was to balance the weight from the rockets, but nobody was thinking about when the rockets is burning it reduces the weight… And then the car becomes too heavy in the front - and it dives on the nose...
You must have a balance weight which moves backwards at the same rate as the rockets are burning and thus maintains the balance continuously.
This solution was invented by Fritz von Opel which mounted rockets on Alexander Lippisch’s glider Ente 1928.
That was the first rocket powered aircraft in the world.
What Opel could do in 1928... Mythbusters should be able to do today...
Do the math.
If you do the REAL math, you can figure out how it WAS possible to go to the moon in 1969.
If you can't figure out how they did it, then you fail at some part of the math. Because the math is all there for you to do.
(I'll bet you can't name even one single piece of technology that would be required to go to the moon that they didn't have in 1969. In fact, I know you can't. Want to try?)
haha!
i have seen a car with a "normal" internal combustion engine take flight. So why they cant get this done ill never understand.
my sicence teacher brought me here
Stfu and go do some homework
You make a definite statement that the landings absolutely did not happen.
And you start by challenging people to "do the math."
And you continue to challenge me to "do the math."
But I don't see you doing any math. Hell, I don't even see you using the result of any "math" done by anyone else.
Saying, in effect, nothing more than, "OMG!! Did you know there's RADIATION in SPACE!! OMG! They would have DIIIIED!" really doesn't cut it as far as "math" is concerned.
So far.. you fail.
بب
That impala did not deserve this I’m glad you guys are gone
dont watch this it does'nt show anything,,,waste of time
LMAO. ‘Experts” we’re behind this? How did you expect it to stay airborne with a shot of thrust but no lift? Good waste of a classic car.
They must have lost the memo...... Dont destroy classic hard to find cars that i could only dream of owning. Use scrap cars that arnt in high demand. Grrrrrrrr
Behave yourself. No need to be vulgar. Your point-of view is pointless; your vulgarity just invalidated you.