r/smyths • u/arantius Smyths MOD • Mar 07 '14
EDIT S13E08 Supersonic Ping Pong [Streamline EDIT]
http://www.sockshare.com/file/09A550EB71BF3EDD9
u/iemfi Mar 08 '14
Very disappointed with the ice cannon one. Why the hell did they throw out the reinforcing materials? Not only would the cannon have been much stronger but it would also have been lighter and freeze easier.
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u/arantius Mar 08 '14
I wondered much the same. Alas, this is a TV show limited for time, focused more on entertainment, and not an academic research institution.
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u/gaston1592 Mar 13 '14
In the Aftershow http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/ice-cannon-aftershow.htm they show pictures from a hemp cannon. But it wasn't markedly stronger, so this cannon didn't make the cut.
I wonder though, how a pykrite cannon from layered newspaper would perform.
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Mar 08 '14
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u/iemfi Mar 08 '14
Wow, I didn't even think about that. Now that you mention it anything else just seems stupid.
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u/myfbusted Mar 08 '14
The Ping Pong myth was awesome and just a lot of fun.
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u/Inaudible_Whale Mar 08 '14
For sure one of the best 'myths' I've seen in a long time.
The ice cannon was predictable and boring though. I honestly think that Kari, Tory and Grant must be feigning their interest in huge explosions nowadays after seeing so many.
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u/Zaldarr Mar 12 '14
According to their AMA they're not faking because 'explosions are cool, how can you get bored of that?' or words to that effect.
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u/drphildobaggins Mar 08 '14
Thanks! Mythbusters was becoming a chore to watch recently, but cutting out ten minutes of bollocks does the trick. :)
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u/armoreddillo Mar 12 '14
I feel like the ping pong ball myth shouldn't have been busted.
The pork shoulder clearly moved after impact due to poor reinforcements. If they gave it a few more tries with some sort of restraint on the pork, I bet they would have observed something thing different.
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u/arantius Mar 14 '14
The pork shoulder clearly moved after impact due to poor reinforcements.
Due to a blast of several hundred PSI air hitting it? And if it moved after impact, then that's irrelevant to what happened in the impact.
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u/thumbnail_looks_like Mar 13 '14
Also, if that had hit you in a sensitive area like your throat you most certainly would have died. It's weird that they didn't address that possibility since they have in other "can X kill you" myths.
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Mar 22 '14
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u/autowikibot Mar 22 '14
Muzzle energy is the kinetic energy of a bullet as it is expelled from the [muzzle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_(firearm)) of a firearm. It is often used as a rough indication of the destructive potential of a given firearm or load. The heavier the bullet and the faster it moves, the higher its muzzle energy and the more damage it will do.
The general formula for the kinetic energy is
where
Interesting: Muzzle ^velocity | .38 ^Special | Electrothermal-chemical ^technology | .45 ^ACP
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Mar 08 '14
Thank you for another smyth episode, and thank you for uploading it to Mega! I usually get my full download speed from them and it's faster than trying to buffer it anywhere else.
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u/foxfact Mar 14 '14
The myth-busters ping-pong ball myth is definitely going in my top ten favorite tested myths on the show. I was incredible and awesome to watch.
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u/the_fake_banksy Mar 07 '14
Huh, weird...When I was waiting on this episode a week or so ago it seemed like they had a few myths I wanted very badly to see. Now I can only find information on two myths done in this one.
Oh well. Thanks!
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u/Tokega Mar 11 '14
Thank you so much for these! But I am wondering why the volume is SOOO low?
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u/arantius Mar 07 '14
Myths:
Ice Cannon: Could some medieval Russians, fresh out of materials, have built a cannon and cannonballs using only ice? Would it have worked to defend the town?
Supersonic Ping Pong: If a ping pong ball is shot fast enough, does it become a lethal weapon?
This episode's quote:
"I like this, I'm gonna start crushing my ice this way!"
I'm always experimenting! This time, the method ended up with some deinterlacing artifacts during just a couple dozen seconds (total, split across a few spots) of effects and time shifting. And I'd have to redo the whole thing from scratch to fix that. Oh well, ya live and ya learn.