| Author: | Stefano |
|---|---|
| category: | Physics, TV |
Since I moved abroad, I rediscovered good TV. And Mythbuster is definitely an interesting show. Adam and Jamie are so fantastic in exceeding expectations every time. But this time, they did more.
So, the legend says that two trucks smashing onto each other pancake a car so badly that nobody is able to spot it in the remaining of the aftermath. So to either confirm or disprove it, they smashed the trucks for real, but the car was not pancaked as the legend says. As is typical from Adam and Jamie, they push the conditions to the limit so to verify what are the real parameters that would be needed to achieve the desired effect: they shoot a metal missile at the speed of sound against a car, using a two-stages rocket sledge. See it by yourself.
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What amazes me the most is the slow motion capture of the event. The car gets literally erased in the process. In one shot toward the end you can also see the air waveshock due to the achieved speed.