Defying Gravity: Levitating a Car | MythBusters Jr.

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Allie, Cannan, and Jesse set out to see if the humble Slinky toy actually hovered when dropped from a height. Using a series of weights and elastic mediums, their testing reaches a crescendo when they try to levitate a full-weight car!
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  • @joebideng9226
    @joebideng92265 жыл бұрын

    6:25 the collision between the tank of water and the car is so powerful it looks like its animated lmao

  • @Jexy00

    @Jexy00

    5 жыл бұрын

    It looks like something of final destination

  • @JadeyJ4d3y

    @JadeyJ4d3y

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why, but it feels so satisfying to see it being smashed down to the ground after bouncing a little

  • @kishore6420

    @kishore6420

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @spaceyleon

    @spaceyleon

    5 жыл бұрын

    Chris Draper omg yeah

  • @joebideng9226

    @joebideng9226

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@spaceyleon yeah

  • @Trainfan1055Janathan
    @Trainfan1055Janathan4 жыл бұрын

    That wasn't flying! That was... falling with style.

  • @flo.69

    @flo.69

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @unclebuddy1040

    @unclebuddy1040

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Buzz Lightyear

  • @Amozon28
    @Amozon283 жыл бұрын

    i love that even when adam is surrounded by kids hes always the bigest kid when it comes to reacting to science

  • @GregMcMahan
    @GregMcMahan5 жыл бұрын

    When that box-o-water came crashing down I thought about Roadrunner & Coyote cartoons.

  • @thepikazapper0522
    @thepikazapper05225 жыл бұрын

    *literally just drops car* Kids: *whoooa! Cool! I did not expect that!*

  • @Reactiontime6000

    @Reactiontime6000

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thepikazapper05 Lol 😂

  • @mrtoast7639

    @mrtoast7639

    5 жыл бұрын

    They were talking about the rope smashing the roof

  • @billyeveryteen7328
    @billyeveryteen7328 Жыл бұрын

    I think we need to appreciate how terrifying it must have been for Adam and the crew when the payload didn't drop. Adam and Jamie have both said on multiple different occasions that the worst thing that can happen during a test is nothing, since you don't know where the failure point might be, and you're adding an element of unpredictability to such a dangerous stunt. And in this instance, it happened when he was surrounded by children.

  • @jagerjuggalo
    @jagerjuggalo5 жыл бұрын

    never should have gotten rid of this show. GOD THIS IS SO EPIC

  • @andrewli2973
    @andrewli29735 жыл бұрын

    They need to call in the Slow Mo Guys

  • @datguymiller

    @datguymiller

    3 жыл бұрын

    Recorded at 25,500 fps in full hd

  • @olichka8436
    @olichka84365 жыл бұрын

    Preludes dont deserve an end *sheds a tear

  • @dimii27
    @dimii275 жыл бұрын

    "I'm not really good with math but um... We've just crushed a car"

  • @shadowwriter329

    @shadowwriter329

    5 жыл бұрын

    I like his logic. If only regular math class was like that.

  • @BuggsOp

    @BuggsOp

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cringe

  • @shayanmoosavi9139

    @shayanmoosavi9139

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, no shit Sherlock

  • @fckflowerss

    @fckflowerss

    4 жыл бұрын

    Urabouy i know

  • @sawyerlandreth5808

    @sawyerlandreth5808

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah we totally crushed a car

  • @rapid_
    @rapid_5 жыл бұрын

    "Levitating" a.k.a "Dropping shit from high up"

  • @automaticmattywhack1470
    @automaticmattywhack14703 жыл бұрын

    I love that Adam is way more enthusiastic than the kids

  • @aharxn
    @aharxn5 жыл бұрын

    This video makes me love my prelude even more 😖😢

  • @Nebulaxproduction

    @Nebulaxproduction

    Жыл бұрын

    Poor Lude RIP

  • @Jexy00
    @Jexy005 жыл бұрын

    6:26 that looks like something that would happen in final destination

  • @maurom5284
    @maurom52845 жыл бұрын

    WHY THE HONDA PRELUDE!!! RIP LITTLE HONDA!!!

  • @joeybean_jojo2054
    @joeybean_jojo20545 жыл бұрын

    Are they helium balloons? Aw for fuck sake. I told you the car is lighter than helium balloons. Oh we’re flying away.

  • @tigerfong6272
    @tigerfong62725 жыл бұрын

    R.i.p Honda Prelude 💔

  • @UserBeenBanned

    @UserBeenBanned

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alpha ___ a 4th gen too :/ i still miss mine

  • @itsivy3776

    @itsivy3776

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don’t that’s it the front of the car looks different

  • @UserBeenBanned

    @UserBeenBanned

    5 жыл бұрын

    no that is def a 4th gen 92-96

  • @hondacivic5506

    @hondacivic5506

    5 жыл бұрын

    RIP to my brother... prelude

  • @214iby

    @214iby

    5 жыл бұрын

    Vtec kicked in

  • @kylestephens9593
    @kylestephens95935 жыл бұрын

    Man, these MB jr. clips really get a lot of dislikes, don't they?

  • @shitstickstomyass

    @shitstickstomyass

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nobody can replace the original myth busters.

  • @roig.6752

    @roig.6752

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kyle Stephens no one really likes the kids there voices are kinda annoying

  • @cowsrbeefy

    @cowsrbeefy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Still not as bad as rewind 2018

  • @lotusjaggarage2989

    @lotusjaggarage2989

    5 жыл бұрын

    They just keep killing good cars first this prelude and now an mr2

  • @lagrangepoint9386

    @lagrangepoint9386

    5 жыл бұрын

    Adam fakes delight way too much.

  • @shayminsky5059
    @shayminsky50595 жыл бұрын

    With the water tank the car was already visibly falling by frame 400.

  • @JoelHershberger
    @JoelHershberger5 жыл бұрын

    An object in motion wants to stay in motion. An object at rest wants to stay at rest. The second drop was naturally going to be longer because the water wants to stay at rest when released and the rubber band is still pulling on the car after the water is released. So, the car should naturally stay up longer. This isn't gravity defying. It is physics. And physics is cool!

  • @kebbehkollie7320

    @kebbehkollie7320

    5 жыл бұрын

    Newton laws of motion

  • @jonathankydd1816

    @jonathankydd1816

    5 жыл бұрын

    technically it is gravity defying, just not physics defying.

  • @dross6206

    @dross6206

    5 жыл бұрын

    jonathan kydd the only thing that is being defied is perception. People focus on the car instead of the total mass and acceleration of both objects. When everything is factored in, the total acceleration still comes in at 1G.

  • @shayanmoosavi9139

    @shayanmoosavi9139

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathankydd1816 then by your logic magnets and helium balloons also defy gravity.

  • @quillmaurer6563

    @quillmaurer6563

    5 жыл бұрын

    Would be a lot of fun discussing this in a physics classroom - all ideas I get for if I decide to become a physics teacher (if engineering turns out to suck). I haven't seen the rest of this episode, did they discuss the theory of it all or just go straight to smashing stuff? That's one of my biggest criticisms of Mythbusters all along, they often tend to go straight to smashing or blowing up stuff without really discussing the theoretical basis of the myth, and in many cases I think they don't set things up right because they don't really think about or understand such. Of course smashing and blowing up is a lot better television for most people, I'd enjoy the physics (and other science depending on the myth) talk as I am a huge nerd.

  • @deadmemes7554
    @deadmemes75545 жыл бұрын

    “You know what’s cooler than dropping a car? Dropping a car twice.” 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @kelvinwang7465
    @kelvinwang74655 жыл бұрын

    It looks like linus' car from linus tech tips repainted!

  • @charleslee2975
    @charleslee29755 жыл бұрын

    i couldn’t imagine how fast that bungee was traveling 😂😂

  • @echoi7119
    @echoi71195 жыл бұрын

    *A COLONY OF GO-PROS WERE HARMED IN THIS VIDEO*

  • @bjarnes.4423
    @bjarnes.44235 жыл бұрын

    A metal spring should work much better

  • @Lt_Braen

    @Lt_Braen

    4 жыл бұрын

    The spring - Its much more expensive than the air and space u consume in this universe. Answer : bad idea

  • @mirnaflores2698
    @mirnaflores26984 жыл бұрын

    The water:you want to go Car:no Water:let’s go

  • @ethanboslem2448
    @ethanboslem24484 жыл бұрын

    Any part out on that prelude??🤔🤔

  • @bonk8071
    @bonk80715 жыл бұрын

    2:19 sounded like he was reading from a script

  • @bigbrainboiii
    @bigbrainboiii3 жыл бұрын

    The car on the last test was like: oh I'm oka- *BOOM*

  • @naveenraj2008eee
    @naveenraj2008eee5 жыл бұрын

    Wow nice learning experience for us.. Thanks for your video.👏👏

  • @davidwallace7543

    @davidwallace7543

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you don’t know about Elastic Force then that comment is expected

  • @anothertargaryen3805
    @anothertargaryen38055 жыл бұрын

    I really hope they’re doing mythbusters jr to see if people are still interested in mythbusters, to potentially bring it back.

  • @jacobbadillo4944
    @jacobbadillo49445 жыл бұрын

    I was flinching when the rubber band stretched 😁

  • @TrashJackalCrafts
    @TrashJackalCrafts5 жыл бұрын

    That water thing was so heavy it almost looked like an effect in a movie

  • @CoolAsFreya
    @CoolAsFreya3 жыл бұрын

    I love how the car bounced softly when it landed, and then the tank landed like... well... a tank! it didn't bounce at all

  • @trm4life
    @trm4life6 ай бұрын

    Well now there needs to be a show where we just crush cars with bungee cords and giant water containers. 😅

  • @qvoorhorst
    @qvoorhorst5 жыл бұрын

    Next step: double the amount of bungee cords!

  • @the-potato-warrior
    @the-potato-warrior4 жыл бұрын

    2:22 What my gf says when I show her the batwing 😂

  • @theengineerguy1485

    @theengineerguy1485

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @muhammadirfannoorazman6587
    @muhammadirfannoorazman65875 жыл бұрын

    now get inside it

  • @twin2ismo

    @twin2ismo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah! 😀😁😂🤣

  • @shayanmoosavi9139

    @shayanmoosavi9139

    5 жыл бұрын

    We should put a flat earther there :) We'll say to him here's an experiment which disproves gravity and he won't suspect a thing and when he finds out it's too late😈😈😈

  • @wolcottproject9971
    @wolcottproject99715 жыл бұрын

    I'll take some of those free falls. Can't beat free 2:45 I think Adam has some Mythbuster PTSD going on right there.

  • @ingGmoPs
    @ingGmoPs Жыл бұрын

    Years later: Do you remember your first crush? Yes, i do, it was a car!

  • @MXCN_El1011
    @MXCN_El10115 жыл бұрын

    Guy coming back from lunch break: "Hey has anyone seen my car? The super bright neon Honda Prelude. I parked it outside. Also why's the parking lot so wet?"

  • @Mngalahad

    @Mngalahad

    5 жыл бұрын

    is that car good or famous or something?

  • @hailothgaming
    @hailothgaming5 жыл бұрын

    That Bungee came down so fast the roof of the car couldn’t even withstand it, just got caved in.

  • @seanjoe7662
    @seanjoe76625 жыл бұрын

    Now thats alot of damage

  • @xanderreade
    @xanderreade5 жыл бұрын

    The production quality with kids just isn’t as good I’m sorry but it’s a bad concept and I adored mythbusters Edit: Thanks for all the likes, Happy to see so many people loved the original.

  • @StolenPw

    @StolenPw

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree but I have to admit the sine wave line was clever

  • @tihzho

    @tihzho

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup, lose the kids.

  • @10kanojias

    @10kanojias

    5 жыл бұрын

    Theo Reade kids cost less less salaries you sickos

  • @Zimited

    @Zimited

    5 жыл бұрын

    What the hell are you talking about? I think it's awesome!

  • @sterlinggenzer362

    @sterlinggenzer362

    5 жыл бұрын

    Especially when the adults do all of the heavy work.

  • @philmorton4590
    @philmorton45905 жыл бұрын

    Bring back mythbusters!

  • @strawberrylemonadelioness
    @strawberrylemonadelioness11 ай бұрын

    The art on the car is pretty funny

  • @radioactivea7592
    @radioactivea75925 жыл бұрын

    wow humans finally made flying cars

  • @wjnahuy
    @wjnahuy3 жыл бұрын

    Dude the car hovered until the bungee smashed it down.

  • @It-b-Blair
    @It-b-Blair5 жыл бұрын

    The bungees damage to the roof alone was surprising!

  • @FrancoisEdmondOfficial
    @FrancoisEdmondOfficial5 жыл бұрын

    Somebody please bring Jamie back. NOW!

  • @twigdayzclips2859

    @twigdayzclips2859

    5 жыл бұрын

    Adam and Jamie can’t stand each other. Sooooo prolly a no go.

  • @FrancoisEdmondOfficial

    @FrancoisEdmondOfficial

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@twigdayzclips2859 if they've hid it so well all those years

  • @TFDGoodMen

    @TFDGoodMen

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why did one stay and one leave?

  • @TFDGoodMen

    @TFDGoodMen

    5 жыл бұрын

    How did they chose

  • @twigdayzclips2859

    @twigdayzclips2859

    5 жыл бұрын

    Blueanakin0125 Bob They chose by Adam wanting to keep doing it, and Jamie saying he doesn’t like doing TV, or just being in front of a camera.

  • @mayaalvarez205
    @mayaalvarez2055 жыл бұрын

    this looked like a horror movie without the darkness. it just came crashing down and cut the car in half

  • @CottonInDerTube
    @CottonInDerTube Жыл бұрын

    6:27 this reminds me at a cartoon. Like when the coyote gets hit by a weight :D

  • @melmel472
    @melmel4723 жыл бұрын

    People 1000 years ago wondering what advances will happen 1000 years later......this video.

  • @pr59052
    @pr590525 жыл бұрын

    The car never defeated gravity, it was being pulled up by the elastic band while water tank was accelerating more than 1G

  • @ronnieindia77ify

    @ronnieindia77ify

    4 жыл бұрын

    OK??

  • @Weebo04
    @Weebo045 жыл бұрын

    I think the biggest issue with this isn't the weight at the top but the tensile of the cable you want something that can resist being stretched out and then have the weight at the top and you'll get a reaction. Other than that it'll never really work.

  • @FTGBartlesVR
    @FTGBartlesVR3 жыл бұрын

    that cars not flying, it's falling with style

  • @cartermiller858
    @cartermiller8585 жыл бұрын

    Now thats what you call a lowrider

  • @cousinbryan3007
    @cousinbryan30075 жыл бұрын

    I love this experiment! :-)

  • @captainmrucek8311
    @captainmrucek83113 жыл бұрын

    lol im doing this for a school project, and i have to watch the video

  • @2fast2kart
    @2fast2kart5 жыл бұрын

    Ima car expert and this, was the perfect test subject.

  • @DahLilDVO
    @DahLilDVO5 жыл бұрын

    great video! so now i wonder what if you added say double the weight on the top? 6,000lbs ontop and 3,000 on the bottom... would it "hover" more?

  • @Sisteelin

    @Sisteelin

    5 жыл бұрын

    @The Elon Gamer The object at the bottom will never move up, the bungee is already pulled to the max tension, when the top object is released, the tension decreases because it moves down.

  • @HighAOA
    @HighAOA5 жыл бұрын

    Now imagine some one was in the car on the final drop

  • @kevalpatel9358
    @kevalpatel93585 жыл бұрын

    Nice experiment

  • @skad00sh29
    @skad00sh294 жыл бұрын

    Now imagine that guy getting in the car after the first failed test and the tank just drops....

  • @foxboygaming9515
    @foxboygaming95155 жыл бұрын

    *NO VEHICLE WAS HARM DURING THIS EXPERIMENT*

  • @MeleeTiger
    @MeleeTiger5 жыл бұрын

    One neat thing we see, is that a super hero with rubber powers could get some serious damage potential, with how the cord crushed the car roof on the first drop.

  • @rayosminecraft9973
    @rayosminecraft99735 жыл бұрын

    Physics is so exciting

  • @aubreyhall_
    @aubreyhall_5 жыл бұрын

    6:26 that was the most amazing thing I've ever seen

  • @jjk7255
    @jjk72555 жыл бұрын

    Imagine getting rubber banded by that thing

  • @Jackoboy33
    @Jackoboy334 жыл бұрын

    I dont think i understand this experiment completely but if crushing a car is work, Im in the wrong bussiness

  • @Jakcosn
    @Jakcosn4 жыл бұрын

    To me the second demonstration was basically how the Incredible Hulk can crush a car

  • @tommylau7457
    @tommylau74575 жыл бұрын

    it still drops, the center of gravity of the whole thing still drops normally

  • @cloutkyngg7811
    @cloutkyngg78115 жыл бұрын

    When the car came down it looked like final destination

  • @joshualouis3544
    @joshualouis35445 жыл бұрын

    Rip that poor 1994 Honda Preylude

  • @sorrychangedmyusername3594
    @sorrychangedmyusername35945 жыл бұрын

    I missed the old ones.

  • @ericwoytasek269
    @ericwoytasek2695 жыл бұрын

    When the water tank hit the car it reminded me of the worker and the barrel of bricks.

  • @DavidovskiTM
    @DavidovskiTM5 жыл бұрын

    It ain't much, but it's honest work.

  • @breezycoolbossatron9789
    @breezycoolbossatron97895 жыл бұрын

    This is something Mr Beast would do

  • @ryanthomas2983
    @ryanthomas29833 жыл бұрын

    This is literally Science Mr. Beast

  • @mellisajones2233
    @mellisajones22334 жыл бұрын

    Amazing experiment I love science

  • @bloodlinegaming9962
    @bloodlinegaming99625 жыл бұрын

    a little bit of explanation really should have been said... for instance that the reason the car is "levitating" is because of the tension still on the bungee after the initial release until it gets close enough to the car that the tension is no longer there and it falls faster and faster. the reason the weight at the top makes it better is because it is falling way slower making the bungee take way longer to release the tension and let the car fall faster. its the same thing for a human who is bungee jumping, if a human lets say cut the bungee as he or she was at the peak of the decent then their speed would be lowered enough so that the force pulling you to the ground is the same force pulling you up and at that moment you are safe as long as the ground is close, however lets say the bungee was cut at the top, well then the force of the bungee pulling you up would still be there until the bungee released all of its potential energy so you would "levitate" if only for just a few milliseconds

  • @Watchhere24213
    @Watchhere242135 жыл бұрын

    6:27 car: do you know the wa.. tank: NO MORE!!!!!!!!

  • @Zaltic
    @Zaltic5 жыл бұрын

    Nothing beats the OG mythbusters

  • @zekeriye1
    @zekeriye15 жыл бұрын

    what a waste of amazing car. R.I.P Honda Prelude 4th gen (looks out the window at his black one)

  • @shadowthehedgehog4737

    @shadowthehedgehog4737

    5 жыл бұрын

    It definitely came out of a junkyard. It had no brakes, and for all we know either didn't have an engine or the engine was seized. One thing is for sure, production won't buy a car off of a used car lot and crush it with a massive tank of water. The car was past it's useful life and this show honored the car with a viking's death in one last display of awesomeness.

  • @ralofofriverwood852

    @ralofofriverwood852

    5 жыл бұрын

    They also destroyed a AW11 MR2

  • @eldelabicidecolores

    @eldelabicidecolores

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ralofofriverwood852 true. They like to crush rare JDM cars instead of crushing crappy assed 90's-2000's crappy american cars

  • @aharxn

    @aharxn

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ayeee I have a black si with a H22A1

  • @chadking8767

    @chadking8767

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good less lawnmowers on the road the better

  • @betterthanboss7029
    @betterthanboss70295 жыл бұрын

    This is not a myth, its in every physics textbook ever.

  • @skylarscales9922
    @skylarscales99225 жыл бұрын

    I remember the 2003 myth busters 😢

  • @ceanne-6599
    @ceanne-65995 жыл бұрын

    i think ill try defying gravity and you wont pull me down*

  • @brassarrow1587
    @brassarrow15873 жыл бұрын

    Science is amazing fun i love the mythbusters

  • @PhilipWhiteside
    @PhilipWhiteside5 жыл бұрын

    Everyone complaining about the kids, get over yourself. This is more than just for you, this is more than just Mythbusting. This is giving kids a viewpoint that even they can do science. Even if the adults do the larger ones, they're there learning, seeing what they could be doing in the future. I hate to break it to you, Adam isn't in to it for you, but for those kids, for other kids.

  • @MustafaKhan-hz5mr
    @MustafaKhan-hz5mr5 жыл бұрын

    why a prelude, why?😭😭😭

  • @isatntt

    @isatntt

    5 жыл бұрын

    cause it sucks

  • @shadow1fun777

    @shadow1fun777

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@isatntt how they're quick cheap easy to make power from...

  • @isatntt

    @isatntt

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@shadow1fun777 Exactly, They're cheap

  • @bosengineer

    @bosengineer

    5 жыл бұрын

    lotusjag garage ??? cheap = no loss when it’s smashed

  • @ralofofriverwood852

    @ralofofriverwood852

    5 жыл бұрын

    They destroyed an aw11 mr2 at least this one is a common car.

  • @josephtaylor1752
    @josephtaylor17525 жыл бұрын

    i think the bungee cord looked like it faded away with thanos' snap, SPEEDED UP TO ABOUT 1 MILLISECOND!

  • @cr3at0rhuhh
    @cr3at0rhuhh4 жыл бұрын

    For one second I thought this was bob the science guy xD

  • @2verysnowyyy

    @2verysnowyyy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Blue Water And UNDERTALE did you mean bill bye the scince guy of science bob

  • @DrunkGeko
    @DrunkGeko5 жыл бұрын

    Probably a higher elastic constant would have made it levitate for way longer

  • @stevenpaige2005
    @stevenpaige20055 жыл бұрын

    Totally thought it worked untill I realized the hook malfunctioned

  • @sammorris4722
    @sammorris47224 жыл бұрын

    These both entertain me and depress me knowing I wasn't as intelligent as these kids

  • @d3lta641
    @d3lta6415 жыл бұрын

    The car is you the water is the Villain. Villains falls an you, you in half

  • @seppukun208
    @seppukun2082 жыл бұрын

    What would work best would be a massive sheet of plywood or something with shitloads of air resistance

  • @paintedmean8356
    @paintedmean83565 жыл бұрын

    It straight up smashed the top of the car

  • @Ben-Hollingbery
    @Ben-Hollingbery5 жыл бұрын

    is there any reason why Discovery has the show moved from 8pm Wednesdays to 1am wednesdays in the UK?

  • @jackdennis9286
    @jackdennis92864 жыл бұрын

    Plot twist: they forgot the lady steering it into place was still in the car when they dropped and crushed it ...

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