This weeks episode was full of AWESOME and WIN !! Everything in this episode was an A++
This was one of the episodes I could watch over and over and not get tired of. Lots of good stuff.
On the Adam and Jamie Myth:
I almost always enjoy when they test things from historical past, such as the arrow machine gun or the Watcha (the Watcha is probably my favorite episode), the Ming Dynasty rocket chair or the rocket powered glider. I like these Myths because they are based in historical fact and can be backed up with actual historical documents, but also because of the time periods there are usually no actual devices left, only accounts, text, legend and myths.
With the invention of gunpowder and fireworks this Myth seemed perfectly logical to me. I really enjoyed the small scale tests and there was also a first smaller scale test that was not aired but you can view it on the Aftershow.
I always like it when Adam and Jamie take different approaches to a design or build and then they go with the better design to proceed full scale. It looked like massive fun testing the small scale torpedoes, playing with rockets is always a good day.
Okay, how SUPER AWESOME was the hydo-forming ?! That was stellar seeing Jamie use water and pressure to form those torpedo bodies.
Out at the lake I was giddy watching them test the torpedoes. I could watch those things fly out of control and take flight all day long. That was too neat. I really enjoy when I can tell that Jamie is genuinely having a good time and he was lit with excitement at the testing. Seeing the final torpedo launch perfectly, shoot straight and hit the target and explode on impact was the perfect payoff. I only with they had a few more and could have launched a few more once they dialed in the perfect launch. Great Myth.
On the Kari, Grant and Tori Myth:
Again, I love seeing them test real-world events. I enjoyed the testing and seeing the trailer on fire shooting out corks and exploding wine bottles was fantastic. I was smiling the entire time this episode.
My only complaint was that I think they should have called it 'Plausible' instead of 'Busted'. They were testing 3 things: would heat/fire launch the corks, would the corks go 100 feet, and did the trailer on fire make the machine-gun sound. They Busted the myth because they could not get a cork to go 100 feet either in testing or out on the bomb range. In the set-up to the story they did not show that corks had actually gone 100 feet or that it was confirmed in real life, they showed highlighted areas of the newspaper article and the 100 feet part was in quotes. Without a tape measure it's hard for some people to judge distances and out at the actual scene people might have said '100 feet' because the corks went a good distance and they thought it was 100 feet. Plus it could have been really windy that day and the corks could have gone further. I would have gone with 'Plausible'.
And the wine-bottle-machine-gun was SWEET !!
