I mean they do a lot of math in some experiments but the edit doesn't linger on it for long. Just not as compelling TV. College science, kind of depends on what your field is. Chemistry and physics obviously rely on it a ton, and you have to take the basics at least no matter what your field is.
9:01 fun story, my dad once landed an A7 without landing gear. He always said any landing you walk away from is a good one, and he did manage to walk away from that one. Well, he ran, because the plane was on fire by the time he ejected. But you get it.
May have lost Grant too soon, but at least all of his smiles, laughs, jokes, and creativity is still up here for all of us to remember him by and celebrate. RIP dude
The consistent lesson in all of these aviation myths is that while speed is cool, speed also kills. Most people don't understand how fast planes fly, how slow most planes must be in order to land safely (yet not so slow as to lose too much lift), how fast we drop from the sky, and how little time we have to react to emergencies.
Here's something often overlooked with the "could a passenger land the jet" scenario: as they say, it is 100% possible for a passenger to program the airliner to autoland, but there's a problem. Put someone with no experience into the flight deck and say "get ATC on the radio and ask for help." Unless you know how to do that, you're already done for.
Well, the radios should already be tuned in tons frequency, so you'll probably be talking to someone. Fun fact: when they change frequencies to talk to someone else, you are probably talking to someone sitting in a different cubicle or desk in the same building.
@@JoshuaTootell if your flying IFR then you have ATC flight following 100 percent of the way. Major Airliners are a part 121 operation they are always on a IFR flight plan. In route your handed off to multiple different Controllers servicing a major area depending on your route. Also i believe 121.5 is the freq to listen too for EFT triggers or pilots in distress using the radio on that freq. sorry i had to nerd out here! i miss flying :(
23:06 that's got to be the nicest tandem skydiving landing that I've ever seen. Edit: kept watching the episode and Tory's landing was equally as nice. The tandem skydiver used for both jumps is one skilled guy.
Honestly, going through that flight sim and being talked into how to land a jetliner by a pro is so cool. It's a thing I've wanted to do ever since I learned of the existence of these simulators from this very episode, back when it first aired. Not a wish that'll likely ever be granted, but damn wouldn't that be cool. Kind of like an escape room but with a much, much higher bill if you break something.
There is a significant difference between landing a piper cub and a large passenger Jet. There have been several instances of people being talked down in small planes.
Yeah I was about to point that out. I feel like them researching the instances where this actually happened in smaller planes would have been useful. Large passenger jets are different to fly than smaller planes, but passenger jets have autopilots and more electronic assistance helping stabilise the plane, so that might make the process of landing actually easier in some ways. Plus, a smaller plane is far more susceptible to turbulence and shearing forces, which might be an added problem all on its own.
Whilst it hasn't happened, nowadays all you really need to do is to be able to guide the person into keying in the auto-pilot into the correct auto-pilot (and subsequently the auto-landing) modes; the flying can all be done by the auto-pilot itself. (see "I'm not a pilot. Can I land a 737?" by Tom Scott and MentourPIlot) It's definitely still a hypothetical but way more possible compared to the scenario in this episode; something pointed out by the Subject Matter Expert in the conclusion of this episode.
Though one kind of instance shows the problem with the scenario. In 2005 Helios 522 had it's pressurization system off and the pilots didn't notice and they passed out. The plane kept flying until it reached Athens and went into a holding pattern but the auto-pilot wouldn't land until given the command to. A flight attendent kept himself conscious via bottled oxygen but the radio was set to the place the plane departed from and he didn't know how to operate it. So the plane crashed.
@@Lykas_mitts Helios 522 kind of showed the problem with the scenario. If you don't know how to operate the radio to get in contact with the ground then it's kinda hard to receive any instructions.
Did you not watch this exact episode that you commented on they were both talked down in simulator the closest anybody would allow them to attempt this in a large aircraft not to mention if you are calm at the time and you have a knowledgeable person giving you instruction you can absolutely follow without flaw provided you can see properly so cut the stupidity and enjoy the show
It’s so funny how they could figure out the 4000 feet in 90 seconds myth by doing some very basic physics but instead they chose to drop a dummy out of a plane just for the fun of it
Can a civilian land an airplane without any pilot training with help from a ATC? Absolutely, has happened at least a few times in fact but all of the cases have been in small personal aircraft or a small plane, it has never happened in a large passenger or cargo jet that i'm aware of. Also Adam's storyline of both pilot and co pilot being incapacitated by food poisoning and a civilian being forced to land the plane will never occur on a commerical airliner. Both pilots are required to eat different meals if they eat in flight so if one of them does get sick, the other can take control and land the plane. I'm not a pilot but i'm am a aviation geek and love commerical airplanes, Boeing 767-200 series in particular, especially Air Canada Flight 143, lovingly known as the Gimli Glider.
I’m a flight instructor and I’m confident if I was an airline pilot I could talk someone down using autopilot with auto land capability. Hand flying an airliner, I think the odds are slim. If it’s a small aircraft like a Cessna I could talk someone down. I give myself 50/50 odds depending on the persons personality and technical inclination.
I like how the episode punctuates 'Captain' Jamie's statement that "I'd say this is gonna be a little bit of a rough landing" with a musical excitement sting taken straight from the 1966 Star Trek TV show. 6:40
Idk if it’d make a difference, but I’d like to have seen them do the mid dive conversation between Grant and the instructor he was attached to, because Keanu was holding onto Patrick in the scene, so they were a lot closer than Dan was to Grant
That looks like a simulator of an A320 series aircraft, so as I understand, it should come with flight envelope protections: it will let you fly into the ground, but it won’t let you stall (in normal law).
It is not. It says it simulates "a generic airliner" so it takes the sidestick from airbus (which ist really an airbus sidestick to begin with) and the Autopilot from Boeing along with tons of generic stuff.
crazy that no one ever had to land a commercial plane but there are 20+ stories of students first time or just flying to have instructor have heart attack and have to be landed by air control, remember they said "IN A COMMERCIAL" setting NOT PRIVATE airplanes.
Ask any skydiver and they would have told you: 1. you have about 10 sec MAX of freefall time from 4000 ft. 2. If you get really close and shout really loud, you MIGHT get a few words through. 3. Freefall in "spreadeagle" is about 100 mph. No-lift dive is over 200 mph. They can do the math at how long it would take someone to catch up.
@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 Maybe so but a larger plane takes a lot longer to react, hence a lot longer to recover from undesirable states. Getting slow in a cub is a simble matter of pitching the nise down and adding some throttle maybe losing 10 feet, whereas and a 321 like shown in this video would require the same imputs but losing vastly more altitude (think hundres of feet) given how long the engines take to spool (~4 seconds) and the amount of airspeed required to be gained to arrest the descent rate.
Think the 4,000ft drop time should be re-done. They measured 4,000ft above sea-level (that’s what aircraft altimeters read) and did not drop the dummy from 4,000ft AGL (above ground level).
That button empties the lavatory toilet in case a passenger clogs it jk. There’s a joystick on both sides for each pilot, the red button is for switching control of the plane between them
I love how it says courtesy of Microsoft corporation for the graphics.. when now as long as you got a new age Xbox you can play simulator games yourself :P
I still say that the free fall catch up thing was kind of busted given that he only just caught them. To have caught them and acted out a scene like in the movie they’d have had to have jumped out of a spaceship!
And here again we say Kari doing what she does in every other episode...nothing. Cheerleading while the guys take all the risks and do all the work. I'm still convinced she had something on someone to keep her job for so long.
It’s great that they concluded one skydiver could catch another skydiver with a 15 sec. Delay, but does anyone know what would happen if they made contact at that speed? 250mph catching 120mph. I’m no good at math, but is that 130mph hitting a dead stop?
That scene in airplane doesn't happen in real life when it comes to pilot eating the same thing. Just in case there is a chance of one who gets food poisoning.
I'm pretty sure on long commercial flights, the pilots aren't allowed to eat the same meal specifically to avoid them both potentially getting food poisoning. However, if the pilots both became incapacitated, and someone else inside the commercial air line filled with people needed to land the plane, why wouldn't the flight attendant(s) do it? They certainly have more experience with flights than any single person on the commute. They've probably been in the cockpit more than any other person on the plane (that isn't a pilot). They may even have some knowledge of how to fly the plane. I'd much rather an attendant take the yoke over a random person with zero experience.
Your idea is actually the policy most airlines have. The different meals thing is very real, because of potential food poisoning. If one of the pilots is out, flight attendants ask if there are any Commercial/Military/Private pilots among the passengers, and if there is, the remaining pilot enlists them to talk on the radio and read checklists. If not, then either the lead flight attendant will be enlisted as help, or the remaining pilot will fly solo. (this has happened a few times if one of the pilots has a medical emergency in flight, usually heart problems) If both pilots are out, the flight attendants would ask for any Commercial/Military/Private pilots among the passengers, put them in charge, and provide as much help as they can. If there are no trained pilots among the passengers, then the flight attendants will take over and try to land themselves. (neither of these situations have ever happened on a commercial flight). The only time a uninitiated passenger would be entrusted with the airplane is if the entire crew is incapacitated, and no other passengers step forward.
@@-caesarian-6078the big issue with a dual pilot incapacitation is that the door to the cockpit is locked and armored so unless one of the pilots realized they were fading away and opened the door the passengers would be SOL.
Why would you need to throw something from a plane to see how long it takes to hit the ground from 4,000ft? The math is quite simple. Also, we all know that you can't hear a thing falling at that velocity, so again, it's just ridiculous.
Funny enough, a passenger landing tge aircraft has happened a couple of times in General Aviation. Once with an old man. Once with an old lady. Once with a young guy and I forget who the rest were.
That last catchup stunt is a busted stunt cuz after catching up to the free fall diver , theres got to b time to cling on to the diver then pull the shoot... that is an impossible move.... catching up yes but its not the full stunt... the re enactment has to confirm whether the full stunt is possible or not... so that is a bust for sure...mythbusters trying to pull a cheeky one 😂😂😂😂
No passenger has ever landed a commercial jet, but it doesnt mean that its never been attempted. There was a flight where the pilots didnt pressurize the fuselage and everyone ended up passing out and one of the flight attendants who had found oxygen tank and had a private pilots license ended up crashing it away from a populated area in Greece.
It's kinda mind-blowing that an elderly woman landed a small plane in the same scenario, her husband died ( heart attack ) while they were flying together and she was talking to the control tower about how to land the plane and she made it. If you don't believe me there's a clip here on UA-cam I'm sure you can find it
26:54 thats what they call a fly by wire plane? there is no control wheel? no physical imput to the Flight control surfaces? what if the computers shut down? they could still fly using that stick?
Not in an airbus, such as the one they were flying. The side stick is not attaced to any of the flight control surfaces. Its a box that is connected to computers via wires that control the flight surfaces.
The 90 second fall from 4000ft didn't need testing. However, from 4,000 feet, with a 15 second head-start, Swayze may have already opened his parachute before Reeve overhauled him ①. Mythbusters didn't tell us the intercept time. It's be impossible for Reeve's to grab and hold Swayze at over 120mph. Hitting the parachute might kill them both. With a 90 second free-fall, and if Reeves's character knew what he was doing, a good tactic might be immediately shoot Swayze in the head. Then bundle the body backwards out of the harness, do his best to get into the harness, and release the parachute ASAP. Not such a good story though. 🤔 Best Wishes MythBusters. ☮ ① Skydiving schools estimate terminal velocity (average 120 mph) is reached in 5-10 seconds, and a fall of 1,000, to 1,500 feet. From similar sources, _experienced_ sky divers open at 2000feet, which leaves 500feet safety margin, so open above 1,500 feet. So one scenario is 10 seconds, fallen 1,500 feet, and opening after a further 1,000 feet travelling at 120mph (176feet/second). Those 1,000 feet take 1000/175 = 5.7 seconds. So Swayze opens the parachute after 15.7 seconds, 0.7 seconds after Reeve's character jumps out of the airplane. Another scenario is 5 seconds to 120mph terminal velocity at 1,000 feet, then falling 1,500 feet before opening the parachute 1,500/176 = 8.5 seconds. Reeve's sees the parachute open 1.5 seconds _before_ jumping from the airplane. Conclusion: Reeves is approaching at 120mph to parachutist Swayze falling at 17mph. Reeves is very unlikely to survive, but could kill them both.
For being scientists/engineers you sure have some goofy ways of getting answers. You could have figured out how long someone free falls from 4000 feet with a calculator. What hell are you pushing a dummy out of a plane for?
Why? Because this is a TV show… And the idea is to keep people entertained while teaching them something. Every myth is tested in such bombastic methods for viewer retention. When this was airing on TV it was often one of the top 100 most viewed shows, where as lectures about scientific theory being broadcast were pulling minimal viewing numbers.
It can be fairly common in light aircraft with mixed result but this is mainly because they don't have common gauge and control surface locations for the atc controller to know
@@allanshpeley4284 Still hasn't happened with a commercial liner, and considering the myth is pretty old, most people definitely wouldn't have known how to fly/land a 707.
@@gavbarker8689 which part of the comment implied that his achievements were unappreciated? The statement merely points out the unpredictability of mortality. Get a life.
This show bamboozled me. As a kid I thought this was how you did science. Then I went to college and we just did math…..
To be fair, you need math to do a lot of the stuff they did. So it certainly helps.
I mean they do a lot of math in some experiments but the edit doesn't linger on it for long. Just not as compelling TV. College science, kind of depends on what your field is. Chemistry and physics obviously rely on it a ton, and you have to take the basics at least no matter what your field is.
Eh what ya seen as a kid was the fun part, they never shown all the planning that went into the experiments.😂
They did lots of math. It’s just boring to show that part on TV. 😅😅😅
“The overwhelming ray of instruments and alarms are… well, overwhelming… and alarming.”
Array?
“Looks like we’re going over some kind of population center, let’s see if we can go faster “
Plane - "PULL UP, PULL UP!"
Jamie - "Ow shut up"
😂
9:01 fun story, my dad once landed an A7 without landing gear. He always said any landing you walk away from is a good one, and he did manage to walk away from that one. Well, he ran, because the plane was on fire by the time he ejected. But you get it.
Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. Any landing where you can use the plane afterwards is an excellent landing.
Grant, after his jump, ecstatically hopping out of the plane...
"I'm alive! I'm alive".
Heartbreaking 😢 RIP, Grant.
May have lost Grant too soon, but at least all of his smiles, laughs, jokes, and creativity is still up here for all of us to remember him by and celebrate. RIP dude
"Can anyone here fly a plane?"
"No, but I am Jamie Hyneman"
"That'll Do..."
They broke the simulator which is such a mythbuster thing. Adam Savage tested not sure which ep it was.
I'm kind of shocked that Grant didn't suggest to build a skydiving robot😂 ❤Grant
The consistent lesson in all of these aviation myths is that while speed is cool, speed also kills. Most people don't understand how fast planes fly, how slow most planes must be in order to land safely (yet not so slow as to lose too much lift), how fast we drop from the sky, and how little time we have to react to emergencies.
Here's something often overlooked with the "could a passenger land the jet" scenario: as they say, it is 100% possible for a passenger to program the airliner to autoland, but there's a problem. Put someone with no experience into the flight deck and say "get ATC on the radio and ask for help." Unless you know how to do that, you're already done for.
i remember your reddit username lmao
Well, the radios should already be tuned in tons frequency, so you'll probably be talking to someone.
Fun fact: when they change frequencies to talk to someone else, you are probably talking to someone sitting in a different cubicle or desk in the same building.
@@JoshuaTootell Wow, as a major airline pilot I had no idea, thanks Joshua.
@@JoshuaTootell if your flying IFR then you have ATC flight following 100 percent of the way. Major Airliners are a part 121 operation they are always on a IFR flight plan. In route your handed off to multiple different Controllers servicing a major area depending on your route. Also i believe 121.5 is the freq to listen too for EFT triggers or pilots in distress using the radio on that freq. sorry i had to nerd out here! i miss flying :(
It's already tuned in.
23:06 that's got to be the nicest tandem skydiving landing that I've ever seen.
Edit: kept watching the episode and Tory's landing was equally as nice. The tandem skydiver used for both jumps is one skilled guy.
Well... That is his job..
Honestly, going through that flight sim and being talked into how to land a jetliner by a pro is so cool. It's a thing I've wanted to do ever since I learned of the existence of these simulators from this very episode, back when it first aired. Not a wish that'll likely ever be granted, but damn wouldn't that be cool. Kind of like an escape room but with a much, much higher bill if you break something.
Simulator experiences are possible and not insanely expensive! Depending on where you live there are some good options
There is a significant difference between landing a piper cub and a large passenger Jet. There have been several instances of people being talked down in small planes.
Yeah I was about to point that out. I feel like them researching the instances where this actually happened in smaller planes would have been useful.
Large passenger jets are different to fly than smaller planes, but passenger jets have autopilots and more electronic assistance helping stabilise the plane, so that might make the process of landing actually easier in some ways. Plus, a smaller plane is far more susceptible to turbulence and shearing forces, which might be an added problem all on its own.
Whilst it hasn't happened, nowadays all you really need to do is to be able to guide the person into keying in the auto-pilot into the correct auto-pilot (and subsequently the auto-landing) modes; the flying can all be done by the auto-pilot itself. (see "I'm not a pilot. Can I land a 737?" by Tom Scott and MentourPIlot)
It's definitely still a hypothetical but way more possible compared to the scenario in this episode; something pointed out by the Subject Matter Expert in the conclusion of this episode.
Though one kind of instance shows the problem with the scenario. In 2005 Helios 522 had it's pressurization system off and the pilots didn't notice and they passed out. The plane kept flying until it reached Athens and went into a holding pattern but the auto-pilot wouldn't land until given the command to. A flight attendent kept himself conscious via bottled oxygen but the radio was set to the place the plane departed from and he didn't know how to operate it. So the plane crashed.
@@Lykas_mitts Helios 522 kind of showed the problem with the scenario. If you don't know how to operate the radio to get in contact with the ground then it's kinda hard to receive any instructions.
Did you not watch this exact episode that you commented on they were both talked down in simulator the closest anybody would allow them to attempt this in a large aircraft not to mention if you are calm at the time and you have a knowledgeable person giving you instruction you can absolutely follow without flaw provided you can see properly so cut the stupidity and enjoy the show
It’s so funny how they could figure out the 4000 feet in 90 seconds myth by doing some very basic physics but instead they chose to drop a dummy out of a plane just for the fun of it
Can a civilian land an airplane without any pilot training with help from a ATC? Absolutely, has happened at least a few times in fact but all of the cases have been in small personal aircraft or a small plane, it has never happened in a large passenger or cargo jet that i'm aware of. Also Adam's storyline of both pilot and co pilot being incapacitated by food poisoning and a civilian being forced to land the plane will never occur on a commerical airliner. Both pilots are required to eat different meals if they eat in flight so if one of them does get sick, the other can take control and land the plane. I'm not a pilot but i'm am a aviation geek and love commerical airplanes, Boeing 767-200 series in particular, especially Air Canada Flight 143, lovingly known as the Gimli Glider.
"The salmon mousse". Great Monty Python reference.
Passenger; "So are we landing or what?"....
Pilot; "..........I don't .....................I don't know" 😀9:27
I’m a flight instructor and I’m confident if I was an airline pilot I could talk someone down using autopilot with auto land capability. Hand flying an airliner, I think the odds are slim.
If it’s a small aircraft like a Cessna I could talk someone down. I give myself 50/50 odds depending on the persons personality and technical inclination.
I like how the episode punctuates 'Captain' Jamie's statement that "I'd say this is gonna be a little bit of a rough landing" with a musical excitement sting taken straight from the 1966 Star Trek TV show. 6:40
I jumped out of the same airplane when I did a tandem skydive back in 2009, also with Sky Dance Sky Diving in Davis, CA.
The freefall catch is pretty cool.
Idk if it’d make a difference, but I’d like to have seen them do the mid dive conversation between Grant and the instructor he was attached to, because Keanu was holding onto Patrick in the scene, so they were a lot closer than Dan was to Grant
I mean... They could have just asked the instructor if he can talk to the people he's attached to..
@@RedTail1-1 exactly what I said
Been there, done that. It's entirely possible to talk to your instructor in free fall. They got that one wrong.
@ well then I’d argue that’s movie myth confirmed
As an airline pilot this was entertaining to watch
"put your tray tables in a fully upright position, make sure you have all your seatbelts engaged, and kiss your ass goodbye."
That looks like a simulator of an A320 series aircraft, so as I understand, it should come with flight envelope protections: it will let you fly into the ground, but it won’t let you stall (in normal law).
It is not. It says it simulates "a generic airliner" so it takes the sidestick from airbus (which ist really an airbus sidestick to begin with) and the Autopilot from Boeing along with tons of generic stuff.
29:05 is never happened on a commercial flight, but it's definitely happened on small planes quite a few times
Kari❤
crazy that no one ever had to land a commercial plane but there are 20+ stories of students first time or just flying to have instructor have heart attack and have to be landed by air control, remember they said "IN A COMMERCIAL" setting NOT PRIVATE airplanes.
One of my favourite episodes out of S5
4:34 it's the microsoft flight simulator at nasa
FS9 yep
RIP Grant
Ask any skydiver and they would have told you:
1. you have about 10 sec MAX of freefall time from 4000 ft.
2. If you get really close and shout really loud, you MIGHT get a few words through.
3. Freefall in "spreadeagle" is about 100 mph. No-lift dive is over 200 mph. They can do the math at how long it would take someone to catch up.
"They don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test"
Plain " pull up", "trainne"
Guy #2 "ok"! Yanks up the yoke and stalls the plain immediately!!
I probably wouldn't do any better so no shame! 😂
The airplane situation happened in Florida months ago. The person did land the plane successfully with the tower help
It was a small plane, they said commercial airliner.
yea, havent someone landed commercial airliner too? i can remember one show on national geographic@@minttablett780
Remember; this episode aired a decade and a half ago.
@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 Maybe so but a larger plane takes a lot longer to react, hence a lot longer to recover from undesirable states. Getting slow in a cub is a simble matter of pitching the nise down and adding some throttle maybe losing 10 feet, whereas and a 321 like shown in this video would require the same imputs but losing vastly more altitude (think hundres of feet) given how long the engines take to spool (~4 seconds) and the amount of airspeed required to be gained to arrest the descent rate.
Big difference in a air traffic controller and a pilot talking you down...
18:02 caution was enough for him to figure out that he did in fact pull up
*woop woop* "Don't think!" 😂
Actually saying, "Don't sink."
Landing with ATC -- did happen a few times with GA (Smaller plane). One of this, her husband died and she landed.
Thing is, in the movie 'Airplane!', the guy that came in to fly the plane was a pilot in WWII.
Miss this show. I saw grant twice in person. Great presentations.
It's also somewhat easier to land with bigger plane. The autopilot can actually do that. It's just matter of programming in where.
Yeah.... as long as you can figure out where the autopilot IS (and modern passenger jets have a VERY complex system of "autopilot")
@@lloydsumpter7735if they have time/fuel and nothing is damaged (which is unlikely if both pilots are unconscious) it's possible.
Think the 4,000ft drop time should be re-done. They measured 4,000ft above sea-level (that’s what aircraft altimeters read) and did not drop the dummy from 4,000ft AGL (above ground level).
given the recent history, no1 can be talk into successfully landing a boeing plane🤣
:'D why is there a red button at the joystick? press the red one! PRESS IIIIIIT!
That button empties the lavatory toilet in case a passenger clogs it
jk. There’s a joystick on both sides for each pilot, the red button is for switching control of the plane between them
24:26 Oooh! Bloody Hell that was close!!?!
I love how it says courtesy of Microsoft corporation for the graphics.. when now as long as you got a new age Xbox you can play simulator games yourself :P
Catagory 3 instrument approach is also called auto land in transport class aircraft.
I still say that the free fall catch up thing was kind of busted given that he only just caught them. To have caught them and acted out a scene like in the movie they’d have had to have jumped out of a spaceship!
joystick to the side of the pilot seat, this isn't a generic aircraft its an airbus lol
I forgot how cheezy the acting was on this show
39:40 i nearly fell out of my chair! hahaha
11:18 this feels a lot like a regualr show scene can't figure out why tho
Wow they got Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze
Unpopular opinion, the new point break is way better than the original
Was the skydiving plane with the dummy VFR into IMC 😂
All the myths were busted when they go to the dropzone. Fun to watch tho.
28:42 FSX is the sim.
And here again we say Kari doing what she does in every other episode...nothing. Cheerleading while the guys take all the risks and do all the work. I'm still convinced she had something on someone to keep her job for so long.
Ladies and gentlemen this is your captain screaming *large inhale* AHHHHHH
It’s great that they concluded one skydiver could catch another skydiver with a 15 sec. Delay, but does anyone know what would happen if they made contact at that speed? 250mph catching 120mph. I’m no good at math, but is that 130mph hitting a dead stop?
Always wanted to be a pilot. And I've ALWAYS wanted to try one of those simulators to see if my basic knowledge of flying can be put to work
There's nothing stopping you from being a pilot as long as you can afford flight lessons
Getting a Private Pilot License requires ~40 hours of flying - not hundreds. Granted, an ATPL requires 1500 these days ...
Pilots don't hold licenses. They're called certificates.
@@trailcamfinds9401 Only between 65deg West and 127 deg West. The rest of the planet calls it "license".
@@odril we were the first to powered flight. We're right
23:08 Grant is saying "I'm alive, I'm alive" but he's not he's been dead for years
damn son. Well he was. And so full of life back then too
34:27 Some people believe this how Grant started to develop that Barry anyeruism that would be his doom later
I’m not 100% sure but I believe this is entirely possible.
And funnily enough it’s exactly what I thought when that scene was on.
23:17 - "Grant may be alive."
😢
well...
It should be illegal to be paid to have this much fun, but I'm glad it isn't.
they will tell you how to turn the autopilot on, planes can land and fly by themselfs
RIP SkyKing
RIP Grant Imahara
That scene in airplane doesn't happen in real life when it comes to pilot eating the same thing. Just in case there is a chance of one who gets food poisoning.
Did anyone else understand the salmon mousse reference am I alone?
There are just as many adds as when it aired on TV.
probs to the cameraman going down with the speed guy
Shame one of the guys seems so unhappy 😢
I'm pretty sure on long commercial flights, the pilots aren't allowed to eat the same meal specifically to avoid them both potentially getting food poisoning. However, if the pilots both became incapacitated, and someone else inside the commercial air line filled with people needed to land the plane, why wouldn't the flight attendant(s) do it? They certainly have more experience with flights than any single person on the commute. They've probably been in the cockpit more than any other person on the plane (that isn't a pilot). They may even have some knowledge of how to fly the plane. I'd much rather an attendant take the yoke over a random person with zero experience.
Your idea is actually the policy most airlines have. The different meals thing is very real, because of potential food poisoning.
If one of the pilots is out, flight attendants ask if there are any Commercial/Military/Private pilots among the passengers, and if there is, the remaining pilot enlists them to talk on the radio and read checklists. If not, then either the lead flight attendant will be enlisted as help, or the remaining pilot will fly solo. (this has happened a few times if one of the pilots has a medical emergency in flight, usually heart problems)
If both pilots are out, the flight attendants would ask for any Commercial/Military/Private pilots among the passengers, put them in charge, and provide as much help as they can. If there are no trained pilots among the passengers, then the flight attendants will take over and try to land themselves. (neither of these situations have ever happened on a commercial flight).
The only time a uninitiated passenger would be entrusted with the airplane is if the entire crew is incapacitated, and no other passengers step forward.
@@-caesarian-6078the big issue with a dual pilot incapacitation is that the door to the cockpit is locked and armored so unless one of the pilots realized they were fading away and opened the door the passengers would be SOL.
Why would you need to throw something from a plane to see how long it takes to hit the ground from 4,000ft? The math is quite simple. Also, we all know that you can't hear a thing falling at that velocity, so again, it's just ridiculous.
nice
Funny enough, a passenger landing tge aircraft has happened a couple of times in General Aviation.
Once with an old man.
Once with an old lady.
Once with a young guy and I forget who the rest were.
okay but did kari get to skydive
That last catchup stunt is a busted stunt cuz after catching up to the free fall diver , theres got to b time to cling on to the diver then pull the shoot... that is an impossible move.... catching up yes but its not the full stunt... the re enactment has to confirm whether the full stunt is possible or not... so that is a bust for sure...mythbusters trying to pull a cheeky one 😂😂😂😂
Wondering what commercial aircraft this simulator is based off of…
None specifically. Its very generic. I guess it could be NASA's testbed for cockpit designs, or just a fairly basic Multicrew trainer
No passenger has ever landed a commercial jet, but it doesnt mean that its never been attempted. There was a flight where the pilots didnt pressurize the fuselage and everyone ended up passing out and one of the flight attendants who had found oxygen tank and had a private pilots license ended up crashing it away from a populated area in Greece.
No. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed.
Rip grant
It's kinda mind-blowing that an elderly woman landed a small plane in the same scenario, her husband died ( heart attack ) while they were flying together and she was talking to the control tower about how to land the plane and she made it.
If you don't believe me there's a clip here on UA-cam I'm sure you can find it
i miss grant
26:54 thats what they call a fly by wire plane? there is no control wheel? no physical imput to the Flight control surfaces? what if the computers shut down? they could still fly using that stick?
Not in an airbus, such as the one they were flying. The side stick is not attaced to any of the flight control surfaces. Its a box that is connected to computers via wires that control the flight surfaces.
Highly entertaining, but the dialogues...eek! 😂
The best part about these being on UA-cam is skipping passed Adam’s ridiculous fake accents
😂
Kind of annoying seeing Jaime treat the simulator like a video game and acting like a child...
Well, if Terry knew what Boeing does in 2023/2024...
What is it you think they do?
The 90 second fall from 4000ft didn't need testing. However, from 4,000 feet, with a 15 second head-start, Swayze may have already opened his parachute before Reeve overhauled him ①. Mythbusters didn't tell us the intercept time. It's be impossible for Reeve's to grab and hold Swayze at over 120mph. Hitting the parachute might kill them both. With a 90 second free-fall, and if Reeves's character knew what he was doing, a good tactic might be immediately shoot Swayze in the head. Then bundle the body backwards out of the harness, do his best to get into the harness, and release the parachute ASAP. Not such a good story though. 🤔
Best Wishes MythBusters. ☮
① Skydiving schools estimate terminal velocity (average 120 mph) is reached in 5-10 seconds, and a fall of 1,000, to 1,500 feet.
From similar sources, _experienced_ sky divers open at 2000feet, which leaves 500feet safety margin, so open above 1,500 feet.
So one scenario is 10 seconds, fallen 1,500 feet, and opening after a further 1,000 feet travelling at 120mph (176feet/second). Those 1,000 feet take 1000/175 = 5.7 seconds. So Swayze opens the parachute after 15.7 seconds, 0.7 seconds after Reeve's character jumps out of the airplane.
Another scenario is 5 seconds to 120mph terminal velocity at 1,000 feet, then falling 1,500 feet before opening the parachute 1,500/176 = 8.5 seconds. Reeve's sees the parachute open 1.5 seconds _before_ jumping from the airplane.
Conclusion: Reeves is approaching at 120mph to parachutist Swayze falling at 17mph. Reeves is very unlikely to survive, but could kill them both.
For being scientists/engineers you sure have some goofy ways of getting answers. You could have figured out how long someone free falls from 4000 feet with a calculator. What hell are you pushing a dummy out of a plane for?
Why? Because this is a TV show…
And the idea is to keep people entertained while teaching them something.
Every myth is tested in such bombastic methods for viewer retention.
When this was airing on TV it was often one of the top 100 most viewed shows, where as lectures about scientific theory being broadcast were pulling minimal viewing numbers.
Would you please post the airing date or at least the date at which the episode was shot?
December 12th, 2007
10 seconds on google is all it takes.
@@TheGreatThicc Thanks, but since this is posted by the official channel, I'm sure they know how to get the dates.
You know it’s not uncommon for airline pilots to be traveling as passengers on airliners?
Someone who has no idea about flying a plane will never get it down safe. Pilots will never eat the same food.
Though, It has happened since the episode, at least a couple times. Weird.
They not only proved it is possible to talk someone safely down to the ground, but it's happened in real life. Maybe you should think before you post.
@@allanshpeley4284 Pretty sure that's what I said, Also mentioned it happen more than once....🙃
It can be fairly common in light aircraft with mixed result but this is mainly because they don't have common gauge and control surface locations for the atc controller to know
@@allanshpeley4284 Still hasn't happened with a commercial liner, and considering the myth is pretty old, most people definitely wouldn't have known how to fly/land a 707.
Stopped watching when the annoying new crew came on
OH NO!!!!!! Anyway….
@ it took longer than I thought for one of their fanboys to come out 😂😂 at least someone will watch their garbage.
@ it took longer than I thought for one of their fanboys to come out 😂😂 at least someone will watch their garbage.
@ @ it took longer than I thought for one of their fanboys to come out 😂😂 at least someone will watch their garbage.
@ @ it took longer than I thought for one of their fanboys to come out 😂😂 at least someone will watch their garbage.
Bugün 6 aralık çarşamba ve sevgilim myhtbusters izlemediğini söyledi inanamıyorum her like bi yazıklar olsun
23:15 Grant: I'm alive!!!! Unfortunately, little did he know it wasn't for long
That depends on your definition of long.
He did loads in his amazing 50 years on planet earth, what have you done? horrible person leaving that comment!
@@gavbarker8689 which part of the comment implied that his achievements were unappreciated? The statement merely points out the unpredictability of mortality. Get a life.
That's a comment only served by people who hits below the belt.
Why that female? Why? This show went down. Imahuiro, amd that random dude!?