Comments on: Video: Car + 650mph rocket sled = 650mph rocket sled – car

By: Mythbusters go car bustin’ | All About Car

Mythbusters go car bustin’ | All About Car — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:04:43 +0000

[...] Here’s a video of the Mythbusters doing what they do, and in that process, putting a car in the way of a rocket sled going 650mph. Predictably enough, there isn’t much left of the car, and when they show the slowmotion video, the sled crushes the car with such ease, the car might as well have been made of butter. It’s stuff like this that makes Mythbusters awesome, also, they have many other “uses.” As John Biggs at CrunchGear puts it, “Incidentally this reminds me of a great pick-up line: “Hey, ladies, which of the Mythbusters do I most resemble.” Great way to break the ice.” Via: CrunchGear [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:45:25 +0000

I watched this episode and it was incredible!

By: [Video] Crash Test Rockets: Auto Crash-Test mit Raketen | Motorfieber das Auto-Blog

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:38:38 +0000

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By: Valerie H. MacEwan

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:13:44 +0000

Hey, I powdered my dad’s Fiat when I was in high school. At least that’s what the insurance claim said…

By: Mythbusters Use Two-stage Rocket Sled to Powder a Car - Ben.geek.nz

Mythbusters Use Two-stage Rocket Sled to Powder a Car - Ben.geek.nz — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:13:28 +0000

[...] this Mythbusters video, Jamie and Adam use a poor excuse (can a car disappear in a crash between two trucks?) to fire a [...]

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:58:34 +0000

I love engineered things that are so unusual they make you look several times to see if it actually happened.

The speed of that sled in the non-slowmo video is a beautiful thing.