Episode 2: Alaska Special 2
The gang make a return trip to Alaska where they will attempt to build a boat from Pykrete and make experiments with a V-shaped snowplow.
The gang make a return trip to Alaska where they will attempt to build a boat from Pykrete and make experiments with a V-shaped snowplow.
The team test four fables which involve a demolition derby, to fulfill their need to mash some metal.
In "Birds in a Truck," Adam and Jamie tackle Sir Isaac Newton's founding principle of thermodynamics and the law of conservation of momentum. They're looking into a physics' classroom urban myth. If birds in a truck take flight do they lighten the load? Watch to see if the 'Busters will be outsmarted by a flock of pigeons ... Meanwhile, Grant, Tory and Kari become crime scene investigators. A photo found on the Net shows a speedboat impaled on a channel marker, almost neatly split in half. In an effort to get to the bottom of this watery fender bender, our intrepid CSI team goes on a high-speed joyride. Source: Discovery.com
Myths (re)visited: - can a sword cut through a gun barrel - stop a car window from breaking by holding it - revisit the "meat missile" - more truck gasoline efficiency tests: tailgate up, tailgate down, no tailgate, mesh tailgate or hard cover over bed