Mythbusters Awning Fall

Find out if a series of awnings will break your fall should you jump out a window courtesy of the mythbusters.

Mythbusters awning fall.

There is no consistent system for organizing mythbusters episodes into seasons the show does not follow a typical calendar of on and off air periods. Awning fall setup show more 46 photos 6 495 views. See on the set with the mythbustersfor my recounting of watching this myth. In 2006 mythbusters did a whole two hour special on movie myths including the often seen one where a person falls out of a window hits an awning and then lands mostly unscathed at ground level.

How about multiple awnings as seen in indiana jones and the temple of doom or jackie chan s project a. So could an awning really save you from a fall. Plausible buster was broken into pieces during the fall but survived his fall according to the shock sensors with less than lethal but still serious injuries. I wrote this beforethe episode aired which is why it goes to great lengths to not talk about the actual myth or results.

The test dummy was shown to survive albeit the strain gauges indicate that serious injury was likely to occur. A person can fall through layers of awnings and survive. The official mythbusters website lists episodes by calendar year. In indiana jones and the temple of doom indiana jumps out of a window and awnings safely break his fall.

Find out if a series of awnings will break your fall should you jump out a window courtesy of the mythbusters. Tory then demonstrated the movie method of using pre cut awnings and safety wires after adam was prevented by the show s insurance from doing it himself. Mythbusters is a science entertainment tv program created and produced by australia s beyond television productions for the discovery channel.