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Just seen you guys now.
I'm not nervous at all.
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Storm's coming in.
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Forty miles an hour.
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Okay.
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We got some
major sway.
Oh, some sway?
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Oh, my God.
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All right, now we're gonna
try to accelerate.
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Oh, my God.
Oh oh.
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Oh, my God.
It's going...
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It's going, oh, my God.
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Oh!
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Meet the team.
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We'll be at work in no time!
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This might be
the miracle coolant
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that everybody's been
searching for.
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With the mechanical
expertise...
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My main concern
is structural integrity.
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I think this is gonna work.
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To test all things
automotive.
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That was beautiful.
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The more air we push through,
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the more fuel
we'll siphon out,
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and boom!
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This is Motor MythBusters.
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This is the weirdest thing
I've ever seen.
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Where science...
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meets the streets.
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- Tory.
- Yes.
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- Faye.
- Yes.
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Something bad happened
to me this weekend.
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- Really?
- What happened?
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I was towing this Porche
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and my trailer started doing,
something like this.
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- You see that?
- Your trailer--
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- My trailer was doing that.
- I'm seeing it.
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- Yeah there you go.
- So that's
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- exactly what happened.
- So, your trailer
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- started swaying?
- Yes.
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I started fishtailing
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- and it was...
- And and then you
you went into like pucker
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- factor 4.
- Yes, you can say that.
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You should've been there
it was frightening and--
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I'm glad I wasn't there.
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Luckily, I recovered
the vehicle.
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- Okay.
- Trailer sway can
be extremely dangerous
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and it looks just like this.
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- Camping with my dad.
- See.
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Going over the lines.
Oh sh--
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Look at that.
Oh, dude!
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Oh my goodness, see.
Oh look at
all those people.
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Look at it.
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Oh, my God,
it's still go--
Oh that's not good.
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Well, what's crazy is
it didn't flip the vehicle,
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- Yeah.
- it just flipped
the trailer.
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But it got me thinking
about a myth.
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So many things can
cause that phenomenon
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- of fishtailing
and sway.
- Yup.
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It could be the wind.
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Oh, I have
experience with that.
I had a Toyota micro minivini,
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- So, that would do it.
- so, camper.
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If we have a vehicle
with a much larger
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- wheelbase doing the towing,
- Oh.
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you have a less chance
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of experiencing that
scary effect.
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What if somebody loaded
the trailer terribly?
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- Yes, Tory.
- I'm not naming
any names, I'm just saying.
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- In my infinite wisdom,
- What if?
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I did something like this.
So, I had a rear engine car
that I went forward in
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so I had all this weight in
the back of my trailer.
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I had a lot of weight.
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You notice
what's happening?
Yes.
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- Oh, my God.
- Less...
Less weight
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is on those back wheels
and now they're not
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- on the road as securely
as they should be.
- On the road.
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I mean, it,
it actually is like
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forcing the back
of the truck up.
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Give me some
Faye winds
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and let's see what happens.
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Look,
that's fishtailing.
That scary.
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- Oh my goodness
- Oh, God!
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- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God he's swaying
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- I think you'd be having
a heart attack right now.
- Yes, I would.
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This is a serious matter.
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Over 50,000 accidents
happen annually
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based upon this phenomenon.
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The myth I want
to focus on is this.
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If we experience
trailer sway on a truck,
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can we straighten it out
by accelerating?
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Isn't that like the exact
opposite of what they say?
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I'm pretty sure that
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the safe thing to do is like,
hit the trailer brakes.
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You would think that.
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Let's see what happens
when we apply the rear brakes.
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You can either apply
brakes to your trailer...
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- Wow. All right.
- We're back straight.
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- Sturdiness, okay.
- Or go faster,
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elongating the wheelbase
to give us some integrity,
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and it will give us
the same effect.
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So, just power through it?
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- Power through it.
- If you get,
If you start swaying,
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if you get fishtailed,
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- power through it.
- Well, that's the myth.
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- All right.
- And let's see
if that's possible.
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Well, it's not
the safest solution,
but let's see if it works.
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I might sit
this one out, you guys.
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This is scary and serious.
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- Yeah.
- It sounds like,
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I mean, it sounds like
the perfect myth.
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We could potentially
be saving lives.
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- Oh, so, we just need
to do this full scale.
- Yes.
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All we need is
a truck and a trailer.
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I'll find a red one.
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It's an all
too common phenomenon.
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But is acceleration
the answer?
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Is Bisi's hypothesis
a highway help
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or potentially fatal fiction?
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Oh!
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It looks just like your model.
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- Isn't that
perfect?
- It's perfect.
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We proved with
the small scale
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that we
can create that swing.
Right
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Now we have to see it
with the full scale
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if we can recreate
that same exact fishtailing.
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We get this wrong...
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Our lives are on the line.
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Since you've driven a trailer
and had that sway,
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I've never experienced that
so I'm kind of curious,
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but before I step
into that truck
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I wanna make this thing
as safe as possible.
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We could put
training wheels on this.
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I know it sounds ridiculous,
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but they use it for
highway patrol training.
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Right now, I'm trying
to figure out
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how far out we're gonna
put this outer wheel,
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to keep Tory and Bisi safe
while they're out doing,
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you know,
the dumbest thing ever.
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- You like it?
- Yeah, yes.
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I mean, we can even go wider
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but I don't wanna get
too crazy.
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So, what we're thinking
right now is potentially,
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we could use this bar
to bridge
the two axles together
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to give us our width
that we need.
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Oh that's sweet.
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My main concern right now
is structural integrity.
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But, I'm feeling
pretty confident
that this is gonna hold.
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Have you ever seen, like,
such ugly huge welds before
in your life?
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But doesn't have to be pretty,
it's just gotta work.
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It's like an actual axel
basically,
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-just for stability.
- Yeah.
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It's just there in case
the truck starts getting
a little crazy,
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it'll just keep it
on the ground.
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Now, the other thing--
I wanna put
a roll cage in there.
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So this is the halo
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of our entire
roll cage system.
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Because if this thing
does roll
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whoever's driving
is gonna have a bad day.
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Ta da!
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- If perfect
is what you want,
- Yes.
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then I guess
that's what we got here.
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It is extremely important
to improve
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the structural integrity
of the truck.
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Oh fork!
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Here's a fork.
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Above and beyond that,
the driver should
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probably have some
proper safety devices on,
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like a helmet
and proper harness.
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We definitely need
to make this safe.
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- Yeah, so we don't die.
- Yeah.
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So, we have a proper
main hoop here,
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we have the arm going
back at a right angle.
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We have a harness bar
and kidney bars too.
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Yeah, this ought to...
- This...This is really good.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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I'm crashing this.
- Oh, yes.
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- Oh
- Be a gentleman, hop in.
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Cars are not designed
to sit on their roof.
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Of course.
I'm very confident that
this can withstand
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a decent multiple
rollover incident.
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Yeah, it's gonna be glorious.
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Yeah.
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Whee!
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It's like leg day in the chop
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I think this is gonna work.
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The training wheels
are looking awesome.
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I'm feeling good about it.
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So we could give
this thing a test.
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Absolutely, I can't wait.
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Ah!
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We are here in an airfield
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for a very important myth.
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Can a truck towing a trailer
at speed
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experience sway and that sway
is taken away by accelerating?
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Now, to ensure its sway,
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we have four barrels
of water distributed
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unsafely on
the back of our rig.
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Look at how horribly...
So--
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we've loaded
that trailer.
Yes.
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Perfect, perfect.
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Well, good thing
we're out here,
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there's not a lot
to crash into
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except airplanes,
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- Aside from
these airplanes, yeah.
-really expensive airplanes.
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All right, let's get
the training wheels on and
see if we get thing swaying.
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Yeah, it sounds good.
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Excellent.
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We have affectionately decided
to call this truck Big Red.
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Now we get up to speed,
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which on the first run
will be an easy 40 mph,
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then we'll ramp it up.
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So, when we get this trailer
to rash around,
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which is what
we're planning on...
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Do you have the other nut?
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I'm right here.
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Those wheels will keep us
flat on the ground.
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They're stabilizing wheels,
not training wheels.
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Now, if you remember from
our experiment earlier on,
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to initiate sway, we wanna
move as much weight as
possible to the rear.
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And we're gonna use water.
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And each drum
weighs 467.5 pounds,
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and it's working because
10% to 12% of the weight
of the trailer
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should exist on that hitch.
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But, now with
all of this weight
on the rear,
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we're not experiencing that.
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The back of the truck
is now jacked up.
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As a matter of fact,
we're already losing some
adhesion to rear tires.
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So, I hope Tory
is ready for this
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'cause it's gonna be
a scary ride.
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With the trailer
loaded for a catastrophe,
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the question is,
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at what speed will
this specific rig
be susceptible to fishtailing?
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Just so you know, this is not
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- how you load a trailer.
- Yeah.
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The plan is to build up slowly
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until they find that
sway sweet spot.
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And then, for the myth,
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try and straighten it up
by accelerating.
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- You ready to do this?
- I'm ready.
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It was nice knowing you.
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Here we go.
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Good luck,
be careful you guys.
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We're up to 30 mph.
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40 mph.
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How does our load look?
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Uh, it looks uneven and weird.
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and, uh, you're...
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Wow.
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We can definitely
feel the barrels.
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We're doing 42 mph.
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Oh, my God.
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Getting a little nervous.
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00:10:31,574 --> 00:10:33,276
- How did it feel?
- Weird.
252
00:10:33,309 --> 00:10:36,646
Yeah?
It felt like that we're
in... not feels planted.
253
00:10:40,383 --> 00:10:42,185
Okay, let's go again.
254
00:10:42,218 --> 00:10:45,421
Accelerating to
target velocity 50 mph.
255
00:10:48,992 --> 00:10:50,326
40 mph.
256
00:10:53,263 --> 00:10:54,865
50 mph.
257
00:10:58,001 --> 00:10:59,535
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
258
00:11:00,536 --> 00:11:01,805
Oh, my God.
259
00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,576
All right, now we're gonna
try to accelerate
260
00:11:06,609 --> 00:11:08,244
out of the sway.
261
00:11:08,278 --> 00:11:09,345
- Okay.
- Okay, hurry.
262
00:11:13,784 --> 00:11:15,318
- It's still swaying.
- Oh, my God.
263
00:11:15,351 --> 00:11:16,552
I need more power.
264
00:11:20,090 --> 00:11:21,257
Oh, my God.
265
00:11:22,458 --> 00:11:23,794
Oh, my God.
266
00:11:23,794 --> 00:11:25,328
Holy crap.
267
00:11:25,361 --> 00:11:29,800
That trailer was
out of control.
268
00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,236
So, it looked like
it was side to side
for like quite a while.
269
00:11:33,269 --> 00:11:36,406
I was flooring it
and it wouldn't stop swaying.
270
00:11:36,439 --> 00:11:39,409
We got the car going
up to 50 mph
271
00:11:39,442 --> 00:11:42,145
and then, all of a sudden
it was swaying
pretty aggressive
272
00:11:42,178 --> 00:11:44,314
and it was doing
its own thing at that point.
273
00:11:47,150 --> 00:11:48,852
I was wondering
if you guys thought
274
00:11:48,885 --> 00:11:50,253
we should go again?
275
00:11:50,286 --> 00:11:51,421
I can do 70.
276
00:11:51,454 --> 00:11:52,655
You're nuts.
277
00:11:55,458 --> 00:11:57,227
All right, make it a good one,
you guys.
278
00:12:01,564 --> 00:12:04,467
All right, this is the last
trailer sway test, here we go.
279
00:12:07,570 --> 00:12:09,705
All right, we're up to 50 mph.
280
00:12:13,109 --> 00:12:15,378
Oh, my God.
All right, there it goes,
there it goes.
281
00:12:17,147 --> 00:12:19,582
All right, now try
to accelerate out.
282
00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:21,284
He's accelerating now.
283
00:12:24,287 --> 00:12:29,459
- Oh!
- Whoa! What the hell?
284
00:12:31,862 --> 00:12:33,063
Abandon ship.
285
00:12:33,096 --> 00:12:33,997
Yeah!
286
00:12:41,471 --> 00:12:43,940
That trailer was going
side to side.
287
00:12:45,475 --> 00:12:47,277
I heard it screech
and then, blam!
288
00:12:52,015 --> 00:12:53,383
And the truck felt light.
289
00:12:53,416 --> 00:12:54,550
You don't know
what's going on.
290
00:12:54,584 --> 00:12:56,987
And then it was like bye bye.
291
00:12:57,020 --> 00:13:00,056
Think about it, the weight
coupled with the violence
of the sway...
292
00:13:00,090 --> 00:13:02,458
- Yeah it's just all about
weight, it's just...
- I mean something has to give.
293
00:13:02,492 --> 00:13:04,394
Something has to give.
- It's just leveraging that
294
00:13:04,427 --> 00:13:05,695
Whole arc back.
Absolutely.
295
00:13:05,728 --> 00:13:08,398
Yeah, well, that was cool.
296
00:13:11,534 --> 00:13:13,069
I tried to accelerate
out of it.
297
00:13:13,103 --> 00:13:14,670
And it did not work.
298
00:13:14,704 --> 00:13:16,106
If the myth is true...
299
00:13:16,139 --> 00:13:18,674
We gotta get them to go faster
to see if we can
straighten things out.
300
00:13:18,708 --> 00:13:19,943
Yeah.
301
00:13:19,976 --> 00:13:21,311
We might have to do some
kind of remote system
302
00:13:21,344 --> 00:13:23,513
because there's no way
any of us should be in
303
00:13:23,546 --> 00:13:25,982
- the truck.
- I agree, that was
absolutely terrifying.
304
00:13:26,016 --> 00:13:28,184
- Yeah.
- But the stabilizing wheels
gave me some confidence
305
00:13:28,218 --> 00:13:29,652
but I don't wanna do
that again.
306
00:13:29,685 --> 00:13:31,354
I was just thinking about
how I can survive.
307
00:13:31,387 --> 00:13:33,256
You should've seen his eyes,
he was just like,
308
00:13:33,289 --> 00:13:36,192
Oh, my God
this is the most sway
I have ever had.
309
00:13:40,263 --> 00:13:42,665
- You guys ready
to get out of here?
- Oh yeah.
310
00:13:42,698 --> 00:13:44,935
Hey, wait a second you guys.
311
00:13:44,935 --> 00:13:46,269
What about our trailer?
312
00:13:52,275 --> 00:13:54,210
The team couldn't
conclude the myth.
313
00:13:54,244 --> 00:13:57,747
Because Big Red didn't have
the power to accelerate
fast enough
314
00:13:57,780 --> 00:13:59,582
once the sway started.
315
00:13:59,615 --> 00:14:01,451
But they're all set
for take two
316
00:14:01,484 --> 00:14:03,453
with this trio of takeaways.
317
00:14:03,486 --> 00:14:04,988
- It's still swaying.
- Oh, my God.
318
00:14:05,021 --> 00:14:06,990
Load distribution is crucial.
319
00:14:07,023 --> 00:14:09,625
Big Red doesn't have
what it takes to punch it out.
320
00:14:10,961 --> 00:14:12,162
I need more power.
321
00:14:14,564 --> 00:14:17,600
And with more power,
out go the training wheels
322
00:14:17,633 --> 00:14:20,403
and in comes
a remote controlled
drive system.
323
00:14:21,337 --> 00:14:23,773
And if Big Red's revs
are ramped up,
324
00:14:23,806 --> 00:14:26,076
the trailer should
be camped up.
325
00:14:27,810 --> 00:14:29,045
Wow.
326
00:14:29,079 --> 00:14:30,013
What do you guys think?
327
00:14:30,046 --> 00:14:31,714
This is perfect for
the large scale.
328
00:14:31,747 --> 00:14:33,883
Yeah, I know. I mean,
no one is gonna
329
00:14:33,984 --> 00:14:36,386
to have their feelings hurt if
we destroy it, you know.
330
00:14:36,419 --> 00:14:38,388
Even though it's hideous,
331
00:14:38,421 --> 00:14:40,556
- it would do the job.
This will work.
- I know.
332
00:14:40,590 --> 00:14:42,192
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna head
to the antique store
333
00:14:42,225 --> 00:14:44,160
and like, you know,
just deck it out.
334
00:14:44,194 --> 00:14:46,062
- Can we check it out?
- Yeah, of course, you can.
335
00:14:47,397 --> 00:14:49,532
Wow, this is actually
a really great find.
336
00:14:49,565 --> 00:14:52,135
But how are we gonna get
this thing to sway?
337
00:14:52,168 --> 00:14:53,803
Oh God, the smell.
338
00:14:59,409 --> 00:15:01,477
What if our weight
started here
339
00:15:01,511 --> 00:15:03,113
at the front of the trailer.
340
00:15:03,146 --> 00:15:04,914
If we build some kind of
a track system
341
00:15:05,015 --> 00:15:07,450
with a cart,
we put the weight on the cart
342
00:15:07,483 --> 00:15:12,788
and then as we start driving,
slowly ratchet it back
to the end of the trailer.
343
00:15:17,427 --> 00:15:20,163
It's a simple system,
a wedge and trolley on tracks.
344
00:15:21,264 --> 00:15:23,433
- It's like a roller-coaster.
- Yup.
345
00:15:23,466 --> 00:15:25,768
But it will help
in a couple of ways.
346
00:15:25,801 --> 00:15:27,570
This is the starting position
that we want
347
00:15:27,603 --> 00:15:29,505
all the way closer
to the truck
348
00:15:29,539 --> 00:15:31,474
and that'll push down
the rear wheels
349
00:15:31,507 --> 00:15:34,444
more torque, we get up
to speed faster.
350
00:15:34,477 --> 00:15:36,579
But then as we're driving
351
00:15:36,612 --> 00:15:39,615
- we're gonna let out the winch
and this is gonna have
- Yeah.
352
00:15:39,649 --> 00:15:42,052
2,000 pounds of water
in barrels
353
00:15:42,052 --> 00:15:45,921
and as we get closer
to the back of the trailer,
354
00:15:45,955 --> 00:15:47,823
hopefully we will see
355
00:15:47,857 --> 00:15:52,062
- this trailer just start
whipping around like crazy.
- Yeah.
356
00:15:52,062 --> 00:15:55,698
Because we just screwed up the
recommended tongue weight.
Tell him, Bisi.
357
00:15:55,731 --> 00:15:57,967
This device known as
the tongue,
358
00:15:58,068 --> 00:15:59,669
extremely important
when towing.
359
00:15:59,702 --> 00:16:02,072
You have the hitch receiver.
360
00:16:02,072 --> 00:16:04,874
You have your mechanism
that has a ball
that allows you to
361
00:16:04,907 --> 00:16:06,942
attach your trailer
to your truck.
362
00:16:06,976 --> 00:16:12,215
Now, 10% to 12%
of all the weight
should go on the tongue.
363
00:16:12,248 --> 00:16:16,252
Now, push the weight backwards
and everything moves up.
364
00:16:16,286 --> 00:16:18,588
Your adhesion goes away.
365
00:16:18,621 --> 00:16:21,524
We're gonna have little
or no tongue weight here.
366
00:16:21,557 --> 00:16:22,658
Definitely don't do that
at home.
367
00:16:26,096 --> 00:16:28,798
Okay, so after towing
that small trailer,
368
00:16:30,633 --> 00:16:33,736
there is no way
I feel comfortable
driving this truck.
369
00:16:33,769 --> 00:16:38,208
It's just too dangerous.
So, what we're gonna do is
remote control the vehicle.
370
00:16:38,241 --> 00:16:39,909
What we're gonna do is
pull Davis in
371
00:16:39,942 --> 00:16:42,145
on this, the electronics guru.
372
00:16:42,178 --> 00:16:44,114
Mount some kind of a gear here
373
00:16:44,114 --> 00:16:47,117
with a chain system to a
motor, that way we can control
the steering.
374
00:16:47,117 --> 00:16:49,819
We'll have a servo
for the acceleration
375
00:16:49,852 --> 00:16:53,823
and then a linear actuator
that will be pushing down
on our brake.
376
00:16:54,924 --> 00:16:57,460
On the original MythBusters,
we used to use
377
00:16:57,493 --> 00:16:59,129
pneumatic cylinders.
378
00:16:59,129 --> 00:17:02,398
- So that way you would get
a blast of air and it would
- Yeah.
379
00:17:02,432 --> 00:17:03,466
slam on the brake.
380
00:17:03,499 --> 00:17:05,801
We had a few cars
go out of control
381
00:17:05,835 --> 00:17:09,139
- with our RC systems.
- Well I certainly don't want
that on my record.
382
00:17:10,740 --> 00:17:13,409
All right, I'll start working
on the linear actuator.
383
00:17:13,443 --> 00:17:15,145
Perfect, and I'll go get
384
00:17:15,145 --> 00:17:17,980
the rest of the computer
put together.
385
00:17:18,013 --> 00:17:22,418
So, this the main brain
of the computer
for our remote controlled car.
386
00:17:22,452 --> 00:17:25,988
and what this does is
it will take our transmitter
signals through this receiver,
387
00:17:26,021 --> 00:17:28,158
it'll process them
through our microcontroller
388
00:17:28,191 --> 00:17:31,261
and then send out
the different signals
to the different motors.
389
00:17:34,264 --> 00:17:36,866
So, over here we'll have
our steering,
we can go left and right.
390
00:17:36,899 --> 00:17:40,336
This is our throttle
and this will be our brake
391
00:17:40,370 --> 00:17:42,838
- and then this can be
our kill switch.
- Awesome.
392
00:17:42,872 --> 00:17:44,174
- Let's do it.
- Yeah, boy.
393
00:17:47,277 --> 00:17:50,346
So I've just welded up
this bracket here.
394
00:17:50,380 --> 00:17:52,715
This will connect
to the floorboard.
395
00:17:55,551 --> 00:17:58,221
And then I'll pin
my linear actuator
396
00:17:58,254 --> 00:17:59,989
to this bracket.
397
00:18:00,022 --> 00:18:04,660
And then, I'll also have
another little connector here
on the actual brake pedal.
398
00:18:06,229 --> 00:18:10,300
That way, it gives us motion
like this, which is what
we're gonna need.
399
00:18:10,333 --> 00:18:12,034
So, we can stop our truck.
400
00:18:14,470 --> 00:18:15,838
So, really what we're doing
401
00:18:15,871 --> 00:18:19,509
is wiring up a two ton missile
controlled by our thumb, so--
402
00:18:19,542 --> 00:18:21,644
- Two ton missile.
- Yeah.
403
00:18:22,245 --> 00:18:23,813
That sounds exciting.
404
00:18:25,981 --> 00:18:28,951
Okay, when this servo
swings back,
405
00:18:28,984 --> 00:18:32,488
it will pull this cable
and that will
open our throttle
406
00:18:32,522 --> 00:18:34,224
and that'll be
our acceleration.
407
00:18:35,425 --> 00:18:36,826
Okay, so we are set.
408
00:18:36,859 --> 00:18:39,995
We have the remote throttle
and brake system in place.
409
00:18:40,029 --> 00:18:42,665
Before we test it,
we just jacked up
the back of the truck
410
00:18:42,698 --> 00:18:44,567
and we'll see
if our systems are working
411
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,135
- Are you ready?
- I'm ready, let's do it.
412
00:18:46,236 --> 00:18:47,036
Okay.
413
00:18:47,069 --> 00:18:50,039
In three, two, one,
accelerating.
414
00:18:52,074 --> 00:18:53,643
We have throttle.
- That throttle's tight.
415
00:18:53,676 --> 00:18:54,744
We have speed.
416
00:18:57,046 --> 00:18:58,714
- All right, let's hit
the brakes.
- Hit the brakes.
417
00:19:02,585 --> 00:19:05,087
- And slowly but surely
we come to a stop.
- All right.
418
00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:06,121
Nice job.
- Whee!
419
00:19:06,155 --> 00:19:07,156
It works.
420
00:19:09,459 --> 00:19:11,494
Oh, my gosh.
421
00:19:11,527 --> 00:19:13,296
It feels very chicken-like,
you know.
422
00:19:14,330 --> 00:19:16,266
This place is so me.
423
00:19:16,266 --> 00:19:18,268
They're not quite my size
though but
424
00:19:18,301 --> 00:19:20,169
not clothes shopping Faye,
not clothes shopping.
425
00:19:21,771 --> 00:19:23,105
I can spend
like all day finding
426
00:19:23,138 --> 00:19:25,441
the perfect decorations
for my new trailer.
427
00:19:25,475 --> 00:19:26,842
Those are so cute.
428
00:19:26,876 --> 00:19:28,511
Because one, it's fun.
429
00:19:28,544 --> 00:19:30,280
I need that.
430
00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,949
Two, we need a visual
reference inside the camper
for how violent the sway is.
431
00:19:33,983 --> 00:19:36,852
Oh, chickens, ah, the pair.
432
00:19:36,886 --> 00:19:39,121
You know,
like a vintage g-force meter.
433
00:19:39,154 --> 00:19:42,492
Woah! I definitely am gonna
put one of these
in the trailer.
434
00:19:46,729 --> 00:19:49,699
So, with this truck,
I have a big problem.
435
00:19:49,732 --> 00:19:52,935
While cruising
about 50 to 55 mph
436
00:19:52,968 --> 00:19:56,506
can we get up to 65-70
and do it briskly?
437
00:19:56,539 --> 00:19:57,707
I need more power!
438
00:19:59,375 --> 00:20:00,510
What could I do?
439
00:20:01,311 --> 00:20:02,678
I know, nitrous.
440
00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:06,682
75 shot of nitrous.
441
00:20:06,716 --> 00:20:08,050
The interesting thing is that,
442
00:20:08,083 --> 00:20:12,888
these bottles have
a siphon tube that sits
at a certain angle.
443
00:20:12,922 --> 00:20:14,223
Oh, so we have
to maintain that.
444
00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:15,591
Yeah, I have to maintain that.
445
00:20:15,625 --> 00:20:19,862
Seventy five horsepower
will give us another
35% more power.
446
00:20:19,895 --> 00:20:23,433
Enough to give Big Red
the acceleration we need
to test the myth.
447
00:20:24,367 --> 00:20:26,836
Davis is putting
the spray plate on
448
00:20:26,869 --> 00:20:29,238
in between the throttle body
and the intake manifold,
449
00:20:29,271 --> 00:20:30,506
to allow some nice spray.
450
00:20:30,540 --> 00:20:33,743
All we have to do now
is make sure
everything's secure,
451
00:20:33,776 --> 00:20:36,011
connect the lines
to the solenoids
452
00:20:36,045 --> 00:20:37,680
and everything is plumbed in
453
00:20:37,713 --> 00:20:39,982
the nitrous system,
the wiring,
everything is ready to go.
454
00:20:40,015 --> 00:20:42,518
We're gonna purge the system
of any air
455
00:20:42,552 --> 00:20:45,888
and also allows a test of
our remote control setup.
456
00:20:45,921 --> 00:20:47,990
So Davis, are you ready?
457
00:20:48,023 --> 00:20:49,759
I am, we're all armed
inside the truck,
458
00:20:49,792 --> 00:20:51,861
so everything is gonna
come down to the flick
of a switch.
459
00:20:51,894 --> 00:20:56,031
- Beautiful.
- In three, two, one.
460
00:20:58,401 --> 00:21:00,235
- Perfect.
- Oh, my goodness.
461
00:21:05,675 --> 00:21:07,443
Now it's time to move on
to the steering.
462
00:21:07,477 --> 00:21:09,645
So what we're gonna do
is we have a simple motor,
463
00:21:09,679 --> 00:21:11,781
we're gonna attach it
inside the truck.
464
00:21:11,814 --> 00:21:13,182
It'll be on a gear
465
00:21:13,215 --> 00:21:15,651
that gear will be attached
to a gear
on the steering wheel
466
00:21:15,685 --> 00:21:16,819
If you were my kid,
467
00:21:16,852 --> 00:21:18,454
this is what kind
of remote controlled car
468
00:21:18,488 --> 00:21:20,456
you'd be getting
for Christmas.
469
00:21:20,490 --> 00:21:23,292
The problem is,
the door is not gonna close
470
00:21:23,393 --> 00:21:25,160
'cause we're gonna be using
this as a tensioner.
471
00:21:25,194 --> 00:21:27,763
Oh yeah, we are tight
on clearance.
472
00:21:27,797 --> 00:21:30,466
We could technically move...
remove this altogether.
473
00:21:35,905 --> 00:21:38,307
That's what I'm talking about.
474
00:21:38,408 --> 00:21:40,410
What I'm doing right now
is I have
a piece of angled iron.
475
00:21:40,410 --> 00:21:43,479
just to make sure
that my plain,
476
00:21:43,513 --> 00:21:46,616
sprocket to
the steering wheels
are all in line
477
00:21:46,649 --> 00:21:49,318
otherwise there's a chance
that the chain
could come undone
478
00:21:49,419 --> 00:21:51,186
and then that means
the truck's going
out of control.
479
00:21:54,424 --> 00:21:56,826
So, I've just attached
the motor
480
00:21:56,859 --> 00:21:59,662
with the sprocket that
will be controlling
the steering wheel.
481
00:22:05,735 --> 00:22:06,969
No, I'm not crazy.
482
00:22:07,002 --> 00:22:09,304
Our remote system
for the steering is complete.
483
00:22:09,338 --> 00:22:11,441
We have our motor in place.
484
00:22:11,441 --> 00:22:13,509
Now we just need to see if
this thing steers.
485
00:22:15,478 --> 00:22:17,780
Three, two, one, go.
486
00:22:19,114 --> 00:22:20,750
All right, we got
one direction.
487
00:22:20,783 --> 00:22:22,184
We got control,
488
00:22:22,217 --> 00:22:24,253
-look at that, It's working.
We got the other direction.
489
00:22:24,286 --> 00:22:25,220
Sweet.
490
00:22:25,254 --> 00:22:26,989
That is a thing of beautiful.
491
00:22:27,022 --> 00:22:28,658
That is a thing of beauty.
492
00:22:28,691 --> 00:22:31,026
I said a thing of beautiful,
what does that even mean?
493
00:22:46,609 --> 00:22:49,178
All right, I figure,
if we're gonna destroy
this trailer anyway,
494
00:22:49,211 --> 00:22:50,245
I'm gonna make it look cute.
495
00:22:54,116 --> 00:22:56,486
Now, if you do experience
trailer sway,
496
00:22:56,486 --> 00:22:59,989
the proper thing to do
is to apply
the trailer's brakes.
497
00:23:00,523 --> 00:23:01,857
A chicken.
498
00:23:01,891 --> 00:23:04,393
The myth that we're testing
is the exact opposite.
499
00:23:04,494 --> 00:23:05,861
It definitely needs
another chicken.
500
00:23:05,895 --> 00:23:07,830
If you have sway, hit the gas.
501
00:23:07,863 --> 00:23:10,332
- Oh, hey there.
- I love it.
502
00:23:10,365 --> 00:23:12,735
We're gonna use nitrous
to ensure Big Red
503
00:23:12,768 --> 00:23:13,869
has enough power
504
00:23:13,903 --> 00:23:16,271
to at least try
and accelerate out of it.
505
00:23:17,607 --> 00:23:19,208
Will it work?
I don't know,
506
00:23:19,241 --> 00:23:21,577
but first up, I need
to dial in the RC assist.
507
00:23:22,277 --> 00:23:23,679
It's like every kids dream.
508
00:23:23,713 --> 00:23:25,548
Every kid's dream
to a remote control Big Red.
509
00:23:25,581 --> 00:23:26,882
Yeah.
Yeah.
510
00:23:26,916 --> 00:23:27,983
All right, ready?
511
00:23:31,521 --> 00:23:32,421
Poor dummies.
512
00:23:44,299 --> 00:23:45,300
It's pretty good.
513
00:23:46,602 --> 00:23:48,938
There was one car that
we remotely controlled.
514
00:23:50,405 --> 00:23:52,575
This throttle is very touchy.
515
00:23:54,009 --> 00:23:56,546
And it just took off,
crashed into some dunes.
516
00:23:57,112 --> 00:23:58,180
Oh, Jesus!
517
00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:04,053
This accelerator
is very touchy.
518
00:24:04,086 --> 00:24:08,658
That's always something in,
in the back of your mind,
these are not toys.
519
00:24:22,938 --> 00:24:24,640
That was fun.
520
00:24:24,674 --> 00:24:26,709
I don't know how I did it,
521
00:24:26,742 --> 00:24:30,580
but I somehow hit
the only two things out here.
522
00:24:30,580 --> 00:24:32,247
That pile of cones
523
00:24:32,915 --> 00:24:34,917
and that pile of cones.
524
00:24:35,585 --> 00:24:37,052
I'm just a good aim.
525
00:24:38,353 --> 00:24:39,589
I think you should drive.
526
00:24:39,589 --> 00:24:40,856
I just promoted Davis.
527
00:24:43,425 --> 00:24:44,293
We're 30.
528
00:24:45,961 --> 00:24:46,862
We're 40.
529
00:24:48,263 --> 00:24:49,865
Good, you're doing it.
530
00:24:52,034 --> 00:24:55,337
At 45 mph, you kept it
in the center.
531
00:24:55,370 --> 00:24:57,439
I just don't have enough
practice on this system.
532
00:24:58,407 --> 00:25:00,109
That's a stop.
533
00:25:00,142 --> 00:25:01,977
Davis, that looked great.
534
00:25:02,011 --> 00:25:05,147
Just to make things safer,
Davis is gonna drive.
535
00:25:06,481 --> 00:25:08,651
We had to make some
adjustments to the truck.
536
00:25:08,684 --> 00:25:11,921
We had to slow down
our steering in order
to get us more fine control.
537
00:25:11,954 --> 00:25:13,789
Come on, Big Red,
you can do it.
538
00:25:15,958 --> 00:25:16,826
Good boy.
539
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:19,161
You can go ahead and say it,
540
00:25:19,194 --> 00:25:22,097
- it was controller error.
- It was--
541
00:25:22,131 --> 00:25:24,299
All right Davis,
this is your big shot.
542
00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:25,835
Show us what you're made of.
543
00:25:25,868 --> 00:25:28,671
The pressure has been
ramped up about tenfold.
544
00:25:28,704 --> 00:25:32,341
Obviously, building this
was one thing
but driving it in the moment
545
00:25:32,374 --> 00:25:33,876
is whole another story.
546
00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:36,445
This kid is good.
Thread the needle.
547
00:25:36,478 --> 00:25:37,680
Too many video games.
548
00:25:39,649 --> 00:25:40,816
Nice work, dude.
549
00:25:40,850 --> 00:25:42,151
Wow, this thing is heavy.
550
00:25:42,184 --> 00:25:43,552
Yeah, you know why...
- Oh, my God.
551
00:25:43,653 --> 00:25:46,121
There's 2,000 pounds
of water in there.
552
00:25:46,155 --> 00:25:48,190
Look how low that's sitting.
553
00:25:48,223 --> 00:25:51,360
The camper is front loaded
with 2,000 pounds of water.
554
00:25:51,393 --> 00:25:52,662
When we get up to speed,
555
00:25:52,662 --> 00:25:54,664
I have the remote to slide
the barrels to the back.
556
00:25:57,166 --> 00:25:58,668
Storm's coming in.
557
00:26:03,572 --> 00:26:05,240
Oh perfect, it's raining.
558
00:26:09,679 --> 00:26:12,047
So we are all gonna be
in the follow car,
559
00:26:12,081 --> 00:26:13,683
Bisi's gonna be driving that,
560
00:26:13,683 --> 00:26:15,685
Davis, you're gonna
be controlling the truck.
561
00:26:15,685 --> 00:26:17,953
- Faye, you're gonna
be controlling the weight...
- The load.
562
00:26:17,987 --> 00:26:18,988
...going back.
563
00:26:19,789 --> 00:26:21,056
Holy crap, look at that.
564
00:26:21,090 --> 00:26:23,926
- It's a dust storm, perfect,
all right.
- Oh, oh, my God.
565
00:26:23,959 --> 00:26:25,560
It'll help with
the trailer sway, maybe.
566
00:26:25,594 --> 00:26:27,229
- Yeah.
- So, so.
567
00:26:27,262 --> 00:26:28,698
We're gonna accelerate
down there,
568
00:26:28,698 --> 00:26:31,133
when you feel the swerve
then we'll hit the NOS.
569
00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:32,567
And see if we can
get out of it.
570
00:26:32,601 --> 00:26:35,437
- And then after
that it's all--
- Whatever happens happens.
571
00:26:35,470 --> 00:26:37,940
It's always good to drive
the trailer when it's like...
572
00:26:37,973 --> 00:26:39,975
- Yeah. I know
- ...25 mph winds, right?
573
00:26:40,009 --> 00:26:42,011
I think that's exactly
what you're not
supposed to do.
574
00:26:48,517 --> 00:26:49,719
You ready for this?
575
00:26:49,719 --> 00:26:50,820
You ready for rock and roll?
576
00:26:50,853 --> 00:26:52,254
See the light coming
through the clouds,
577
00:26:52,287 --> 00:26:53,856
trailer's going to heaven,
trailer heaven.
578
00:26:53,889 --> 00:26:55,791
It's gonna be
quite spectacular.
579
00:26:55,825 --> 00:26:57,159
I'm not nervous,
I'm not nervous.
580
00:26:57,192 --> 00:26:59,628
Just so you guys know,
I'm not nervous at all.
581
00:27:01,764 --> 00:27:03,733
Okay, here we go.
582
00:27:03,733 --> 00:27:08,470
We are going to release
the brake and start rolling.
583
00:27:09,138 --> 00:27:10,272
All right, yeah.
584
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,008
All right, brakes are off,
585
00:27:13,042 --> 00:27:16,746
and we are starting
accelerating.
586
00:27:16,779 --> 00:27:19,749
- Yeah.
-And we are rolling.
587
00:27:19,749 --> 00:27:22,351
Oh, my God
this is so freaking crazy
that you're driving it
588
00:27:22,384 --> 00:27:25,054
- from right here
- I know,
this is hard.
589
00:27:25,087 --> 00:27:26,756
L ooking good dude,
looking really good.
590
00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:27,923
This is
looking awesome.
591
00:27:27,957 --> 00:27:30,392
We're gonna
start accelerating.
592
00:27:30,425 --> 00:27:31,861
- Faye--
- So, let out the water.
593
00:27:31,894 --> 00:27:33,595
Yeah, please,
please.
Here it goes.
594
00:27:35,898 --> 00:27:37,266
You can tell
595
00:27:37,299 --> 00:27:40,770
that the weight of
the trailer's changing
with the load.
596
00:27:40,770 --> 00:27:42,537
30.
597
00:27:42,571 --> 00:27:44,139
It's looking awesome.
- All right.
598
00:27:44,173 --> 00:27:45,174
35.
599
00:27:47,276 --> 00:27:48,944
40 mph.
600
00:27:48,978 --> 00:27:52,447
Okay, we got some major sway.
601
00:27:55,017 --> 00:27:56,385
Oh, my God.
602
00:27:56,418 --> 00:27:57,787
My flowers! No!
603
00:28:01,456 --> 00:28:03,558
Oh, my God that looks...
604
00:28:03,592 --> 00:28:05,360
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
605
00:28:05,394 --> 00:28:08,530
It's going, it's going,
going down.
606
00:28:11,801 --> 00:28:14,203
Brakes.
Hit brakes
607
00:28:17,672 --> 00:28:18,607
Oh man.
608
00:28:20,109 --> 00:28:21,811
Oh, my God.
609
00:28:21,844 --> 00:28:24,914
All right, let's reset.
610
00:28:24,947 --> 00:28:28,683
I don't think
your chicken survived.
Oh my chicken.
611
00:28:28,717 --> 00:28:31,854
Sorry Faye,
about your trailer.
612
00:28:31,887 --> 00:28:33,222
Don't worry, it'll buff out.
613
00:28:33,255 --> 00:28:34,556
Yeah, no problem.
614
00:28:36,191 --> 00:28:37,392
He didn't make it.
615
00:28:40,830 --> 00:28:42,832
Well, damn, that was exciting.
616
00:28:44,199 --> 00:28:46,201
We got up to speed,
617
00:28:46,235 --> 00:28:48,103
then all of a sudden,
the wind just picked up.
618
00:28:48,137 --> 00:28:50,705
We got instant sway.
619
00:28:50,739 --> 00:28:55,277
We just snaked out of control
and completely destroyed
our trailer.
620
00:28:55,310 --> 00:28:57,880
We can't really
call this myth yet,
621
00:28:57,913 --> 00:28:59,581
we haven't properly tested it.
622
00:29:00,415 --> 00:29:02,417
This is fun.
623
00:29:02,451 --> 00:29:03,652
I told you something
would happen
624
00:29:03,685 --> 00:29:04,553
It's heavy.
625
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,388
I really think that
626
00:29:06,421 --> 00:29:09,124
if we attach
some ratchet straps to it,
we can pull it off.
627
00:29:10,860 --> 00:29:12,594
The undercarriage,
axle wheels,
628
00:29:12,627 --> 00:29:14,396
and tracks for the barrels
seem intact.
629
00:29:15,898 --> 00:29:17,632
Oh, my God.
630
00:29:17,666 --> 00:29:20,635
So, we're just gonna remove
the top of the trailer off,
631
00:29:20,669 --> 00:29:23,605
so we can try
to retest this myth.
632
00:29:23,638 --> 00:29:25,540
These things
are pretty flimsy.
633
00:29:25,574 --> 00:29:27,309
Well, I'll be darned.
634
00:29:27,342 --> 00:29:29,044
Yeah, what do
you think,
635
00:29:29,078 --> 00:29:31,546
- you're ready for round two?
- Well that actually worked.
636
00:29:31,580 --> 00:29:32,547
Yeah.
637
00:29:36,251 --> 00:29:37,887
With the light fading fast,
638
00:29:37,887 --> 00:29:39,554
the team race to reset.
639
00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:43,893
I was just joking
when I said reset.
640
00:29:43,893 --> 00:29:45,794
The skeletal trailer
rehitched,
641
00:29:45,895 --> 00:29:47,362
the barrels refilled,
642
00:29:47,396 --> 00:29:51,533
the remote control,
and nitrous systems armed
and ready to roll.
643
00:29:52,601 --> 00:29:54,003
Load is all the way back.
644
00:29:56,605 --> 00:29:58,340
Okay, accelerating.
- Okay.
645
00:30:01,376 --> 00:30:03,545
All right, we
are accelerating...
1 5 mph.
646
00:30:03,578 --> 00:30:05,014
...15 mph.
647
00:30:07,516 --> 00:30:08,650
20 mph,
648
00:30:08,683 --> 00:30:10,752
It's looking good dude,
it's looking good.
649
00:30:10,785 --> 00:30:12,054
30 miles.
650
00:30:13,688 --> 00:30:15,224
Oh, my goodness.
651
00:30:15,257 --> 00:30:17,392
All right, we're
getting good sway. Okay.
Oh, my God, oh.
652
00:30:19,929 --> 00:30:21,396
30 miles.
653
00:30:21,430 --> 00:30:22,864
- That's it, that's it
- Nitrous!
654
00:30:22,898 --> 00:30:23,899
Nitrous now!
655
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,442
Oh, my goodness.
656
00:30:33,475 --> 00:30:35,277
Kill it,
kill it.
Kill it.
657
00:30:35,310 --> 00:30:38,547
- What the hell--
- Was that nuts?
658
00:30:38,580 --> 00:30:40,249
Oh, my God.
659
00:30:42,051 --> 00:30:43,418
That didn't look like
it helped...
660
00:30:43,452 --> 00:30:44,586
- ...at all.
- No, I know.
661
00:30:47,422 --> 00:30:48,857
It was so freaking cool though
662
00:30:48,890 --> 00:30:51,927
just like seeing this thing
take off as soon as
we hit the NOS.
663
00:30:53,628 --> 00:30:55,897
- And it made it 100% worse.
- Yeah.
664
00:30:55,931 --> 00:30:56,865
That was awesome.
665
00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:58,300
Jeez.
666
00:30:58,333 --> 00:31:00,069
Based upon what we saw
here today,
667
00:31:00,102 --> 00:31:01,703
what do we learn?
668
00:31:01,736 --> 00:31:05,307
I felt like
that is the worst thing
you can possibly do,
669
00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:07,176
is accelerate out of the sway,
670
00:31:07,209 --> 00:31:10,012
I mean, it took
a bad situation
and made it worse.
671
00:31:11,646 --> 00:31:14,016
So
you really don't think that
it tried to correct at all?
672
00:31:14,049 --> 00:31:15,550
You know what,
when it swayed left
673
00:31:15,584 --> 00:31:18,120
- it would have went there,
if it swayed right same thing.
- Yeah.
674
00:31:18,153 --> 00:31:19,688
- Yeah.
- No matter where I point it,
675
00:31:19,721 --> 00:31:22,424
It would've just gone for it
and that's not safe.
676
00:31:25,027 --> 00:31:28,030
Oh, this is absolutely busted.
677
00:31:28,063 --> 00:31:29,999
- Yeah.
- If you have trailer sway,
678
00:31:30,032 --> 00:31:31,866
you do not accelerate out.
679
00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:33,802
That is the worst thing
you could do.
680
00:31:33,835 --> 00:31:35,904
- Busted.
- This trailer is trash.
681
00:31:36,005 --> 00:31:38,307
Didn't I tell you,
crashing stuff is fun.
682
00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:39,808
You wanted us
to drive that thing.
683
00:31:39,841 --> 00:31:41,676
I still wanna
drive it.
Okay.