Mythbusters Awning Fall

A person can fall through layers of awnings and survive.

Mythbusters awning fall.

See on the set with the mythbustersfor my recounting of watching this myth. 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. I wrote this beforethe episode aired which is why it goes to great lengths to not talk about the actual myth or results.

Special 9 season 4 mega movie myths 2 the mythbusters team tested the plausibility of surviving a fall through several awnings on the side of a building as depicted in the escape from club obi wan in indiana jones and the temple of doom. The test dummy was shown to survive albeit the strain gauges indicate that serious injury was likely to occur. So could an awning really save you from a fall. The official mythbusters website lists episodes by calendar year.

Awning fall spoilers show more 23 photos 6 052 views. Find out if a series of awnings will break your fall should you jump out a window courtesy of the mythbusters. 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.

Mythbusters is a science entertainment tv program created and produced by australia s beyond television productions for the discovery channel. 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. Indiana jones and the temple of doom.