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.

Mythbusters saturdays 8 7c on discovery http www discover. 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. Can buster survive an 1 000 ft drop in a hamster ball. 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.

Awning fall spoilers show more 23 photos 6 052 views. The test dummy was shown to survive albeit the strain gauges indicate that serious injury was likely to occur. And if he does will jamie really try it. See on the set with the mythbustersfor my recounting of watching this myth.

I wrote this beforethe episode aired which is why it goes to great lengths to not talk about the actual myth or results. How about multiple awnings as seen in indiana jones and the temple of doom or jackie chan s project a.