Mythbusters Awning Fall

In indiana jones and the temple of doom indiana jumps out of a window and awnings safely break his fall.

Mythbusters awning 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. Find out if a series of awnings will break your fall should you jump out a window courtesy of the mythbusters. Mythbusters is a science entertainment tv program created and produced by australia s beyond television productions for the discovery channel. 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.

Find out if a series of awnings will break your fall should you jump out a window courtesy of the mythbusters. So could an awning really save you from a fall. A person can fall through layers of awnings and survive. The test dummy was shown to survive albeit the strain gauges indicate that serious injury was likely to occur.

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. 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. Awning fall setup show more 46 photos 6 495 views. How about multiple awnings as seen in indiana jones and the temple of doom or jackie chan s project a.

Indiana jones and the temple of doom. See on the set with the mythbustersfor my recounting of watching this myth. Awning fall spoilers show more 23 photos 6 052 views.