Narrator: In this episode of Mythbusters:
we'll take a step back in history,
we'll see like true pirates
Matilde: are you ready?
Edoardo: yes
and we'll try not to take bad directions.
Maurizio: ... everything we have
Narrator: Who are the Mythbusters?
Maurizio Grimoldi,
Maurizio: 3, 2, 1
Matilde Paleari,
Matilde: I cheer my ship!
and Edoardo Colizzi
Edoardo: Aaaargh!
Narrator: Together, they have more than 30 years special effects experience
They don't just tell the myths:
Edo: yeaah!
Mati: Bravo!
they put them to the test!
[PYKRETE SHIP]
Mati: well Mao, what will we do today?
Mao: today we have a World War II myth
Mati: wow, what myth is it?
Mao: the Allies tried to build a ship,
an aircraft carrier
made in a material named Pykrete
Mati: what is Pykrete?
Mao: Pykrete is a mixture of ice and vegetable fibre
like sawdust, paper or cardboard
In the end the Allies didn't build this aircraft carrier
to use in Artic because the war ended before
Mati: then WE will built this aircraft carrier!
Mao: let's try to built a Pykrete ship
Mati: YEAAAH!
Mao: and see if we can make it
Mati: Ok
Mao: well, we have prepared three different materials:
only ice
newspaper Pykrete
and paper towel Pykrete
we'll do four different tests:
the first will be a strenght test
we'll try to break the block we have made
with everything we have
Another one is a flexibility test
we have prepared a plate
and, putting weights on one of its sides,
we'll see if it breaks
we have made also three little boats
to see if they float
and how much time they need to melt
As ultimate test,
we'll throw down the roof
our block
and we will see if we can obtain a different result
At the end we will compare all results
Let's begin with strenght tests
Only ice, strength test,
3, 2, 1
It broke...
Neswpaper Pykrete, strength test,
3, 2, 1
It doesn't break...
This is the result
with our super hammer
we have only scratched it
Paper towel Pykrete, strenght test,
3, 2, 1
This is the result
of the paper towel Pykrete strenght test
Once again we have only scratched it
It is melting already
Mati: perfect...
Mao: Ok, one block
3, 2, 1
It didn't resist...
One block, 3, 2, 1
Anyway, it didn't break up
Even if I put pressure on it with my whole weight...
never happens
nothing... it won't break up
Paper towel block, flexibility test, 3, 2, 1
It doesn't stand on
nothing... it won't break up
nothing... it is tough as before
[WALK A STRAIGHT LINE]
Edo: What do we want to test today, Mati?
Mati: Today we want to test we can't walk a straight line
without external stimoulus, that is blindfolded and with music in our ears
Edo: Ok. So, do we want to test it?
Mati: Let's try
Narrator: A folk tale says that it is possible to walk on a straight line without external stimulus
Now the Mythbusters will try it
Mati: Help! Ahah
Mao: She doesn't hear anything
Edo: fantastic
Mati: EEEH?
Mao: good.
Now, in a few seconds, when she has isolated herself from visual world
she could start and try to go a straight line
Ok. We're ready.
3, 2, 1...
Mati: EEEEH?
what the -
I'll die today. I feel it.
help
Mao: so, Mati...
Mati:EH?
Mao: you strayed from the path immediately
after... three feet
Narrator: second attempt
Here's what happened:
after 65 feet, Mati strayed about 3 feet from the initial line
this means that, on middle-distances, the myth doesn't move on the right direction:
you can't walk on a straight line without external stimulus
To obtain more data, now even Edoardo will try it
Even if with Matilde there were chances to save the myth...
with Edoardo's tests...
we have no choice:
the myth is busted.
Mati: so, Edo, how did it go?
Edo: As we have seen, I think it is unlikely walking on a straight line
Indeed, we both bumped repeatedly into the tables, especially me.
then we can draw the conclusions, that is
the myth is...
Both: BUSTED!
[BUSTED]
Narrator: In WWII the Allies wanted to build a Pykrete made aircraft carrier to be used in Artic
It is possible to build a ship made of this material?
Until now, the strength and flexibility tests have been passed
by the newspaper and paper towel Pykrete
while ice has been broken
Now it's time for the watery test:
which boat will float better and melt after?
Mati: Now, we'll make a test with this three little boat
This is me, this is Edo. I am prettier :)
Anyway, let's put on the ice made one
It floats
We put on the paper towel one, with my face on
It floats.
And we put on the neswpaper one, with Edo's face.
(I hope it goes down)
Go Matilde's little boat!
And we see how much time they resist.
Go Matilde's little boat!
Mao: the ice one is already broken...
Mati: the ice is slowly giving up
Mao: the ice started melting
and has already started sinking
Mati: (bye bye ice)
Mao: at this point it's only a thin plate
instead Mati's and Edo's little boat are still resisting
...after 2 minutes.
Mati: I cheer my little ship! You cheer yours!
Mati: After 20 minutes that I am here in this beautiful open-air place,
the towel paper Pykrete can be finally broken
-'cause it made me suffer the pain of death-
now it's broken...
and I'm happy... finally
We are gladly noticing that Edo's little boat is giving up
in fact it is losing sheets of paper
Instead mine is INTACT
(Yeah the little rabbit always wins)
While Edo's is slowly giving up. (Bye bye)
10 minutes has passed and ice abandoned us, in fact it is endured only this
Edo's and Mati's little boat stand a chance
Edo's is starting losing sheets of paper
while Mati's is wearing thin
Make sure Matilde's little boat supporters continue supporting and voting Matilde's little boat
Because it must win, if it won't is your fault
Narrator: Pykrete wins the watery test
and Matilde jumps for joy!
Even if, when it warms up, the newspaper losts sheets and the paper towel gets drenched
After the break:
Edoardo will become a pirate
and ice will suffer the cold touch of defeat
[BREAK INTRO]
[BREAK OUTRO]
[PIRATE'S EYEPATCH]
Mati: Ahaha ok "pirate", tell the myth
Edo: well, the myth is that
the famous pirates seen also in Pirates of Carrbbean
wore an eyepatch on one of their eye
beacause, as everybody thinks, they didn't have the eye, lost in battle
in reality, they use this for nocturnal excursions
Right, Matilde?
Mati: Yeah, Edoardo
Edo: and so, in this brief moment, we'll be pirates.
Mati: Depilated???
Edo: Pirates...
We'll be pirates...
Mati: But why Edo is blindfolded?
Because we have to let his right eye
get used to dark; because now he'll go into this magical room where he'll be totally in the dark
and he must pick up some objects and avoid others
in complete darkness and we'll see if his "dark" eye is really get used to dark or not
Well, Edoardo must do this itinerary
picking up the objects we'll tell him to,
of the same color we'll tell him to
The first time, using only the eye not blindfolded all day, then the eye blindfolded all day
the itinerary will be in the darkness
...and so we'll see if he'll die or not
if he got out alive, well done
He must avoid the columns, build by moi
and he must try not to kill himself on the lego bricks and pick up certain of them
On the couch we have placed this fantastic minifigures
-this is me -
that he must pick up and carry out.
He must pick up everyone except...
...this one green - 'cause this is evil -
Narrator: we have arrived at the last test for ice and Pykrete. What happens if we launch them from the window?
Mati: Tought test, ice, 3, 2, 1
Tought test, neswpaper Pykrete, 3, 2, 1
Tought test, paper towel Pykrete, 3, 2, 1
3, 2, 1
the neswpaper has been clearly split
but... not so much
Instead, the paper towel is intact - and cold -
but it's intact, not broken, even if we have launched it from there (bravo!)
and ice was trice this and it has been obviously broken
it is melting on my hand... but it has been broken
Mao: How were the results of Pykrete?
Tought test?
Mati: the tought test has been passed by the neswpaper and the paper towel Pykrete
while ice, poor guy, has given up.
Mao: right away
"Down the window" test?
Mati: "Down the window" test, same results - even if the newspaper gave up a little
Mao: and Pykrete also bounced off and made fun of us
Mati: and ice, instead, broke up
Mao: while, the flexibility test? The plate on which we put the weights?
Mati: the paper towel and the newspaper Pykrete passed the test, while the ice, as always, gave up
Mao: and we were able to bend it only when it started warming up after -
Mati: 20 minutes
Mao: And at the end, the final test. How was?
Mati: It was won by Edo's little boat, that made of newspaper
and mine sank after a while
Mao: but it resisted
Mati: it resisted for 15 minutes and then it sank, while the ice after 10 minutes has already melted
Mao: How can we consider this myth?
Confirmed, plausible or busted?
Mati: PLAUSIBLE!
Mao: Yes. Plausible. It is possible to build something in Pykrete that can resist...
Until it is still frozen
Then, maybe, the Allies struggled to build it for the refrigerating system
Mati: make sure you always refrigerate your Pykrete
Mao: so... plausible
Mati: plausible
[PLAUSIBLE]
Edo: Aaaargh!
Narrator: It is told that pirates wore an eyepatch to be able to see well in every situation
also when the brightness varied quickly, in particular, when they had to be down below and their sight used to a lot of light
they only needed to switch the eye.
It is true?
Matilde and Mao have prepared a circuit for Edoardo that he must do twice:
the first time, using only the "bright" eye; then only the "dark" and until then blindfolded eye
The time to conclude the circuit will be decisive to determine the scientific foundations of the myth
Mati: In this circuit - listen up - you must pick four of the minifigure on the couches
except the green one. You must not pick the green minifigure.
Then, you must avoid the towers. You must not make them falling.
Edo: Ok.
Mati: It is clear this thing?
Edo: yes
Mati: Are you ready?
Edo: Yes. I'm ready
3, 2, 1, go
Edo: gosh, I can see nothing, guys
Narrator: After a few minutes...
Mati: Bravo Edo! Ahah
Edo: oh gosh. Ok.
Edo: I made fall everything!
Mati: well, he made fall everything, one by one
On the other hand this is not fallen.
Edo you didn't take me. You're a horrible person.
Edo: Because I was too busy playing with the train
Mati: and he didn't destroy this tower. Well, Edo, you were quite good
Edo: I can say that I could not see anything.
Mati: You picked up all the minifigures you must - even if you did not pick me up. I hate you.
Edo: I took you only once
- and he did it in 6 minutes 46 seconds
Edo: Now we will try it again without the eyepatch on the "dark" eye.
Narrator: Let's move on to the second test, with the eye familiar to the darkness.
Edo: I have four objects.
Yeeees!
Mati: Bravo Edo! Did you pick me up twice? Bravo!
You did not pick up the green one.
However, I wanna say Edo made fall the blue tower, completely broken,
the yellow one is intact, he didn't slip on the train
and he did it in 5 minutes 15 seconds
Edo, what did you think about this experiment?
Edo: I'd say that in the first test when I used only the "bright" eye I could not see anything
in fact I destroyed almost every tower, including this two
while, in the second test, in which I walked with my "dark" eye,
I saw a whole lot better, in fact I destroyed only one tower,
and I picked up four right minifigures
Mati: Exactly. And you did it in 2 minutes less
Edo: and I did it in -
Mati: So, the myth is -
Edo: the myth can be considered CONFIRMED
[CONFIRMED]
