Mythbusters vs. Speed (the movie)

[Depewtee]

Hi All!

I just finished watching the latest episode of Mythbusters.  They were testing to see if a bus could jump a 50' gap in a bridge like in the movie Speed.  Of course the outcome is obvious, but it was interesting to watch.  You can watch several different camera views of the jump at Discovery.com (skip past the first video, it is from another part of the show).

Brian

[Nusa]

They had dismal control lining up for the ramp, which made the landing worse than it could have been. Still, the bus held up pretty well, considering.

Also a good illustration of how tough shipping containers are.

[cody]

One think I'd like to see at some point is here they have a bus trying to act like an airplane and fly, take the other side of the coin and lets see how well a 747 handles a mountain tunnel lol.