MythBusters - Knock Your Socks Off - Bullet Doozy

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In a World First, Adam and Jamie test the classic physics textbook theory Bullet Dropped Verses Bullet Fired. If a bullet is fired and a bullet is dropped simultaneously from the same height, will they both hit the ground at the same time? In theory gravity says they will because it treats each slug in exactly the same way - but this scientifically complex experiment is so difficult to do, no one has ever tried it until now.

It's an episode of scientific genius with punching, pummelling, and explosive action! Adam and Jamie test the classic physics textbook theory Bullet Dropped vs. Bullet Fired. Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tory test if it is ever possible to knock someone's socks off.

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[tato312]

c'mon FULL EPISODES damn it!

[McFeta]

Acceleration is the same, -9.8m/s² down. The horizontal acceleration has no affect on the vertical acceleration and since both objects have the same mass they will both land at the same time. Gravity takes affect as soon as the bullet is not being held up by the barrel.

[Al3xGamble]

@McFeta Actually mass doesn't affect the time it takes to hit the ground, as long as gravity is the only force acting on an object - a projectile. And Horizontal has no acceleration, it is constant. At least that's what i have learned so far in AP Physics.

[saints360row]

@cbale2000 -Still not as much, though.

[cbale2000]

@saints360row Except YouTube has ad sharing for videos with high views... so they actually would get paid for it...

[sethmusic]

is there a way that i can BLOCK discoverynetworks from ever showing up in my recommended videos? they're always ALWAYS a let down. :(

[juhotheonehanded]

dear discovery.could you even show us full old episodes like from season 1

[saints360row]

@tato312 What do you expect? All they care about are ratings, and they aren't going to get many ratings for their network here on Youtube. Well, they will, but they won't get paid for it.

[MeetTheseIronFists]

if a bullet is dropped, IN A VACCUUM and another bullet from the same height is fired, IN A VACCUUM, they will hit the ground at the same time due to the acceleration of gravity.

[whitey211]

@J51004 Incorrect. There is air in the round itself and the round is airtight. It will fire regardless of there being oxygen in the atmosphere around it or not. The powder might not have enough oxygen to fire the gun at 100% efficiency, but I'd bet money it would have enough umph to at least make it out of the barrel, if not 100 yards down range. 

[J51004]

@ABCKorpi That's very exciting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!