Mythbusters Awning Fall

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.

Mythbusters awning fall.

The official mythbusters website lists episodes by calendar year. Awning fall spoilers show more 23 photos 6 052 views. In indiana jones and the temple of doom indiana jumps out of a window and awnings safely break his fall. The test dummy was shown to survive albeit the strain gauges indicate that serious injury was likely to occur.

There is no consistent system for organizing mythbusters episodes into seasons the show does not follow a typical calendar of on and off air periods. Mythbusters is a science entertainment tv program created and produced by australia s beyond television productions for the discovery channel. Find out if a series of awnings will break your fall should you jump out a window courtesy of the mythbusters. 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.

See on the set with the mythbustersfor my recounting of watching this myth. Awning fall setup show more 46 photos 6 495 views. 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. I wrote this beforethe episode aired which is why it goes to great lengths to not talk about the actual myth or results.

Find out if a series of awnings will break your fall should you jump out a window courtesy of the mythbusters. Indiana jones and the temple of doom. A person can fall through layers of awnings and survive.