http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8386264/mythbusters-hits-home-with-cannonball



"A cannonball fired during filming of an episode of Mythbusters missed the mark and hit a Californian home and a minivan. "

wonder what sort of cannon they were using to shoot the cannonball over 3kms.

i reckon, and the projectile went through one side of the building, out the other then deflected off a van

Best publicity stunt ever.

It would be awesome to see the look on Adams's and Jamie's faces when they found out. I hope they dedicate a special episode to this for next season.

It'll be the kind of thing the damage control guys would be all over. Imagine if it hit a person.

This was probably a shot across the bow at the kid in the house who pirates their show.

I'm surprised something like this hasn't happened sooner.

Awesome, nonetheless.

"Hell yeah my house was hit with a cannon ball!"

How many people can claim that?

You just know that when they talk about firing something that traveled over 3km, they were dealing with yet another "how far can we push this theory?" myth :)

It involves explosions, so I'm sure it'll be awesome.

Damn lucky they didn't kill anyone but I really hope this makes it into the episode.

Weird, I follow Adam Savage on Twitter and he hasn't said a thing about it yet. Maybe he's not allowed to just yet.

Apparently he wasn't there, it was the other trio that were doing it. They were tweeting about it at the time, but they have since removed them all (presumably at the request of lawyers). They are archived in a few places if you can be bothered looking (I could not).

these guys are usually all over the math... im thinking something pretty bad had to have happened like the angle changing at the last minute? or the ball delaying as it exited the canon, the canon changes angle and then the bal was shot at a high angle... further distance... not hitting the barrol etc

Someone on Slashdot theorised that what happened was the cannonball went straight through their safety wall thing, and then there's this hill behind it that serves as a natural barrier. Instead of embedding into the hill though it hit it at such an angle that it glanced off and basically bounced over it or off in some weird direction, which sounds feasible to me.

It sounds like they had a couple of safety precautions but they all failed because they basically underestimated the power of the cannon.

Shame this episode won't see the light of day since if they cant even tweet about it, like hell they can show it. Just a good thing no one was killed or else things could of turned really bad for them. I'm not a fan of the other 3 anyway, only adam and jamie

Kari Byron ^ yes she is

Instead of embedding into the hill though it hit it at such an angle that it glanced off and basically bounced over it or off in some weird direction, which sounds feasible to me.

Thats what i read on good ol news dot com dot au. Unlucky bounce.

maybe they were testing to see if cannonballs bounce off hills?

myth confirmed!

is that shot pre preggers?

100% of everything they do is entertainment, whether they claim its scientific without following anything resembling scientific method is pretty unimportant.

is that shot pre preggers?

Yeah and quite a few years ago now too, she is no longer 'cute' (good looking as she may still be) - plus shes a vegetarian so thats a complete turn off :P