These experiments were performed by experts in their domains and under professional supervision.
They are preceded by a phase of preparation and risk apprehension.
For your safety, do not try them at home.
Folks, here we are.
Final episode of Acetylene Power.
When I told you we'd go bigger...
Hell yeah guys, we're blowing up a car!
Ha ha, our delivery.
It's cozy in here.
Yeah, we're sending this one off.
This guy is great, he's great.
For this grand finale we now have a beautiful car
which already has my colors as you can see, we were very lucky on this one,
big shout out to Récup-Opel for providing us with it.
And so now, we're putting the dose.
What we plan is to fill a big 240L bag of mixture
right in the middle of the binnacle,
plus a 100L bag in the trunk
for a total of approximately 340L of gases.
If this doesn't blow properly... Oh my god.
You want me to unlock the handbrake maybe?
[Chris] And be ready to break anyway.
[Chris] Slowly, keep the wheels straight, as they are.
Can't roll down the window? - Eyes!
[Roger] No not with that, with this!
Alright, shut the trunk.
[Roger] Oh shit, sorry. - Oh no!
Ah, ok it's good, it's packed up.
The reason why we're smashing the windows is because thanks to our previous experiments,
we noticed that when the explosion is really confined
like inside the dishwasher or the fridge,
the shock wave was a lot less visible and the explosion much weaker in terms of what we felt.
And the glass, well we don't want to pick it all up.
So this is why we are smashing the windows that won't come down.
[Fred] What do you wanna eat?
Damn it, we were filming!
[Franck] Hey guys, what do you want to eat?
[Laughter]
[Chris] Hum, the van, STOP STOP! [Whistle]
I gotta go! I have an explosion to attend!
This time the total volume of gas will be around 340L,
so the energy produced, in TNT, is equivalent to... [1.26kg, 2.8lbs]
Yeah, it's gonna take a beating.
We still hope that the doors will be blasted open though.
This is science, we need to test it in order to know, so let's go.
This time however, to avoid manipulating the bag directly by had, we have a hose
to stay 3 meters away.
We're doing this with pros, and correctly.
Well, you know the drill by now.
Oh, sorry for the paint!
300L is pretty long to fill... It's long.
Hey that's pretty inflated now, ho ho!
This camera is so going to take off.
Oh come on, that's what it's made for.
Exploding a car with 340 liters of acetylene,
in 3...
2...
1...
[Altogether] Ooh, oh my!
[Laughter]
The blast shields, they vibrated so much!
[Nicolas] Oh, I was a little on the side there...
[Rear tinted window, windshield]
[Franck] Oh the car, the car!
[Megaphone] It's ok, you can relax your sphincters now, thank you.
[Nicolas] It's recording!
[Franck] Is it still rolling!? Yeah...
Now I can tell you we felt that one, the blast shields, I saw them vibrate like...
Boom, it was... wow.
So, the hinges... Oh la la!
Wow, it's totally shredded.
The blast...
[Nicolas] Sorry, I'm trying to shut the door there.
The windshield, we picked it around 20m (60ft) away.
And what's funny it that it stays relatively intact, the glass is actually laminated.
There are layers of plastic holding the glass together, to prevent that if you take an impact
and the glass cracks, you end up with shrapnel in your face.
But it took off like... [fart sound]
The joints were like... Huuuh!
Ha ha, like a spring roll! - [Philippe] See, glass is flexible!
You just have to fit it back together. - [Fred] Go ahead because I was about to pack it up.
They call me the packer.
[Fred] The packer... The cleaner, the cleaner.
[FRED THE CLEANER]
[Nicolas] Yeah, stay away from the cable.
[Laughter]
[Fred] Hey, get that on camera, guys!
[Nicolas] Wanna ride along?
[Cracks, laughter]
Watch out, watch out! - Stop, stop, stop!
That's explosive right there.
Alright, pack everything in the car.
There we are folks, the powerful conclusion to this Acetylene Power series,
with the biggest shock wave we've ever felt, really.
That was really, really powerful, we felt a vibration like... Boom!
Huuuuh!
So don't forget to subscribe if enjoyed it, leave a like,
and I say a big thank you to all the people here
who helped us with this totally crazy project.
Until then, I'll see you next time, good science to you all. Ciao!
I gotta get out of here...
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