When I heard about it I got intrigue, though I have an inkling there is something else, so I watched the full movie to find out if a bullet proof balloon is indeed correct.
Watch the video with me again:
Video credits: National Geographic Channel
It's funny how the big guy with beard reaction. A magnum 45 will never be stopped by just balloons. The 2 girls are as funny as well like they really wanted to give numbers just like taking an exam which you don't know what's the answer and just circle which you feel like it. And the girl blue won.
Just my points while I watched the video: It was not just the balloon but it's more of the water inside it. We all know how powerful water is. It can break a rock, it can crush a car, it can kill. So it's 90% water and maybe 10% of the balloons elasticity.
Like what the natgeotv.com tv host, Tim Shaw said: "The bullet enters the fourth balloon but it losses so much velocity that it just can't get through the far side and bounces back into the balloon."
This how Tim Shaw had it explained:
1. When the bullet was released from the gun, it started to loose it's velocity as it needs to cut through the air. (Air is lighter than water so it really should go far)
2. Then it bumps into the first balloon with water, "the thing about water is, water is super dense".
Just as Tim Shaw mentioned it's like bumping to a swimming pool so hard it loses to much energy to penetrate.
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| See how extremely water reduce the bullet's velocity. |
3. Until it losses it's velocity.
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| In just span of time the Magnum's bullet, lost totally from the water filled balloons. |
There are lots of water experiments that you can try and do on your own to prove the power of water.
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