Can a High Fall Turn Water Into Pavement?

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]If you fall from a height tall enough and you get up enough speed, when you hit that water, it behaves just like pavement.

[00:00:05]>> To find out if water is as hard as pavement, Carrie, Grant, and Tori have commenced Operation Port Drop.

[00:00:12]>> Okay, so we're at our target altitude of 600 ft. We're hovering directly above the landing zone. Are you guys ready?

[00:00:20]>> Okay, we're ready.

[00:00:21]>> Okay, here we go. Operation pork drop onto B in three, two, one. Pig is flying.

[00:00:31]Okay, for this water test, we're going to use a pig of the same weight. We're going to go to the same height with the helicopter and drop it to get the same terminal velocity.

[00:00:39]>> We're all set. You guys ready?

[00:00:41]>> Okay, Tori, we are good to go.

[00:00:44]>> Number two on the water.

[00:00:47]>> Looking good. Looking good.

[00:00:49]>> Belly flop. Belly flop.

[00:00:52]>> Well, the pig on the pavement did really disastrously. 17 fractures. Here's a femur fracture. fracture, dislocation in the spine, and to top it all off, decapitation.

[00:01:03]>> The water drop pig did much better, although it's still seven fractures compared to 17. Six rib fractures and also a neck fracture, but not as bad as the decapitation.

[00:01:12]>> The pig landing on the pavement, bam, was actually a lot harder than falling on water.

[00:01:18]>> However, as far as this myth's concerned, hitting the water at any height not going to be as hard as if you're hitting paint. So this map is bush.