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bluelake
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 Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: Mythbusters |
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I was contacted by the associate producer of the show. He needed information on the rocket arrow carts (hwacha/화차) that were used during the Yi Choson dynasty here in Korea (1392-1910). I am good friends with the fletcher and son who make the hwachas for museums and such. I was very impressed with the questions he asked, as it bodes well for the show trying to do a historically accurate segment. He said they will start building their hwacha next week. I look forward to seeing the show when it's done.
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poet13
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Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| That's cool. |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Absolutely. What myth are they trying to examin? |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Leslie Cheswyck wrote: |
| Absolutely. What myth are they trying to examin? |
I'm not quite sure what myth they are trying to bust; I can only guess that maybe it will have something to do with reported distances they were able to shoot or something like that. In any case, it will be interesting to see what they come up with. |
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Dances With Wolves
Joined: 06 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I have seen a program regarding this on the History Channel, quite interesting that Mythbusters is doing a show on it. I will be looking for it, good stuff here. They were like the MLRS systems of the modern Army is my assumption correct? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Could you ask them to check out fan death while they're at it? |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Dances With Wolves wrote: |
| I have seen a program regarding this on the History Channel, quite interesting that Mythbusters is doing a show on it. I will be looking for it, good stuff here. They were like the MLRS systems of the modern Army is my assumption correct? |
Yes, that is correct. There were a few different varieties (S, M, L), those that had explosive heads, those that were simply projectiles, and so on. |
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Could you ask them to check out fan death while they're at it? |
 Remember that episode when they explored the myth about the Chinese scholar (king?) that attached a large selection of firecrackers to his chair & supposedly launched into space? If they can cover that myth surely fan death would be doable. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| Stormy wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Could you ask them to check out fan death while they're at it? |
Remember that episode when they explored the myth about the Chinese scholar (king?) that attached a large selection of firecrackers to his chair & supposedly launched into space? If they can cover that myth surely fan death would be doable. |
From what I remember, there wasn't anything left, to speak of, of the mannequin they used for the "pilot". |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, that was a great episode. I think the best part of the show is the boy-like glee these guys get from blowing shit up. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| I must confess that I am a Mythbusters addict. It'll be nice to see them tackle this. They busted the Confederate rocket and the steam rocket so let's see if the hwatcha is the real deal. |
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bluelake
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I must confess that I am a Mythbusters addict. It'll be nice to see them tackle this. They busted the Confederate rocket and the steam rocket so let's see if the hwatcha is the real deal. |
It can be an interesting show, but they've goofed before. On the episode where they supposedly disproved "robinhooding" an arrow (one arrow splitting another), they were called on it by many archers world-wide. In response, they made up rules to fit their results.
In the case of the hwacha, I'm not even sure what "myth" they are trying to bust yet; I asked the associate producer and am waiting to hear (it's still the weekend in the States, so it won't be for another day). The hwacha itself is definitely the "real deal" as several have been built and used here in Korea in the past several years at different events (you can see them on YouTube); I've personally seen them used many times--it's quite a sight. |
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bluelake
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I heard from the associate producer today. I had asked him what "myth" was going to be busted and he told me the following:
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Well, it�s not a myth in this case. But we do want to test the upper limits of the hwacha�s capabilities in terms of firing range (500 yards?) and number of arrows (200?).
Both figures seem somewhat optimistic to me, but we�ll see...
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Suwon23
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| bluelake wrote: |
| Stormy wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Could you ask them to check out fan death while they're at it? |
Remember that episode when they explored the myth about the Chinese scholar (king?) that attached a large selection of firecrackers to his chair & supposedly launched into space? If they can cover that myth surely fan death would be doable. |
From what I remember, there wasn't anything left, to speak of, of the mannequin they used for the "pilot". |
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that they dressed the "Ming" pilot in Qing dynasty clothing? God, that still hurts in my brain... |
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Am I the only one bothered by the fact that they dressed the "Ming" pilot in Qing dynasty clothing? God, that still hurts in my brain...
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Yes, yes you are. |
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