Ping Pong Rescue

S2, E13: Adam, Jamie and the build team test out separate but similar myths as they try to float heavy objects in unorthodox fashion. Welcome to the float-athon! In Ping Pong Salvage, Adam and Jamie try out a myth which first surfaced in a Donald Duck cartoon way back in the 1940s: raising a sunken boat from the seabed using…ping pong balls. A series of experiments establish just how much weight ping-pong balls will lift underwater and how deep they will go before they buckle under pressure. As the strain of this myth starts to tell, the guys begin to crack and a MythBusters bust-up ensues. In Carried Away, the build team take center stage to answer the question raised by countless Hollywood movies - just how many fairground balloons would it take to lift a kid and whisk her off into the wild blue yonder? First, they work out how much weight one standard party-sized helium filled balloon will weigh then they select their very own Mary Poppins – Maddie Poppins!