A Trebuchet is a giant, lever-based catapult. Phil uses it to hurl pumpkins!
Phil uses the mechanical advantage of hydraulics to crush stuff!!!
Phil experiments with the Magnus effect
Phil maxes out a Geodesic dome!
From plastics, to fabrics to our own DNA, polymers are everywhere.
Phil harnesses a chemical reaction to make several variations on rockets!
How do you max out an egg drop? With pumpkins, of course!
Phil tries to max out a boat that propels itself using nothing but water and gravity.
Explore friction with frogs, rice, one detective and two books stuck together!
Propulsion and inertia are powering this episode.
Phil explores lots of different methods of flight.
Diet cola and mints! A fun experiment that's even more awesome when maxxed out.
Gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, chemical, electrical - you name the force, we've got it in this episode!