How The Burj Khalifa Is Dubai's Lighting Rod | Richard Hammond's Big 

You should take 2 up with you just in case

I would have that thing on a lanyard so it was always attached to whoever is bonkers enough to climb up there to change a battery.

Will likely kill someone on the ground with that.

@@abeeshake96 you clearly haven't heard of a thing called terminal velocity not to mention air resistance.

Uqbah Kabir if you drop an Allen key on someone at terminal velocity it will do some serious damage.

100% right, I know him personally

@@ahmadkassab3131 Really?

@@botyzzz2844 yes

@@ahmadkassab3131 That's very nice

@@MuhammadUmar-by5vx I hated it!

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If an Allen Wrench falls in the city and the person hit is too dead to hear it, did it really fall?

The wrench would be like a missile of it fell from there

@@MK-it7wk Lol that's not how it works, check "terminal velocity".

Take a spare!

@@jamesclark7706 1 in each pocket and 1 in each sock lol

Might aswell jump out at that point

@@sg5176 lmfao

Don't worry, maintenance has a spare, just go down to subfloor 3 in the basement and you'll be back at the top in a few hours or so

Such a setup

Everyone

Ha true

Best comment 😂

Lol

Yes

Not the same, climbing what looks like a rod to that height and riding a helicopter.

Saif0412 afraid of heights is afraid of heights, it doesn't matter how. If you go up 200 meters in the air does it mater how you go up? You would still be afraid when you looked down so shut up

"New Cool Gamer"

@@newcoolgamer5537 "Afraid of heights is afraid of heights". Not true. I'm a glider pilot and can sometimes be afraid of heights. My fear of heights is very specific, though. If I’m in an airplane, I don’t have any fear of the altitude at all. What I don’t like is when I'm out in the open at a unsatisfying height. Whether that is at the top of a building or on the edge of a cliff. For example, If I was on the top floor of the Burj Khalifa next to the window looking out, I'd be fine. But if that window wasn't there, I'd fuck right off.

hes not afraid of heights if he just climbed the tallest building in the world lmai

Анатолий Чемизов speak English not enchantment table

@@j.ke66 LOL

savage

@Sultan Abdulhameed II you think Brits are a 'race' 😮🤭

Hah

there's something I don't understand too. why should anyone be so damn proud about having a child. YEEEE!! I'VE JUST ACCOMPLISHED THE MOST ELEMENTARY NO-BRAIN-REQUIRED TASK IN THE UNIVERSE! I FUCKED!

But there are 3 astronauts on the iss soo technicly he is not.

@@Tovarisch_Hardbassov Hammond is still standing to the Earth. The guys in the ISS are in the sky.

@@Eldrich4291 wrong the sky goes up to the karman line the iss is up further than that

Asian climbing Mount Everest: Say Whaaaaatt !

@@charmich fine, "The guys in the ISS are in Space." Better?

That's what I was thinking.

Technically Mount Everest is still closer to the Earth's core than mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.

Kacper Seltenreich it’s higher from the ocean, but you’re still right

he was talking about that moment he was the tallest guy in that moment

This is a mountain and this is a tower. Can’t be compared even in science

Indeed it is.

Its so genius it’s almost frightening

Arabs+South Asians(Mostly Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis) are the workforce of the Middle East

@@straightbusta2609 yea yea lies

@@khaledmaher6602 huh?

Weird thing is, theres taller places on the planet. Like Everest where people live and hike constantly. Theres also orbiting space stations, which are much much higher than anything on earth. So sadly, he is not the tallest man in the world

@@ericgavizon8446 you hate fun don't you

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@@ericgavizon8446 I thought the same thing. How do we know nobody is on a mountain that's higher than the Burj?

@Knowledge of Everything wait really? No way who would have thought :|

@Knowledge of Everything dude its a *JOKE*

Same. I think that that’s an absolutely incredible concept.

Right, aren’t humans fucking amazing in the barriers we keep pushing past?

Oof

Can you like not joke about that, it’s disgusting. Think of the victims.

@@gavinslatter Dude I live in a country where my relatives literally got gassed.

@@gavinslatter Go be offended somewhere else

@@lolrip818 why are you such a terrible person

Because its so awesome right ?

@@DrKampfpudding i would have , because I hav height issues😰

if u fainted u would just fall off the building lol

@@thegmodguy3411, lololol

@@thegmodguy3411 then they wont be able to faint again after that. Win win 👍👍

Lmao

He’s in creative mode

damn, that made me laugh !

That’s drone stupid

@@AlAmin-if9gx he was joking STUPID

🗣🗯🛑 Imagine the fact that dual national Towery Maurice Burris-Hunt acquired controlling interest of the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab in 2014. Within months he purchased Gevora Hotel converted a Hotel into the W Hotel. Becoming one of the wealthiest men in Dubai. While in America he is known for being beneficiary succesor grandson of billionaire Johnny Bryan Hunt founder of J.B Hunt Transportation also banker J.P Morgan and beneficiary of famous Radio and TV personality Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem estate. He reportedly accounts for a unbelievable percentage of the USA economy. His face was often pictured on the Burj Khalifa and his family in 2014 but try and find a picture of him!!

Mt Everest beats them all.

@@kevinmaltby2346, yeh. Everest is easily taller

@@archiesutherland6127 But not man made - just a wonder of nature.

@@kevinmaltby2346 i can see mt everest far away at the "distance"(if that made any sence at all)every time im going to school

I mean Dubai is at the sea level so it‘s not as tall as other places

Same 😂

Right there with you 🤢

no kidding

It made me tingle

They’re always strapped in. Even at the top they still had a wire so it would be safe. Also the wall is huge. You’re have to do your best to fall off

😂😂😂

No, Robert Downey Jr looks more similar to Tony Stark

@@orvinsavero becuase it's him as the actor

@@gpr-ce8ph That's the joke haha

Tiny stark

🗣🗯🛑 Imagine the fact that dual national Towery Maurice Burris-Hunt acquired controlling interest of the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab in 2014. Within months he purchased Gevora Hotel converted a Hotel into the W Hotel. Becoming one of the wealthiest men in Dubai. While in America he is known for being beneficiary succesor grandson of billionaire Johnny Bryan Hunt founder of J.B Hunt Transportation also banker J.P Morgan and beneficiary of famous Radio and TV personality Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem estate. He reportedly accounts for a unbelievable percentage of the USA economy. His face was often pictured on the Burj Khalifa and his family in 2014 but try and find a picture of him!!

I don't think 20-25 seconds would be enough to make a connection, let alone having a conversation.

Richard, so far, have done the most crazy experiments - challenges - travels in his life by join the trio in their shows Top Gear & The Grand Tour. However, the best experiment is yet to come, he found him self on the tallest so far building - skyscraper in this world. But he forgot one thing. (pee, poop and jump) which one is go to touch the ground first?? Too bad, he lost a unique experience

Made some calculation, if we ignore the air resistance, then he has 12.99921504694552 seconds left, well that is not enough for him

@@megavannanmd1348 idk man, air resistance is an actual thing in the real world

@@naveen5126 then he will have 13- 15 seconds time, not much longer than that

That would be a very efficient way...

If the lighting goes down the outside of the building, if your at the bottom just touching it. Do you die XD?

@@Another_youtube_animator No cause it's dispersed over the entire building, also the shortest path to the ground would still be through the building so you wouldn't get much charge running through you.

@@nikezor1 ah nice

If I were them I would carry an extra couple of those just in case

Imagine getting it on the head -> instant death^^

@@markusz4447 With the battery probably, but the tool? Nah. I can't be bothered to calculate its maximum falling velocity (it maxes out after at most a couple hundred metres), but I highly doubt it will have enough momentum to seriously hurt sb.

@@clarkkent2746 if it lands point down, thats a lot of pressure, even if it is over a small area. Could probably go into your skull quite a bit.

@@markusz4447 velocity decrease as displacement increases

Everest blows my mind. Ever taken a trip by passenger jet? The summit of Everest would be just below where that plane was cruising. It's just insane!

@@MrEazyE357 if u think thats tall, compare it to olympus mon on mars, it is about 3-4 times the height of everest and when ontop if u look at the horizon i will still be seeing the base of the mountain

are we just going to ignore the people on the iss?

The difference is all of those are not connecting to the ground/land😅 so the measurement of become tallest man on earth are not qualified😂

@@bman4293 olympus mons is not on earth😅

That is what I'm also thinking hahahaha

Imagine taking hammond up there

@@SSett huh?

SashaCda you look stunning 😍

@I C no i mean lightning

Everyone: youre not funny stfu

@I C im pretty sure it was a typo, bc it should be lightning rod

@@aespa690 clearly 91 people disagree

Seriously that's how I felt 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

then imagine what Hammond must have felt as he is Really scared of heights xD. i am not rlly that scared of heights myself

i don't get why i have that too... I skydive, i have no problem looking down from an airplane and jumping. but a much lower height of a tall building will immediately trigger this anxiety for me if i stand on top of it. and if the fence for whatever reason is somewhere at waist or slightly under waist height, it doubles the anxiety

@@beepIL can relate to this

@@beepIL can relate too...but we can practice and we got now understanding of it.

Imagine dropping the little allen wrench off the tower

+DMJaxun Why? Why bother? 🤨

@@dmjaxun9848 terminal velocity would sound pretty dangerous for the pedestrians

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whiteribbonman1 I meant if he had accidentally done so

I have thought about this too, I am guessing they would need some type of storage device and it would probably have to be huge and able to withstand that surge of power coming in. Theoretically it’s probably possible, might be out of our reach for now. I Have never looked into it tho.

Partially cause we don’t have the tech yet and also cause of powerful companies being corrupt and fucking us over for something natural like electricity or even water.

Lightning bolts average around 1GJ of energy which is around 277 kwh. The statement is wildly incorrect and if a bolt of lightning could be captured with 100% efficiency it would power the building for minutes, not years.

unfortunately lightning is practically completely useless as an energy source.

Becos it's static electricity not current electricity

POOWWWEEERRRR

He wouldn't fit... I think...lol

not in the world tho lol . but people on Everest are higher up than him

Uhmm? Astronauts are not on this world they are on a space ship. So your statement is wrong 😂

Tuukka Silventoinen world means earth so he was wrong

Los Santos City space station*

Silly Boy If the original comment was in a philosophical context, then he would’ve been right

HAMMOND! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. This is brilliant". - Mr. Slowly

And everyone on the ISS or a mountain over 823 meters

Copied but ok

literally copied

@@abdullahjamal4944 sorry bro i copied you

copied but no.

Same

Its easyer to climb than to get of lol Litterly

So original

Or fotgetting it...

People on any mountain or a plane higher than 830m***

Lmao

Astronauts on the ISS: *ahem*

@@joethomas5528 They don't count, they aren't on the world they're outside of it technically speaking

a base jump from there would be epic...

Dubai has the biggest solar power plant in the world

There is a whole city power by solar energy in dubai

Trust me. You don't

🗣🗯🛑 Imagine the fact that dual national Towery Maurice Burris-Hunt acquired controlling interest of the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab in 2013 - 2014. Within months he purchased Gevora Hotel converted a Hotel into the W Hotel. Becoming one of the wealthiest men in Dubai. While in America he is known for being beneficiary succesor grandson of billionaire Johnny Bryan Hunt founder of J.B Hunt Transportation also banker J.P Morgan and beneficiary of famous Radio and TV personality Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem estate. He reportedly accounts for a unbelievable percentage of the USA economy. His face was often pictured on the Burj Khalifa and that of family in 2014 but try and find a picture of him!!