7.0/109 votes#1 - Coordinate Blue Angels Airshows, Build An Indoor Ski Slope, Make Sushi
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2009
How do pilots perform jaw-dropping aerobatic stunts at supersonic speeds without crashing? How can a ski slope in the desert be kept cool? And how is sushi made?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1010 votes
#2 - Produce Power from Waste, Customize Supercars, Make Super Steel Swords
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2009
How do they turn the trash from the world's biggest St Patrick's Day parade into power, transform a luxury limo into a racing car and craft the ultimate supersteel sword?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1010 votes
#3 - Cowboys Hats, Deep Sea Dive, Inflight Catering
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2009
How do they make the world's most famous hat, and does it really hold ten gallons? Plus, how do they repair cables on the sea floor and feed 100,000 aeroplane...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/109 votes
#4 - De-Ice Planes, Glossy Magazines, Electric Sports Car
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2009
How do they stop planes from icing up; how is clay used to keep glossy magazines looking sharp; and how do they build an electric car that can reach 200kmph?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1010 votes
#5 - Communicate With Spacecraft, Maintain Supertankers
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2009
How do they talk to spacecraft in orbit; how do they keep the world's biggest ships in tip-top condition; and how can they lengthen luxury limos and still provide a...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/108 votes
#6 - Operate Mega Hotels, Cut Metal With Lasers, Build A Gold Course In Dubai
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2009
How do they provide services in one of the world's largest casino hotels, cut through metal with a beam of light, and build a golf course in the desert?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1012 votes
#7 - Drill Through Solid Rock, Produce OJ, Bend Glass
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2009
How do they drill through a kilometre of solid rock to find the hidden riches in the desert, pick 20,000 oranges a minute for juice, and get glass to curve...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1011 votes
#8 - Service Jumbo Jets, Create Nuclear Power, Build Pianos
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2009
How do they service the A380, the world's largest plane? Plus, how do they generate 500,000 kWh from 1oz of uranium, and build and tune a piano to concert standard?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/108 votes
#9 - Artificial Reefs, Earthquake Proof Buildings, Rocket Fuel Cars
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 9/3/2009
How do they turn an old warship into a playground for scuba divers, plan to stop San Francisco collapsing when the next earthquake strikes, and run a car on rocket...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/108 votes
#10 - Develop G-Suits, Operate The Smart Grid, Track And Stop A Stolen Car
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 9/10/2009
How do they make the magic suits that stop jet pilots blacking out when they are flying, and how can a robo-cop stop a stolen car without a high-speed chase?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1010 votes
#11 - Assembly Line Robots, Seal Wine Bottles, Desalinize Sea Water
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2009
How do they program robots to build cars, how are wine bottles sealed, and how can sea water be transformed into fresh drinking water?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/108 votes
#12 - Airplane Parachutes, Solar Power, Photochromic Lenses
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 9/24/2009
How do they use explosive rockets to catch crashing planes in mid-air and how do sunbathing techniques help scientists catch rays of sun? Plus, the shady secrets of sunglasses.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/108 votes
#13 - Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 10/1/2009
Find out how they blast 10,000 tonnes of rock, how the earth is mapped from space, and how fresh flowers are provided all year round.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1010 votes
#14 - Work In 600 Degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand One Of The World's Largest Ports
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 10/8/2009
How do they fashion cool clothing that can withstand the heat of a furnace, and how do they turn sea into land to create artificial islands? Plus, putting the fizz...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1010 votes
#15 - Manufacture Propellers, Create Intelligent Cars, Turn Metal Into Magnets
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 10/15/2009
How have they designed a car that can call the emergency services? How is metal turned into magnets? And how are the biggest ships propelled?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/109 votes
#16 - Maintain The World's Largest Aquarium, Make Sapphire, Manufacture Bentleys
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 10/22/2009
How do they look after sharks at the world's biggest aquarium? How do they grow precious stones? And what does it take to build a luxury Bentley?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1010 votes
#17 - Mine Oil, Operate Shipping Lanes, Restore Film
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 10/29/2009
How do they avoid docking disasters when handling a thousand ships a day, how do they create a world of oil reserves from sticky forest mud, or bring old movies...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/109 votes
#18 - Make Batteries, Build Artificial Islands, Create Perfume
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 11/12/2009
How do they make batteries from brine? How do they build a tropical island from trash? And how are fragrances blended to create different types of scents?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/108 votes
#19 - Manufacture Stainless Steel, Make Paper, Monster Motorcycle
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 11/19/2009
How can steel repair itself? How do they create the world's most powerful bikes? And how is wood transformed into paper?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1012 votes
#20 - Make Military Helicopters, Design Metro Systems, Engineer Artificial Reefs
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 11/19/2012
Find out how they make military helicopters, how they design metro systems and how they engineer artificial reefs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Genre:Documentary
Network:Discovery
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Coordinate Blue Angels Airshows, Build An Indoor Ski Slope, Make Sushi" is the best rated episode of "How Do They Do It?" season 6. It scored 7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/16/2009. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Produce Power from Waste, Customize Supercars, Make Super Steel Swords".