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yeah, this scene has been tore up in driver lounges across the country. a few points to include. the truck was going maybe 25 miles per hour on a tight urban street. the cable would have had to mount perfectly in the center of the bumper, oh the sheet metal bumper vs the cable would have torn right off before back wheel moved. most likely the truck would have jack knifed partially
yeah, this scene has been tore up in driver lounges across the country. a few points to include. the truck was going maybe 25 miles per hour on a tight urban street. the cable would have had to mount perfectly in the center of the bumper, oh the sheet metal bumper vs the cable would have torn right off before back wheel moved. most likely the truck would have jack knifed partially
I don't think this was done right. You're not just lifting a point mass to a given height, you're rotating a real object around its center of mass as well… torque and angular momentum should be considered when the cable starts pulling on the nose of the truck.
What is the ssf of an unladen swallow?
The cable would snap, it would get pulled off it's anchor, the bumper would get pulled off… anything but the truck flipping over.
There was so much kinetic energy that, even if the cables, anchors or anchor points gave, there is a (very very slim) chance the angular momentum of the rear of the truck would have been enough to flip it whilst the rest of the system failed.
The weight calculations are a little low. That tractor weighs about 17,000 lbs not 15,000. Also the trailer weighs about 10,000 lbs when you factor in the welded on steel steps on the back. A surviving truck from the movie in on youtube so you can see it yourself. The truck had to weigh about 15 tons or more.
mathbusters
Want to know why this was real physics… CAUSE IT'S BATMAN!
The center of gravity can be changed by the rear wheels being moved forward or back. There is no possible way this can happen as shown unless it was going way fast then 45
You guys are great! Keep it up!!
i just realized they didnt edit out the gaseous discharge from the piston in post
What a bunch of jokers, these guys :o)
I had always assumed that the other ends of the cables got shot into the ground.
Wow. This scene is what I describe as "acceptable nonsense",
These are the sort of impossible/implausible scenes where I think, I'll let that slide because it looks really cool.
lol good answer!
He's a special (needs) agent – he should be able to outdrink teenagers.
how about the new Daniel Craig bond, just calculate if the human body can withstand the amount of booze he consumes in each flick over how much time the movie took place over?
Beautiful finger-giving moment at 3:50 😀
I think that might work. Maybe not.
75 Km? Slow? You have never seen a metric car go 75 Km/h. That's pretty fast in Australia.
Something doesn't feel right here. Some of the kinetic energy will be spent trying to accelerate the earth through the cable. The angle of the CG from the pivot point (cable attachment) is 13.51deg. So only the momentum perpendicular to that pivot point will be spent in trying to move the CG around the pivot – which is sin(13.51) – and this gives 0.2337. So I estimate only 23.37% of the energy is used in moving the CG. But I could be wrong as its early and I haven't had coffee yet.
they should call us 'gang'.
it's nice.
makes me feel like i have a family for once.
Do you know why batman can defy physics? BECAUSE HE'S BATMAN!
They go a different approach. Mythbusters test their myths my reconstructing them, these guys calculate whether the stunt would be doable in theory. Same result, different approach.
*kinetic
idk they both are pretty cool
dont wanna compare
hehehe 5:01 wtf…
Physics. the ff sound is normally ph in english from greek.
Hope this helps!
Bruce Wayne is always the most kawaiiest at Gotham Con
3:49 just casually flipping off his co-host…
I'm disappointed with this one. Even with magic cables, anchor points, bumper and trailer hitch, the stopping force would have to be perfectly centered (left-right) and much lower than the center of gravity for a flip instead of a spin.
needs more explosions
This show is really growing on me
I started listening to this then went "Who gives a fuck!?" It's a movie… comic movies aren't meant to be logical.
If you're looking for Bond material, how about the falling plane in GoldenEye's opening sequence?
Great show as always guys! Wouldn't the force of the abrupt stop just snap the hitch though? How strong are those things?
this can't happen the front of the truck would hit the ground absorbing the connectic engery causes the trailer to come loose or start to flip but then it would jam i have seen actural truck axitends when they do this
if the truck is fixed so the front connects strait to the back no join it cought flip as it would be riddgid
Drive safe when you cosplay!
I see what you mean. I'd take this with a grain of salt. It looks like these guys barely passed physics.
I love the middle finger while explaining "vertical" cg
6:11
well, that's some laughing sample
Fucking cosplayers. Thats just dangerous. 😛
Maybe just to start the lesson, and let them know physiscs can also be used in a fun way? A good teacher would know how to use this!