Who calculated this and how many tries until they got it right?

Submitted by Ginger Kuftack on November 4, 2009 - 10:28am

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I suspect it was hours on a Photoshop machine. The video titled "Second Attempt -Fail" is a more realistic ending. Some of the techos on here can answer this, but how fast would a 200 lb projectile have to be moving at the point of launch, and could that velocity have been achieved as pictured?

Submitted by civil on November 4, 2009 - 11:19am.

If you study it closely you can tell where they've clipped it together but it's still fun! I've got nephews that would have tried this.

Submitted by Ginger Kuftack on November 4, 2009 - 12:26pm.

........speaking of nephews I will send you something REALLY funny from the 4th of July..........

eldoggg

Submitted by eldoggg on November 4, 2009 - 12:28pm.

..........after studying it again and again ,  I believe even with oil there wouldn't have been enough slope to get that guy up to the speed at which he appeared.......he looked motorized after  30 feet or so.......like he was actually speeding up from the bottom of  intitial slope.........he would maintain speed but not speed up.....unless he had nitrous.........ROFL................as in motorcyle jumping the speed has to be exact  at the exit point  , as a slight difference translates to a lot of distance.......I suspect it would be nearly impossible to dupicate exact speed with a body weight that shifts  on a surface with unequal lubricant distribution...........but who knows?..........now that I think about it , it did look like a long way for a heavy body to travel from such an unmotorized start..........it looked like a motorcyle jump.........we may never know..........

eldoggg

Submitted by eldoggg on November 4, 2009 - 12:22pm.

I cannot answer who did the calculation on that, but I do have to ask how many broken bones they got before it was right?  That is just screaming wheelchair oops!  If I have to guess I would say probably 100 times before it was right, maybe 200 and that isn't counting all the hospital visits on their part........

Submitted by dragonlady on November 4, 2009 - 10:45am.

......that's pretty unbelievable..........my guess is they may be engineering students........they must have used a much larger landing pool till they exacted the landing point , otherwise the one guy would be mighty sore when he sat down...............that's a great post...............

eldoggg

Submitted by eldoggg on November 4, 2009 - 10:44am.

Good Morning Eldoggg!  I never thought of the engineering student thing!

Submitted by dragonlady on November 4, 2009 - 10:47am.

....good morning to you d'lady.......it's a beautiful day isn't it?...........a dog walkin day if I ever saw one...........

eldoggg

Submitted by eldoggg on November 4, 2009 - 11:01am.

Yeah, I'll get right on that one Eldoggg!  I will let my dog run so fast that she just carries me in the air like I'm a cartoon character, since I cannot walk her......  But, yes it is a beautiful day for that!

Submitted by dragonlady on November 4, 2009 - 11:12am.

.....I meant for me......sorry I wasn't trying to hurt you..........lol........

eldoggg

Submitted by eldoggg on November 4, 2009 - 11:46am.

LOL.....  Yes, you were!  Don't lie to me Eldoggg, you love watching us be like cartoon characters behind you, lol......

Submitted by dragonlady on November 4, 2009 - 12:00pm.