The Funny Pic Thread Part 13 - Clowns to the Left of me, jokers to the right, Welcome to DC!

[Drewski]

 

[ancjr]

 

[ancjr]

 

[ancjr]

 

[Bigtanker]

^^I know exactly where that is.^^
....

Lightweight.

 

[SEIndSAM]

^^I know exactly where that is.^^
....

Lightweight.

I-74 Greenburg, IN...

 

[Bigtanker]

Yep

I-74 Greenburg, IN...

 

[nonobaddog]

That's kind of dumb. If those people would just stay on the pavement they wouldn't crash so hard.

 

[Dr.Midnight]

 

[Mongo59]

The landing needs work.

It looks like another muggle missed the 9 and 3/4 to Hogworts...

 

[Hardscrable]

Even includes a minnow bucket

 

[Hardscrable]

 

[Slapstick]

 

[Drewski]

 

[Drewski]

 

[Drewski]

 

[Drewski]

can confirm

 

[Drewski]

 

[mbkintner]

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The women have succumbed to his spell...they have no pupils.

 

[BugI02]

I'm confused - once the tires are off the ground what effect would throttle or brakes have on the trajectory? Inertia quickly degrades to gravity with the principle variable being the angle of attack versus the weight distribution of the object determining how quickly it will rotate and drop.

Movies make it look like launched cars sail straight indefinitely but the moment the tires leave the ground all forward thrust ceases so speed and mass determines distance before rotation and its rarely more than a car-length.

As I recall, the practical stunt work necessary to launch the General Lee in the Dukes of Hazzard tv show involved 50k psi of compressed air and 1,000 pounds of ballast in the trunk to offset the forward biased center of gravity due to the engine. It was basically a super sized slingshot.

What about having a high velocity at liftoff and a huge basket handle wing generating downforce at the rear? That might behave a bit differently