Timeline for Car driving / falling off of a cliff - will it land upright?
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| Dec 3, 2020 at 17:53 | vote | accept | Jacob Raccuia | ||
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:39 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Nov 19, 2014 at 15:54 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | @OlinLathrop: you are correct. I've updated my answer to reflect that (plus adding more stuff). | |
| Nov 19, 2014 at 15:54 | history | edited | Kyle Kanos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2014 at 15:33 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | I don't think it really matters much where the center of gravity is relative to the two axles. No matter where it is, you get the same net torqe impulse from the back wheels being pushed up while the front wheels have already gone over the edge. This is where the rotation comes from. Center of mass relative to shape will eventually dictate what happens due to air resistance, but I'd say that is minimal in a 1/2 to 1 revolution fall for a typical car or van. | |
| Nov 19, 2014 at 15:10 | history | answered | Kyle Kanos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |