I know no such thing

Post #270,868 by crazy 10/19/06 9:02:37 PM Reply	I know no such thing
Post #270,881 by drewk 10/19/06 11:49:36 PM Reply	Oh come on Two guys with no mechanical aid pull back the bungees (or whatever they're using) hard enough to fling a guy that far? === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #270,883 by crazy 10/19/06 11:52:13 PM Reply	Hey It could happen. Yes, I suspect it was a dummy flying. But I'll grant the possibility it wasn't. And laugh and laugh and laugh.
Post #270,884 by drewk 10/19/06 11:53:21 PM Reply	Nah, the trajectory looked wrong, too === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #270,914 by Another Scott 10/20/06 8:34:28 AM 10/20/06 8:43:12 AM Reply	It's fake. 1) The chair and the "victim" started out with the same acceleration. They should have ended up in roughly the same place. But... 2) The victim must have weighed much more than the plastic chair, yet he went twice as far. That's impossible. 3) There's the F=ma and [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooke%27s_Law\|Hooke's Law] issues that Drew raised. The force to throw a person that distance is much larger than that produced by a few guys stretching a rubber band a few feet. I suspect the "victim" was digitally added later (after the "camera giggling" part of the tape). [edit:] Compare that tape with [link\|http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2262706074586564619&q=human+slingshot&hl=en\|this one] to see the way a human slingshot should really work. Cheers, Scott. Edited by Another Scott Oct. 20, 2006, 08:43:12 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #270,918 by admin 10/20/06 10:25:38 AM Reply	I don't think it was digital. During the "shuffling", we lose sight of the guy in the chair. The next time we see him he's immediately launched. There was just a quick change with a dummy, especially given how the "person" flies through the air like a rag doll. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #270,926 by Andrew Grygus 10/20/06 11:38:53 AM Reply	The body should have gone farther than the chair . . . . . the chair was very light plastic with extremely poor aerodynamics. The body shouldn't have gone anywhere near that much farther though. Even a lightweight dummy should not have gone that much further (light weight and poor aerodynamics again) so it's pretty certainly a poor quality digital fake. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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