To: Sir Gawain
I watched that video over and over when it was emailed to me about 2 weeks ago. There is no way it is real. It is impossible. And here is why. Take a look at the portion where the four tires hit eachother sending the next one up an incline. When the 3rd tire hits the forth and final tire it reverses course and starts going DOWN the ramp. After is has clearly started to roll DOWN the ramp it comes to a stop and reverses course and starts going UP the ramp. That is impossible. Also, at the very end you will notice that the Honda goes from a steady roll to an immediate stop as if someone jammed on the brakes. This is probably caused by a stop in the tape after the banner drops.
25 posted on
04/30/2003 11:49:31 AM PDT by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: Phantom Lord
At one point three tyres, amazingly, roll uphill. They do so because inside they have been weighted with bolts and screws which have been positioned with fingertip care so that the slightest kiss of kinetic energy pushes them over, onward and, yes, upward.Perhaps the weights in the tires made them roll back upward.
To: Phantom Lord
From reading a previous article: there are weights in the tires....when you watch them with that knowledge, their movement makes sense.
To: Phantom Lord
At one point three tyres, amazingly, roll uphill. They do so because inside they have been weighted with bolts and screws which have been positioned with fingertip care so that the slightest kiss of kinetic energy pushes them over, onward and, yes, upward.
33 posted on
04/30/2003 12:19:14 PM PDT by
Texaggie79
(YATTA!)
To: Phantom Lord
Take a look at the portion where the four tires hit eachother sending the next one up an incline. When the 3rd tire hits the forth and final tire it reverses course and starts going DOWN the ramp. After is has clearly started to roll DOWN the ramp it comes to a stop and reverses course and starts going UP the ramp. That is impossible. No it's not. The article clearly says that there are weights inside the tires to make them roll uphill. The tire you describe rolls uphill because of its off-center weight, then bounces backwards slightly because it rebounds off the tire it just bumped, and then the off-center weight again overcomes the backwards roll and makes it roll forwards/uphill again.
Also, at the very end you will notice that the Honda goes from a steady roll to an immediate stop as if someone jammed on the brakes. This is probably caused by a stop in the tape after the banner drops.
And while the sequence is clearly freeze-framed at the very end, but that doesn't violate the "it's real, and it's all one shot" claim.
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