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 Post subject: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:01 
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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:06 
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I call video trickery on that one.


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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:08 
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It looks awfully homebrewed, which could be deception.


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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:57 
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It looks greats, but I feel like there's some video tomfoolery.

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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:03 
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Haha, that's really funny.

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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:32 
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Isn't that lovely?

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The fact that the slide goes out of camera shot for a few meters is highly suspect imo.

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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:34 
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Malc wrote:
The fact that the slide goes out of camera shot for a few meters is highly suspect imo.
I agree with Malc. I'll watch it again, later, carefully.


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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:46 
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The speed looks like too much for the size of the slide. Not to mention the fact that the odds against getting it right would be pretty long, even if you could get that much speed it would be impossible to predict just how fast you'd end up going. And even if you did somehow manage to go precisely fast enough I reckon you'd probably end up a bit ill after landing in that much water at that speed.


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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 13:07 
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I would probably slide off the side before ever reaching the ramp.


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 Post subject: Re: The human cannonball
PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:31 
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I would argue that teh reaction of him and his buddies at the end is too over hammed. Also, surely the start point would have to be substantially higher than the end point, to obtain that length, given the body wouldn't describe a parabola? Or some boring shits who did physics might need to work this one out, but they can draw some graphs.

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