someone explain why this didnt work?

[SPANISH-RICE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXppDX65UDo

kinda long but definatly worth it

[torbs]

thats obvious...that car isnt aerodynamic AT ALL...right after it left the ramp it was spinning in the air. there was more surface pushing against the wind (car was at a 90 degree angle to the earth's surface)...if the car would have stayed straight, then he might have had a chance...it's all about aero...another possibility is that he held onto the accelerator after leaving the ramp, causing the jet engine to push the car at a 90 degree angle (to the earth's surface) right away, taking away all of the potential aero.

thats my .02 anyway

[bubba]

That car is as aerodynamic as a brick and weighs how many pounds...and isnt this a repost.

[amicheze]

Yeah it's all about aerodynamics. Once he took off, the wind resistance forced the car straight up, just like if you take a toy car and launch it off of a tall ramp at a high speed. The only way that could have worked was if he took off completely parallel to the ground with some functional wings to float down.

[weshole]

Meh, you are all wrong. He failed to make the move to the DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE. Wimpy ass jedi knight never had a chance.

[MisterCMK]

cliff notes? I am too lazy to watch it.

[bubba]

Basically someone tries to jump a rocket powered lincoln continental (the old boxy boat ones) off a jump, which is basically a quarter pipe and it goes straight up and down. It worth watching to show how dumb people are.

Oh the jump was supposed to be a mile long over a river, off a 8 story ramp...and cost a million dollars to set up.

[GreenLantern]

lol...i love that video

back in the 70s before Aerodynamics existed, this was believed to be possible....not the case