Physics again and moviewatching

"Amoore100" (amoore100) 05/08/2015 at 00:48 • Filed to: Physics, AP, Dreamworks, Prius, Ram, Interstellar, Home

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After our AP test, our physics teacher promised to give us a project that could get us out of the final if we get an A on it. The first part of the project is to make a video demonstrating either a good or bad representation of any aspects of AP Physics 1 (Kinematics, Forces, Springs, Waves, Circuits, Gravity, Electromagnetism, etc.) in a movie. Thus, I was wondering if Oppo had any suggestions for some car-related scenes (~1 min but longer may be fine as well) that can be used for this purpose...

Since this project is homework due in two weeks, we started watching Interstellar in class today. So far a great film, and I love how the ‘09 Ram (manual, dually, diesel) is portrayed as the ultimate work vehicle on the dystopian farm... ( Thank IMCDB for the photos...)

Rally Lights!

Also watched Home tonight in the theatre with a few of my friends...interesting how the main vehicle throughout the storyline is a slushy-drink-powered-hovering Toyota Prius with popup headlamps and varying facial expressions!

In the beginning...

Sleep/tiredness...

Fear

Happiness

And a side shot to prove its Priusness (see rear lights and body/roof shape...)

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King Hoondai > Amoore100 05/08/2015 at 00:56

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God, I loved Interstellar. TARS was absolutely amazing as a character. “Everybody good? Plenty of slaves for my robot colony?” Utterly fantastic film.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Amoore100 05/08/2015 at 01:04

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Oh pop ups. I do love you

Amoore100 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/08/2015 at 01:10

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Yes. Screw the pedestrians, Europe.

Amoore100 > King Hoondai 05/08/2015 at 01:14

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It’s simply an incredibly brilliant film and the basis of it is rather fascinating as well...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Amoore100 05/08/2015 at 01:26

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Hey here’s a good idea, if my pop ups will hit people when I hit them, maybe those people shouldn’t be on the road.

Amoore100 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/08/2015 at 01:32

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Natural selection: When Darwin says ‘Hi’...

MrDakka > Amoore100 05/08/2015 at 03:41

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Terminal velocity just kicked in yo

Plus something about finding the area of the parachute needed to slow a car to speeds where the suspension doesn’t shear completely off from the impact

Amoore100 > MrDakka 05/08/2015 at 09:21

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Hmmm, that seems like a good candidate, though I’m not even sure we learned anything about parachutes this year!

uofime > Amoore100 05/08/2015 at 10:49

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Racecar is the easiest answer for examples of practical applications of physics, just find any driving scene in Rush. find one where they show the suspension working and you've got more kinematics that you'll know what to do with!

do a FBD of forces in a cross section of the suspension while the car is braking, accelerating and cornering. or you could just focus on the contact patch and talk about weight transfer WRT springs and dampers.

You could talk about ARBs, how they work and whey they're important. That example has springs, forces and gravity all in one problem!

boxrocket > Amoore100 05/08/2015 at 13:24

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as an example of bad physics, plus folks being comfortable and having a conversation at many-hundreds or thousands of feet in the air. Your teacher will probably have seen it as a young child or adolescent, or if they are older their kids probably watched it, so you get +1 for nostalgia, plus it's a bit of a classic, so +1 for class.

Amoore100 > boxrocket 05/08/2015 at 18:21

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Good thinking, I might give it a try though we did very little on flight this year...

Amoore100 > uofime 05/08/2015 at 18:22

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Exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks for the movie suggestions!

boxrocket > Amoore100 05/08/2015 at 22:42

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It can be utilized for the mechanics of the vehicle's articulating wings, as well as gravity, and I believe it also had inflating pontoons or something else that helped it float.