Recent content by DKirby

I'm working on the physics behind a Scene in Spiderman, where the Green Goblin is standing on top of a bridge, holding a cable. along that cable is a cable car full of screaming little kids. I calculated the force pulling on the Goblin to be about 23,000lbs...and I'm sure even with his 800%...

So I just got finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean for about the 15th time. Though something cought my eye this time around. It's the scene where Sparrow and Will are fighting on that teeter-totter...thing: If you've seen the movie, you know how it goes. Sparrow ends up getting his...