Automobile Does Front Flip

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Applied physics.

How would you drive a "monster truck" so that it front flips?

 
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Hornbein said:
Applied physics.
By the aptly named Mad Scientist.
 
Hornbein said:
How would you drive a "monster truck" so that it front flips?
You get your front wheels in the air by accelerating, and hold them there until they pass clear over a step-up, that is then hit by the rear wheels only. The vehicle then rotates forwards about its cross-axis, because the front wheels did not hit the same step-up as the rear wheels.
 
Baluncore said:
You get your front wheels in the air by accelerating, and hold them there until they pass clear over a step-up, that is then hit by the rear wheels only. The vehicle then rotates forwards about its cross-axis, because the front wheels did not hit the same step-up as the rear wheels.
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