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Sandy Hill Plunge: A Lifted Bronco's Free-Fall
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[QUOTE="Lunden, post: 6827096, member: 731165"] Right, and makes sense. The bronco is nearly 15.5ft long, so looking at the video it does seem it would cut through the water and impact the bottom with a decent hit if it enters vertically. This puts more emphasis on how the vehicle should move through the air after the front left wheel hits a boulder and stops it from sliding, the back pitching forward to pull it off. This should have swung the vehicle past 90 degrees, so a straight vertical drop is unlikely. My guess the truck would hit somewhere on driver side hood and fender, spreading out the impact enough the truck won't hit bottom. I'd also guess it would touch the bottom before the rear sunk, but would be irrelevant to the scene as the point of view character is underwater at this point. That's pretty helpful, as it would indicate the two would have no way of knowing just how far a drop it is, negating the impulse to try and exit. Excellent point, and accounting for extra time the truck was pivoting still wouldn't be enough for an unexpected reaction that would clear the vehicle. Not that it would have been a realistic option for them to consider if they can't see the bottom of the drop. So with all the points mentioned, its feasible the two will need to remain in the vehicle, buckled, and the truck lands more or less upside down in the water. The two end up under water pretty near immediately as their heads will be near the roof of the vehicle that's underwater, so now they're drowning until the point they get out of their seat belts and right themselves. If this isn't done in mere seconds, the truck is sinking to the bottom and they need to breach the surface before they breathe again. I would imagine some bruising from the seatbelts, sore ribs and shoulder. Maybe some impacting against the steering wheel for the driver, but not enough they couldn't unfasten the belts and work themselves out. My guess is the truck should settle on its hood on the bottom, so both doors are available for escaping and there's not much risk the driver might end up pinned beneath the frame. Have a good idea how to render the scene then. Thanks everyone for the input! I'll post the scene once completed and let you be the judge on how plausible it comes out. :nb) [/QUOTE]
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