The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSomeone double check the physics here.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down114
arrow-up1192arrow-down1imageSomeone double check the physics here.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 months agoIf the car is accelerating quite jerkly then this should be possible
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 months agoOr going fast enough that air friction would decelerate the guy this much.
minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoHe would need to be gripping extremely hard with his feet and somehow keeping his body rigid in the first panel
minus-squareHiddenLychee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoFun fact for anyone reading this, the time derivative of position is velocity, the time derivative of that is acceleration, and the time derivative of that is jerk. Then after that comes snap–>crackle–>pop
If the car is accelerating quite jerkly then this should be possible
Or going fast enough that air friction would decelerate the guy this much.
He would need to be gripping extremely hard with his feet and somehow keeping his body rigid in the first panel
Fun fact for anyone reading this, the time derivative of position is velocity, the time derivative of that is acceleration, and the time derivative of that is jerk. Then after that comes snap–>crackle–>pop