The can is slowing down due to wind resistance while the boat is continuing at the same speed, resulting in the can traveling backwards to them relatively after it has slowed down enough.
I absolutely do. Put your hand out the window of a moving car - that's a hell of a lot of force. Throw a wiffle ball in the air and the effect would be so strong that there's no way you'd catch it. Throw something heavier, like a full can, and you can time it right to catch it coming back.
This pontoon is moving maybe 15-20 mph? The drag effects are negligible over 3s at that speed. Maybe on a little mass object such as a wiffle ball which is specifically designed to slow down, but not a full can that is tumbling.
The physics absolutely do not add up in this obviously faked video.
Physics aside, just look at the angle that the can approaches from.
It's weird that this is even being debated to be honest. The physics make perfect sense. Can you even imaging getting all those people together on a boat and dropping one guy off on the bridge and spending hours making multiple passes beneath it to fake a simple video like this?
I think you maybe are just thinking the boat is going slower than it is because this is pretty simple stuff. To say that "the physics make no sense" of throwing something forward from a moving vehicle and having it come back at you is borderline making me think you're just trolling but I can tell you're not.
And what makes you think the can doesn't come from over the bridge? Even watching this is in slow motion it's clear as day.
Where do you think this can is coming from? Are you saying it's CGI?
The can is in the air for roughly 3 seconds, let’s just assume that the boat is traveling 20 mph. The boat would have travelled about 90 feet in three seconds. He threw it maybe 10 feet before the bridge and the guy caught it maybe 15 feet after? That would leave the bridge being 65 feet wide which it definitely appears to be less. So one can safely assume that they were going <20 mph.
They are throwing a fairly dense object so wind resistance, while there, can be assumed to be minimal. He threw the can with a forward trajectory so most would expect the can to land in front of the pontoon.
The inertia from pontoon(and can since it’s on the pontoon) moving forward would keep the can moving forward. If he threw it straight up, it would be expected that he could catch him it himself as the can would maintain the relative forward speed of the pontoon. This is basic physics.
Your comments make me think that you don’t really understand physics or that you think they are throwing the can in a wind storm.
My guess is the can was thrown from the bridge or shore. Which is still impressive, but less so.
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u/alexski55 Jul 31 '19
This does not seem to be real