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Physics of Road Runner Cartoons: An Entertaining Dive into Theoretical and Real Laws

Explore the physics behind Road Runner cartoons versus real-world physics, debunking myths with humor and scientific explanations. Discover the dynamics of fan-powered sail, human cannonball, and more, comparing cartoon laws with Newton's laws. Learn amusing facts about roadrunners, their speed, behavior, and unique hunting tactics.

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Physics of Road Runner Cartoons: An Entertaining Dive into Theoretical and Real Laws

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  1. All I Ever Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Road Runner Cartoons

  2. Boy, Am I In Trouble!

  3. What Eats Roadrunners? Insert Intro.mov here

  4. Is This Possible? Why or why not? Insert RollingBoulder.mov here

  5. How about this? Why or why not? Insert HumanCannonball.mov here

  6. What would be the effect of adding a second fan? Insert FanPoweredSail.mov here

  7. What are the good and bad physics of this? GiantRubberBand.mov here

  8. What are the good and bad physics of this? Insert BalloonAnvil.mov here

  9. The Cartoon Laws of Physics: • Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation. • Everything falls faster than an anvil. • All principles of gravity are negated by fear. • As speed increases, objects can be in several places at once. • Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter.

  10. The Real Laws of Physics: • Newton’s Laws of Motion • Conservation of Energy • Conservation of Momentum • Conservation of Angular Momentum • Newton’s Universal Law of Gravity

  11. Engineering hubris http://xkcd.com/319/

  12. Pardon My Planet

  13. Roadrunners are prey for hawks, house cats, raccoons, snakes, and skunks, not coyotes! Roadrunner fun facts • Roadrunners can attain speeds of 17 mph. • The roadrunner makes a series of dovelike coos dropping in pitch, as well as a clattering sound. • It reabsorbs water from its feces before excretion. • A roadrunner catches a rattlesnake by the tail, cracks it like a whip and repeatedly slams its head against the ground till dead • Its extreme quickness allows it to snatch a humming bird or dragonfly from midair. http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/sep/papr/road.html

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