Is the scene from Fast 5 really possible? I want to know. If it isn't possible, I want to know what it would take to get a full-sized bus to tumble down the highway or tunnel. I also want to know if a subway (New York) can tumble down the tracks (Like in Money Train)
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SherSlick@reddit
I would think the weight of the charger (used to initiate the roll over) wouldn’t be substantial enough to get the bus’ center of gravity over the pivot point.
If it was heavy enough I suspect it would fall over into the car instead of being launched over it and thus pancake it as it went rolling along.
SuperConsideration51@reddit
To address this idea in some capacity the initial car positioning got the bus moving back and forth to get it to begin to sway in anticipation of an ultimate "sway back" that would serve as a fulcrum to launch and create the beginning of a roll. It wasn't extreme enough of an angle of sway, however, and the car was definitely not enough mass or dimensional size to create that type of a reaction, but there is at least some theoretical physics behind the idea in the movie.