VIDEO : The Physics Behind Jay Leno's Car Flips

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What happens when you a 2,500 horsepower engine mounted on the rear of a car? First, the car does a ?wheelie? and second the car rolls over. So how does this happen? There are essentially three forces on the car in this case. The gravitational force pulls down; There is the force that the ground pushes up on the car; The friction force pushes on the tire at the point of contact with the ground. This force pushes the car in the direction that it is accelerating.


The Physics Behind Jay Leno's Car Flips

28-06-2016 - Vidéo Jay Leno /