Wrecking ball hits mini van

[BBB725]

Real or not?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG3-ZE4sb3M

[Chris]

Watch as the car flips- there's a mechanism protruding that flipped the vehicle over.

Maybe a commercial they were filming?

[Bobcat]

we block off streets for a Bobcat to work !!!! plus the ball lost momentum rather quickly !!!

Fake !

[Sea-Dated]

Fake

[glassdave]

Super Turbo Fake . . . . . there are so many "tell tales" in that clip it aint funny

if you look close (on full screen mode) you can see a catch line that stops the ball and if that were real i dont think it would have bounced off the van like it did. looks like foam to me.

[Chris]

Just for kicks I calculated an estimate of the weight of that wrecking ball. It looks to be every bit of 6 feet in diameter. That would be a bit over 56,000 lbs.

[Tommy Gun]

Just for kicks I calculated an estimate of the weight of that wrecking ball. It looks to be every bit of 6 feet in diameter. That would be a bit over 56,000 lbs.

Did you use the Bomar Brain for that?

[sledge]

Anybody remember this? Runaway wrecking ball...

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=PU8kT8Yv7VQ&feature=fvw

[Tinkerer]

That ball never would have stopped from hitting a mini van.

[BBB725]

Minivan turned over by wrecking ball in New York street stunt
An out-of-control wrecking ball smashes into the side of a passing vehicle, in this amateur footage filmed on the streets of New York.

The power of the ball sends the people carrier spinning through 360 degrees, forcing pedestrians to run for cover.
But any tourists worried that their holidays in Manhattan will be disrupted by stray demolition equipment can rest assured.
Eagle-eyed YouTube viewers spotted other evidence that the crash had been crafted by stunt teams – including a beam thrown up by the collision that may have been used to give the vehicle greater lift.
The fact that the first people on the scene rushed to attend to the wrecking ball rather than check on the state of the passengers was also a heavy hint.
But none of this disturbed some commenters. "I don't care that it's faked, that is still sweet," wrote one. Another added: "It's fake, but a car flip is cool either way!"

[phragle]

It was a movie stunt for the film "The Other Guys" with Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell. Here is a shot of the crew ....

[Chris]

Did you use the Bomar Brain for that?

Nah. Got one out back. Just threw it on the scale.


Bomar Brain. You really are old, aren't you?

[Trim'd Up]

Definitely fake. A wrecking ball the size of a beach ball weighs about as much as that van. One that size wouldn't even slow down. It would be cool to see the real effect.

[Chris]

Steel weighs 500 lbs per cubic foot.

[phragle]

Steel weighs 500 lbs per cubic foot.

Since steel is not a pure element, wouldn't the weight vary depending upon the composition?

[Chris]

If you're talking about carbon and chrome steels, not so much. They only contain fractional percentages of those elements. If it were stainless, the significant amount of nickel and chromium would definitely affect the weight. But since Chromium weighs less and Nickel weighs more, it would pretty much balance out. In short, if a six foot diameter wrecking ball hits your car, whether it was mild steel, CrMo, stainless, D2 tool steel or whatever, you still have pretty much the same problem.

[cigdaze]

Not much more to add to the "fakeness," but you can clearly see the springboard launcher that is mounted to the underside of the van which helps to propel it into the air.