Honda Cog Commercial Uphill Tire Roll Trick - Rube Goldberg

[Thinatrez]

lol to the guy who looked on wikipedia. anyone could have written that. if you're going to "source" something, you need a link

[Staack117]

@Thinatrez Yeah, it's good advice to take Wikipedia entries with a grain of salt, but - to be fair - the Wikipedia entry for "Cog (advertisement)" is pretty well sourced, with 78 external citations covering the bulk of the article. Numerous credible news outlets, industry publications, and production bits all confirm the veracity of the production team's claims.

[Staack117]

@sparkybaz77 I can't speak on their specific incline, but we were able to do this exact bit in our High School physics class, on a fairly-similar incline. Did we, along with the 3 other MSI judged Rube Goldberg assemblies I've seen this trick used on, somehow defy the laws of physics? If so, totally I want some kind of award!

[MoonEyes2k]

@sparkybaz77 A weight, on a lever? And, you base this on...? The distance, the surface the tires roll on, and the incline, quite clearly all are sufficient for this to work quite well.

[gjsmo]

People... just because you don't get it doesn't mean it's fake.

[magicalzombie720]

Physics!!

[reinux]

i can't believe how much explanation it takes for people on youtube to be convinced that the tire thing isn't fake.

[TheSlim901]

@reinux There's a lot of people on the internet who are complete idiots...

[banddude121]

@reinux I have had to debate with about 5 people on it and most wont reply back after i say there are weights lol

[MegaRobosapien]

the tv ad is real it took honda 6-7 years to make the ad they said the physics were so complicated i'd take a nasa sciencetist to figure them out

[MrCoward24]

there was one part that i heard that was edited the part of the muffler. at the point the muffler was moving they didnt have any more space in the studio so they did the rest in another studio but put the scenes together

[rishavtube09]

thanks



[christhetromboneguy]

Ummm, cool! Jeez in my response you will see it to me 4 vids to do that that far, keeping it in line on concrete is very difficult, do to my low starting speed

[tangential100]

@PokeFreakOfTheYear haha thanks for the info I was actually being sarcastic though; of course its real.

[tangential100]

That video was all obviously fake! Those people were all definately CGI or in those green skeleton things!

[Staack117]

@tangential100 Wizards may, or may not, have been involved, too...

[Sandwichfilms167]

@tangential100 Retard, watch this: watch?v=NOY4JThl1Bs&feature=re­lated

[tangential100]

@Sandwichfilms167 see my internet sarcasm above, dumbass

[penguinx32]

@tangential100 fuck u noob that video is and will always be real IT TOOK THEM OVER 600 FAILED ATTEMPTS TO DO IT RIGHT

[tangential100]

@penguinx32 hey dipshit read the comments. It's very obvious sarcasm.

[penguinx32]

@tangential100 o srry

[tangential100]

@penguinx32 haha that's fine, I guess it's kind of hard to tell sarcasm over the internet, especially when there are a lot of really stupid people out there.

[vargulf19]

@tangential100 Nope 100% real...Granted they had to edit the second half in (not enough room for one straight line.)

[skriddler]

@vargulf19 There are no edits in the commercial

[Ichvyenichalster]

@tangential100 it's not cgi. nothing about that commercial is impossible in any way, and there are rube goldbergs way crazier than that.

[fairportfan2]

Old magician's trick...

[Procrastinatathor]

Simple explanation, good enough for stupid people. Great!

[deathtocountry1]

how did they do the silencer roll part. . it seems like it rolls unbelievably far

[Staack117]

@deathtocountry1 They did augment the muffler to even the weight out a bit, so it would go a little further. They probably also improved the finish, so there were no uneven spots on the outside.

[deanj2001]

@deathtocountry1 They filmed in 2 separate 60 second segments and then cropped the two together. At the very end of one segment the muffler would have been losing momentum whilst the second segment would begin just after the muffler had been given momentum.

Source: wikipedia.

[amitlu89]

Nice work. =)

Thanks for explaining it. I too was a little puzzled at the way the tire behaved, but didn't really think that much into it.

Your explanation makes perfect sense.