We love movies, we watch movies, and we often believe what we see on the screen. It is thanks to the cinema that a huge number of car myths were born, many of which people will still believe. In today's selection we will present ourselves as "legend-breakers" and try to disprove some of the car myths that have come to us from the film industry.
1. Going through drift corners is faster
The birth of this myth was promoted by a huge number of films, in which the car to go quickly, necessarily go through turns in a controlled skidding. But perhaps the greatest contribution to fixing this myth in our heads was made by the third part of the famous movie franchise "Forsage", which is called "Tokyo drift".
In this film, the creators tried to cross two automobile cultures: American and Japanese. And since Japan is the home of drifting, it is no wonder that the protagonist will have to learn to ride sideways in the course of the film. What is surprising is that the film shows us that we can only turn around quickly if we are skidding. And here's our hero, who in American can only drive in a straight line, and, of course, can't drift, in the first race loses to a skillful Japanese drifter. And nobody judged the race, as it usually happens at drifting competitions, and won the one who came to the finish line first.
Here, any knowledgeable driver will say that it would be much more effective and faster to drive in corners by rolling in (i.e. without skidding). In fact, any skidding during a race is a waste of time. That's why pilots, say, Formula 1, run through the corners accurately, quickly ... and without slippage. But the creators of the film closed their eyes to it. Tried to show drift culture? So it didn't work out very well here... but it's already a topic for a separate material, and we continue.
2. trampolines
Let's all turn to the same endless Fasteners. How many times has there been a scene where a car bounces high on a springboard, lands and continues to go. At best, the bumpers scratch a little. In fact, a relatively successful ski jump can only be overcome on a specially prepared car with a trained driver behind the wheel. In real life, the driver is likely to lose control after landing in a normal car. There is a high probability of a coup d'etat.
And about what awaits the car after the ski jump, the best way to tell the video presented below. In it, the crew of the Ukrainian team "Askania Racing" Salyuk/Mochanov drunk too fast in front of the ski jump at the rally in Turkey. What happened next - see for yourself. And it should be noted that they drove a prepared rally car.
3. Explosions
Probably one of the most canonical car cinema myths is an exploding car after falling off a rock / colliding with something. This myth will be disproved many times. An explosion of a car is unlikely to happen. After a fall/ collision, the car usually turns into a pile of conquered metal. Of course, there is a probability of sparks getting into the fuel and, accordingly, ignition. But the collision alone will not cause the car to explode - a fact.
4. A bullet in a gas tank leads to an explosion
Another attempt by film-makers to turn a car into a wheeled bomb. In how many films we have seen a scene where the shooter aims at the tank, hits and the car explodes. This myth has also been disproved many times. A bullet hitting a gas tank will just make a hole in it. A tracer bullet may cause an ignition unless it is a tracer bullet, but it will not cause an explosion.
5. Nitrous oxide and "hyperspace"
And again, "Fast-forward." This film is probably a great example of how to make one of the most viewed films about cars with almost zero knowledge (or zero desire to apply it) about cars. Although, is it about cars? But not about that. Nitrous oxide - it can speed up anything and everything in this film. At the most intense moment of the race, the hero presses a button and sends the car into hyperspace. Outside the window, everything merges, and the car, which has just ridden at the limit, gets a crazy acceleration.
Nitrous oxide is indeed an excellent and relatively inexpensive means of increasing engine power for a short time. It optimizes the composition of the fuel-air mixture, but there is no "hyperacceleration". According to experts of Novate.ru website, nitrous oxide is able to raise the engine power by 10 - 15%, which does not go hand in hand with the stunning installation of the famous movies.