driving onto moving object

[Jon Moritz <jmoritz@mail.med.und.nodak.edu>]

This is for the physicists in the group.
This was just a weird thought I had last night watching tv.

There was a commercial for a nissan something that drove down a runway
supposedly at high speed and drove into a moving cargo plane.

Assuming I want to try this in a quattro:
1) What would be the effect of leaving the center differential locked or
unlocked during this stunt?
2) What would be the difference in performing this stunt with a rear wheel
drive vs a front wheel drive or quattro?

you have to get the speed of the drive wheels down to near zero in a split
second or risk driving through the object you want to drive into.  Using a
manual vs an auto trans might have and effect on how you try this.

just curious
I've always wanted to try this stunt since I saw another tv program years
ago where cars drive into a moving semi.  The cars would then back out of
the semi however I don't remember if the semi was moving at the time.

thanks!
jon
Jon Moritz
University of North Dakota - School of Medicine
'92 Audi 100 101k mi
In the Audi wasteland of NW Minn/ NE Nodak