RE: driving onto moving object

["Mike Del Tergo" <mdeltergo@hotmail.com>]

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

I think my preference would be for a RWD configuration.  This allows you 
to transition the front wheels from speed to 0 without having to deal 
with the engine.  Once on you could accelerate while running up the ramp 
... possibly coasting that last foot onto the ramp. 

I would guess there are at least 2 ways of accomplishing this stunt and 
making it appear like its happening at speed.
1)  do it at low speed so the car driver has time to stop before joining 
the semi driver in the cab, then speed up the replay.  I suppose a 
subset here would be to use a low friction coefficient surface on the 
ramp to take up some of the torque of the rear wheels but squirrel 
factor would go way up.
2) take Steve suggestion, RWD, front brakes only.  Back the car off the 
ramp (how to get wheels from rolling along mode to driven at speed still 
needs work) then simply replay footage in reverse so car appears to be 
driving on.  I think this would also account for the weird continuity 
glitches in the footage.  I personally would bet this was how Knight 
Rider and Raul Julias Ferrari did it in The Gumball RallY? 
Mike





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