How a slinky falls in slow motion

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  • Опубліковано 18 лип 2021
  • This is not just true of slinkies - if you release a steel rod from the top, the top really starts falling before the bottom. If you hit a tennis ball with a racket, a wave has to travel from the strings to your hand before you feel it - and the ball is well on its way to the net by this time. If you hit a golf ball, the ball is well on its way to the hole before you can feel it. Rigid bodies aren't truly rigid and understanding this is essential to understanding the way the world works

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  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  3 роки тому +24139

    This is an excerpt from a video I made 10 years ago - seemed like the perfect thing to show in vertical format. I was unaware Action Labs had recently made a video about the same thing. A regular video should be out Friday/Saturday this week.

    • @DashFlashTheLife
      @DashFlashTheLife 3 роки тому +483

      Derek and action lab collab??

    • @ZeptionT
      @ZeptionT 3 роки тому +77

      I remember this vid

    • @0oJMPo0
      @0oJMPo0 3 роки тому +260

      Veritasium and The Action Lab are my favorites science youtube channels😁🙌🏼

    • @newagepeople
      @newagepeople 3 роки тому +25

      someones using reddit

    • @BloodAsp
      @BloodAsp 3 роки тому +210

      What? Don't apologize for putting out a video similar to the action lab, that guy uses peoples video ideas all the time, and does not credit them.

  • @wannabmrsc
    @wannabmrsc 2 роки тому +21343

    Slinky: **isn’t falling**
    Gravity: wait that’s illegal

    • @valewind4665
      @valewind4665 2 роки тому +535

      No because the center of mass of the slinky is still moving downwards as the top is progressively going downwards towards the bottom. So the slinky is still moving, even if the bottom is staying still. So yes, it is falling.

    • @retiredmichaeljackson4950
      @retiredmichaeljackson4950 2 роки тому +72

      Due to inertia of rest

    • @truckertruthetrutrucker5357
      @truckertruthetrutrucker5357 2 роки тому +235

      @@valewind4665 the slinky is falling but the bottom is proof that there is anti gravity potential in coils. We should be looking at this potential a bit more closely for possible travel at high g’s

    • @ghostwarhammer007
      @ghostwarhammer007 2 роки тому +11

      Exactly

    • @valewind4665
      @valewind4665 2 роки тому +33

      @@truckertruthetrutrucker5357 fair point, but my original point was not to further explain how we could use this to our advantage in anyway, but to explain to op that yes, the slinky is still moving.

  • @QuantumRead
    @QuantumRead 3 роки тому +30638

    "This is the longest slinky I have access to"
    Implying there's longer slinkies but they're in secret underground vaults protected by the pope

    • @rafetizer
      @rafetizer 3 роки тому +1174

      I'm sure the flat earth community is hard at work to uncover these hidden slinkys.

    • @badgoogle9938
      @badgoogle9938 3 роки тому +118

      @@rafetizer we are trying but we haven't uncovered anything just yet, I think they are in the same room as the real globes.

    • @yippeekaiyay7526
      @yippeekaiyay7526 3 роки тому +5

      Was it the one from questacon in Canberra Australia?? I think I had the same one growing up lol

    • @kraven4444
      @kraven4444 3 роки тому +42

      some objects are just too powerful for mere mortals to wield

    • @erezsolomon3838
      @erezsolomon3838 3 роки тому

      @Peaker’s Lab or rather, *not* begging

  • @levinl.2613
    @levinl.2613 2 роки тому +1774

    3030: "and this is how we invented time machine"

    • @makosen
      @makosen 2 роки тому +77

      Slinkies start to glitch in matrix

    • @uygarozturk1326
      @uygarozturk1326 2 роки тому +55

      3030 they will say it was an underrated comment

    • @dow_izz
      @dow_izz Рік тому +19

      It was an underrated comment.

    • @uygarozturk1326
      @uygarozturk1326 Рік тому +15

      @@dow_izz hey dude, how is it there in 2030?!

    • @dow_izz
      @dow_izz Рік тому +10

      @@uygarozturk1326 (I answered, but you have to wait until 3035 to get this UA-cam notification) sorry dude🥲

  • @MagicianStevey
    @MagicianStevey 2 роки тому +986

    Now I wonder what happens when you get a REALLY long one and drop it from really high. Would it look like it’s floating for a couple seconds? If so then cool

    • @Eriquee
      @Eriquee Рік тому +65

      I wish there would be a video seeing something like that

    • @dot2184
      @dot2184 Рік тому +130

      I've thought about that too, but a slinky so long that you could stare at the bottom for a few seconds would probably break under its own weight

    • @thunderp1719
      @thunderp1719 Рік тому +15

      Your answer is in 2nd one. It will behave like that.

    • @ylstorage7085
      @ylstorage7085 Рік тому +2

      the center of the gravity of the slinky still follow the rule of gravity.
      the top of the slinky is accelerated initially with twice the weight of the entire slinky, and no one was complaining about gravity forcing the top portion with double the harshness...
      Gravity is a F**KING weak dweeb anyways. The entire planet's mass pulling on me can be countered by simply jumping. You know how ridiculous powerful the force of 1 unit of electric charge on another unit of electric charge? That's why we have names like "one absolute unit"
      we can unify All other forces in the universe, yes even the one Luke used to murder 10 million people in one go, under one equation (E=mc2 ? no idea, too dumb and didn't study), except for Gravity, because it is such a lame weak-a** sauce. Even Eienstein said "F**K it" and gave up on it.

    • @The_Eray
      @The_Eray Рік тому +20

      Also springs up another question. What if some mass is dangling on the end of the coil? Will that piece of mass "float" together with the end of the coil or will it fall too?

  • @AzaleyaReid
    @AzaleyaReid 2 роки тому +22266

    It's like in cartoons when the character runs off a cliff, but is still running on the spot and falls seconds later.

    • @kantoumanjigang
      @kantoumanjigang 2 роки тому +752

      Until and unless he sees that there's nothing under his feet.

    • @R4GNAR0G
      @R4GNAR0G 2 роки тому +414

      @@kantoumanjigang Then wave at the camera.

    • @duckywucky4812
      @duckywucky4812 2 роки тому +212

      @@kantoumanjigang schrodingers gravity

    • @sgt.megashi4984
      @sgt.megashi4984 2 роки тому +213

      Cuz if u look down, that's when the gravity strikes

    • @lightbub2888
      @lightbub2888 2 роки тому +23

      Underated af 😂

  • @opaldrawz797
    @opaldrawz797 2 роки тому +3177

    “That is the longest slinky I have access to.”
    The question is, what slinkies do you NOT have access to?!

    • @R4GNAR0G
      @R4GNAR0G 2 роки тому +105

      NASA or Area-51 kind, probably.
      Might as well SCP.

    • @berlinflight_tv
      @berlinflight_tv 2 роки тому +146

      „Sir, this slinky is above your clearance level.”

    • @janetfrankline5981
      @janetfrankline5981 2 роки тому +5

      More like him saying he didn't have access Orrrrr A means to get a slinky longer than this 😆😅

    • @janetfrankline5981
      @janetfrankline5981 2 роки тому +2

      @@berlinflight_tv 🤣

    • @B58-Minecraft
      @B58-Minecraft 2 роки тому +11

      The one you see connecting a truck and a container

  • @BigRW
    @BigRW 2 роки тому +192

    This is the most counterintuitive thing I've ever seen.

    • @sonteguh
      @sonteguh 6 місяців тому +3

      Gravity lagged in a second

    • @ddichny
      @ddichny 2 місяці тому +4

      Try having a helium balloon on a string in a vehicle and then accelerate forward -- the balloon leans *forward* while everything else sways backwards. Doesn't look right at all. It also leans into a turn as you take a fast corner.

    • @BigRW
      @BigRW 2 місяці тому

      @@ddichny Interesting.

  • @GSFigure
    @GSFigure 2 місяці тому +10

    The fact that a slinky is capable of defying physics explains why its arrangement gets screwed up after 10 minutes has been spent playing with it.

  • @Icefierastar
    @Icefierastar 3 роки тому +8337

    “This is the longest slinky i had access to” get this man access to the longer, forbidden dark slinkys

    • @jayantzalki8039
      @jayantzalki8039 3 роки тому +55

      Lmfao 🤣

    • @cynicalclusterfuck5605
      @cynicalclusterfuck5605 3 роки тому +84

      I'm gay

    • @jayantzalki8039
      @jayantzalki8039 3 роки тому +212

      @@cynicalclusterfuck5605 how to not start a conversation 101 lol

    • @pablogomez8236
      @pablogomez8236 3 роки тому +4

      🤣

    • @nobreakingthepickle3452
      @nobreakingthepickle3452 3 роки тому +53

      Came here to say something like this lmfao
      Said it like it was some controlled item
      "It is unlawful to possess a slinky that stretches longer than 10ft without a permit"

  • @HarnaiDigital
    @HarnaiDigital 3 роки тому +6034

    The slinky is just like a Cartoon character when He sees that there's nothing down beneath him, He falls.

    • @sapy4124
      @sapy4124 3 роки тому +52

      Yeah exactly 😁

    • @maxmustsleep
      @maxmustsleep 3 роки тому +153

      or are all cartoon characters just slinkys in disguise? is it all just a great conspiracy?

    • @giochivecchissimi
      @giochivecchissimi 3 роки тому +22

      Wile E. Coyote was right! 🤣

    • @anithaelumalai6300
      @anithaelumalai6300 3 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @bobamsd5559
      @bobamsd5559 3 роки тому +6

      this is gold

  • @giannijimenez5684
    @giannijimenez5684 2 роки тому +43

    Someone should make a slinky almost as tall as the Empire State Building and then let it fall from the top so it’s just staying still for a while

  • @adb012
    @adb012 Рік тому +8

    What nobody mentions here is that the center of mass of the slinky still falls at 9.8 m/s2 (i.e. it is free falling with the acceleration of gravity), which means that, to compensate for the bottom coils not falling, the top coils are falling much faster than what they would if you just cut the top few coils and dropped them alone. An the reason is simple: The same tension that is pulling up on the bottom coils cancelling the force of gravity, is pulling down on the top coils adding to the force of gravity.

  • @ErikVRed
    @ErikVRed 3 роки тому +3359

    Crazy how the top of a slinky can get beneath the bottom before the bottom starts moving down

    • @IdgaradLyracant
      @IdgaradLyracant 3 роки тому +67

      Just an illusion, the bottom is just moving up at the same rate as it is falling.

    • @chessicles99
      @chessicles99 3 роки тому +421

      @@IdgaradLyracant well that's equivalent to the bottom isn't moving lol

    • @ErikVRed
      @ErikVRed 3 роки тому +172

      @@IdgaradLyracant that’s great, but it doesn’t contradict what I said, the top still reaches below the bottom

    • @piercingspear2922
      @piercingspear2922 3 роки тому +84

      @@IdgaradLyracant It's actually not. When you hold a slinky, there is a force-ballance between the force you applied to hold it vs the tension force. When you then release the top part, the tension force that hold the bottom part against gravity doesn't instanteniously dissappear. This "information" about the force become zero travels at finite speed to the bottom via the propagating wave on the slinky. Once the wave reaches the bottom part, the tension force that holds the bottom part then become zero and it start to fall down.

    • @newroo
      @newroo 3 роки тому +3

      haxx

  • @mindlessmrawesome
    @mindlessmrawesome 3 роки тому +3630

    Thank you epic science man

    • @sunwavee5748
      @sunwavee5748 3 роки тому +21

      Great comment!

    • @australianoutback
      @australianoutback 3 роки тому +6

      Same way trade centre 7 collapsed from an office fire.

    • @eliaskjrbo8142
      @eliaskjrbo8142 3 роки тому +4

      @Dont Read My Channel Banner 😂

    • @Galaxy_World
      @Galaxy_World 3 роки тому

      Ur welcome

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 3 роки тому +3

      @@australianoutback very well said brother, the government has some unbelievable conspiracy theories

  • @deannabriones4111
    @deannabriones4111 3 місяці тому +3

    20 missed calls from laws of physics

  • @disgustedluigi
    @disgustedluigi Місяць тому +1

    A better way of looking at is is that the rings up above are pulling up on them at an equal force to gravity.
    To explain further, the tension on the spring is gravity and the anchor is at the top, so at rest the tension is balanced with the force of gravity. When released, the anchor falls but when it does the tension is released which pulls up on the rest at the same speed as gravity (because it was all at equilibrium), and won’t fall until that tension is released. This is why the bottom remains stationary.

  • @CJ-vt6km
    @CJ-vt6km 2 роки тому +4278

    I think this proves it. Slinkies are magic.

    • @geronimo9193
      @geronimo9193 2 роки тому +49

      This guy just had a poor explanation... Gravity pulls the slinky as the slinky stretches the force of recoil gets stronger til eventually it stops. When you let it go that upward force against gravity is still being applied while the slinky collapses keeping it afloat til the top meets the bottom and that force is dissipitated

    • @vikasshukla7086
      @vikasshukla7086 2 роки тому +6

      See, a slinky is a spring which means it can be streched or squeeze, and when you drop it, for a slinky to fall down it needs all of its coils squeezed so the slinky wouldn't fall until it's compact like in the first video clip

    • @weebo518
      @weebo518 2 роки тому

      🤓

    • @shafkatctg760
      @shafkatctg760 2 роки тому +32

      @@geronimo9193 babababab. i don’t hear you. slinky's are magic

    • @4iden.n673
      @4iden.n673 2 роки тому

      nope just physics

  • @dre4dfulsaiyan265
    @dre4dfulsaiyan265 2 роки тому +1650

    Actually this was a bug added back in the Matrix’s 5.14 update but never removed due to the engines mechanics

    • @cc-oo7vn
      @cc-oo7vn 2 роки тому +136

      Why would they design it like that? Its clear that they only care about the money smh.

    • @murkkz1679
      @murkkz1679 2 роки тому +8

      @@cc-oo7vn 😂😂🤣🤣

    • @MarkyIsNow
      @MarkyIsNow 2 роки тому +53

      @@cc-oo7vn true man they greedy af

    • @hetzer7366
      @hetzer7366 2 роки тому +8

      @@cc-oo7vn so rigged

    • @redprime3210
      @redprime3210 2 роки тому +6

      Absolutely love this

  • @glitchGTVR
    @glitchGTVR Рік тому +4

    Me: **tapes a slinky to my head and jumps off a building**

  • @jrod9733
    @jrod9733 6 місяців тому +1

    The center of gravity continues to fall towards earth and this is a good visual of where the center of gravity is at all times

  • @stylish_pengu
    @stylish_pengu 2 роки тому +814

    gravity: "exists"
    slinky: you might have to wait for this to happen

  • @maskedrebel9670
    @maskedrebel9670 2 роки тому +3603

    Slinky: **defeats gravity**
    Newton: "son of a bitch!"

    • @bait5257
      @bait5257 2 роки тому +158

      @DerrickPack1998 by being smaller than Planck constant?

    • @CarlJohnsonSmokesBigSmoke
      @CarlJohnsonSmokesBigSmoke 2 роки тому +15

      @@bait5257 OMG so small🤣🤣

    • @Icantdothisanymoreplskillme
      @Icantdothisanymoreplskillme 2 роки тому +1

      The arab guy that actually came up with the idea of gravity: "both of you are sons of bitches!"
      The Indian guy who came up with the idea of gravity before the arab guy: "the three of you are sons of bitches!"

    • @aeroscantsee1665
      @aeroscantsee1665 2 роки тому +42

      @@bait5257 that was brutal.

    • @BRUH-lx3jv
      @BRUH-lx3jv 2 роки тому +2

      @@bait5257 Oh! lmao

  • @Ignore_my_old_comments_lol
    @Ignore_my_old_comments_lol 3 місяці тому +1

    scientists: it is impossible to make an object float
    slinky:

  • @impactdamonke
    @impactdamonke 3 місяці тому +1

    gravity been real quiet since this dropped

  • @ruskie8308
    @ruskie8308 3 роки тому +1490

    You should totally make a ''Veritasium shorts'' and just post the experiment parts of videos there!!! just a thought :) would be cool

    • @omarabdelkadereldarir7458
      @omarabdelkadereldarir7458 3 роки тому +5

      +

    • @8DVIBEZ
      @8DVIBEZ 3 роки тому +6

      Up vote ^

    • @xxlvulkann6743
      @xxlvulkann6743 3 роки тому +8

      If youtube would assure us that the shorts feature is a permanent installation then this would be a great idea.

    • @Valvex_
      @Valvex_ 3 роки тому +9

      Verishortium

    • @ruskie8308
      @ruskie8308 3 роки тому +1

      @@YouGloomy I'm danish :)

  • @smokingpacman
    @smokingpacman 2 роки тому +25

    The real question is: is the centre of mass falling at the same speed as if u dropped the slinky uncompressed

    • @NicolasGuerraOficial
      @NicolasGuerraOficial Рік тому +3

      Yes, there is no reason to think otherwise, also the upper part falls faster due to gravity and tension, compensating for the lower part to stay still.

    • @krishgarg2806
      @krishgarg2806 Рік тому

      yes, because the acceleration of the center of mass depends on the external force, which here are gravity and the person holding. Compression or elongation will create internal forces which won't affect the com.

  • @X4R80
    @X4R80 Рік тому +3

    I’ve seen this so many times but it’s just so cool everytime

  • @ThomasLindsey_
    @ThomasLindsey_ 2 роки тому +3265

    Can we find a way to glitch this to fly or levitate

    • @NOTZeroBlank
      @NOTZeroBlank 2 роки тому +966

      No, they patched it last year

    • @Lowkeyyhigh
      @Lowkeyyhigh 2 роки тому +176

      @@NOTZeroBlank damn

    • @seagull668
      @seagull668 2 роки тому +53

      I got 5 likes with saying lol so i edit this comment that
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    • @ghostly360
      @ghostly360 2 роки тому +27

      @@NOTZeroBlank if it's only a hotfix it's fine. You can just turn off the wifi before waking up

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      @NOTZeroBlank 2 роки тому +16

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  • @appurajosh
    @appurajosh 3 роки тому +177

    I love how he's dressed up just to drop a slinky

    • @eddyhoopin
      @eddyhoopin 2 роки тому +10

      gotta get fancy so the viewers see you in slow motion

  • @animaltvstories5165
    @animaltvstories5165 11 місяців тому +1

    every action has equal and opposite reaction, theres an elastic force acting against the gravity and it needs to compensate that force before falling under gravity

  • @burningwolf_9641
    @burningwolf_9641 Рік тому +5

    Issac Newton be like: “impossible…”

  • @GamesUnitee
    @GamesUnitee 2 роки тому +1199

    "I wish I could fly :l"
    Slinkies: *Hello there.*

    • @adrriannm
      @adrriannm 2 роки тому +9

      general slinky

    • @fliegendeluftwaffeli835
      @fliegendeluftwaffeli835 2 роки тому +15

      @@adrriannm
      General Slinky
      Infantry Damage: +20%
      Armoured Fighting Vehicle Damage: +15%
      Artillery Damage: +20%
      Airforce Damage: +40%
      Navy Damage +15%
      Movement: +40 Miles
      HP: +420%

    • @Martin-rh6bn
      @Martin-rh6bn 2 роки тому +3

      *Becomes Slinky*

    • @84rinne_moo
      @84rinne_moo 2 роки тому +2

      @@adrriannm I came here to make a funny comment and this just made me spit out my drink lmfao 😂

    • @stanleybochenek1862
      @stanleybochenek1862 Рік тому

      oh hi um what are you doing?

  • @firefightszz
    @firefightszz 2 роки тому +1083

    It literally levitates for a period of time, that’s sick

  • @Aby0ni2
    @Aby0ni2 2 місяці тому

    I think it's similar to the canon shot from a vehicle moving at the same speed of the shot in the opposite direction.
    The reason is that since slinky is stretched is because of gravity, meaning the stretch force is equal to gravity, when it's released it starts falling at the same speed it's contracting resulting in it looking like it's still at the bottom.
    And for the same reason a bottle with a hole that leaks water out will stop leaking in free fall.

  • @arcie3716
    @arcie3716 Рік тому +3

    Now I’m gonna think about this every time I see a slinky

  • @themaster3305
    @themaster3305 2 роки тому +742

    Newton: “*The force of gravity affects everything with mass in the universe*”
    Slinky: “And who decided that?”

    • @priyanshu3494
      @priyanshu3494 2 роки тому +11

      Escanor🔥🔥

    • @YallaMiami
      @YallaMiami 2 роки тому

      9/11 was an inside job

    • @sambhabgiri573
      @sambhabgiri573 2 роки тому +13

      I get the joke but I needed to say this, the spring force balances the weight

    • @robertt9342
      @robertt9342 2 роки тому +8

      @@sambhabgiri573 . It wouldn’t work without gravity.

    • @clarckkim
      @clarckkim 2 роки тому +2

      @@robertt9342 indeed

  • @Random-df1jd
    @Random-df1jd 2 роки тому +113

    Gravity: I am inevitable
    Slinky: and I, am slinky

  • @erickleefeld4883
    @erickleefeld4883 5 місяців тому

    Hypnotic. The top is still pulling the bottom up from the force of gravity - while the top itself is now falling. (Reminds me of the line from the first Superman movie, when he rescued Lois falling from the top of the Daily Planet building: “Easy, Miss, I’ve got you.” “You’ve got me? Who’s got you?!”)

  • @BigRW
    @BigRW 2 місяці тому

    Gravity won, but the slinky fought a good fight.

  • @TheiTempo
    @TheiTempo 3 роки тому +410

    Top slinky: we droppin boiiisss
    Bottom slinky: WE DROPPED?!

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 3 роки тому +4

      Just like internet explorer

    • @ambadasbudkhale3703
      @ambadasbudkhale3703 3 роки тому +1

      Just like Mc bedrock

    • @RustOnWheels
      @RustOnWheels 3 роки тому +1

      It’s like an open air music festival where you can see the speed of sound from crowd reactions from front to back when the beat drops.

    • @dev_invc
      @dev_invc 3 роки тому

      @UA-cam official✔ gravity worked ... The centre of mass of slinky was always in a free fall accelerating at 9.8 m/s^2 ....

    • @caseypardini9191
      @caseypardini9191 3 роки тому

      @@dev_invc since energy was out to spread it apart once let go it wants to retract back to its original state. Following Newton’s law both ends will converge at the same speed. Since the top is falling at the speed of gravity the bottom is as well. But since it is also being pulled down by gravity the bottom has equal forces which negate each other making it stay in the same spot.

  • @petergeorgehill
    @petergeorgehill 2 роки тому +1061

    “The longest slinky I had access to”
    Lol he makes it sound like it’s confidential government tech

    • @izayus11
      @izayus11 2 роки тому +61

      It implies the existence of longer slinky he DID NOT have access to.

    • @thed4rkknight740
      @thed4rkknight740 2 роки тому +6

      @@izayus11 😳

    • @poetikongpinoy8541
      @poetikongpinoy8541 2 роки тому

      @@thed4rkknight740 rumor says the longest one is in the pope basement

    • @neiljohnsemaning6227
      @neiljohnsemaning6227 2 роки тому +6

      @@izayus11 noshit

    • @MonaBread
      @MonaBread 2 роки тому +3

      the giant slinky is confidential government tech

  • @LiamplayzGT
    @LiamplayzGT 3 місяці тому

    For those of you who dont know, Mechanical engineer Richard James invented the Slinky by accident. In 1943, he was working to devise springs that could keep sensitive ship equipment steady at sea. After accidentally knocking some samples off a shelf, he watched in amazement as they gracefully “walked” down instead of falling.

  • @JustTryingToChillOut
    @JustTryingToChillOut 2 місяці тому +1

    99+ missed calls from Isaac Newton

  • @_MrMoney
    @_MrMoney 2 роки тому +3766

    We need to get a giant slinky up to the stratosphere that reaches almost to the ground and see the bottom of it just levitate for like 10 minutes

    • @Kaiyats
      @Kaiyats 2 роки тому +369

      This has to be humanities next mega project screw the MSG sphere

    • @highq9039
      @highq9039 2 роки тому +68

      I feel like that’s a dangerous idea.

    • @RCHomemadeHobbies
      @RCHomemadeHobbies 2 роки тому +28

      Lol we would need a huge helicopter 🚁

    • @GayKermit-._-.
      @GayKermit-._-. 2 роки тому +61

      @@highq9039 it's a slinky bruh what's it gonna do?

    • @sg5176
      @sg5176 2 роки тому +11

      Do you know what wind is?

  • @godzillagorilla986
    @godzillagorilla986 3 роки тому +1108

    When should you wash a stinky slinky?
    During spring cleaning

    • @davidthedankest4423
      @davidthedankest4423 3 роки тому +25

      nice one

    • @zneark3775
      @zneark3775 3 роки тому +10

      i understand english but it's not my native language, can you explain this joke to me pls?

    • @Amine--Z
      @Amine--Z 3 роки тому +4

      Silky, and not stretchy at all

    • @kurtwagner6574
      @kurtwagner6574 3 роки тому +4

      You are a real master of fun

    • @macmac1022
      @macmac1022 3 роки тому +26

      @@zneark3775 Because slinkys are like springs so to clean one you are cleaning a spring. Hope that helps. OH and spring cleaning is often a saying to clean up in spring time.

  • @shirakuyanai4095
    @shirakuyanai4095 Місяць тому

    A shorter and easier-to-understand explanation is both ends of the slinky are being pulled down by gravity, but the bottom end is also being pulled up by the center of the coil itself because... it's a slinky, it's always pulling both ends to the center. And since the bottom is being pulled in 2 opposite directions with the same force, it stays there and the top end falls first.

    • @EnterIslam2024
      @EnterIslam2024 Місяць тому

      I agree , the centre of mass of the slinky is falling continuously, above the COM it accelerates at 2g whilst below the COM it is g-g which is zero , balanced in equilibrium and stationary according Newton 1st law.

  • @ak-34
    @ak-34 11 місяців тому +1

    The slinky is like a really obedient kid, it waits for you to come back!

  • @huntermorgan6177
    @huntermorgan6177 3 роки тому +241

    We call it the "Wile E. Coyote Effect"

  • @rohandennisjr.6264
    @rohandennisjr.6264 2 роки тому +2165

    Gravity exists…
    Slinky: “eeeh… I don’t really feel like it”

    • @Zes2005
      @Zes2005 2 роки тому +16

      🤣🤣good one

    • @xxmister_malicaixx9306
      @xxmister_malicaixx9306 2 роки тому +14

      I was gonna say the bottom of the slinky be like uhm that’s not how gravity works

    • @nguyenhatung.3322
      @nguyenhatung.3322 2 роки тому +7

      Do you believe in gravity?

    • @yajuvendrasinghrajpurohit7888
      @yajuvendrasinghrajpurohit7888 2 роки тому +3

      Actually just make an fbd diagram you'll understand whats happening

    • @OG-Capo---
      @OG-Capo--- 2 роки тому +3

      It's crazy because people actually believe there's no gravity. But if there was no gravity then how would we all exist?

  • @lakshay7901
    @lakshay7901 Рік тому

    I think what's happening is that gravity is definitely acting on the slinky as a whole. But the tension in the it due to it's stretched state causes the lower most coil to oppose gravity, thus it too accelerates but negligibly and the uppermost coil speedily accelerates coz of heavy tension and gravity pulling it in the same direction downwards. So if we consider this entire slinky to be a system, the tension generated is the internal forces, while the only external force is the gravity, so as per the Newton's law, it's center of mass must accelerate at 9.8 m/s^2. And as we can see the vector sum of all linear accelerations of each coil of slinky would approximate to "g".

  • @devilsondavid4794
    @devilsondavid4794 Місяць тому +1

    Slinky got cheat code to tackle Gravity 🔥

  • @mohamedaakhil
    @mohamedaakhil 2 роки тому +669

    Someone should make an extremely long slinky that stretches over the height of an entire building but just above the ground. They could also have like a transparent tube inside of which they can drop the slinky so it can support it instead of collapsing. We'd be able to see it float for at least 10 seconds like magic!

    • @vegetawithamoustache8725
      @vegetawithamoustache8725 2 роки тому +27

      @@anonymoususer855 maybe he didn't know the spelling but he knew it was wrong that happens to me all the time and it's faster to just type it wrong then to search it up

    • @mohamedaakhil
      @mohamedaakhil 2 роки тому +13

      @@oldacc_ihatebrickplanet12 haha ok im not a scientist just had a random thought

    • @mohamedaakhil
      @mohamedaakhil 2 роки тому +6

      @@anonymoususer855 ok

    • @suedenim6590
      @suedenim6590 2 роки тому +11

      So 911 was an inside job then

    • @yummyumtum
      @yummyumtum 2 роки тому +4

      That would be interesting

  • @thelightisdarkness9457
    @thelightisdarkness9457 2 роки тому +654

    This is actually an overlooked error in the matrix that never got fixed

  • @tiberiusalexander6339
    @tiberiusalexander6339 3 місяці тому

    The corallary, which he doesn't explictly mention, is that the top is accelerating much faster than 9.8 m/s² (the acceleration rate of gravity on earth in a vacuum). Not only is it the top of the slinky being pulled down by gravity, it's also being pulled down by tension - the same force which is pulling up on the bottom and preventing it from falling.

    • @peterpumpkineater6928
      @peterpumpkineater6928 3 місяці тому

      So in other words, the mass Centre actually falls at a normal acceleration of 9.81..m/s^2

    • @tiberiusalexander6339
      @tiberiusalexander6339 3 місяці тому

      @@peterpumpkineater6928 yep, that's a valid way of describing it too!

  • @Maou3
    @Maou3 3 місяці тому

    You should look at the acceleration of the top's motion (and calculate it). Since the center of mass of the whole slinky system must accelerate at 9.8m/s², and the unupdated slinky half has an acceleration of 0, the top must accelerate faster (which is easily explained, since both gravity and slinky tension are accelerating it).

  • @terrarizer766
    @terrarizer766 2 роки тому +1034

    Gravity: FINALLY A WORTHY OPPONENT! OUR BATTLE SHALL BE LEGENDARY!

    • @Yusuketh443
      @Yusuketh443 2 роки тому +36

      cartoon logic: are you sure about that?

    • @MajorBunghole
      @MajorBunghole 2 роки тому +12

      Flat earthers and their disbelief in gravity is hilarious

    • @royalcod7159
      @royalcod7159 2 роки тому +3

      Magnets are stronger than gravity

    • @dorukortakci
      @dorukortakci 2 роки тому +6

      @@royalcod7159 So?? What does this have to do with the actual comment?

    • @poserboy9494
      @poserboy9494 2 роки тому +1

      Not as worth is Indian movie protagonists

  • @AsianDevilDog86
    @AsianDevilDog86 3 роки тому +616

    I'm amazed by this, tension is over powering gravity, the energy transfer is easily done in an equation but even understanding the physics behind this still boggles me.

    • @sriramsridhara1763
      @sriramsridhara1763 3 роки тому +33

      Illusion is overpowering your mind my friend. The centre of mass falls with the just as you expect, ie with 9.8m/s^2

    • @Michael-kp4bd
      @Michael-kp4bd 3 роки тому +72

      @@sriramsridhara1763 it’s still interesting that the bottom is stationary. That’s not trivial nor an illusion. But it is another important/interesting fact to remember, so thanks for that.

    • @krutideepankar5457
      @krutideepankar5457 3 роки тому +1

      @@sriramsridhara1763 bro then it's center of mass lies above the slinky? It should be somewhere in the middle.

    • @BobbyBlue117
      @BobbyBlue117 3 роки тому +22

      @@krutideepankar5457 The center of mass is a little bit below the middle of the slinky. If you drop a ball next to that point at the same time, both the ball and the slinky will hit the ground at the same time as well.

    • @krutideepankar5457
      @krutideepankar5457 3 роки тому +4

      @@BobbyBlue117 but why it starts falling form top?

  • @genacess5646
    @genacess5646 Рік тому +10

    Gravity: "I am the law!"
    Slinky: " im about to end this mans whole career!

  • @rizqijair5186
    @rizqijair5186 2 місяці тому

    Bottom slinky:floating
    Top slinky:fall

  • @adrianorafacho9706
    @adrianorafacho9706 2 роки тому +1629

    Imagine a slinky so long that you can see this effect in real time, would be crazy

    • @IlmShadow
      @IlmShadow 2 роки тому +73

      2 minds think alike. was thinking the same thing

    • @shracid7898
      @shracid7898 2 роки тому +43

      Mythbusters?

    • @randomlygeneratedname7171
      @randomlygeneratedname7171 2 роки тому +74

      Probably going to get screwed over by the wind. Needs a tower built around it.

    • @orenji2385
      @orenji2385 2 роки тому +12

      @@randomlygeneratedname7171 or a pit?

    • @trevuamirai5324
      @trevuamirai5324 2 роки тому +8

      @@IlmShadow two great minds think alike*

  • @kickinwinghotboi883
    @kickinwinghotboi883 3 роки тому +456

    Towards the end when he's looking down at the falling slinky, he looks like a super villain who just won against the hero and is basking in the glory of the hero failing

  • @tellmetogostudy5511
    @tellmetogostudy5511 Рік тому

    Studying for physics and this actually helps with understanding longitudinal wave compared to transverse wave. Thanks!!!!

  • @greenvibe9954
    @greenvibe9954 2 місяці тому

    It's much easier to understand and describe if you consider that the center of mass of the slinky is falling according to Newton law while the bottone part of the slinky is equally being pulled down by gravity and pulled up the elastic forces. That's also why the top part of the slinky is falling with twice the gravitational acceleration.

  • @SpaghettiBreaker
    @SpaghettiBreaker 3 роки тому +912

    Bro when I was little I remember going to Chuck-E-Cheese and winning the really big rainbow slinky they had and that honestly was the best part of my childhood I didn't even care if we were poor that slinky was fun af

    • @jamezason
      @jamezason 3 роки тому +42

      Hopefully you tied a slinky to a ceiling fan as a kid. That’s what we did and it was funny as hell.

    • @TherealbrianUOENO
      @TherealbrianUOENO 2 роки тому +34

      That got dark fast

    • @EnduringCrow
      @EnduringCrow 2 роки тому +32

      Perspective is a helluva thing. I too relish some of the little things from a low income childhood; the memory isn't so much dark as it is an acknowledgement of growth and values, imo.

    • @SpaghettiBreaker
      @SpaghettiBreaker 2 роки тому +12

      @@EnduringCrow why is what you say exactly my childhood

    • @tonyheaton4941
      @tonyheaton4941 2 роки тому +3

      " I didn't even care if we were poor that slinky was fun af." So in reality, you weren't poor.

  • @hagerty1952
    @hagerty1952 3 роки тому +71

    In one of my college physics classes, the professor had a demonstrator showing how linear and rotational motion are coupled in a spring. It was a very long/light spring (essentially a slinky) suspended from the top and with a weight at the bottom. The weight had spikes coming out of it sideways to make easy to see it rotate. He pulled the weight down and we watched bounce up and down, then transition to rotation until the weight was oscillating CW/CCW and then transition back. That was cool until we had to explain it!

    • @martyguild
      @martyguild 3 роки тому +6

      It's called a Wilberforce pendulum... Highly recommend looking into it for anyone else
      The weights are to give it a significant moment of inertia, not for sight. If you can get the moment just perfect (such that the rotational frequency equals the natural oscillating frequency of the spring), the system can achieve a resonance that switches between pure rotation and pure vertical oscillation.

    • @maple22moose44
      @maple22moose44 3 роки тому +2

      @@martyguild i think they meant the spikes were for sight

    • @abdurrehmanpatel1310
      @abdurrehmanpatel1310 3 роки тому

      Lol

    • @martyguild
      @martyguild 3 роки тому +4

      @@maple22moose44 indeed they did, but it's not correct. The Wilberforce pendulum, which is what they described, needs to have a mass with an exaggerated moment of inertia in order for the system to work properly. This is accomplished with those "spikes." They are not for visual purpose.
      Source: I own one.

  • @Bellaitzi
    @Bellaitzi 2 місяці тому +4

    Slinkys just casually violating the laws of gravity

  • @CubsYT
    @CubsYT 3 роки тому +757

    "interesting topic but I wonder how he's going to turn it into a 12 minute vide- oh..."

    • @saumyasharma6790
      @saumyasharma6790 3 роки тому +19

      Lol I thought exactly the same

    • @lelouchvibritannia1788
      @lelouchvibritannia1788 3 роки тому +40

      He already made 6 videos on this topic 10 years ago. This is just a reupload in short form lol. Way more than 12 minutes hehe. I instantly recognised the suit and the slinky used.

    • @CubsYT
      @CubsYT 3 роки тому +1

      @@lelouchvibritannia1788 oh god 😭

    • @lelouchlibritannia3771
      @lelouchlibritannia3771 3 роки тому +21

      @@lelouchvibritannia1788 Hi, doppelganger!

    • @maurinhosilva7126
      @maurinhosilva7126 3 роки тому +1

      vide-oh
      hahah

  • @tengoku9623
    @tengoku9623 2 роки тому +386

    Gravity: "Aight so everything is gonna fall and what comes up must come down"
    Slinkys: "Your tactics confuse and frighten me sir."

  • @Altorin
    @Altorin 3 місяці тому

    It's not actually a property of the slinky. Everything kind of falls that way. It is just that most things have some kind of internal tension.

  • @Jivvi
    @Jivvi 4 місяці тому

    Much better explanation than what I've sometimes heard about how "the bottom doesn't know the top has been dropped yet" as though it was somehow falling at the speed of light.
    The force pulling it back together is perfectly cancelled out by the force making it fall, so it doesn't do either.

  • @kidsvillacorta9301
    @kidsvillacorta9301 3 роки тому +3900

    Someone needs to make an absolutely MASSIVE slinky that would take a few seconds to fall down so you can see it just floating there
    Edit: An argument is happening in the replies

    • @DekuStickGamer
      @DekuStickGamer 2 роки тому +650

      Make a skyscraper sized slinky, put a platform for people to stand on the lowest ring, and watch people stand like nothings happening whilst the structure above them collapse, and then instantly become subjected to 10 ms2 of acceleration

    • @kidsvillacorta9301
      @kidsvillacorta9301 2 роки тому +75

      @@DekuStickGamer YES

    • @Alexander-vs2ee
      @Alexander-vs2ee 2 роки тому +76

      @@DekuStickGamer that is completely impossible and wrong.

    • @nathanr21
      @nathanr21 2 роки тому +535

      @@Alexander-vs2ee shhhhhhhhhhh. This is the internet. We dont say things like that

    • @realrig
      @realrig 2 роки тому +326

      @@Alexander-vs2ee you must be boring as hell in parties, which is also the reason that you aren't invited to them. 😐

  • @bluefoxf5963
    @bluefoxf5963 3 роки тому +71

    Center of mass is moving down all the time , it is not necessary for all parts of an object fall constantly.

    • @Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj630
      @Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj630 3 роки тому +4

      Thx now l get it

    • @AlexStavi
      @AlexStavi 3 роки тому +1

      and the bottom is falling to, but it keeps pulled up by the strings. I wonder how much the weight of the last ring is decreased

    • @bluefoxf5963
      @bluefoxf5963 3 роки тому +3

      @@AlexStavi exactly, the bottom is pulled by string accordong the formula : F = k * x

    • @flameify8285
      @flameify8285 3 роки тому +4

      @@bluefoxf5963 wow. I just learnt this. Good to see the formula used irl

  • @Black_Kakari
    @Black_Kakari 3 місяці тому +1

    This makes me think of the expansion rate of space VS The Great Attraction

  • @killinchillin8996
    @killinchillin8996 2 місяці тому

    The slinky is influenced by cartoon physics 😂

  • @wtfisthiscrap
    @wtfisthiscrap 2 роки тому +3192

    Imagine cutting it in half mid air and throwing the top part away. That way the botton half would stay suspended forever. I love physics!

    • @aaronwilliams8887
      @aaronwilliams8887 2 роки тому +809

      @Cyclovizioned shhhhh he doesn't know, and it may be better that way.

    • @ispres
      @ispres 2 роки тому +158

      @@aaronwilliams8887 issa joke

    • @aaronwilliams8887
      @aaronwilliams8887 2 роки тому +306

      @@ispres so is mine mate 😉

    • @user-ht6ql1rn3w
      @user-ht6ql1rn3w 2 роки тому +735

      Everyone thinking this comment is a joke, no, it isnt, the commenter is from a type 2 civilisation where they use this technique to build huge structures without having to build the base first, the reason it doesnt work when we try it is because the slinky needs to be cut in exactly half, down to the last quark, however this isnt possible with our earthian technology

    • @travisscottburber5719
      @travisscottburber5719 2 роки тому +52

      @@user-ht6ql1rn3w how do you know this?

  • @worldsgreatestvideostv1657
    @worldsgreatestvideostv1657 2 роки тому +269

    Honey where is my suit ?
    Wife: "why do need it"
    Him: "it's time to drop some slinkys obviously"

  • @cardboardtoaster2169
    @cardboardtoaster2169 2 роки тому

    You fool, you don’t realize we can essentially make a levitating slinky

  • @sardarali9312
    @sardarali9312 Рік тому +1

    The reason is that last portion of slinky also apply the force in the opposite of gravity and stronger then gravity.

  • @s0j0urner15
    @s0j0urner15 2 роки тому +28

    There are 2 force acting on both the ends of the slinky. 1) Gravitational and 2) Elastic force. The Gravitational and Elastic force acting against each other on the bottom end the slinky and cancelling out each other so instead of going down it is held at the same place while the the top end is accelerated by both gravity and tension through elastic force acting from same direction.

    • @danishakhtar8148
      @danishakhtar8148 2 роки тому

      But the elastic force depends on the change in configuration of the slinki. So as the slinki starts to move to its original position the eleastic force changes and then both elastic and gravitatiinal forces cant be equal. Then how could the lower end of the slinki be at rest.

    • @adriatikcifliku1346
      @adriatikcifliku1346 2 роки тому +1

      @@danishakhtar8148 think of it this way: if there was no gravity at all the slinki woud have shrinked at the midle of its body length. But Since there is gravity , the bottom cannot go up , but will remain at rest until the top of the slinki comes down accelerated by gravity and by the elastic force. Now to answer your question, you are right that the elastic force and gravity are not equal anymore but at the top of the slinki, thats why you see it coming down. When you are holding the slinki you are holding it at the first winding but creating the tension in all of its length. When you release it you no longer are equaling the gravity force on the first winding so it falls while braking the tension to the second winding and so on until the whole tesnion is broke down.

    • @danishakhtar8148
      @danishakhtar8148 2 роки тому

      @@adriatikcifliku1346 i don't got what you are trying to say. Plz elaborate

  • @Ho11is2Ho11ywood
    @Ho11is2Ho11ywood 2 роки тому +516

    2 things I've never accomplished: Finish a tube of chapstick without losing it and keep a slinky from bending

    • @giantfatberg
      @giantfatberg 2 роки тому +10

      I love this

    • @bananaballs3205
      @bananaballs3205 2 роки тому +5

      Also using up an eraser without losing it

    • @anonymous12234
      @anonymous12234 2 роки тому +3

      Chef's kiss i love your comment 😘😌💅

    • @axehead45
      @axehead45 2 роки тому

      I’ve kept a slinky from bending

    • @somebody8205
      @somebody8205 2 роки тому

      @Hollis2Hollywood Same

  • @ligardium4610
    @ligardium4610 Рік тому +1

    Everything science till slinky goes upwards

  • @rohanssbj841
    @rohanssbj841 11 місяців тому +1

    Here after RJ sirs class on laws of motion, awe struck 🙆‍♂️

  • @lucasthebigl
    @lucasthebigl 2 роки тому +41

    Gravity: *exists*
    Slinkies: well yes but actually no

  • @CineGeeks001
    @CineGeeks001 2 роки тому +234

    This is because the initially when you hold the slinky from one end and other end exert a gravitational force . According to Newtowns third law "every action has equal and opposite reaction" so the tension force create in slinky forcing upward against gravity . When you drop the first end , it fall down but due to "innertia of rest" bottom end remain in rest until the all the tension force stored in the slinky is not released.

    • @itz_BOSE
      @itz_BOSE 2 роки тому +13

      Loved Ur Explanation...
      😀😀
      I was going through the comments to find out why this happened...
      And U Pleased Me...
      Thank U Very Much....
      😃😃😃

    • @Airtheteengeneretion
      @Airtheteengeneretion 2 роки тому +17

      For simple minded people like me it doesn’t drop cuz it’s already stretched and would need something to pull of from the bottom to stretch more therefore it needs the top to push it down after it uncompresses so it can push it down

    • @suedenim6590
      @suedenim6590 2 роки тому +12

      So 911 was an inside job then

    • @starlightanddewdrops1418
      @starlightanddewdrops1418 2 роки тому +1

      Great explaination😲👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @sirtony8744
      @sirtony8744 2 роки тому +2

      I don't understand the part of "the innertia of the rest", do you mean that until the wave didn't reach the bottom of the slinky, the impulse can't be transmitted?

  • @Arnav..tech03
    @Arnav..tech03 Рік тому +1

    1st one satisfied me the most😇😇😇

  • @Bransbow
    @Bransbow Рік тому +4

    "This is the longest slinky I have access to..." Well get more and glue them together!

  • @TimPortantno
    @TimPortantno 2 роки тому +498

    The average height of the entire slinky is still reducing at the same rate, regardless of what the bottom is doing compared to the top.

    • @PlebOfficial
      @PlebOfficial 2 роки тому +4

      You have a point, but it isn't what they're trying to visualise in this video.

  • @anormalwanderer
    @anormalwanderer 2 роки тому +1264

    Issac: Gravity is real.
    Slinky: Imma about to end this whole man's career.

    • @syedaslam2856
      @syedaslam2856 2 роки тому +6

      😂

    • @fredericklehoux7160
      @fredericklehoux7160 2 роки тому +30

      The tool the church needed to deny more science.

    • @shorin5384
      @shorin5384 2 роки тому +2

      Isaac

    • @HollowGolem
      @HollowGolem 2 роки тому +9

      Basically, the tension of the higher rungs is countering the force of gravity on the lower part.

    • @flaks109
      @flaks109 2 роки тому +3

      The slinky obeys physics the tension above and gravity cancels each other's effect.....we had a complete set of problems in physics on this

  • @sabrinaleedance
    @sabrinaleedance 2 роки тому

    That is so trippy because even tho no one is holding it the bottom just stays floating in mid air. It really don't seem physically possible yet follow all laws of physics

  • @r4ided
    @r4ided 2 роки тому +1

    Slinkie: *doesnt fall*
    me: I CAN FLY NOW!
    also me: *dead*

  • @CrimsonJewel
    @CrimsonJewel 2 роки тому +46

    Physics is so fun and terrifying at the same time.

  • @legendaryseal2430
    @legendaryseal2430 2 роки тому +88

    How to fly: run while throwing slinkys beneath you and jumping onto them

    • @updated_autopsy_report
      @updated_autopsy_report 2 роки тому +9

      the top part would still be falling though

    • @jaffil4026
      @jaffil4026 2 роки тому +71

      @@updated_autopsy_report throw them upside down stupid

    • @Kitarp06
      @Kitarp06 2 роки тому +8

      @@jaffil4026 😂😂

    • @mr9293
      @mr9293 2 роки тому +9

      @@jaffil4026 Albert Einstein! Can I have an autograph???

    • @GHOST-nb7fm
      @GHOST-nb7fm 2 роки тому +3

      @@jaffil4026 no, no, hes got a point

  • @nakiryt2
    @nakiryt2 3 місяці тому +1

    I hate it when slinkys get tangled

  • @technicalteacher6950
    @technicalteacher6950 11 місяців тому +1

    Gravity: nothing will fly without wing. BECAUSE OF ME!!!!
    SLINKY: how about me?

  • @snkrhisvuajpsveibbi
    @snkrhisvuajpsveibbi 2 роки тому +1072

    Slinky’s be like: “gravity? never heard of her”

    • @hassanalbazi483
      @hassanalbazi483 2 роки тому +12

      Lol I was thinking of commenting something kinda like this but then I saw this

    • @usabro6344
      @usabro6344 2 роки тому +4

      Underrated comments 😂😂

    • @Tin_cannn
      @Tin_cannn 2 роки тому +12

      Thought gravity was just gravity not a gender?

    • @HanazukaNo.2
      @HanazukaNo.2 2 роки тому +7

      Oh so gravity has a gender now?

    • @Tin_cannn
      @Tin_cannn 2 роки тому +6

      @@HanazukaNo.2 that's what I said, I think they were thinking of mother nature but still it can't have a gender cause gravity is on every planet with an atmosphere I think

  • @sathishgameengineer3048
    @sathishgameengineer3048 2 роки тому +100

    After this slinky invented, the cartoon physics was born

  • @Linkophere
    @Linkophere Рік тому

    Man. The universe and physics work just how you think it would if you think about it in a weirder way lol

  • @codycarlton2200
    @codycarlton2200 2 роки тому

    Nothing goes better with your videos than pizza and beer. Killing brain cells, and creating brain cells. It’s braincell-ception

  • @motherofallemails
    @motherofallemails 3 роки тому +90

    The force that stretched the slinky under its own weight is the same force that collapses the slinky as it falls, gravitation.
    So the bottom of the slinky is, in a way, collapsing upwards during that time.
    Still didn't expect that!
    Cool video.

    • @shahalpha1739
      @shahalpha1739 3 роки тому +13

      Thanks, this explanation easy to understand.

    • @mr.davemaeen8136
      @mr.davemaeen8136 3 роки тому +6

      The weight of the entire slinky should still fall as it collapses, there should still be no reason for it to hold still without at least collapsing at a faster rate while it as a whole rises in speed downward. Time to get a slinky and see for myself I guess.

    • @hrimonrakshit6840
      @hrimonrakshit6840 3 роки тому +13

      @@mr.davemaeen8136 the restoring force(due to potential energy stored by virtue of a stretched slinky) balances the weight of the slinky at the lowest ring ig.

    • @mr.davemaeen8136
      @mr.davemaeen8136 3 роки тому +1

      @@hrimonrakshit6840 that's really a trip. My first thought is it would do just the opposite haha.

    • @j_taylor
      @j_taylor 3 роки тому +7

      @@mr.davemaeen8136 You are correct that the center of mass of the slinky falls due to gravity.