Worked Example 04
The Question
You have landed a summer job as the technical assistant to the director of an adventure movie shot here in Australia. The script calls for a large package to be dropped onto the bed of a fast moving truck from a helicopter that is hovering above the road, out of view of the camera. The helicopter is 90 m above the road, and the bed of the truck is 1m above the road. The truck is traveling down the road at 60 km/hour. You must determine when to cue the assistant in the helicopter to drop the package so it lands in the truck. The director is paying $20,000 per hour for the chopper, so he wants you to do this successfully in one take.
The Answer
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