• andros_rex@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yes - I understood that. My point still stands.

    It wouldn’t have built up any velocity. There would be no means for it to accelerate. After it touches the ground, it would have no forward momentum.

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      1 day ago

      Tires are perhaps mostly air by volume, but the rubber and the rims would store some kinetic energy spinning in place, also some in the axles and perhaps even all the way to the engine if things don’t break instantly. That energy would go against the ground on landing and push the car some distance forward - I would expect the answer to be in the range of a few feet (meters) but it’s what I think OP is asking