Goldfinger’s use of Odd Job’s hat trick – is it possible?
October 4, 2016 0 By 007 TravelersLeading scientists and engineers have studied stunts in James Bond films.
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Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) warns Bond (Sean Connery) not to meddle in his affairs by instructing Odd Job (Harold Sakata) to throw his metal-brimmed bowler hat at a stone statue a few metres away.
Metin Tolan, professor of experimental physics at the Technical University of Dortmund says that it is possible to do this, but the hat would need to be very heavy and thrown very fast.
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Professor Tolan explains: ‘Pressure is force divided by area. When the hat strikes, the area that hits the stone statue is very small, so the pressure very high. If you just throw a stone, the area striking the statue is much larger and therefore the pressure is much smaller.’
Source: James Bond 007: 7 Bond stunts – E & T Magazine
Goldfinger’s use of Odd Job’s hat trick: POSSIBLE
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