Can Rubber Defeat Gravity? ─ JoergSprave

Veritasium slinky video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCMmm...

What happens when you attach a heavy weight to a rubber band, let it hand down a bit and then let it fall?

This video has the answer, filmed in 1000 frames per second.

A "The Slingshot Channel" production!


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