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Subscribe to this threadVIDEO: Ken Block jumps a Subie waaaaay too high
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Brian Scotto @ Dec 5th 2006 9:48PM
Actually on a jump like that, the angle of the landing is built to match how the car is going to land. So as ong as you come down in the "sweet spot," there wont be that much of an impact. Same reason why snowboarders can jump like 200 feet and ride off no problem. It all has to do with the slope of the landing.
Now as for X-games, if I remember correctly one car got creamed by the jump, but the number one killer for Rally cars seems to be unmovable objects, like boulders and trees, so actually the stages can be more brutal on the cars.