When the person in a cartoon steps inside a loop of a rope on the ground and onto a trap, and the rope grabs the ankle so quickly and lift up high to raise the person upside-down and hanging? How does this work in real life?

Question

When the person in a cartoon steps inside a loop of a rope on the ground and onto a trap, and the rope grabs the ankle so quickly and lift up high to raise the person upside-down and hanging? How does this work in real life?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Depends on how the trap is set. Basically any trap work on the concept of trigger. Somewhere is a trigger that, when triggered activate the trap. Some are more complex than others.

For the old rope trap, the trigger is usually in the middle of the rope. If you walk in the trap, you push the trigger and the trap activate.