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Skyguy
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 12:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Next time you blast into a turn at 100mph feeling you are committed think about these guys.................

http://www.para-mag.com/archives/directlive/direct225/qt.html
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No_rice
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 02:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i so need to do that!!!
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I can't make the link work.
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Bcordb3
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That is total insanity!
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99buellx1
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 12:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Those guys are nuckin futz!











Im in.
When we gonna head over there Tim?
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Buellfighter
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
My luck, parachute would open on the way up!
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Bluzm2
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Man, talk about no safety net!
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Sandblast
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 12:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That rocks. Right up there with the guy who flew with the jet pack. Nice.
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Stou
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 01:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That's completely crazy!!!
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Blake
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That should be a new olympic sport, contested for height and distance. It could be a Summer and Winter event. For Winter put it atop a snow covered mountain and put a snowboard on their feet, aim them at the half-pipe.
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No_rice
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
hows next weekend sound craig? lol.

i guarantee you i'd be doing it if it was just a wee bit closer to home!

snowboard idea sounds good to me blake!
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Jackbequick
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 07:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I was looking at the netting on the bed they lay on for the launch. I was thinking it would be real inconvenient if you got tangled up on any of that as the thing went up and the lines slacked.

It would be interesting know what the pull down was on the launch, the peak altitude, and the G forces involved.

Jack
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Skyguy
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 07:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I would do it in a second flat. Due to the spread of the "launch" poles the harness would open right up. I don't see any problems with getting stuck. Most people "White out" at five or six g's so it has to be less. As for peak altitude my guess is 600 feet. I base that on the time it takes for the chute to open and land.

Say what you want about the French but I have spent a lot of time there and they know how to have fun! if anyone got in that thing, got hurt and tried to sue the French court would throw the case out faster than we here in the U.S. would believe.
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Tom_b
Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 10:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
way cool. kinda like a combination of base jumping and bungee jumping
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Blazinc5
Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 04:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That's seriously F'ed up LOL I love it
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