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electraglider_1997 · 09-11-2006, 05:42 AM

You'd have to have more balls than sense to take that thing up over one hundred feet. It should be required to have a built-in parachute that you can use if this thing fails. At least with a motorcycle, if the engine quits, usually it doesn't mean you are gonna die.

electraglider_1997 · 09-11-2006, 05:50 AM

I wish some think-tank would figure out how to allow humans to fly with dragonfly type wings. You ever watch a dragonfly. Very cool indeed. Replace the two rotors on a CH46 Sea Knight with dragonfly wings. That baby would be something to see. Forward-sideways-backwards-straight up, no problem.

ksquid · 09-11-2006, 06:28 AM

Yes I have lived through an auto-rotation. I was a heli-attack foreman when I fought forest fires....All I remember is feeling that my back had just compressed a couple of inches..Helicopter pilots swear they would rather be in chopper than a fixed aircraft after that I believed them..

Gritboy · 09-11-2006, 08:21 AM

I'll take a TARDIS and be done with this time and space altogether.

Buzglyd · 09-11-2006, 09:15 AM

A couple of hits of good acid and you're there.

how999999 · 09-11-2006, 10:57 AM

I can see from the video that I'd want a set of clip-ons to lower the handlebars to a more "aggressive" sport position . . .

gforces · 09-11-2006, 02:02 PM

...and then it's "game over man! game OVER!"

I just couldn't resist.

lwatcdr · 09-12-2006, 06:55 AM

problem is this thing can not auto-rotate!

I think they offer a ballistic parachute.

As to Helicopters vs fixed wing.

Helicopters are a collection of spare parts flying in loose formation.

Just kidding... Sort of.

anrajala · 09-12-2006, 07:02 AM

I think you are ripe to get a Rune

- cruiz-euro

anrajala · 09-12-2006, 07:09 AM

How about a back packed parachute. Could you jump this thing without those blades slicing you like an overripe cantaloupe?

- cruiz-euro

09-11-2006, 05:42 AM	#31
electraglider_1997 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 640	Re: No Auto-rotation You'd have to have more balls than sense to take that thing up over one hundred feet. It should be required to have a built-in parachute that you can use if this thing fails. At least with a motorcycle, if the engine quits, usually it doesn't mean you are gonna die.

09-11-2006, 05:50 AM	#32
electraglider_1997 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 640	Dragonfly wing I wish some think-tank would figure out how to allow humans to fly with dragonfly type wings. You ever watch a dragonfly. Very cool indeed. Replace the two rotors on a CH46 Sea Knight with dragonfly wings. That baby would be something to see. Forward-sideways-backwards-straight up, no problem.

09-11-2006, 06:28 AM	#33
ksquid Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: My new favorite site is CycleWorld.com Posts: 3,775	Live to tell about it. Yes I have lived through an auto-rotation. I was a heli-attack foreman when I fought forest fires....All I remember is feeling that my back had just compressed a couple of inches..Helicopter pilots swear they would rather be in chopper than a fixed aircraft after that I believed them..

09-11-2006, 08:21 AM	#34
Gritboy Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 530	Re: Not a Motorcycle, But... I'll take a TARDIS and be done with this time and space altogether.

09-11-2006, 09:15 AM	#35
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,137	LSD A couple of hits of good acid and you're there. __________________ Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

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09-11-2006, 10:57 AM	#36
how999999 Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1	Re: Not a Motorcycle, But... I can see from the video that I'd want a set of clip-ons to lower the handlebars to a more "aggressive" sport position . . .

09-11-2006, 02:02 PM	#37
gforces Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 306	Re: Or as Hudson sez: ...and then it's "game over man! game OVER!" I just couldn't resist.

09-12-2006, 06:55 AM	#38
lwatcdr Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 124	Re: Live to tell about it. problem is this thing can not auto-rotate! I think they offer a ballistic parachute. As to Helicopters vs fixed wing. Helicopters are a collection of spare parts flying in loose formation. Just kidding... Sort of.

09-12-2006, 07:02 AM	#39
anrajala Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,490	Re: Not a Motorcycle, But... I think you are ripe to get a Rune - cruiz-euro

09-12-2006, 07:09 AM	#40
anrajala Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,490	Re: No Auto-rotation How about a back packed parachute. Could you jump this thing without those blades slicing you like an overripe cantaloupe? - cruiz-euro