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Postby cowpatz » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:24 am

Can this be modeled? smile.gif
Remember the 50-50-90 rule. Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong!

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Postby deeknow » Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:10 am

Man, woulda taken some big kahuna's to test fliy those things early on, let alone scope out that route down thru those valleys like that, amazing stuff
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:48 am

One hell off a way to get home from work ! , the tourists at the turn around would have been impressed ohmy.gif
Back in 1936 , an American 'Clem Sohn ' had a very similar idea , it worked but was killed on 25 April 1937 , parachute failed to open .
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:12 am

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Man, woulda taken some big kahuna's to test fliy those things early on, let alone scope out that route down thru those valleys like that, amazing stuff

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Postby Splitpin » Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:19 pm

ohmy.gif talk about living on the edge......insane....i love it, how fast is that guy going?
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Postby cowpatz » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:36 pm

I have heard on other videos that they get to 140 mph.
off course it doesn't always go right view here
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:46 pm

They take it to the extreme , many would say they are fools , but hell , the gear was designed for it , to be cut in half , that happens on the road with big bikes easy , the survivor , he gos home with the action vid off the year .
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Postby Splitpin » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:16 am

Must be amazing......the only time you really feel alive....when your .2( or whatever) of a second away from the ......whatever you perceive as the end.......
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