Paging the adrenaline junkies

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Wicked Uncle Nigel, Apr 9, 2006.

  1. http://www.jumpingpixels.com/humancatapult.html

    Assuming this isn't faked, anyone want to have a stab at calculating the
    acceleration he pulled?

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    WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
    SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
    Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
    Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
     
    Wicked Uncle Nigel, Apr 9, 2006
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  2. Probably not that much, actually. A catapult is a relatively gradual
    form of acceleration - witness doing a catapult launch in a glider.

    He's still a nutter, mind.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Apr 10, 2006
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    Nicknoxx Guest

    Talk about damning with faint praise
     
    Nicknoxx, Apr 10, 2006
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  4. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simon Gates
    I am obliged.

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    Wicked Uncle Nigel - To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of
    the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

    WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
    SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
    Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
    Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
     
    Wicked Uncle Nigel, Apr 10, 2006
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    Beav Guest

    I was with you all the way to there >

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    Beav, Apr 10, 2006
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