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PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:24 am
by cowpatz
Can this be modeled? smile.gif

PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:10 am
by deeknow
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

PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:48 am
by Ian Warren
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 .

PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:12 am
by HamiltonWest
deeknow wrote:
QUOTE (deeknow @ Feb 13 2011, 10:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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

I reckon

PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:19 pm
by Splitpin
ohmy.gif talk about living on the edge......insane....i love it, how fast is that guy going?
Great link cowpatz thumbup1.gif

PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:36 pm
by cowpatz
I have heard on other videos that they get to 140 mph.
off course it doesn't always go right view here

PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:46 pm
by Ian Warren
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 .

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:16 am
by Splitpin
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.......