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Kind of like a pneumatic funicular staircase, two sets of
trampoline
stairs, one going up the other going down would be
linked
together with air hoses. Those going down would land on
the
descending stair air bladder pushing air through a
tube
to an ascending stair air bladder on the other
side and
expanding
it.
Those going up would time their hops in sync with those
going down and would be bounced up the stairs with
relatively little effort.
http://www.youtube....watch?v=CVJ-W6LioB8
[not_morrison_rm, May 30 2013]
The basic principal
http://www.youtube....watch?v=OPworftI7fs
Scaled down and shaped into two pneumatically linked "staircases". [doctorremulac3, Jun 02 2013]
Drawing
http://www.flickr.c...874@N06/8936537451/
Each color is an individual bag. Jump on one end, the person at the other end gets launched. [doctorremulac3, Jun 03 2013]
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OK, I guess I'll be a little less grouchy about kids
playing on the escalator. |
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I was thinking this would be a feature you'd add to
those bouncy houses you see at fairs more than
something to install in shopping malls. Maybe I
should change it to "Energy of kids bouncing
down..." |
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Naa, adults would have fun with this too. I'd want to
try it. |
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Why do I see this being best explained by the two "French" guys in Monty Python with the the flying sheep idea.. |
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I like where the mustaches come off and they just
go with it. |
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Excellent! Two Buns, Going up! [+] [+] |
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I can hardly wait to see the blind guy and his dog from apartment 12B give it a whirl! |
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Dans ces conditions, un gorille Guide serait mieux, comme l'aveugle homme de 12B peut difficilement être tenue dans les bras d'un chien au cours de la procédure. |
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Mais alors, comment se remettre en place sans ordonnancement 8 ou tant de gens à venir vers le bas en même temps? |
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My usual facile comment, probably not worth google translating. |
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Google translator should have a "Telephone game" feature where you translate it from English, to French, to Russian, to Chinese etc just to see how it gets mangled at the end. Just click the flow chart of languages to translate to and from, type in something mundane, mirth and merryment ensues. |
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Actually, it occurs to me you wouldn't need air hoses, you could just have the sections of stairs linked by being part of one contiguous balloon. Picture a bunch of bags stacked like a pyramid, biggest on top, smallest on the bottom. So you'd jump on the lowest bag for instance, the person on the other side would be bounced up to the next level. |
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Boy this needs a drawing. Eh, maybe tomorrow. |
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The schematic shows the stairs in a straight line for
clarity but they'd be parallel so those going up and
down would be facing each other to get the timing
right. |
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I probably need another picture. Maybe tomorrow. |
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