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A gravity fed blade launcher can be equipped to a standard
bicycle. First the madman removes the front brake
assembly,
including caliper, cable and lever.
Then where the brake lever was he installs the blade
launcher
trigger, not unlike the brake lever, but this one features a
leading
edge blade.
Then inside the frame he mounts the blade box, a box that
contains many sharpened blades layered so that they can be
gravity fed each after each.
Then he installs the firing mechanism. This mechanism
simply
consists of a slide that moves back and forth powered by
the
blade launcher trigger. One movement of the slide allows
one
blade to enter, and the previous to be ejected.
Once ejected the blade moves through a narrow passage
guided by rollers, until it reaches the space just between he
frame and the top of the spinning tire, each installed by the
madman. Once the blade
contacts the top of the spinning tire it is imparted with
energy
launching the blade in the direction of steering, as a final
roller imparts a subtle trajectory.
Then the blade sails through the air until the cutting edge
reaches its target, embedding itself inside the chitinous
carapace of the symbiants only the madman can see, as the
shopping mall empties in panic.
No Limit
http://www.youtube....watch?v=9NAi6feAMOs
[not_morrison_rm, Jun 02 2013]
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Then a secondary smaller wheel, perhaps the rollers themselves, of
much reduced diameter powered by the front wheel will provide
the needed RPM, although I was thinking it would be more of the
striking force of the relatively massive wheel, than just the speed. |
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Why not rig the sprockets themselves to come loose and fly
out in all directions like the cute little shuriken that they
resemble? |
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or ejectable sharpened spokes, wound up to some ridiculous level of tension. |
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Can't help wondering about the rcarty home life to generate two blade ideas on the same day. |
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I live on the third floor of a house with a friend. Tell me of the
accumulations at your encampment. |
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Do you not feel this mechanism may lead to a greater frequency of punctures? |
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//may lead to a greater frequency of punctures? |
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I think that is the idea, if we add "wounds". |
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I live in a smallish room, with a pc. It comes with an off-switch, which is sadly lacking with animals and people. |
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Nice. Regarding MBs objections, the blade is force propelled. |
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Two madmen, with their own respective bicycle blade launchers, could potentially joust. |
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Yes, that would be ideal. But to address MB's purposeful but
erroneous emphasis on only the rpm or wheel speed, technically
if
the knife launcher were to utilize all of the power available, it
would be equivalent to all of the stopping power of the bicycle,
or
all of the forward moving energy of the travelling bicycle
including
momentum and simultaneous pedalling. That's if one firing
sequence, or one shot, resulted in reduction of speed. Then the
blade would be moving with an energy equivalent to the
amount
removed from the moving bicycle. This idea of "stopping power
launchers" would aim to scavenge as much energy from brake
stopping power to fire a projectile. |
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This thing is completely unsafe. |
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By disabling the front brake you lose the vast
majority of your stopping power. Let me know when
you have a version that replaces the rear brake. |
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Ok how about crossbow bike. On this bike you are stradeling a
crossbow or trebuchet. Activating the rear break turns a winch
that draws back the bow. An arrow located in the crosstube is
released from a standing or riding position. |
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This brake winch is simply designed by connecting a pully to the
wheel hub, that once engaged by braking action pulls the bowcord
taut, priming the bow. The system would look like a disk brake
but would be braking directly onto the hub. |
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I propose a powered ramp going down (or possibly up?), giving the ones using braking an extra boost. Probably the engine out of a Dodge Viper would be about right. |
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I can see the harm in that. Good idea. |
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Keep mad men busy with something other then bombs. |
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The problem here is that one must move to fire
blades. The bike needs a flywheel powered by a
separate derailleur, spun up to speed and then used
for blade firing. |
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If there were a way to dump the flywheel energy
into the bike wheels that would be nice too as one
could lay rubber. I think that idea has been around
a long time. |
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Rcarty you could road test this concept using
popsicles dropped longways over the handlebars
onto the moving front wheel. |
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Maybe this concept is more suitable for a
motorcycle. Roadwarrior style! You could have a
beautiful sidekick whom you will foresightedly
require to wear a helmet. You could make the
knives out of hunks of rebar. You could sharpen
them yourselves as you rode the lonely roads,
dragging them along the road beside you until your
glove began to smoke. Yes, yes. Except in this
version the dog lives. |
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Like the original Roadwarrior film - No Limit, bikes, crashes, a beautiful girl, ukuleles ..... But no dog, from memory. |
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