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Will there be rockets ? Please, we want there to be rockets ... |
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This may well result in the spectacular and untimely death of numerous world-class athletes. [+]. |
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A little steam-powered or electromagnetic ram
boosting could be interesting. |
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Good idea. This is all off the shelf stuff too. Go buy a
wing suit, go buy some skis, put them on and go. |
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There will be a few deaths. |
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My guess is that its already happened somewhere,
probably withe a Go-Pro camera equipped. |
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//Go buy a wing suit, go buy some skis, put them on and
go.// All well and good until you remember, at some
critical point in your downhill, pre-launch progress that
regular wingsuits include a web between the legs that
partly
hobbles you. |
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You mean it spoils the àpres-ski ? |
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// electromagnetic ram boosting // |
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Metal skis. Better, superconducting ceramic skis, filled with liquid nitrogen ... and linear motors in the ski ramp. Zero friction, float down on the Meissner effect. |
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Make sure that wingsuit is good for transonic veloicties .... |
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//veloicties// Pot. Kettle. |
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Yes, please. Earl Grey, hot, cream, two lumps. |
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//regular wingsuits include a web between the legs that
partly hobbles you.// |
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Not enough to restrict the motion you need to ski
downhill
thought right? Don't you just put your legs together and
slide? |
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Re link: So the guy didn't go as far with the wing suit? I
think his angle was all wrong. All drag, no lift. He needs
to flatten out almost completely or he's just wearing air
brakes. |
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He can't flatten out just by leaning forward. He needs to
lock his skis to his chest right after launch via handles and
Velcro or something so the entire configuration is that of
a flying squirrel. If he leans forward enough for his
body to be
horizontal with the skis pointing downward, they're acting
as wind brakes and control
surfaces pushing him down. |
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Of course before he landed he'd have to push the skis
away from his chest or he'd land flat on his face. |
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Let us know when the projectile vomiting subsides. |
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// Don't you just put your legs together and slide? // |
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Sorry, is this about skiing or some reality TV star ? |
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[IT], that's just cruel, bad and wrong. You should be ashamed, but since you're clearly incapable of that, perhaps you could strive for embarrassed. |
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