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Wind Tunnel Races

 Participants wear wing suits.
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Obviously the fans would blow in from the sides, but you could get the racers going hundreds of miles per hour.

The single most dangerous race a human could engage in.

—doctorremulac3, Jan 09 2023

https://imgur.com/a/olPKl8V [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 10 2023]

Mine, and it turns out, 2 fries idea of a wind tunnel race illustrated. https://www.dropbox...7o&st=r0z7tyjn&dl=0
I wanted it to just be fans below like 2 fries showed but the AI art is sometimes hard to control at this point. [doctorremulac3, Aug 04 2024]

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       Advanced level: 2 laps - racers need to fly THROUGH the big fan.
—neutrinos_shadow, Jan 10 2023
   

       LOL, okay 8th.
—doctorremulac3, Jan 10 2023
   

       I love this idea!
The fact that I posted it almost 20 years ago is completely irrelevant to how much I like the idea of indoor flying Superman Roller Derby. [link] The math buffs on site at the time estimated speeds of up to 90 miles per hour.		   

       Hmm. I was thinking of horizontal blowers getting the flyers up to 400, 500 mph but yea, you thought of the general idea first.   

       Let me see if I can add a further innovation to salvage this from being too baked. My guys wear hats or something.
—doctorremulac3, Jan 10 2023
   

       Well if your turbines are horizontal then that's different enough. I pictured body surfing on a vertical cushion of air.   

       I imagined the usual track running races but into a 60mph head wind
—pocmloc, Jan 10 2023
   
      
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