I've always thought that would be the out come... Didnt think the slingshot effect would have been so dramatic though.
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Originally posted by sTEPSIDe
I've always thought that would be the out come... Didnt think the slingshot effect would have been so dramatic though.
Depends on the elasticity of the rope, but you will get recoil from any tensioned line that separates.
That was awful...
@ rip I'm pretty sure the elastic parted ... like it is supposed to. Why do you think it is elastic and not leader line? Under extreme load
they WILL part. I have several broken elastics. And I'm pretty sure they(KKs) were not intended for you to" man lift" with, so that was never a
consideration in design.
If I take a kayak up on a snow covered hill and slide down hill and crash into a tree, it is not the paddles fault cause it did not work properly.
knocked me clean out was taken away in ambulance but would do it all again tomorrow!
Dumba$$. This is how people die. His ribs and spine may never heal completely. If this happened again, his bone structure would likely crumple, and
he'd pancake. Nice work, dude. No not really.
It would have been much cooler if he used his shoelaces as a strop so he could have boosted at least double that and died in the end. I think we can blame hospitals for these occurances........if it wasn't for
those life saving morons natural selection would work and twits like these wouldn't get the chance to reproduce. He should have tried flapping his
arms
This is why punctuated equilibrium is a far more resonable idea than natural selection. If natural selection worked pinheads like that kid simply
would not exist.
daaaaaaaang, i cannot stop watching this. why did he think he could hold on? if he knew it would lift him, dont you think he'd realize that he was
gonna generate a crapton of power? that dude is lucky to be alive
Originally posted by sTEPSIDe
I've always thought that would be the out come... Didnt think the slingshot effect would have been so dramatic though.
Depends on the elasticity of the rope, but you will get recoil from any tensioned line that separates.
That was awful...
@ rip I'm pretty sure the elastic parted ... like it is supposed to. Why do you think it is elastic and not leader line? Under extreme load
they WILL part. I have several broken elastics. And I'm pretty sure they(KKs) were not intended for you to" man lift" with, so that was never a
consideration in design. If I take a kayak up on a snow covered hill and slide down hill and crash into a tree, it is not the paddles fault cause it did not work
properly.
I think what Rip meant was to stir some poo-poo's by implying that the KKs didn't do their job cos they didn't keep the kite attached to the rider and
flagged
It's entirely possible numbnuts didn't set them up right user error - fancy that
The DIY crossover bar I made ... I was using an old Wipika leash. First time I dumped the Rebble to safety by way of test when it was loaded, the kite
kaBOINGed downwind and the leash ripped apart ... RUN fat-ass RUN! Quick before it hits the HT power lines!
There was nothing inside the sleeve but a bungy. The Mystic leash I pulled apart, on the other hand, had like 2mm Dyneema line end to end and the
bungy ...
kami,I have had my handles snatched out of my hand so hard it stung my fingertips. It also broke the elastics on KS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s. They are only so
good,not built for the power of the kite going one way and you ROCKETING the other. If ya look they flagged the kite right as he shot backwards. If
the rope had not snatched him like that the kite would have flagged, and he would have dropped like a rock. I'm thinkin that would have been better.
maybe.... Then you have a point about him being idiot. No telling how he rigged the elastics to his handleset.
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. I think we can blame hospitals for these occurances........if it wasn't for
those life saving morons natural selection would work and twits like these wouldn't get the chance to reproduce. He should have tried flapping his
arms
user error - fancy that
