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flying with no wings
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 3:45 am
by rijruna
saw this the other night on a 'speed' show [all things fast].
looks like it could be a lot of fun
http://www.flybywire.co.nz/index2.htm
free-form flying on cables 40ft off the ground, itd be the closest to a pyro that u`l get except for no outright vertical motion [pity].
cheers
rij
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 7:25 am
by Warlock
yeah im seen that befor, kinda spookey to be trusting your life on a cable
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 10:33 am
by AceCombat
thats pretty kool. i like how they tried to catch him with the Hughes 500 Helo
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 11:02 am
by STRESSTEST
neeto
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 11:38 am
by Sting_Ray
Ace, we really don't care about your "extensive" knowledge on every helicopter known to mankind. A simple "helicopter" "chopper" or "whirlybird" would have been more than sufficient. Touting the call letters, make, and model of each brand of flying contraption posted on this bulletin board just makes you look like an A
sshole.
Capiche?
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 11:42 am
by STRESSTEST
ditto!
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 11:55 am
by Lothar
you should shoot him with your Pyro-GL with its Potassium-Argon lasers for being so lame.
And then you can run him over with your 1996 Chevy Camaro ZKX-1282 type-R.
And then flame him from your AMD Athlon64 system with 2 GB PC-3200 RAM and the 800 MHz FSB and... uh... yeah, it's really freakin' lame that people know so many numbers.
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 1:27 pm
by {Hawk}Liquid
rofl
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 1:32 pm
by Mobius
A friend of mine invented FlyByWire. The first one was installed in Queenstown, in a valley. We all had a great time on the thing too. It's the "fastest adventure ride in the world" and when you push the thing as high as it'll go, you are doing around 160kmh at the bottom. Despite this, the G-forces aren't that big. You *do* get a nice almost-zero-G-hang at the top though.
They also almost killed a woman 2 years ago when they didn't have the cable high enough and she crashed into the base building, severely injuring herself.
If you think you'd like this - then take up Paragliding, as it's really just a little lame after real flying. Paragliding is without a doubt, much more dangerous though!
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 1:32 pm
by Mobius
A friend of mine invented FlyByWire. The first one was installed in Queenstown, in a valley. We all had a great time on the thing too. It's the "fastest adventure ride in the world" and when you push the thing as high as it'll go, you are doing around 160kmh at the bottom. Despite this, the G-forces aren't that big. You *do* get a nice almost-zero-G-hang at the top though.
They also almost killed a woman 2 years ago when they didn't have the cable high enough and she crashed into the base building, severely injuring herself.
If you think you'd like this - then take up Paragliding, as it's really just a little lame after real flying. Paragliding is without a doubt, much more dangerous though!
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 2:25 pm
by []V[]essenjah
Right after you invented the nuclear warhead and the stealth bomber right
Actually guys, Pyro's aren't about speed really. Starkiller clocked a Pyro out at around 55 mph if I remember correctly in a to-scale level he made. It's all about quickness and floating on nothing rather than about speed.
A helo, or harrier-jet would probably be closer.
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 3:02 pm
by Dedman
How many sheep will it hold?
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 3:52 pm
by AceCombat
Sting_Ray wrote:Ace, we really don't care about your "extensive" knowledge on every helicopter known to mankind. A simple "helicopter" "chopper" or "whirlybird" would have been more than sufficient. Touting the call letters, make, and model of each brand of flying contraption posted on this bulletin board just makes you look like an A
sshole.
Capiche?
how bout this...
.....JUST STFU!!! do i really care what you think....NO....if you have a problem keep it to your own GD self. bringing up a old issue OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again makes you look just as stupid as me.
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 4:02 pm
by Lothar
Ace, you could reply in a much more clever manner (like, for example, my response)...
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 5:56 pm
by TheCops
Sting_Ray wrote:Ace, we really don't care about your "extensive" knowledge on every helicopter known to mankind. A simple "helicopter" "chopper" or "whirlybird" would have been more than sufficient. Touting the call letters, make, and model of each brand of flying contraption posted on this bulletin board just makes you look like an A
sshole.
Capiche?
ahahah.
thanx for making my day bro.
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 6:02 pm
by Duper
nothing like a little sentripital force to brighten up your day and drain your wallet!
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:45 pm
by Phoenix Red
AceCombat wrote:Sting_Ray wrote:Ace, we really don't care about your "extensive" knowledge on every helicopter known to mankind. A simple "helicopter" "chopper" or "whirlybird" would have been more than sufficient. Touting the call letters, make, and model of each brand of flying contraption posted on this bulletin board just makes you look like an A
sshole.
Capiche?
how bout this...
.....JUST STFU!!! do i really care what you think....NO....if you have a problem keep it to your own GD self. bringing up a old issue OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again makes you look just as stupid as me.
Dude you would catch so much less flak if you could retain your grammar after being provoked.
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 12:21 am
by MD-2389
Or heres a wild idea....
if (pissed = 1)
{ignore=1;
}
else
{stfu();
}
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:16 am
by roid
this thing is amazing. definite
ZZZ material.
do you think it could fly if you detached it from the cable and added wings? or does the cable supply electrical power? (coz i see smoke, perhaps from an onboard engine for the fan).
i guess it'd be classed as an ultra light hey
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 10:43 am
by AceCombat
MD-2389 wrote:
Or heres a wild idea....
if (pissed = 1)
{ignore=1;
}
else
{stfu();
}
LOL!! a scripting line