Originally posted by 357fuzz: Yeah not too successful however, I just thought it was funny. Come on... I think we can all admit it has crossed our minds.
No, I can truly say that in all of my 76 years I have NEVER wanted to "air-borne" my vehicle! I have too many memories of accidently hitting six-inch potholes at full speed in a car. (Now, bicycles back in my young and naïve days is another story....)
Whippets are nothing new. They've been around for years and years. Went to a Halloween party years and years ago where a guy dressed as a doctor (scrubs, stethoscope, etc.) was giving out whippet hits as "medication."
They're just compressed Nitrous Oxide (N2O), aka: "Laughing gas." Dentists and chiropractors still use it. But they don't feed it straight to patients. They mix it with oxygen.
In fact: Most fillings I get, if they're shallow enough, I request nitrous rather than numbing. It's a pleasant buzz that wears off nearly immediately after the nitrous component is turned off. You still feel the pain--if there is any, you just don't care so much
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Originally posted by 357fuzz: Yeah not too successful however, I just thought it was funny. Come on... I think we can all admit it has crossed our minds.
I unexpectedly went airborne on my Husqvarna racing dirt bike, an "informal" race, we were both at top end. The mind was almost instantaneous: clamp knees on to the tank, weight near the back tire, lay forward, front wheel up, be ready to brake rear tire. One wrong move and it would be over. I finally stopped, got off the bike, laid down for a breather. The "thrill" was not worth the possible consequences.
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Back in recent history, some old guy/fool got one of the Hellcats for a test drive. It was in Buena Vista, Co. He got permission from the airport (CCRA) to run it on the runway. The first run worked pretty good, so he ran it south. It was apparently so much fun he didn't realize the markings were for the end of the runway. So he applied the brakes. Maybe the brakes weren't as good as the motor. Who knows. He flew over the first ravine but landed in the next one. Kind of kilified himself and the guy riding with him. I never did get to read the news article because I was cheap and didn't pay.
Looks like the flyer in the OPs photo was up pretty high.
Wasn't there a similar thing done with a Sidewinder motor strapped to the top of an old Impala. He tried to brake, too. Hit a cliff while it was still burning. Durn rockets just don't know when to stop.
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Give the guy a break as it's Detroit. Who here would want to stop moving? 