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Catapult to parachute!

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Ghst
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http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1316/
Oct 5 2006 9:35PM
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DaysToCome
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first!!!
Oct 5 2006 9:38PM
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jimmychung
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ahhhhahahaah that was incredible!
Oct 5 2006 9:47PM
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foodisfun
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coming soon to a six flags near you...

that is soo risky cause there's so many things that's could've gone wrong.
Oct 5 2006 11:29PM
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Lé.Skiing
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for lazy people:
http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1316/
Oct 5 2006 11:33PM
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skijunkiedtm
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thank you i would have never seen it if you didnt do that
Oct 5 2006 11:36PM
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BigJew
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It's because of people sueing the fuck out of other people that we don't have that in North america(except maybe mexico)
Oct 6 2006 12:05AM
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sconnyFC
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i like how the first guy had a military issue style chute, and the second had a real BASE chute it looked like.
Oct 6 2006 3:12AM
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fukeneh
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do you know how easily those chutes could have been tangled with how much they were flipping out of control
Oct 6 2006 8:32AM
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Collgan
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leave it to the french....that was ridonkulous
Oct 6 2006 10:21AM
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skicraze123
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crazy french bastards
Oct 6 2006 11:24AM
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HeathR
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that looks so fun but mad risky. Makes base jumping look safe.
Oct 6 2006 11:26AM
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Nihiriju
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holly fuck me. 
Oct 6 2006 12:51PM
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feezy
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my idea is to use mag lev vertically to launch people straight into the air.
because acceleration can be dialed in and controlled so closely with mag lev the forces experienced by the "jumper" would be reduced, but the top speed reached by the mag lev system would be very high.
also, mag lev can be stopped very quickly but without conflicting forces that would put the "jumper" into a spin/flip.

just imagine that human catapult thing on Richie Rich, but make it go straight up, and use the same system that those super fast trains in japan use.

it could even be housed in a hotel elevator shaft, or something like that.
Oct 6 2006 2:30PM
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