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Title: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: hotel21 on 22 January 2008, 23:45:12

Not 100% sure if its fully genuine but, engineering wise, seems perfectly possible.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvM8Cp7wnXQ

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: HI2DVY on 22 January 2008, 23:52:56

Brilliant!

..and he was wearing a hard hat because??

"hey Jimmy! Aim for a rock will ye?"

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: hotel21 on 22 January 2008, 23:57:57

I'm not so sure the the full version of the H&S manual has been translated yet.

Workies crash hat and seaside blow up ring?  The look on the chaps face just before countdown says loads!

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 22 January 2008, 23:58:53

That is so funny  ;D

The rubber ring looks like its off Blackpool front  ;D

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: HI2DVY on 23 January 2008, 00:00:03

 ;D

The look on his face afterwards says he has three broken ribs and a punctured lung! ;D

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: MaxV6 on 23 January 2008, 00:04:27

Killjoy moment

there's a wire & remote release  in that trajectory somewhere I reckon , watch how the thrust vector varies wildly, yet the course doesn't really shift,
and the rotation of the "pilot" , appears to have some odd limits....

just being a geeky killjoy, don;t mind me.....    sorry, I'll get me coat.

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 23 January 2008, 00:06:15

 ;D ;D ;D ;D :y

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: hotel21 on 23 January 2008, 00:07:57

I think its a couple of test shots with a non standard weight dummy for the 'long range' shots combined with edited close ups.

But that spoils a good gag....  ;D

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 January 2008, 09:26:08

Mythbusters checked this one out a few weeks ago and couldn't make it work :(

I spent most of my childhood launching coke bottles from the end of the hose pipe. Never tried more than one at a time though. They can attain quite an impressive height once you get the right ratio of water and compressed air.

Of course, what has just occurred to me is that back then, I didn't have one of these in the garage (and now I do  [smiley=evil.gif])

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/tiger/path/airmaster-2

Kevin

Title: Re: Buzz Lightyear, eat your heart out......
Post by: Jay w on 23 January 2008, 10:57:59

Quote

Mythbusters checked this one out a few weeks ago and couldn't make it work :(

I spent most of my childhood launching coke bottles from the end of the hose pipe. Never tried more than one at a time though. They can attain quite an impressive height once you get the right ratio of water and compressed air.

Of course, what has just occurred to me is that back then, I didn't have one of these in the garage (and now I do  [smiley=evil.gif])

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/tiger/path/airmaster-2

Kevin
 

hmmm now that would make it fly alright