Team Wang prototype flys!!!

[Wild Bill Kelso]

http://www.break.com/index/waterbottlelaunch.html

And you guy said it would never happen

[HiredBitSlinger]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

Looks like a long road to certification.

Perhaps the pilot should be certified as well.

[Tin Man]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

Mythbusters did a show on this a while ago, no one had the nerve to strap it on their back. Buster took a beating.

[Propellerhead]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

Mythbusters did a show on this a while ago, no one had the nerve to strap it on their back. Buster took a beating.

To paraphrase Monty Python (Flying Sheep Sketch), poor Buster didn't so much fly as plummet!!!

They were really only successful at blasting him into the Bay.

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

Mythbuster-cutie Kari Byron was suppose to be the "test pilot" , but backed out after the not-so-successful tests.....No doubt she made the right choice

[Blue Foam]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

If he'd died, he would have been nominated for the Darwin awards.

Little issue there with the offset between the flight axis and the thrust axis. Hope the straps didn't catch his cahones.

[matt]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

"it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a mantard falling with style"

[First time Juke]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

I read somewhere this is a hoax..they have a wire rigged..problem is to open all those bottles at the same time. Looks cool though.

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

I read somewhere this is a hoax..they have a wire rigged..problem is to open all those bottles at the same time. Looks cool though.

Jukka... I'd tend to agree with you. Looking at the video, the thrust versus angle of attack looks a bit suspicious to me...

However you slice it... I ain't flyin it!

[Race 29]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

I'm guessing that if I jump out of my (second story) bedroom window into my pool, I can acheave the same results! If I strap a bottle of Aquafina to my back, maybe I can get on TV!

What scares me is that I know it's just a matter of time till I try this! Man, I hope I don't hit my deck before I hit the water! Can you say "New Vonage commercial"? Wahoo, Wa Hoo Hoo!

Just imagine if Octave Chanute had Hienekin available to him!

Race 29

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

What scares me is that I know it's just a matter of time till I try this!

Larry,

I knew there was a reason I liked you immediately when we met! You're my kind of people...



Juss do it man!

[Peashooter]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

This should be on MXC -- The Bottle-washers vs. the Firemen!

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Re: Team Wang prototype flys!!!

I want to try this laying down on a skateboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is there a land speed record for a skateboard???