Off Topic - but fun.

[tallbloke]

Amazing display of two wheeled balance - and leg power!

http://www.glumbert.com/media/drifting/

 

[Flying Kiwi]

Thats a pretty shiny looking bit of tarmac/road/footpath that the 'rider' is on. Was it laid by the people who did Bristol Airport runway?

 

[tallbloke]

Grippy enough to produce tyre smoke!

 

[Flying Kiwi]

There's smoke there alright but I'm not so sure its from the tyre material itself - more likely from what its rubbing against or what's on the tyre.

 

[rsscott]

Maybe this is the future of powered cycles !

YouTube - Rocket Scooter Goes Airborne!=


Better make sure no one is in front of you at the lights when you pull away on one of these

 

[Flying Kiwi]

Would have been interesting to ride a version with lower C of G thats further forward - I could see the design flaw even before they started the thing (aside from the giveaway link title). It looked to have a fair bit of thrust judging by the rate at which it took off.

 

[flecc]

Not an engineer amongst the lot of them Russ, it was so blindingly obvious that would happen without an outrigger balancing weight at the front! Better still would be a side shielded body frame harness with the rockets one on each side.

No wonder they struggled to get the space shuttle working properly!

Snap, Flying Kiwi!

 

[halfmedley]

After such rocket related madness, here's a hub motor spinning rather quickly: YouTube - 80mph 80v Hub motor Test

 

[Flying Kiwi]

Having watched that video too, with the recent news over batteries, I would have thought 'hot' is not a good choice to describe the Lithium battery they're trying to sell

 

[tallbloke]

Maybe this is the future of powered cycles !

YouTube - Rocket Scooter Goes Airborne!=


Better make sure no one is in front of you at the lights when you pull away on one of these

Heh, no protective gear for the pilot. Gotta love american values.