05-24-2014, 09:00 PM
I've had some engineering, but not enough. I just went to Kings Island two weeks ago and rode a couple of rides that inverted humans 6 or 7 times, dropping them, twirling them etc...I'm assuming those engineers have a good understand of the G forces a human can take without harm (although my wife did suffer a little "red out" from the negative G's)
Maybe some engineer like that could come up with the max forces a rider could take when being pulled up and back off the bike from 60mph?
Then the mechanical engineers could work on the mechanics?
I also thought, well maybe power lines or stop lights could be a problem, so maybe an ejection of 15 feet, then deflate like an air bag to lower the rider back to earth. Would not clear a semi, but they tend to move slower anyway, giving more reaction time.
Maybe the tether could be electronic and sense the speed of the bike and adjust the power of the deployment to match? More for 70 mph vs less for 30 mph?
Just trying to think outside the box ;-)
Maybe some engineer like that could come up with the max forces a rider could take when being pulled up and back off the bike from 60mph?
Then the mechanical engineers could work on the mechanics?
I also thought, well maybe power lines or stop lights could be a problem, so maybe an ejection of 15 feet, then deflate like an air bag to lower the rider back to earth. Would not clear a semi, but they tend to move slower anyway, giving more reaction time.
Maybe the tether could be electronic and sense the speed of the bike and adjust the power of the deployment to match? More for 70 mph vs less for 30 mph?
Just trying to think outside the box ;-)