Standing-only powered skateboard is legal - right?

phil · Post by **phil** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:43 pm

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Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:44 pm

so that's how you win a darwin award.

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:40 pm

those nutty Aussies

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:02 am

Yeah, that's fun at 5mph.

Aiee! It burns! · Post by **Aiee! It burns!** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:42 am

They think that "maybe" it's unique.

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:06 am

AntiM wrote:Yeah, that's fun at 5mph.

Oh, yeah. I forgot about the speed limit. Dang.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:56 pm

Why stop with a 350?

Allison powered, slightly chopped.
Guess where?

Merlin

56 litres - W24 - Twin Allison

phil · Post by **phil** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:58 pm

Sheesh! How do you sit in that thing?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:17 pm

No idea.
On the floor?

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:09 am

My money is on not sitting, but lying down.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:00 am

That's a large engine.
You might be driving from the back seat.

Sic Pup · Post by **Sic Pup** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:27 am

gyre wrote:That's a large engine.
You might be driving from the back seat.

Perfect for the MIL.

Parasitoid · Post by **Parasitoid** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:50 am

a lot of talking and 10 seconds of a man inching his way down a test course.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:32 pm

Jim Mason did this "V8 Walking Meditation" thing in 1998, so there is a precedent.

A contemplative journey to the heart of American spirituality. An 800 horsepower, blown alcohol dragster motor carried in a walking meditation by 14 Buddhist monks in saffron robes. The engine was hanging, while running, from the center of a 25 foot pole supported on the shoulders of the monksâ€¹ somewhat like you would carry a deer back from the hunt. The performance asked, with absurdist humor, if the V-8 engine has been wrongly overlooked as an resonate object for contemplative introspection and meditative concentration.

http://www.whatiamupto.com/onlinecv.html

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:29 am

If I read that correctly the V-8 was running while being carried? How in the world would you counteract the torque that beast would put out even while it was idling?

Talk about a very thought provoking post...