RSSHuman Trebuchet
They could have made the counterweight swing and put it on wheels to get more distance, but this is still totally insane. Thanks for the heads up Divide! - Link
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Feb 20, 2007 02:48 PM
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| Posted by: DGary on February 20, 2007 at 3:08 PM |
why am I thinking "Giant Hamster Ball with human gyroscope in it", lose the net, and just let em roll
| Posted by: leareth on February 20, 2007 at 4:19 PM |
Sorry, but that's the Sommerset Trebuchet, which is in Britain, not Japan.
The use of which resulted in an Oxford student's death in 2002.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4401024.stm
One of the operators even broke her pelvis after bouncing out the net a couple of years earlier.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1605521,00.html?gusrc=rss
Somewhere I have a video of people being flung into a lake by trebuchet...
| Posted by: Indivara on February 21, 2007 at 4:37 AM |
The japanese title says "イギリス・サマーセット州" which translates to Somerset, England... probably taken from japanese TV.
| Posted by: michaeljedelman on February 21, 2007 at 6:23 AM |
That really is the height of stupidity- to risk your life for a five second thrill.
| Posted by: Einglebert Mc.Straganoff on January 28, 2008 at 1:15 AM |
This website sucks and the video thingy is broken so buy a new one you poor, cheap skates.
VERY NICE!
| Posted by: Einglebert Mc.Straganoff on January 28, 2008 at 1:15 AM |
This website sucks and the video thingy is broken so buy a new one you poor, cheap skates.
VERY NICE!
| Posted by: Einglebert Mc.Straganoff on January 28, 2008 at 1:16 AM |
This website sucks and the video thingy is broken so buy a new one you poor, cheap skates.
VERY NICE! How much!
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