JA
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: the animation was killin me ~ RM's was better
: than RK's (how bout when RK went into the
: 'volcano') ~ too much!
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: Somebody on the crew who was there the whole
: time during all of the practice sessions and
: the jump itself and present for myriad
: measurements told me the launch ramp was 30
: feet tall, 79 degrees, and that Maddo was
: hitting the ramp tapped in 3rd gear at 51
: mph. He could be wrong for all I know.
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: JA
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: The whole "New Years Eve No
: Limits"
: event was pretty entertaining, but during
: the "pre-hype" for Maddos' jump
: while being interviewed, Travis Pastrana
: said Maddos' take off ramp was 50' high. If
: anything, his figure was the closest to the
: actual height. Everyone else kept saying a
: 35' high takeoff ramp, but every shot of it
: alongside the landing ramp made the two look
: the same height. In the "practice"
: videos he released there was definitely a
: 15'-20' difference between the takeoff and
: landing ramps and that setup went all the
: way to the ground. The fact that his runup
: in Vegas was elevated wouldn't have changed
: the difference in heights of the two ramps
: relative to each other because the landing
: ramp was also elevated. All in all it was a
: pretty spectacular event, but if the takeoff
: ramp was 35' tall those are some pretty
: "Knievel-like" measurements!
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: P.S. Was it just me or did other guys cringe
: when they gave the rundown of all the
: injuries Maddo suffered and they said
: "torn scrotum". Ouch! Those are
: two words that should never be mentioned
: together in the same sentence! They spent
: the evening hyping the danger of the jump
: and even showed some cgi
: "scenarios" of what could go
: wrong, but I'm sure glad they left out
: "cgi-ing" possible injury
: scenarios for the dudes'
: "beanbag"!
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