Some people just want to fly...

[Purdue]

... and some people just want to strap themselves into giant rocket-assisted crossbows they've mounted ontop of their pick-up truck.

Is this guy from Pensacola, too?

http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/04/brian-walker-to-fly-rocket-propelled-craft-launched-with-worlds/

 

[HeyJoe]

Hope his family has some decent insurance on this guy...that thing ain't going 20 miles high and as to enduring 10 Gs...depends on axis for him to survive it, but his machine hardly looks air worthy for much more than hang gliding. Nice truck though.

 

[BigIron]

certain death.....and maybe that's ok.

 

[Postal]

10 G's. This guy is going to be asleep before he can say Giddie-up.

 

[UMichfly]

I've got a feeling that he won't even get the chance to kill himself on that thing. He'll be rotting in PMITA prison for killing someone with his fiberglass "test rocket" when it decides to let gravity win and comes back down.

 

[PropStop]

I'll be curious to see how this turns out for him...

 

[highlyrandom]

10 gs on his back, not on his seat...he'll be wide awake for the entire ballistic trajectory. Wheee!

 

[Postal]

10 gs on his back, not on his seat...he'll be wide awake for the entire ballistic trajectory. Wheee!

I was assuming he would have to pull up to reach 20 miles. After further study it looks like his lauch platform will rise up for the occasion.

 

[VAmookie]

so whens this going down?

 

[HeyJoe]

10 gs on his back, not on his seat...he'll be wide awake for the entire ballistic trajectory. Wheee!

That assumes he can keep that thing straight and level...any yaw at 10 gs and that thing will surely disintegrate or when he goes into PIO trying to control it

 

[Chubby]

Natural selection is a good thing ...

 

[sevenhelmet]

20 miles? I hope he's planning to wear a spacesuit... & that thing looked awfully flimsy in the picture... wonder if it could even take 10 gs and the aerodynamic pressure of the forward speed it'll need to reach that insanely high altitude.

 

[luckechance]

I see a Darwin Award coming for that guy!

 

[BurghGuy]

They'll make a whole new category for it. The Darwin "Lifetime Achievement" Award. But wait... aren't all Darwin Awards technically lifetime achievements?

 

[sevenhelmet]

Yes