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And another thing, Drag car parachutes pulling a shroud to decrease full deployment and/or a compressed air blast blast to blow it out. Drag chutes are less than $500. I find it hard to believe that this couldnt be a cost effective solution. Initially, it could be manual. But, I am 99% confident that they have a cheap gyroscope that would deploy the chute under pre-programmed conditions under $1000. On $500K+++ boats this would be less money than the GPS's in the dash and it would save your life.
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me and my wife bought a new boat this summer. And yes its a fast boat. We decided to got to the cumberland poker run and enter. i blew a drive up the week before so i called and they were nice enough to refund me entirely. my wife has been a little leary about running in this type of environment. we ran all summer in different go fast situations trying to get her comfortable. so, she said she was finally ready! we were both crushed that we couldnt go, but were looking forward to next year. But after watching these videos she is SCARED to death to even spectate. i love this sport, surely there are rules and regulations that can be put in place to make driving and spectating alot more SAFE. i understand the RUSH and EGO but there has to be some limitations!!!!
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I am curious about what safety requirements Brad and Jeff had on? Did the have 5 point harnesses on? Is that a requirement at those speeds. We shouldn't treat the safety of this sport any different then safety of other sports. On the 1/4 mile the faster you go the more safety you need, helmet, 5 point harness, roll cage etc etc. My question is was there any safety measures that they could have taking so that they could of walked away. I mean come on 43 stock cars going over 200 miles an hour and they walk away, top fuel and they walk away, these cats should be no different.
I love the sport, we all make bad decisions in life. I'd hate to see speed limits. Boyne Thunder had Marshall boats that were flagged and there job was to warn everyday boaters that might not know what's going on. Does LCPR have these. I believe there mostly volunteers. |
Originally Posted by TBAG
(Post 3992213)
Unfortunately I think this is what will happen. Locally there was very strong talk after Kevin passed away during the 09 run of it being the end of the LC Poker Run. Now after this accident I think it will be done away with for good.
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Originally Posted by SummerObsession
(Post 3992343)
Actually you are incorrect about NHRA. It wasn't slowing down at the end of the track as much as the RPM it was Taking and the amount of fuel being used in the last 320' of the race track was causing an inordinate amount of violent engine explosions at speed, thus causing concern for driver safety at those speeds as well as long delays in track clean up lessening the fan experience. Totally different scenario.
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how many people would be able to tell the difference with the naked eye sitting on the sidelines of the poker run if the boat was going 120 or 160?
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Originally Posted by s022mag
(Post 3992349)
I am curious about what safety requirements Brad and Jeff had on? Did the have 5 point harnesses on? Is that a requirement at those speeds. We shouldn't treat the safety of this sport any different then safety of other sports. On the 1/4 mile the faster you go the more safety you need, helmet, 5 point harness, roll cage etc etc. My question is was there any safety measures that they could have taking so that they could of walked away. I mean come on 43 stock cars going over 200 miles an hour and they walk away, top fuel and they walk away, these cats should be no different.
I love the sport, we all make bad decisions in life. I'd hate to see speed limits. Boyne Thunder had Marshall boats that were flagged and there job was to warn everyday boaters that might not know what's going on. Does LCPR have these. I believe there mostly volunteers. |
Originally Posted by 88bullet
(Post 3992353)
how many people would be able to tell the difference with the naked eye sitting on the sidelines of the poker run if the boat was going 120 or 160?
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Originally Posted by low_psi
(Post 3992297)
I was pretty vocal in the thread that was removed earlier today about what I had saw with the "Pure Platinum" Skater video. I received a PM from him earlier today, basically defending himself and even going as far to state he didn't feel he was going that fast..... Below is the conversation I had with him earlier today. I am not posting this to start an argument, while I am sure to some it looks like I am. I guess what I am trying to prove here is its a mentality that needs to be changed. In this case, with the PP skater, if the driver doesn't feel he did anything wrong, then it will continue. I personally don't know him, giving benefit of doubt he is probably a pretty cool guy. We all have experienced a lack of judgement and have made poor decisions, but as men (and women) we need to know when to suck up our pride, admit we made a mistake, and learn from these mistakes. God knows I have had my fair share of screw ups....
Originally Posted by fleg1
Originally Posted by GATORONE
Do you know for sure it was to get ahead??? Or maybe a entire flotilla ahead with marine patrol boats moving them ...
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Originally Posted by jmoore1225
(Post 3992358)
I could be wrong on this, but the first 3-4 boats on the Cumberland run looked light years faster than anything else that came by!!
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