Well, it has been raining like hell here in Iraq and I received the Flybars a couple days ago but could not try it out because of the weather. Yesterday during lunch we had a break and I gave it a try.
WHAT A LOT OF FUN!!! I have one set up for my weight and only have the piston half way extended in order to get used to it. Soon I can extent the piston all the way and will be seeing the 5’-6’ jumps. Yes, it will be a bit scary!
The pictures are taken just outside of the door to my CHU (containerized housing unit), that leaks BTW.
I designed a pogo stick for my senior mechanical engineering project. It uses a composite “bow” style spring, instead of a coil spring, (or elastonomers such as the fly bar). A company sent me three of these massive springs, and If I ever get around to building one, I should be able to jump five or six feet, no problem (I actually calculated all this out).
(… or I might just use the spings to build a crossbow that can shoot down jets)
Why thank you. I am working out six days a week in addition to my Uni riding. It does not come easy.
The other Flybar is in the hands of another soldier in order to spread the fun.
Yesterday I wore my helmet, wrist guards and knee pads. I got around 4-5’ in the air and it is quite scary. Can’t even say that it was a lot of fun, one wrong jump and you will be flying the wrong direction. It will take more practice to get comfortable at it.
yeah and if u check out the flybar site u gave us the link to in the other thread, u can see all the crazy stuff they do on them!!
One guy does a front flip dismount !! CRazy ppl!! lol,
send us some more pics of u gettin massive air hehe
Yep,
We call them HESCO Baskets. We also believe that the rockets and mortars that are fired at us are also made by HESCO in order to keep their sales up.
