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David Jenkins

posted on 4/9/11 at 09:32 AM Reply With Quote
Chinese Darwin award nominee

Chinese YouTube

Note: It's in mandarin Chinese (I think) with Chinese sub-titles! I recommend that you randomly skip through the video, rather than watch the whole thing...

[Edited on 4/9/11 by David Jenkins]






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Ivan

posted on 4/9/11 at 09:54 AM Reply With Quote
- some people just don't think of the consequences or risks of what they are doing - if they did they would certainly put in some safety measures.
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Ninehigh

posted on 4/9/11 at 10:10 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
- some people just don't think of the consequences or risks of what they are doing - if they did they would certainly put in some safety measures.


Those that don't think don't get caught out by it






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Macbeast

posted on 4/9/11 at 12:36 PM Reply With Quote
Inherently unstable - and that's just the designer





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RK

posted on 4/9/11 at 01:17 PM Reply With Quote
There's always some nutter who would rather build something himself, rather than just go out and buy a proven unit.
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iank

posted on 4/9/11 at 01:52 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by RK
There's always some nutter who would rather build something himself, rather than just go out and buy a proven unit.








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tomprescott

posted on 4/9/11 at 02:06 PM Reply With Quote
Things cost money, life is cheap....especially in Asia.





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scootz

posted on 4/9/11 at 03:00 PM Reply With Quote
We need more people like this in the world!





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StevieB

posted on 4/9/11 at 03:13 PM Reply With Quote
^^^^ what he said.

Progress needs people to take a risk every now and then - it means we can either benefit from progress or learn from others' mistakes.

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Ben_Copeland

posted on 4/9/11 at 03:23 PM Reply With Quote
You have to admit, if he could control it properly and get it to fly level it would be pretty cool





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02GF74

posted on 10/9/11 at 09:58 AM Reply With Quote
The same was said about the Wright Brothers.

Crazy really, should have been wearing a crash helmet.






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NigeEss

posted on 10/9/11 at 12:12 PM Reply With Quote
Was expecting him to fall out and get minced !





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