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Similar to the "Belgian tourniquet" in cycling, the "slingshot pass" is the most dramatic and widely noted maneuver associated with drafting. A trailing car (perhaps pushed by a line of drafting cars) uses the lead car's wake to pull up with maximum momentum at the end of a straightaway, enters a turn high, and turns down across the lead car's ...
A man accused of shooting at passing vehicles, damaging at least a dozen, with a slingshot has been arrested, Oregon cops say. The 28-year-old Forest Grove man was arrested the evening of Friday ...
The vehicle being passed often attempts to pass back by steering low coming out of the corner down the following straightaway. slingshot Front-engined dragster, named for the driving position behind the rear wheels (erroneously attributed to launch speed). slingshot pass A pass using drafting. slipstreaming
"I was about to pass out," he told the Ventura County Star at the time. Earlier this year, a man sued the Royal Caribbean cruise line for $75,000 after he was injured on a bungee trampoline ride.
A gravity assist, gravity assist maneuver, swing-by, or generally a gravitational slingshot in orbital mechanics, is a type of spaceflight flyby which makes use of the relative movement (e.g. orbit around the Sun) and gravity of a planet or other astronomical object to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft, typically to save propellant and reduce expense.
Cable on Slingshot Ride Snaps But, every once in a while, we hear about a horrifying case of an amusement park ride gone wrong. Like in this video above, your day can go from terrific to tragic in ...
Hunter-Reay then drafted off Chaves on the frontstretch and made a slingshot pass entering turn one on the inside. Chaves was quickly passed by Newgarden and Montoya. Exiting turn two with four laps to go, Chaves suffered engine failure, bringing out the 12th caution of the day, breaking a record for most cautions in the Pocono 500 set in 1988.
Two young girls rode the Slingshot & Vomatron at Indy Speedway, but as they settled into the seats, their nerves got the better of them.The girls muttered some prayers which, after their ride is ...