On Sat, 10 May 2008 11:14:06 "Up North" wrote:
"cavelamb himself" wrote...

And no matter how hard you try, you can't wrap over the top bar...
And I used to try hard!



Didn't they succeed going over the top on Mythbusters?

Yabbut that wasn't a normal kiddie swing, but a circus 'Swiss Swing'
(IIRC) rig with a platform on hard pipe arms off an axle.

With a normal chain mount swingset it isn't possible to get going
fast enough to go over the top without gravity rearing it's ugly head.

Even with multiple pushers assisting it's going to be almost
impossible. If you don't get enough velocity on the swinger on the
first over-horizontal try to go all the way over with enough
centripetal force to keep the chains taut, the chains go slack and the
swinger either hits the top bar (OUCH!) or starts gyrating randomly,
and will take out any pushers that get in the way.

-- Bruce --