On Thursday, 7 May 2015 10:52:47 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:38:54 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 6 May 2015 11:37:32 UTC+1, Dennis@home wrote:
On 06/05/2015 09:10, Bod wrote:
On 05/05/2015 23:08, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 05/05/2015 18:23, Bod wrote:
On 05/05/2015 18:01, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Bod" wrote in message
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On 05/05/2015 16:38, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
and dangerous.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsWPnpZLiLs


Crikey.

not a nice way to go......


An absailing rope and a point to hook it onto, might be handy for
the
future or even just a rope. At least it would give them a chance
of
descending relatively safely.

A rope might burn through. I think I'd prefer a parachute if the
tower
were high enough.

From my parachuting days, I seem to remember that the minimum
height
for a chute to open is about 500ft and that's assuming that the
chute
opens perfectly, which is not always the case.

You need a rope and an air brake, just attach to harness and jump, the
rope should survive the few tens of seconds needed.

Its still a bit risky if its windy, then you need the rope to be
attached to the ground.

Would a bungi rope be practical

Too much risk of slamming into the tower at the end of the fall.

Not much risk at all if you get the measurments right, plenty of people do
it for fun.
http://www.ukbungee.co.uk/content/24...ne-bungee-jump

That is nothing even remotely like a wind turbine.

(obviously a slightly advanged one, in that it's slowly breaks the fall)
If you know the hieght would it be that difficult to design such a thing
?

Sure, the height isn't the problem.

So what is ?

Slamming into the tower at the end of the fall.

Why don't bungi jumpers slam in the where they jump from then ?

Much better to have a fire proof rope and some mechanism
that allows you to slide down that rope at a controlled speed.

well that's obvious better sill have a cable car system between the
turbins
Better still a special personal quad-copter type unit with auto
navigation.

If you can't do any better than this sort of ****,
I'll be ignoring your ****.

good that is the aim.