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The primary components of the luge remain the same, except instead of ice, the track is made of teflon. And in lieu of the bobsled, we have the ball-bearing-luge suit. A suit that is lined from head to toe with individualy contained ball bearings. At the start of his run, the competitor gets a 10' run
off of a traction pad made to allow them footing even though they have ball bearings everywhere. S/he then hurls h(im)(er) self down the track. The winner is declared by fastest time (in mph) or bones remaining intact (whichever is higher).
A wheeled suit for parachutes?
http://www.peapit.c...gear/jumpsuits.html
Just came up in a search. 3rd from top. [DesertFox, Feb 05 2005]
Teflon Luge
Teflon_20Luge
Slick [DesertFox, Feb 05 2005]
Wheeled suit
Bodyboard
Shameless self promotion [david_scothern, Feb 07 2005]
Dachshund luge
Dachshund_20Luge
by benfrost. For Ball Bearing Luge test runs, perhaps. [calum, Feb 07 2005]
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There was a guy who had a suit of this very description who used to show up at street luge races and carom down the hill. I'll look for a link. |
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I'd heard of something like that, normzone. |
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And, if you look at the ideas, you'll see teflon luge. |
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Yah, but this one has ball bearings, which are better. This one could, in other words, actually work. |
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No need for the teflon coating. |
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I think that a slicker than average surface is needed (which is why i'm suggestion teflon) in order to reduce friction a bit more and reduce the heat generated... wouldn't want to cook the poor bastards... |
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Now, if we stuck a chicken in the suit and rolled it down the non-teflon chute, we could have dinner and a show! |
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<screamingchickeninasuit> SQUAAAWK! ! |
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</screamingchickeninasuit> |
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Hey, Look up: EVERSLIDE winter sports without snow. They make a material to sled, ski, or ski jump/fly on without snow. I think I would keep the luge! Ha! |
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Teflon is not particularly durable. |
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Yeah, you'd have to peel the poor bastards off of the ground with plastic utensils rather than metal. Bad for the environment. |
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Why not just use good old-fashioned stainless steel for the track? It might absorb some of the generated heat pretty well. |
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Stainless is a horrid heat conductor. I think fiberglass or plastic or resin coat all would be better than a metallic surface. |
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Graphite? Not sure if there would be health concerns. |
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//Stainless is a horrid heat conductor. I think fiberglass or plastic or resin coat all would be better than a metallic surface.// |
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Yes, but it's got a better thermal conductivity than fiberglass. I'm thinking a metal would be better than plastic in transferring heat to the surface from the sled. |
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Hmm. Yes. You're probably right. |
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