hey man, if i could those pics you got from sat. run, that would be great, i am going to compose a dvd, or atleast try to anyways.

-manny

****LINKY TO MY PICS****









Thanks again Swampy!!

Reading this kinda reminds me of the Chernobyl incident and the wasteland it has become. Granted, Chernobyl was from a reactor meltdown, but the end result is eerily similar. Check out THIS site.

That is a cool page Pete, I have read that a while ago....was looking for the link.

Steve, do you have any pics from Friday?

I have a better shot of the t case skid that collapsed...it does have ridges (Sides), but no fluting in the middle, and is flat where it attaches to the cross members:



So, it was reinforced on the sides with a bend up to form the side itself, albeit collapsed anyway...just not as bad as it would have w/o any bends.

you're lucky you didn't hit the t-bar instead of the skid....pretty close there

I live for danger.

I thought you just did not know to slow down

Seriously...I normally go around 1 mph.

But, that run was fun.

Yeah, I think you did about 99.9% of that carnage in under 10 seconds, on about 100ft of trail.

Miikkaa -

If your estimate of 10 seconds for 100' was in range, that would work out to an average of about 6.8 mph....supersonic rock hopping.



Hey - Glen shot footage of the skid plate test run on Mike's camcorder....whatever happened to that footage, I haven't seen it yet.

?

you must mean this video TJ Rock Bouncing Video

That was who, TJ?


(Romp romp, honk! Romp squeak, bounce creak. Romp bounce, kerang! Romp romp.)
So much for finesse, eh?

The flag was because you were in the park, right? What trail rating does that section carry?

That was a Black Rated trail, #18, and an uphill section, which as usual you can't tell due to the camera angle.



I was grinning so much during that run that my cheeks hurt.

Rock on!

...I tried sending them to your email address embedded here and got them kicked back. Send me an email at eoddvr@maxc.org and I will send them to you.

Damn TJ...that is bad ass. I would have been worried about breaking something going that fast over those rocks.

Finally. Got my shots up:

http://ftp.njax.net/miikkaa/ecxc05/

I have one more file with the nightshots (infrared) to be albumed. Here's the link if you feel like looking at some huge files

http://ftp.njax.net/miikkaa/IR.zip

I'll post an update when Jorge gets a chance to put it in with the other files. If anyone wants an original(s) (the one's albumed are 1280x940) just look in the corresponding zip file on my main index (originals are 8M, 3264x2448) or if you don't feel like downloading huge files give me a yell and I'll hook you up.

Is there a higher resolution version of the above skid plate test protocol?

I'd like the original if there is.

I don't understand, what test? to how much damage you can do to them?

Their survivability...

Anywho...if there is a higher resolution version, and you would be so kind as to share it, I would greatly appreciate it.

I do forensic studies, and this would help me out.

- Thanks!



(If you don't have a better copy, no sweat...but if you do, I really appreciate it.)

damn!, nice video, i was watching it and thought to myself, "damn his truck sounds like its growling", then, my son son is watching and says, "dad, that truck sounds like a monster!"

nice driving!!!

Thanks Manny!



I like the part where I have to honk at people to get off the trail in front of me so they don't get run over.

I don't know if I missed this... but why were you going so fast down that trail?