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Topic	What if we rolled a giant ball down a bobsled track?
Bio1590 02/20/18 1:52:55 AM #9:	desuno-to posted... Bio1590 posted... It would go flying off the track at one of the early turns. My issue with this is that I can't find any record of it ever happening. We've had flips, yes, but in the history of the sport if there hasn't been one airborne, I think the track engineers have pretty much mastered the art. https://deadspin.com/two-teens-die-after-sneaking-onto-olympic-bobsled-track-1757626805 Heck, these idiots took a regular sled to the same track in cool runnings and even they didn't fly off the track (the just crashed into a wall and died) Yes they hit a wall and died because...they flew off the track! In the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver a Georgian Luger died during a practice run because he flew off the track on a turn and smashed into a support beam. --- http://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:896415074] in What if we... [t:76338077]...</cite> <quote><cite>desuno-to posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote>It would go flying off the track at one of the early turns.</quote> My issue with this is that I can't find any record of it ever happening. We've had flips, yes, but in the history of the sport if there hasn't been one airborne, I think the track engineers have pretty much mastered the art. https://deadspin.com/two-teens-die-after-sneaking-onto-olympic-bobsled-track-1757626805 Heck, these idiots took a regular sled to the same track in cool runnings and even they didn't fly off the track (the just crashed into a wall and died)</quote> Yes they hit a wall and died because...they flew off the track! In the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver a Georgian Luger died during a practice run because he flew off the track on a turn and smashed into a support beam. --- http://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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