70ft jump on cagiva 200 trike

[Lukeatc185]

my bad im sorry. im done in this thread. just had to get that last bit of info out.

[toocheaptosmoke]

That was just a rough idea of how fast a horizontal velocity would be needed to travel 70 feet, with 1.5 seconds air time. His overall speed would need to be faster considering the angle of the ramp, which is unknown.

[toocheaptosmoke]

and if you do a simple test. with your garden hose you will see that height when launched from an angle.. like well the jump he went off. the higher you go the further you go. go try it with your garden hose.

Yes that is true, because the water from the hose in both instances is leaving at the same speed, 45 degree angle gives the most distance. The ONLY 2 factors concerning how far you travel in a horizontal distance, during a jump, is the air time multiplied by the horizontal velocity. You could go 70 feet by getting 20 feet of air, doing 20 mph, or go 70 feet by going 100mph and getting 2 feet of air. (example #s) Like a bullet from a gun, goes hundreds of feet before dropping much at all.

My point was just to show that the dude could have maybe been in the ball park if he was going fast enough, but there's still too many unknowns to tell for sure.

[Macs]

Yes that is true, because the water from the hose in both instances is leaving at the same speed, 45 degree angle gives the most distance. The ONLY 2 factors concerning how far you travel in a horizontal distance, during a jump, is the air time multiplied by the horizontal velocity. You could go 70 feet by getting 20 feet of air, doing 20 mph, or go 70 feet by going 100mph and getting 2 feet of air. (example #s) Like a bullet from a gun, goes hundreds of feet before dropping much at all.

My point was just to show that the dude could have maybe been in the ball park if he was going fast enough, but there's still too many unknowns to tell for sure.

Thank god someone knows physics...............................


It is a never ending equation.

[The Goat]

.....please tell me that wasn't serious. lol

I'm sorry, but you didn't factor in gravity, mass...windspeed, air density, ya know...any of the things you have to take into account...

yes, velocity x time gives you distance... not distance in the air.

to figure that out...see above requirements, then factor in launch angle... then keep going.

[Saul]

How about this - how many of the 'haters' in here have actually SAT on a Caviga, let alone jumped one?!

Certainly not me - and looking in this thread I can name only one person who has ..... Barry Mann.

[Saul]

*phew*

I thought the other 2 Caviga owners would reply before I got that posted making me look like (more then usual anyways) an idiot.

[DixiePlowboy]

How about this - how many of the 'haters' in here have actually SAT on a Caviga, let alone jumped one?!

Certainly not me - and looking in this thread I can name only one person who has ..... Barry Mann.

1 here . Rode one in '85(owner's name then and now withheld till I can get him to sell it to me) ......didn't jump more than 30ft on it though in about 15-20 laps of practice riding........and owned one later.

[toocheaptosmoke]

.....please tell me that wasn't serious. lol

I'm sorry, but you didn't factor in gravity, mass...windspeed, air density, ya know...any of the things you have to take into account...

yes, velocity x time gives you distance... not distance in the air.

to figure that out...see above requirements, then factor in launch angle... then keep going.

I never said it was true to life, just a generality to see if the guy's speed wasn't like over 100 mph or something. Guy wasn't claiming distance through the air either, only variables you got to work with are hang time and supposed horizontal distance, horizontal speed figured from that. I know that air resistance is a factor, but it's not a huge influence here, and mass and gravity have nothing to do with the time distance equation. I wasn't treating as a projectile motion problem. Already said ramp angle is important, but we don't know that, assume it's 45 and he'd be doing like 60 or something actual speed.

[philmoore]

It looks like he is going pretty fast, so it could be a 60 foot jump.

Not to hijack, but this is kind of on topic:
Here is me on a measured 90 footer, side view and head on view (quad):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3DKPSB0USs

Here is different jump with a trike, and launch to landing is 26 feet where the rear wheels touch down. It does not look like 26 feet but I measured it with a tape and it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwKKTSJ2y4

[factoryX]

after watching you on the banshee I think it makes it more possible that he did clear atleast 60ft....Also why would it be in dirt wheels? And the thing about the bmx bike getting higher thing, you(luke) where not talking about the x-games you where talking about yourself getting higher than the cagiva in the video.