lord_seagrave Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Perhaps this is more of an amusement arcade topic, but here goes. Â We took Little Lord Seagrave to a playground near the Digswell Viaduct, and, as well as the standard kiddie equipment there were some fairly good-sized swings for bigger kids. Â I had a go, obbo. Â Now I probably got a good 10' high on these, at least level with the top bar, and it made me wonder where is the biggest 'self propelling' swing in the world, and is there mathematically/physically a limit to how far/high you can propel yourself? Â Idle curiosity. Probably 'Darwin' waiting to happen! Â LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Having the keys to a climbing wall had its advantages, anything over about 5m and it gets hard to self swing but if you can winch back then there are some huge swings out there. Even at 14m high the rate you go at is scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 As kids we always put up rope swings in the park and you have just jogged my memory and made me smile and shiver, I was the monkey sent up the tree and when I think back now I would have been very dead had I fallen, but it was high enough that we had a second rope attached which 6 or 7 mates could pull and really get you going, the joys/stupidity of youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Biggest swing I've ridden was the sky coaster in florida, your strapped in a hang gliding type harness with a parachute rip cord to release yourself from the winch at the top. Link https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ7SF0-YZyQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalfordninja33 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Biggest swing I've ridden was the sky coaster in florida, your strapped in a hang gliding type harness with a parachute rip cord to release yourself from the winch at the top. Link https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ7SF0-YZyQ I've been on a similar thing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Great Fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Â This guys awesone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 When I saw the title of this thread I thought oh no another election themed thread, I also had a chuckle to myself and tried to think of something witty to write about adult swings. I then opened the thread and my thunder was stolen. Never judge a book by its cover came to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 As kids we always put up rope swings in the park and you have just jogged my memory and made me smile and shiver, I was the monkey sent up the tree and when I think back now I would have been very dead had I fallen, but it was high enough that we had a second rope attached which 6 or 7 mates could pull and really get you going, the joys/stupidity of youth. That sounds like a proper child hood . We used to make enormous swings and yes there were a couple of broken bones . Â Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 O yes proud to say we were dragged up but we enjoyed it.  Worst brake I saw one of the lads snapped his arm compound fracture jumping off the normal swings seeing how far we could.  Bike rides big swings fishing catapults camping canoeing long warm summers and rose tinted glasses 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 What I find amazing is its impossible for a chain or rope swing to go 360 as they lose too much energy flexing but Google 'Russian swing' which is the long plank type with solid spokes attached to the frame - I saw cirque du soleil using them and they were doing multiple 360's and launching big guys a good thirty feet into the air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Tarzan swings with a old ships hawser and a big stick for a seat roped to a large overhanging tree branch are the best for hours of free fun. A tree overhanging a gill dene or valley are best for twitchy bum time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Tarzan swings with a old ships hawser and a big stick for a seat roped to a large overhanging tree branch are the best for hours of free fun. A tree overhanging a gill dene or valley are best for twitchy bum time. Growing up there was a rope swing just like this that hung off a branch over the river which had cut deep into the land. For reasons unknown it was always known as the ploddy swing, every time someone got hurt a parent would cut it down and like a mystical thing it would have magically returned the next day. Innocent, yet retrospectively dangerous times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Needed balls of steel to put some up I've been on. Crikey it must have been over a hundred foot from the stick you sat on to the tree tops in the gill below then the height of the branch it was tied to. No thanks, not for me climbing up that. Was always in the back of your mind will the rope hold as you looked up as it creaked at the frayed rope knot. Could probably hold ten ton looking back. Â Some in a local cemetery used to swing out over the wall and main road with cars buses and lorrys passing beneath you. How did we make it to adult hood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 With smiles on our faces and grazed knees 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 This guys awesone He does what most of us would like to do. Stick a fast engine in something and let rip. I watch his you tube channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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