Flying motorbike ends up stuck in power lines in Surin

[PoorSucker]

Great, now all the kids wanna have one. 

[gk10002000]

6 hours ago, DoctorG said:

What sort of speed was he doing for that outcome? Great trick though.

From the ballistic calculator, which neglects air resistance:  plugging in a little trial and error, 35 Km/hour would launch one straight up about 5 meters.  Can't tell from the article exactly what the driver was doing, but more likely it was in the 80 km/hour range.  Not sure how the bike got sent so high in the upward direction, but I attach the calculator link for fun. Maybe the truck hit one heck of a curb or rolled over really fast and that helped fling thing the bike upwards?  Would be fun to animate the event

 

https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/vCalc/Ballistic+Max+Height

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[toofarnorth]

Gosh ! Nearly started singing ' Hang on Scoopy hang on '

[Liverpudlian]

His electric bill soared this month.

[donim]

Without cctv evidence and pointing finger shoots,

I hardly believe that the bike has jumped.

I eventually could had fallen from a Thai airplane,

that or was carried by two asian swallows.

[DaRoadrunner]

Amazing Thailand.... where anything can happen. One often sees things flying off poorly laden trucks but this.... Somchai has excelled himself.

[donim]

4 hours ago, hasher69 said:

I saw a car in a tree in Saudi Arabia !

Hope that tree came better out that story then the tree of Ténéré

 

 

2 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Great, now all the kids wanna have one. 

It's sometimes said Thai are years behind the western,

perhaps the kids are now wanting to go with the rage from 10 years ago.

 

[donim]

Perhaps that was just a prototype and now they have a better version

with radar for tangling wires built in.

This streamlined tailwinged model comes with air cooled brakes and room for a skinny flight attendant,

along with storage room for makeup.

[sirocco]

Post 22, normal, in their country, they have flying carpets.

[gerritkaew]

the most rare things you wil see on Thai roads..

[Damrongsak]

15 hours ago, alfalfa19 said:

he did not quite qualify for the Darwin award.

 

Also failed to qualify for the Olympic high jump  event ...

[bander]

Another result of driving and loading a pickup with zero skills.

How about a strong rope to secure the bike to the pickup.

Is safety to much to ask Thai drivers?