[Texascavers] vertical technique - correction
Upon watching the rest of the SuperBowl performance, there are 2 technicians disguised as dancers in the smoke that unbuckle and carry away her harness, while the smoke blocks viewing them. The photo below shows the craftsmanship of the harness and that it was not part of the suit, as I had originally assumed. The jacket must zip to the shorts, as the jacket came off soon after that which was why I originally thought it was part of the harness. Click on the link below to view and then click on the image to enlarge. https://goo.gl/photos/pofj3gjyTp7tyyb16 David Locklear ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] vertical technique - part 2
I just now got a chance to watch the Superbowl stunt on YouTube. It does appear that the mechanism is far below the performer at the time of the jump, which was my initial thought. Apparently, she must have jumped into a shadow where trained technicians caught her briefly, and then most likely had technicians on a platform in the dark double check everything before she descended the remaining 150 plus feet. Otherwise she would have been swinging like a pendulum. And it seems obvious that she would have needed assistance to climb up on the platform to begin with with all that gear. Note in the video below, the 2 tiny steel cables are very slack and hanging beneath her.It would have killed her, had there been a "impact load" or sudden jolt. I bet the "wire ropes" were made of an expensive alloy. I bet the cables were tested over and over again, and they most likely had some stunt people do this a hundred times in a warehouse or hanger, and probably at least twice at Houston's NRG Stadium in the days before. Plus, she certainly would have had to have practiced that jump somewhere, and done lots of simulations. Meaning that single jump and its preparations was probably close to a million dollars. And the insurance was probably unbelievably outrageous. I bet the entire costume jacket and the harness were one piece.Only the buckle and 2 attachments are visible.Either way, it is very slick engineering. I am very curious what the plan was, if she had hit the ground hard, or completely free-fall. My guess is there were certified engineers working the winch mechanism, and they had some kind of system in place to monitor something that was not nominal, with a high safety redundancy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSapZ0fkstg#t=48.551541 Ref: https://www.eriggingsupply.com/1-2-dia-8x25-iwrc-rotation-resistant-bright-wire-rope-per-foot/ The rest of this post is not about vertical stuff, but about the performer: Her music does not do anything for me, but that is mainly because I didn't grow up listening to her or that type of music. However, I do like most if not all of the acoustic versions ( an example is below ).But she did show she was in excellent physical shape and that outfit was interesting, ( reminding me of Space Ace Frehley in 1979 ). Anyways, she obviously is going to be one of the big stars for the next few years, as she showed she was far more multi-talented than the competition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMVCiYPWY-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP8SrlbpJ5A David Locklear ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] TSA - CBSP February Project Weekend
This weekend, Feb 11th, is the 5th TSA-CBSP Project Weekend of the 2016-2017 season. The project is limited to 20 people and it is already full. So why am I emailing the list about a full trip? Because people will complain either way if I do or dont send the email reminder. :) The March, April and May trips are still open, so email if you want to sign up for one of those. http://www.cavetexas.org/projects/cbsp.html Will Quast cbsp@gmail.com ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] vertical technique question
Yes, a pretty good vertical stunt. Preston in KY On Monday, February 6, 2017 2:37 PM, David via Texascavers wrote: In the Half-Time performance of the SuperBowl yesterday, the starring performer appeared to jump off a platform near the ceiling of the stadium. She did this jump Australian-style and descend fairly rapidly on 2 steel cables attached to her waist at tiny swiveling connectors similar or identical to those used by circus acrobats. I do not know how much of that was the illusion of photography. But she appeared to me to jump from 180 feet high and land on a tiny platform that was 35 feet in the air and land accurately and smoothly. The cables then smoothly layered her to the main stage 30 feet below. I have to assume there was a fancy system of pulleys and winches and motors hidden above the platform she leaped off of. I was impressed. It would be fun to do in a cave, but I am sure I exceed the weight-limit. David Locklear ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] vertical technique question
In the Half-Time performance of the SuperBowl yesterday, the starring performer appeared to jump off a platform near the ceiling of the stadium. She did this jump Australian-style and descend fairly rapidly on 2 steel cables attached to her waist at tiny swiveling connectors similar or identical to those used by circus acrobats. I do not know how much of that was the illusion of photography. But she appeared to me to jump from 180 feet high and land on a tiny platform that was 35 feet in the air and land accurately and smoothly. The cables then smoothly layered her to the main stage 30 feet below. I have to assume there was a fancy system of pulleys and winches and motors hidden above the platform she leaped off of. I was impressed.It would be fun to do in a cave, but I am sure I exceed the weight-limit. David Locklear ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
