Can you actually fly using a big fan.

dillo2k10 · 03-07-2011 5:06pm #1

Hey,
Im looking to find out if there is anywhere that you can "fly" by jumping in front of a huge fan. Something like they are doing in the new coke ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg_zxsxyKyM

MagicMarker · 03-07-2011 5:10pm

Seriously?

Fremen · 03-07-2011 5:11pm

A jet engine is technically just a big fan.

mawk · 03-07-2011 5:12pm

Yes you can, but I don't know anywhere doing it. Call up some skydiving companies and ask. They use them to train people sometimes

krudler · 03-07-2011 5:13pm

Rocket strapped to back, slingshot, rollerskates, cliff.

worked for that coyote fella.

xoxyx · 03-07-2011 5:14pm

Actually, we were watching this ad - which is very cool - and wondering what's the closest activity to this that we could do in Ireland, and what's the closest we could do abroad.

Does anybody know / can recommend some adventure centres home and away that do anything similar?

(Obviously, the whole coke-shaped bottle thing wouldn't work. But the general idea seems sound enough and could be done fairly safely.)

Kevin Duffy · 03-07-2011 5:15pm

You just shilling Coke?

OutlawPete · 03-07-2011 5:15pm

Vertical Wind Tunnels.

http://www.bodyflight.co.uk/

They appeared at the recent RDS Adventure Weekend:

http://www.theadventureweekend.ie/interactive-zone/sky-diving-tunnel

TV3 did a short piece on them here also:

http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=35978&locID=418.459&page=1

mickdw · 03-07-2011 5:15pm

There are places that do that. Supposed to be brilliant. Im sure there is one in uk.

Edit: Bodyflight.co.uk

Fremen · 03-07-2011 5:16pm

xoxyx wrote: »

Does anybody know / can recommend some adventure centres home and away that do anything similar?

No, but you can catch a deadly buzz off some bostik and a plastic bag.

qz · 03-07-2011 5:20pm

Just jump off something really high.

xoxyx · 03-07-2011 5:21pm

Fremen wrote: »

No, but you can catch a deadly buzz off some bostik and a plastic bag.

Mr. La De Da. In my time, we had nothing more than an deodorant can and a lid.

h2005 · 03-07-2011 5:24pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVvRWVoHDb8&feature=player_embedded

03-07-2011 5:24pm

Yes, I did it in L.A., it really clears the nasal cavities!

BASHIR · 03-07-2011 5:29pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

Vertical Wind Tunnels.

http://www.theadventureweekend.ie/interactive-zone/sky-diving-tunnel

cool I'l jus go get my time machine :P

cooperguy · 03-07-2011 5:33pm

There is a good few places you can do it around the world. This one is a bit far away but i was there the other week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X3g-lVviNA

OutlawPete · 03-07-2011 5:39pm

Or you could just do what I do and stick your head out the sunroof of a friend's car and pretend your Bodhi that way.

Pherekydes · 03-07-2011 5:47pm

Fremen wrote: »

A jet engine is technically just a big fan.

Won't it be a bit hot?

Can you actually fly using a big fan.

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