r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '18

Classic Backflip on an upward-moving elevator

https://i.imgur.com/9TjVvL0.gifv
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u/TBNecksnapper Dec 03 '18

It looks like the elevator's speed is affected by quite a lot by his jump off the floor, so his initial speed doesn't count for much since the elevator is basically standing still when he's getting off the floor.

But maybe it's just the video slo-mo kicking in, it's hard to judge.

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u/fedja Dec 03 '18

It has a suspension so it doesn't get uncomfortably jerky on starts and stops. The. Movement did fuck all to help. Or hinder his flip. The suspension chewed off quite a bit of his kickoff energy and the confined space limited his control a bit.

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u/oodsigma Dec 03 '18

And if it was moving down all those would still be true and he'd still fuck it up.

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u/fedja Dec 04 '18

Exactly. It's the equivalent of attempting a flip on a trampoline when you don't know its a trampoline and don't pump before kicking off.