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So on a sudden whim tonight I wandered out of my house, not even closing my laptop, and headed to the park. I think I was on the swing in the park for at least 45 minutes. Certainly long enough for my arse to feel funny and walk a bit like a duck.
I did end up wondering about a novelty vehicle powered by swing-set (standard 4 wide swing set). You know one of those silly things used by charities to make people ask "what the hell is that?" more then get anywhere efficiently. The trick would be to get the weight in all the right places, and steering and breaking. But on the swing I kept finding it really easy to get slightly more momentum then I really wanted so I kept thinking of a kick plate near the apex of my swing... clearly daft as if it was solid like a brick wall the wall wouldn't absorb much I'd instinctively kick off and would just be going faster... and I think you can see how I got from point A to point D. As I said not efficient but are those 50 person bicycles efficient? I doubt it. I suspect also not a smooth ride for the coxswain.... and let us not even think about hills. Instead let us just think about all the times as a kid you were on a swing wishing you were actually going somewhere.
I did end up wondering about a novelty vehicle powered by swing-set (standard 4 wide swing set). You know one of those silly things used by charities to make people ask "what the hell is that?" more then get anywhere efficiently. The trick would be to get the weight in all the right places, and steering and breaking. But on the swing I kept finding it really easy to get slightly more momentum then I really wanted so I kept thinking of a kick plate near the apex of my swing... clearly daft as if it was solid like a brick wall the wall wouldn't absorb much I'd instinctively kick off and would just be going faster... and I think you can see how I got from point A to point D. As I said not efficient but are those 50 person bicycles efficient? I doubt it. I suspect also not a smooth ride for the coxswain.... and let us not even think about hills. Instead let us just think about all the times as a kid you were on a swing wishing you were actually going somewhere.