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The Weightless Machine by Colin Furze Illusion (piefed-media.feddit.online)
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a GIF of inventor Colin Furze testing a large see-saw-like machine outside his workshop; he's harnessed in by the waist, and when he jumps, he slowly drifts up and back down, able to do flips, handstands, and cool poses
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[โ€“] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Looks like it needs to be balance to the person's weight and it's clearly not fully compensated for or he'd get stuck in the air.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    For this GIF, the counterweight on the other side is probably supporting about 95% of his weight. He adjusts this weight up and down off-camera for the other parts of the video. If it supported over 100% of his weight, then yes, we would never come back down.

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