• @[email protected]
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    3411 months ago

    I used to turn my body upside down in this death trap and the dude in the middle yelled at us.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      11 months ago

      They did? The dude in the middle just sat there smoking meth every time I was on one of these. I stood up on the wall once, with my whole body perpendicular to the floor. It was awesome!

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          911 months ago

          It’s pretty crazy! The farther from the wall your head is, the more you can feel the spinning forces. It definitely felt like I was in a blender by the time I was standing up.

          • @jaybone
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            311 months ago

            I had exactly this idea. I tried it but could never make it to a full standing position I don’t think. It was more like an awkward crouch.

    • @[email protected]
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      711 months ago

      Haha I did that too if it’s the same machine. It had an open top and you just stick to the side as it spins and hinges 90 degrees. There was a chain but you had clearance to flip yourself.

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        2411 months ago

        The Gravitron wasn’t the open top kind with the chain. That was the Round Up, and it would lift up after getting g up to speed and go almost vertical.

        The Gravitron was enclosed and had angled walls. I think the walls were padded and would slide up a bit when the machine was up to speed. Heavier people would have their section slide up sooner than others.

      • @derphurr
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        011 months ago

        You are taking about a Round Up/Zero Gravity

        And no you never turned yourself upside down in a zerog cage.

            • @[email protected]
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              111 months ago

              All I can say is I did this on a ride similar to this, perhaps it’s not that machine, but it looks very similar to the post you linked but it was more a solid outside rather than the individual bays in the image.

              It was the centrifugal forces I believe as we would literally be stuck to the back wall but with enough strength you could flip yourself 180 and just get dizzy and a head rush.

              I literally have no reason to make this up my guy.