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  1. ferrarilover

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    #1 ferrarilover, Jan 26, 2012
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBv0u6mPNw[/ame]
     
  2. White Knight

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    #2 White Knight, Jan 26, 2012
    Ha! How cool is that...
     
  3. Jet-X

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    #3 Jet-X, Jan 26, 2012
    AWESOME!
     
  4. nathandarby67

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    #4 nathandarby67, Jan 26, 2012
    Wow! How awesome. Good for these guys.
     
  5. Trainman

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    #5 Trainman, Jan 26, 2012
    Love it!

    These young men should have a chance to meet Joe Kittinger.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE71aKXjss0[/ame]
     
  6. snj5

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    #6 snj5, Jan 26, 2012
    brilliant work, gentlemen!
     
  7. Fast_ian

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    #7 Fast_ian, Jan 26, 2012
    +1

    More correctly, the Lego guy should! :D [They can chaperone the little guy ;)]

    You've seen this I presume? http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350238

    I'm gonna say they came up with the project prior to the ad on the TV wherein a few guys do basically the same thing? ['cept being "grown up's" they didn't include the Lego guy!]

    Cheers,
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  8. Trainman

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    #8 Trainman, Jan 26, 2012
    (Yes, seen that thread...)

    Lots of kids, and adults, have thought of doing such things as these guys with Lego man.

    When I was a kid, we tied little green army men to helium balloons.

    The problem was, back in the early 70's you couldn't buy a GPS phone and digital cameras at Walmart for a few bucks. We never recovered our little green army men, but I'm certain they did at least as well as Lego man, if not Mr. Kittinger! We probably should have written our phone numbers on the bottom. :)

    And we need look no further than Larry Walters to see that actual people have tried such things...live: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters

    What's cool here is that these guys took advantage of their creativity and some off the shelf technology to come up with a fun continuation of the idea. If Lego man was sitting in a lawn chair, it would have been priceless!
     
  9. m5guy

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    #9 m5guy, Jan 26, 2012
    That was awesome! One of the best high school science projects yet. Thanks for posting the Youtube video.
     
  10. donv

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    #10 donv, Jan 27, 2012
    The correct term is actually "minifig" rather than "LEGO man."
     
  11. Fast_ian

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    #11 Fast_ian, Jan 27, 2012
    Awesome! Thanks for the link......

    15,000 feet in a lawn chair! "He took sandwiches & cold beer!"

    Cheers,
    Ian
     

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