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Old 03-02-2008, 09:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I guess this is where I would post this, Does anyone have plans or atleast a rough design of a ramp designed for doing backflips? I dont want a huge 16 foot tall ramp, preferably 3 feet or less in height.
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Old 03-02-2008, 10:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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cant you just make a kicker the same shape as you would make out of snow? I would make it like 10 degrees off vert.
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Old 03-03-2008, 04:52 AM   #3 (permalink)
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cant you just make a kicker the same shape as you would make out of snow? I would make it like 10 degrees off vert.
never made one off snow, so for the top it should be at 80 degrees?
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Old 03-03-2008, 08:50 AM   #4 (permalink)
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dude, this is a pretty out there post. In gravity flow, Yancy Meyers hits one of a concrete one in a park.
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Old 03-03-2008, 01:16 PM   #5 (permalink)
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YouTube - skateboard front flip

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Old 03-03-2008, 02:39 PM   #7 (permalink)
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That was pretty sick, but does anybody have any idea for the launch angle? I dont want it to be too steep cause ill land on it, but I dont want it to be too small that I cant get the spin.
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im really bad with angle guessing, but go to youtube and look up people doing back flips on skateboards. like this one shows a side angle of the ramp a guy uses:

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Flips are no joke man. Danny way has pulled doubles on the mega ramp. Sadly I haven't found footage of it.
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A steeper launch angle will make backflips easier because you wont have to rotate as much, there is obviously a limit to this though and more important than launch angle is the tranny. You are going to have a rough time getting the right radius/launch angle combination in less than three feet. I'd go no shorter than 3.5.

And no, i cant backflip on a skateboard, this is all info thats taken from mountainboard ramps where people backflip a lot, but the same concepts apply.
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A steeper launch angle will make backflips easier because you wont have to rotate as much, there is obviously a limit to this though and more important than launch angle is the tranny. You are going to have a rough time getting the right radius/launch angle combination in less than three feet. I'd go no shorter than 3.5.

And no, i cant backflip on a skateboard, this is all info thats taken from mountainboard ramps where people backflip a lot, but the same concepts apply.
I was hoping to get some anwsers from mountainboarders, I can build it bigger, but I dont want it to be huge.
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