..... Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Thought it may be neat to see what us Euc riders are afraid of. You know, since outsiders tend to think it takes a fearless person to try these, sometimes. So what simple thing are you afraid of? Lets keep it light with the answers, as this is meant to be fun, not some horror story to make every feel badly. Me, one of the things I'm afraid of is heights. Its a common fear and justified, but it REALLY does slow my brain down and weakens my balance. Do I avoid it? Nah, I'm trying to fly a bedsheet and it scares the holy sh*t out of me. Its hard to enjoy for how scary it is, but I'd enjoy myself less overall, if I didnt keep trying. My fear is irrational, as it doesnt matter if I'm just standing in a tall building. I look down and I begin to loose mental clarity (well, whats left of it). I also have an odd fear of confinement and tight places (soft places dont count) So, whats got your little nuggets or t*ts in shrink mode? Are you trying to reel in the fear or do you just avoid it? Cutouts don't count as Im sure we all answer yes its a fear/worry and yes we try to avoid them. Falling down is too easy, lets hear something less common, less rational. Edited June 3, 2021 by ShanesPlanet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) An injury or illness that’s so disabling that it requires around the clock life support to continue on. It doesn’t stop me from enjoying crazy hobbies but the thought scares me. 5 hours ago, ShanesPlanet said: Me, one of the things I'm afraid of is heights. Its a common fear and justified, but it REALLY does slow my brain down and weakens my balance. Do I avoid it? Nah, I'm trying to fly a bedsheet and it scares the holy sh*t out of me. I keep seeing your comments about a flying bedsheet. Are you speaking about an ultralight/hang glider ? Trust me being scared to a point that it affects your cognizant abilities while piloting will end your hobby in an instant. Edited June 3, 2021 by Rehab1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I avoid doing things like this. https://youtu.be/wXxemZJ6ajI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 4 hours ago, LanghamP said: I avoid doing things like this. https://youtu.be/wXxemZJ6ajI Toughen up Langham. It’s only water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, ShanesPlanet said: Me, one of the things I'm afraid of is heights. Its a common fear and justified, but it REALLY does slow my brain down and weakens my balance. So that is why you don't like the V11 I have head there are places that are "fairly" safe in a way. https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/things-to-do/attractions/skywalk/ Edited June 3, 2021 by Unventor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Unventor said: So that is why you don't like the V11 I have head there are places that are "fairly" safe in a way. https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/things-to-do/attractions/skywalk/ Btw, this is in the US, but there is a GW version of this too: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57058247 A man in China was left dangling from a bridge after its glass panels were damaged in high wind. The man was visiting the 100m-high bridge (330 ft) in the Piyan Mountain, in the north-east of the country, when the incident occurred on Friday. Several pieces of the glass floor were blown away by winds that reached up to 150km/h (90mph). I guess that would put a scare into me too. Sorry @ShanesPlanet You know this is just community love I wounder what gfx @Rehab1 can come up with this time 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Rehab1 said: An injury or illness that’s so disabling that it requires around the clock life support to continue on. It doesn’t stop me from enjoying crazy hobbies but the thought scares me. I keep seeing your comments about a flying bedsheet. Are you speaking about an ultralight/hang glider ? Trust me being scared to a point that it affects your cognizant abilities while piloting will end your hobby in an instant. I think we all share that fear don't we? I am MUCH less worried about death that what you describe. Im tyring to fly a paramotor. Same shit but with a chainsaw motor attached. Luckily I just slow and don't freeze. @Unventor Oddly, I havent much opinion on the v11. Aside from its still too new and my euc dice roll/buy new revision days are behind me. Edited June 3, 2021 by ShanesPlanet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 34 minutes ago, ShanesPlanet said: m tyring to fly a paramotor. Same shit but with a chainsaw motor attached. Luckily I just slow and don't freeze. Sounds experimental. Would love to see a video. Be careful. I crashed both of my experimental helicopters. No pilot error. Just crappy parts that weren’t rigorously tested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rehab1 said: Sounds experimental. Would love to see a video. Be careful. I crashed both of my experimental helicopters. No pilot error. Just crappy parts that weren’t rigorously tested. Well, those with no lives and nothing to do, would notice I have my first couple of flights on my channel in FPV. You work too much, more binge watching crap videos is in order. My buddy in the pic is an awesome pilot. His patience is astounding! Edited June 3, 2021 by ShanesPlanet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Unipsycho Posted June 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, ShanesPlanet said: Well, those with no lives and nothing to do, would notice I have my first couple of flights on my channel in FPV. You work too much, more binge watching crap videos is in order. My buddy in the pic is an awesome pilot. His patience is astounding! Hey @ShanesPlanet that's awesome you are flying paramotor too! I've been flying for a couple years now, couple hundred flights, I love it even more than EUC, haha. Those two sports though, wow, the funnest things to do, that's for sure!!! I have a bunch of paramotor vids on my random channel, here's one... Edited June 4, 2021 by Unipsycho 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 I've flown but cant say I officially fly. Theres ZERO open fields here and my motor isnt trustoworthy. Last adventure I traveled 3 hrs to open area (I live in dense forest region) and my buddy had to impromptu land in a field of wheat. Then I had motor lug at wfo JUST at takeoff on a trike. No way in hell i trust it to even try in my area. Its seriously only trees and power lines. I got home and immediately ordered a new atom 80. Either this works this summer and I gain some skill, or I admit defeat and do something else. Motor will be here in a week. I am ansy to go try again, life and summer is wasting away. Honestly, the fear of it all makes this something I want to do, just as much as the insane joy once it happens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 13 hours ago, ShanesPlanet said: Well, those with no lives and nothing to do, would notice I have my first couple of flights on my channel in FPV. You work too much, more binge watching crap videos is in order. My buddy in the pic is an awesome pilot. His patience is astounding! That’s awesome! Congrats! You downplayed your experience. From your discussions I pictured you not fully taking flight but just running around on the ground trying to get the nerve to gain altitude. Your way beyond that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Rehab1 said: That’s awesome! Congrats! You downplayed your experience. From your discussions I pictured you not fully taking flight but just running around on the ground trying to get the nerve to gain altitude. Your way beyond that. Well, I consider myself horrible until I'm not. Same with the Euc....I've a ways to go. I think that the rig being 80lbs and me being 130lbs and a weakling, has something to do with it. OR... its that damn pesky helmet getting in my way. Fun stuff even tho I've failed more than succeeded. Thanks! Edited June 4, 2021 by ShanesPlanet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelwood Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) I first thought that I don’t have any irrational fears. Then I went on a short night ride after a long wheel maintenance day, and realized a fear that is out of proportion: Bad camber turns! If the road is banked to the opposite direction to the turn, if I feel brave I slow down to a crawl, normally much slower even. Yeah, I know it’s not a kind that this thread is really about, but it’s the one I could think of. I’m sure I have others though, we all do. I’ll have to come back to that when I realize what they are, since going on first dates probably doesn’t count either... Edited June 5, 2021 by mrelwood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChillUrn Posted June 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2021 A little fun one that I like to share when people are asking a lot of nervous questions about my wheel is that I'm actually /terrified/ of skateboarding. Realistically I know the learning process probably wouldn't go that bad but my brain is convinced that if I ever managed to get both my feet up onto one it would instantly shoot out from under me, make me eat dirt, and break all my bones. It usually gets a laugh out of people and calms their nerves about eucs a bit. They can't be that much of a terrifying death machine if this skateboard coward can ride one after all 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFartRides Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Cars and trucks when I’m out on the roads on one, two, or three (rig) wheels. Big spiders. One particular older sister. And oh yeah, heights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 My fear? ......... Crazy women mostly. I am not really afraid of the water. I can swim. I love the water ...... but I don't float. I sink like a rock if I stop swimming. I can put kids floaties on my arms and sit motionless on the bottom of the pool. When I was young I passed out a lot. I was high energy and could not get enough to eat even though I ate all day. One day when I was 14 years old I was crossing a small river on an old abandoned dam and passed out. .......... It was dark ....... I was on my back looking up. ...... I was holding my breath? .... I could see light waving above? ..... I AM UNDER WATER!!! I was lucky. I just made my way to the surface and climbed back on the dam. No water in my lungs or anything. I was about 15 feet under water. I don't remember passing out or falling. I just woke up under water. My fear is having to save a drowning person. My time on the surface is very limited. I usually swim under water Note: The dam was a small steel dam used to control farm waters. The lower section that stopped water from passing was mostly gone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 hours ago, mrelwood said: first thought that I don’t have any irrational fears. Then I went on a short night ride after a long wheel maintenance day, and realized a fear that is out of proportion: Bad camber turns! If the road is banked to the opposite direction to the turn, if I feel brave I slow down to a crawl, normally much slower even. That might not be an irrational fear if the forces are truly asymmetrical, and hence likely to make you crash when you treat left and right turns the same when they are, in reality not. And the proof is that in countries where people drive on the right side of the road their left side (motorcycle) tire always wears faster than the right side. And in countries that drive on the left side of the road, the tires wear faster on the right side. Since most roads are cambered center crown, it follows more forces are applied through a combination longer and harder asymmetrical turns. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 5 hours ago, LanghamP said: That might not be an irrational fear if the forces are truly asymmetrical, and hence likely to make you crash when you treat left and right turns the same when they are, in reality not. And the proof is that in countries where people drive on the right side of the road their left side (motorcycle) tire always wears faster than the right side. And in countries that drive on the left side of the road, the tires wear faster on the right side. Since most roads are cambered center crown, it follows more forces are applied through a combination longer and harder asymmetrical turns. The tire on my 700mile euc has more wear on the left edge than the right. Even on the euc, road drain grade causes it. Probably only applies to those that play on streets most of the time. Same reason we set caster a little bit back on the left front tires of cars in usa (when possible). Rear wheel drive are worse for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawpie Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I’m not at all a fan of heights either, legs go wobbly for some reason. Consequently I fly kites and I DO NOT LEARN TO FLY BEDSHEETS. I did fly an ultralight one time (with a real pilot behind me) and want to fly a gyrocopter for no good reason at all but that’s very unlikely to happen. Like @RockyTop I can’t float, water doesn’t really bother me except that I turn purple in 5 minutes—no insulation. I find it very strange that I abhor the sound/feel of squashing bugs. I practice catch and release, not because I’m particularly in tune with nature (the catchees are often released into convenient spider webs), more because I can’t stand the smashing part. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLEASE_DELETE Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) Deleted. Edited March 18 by PLEASE_DELETE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gon2fast Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 The tax man... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 hours ago, gon2fast said: The tax man... Its not a MAN you fear... it's beast of ungodly power and infant like intelligence. Well founded fear! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetricUSA Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I am afraid of my girlfriend, I avoid her at all cost.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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