Rocket thrusters!

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[nebulous]

Kit to re-orientate thrusters to the rear?

 

[fortyonethirty]

Jet thruster, crash buster

I could use one of these more often than i am proud of. Check it out:

https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/18/bosch-jet-thruster-motorcycle-slide-recovery/

 

[HeatXfer]

Really?

 

[clutchslip]

This is an incredibly dangerous idea. If this device thrusts you upright after your line has changed significantly, you could be in a much worse position than sliding in a low-side. Racers low-side all the time and don't get hurt. However, if you are now pushed up-right and heading toward an on-coming car, or a cliff, or a mountain side, you might collide before you can stop. And motorcycles that were sliding and now aren't sliding often high-side. Let us take a quick poll for preferred crashing, "low versus high siding". If you are not sure how to vote, ask any number of us that have done both.

 

[DTM74]

I'vE seen this somewhere...

 

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I will eat poo if this thing is ever offered as a factory option on a production motorcycle.
They'll capture the Loch Ness monster first.

 

[fubar929]

This is an incredibly dangerous idea. If this device thrusts you upright after your line has changed significantly, you could be in a much worse position than sliding in a low-side.

While you were watching the video, did you see the bike pop upright when the thruster was activated? No, you didn't. You can probably thank the Bosch-developed inertial measurement unit (IMU) for that. I would suspect that the IMU plays a critical role in managing control of the thruster, just like it plays a critical role in managing power slides (traction control), stoppies (rear-wheel anti-lift control), wheelies (wheelie control), and traction loss during braking (cornering ABS).

 

[FXCLM5]

Fyi Bosch has a great reputation for running developing sensors and complete systems for every vehicle produced on earth.

This ain't some startup guys, give the engineers over at Bosch some credit mmmmmmkay.

Now if this was a startup like skully bash away

 

[stangmx13]

This is an incredibly dangerous idea. If this device thrusts you upright after your line has changed significantly, you could be in a much worse position than sliding in a low-side. Racers low-side all the time and don't get hurt. However, if you are now pushed up-right and heading toward an on-coming car, or a cliff, or a mountain side, you might collide before you can stop. And motorcycles that were sliding and now aren't sliding often high-side. Let us take a quick poll for preferred crashing, "low versus high siding". If you are not sure how to vote, ask any number of us that have done both.

the device doesn't thrust u upright - the jet points the other way. it increases centripetal force to keep u in the corner safely. a bike will return to its previously lean angle after a momentary increase in centripetal force. so this is likely a non-issue.