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: Chris,
: I remember seeing a newspaper picture of
: both of the X-2s side by side, prior to
: being painted. If I recall, the first X-2
: was test-fired in the weeks to days prior to
: September 8. The parachute release mechanism
: was under some automatic control (radar
: altimeter?) but it failed to deploy on the
: test shot. I don't recall where it landed;
: maybe in the river, too.
: I seem to remember that Bob Truax then
: decided in the last few days to change to a
: spring-loaded lever mechanism in the
: cockpit. Evel was to hold down the lever
: during launch, then release it during flight
: and the spring would deploy the parachute.
: If Evel lost consciousness and let go, the
: idea was that the spring would still deploy
: the chute anyway. But under the calculated
: takeoff G force Evel was expected to
: blackout, and the speculation was that this
: is what caused the chute to deploy
: prematurely.
: I don't recall ever seeing footage of the
: X-2 test shot, either. Maybe someone else
: here knows what happened to the X-2 test
: shot? Maybe Bill Rundle, Spanky Spangler, or
: Gene Sullivan know? Scott Truax?
: Are both X-2s still in existence?
:
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: I know that Evel shot the X-1 Skycycle up
: the
: dirt ramp...went right into the canyon.But I
: was wondering about the other X-2 The one he
: didnt use on Sept 8 1974. Does anyone know
: if he actually shot this one up the rail
: ramp that was on top of the dirt ramp...or
: did he fire both X-1 and the X-2 off of just
: the dirt ramp.Because I have never seen any
: test footage of the X-2 being fired off the
: rail ramp. But it does seem to me I saw
: footage of two test shots of X-1...both
: going into the canyon.But I have also seen
: pictures of the Other X-2 Where the Harley
: Davidson numbers are painted on the side
: wings and it too looked like it had been
: wrecked.I hope I have made my self clear on
: all this...can anybody help me with some
: info?
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