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Re:French Acrobatic Artist’s Low-Gravity Invention by geon on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:23PM (#41029281)
Colin Furze did it a year ago. https://youtu.be/gSDtNkKPiDg

And wires with counter weights have been used in movies since forever.

Re:French Acrobatic Artist’s Low-Gravity Invention by fuzzythinker on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:17PM (#41029660)
Great video. OP's is something that many people can make and much faster, given the low tech of it, so I appreciate that too.
Re:French Acrobatic Artist’s Low-Gravity Invention by annacappa on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:43PM (#41029830)
This French dude has been doing it for years. At least 2021.
Re:French Acrobatic Artist’s Low-Gravity Invention by capitainenemo on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:01AM (#41030831)
As annacappa noted, this predates Colin Furze's (which was awesome and totally worth a watch), but it's a much simpler design than Furze's or movie wire walking. 'course, you can't go as high. But good for a small performance. And actually, I think comparing it to Furze's there's more potential for freedom of movement in various directions, although Furze did have that retraction mechanism in his arm, this one seems like it allows moving the entire piece around the room due to the simplicity of it.