Terrible news about the redbull truck backflip project and driver...

[700bRad]

I dont know if any of you guys have been following this, but Ryhs Millen was supposed to be the first person in history to land a complete backflip in a motor vehicle on New Years. The event was gonna be sponsored by Redbull and was gonna be televised via ESPN. Yesterday Ryhs missed the foam pit and landed roll cage down on cement.....

I have talked to Tanner Rhys's room mate today. Rhys is out of it because of pain meds right now. He is on his way to a different hospital where he is in good hands for his injury. He has 4 fractured vertebrate all in the neck area. It is a compression fracture that is thought to be from the top tube of the roll cage pushing down on his head. His helmet has a crushed zone that matches a tube. The cause is just speculation not fact.
Rhys is getting the results of a MRI to see how bad the injury is or if he needs surgery. He has feeling and movement from what I have been told. They are just making sure there are no bone fragments in the spinal canal.
I will keep you guys posted of his condition. i will be visiting him tonight or in the morning.
Please keep Rhys in your prayers!
- Jerry Zaiden
Camburg Engineering Inc.
Camburg Racing

[firefighterjosh]

Oh wow:(

[CannondaleRider]

I've been following this deal with Rhys.

Bad situation.

Hope everything works out ok.

[WhiteYFZ]

damn, this is horrible news. I will keep him in my prayers!

espo

[BlaineKaiser450]

Originally posted by firefighterjosh
Oh wow:(

[trx400EXtreme]

O... that bad. hope he's OK.

[underpowered]

where did you get that info from? anybody have a link to the article? i have been searching google for it but have yet to find any info on him crashing

[CannondaleRider]

There is no official release, or anything that I know of.

Just friends of the Millen family(Jerry Zaiden being one) telling people what the situation is.

He didn't land on the top of the cage....the kicker portion of the ramp failed, and the truck went straight up, straight back down, missing the "soft" landing spot...and landing on the back end of the truck, on hard surface.

Here's some photos....not of the failed run...just in general.
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Photos/Red_Bull_Experiment.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n302/FTW1969/Picture7.jpg

[QuadJunkies]

OMG thats HORRIBLE
I hope hes OK!:eek2: :(

[NeverLiftRacing]

man he got really tore up in the accident. here is a story on what happened and his quote on the situation. this sucks.

http://www.redbullusa.com/experiment#page=ArticlePage.1196395109137-515552382.3

[One_Bad_400]

thats horrible.. hope he can heal up real nice...

i dont understand how you do a backflip in a car... are those arms grabbing the car and pushing the rear end down? what all exacly does he do to help the back flip

[CannondaleRider]

The "kicker" portion of the ramp, is in an up position, which will shoot the front end up when it hits it. Also, when the front end hits it, and passes it, it drops down. Now dropped, the back end of the truck will track on the ramp..allowing to power through the ramp, forcing the truck to rotate.

Well hell, heres a video, lol.

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wow that looks just plain crazy lol
are they gonna show how they tried it?

[CannondaleRider]

Here ya go..

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[NJ450rider]

thats unreal! Oh god that hurt so bad...

[Ghost-Rider]

Wow, thats really bad.

[QuadJunkies]

:eek:

[wilkin250r]

I would be interested in the details of the kicker-system.

[Flynbryan19]

I would have NEVER tried to back flip a stinkin' automobile..... A bike? Its reasonable. It only weighs about 200lbs. A quad? Pretty ballsy considering it weighs atleast 350lbs, but a car?!? I pray for him and his friends/family, but that was a seriously stupid idea.

[416exfreak]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
:eek:

Literally.:eek:

[beaker1214]

Originally posted by 416exfreak
Literally.:eek:


Yeah, thats nuts.......Praying for him and his fam

[sly400ex]

OOOOh shet....:(


That's what just came out of my mouth when I just viewed that accident. I hope a speedy recovery for him.:)

[kawiefan]

Originally posted by Flynbryan19
I would have NEVER tried to back flip a stinkin' automobile..... A bike? Its reasonable. It only weighs about 200lbs. A quad? Pretty ballsy considering it weighs atleast 350lbs, but a car?!? I pray for him and his friends/family, but that was a seriously stupid idea.
i totally agree with you. you have to be a little wacko inside to even do that to boxes

[Aceman]

That's terrible. He knew the risks involved though...........

Just a couple questions though:

1. What stopped his truck from rotating this time? It appeared he had the rotation just about dialed in from his previous practice jumps.

2. Why was the cardboard box pit not long enough this time? If the pit was longer, he probably would of walked away from this. Just like in his previous practice runs!

[dirtbike&quad]

Originally posted by Aceman
That's terrible. He knew the risks involved though...........

Just a couple questions though:

1. What stopped his truck from rotating this time? It appeared he had the rotation just about dialed in from his previous practice jumps.

2. Why was the cardboard box pit not long enough this time? If the pit was longer, he probably would of walked away from this. Just like in his previous practice runs!

yeah i dont understand taht either...

[bwamos]

When the front hits the kicker it pops the front up.
The kicker is then supposed to collapse/flatten out so the back doesn't pop up also. Therefore you get rotation.

What appeared to happen is the kicker did not collapse down and the rear end was popped up also. Basically pushing the nose down. Therefore they basically counter each other to where you see the super slow rotation.

Kind of like hitting the vertical lip at the top edge of a hill climb. You basically pop straight up. Which is what you see.

[JOEX]

I hope Ryhs Millen is healing up well and if it's his wish i'd like to see him complete his goal:)

[416exfreak]

Originally posted by JOEX
I hope Ryhs Millen is healing up well and if it's his wish i'd like to see him complete his goal:)

Im with ya there.:D

[bwamos]

Originally posted by JOEX
I hope Ryhs Millen is healing up well and if it's his wish i'd like to see him complete his goal:)

Agree. Sound's like he'll have a good recovery.

Next time I bet they'll make the box pit about 30ft longer.

[insaneracin2003]

I hope he recovers quickly....Prayers sent for him......
I did not see the video, doesnt seem to be available anymore.....

[Nausty]

youtube pulled them off... Anyone else got n e links?

[coolguy8769]

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[coolguy8769]

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[coolguy8769]

ugh sorry guys i looked for a good hour and these are all i could find

[08mxkfx]

video of the crash- http://myquadvideos.com/videos/Crashes/Truck_Back_flip_gone_wrong?PHPSESSID=fb4dda80d8b9b f8dde15fc44b2e96a7f

[Exrider434]

thats crazy ^^^^