Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Lubbock, Texas • Page 32

Morning, July 25, 1974 Cycle Near Completion SARA TO Calif. i AP i The Sky Cycle that Evcl Knie vcl hopes will la inci him safely across the Snake River Can yon on Sept. 8 is still being pol ished and perfected. Just month. Robert Truax.

engineer, tested the 13 foot rocket shaped machine for wind stabilization by towing it behind a truck on the freeways. wasn't the ideal wind tunnel test for something that's going to go 350 miles per hour, but we some changes rv.it of said Truax in a telephone interview- from his workshop where the Sky Cycle is being carefully sequestered. The daredevil stunt man who, to jump over a dozen c-. sj jon his motorcycle is curently going around the country on a promotional tour for the canyon Half a billion people arc- expected to watch the event on closed circuit television. Another 50.000 will be camped out at! the site at Twin Falls, Idaho.

Knicvel hopes to cam more; than S15 million for this once 1 in a lifetime extravaganza and) has already cashed his $6 mil lion advance check. "I wouldn't do it for SH mil said Truax. "But then again. I wouldn't jump across 10 on a motorcycle for S10 mill cither. But Knievels termined to do it and he will, And I think my vehicle gives the best chancj of making it." But Truax, a space engineer who says he's been in the rock ct business since the early days with James Goddard, hesitates to speculate on Evel's odds for success.

Knicvel, the master showman, says at news conferences his odds arc 50 50. In private, he says somberly they're really 40 for and 60 against. "This Kind of thing has never been attempted before and there are no available said Truax, who employs more than 15 people to work on the Sky Cycle. "AH I can say is that the success figure is a lot lower than NASA gave the astronauts going off to the moon." On Sept. 8, with Evcl sitting in an open canopy red, white and blue machine holding a set of handlebars, the Skv Cycle, powered by steam, will be shot off a 108-foot, 56 degree ramp.

2(XX) feet up in the air at 350 miles per hour. Hopefully, it will cross the 1500 foot wide canyon and land on the other side, its impact cushioned by several parachutes and a foot shock absorber. Truax will not say how much he is being paid for his work. but Knicvel lias already promised him a $25,000 bonus if he walks away from it alive. "It's a complex vehicle and all kinds of things could go wrong." concedes Truax.

"But if the engine valves work okay, if the vehicle doesn't roll over, if no major structural failure, if the parachutes deploy, if it comes down straight and hits level ground, if the damn thing fold up around Evel's neck, then a Truax says Knicvel has told him he plans to jump anyway on Sept. 8th even if Truax at the last minute advises him against it. 5 5 for the money fl Power All new for 1974. The polyester cord body provides strength and flexibility. The deeply grooved tread, designed with the aid of a computer, exposes hundreds of gripping edges for all-around traction.

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