i think by G2 foot he actually means G3 feet that can have the foot pad easily replaced

Tho will it mean the 'theory' will become a 'law'?

no theory will become, theory we've proved to within 1%, otherwise known as very accurate theory, but never law, we don't have the precision to prove anything to a definate

slug is a clasically useless standard of mesure

I had actually had that idea in my head a few days ago, a way to fold the springs back so that you could walk around normally, the problem with it is when the spring slides up it's stab you in the leg if you bent your knee at all.  It'd also prolly have to be unusablely heavy to be solid enough.

just beware if you post diagrams and stuff it becomes public knowlege and may no longer patentable, just make sure that if you're gonna try to patent it, don't give us diagrams and things till after you've applied if you actually attend to.

I'm not sure exacly how it works, but its still in testing, don't worry about it.

good vid, i'm in class so i can't watch it with sound, but without it looks like you guys had a good time.

I'm pretty sure we determined a while ago that removing the wire lets them slip easier, no one's done conclusive tests but that seemed to be the genearal opinion

(1)upkeep:
    I've had my stilts for 10 months now and have never replaced a part and they're still going strong.  There's no real way we can tell you expect to spend X dollars per month or whatever. As long as you don't get a pair with a manufactureing defect your stilts should last you a long time.  depending on how often you use them of course.  Put on tire socks and you'll save the hoves, tape the spring so it doesn't get damaged, and you'll be all set.  Defects are rare, and when they do happen the companies are pretty good at hooking you up with new parts or entire stilts.  I'm going to be replacing my stilts after a little more than a year, thats about standard life for a spring, and i want to upgrade my frames as well, but they could keep going.

(2) running downhill?
    I'm with locky, i'd avoid running downhill, it can easily get out of control, but you can run up hills and walk down them easy enough.

(3) where to buy and what model?
    Well if you're willing to wait till the end of april go for xphub, they're the best price you can get in the US.  They sell PoweriSers, which are fine stilts, and if you get them you'll want PR90120's for your wieght.  Your other option is PoweriZers which you can get from many retailers, the cheapest of which is xtremeimportz.com they cost a little more, and are basically the same stilts, you'll get a different answer as to which one's better depending on who you ask.  If you get those I'd reccomend the M120, you're in the ranged for M100's but I'm 15lbs lighter than you and bottom out my 100's quite easily, so you want a strong spring that'll last.  As for which one to buy, i believe their quality is so similar you should just go for the cheaper one, and currently that's PoweriSer.

well their site will prolly be shut down soon as most of the brands they were selling were illegal

ok that extra spring, bad idea, home made calf cuff already been done http://www.PoweriserPages.com/forum/dont_do_what_i_did-t309.0.html;msg3571#msg3571
as for trying to make it lighter and stronger, the only way your going to do that is re build a custom frame, so you've got a lot of fabrication ahead of you, good luck.

i agree of course that it can be sold anywhere else like china, hawaii, madagascar, brazil, etc etc

um hawaii is a state in the United states, which is coverd by the patent, just had to point out how blatanly wrong that is.

I dunno how they'd compare, but as far as i know PoweriZer and PoweriSer are the only brands that can legally sell in the US at the moment so i'd be cautious till someone can tell me otherwise

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just a few notes about xkicks from what i can see on the site after about 2mins, first off, to my knowlege most of the brands on there are illegal to sell in the US, did you get a new royalty agreement? secondly about half if not more of this page URL removed is directly copied from Bill C.'s http://powerbockresources.com/FAQ.htm somehow i doubt he gave permission for it.  Just some thoughts

they should not "break out" if you leave them for a while, but once you start using them, you'll never want to stop.