highhorse

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Seems like SOMEONE can make a fun model, here is a vid for inspiration LOL

http://www.topgear.com/us/videos/mor...a-space-idiocy

seanreit

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What an accomplishment!! Loved it!

pkevinb

Great video. Thanks for posting!

SJN

Very cool.

But the impact explosion must be fake

Ron101

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That was great...lol
some serious cash was put into that stunt

funny stuff
Ron

cactusflyer

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HILLARITY DELUXE!

Great Vid............"What occurs to me now is the list of things to go wrong"......Priceless!

I believe that thought has come to me on several occasions while examining model "projects"

Tailwinds,

John

Gordon Mc

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The main problem with that vid, is that they cut out so many of the good parts of the program … digging a tench for the RC guy while using May's Argos metal detector to hunt for mines, the classic rework of Neil Armstrong's "One small step" quote, the wind tunnel, the RC version of the shuttle, etc., etc.

You can see a slightly more complete version here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20 but it too is still missing many of the best parts of the episode.

BTW, these rocket guys are the same ones who did the rockets in the ski-jumping Mini for "Winter Olympics" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E0wq1oqwWI

Top Gear is one of my favorite shows, partly for the challenges, and partly for the dry British sense of humour. Here are some other of their classic clips – car football : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIeu7_-iwdw and ice hockey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2m5xbYa-vc

Or how about the smallest car in the world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DFIgg0I2ek

jetpilot

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That was the best laugh I've had in a long time. Great video. Im still trying to figure out how they did all of that and which parts were real. We need to get some of those "one wing landing" experts over to have a look at the video.
Scott

vicman

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I loved that!

DelGatoGrande

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nice impact!what was it made of? TNT?

thinwing

gordon...that topgear program....very funny....is it availble here in northern calif...cable/sat ?...kpc

Gordon Mc

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It's available on BBC America - on my Directv that's station #264.

thinwing

thanks...ILL check it out...kpc

Mike Emilio

I watched a few others.

Those guys are hillarious !!

Gordon Mc

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Just to keep this turbine related - see the race between an Aston Martin and a Jetcat power guy on rollerskates : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJIlj...05731&index=16

These guys are no wussies BTW - they do some pretty dangerous stuff. Hamster almost died after crashing a turbine powered dragster at about 300 mph : http://www.moonbuggy.org/archive/200...ragster-crash/

rcjets_63

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I loved the Bugatti Veyron ($1 million car) vs the Eurofighter in the horizontal vs vertical 1 mile drag race!!!!

[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZ9X9A2efA&NR=1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZ9X9A2efA&NR=1[/link]

Regards,

Jim

A10FLYR

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Gordon,

Thanks to you I have spent...(Notice I didn't say wasted) half the evening watching a british Myth busters!!!!

It was great!

Well.......not totally spent in front of the 'puter......I have a wing in the vacbag.....

Gordon Mc

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Glad you enjoyed it Dean ! Did you see the "car darts", or the "build your own limo" episodes ? The versions available on the web are poor cut-down versions of what you can see on the telly, but very entertaining anyway.

JohnMac

Just teething troubles. Von Braun had the same happen to his Reliant Robin.