So last night on Top Gear (British 'laddish' Car Review show) they introduced a Vauxhall Astra in sports trim that proceeded to hover above the ground then fly around the studio.
Awesome Telly!
Turns out a bunch of geeks have fathomed how to make a convincing replica of sports cars that are actually helium filled radio controlled replicas.
Linky
Girls - you wouldn't understand, but trust me, this is fu[i][/i]cking kewl!
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"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
I built the engine in my dad's show car when I was in high school. So bite me.
seriously, that is pretty nifty
seriously, that is pretty nifty
Actually I agree, it is. I want one.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Mistress Nadenu wrote:
I built the engine in my dad's show car when I was in high school. So bite me.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
The started playing Top Gear here in the States. I absolutley love the show.
The one where he tried to drive the Land Rover up the Scottish mountians was so funny! However, that episode holds no candle to the episode where they paid a minor amount of money for a porsche and had to drive them from London to <insert other British town here>...was hilarious!
Edited, Mon Nov 21 16:31:54 2005 by Frakkor
The one where he tried to drive the Land Rover up the Scottish mountians was so funny! However, that episode holds no candle to the episode where they paid a minor amount of money for a porsche and had to drive them from London to <insert other British town here>...was hilarious!
Edited, Mon Nov 21 16:31:54 2005 by Frakkor
Jophiel wrote:
Mistress Nadenu wrote:
I built the engine in my dad's show car when I was in high school. So bite me.
The sick part is that he actually ate it.
I saw that last night too. I want one. I wanna fly it over people at traffic lights to freak them out.
That would be cool.
That would be cool.
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We get the re-runs of this program on 'The Discovery Channel' and I love to watch it. My favorite episode is when the one host raced the other two hosts from London to the south of France. He drove, I believe an 'Aston-Martin', and they took the 'Euro-Rail', and the car won.
British cars rock, especially the ones with the big V8 engines and the stylish interiors, beautiful cars.
neet. i like topgear. have seen some of the older ones here in the US a few times.
also like Brianiac
also like Brianiac
London to Brighton in a £1,500 Porsche - Priceless.
Clarkson racing the other two to France - he in a Ferrari, they using trains and buses. Neat
The Scottish mountain climb was great, but want to hear the best?
After he completed the climb, Jeremy Clarkson got a helicopter ride to Glasgow Airport to fly home and told the Film Crew they could drive the Range Rover back. Theyt were so excited!
But.
When he arrived at Glasgow Airport, he had a text message asking where he'd left the keys to the Range Rover.
In his pocket!
Clarkson racing the other two to France - he in a Ferrari, they using trains and buses. Neat
The Scottish mountain climb was great, but want to hear the best?
After he completed the climb, Jeremy Clarkson got a helicopter ride to Glasgow Airport to fly home and told the Film Crew they could drive the Range Rover back. Theyt were so excited!
But.
When he arrived at Glasgow Airport, he had a text message asking where he'd left the keys to the Range Rover.
In his pocket!
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
They didn't air that part on the episode I saw..unless I just missed it...that's great.
There was another one where of the guys bought a 1972 Dodge Charger. Everyone in the audience was stunned with the size of the car. He had trouble parking it and had to double check that his garage was large enough for it. That was a good one as well.
In this year's series Clarkson drives from London to Oslo (England, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway) racing Hammond and May who used power boats. Very, very funny.
This week they raced radio controlled cars (real ones!) Major smash-ups. Great telly
This week they raced radio controlled cars (real ones!) Major smash-ups. Great telly
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Do you get Mythbusters over there?
The drive (and crash) full size radio controlled cars all the time. That's another one of my fav shows. Also, the old Scrapyard Wars are good too. I used to watch those all the time when I lived in Sweden.
The drive (and crash) full size radio controlled cars all the time. That's another one of my fav shows. Also, the old Scrapyard Wars are good too. I used to watch those all the time when I lived in Sweden.
Floating helium filled objects - what an idea!
Alma wrote:
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Those are neat! I want one!!!
One of my ongoing projects that is not completed is a (theoretically) 35' RC advertising blimp. I've got a carbon fiber blimp frame for the underchassis, 2 of the three electric motors and reducers I need, the GPS unit, Camera PTZ mount, and a jury rigged control computer. I want to replace the computer with one of these babies http://www.oqo.com/ eventually. I still need an envelope for holding the gas, 5 heavy duty servos, and some ultralight solar panels, but someday in the next 10 years it will fly! If i can get it finished, advertising gigs at car lots run about $100 per hour, more if you can provide real time video footage or commercial TV grade video. but i'm rambling. blimps have always fascenated me since i saw my first one at age 5
One of my ongoing projects that is not completed is a (theoretically) 35' RC advertising blimp. I've got a carbon fiber blimp frame for the underchassis, 2 of the three electric motors and reducers I need, the GPS unit, Camera PTZ mount, and a jury rigged control computer. I want to replace the computer with one of these babies http://www.oqo.com/ eventually. I still need an envelope for holding the gas, 5 heavy duty servos, and some ultralight solar panels, but someday in the next 10 years it will fly! If i can get it finished, advertising gigs at car lots run about $100 per hour, more if you can provide real time video footage or commercial TV grade video. but i'm rambling. blimps have always fascenated me since i saw my first one at age 5
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