Fast Rc Car

[anomoly40]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T31juxlQuGA

If the cable was to break or that guy to fall, the human fecal matter would collide with the oscillating rotating air displacement cooling device.

[warlocke]

wow i want one, thats just amazing

[GenevaDirt]

that vid is sped up....watch the bird flying around in the sky....lol....still cool

[quaddawg]

No, the vid is not sped up. That is a bug flying around. watch the flag.

I have seen these cars in person. They are that fast.

[kuntry_boi06]

if that is true qua then WOW

[quaddawg]

They are called tether cars, they are the oldest form of RC racing, been around for YEARS, and have been getting more high tech and faster year after year

If you watch that video, you can hear when the engine "gets on the pipe" and accelerated rapidly, that is when it sounds like someone sped up the tape, but it's not, it's the little 10cc engine SCREAMING at something like 30-45K rpm... wow.

I had some vids and pics from a meet I went to, let me see if I can find them.

Here is a link to a website about them

http://www.amrca.com/

The current world record is over 200 MPH

I think they have videos on the site too.

Check out the one that shows a guy hitting 201 mph. You can't SEE the car, but you can sure hear it...

It's the real deal.

[packrat427]

Yes I have seen them , very impressive .
I watched that vid like a year ago , takes a bit for it to get up on the pipe like you said .
Very high RPM and tall gear , that is why they have to help it start moving , by pulling the string .

[neanderpaul]

Everybody here already said it all. Not sped up, tethered, tall gears, push it to help it start (like pusher trucks on salt flats top speed cars), bug not bird in the foreground. Wicked cool stuff! My nephew 4pistonfury sent me the link a few days ago.