660Z Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 http://youtube.com/watch?v=UW-JS85Diqk Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 That car had the aerodynamics of a playing card! A little more science would have helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typhoone Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 That car had the aerodynamics of a playing card! A little more science would have helped. nope, a playing card would have faired better. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschiltz Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 More like a brick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMWHYR0HEN Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 4 years of planning my ass... That's why we need engineers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Man, I looked at that ramp and knew there was no way that was gonna work. I hope those little winglets were'nt for attitude control. What a silly stunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdenno Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Interestngly, he was still doing stunts in 2006. Forrest Gump said it best, "Stupid is what stupid does". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Noob Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I knew it wasnt going to go well when they said "a rocket powered, Lincoln Continental":lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juarez88 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 i heard the guy died in the stunt. anyone know if this is true or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 i heard the guy died in the stunt. anyone know if this is true or not? Fast forward the video to 3:45. He broke his back (for the seventh time) but lived to tell the tale. that's why we have engineers? I thought that's why we had bridges... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks280zt Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 No he is still alive and up until recently he was still performing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted July 6, 2007 Administrators Share Posted July 6, 2007 I honestly wonder if all that was staged, i.e. the car did exactly as they planned? My point being, how was he planning on landing across the river, SAFELY? Where and how was that car supposed to land and land in such a sway that it wouldn’t kill the occupant from the massive impact with terra-firma from that elevation and speed? His car was supposed to reach a height of 350 feet. If it were actually planned to come down from that height with a living occupant onboard, if this was truly planned out over 4 years, there would’ve been a landing ramp, a WIDE landing ramp to allow for trajectory errors. The ramp woud be designed and angled to absorb and dissipate all that energy from 350 feet elevation and a supposed 280 MPH.. I didn’t see any ramp on the other side. Honestly, the car would tumble, if not in mid air, when it hit the ground. Parachute was large enough to “land" the car from a high elevation, not really be a drag chute to slow it down after landing.. Hmmm… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 IIRC, from what I heard from my parents when I was a kid, it was supposed to land with the said chute but, what the hell was he thinking about??? A Lincoln!!!!!! $1 000 000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jeez what an idiot... It's nice to see it on video though, I had only heard of it and taught it was knievel who had done it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcufrogz76 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I wonder how a rocket powered 240 would do?? heheh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Well, the 30+ y/o wet noodle chassis would probably just fold in two at launch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Noob Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I honestly wonder if all that was staged, i.e. the car did exactly as they planned? My point being, how was he planning on landing across the river, SAFELY? Where and how was that car supposed to land and land in such a sway that it wouldn’t kill the occupant from the massive impact with terra-firma from that elevation and speed? His car was supposed to reach a height of 350 feet. If it were actually planned to come down from that height with a living occupant onboard, if this was truly planned out over 4 years, there would’ve been a landing ramp, a WIDE landing ramp to allow for trajectory errors. The ramp woud be designed and angled to absorb and dissipate all that energy from 350 feet elevation and a supposed 280 MPH.. I didn’t see any ramp on the other side. Honestly, the car would tumble, if not in mid air, when it hit the ground. Parachute was large enough to “land" the car from a high elevation, not really be a drag chute to slow it down after landing.. Hmmm… It had a parachute. Now would it have worked that low and with that weight..i dont know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckelly78z Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Well, all in all, it was a complete failure of a rediculous plan. I just wish I could have been there to comfort "Power's young wife" as he was incapacitated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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