Simviation Forum - TopGear-Richard Destroys Cars with a Boeing 747

Feb 14^th, 2009 at 7:49am

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gotta love TopGear Cool

http://www.topgear.com/us/videos/more/richard-destroys-cars-with-a-boeing-747

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Reply #1 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 8:56am

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That was excellent! Shocked

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #2 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 12:00pm

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That is awsome! Grin

Kinda strange how in the first half, they blur out the airline name, but in the second half they don't. Huh

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Reply #3 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 3:40pm

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Is there anything topgear won't do...

Wish we got it here n the states... Cry

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Reply #4 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 3:43pm

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skoker wrote on Feb 14^th, 2009 at 3:40pm:

Is there anything topgear won't do...

Wish we got it here n the states... Cry

We do...it's called BBC America. Wink

i get all my Monty Python fix from there.

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Reply #5 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 8:08pm

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Mythbusters did this too. They used a taxi (that's what the myth was about: A taxi mistakenly drives through a red light behind a runway with a jet at full power), a school bus, and a cessna. They also used a 747.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQh7D-nDNM

I noticed that they only used two of the engines in both videos. I wonder why.

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Reply #6 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 8:21pm

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Mythbusters did this too. They used a taxi (that's what the myth was about: A taxi mistakenly drives through a red light behind a runway with a jet at full power), a school bus, and a cessna. They also used a 747.

Edited:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQh7D-nDNM

I noticed that they only used two of the engines in both videos. I wonder why.

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it would start rolling if they used all 4

Err 30kb limit?

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Reply #7 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 8:35pm

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87HondaShadow wrote on Feb 14^th, 2009 at 8:21pm:

Quote:

Mythbusters did this too. They used a taxi (that's what the myth was about: A taxi mistakenly drives through a red light behind a runway with a jet at full power), a school bus, and a cessna. They also used a 747.

Edited:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQh7D-nDNM

I noticed that they only used two of the engines in both videos. I wonder why.

Cool

it would start rolling if they used all 4

?? It rolls when they ues 2. Huh

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Reply #8 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 8:48pm

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They couldn't afford enough fuel to run all 4 for both runs, so they just used two engines to do it twice. Grin

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Reply #9 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 9:28pm

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Oh wait, I just realized you mean't the plane would start to roll, not the car. Grin

Geez I'm slow. Grin

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Reply #10 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 10:23pm

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Have you seen the price of jet fuel lately? Grin

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Wish we got it here n the states...

And a season 12 just started here.

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