This doesn't look safe

Rubycon

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If anyone thinks a real car can jump and still run like nothing's wrong (aka Hollywood) this shows the truth. :Q

(or it would make more sense to take a ferry across the river! :laugh:)
 

Kadarin

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
ouch the motorcycle one and the one at 0:35 looked awful

Both of those look like they could have been easily fatal.
 

Black88GTA

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Originally posted by: Kadarin
Originally posted by: Tiamat
ouch the motorcycle one and the one at 0:35 looked awful

Both of those look like they could have been easily fatal.

All 3 did. The yellow car looked like the chutes got tangled up and didn't deploy fully...he hit the water going pretty fast.

JATO bottle + old hoopty Lincoln + huge-ass ramp = fail
 

Fenixgoon

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what was wrong with the first truck jump? obviously it was a bad landing, but it didn't look that bad, especially when compared to the others
 
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i believe the guy on the bike was mr. evil knievil. the yellow lincoln was a custom build with lincoln panels. when the body is torn away you can see all the guts, plus it floats ;) i like the wiglets, to enhance the already sophistacted aerodynamics of the continental
 

thomsbrain

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Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
i like the wiglets, to enhance the already sophistacted aerodynamics of the continental

Yeah, I loved those, too. :)

The guy at :35 must have died. The edge of the ramp went right into his face. :(
 

Arkaign

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lol @ Kenny Powers .. the car just disintegrates when it leaves the ramp. Those stupid wings were the first thing to go, along with nearly the entire remaining body. They should have had some aircraft designers from Lockheed Martin or something on the staff if they were serious.
 

OdiN

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Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
what was wrong with the first truck jump? obviously it was a bad landing, but it didn't look that bad, especially when compared to the others

Looks like he busted his rear axle.


Cars can make jumps like that and land and be fine. But you have to have a serious suspension setup for that.
 

Greenman

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Looked to me like the chute on the rocket car deployed as it was leaving the ramp.
 

Kadarin

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Originally posted by: Arkaign
lol @ Kenny Powers .. the car just disintegrates when it leaves the ramp. Those stupid wings were the first thing to go, along with nearly the entire remaining body. They should have had some aircraft designers from Lockheed Martin or something on the staff if they were serious.

Yeah, it didn't help that he chose a car with the aerodynamics of a brick.