JoeyM
JoeyM Reader
11/28/09 2:38 p.m.

Fifth Gear brings you the complete loop-the-loop

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

xci_ed6
xci_ed6 Reader
11/28/09 4:00 p.m.

I want to do that.

Marty! The other white meat....
Marty! The other white meat.... Reader
11/28/09 6:47 p.m.

Wicked kewl.......

rustyvw
rustyvw HalfDork
11/28/09 7:07 p.m.

I can't believe they only had to go 36 miles per hour. I would have thought you would need a much higher speed.

PHeller
PHeller HalfDork
11/28/09 7:48 p.m.

Now lets make the loop twice as big and double the speed...

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
11/28/09 7:51 p.m.

All that math and they didn't check arrival and departure angles?

BobOfTheFuture
BobOfTheFuture Reader
11/28/09 7:56 p.m.

Well it was that, and the squat of the car that did it i think MrJoshua.

That said, Yikes.

924guy
924guy Dork
11/28/09 8:11 p.m.

i may just have to add that ride to my bucket list....

MitchellC
MitchellC HalfDork
11/28/09 8:43 p.m.

Just make sure that you do the other ones first.

EPN
EPN New Reader
11/28/09 9:24 p.m.

i can honestly say that i really don't want to do that.

cwh
cwh SuperDork
11/28/09 9:35 p.m.

Let's do that on a motorcycle!!

ncjay
ncjay Reader
11/29/09 9:11 a.m.

Nice to see someone attempt and succeed at this in real life. Seems to me the real challenge is building a loop capable of being driven on. The design and construction of that intrigues me more than the actual stunt itself. One major design flaw and the car ends up in the scrap pile. Brings back memories of the old arcade game Stunt Driver with the test track and the stunt track. Fell out of or off that loop hundreds of times. The other question stuck in my brain is, "Why hasn't this been done sooner?" Maybe it has and I just haven't seen it.

carguy123
carguy123 Dork
11/29/09 9:59 a.m.

Loop the loops were staples of the old travelling car shows. They used to be at all the carnivals. I loved them!

Wally
Wally SuperDork
11/29/09 12:04 p.m.

They didn't really believe they were the first to do that did they? And if there is a chance you could be killed during a stunt, is a pocket sized Toyota the car you want to go out in? I'm kinda surprised that you only neede to go 36 mph to generate 6g's.

Kia_racer
Kia_racer Reader
11/29/09 12:17 p.m.

They sais that it was the "new" world record. I wonder what the old one was?

HappyAndy
HappyAndy HalfDork
11/29/09 11:30 p.m.

I'm calling BULL E36-M3 on that record claim watch this

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