Cascade Crew

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: Watch mythbusters Now!!!!

They are reinacting the knight rider tractor trailer car drive with a third gen camaro

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject:

are they testing at the portland drag strip?

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

Madras.

I'll bring the truck to the next gathering and we'll give this a try. Laughing

alloy · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject:

Cool.................we can use John's car. Looks most like the one they used in the show Wink

Dewey316 · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

ouch, that hurts.

miamivice · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:40 am Post subject:

here is a video clip of it posted by someone over on the KR boards:
http://www.knightridermovie.com/media/mythbusters_large.mov

RSFreak · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

I always wondered how they did that! I just assumed that the driver hit the breaks as soon as the rear wheels hit the ramp.

91RSVert · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

anyone got/can convert that to mpg or?? It seems to download as a qt file for me Confused

not the wmv it says it is.

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject:

download "media Player Classic" if you don't allready have it (you should, it kicks ass) and then download "quicktime alternative" and you will be good to go. no quicktime, no itunes. Cool

just one UGLY blue RS.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject:

Nice vid. Thanks to whoever grabbed that.

Always seemed fairly obvious to me as a kid watching that show. The car is travelling at about the same speed on the ramp as it is off, and the tiny amount of rotational velocity that the front tires have is not enough to pull the car forward, so they're naturally pulled to a stop.

RSFreak · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject:

That was one beater Camaro! I guess it wouldn't have been much of a loss if they had rolled it! Laughing

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject:

the car is heavier than the rotational force of the wheels so it would have to slow down.

DBL_TKE · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject:

Sorry but that's not PIR. I'm prettty darn sure of it. Rolling Eyes

RSFreak · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject:

In the video they call it the "Madres Test Track in Oregon". Wink

STEEL · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject:

That was cool! I love how they just say "80s sports car" :p

What do you want to bet that was a V6 camaro though?

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:49 am Post subject:

it said rs on the sides and adam was spining brodies before the test. it was funning adam did a good cookie and the hatch lifted up on him.

STEEL · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:13 am Post subject:

Didnt see that part, I just watched it from the link in this thread though. Must have been in the TV version.

Demon · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:35 am Post subject:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=we2x6q5zjro

youtube copy

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:42 am Post subject:

adam was thrashing it early in the show. the you tube didn't show that part.

alloy · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: