Car Launcher xD

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Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:54 pm

Well this is from top gear, the video pretty much explains everything. Enjoy! [youtube][/youtube]
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:02 pm

embedding has been disabled. cool though.
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:07 pm

haha thats the power of 12000 psi :twisted:
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:10 pm

top gear ftw!!
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:12 pm

FishBoy wrote:haha thats the power of 12000 psi :twisted:
1200

wops double post..
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:41 pm

My god...that's awesome.

Leave it to the BBC to come up with such good entertainment.
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:45 pm

Cool!
I wouldn't call it a cannon though. Its more like an pneumatic catapult.
Looks like some sort of pneumatic ram pushing the car away.
I wonder what happens if you fire that thing without a car. Or even better, with the car in front of it.
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:47 pm

Lol. That would have been awesome if the car went inside the barrel, would have gone farther too.
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:56 pm

And here I was expecting some hot wheels and a 1-1/2" barrel...
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:31 am

That would be a launcher car. Not a car launcher.
For me, the xD in the topic title adds to the impression of launching cars.
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