Motoring Discussion > Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys Miscellaneous
Thread Author: VxFan Replies: 10
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New Mon 2 Jul 12 20:54 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - VxFan
5th Gear managed it with one car,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZoVAZGgsw

But someone else has gone one better with two cars.

Team Hot Wheels drivers, Tanner Foust (Top Gear USA presenter, among other things) and Greg Tracy set a Guinness World Record racing two vehicles through a six-story double vertical loop at the 2012 X Games in Los Angeles! It's Hot Wheels for real!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6PQ49B5Gpw
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New Mon 2 Jul 12 22:21 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Dog
Brilliant! - and quite amazing how they work out the ideal approach speed, I wouldn't fancy it though :)
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 07:07 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - L'escargot
>> ......... and quite amazing how they work out the ideal approach speed,

There's no ideal, just a minimum ~ assuming that the speed around the loop is constant tinyurl.com/7cnp8h2
ω²r must be greater than gravity.

I'm hoping I've got it right. Advancing age is starting to dull my memory.
Last edited by: L'escargot on Tue 3 Jul 12 at 07:12
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 09:27 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Dog
That equation explains The Rotor then, that I spent too much time on in the fairgrounds as a nipper!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESRPhGQerNM
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 14:08 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Dave_
>> The Rotor ... that I spent too much time on in the fairgrounds as a nipper!

Me too, I found not one but two of them at last year's Nottingham Goose Fair and dragged my daughter on them several times :) I always end up with grazed shoulderblades because of my lifelong insistence on turning upside down as the ride builds up speed.
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 14:15 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Dog
>> I always end up with grazed shoulderblades because of my lifelong insistence on turning upside down as the ride builds up speed<<

b'Jaysus! - I can't ever remember trying that one, but it sounds grrreat fun alright :)
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 16:11 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Number_Cruncher
>>I'm hoping I've got it right.

Yes, you just need to take care in defining the radius

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New Tue 3 Jul 12 07:23 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Focusless
>> quite amazing how they work out the ideal approach speed

...but not always correctly (from the same event):
www.inautonews.com/video-toomas-heikkinen-x-games-rallycross-practice-crash
(broken ankle and abdominal injuries)
Last edited by: Focus on Tue 3 Jul 12 at 07:23
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 09:33 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Dog
>>(broken ankle and abdominal injuries<<

Sod that! - he was lucky to escape with his life, especially as the car caught fire :(
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 09:47 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - Focusless
>> Sod that! - he was lucky to escape with his life

At least Fiestas are safe. Probably thought he was driving the 1.25 82bhp version, but it was only the 60bhp model.
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New Tue 3 Jul 12 17:33 
 Hot Wheels, with real cars, not toys - zookeeper
most fun i had with hot wheels was in 1970 ish , me and my brother had just purchased the box of track and just before the bus we were on stopped to let us off... the bottom of the box split open , it all fell out of the bus on to a busy road we had to dodge cars picking it all up..i wouldnt want to be a track marshall
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