H3 Converted Into Remote Controlled Vehicle

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You guys have to head on over to AutoBlog and check out this Hummer converted into an RC car. You heard me right, the guy turned a real H3 into a radio controlled car. Nice.

After this, you'll never have the same mental image when hearing "remote controlled car" again. Ever. Resident engineer and all around madman Dr. James Brighton took a break from his rigorous teaching duties at Cranfield University and whipped up a RC Hummer H3 -- as in, the man converted an actual Hummer H3 into a remotely controlled toy.
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Don't Mythbusters and Smashlabs do this all the time? I don't see how this is different other than the fact that they hid the devices that turn the wheel and push the gas and brake?
 
The article correctly states that Mythbusters do this all the time, which is exactly what I thought of, too.

*shudder* Smashlab. I can't wait for that unholy blight on the Discovery Channel to get axed!
 
I think a mazda miata or something would be pretty fun...a H3 is just a little too bulky..you might flip it.

ot but Smashlab sucks so bad its not even funny...their "experiments" are so poorly thought out its ridiculous. mythbusters ftw
 
riot8ap said:
I think a mazda miata or something would be pretty fun...a H3 is just a little too bulky..you might flip it.
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Uneducated comments for the win :rolleyes: Have you ever driven a Hummer?
 
Smashlab is the brain child of the same people who bring you reality shows 'catered' to a demographic... however, they didnt take into account more 'catoring' factors than "age, sex, breast size, and hair cut" into the "appeal" formula.

Anyone with an average IQ of an 11 year old realizes that theyre trying to feed you the re-processed SPAM equivilant of a program you already enjoy for its authenticity. To sum it up, they're trying to apply the "whats hip" formula. They didnt understand that "whats hip" on MTV =! "whats hip" on Discovery.
 
Ockie said:
Uneducated comments for the win :rolleyes: Have you ever driven a Hummer?
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No, have you driven a Lamborghini? What is the point of asking that? The rollover tests for the H3 (25% chance btw) are no more special than any other SUV I looked at.

I don't really care to drive a H3....nothing special about it imo. I'd like to drive the original hummer though. If I were going to play with a full-size remote control car, then I'd want something to whip around.

Personal preference, not yours.
 
riot8ap said:
No, have you driven a Lamborghini? What is the point of asking that? The rollover tests for the H3 (25% chance btw) are no more special than any other SUV I looked at.

I don't really care to drive a H3....nothing special about it imo. I'd like to drive the original hummer though. If I were going to play with a full-size remote control car, then I'd want something to whip around.

Personal preference, not yours.
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Yes, I have. The point of asking that is that you have absolutely no idea about your bulky comments or your rollover comments.

A Lamborghini LP640 remote-controlled would be cool as hell btw.
 
soo when are they going to come out with fire trucks that do all the work with a remote?
 
Having worked at an animatronics shop, this is nothing fancy or new. You just need 3 large servos. Put one on the throttle, one on the brake, and one on the steering wheel. Heck, the only reason this made news was because it was a H3. Most people do this with $2-4K junkers.

And as far as mythbusters is concerned, it's a nice show, but it has huge flaws in it's methods sometimes. Personally I had to stop watching it after they butchered several experiments. It is nice to know that they go back and fix some of those. (Like the show on vibrations. God that was painful to watch.)
 
vengence said:
Having worked at an animatronics shop, this is nothing fancy or new. You just need 3 large servos. Put one on the throttle, one on the brake, and one on the steering wheel. Heck, the only reason this made news was because it was a H3. Most people do this with $2-4K junkers.

And as far as mythbusters is concerned, it's a nice show, but it has huge flaws in it's methods sometimes. Personally I had to stop watching it after they butchered several experiments. It is nice to know that they go back and fix some of those. (Like the show on vibrations. God that was painful to watch.)
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QFT. Mythbusters also lost me as a viewer due to their methods of trying to prove or disprove a myth... to me it seemed like as if they almost made things happen that they want to make happen and used variables that would basically concur with their desires.
 
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