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09-08-08: The plane crazy team filmed Scrapheap Challenge at beaulieu . Their challenge was to create a 4 wheel drive 4 wheel steering off road machine that can pick up a 100kg object half buried in mud and covered in movement sensors and transport it around a 200m off-road course. 6 teams turned up for the big race. Their 4 wheel drive/4 wheel steering 1.3L Suzuki (designed to look like a WW2 aircraft including Spitfire shaped wings, rudder/tail section, working propeller and painted in D-Day colors) was up against: 1. 1,000cc Yamaha motorbike powered vehicle that used a propeller to drive it across the mud using beer barrels as wheels designed by aeronautical engineers and college lecturers. 2. Standard Isuzu Trooper 4x4 with a rear mounted winch. 3. Powerful custom made 3 .0L 4x4 Suzuki Vitara with extra large knobbly wheels. 4. Custom made machine using a tubular 4x4 chassis and powered by a 1,300cc motorbike engine driving super grippy dumper truck wheels with a light weight Citroen body on top. 5. Light weight, stripped down very powerful V8 Land rover discovery with 6 super knobbly tires and a hydraulic crane driven by a ex Paris-Dakar / Camel trophy champion ! |
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The conditions were very muddy for the 2 heats but their little Suzuki never got stuck.
The only other vehicle that managed to do the whole course without help was the winning one. Everything else had to be rescued including the rescue vehicle that got stuck twice. The whole team had a great time, and they wish They could have gone further in the competition. The new series will be broadcast next year and they are in show number 4. |
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All suzuki parts were supplied by RHINORAYS, help and advise was also on offer all hours of the days to help complete the task above. Ray also pitted for the plane crazy team on the day at Beaulieu.
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more can be found on the the Plane crazy team here> |
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