I’ll admit to not being familiar with the joy of running a gasoline- and/or nitrous-powered model cars very fast, while it’s tethered to a central pole, on a track that is perfectly circular in an effort to reach the highest possible top speed.
It’s actually a sport enjoying world-wide interest – the current record holder for the class with the highest engines (10cc) is an Italian man whose model achieved 214.4 mph or 345 km/h during a competition that took place in Sydney.
We don’t have a video of that actual run, but Jalopnik did come across one that portrays one of these scary-quick toy cars reaching 205 mph, or 328 km/h, and it’s really spectacular, especially after having watched what happens when high-performance vehicles don’t stick to their intended routes and wander off, hitting spectators.
In no way am I saying I want that to happen, or that it would be actually useful in any way, but it would be cool to see what exactly goes on when the tether breaks (in controlled and safe conditions), and preferably in slow motion.
By Andrei Nedelea
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