Time For Tea: Mini does a backflip
Jacked-up Countryman performs world-first automotive backflip
It’s a video that’s just been released of Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit performing the world’s first backflip in a car. Set in Tignes, Chicherit uses the Mini All4 Racing – the same vehicle that took back-to-back Dakar Rally titles in 2012 and 2013 – to perform a full backflip, complete with a successful landing on a snow-built ramp. Although others have attempted the feat in the past, this is the first time it’s been achieved fully, and what’s all the more impressive is that it was done without any boosting from special moving parts on the take-off ramp.
Unashamed publicity stunt it may be – but that doesn’t detract from the spectacle of this video. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/EM2GPlwseOc
This is why most cars land nose-first when you jump them - though I've often wondered why Volvo engineered Mrs T's S40 to land tail-first.
This is why most cars land nose-first when you jump them - though I've often wondered why Volvo engineered Mrs T's S40 to land tail-first.
This is why most cars land nose-first when you jump them - though I've often wondered why Volvo engineered Mrs T's S40 to land tail-first.
http://youtu.be/EM2GPlwseOc
It'll have run the shells; let's face it, a moment of oil starvation on a track day is enough to turn your engine into a few kgs of scrap, unless if course they were using an accusump or similar. And even then I doubt it would be sufficient to prevent engine damage.
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