Comments - Powerful Remote Control Tank Pulls a UPS Truck
category: Cool | views: 41576 | posted on: 03/12/2007
Yeah, but can it pull a Fedex truck?
mynameisfin [ban] | Mar 12 07 : 10:06am
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Why are there people in the truck? That just makes it suspicious as hell. They could at least make it look like there's no one driving the damn thing...
cucarachito [ban] | Mar 12 07 : 10:28am
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slamdoggy, is that a gun in your avatar or are you just happy to see us?
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I am not one to call NT videos fake, but think about it: The truck could've been idling along...IDK.
If that was indeed real, that was one badass little creation... it could be used by U.S. Marines to pull stranded Austrailian soldiers out of the muck by remote control...
JK Aussie !!!
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Sventhecommie [ban] | Mar 12 07 : 8:53pm
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actually not fake simple physics tells that a 757 only needs 3000 pounds of torque/thrust to move it and it wieghs over 100,000 pounds(i did the math myself) a car only needs about 75 puonds so it is quite possible with out the tank being too heavy and with out being a strain on it
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I can sniff a fake a mile away, but I'm buying this video.
mynameisfin: Someone has to be in the truck to apply the brake at the end.
It's also possible that this demo is taking place on a slight decline. Not enough so that the truck rolls on its own, but enough to make the tank's job easier.
I'm satisfied with the tightness/slack of the rope. Doesn't look fishy.
And the size of the tank makes it believable. If they wanted to make a fake/funny video, they'd have a tiny wittle tank pulling. This one looks like it actually could.
Also take into account that a tank's treads have a lot of surface area, meaning it has tons of grip. If it instead had 4 tires, it would have a much tougher time pulling.
Baby Farmer [ban] | Mar 12 07 : 10:50pm
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wow, they should give those to cops
It would be neat to see how they abuse people with those ![]()
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People, study physics and you might be surprised. This is possible, it requires a lot of torque to get the truck moving, but once the truck is in movement it doesn't require so much power to be pulled. That looks heavy enough to tug the truck ( to have enough friction ) it doesn't need many horsepowers to get it moving.
For the people who say it's fake because the rope isn't tight the whole time. Have you ever towed a car with your car, is the rope tight all the time? No, because if the car that is being towed gets a greater velocity momentarily than the tower the tension of the rope disappears.
People who are wondering why there is a man in the truck.
Maybe there is a man in the cockpit to stop the truck! If the tank stops, the truck will continue because it has wheels.
I see you people commenting about people's stupidity in this website all the time, well I've got a newsflash! YOU AIN'T TOO BRIGHT EITHER!
People are so overskeptical nowdays... ![]()
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This is on concrete, it is quite heavy tank and the it has caterpillar tracks. I bet they create enough friction ( material, area, weight )
If that was an rc car with four wheels it probably couldn't tug it, the wheels would be spinning, but it wouldn't move.
I didn't ignore the friction completely, I mentioned it.
Sventhecommie [ban] | Mar 13 07 : 7:39pm
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UPS truck are usually aluminum or tin only thing with any wieght to them are the engine and the drivetrain i showed tbe video to my physics teacher and then the comments he laughed because people thought it was fake the tank doesnt need to have that much wieght just enough torque to get it going havent done the math on what it would need but ill get around to it sometime this week
stonkintonkatoy [ban] | Sep 25 07 : 6:07pm
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It is real... Had it been fake they would have used a schoolbus or even a Peterbuilt. Deal with it. However, i agree with Groover, who gives a shit?
Boozehound [ban] | Mar 10 08 : 11:04pm
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Yeah it can pull it . . . big deal
But can it blow the hell out it . . . thats what i`d like to know ![]()
PaintBaller [ban] | Aug 16 08 : 7:02pm
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lol i didn't read the title all i seen in the picture was a tank (which i thought was actualy size) and then this like 1000 foot truck behind it
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AussiePride [ban] | Mar 12 07 : 4:33am
Why would you want to?....